ISSUE NO. 1628
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COSTA BLANCA SOUTH
YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION
Brothers held in armed raid
Three men, two of them brothers, who are wanted for a string of robberies including one carried out with a sawn-off shotgun, have been arrested by police in Elche. One of the men had only just completed a 12-year prison sentence and was on licence when he was arrested by armed officers of the National Police. The two brothers were arrested first in raids on their homes. That led to the identification and arrest of the third man a day later in the basement of another property. After the three men, aged 51, 46 and 41, were taken
into custody last week, the gun was recovered hidden in a field in Elche and was found to have been stolen from a vehicle in November 2015. In raids on two properties the police found clothing allegedly worn by the men when carrying out the robberies. In one of them they got away with 1,000 euros. Police said one of the men would commit the robbery, while a second kept watch and the third sat at the wheel of a getaway vehicle. Police said their actions were characterised by violence and intimidation and at one stage a pharmacy
worker was threatened with a knife. In the first raid carried out on a 24-hour supermarket in Elche in late June, the raiders struck in the early hours of the morning. The second took place at the pharmacy when the men stole the 1,000 euros. But in the third raid the men fled empty-handed when staff fought back and refused to hand over any cash. The three men have already appeared at a judicial hearing at which the immediate imprisonment of two of them was sanctioned. The third man was granted conditional bail pending a trial date.
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A CLANDESTINE slaughterhouse on the outskirts of Alicante has been shut down following a raid by the Guardia Civil. The installation was being managed by five men of North African origin,
and lacked any documentation whatsoever, with animal droppings littering the floors and ‘numerous’ insects buzzing around in the high temperatures. All the illegal meat was seized and will be destroyed.
Last men standing TENSIONS continue ahead of the Elche Town Hall’s threat to forcibly remove traders from their traditional market pitch. Councillors are pleading with the stall-owners to forgo their last ditch stand against the market’s looming closure. A new and fancy central market is due to be built at a cost of more than €11 million.
Urban upgrade A PLAN to revamp around 85 homes in Callosa de Segura has been approved by the local government as part of an ambitious urban renewal scheme in Calle Salitre.
Cracks have appeared in four homes along the street which had to be evacuated as water leaks from pipes caused damage to the foundations.
Tragedy on beach A 50-YEAR-OLD bather died on the Urbanova beach in Alicante on Sunday, September 11. The lifeless body of the female swimmer was pulled from the water around 1pm and attended by municipal lifeguards and the ambulance service, but their attempts to revive her were unsuccessful. An official statement said that her lungs had become filled with water and that she had subsequently drowned.
ÑORA PEPPER: Deserves recognition. By Matt Ford THE Alicante Association of Chefs and Bakers has mounted a campaign to obtain denomination of origin status for the ñora, the s ma ll, rotund re d pe ppe r that is so commonly used in local gastronomy throughout the Valencian Region. A cultivated variety of the species Capsicum annuum, which has been bred to pro-
duc e e ve rything from be ll to c hili pe ppe rs , the ñora is grown on a bed of sand before being sun-dried for 20-25 days, which gives it a distinctive aroma and taste. Production has been dec lining in re c e nt ye a rs , however, and only around a dozen dedicated producers remain. Chefs from Torrevieja,
Benidorm and Alicante have teamed up for the initiative, since they believe that the ñora deserves greater recognition.
T h e group say that the pepper is “extremely versatile and offers differentiating elements,” as well as being highly versatile and used in everything from rice dishes to ice cream.
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Europe: the thin end of the wedge
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Your papers, your views Our readers have been expressing their views about the latest EU developments which appeared on our website
www.euroweeklynews.com Here are a few of your comments some of which have had to be cut due to size but we are always happy to hear from everyone.
No way BRITISH tourists spend vast amounts of money in Spain seeking the sunshine. No sensible Spanish government would consider cutting-off this cashflow by charging for visas. Dave
Migrant trial PRESUMABLY they will trial the visa system with all the migrants first and refuse entry without a visa. No, thought not. Geoff Bee
27 members MIGHT not be up to Spain alone. All 27 would have to vote on it. Great, that precludes emergency visits for family members. If this had happened when I was in a coma I’d have been dead before my parents got here. Families will miss their expat relatives’ funerals because they can’t be held up three days. The UK would do the same in reverse, so those of us who needed to get to Britain quickly for emergencies would be stuffed. Thanks, Brexiteers. Kally
LIAM FOX: Drumming up business.
By John Smith THERE can be little doubt that the major factor which led Britain to vote to leave the European Union was the widespread fear of uncontrolled immigration, tinged with a little xenophobia with regards to external control by ‘Johnny foreigner.’ What should have been a friendly and cooperative community of likeminded Europeans who had survived two world wars has turned into a monster. Some still believe in pure federalism while others are pushing the concept of a federal army rather than looking to support NATO. Eastern European countries fluttered li k e m o t h s a r o u n d th e E U flame. Together with Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain, they were desperate to grab as much money in the way of hand-outs as they could from those economies which were better off.
DAD’S ARMY: Don’t panic Mr Mainwaring.
Only Britain could colonise half of the world and then leave the European Union because it does not like immigrants.”
Germany effectively opened the floodgates by inviting refugees and migrants to make their way into Europe and this has led even die-hard supporters of the community, such as France, considering whether they should follow Britain’s lead. The concept of Schengen (control-free borders), which Britain never joined, has flown out of the window as more and more of the
new members simply close themselves off to refugees whilst Italy and Greece have borne the brunt of new arrivals. The re a re a lot of s ound bite s coming from the British government but little concrete information. The prime minis te r s a ys “Brexit is Brexit” and we won’t move too quickly whilst the minister in charge of the Brexit negotiations told parliament that the vote showed that the British wanted to control their own destiny, which was something of a given! At least Liam Fox, the Minister in charge of ‘Making Britain Great Again,’ has made it clear there is no hope as he says industry has fallen to pieces and has grown ‘fat and lazy,’ making the nation incapable of securing lucrative post-Brexit trade deals. J us t to a dd ins ult to injury, it looks as if the EU is considering ne w le gis la tion tha t ma y forc e British nationals to have to pay online for visas if they wish to travel
to the continent when the country leaves the EU. Whether Britain will be forced to comply with the proposed regime hinges on how the Brexit negotiations pan out, whenever they finally take place. Maybe, we need to ask the Swiss for advice as they have a fairly good economy with 130 separate trade agreements with the EU and they have recently voted to make it more difficult for EU passport holders to work in that country. They decided not to join the EU generations ago and didn’t have to finalise everything within two years. All in all, it’s a bit of mess and it doe sn’t r eal l y l ook as i f anyone knows what to do. As one wag put it, “Only Britain could colonise half of the world and then leave the EU be c ause i t doesn’t l i ke i m m i grants!” Or perhaps in the words of the writers of Dad’s Army it’s either ‘Don’t panic Mr Mainwaring’ or ‘We’re all doomed!’
General election WHEN it finally comes down to invoking the UK’s departure and the subsequent stream of negative implications during negotiations I believe the City of London’s views will prevail and there will be no Brexit and possibly a general election in the next six months. Geoff
Sack Fox THERESA MAY should sack Liam Fox immediately. He’s living in the past and doesn’t understand present day business practices. He should be trumpeting worldwide that Britain’s a great place to do business, that’s his job. So what does he do? Undermines the efforts of British businesses to create jobs and increase exports with public remarks about laziness. Brian
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By Matt Ford NATIONAL POLICE have arrested three members of the same family in Alicante after they allegedly collaborated to attack an unnamed individual in a local bar. The 31-year-old victim suffered a serious stab wound to his stomach following the scuffle. Those arrested include a 17year-old boy plus his mother and father,
both 41 years of age. According to witness reports, the trio had a heated discussion with the victim before the father and son left the establishment, returning a few minutes later and locking horns once more. During the quarrel the teenager apparently stuck a knife into the man’s abdomen, with all three aggressors kicking him as he fell to the ground.
Once they realised the severity of his injuries the belligerent trio fled, and the victim was rushed to Alicante General Hospital, where he underwent an emergency operation. Although the perpetrators have been identified and detained, the injured party has reputedly withdrawn his statement “due to anxiety over possible reprisals and a fear for his life.”
Drunk driver arrested by police AN off-duty National Police officer managed to prevent a potential road accident after he stopped a drunk driver. The Elche-based officer
was returning home after duty on the Elche to Santa Pola road when he noticed the driver of an Audi A3 z ig-z a gging a c ros s both lanes in the road endanger-
ing other drivers. The offic e r c a lle d for ba c k up a nd ma na ge d to pass the driver getting him to pull over to stop him going any further.
As police arrived a breath test showed positive for alcohol. The driver was arrested for crimes against road safety.
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The plight of landfill sites
EXHIBITION: The fight continues. By Gemma Elvins-Quinn TORREMENDO residents have been protesting a huge landfill site blemishing and polluting their communities for so long, that they’ve now put together an exhibition documenting the struggle. Residents have been battling the landfill site, blatantly planted just next to their homes, for a quarter of a century. Sebastian Andreu has been in charge of collecting the numerous photos and newspaper cuttings documenting their fight, which is now on show at the social centre. The exhibition comes amid heavy political and ecological discussions on how best to tackle the
Giving to the needy DENTISTS from the Costa Blanca are among many who have been helping Syrian refugees, selflessly travelling to Greece to provide emergency dental services and practices.
Shudders and swerves IN just two days six people were injured in accidents in Elche, with a car swerving off a roundabout and a collision in the town centre.
Vega Baja’s rubbish crises. None of the 27 municipalities of the Vega Baja have land to accommodate a waste transport station, and as a result the council will now take over the reins and look for a suitable area to enable this necessary installation. It is expected that two plants will be needed, one in the coastal area, and another in a town in the centre of the Vega Baja. Hosting the facility will also bring some economic benefits for the voluntary municipality, and the Waste Consortium will launch an awareness campaign to assure residents that there will be no discomfort to them, as such a site will be far away from urban centres. Residents in Torremendo may disagree about there being no discomfort.
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ALICANTE firefighters have reported staff shortages and an ageing workforce. The Provincial Fire Consortium of Alicante issued a statement making the criticisms, after the Province has been plagued in recent days by two great fires that have destroyed around 1,000 hectares of forest, and burned houses in the areas of Javea, Benitachell and Bolulla. The Consortium said that in the ‘freezing’ of public jobs in 2011, they have been “accompanied by an increase in the number of temporary workers, and a deliberate attempt to cover the service by promoting volunteer firefighters and civil protection associations.” They added there is a “chronic need for increased staff” to join the force, noting there is also a gradual ageing of firefighters. According to the Consortium, more than 40 per cent of firefighters in Alicante Province are over the age of 50, and just 21 per cent are below 40.
DELIVERIES STOPPED: Holidays mean staff shortages. By Gemma Elvins-Quinn RESIDENTS in some areas of Crevillente complained they have not had any post delivered for nearly a week. According to Correos, the reason is because the worker responsible for the de live rie s in the Sa nt A ntoni de la
Florida area by motorcycle, is on holiday this month and the post has not been covered. The local post area said there are employees covering the postman’s work load and are extending their areas, but the Sant Antoni de la Florida area cannot be covered on foot.
However residents of the area are demanding a solution as soon as possible. One said, “We cannot remain unserved and suddenly stop receiving important information. I cannot get to the office to collect letters in Crevillente because I do not have a car most of the time.”
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FAMILIES and Orihuela councillors are up in arms against the education ministry’s decision to cancel free school buses in Barbarroja and El Mudamiento, with children finding it difficult to ge to school.
Fancy feet
Pokemon parade TORREVIEJA’s Habaneras shopping centre has jumped on to the Pokemon Go bandwagon by holding a variety of activities celebrating the popular Japanese animated game on the premises until September 25. It will likely be a bewildering ex-
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FIFTEEN footwear companies from Alicante Province are in Paris to promote their shoes and penetrate the French market alongside 1,900 exhibitors from more than 50 countries.
Arty affair
ALICANTE-ELCHE AIRPORT: Saw millions of tourists from all over the world pass through.
DOZENS of artists took part in the first edition of Cartagena’s open air modernist painting competition with cash prizes for the adult winners and awards for junior artists.
By Matthew Elliott FORGET Malaga or Madrid, the Alicante-Elche airport has been revealed as the third fastest growing across the entire European Union after a bumper summer which saw millions of sunseeking tourists travel from all over the
world to visit the southern Costa Blanca. In July alone passenger numbers swelled by almost a fifth compared to the figures from last year, while in August more than 1.4 millions passed through the turnstiles, following the trailblazing tourist path of another sev-
en million in 2016 alone, a recordbreaking year for the region. Only Gran Canaria and Cologne posted more impressive summer increases for airports of this size, while Alicante continues to cement its position as one of Spain’s key airports for British and German visitors.
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perience for anyone born before 1995 and see the bulk of local parents dragged to the centre against their will, but at least the streets will be safe and clean for a few days. The video game phenomenon, which allows users a three-dimensional view of hologram targets to ‘capture’ has seen Japanese tourists wandering into Barcelona traffic tunnels, American players crash their cars into trees, and a Russian provocateur face the gulags after playing in an Orthodox church.
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MASSIVE HAUL: Part of stash.
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Another huge drug haul is discovered in Murcia By John Smith THE National Police continue to seize huge volumes of cocaine flooding into Spain from South America, and on this occasion have managed to discover, in Valencia, 535 kilos being smuggled in containers from Peru. Working with the Spanish tax authorities, officers were first alerted to this particular group when information was received via e-mail at antidro ga@policia.es, which gave details of a number of individuals who had moved to Spain and were involved in drug smuggling from South America. The first arrest as part of this investigation came in November 2013, when a Bolivian tried to fly into Madrid carrying three kilos of cocaine, this was followed by the arrest of a further three men who were carrying six kilos between them. In all, a total of 17 kilos were seized in this part of the investi-
WORKING TOGETHER: Police and tax authorities. gation, and it appears that those involved decided to increase the volume of drugs being imported, as well as switching from Madrid airport to moving the drugs via containers, supposedly carrying fruit, vegetables, and spices. The authorities were aware of the names of possible companies involved, and when alerted to the arrival of such, working with the tax authority, they were checked without any major success.
In July of this year however, a container said to hold spice was spotted at the port of Algeciras, initial inspection showed no results, but after entering the container and inspecting every box, a number of bags each containing 50 kilos of cocaine were found. The container was allowed to be delivered to its final destination in Abanilla, Murcia, and it was there that that the officers arrested 17 people including the senior members of the ring.
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THE Save Lo Ferris campaign group has taken their campaign to protect Torrevieja’s b e a u t i f u l p almgroved Lo Ferris area to the EU. They are still fighting to have the so-called ‘wall of shame’ that occupies part of a public walkway removed, as previously reported in the Euro Weekly News, and have now sent a letter to the petitions committee of the European Union calling for protect i o n o f t h e p alm grove. There are concerns that building works will eventually get the go ahead in the area, although the town hall has said they are opposed to any such plans. M ay o r Jo se Ma n u e l Dolon, h a s a sk e d f or a n ecological study of the palm grove, b u t t h e p r e ss u re group is demanding urgent
Saviour at sea
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Protection plea to go directly to the EU
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HISTORIC THANKS: Mayor expresses gratitude to captain and crew of SAR Mizzen for their summer services. By Gemma Elvins-Quinn
ECOLOGICAL SHAME: The palm grove at Cala Ferris. p ro te c tio n an d g a rn ering more and more public support for their cause. T h e a re a fe a tu res a
unique variety of flora and fauna and has been deemed worthy of conservation by ecologists.
TORREVIEJA has thanked the SAR Mizzen for the service the rescue boat has provided to the city. Mayor Jose Manuel Dolon, delivered the city’s traditional salt boat to the captain of the SAR Mizzen, Jorge Garcia, on behalf of the city. The mayor described the presence of the rescue boat in the port as ‘historic.’ During the ceremony, which took place on
board the ship, the mayor expressed his gratitude to the captain and his crew, and his satisfaction with the fact that Torrevieja “has for the first time in its history a resource as important as this, thanks to the commitment of the maritime authorities and the various efforts that have been made by the municipal government.” The SAR Mizzen has been docked at the Muelle de la Sal for almost two months, and will set sail in the coming days to continue their work in maritime emergencies in other ports.
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Special forces to tackle fire threat
DETERMINED: Regional President Ximo Puig addresses the media. THE President of the Generalitat Valenciana, Ximo Puig, has announced the creation of a new special unit of the regional police force in the wake of the terrible fires which devastated the Costa Blanca last week. Puig is determined to “redouble efforts against the scourge of fire,” after it emerged that at least some of the infernos may have been sparked deliberately.
The regional head also lamented the consequences of the fires and the number of lives affected, while directing effusive praise towards the many volunteer firefighters, whose “struggle and courage” was pivotal in terms of extinguishing the flames. The new investigative unit will comprise officers from the forest guard in collaboration
with all three police forces operating in the region, in order to “narrow the gap for those who want to destroy nature and coexistence.” He also affirmed that town planning and land use laws will be altered to prevent contractors building on burned land, which has been mooted as one of the prime motives for arsonists.
Summer out, floods in
CLEAN UP: In preparation for the autumn rains. MAZARRON is carrying out cleaning works to prevent the potential damage from floods. The Department of City Services is carrying out works in parts of town with an increased risk of water accumulation, such as gutters, pipes and ravines. Workers are in Ordenacion Bahia, Via Axial, Plaza Toneleros, and the former Tourism Of-
fice in Puerto de Mazarron, and will continue throughout this month before being extended to other municipalities. While the summer has been sparse of rain and cursed by drought, heavy rainfall in the quickly approaching autumn looks set to put the council’s hard efforts to the test, as residents brace for flood-related disasters.
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MIRACLE WORKERS: The Oasis team, and some of their previous Togolese patients.
Shining examples By Gemma Elvins-Quinn
THE Elche based Oasis NGO, is preparing to travel to the African country of Togo this weekend. Volunteer doctors and nurses are planning to carry out 50 operations in the fields of traumatology and reconstructive plastic surgery. Secretary of the NGO, Concepcion Andreu, is aware after working for more than a decade in Togo, that they will not change the precarious situation in much of the population, but for those they can help, it is like “a
small, yet large grain of sand.” Andreu and the Elche team will be accompanied by another nurse and orthopaedic surgeon from Elda, two anaesthetists from Palma in Mallorca, and Xativa, and a plastic surgeon f r o m Cartagena. The team will be in Africa for 15 days, and will particularly focus on children whose families have no financial means to pay for operations as there is no public health service. Photo Credit ONGOasis/Twitter
Health centre WORK on Orihuela’s Rabaloche Health Centre is scheduled to begin on Thursday, September 15. Carolina Gracia from the town hall, made the announcement that building would begin after years of being installed in tempo-
AFTER last week’s front page highlighting the unexpected value of beehives in a buzzing underground economy, the Costa Blanca Region has also proven itself home to an illicit almond market.
rary facilities. Construction, awarded to the company Dragados SA, should have started in late June, but the delay in the granting of planning permission has delayed work until now, the work will take around 18 months.
Nutty haul recovered Police caught three thieves with 15 tons of almonds, worth more than 30,000 euros
if sold at market value. They had cut a hole in the fence of a Pozo Estecho finca, and were stuffing the dried almonds into sacks when they were spotted by a passing police patrol.
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Go ahead given to service A NEW care centre for people with mental illnesses will be opened in Elche after the council were finally given the green light to go ahead with the new municipal service. The Afeme association was granted the use of the space in 2012, but it has taken some time for the council to sort out all the relevant paperwork. What used to be a day care service will now be a fully fledged residential centre, working hard to help those with mental illness and their families. Employing around 30 professional staff, it is an important step forward in the pledge by the council to help protect, and include, this vulnerable section of the community.
Baker’s dough finally runs out By Linda Hall JOSE NAVARRO, the Valencia baker who began a price war with 20 cent baguettes in 2012, is now bankrupt. A Valencia court has declared him insolvent and appointed an official receiver who awaits paperwork to determine how much Navarro owes to whom. His bank debts alone add up to 1.5 million euros, and three flour manufacturers and transport companies are in turn, trapped by his unpaid bills. At one point, Navarro had 150 employees and sold thousands of ‘barras’ each
day in Valencian bakeries and, briefly, in Alcoy. His profit margin was so narrow that he depended entirely
on huge sales but the queues outside his shops eventually dwindled, and so did sales. He also had harsh criticism from his competitors. Vicente Martinez, secretary of the Valencia Bakers and Confectioners Guild said: “A traditional baker like Navarro can’t sell for less than 45 cents a baguette without losing money.”
MORE THAN HE COULD CHEW: Not the accused.
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Road works are to be processed ‘soon’
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Water gets the purity taste test ORIHUELA Council invited residents to try different types of drinking water at a special event. Water in Cala Bosque, La Zenia, was tested at a meeting organised by the town hall along with Hidraqua, an accredited laboratory which is dedicated to the analysis of water for human consumption. The test was designed to test the quality of the municipal supply after the last tasting which was held in July last year, during which “66.7 per cent preferred the water supplied in the municipality while 33.3 per cent chose bottled water,” said Juan Jose Alonso, manager of Hidraqua. On this occasion the number of participants was doubled, with neighbours, residents, and tourists, all taking part in the blind taste test. The results have not yet been released.
Robotic champions STILL WAITING: Mayor Dolon has received an assurance that the process for approval will begin soon. By Gemma Elvins-Quinn THE Ministry of Development has said it will ‘soon’ begin the process to approve the construction project for the N-332 at Torrevieja. Mayor Jose Manuel Dolon said he
received the response from the Ministry stating that the necessary processing for the tendering of the works would be done “with all possible speed, because we know how important this project is for the city.” The project to widen the road will
first have to be checked against state road regulations, and then an environmental assessment should be carried out. The mayor said he is also calling for funding of a storm drain to divert rain water.
FORGET the Olympics, or the Paralympics for that matter. On Saturday, September 10, six young local children left the sunny shores of the Costa Blanca and travelled to the northern Spanish town of Logrono to compete in the national finals of the World Robot Olympics. The children, aged between eight and 14, were competing for a spot in the Robot Olympics, set to be held in India this November. Unlike his football obsessed pals, one participant, eightyear-old Jorge Artero, dreams of becoming an aeronautical engineer and building ships to send into space.
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Disabled dogs’ trip to the beach SANTA POLA’S canine beach welcomed some extra special visitors at the weekend. An association from Madrid which cares for injured and lame dogs,
made the visit to the Caleta dels Gossets beach, one of the province’s first dog beaches, to make use of the amenities. President of the association, Maria Garcia, travelled from Madrid with 17 dogs with spinal cord injuries and using wheelchair-like devices to help them walk. She said, “The sea, sand, and salt water are good for the health of animals with such ailments.” She added, “The experience has been great, the place is ideal for them.” Since it opened to the public in May, the Caleta dels Gossets, despite some initial objections, has been welcomed by thousands of pet owners and their furry friends.
THERAPEUTIC: Sea, sand, and salt, are good for their health.
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A life and death training exercise
SIMULATED RESCUE: Human and canine teams working together.
By Gemma Elvins-Quinn THE old quarry at Cox was the venue for a search and rescue exercise. The event was organised to train specialist dog teams on the rescue of people buried by disasters, with firefighters from as far as Malaga participating in the conference.
The simulation saw a person trapped in a mock demolition with dogs working to find them. The training used the ‘Arcon’ method, which is one that is endorsed by the United Nations, and is commonly used to search for survivors of earthquakes. Three dogs entered the fictional scenario of the collapse of stones in the
quarry, with the help of members of the Civil Protection team from Torrevieja, several scents were left on the stones as the dogs worked to find the victim. Fifteen volunteers from the Ecos Association, which organised the exercise in Cox, also travelled to Ecuador to help in the relief effort following the earthquake in April this year.
Sick child left in the street A 10-YEAR-OLD girl’s parents used Facebook to shame an Alicante City taxi-driver who refused to take her to hospital. The child’s tonsils had been removed some days earlier, and the wound began to
bleed in the early hours of the morning. Her mother called a taxi so that she could take her daughter to A & E, while her husband remained at home with their younger son. The girl began to vomit blood as she neared the taxi,
on seeing her the cabbie wound down his window and told the mother, “You need an ambulance,” before driving off and leaving them in the middle of the street. The mother took her car and drove to the hospital,
Tragedy on Mar Menor THE body of a 76-year-old man was found following a search and rescue operation in the Mar Menor. The man had gone for a swim in the area of El Pedruchillo beach in La Manga. When he failed to return home the alarm was raised, Guardia Civil and Local Police
officers carried out a shoreline search as the Spanish Marine Rescue Services carried out an aerial sweep. The search was abandoned until day break, when the man’s body was found in the water over a kilometre away from the beach where he had been swimming.
where her daughter had an emergency operation. Her mother’s account of the incident on her Facebook page has been shared more than 11,500 times. The local taxi-drivers’ association confirmed it is investigating the episode and has referred it to the regional government’s transport department. Ignacio Pico, president of Radio-Teletaxi, confirmed that a driver can refuse to accept a fare if he believes his own safety or his vehicle is in danger. “But this was not the case,” he said. “There will be no justification for the driver’s attitude if the transport department takes the mother’s part.”
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A DYING GAME: Revival called for.
Losing their marbles By Gemma Elvins-Quinn MARBLES took over in San Miguel as the town hosted the first marbles tournament, organised by the Archangel Neighbourhood Association. The goal of the event was none other than to enjoy a day of co-existence among the residents, and to see all generations enjoy and experience the traditional game.
President of the Association, Manuel Gomez, said marbles is no longer played in parks by children, who are “increasingly glued to the couch, or on mobiles or consoles.” He added, “the aim of the day was about promoting relations between generations, and the recovery of a game which is becoming a rare sight.” The initiative came from a
Czech member of the neighbourhood group, who is an expert in marbles tournaments and competitions, and until 2015 presided over the Czech Marble Federation. Marbles are thought to date back to pre-Roman times, and were first manufactured commercially in Germany during the 1800’s, before the craze caught on in the US and elsewhere.
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A security plea HEAD of the Local Police of Orihuela, Jose Maria Pomares, has called on Mayor Emilio Bascuñana, to end “once and for all the precariousness of temporary positions and job insecurity.” Pomares wants 50 more positions in the force to be permanently filled. He said Councillor for Public Safety, Monica Rocamora, has been working over the last 12 months to solve the policing issues “but the reality is that we fail to move, or advance quickly enough.” The head of the force said that despite the lack of resources, agents are giving the best of themselves, something which is evidenced in the data. In the last year the Local Police have dealt with 2,028 thefts and robberies, 2,035 traffic complaints, and 2,349 neighbourhood conflicts, among other incidents. Pomares was speaking at a ceremony to commemorate the feast of the patron saint of Orihuela and the Local Police, the Virgen de Monserrate.
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All in the family By Linda Hall ALICANTE City intends to send used municipal vehicles to Esmeraldas in Ecuador. The donation needs final approval from the city council, and until now there were also plans to twin the two cities and forge links through tourism, urban development, and traffic. There are further links because the city councillor for Co-operation, Julia Angulo, is herself Ecuadorian. As it turned out these ties are
closer to home than her fellow councillors suspected. As bonds strengthen between the two cities Esmeraldas Mayor, Lenin Lara Rivadeneira, is currently in Alicante City. At the official reception for him, he thanked the corporation for planning to donate the vehicles, commenting that his deputy mayor is Julia Angulo’s sister. This surprised everybody present, including Alicante Mayor Gabriel Echavarri, and other leaders of the sometimes stormy PSOE-
Compromis-Guanyar alliance that controls city hall. Angulo, who belongs to Guanyar and proposed the twinning initiative, shrugged off the revelation. The fact that Lenin Lara commented publicly on the relationship proved there was nothing to hide, she claimed. “I didn’t mention it because it didn’t seem important. We are a political family,” Angulo said, but apologised for not putting everyone in the picture earlier. City Council Opposition parties Partido Popular, and
Ciudadanos, called for an immediate halt to the twinning. When the family ties emerged, Alicante’s deputy mayor and Guanyar leader Miguel Angel Pavon, said he would prefer to suspend the twinning. “If this is going to produce tension, we won’t go ahead.” Not long afterwards Angulo, in her role of Co-operation councillor, announced that she had withdrawn the twinning plan after discussing it with Echavarri and Pavon. “I think it’s better to leave it,” she said. Diego Delso
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ALICANTE: Revelations at the city hall.
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A plea to go green
TORREVIEJA hosted an ‘Eco-party’ to encourage young people to recycle, and raise awareness of its importance. The ecological drive was linked with the youth festival that was being held in the Eras de la Sal, organised by the Department of Culture and Youth. Councillor Fanny Serrano said they targeted this event as it is this age group of youngsters, between 15 and 25, who do not see recycling as a priority, but need to, to ensure the future of the environment. She said the city is meeting national averages for the recycling of glass, but as to cardboard and paper recycling, it is below average. It recycles an average of 12 kilos per inhabitant, compared to the nation average of 15.
ACCUSED of placing illegal traps around their land, two farmers face enormous fines and charges of animal cruelty after being finally brought to justice by Seprona, the nature protection unit of the Guardia Civil. The owner of the Costa Blanca farm and his foreman, are alleged to have set up vicious, and forbidden hunting traps around their property which killed countless rabbits, and forced vets to amputate the leg of a stray dog, savaged whilst searching for water in the scorching summer heat.
Drink driving on increase AN average of eight drivers are stopped in Alicante Province every day for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The figures are higher than those recorded in recent
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Vicious animal traps found By Matthew Elliott
RECYCLING BOOST: Special bins were installed in the summer in Torrevieja.
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penalty of three to six months imprisonment, or a hefty fine in addition to community service, and six points on the driving licence. Driving with drugs in your system carries the same punishment.
ILLEGAL TRAPS: Bought on the black market.
Far from the modern and relatively benign traps available to hunters and farmers today, the artefacts used by these two men were dated from the 1960’s purchased on the black market, powerful and unhygienic.
2 farmers face fines and have appeared in court to explain their actions. The traps were initially set up to rid the area of rabbits nibbling at the farm’s fruit tree roots, but were placed around the perimeter indiscriminately, trapping and badly injuring other animals including local dogs. Attention was drawn to the traps after a passing hiker heard yelps of pain from a dog trapped for more than a day with its leg half severed, and raised the alarm. The men now face fines ranging between 3,000 and 10,000 euros, and have appeared in court to explain their actions.
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HOT RETURN: For pupils as they return to school.
School’s textbook request to parents By Matthew Elliott
STUDENTS across the Costa Blanca returned to school last week but it was a scrappy start to the new academic year punctuated by oppressive heat, mismanaged classrooms, parent-teacher conflict, and controversy over textbook fees. With the continuing heat wave classroom temperatures rocketed above 30 degrees leading concerned parents to complain that the sweltering
conditions represented a serious health risk. Fans and water bottles were the order of the day and tension was compounded in many public schools as parents battled with local education authorities over who should pay for textbooks. Some publishers have refused to issue replacement textbooks until they are paid by the regional government and some schools have now asked parents to fork out with the expectation that they’ll be refunded later on.
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SALT SEASON: Salt has begun to be exported out of Torrevieja to European countries.
Exportation of salt has commenced By Gemma Elvins-Quinn
TORREVIEJA has begun the season of salt exports. Throughout the week five merchant ships have been docked in the Dique de Poniente port of Torrevieja loading between 4,000 and 5,000 tons of salt each. These vessels are destined for northern Spain and the UK. Over the coming weeks more salt will be
transported to other European destinations, especially to the Scandinavian countries, where it will be used over the coming winter months for salting icy roads and pavements. The port of Torrevieja usually receives an average of between 90 and 100 large specialised vessels who arrive every year in order load up and transport the salt to various destinations.
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Unsavoury appearance RESIDENTS have denounced the build up of household rubbish behind their homes in the Orihuela neighbourhood of Principe de Asturias. “I once had from my balcony nice views to the garden and now I have a dump before me,” griped one resident on social media as he described the views from his building. Others have also complained about the situation, claiming that having suffered from the nuisance of the nearby AVE train works for years, now they have to put up with living near a dump. Photographic evidence of the waste has been sent to the town hall asking them to take action. Councillor Maria Garcia said they are working to resolve the matter, and that if the land is privately owned she will call on the owner and demand that it be cleaned as soon as possible.
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Oceanman wonders THIS weekend the International Oceanman Openwater Championship Competition came to Tarbarca Island, off the coast from Santa Pola for three open water races in this year’s circuit. Swimmers competed across three different distances 10km, 5km and 2kms. Oceanman is the only International Championship in Open Water Swimming designed by swimmers, for swimmers. Oceanman 2016 is held at five venues across two continents, offering both professional and amateur swimmers the chance to achieve their personal goals in unique locations, for their beauty and surroundings, like the Costa Brava, Tabarca Island, Lake Orta, the Caribbean Sea and on the Mediterranean in the World Championship Final to be held in Benidorm on October 16, 2016. Sunday September 11 saw an early start for all swimmers ferried in on three journeys to Tarbarca from 6:30am onwards. Races then commenced in a series of staggered starts, the 10km swimmers going first at 8am followed by the 5km race at 9am and the 2km race at 11am.
DREAM SWIMS: Earned Beth, Zoe and Vicki places in the World Championships. To ensure swimmers safety in the water jet skis, boats and canoes escorted the swimmers around the courses. Four and a half hours later race winners were presented with a series of awards and prizes. Local male swimmers, Rodrigo Solis Ibanez and Javier Ronda Bou from Club Natacion Tenis Elche were placed second and third in the Ocean-
man 5km race gaining Elite status and entry into the World Championships in Benidorm. In the Female Oceanwoman 5km race Zoe Connolly, Club Natacion Elche, won firsst place as the first female to finish and firsst place in the Junior 16-19yrs category. Second placed was mum Vicki Connolly, Club Natacion Elche, finishing as the
second female to complete the race and in first place in the 50+ category. The third Elche swimmer, Beth Altabas had an outstanding swim winning the female 60+ category and being the oldest female swimmer to finish in this year’s series of races. All three girls have gained places in the World Championships in Benidorm.
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Work inspectors clean up HOTEL S i n Al i c a n te Provin c e we r e fined €510,000 over the last 18 months for outsourcing irregularities. Whil e t h e r e a r e n o restrictions on private owners or hotel chains from subcontracting the work carried out by chambermaids, this is legal only if they do not profit from the deal. Betwe e n Ja n u a r y 2 0 1 5 and June 2016 work inspectors pinpointed 109 infractions in 58 Costa Blanca hotels that o u t so u rce d cleaning contracts for less than th e c h a m b e r m a id s ’ wages wo u l d h a v e co s t them. Not only were they fined, but the y a l so h a d t o p ay €547,000 to cover the Social Security contributions they had hoped to dodge by outsourcing.
The Costa Blanca mountain walkers
A WARM WELCOME: Awaits regular and new walkers to the group. THE Costa Blanca Mountain Walkers autumn programme is now available on our new updated website www.cbmwalk ers.org. At least three walks are on offer each Wednesday and Saturday from October 2016 until January 2017. This season a particular effort has been made to ensure each walking day includes walks suited to both those new to mountain walking or just prefer less strenuous
walks, as well as appealing to those looking for a more demanding physical challenge. The three opening walks of the season are on Wednesday October 5 from Parcent and all will finish in time for an optional Menu del Dia lunch. Full details including walk grades, length, duration and start points are on the new programme which you can view or download from the website. The website also includes a wealth
of information for regular walkers and those who may never have walked in the mountains. For those preferring to walk independently then visit our other website www.walksin spain.org which provides walking routes in the Costa Blanca and other regions. We do hope that you will come and join our friendly international group and share our love of walking in this beautiful mountain area of Spain.
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Planned and plotted A MAN has been arrested on the Orihuela Costa accused of attacking his former partner. The Belgian man arrived at the house of the victim in disguise pretending to be a pest control worker to gain entry into the property. The woman, aged 67, let him in when he attacked her. He had a rope, knife and fake gun with him. A neighbour saw the attack through a window and called 112. Police arrived within minutes and the man was arrested.
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QUESADA IMPROVEMENTS: Arches mark main entry into urbanisation and Pader wants work to be carried out.
Request calling for Giving the gift of milk Quesada clean up MILK BANKS: Allow storage of human milk for use with new born babies.
By Gemma Elvins-Quinn
PADER democratic party of Rojales is calling for action to improve road safety in Quesada, particularly at the entrance to the urbanisation. The party wants another access point installed. One of the actions they consider most urgent is to remodel the bus stop located just by the roundabout at the en t r a n c e b e f o r e th e arches since it causes con-
siderably traffic jams when buses stop.
Unfinished pavements pose a danger to the general public.”
Another proposal by the p a rty is to imp ro v e the
drainage channel of rainwater along Avenida de la Naciones. Work is also required in the area of Barrio del Soto. Pader said: “This district was urbanised more than 25 ye a rs a go ye t mos t of the pavements are unfinished and they sometimes pose a danger to the general public , e s pe c ia lly on ra iny days.”
ALICANTE is one step closer to having a milk bank. This is a place where women donate their breast milk for use by mothers who, for physical or psychological reasons, cannot naturally feed their newborns. The La Fe Hospital in Valencia offers such a service but Alicante is hoping to follow suit. The Hospital de Sant Joan and General Hospital of Alicante has created a joint project with the aim of creating a milk bank in the province which has been presented to the Ministry of Health for approval. Concha Castaño, President of the Commission
for the Promotion, Protection and Support of Breastfeeding in the Hospital de Sant Joan, said: “We know it’s very difficult to implement this altruistic service and it takes time, but we want to make a start.” Castaño added: “Approximately 2 per cent of newborn babies would benefit from this service in the General Hospital of Alicante.” Ana Miró, member of the Commission of Breastfeeding Hospital de Sant Joan, also advocates the use of human milk for newborns: “There are many mothers who have excess milk and ask us where they can donate, but we cannot answer; this service does not exist in Alicante to serve them and supply premature babies who do not have this option. We hope to change this.”
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Power to the parents By Gemma Elvins-Quinn
PARENTS in Alicante Province are to vote in order to decide whether schools should implement the continual day project, after over 250 institutions were authorised to deliver the scheme by the Ministry of Education. Lessons would finish at 2pm under the new system, but schools must offer the option for parents to allow their children to re-
main in school for the afternoon. Controversially, most schools have opted to delegate extra-curricular organisation to the same companies who manage lunchtime activities. The voting process has started already in some cases, such as in Mutxamel, where parents were able to leave their vote in a sealed envelope. Parents should contact their child’s school for details of the voting procedure.
Former cinema to store archives
Eviction is postponed
ORIHUELA is moving the municipal archives to the former Casablanca Cinema. This is close to the town hall and will mean that the archive files will be in one location, rather than being distributed across different premises rented by the city. The former cinema building has a size of 1,800 square metres, and will be leased at an annual cost of just over 23,000 euros. This will mean a saving of over 17,000 euros a year compared to the rental costs of the locations of where the archives are currently being stored. It is planned to move the municipal archives in October.
THE Anti-Eviction Platform of Elche (PAH), managed to prevent t he evi ct i on of a nei ghbour i n Calle Ferran. The evi ct i on has been post poned for one month pending an appeal, as the resident has made a complaint of an alleged scam and fraud, regarding whose name the mortgage is in. The man lives in the apartment with his two sons and his grandson.
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No place to hide By Linda Hall POLICE continue to discover more irregular Algerian immigrants on Tabarca Island. Roughly 100 were thought to have arrived in four boats or ‘pateras’ and many were seen fleeing on reachin g t h e sh o r e . T h is time they were Algerians but, like the sub-Saharans who are also willing to risk their lives to reach Europe, all would have paid the people-trafficking mafias large sums to get here. According to the Guardia Civil, the three men brought the total of those located up to 55, of whom 13 are minors. Like the others brought in by the p o l i c e , t h e y w e re
transferred to Alicante port where they were held by the National Police. On arrival they were given a medical check-up by the Red Cross who said the men were in good health despite sympto ms o f d e h y d ratio n , exhaustion and superficial injuries to their feet. T h ey to ld h e r th at the y had spent the last two days without any food, said Patricia C amp añ w h o is in charge of the Red Cross operation. Once at the National Police main police station in Alicante City, like all the other irregular Tabarca arrivals, they were issued with expulsion orders and in th e me a n time w ill be housed in a Foreigners’ Internment Centre.
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TABARCA: Flat and exposed
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Left high and dry FARMERS are warning that Alicante Province only has enough water for two months. The Asaja Young Farmers Association said the water situation is “dramatic” and has “worsened over the summer” due to the lack of rainfall coupled with late
summer high temperatures. Asaja declared that if it doesn’t rain, or should an urgent water transfer not be made, there could be irreparable consequences for local agriculture. “Agriculture is central to our territory. It generates many currencies in exports.
ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Alicante Town Hall is looking at adding to its fleet of cars.
City fleet going electric ALICANTE has been road testing electric vehicles in the city. The town hall is looking at purchasing the cars as part of the plan of modernisation for the municipal fleet. Councillor for Mobility, Accessibility and Security, Fernando Marcos, said: “One of our main objectives in mobility is to reduce pollu-
tion and convert Alicante into a more sustainable city. It is therefore important that the fleet of municipal vehicles emit the least possible pollution. We are evaluating various alternatives, including the acquisition of such electric vehicles to provide different services and we are studying the system with other municipalities like ours.”
NO RAINFALL: Local agriculture will suffer badly.
It provides direct and indirect employment to millions of people. “It is also vital to the landscape and the environment and yet people do not seem to care that we have reached these limits,” said Asaja President, Eladio Aniorte.
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PHOTO FESTIVAL: Councillor for Culture, Mar Ezcurra, announces Orihuela’s first photography festival and conference.
Photo festival fun and games By Gemma Elvins-Quinn
ORIHUELA is about to go photo mad as it hosts the first photography conference in the city, from September 23 to October 1. The ‘Photo Booth Festival,’ will see photography exhibitions take place in five different venues which are also to host conferences and workshops. Photographers exhibiting work include Juan Manuel Burgos from Cartagena, who will present his work in the San Juan de Dios Museum. Meanwhile, the portrait work of Pepe Castro will be on display in the Auditorium La Lonja, and Jordi Flores will showcase his work in the Exhibition
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Hall. Pedro Díaz Molins will exhibit at the CAM Cultural Centre, showing some of the work that was recognised in the Sony World Photography Awards. The Maria Moliner Library will also host several professional photographers different featuring everyday venues hosting scenes of society. the exhibitions. Pepe Castro will give a Master Class at the Ociopia shopping centre on September 24, for which participants should register on the website www.pepecas tro.com. There will also be a photographic rally at the same venue centre from 9am, whereby participants are invited to submit works related to the poet Miguel Hernandez for a chance to win 500 euros. Information at, www.orihuela.es.
Clean up is under way AROUND 120,000 euros has been allocated for clearing and cleaning the river channels in and around Orihuela. The aim is to complete the work before the onset of torrential rainfall that has been a characteristic of the region
in the past. The work started in June, and is now in the Rojales region where equipment is being used to remove weeds, overgrown trees, and undergrowth. In the town of Benejúzar, councillors have pleaded for
help to clear tonnes of plastic containers found dumped in the mouth of the River Guardamar del Segura. But inertia at Spanish national political level, has so far meant less than 60,400 euros has directly been allocated to the project.
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Surveillance pays off in gang arrest By Simon Firth POLICE have arrested eight members of the same Croatian family suspected of burgling homes in Alicante and Murcia. The five women and three men had their headquarters in Torrevieja, where there had been a large number of complaints to police about thefts from homes. Their modus operandi is said to be the so-called ‘slip method,’ where plastic sheeting is placed between the frame and the door. It is thought members of the gang had been using public transport to travel to and from the scene of their crimes. And, in a bid to evade detection, they even resorted to changing their clothes or separated while on a bus or a train. Police said there was a clear hierarchy within the family
KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY: Clear division of roles. gang with a division of roles, the women were responsible for the break-ins, while the men looked after the logistics. National Police eventually arrested the family members after surveillance on two homes in the Torrevieja area,
where they found tools and equipment for breaking into residential properties. So far, burglaries have been cleared up in Murcia, Cartagena, Alicante, Guardamar del Segura, and Benidorm with the capture of the gang.
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Airing views via the social media AFTER becoming embroiled in a series of social media spats over the last year, covering a di-
verse range of subjects from football to the cleanliness of city streets, Alicante Mayor
Gabriel Echavarri, has been at it again. This time, the controversy erupted over the use of his official vehicle, after a city resident accused him of using the luxury car to take his children to school in the El Campello district. “Why do we have to accept that the mayor takes his children to school in the official car…this is a disgrace!” Barked @abad_marisa to his 200strong following on Twitter. His comments clearly ruffled the preening official’s feathers, since the scathing comment sparked a 25 message war of words between the pair. The half hour verbal volley culminated in an irate mayor saying that, “I’ll explain in court.” But his heckler had the last word as he wrote, “Go on, get to work, it’s already 11.30, and stop these messages that we are all paying for.”
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HELPING HAND: Samaritans in Spain CEO receives the cheque.
Funds for a worthy cause THE latest charity night at Restaurante El Alto La Dolores in Lomas de Polo-Pinomar was an outstanding success, with a cheque for €670 being presented to Samaritans in Spain. Pictured are Lynda Brettle (CEO for Samaritans in Spain) receiving the cheque from co-organiser, Joan Rampton. Also in the shot is Brenda Cox, vol u n t e e r a t t h e c e n tre in P u n ta P rima , an d c e ntre ma na ge r, J a ne Troubridge.
DESTRUCTIVE PEST: Thought to have been brought to Spain from trees imported from Egypt. COMPANIES are being invited to tender for a contract to detect and treat Elche’s trees that have been affected by the red palm weevil. The weevil, which is about 3cm long, is difficult to combat in that the severest damage is only detectable long after infec-
tion by which time it is too late to save the tree. The contract is worth an estimated €32,000 a year for two years. Councillors are calling for detection, and both preventive and curative treatments for a creature that is originally thought to
have arrived in Spain in trees imported from Egypt. Mayor Antonio Garcia said the council’s policies had already made it possible to save around 800 trees which would previously have been destroyed at a cost to the authority of €200,000.
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Raising funds for Huntington’s Disease A MAGNIFICENT €227 has been raised by ‘Cafe Almoradi’ in the centre of Almoradi for the not so well known charity for sufferers with Huntington’s Disease. Local residents enjoyed a fun quiz devised by Martin and Christine Watkins whose brother-in-law David suffers from this horrible disease. The winning team of six, the ‘Gicoholics’ each won a bottle of wine to take home but decided it was for such a good cause that they donated them all back for the next event.
“We have had such a wonderful evening that we wanted to give something back. We will definitely be at the next one and see if we can’t win them back again” said Jill, one of the winning team. Bar owner, Maria Silverthorne and her partner Chas, who provided tapas for the quizzers during the interval, in addition to donating vouchers for a meal for two at one of their Bistro Nights and Sunday Lunch for two, were delighted with this sold out event. “We are more than happy
QUIZ TIME: At Cafe Almoradi to help raise vital funds. to help raise awareness of Huntington’s Disease, as we know David well but can only imagine half of what he and his friend Peter have to
go through with this awful disease. “Chas and I are very much looking forward to hosting it again.”
Huntington’s Disease is a hereditary terminal illness affecting both men and women, which destroys the pathways between the brain and the rest of the body, resulting in uncontrollable movements, loss of speech, incontinence and loss of memory function, to name but a few symptoms. It also causes changes in personality and depression. Huntington’s Disease destroys everything that makes us recognisable as human beings and there is currently no cure. Any child of an affected
parent has a 50 per cent risk of inheriting the affected gene. Anyone inheriting the affected gene will develop Huntington’s Disease. It has already claimed the life of David’s father, Vic and is now affecting him and his younger brother Gary. Peter’s brother has already died from the illness and his son has recently been tested positive at the age of 30. If you would like to get involved with organising a fundraising event for Huntington’s Disease in your area, please contact Marion Smith on 651 043 681.
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Ragu row SWEDEN: A woman has been sent to jail for a month after throwing a plate at her boyfriend. The 47-year-old was complaining that her ragu had pancetta in the sauce and threw it back at him.
Low rates SWEDEN: The central bank is keeping the country’s low interest rate at -0.50 per cent, citing continued global uncertainty partly sparked by the Brexit vote.
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BRITAIN is set to build a 13ft high wall in Calais to try to stop migrants sneaking across the Channel with UK taxpayers footing the bill, expected to be around £2 million (€2.38 million).
Not back to school POLICE were called to a school in Kent following a disturbance between
BRITISH PRESS a parent and the head teacher. Parents complained the new head was turning students away at the gate for not wearing the correct uniform.
Photographic concern A FL O RIST t o f oot bal l er s’ wives said he was shocked to see his photo in an Daesh magazine. The 64-year-old from Cheshire appeared in the Rumiyah magazine which led to him being questioned by counter-terrorism police.
PILL USE: It has been alleged that one can trigger early miscarriage.
NORWAY: Patients faced delayed operations and consultations after nearly 200 doctors and hospital staff went on strike after talks broke down with unions and employers over working hours.
Lego lagging behind DENMARK: Toymaker Lego has reported slower sales growth and falling profits in the first half of the year as it hired more staff and sales stalled in the Americas. Net profit fell to 3.49 billion kroner (€469 million), from 3.55 billion kroner in the same period last year.
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HIGH WALL: Is being considered to stop migrants crossing the Channel.
Strike action
NORWAY: According to the European Commission’s Consumer Markets Scoreboard, Norway has some of the least satisfied consumers among the 30 nations surveyed. They said they were unhappy with options for meat, fruit and vegetables.
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CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel has defended her refugee policy and said the situation had improved drastically in the past year for Germans as well as refugees.
SWEDEN: Students could soon be able to get a student loan to pay for their driving licence if government proposals go ahead.
Raw deal
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Corruption charges TWO policemen have been arrested on corruption charges and for selling police uniforms to criminals along
DUTCH PRESS with walkie-talkies allowing them to listen in on police conversations.
Terrorism list NINE Dutch people have been added to the national terrorism list by the Foreign Minister in relation to suspected activities in Syria and Iraq.
Motorway killing A GERMAN motorist was ki l l ed i n Denm ar k by a heavy stone thrown from a motorway overpass which hit his vehicle. Police say the attack could have been inspired by Netflix series ‘Slasher ’ which showed a similar incident.
Integration for all A GERMAN sociologist from the Karlsruhe University of Education believes both immigrants and Germans should take integration classes for more harmonious living.
Pill complaints DOCTORS and pro-abortion campaigners are taking the health insurance ministry to court for failing to provide clear guidelines about the use of a pill which can trigger early miscarriage.
GERMAN cities opened their doors to historic churches, theatres and museums free of charge to visitors as part of the ‘Day of Open Monuments.’ Even some of Berlin’s night clubs opened to mark the occasion.
More living in debt There are now 61 people on the list.
Second most popular spot TOURISTS visiting Rotterdam have risen for the fifth consecutive year. According to new figures 205,000 tourists visited the port city in the first five months of the year, making it the second most popular city destination.
NEW government figures show that more German families than ever are living in debt. The number with a high level of debt rose from 1.64 million in 2006 to 1.87 million in 2016.
Tax charges A SWISS former banker has been charged with allegedly selling German authorities files of wealthy clients suspected of tax evasion.
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NOT SO SMART: A man was arrested for playing Pokemon Go in a church.
Unorthodox prayer A POKEMON GO player is facing five years in prison after filming himself playing the interactive smart phone game in a church. The prolific 21-year-old blogger has been charged with inciting hatred and offending religious sensibilities but was ‘supported’ by the mayor who said “you can’t arrest a man for idiocy.”
Manchurian candidate AN independent pollster has been denounced as a ‘foreign agent’ by the justice ministry, just after it published statistics indicating a drop in support for Russia’s ruling party. The Levada Centre has now been accused of working with the Pentagon to destabilise the country.
Paralympic protest BELARUS’ Paralympic team launched a pro-Russia protest at the opening ceremony of the Games, flying Russian flags in support of their absent neighbours. All Russian Paralympic athletes were banned from the Rio competition over an alleged systemic doping network which has tarnished the country’s sporting reputation.
Warning shot? A HORRIFIC car crash killed Vladimir Putin’s personal driver when the presidential BMW tore through the central barrier of a fivelane highway and smashed into an oncoming Mercedes. The incident was captured on CCTV and is being investigated amid suspicions that it may have been a political assassination.
Sex scandal STUDENTS have been shocked by a lurid sex scandal involving a popular professor at one of the coun-
Lions’ den A BRAVE human rights activist will challenge Chechen chief Ramzan Kadyrov to a public debate ahead of Duma elections later this month. Nobel Peace Prize contender Svetlana Gannushkina hopes to end the autocratic rule of the strongman, who has been accused of the murder and torture of political opponents. Ramzan Kadyrov.
try’s top schools. Boris D was exposed as having had sexual affairs with students for more than 16 years at the prestigious Moscow School No 57, which is hugely popular with the Russian intelligentsia.
Red river AUTHORITIES are investigating what caused a river in the Arctic city of Norilsk to turn bright red. Iron ore in the soil and industrial waste from a slurry pipe break are possibilities, while the area happens to be the world’s largest producer of nickel and palladium.
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Formula 1 sale is to go ahead By John Smith AFTER literally years of speculation and rumour it has been confirmed that the American company Liberty Media will take over the Formula 1 franchise from Bernie Ecclestone and private equity investors subject to regulator approval. Despite the fact that Formula 1 is seen to be incredibly successful, there is a debt of $4.1 billion (€3.6 billion) which will have to be accepted by Lib-
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Eighty-five-year-old Bernie Ecclestone who has been involved with the organisation for more than 40 years will remain as CEO for at least three years, subject to his health whilst a close friend of Rupert Murdoch, Chase Carey, currently vice-chairman of 21st Century Fox will take over as chairman. Initially, Liberty Media which has interests in a number of sports and entertainment businesses will take a minority stake
I am absolutely serene that extraordinary preparations made by the Bank cushioned the economy and will help the UK make a success of Brexit,” Mark Carney Governor of the Bank of England.
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Fake euros HUGE numbers of counterfeit euros, dollars and pesos have been seized in Columbia in an operation between the Spanish National Police, US Secret Service and Columbian Police which has resulted in the arrest of seven men and the closure of a sophisticated printing operation in Bogota. Following various meetings between the National Police of Columbia and Spain it became apparent that a clandestine organisation was producing high quality fake currency and a great deal of it was being flown to Spain in the baggage of supposed holidaymakers. A specialist in fake currency
associated with the Criminal Investigation Branch of the Bank of Spain was sent by the National Police to Bogota in July of this year to join a 50man task force which included agents assigned by the US Secret Service. Having identified potential addresses for the production of the high value fake bank notes (mostly €100 and $100), the task force arrested seven people, found two printing presses, hologram affixing machinery, computers containing designs for euros and dollars and a total of €1 million in €50, €100 and €500 notes and $1.2 million in $100 bills.
FOLLOWING the ‘roasting’ that Sports Direct’s owner Mike Ashley received in parliament with regards to the way in which staff were treated and paid, he has been on something of a charm offensive in the run up to the AGM. Unfortunately for him it doesn’t seem to have worked and independent shareholders voted to reject the re-appointment of current chairman Keith Hellawell. Mr Ashley is still the majority shareholder in the company and has asked for time to fix all of the problems, and if he can’t, then it will be time for him to leave.
World Bank JOSÉ MANUEL SORIA, the former Spanish politician and minister of industry, energy and tourism from the Canary Islands resigned in April 2016 after being linked with offshore companies in the Panama Papers. To the surprise of many, he was put forward by the Spanish government to represent the country on the board of the World Bank but resigned before taking office saying the government had instructed him to do so. Spain will now no longer be represented in that organisation.
Fashion trends are changing FOR those who want to keep up with the latest trends in the fashion world, a number of designers who are presenting at New York fashion week have done away with the concept of launching their next seasons designs and then ship them months later after they have been
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seen in fashion magazines. Now the new trend is for shows to be broadcast on social media and to accept immediate orders online for speedy delivery thus increasing their cash flow and perhaps cutting out a number of retailers, thus allowing greater profit.
in Formula 1 but does expect to increase that over a period of time if allowed to do so. Formula 1 has never really taken off in the USA which appears more interested in supporting Indy car racing, but with this new investment together with the arrival of a senior Murdoch supporter, it is probable that there will be a significant push to market the franchise in the USA which has staged one annual F1 race in Austin Texas since 2012.
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Parcel collection IN an interesting team up between the Spanish post office (Correos), perhaps not best known for its speed of delivery and national petrol giant Repsol, they have announced that by the end of this year, purchasers from certain internet companies will be able to visit one of some 500 nominated petrol stations to pick up their purchases. This reflects a number of similar agreements made with local grocery stores in the UK and will no doubt assist the post office to retain some of its parcel delivery business.
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By John Smith IN what is a significant reversal following the fall in value of sterling, a British company, Micro Focus, which has just made its debut in the FTSE 100, has made a huge investment in merging with the software division of Silicon Valley giant Hewlett-Packard. The executive chairman of Micro Focus Kevin Loosemore was aware that HP was looking to continue to rationalise its business and approached the American company in February this year to discuss a way in which it could take over the running of that division. Even with the apparent ‘panic’ following the Brexit vote did not divert him from his plan and it has just been announced that the two groups will merge to form an $8.8 billion (€7.8 billion) company which will trade under the Micro Focus name out of the UK although HP will own 50.1 per cent of the company and will receive a total of $2.5 billion (€2.2 billion) in cash from the British firm. This is a major step for the company which employs 4,500 people and has 20,000 customers worldwide as it brings in a further 50,000 customers from HP as well as the business of former UK software company Autonomy which was sold to HP in a disastrous deal which saw three quarters of the companies value written down following the acquisition. According to Mr Loosemore, apart from an on-
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HEAD OFFICE: For Hewlett-Packard in Palo Alto, California. going strategy of purchasing good quality competitors and companies in similar areas which can be managed well in order to increase profits, a major part of the business is to persuade large companies to pay Micro Focus to extend the life of the computers they use to run their businesses, thus allowing them to avoid spending on newer computer systems until absolutely necessary.
This latest arrangement is attractive to HP as it has been active in trying to concentrate on what it considers to be its core business which is the production of computers and printers, so this deal will hopefully ensure that it sees decent profits without having to worry about managing the business and immediately after the deal was announced, shares in Micro Focus shot up by more than 20 per cent,
valuing the company at over £5 billion (€6 billion). The merged company is now a major player in the software world and whilst it is unlikely to challenge Microsoft which is really aiming at a different market, it does mean that the UK can boast that it has one of the biggest software groups in the world.
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Marbella new holiday destination for Chinese By John Smith IN the same way that French company Club Med promoted all inclusive holidays in specially constructed ‘villages’ in exotic parts of the world, so the Chinese, recognising that their new middle class are desperate to travel to Europe but worried about the language and the way of life, are reversing the process and considering opening their own Chinese friendly hotels. Giant investment firm Dalian Wanda owned by Wang Jianlin who has taken a particular interest in commercial property in Europe in general and in particular Spain where he purchased amongst other investments, the Edificio España in Madrid from Santander for an estimated €265 million. Although having discovered that he could not renovate it and turn it into a luxury hotel he is now in the process of disposing of it. Not discouraged with this problem, he now has his eye in the Costa del Sol and representatives were sent earlier this year to Benahavis to discuss investment opportunities
WANG JIANLIN: Owner of giant investment firm Dalian Wanda. and he has now sent the general director of his hotel and resorts division to Marbella to discuss the opportunities that might exist.
The general area offers a good range of high quality hotels as well as still having land available for development which in turn would
boost local employment. Such a visit has been warmly welcomed as in 2015 the conglomerate handled the travel and hotel
arrangements for 40 million Chinese tourists and travellers so even a small percentage of that business would give a boost to the local economy. What appeals to the newly affluent Chinese traveller is the coast with its sun, sea and sailing plus the number of golf courses as well as some very impressive and upmarket shopping centres and eateries. Initial discussions have centred on the availability of existing properties but all parties must have an eye on the establishment of specific Chinese friendly enclaves and the creation of a new holiday destination for the group which continues to expand its operation throughout the world by the acquisition and construction of luxury hotels. Should this possibility become reality, then there will be an additional fillip for Malaga airport as new and additional flights to and from China would have to be introduced whilst other towns within the province would be encouraged to negotiate with the group in order to attract their business.
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SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE: Unlikely until spending is under control. By John Smith SOON after the result of the Brexit referendum, Nicola Sturgeon made it very clear that Scotland had voted to stay in the European Union and that unless Britain ensured it’s retention of that position, she would personally recommend that there be a second independence referendum and an eventual application by Scotland to join the EU in its own right. Much had been made of an independent Scotland becoming a member of the Union prior to the first referendum, but the overall response from Brussels was pretty lukewarm, with no promises of special treatment for Scotland because she had been a member through the United Kingdom. Towards the end of August, the First Minister still appeared ready to push forward for a second referendum and announced that she had instructed staff and SNP parliamentary and council members to go on the offensive to promote the concept of the second referendum with local meetings and a questionnaire
Despite the dominance of the SNP they will have to steer a very difficult course before independence or membership of the Union is likely.”
being sent to all members of the party. Now with the release of the latest figures showing that in the year 2015 – 2016, there was an overall deficit of just under £15 billion (€17.7 billion) in the Scottish economy she has had to back pedal somewhat. The obvious problem is that Scotland spent more than it earned, due in part to the fall in value of North Sea oil tax revenue but overall expenditure by the Scottish parliament is generally much higher per capita than in the rest of the United Kingdom. Some may argue that part of the overspend was due to the amount that Scotland contributed to the British econo-
my in respect of overseas representation and defence but the actual deficit in percentage terms is currently running at 9.5 per cent of GDP, in reality worse than that of Greece and almost double of that of Spain which is being threatened with EU fines! Whilst the SNP remains optimistic about the future and the fact that it could grow the economy especially if the oil price increases, analysts suggest that even if independent, Scotland would only be accepted by the European Union if it drastically reduces expenditure and even Ms Sturgeon accepts that the drop in oil prices means Scotland has “suffered an economic shock, which has impacted on our fiscal position.” As time passes, it appears that the Scottish people could become less interested in independence and more interested in a future within a United Kingdom which has left the European Union, so despite the dominance of the SNP generally, they will have to steer a very difficult course before independence or membership of the Union is likely.
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‘No go’ areas really exist LEAPY LEE SAYS IT
OTHERS THINK IT WE really do have to drag our heads out of the sand and begin to admit some of the realities of life. Living in denial is utterly counterproductive. The recent ‘advice’ given to the Chinese tourist by their airline company is a case in point. To my mind their recommendation for their passengers to avoid certain areas, particularly after dark, was a completely responsible act by an organisation that obviously had their customers’ best interests at heart. Let’s be quite clear about this. Despite what the PC brigade would have us believe, ‘no go’ areas do exist in UK towns and cities. The majority of these areas, where taxis refuse to visit and even the police tend to avoid, are mainly inhabited by ethnic minorities and littered with illegal aliens, drugs and dangerous criminals. Heaven help anyone who dares to admit it however. I’ve no
SCHOOL SETTING: An environment for learning not fashion parading. doubt even this ol’ boy will receive the usual hate mail and accusations of racism from the rose-coloured
glasses brigade. Ah well on yer own heads be it. Loved the headmaster who turned
pupils away because he considered them inappropriately dressed. My teenage daughter takes more time
getting ready for school than Kate Moss spends preparing for the catwalk. Schools are for learning not fashion parading. Besides, school uniforms are a wonderfull leveller and allow the pupils to concentrate on what’s in the memory bank, not the banks of the wealthy parents that allow their offspring to Lord it over those pupils less fortunate. Good luck to him. Good luck also to Theresa May and her Grammar schools. To my mind the system I grew up in should never have been changed. It gave everyone an opportunity to better themselves. If you passed the 11plus you went on to Grammar school and later a chance of University. If you failed, you had the opportunity to stay on in your existing school or, if you so desired go on to Technical College to learn a trade and subsequently enter into the tremendous cross section of apprenticeships offered up to those who qualified. Perfect. Keep the faith. Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
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Parties are just marking time Cassandra Nash A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene
NO politico will utter anything other than hot air before the regional elections in Galicia and the Basque Region on September 25. The Partido Popular, PSOE, Ciudadanos and Podemos are marking time, waiting to see how well they do. That’s when things on the national scene will get going, and not before.
Mixed messages RAJOY’S text message “Luis, stay strong,” to former PP treasurer Luis Barcenas after he was accused of enriching himself and the party with illegal funds will haunt him forever. So will vowing undying love - “I love you Alfonso, coño I love you” - for Alfonso Rus, former commission-grabbing, contractpadding president of the PP in the Valencia region. The c-word, incidentally, is admissible in Spain and its use obligatory for politicians. “Rita you’re the best,” Rajoy once told Va-
lencia’s ex-mayor Rita Barbera who, still a Senator, is under investigation for corruption, illegal party funding and money laundering. Their alleged transgressions surprised him, Rajoy admitted, which doesn’t say much for presidential perception. And if he suspected and said nothing, that says even less.
Love-in RAJOY, Sanchez, Rivera and Iglesias, all have first names, strings of academic letters after those names and private lives about which thankfully little is known. Even if the country were condemned to a third election, the Spanish would fortunately not have to witness presidential candidates snogging their wives before, during or after party rallies to demonstrate how loving and lovable they are.
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ACTING president Mariano Rajoy had no involvement with choosing Jose Manuel Soria as Spain’s representative to the World Bank. Blame Economy minister Luis de Guindos for keeping him in the dark and allowing him to say the appointment was entirely legal. That’s the latest message from relieved Partido Popular after a rare occasion when internal strife produced visible fissures. The party is extraordinarily loyal to its leaders, especially Rajoy who is indulgently loyal to his supporters. But this time Rajoy – sorry, De Guindos – went too far allowing someone to represent Spain who was linked to the Panama Papers. Even hardened PP grandees perceived this as a blind eye too many. So Soria gave up his taxfree €226,000 a year at the World Bank and fell on his sword, presumably the one that stabbed De Guindos in the back. IN THE DARK: Rajoy had no involvement in choosing Soria.
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7:00am Planet’s Funniest Animals 7:20am Dinner Date 8:10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Coronation Street 10:00am You’ve Been Framed! 10:30am Psych 11:20am Royal Pains 12:15pm Dinner Date 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm You’ve Been Framed! 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm Take Me Out 7:50pm Totally You’ve Been Framed! 8:30pm You’ve Been Framed! Gold 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Dating in the Dark 11:00pm Celebrity Juice 11:50pm Family Guy 12:20am Family Guy
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8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day’s events from a global perspective. 8:30pm The Sky at Night 9:00pm Tank Men 9:30pm Hive Minds 10:00pm Best Album of the Year 2016: Mercury Prize Live Lauren Laverne hosts from the awards ceremony at London’s Eventim Apollo. 11:00pm When Albums Ruled the World 12:25am Duets at the BBC 1:25am Life Story 2:25am Natural World 3:25am When Albums Ruled the World Documentary looking at the history of the pop music album. 4:55am This is BBC Four BBC Four is the BBC channel for people who want more.
7:20am 3rd Rock from the Sun 7:45am 3rd Rock from the Sun 8:10am King of Queens 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss USA 12:00pm Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine Champion of Champions 2:00pm Paralympics 2016 Live 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:30pm Paralympics 2016 9:00pm The Last Leg 10:00pm Paralympics 2016 Live 2:00am The Supervet 2:55am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA
8:30am Thomas and Friends 8:40am Noddy: Toyland Detective 8:55am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 9:05am Wissper 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:35am Paw Patrol 9:50am Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:00am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm Cowboy Builders 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:20pm NCIS 4:20pm A Trace of Danger 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Police Interceptors 9:00pm On Benefits: Breadline Brummies 10:00pm Gypsy Kids: Our Secret World 11:00pm Celebrity Botched Up Bodies 12:05am Tattoo Disasters UK: What Were You Inking?
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7:00am Animal Kingdom: Let’s Go Ape 8:45am The Joker 10:45am Steve Jobs 1:00pm Animal Kingdom: Let’s Go Ape 2:45pm Suicide Squad: Dc Villains Uncovered The latest from DC sees a group of super villains thrown together to save the world. 3:15pm Every Secret Thing 5:00pm Pay the Ghost 6:45pm Steve Jobs 9:00pm Every Secret Thing 10:45pm The Top Ten Show 2016 11:00pm Martyrs 12:30am The Joker Tense cat-andmouse thriller about a young detective kidnapped by a serial killer. 2:20am Martyrs 3:50am Rams 5:25am Animal Kingdom: Let’s Go Ape
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Movies Now In Loving Memory Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Murder, She Wrote The Return of Sherlock Holmes Heartbeat The Royal Where the Heart is In Loving Memory You’re Only Young Twice George and Mildred Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Midsomer Murders Law and Order: UK Wycliffe Law and Order: UK Judge Judy The Emmy nominated reality courtroom series, presided over by outspoken family court judge. ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping
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Magnum, P.I. The Chase The Sweeney Ironside Minder Magnum, P.I. The Chase The Car Chasers Pawn Stars Storage Wars New York Storage Wars New York The Sweeney Minder Ironside Storage Wars New York Storage Wars New York Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Fishing Impossible The Living Daylights FYI Daily The Living Daylights The Kingdom FYI Daily The Kingdom The Classic Car Show ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping
The Patriot King Arthur Ant-Man Black Sea Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F 6:20pm Superman Returns 9:00pm Ant-Man 11:00pm Taken 12:45am Enemy of the State 3:10am Darkman 4:50am Taken
9:45am Crocodile Dundee II 11:45am The Top Ten Show 2016 12:05pm Never Been Kissed 2:00pm Spud 2: The Madness Continues 3:45pm When Harry Met Sally 5:30pm The Wedding Ringer 7:20pm Happy Gilmore 9:00pm Pixels 11:00pm Hot Pursuit 12:35am Ali G Indahouse 2:10am Cop Out 4:05am The Rocky Horror Picture Show 5:50am The Pink Panther
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Charmed Hollyoaks Stage School Animals Unleashed How I Met Your Mother Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Animals Unleashed Animals Unleashed Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Stage School The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory New Girl New Girl Celebs Go Dating The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory
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7:00am Football Gold 8:00am WWE SmackDown! 9:00am Premier League 100 Club 9:30am Premier League 100 Club 10:00am Barclays Premier League World 10:30am BPL Legends 11:00am The Premier League Years 1:00pm BPL Legends 1:30pm Spanish Gold 2:30pm BPL Legends 3:00pm The Premier League Years 5:00pm Premier League Legends 6:00pm Premier League 100 Club 6:30pm Barclays Premier League World 7:00pm Premier League 100 Club 7:30pm Football Gold 8:00pm Barclays Premier League World 8:30pm World Rugby 9:00pm Live Super League Play-Offs 11:30pm NFL 12:30am NFL 1:30am NFL 2:30am Live NFL
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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Rip Off Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Dom on the Spot 12:45pm Caught Red Handed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Think Tank 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Yes Chef 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm A Question of Sport 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Would I Lie to You? 10:00pm Eat Well for Less 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm New Tricks 12:35am Swingers 2:10am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15am BBC News
7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Who’s Doing the Dishes? 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Countrywise 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Joanna Lumley’s Japan 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:40pm Mad Max 1:25am Jackpot247 4:00am Murder, She Wrote 4:50am ITV Nightscreen
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Dom on the Spot Yes Chef Antiques Roadshow Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live The Daily Politics Tennis Debatable Make Me an Egghead Great British Menu Great British Menu Mastermind Gardeners’ World The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice Mock the Week Newsnight Later... with Jools Holland Schama on Rembrandt: Masterpieces of the Late Years Question Time Inside the Factory BBC Parliament on BBC Two This is BBC Two
7:00am Planet’s Funniest Animals 7:20am Dinner Date 8:10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Emmerdale 10:00am You’ve Been Framed! 10:30am Psych 11:20am Royal Pains 12:15pm Dinner Date 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You’ve Been Framed! Gold 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm Totally You’ve Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm American Pie: The Wedding 11:55pm Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy
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8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day’s events from a global perspective. 8:30pm Top of the Pops David Jensen presents the weekly pop chart show, first broadcast on 15 April 1982. 9:00pm The Good Old Days 9:45pm Sounds of the Sixties Tim Buckley and Richie Havens are the folk stars in this 1960s archive show. 9:55pm Pop Go the Sixties A colourful nugget of pop by The Who, mined from the BBC’s archive. series 1. 10:00pm The Everly Brothers: Harmonies From Heaven 11:00pm Billy Fury: The Sound of Fury 12:30am Rock ‘n’ Roll Britannia 1:30am Top of the Pops
7:20am 3rd Rock from the Sun 8:10am King of Queens 8:35am King of Queens 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss USA 12:00pm Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine Champion of Champions 2:00pm Paralympics 2016 Live 5:00pm Paralympics 2016 Live 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:30pm Paralympics 2016 9:00pm The Last Leg 10:00pm Paralympics 2016 Live 2:00am Naked Attraction 2:55am George Clarke’s Amazing Treehouses
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In Loving Memory Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Murder, She Wrote The Return of Sherlock Holmes Heartbeat The Royal Where the Heart is In Loving Memory You’re Only Young Twice George and Mildred Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Foyle’s War Law and Order: UK Wycliffe Lewis Long Lost Family Rory Bremner’s Great British Views Rory Bremner’s Great British Views George and Mildred
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Snooker v Darts Magnum, P.I. The Chase The Sweeney Ironside Minder Magnum, P.I. The Chase Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Storage Wars New York The Sweeney Minder Ironside Storage Wars New York Storage Wars New York Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Counting Cars Counting Cars Licence to Kill FYI Daily Licence to Kill Inside Man FYI Daily
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Wissper Peppa Pig Paw Patrol Toot the Tiny Tugboat Bananas in Pyjamas The Wright Stuff Cowboy Builders 5 News Lunchtime Eamonn and Ruth: How the Other Half Lives Home and Away Neighbours NCIS The Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Building the Panama Canal The Cars That Made Britain Great Carry on Caravanning The Tube: Going Underground Ice Road Truckers Super Casino
12:25pm Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens 2:50pm Armageddon 5:25pm Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb 7:10pm The Day the Earth Stood Still 9:00pm Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens 11:20pm Die Hard 4.0 1:30am Walking Tall
1:20pm Spud 3: Learning to Fly 3:00pm Trainwreck 5:10pm The 40 Year Old Virgin 7:15pm Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 9:00pm The Hangover 10:45pm Trainwreck 1:00am Bad Bromance 2:45am Rushmore 4:25am Eight Legged Freaks
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Charmed Hollyoaks Stage School Animals Unleashed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Rules of Engagement Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Animals Unleashed Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Stage School I, Robot Celebs Go Dating The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory
7:00am The Joker 9:00am Animal Kingdom: Let’s Go Ape 10:45am Bridget Jones’s Baby: Special 11:15am Pay the Ghost 1:00pm Every Secret Thing 2:45pm The Intern 5:00pm Animal Kingdom: Let’s Go Ape 6:45pm Steve Jobs Michael Fassbender stars as the mastermind behind Apple in this hardhitting biopic from director Danny Boyle. 9:00pm The Intern 11:05pm Pay the Ghost 12:45am Every Secret Thing 2:25am Martyrs 4:05am The Joker Tense cat-andmouse thriller about a young detective kidnapped by a serial killer.
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Football Gold Football Gold Rugby Classic Live New Zealand NPC Rugby Rugby Classic Live New Zealand NPC Rugby Barclays Premier League World Premier League Match Pack BPL Legends Barclays Premier League World Bpl 100 Club Spanish Gold The Premier League Years Barclays Premier League World Premier League Match Pack Barclays Premier League Preview The Fantasy Football Club Football Carling in Off the Bar The Fantasy Football Club
Cricket Classic WWE Main Event NFL Highlights Sporting Heroes Cricket’s Greatest Cricket’s Greatest Cricket’s Greatest Cricket’s Greatest Sporting Greats Sporting Greats NFL Highlights Cricket Classic Cricket Classic Cricket’s Greatest Cricket’s Greatest Series profiling some of the greatest cricketers of all time. Game Changers Cricket’s Greatest ATP Tour Uncovered NFL Highlights Live Super League Play-Offs NFL Hard Knocks Boxing Gold Cricket Classic Cricket Classic NFL Highlights Sporting Heroes
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11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm James Martin: Home Comforts 1:00pm Football Focus 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather 2:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:45pm Tennis 5:30pm Final Score 6:15pm BBC News 6:25pm Regional News 6:28pm Weather 6:30pm Toy Story 3 8:10pm Pointless 9:00pm The National Lottery: Five Star Family Reunion 9:50pm Casualty 10:40pm Mrs. Brown’s Boys 11:10pm BBC News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 12:50am The NFL Show 1:20am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:25am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.
7:05am Rachel and The Stranger 8:35am Rancho Notorious 10:00am Border Country 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Lost Land of the Volcano 1:00pm Great British Menu 1:30pm Great British Menu 2:00pm Great British Menu 2:30pm Escape to the Continent 3:30pm Flog It! 4:30pm The Hairy Bikers’ Chicken and Egg 5:30pm Tennis 6:30pm Gardeners’ World 7:30pm The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice 8:00pm The Severn Bridge at 50: A High Wire Act 8:30pm Dad’s Army 9:00pm All Together Now: The Great Orchestra Challenge The Final. 10:00pm A Late Quartet 11:40pm QI XL 12:25am A Serious Man
8:00pm Natural World 9:00pm Clydebuilt: The Ships That Made the Commonwealth Documentary series exploring the stories of four ships built on the river Clyde. 10:00pm Beck 11:30pm Kenny Rogers Examining the life and career of the artist who ‘knows when to hold ‘em and knows when to fold ‘em’, this documentary chronicles Kenny Rogers’s rise to the top of his game and the golden era of country music he ushered in. 12:30am Country Kings at the BBC 1:30am An Evening with Glen Campbell 2:50am Top of the Pops 3:25am From Andy Pandy to Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children’s TV
7:10am Gillette World Sport 7:35am Andorra Ultra Trail 8:05am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Frasier 9:30am Frasier 10:00am The Morning Line 11:00am The Big Bang Theory 11:30am The Big Bang Theory 12:00pm The Big Bang Theory 12:25pm The Simpsons 1:00pm The Simpsons 1:30pm The Simpsons 2:00pm Paralympics 2016 Live 5:00pm Paralympics 2016 Live 6:30pm Formula 1 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:30pm Paralympics 2016 9:00pm The Last Leg 10:00pm Paralympics 2016 Live 2:00am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 2:50am Hollyoaks Omnibus 4:55am Location, Location, Location 5:50am Food Unwrapped
7:00am Milkshake! 9:25am The Fairly Odd Parents 10:00am The Saturday Show Live 12:00pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 1:00pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 2:00pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 3:00pm Police Interceptors: Deadly Pursuits 4:00pm Police Interceptors 5:00pm Police Interceptors 6:00pm Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! 7:00pm Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! 8:00pm 5 News 8:05pm NCIS: Los Angeles 9:00pm NCIS 9:55pm 5 News 10:00pm Football on 5 11:00pm Football on 5 11:30pm Impractical Jokers UK 12:00am The Cars That Made Britain Great 1:00am Super Casino 4:10am Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle
7:00am Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 7:10am How I Met Your Mother 7:30am How I Met Your Mother 7:55am Coach Trip 8:25am Coach Trip 8:55am Coach Trip 9:30am Coach Trip 10:00am Coach Trip 10:30am Animals Unleashed 11:00am Animals Unleashed 11:30am Animals Unleashed 12:00pm Baby Daddy 12:30pm Baby Daddy 1:00pm New Girl 1:30pm The Goldbergs 2:00pm The Goldbergs 2:30pm The Goldbergs 3:00pm The Goldbergs 3:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 4:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 4:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm FilmIndependence Day Resurgence Interview Special 10:50pm Gogglebox 11:55pm Gogglebox 12:55am Rude Tube 2:00am Rude Tube
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7:00am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:40am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:05pm The X Factor 1:05pm The Xtra Factor Live 2:05pm Ninja Warrior 3:05pm Totally You’ve Been Framed! Gold 3:50pm Horrid Henry: The Movie 4:50pm FYI Daily 4:55pm Horrid Henry: The Movie 5:50pm The Waterboy 6:50pm FYI Daily 6:55pm The Waterboy 7:35pm The Mummy 8:35pm FYI Daily 8:40pm The Mummy 10:00pm The Xtra Factor Live 11:00pm Celebrity Juice 11:50pm Family Guy 12:20am Family Guy 12:50am Family Guy 1:20am American Dad! 1:50am American Dad! 2:20am The Cleveland Show 2:45am The Cleveland Show 3:10am Mom 3:30am Mom
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CITV ITV News Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote Columbo ITV News and Weather Tipping Point The Chase Pick Me! The X Factor Ninja Warrior UK Local News and Weather ITV News and Weather You’ve Been Framed! Go for It The X Factor Newzoids The Jonathan Ross Show ITV News and Weather Knocked Up Jackpot247 Murder, She Wrote Nightscreen
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Motorsport UK Bundesliga Goodwood Revival Goodwood Revival Pawn Stars Mr. Bean Mr. Bean British Superbike Championship Highlights Shalako FYI Daily Shalako The Horse Soldiers FYI Daily The Horse Soldiers Macho western based on a true story. Fishing Impossible Fierce Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol FYI Daily Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol Exit Wounds FYI Daily Exit Wounds Senna
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Max Payne Mad Max: Fury Road The Golden Child Smokey and the Bandit Saving Private Ryan Mad Max: Fury Road Max Payne Death Warrant Crimson Tide The Top Ten Show 2016
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Steve Jobs The Time Traveller Pay the Ghost Bridget Jones’s Baby: Special The Intern Every Secret Thing Animal Kingdom: Let’s Go Ape The Time Traveller The Intern Pay the Ghost Nicolas Cage stars as a father whose son mysteriously disappears during a Halloween carnival. The Joker Tense cat-and-mouse thriller about a young detective kidnapped by a serial killer. Martyrs Rams Suicide Squad: Dc Villains Uncovered
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Autumn... time to turn over a new leaf Nora Johnson
Breaking Views Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist. To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson
EVER felt that September is the true start of the New Year and not January? The time when, after the long summer break, kids return to school and adults to work. September always felt to me like a new start because of the change in routine. Your day-to-day life got shaken up anyway so it seemed like a good time to make changes, initiate projects or get back to some things abandoned over the summer. A time of fresh starts, self-evaluation and reflection, for some maybe, even divorce... A recent US study revealed that marriage break-ups peak not only after Christmas but also at the end of summer, possibly caused by family rows and disappointing holidays that fail to mend growing rifts in relationships. Whether we want to face up to it
FRESH START: A time for self-evaluation and reflection. or not, it’s quite clear that civilisation itself is being shaken up pretty forcefully too by the global threat from disease, climate change, crime, financial crises, terrorism, etc. We’ve got the
whole lot going on at once. Yes, but what’s this got to do with divorce? Like so many things, it’s out of control and costing an arm and a leg (Britain reputedly the divorce capital of the
world due to mega-payouts). Disasters of volcanic proportions start with bubbles of gas long before we start to see lava flowing. Years ago we were warned about the overuse of antibiotics,
now some are no longer effective. How long before an incurable plague-like disease wrong-foots us? Ebola hasn’t disappeared simply because we don’t hear much about it anymore. Basically, we’ve left too much to fate by thinking ‘it’ll never happen.’ Heck, all around us the social and economic fabric of our world is being slowly chipped away at, a situation becoming increasingly serious, together with the potential for knock-on effects. The problem with the culture which has built up today is that many of us want all the material goodies which go with today’s lifestyles, but don’t want to give anything back. Time to turn over more than a new leaf then? 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.
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Fire safety needs some thought FOR the three years that I’ve lived on the Costa Blanca I’ve been terrified to see burning in the open nearly every day (although it’s forbidden in the summer). It has hardly rained in these three years and when I phone the police to tell them that someone is burning, without a ‘quemador’ (those kinds of grey bricks areas in which they usually burn), during summer months and even during the not allowed hours, they just ignore my call! Last year on August 18 a neighbour started a fire that went into his other neighbour’s garden! Luckily this other neighbour was at home and both of them managed to stop the fire! The police again didn’t register it probably to save ‘their friends’ from paying fines! If anyone out there has been experiencing some similar cases please let’s report it all together to Seprona to put more pressure and stop this nonsense which puts at risks, lives, houses, and nature! Micheline
Rotten scoundrels BEEN enjoying reading the tales of blatant corruption you cover, amply provided by the Spanish politicians and others, amusingly keeping stereotypes alive and kicking. Some of their exploits are worthy of a satire, but it makes me wish our British overlords were more like the Spanish. At least here the corruption is in your face and, as long as it doesn’t fleece your bank account, always worth a good chuckle. In the UK they’ve managed to perfect it behind the scenes, it’s still there but done professionally is a little harder to uncover, and not quite as funny when you do... Marc
Dog beach blues I DON’T swim in any mass family orientated waters... just think how may humans pee in the water... did you know sunscreen location that is dutifully slathered on before a swim on the beach may be protecting your body, but a new study finds that the chemicals are also killing coral reefs worldwide... ‘human hygiene’?!
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the words of the meerkat, not market, ‘simple’! I enjoy your paper very much and usually save it for my ‘Sunday read’ over a leisurely breakfast. Cheers! Michele, Elviria
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An urban nightmare I WAS incredibly alarmed to read a recent EWN article about urbanisation along the Spanish coast meaning that most of the coastline of Costa Blanca and Costa del Sol is now comprised of apartment complexes and the like. Going back just 40 years the Spanish coast was raw, wild, pristine and glorious, but today is mostly private except for some packed beaches chock full of bars and garbage. Of course it’s the same story just about everywhere
And don’t get me started about plastic in the oceans... dogs and animals in general are not the threat to any environment unless they’ve been hormoned to death which ends up in our supermarkets... I believe that’s by far more of a threat to humane hygiene… It’s an animal’s world as well and we don’t own it! Felipe
Banking business I REFER to the letter in last week’s edition (1627).
as the world goes haywire, but surely Spain (and that includes us expats) is shooting itself in the foot here by destroying the main attraction that draws investment in property and tourism. When there’s nothing left to build on we’ll just be left behind as the money finds more lucrative opportunities abroad and we risk a return to the recession years... except this time around we won’t even be able to visit the beach to compensate! Harold, Costa Blanca
I feel it is only right to point out that under the same circumstance as her, when my husband recently passed away, our bank (Unicaja, Colmenar) could not have been more helpful. The joint account was not frozen, in fact within two days it had been changed to my name as sole account holder. Also the forms required by law to prove the balance at the date of death had been given to me for the nominal sum of €8. When I asked if I could use the total balance my manager was completely astounded, ‘why of course, it is your money,’ they said. Perhaps Margaret needs to rethink her banking arrangements. Ann
Pot meets kettle WHEREAS I certainly do not agree with western women being attacked for their dress, neither should Muslim women be treated in the same manner for their dress. Leapy’s point about feeling offended by their dress puts him in the same boat as the people he is objecting to! What about a bit of tolerance all round? Surely that’s a better way to go? Oh and by the way, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is spelled incorrectly. If you break the word into its component parts it’s easier. Pneumono-ultra-microscopic-silicon-volcano-coniosis. In
THESE rip-off merchants have found yet more victims of their fraudulent lies, fabricated, invented or pre-existing damage. In our case it was a mark like a training shoe rubber would leave on a floor, above waist height and situated in a position that could not be damaged without causing a heck of a lot more damage to the rest of the panel... This is daylight robbery and now I can see that it has happened to many, many people. We shouted the odds and even got a witness who is a lawyer! They changed their minds and cancelled the booking - good for them. This is a deliberate, premeditated scam that is practised on virtually every person who has not taken their extra insurance - plain and simple. We were pre-warned on the day we collected the car to be careful as this was their gameplay. The only thing they have perfected is the arrogant rudeness by their ignorant and probably commission-based staff. The agent tried to make me sign their damage receipt which I point blank refused, only to discover later upon reading it that he had body swerved the original accusation of where the damage was and changed it to back bumper - exactly where the scratches pre-existed upon collection (photos taken). I am totally disgusted by the way we were treated and how blatantly obvious their tactics are. I have informed my credit card company as well as local press and EWN to take this into account since it is the likes of insurance companies that are also being duped into these fraudulent activities. Sandee
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I REMEMBER once having a discussion with the Methodist minister in the Suffolk village where we lived. His answer to the charge that religion had been the justification for more wars than any other factor in human history, was it was man who precipitated wars, not their beliefs. At the time I thought that was a reasonable supposition and made good sense. But I think differently now and I have come to the conclusion that religion is in fact a force that works against the best interests of the human race. My conclusion was based on some very deep thought on what religion really is and the nature of its origin. Incredibly there are an estimated 2000 known religions in
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THE TRUTH: No religion or individual has all of the answers. the world. The adherents of each believing that only they possess the true knowledge and therefore the answers to mans problems and ultimate salvation. But the truth is, no religion and no individual has all of the answers to the age old question: Why are we here? One of our design faults is that we, as human beings, detest the fact that we do not have answers. All the ‘I’s’ need to be dotted and the
‘T’s’ crossed. I therefore believe religion can be defined as: An observation of phenomenon and events that we do not understand, explained by things we would like to believe, peppered with a good deal of wishful thinking. It is only by this unsatisfactory means that we can slot in the missing parts and complete
the circle, giving us this inaccurate picture and in some cases, the right to impose the result on others. Some of these cobbled together circles promote universal love, whilst others foster conflict and domination. In simple terms: ‘Good’ and ‘evil.’ Ironically both sides of this coin can be present within the same be-
lief system, Christianity and Islam the prime examples. This is why humanity stands poised on the brink today. The ‘good’ by definition tolerate the ‘bad’ whilst the ‘bad’ abuse the tolerance of the ‘good.’ With the escalation of atrocities perpetrated by religious fanatics that we are witnessing today, this contradictory equation can only end in disaster. There has to be some urgent rethinking on dealing with the evil creeping ever closer.
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The good life in Spain John Smith Random thoughts... THERE are lots of good things about living in southern Spain but one we don’t think of too often is that unlike many other countries around the world, we are less vulnerable to war than most. North Korea has announced it’s tested its fifth and largest atom bomb and boasts it can produce large numbers of bombs small enough to fit onto intercontinental missiles, which could supposedly reach the USA, its main enemy alongside South Korea. Even the Chinese, who supported the north during the Korean War, are critical of the latest actions from the unstable leader of the country who recently allegedly had a politician executed for not sitting properly in his presence. Yemen has had its fair share of fighting, but nothing like the terrible attacks taking place at the moment and according to one reporter in the capital Sana’a, youth of the country are so convinced they will be totally eradicated that they are moving into Saudi Arabia not because they expect to win but purely to kill as many Saudis as possible before
RELATIVELY SAFE: In Spain when compared to what’s happening in some other countries. their own destruction. Both the Saudis and Iranians are undertaking a proxy war in Yemen whilst also supporting other fighters around the Middle East. The Russians are getting aggressive again in the Ukraine, fighting in Syria and becoming belligerent about the movement of NATO forces on their doorsteps whilst Turkey has come out of its own potential coup, made up with
the Russians and is now attacking Kurd freedom fighters within Syria. Africa isn’t as bad as it has been although there’s fighting in recently independent South Sudan and ongoing problems with Boko Haram in West Africa and there’s always the possibility of new civil wars or uprisings happening in a large number of African states. Whilst terrorist attacks by Daesh in
EVEN though there were some financial and political problems surrounding the Paralympic games being held in Rio, the sheer number of participants, range of impairments and the unmistakable commitment to achieving their goals is remarkable. It leaves many unimpaired people stunned by all that is being achieved by disabled sports participants. Not long ago, to admit to having a child with a disability was looked down on. Even those who weren’t consciously biased against the disabled, tended to talk down to them, almost in the belief that someone in a wheelchair for example was mentally impaired. History shows us many examples of people overcoming disabilities, with Julius Caesar supposedly suffering from epilepsy, Helen Keller who was blind, Douglas Bader flew in the Second World War despite losing both legs, Franklin D Roosevelt became US President despite being crippled by polio and perhaps most famously, Stephen Hawking, who has defied all odds to live a long and successful life. Disabled games used to be considered a distraction rather than an event, but the urge to succeed and conquer difficulty runs deep in so many ‘disabled’ people and the fact they are able to channel their determination into sports that now sees large numbers of recognised professionals is quite amazing in such a short time. Although it clearly matters to the individual sportsmen and women who participate in the games to emerge with a medal, the fact is 4,500 determined people from 160 countries have simply shown they can overcome the worst and succeed.
Europe still occur through indoctrination and radicalisation of locally born youngsters, it’s tiny in comparison with Now we what’s happening in the Middle East. want to Every death is a black mark against hear your views. someone, especially in countries happy to supply weapons to nations YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE like Saudi Arabia but in compari- YOUR OPINION son, we in Spain are lucky our lives www.euroweeklynews.com are so comfortable and safe.
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your efforts of recent weeks. Looking back just a few months, would you have thought so much progress could be made? Because of your efforts, home life is enhanced and you are more appreciated. Give yourself a break at the weekend and do something with a loved one that you have not done together for some time.
optimistic, and why not? It won’t hurt to hurry someone along rather than having them go at their own pace. CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) The enthusiasm of your bright Capricorn mind is also capable of making you restless. There are mixed feelings about being at or near home this week, with thoughts of progress possible elsewhere.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) There is so much in you that is determined and looking forward to a fresh start, but something that you are trying to get rid of, or give up, may be giving you more trouble than anticipated. Some things have to be done alone, or so you think, but others have gone through this before you so they are able to give support.
AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) When you are at home this week I would like you to consider how you view your surroundings. This is a good week to make changes and have discussions about future directions.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Is playing the waiting game really to your advantage? Your Sagittarian character naturally leads you to be
LEO (July 24 - August 23) Consider what is the most important thing to you at the moment? Is it wealth or social position? Your work, or how it may be possible to afford that new conservatory are minor considerations compared with your greatest asset which is your health. This week, then, is all about boosting this valuable commodity and building its future.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) For all of the things that you want to do, there are three others that you wish to do. Maybe they are waiting for their own time to come. During the course of this week you will be
PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Pat yourself on the back for all of
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CANCER (June 22 - July 23) When we have long-standing friendships, these are often taken for granted and yet often we could make so much more of them.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Rarely has your mind been as sharp as it is at present. There have been some awkward and downright bad periods in the past, but this week everything falls into place.
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Quick Across 1 Study of plants (6) 4 Full of high-spirited delight (6) 9 Skinny and gaunt (7) 10 Fried potatoes (5) 11 Selected (5) 12 Italian rice dish (7) 13 Detective (6) 15 Consider or hold as true (6) 18 Disposed to please (7) 20 Of or relating to the nose (5) 23 Earlier in time (5) 24 Far away (7) 25 Followed orders (6) 26 Oil-carrying ship (6) Down 1 Fundamental (5) 2 Body excluding head, neck and limbs (5) 3 Disregard (7) 5 Fastening devices (5) 6 Floral emblem of Scotland (7)
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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 3 represents M and 22 represents K, so fill in M every time the figure 3 appears and K every time the figure 22 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 Patio, 4 Hostage, 8 Shatter, 9 Terse, 10 Salvages, 11 Mean, 13 Carpet, 14 Lentil, 17 Asps, 19 Material, 22 Glade, 23 Etonian, 24 Respect, 25 Halve. Down: 1 Posts, 2 Trailer, 3 Outdated, 4 Hermes, 5 Sate, 6 Agree, 7 Eternal, 12 Behemoth, 13 Charger, 15 Trivial, 16 Latent, 18 Peaks, 20 Lance, 21 Bede.
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7 Twist out of shape (7) 8 Bitter aromatic gum (5) 13 Hair cleaner (7) 14 Large building (7) 16 Card game similar to rummy (7)
English - Spanish
Across: 1 Farms, 4 Becomes, 8 Applies, 9 Rapid, 10 Transfer, 11 Meal, 13 Insert, 14 Fences, 17 Firm, 19 Screamed, 22 Ridge, 23 Emotion, 24 Serious, 25 Scene.
17 Prepared (5) 19 Canal boat (5) 21 Roughly built hut (5) 22 After a while (5)
Down:
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
1 Feast, 2 Repeats, 3 Scissors, 4 Basket, 5 Cure, 6 Maple, 7 Saddles, 12 Generous, 13 Informs, 15 Combine, 16 Access, 18 Rider, 20 Dense, 21 Zero.
Across 1 To weigh (person, apples) (5) 4 Fat (person) (5) 7 Bear (animal) (3) 8 Customer (7) 9 Periódico (diario) (9) 13 To park (automobile) (7) 15 Pistola (3) 16 Owls (long-eared) (5) 17 Sábana (de cama) (5)
ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Broom, 3 Peral, 6/13 Red Sea, 8 Denmark, 9 Escalator, 12 Cuartel, 14 Oreja, 15 Snore.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION Down 1 Worse (4) 2 Piedra (material) (5) 3 Mochilas (9) 4 Pebbles (9) 5 Rum (3) 6 Obedecer (4) 10 Águila (5) 11 Cordero (4) 12 Nudo (en hilo, cuerda) (4) 14 Ceniza (polvo) (3)
Hexagram
Down: 1 Burn, 2 Madrastra, 3 Pantallas, 4 Reasons, 5 Lake, 7 Disease, 10 Ocho, 11 Wage.
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 (FRINGE) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
ACCEDE ADDICT BEYOND BODICE BREATH BUBBLE CANDID CENTRE CEREAL CHALET
CREAKY DONKEY ESCAPE FLEECE FRINGE (10) GASKET INVOKE ODIOUS SCYTHE
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Arcane 2 Landau 3 Coerce 4 Chancy 5 Pounce 6 Oxcart 7 Induct 8 Cowpox 9 Incite 10 Cowboy 11 Rococo 12 Tyrant 13 Bamboo 14 Penmen 15 Pogrom 16 Bright 17 Magnum 18 Patent 19 Denote
Across 1 Checked dessert I made (8) 5 Locks in humanely (4) 9 Some bargees entertained silly people (5) 10 Characteristic alternative of a rat (7) 11 About venom giving temporary relief (7) 12 Fake Ecstasy, what a disgrace (5) 13 Scottish beginners wrap an ancient manuscript (6) 15 Harbours new arrivals, we hear (6) 19 Dispatches crafts (5) 21 Former Liberal is a model (7) 23 A couple of bridge players with a quantity of money, said to be impressive (7) 24 Annoyance when range is redesigned (5) 25 Newts left standing inside (4) 26 Hired again and published (8) Down 1 Respects judges (7) 2 Appears to look at manuscript (5) 3 Place is becoming exclusive (7) 4 Spain encounters rising value (6) 6 Pull a car over open land (7)
7 It’s creepy in Lake Erie (5) 8 Catches and bans characters (4) 14 Dress me in art fashion (7) 16 Issue English guy with a text edition initially (7) 17 Trimmed fancy headers (7)
18 During course, renegotiations were calm (6) 19 Start vehicle in southeast (5) 20 Work hard to produce last Beatles record (4) 22 Calls for attendants (5)
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Doubling survival rates CH EMOT HE R APY a n d drugs have helped to double surviva l r a t e s i n p a t i e n ts with multiple myeloma, according to the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Foundation. M ulti p l e m y e l o m a is a cancer arising from plasma cells, a type of white blood cell wh i c h i s m a d e i n th e bone marrow. In myeloma, these plasma cells become abnormal, multiply uncontrollably and release only one type of antibody
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As there is no complete cure, “today, the goal is to keep this cancer under control and patients as long as pos s ible , fre e of s ymptoms,” said Oriol, through a
c ombina tion of s pe c ific drugs a nd bone ma rrow transplantation in young patients. The researcher is working with colleagues in the USA
and Canada on new dr ug combinations to prolong patient’s survival and quality of life. “We’re improving rapidly, and we have learnt a lot already,” said Oriol.
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More research for Zika TH E Z i k a v i r u s h a s b e e n fo u n d in tears, scientists say, after it was detected in the tears of lab mice. It is a sign of another way the virus could infect humans. They said it could linger in eyes for more than a week and explains why a number of Zika patients have developed an eye disease called uveitis, which leads to loss of vision. Scientists at America’s Washington University St Louis, said it highlights how little is actually known about the virus and more investigations and research is being carried out. Although principally spread by mosquitoes, Zika has been shown to persist in sites of the body where the immune system is less active, including semen, saliva and now, possibly, tears. The news comes as the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations are made t h a t c o u p l e s who have travelled to a country with a Zika outbreak should ab-
stain from sex for six months, whether they show symptoms or not. Previously the advice was to abstain for eight weeks, but the WHO has increased this following the increased research showing the virus can survive in b o th me n a nd w ome n for months and can be sexually transmitted. Wo me n are a ls o a dvised to not get pregnant for six months as
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Top tips on home energy efficiency Improve your environment and save money on your energy bills John Graham The property expert
I HAVE had a lot of response from EWN readers on my energy efficiency article about reducing GHG while saving money on annual energy bills. Home energy efficiency is a very important subject and we can all improve on it, being more energy efficient is good for our environment but also saves money on energy bills, so it’s a win-win for homeowners. The first thing to consider is your home is a complex structure whether built many years ago or recently. Appliances account for around 30 per cent of energy bills so I’ll be giving you some of my home energy efficiency top tips over the next
EFFICIENT APPLIANCES: Look for an ‘A’ energy rating. few articles, which I hope will help you become more energy efficient and save money. Let’s start looking at how to reduce GHG, improve energy efficiency and save money. Take a look at your appliances, are you ready to replace them with new modern energy efficient appliances? New mod-
ern appliances are much more energy efficient and if used correctly will cut GHG and considerably reduce energy bills, so well worth buying. This week’s home appliances energy efficiency top seven tips: 1. Look for appliances with the HE logo, all energy star cer-
tified appliances use less energy. They may be a little more expensive than standard appliances but you definitely save money in the long run and the best time to buy is when the winter sales are on. 2. Electric ovens should have an ‘A’ energy rating because they’re the most energy efficient. For example, they can save you as much as 40 per cent on a ‘B’ rated oven, so well worth buying. 3. Microwaves: buy a top quality microwave and use it as much as possible. They’re more efficient than ovens as they only heat the food, so there’s no energy wastage. 4. Dishwashers: a new modern dishwasher will definitely be more energy efficient than older models so will save you money and use less water, so a double saving on your bills. 5. Constantly used appli-
ances: some are used 24/7 all year round, so these need to be as energy efficient as possible. For your fridge/freezer, buy ‘A’+++ rated appliances, which are the most energy efficient. Compare energy efficiency on appliances by looking at the appliances energy label for ‘yearly energy consumption KWH/annum,’ a good guide to efficiency. 6. Electric kettle: yes I’ve included one of the most used electrical appliances in the home. Studies show an average household boils the kettle around 1,500 times a year. Buy a good quality ECO electric kettle, they use 20 per cent less energy than conventional kettles, so you can feel good about your energy savings while having a cup of tea or coffee. 7. Standby electric consumption: modern homes are constantly being filled with new
electronic gadgets. You would be surprised how much energy is used over a year and wasted by appliances constantly plugged in to the electricity supply when not used or switched off. Many people don’t realise that even though you are not using the appliances they are consuming energy by being on standby. There are several new products on the market to help cut down on standby energy consumption and I recommend you invest in these products and save even more on your energy bills. I will have some more home energy efficiency top tips for EWN readers next week. John Graham is a Fellow of The Architecture and Surveying Institute. If you’re looking for an energy efficiency survey contact John by email gk.ipad@me.com.
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Educational moves BRITISH parents are forking out upwards of €70,000 extra in order to buy a house in a desirable catchment area for local schools. Middle-class parents from the south-east in particular are taking extraordinary measures to ensure their children can attend some of country’s finer public schools, reasoning that the cost of going private would be ultimately more expensive than paying the property premium. A report from Santander indicates catchment areas have been a key priority for one in four parents buying or
renting new properties, with one fifth even switching jobs to accommodate the move. Another fifth are forced to downsize and sizeable minorities admit they don’t like their new areas, miss family
and friends and can’t even sustainably afford the move. A sizeable chunk actually move homes back to their original areas after they’ve secured their child’s school place.
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Quarterly round up NEW build house prices have seen their largest yearly increase in almost a decade leaping 8.4 per cent from April to June 2016, according to the National Statistics Institute. It’s the biggest annual leap for new housing since the last quarter of 2007 and optimistic news for an industry that leans heavily on the sale of secondhand homes. The rise in new construction is likely continue into 2017, especially in Madrid, Catalonia and the Balearics where price growth was strongest. Second-hand house prices rose by 3.2 per cent.
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Lacklustre public construction By Matthew Elliott STELLAR progress in the real estate construction sector is being offset by the lacklustre evolution of public construction works, which is preventing the industry from enjoying the fruits of a new housing boom and reaching its full potential. The anaemic growth of new public works contracts means that, while the homebuilding industry is ramping up its efforts, there still isn’t enough demand for raw materials to take residential construction to another level. The sales industry is in rude health with more than 100,000 purchases in the second quarter of 2016 alone, the highest level since 2011, while employment in the real estate sector has jumped 15 per cent this year. Analysts expect that between three and four million new homes will need to be built over the next few years
RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: Is making good progress. to account for rising demand and an expanding young middle class, but the raw material figures paint a somewhat contradictory picture.
Cement consumption and concrete production are both down, with cement consumption approaching low levels not seen since 1965.
This is largely because residential and commercial buildings account for a mere 20 per cent of cement business, meaning that the entire
industry is being negatively impacted by weak public construction contracts which normally account for the bulk of the sector’s profits.
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Hello to Graeme Tyrrell, our new gardening expert STARTING as a teenager with a small veggie patch in the backyard in Australia, gardening has been a life long passion. I spent a few years in New Zealand learning self sufficiency gardening before returning to Australia where I ran my own gardening business, but after several years I learned the value of holidays. With a career in government, I became a Head Gardener and developed an interest in research and design of gardens through a Diploma in Horticulture and State Training Board recognition as a qualified gardener. To inspire others in the garden, I completed a parks and gardens supervision certificate that lead to a position responsible for public parks including a Botanic Garden. I didn’t lose touch with growing veggies though with a year teaching a group of Australian aboriginal students a certificate course in organic gardening and managing a horticulture enterprise with hydroponic, greenhouse and open field production of various market garden produce.
GRAEME TYRRELL: Will share his passion with you.
I enjoyed improving the environment in public open spaces and I became responsible for all parks and public open spaces in a region the size of the island of Mallorca. Winding down from such a hectic life, I
moved to Mallorca and started gardening here in Spain. It soon lead to gardening and consulting services to some of the finest properties in the Baleares. I hope to share with you some of what I have learned.
Taking care of almond trees THE days are starting to get noticeably shorter, which is a good reminder that we need to plan through autumn for the coming winter months in the garden. The heat, dryness and wind all take their toll on the various susceptible plants over summer, so autumn is a good time to start pruning back dried off branches, twigs and foliage. It’s the main harvest time for olives, almonds, grapes and various other Mediterranean fare. For almonds, I use a traditional pole to knock down the almonds for storage onto shade cloth spread out under the tree to catch the harvest. Funnelling the almonds from the shade cloth into sacks, after winnowing and de-husking, I take the sacks to the local village that has an ancient almond crushing machine to get the shells off. Then it’s just a matter of coaxing the children to help sort them into jars for later use. Many don’t know that you don’t need to wait for almonds to dry out in autumn to eat them. During spring and summer I pick almonds on the low-
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ALMOND TREES: Blossom early in the year.
er branches by hand. I eat some in spring when still translucent, soft and chewy, like a fruit. In summer they are white and perfect to eat or make almond milk, which has a richer and creamier texture and is easier to make in summer, without any soaking of dried nuts necessary. I prune the almond trees straight after leaf fall as they prepare themselves for winter and produce their spectacular
blossoms early in the new year. I inherited matured almond trees from a previous owner’s good effort but they have been lopped and chopped in the traditional ways. I have been restoring them to a healthier form that is easier to harvest. There are a lot of different varieties of almond. The main differences are hard and soft shelled varieties and the early/ lateness of flowering. If you are adventurous you can graft peaches, plums and apricots on-
to your almond root stock or existing trees. They will take and grow with the right grafts and care. If you are in a frost free area you have a greater choice of almond types with the earlier flowering varieties that have a distinctly different shape, size and flavour. Local knowledge on the best varieties for your area is invaluable. It is all worth it for a year round supply of fresh nuts.
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Growing tomatoes By Graeme Tyrrell IF you have grown a few vegetables in your garden or in pots on your terrace or balcony, you have probably grown tomatoes. They are by far the most popular of items grown for the kitchen at home. I could call a tomato a vegetable and be legally correct, but botanically wrong as it is a fruit. This is an example of the tax office defying botanical science to ensure a healthier budget. Tomatoes are used in the kitchen, in most cases, with vegetables so it is legally classified by use rather than what it grows as. Whatever you may wish to call it, the plump produce of the tomato plant is a delight to grow and add to salads, pizza, paella, sandwiches and so many more forms of culinary art. From mini cherry sprays to beefeater giants there is a tomato for
every occasion. I have grown golden, pear shaped, roman, pink, siberian, early, late and lots in between. Some years I grow too many, which is great for friends and neighbours, and other years not quite enough. Each season is different with too much or little rain, early and late frost, overcast skies or scorching sun. If your tomatoes haven’t done well this year, don’t give up as next year could be a bumper crop. We can help them along with well composted soil mix and regular watering to ensure constant soil moisture, add appropriate nutrients during the different growth periods, put structural support to keep the tomatoes elevated off the ground and maximise light exposure while minimising sun scorching, prune lateral growth and tips that may interfere with the form you need the plants to
FLAVOURSOME: Healthy tomatoes. grow and check regularly for pests and diseases that may need action taken. This a lot of work and commitment to do well but usually improves the quality of the crop enormously. A gardener wanting to grow abundant tomatoes may need skills in meteorology, structural engineer-
ing, soil science infirmity management and plant nutrition to perfect their crop, but I have seen bountiful crops grown, albeit not always the best quality, at ‘fin de la semana’ weekend hideaways with the least consideration or care. The main secret seems to be to plant loads of seedlings at the tradi-
tional time in midlate spring, in manured soil, water profusely at planting and just leave them to grow. After that water when you can and harvest when ready. Tomatoes are not usually so expensive to buy in season but nothing is more precious than your own flavoursome garden fresh queens of the garden.
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never seen before. The litter included five otherpuppies, each with its own placenta. For years there had been suspicions that identical twin dogs were possible but this is the first time it has been scientifically confirmed. Named Cullen and Romulus, the puppies have slightly different markings, however the shared placenta and blood tests proved they were the result of splitting of a single fertilised egg.
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Conned all the time Mike Senker
In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man WHY do I feel like I’m getting conned all the time? Take currency exchange. Before Brexit we were getting about 1.30 something for the euro against the pound then overnight it dropped like a stone down to as low as about 1.11. It drifted about a little but then the kids broke up from school and you know that as soon as that happens it ain’t going anywhere but down because the thieving bankers control it. My daughter went to the post office in the UK to get some euros. On their website they were offering 1.13 but when she checked what she got it worked out at 1.05. She was still in the post office and said she thought they had made a mistake but was told the 1.13 rate was if you ordered it online. She said, ‘Oh OK I don’t want this rate’ and the woman said, ‘Sorry, the transaction has been done. If we buy them back you will lose more money.’ Is that a con or what? I mean it’s the Post Office, not some back street money change place. Needless to say she got no satisfaction.
But this has been going on my whole life with these big institutions. Remember endowment mortgages? The general idea was you paid interest only on your mortgage and then you took out a policy to cover the loan itself. Surprise, surprise it never happened that the policy covered the loan. Thousands and thousands of people landed up in big trouble. Why? Because they were conned! Who by? Big insurance companies and their brokers that sold it to you. How about being charged £100 to be told you have no money in your account? How many times have you tried to make a claim on your insurance to be told by your first point of contact that ‘Sorry that’s not covered?’ Or, in my case,‘Sorry your fully comprehensive, all singing, all dancing cover doesn’t cover the holes in your tiles that the flood caused, even though the first surveyor that came round said it did and in fact sent someone round to fix them, but the crap they filled the holes with came out the first time the floor was cleaned! Then the second one says,‘Nah not covered.’ PPI - we were told we had to have that. No we didn’t. Liar liar pants on fire Mr Big Banker! Then, to add insult to injury, firms popped up that conned you when you tried to get it back! I could actually carry on about all the cons but I’ve run out of space.
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ECO CLASSIFICATION: Vehicle owners will receive a letter from the DGT. OVER the next month or so, 100,000 vehicle owners across Spain will receive a letter from the DGT detailing their vehicle’s ecofriendly characteristics. A sticker will accompany the letter to denote the eco classification. Placing the sticker on the vehicle is voluntary, but it is advisable as it highlights the environmentally friendly rating of the vehicle which will also add value if the vehicle is ever sold. The DGT is advising the sticker to be placed underneath the ITV sticker in the top right of the front windshield. Many owners have already received theirs, especially in Madrid and Barcelona. There are four classifications in the national vehicle register of the DGT based on environmental concerns: Zero emissions: Moped, tricycles, light vans, vehicles over eight seats and vehicles
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Who pays for water damage? I live on the ground floor of a six-storey building. This building has a history of water leaking from the main drainage pipe due to union failure from pipes fed into it. The Community in the past has informed me that this damage is not their responsibility. This means that I have to locate the owners and pay for the repairs to both the offending pipe and also the damage to my apartment. I have previously been called upon to make such payments. Do I have some form of redress? E R S (Costa Blanca) The standard procedure is to inform the Administrator of the situation. He should then contact the upstairs neighbour, the expert plumber, and the Community insurance company. The expert plumber fix-
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The Goodwood Revival By Matthew Elliott THE Goodwood Revival race meeting took place over the weekend in the historic motoring and vintage event’s biggest outing since the festival debuted in 1998, drawing in hundreds of thousands of spectacularly dressed spectators, motoring legends, enthusiasts and a galactic wardrobe of the weird and wonderful. Billed as ‘the only historic race meeting to be staged entirely in period dress’ the Goodwood Revival really is a special affair and drew exactly the breed of special cars you’d expect for an event of this magnitude. Racing highlights included a terrific line-up of 1930s-50s era BMWs to mark the brand’s centenary and compete for the Lavant Cup; a contest between older generation Aston Martin DBs, a chaotic screeching affair featuring
Ferrari 250 GT SWBs and GTOs; and the brilliant St Mary’s Trophy which saw 30 identical Austin A35s do battle. On the cultural front the festival celebrated 70 years of the bikini, the 50th anniversary of England’s 1966 World Cup win,
and the life and career of Sir Jack Brabham, a former Royal
Australian Air Force mechanic who was a three-time F1 world champion.
VINTAGE EVENT: Had an impressive line-up.
Supercar century By Matthew Elliott WITH more than 17,000 votes, the quest to find the greatest supercar of all time has been whittled down to just 11 remaining contenders, representing each decade from the very beginning of the 20th century. The public now have until the end of September to cast their vote for their favourite before the greatest supercar of all time is announced at the Classic and Sports Car Show in October. Beginning from the humble origins of the pre-1914 era, the finalists are as follows: The Mercedes 1908 GP which could hit
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100mph more than 100 years ago; the Bentley 41/2 litre Blower which defined the glitz and glamour of the 1920s; the Alpha Romeo 8C which could easily take on 120mph in a streamlined engineering wonder; the Jaguar XK120 known as the classic of the post-war years; and the famous Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, a space-age 140mph-hitting mind-boggling machine. From the 1960s onwards the design and capacity of emergent supercars escalated dramatically and contenders from then until today include the Lamborghini Miura which could outrun aeroplanes on the 60’s
tarmac; the Countach which embraced the V12 engine and could go well in excess of 170mph when duty called; the Ferrari F40 of the 1980s which was the last model to be signed off by Enzo himself; the McLaren F1 which essentially revolutionised the entire notion of the supercar; the Bugatti Veyron which roared across 2005 in a 100bhp quadruple-turbo eight-litre W16 engine to claim the ‘fastest car in the world’ title; and of course this decade’s McLaren P1, a hybrid hyper-car which could smash 62mph in just 2.6 seconds and costs more than €1 million. FERRARI F40: One of the 11 contenders.
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Dodgy dealers A BBC expose aired on wheeler dealer busting programme Fake Britain has found that fake xenon headlight bulbs are flooding the market and putting thousands of lives at risk. Most are sold through dodgy internet auction sites and can blind other road users, wreck car facades, and typically fall apart soon after they’re fitted. Genuine Philips xenon bulbs can cost upwards of €100 giving rise to a lucrative underground market not just in Britain, but also in Spain and right across the world. Last year a huge campaign launched by Philips to raise awareness of the dangers of counterfeit bulbs saw more than 10,000 seized and destroyed. Meanwhile the true toll of countless accidents attributable to the forgery may never be known.
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Derby wins for Celtic and City, medals galore for Team GB 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
PARALYMPICS • Team GB started this week with a total of 56 medals in Rio - 23 gold, 14 silver and 19 bronze - with more to come! • Dame Sarah Storey is now the most decorated British Paralympian of all-time after winning her 12th gold medal in the track cycling and Kadeena Cox became the first Brit since 1988 to win medals in two different events - cycling (gold) and athletics (bronze). • Other GB gold medalists included cyclists Jody Cundy, Sophie Thornhill (with Helen Scott), Steve Bate (with Adam Duggleby) and Megan Giglia; swimmers Ellie Robinson (aged 15), Ollie Hynd and Beth Firth (2), rower Rachel Morris and athletes Richard Whitehead (aged 40), Jonnie Peacock, Georgina Hermitage, Libby Clegg (with guide Chris Clarke), Hannah Cockroft and Sophie Hahn. FOOTBALL • Last Saturday, 75,272 fans attended the Manchester Derby which ended Jose Mourinho’s United 1 Pep Guardiola’s City 2 and north of the border SPL leaders Celtic (with a Moussa Dembele hat-trick) hammered Rangers 5-1 in Glasgow’s big showdown. Other PL results included Liverpool 4, reigning champions Leicester 4-1 (before a 51,232 crowd at redeveloped Anfield), Arsenal (with a controversial 94th minute penalty) 2 Southampton 1, Swansea 2 Chelsea 2, Stoke 0 Spurs 4 and West Ham 2 Wat-
ford 4 (at the Olympic Stadium). • Huddersfield, Bolton, Plymouth and Lincoln lead the Championship, Leagues 1 and 2 and the National League respectively. • James Coppinger scored on his 500th appearance for Doncaster in a 5-1 win at Morecambe. • Dundee United goalkeeper Cammy Bell saved three penalties in his side’s 3-1 win at Dunfermline. • Edinbugh City gained their first-ever point in Scottish League football, drawing 1-1 at Stirling Albion. • In Spain, Barcelona (with Messi, Iniesta and Suarez on the bench) surprisingly lost 2-1 at home to Alaves, while Real Madrid are top of La Liga after beating Osasuna 5-2. • On Tuesday, in the Champions League, it was Barcelona-Celtic, Manchester City-Monchengladbach and PSG-Arsenal, followed last night by Brugge-Leicester, Real Madrid-Sporting and SpursMonaco (at Wembley). This evening we have FeyenoordManchester United and Southampton-Sparta Prague in the Europa League. • PL games coming up: Chelsea-Liverpool (tomorrow), Manchester City-Bournemouth and Hull-Arsenal (Saturday) and Watford-Manchester United and Spurs-Sunderland (Sunday). And also it’s FA Cup second qualifying round weekend. TENNIS • Stan Wawrinka beat world number one Novak Djokovic in the men’s singles final of the US Open. • German Angelique Kerber DAME SARAH STOREY: Won her 12th gold medal.
FACT OF THE WEEK Racehorse Desert Orchid, died 10 years ago, aged 27. ‘Dessie’ achieved iconic status in NH racing and was adored by many for his iron will and extreme adaptability. He won 34 races, including the Cheltenham Gold Cup and seven at Kempton, with four King George VI Steeple Chase victories. He never won the Aintree Grand National, but did win the Irish equivalent. His winnings were £654,000.
defeated Karolina Pliskova in the women’s final - her second Grand Slam victory this year. • And Jamie Murray (GB) and Bruno Spoares (Brazil) won the men’s doubles title. CYCLING * The two cycle events - the Vuelta a España and the Tour of Britain - were won respectively by Colombian Nairo Quintana and GB’s Steve Cummings. Chris Froome came second in the Spanish race. ROUND-UP • Hard-punching Gennady Golovkin stopped GB’s Kell Brook in round five of their middleweight title fight in London last Saturday. • The re-match between heavyweights Tyson Fury and Wladimir Klitschko will be in Manchester on October 29. • American Dustin Johnson won golf’s BMW Championship. • 57,000 competitors ran in last Sunday’s 36th Great North Run when, for the third year running, Mo Farah won the men’s race and Kenya’s Vivian Cheruiyot the women’s event. GB’s Mark
STAN WAWRINKA: Won men’s singles in the US Open.
Telford triumphed in the wheelchair race. • This weekend it’s the F1 Grand Prix from Singapore. • USA-based Liberty Media Group has bought F1 for £3.3bn. Bernie Ecclestone, 86, has owned F1 for 40 years and could remain as Chief Executive until 2019. • Welsh coach Warren Gattlin will manage/coach the British & Irish Lions Rugby Union team on tour in his home country of New Zealand this winter. The Kiwis, South Africa, Australia and Argentina
are currently competing in a Southern Hemisphere tournament. • Yorkshire or Middlesex will win Cricket’s County Championship but Notts have been relegated! • The St Leger has been run on Town Moor, Doncaster for 240 years and there’s rarely been a more spellbinding and dramatic result than last Saturd a y ’ s when,
for the first time ever, the winner was trained by a woman Laura Mongan - who’s horse, Harbour Law, ridden by George Baker, caused a 22-1 upset by beating odds-on favourite Idaho. • Ex-England and Lancashire bowler, and Port Vale footballer, Ken Higgs, has died, aged 79. He took 71 wickets in 15 Tests.
MOUSSA DEMBELE: Scored a hat-trick for Celtic.
NEYMAR JR: Barcelona lost at home to Alaves.
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Caravaca beat Mazarron MAZARRON supporters were on their feet as one at the end of this game. Not to applaud the efforts of their team but to show their anger at the totally inept performance of the referee Victor Garcia Acosta. After 16 minutes Javi Rodriguez was tripped in the Caravaca penalty area but the referee waved play on. The ball was transferred to the other end of the pitch and Javier cut inside David before placing his shot firmly past Juan Pedro to give Caravaca the lead. However it was the home team who scored in the 40th minute following excellent play by Javi Torrano down the left. His cross to the far post was headed back by Ruben for Raul to hammer home Mazarron's
first goal of the season. The fun started in the 48th minute when a long ball out of defence saw three Caravaca players in offside positions. Play was allowed to continue but then a penalty was awarded. Nicolas drove the spot kick straight down the middle giving Juan Pedro no chance. On 64 minutes Javi Torrano took the ball out of defence with a Caravaca player hanging on to his shirt. The referee waved play on but Mazarron conceded a free kick and the attack broke down. The referee did not caution the Caravaca player and was surrounded by angry Mazarron players as the visitors took the free kick. A Caravaca striker made a dive after Raso’s tackle and another penalty was awarded and won. The referee completed his hat trick after 75 minutes when Boudia made a last ditch sliding tackle and Senor Acosta adjudged that the ball had bounced up and hit him on the arm. A third penalty taker Rokas made it 4-1 giving Juan Pedro no chance.
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A four-player waltz
EUROGOLF TEAM: Some good scores were recorded. ON Thursday September 8 Eurogolf played a Waltz team game which involves taking one score from the 1st hole, two scores from the 2nd hole and three scores from the 3rd hole and so on hence the name the Waltz. It’s quite a challenging format particularly when three good scores are needed, but this didn’t seem to deter the winning team of Gordon Bourne, Marilyn Eckersall, Beverly Fairhurst and Joe Ogden with an amazing score of 85 points. Stableford competition - 1st Dave Nicholls 35 points, 2nd Ian Stewart 34 points, 3rd Malcolm Foskett 33 points. Football draw Jeff Lynch, Chris Stanley, Colin Daye-Gretton and George McCallum. Tuesday Toffs On Tuesday September 6, 57 players took part
in the first Toffs competition of the season. Eurogolf/Toffs now play off their exact handicap without the slope meaning most players lost a few shots, but despite this some good scores were recorded and the CBA was 0. Cat 1 (0-15) 1st Colin Daye-Gretton 38 points, 2nd I R Pegg 36 points, 3rd David Gregson 33 points. Cat 2 (1624) 1st Jim Weston, 2nd Clive Peck, 3rd Steve Sayers 34 points. Cat 3 (25-31) 1st Bev Evans 30 points, 2nd Sharon Horne 30 points, 3rd David Valentine 29 points. Best guest Larry Kinsella. Overall Winner Jim Weston. If you would like to play with Eurogolf at La Marquesa on Tuesdays and Thursdays please visit the website www.eurogolf-quesada.co.uk
Plaza at Lo Romero GOLFERS delight at Lo Romero yesterday. Thirty players enjoyed the day out, with new members joining the greatest society about. The winner of the 2’s was Simon Lee claiming the €60 pot. Nearest the pins was sponsored by Richard and Janet Allen. Simon Lee won hole 5, Dave Cornforth hole 7 and newest member Colin Wilson hole 12, all collected €12.50 bar tab for The Alehouse. Well done lads. Best lady was Shirley Cain, who won herself a bottle of wine and the lowest scoring golfer of the day was Adrain Smith. Richard Allen won the football card winning € 50 Galaxy Golf Voucher. Members played excellent golf with an impressive score from captain Simon Lee. Next game is Sunday September 18 at Villamartin.