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Sea ‘weed’ MORE than 120 kilos of hashish divided into four packages were found by Customs officers floating in the sea off Motril.

Eight hurt FLOODED: Streets in Almuñecar after the heavy rain.

‘Disaster area’ call after storms strike ALMUÑECAR Mayor Trinidad Herrera is to ask the national government to declare the town a ‘disaster area’ after it was hit by severe storms.

The decision was made after almost 90 per cent of the subtropical fruit harvest in some areas was wiped out by hailstones and torrential rain.

Herrera said the council will offer information about state aid and how to apply for it to those affected by floods following the downpours that swept across the Axarquia last week. In Almuñecar floods and hail were reported. Two families had to be Two helicopters and a plane were evacuated from their deployed to assist due to the steepness homes and crops were of the area, sources at Infoca said. damaged. A total of 40 people had to be Around 90 per cent of evacuated from the Piedras Blancas the sub-tropical fruit area, eight of them from their homes, production in the Rio Seco, fearing the flames would reach them. Rio Verde and Rio Jate Firefighters managed to put out the fields was lost, according fire after approximately an hour with to the Environmental damage to homes avoided. Councillor Luis Aragon.

40 evacuated in Frigiliana fire EIGHT people were evacuated from their homes because of a fire in Frigiliana. The blaze, the cause of which is unknown, originated in the rural area of Cerro de La Loma and affected mainly bushes and fruit trees in a hectare of land. Infoca firefighters worked with members of the Provincial Firefighter Consortium to put out the blaze.

EIGHT people, two of them under 18, were admitted to the Santa Ana hospital in Motril with minor injuries following a crash involving two cars on the N340 road.

Taking over THE Conservative Popular Party has taken over the government of Canillas del Aceituno following a vote of no confidence in the Socialist party.

Nearly No. 1 MARO BEACH in Nerja came second in a competition organised by Spanish TV channel Antena 3 to find the best beach in Spain. La Granadella in Alicante came first.

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Mapping the way to energy efficiency MOTRIL COUNCIL is working hard to make the town energy-efficient. The Sustainability Department, led by Councillor Jose Luis Chica, is tracing an energy consumption map to study the possibility of introducing renewable sources to the town. Motril’s buildings will then be added to a database depending on their energyefficiency status. This way each building will undergo specific refurbishment works to adapt to European standards in relation to green energies. The database will also help to reduce energy consumption and select the most suitable renewable energy systems for the town.

Cambridge and Edinburgh universities have shown their interest in the project, named ‘Smart Energy Motril’, which is part of a joint agreement between Motril Town Council and Granada University. The aim of the council is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 per cent, at the same time as increasing the use of renewable energy sources and improving energy efficiency by 20 per cent. The 'Smart Energy Motril’ plan also comprises the improvement of mobility in the city. To this end, the council is considering a new plan for car parks located next to those areas which have the most traffic flow.

Defrocked judge to be honoured at festival

FORMER judge Baltasar Garzon is to be honoured at the XLV Ajoblanco

Festival in Almachar. Almachar Town Council has announced that Garzon will receive the ‘Ajoblanco Andalucia’ award at a ceremony to be held on Saturday. The former judge was barred from practising as a judge for 11 years by the Supreme Court for the illegal tapping of conversations in the Gurtel corruption case. He has been chosen because of his defence of human rights and always being on the victim’s side, according to Almachar Town

Council. Others to be honoured include Jorge Ordoñez Winery, Verdiales (traditional Malaga folk music) singer Paco Maroto and the Almachar branch of Catholic charity Caritas. The prize ceremony will begin with a speech by Juan Luis Navarro, Director of the Malaga office of regional TV channel Canal Sur. Guests will have the chance to taste the traditional ajoblanco soup made of bread, crushed almonds and garlic, as well as grapes, raisins and Moscatel wine from Almachar. Celebrations will come to an end with a verdiales concert and dance show, as well as free sangria and tapas in the town’s square from 11pm.

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Father knifed in brawl A FATHER and son, aged 35 and 16, were injured during a fight on the streets of Velez-Malaga. An ambulance arrived at Real street in Velez-Malaga after the 112 Emergency Service was informed of a fight taking place involving several people. Three of them were injured in the affray, the cause of which is unknown. Another two, a father and a son, had to be taken to Axarquia Hospital in Velez-Malaga. The son was treated for minor injuries, but the father needed surgery for stab wounds to the chest.

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Go-ahead given THE Council of Ministers has given the go-ahead to the extension works of the Almuñecar-Salobreña A7 motorway with an estimated budget of €30 million. This motorway will also connect Nerja with Granada.

Tapas route TORROX is hosting a tapas route until September 29 with 12 participating bars. Five thousand ‘ruta de la tapa’ passports in English, German and Spanish will be handed to residents and visitors.

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Local hotels’ better figures HOTELS on the Costa Tropical are facing a traditionally difficult month with encouraging figures. According to the Costa Tropical Hotel Owners Association, hotels have occupancy rates of about 75 per cent at the start of September. They even expect full occupancy in the first two weekends of the month. From families enjoying special offers to couples with no children,

the tourist profile gradually changes throughout the month of September. This change is especially apparent from September 10, the day on which children go back to school. From that day on hotel owners are especially worried about the weather, as rain can make visitors cancel their reservations. Bahia Tropical Hotel manager Pedro Molina supports the school

year starting a day later as a way to support hotels. Among the advantages when booking their holidays in September are mild temperatures, less crowded beaches and better prices. Four and three stars hotels on the Costa Tropical apply discounts of up to 12 per cent in relation to the peak tourist season which attract German and Polish tourist avoiding conflicts in Middle Eastern countries.

New niches THE Rincon de la Victoria cemetery will undergo an extension with the building of 20 new niches in the southwest area.

LOVING LIFE: Many Britons move overseas to look for love.

Expat l ve hunt Britons move abroad in search of ‘The One’

OUR out of 10 Britons who moved abroad last year were seeking a new love in their life. A determining factor of love being a priority for expat life is age, with more than half in the 30-39 bracket willing to consider emigrating in search of finding ‘The One’, according to a new survey. There are 35,375 Britons registered as resident in Spain between these ages. Men are also more romantic than women when searching for love, with more than 46 per cent of males willing to consider life abroad in the hope of exchanging ‘I dos’ in a foreign language, compared with 31 per cent of females.

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THE plane that crashed in Velez-Malaga killing two last month made two 360 degrees spins before hitting the ground according to a report made by the Ministry of Public Works.

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THE Almachar Council will hire 10 unemployed people at risk of social exclusion to carry out works in the town.

ENTRY to the Motril Geomining Centre will be free in September, Councillor for Culture Elena Vallejo said. The centre underwent a refurbishment earlier this summer.

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PARENTS of students from the Nueva Nerja school in Nerja are collecting signatures asking for a lift for an impaired pupil.

SPAIN needs a positive boost like the one obtained with the Olympic Games’

Prince Felipe, regarding Spain’s candidacy to hold the 2020 Olympic Games, which will be decided by the International Olympic Committee on Saturday. The other candidates are Istanbul and Tokyo.

The survey by Global Visas, a UK company that provides international visas, relocation and employment services, not surprisingly reveals that Britons aged 18-29 were the most unconcerned about moving overseas to find a partner. The main obstacle to emigrating for all ages, according to the survey, is leaving family and friends, with 25 per cent saying they would miss them too much to consider moving abroad. According to the Spanish National Institute of Statistics, the number of British residents in Spain rose by 6,698 to almost 398,000 between 2011 and 2012.

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vehicles have been sold in Spain so far this year, which is 3.6 per cent fewer than the same period last year. This is despite government ‘Plan PIVE’ grants to help people purchase new vehicles, according to various vehicle associations.

THE N340 road next to Salobreña was classified as dangerous during the ‘Operacion Retorno’ in which holidaymakers returned home from their destinations.

Tax reduction TORROX residents can now benefit from a property tax (IBI) reduction passed by the council last year. According to Finance Councillor Rocio Ariza, this represents between €10 and €20 less on an average invoice.

Mango theft MANGO producer Agrojete has publicly denounced the theft of approximately 800 kilos of mangos from a field in Pago de las Zorreras, Motril.

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Tennis anyone? MUNICIPAL tennis courts in Motril have been refurbished at a cost of €10,000. New benches and parasols have also been added.

Overflow risk ENVIRONMENTAL association ‘Ecologistas en accion’ has warned of the risk of flooding in the Albuñol ravine in Motril due to concrete blocks from A7 motorway construction works being stored there.

Fine idea THE Almuñecar branch of left-wing Izquierda Unida party has proposed that people with financial problems have the option of community service instead of paying fines.

Clean river MEMBERS of the leftwing Izquierda Unida party in Rincon de la Victoria have asked the council to clean the town’s rivers mouths in order to avoid floods.

Tasty contest THE Las Protegidas neighbourhood association in Nerja has organised a homemade desserts competition to be held on September 21.

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Shopping centre plan is still on for Motril with the Spanish Shopping Centres Association in Madrid. The council’s intention is to build a 500,000 m2 shopping centre. However, the soon to be settled conditions only comprise the first phase of construction of approximately 100,000 m2. A previous set of conditions for the construction of the macro shopping centre was ruled out by the council. It established a total investment of €20 million, a figure that will be reduced according to Urban Planning councillor Nicolas Navarro said. Navarro encouraged investors and added the Cortijo del Conde area in NEARLY 500 beachgoers were treated for jellyfish stings on Almuñecar Motril is the only one in the beaches during August. region to be included in That is four times more than in July, although far from the 2,300 the Andalucian Urban cases registered in August 2012. Development Plan.

A PROJECT to build a shopping centre in the Cortijo del Conde area in Motril is still on. Motril Town Council will set out the conditions to be fulfilled by companies interested in building the

centre this month. Once the conditions are settled, the council will put out for public tender the construction of the centre. This decision comes after Motril Mayor Luisa Garcia Chamorro met

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Local singer named Nerja Tourist Ambassador by the town’s council NERJA-BORN singer Nuria Fergo is the town’s new Tourism Ambassador. She received the title in a ceremony held at the Nerja town hall auditorium. Tourism councillor Bernardo Pozuelo was in charge of awarding the title to Fergo, who stated she was “moved” to receive it. “I have always felt myself an ambassador of Nerja. I’m very proud of my town and I will always be,” Fergo said. She has been named tourism ambassador after

NEW AMBASSADOR: Fergo received the title in a ceremony at Nerja town hall. an agreement reached by all the political parties at the council. Mayor Jose Alberto

Armijo took the opportunity to announce hotel occupancy in Nerja during August was 95 per cent.

He also asked Fergo to do her best to help Nerja recover from the current economic crisis.

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Plea for ban on drilling NERJA wants to ban gas and oil drilling operations off the coast of Malaga. A motion presented by Mayor Jose Alberto Armijo asking the national government for a ban was passed at a council meeting. The motion reflects the complete opposition of the town to the drilling, and claims they put Nerja tourism at risk. The motion also points out what the council calls “the irreversible ecological damage the drillings would have in the area, included in the Nature 2000 European ecological network of protected zones.”

Thieves caught TWO men have been arrested for allegedly stealing plastic containers from a watermelon warehouse in Castell de Ferro (Granada). Guardia Civil officers arrested two men aged 38 and 23, both with criminal records, who were allegedly caught red handed in the early morning stealing plastic containers from the warehouse. These large plastic containers known as a ‘box’ in the warehouse are in high demand in Almeria, where the thieves are paid €30 for each of them, said police. The Guardia Civil watched the premises after 30 ‘boxes’ to the value of €2,700 were stolen at the end of August.

World’s first beer vending machine is patented THREE business associates in Granada have patented the world’s first beer vending machine. The idea came to one of them after being served warm beer at a music festival following a 15minute wait in a queue. Their ‘Autobarman’ has barrels

of beer which are kept cold and need to be changed once empty, something which they say would create another job. Meanwhile, they say, bars would serve beers in less time and fewer queues, while staff can spend more time on other drinks which are more profitable.

They say the hardest thing to get right has been the pressure and foam on the beer, and that they had to do months of research to check that such a vending machine hadn’t already been invented. They are mainly promoting it for trade fairs, sports matches

and similar events, where there is normally only one very busy bar, and drinks have to be expensive because of the price of setting it up, so fewer people consume them. They insist it will not put anyone out of work. It is currently being tested at a company in the city of Granada

and would be for indoor use only, to make sure no alcohol is sold to minors or consumed in the street. It can serve non-alcoholic beer. Cards or tokens for the vending machine could be sold with tickets, only to adults. Now, the trio is looking for investors and private financing.

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Wonders of Maro feria THE Maro Feria, otherwise known as the ‘Feria de las Maravillas’ (The Feria of Wonders) takes place this weekend. Celebrations begin tomorrow (Friday) with a floral tribute, live music, urban street race,

Sports tariffs adapted NEW tariffs to use Almuñecar sports facilities have come into force. This is part of a plan carried out by the Sports department to promote Almuñecar as a sports destination town. Sports halls, football fields, athletics tracks and the municipal stadium now have their tariffs adapted to the users’ economic means, according to Sports Councillor Luis Aragon. “Users of the municipal tennis and paddle tennis courts will specially benefit from these new prices,” Aragon said. Paddle tennis courts can be used for €7 per hour, whereas tennis courts are only €5. These new tariffs are available mornings from Monday to Friday until, June 30, 2014.

Briton arrested A BRITISH man, 80, who fled the UK after being sentenced for the sexual abuse of his granddaughter, has been arrested in Calahonda, Mijas. National Police acted upon an arrest warrant issued by the UK authorities after he violated the conditions of his bail. He was sentenced in March for sexually abusing his granddaughter between the ages of nine and 16. He gave police a false identity when located.

photography exhibition of Maro (Nerja) in the 1970’s and the election of Maro’s Feria Queen. Festivities continue on Saturday when there will be a locally made paella available, a procession and dance tributes and performances

from various groups. The celebrations end on Sunday with tapas of local delicacies on offer and the procession of the statue of Ntra. Sra. de las Maravillas through the streets of the town.

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Road fatalities down

THERE were 235 deaths on the roads of Spain this summer, the Interior Ministry reports. That is 10 per cent less than over the same period (July and August) last year. Such low figures have not been seen in Spain since the 1960s. The Ministry says this is good news, but measures must continue to ensure the number of deaths on the roads drops even further.

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The young are targeted towns, and Velez-Malaga is among them. Thirty seven measures carried out by the town council to promote young employment have been taken into account when granting this distinction, ministry sources said.

The most important one is a €1.1 million investment to turn the Velez-Malaga food processing park into a breeding ground for businesses and entrepreneurship, said employment councillor Lourdes Piña.

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VELEZ-MALAGA has become one of Spain’s first towns with the ‘Young Employment Seal.’ The Ministry of Employment and Social Security has granted the 20132016 Entrepreneurship and Employment distinction to 10 Spanish

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DRUG SMUGGLING: An airport baggage search revealed five kilos of cannabis.

Man jailed for Southampton Airport smuggling attempt A MAN, 44, has been jailed for 12 months for attempting to smuggle five kilos of cannabis into the UK from Malaga. The drugs had an estimated street value of €70,670. Southampton Crown Court heard that in May, Border Force officers at Southampton International Airport stopped Nicholas Giles when he arrived on a flight from Malaga. Before officers searched his baggage

Giles admitted to having five kilos of ‘weed’ in his suitcase. The case was opened and the drugs could be seen wrapped in clear plastic. Giles was arrested and charged with being knowingly concerned in the fraudulent evasion of the prohibition on importation of a Class B controlled drug. He pleaded guilty at Southampton Magistrates Court and was sentenced in the Crown Court.

Walker makes it HE made it. Justo Marquez, the man who set out to walk to Gibraltar from his home in Nerja carrying a wooden cross, reached his destination. Four days after he started his journey he made it to the fence separating Gibraltar from Spain 193 kilometres away from his home.

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Caring bikers NEARLY 1,400 bikers gathered around the bullring in Motril for a meeting to raise funds for the ‘Conecta’ autism charity in Granada.

Arabian roots SALARES, part of the Axarquia Mudejar route, will host the XII Andalucian Arabic Festival from September 20 to 22, to celebrate the Arabic roots of the village.

Feria poster THE poster of the San Miguel feria in VelezMalaga will be unveiled next Wednesday in a ceremony to be held at the town hall at 9pm.

Night shows FRIGILIANA Town Council has organised a series of shows to be held at the Casa del Apero on Friday nights during September. For more information go to: www.frigiliana.es.

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Hunt is on for last ten Final fugitives on wanted list sought

‘YOU may run to Spain, but you have nowhere to hide.’ That is the message to the last 10 UK fugitives on a list of most wanted men from a British crimefighting charity. Crimestoppers and the British Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) are redoubling their efforts following the arrest of the 53rd target in the campaign which identifies individuals on the run in Spain from UK law enforcement agencies. With 53 of the 65 individuals included in the ‘Operation Captura’ campaigns since their launch in October 2006 now arrested, and two having been removed from the list, the hunt is on for the 10 remaining fugitives who include some of the UK’s most dangerous individuals. Many of those arrested are serving lengthy prison sentences for their crimes, which range from drug trafficking to sex crimes, to murder. The latest arrest was that of Darren Kevin O’Flaherty, who

TEN TO GO: Contact Crimestoppers if you recognise any of these faces. was detained in North Wales whilst celebrating his birthday. The 39-year-old was wanted for kidnap and robbery offences. O’Flaherty was also wanted over the 2010 murder of Dublin

holidaymaker John O’Neill in Spain. Awareness of the last 10 fugitives is being highlighted across Spain in areas with a large British expatriate community.

Roger Critchell, Director of Operations at Crimestoppers, said: “If you call us, no-one will ever know who you are and you will not go to court.” Calls to the Spanish telephone number 900 555 111 are answered in the UK by Crimestoppers’ call agents and a translation service is available upon request. supplies and uniforms. The latter People can also pass on were once seen as a sign of elitist information anonymously education in Spain, but are now used via the online Giving in many state schools. Information form on Attending a state or a private school Crimestoppers’ website also makes a difference, said OCU. www.crimestoppers-uk.org.

Time to go back to school! SUMMER holidays are over and ‘vuelta al cole’ (back to school) is just around the corner. For many the 2013-2014 school year starts next Tuesday and parents are already doing calculations.

The average expense per student this year will be of €640, according to the Spanish Organisation of Consumers and Users (OCU). This figure takes into account enrolment fees, textbooks, school

Wanted Briton detained A BRITISH man, 27, who was wanted for attacking three people in a bar in Newall Green, Manchester, has been arrested in Marbella. A.B.J.H. had a European arrest warrant against him and was located by National Police when leaving a party in Marbella. He allegedly went into a bar in February 2011 when it was about to close and demanded to be served. The manager refused and was attacked by the detainee. The manager sustained a head wound. His son, who was working there as a DJ, and a woman who was in the bar at the time were also attacked. All three required stitches.

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Stories making headlines from the United Kingdom

Phone revenge LEE BEAUMONT was so annoyed with cold callers he set up a premium rate number for his Leeds home. He then gave every utility company that number as a contact, and has made £300 (€350) since November 2011.

Moving in NET migration into the UK has risen to

176,000 from 152,000 in the year to December 2012, as fewer EU citizens went back home, said the Office of National Statistics.

Wills online HUNDREDS of thousands of wills of Empire servicemen who died in World War I are available online after being painstakingly scanned into computers. https://www.gov.uk/probate-search.

Price hike

Pub gloom A NEW guide claims up to 4,000 ‘bad’ pubs could close next year. The

Crocodile babies SEVEN Cuban crocodiles have hatched at the zoo Hoyerswerda. Only 4,000 of them live in natural surroundings in the wetlands of Cuba. HATCHED: At zoo.

Stories making headlines from Germany

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posters into interactive ones.

THE European Central Bank is introducing a quota for women. It aims to double the proportion of women in upper management by the end of 2019 to 28 per cent, according to the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

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Campaign app THE Christian Democrats introduced an interactive election campaign including an app with a camera function that converts the traditional CDU

Sleepyheads SLEEPY: Tired for work.

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HOTEL prices rise by nearly 100 per cent during the Oktoberfest in Munich. According to a survey the average price is €213 per night. Six million visitors are expected to visit the festival this year.

Good Pub Guide 2014 says most of those are stuck in an 80’s time warp, with indifferent food and drink.

GERMANY will provide shelter for 5,000 refugees from Syria, with Chancellor Angela Merkel calling for them to be given a friendly reception. Germany has provided humanitarian aid worth €340 million in the Syrian conflict since 2012.

Big dummy A WAXWORK of heavyweight boxing champ

Vitali Klitschko has gone on show in Hamburg. The Panoptikum is home to more than 120 wax figures including singer Robbie Williams, Chancellor Angela Merkel, and seven-time Formula 1 World Champion Michael Schumacher.

Inflation down THE inflation rate in Germany has dropped significantly, despite a continued rise in food prices. According to the Federal Statistical Office the annual inflation rate fell from 1.9 per cent in July to 1.5 per cent in August.

RUSSIAN PRESS A PAINTING of Russian President Vladimir Putin in women’s underwear by artist Konstantin Altunin was confiscated by the police in the city of St Petersburg. The artist is said to have fled the country.

Young killers POLICE officers of Kurgan (south west Russia) arrested two children accused of strangling another, aged five. The accused, aged nine and 10, were taken to a young offender’s institution.

Plane agreements INTERMEDIARY agency Rosoboronexport signed five new agreements with Italian companies to carry out different projects related to aviation, including an update of the amphibious seaplane Be-103.

Mystery tracks A GROUP of Russian researchers

travelled to the Hyargas Nuur in Mongolia to try to determine the origin of a series of mysterious tracks found on the shore. It is thought they belong to a large reptile.

Potash row A BELARUS-RUSSIA dispute over control of potash exports has escalated, with Belarus threatening to prosecute billionaire Russian businessman Suleiman Kerimov accused of wrongdoing.

Miracle escape A TODDLER escaped serious injury after a drunk motorcyclist rode into his stroller at a zebra crossing. CCTV cameras caught the rider drinking beer before the accident.

Mosque attack A MOSQUE in Harlow, Essex, was targeted by arsonists. CCTV footage shows three men apparently trying to set the 18-year-old building alight in the early hours of the morning.

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Stories making headlines from Russia

Artist flees

TIRED workers could be costing the UK economy £611 million (€714.5 million) a year according to a survey by bed company Silentnight. It claims six million days are taken off ‘sick’ by sleep-deprived staff.

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Stories making headlines in Denmark, Norway and Sweden

Happy birthday DENMARK - Copenhagen residents and visitors celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of the city’s iconic Little Mermaid bronze sculpture, created as a tribute to writer Hans Christian Anderson.

Football passion DENMARK - A couple was caught having sex on the field of the Brondby Stadium in Copenhagen after a match between Brondby IF and Randers FC. A picture of the couple was posted on the internet.

Viking film NORWAY - The Lord of the Rings producer Barrie Osbourne is said to be planning to shoot a Viking film in Norway, raising hopes it VIKINGS: A new film.

could boost the country’s tourism industry.

Frozen in time NORWAY - An Iron Age tunic as well as Neolithic arrows and bow fragments are among the discoveries found under melting snow on Norwegian mountains. They are thought to be at least 6,000 years old.

School closed SWEDEN - Elite boarding school Lundsberg in Storfors (west central Sweden) has been closed down by the Swedish authorities after they received numerous reports of its caretaker allegedly bullying some students.

New element SWEDEN - A team of Swedish scientists from Lund University (south Sweden) have confirmed the existence of a new element with atomic number 115 yet to be named.

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and Monday morning. Both young men are suspected to have died due to injuries sustained from balcony falls.

Whale remains A DECOMPOSING five-metre whale was washed up on the El Perellonet beach near Valencia city. The area was cordoned off, but the beach remained open to swimmers.

Long delay THE regional Health department must pay €50,000 to the family of a 78-year-old man who died after waiting two hours to see a doctor following a heart attack.

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Robbery death A GERMAN man, 65 died from asphyxia after two thieves tortured and tied up him and his wife, 76, in their apartment in sa Coma, Mallorca. They were left with towels covering their heads for 15 hours.

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A 28-YEAR-OLD German pedestrian was seriously injured in a car accident in Mallorca in the early hours of Monday morning. The tourist was crossing a motorway slip road in Llucmajor when he was in collision with a car.

Wrong turning A 51-YEAR-OLD woman was arrested in Benicarlo (Castellon) after driving 23 kilometres in the wrong direction on the AP-7. She was charged with driving under the influence of opiates.

Washout THE 134 litres per square metres of rain that fell in Gandia within 48 hours at the end of August cost local businesses €500,000 in lost trade, owners said.

Going green BENIDORM has signed the Covenant of Mayors committed to sustainable energy policies. The town hall hopes to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 per cent for 2020.

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Big cat THE hunt for a mystery big cat in the Vastala Park, Berja has found nothing. Now the coordinator of the search has withdrawn the three members of Seprona, the Guardia Civil environmental branch, who were scouring the area.

Piano soloist ALMERIA has a chance to hear one of the most renowned European pianists in Fabio Bidini. He will be performing with the Almeria Orchestra at the Maestro Padilla Theatre on Saturday at 9pm.

Oily residue THE residents of Vicar have recycled 1,240 litres of domestic oil in the first six months of 2013 compared to 1,600 litres for the whole of 2012.

From the deep 2 JUST two weeks after a strange creature from the deep was washed up on a beach in Villaricos, another mystery giant fish has surfaced off the coast of

Jobless fall STOK KANGRI: A long way up from Teulada-Moraira.

Locals conquer the Himalayas

CAROLA TRAPAGA and Jose Villegas recently climbed the Stok Kangri mountain in the Himalayas. Stok Kangri is the highest peak of the Stok mountain range in the Ladakh region of North-west India. Trapaga and Villegas are respectively President and Vice-president of Club Centre Excursionista i de Muntanya de Teulada-Moraira. Antoni Joan Bertomeu, Teulada-Moraira mayor, together with Antonio Reig, who heads the town hall’s sports department, sent congratulations to the mountaineers for conquering the peak. They are now looking forward to hearing an account of the ascent when the duo return, said Bertomeu and Reig.

Almeria. The dead fish was found near Adra.

Excellent water WATER quality off the beaches of San Juan de los Terreros, Pulpi, has been declared excellent by the Junta de Andalucia regional government.

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Sad find THE bodies of two dead dolphins were found on Playa de la Sal in Casares, according to the Malaga Centre for Endangered Marine Species.

Food gifts CARREFOUR supermarkets will donate a kilo of food to local food banks for each kilometre cycled by visitors to tents installed at finishing lines of the Tour of Spain in Andalucia.

Stole cash A MAN, 44, has been sentenced to four years in prison for stealing €655,000 given to him by three couples to manage a property sale in August 2007.

From the heart A LOVE letter written in 1921 was found in a wooden panel stored in the Alhambra Palace museum which came from the San Gil Church in Granada, demolished in the 19th century.

That’s cruel A COUPLE was arrested in Benalmadena, Malaga, for allegedly leaving three children in a locked car parked in the sun while they went to the beach.

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Balcony falls TWO young tourists in their 20’s were found dead in Magaluf, on Sunday night

THE year-on-year unemployment rate in the Balearic Islands dropped by 7.28 per cent, being the Spanish region with the biggest decrease followed by Cataluña and Canarias.

More protection TWO people were arrested as part of an operation launched by the Manacor Local Police to protect tourists. They have been charged with the alleged theft of a laptop, a smartphone and a digital camera.

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Jobs offer COMPANIES that hire Orihuela’s unemployed may receive a grant of €1,125 per worker hired from the town’s Department of Public Works and the Joint Employment Plan that aims to hire 168 unemployed.

Increased spending FOREIGN visitors to the Murcia region and Costa Calida have spent €334.1 million in the first seven months of the year; an increase of 2.3 per cent over the same period last year.

Good impression NINETY per cent of tourists visiting the Valencia region this summer say they would come back, according to the results of more than 3,000 questionnaires collected by tourism offices.

Cheap deal ITV inspections are cheapest in the Murcia region for motorcycles and mopeds, costing €12.01. Castilla y Leon has the highest price at €37.04 euros, followed by Madrid (€32.73).

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Stat of week THERE were 14,053 mortgage operations in June, 42.2 per cent fewer than in June 2012. They have now fallen for 38 consecutive months.

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European counterparts, usually on marrying, but another CJE finding explains the current tendency to tardy emancipation. House purchase should account for 30 per cent of income, but under-30s on an average wage would need to earn 80 per cent more to be able to pay a mortgage. Young people are being kept out of the property and rental markets claimed Sheyla Suarez, the CJE’s socio-economic expert. Less than overment amongst immigrant indebtedness their workers and an increasing problems are ‘extreme number of workers returning economic fragility’ and to their own countries, 12.7 the gulf between per cent of all those currently purchasing power and working in Spain are not property prices. Spanish, Adecco said. Fifty-five per cent In 2012 a total of 216 of unemployment million citizens were emp- amongst the young is loyed in the EU, of whom 201 “alarming,” Suarez million were working in their said, and half of those own country. in work are overOf the remainder, 6.6 qualified for their jobs. million (3.1 per cent of the This is even more total) were from another EU evident in women, of country while 8.6 million whom 60 per cent are workers came from outside overqualified, comthe EU (4 per cent of the pared with 49 per cent total). of men.

Still a draw for expat workers JUST over 8 per cent of Spain’s workforce is from outside the European Union. This is the highest proportion in the EU where on average immigrants make up 4 per cent of employees, found job recruitment and international employment agency Adecco. Spain also has the secondhighest number of employees from other EU countries, accounting for 4.4 per cent of the workforce. This is outstripped only by the UK’s 4.8 per cent. Despite the economic crisis, widespread unemploy-

Fewer work-related fatalities

UNSAFE: But deaths down.

A TOTAL of 260 people died in work-related accidents between January and July this year. This was 7.5 per cent fewer than during the same period in 2012 when 281 employees lost their lives. Most of the accidents - 216 - took place during the working day, but the remaining 44 occurred while travelling to or from work. Services industries accounted for 129 fatal accidents. Despite fewer fatalities than during the first half of 2012 there was a 20 per cent increase in heart attacks, brain haemorrhages and other conditions, causing 113 deaths.

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In their 30’s but still home APPROXIMATELY 80 per cent of Spain’s under-30s still live at home. They move out between the ages of 30 and 34, found a Spanish Youth Council (CJE) survey. Even in more prosperous times the Spanish left home later than their

FERROVIAL AGROMAN and Bot Construction will build a 252 metre €78 million bridge over the Nipigon River in Ontario (Canada).

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GOING NOWHERE: Can’t afford to move out.

INCREASED exports helped slow down the decline in Spanish GDP. It shrank 0.1 per cent in the second quarter of 2013 compared to 0.4 per cent in Q1.

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LONDON - FTSE 100 C H A N G E ( P ) % C H G. 7.37 2.09 9.97 0.79 12.00 0.74 -1.00 -0.10 50.00 3.38 18.50 2.16 12.55 1.43 24.00 1.30 14.97 0.47 6.80 1.76 12.00 1.05 3.34 0.77 2.45 0.86 2.50 0.20 43.00 2.29 -0.80 -0.18 52.00 1.60 5.36 0.96

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PRICE(P) C O M PA N Y Aberdeen Asset Mngmnt 359.50 Admiral Group PLC 1270.50 Aggreko PLC 1637.50 AMEC PLC 1038.00 Anglo American PLC 1528.75 Antofagasta PLC 873.25 ARM Holdings PLC 887.00 Associated Brit Foods 1868.50 AstraZeneca PLC 3192.25 Aviva PLC 393.75 Babcock Intl Group... 1150.00 BAE Systems PLC 438.10 Barclays PLC 285.85 BG Group PLC 1229.50 BHP Billiton PLC 1921.00 BP PLC 445.43 British Am Tobacco PLC 3306.75 British Land Co PLC 563.50

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C O M PA N Y PRICE(P) CHANGE Diageo PLC 2008.00 34.00 easyJet PLC 1257.00 24.50 Eurasian Nat Resources 229.25 0.72 Experian PLC 1144.50 15.00 Fresnillo PLC 1295.50 -9.00 G4S PLC 259.70 -0.37 GKN PLC 335.25 7.36 GlaxoSmithKline PLC 1659.00 13.21 Glencore Xstrata PLC 312.85 7.60 Hammerson PLC 489.65 6.20 Hargreaves Lansdown 1013.00 13.50 HSBC Holdings PLC 688.80 12.90 IMI PLC 1452.50 17.00 Imperial Tobacco Gr PLC 2146.00 14.00 InterContinental Hotels 1834.00 28.00 International Cnsldtd ... 293.90 7.60 Intertek Group PLC 3238.50 38.00 ITV PLC 166.95 2.30 Johnson Matthey PLC 2877.00 38.00 Kingfisher PLC 391.85 6.70 Land Securities Group 897.00 13.50 Legal & General Group 190.50 3.70 Lloyds Banking Group 73.64 1.10 London Stock Exchange 1579.00 20.00 Marks & Spencer Grp 477.90 6.20 Meggitt PLC 528.75 2.50 Melrose Industries PLC 298.15 3.90 National Grid PLC 749.00 6.74 Next PLC 4954.00 60.00 Old Mutual PLC 185.05 4.00 Pearson PLC 1281.00 10.00 Persimmon PLC 1126.50 29.00 Petrofac Ltd 1384.00 -1.00 Prudential PLC 1103.00 26.00 Randgold Resources Ltd 5120.00 35.00 Reckitt Benckiser Gr 4423.00 39.00 Reed Elsevier PLC 798.50 6.67 Resolution Ltd 325.70 7.00 REXAM PLC 493.40 5.42 Rio Tinto PLC 2997.25 85.00 Rolls-Royce Holdings 1126.50 14.00 Royal Bank of Scotland 338.35 4.60 Royal Dutch Shell PLC 2164.75 -8.50 RSA Insurance Group 119.90 1.30 SABMiller PLC 3127.75 53.00 Sage Group (The) PLC 347.25 3.20 Sainsbury (J) PLC 389.30 4.60 Schroders PLC 2370.50 58.00 Serco Group PLC 549.75 1.94 Severn Trent PLC 1707.00 18.46 Shire PLC 2394.00 16.64 Smith & Nephew PLC 759.00 9.00 Smiths Group PLC 1302.00 20.00 SSE PLC 1573.50 10.23 Standard Chartered PLC 1461.25 20.50 Standard Life PLC 339.60 8.46 Tate & Lyle PLC 816.75 12.00 Tesco PLC 371.00 4.35 Travis Perkins PLC 1598.00 23.27 TUI Travel PLC 349.60 4.88 Tullow Oil PLC 1020.00 12.00 Unilever PLC 2481.50 22.36 United Utilities Group 684.00 5.80 Vedanta Resources PLC 1203.50 41.00 Vodafone Group PLC 213.32 7.00 Weir Group PLC 2199.00 22.95 Whitbread PLC 3138.00 56.00 William Hill PLC 418.55 3.25 Wm Morrison Sprmrkts 291.45 1.40 Wolseley PLC 3316.50 56.50 Wood Group (John) PLC 810.25 5.00 WPP PLC 1217.50 23.00

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VOLUME 187.69 45.72 11.96 77.80 160.57 669.76 206.92 250.91 2,414.65 48.60 12.86 2,880.57 24.21 68.33 20.55 443.62 8.11 560.96 34.49 220.92 73.97 339.73 8,453.83 10.71 189.49 58.89 426.43 161.35 14.98 535.40 43.11 59.60 23.47 242.84 34.22 43.89 121.82 136.45 40.54 454.45 157.58 447.54 226.32 625.51 58.02 87.06 184.76 13.78 232.69 30.53 39.77 80.76 19.84 45.30 99.32 416.14 59.75 452.88 33.63 70.50 134.62 132.25 127.75 42.53 43,948.00 8.57 19.02 159.92 225.48 17.27 25.49 366.34

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A recipe for financial success! BRITAIN’S favourite household chef, Jamie Oliver, has got himself into a bit of a pickle after suggesting that, among other things, poor families should eat stale bread. The multi- A look millionaire chef at finance was commenting for females that most lowJane Plunkett income families don’t know how jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com to feed themselves and therefore often resort to serving up expensive readymade meals, when his GOOD POINT: Jamie Oliver is probably right. remarks stirred up an uproar. to overspending and remarked the chef. The Essex boy, who malnutrition. Despite the offence bases such opinions on “You might remember Jaime’s comments may recent experiences he that scene in Ministry Of have caused - who has had with low- Food, with the mum and wants to hear a income workers while the kid eating chips and millionaire dictate what working on a new TV cheese out of Styrofoam the less fortunate show, says that for containers, and behind should do? - it’s hard to many families, priorities them is a massive TV. It dispute that the cook are out of sync leading just didn’t weigh up,” has a point.

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Poverty is not just about income it’s about what is done with the money. Accommodation, nutrition and education should of course be priorities, rather then spending a fortune on fancy flat-screen TVs, designer pit bull dogs,

cigarettes and alcohol. And this is stellar advice relevant for every level of income. But going back to the ‘stale bread’ comment, learning how to cook can make a big difference to a budget and a person’s health. And cooking fresh food doesn’t have to be a challenge or terribly expensive with a little bit of know-how. So rather than stocking up on expensive convenience food and microwave dinners, maybe it’s an idea to invest in a good basic cookbook and a little bit of enthusiasm in the kitchen. And by the way, stale bread as it happens, is the best ingredient for toast, tasty soup croutons and of course here in Andalucía, the totally inexpensive and delicious salmorejo dish!

BUSINESS EXTRA

Running on empty CASTELLON airport, inaugurated in March 2011, cost €150 million but has never initiated commercial operations. Nor could it, as deposits for aircraft fuel were included in plans but never built.

Smart move SMART phones have a 66 per cent share of the Spanish mobile market, compared with 57 per cent in the UK, France, Italy and Germany.

Pension gap PREVIOUSLY selfemployed pensioners receive a monthly average of €603.76. This is 38 per cent less than the average Social Security pension of €858.11 a month.

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Loan deal to pay for new meters THE European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Spanish electric utility company Iberdrola have signed a loan contract for €200 million. The loan will support the modernisation of the electricity distribution network throughout Spain, improving its overall reliability and safety, they claim. The loan will co-finance a comprehensive investment programme designed to reinforce and modernise Iberdrola’s electricity distribution network. A large number of supply points in the full range of voltages operated by Iberdrola will be connected to the existing network. Furthermore, the programme will help pay for the installation of new digital electricity meters to meet Spanish legislation, which requires the deployment of digital meters for residential customers by 2018. The investment programme provides for the installation of up to 1.8 million new meters. The EIB has a long-standing relationship with Iberdrola, one of the largest power distribution companies in Spain, serving 10.7 million customers. The EIB has provided a total of €3.6 billion for projects in Spain since the beginning of the year, of which almost €1 billion is in the Spanish energy sector.

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Leaving the country in search of work

ONO is to take on Europe

MORE and more of Spain’s young are leaving the country in search of work. The numbers of Spaniards under the age of 30 emigrating has gone up by 40.9 per cent since the economic crisis first hit Spain in 2008, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE). And the number of people in the 30 to 34 year age group has risen by 41.4 per cent. In total 14,084 of the 59,724 Spaniards who left the country in 2012 were aged between 20 and 34. But that figure is dwarfed by the numbers of non-Spaniards who moved away. In total 476,748 people left Spain. That is because many

SPANISH cable TV, phone and internet provider ONO will represent the country in the European business awards. It has been chosen to compete in the Millcom Award for Environmental and Corporate Sustainability category. It claims to have robust environmental policies based on saving energy and thus reducing CO2 emissions. The awards, held every two years, will be judged in April 2014. Despite the economic climate ONO is still growing. Sales were up 4.1 per cent in the first quarter of the year.

FORCED ABROAD: Looking for work. immigrants who moved here during good times have been unable to find jobs, and are deciding to move back to their home countries. Unemployment stands at 26.26 per cent with 55.13 per cent of under25s jobless. There are fears that a ‘brain drain’ effect might be taking place. A UGT trade union

report stated that more educated and well trained people are leaving. Top destination is Germany, which received 21,000 Spaniards in 2012. Other popular countries are the UK and France. In South America, Ecuador followed by Venezuela, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil and Peru are all popular.

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Shoppers need to look out for more than the bargains WHILE with my family shopping in the Chinese shop on the road from Quesada to Benijofar, I was approached by five men of either Russian or East European origin. All were tall, in their 30s, and one asked for help reaching some goods. I then realised a man behind had opened my bag and removed my purse. Though aged 70, I gave chase and got it back, and other family members then gave chase as the would-be thieves made their escape in a silver Volkswagen Passat. I was not the only person in the shop to be robbed. The shop staff - although they had it on CCTV - did not even call the police. All shoppers should be aware. Olga Clifton, by email

No warning signs I READ with interest ‘Signs needed over crime threat’ (Letters Issue 1469). I was subjected to a major theft of my bag, losing passports, driver’s licence, credit cards, keys, and money while shopping in the Mercadona supermarket in the central commercial centre, La Marina, Finestrat. Only due to my insistence were the police called, and the shop did not even take my details, acting as though it was normal for thefts, though there were no warning signs in the area. John Cook, Benidorm

Time for action I AGREE with Allen Everington (Letters Issue 1469) that it is about time something was done about the misuse of parking bays for the disabled. The police should carry clamps in their cars and as they also patrol on foot, should also have nearby access to them so that any vehicle not displaying a ‘Disabled’ sticker is automatically clamped and the owner fined when they go to get the clamp removed. Once put into effect people would stop wrongly parking in these bays. At the Javea Arenal Beach car park about 10 days ago, a motor-cycle policeman stopped to check my blue badge when I was sitting in my car, but a van with hazard lights flashing being unloaded by an able-bodied man parked in two disabled spots was ignored.

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into the glass handed over with two cubes of ice. The price of the two drinks: €3.50 each, so €7 in full. And to make matters worse, my exhotelier wife insisted we left a tip! Keith Hopkins, Estepona

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Why is this? Also four days ago on the Javea Arenal service road, a motor-cycle policeman asked about my badge which was on my windscreen - just as I got back into my car. So I think Javea are now starting to really check on this. Let’s hope others will also follow suit. Mick Scarles, Javea, Alicante

Lack of service DAYS after reading ‘Passport help’ (Letters, Issue 1469) praising a company for acting professionally, I found myself visiting Puerto Banus, Marbella, on a shopping trip. While I expect to pay a higher price in such surrounds, it would be nice if good service came with the price... and it definitely did not at the port-side café where my wife and I sat to enjoy a drink and watch the world go by. Having ordered an American coffee and a coke, the waiter returned and did not even bother to pour the coke

I ALWAYS look forward to reading the EWN when on holiday in Spain; however, on many occasions I come away with the impression of an antiCatholic agenda from some contributors. One recent article amounted essentially to a pro-abortion rant, attacking Catholic teaching on this subject. In reality, the Catholic Church quite reasonably supports the scientific fact that a newly-conceived child in the womb is a unique individual with a unique DNA, which will be retained throughout its life (assuming it is lucky enough to escape the none too tender mercies of the abortionist, back street or high street). I come from Ireland, a country which until recently (although that is about to change, thanks to the abortion lobby and a campaigning/ biased media) disallowed abortion. Incidentally, the so-called Catholic ‘dark ages’ (a favourite cliché of the historically ignorant) were a period of unprecedented human achievement; Oxford and Cambridge Universities being two notable high points.

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Woeful Africa IT is said that the ruination of Africa is charity. I am inclined to agree. Explain to me the Save the Children campaigns of which there are many. Am I wrong in thinking they create more children who go on to create more children and so on? The problem gets worse as most of the areas that they live in can’t support their needs and they are in constant need of food aid so they become aid reliant, not unlike some areas of the UK. And to add to that we have to save their animals, too - lions, rhinos donkeys, etc - thus they become benefit reliant. The point of this message is who benefits most? The charity business, the monster behind all these good deeds. Still one good thing comes from all this, we will never run out of lookylooky men. C G, by email

Good hunting WITH reference to ‘Car concern’ (Letters Issue 1467) I know of people who have had their vehicle classifications changed in the log book by dealers. In the one case, this was done for a charge of €75, so check this out, and good hunting! Also, thanks a lot for a very good newspaper. Bob, Sedella, Malaga

Go on, complain! I WANT to comment on the ‘Stop complaining letter’ (Issue 1468). It is a pity Clive Graham gets annoyed when he hears people complaining about Spain. People have a right to complain not only about Spain but England also. I was advised to come here on health grounds. I also survived the Second World War and its aftermath and was in a Cromwell tank. If people want to complain let them do so, for believe me they have plenty to complain about. Hal Rockliffe Address withheld upon request

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considers himself something of an atheist, but he is nevertheless a man born of pure Jewish stock. Therefore, to my mind his decision to vote against attacking a Muslim country, which is utterly anti-Jewish and would side with Iran in its quest to obliterate Israel at the drop of a turban, also gives quite a boost to his own credibility. It did get me thinking that if the leader of the Labour party had been a Muslim (which I’ve no doubt they will be one day!) and Israel had been suspected of committing some unacceptable act, would that person have reacted with such an unbiased opinion? Somehow I think not. Having said all that, despite this week’s decision to stay out, should Assad take it as a weakening attitude by the West and its allies, and therefore give him carte blanche to massacre and commit atrocities at will, I am fully in favour of another parliamentary vote on the situation. With that may come on him and his cohorts all the force and retribution of a reversed decision. Let’s hope it never comes to that. Keep the faith Love Leapy Website: leapylee.co.uk. Email: leapylee2002@gmail.com

MOLYBDENUM the element believed to be linked to the origin of life is said to have come from meteorites blasted off Mars, according to Geochemist Professor Steven Benner.

Furr-do A CAT has earned a place in the Guinness World Records 2014 for the longest hair ever measured on a cat. ‘Colonel Meow’ has a furry coat that measures 22.87cm.

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WELL, what a result! Firstly, of course, I was delighted to see the British House of Commons finally took Leapy’s advice and voted against interference in Syria’s problems. (Any time, fellas!) Secondly, the result was a wonderfull example of British democracy in full glorious flow. In most countries, particularly those of the Middle East, a result of this nature would have probably led to disgruntled losers rioting and spilling blood in the streets. Far from being an embarrassing rout for David Cameron, I think the dignified and immediate acceptance of a result he clearly hadn’t been looking for, showed a strong, highly democratic leader bending, without recrimination or derogatory reactions, to the will of Parliament’s EAPY EE elected members. DIGNIFIED: David Cameron. SAYS IT To my mind Cameron, Hague and the portion of it in the hands of our OTHERS THINK IT Conservatives’ elected leaders. parliamentary credibility Even Ed Miliband I feel has has been utterly strengthened by their handling come through it all with his credibility still fairly of this situation. Trust is the key issue among our intact. What I find interesting is a fact that many politicians and I think this reaction shows we people seem to overlook, Miliband is Jewish. I actually can at last place at least a respectable know he has married out of the faith and

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Clever bird A PARAKEET alerted its owner to the fact that the neighbours were being burgled by squawking louder than usual.

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FRIDAY

THURSDAY

BBC1 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Wanted Down Under 5:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Waterloo Road 10:00pm Celebrity MasterChef 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Who Do You Think You Are?

BBC2

4:30pm Talking Pictures 5:15pm How We Built Britain 6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Flog it! Trade Secrets 8:30pm Swansea Market 9:00pm Hairy Bikers' Meals on Wheels Back on the Road 10:00pm Mum and Dad are Splitting Up 11:00pm Mock the Week 11:30pm Newsnight 12:20am Martin Luther King and the March on Washington 1:20am The Review Show

ITV

4:00pm Secret Dealers 5:00pm Long Lost Family 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Tonight 9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm Pat and Cabbage 10:00pm The Guilty 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm Ade in Adland 12:35am The Late Debate

ITV 2

4:05pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:10pm The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills 6:05pm The Millionaire Matchmaker 7:00pm Dinner Date 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Funniest Ever You've Been Framed! 10:00pm The Big Reunion: On Tour 11:00pm Celebrity Juice 11:50pm American Pie Presents Band Camp 1:40am The Big Reunion: On Tour

Channel 4

4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Location, Location, Location 10:00pm Educating Yorkshire 11:00pm Bouncers

BBC1 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Wanted Down Under 5:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Nigel Slater's Dish of the Day 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Celebrity MasterChef 10:00pm Big School 10:30pm Mrs. Brown's Boys 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Would I Lie to You? 12:05am Fallen 2:05am Weatherview 2:10am BBC News

BBC2

4:00pm Great British Menu 4:30pm Talking Pictures 5:15pm How We Built Britain 6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Flog It! 8:00pm Athletics 10:00pm Natural World 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight 12:05am The Tempest 1:45am In Search of a Midnight Kiss

SATURDAY

BBC1 4:30pm Bargain Hunt 5:15pm Escape to the Country 6:00pm That Puppet Game Show 6:40pm BBC News 6:50pm Regional News 6:55pm Weather 7:00pm Pointless 7:50pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:10pm The National Lottery 10:00pm BBC News 10:15pm Weather 10:20pm Last Night of the Proms 11:55pm Michael McIntyre Comedy Roadshow 12:25am The Recruit 2:15am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 2:20am BBC News

ITV 2

4:05pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:10pm The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills 6:05pm The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills 7:00pm Dinner Date 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Miss Congeniality 11:15pm The Break-Up 1:30am Fake Reaction 2:15am America's Got Talent 3:00am Life's Funniest Moments

Channel 4

4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Four Rooms 10:00pm Secrets of the Pickpockets 11:00pm Alan Carr: Chatty Man 12:05am Paul Chowdhry: What's Happening White People? 1:10am Random Acts 1:15am The Last Leg 2.00am I'm Spazticus 2:25am New Girl

BBC1 4:15pm Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea 5:15pm Escape to the Country 6:00pm Songs of Praise 6:35pm Britain's Big Wildlife Revival 7:35pm BBC News 7:50pm Regional News 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm Countryfile 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm What Remains 11:00pm BBC News 11:15pm Regional News 11:20pm Weather 11:25pm Room 101

MONDAY

BBC1 5:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Inside Out 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm Motorway Cops 11:00pm BBC New

ITV2

11:50pm American Pie Presents Band Camp Tad Hilgenbrink, Arielle Kebbel, Jason Earles, Eugene Levy, Crystle Lightning

BBC2 4:45pm Urban Jungle 5:15pm Flog It! 6:00pm Natural World 7:00pm Dragons' Den 8:00pm Dad's Army 8:30pm Last Night of the Proms 10:05pm Mock the Week 10:35pm 360 12:20am An Unfinished Life 2:00am This is BBC Two

ITV

5:30pm The X Factor 6:30pm Regional News and Weather 6:45pm ITV News and Weather 7:00pm You've Been Framed! 7:30pm Stepping Out 9:00pm The X Factor 10:00pm Through the Keyhole 11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:15pm Hellboy II: The Golden Army 1:25am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:45am ITV Nightscreen

ITV 2

4:25pm You've Been Framed! 5:00pm You've Been Framed! 5:35pm Small Soldiers 7:45pm Twister 10:00pm The Xtra Factor 11:00pm Celebrity Juice 11:45pm The X Factor 12:50am The Xtra Factor

Channel 4

5:10pm Come Dine with Me 7:15pm Come Dine with Me 7:45pm Channel 4 News 8:05pm Double Your House for Half the Money 9:00pm Grand Designs

BBC2

4:30pm Burghley Horse Trials 6:30pm Flog It! 7:30pm Iolo's Great Welsh Parks: Plas Tan-Y-Bwlch 8:00pm The Great British Bake Off 9:00pm Dragons' Den 10:00pm The Story of the Jews 11:00pm QI XL 11:45pm Blackadder the Third 12:15am Shifty 1:40am Countryfile 2:35am Holby City 3:35am This is BBC Two

6:15pm Cash in the Attic 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Flog It! 8:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Best of British 9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm The Incredible Spice Men 10:00pm Robert Peston Goes Shopping 11:00pm The Sarah Millican Television Programme

4:40pm Big Star's Little Star 5:45pm Land of the Lost 7:30pm Regional News and Weather 7:45pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The X Factor 10:00pm Vera 12:00am ITV News and Weather 12:15am The Unforgettable...

6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Regional News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Countrywise 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Doc Martin 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather

ITV

ITV 2

5:40pm The X Factor 6:45pm The Xtra Factor 7:50pm Dragonheart 10:00pm The Xtra Factor 11:00pm The Big Reunion: On Tour 12:00am American Pie Presents Band Camp 1:55am The X Factor

Channel 4

5:15pm Location, Location, Location 6:20pm Stardust 8:40pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm The Political Slot 9:00pm The Rise of Hitler 10:00pm Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 12:30am Alan Carr: Chatty Man 1:30am 8 Out of 10 Cats 2:15am American Football Live

TUESDAY

BBC1 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Wanted Down Under 5:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm New Tricks 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Child of Our Time 12:35am Goodnight Britain

BBC2

THURSDAY

ITV

4:00pm Secret Dealers 5:00pm Long Lost Family 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm World Cup Qualifier 11:10pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:50pm World Cup Qualifier Highlights 12:50am River Monsters 1:15am Jackpot247 4:00am Columbo 5:15am ITV Nightscreen

SUNDAY

ITV

ITV 2

5:10pm The Real Housewives of Vancouver 6:05pm The Millionaire Matchmaker 7:00pm Dinner Date 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm The X Factor 10:00pm Knocked Up

Channel 4

6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Jamie's Money Saving Meals 9:30pm Gadget Man 10:00pm Blackout

4:45pm Ingrid Bergman Talking Pictures 5:15pm How We Built Britain 6:15pm Cash in the Attic 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Flog It! 8:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Best of British 9:00pm The Great British Bake Off 10:00pm The Midwives: Delivering Under Pressure 11:00pm The Culture Show 11:30pm Newsnight 12:20am Mum and Dad are Splitting Up

ITV

4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Regional News and Weather 7:15pm ITV News and Weather 7:45pm Emmerdale 8:15pm 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers 11:10pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:45pm World Cup Qualifier Highlights 12:50am In Plain Sight 1:35am In Plain Sight 2:20am Jackpot247

ITV 2

4:05pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:10pm The Real Housewives of Vancouver 6:05pm The Millionaire Matchmaker 7:00pm Dinner Date 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Fool's Gold 11:20pm Celebrity Juice 12:05am Billy Madison 1:55am Fake Reaction

Channel 4

4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Double Your House for Half the Money 10:00pm Top Boy 11:00pm Secrets of the Pickpockets 12:05am Bouncers 1:10am Random Acts

WEDNESDAY

BBC1 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Wanted Down Under 5:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Rip Off Food 9:00pm EastEnders 10:00pm Who Do You Think You Are? 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm The National Lottery Stars 12:20am Sliding Doors 1:55am Weatherview 2:00am BBC News

BBC2

4:35pm Lauren Bacall Talking Pictures 5:15pm How We Built Britain 6:15pm Cash in the Attic 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Flog It! 8:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Best of British 9:00pm Harvest 2013 10:00pm The Wipers Times 11:30pm Newsnight 12:15am Weather 12:20am The Midwives: Delivering Under Pressure 1:20am Britain's Biggest Hoarders

ITV

4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Regional News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Big Star's Little Star 10:00pm Whitechapel 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm Great Night Out

ITV 2

4:05pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:10pm The Real Housewives of Vancouver 6:05pm The Millionaire Matchmaker 7:00pm Dinner Date 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Funniest Ever You've Been Framed! 10:00pm Girlfriends 11:00pm Hot Fuzz 1:25am America's Got Talent

Channel 4

4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm How Not to Get Old 10:00pm Grand Designs 11:00pm The Last Leg 11:50pm Ramsay's Hotel Hell 12:45am Random Acts 12:50am Itunes Festival 2013

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Shop wisely in high-heels SHOPPING in stilettos could help shoppers spend more wisely, according to research conducted at the Brigham Young University in the US. Marketing professor at the university, Jeffrey Larson claims his team found that when consumers’ minds are focused on staying balanced, they are more likely to consider all of their buying options and choose a mid-range product, as opposed to something high-end or of low quality. In order to examine the effect of physical balance in relation to the nature of consumer shopping, the team tested various scenarios including questioning subjects on particular products while they stood on one foot whilst making a

decision about a purchase or leaning back to a reclined position in a chair whilst shopping online. The study, published in the Journal of Marketing Research, found subjects focused on balancing were more likely to buy a 42-inch screen television for €340 as opposed to a bigger, more expensive model or a smaller, cheaper one. Researchers concluded the general public should be more aware of how physical elements, including balance, can influence the consumer market in the buying decisions they make.

Certainly sounds like no fun

WELL-HEELED: Shopping in stilettos could help you make a more balanced buying decision.

THE Japanese Geisha facial treatment Uguisu no fun, made from Nightingale faeces sounds like no fun to us, but despite the origin of the treatment its popularity is growing in the western world. The treatment is said to hydrate the skin, making it feel softer and look brighter. High-end Japanese spas around the world regularly offer the faeces facial, but at a cost. The Shizuka spa in New York charges €136 for the privilege and the substance can also be

purchased online but costs an average of €15 per ounce. For those worried about the smell, users on online forums have described a medicinal or musty smell and some say it doesn’t smell at all. The nightingale droppings also come from specific farms in Japan where they breed and raise birds and keep them on a very strict diet of organic seeds. The droppings are collected, sterilised with UV lights, before being dried out and ground into powder .

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