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Summer visitors cut stays by almost half TOURISTS to Velez-Malaga in July and August cut the length of their stays by almost half this year compared to 2011.
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Average stays by main summer visitors were between four and seven nights, whereas last year they averaged seven to ten nights.
Even so, overall, hotels, hostels, apartments, camp-sites and rural housing enjoyed an 80 per cent occupancy over the two months, with four-star hotels and apartments the top choice. Spelling out the statistics, Tourism Councillor Rocio Ruiz commented that room rates generally remained stable despite several establishments having to lower midseason rates to attract visitors due to low occupation. The tourist office received 7,144 visitors, more than doubling last year’s 3,923, following its relocation to Torre del Mar town centre and longer opening hours. These will now be maintained or expanded in future, said Ruiz. The main requests tourists made at the tourist office were for THE DECLINE: Fewer people now smoking in Spain. town maps, and cultural and activity information. Almost 5,000 of the tourist office visitors MORE people in Spain - expats unemployment, plus the ban on were Spaniards mainly and locals - are giving up smoking in public, that have most from Cordoba and Jaen, smoking. And it is the nation’s encouraged people to quit. while Germans, British economic crisis and high • More quit smoking - Page 3 and French headed the foreign tourist ranks.
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Third of masts are illegal ALMOST one third of the 72 mobile phone masts in Velez are illegal, the Councillor for New Technologies has said.
New hotel plan THE construction of a four-star hotel and 427 new homes has been given the go-ahead by Nerja Council following the approval of a pending planning project.
Cheers to wine FIVE hundred litres of wine and 400 kilos of grapes were distributed at the XII Moclinejo Wine Festival in Moclinejo, attended by 6,000 people.
Hefty saving A €375,000 saving will be made by Velez Town Hall following the town planning and municipal infrastructure offices being moved to the same building, a councillor has revealed.
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Back to the classrooms for 2,500
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JUST over 2,500 primary and nursery pupils have started back to school in Almuñecar. Reconstruction and maintenance work costing €75,000 has been carried out, said local Councillor Jose Manuel Fernandez. Though a few minor repairs remain, “this will scarcely affect the classes,” he remarked. The main school in town is the Virgen de la Antigua with 450 students, followed by La Santa Cruz (445) and Rio Verde (442). The San Miguel opened with 394 students, Las Gaviotas with 365, and the smallest are La Noria and Torrecuevas, with 227 and 183 students respectively.
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Home sales rise, but no reason for glee SPANISH property sales improved between April and June, statistics reveal, but they were below numbers for 12 months earlier. Homes on the Costa Blanca and the Costa del Sol were the best sellers, with Alicante and Malaga provinces the leading performers. In total 80,235 buyers finalised deals between April and the end of June, an increase of 15.6 per cent on the first quarter of 2012. But despite the increase, second quarter sales were still 11.6 per cent lower than the same period in 2011. Transactions involving new properties rose by 33.7 per cent compared with the first three months of this year. There was also a 12.1 per cent rise in the number of foreign purchasers, accounting for 9,502 of properties sold in the second quarter. A breakdown of the figures issued by the Ministry of Public Works shows that the majority of properties acquired by non-Spanish buyers were
Father held for attack A FATHER has been arrested by Malaga police for hitting and biting his seven-yearold daughter in the street.
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UNSOLD: Property market still buried in doldrums. in Alicante Province (2,645), followed by Malaga (1,127), Barcelona (847), Santa Cruz de Tenerife (655) and the Balearics (536). Although the 56,695 previously-owned homes sold in the second quarter were a 9.4 per improvement on this year’s first quarter, sales were 5.7 per cent lower than for the same period in 2011. The 72,723 homes sold accounted for 90.6 per cent of the total. A further 9.4 per cent - 7,512 - were social housing. New properties
accounted for 29.3 per cent of the total with sales of 23,540. The Valencian Community and the Canary Islands made the best regional showing, with property sales rising 1.4 per cent and 0.2 per cent respectively. The outlook was less encouraging in Cantabria, where property sales fell by 36.3 per cent, the Basque Region where they dropped by 31.1 per cent, followed by Navarra (30 per cent fewer) and Madrid (28.9 per cent fewer).
Back-to-school aid plea A CAMPAIGN to collect school materials for needy families with children in Velez-Malaga will continue until the end of this month. The aim of the campaign started by the local assembly of the Red Cross - the first ever in Axarquia - is likely to help between 200 and 300 families, according to the Red Cross President Elias Khoury. Assistance given will help reduce the economic impact of the back-toschool period, he said. Under the motto ‘Go back to school with them’ donations for the campaign can be handed in at various locations, including at the Red Cross office in Velez Malaga, and at La Lonja, a partnering company involved in the initiative. Khoury, while asking for support, explained: “The aim is to help children in need whose parents cannot buy school material because they are unemployed.”
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BACK TOGETHER: Residents catch up after the summer break.
Seniors centre is reopened THE Seniors’ Day Centre of San Miguel, Almuñecar, has reopened after the summer break, offering senior residents a number of activities. The centre’s aim is to foster social integration, enhance autonomy and create a familiar environment as a meeting place. Councillor of Services Luis Aragon attended the opening day.
Three days of real festival fun BENAQUE, near Macharaviaya, celebrated its local festival last weekend with a series of events over three days. These included a procession of
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the statue of the Virgin Mary, an outdoor paella tasting and children’s folk games. Singer Miguel Saez starred in a live concert on the closing day.
HIGH TUITION fees could see around 3,000 University of Malaga students drop out, the local Socialist Party secretary general has claimed.
100 victims MORE than 100 victims attacked this year by partners have received help at emergency centres in Malaga, the Women’s Institute has revealed.
Yes and Sí! Now 133 bilingual BILINGUAL teaching in English has been given the go-ahead at the Secondary School Alfaguar in Torrox. Following approval by the Education Council this will increase the number of public bilingual centres in Malaga schools and high schools to 133, with more than 21,000 pupils benefitting. Bilingual schools were included in the ‘Plan for the Promotion of Plurilinguism: a language policy for Andalucia’s society’, passed in 2005 by the Junta de Andalucia.
Man hurt in boar attack A WILD boar has attacked a Frigiliana man, 46. He was reated at Axarquia regional hospital for fang wounds to his leg.
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Tough times see more quitting smoking
MORE people in Spain - expats and locals - are giving up smoking. The 3 per cent VAT price increase on tobacco on September 1 had little effect, for it was compensated by a reduction in other government taxes on tobacco. But Spain’s economic crisis and overall high unemployment, plus the ban on smoking in public, have led to more people quitting. Also, according to the OCU consumers’ group, price increases in
March also saw many - especially low income families and the young - quitting. Health warnings on cigarette packets are the least effective way of persuading people not to smoke, experts and others have agreed. But while grisly images do little to dissuade smokers, they help put off young people from starting, claimed Joseba Zabala, coordinator for XQNS, which defends and advances Spain’s antismoking laws.
The biggest reduction in smoking occurred between 2010 and 2011. During this period consumption dropped 17 per cent and 16 million fewer packets of cigarettes were sold, said Dr Rodrigo Cordoba Garcia, a lung specialist and expert in nicotine addiction. He attributed this to the economic crisis and the price of cigarettes. Health warnings on packets account for only 2 per cent of smokers deciding to quit, he claimed.
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VELEZ-MALAGA retail market is to be moved temporarily to the old bus station during reform work, the mayor has announced.
Tasty treat MANGO tasting until midOctober is planned by cooperative TROPS from Axarquia and Granada in 11 major cities.
More help SUBSIDIES for Velez-Malaga needy people are to be increased by more than 38 per cent, the treasury councillor has said.
VELEZ Town Council will have to pay €151,941 for land assigned 12 years ago for public works, following an Andalucia Superior Court of Justice order.
FOOD and toys are being collected by El Rincon Socialist Party for two local charities.
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ITH September now almost midway through, lazy days on the beach are a little numbered. Even so, two Spanish beaches face a a sunny end to the season after being included among a Ten Breathtaking European Beaches ranking by travel webbased site TripAdvisor. The highly ranked beaches are Playa de ses Illetes in Formentera, the smallest of the four Balearic Islands, and Islas Cies Beach in the Cies Islands, an archipelago off the coast of
Pontevedra in Galicia on the north-west tip of mainland Spain. A brief on Playa de ses Illetes states: ‘the water is so clear and blue, the sand is white, and the views amazing...’ The Islas Cies Beach comes in for similar adoration with a description of ‘white sand beaches, light blue water and high rocky landscapes.’ Also in the European 10 are three beaches in Greece, two in Italy, and one each in Croatia, Portugal and Turkey.
Euro-Vegas goes to Madrid US MAGNATE Sheldon Adelson has chosen Madrid over Barcelona for Las Vegas Sands Euro-Vegas venture. Cataluña has its advantages, Madrid’s Regional President Esperanza Aguirre said in a radio interview. “But perhaps today, unlike 30 years ago, Madrid is more ‘open’, more cosmopolitan,” she added. The first phase of the project – The Strip with its hotels – should be completed in two to three years, Aguirre said. “It won’t all be inaugurated at the same time.” The Las Vegas Sands venture is expected to create 200,000 jobs in service industries “without counting those related to building the complex itself,” she said.
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WAGES and expenses of public officers should in future be published on the Velez Council web page, the IU political party has said.
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A 27-YEAR-OLD man who allegedly hit his partner on the Paseo Maritimo, Torre del Mar, has been arrested.
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AFTER no game last weekend because of international callups, Malaga CF return to league action this weekend with a game against Levante.
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Architects should be killed. I dislike them, because their crimes last longer than their own lives.’
Esperanza Aguirre, President of the Autonomous Community of Madrid, while visiting Valquemada Town Hall.
Chipping away FOLLOWING present plans by Malaga City Council to pay back many of its suppliers, a figure of between €150-€200 million will still be owed to small and medium size local businesses, according to the the local entrepreneurs representative.
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doctors will continue to help irregular immigrants without a health card, according to a register of objectors created by the Spanish Society for Family and Community Medicine.
VELEZ Town Council owes banks €78 million due to the suppliers’ payment programme, the treasury councillor has revealed.
Cave pay-out THE Cueva del Tesoro, El Rincon, is to receive €70,000 to halt cave erosion by bacteria and fungus, the mayor has said.
€700,000 wins ONCE, the National Association of the Blind, has distributed €700,000 in lottery prizes in Ronda and Malaga.
Big turn-off THE €1.5 million spent on lighting for this year’s Malaga Feria should in future be halved, says the IU political party.
and finally... BRITISH expatriates will star in tomorrow’s (Friday) Come Dine With Me* television series. All from the Costa Brava, travel journalist Irena Bodnarec, banker Nick Middleton, clairvoyant Hilary Marshall, and drag queen Gary Brown will show off culinary skills, banter, photos and food without any cooking involved. *Channel 4 at 9pm (Spanish time).
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Winter fuel pay boost hot news By staff reporter BRITISH revelations that many of the 100,000 expat pensioners in Spain unable to claim the winter fuel allowance will soon get it is hot news. The potential payment windfall will come as a welcome boost to tens of thousands, who for many years have felt slighted by being unable to claim the one-off payment despite having paid into the British state pension scheme all their lives. But not ALL British pensions will be entitled to claim... and the payment will not automatically be made to anyone who at present does not receive it. Previously elderly expats could only receive the allowance if they had left Britain before they turned 60 and after the payment was introduced in 1998. With the new terms of an EU ruling, expats need in future only have a ‘genuine and sufficient link to the UK’ to qualify. This includes having lived or worked in the UK for most of their lives. This means some of the long-term British expats now living in Spain, but following years abroad, including in the Middle East, may remain uneligible for the payment.
People claiming the payment must have been born on or before July 5, 1951. The payment ranges from £200 (€250) for a household with a pensioner to £300 (€375) for families including someone older than 80. Those who have previously received the payment do not need to reapply, while those who have not should make their claim by March 31, 2013. Those whose partners are currently receiving the payment will also need to claim. Meanwhile, the UK’s Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, is fighting the ruling by the European Court of Justice through the introduction of a new ‘temperature test’ so that pensioners living in warm countries do not benefit. This new temperature rule would also apply to pensioners in Britain, meaning those in the south of England could lose the benefit, while those in colder parts of the EU would receive it, some sources claim. The vast majority of pensioners in Spain complain that people in the UK - including the politicians - do not realise how cold some winter nights are, with temperatures dropping below freezing inland, and in the single figures even in the warmer coastal areas.
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Polygamy allowed A MUSLIM tycoon declared in court that his wife did not ‘deserve’ divorce since polygamy is allowed under Islamic Law. He was unfaithful to his wife and has two extramarital children.
Fake reviews BEST-SELLING crime writer RJ Ellory apologised for writing fake reviews online to criticise competitors and laud his own books, in a statement to The Daily Telegraph.
Hard times THE BBC’s Andrew Marr Show has replaced its opening sequence of the host driving a Nissan Figaro with a Vespa, to match the austere times in England.
Costly model IT will take enthusiasts longer to build the model warship ‘Sovereign of the Seas’ with the parts provided by the weekly magazine of the same name than it did to construct the original ship in 1637.
BB’s father SIR Peter Bazalgette, who first introduced Big Brother to British TV, has been appointed head of the Arts Council, one of Britain’s leading arts organisations.
Snake scan WARNING: Road closed due to rock falls.
Alert over landslide A LANDSLIDE led to heavy rocks falling on to Carmenes del Mar urbanisation roads in La Herradura. Almuñecar Council of Maintenance has started to remove the largest ones, but damage to nearby homes is feared in any further landslides. “We are answering neighbours’ demands, preventing any future damages that may affect this residential area," said Councillor Jose Manuel Fernandez. “We understand any occasional rainfall could speed up the landslide and cause damage to nearby households.”
SIX volunteers helped carry a 23ft python at Chester Zoo to its ultrasound heart scan as part of a cardiology study in collaboration with Cardiff Metropolitan University.
King found THE church where Richard III is thought to have been buried has been found in Leicester. An archaeological team is exploring the remains to locate the grave.
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Curtain up on 2 festivals TOURISTS and local residents craving traditional Andalucian music have notto-miss events this weekend when La Herradura and Almuñecar host different festivals. Tomorrow (Friday) the Second Manuel Rodriguez El Ruso Festival will honour the recently deceased local singer with a performance by singer Juan Pinilla and guitarist David Caro. The show will start at 9.30pm in the Herradura Castle gardens, freeentrance. And on Saturday almost 20 flamenco artists will stage the Third El Moreno Festival. Starting at 9pm at the El Majuelo park auditorium, entrance will be €8.
Pastora big hit By Joe Chivers SINGER Pastora Soler, who represented Spain in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, has been named as the Honourary Tourist of Nerja and presented with a golden town crest by the mayor, Jose Alberto Armijo. “Nerja is my own personal paradise,” said Pastora from Sevilla, who revealed she hopes to eventually retire to the town. During the ceremony, she visited the Balcon de Europa and the history museum.
TV channel switch off will save €20m
By Joe Chivers CANAL SUR 2 is to end broadcasting from next month with a saving of €20 million a year. Broadcasting for 14 years, the television station will in future be used to ‘simulcast’ the same programming as Canal Sur, but
with subtitles, audio description and sign language. Pablo Carrasco, the director general of Radio Television Andaluza (RTVA), said the decision was taken “for a very simple reason. We cannot afford two stations.”
By the end of July, the station had recorded a €34.3 million loss this year despite estimates for the whole year of only €30 million. The plan to end broadcasting was announced without notice to employees with RTVA insisting there would be no job losses due to the closure. Canal Sur 2 had been suffering financial problems since 2009, when advertising revenue fell by a third. Since then the funding from the Junta de Andalucia has fallen, and several other payments owed to them have yet to be paid. RTVA also receives less money from the government than other regional broadcasters, despite broadcasting to the most populated area VROOM VROOM: Classic cars driving in Spain, as well as the through the streets. second largest by area, a problem which Carrasco has allegedly unsuccessfully protested about to the Junta several times. The PP deputy in Andalucia, Miguel Contreras, stated that FORTY-ONE classic cars organised by the Classic Car other measures should paraded through the streets of Club and prizes were awarded have been thought of Almuñecar for the first Ascent for cars, sports cars, oldest car first, before eliminating a of the Cabra. The event was and first ranked woman. channel.
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More unemployment woe for Spain with 4.6m out of work WITH 4.63 million jobless, Spain proportionately has the highest unemployment anywhere in the industralised world. In August the unemployed ranks increased for the fourth consecutive month.
The EU’s fourth most important economy saw unemployment in the service industries last month increase by 42,391, followed by industry (6,748) and the building trade (2,482 ).
Also in August 38,179 more people registered as unemployed. This brought the year’s total to 494,707 – a year-on-year increase of 11.98 per cent – according to the Ministry of Labour. The national statistics institute INE uses a different system to calculate jobless, but corroborates the ministry’s findings. The 4.63 million out of work, representing 24.63 per cent of the working population, according to A LOCAL group of Civil INE figures. Of these, 53 Defence volunteers has per cent are young been formed in people. Benamocarra to help in In July, the government social and safety matters. revised its earlier forecast Headquarters for the that unemployment would charitable group are in reach 24.3 per cent by the Blas Infante Avenue, in end of the year and instead the heart of the town. predicted that it would reach 24.6 per cent.
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Accidental plantation A 74-YEAR-OLD farmer in Bavaria was reportedly ‘baffled’ when told by police that his 300m2 field in Aschaffenburg was a cannabis plantation. He had sowed birdfood which contained hemp.
Nazi vandals SIX Jewish tombstones have been desecrated with graffiti including Nazi swastikas in the city of Rostock.
Weapons stay AMERICAN nuclear weapons will not be removed from Germany. The government will keep and modernise US nuclear bombs, as requested by NATO, reported the Frankfurter Rundschau.
Late apology THE German firm Grünenthal has apologised for the first time in 50 years to the people who were born disabled because of thalidomide, a drug against morning sickness for pregnant women.
Honour dead ON the 40th anniversary of the terror attack at the Olympic Games of Munich 1972, relatives of the nine Israeli victims criticised the lack of honouring by the Olympic and German authorities.
Down-size THE Green Party has announced its opposition to large-scale livestock farming in the campaign for parliamentary elections in Germany next year.
No flights STRIKES by cabin crew union UFO over pay rises caused 1,200 flights to be cancelled last week at Frankfurt, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Düsseldorf and Stuttgart airports.
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Jobless may aid clean-up PEOPLE on state unemployment benefits could be called on to clear and replant areas devastated in this summer’s forest fires. Public administrations and nonprofit making organisations will be allowed to seek the help of the registered unemployed, said Vicepresident Soraya Saenz de
Parents pay-up for text books ONLY the regional governments of Andalucia and Navarra are covering the cost of school textbooks this year. Aragon, Castilla-La Mancha, La Rioja and the Canary Islands, that provided them free in 2011, will not do so this year. As in other autonomous regions, they have instead opted for grants for low-income families. Parents will consequently have to spend â‚Ź200 on textbooks for each child this academic year, 30 per cent more than 10 years ago, according to consumer groups.
Cheap homes for students BILBAO has launched a programme so that youths can access housing paying â‚Ź50 per person in exchange for doing social volunteer work. Ten apartments are available within the programme for Basque Country University (UPV) students who will be required to share electricity and water expenses. The students will take part in community projects that support vulnerable Bilbao residents.
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Santamaria following a Cabinet meeting. Only workers professionally and physically suited to the work would be considered. The amount earned “will always be in excess of the minimum wage of â‚Ź641.40 a month,â€? the Ministry of Labour said. Public administrations or
organisations hiring the jobless would be expected to make up any difference between the minimum wage and the unemployment pay. Nobody engaged would be obliged to relocate to carry out the work although repeated refusals to help could jeopardise benefits, ministry sources warned.
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www.euroweeklynews.com THE Spanish are increasingly falling out of love with the European Union. Twenty-eight per cent of Spanish now take a negative view of the EU compared with 22 per cent earlier this year, found European Commission pollsters, Eurobarometer. The Spanish figure is five percentage points more than the EU average and surpassed only by the 35 per cent of Cypriots who are unenthusiastic about Brussels. Additionally, 45 per cent of Spanish feel that their nation has little influence in the EU. This rose from 29 per cent, the same 16 percentage-point rise
Mayor eats and awaits talks A MAYOR is due to have talks with the Central Government in Madrid after plans for five solar energy plants in his home-town were called off. Angel Vadillo, who is mayor of Alburquerque in Badajoz, abandoned his 90-day long hunger strike after the Ministry of Industry agreed to talk to him. He had been camping out on hunger strike in front of the ministry building in Madrid since June 11 after walking 639 kilometres in protest at the government’s change of plans for solar energy plants for Alburquerque, which has more than 40 per cent unemployment.
Falling out of love More Spanish view the EU negatively that Eurobarometer also noted in Ireland and Italy. The EU still has a good image with 30 per cent of the Spanish, although this hardly measures up to the EU’s overall average of 40 per cent. Just over half of the Spanish 51 per cent - feel that EU membership is a good thing, compared with 55 per cent seven months ago. Those believing it to be bad grew from 17 to 18 per cent.
Forty-one per cent of Spanish participants feel more Spanish than European, Eurobarometer found. Again, the number has grown since the last poll when only 30 per cent admitted to feeling exclusively Spanish. Creating employment to solve the economic crisis is a priority for 89 per cent of the Spanish, compared to the 72 per cent EU average, according to
Eurobarometer. In Germany this view is held by 63 per cent, while 65 per cent believe that reducing the deficit is more important. Overall, only 37 per cent of Europeans and 22 per cent of the Spanish see the deficit as a priority. Curbing inflation to maintain citizens’ buying power is the main concern of 24 per cent of the Spanish.
and now it’s an absolute necessity for very many of them,” said Martinez, who is also President of FAME, Spain’s association of midwives. There are women without money for formula, she said. Others who are out of work and therefore remaining at home can breastfeed for longer than the four months that maternity leave would last. And in cases where they do find work, some are expressing and freezing milk – it lasts up to six months – to continue saving money later. Not only are hard-up mothers
FORGET Ibiza and Las Vegas, Marbella has now been coined ‘the real party town.’ The Sun, Britain’s most famous tabloid newspaper, in a centre-page report said the Costa del Sol resort is all about partying hard and being seen. After spending a long weekend in Marbella The Sunday Sun quoted: “There are plenty of beach
Unaffordable energy NORWAY - A study claims that Arctic oil and gas production will decrease by 2050 because of high costs and the development of alternative sources of energy.
SWEDEN - A 72-yearold man died at Lidköping hospital after his doctor and nurse went for lunch in the middle of his kidney operation.
Too rich DENMARK Copenhagen has a surplus of 2.4 billion kroner (€322,090,754), which makes politicians unsure as to whether to cut taxes or save the money for a rainy day.
Holiday flats BREAST IS BEST: More mothers are breastfeeding for longer.
reported to be preferring to breastfeed, but some are returning to washable cloth nappies because disposables are so expensive, Consuelo Martinez revealed. Nevertheless, the lack money is not the only reason why Spanish women are breastfeeding for longer than the six months recommended by the World Health Organisation, she maintained. If twice as many women still breastfeed at six MARBELLOUS: As featured in The Sun newspaper. months, this is also due to the work and clubs in Marbella but we fantastic atmosphere with encouragement of groups loved Sala Beach. everyone soaking up the and organisations including “This boutique sun and having a great the La Leche League establishment has a time.... International, she said.
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Breast-feeding mums save money AN increasing number of Spanish mothers are breastfeeding for longer. And indications are that the choice is in part based on the ongoing economic crisis and unemployment. Midwives believe that the crisis is motivating women to continue breastfeeding, according to Consuelo Martinez, Assistant Manager of Nursing at Murcia’s La Arrixaca hospital. “It’s as though they’ve been given a little push. Many say they have no choice,” she said. Midwives are also professionally using the crisis to persuade new mothers of the benefits of breastfeeding. “It’s cheap. It’s unadulterated. This is what we’ve always told mothers
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SWEDEN - Stockholm police have said that prostitutes are renting flats from unaware families on holiday, which makes it difficult to catch them.
Guilty teacher NORWAY - A teacher at a school in southeastern Norway has been sentenced to six months in prison after she pleaded guilty to seducing a 16-year-old pupil on a school trip.
Skeletal closet SWEDEN A Gothenburg woman was arrested after police found parts of a human
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SKY-HIGH: easyJet says passengers prefer allocated seating.
ROLL-OUT: The scheme will come into effect on designated routes in November.
Allocated passenger seats on the easyJet horizon from November
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ROM November, easyJet passengers will be allocated seats, rather than boarding to take pot luck at where they sit. This follows a six-month trial on 6,000 flights carrying more than 800,000 passengers. Passengers paying extra will still be able to select their seats, but those not choosing this option will be allocated a seat. Friends or family travelling on the same booking will be seated together wherever possible, says easyJet. Research among passengers this year
spelt out that more than 70 per cent wanted allocated seating rather than than easyJet’s current system. Carolyn McCall, Chief Executive of easyJet, said: “Allocated seating gives all passengers the choice of selecting a seat. On trial flights the majority of passengers were simply allocated seats when they checked in. “Some passengers chose particular seats with best-selling seats usually those near the front, for those who wish to get off the aircraft quickly at their destinations, and exit row seats with their extra leg room.”
Allocated seating will continue on trial flights and the dates in the rollout across easyJet’s network are: Services to/from: November 13: Gatwick South, Luton, Stansted, Southend, Bristol and Glasgow November 20: Gatwick North, Milan Malpensa, Rome Fiumicino and Paris Charles de Gaulle November 27: Belfast, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Basel, Geneva, Lyon, Nice, Toulouse, Paris
Orly, Madrid, Lisbon and Berlin Schönefeld All passengers will be allocated a seat free on easyJet’s flights but will have the choice of selecting their seat for a fee when they book flights or add them later to guarantee where they will be sitting. There are three bands of pricing, dependent on the seat selected: • £12 for extra leg room (front row and exit rows) • £8 for up front seats (rows 2-5 on A319 or 2-6 on A320) • £3 for any other seat
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Stat of week ALMOST 4,750 bankruptcies were declared in Spain in the first eight months of this year, an increase of 34.3 per cent on the same period in 2011.
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Lack of loans slows progress IT is more difficult to get a bank loan in Spain than almost any other country in the world. And with affordable bank loans currently thin on the ground, Spain’s economy is becoming less competitive. Banks attach stringent pointers to
extending loans after getting their fingers badly burnt when the property bubble burst. This is highlighted in the latest World Economic Forum (WEF) rankings, which situate Spain’s global competitiveness at 122 out of the 144 countries examined. Added to the banks’ reluctance to lend money, Spain also lost WEF marks owing to the difficulties in reining in the deficit. This reached 8.9 per cent in 2011 and Rajoy’s government will struggle to EUROPEAN solar panel makers believe China reach the 6.3 per cent fixed by is providing national firms with subsidies so Brussels for this year, the WEF they can sell solar panels abroad below their predicted. market value. If found guilty, the firms could Even so Spain retained its face anti-dumping tariffs on exports. 2011 ranking at 36th for competitiveness, six places higher than in 2010. But it remains lower than LUXURY brand Hermes Estonia at 33rd and even International has accused LVMH, Ireland, which needed an EU owners of Louis Vuitton, of bail-out in 2010, which using insider information outperformed Spain to take ‘and manipulation’ to 29th spot. increase its holding in the Spain managed to hold on company to more than 22 to last year’s competitiveness per cent. ranking thanks to infrastructure - it came sixth for its rail network - as well as THE average price of a cabbage for families in computer technology, primary northern Nunavut, Canada, is €22.70, with a and secondary education and need for all fresh produce to be flown in daily business schools. at around €5.80 per kilo. Life expectancy in Spain was a further plus, but conditions for hiring and firing workers and flexibility regarding RUSSIA spent almost €160 million salaries all received the WEF preparing Vladivostock, its North Pacific thumbs-down. Worse still was port, to host the 2012 Asia-Pacific its evaluation for Economic Co-operation summit, which productivity and has just ended. remuneration, limping in at 133 out of the 144.
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Zara looks to BY the end of this year, Inditex, which owns the Zara brand of clothing, will have 425 outlets in China. This will make the Asian Tiger the second biggest market for the Spanish company, where earlier this year the number of outlets stood at just 275. Spain is still the firm’s biggest
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Samsung outsmarts Apple ALMOST 50 per cent of the world’s smartphone market is dominated by Apple and Samsung. Currently - and perhaps surprisingly to many - Samsung has the edge on Apple, following the release of its Galaxy SIII model earlier this year.
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The down-to-earth facts of a community satellite dish Does a member of a community have to pay for its satellite dish?
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Some time ago, the urbanisation community where I live installed a satellite dish. We were told that it was the law and we had no choice. The installation came also with a maintenance contract which finished this year. Our president has signed for a new contract at a cost of €1,000. Has he the right You and the Law in Spain to do this? Just before our last By David Searl Annual General Meeting (AGM) I was informed every citizen has the right to have a private satellite system. Therefore my questions are: 1. Must the community prove that I voted in favour and if I did not vote for something, do I have to pay for the ongoing maintenance contract for a satellite system? 2. Has the president the authority to spend community money without approval from the general meeting? 3. If I decide to opt for my own dish, must I pay the community maintenance charge? K S (Costa Blanca) Firstly, the community does not have to prove you voted in favour of some measure. The only time this proof is really necessary is when the dissident intends to protest a vote of the AGM. He must then make sure that his negative vote is registered in the official minutes of the meeting. Secondly, the president is not permitted to spend community money without AGM approval. However, this is normally routinely passed for ongoing costs, including a gardener or antenna maintenance. Thirdly, you are not obligated to pay for the antenna maintenance if you do not make use of it. Now for the bad news. Yes, you have the right to have a private satellite system. However, you do not have the right to install a dish on your balcony or terrace, which alters the appearance of the building. If you can find a way to mount your antenna, perhaps on the roof, this will be acceptable, as long as it is not visible. The idea of the original law is to do away with the unsightly clutter of individual antennae.
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Football and Olympics create TV surge TOP-OF-THE-RANGE television sales soared in the UK early on in the build-up to the European Football Cup, the London Olymic Games, helping Dixons to increase first-quarter sales by 5 per cent.
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AN average house in the UK cost £160,256 (€200,230) in August, a 0.4 per cent decrease on July. The fall reverses increases in May and June, with prices returning to January’s levels.
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ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND is to close its precious metals trading operation, industry sources revealed. It was halting commodities research owing to an internal review, the bank confirmed.
£££ EXPENSE claims from MPs have increased 25 per cent over the last 12 months. The total bill will be almost as high as it was before the expenses scandal broke in 2009, official figures revealed.
Now independent Croatia puts its head in EU noose LONDON Mayor Boris Johnson is one of those people able to reduce complex problems and ideas to more manageable proportions. Love him or loathe him, he is an able journalist, editor and politician who prefers not to ‘pull his Jim punches’. Collins On returning from a holiday in Costa Blanca Croatia, he wrote in the Daily Telegraph a rather BEAUTIFULLY INDEPENDENT: But Croatia is set to become part of the EU next July! sad little item. Historically, after struggles to succeed, its even Ireland are fair creeping humiliations. Ireland fought for declaring itself free of the government has applied examples, and what for centuries to rid itself of the disintegrating Yugoslavian for membership of the EU. them has been gained? Could it be that after hated English occupiers, Federation, Croatia The dirty deed (‘placing became enmeshed in a its head in the noose,’ as years of having all only to meekly hand itself devastating war that cost Boris puts it) is due to take decisions forced upon over to the mandarins of thousands of lives and place next July, and like them, they no longer have Brussels. Poland and the Baltic ended only with the Serbs the London politician I the confidence to govern States are further being ousted in 1995. cannot fathom what themselves? What made Spain so examples. What did they By then the fledgling makes a people so new state had its own recently liberated from a willing to labour beneath expect to gain by joining independent parliament dictatorial tyranny give the yoke of the EU after the euro and renouncing and legal system, and in themselves so willingly to throwing off that of the their flowering independence? Are they looking 1994 its own currency to another. Brussels may not Franco years? Similarly, Portugal was over their shoulders now, replace the Yugoslav dinar. be as cruel as was Serbia, In the ensuing 18 years but it is, nevertheless, an for many years under the wondering when the iron dictatorship of Salazar, and hand of Brussels will clamp Croatia became a unelected dictatorship. the people down as it has upon What is it that makes a perhaps prosperous nation boasting all the trappings nation so keen to thought nothing could be Greece, Portugal and soon, perhaps, Spain? and advantages of a relinquish its hard-won worse. Now they have Were all these states independence? Spain, modern European state. Yet now, after all the Portugal, Greece, Italy and surrendered the right to seduced by the EU’s early govern themselves, whilst largesse? Perhaps they bending the knee to all the should have considered other non-democratic the bible story of Esau, the controls the EU has seen man who sold his MERCEDES-BENZ sold 91,316 vehicles fit to impose. birthright for a ‘mess of worldwide last month, a record for Greece suffered the potage’, and remembered traditionally slow August. colonels, managing at last that there are no free Compared to one year ago, to claw its way back to lunches, especially when this represented a 4.5 per democracy, only to accept dealing with the cent increase. the euro with all its unscrupulous.
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www.euroweeklynews.com BANKING security has once again been compromised. While Switzerland’s banking secrecy has been under attack from international tax authorities, it has also been facing a second threat – stolen data. What typically happens is an employee copies confidential client data onto a disk and then either hands it over to a foreign tax authority or, in some cases, sells it to them. The latest case involves Swiss private banking group Julius Baer. On 26th August Swiss newspaper SonntagsZeitung reported that an employee of the bank had stolen data on accounts owned by German clients. A spokesperson for the bank then admitted that it had launched an internal investigation and discovered a case of data abuse. He said they were contacting the potentially affected clients. The employee has been fired and arrested. Under Swiss secrecy laws bank employees can face a jail term if they divulge client information. It is reported that the data was acquired by the German tax authorities, who paid an undisclosed sum for it. If this is true, the German authorities are likely to use the information to investigate tax evasion and prosecute where they find evidence. The state in question, North-Rhine Westphalia, has a history of buying stolen data and using it
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to collect unpaid taxes. Julius Baer already has a troubled relationship with the German authorities. Last year it paid €50 million to end an investigation over undeclared assets; an investigation which came about following another instance of data theft. Earlier in August German officials reportedly raided Julius Baer clients over tax evasion. This followed raids on Credit Suisse clients in July. The use of stolen data to track down and prosecute tax evaders may be controversial, but tax authorities in various countries are increasingly offered confidential bank data and are using it to aid their antitax evasion efforts. In July, German media reported cases of data theft from UBS AG, Switzerland’s largest bank, as well as the Zurich branch of Coutts. The German edition of the Financial Times reported that German tax officials offered €3.5 million for the Coutts CD which contained details of 1,000 clients. Both banks have since said that they have not found any evidence of data theft. Merrill Lynch Bank Suisse SA also admitted it had looked into the possibility of data theft, but did not divulge the results. It is no coincidence that stolen data is often offered to
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German authorities. German taxpayers hold an estimated €150 billion in Swiss accounts and the government loses an estimated €30 billion a year to tax evasion. However other countries also receive and benefit from stolen client data. According to reports from Bloomberg in May, people at two Swiss banks passed over client data to the UK tax authority HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). The banks were not named, other than to say one is foreign owned and has clients based in over 100 jurisdictions. The UK tax authority was reported to be checking the data before beginning to contact the taxpayers in question, and to be sharing the information with other countries. When questioned HMRC neither confirmed nor denied the story, simply stating: “We get information from a
wide variety of sources which we carefully examine to make sure everyone pays the right tax. Tackling tax evasion is a top priority and the days of hiding money offshore to evade UK tax have gone.” HMRC has already been actively investigating tax evasion using information from a previous case of data theft, the infamous “Falciani list”. An IT employee of HSBC Geneva, made a disk containing information on 79,000 HSBC clients from 180 countries. He handed it over to the French authorities who passed it on to several tax departments in Europe. HMRC is believed to have received over 6,000 names and has been working through them ever since. Its most high profile prosecution so far involved a wealthy property developer, who in July was found guilty of using an undisclosed Swiss bank account to evade tax and made to pay around £830,000. The Spanish tax authorities are thought to have received
3,000 names from the list. Last year it was reported that they had already collected €300m as a result. Data theft is not the only way Swiss banking secrecy is being breached. The Swiss banking industry will be more concerned about the way international tax authorities have been able to force them to disclose private client information. Most famously UBS agreed to pay a $780 million penalty in 2009 and hand over data on 4,700 American owned accounts, to settle a tax dispute with the US. Eleven Swiss financial firms are being investigated by the US authorities for allegedly helping their US clients hide assets away from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Swiss banks are not the bastion of security they once were. The consequences for anyone failing to declare assets held in Switzerland are likely to be very costly. It is essential that you only ever use legitimate tax planning arrangements. These vary from country to country so you should seek advice from an international tax planning and wealth management firm on which arrangements are effective and compliant in your country of residence.
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1131.00
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2361.00
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351.90
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329.10
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208.05
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1275.25
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12.50
0.66
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438.68
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Croda International PLC 2429.00
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260.45
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224.55
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37.11
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0.27
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371.80
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410.30
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601.75
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68.00
2.25
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3.00
0.36
1,971.49
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3.68
14,745.35
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2301.50
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1,228.87
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1.23
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Severn Trent PLC
1695.50
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5.23
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1,017.71
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0.50
0.04
2,268.56
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276.50
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1,989.38
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638.00
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344.12
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Tullow Oil PLC
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Unilever PLC
2245.50
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29.50
3.02
864.38
Vodafone Group PLC
176.90
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34,106.35
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1679.50
25.00
1.51
528.61
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2304.00
24.00
1.05
423.01
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2739.50
31.00
1.14
1,177.24
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841.75
5.50
0.66
1,926.41
1025.50
11.00
1.08
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It does not pay to always be nice girl MOST who have made it in the big bad they have earned or the professional lives world of business have more than likely they want, because they do not take the done so by being tough and pushy. actions necessary to get these things. It is not a case of just being pretty and Obviously, being nice and considerate are pleasant. ingredients of success, but according to Donald Trump did not make his millions experts so, too, is being impolite and cutworrying about what his apprentices think throat. It’s a case of a little bit of both. of him, while selfSo how do nice girls turn worshipping Pop Idol creator into winning women? Simon Cowell certainly does First off, super-nice-girls not shy away from telling need to erase the messages people exactly what he they were taught as children thinks of them. According to which cause them to try to experts, many women please everyone around. By A look though not all - suffer from pleasing other people, a at finance being too nice, and this holds woman will only ever live a for females them back in financial and life set by other people’s career terms. expectations of her. Jane Plunkett This super-nice-girl Next, learn to say ‘no’. If jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews. syndrome, the experts say, you have a full-time job, look com stems from mannerisms a after elderly parents, your young girl has been taught in childhood as children and do most of the grocery being appropriate for a lady. shopping, then politely decline other things Nice girls suffer from a ‘need to please’ asked of you that will add unnecessary and put the requirements of others before pressure and stress to your life. their own. And watch out! Having to smile, not being pushy or loud, Nice girls who want to change often face taking care of others and acting like a lady resistance from those who want them to (from the 50s) are all behaviours that 21st stay as they have always been. Be mentally century women still find themselves ready to face resistance and do not let it adhering to through social conditioning. scare you away from your new goals. The downside is that some women do not Taking charge of life means taking risks. win the respect they deserve, the success Are you ready to take charge?
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Everything rosy Down Under but things different for Spain SPAIN is likely to be toppled as the world’s 12th-largest economy to Australia later this year. This will reverse estimates at the start of the year when the International Monetary Fund (IMF) calculated that Australia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) would be
$3,000 million smaller than Spain’s by the last quarter of 2012. Spain’s GDP of $1.386 billion (₏1.126bn) is likely to be overtaken by Australia’s $1.379 billion (₏1.121bn), Bloomberg has predicted. Debt-ridden Spain, beset by
GROWING ECONOMY: Canberra, the Australian capital, is enjoying the nation’s ongoing success, with the country not facing recession since 1981.
economic recession, cannot compete with Australia’s substantial investment in resources, the international finance experts believe. Spain’s economy contracted 0.4 per cent in the second quarter of this year compared with the same period last year. In contrast, Australia has not entered recession for 21 years and its economy grew by 3.7 per cent between April and June 2012. Unemployment now standing at 24.63 per cent is another factor dragging down the Spanish economy. There are proportionately more people out of work in Spain than anywhere in the EU and additionally at any time since the return to democracy almost 37 years ago. Australia has just 5 per cent unemployment and expects to finish the financial year with a budget surplus. Hardly surprising, then, that it receives the top debt grade from the three principal ratings agencies. Spain’s debt, meanwhile, is now ranked as Baa3 by Moody’s, just one step away from junk status.
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Rain no dampener as the UK scoops up ice cream sales By Business Editor Brendan Small ICE CREAM quite understandably is a favourite with most throughout the hot summer months in Spain. But it is surprising that ice cream sales in the UK are soaring. This year the summer weather in the UK has been the dampest on record, and other years in the recent past have left the majority of British wishing for much better weather, with only odd sunny days. Combine this with tightening of purse strings in the tough economic times, and it is even more of a shock that ice cream sales last year hit the £1 billion (₏1.25bn) mark, up from £998 million (₏1.247 bn) in 2010. With sales figures looking so sweet, it is obvious nothing can dampen the spirits of the UK’s ice cream lovers. And a survey by Mintel, a global research and consumer use company with offices worldwide, including London, shows that in the last five years the UK ice cream, sorbet and frozen yoghurt market overall has experienced more than 19 per cent value growth to this year reach £1.1 billion (₏1.37bn) up from £910 million (1.137bn) in 2007.
Although only accounting for 1 per cent of all ice cream sales, frozen yoghurt has been the star performer of the ice cream sector with the market having risen by 50 per cent between 2009 and 2011 from ÂŁ4 million (â‚Ź5m) to ÂŁ6 million (â‚Ź7.5m). “While the market has been fuelled by inflation which has seen the average price per litre of ice cream rise by more than a quarter over the past five years, ice cream remains an affordable treat for most of the British,â€? said Amy Price, Senior Food Analyst at Mintel. “The relatively cheap cost of ice cream is one of the most important drivers of underlying growth throughout the economic downturn, helping to position it as an affordable treat.â€? Globally, Norway spends the most per head on ice cream at ÂŁ33 (â‚Ź41.25), followed by Australia, Switzerland, Sweden and Finland. The UK ranks in 10th place with ÂŁ17 (â‚Ź21.25) per head spend. However, in terms of who is eating the most, the USA tops the list, with 17 litres per head, way ahead of its nearest competitors Australia with 10.3 litres per head and Norway at 10.2. To end on a sweet note, as many as 85 per cent of all British buy ice cream.
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Ex-soldier and civil servant looks to more film stardom From army soldier and civil servant to becoming an actor, Billie Gaddess has now set his sights on promoting films in Spain. Nicole Hallett reports. Previous jobs? (Emmerdale) and Andrew Allsopp (Dead After school I joined the army, then Frequency). It is possibly out this Christmas became a civil servant for most of my on television. working life. Future plans? How did you get involved in acting? After Adhoc Theatre’s production of ‘Allo ‘Allo! I joined a theatre group in San in November, as Rene, I will Fulgencio, Costa Blanca. While concentrate on a film project to be offered the main part, I felt it shot on the Costa Blanca. I am was too much for a first time also starting Siesta Film actor deciding instead to help Productions to give actors in backstage. Six days before Spain a chance to make film curtain-up one of the cast fell and TV work a reality. ill and I stood in. Film work Most like to play? then followed Inspector Clouseau. I think I Acted in? would be better than Steve Martin. Six theatre productions on the Costa Proudest achievement? Blanca. My first role in a film was a debt Appearing in front of 600 for my first collector in Dead Frequency, and my performance at Adhoc Theatre, Rojales, in latest the lead role in The Hit. 2010 after pushing for the theatre to open. What is ‘The Hit’ about? Tell me something not many know? Corruption in a local council. I play a While at the Moscow State Circus during a doctor and councillor on the take. Fellow visit in 1987, I met British double agent Kim actors include James Conlon Philby who was sitting behind me. Read the full interview on www.euroweeklynews.com/features/interviews
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Vital Statistics • From: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK • Lives: Torrevieja (Alicante) • Age: 55 • Status: Married • Hobbies: Cooking, fishing, flying gliders, writing, and acting • In Spain: Six years • Best thing about Spain: Beaches • Worst: Getting something done • Favourite movie: Ice Cold In Alex • Most like to meet: Peter Sellars
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Fiery problem MANY fires this summer were deliberate. Soldering irons, fireworks and cigarette ends also played a part, but authorities feel exonerated if they can claim that fires are intentional. Even if less were left to chance, with deadfalls and woodland debris religiously removed and firebreaks maintained, fires would still occur. But whether deliberate or accidental they would spread less rapidly and their effects would be less devastating.
More hypocrisy JUSTICE MINISTER Alberto RuizGallardon is dismantling the 2010 abortion law. But the hardline anti-abortion lobby should wait before hailing this as a triumph. A total ban on termination would lose votes even
from PP supporters and abortion will instead be permitted if a mother’s physical or mental health is at risk or when rape results in pregnancy. Consequently, there will be no fewer abortions, merely more lies and hypocrisy.
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EU winter fuel payments rule ‘ridiculous’ I FOUND comments by British politician Iain Duncan Smith published in British newspapers recently both ridiculous and insulting. How could he say that following an EU ruling on winter fuel payments that he plans to block allowances to British old-age pensioners living abroad by means of ‘a temperature test’. I have subsequently written to him, stating I find it insulting that he is trying to deprive people who have paid into the UK system all their working lives of their rightful dues. If this was a ‘means tested’ allowance in the UK then I could give some credence to it but it would appear that providing you reside in the UK then it does not matter if you have £1 or £1 million in your bank, you are still entitled to it. I live in a small town 25 miles south of Alicante, which, if you do not know, is on the Costa Blanca. Frequently in the winter we suffer temperatures below freezing. Is it ‘ridiculous’ of me to expect some help? Anthony Wagstaff, by email
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Snapped! By Vicky Knill from Madrid
IF you can’t beat them, join them, is what the motto of Fuengirola Town Hall must have been when they came up with the beach massage service this summer (Costa del Sol, Issue 1418). I am referring to reports in previous summers of them cracking down on the people illegally offering beach massage. Makes sense, really. Nick Poole, Fuengirola (Malaga)
IN a letter to Spanish newspaper Las Provincias , Maria Teresa Ricart Vines said she was amazed at the superior level of English in Denmark, Finland and The Netherlands. She asked why Spaniards do not have a similar level of English after spending so many school years trying to learn it. As a retired English teacher I ask does dubbing exist in the movie theatres and TV broadcasts of those countries or only here in Spain? A student from Mexico told me that all the English-speaking films
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WHILE visiting the south of Spain recently I was struck by how much the crisis had affected the local area. So many shops and bars closed, and far fewer visitors than normal. I really feel for the local people who are caught up in this difficult situation. I believe this picture of the Marbella sign above the quarry is an adequate visual metaphor for the current state of Spain.
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she had seen were in the original version with subtitles and she had never heard of dubbing until she arrived in Valencia. Her English was so proficient because she had been able to practise the language learned in school through movies and TV. If learning English is a high priority, would it not be better to get rid of dubbing? Richard M McBride, Benidorm (Alicante)
Buses dilemma IN regards to Keith Nicol’s article (Issue 1364) about Torrevieja's new smart cards being required from September 16. My existing card was refused by a bus driver, having been shown as expired on his card-reading device, on Monday the 3rd. I was just testing and did not make the trip. It has occurred to me that those who happen to have read about this are relatively fortunate in having been forewarned; there must be many passengers who will not understand why their cards are now being rejected.
I seem to recall seeing a reference to an office at No. 1 Avenida (Doctor) Gregorio Marañon as the place to apply. Do you know about that? Roger McCutcheon, La Siesta Editor’s note: Keith Nicol says the cards can be renewed in the old town hall building at the corner of Ramon Gallud and Calle Maldonado at no cost for another 12 months. For those that did not join the scheme last year there is a €35 charge.
VAT poser WHILE I understand the reasoning behind the VAT increases - to put more money into the empty governmental coffers - if people don’t have the money to spend, surely this will be detrimental to the economy? Either the businesses absorb the hike or the consumer will not buy as many things as I doubt their salaries will increase along with the rise. The result will be the same; businesses not doing as well and maybe closing down. At least basic food items, medicine and school items have remained unaffected. Jessy Johnson, Mijas Costa (Malaga)
Night discord How many of us have had the experience of going out at night to listen to some live music, only
13 - 19 September 2012 Axarquía - Málaga East for the police to turn up halfway through to put an end to the proceedings? This seems to be becoming more and more prevalent in the towns on the Costa Blanca and has been happening throughout the summer at a time when bar owners are hoping to make some money and holiday-makers are looking for entertainment. Usually, it is the result of one person making a phone call to the police to complain. In the UK, we have a name for the type of person who goes straight to the police over the slightest grievance - Grass! By cutting off the music the police are causing the bars concerned to lose custom, which means they may have to cut down on staff and buy less from Spanish wholesalers. A discreet word with the bar owner could have easily resolved the issue without any far-reaching consequences. Brian Mullins, Moraira (Alicante)
Wedding bliss IT is great that Orihuela Town Hall will be offering more pleasant locations for people to get married (Costa Blanca South, Issue 1419). I hope that all town halls in Spain will offer this service so that people can get married in botanical gardens, parks, plazas and on beaches. They could also offer services for people to hold receptions there with tents set up. They would pay the municipality a fee for use of space and hire outside caterers. Vicki Hampton, Torrevieja (Alicante)
Wrong assumption IN his letter (Issue 1416), R Nedelec said I should be ashamed of myself for being preoccupied with bulls when I eat them. He automatically assumed that I ate meat. While I cannot say that meat has never passed my lips like him, I do not currently eat meat nor wear any materials made from animals. I am not a vegan, but do only buy eggs and dairy if they are free range. However, this is not my point. He says that if people eat meat they should not care about the torture of animals for amusement. I disagree. If you can make people aware that this is cruel, the next step is the treatment of livestock raised for human consumption. Jasmine Forrest, Estepona (Malaga)
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Mallorca designated a Mecca for cyclists: Heaven help us!
ROAD MENACE: Lycra-clad pedal-pushers.
LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT island of Mallorca. We have just been declared ‘a Mecca for cyclists’. Well, all I can say is heaven help us. It is already well nigh impossible to go any distance at all without finding yourself behind
hordes of shiny bums pumping up and down. Something really has to be done. The accident rate is steadily rising (mostly borne out of motorist frustration) with even the odd fatality. The whole shebang must be somehow brought under control. Firstly, all cyclists should all be licensed in exactly the same way as
motorised vehicles. In the event they break the rules of the road, the full weight of the law should be brought to bear; with the same points system and possible loss of licence. I think cyclists should also only be allowed to traverse the highways at designated times, so motorists will at least be able to avoid their presence. They
should never be allowed to ride more than two abreast and always give way to pedestrians and other roads users. Using the pavement should bring an automatic disqualification. Putting these people in the same bag as the eco-friendly, GM food and the green brigade simply has to stop. There are now growing hordes of arrogant ‘sub Angels’ who already consider themselves above the laws of normal road users. These packs are getting bigger and bigger. If they were hoodies, the public would be really worried. Well, I wouldn’t put ‘lycra hoods’ beyond the realms of possibility. Is anyone listening out there; somehow I doubt it. Keep the Faith, Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
FURTHER to your column ‘Britain’s broken pride’ (Issue 1417); all developed countries have their own unique problems as any in a democratic society. Britain is in no way a broken society, though many things need fixing and updating. If we could just concentrate on the great things that have been going on in the UK including the Olympics and all other positive aspects in society I think that would serve to inspire young people more. Britain may not be an empire any more but it still has great influence in many countries in the world. Everything has a cause and effect. If people feel they are on the margins of society then that has to be seen and changes made. Keep positive! Arthur Cascoe, by email
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TO me the only difference between Hells Angels and an ever-increasing faction of lycra-clad yobbo cyclists is the fact that the the pedal-pushers have no engines. This cycling minority wear ‘colours’. They are riddled with drug scandals. They commandeer the roads, treat traffic laws with complete distain and are only thinner than their leather-clad cousins because they physically propel their machines. Now they are wallowing in the glory of their Olympic success I really dread to think where it will all end up. How many will now want to emulate the success of Mark Cavendish - a man whose ego seems to grow by the day. I shudder to think. It is even worse for those who live on this
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Help! The doublebedded room made me pregnant!
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WITH the holiday season almost over, the Association of British Travel Agents must be bracing itself for the inevitable post-holiday complaints. Like the one sent in by a woman who returned to Britain with an unusual holiday souvenir: “My fiancé and I booked a twin-bedded room, but we were placed in a doublebedded room. We now hold you responsible for the fact that I find myself pregnant.” Her complaint and scores like it, compiled by ABTA, do nothing to dispel the cliché that the Brits are a nation of whingers! Now some readers may have read my own rant here about hotels some weeks ago, others with maybe a bit too much time on their hands may do so via the website, while many may be a lot more interested in reading about the following that ended up in ABTA’s files. Some British tourists complained their holidays were spoiled because
“the beach was too sandy” and “no one told us there would be fish in the sea; the children were startled”. One angry wife declared that “topless sunbathing should be banned” because her “holiday was ruined as my husband spent all day looking at other women”. Complaints from British tourists about Spain are particularly telling. For some, there are “too many Spanish people”. “The receptionist speaks Spanish.” “The food is Spanish.” “There are too many foreigners; we had to queue outside with no air-conditioning.” Others think it should be explained in brochures that “the local store doesn’t sell proper biscuits like custard creams or ginger nuts and local shopkeepers shouldn’t be lazy and close in the afternoons because I often needed to buy things during ‘siesta’ time.” Maybe those who whinged they’d been bitten by mosquitoes – “no one
NORA JOHNSON Nora, who has lived on the Costa del Sol for a number of years, is the author of psychological suspense and crime thrillers.
said they could bite” – were the same ones who sought compensation for a spoiled excursion they’d booked to a water park: “no one told us we had to bring our swimming costumes and towels”. Good grief! What’s up with these guys? I’d be more than happy to be bitten by a mosquito while standing in a non air-conditioned queue waiting for the shop to open after siesta time so I could buy some local biscuits to eat while I went swimming, because it would mean I WAS having a holiday!
POSITIVE: Are you being serious?
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HAD intended to write an article about Bedlam, more specifically the Bethlem Hospital for the Insane. Partly my interest was due to the derivation of the word bedlam (meaning chaos and disorder, like my life) and also due to the longevity of the institution which has been respectively mentioned by Shakespeare and (more melodramatically) by Charles Dickens. Suzanne has a degree in Fine Art from Goldsmiths and an Bedlam became a by- MA in Writing from Lancaster University. She is currently word for the teaching in Alicante and writing a book for teenagers (which doesn’t have a vampire as its central character). mistreatment of the mentally impaired and those suffering from an excess BEDLAM: The Bethlem Royal is a of melancholia (a much gentler term than depression) and conjured up images of stinking, crowded cells full of deranged and drooling figures covered in hair and human filth. It has been well documented that wealthy Londoners would Rest and recreation at Bedlam pay to watch the unfortunate probably consisted of a daily creatures rage and howl and hosing down with freezing bang their heads against the Thames water and the stone walls (a bit like Saturday occasional ‘liaison’ with the night in Basildon). nearest wild-haired, One did not ‘check’ oneself into knickerbockerless nymphoBedlam for a spot of rehab and it maniac (if you were lucky and certainly was not considered a did not get partnered with suitable alternative to the ‘fancy’ Hannibal Lecter’s great-great Swiss sanatoriums much beloved grandfather that is). of Freud and his ilk. Anyway, I digress as actually I
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Wiki what? began this column by announcing my failed intention to write about Bedlam, therefore concluding that in actual fact I would be writing about something entirely different, but therein is the rub, if you have read my previous columns you would be aware of the fact that I lack focus and am wont to wander off on a tangent (or a tandem as my dyslexic friend
Anna would say)... Now where was I? While attempting to write about Bedlam and its history I stumbled upon Wikipedia (as one does). Now Wikipedia is a wonderful online encyclopaedia and is useful when conducting research... to a certain extent, that is, as it is well known that facts and figures can be hacked into and changed fairly easily.
Therefore, one approaches Wikipedia with a certain cautious interest and heightened state of alert as one would when approaching a dog. The page devoted to Bedlam contains many interesting references and facts, most of which are easily corroborated by other more academic, learned websites (like CBBC), so it wasn’t the information on Bedlam that caught my attention but the little comments contained in various boxes that accompanied it; comments like: ‘this article reads more like a story’ and ‘This section appears to be written like an advertisement’. It was the latter that grabbed my imagination and ran away with it thus ending my research on Bedlam and my intention of writing a serious, thought provoking piece. So just for Wikipedia, I invented a few of my own Bedlam advertisements: ‘Come to Bedlam, the beds are hard and so are the women!’ ‘Feeling bogged down with worry; enjoy a Bedlam enema, the celebrity way to a healthy mind.’ ‘You think you’re mad, wait ‘til you’ve sampled bath night at Bedlam. We accept gift vouchers.’ This article reads like the ranting of a lunatic. Please rethink your use of the sanity clause. Be like that, then!
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Computer phone scam alert Nineteen websites offering fake computer support have been closed by the Metropolitan Police’s e-crime unit in London, but the scams continue to spread across Europe
By Benny Davis benny@euroweeklynews.com A PHONE scam that defrauded A PHONE scam that defrauded thousands of computer owners in Britain continues to be reported in Spain. Many computer owners on the mainland have been contacted by a company claiming to be connected to the Microsoft support team, informing them of problems with their PCs. These could be fixed online, the callers have claimed. The ‘problem’ they are told about is that many ‘error’ messages have been received from their PC, including notification of viruses that should be fixed to prevent ‘crashing.’ To prove their authenticity, the user is then invited to view the ‘error’ messages on screen by following the caller’s instructions. After being told to press a sequence of keys, the messages appear apparently proving that PC doomsday is around the corner. The helpful caller then ‘clears’ the messages and informs the user that their problems are over. But in reality the problems have only just started. In effect, there were no ‘error’
WARNING: Never give anyone remote access to your PC over the phone. messages and the PC had no problems, but through a clever keyboard scam, the caller has gained complete remote access to the user’s PC including all private and confidential information, which can be used in a variety of financial and identity scams. Some UK users were actually charged a £185 (€230) subscription for the ‘fixing’ service. Last April, the Metropolitan Police’s e-crime unit in London closed many illegal sites including ‘supportonclick.com’ registered to Pecon
Software, a firm based in Kolkata, India. The company has since opened further ‘support’ websites including onlinepccare.com, which has been operating within the English-speaking Spanish market. David Shaw, an EWN reader from Calpe, said that a well-spoken man, probably of Asian origin, phoned twice in an attempt to get him to check-out his computer. He gave his name as Greg Smith and when asked, quoted a US phone number.
Attempts to contact this number since have all been unsuccessful. However, Microsoft officials say they are aware of the problem and have issued the following statement. “There are many potential dangers. As well as losing money to a scammer by paying for a service that provides no benefits, personal and banking details are also at risk. If you give a scammer remote access to your computer, they can cause all sorts of mischief, including infecting your computer and acquiring your personal information.” They say anyone receiving such a call like this should just hang up. Strangers should never be given remote access to a computer, and personal, credit card or online account details should not be given out over the phone unless the call has been personally made, and the phone call came from a trusted source. Microsoft added: “If you think you have provided account details to a scammer, contact your bank or financial institution immediately. “We are told the police are unable to effect refunds for people who are scammed by the cold callers, though they do class the crime as ‘obtaining money by deception’, in other words, fraud.”
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F I were to say that I spent the best part of last week beating the living daylights out of trees in my garden, you would probably think me mad. But if I added we were then joined in this curious behaviour by friends and most of the villagers, you would, no doubt, correctly assume that it was a matter of nuts: almonds, to be precise. We happen to have landed in a field of some 188 almond trees, which each year need pruning and picking. My husband, whose ancestors were all of Yorkshire farming stock, is practically lyrical about it, while I - frankly prefer my nuts in a small dish with a cool glass of cava in a suitably snazzy bar. Even with a small yield this year (much of the blossom blew away in the storm before being pollinated, according to resident experts) there was still a whole lot of trees to whack, as the many calluses on my hands and the odd head wound will attest to. But I have to confess, it is actually rather cathartic, this nut business; any pent-up anger or energy is easily dissipated by swinging a twometre long metal pole at a branch, followed by the highly
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rewarding sound as a cascade of nuts drops into the strategically-placed net. Not to mention the work-out for the arms; I might take up tennis again now that my swing is back in tip-top shape. I think I even have the grunt down to a ‘t’, assuming they still allow this on the courts after the Wimbledon grunting debate earlier this summer. And it is not just me who has taken leave of my senses; some smartly-dressed friends, innocently expecting a leisurely afternoon on the terrace, got stuck into the final few trees with laudable gusto at our harvest fiesta crescendo. It was a veritable mud-bath, after the deluge of rain. Even so, it has been years since I
ALMOND HARVEST: At this time of year, the trees need to be whacked and pruned, and the nuts collected. have seen so many truly delighted people, who left with heavy bags of freshly-picked almonds. Sure, the reward of
the wine and Jamón Ibérico may have eased the workload, as did the university musicians strumming in their fine outfits,
and the hilarious ‘seed dance’ by the Gatecrasher comedians, but still! Deep down, do we all have an inner farmer desperate to come out? Maybe even Victoria Beckham would finally smile after a session with the nuts in our field. Overwhelmed by technology and social media, perhaps many of us have lost touch with nature and Mother Earth. “Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust,” the eulogy goes, so perhaps embracing a bit of terra firma mid-journey will help us make sense of the cycle of life. Before this gets too morose, I would like to point out that you are still far more likely to find me in the local Champagne bar than knee-deep in a muddy field. But, come next harvest time, you can be sure that I will be the first to take aim at those pesky almonds, even if it will take the best part of a lifetime to crack them, let alone finish them all.
Next week's article here in Euro Weekly News will be: ‘Inventive ways with nuts’...
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Do meet the president! IT is said that the Welsh are the Irish who couldn’t swim during the Saxon invasions of Britain from the 9th century onwards. It’s true; this is where the Irish name Walsh derives from. Back in those far off days Saxon immigrants were regarded as ‘the smelly heathens’. No worries; we Paddies have been called far worse. Over the centuries our British brothers acquired their own character, which is often endearing. One such is their presumption that they’re God’s chosen people when it comes to managing things in orderly fashion. We are all familiar with the stereotype busybody; NCO in the armed forces and the ladies especially in trying situations abroad. These were known as ‘empire builders,’ without which the empire upon which the sun never set couldn’t have come about. The ladies get everyone pulling together; they make schools, crèches, knitting circles and charitable events. My homespun philosophy is that the British Empire was made possible only by the fusion of English organising ability, Celtic can-do mindset and the upper-class leaning towards international piracy. It was a formidable combination that brought the world to its knees and later to its doors. That is by-the-by: I want you to meet the president. Not the president of the United States, but more important the president of our community of residents.
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SYMBOL: The man with the moustache stands out from the unruly mob.
The eyes, ears and mouth of the community, he knows what is going on. Our tireless organiser doesn’t suffer fools gladly. When tradesmen arrive he guides and monitors them. If you’re out of order it is explained to you kindly, and basically he keeps our community ship-shape and Bristol fashion; an offensive remark to us Liverpool sailors, but we let it pass. In the unlikely event that our community’s inmates are bitten by the escape bug the president needs to be in on it. He knows his onions better than any Frenchman, which is why our empire is bigger than theirs. The Greeks; it is true we borrowed their concept of democracy. But we organised it our way which leaves people wondering why we bothered with the Greek model at all. Our natural-born English organisers
borrowed another idea from the Greeks; their moustaches. Here again is a cultural difference. It is said that Greeks grow moustaches so they can look like their mothers. A snide Little Englander remark if ever I heard one. I digress: English-born community organisers, be they in charge of the POW camp’s escape committee or our community’s affairs of state, grow moustaches. The David Niven pencil moustache is acceptable, as is Gilbert Harding tufts; anything else passes muster. It is you see a symbol of authority; a bit like blue collar–white collar. The man with the moustache stands out from the unruly mob. When you want to know who is in charge ‘ere you look for the man sporting a moustache. ‘Ah, that’ll be our president’.
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Rise of workaholics in Spain THE rate of workaholics in Spain could rise from the current 4.6 per cent to 11.8 per cent of workers in December 2015. Researchers from the universities of Valencia, Castellon and the Basque Country surveyed 1,200 workers between the ages of 16 and 69 in the Valencia and Basque Country regions. The survey’s aim was to find the level of addiction and the joy derived from working. It found that some people work too many hours and others in an intense and compulsive way. Engaged workers feel joy at working and do not consider it an obligation, whereas fear of losing their job is the reason for others. The conclusions of the
ADDICTED: Some people work too many hours. study recommend promoting a corporate environment where workers are more able to cope with emotional stress and other factors.
The aim is to avoid contagion of what is considered ‘a psychological illness of our time’. “Through this study
we identify the level of addiction and to what extent do employees enjoy working,” explains Mario Libano, one of the researchers.
HAPPINESS GENE: Women are more affected than men.
Gene that makes women happy A GENE that determines one’s level of happiness has been discovered by scientists, and it affects mainly women. It is called MAOA and has been linked to alcoholism, aggression and antisocial behaviour in the past. In a study conducted by several institutions in the USA, it was found that women with one or two copies of MAOA reported a larger amount of happiness than did women with no copies. The gene regulates an enzyme responsible for ‘feelgood’ chemicals in the brain, the same
substances targeted by antidepressants. Men do not seem affected by the gene and researchers suspect it may have to do with testosterone, a hormone that could neutralise the positive effects of MAOA. Scientists warn that happiness does not only depend on our genes, of course, but also about 35 to 50 per cent of variance could indeed be due to genetic factors. The rest, one has to work hard at. The study was published in Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry.
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SINGERS: (From left) Juanfran Curado, Patricia del Rio and Alvaro Hernandez from TV programme Se llama Copla.
Visitors sample traditional food at the medieval market.
10,000 at music day MORE than 10,000 visitors flocked to the 12th Dia de la Musica (Music Day) in Benamocarra. Tourists joined locals for an evening of live music of varied styles for every taste.
Classical music was played by the D’Oliphant Braff wind quintet, while folk-oriented performances were by the Tuna band from the Faculty of Law.
There was also alternative music and live bongo, creating a magical atmosphere in the medieval market and Arab tea houses. Local personalities and associations were rewarded by the town hall, with a concert by singers from the Canal Sur TV programme Se llama Copla ending the festival, declared of tourist interest in Malaga.
Night of Lights ON STAGE: The Cossacks of Taras Bulba.
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A FULL audience attended The Cossacks of Taras Bulba ballet at the El Majuelo auditorium in Almuñecar, directed by Ivan Gromakov.
Many from neighbouring towns came to the Castle of San Miguel to watch the performance. Gromakov was appointed in 1991 to
disseminate the Cossack culture globally and has since received numerous awards for his work, with the company now touring Spain.
AROUND 100 residents from the Torrecuevas area of Almuñecar celebrated the festival of Candelaria or ‘Night of Lights’. They gathered around a bonfire to celebrate the end of the harvesting season for grapes and almonds. In the old days neighbours would go house to house dancing and eating.
Fires celebrate end of harvesting BONFIRES scattered along the streets of Benamocarra put the perfect finishing touch to the Noche de las Candelas (Bonfire Night) which this year included the unveiling of two new public areas. The Parque del Pilar in Avenida Blas Infante is a new
FIERY FAREWELL: Benamocarra locals gather at one of the bonfires. place for leisure, while the old Rengel waterwheel has been restored as a landmark. Side by side with the gardens, the town hall has also built an outdoor climbing
wall, the only one in the Axarquia. Benamocarra locals lit straw-stuffed figures in the bonfires, celebrating the end of the harvest season.
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Making a start is not difficult and a large area is not necessary as explained below. SMALL SCALE Start to grow vegetables in large pots, an old bath, grow bags, a growing table or a small raised bed. All are possible on an apartment terrace, in a patio garden as well as a corner of a larger garden. Purchase plantlets to save the bother of sowing from seeds. Potatoes can also be grown in large pots. LARGER SCALE Develop a traditional vegetable patch. Start or expand a compost heap to produce an annual supply of humus and beneficial micro-organism rich compost for enriching the soil. Garden weeds, shredded prunings and green kitchen waste can all be usefully recycled. Keeping a couple of hens and rabbits that love to eat waste leaves from the vegetable garden are also a good source of organic manures, especially if you feed them on natural rather than processed foods.
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LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) This weekʼs change of planetary powers will allow you to find exactly what you're looking for, especially if you're shopping for bargains. Happily, everything is coming together, so don't let everyday niggles spoil your long-term plans.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) On a personal and financial level, wait for further developments before you reach or activate any important decisions. As you draw near the final phase of this year, the best results will come from spending as much time as possible with loved ones, or those who're on your creative wavelength.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Whatever your plans, or however you intend to enjoy the weekend, there'll be laughter, fun and plenty of action. Refuse to be distracted or upset by any of Monday or Wednesday's twists and turns.
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This week's potent presence of sombre Saturn in your own sign is a warning not to lose your cool, particularly on Tuesday and Thursday. Otherwise, you can expect a weekend of quality and frivolity.
You will be ready and waiting for whatever you've organised. Then, without warning, you could have to backtrack or make other plans - you might even encounter some undeserved criticism. But no matter what happens, the weekend will definitely make up for any workaday muddles. Meanwhile, if you're a mixer and mingler, you'll be swept off your feet.
With so much to think about, will it really be a wonder if something or someone gets left out? It's not just the glitz that's inspiring the action, but certain thankless tasks which are bound to crop up. Whatever the planets get up to, there'll be no stopping Friday and Saturday's enchanting delights.
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TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) There will be enough hurly-burly to cope with at work, let alone elsewhere, so don't even think about doing everything single-handedly. Cooking, hosting and being all things to everyone shouldn't be your version of the perfect week. Teamwork is the way forward, so take the lead and be sure that everyone gets happily involved.
The more you can offload, the happier you'll be. As you attract kindred spirits, you'll be able to look forward to the weekend whirl with family and friends. In the lead-up to the weekend, try to be patient with those who seem to be pulled in other directions. The weekend's full moon sets the scene for a useful exchange of ideas.
As you top up your spirits with some extra ideas, don't be surprised if a couple of items drop out of sight. If you seriously want to minimise niggles and hassles, then ask friends or relatives to lend a hand. It's a great week for togetherness, so ensure that you
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Good news should come your way this week. Regardless of how you mark it, you'll be surrounded by caring hearts. Sunday's full moon is one of two this year associated with journeys, homely connections and good fortune. Despite some workaday hassles your efforts will be well starred.
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Many happy moments will keep you on your toes. With warming wishes in the wind, and a charming touch of luck, don't panic if certain events don't match up to your high standards. Just be Leo-proud that you've got what it takes to make things tick. Unfortunately you can't afford to assume that everything will run to time.
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experiences he had started to encounter. What Adam found was that he had been left with an incredible heightened sensitivity, exactly mirroring the emotions and physical conditions of other people with whom he came into contact. Not only that, but he was able to heal them. Adam soon discovered he had also developed a connection with animals, which has culminated in his inspirational relationship with horses.
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Comedy, Drama, Black Comedy
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Move from the start word (SOFT) to the end word (BOIL) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.
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1. SOUTH PAW, 2. REPECHAGE, 3. PINCH HITTER, 4. DORMIE, 5. DOMESTIQUE, 6. GOOGLY (occasionally referred to as a BOSIE), 7. FARTLEK, 8. YIPS (FOCAL DYSTONIA), 9. APPEL, 10. BLINDSIDE.
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How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case L) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed. Target:
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Crosswords CRYPTIC Across 7 Television presenters move from one vessel to another (6) 8 Get at one in brown cover (6) 9 Taverns mentioned in Huckleberry Finnʼs adventures (4) 10 Charges broken rib cases (8) 11 Horseshoe expert is rarer if crazy (7) 13 Religious outfit is second nature (5) 15 Quick, note the threat (5) 17 Scratches for supplies for a long time (7) 20 Anti note rebel chant (8) 21 Atmosphere in a restaurant (4) 23 Small dog perhaps that is biting catʼs tail (6) 24 Savage mailman lost his head and went to pieces (6) Down 1 Iron service plant (4) 2 Possibly snares a former Egyptian leader (6) 3 Shipʼs kitchen equipment? (7) 4 Mockery in distant church (5) 5 At Thailand the ItalianAmerican will turn into a
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Across 1 Frightened (6) 4 Expresses (6) 9 Unit of heat energy (7) 10 Indian yoghurt dish (5) 11 Extremist (5) 12 Thin, supple and graceful (7) 13 Floor covering (3) 14 Dyed fabric (5) 16 Part (5) 18 Lubricate (3) 19 Kingdom in north-western Africa (7) 21 Church table (5) 23 Sound (5) 24 Look at closely (7)
ENGLISH - SPANISH The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English. 1 Receipt (document) (6) 4 Wave (in hair) (4) 8 Code (5) 9 Onza (5) 10 Alquitrán (3) 11 Dueño (de casa, coche, perro) (5) 12 Comidas (actos de comer) (5) 15 Un (3) 16 Skinny (5) 18 Sobrina (5) 19 Rat (4) 20 Desfile (militar) (6)
Co d e B r e a ke r barbarian (6) 6 Similarly prepared Kiwi eels (8) 12 Put in order a grander transport (8) 14 Place to hide skunk (7) 16 Many returned one day showing little emotion (6) 18 Some para mistaken for a Musketeer (6) 19 Get thinner and lighter (5) 22 Bring up the back (4) 25 Quick race (6) 26 Go away (4,2) Down 1 Give in (7) 2 Distribute (5) 3 Set aside (7) 5 Academic divisions (5) 6 Instalment (7) 7 Extra (5) 8 Clean, tidy and smart (4-7) 15 Hunting dog (7) 16 Appease (7) 17 Serious (7) 19 Less (5) 20 Free from dirt (5) 22 Contaminate (5)
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC - Across: 1 Labour, 5 Dowse, 8 Cite, 9 Tabulate, 10 Antithesis, 13 Gazebo, 14 Rubies, 16 Narcissist, 19 Foursome, 21 Hail, 22 Drink, 23 Screen. Down: 2 Avid, 3 Overate, 4 Rotations, 5 Dab, 6 Wilde, 7 Entailed, 11 Tardiness, 12 Paranoid, 15 Butcher, 17 Corgi, 18 Dire, 20 Oak.
QUICK - Across: 7 Dahlia, 8 Abroad, 9 Bald, 10 Specific, 11 Heather, 13 Never, 15 Carry, 17 Dessert, 20 Split end, 22 Saline, 23 Narrow. Down: 1 Manage, 2/21A Glad rags, 3 Hamster, 4 Cadet, 5 Trainers, 6 Ravine, 12 Terrific, 14 Wedding, 16 Appeal, 18 Region, 19 Defer, 21 Rare.
Down: 1 Sol, 2 Reservoir, 3 Salvajada, 4 Bread, 6 Citar, 8 Cielo, 9 Ancho, 13 Owe.
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1.Unscramble the name of a famous British sportsman: DIG WRY BELGIANS
JUMPING END END
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2. Unscramble the name of a popular funfair entertainment: SHORT GIANT
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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 17 represents V and 10 represents Q, so fill in V every time the figure 17 appears and Q every time the figure 10 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.
Hexagram 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 (BLEARY) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
Acorns Assert BLEARY (10) Cellar Centre Charts Enable Enters Estate Humane Longer Papers Prayer Rebate Regard Spears Stored Tolled Tramps
I never dared be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION when old. 1 Sickly, 2 Steeds, 3 Neatly, 4 Medals, 5 Treaty, 6 Enters, 7 Dearly, 8 Crater, Robert Frost (1874-1964) 9 Stayed, 10 Recall, 11 Bitten, 12 Welled, 13 Hearts, 14 Dwells, 15 Reeled, American writer and poet. 16 Rested, 17 Weeded, 18 Adhere, 19 Raised
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Nursing a misconception!
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NE of the more frequent questions that I get asked relates to nursing care in Spanish state hospitals. Invariably, people believe that this does not exist or, if it does, that it is very restricted. I have spoken to people who think that any nursing in a Spanish hospital has to be done by members of a patient’s family, who are also responsible for bringing food into the hospital. I am not certain where this misconception comes from but I suspect that it may derive from the fact that numerous members of
Nursing care in a Spanish state hospital is pretty much identical to what you would expect in a UK hospital.
Nick Snelling Nick Snelling is the author of five books including ‘How to Buy Spanish property and Move to Spain – Safely!’ and runs the information site Culture Spain
Spanish families are invariably present in a ward when a member of their family is ill. This may give the impression that they are there to nurse and actively care for the patient. Certainly, one of the endearing traits to Spanish hospital care is the freedom
to have visitors whenever you want and for those visitors to stay overnight as they so desire. I say ‘endearing’ with some trepidation, as having a noisy family around the bed next to you when you are feeling grim is not always a pleasure! In any event, let me confirm that you do get proper nursing in a Spanish state hospital and, along with it, meals and everything else you need. In fact, the care is pretty much identical to what you would expect in a UK
hospital. This is important to know – particularly if you are thinking of moving to Spain. Most people that I know who have had to use state healthcare in Spain have been impressed by the efficiency and level of service they have received. On my part, I have personally tested everything from the local GP and his nurse right through to the ambulance service and intensive care. This was not, of course, so that I could write authoritatively on the subject of Spanish
healthcare but because I had a heart attack whilst rock climbing a couple of years ago. As you can imagine, my heart attack resulted in an emergency pick-up from a roadside close to me and a rapid trip to A&E and then intensive care. There I stayed for a few days before going into a normal ward, followed by the extensive after-care that I have received ever since. There are, of course, downsides to Spanish state healthcare and one of these
is that few medical staff can be relied upon to speak English. So, you can feel very vulnerable unless you speak Spanish, although even then you may find that your Spanish lacks the specific vocabulary to either understand or communicate properly. It is at times like this that you will almost certainly need a translator. However, I can honestly say that the treatment and nursing that I had in intensive care was superb and was followed by more than adequate care when I was on the recovery ward. So, worry not, if you have been concerned about the level of care and type of treatment that you would receive – and whether, if something awful happened, you would need your family nearby.
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Legend of Atlantis and Spain… tsunamis and blood tests EVEN the most casual Google search for the ‘Island of Atlantis’ will yield literally hundreds, if not thousands, of results. For centuries, the topic has been debated, analysed and discussed, some would say to the point of ad nauseam. Thousands of books and articles have been written about the legendary island and equally as many theories abound. The philosopher Plato, writing 2,300 years ago, was perhaps the first primary source in Atlantis scholarship. He depicted the island of Atlantis as an ancient but advanced naval power lying just beyond the ‘Pillars of Hercules’ or what we know as Costa del Sol’s Strait of Gibraltar. He claims Atlantis sank into the ocean “in a single day and night of misfortune.” Plato places this account at about 7600 BC and many believe that his Atlantis account is a variant of Noah’s Flood told in the Old Testament book of Genesis. Since the time of Plato, Atlantis scholarship has received contributions from geographers, geologists, archaeologists, philosophers, novelists, poets, occultists, dilettantes, etc. In both ancient times and modern times attitudes toward Atlantis have ranged from an unquestioned belief in Plato’s dialogue, to mocking parodies, to strident rejection of the possibility of its existence. What follows are two of the most recent perspectives. They are ‘science oriented’ making claims that are very curious, very original and, for the purposes of this article, very Spanish specific. Consider… Inspired by recent studies of tsunamis following Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster (April 2011), a National Geographic team of archaeologists and geologists have made what they label a ‘gamechanging’ discovery.
Jack Gaioni Consider This US citizen Jack is spending the first years of his retirement in Almeria. His articles have been published in Spain and the US.
They argue that Atlantis was swamped by a monumental tsunami and it is indeed submerged near Doñana National Park on Spain’s Costa de la Luz. The Canadian, US and Spanish team used a satellite photo of the shallow mud-flats in the estuary of Doñana Park to determine that a certain architectural symmetry exists when viewed from above. This aerial symmetry appears to be submerged megaliths adjacent to an ancient canal system. The team surveyed the area with combinations of deepground radar, digital mapping and underwater technologies. They believe the power of this particular tsunami produced waves hundreds of metres high, capable of wiping out 100 kilometres of inland elevation. The submerged megaliths and canals match descriptions made by Plato. Furthermore, the architectural detail equates in nature to some of Southern Spain’s inland Iron and Copper Age remains. The National Geographic team speculates that refugees fled inland after the wildly destructive tsunami and built Iron and Copper Age ‘memorial cities’
DOÑANA NATIONAL PARK: Some argue that Atlantis is submerged nearby. constructed in the Atlantis image. Studies are ongoing in matching that architecture in and around Cadiz with that submerged in Doñana Park. Unrelated, yet relevant to this discussion are the discoveries from another branch of science. Genetic and DNA research in the past few decades has produced unexpected results that have opened the doors to many historical mysteries. The DNA analysis of the Spanish (and French) Basques population is a perfect example. As a population, the Basques are unique in that they contain the highest levels of the rare RH-O negative blood-type and the lowest levels of the common type B blood in the world. These patterns are remarkable as they are shared with the DNA lineage of the Iroquois Indians of north-eastern North America and the Berber population of Morocco’s Atlas Mountains (think Pillars of Hercules!). DNA researchers, anthropologists, historians and even linguists have collectively suggested that perhaps some people had fled the sinking Atlantis continent and went west and settled in the Iroquois region of New York. Others went east to the Iberian Peninsula (Basques) and the Atlas Mountains of North Africa
(Berbers). How else to explain that these disparate peoples share a very rare RH-O negative DNA lineage that occurs nowhere else on the planet?
The mystery of the island of Atlantis has always been attractive for humans to speculate upon. The case of Atlantis is especially tantalizing - so much so that the whole
issue has, over the centuries, been as much about emotion as it has been of reason and scholarship. To be sure, empty theory, dogmatic opinion, emotional prophecy and blind belief have been part of every generation that has discussed the legend of Atlantis. So, too, has well weighted reason and scientific attempts to explain the mysteries of Plato’s discourse. It is interesting to note, however, that the very first recorded mention of Plato’s Pillars of Hercules and the most recent scientific discoveries have put Spain front and centre in any Atlantis discussion. Collectively, these discussions have very Spanish overtones. Is this a coincidence? Draw your own conclusions…
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Jaguar invests €462.8m in UK plant JAGUAR LAND ROVER has announced a £370 million (€462.8m) investment. This will be used to upgrade its UK manufacturing facilities and increase productivity as it prepares to launch the allnew Range Rover in 170 countries around the world. Following a three-year engineering project, the sale of the fourthgeneration Range Rover
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Officer. “As the UK’s leading automotive investor in R&D we are proud of the work that has gone into developing the new technologies and innovations to make the new Range Rover possible. “Through a £370m investment in our manufacturing facilities we have been able to build the world’s first SUV with
lightweight all-aluminium construction, a car that is 20 per cent lighter, with fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions reduced by 22 per cent.” As part of the £370 million investment package, Jaguar Land Rover has installed a new aluminium body shop for the latest Range Rover at the company’s Solihull plant, near Birmingham, along
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than before,” said Dr Schmidt. “He can now experience our vehicles in two worlds at once – the real and the virtual. Together, they offer a completely new vehicle experience.” Customers can get to know their an in car ideal manner interactive before it actually exists. “I love the interactive opportunities that I’m
presented with in this showroom,” said Nico Rosberg. “I was able to configure my dream AClass, a white A 250, in two minutes on an iPad and then share it with via friends my Facehook. Just like the the itself, A-Class concept fits perfectly to Mercedes-Benz and will surely appeal to new, young target groups.”
with upgrades to paintapplications tech-nologies, trim assembly, warehousing and Jaguar Land Rover’s first customer handover centre. The Range Rover forms part of a new model offensive by Jaguar Land Rover, which will soon launch the Jaguar XF Sportbrake and the Jaguar F-Type sports car, set to be ready for customers in eary 2013. “Jaguar Land Rover is firing on all cylinders, generating export revenues of close to £8 billion a year as we meet demand for a
model-range that justifies continued expansion in our UK facilities and elsewhere,” said Dr Speth. At the recent new Range Rover launch in Richmond Park, London, prospective owners, dealers, media and company executives. The new vehicles will be ready for customers in early 2013, some 40 years after the first Range Rover was unveiled. The lightweight aluminium platform will deliver enhanced performance and fuel economy, lowering CO2 emissions.
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Paralympics end in style and an ace at last for Andy Murray PARALYMPICS: Sunday’s closing ceremony was the biggest festival of light, sound and fire ever staged. GB’s athletes, 282 of them, some setting world and paralympic records, ‘inspired a generation’ by winning 120 medals, with the tally made up of 34 gold, 43 silver and 43 bronze. This was 18 more than they achieved in Beijing four years ago and the combined efforts of the athletes enabled GB to finish third in the final medal table behind China (231) and Russia (102). Spain, meanwhile, collected 40 medals. It is sadly not possible to name every GB medal winner so I have shortened my list with my following ‘class of gold.’ * ‘Athlete of the Games’ and the greatest wheelchair racer of alltime, David ‘The Werewolf’ Weir, with victory in the 800m, 1,500m 5,000m and marathon races. * Cyclist Sarah Storey also won four golds taking her overall tally to 11. * Mark Colbourne, champion cyclist, won the individual pursuit. * Track speedsters on blades, Jonnie Peacock (100m) and Richard Whitehead (200m). * Mickey Bushell and Hannah Cockroft (twice) both powered home in their wheelchairs. * Ellie Simmonds (two
Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) third. And the victory has done nothing to dispel talk that next season Hamilton could leave McLaren for Mercedes.
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gold, one silver, one bronze), plus Josef Craig, Jessica-Jane Applegate, Oliver Hynd and Jonathan Fox in the pool. * Equestrian riders Sophie Christiansen (three golds) and Natasha Baker. * Discus throwers Josie Pearson and Aled Davies. * Helena Lucas, GB’s firstever sailing gold medallist, lapped up the waves. * I also have to mention archer Danielle Brown and the rest of Team GB’s cycling gold medal winners. Other global athletes I must mention include South African ‘blade runner’ Oscar Pistorius (gold in the 400m and relay), former Formula One Italian driver Alex Zanardi (two golds in hand-cycling), the Republic of Ireland’s tracksters Jason Smith and Michael McKillop, plus Brazilian Alan Oliveira who beat Pistorius in the 200m. Will Rio beat what London has achieved over the last month or so when Brazil becomes the global spotlight in four years’ time? We’ll see!
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AT LAST! Andy Murray became the first Brit in 76 years to win a Grand Slam.
FOOTBALL: With international World Cup qualifying games taking the spotlight, the following results provided food for thought: England beat Moldova 5-0 – (Frank Lampard’s early penalty was England’s 100th since the first in 1892), Republic of Ireland beat Kazakhstan 2-1, Hungary thrashed Andorra 5-0, Germany beat the Faroe Islands 30, Bosnia trounced Liechtenstein 8-1, Russia beat N Ireland 2-0, Belgium beat Wales 2-0, and Holland beat Turkey by the same score. Following early sport deadlines, hopefully there have been more solid performances this week in the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaigns with England repeating their Euro 2012 victory over Ukraine. Other interesting fixtures have included the scheduled Serbia v
CRICKET: Warwickshire, who went through the season without Test stars Ian Bell and Jonathan Trott, have won the county championship for the first time in eight years. The Bears beat Worcestershire to clinch the title while effectively relegating their Midland rivals from the First Division.
NEALE COUSLAND
WHAT a week for sport! The Paralympics closed with a tremendous ceremony, and Andy Murray is now finally a Grand Slam champion. The Scot - the first GB Grand Slam champion for 76 years - added the US Open title to the Olympic Gold he won earlier, beating Novak Djokovic in a dramatic five-set final. The last Brit to win a Grand Slam was Fred Perry in 1936, and there is no one more deserving to follow through than Murray. Looking ahead, in two months ex-England Test cricketer Andrew Flintoff is to take up professional boxing, and don’t be surprised if the fastest man in the world Usain Bolt plays for Manchester United in a charity match against Real Madrid next year. Equally, don’t forget that you read it here first!
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FORMULA ONE: In motor racing the dominant Hamilton (McLaren) won last Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix, ahead of Sergio Perez (Sauber) with
TEST STAR: Jonathan Trott.
FOOTNOTE: Flintoff will replace his cricket pads for boxing gloves on November 30 when exEngland star ‘Freddie’ plans to have his first heavyweight fight in Manchester after being trained as a professional boxer by Barry McGuigan and his son, Shane. And if Bolt does play for Man U in a charity match against Real Madrid next year expect him to be wearing 9.63 on his red shirt.