Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca South 27 March - 2 April 2014 Issue 1499

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Drugs arrests ELEVEN people have been arrested on drugs charges in Elda. Police also seized €12,000 in cash during the raids.

Doctor attack TWENTY-SIX doctors in Alicante Province were attacked last year, two more than 2012. Sixteen assaults occurred in primary attention centres, eight in hospitals and two in private medical centres.

Cultural asset THREE Italian towns and a city in Tunisia; all historically linked to Tabarca Island, support Alicante’s application to UNESCO to declare the island’s history an ‘intangible cultural asset.’

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Demolition threat homes are saved THOUSANDS of Costa Blanca homeowners - including many expatriates are breathing a sigh of relief after their seafront homes had a cloud of uncertainty lifted from them.

Owners will be allowed to bequeath or sell homes and businesses that infringe Spain’s previous Coastal Law. The law was announced last year and the text has now been made public.

New regulations annul a clause in the 1988 law warning that buildings and businesses on the 100-metre strip measured from the high tide mark would be demolished in 2018.

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Torrevieja; more than sun and sand TORREVIEJA’S Mayor, doubt.” much more than sun and Eduardo Dolon, has been Dolon spoke about sand... with regard to featured in a national Torrevieja being a tourism, the important Spanish newspaper “distinctive city” thing is not that tourists speaking about the city constantly growing. come, but that they and it’s future.

“We are return.”

Speaking to ABC news about the economic situation he said he believes it is “stable” as he and the rest of the PP are “working day after day for the citizens of Torrevieja.”

Dolon is committed to the city and it’s people: “I understand politics more as a public service, not as a tool for personal gain.

In my position as mayor, I shall try in every way possible to listen to the citizens all the time.

“I move forward through my dream.

The day that I no longer have that dream I shall resign my position without EDUARDO DOLON: Carving out a strong future for the city.

Drink driver crashes into street terrace TWO people were injured on a Torrevieja street terrace after being hit by a car.

The customers, one resident in Torrevieja and the other from Murcia, were on a cafe-bar’s terrace in Calle

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Capitan Garcia Gea, close to the playa del Cura when a vehicle crashed into the fixed wooden structure.

The men, aged 46 and 64, were taken to Torrevieja Hospital and treated for

broken ribs and bruising before being discharged.

The female driver of the car tested positive for alcohol and was arrested by police.

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NEWS Nordic visitors THE numbers of Swedish tourists to the Valencia Community grew 39 per cent last year, with 80 per cent of those choosing the Alicante Province for their holidays.

They are the largest group of Nordic visitors behind Norway.

Motorcyclist airlifted A MOTORCYCLIST has been seriously injured in an accident in the town of Millena, Alicante. The man was taken to Alicante’s General Hospital by helicopter.

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Still a Russian attraction TWO out of the three homes bought by Russians in Spain are in Alicante Province.

The Region’s deputy Tourism councillor, Joaquin Albaladejo, speaking from the MITT tourism fair in Moscow, where he met with the Spanish Consul in Moscow, said: “The Consul has sent us a very positive feeling about the interest in the Costa Blanca amongst the Russian market.”

Regarding the possibility that the political situation between Russia and Crimea, affecting

the Russian Crimean tourism, Albaladejo said: “The Consul has conveyed that visas are pursuing quite normally and has not been reduced.” He added he also expects a rise in visa applications for travel to the Costa Blanca this year as air links and direct flights between Moscow and St. Petersburg to Alicante-Elche airport increase.

During 2013 the Moscow office issued more than a million visas to enter Spain, compared to 877,000 in 2012.

Vuelta a Rojales THE ‘Vuelta a Rojales’ takes place next Sunday, consisting of a 30km trek around the Vega Baja of low-medium difficulty. Register at the town hall of Rojales or via www.rojales.es by next Thursday.

Coast route ORIHUELA’S guided three hour coastal route walk had 105 participants with residents from Orihuela, Cartagena, Murcia, Callosa and Torrevieja taking part.

Overnight stays HOTELS in the Valencian Community recorded 1.24 million overnight stays in February, 3.28 per cent more than the same month of 2013.

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THIS Sunday, March 30, the clocks go forward one hour. At 2.00am the clocks will go forward to 3.00am.

This means one hour less in bed!

Case dismissed READY-MADE: Traditional dishes to make life easier for Spanish housewives.

Driver injured A 37-year-old woman was taken to hospital with serious injuries after the vehicle she was driving crashed off the road on Avenida de las Salinas in San Pedro del Pinatar.

Torrevieja tennis TORREVIEJA Tennis Club player Nicola Kuhn was runner up in the Valencia cadet’s competition, whilst Eva Guerrero won the qualifying tournament for the Madrid Open Under 16s.

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THE case against six former mayors and councillors of Torrevieja, including the current PP Mayor Eduardo Dolon, for an alleged electoral offence assigning the use of the Municipal Theatre has been dropped.

Tourist info AN information booth is to be installed at Playa Flamenca during the summer to provide information on events and activities to visitors.

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Tasty treats made easy

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IMES are changing and whereas Spanish housewives used to have time to prepare elaborate dishes, working women now need mealtimes to be quick and easy.

However, the food industry is well aware of this and is coming up with ways to prepare traditional dishes which make life easier.

One of the main components of the Spanish diet is ‘tortilla’ (Spanish omelette) but it takes time to prepare, which many don’t have. However, many companies already sell the ingredients in packets, ready to use, so that all that is required is to add some egg and prepare the omelette in a frying pan.

If even this is too time-consuming, there are the ready-made versions, which can be prepared quickly in the pan or microwave.

A popular treat for breakfast is ‘churros’ and Basque chef Andoni Luis Aduriz has come up with the idea of selling the dough pastry in spray form.

Quote of the Week “It depends on the Ministry of Public Works, but I think it’s a good idea,” mayor of Madrid, Ana Botella, regarding the possibility of naming the Madrid-Barajas Airport after recently deceased Adolfo Suarez, Spain’s first democratically elected Prime Minister after the Franco era.

The can then has to be shaken and goes straight into a frying pan with hot oil, and within minutes a family can be sitting down to enjoy a plate-full of churros with a mug of thick hot chocolate.

The traditional cold soups ‘gazpacho,’ ‘ajoblanco’ and ‘salmorejo’ can be found in many supermarket cold cabinets in cartons and ready to consume.

Elsewhere in the cold cabinet you may find ‘boquerones en vinagre’ (filleted fresh anchovies in vinegar), ready cut Manchego cheeses or Iberian ham, roast meats ready to serve, microwaveable ‘paella’ and even the refreshing ‘tinto de verano’ (red wine with lemonade) ready mixed and bottled.

These are not only ways of making life easier for those in charge of preparing meals in Spanish homes, but also a way of obtaining more sales and making products easier to export, as the products become more accessible to a wider market.

Number of the week per cent of Spaniards shower for more than 10 minutes every day according to a study, which is well above the World Health Organisation’s recommendation of showering for less than five minutes, followed by only 9 per cent of the population.

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UNEMPLOYED workers have been recruited on a temporary training and apprenticeship scheme by Orihuela Town Hall. They will be be given six months work along with two days study.

Swimming marathon SWIMMERS took park in an eight hour swimming marathon at Orihuela’s Water Palace to help raise food, money and hygiene products for the local Red Cross.

Forest fire A FIRE in the Sierra de la Pila, Molina de Segura, was quickly brought under control by emergency services and the activation of the Infomur Plan against forest fires.

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THE mayor of El Pedroso, Sevilla, Manuel Melendez, has been charged with a crime against moral integrity for forcing a Local Police officer to wash his car, shouting insults at him, and taking his weapon, as well as cutting his salary.

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Fake goods seized in Crevillente

A WOMAN has been arrested after allegedly throwing her newborn baby down the toilet at her home in Murcia.

The Moroccan woman, 25 was admitted to Virgen de la Arrixaca hospital with vaginal bleeding with

FIFTEEN THOUSAND counterfeit products have been seized by police in Alicante Province.

Police have arrested seven people believed to be involved in crimes against intellectual property as officers recovered copies of branded jewellery, purses, belts and wallets in Crevillente.

One of those arrested was responsible for receiving the goods from the city of Cordoba and distributing them amongst warehouses in Crevillente.

doctors determining she had recently given birth.

Officers searched her home and found the lifeless body of a baby in the toilet.

The mother has been refused bail until it is determined whether the baby was born alive or not.

Burglar arrested A MAN has been arrested accused of stealing from five houses in Los Nietos, Cartagena. The man, who has previously served time in prison, resisted arrest. Police also found 300m of copper cabling at his home.

NEWS Alicantinos emigrating abroad MORE than 4,000 residents of the Alicante Province went abroad in the last year.

Whilst many foreigners are moving to the region, figures from the Register of Spaniards Resident Abroad (PERE) show many are also leaving.

The population from the province currently residing abroad has increased by 10 per cent since 2012, with 34,505 now living outside of the country.

Of these emigrating abroad, 59 per cent of them had been born outside Spain, suggesting many had returned to their home country, with 28 per cent born in the province.

Of those currently residing abroad, most do so in France.

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Marrow donor marathon THE family of a sick child in Elche has promoted a bone marrow donation campaign.

The 20-month-old girl has a rare degenerative disease which requires finding a bone marrow match for transplant. With few volunteers in the World Bank of donors, Elche General Hospital has called on a marathon donor recruitment drive to be held.

Councillor for Health, Cristina Martinez, said it is easy to donate marrow or stem cells through the giving of blood.

Anyone can join the bank which can potentially save lives by going to the Transfusion Centre of Alicante or enquire at your local health centre.

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Teachers’ requests are rejected TEACHERS union; the Federation of Education Workers (FETE) UGT-PV has criticised the Ministry of Education for rejecting 70 per cent of teachers’ requests.

They said that of the 43,000 workers in the teaching public sector of the Valencian Community, 9,732 requested a change in their job or working conditions,

with just 30 per cent being permitted.

The union also complained that 7 per cent of teachers who lost their jobs as a result of cuts were awarded

a post ‘hundreds of miles from their residence and previous job, to the severe and obvious detriment of their personal, family and professional life.’

Orihuela, the Spanish capital for the British ORIHUELA has the largest number of British residents in Spain.

The National Institute of Statistics reveals that a total of 18,834

Britons are registered in Orihuela; mostly along the coastal urbanisations making up the Orihuela Costa.

It was the highest ranking ahead of Mijas on the Costa del Sol and Torrevieja.

Rojales came in

fourth place with 9,083 British residents, with Javea having 8,858.

Murcia, Tenerife and Malaga also came in the top 10 with San Fulgencio in ninth with a total of 6,363 British people registered.

Fire forces hotel evacuation A FIRE, originating in the basement of the hotel Eurotennis of Villajoyosa forced the evacuation of 50 people.

Fire crews from San Vicente and Benidorm attended the scene as authorities declared the hotel was to be closed for two days whilst full safety inspections were carried out on the building.

The fire is believed to have started in the sauna for reasons as yet unknown.

No one was hurt in the blaze.

Bag breakdown MURCIA police arrested a man, aged 47, for not paying for an order of plastic bags.

A Tarancon company was defrauded of €4,510 for the order of bags after the bank account supplied by the purchaser did not correspond to their identity.

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Fraud in hospital A HOSPITAL worker has been arrested in Torrevieja on suspicion of fraud.

The female worker, aged 33, is accused of acquiring credit and debit card details of fellow employees, working at Torrevieja and Elda hospital and using them to pay for clairvoyance

and astrology transactions and for electricity, telephone and television bills.

It is believed she entered the staff and changing rooms at the hospital and in total, acquired data from 12 bank cards which she used to defraud a total of around €8,000 in 45 banking operations.

A young star WINNER of Spain’s Junior MasterChef TV programme, Mario Palacios, has been in Almoradi taking part in the Second National Congress of the Artichoke.

The young cook was joined by other prestigious chefs participating in the

conference and giving demonstrations of recipes using the artichoke.

Many gathered in the Constitution Square to watch the young star as he prepared his dish of cream of artichoke with poached egg, ham and chips.

Collision on N-332 FOUR people were injured in a traffic accident when two cars collided on the N-332 at La Marina.

A fire crew was needed to release one person trapped inside a vehicle as the others were treated for bruises and taken to Elche’s General Hospital as a precaution.

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Illegal immigrants caught ILLEGAL immigrants headed for Murcia’s coastline have been intercepted by security forces.

Two small boats were headed off by the Guardia Civil and Marine Rescue as they made their way towards the beaches of Calblanque with 25 people on board.

All the illegal immigrants were reported to be in good health apart from one man who was taken to hospital.

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Shoes abroad THE European market is the main destination for exports of Spanish footwear from Alicante Province.

The continent received 80 per cent of the 134.8 million pairs exported last year with France, Germany, Portugal and the UK, being the main buyers.

Asia is a growing market with Japan, the first Asian country to buy Spanish shoes, receiving 12 per cent more in volume in 2013.

The Chinese market, ranked number 14, saw an increase of 45 per cent, South Korea grew by 45 per cent and Singapore by 76 per cent.

Sales to the USA increased by 19 per cent in pairs and 13 per cent in value, where the average price is the highest export at almost â‚Ź40 per pair.

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Tributes paid to former President CITIZENS and politicians across the Costa Blanca have remembered Adolfo Suarez.

Within 24 hours of the announcement that the former President of Spain had passed away, Elche, Pilar de la Horadada, Santa Pola and Benidorm observed a minute of silence in memory of Suarez.

SILENCE: Santa Pola meeting holds a minute’s silence.

The president of the Provincial Council of

Homes are saved From Front page.

Under the new law the Environment Ministry confirmed that concessions are safe for another 75 years and authorisations for four more years. Around 5,000 homes along the Costa Blanca coast from Pilar de la Horadada to Denia are thought to have been affected by the law change.

Thanks to the new law the right to remain in these properties is now transferrable to third parties as a legacy or through a sale, with the proviso that Environment Ministry authorisation is obtained first.

Alicante, Luisa Pastor, conveyed condolences to the family and loved ones of Adolfo Suarez: “This is a loss we all feel and he was a person to whom we owe a lot.”

In Elche, a book of condolences has been put in place in the town hall.

Following five minutes of silence in the Plaza de Baix, Mayor Mercedes Alonso said: “This is a very significant loss for Spain,” adding he was “a person with a spirit of service to others.”

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Airport taxi strike is cancelled TAXI drivers at AlicanteElche airport have ruled out another strike.

It comes following a meeting between the Elche drivers and the Director General of Transport and Logistics in

Alicante who has ensured that measures will soon be put in place to prevent intrusion from other taxis at the airport. These will include a licence plate reader which will reveal which taxis are regularly

Work continues on 2nd phase of park THE second phase of the Reina de la Sal park in Los Balcones should be completed by December.

Torrevieja’s Mayor, Eduardo Dolon, visited the site where a total of 22 student-workers are on site as part of the VII Employment Workshop offering skills and experience to the unemployed.

The park will cover an area of 14,000 square metres when finished and will include green areas and walkways, picnic areas, a teaching area allowing visitors to learn about different native plant species and a play park as well as a jogging lane which will run around the entire park.

serving the airport and a barrier control for drivers.

A clampdown on illegal taxis is also intended.

Elche has 185 taxi licences, of which 100 are operating in the airport area where for years the drivers have denounced the intrusion of pirate vehicles.

Missing street signs ORIHUELA is to invest in the replacement of street signs and numbers around the municipality.

Councillor for Infrastructure, VĂ­ctor Ruiz, said the maintenance and updating of street markings was last done in 1996. He said there are 1,709 missing street name plaques which causes problems.

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Honour for PCN at charity gala PAUL CUNNINGHAM NURSES are one of the 20 charities being recognised

by Bay Radio in their Charity Gala taking place on April 12 at Denia’s Marriott La Sella Hotel.

The charity was formed over eight years ago by Jennifer Cunningham in memory of her son. Their

specialised nurses offer end of life home hospice care, a service which is funded by donations and money raised from charity shops, to help care for the terminally ill and offer support for the families.

Jennifer said there is great need for the service and the charity is struggling

Urgent cleaning next to school FOLLOWING complaints by residents, Santa Pola Town Hall has carried out urgent cleaning to remove dog droppings around the Vicenta Ruso school in Gran Alancant.

Councillor Loreto Cascales said they urged Local Police to increase their presence there “in order to punish those who violate the ordinance cleaning, since we cannot allow an area so close to children to be left in a state due to the lack of diligence by pet owners.”

with funds in the economic climate: “The UK is geared up for people to die in hospital but here it is not like that.” She said: “The recognition from Bay Radio is absolutely great.” She will be joined on the night by her head nurse and volunteer Val from the Quesada charity shop.

For more information visit www.paulcunningham nurses.com.

Tickets are still available for the gala event which includes a three course meal, entertainment and a charity auction hosted by Mark Stacey who regularly appears on TV programmes Flog It and Bargain Hunt.

For more information on the gala event email studio@bayradio.fm or call 965 796 761 for tickets.

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Athletes are training in Torrevieja THE Belgian Triathlon Federation has chosen Torrevieja and the Sports City to prepare ahead of their National Team Triathlon.

Belgian athletes have spent a week in Torrevieja preparing for upcoming international events, running, swimming and cycling in and around the city.

A female football cadet team from Norway has also recently been training at the Sports City.

The group, belonging to the Norwegian Raufoss Football Club, held their annual sports camp in Torrevieja and have already planned their next visit in April.

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Open day visit for students at hospital FUTURE doctors have visited Torrevieja Hospital as part of an open day for students.

The Teaching Commission of the department of Health, Torrevieja, welcomed more than 20 students, who are about to start their residency and are deciding on where to be based for their postgraduate studies.

Current residents explained about the

educational opportunities on offer and about life within the hospital.

Students were then shown the study facilities and the specialist departments available; intensive care, obstetrics and gynaecology, midwifery, family medicine, orthopaedic surgery, ophthalmology and internal medicine.

Torrevieja Hospital, accredited by the Ministry

of Health Social Services and Equality since February 2008, has developed a complete programme following national guidelines and offers specialised training as well as overall knowledge of hospital training.

They also offer the chance to attend and prepare multidisciplinary clinical sessions, participating in trials, research and conferences.

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AlicanteSantander VUELING has announced it will operate two weekly flights from Alicante-Elche airport to Santander from June 23-September 13.

Balearic crossing TWO high-speed ferries will operate every day during Easter week from Denia to Ibiza.

Around 2,000 passengers are expected to use the ferry over the holidays.

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€20,000 to help families THE Murcian Regional Government has set aside €20,000 to help disadvantaged families.

An agreement has been signed with the Asociacion Columbares which is helping those who are at risk of social exclusion to help pay their monthly rents.

The agreement follows a similar one in which the government offered €36,000 to Caritas.

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Palliative drug care A GUIDE produced for drug administration in palliative care is being hailed as a ‘pioneer in the Valencian Community.’

The Pharmacy Service from Elche’s General Hospital has produced the guide which includes information on a total of 65 drugs and is intended for health professionals and aims to inform on subcutaneous administration of these drugs and their suitability.

Santa Pola’s makeover SANTA POLA has started the countdown to the arrival of Easter and the subsequent visit of

tourists. The council has reinforced the maintenance of the coast and removed more than 2,000 cubic meters of algae from the beaches.

Cleaning of graffiti and unauthorised posters has been carried out and there are plans to increase the number of bins.

Meanwhile, wheelchair ramps have been installed at Santa Pola del Este to improve access.

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AAN: Volunteer team celebrate the opening.

Making a difference THE first charity shop for ‘Ayuda Al Neccesitado De San Fulencio’ (AAN) was officially opened by councillor for the Urbanisations Jeff Wiszniewski on behalf of the mayor.

The charity shop, situated in Plaza Sierra Castilla, urbanisation La Marina, has already raised over €2,000 in three weeks to assist those most in need. AAN will work with Social Services department and use funds to purchase

food and provide clothing and bedding. aancharity@gmail.com or call 660 934 615.

A BEETLE DRIVE is being held next Saturday at Asturias Restaurant, Punta Prima, in aid of Reach Out Torrevieja. Tickets €5 including supper from the Reach Out centre or Asturias.

Odysseus TICKETS for Odysseus on stage at Networks Theatre in Orihuela are now on sale. Email theatreinorihuela@yah oo.com or call 966 740 251. From April 10-12.

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Airport named in honour of Suarez SPAIN’S government has said it will rename Madrid’s Barajas airport after Adolfo Suarez, the man who was Spain’s first Prime Minister following the Franco dictatorship.

Suarez, who died on Sunday at the

Naked viewing in Florence A SPANISH tourist, 25, caused a stir on social networking sites and in the press after undressing before a Botticelli painting in Florence, Italy.

The unknown Spaniard was reported for ‘obscene acts’ and later released with charges after entering the Galería degli Uffizi in Florence and undressing before the painting of The Birth of Venus on Saturday.

He entered just like any other tourist, but once in front of the painting, he undressed, kneeled down and threw rose petals, according to witnesses.

age of 81, was the country’s first postFranco leader. The statesman helped to draft the 1978 constitution and was a key figure in Spain’s democratic transition.

The Ministry of Public Works has said that the airport, which opened in 1931 and is currently known as Barajas, will become ‘Aeropuerto Adolfo Suarez, Madrid-Barajas.’

The ministry said that the airport name-change was to “honour his memory” and acknowledge “the historic role of the first prime minister of our democracy.”

They wanted to pay homage to the man whose ‘moral stature and sense of the state were key to the success of the transition and of the democracy.’

Suarez was buried on Tuesday in his home town of Avila before a state funeral on March 31 in Madrid’s Almudena Cathedral.

The government called for three days of national mourning. On Monday thousands of people queued to file past the former PM’s coffin in the lower house of parliament.

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Torrevieja culture TORREVIEJA is hosting a full weekend of cultural events and concerts.

Tomorrow (Friday) ‘The Wonderful World of Operetta’ takes place at the Teatro Municipal from 8pm with tickets costing €20.

At 9pm in the Palacio de la Musica, a concert is being held by Lirica Nostra Vocal and Instrumental group, tickets cost €6.

Band help AECC THE Campoverde Reef Band played at the Lo Monte Hotel in Pilar de la Horadada, as part of a fundraising night for the AECC. A total of €534 was raised to help the AECC and its continuing fight against cancer. Thanks go to Reef Band and to Trish Hirst who represented AECC at the event.

On Saturday, Crescendo International Choir are performing at the Palacio de la Musica accompanied by the Lyngby choir.

Entrance is free with invitation.

The lyric gala competition in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Habaneras competition is being held at 9pm on Saturday at the International Auditorium.

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Take a walk on the barkside CRUZ AZUL MURCIA’S first major fundraising event of the year, ‘A Walk on the Barkside’ took

place at the Esplanada Barnuevo in Santiago de la Ribera.

Dogs of all ages and

Charter night celebration THE Torrevieja Costa Lions Club is celebrating the anniversary of receiving its Charter with a formal dinner dance at the Clubhouse, La Marquesa Golf, Rojales, next Saturday.

The event starts at 7pm with a cava and canape reception and music and dancing later in the evening.

Tickets €30. Email janbee2007@hotmail.co.uk.

sizes and their owners took part in the 3km route along the promenade. Cruz Azul President, Lyn Baines said: “We’re delighted to see so many people for our first major event.

The success of this annual event is down to the great work by the Cruz Azul team, the help from our Spanish friends, San Javier’s Voluntariado BT, and all our lovely supporters.”

Sponsorship money is still coming in and Cruz Azul anticipates a total fundraising effort of around €750 to help them provide veterinary care for the sick and injured pets of people in need.

For more information visit www.cruzazulmurcia.es.

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Too late for horse JUST weeks after the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre (EHCRC) Foundation based in Rojales was involved in the rescue of 14 horses from a premises in Callosa De Segura, it has received more calls to rescue horses.

The latest came from the Seprona division of the Guardia Civil about the plight of a horse in Torrevieja. When cofounders of EHCRC Sue and Rod Weeding arrived at the scene they were confronted by a young horse tied to a tree and severely malnourished.

Sue said: “Sadly when our vet Dorothea arrived and examined him she confirmed our worst fears that he was beyond further help.

The attending police officers gave Dorothea permission to put him to sleep.

“Further investigation revealed other equines being kept there, one in

desperate need of help and we are on standby to get it.”

Sue added: “We are finding now that there is a huge advancement in animal welfare with the police and we have been

called out to and worked on several cases with officers from many towns and villages.”

For more details about the EHCRC or to make a donation, visit www.easyhorsecare.net.

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CALAR ALTO: Observatory closure looms.

Observatory under threat A MAJOR Spanish observatory at Calar Alto, Almeria, could cost almost €40 million to close. Worries about the observatory are at an all time high as, if it closes, the loss to the scientific community will be huge and the bill for its closure equally huge.

Ricardo Hernandez, UGT delegate to

Almeria, comments that dismantling the observatory could cost up to €40 million as the government would be responsible not only for taking down the building but also restoring the environment and countryside.

Local town councils in the area have expressed their concern over the closure as it would mean the loss of one of Europe’s most important scientific centres.

THE Basque health authorities are trying to clarify Workers at the the circumstances which lead to the death of a observatory feel they have three-year-old girl who was ill with chicken pox. their hands tied as they Neighbours in the village of La Puebla de only have a budget of €1.6 Arganzon are concerned over the case of Anne million to do the necessary Ganuza, three, who died of chicken pox due to not works to save the centre reaching a hospital in good time. Her home is only this is not even half the 17.5 kilometres from Vitoria, yet her family were told money needed. that they had to call Burgos for assistance; Burgos is The next few weeks will 100 kilometres from the village. be decisive for the future of this scientific centre.

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NEW LAWS: Police will be able to fine drivers without pulling them over.

Pedestrian breath tests on the way BREATH tests for pedestrians, higher motorway speed limits and a total ban on speed camera detectors are just some of the new road laws, due to be ratified in June.

Also on the cards is the compulsory wearing of cycle helmets for under 16s in urban areas and new rules to force foreign residents to register their vehicles.

But not all the regulations are being tightened - rules that restricted the right of cancer patients to drive are being relaxed.

At the moment doctors have to specifically take up a cancer patient’s right to drive

with the traffic authority (DGT), but those restrictions are due to be relaxed.

Jay walking pedestrians will, under the new regulations, find themselves liable to take a drugs and/or alcohol test. Up until now they could only be made to take a test if they were involved in an accident.

Congress decided to bring in new rules setting out deadlines for the registration of foreign registered cars, as it was proving difficult to track down their owners to pay fines.

Police will also be able to fine drivers for offences without having to pull them over.

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BRITISH PRESS Bolly good

Resisted arrest

Good decision

SWEDEN - Elli Avram, a 23-year-old Swede made her Bollywood debut last year and is now busy getting famous as a contestant in Indian reality show ‘Big Boss.’

ACCORDING to two police officers who found an emu roaming around near RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, it ‘put up quite a fight’ when they tried to capture it.

LEN WILES’ decision to get up later than usual saved his life; he avoided being crushed by a 7.5 tonne Royal Mail lorry which crashed into his front room.

Shakespearian revenge

Best friend...

Power ballad NORWAY - Mohamed ‘Mo’ Farah Abdi, Utoya massacre survivor and XFactor star, is to represent Norway at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with power ballad ‘Heal.’

Fine affair DENMARK - Ticket controllers for national railways (DSB) are fining about 340 passengers a day on S-trains; due to a reduction in controllers, passengers are not buying the correct tickets.

Ikea recall SWEDEN - The Swedish furniture giant, Ikea, has recalled almost 3 million canopies for children’s beds over fears that the design may be dangerous to children.

A BRISTOL man, who was swindled by a Gumtree seller, took his revenge by texting him the entire works of Shakespeare in 29,305 individual texts.

World plan A NORTH Wales woman is preparing for a round-the-world challenge on a motorbike. Steph Jeavons, 38, is making the run to raise funds for Rally 4 Life, dedicated to tackling Third World poverty.

Off air

MEMBERS of the Russian-Japanese business forum in Tokyo have decided to continue cooperation despite the looming threat of sanctions against Russia. Japanese businesses, however, are worried about the weakening ruble.

YOUTUBE temporarily blocked the Kremlin’s English-language network, Russia Today, for unspecified terms of service violations. YouTube has now said that it was a “technical error.”

DENMARK - A national survey of estate agencies has revealed more adult children are now purchasing housing for their parents as an investment and to ensure that their children’s grandparents live close by.

Scholar fraud SOME 11 per cent of Dutch students use fake ID-cards in order to buy alcohol, since its sale to under 18s was banned on January 1.

TELECOM providers in The Netherlands earn €21 million a

WANDERER: The emu put up ‘quite a fight.’

Still cooperating

President on call PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin may again host his now traditional show in which the Russian people can call in and ask him direct questions. Kremlin spokesmen have declined to specify a date.

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Telecom trick

RACHEL HAYES, 40, was choking on a sweet when her pet Springer Spaniel jumped on her chestaccidentally performing the Heimlich manoeuvre and saving her life.

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Visa delay THE UK is to temporarily close visa centres in Russia due to a change in company operating them.

Pentagon considers RUBLES: Japanese worried about the currency.

THE WHITE HOUSE and the Pentagon are currently exploring the possibility of ramping up military support to NATO allies near the Ukraine.

DUTCH PRESS month by charging calls rounded up to minutes instead of charging in seconds.

Reporter death THE DUTCH journalist who reported for the first time about alleged child abuse by Joris

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Demmink, the former SecretaryGeneral of the Ministry of Justice, was run over and killed by a car in Thailand.

Martin Verfondern who disappeared in 2010 from his Galician biological farm after a quarrel with his neighbours.

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SPANISH police have started a new search for Dutchman

ROB ZWEEKHORST from Berkel en Rodenrijs, who was

PRESS No deal for forces VICE-CHANCELLOR Sigmar Gabriel has stopped a deal to provide a fully equipped camp for Russian forces claiming that, at this time, he cannot justify arms trading with Moscow.

Cheap wine ACCORDING to the German Wine Institute almost every second bottle of wine bought in Germany comes from discount supermarkets like Aldi and Lidl.

Window fall A MAN, aged 30, from Treuchtlingen in Bavaria threw himself and his three children out of a second floor window. The children are in a critical condition.

Camel surprise MUNICH police, answering a call about vandals tearing up a lawn, found themselves facing seven woolly camels which had escaped from a circus in the Obergiesing area of the city.

Bag defence A GIRL, aged nine, in Schwerte, North RhineWestphalia, tried to defend her mother’s handbag from two thieves who broke into her car.

shot and killed on January 1 apparently with no reason, is probably the victim of a mistaken identity, say police

Niqab voting A MAN dressed in a niqab in Amsterdam tried to vote as a woman during local elections. He showed a voting pass and the passport of a young woman.

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ATCH out if you like a drink. Proposed new traffic laws will give police the power to breath test jay walking pedestrians.

Up until now police could only do that if the pedestrian was involved in a road accident.

But now anyone crossing the road where they shouldn’t will be liable to take a test for alcohol and drugs.

That is a step too far (excuse the pun). Surely there are enough laws against drunkenness and unruliness without having to resort to alcohol tests at the drop of a hat. There is no need to suspect someone of being drunk - just taking a step onto the road would be enough to have the police descend with their alcohol meters.

And on the crowded and often narrow pavements found in many Spanish towns and villages it can be nearly impossible to avoid stepping into the road.

It is a charter for harassment of

people who have done nothing wrong and a sign of officialdom’s instinct to criminalise otherwise law abiding people.

Coastal good news THOUSANDS of owners of beach front properties built within 100 metres of the high water mark blighted with the threat of demolition, can sleep a little easier now.

The new coastal law means they can now sell or pass on as bequests their homes, and removed the imminent threat of demolition (slated in for 2018).

The old law had effectively made those homes - many already built quite legally - illegal.

So some good news, but why do the Spanish authorities insist on putting many innocent people in such a distressing position in the first place? It is bad for tourism, bad for investment, and bad for the country.

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WATCH sales rose by 17 per cent just before March 19, Father’s Day and also the feast day of Josefas and Joses. The sector sold 23,000 watches, producing a €2.2 million turnover, said watchmakers Ayserco.

Slurry disposal plants may shut

not only wind and solar energy but also the slurry plants, many which could now close.

Pig farmers will soon be faced with a “serious problem,” said the mayor of Langa de Duero (Soria).

European regulations limit the amount of slurry that can be dumped. Having to go to plants further afield will reduce already slim margins and livestock, farmers said.

Ono says yes to Vodafone VODAFONE has finally pulled off its deal with Spanish telecommunications’ company Ono. The €7.2 billion that the UK-owned company hands over for Ono is the largest acquisition by a foreign company in Spain since 2008.

Ono, with 1.9 million clients in 12 autonomous regions, is the country’s largest cable company and has its own high-speed fibre optic network.

Based on both companies’ figures in late 2013, Vodafone’s presence on Spain’s broadband market will grow from 7.5 per cent to 21 per cent.

Acquiring Ono’s 1.1 million

mobile clients will increase its share of this market from 24.8 per cent to 26 per cent.

Between them Telefonica, Vodafone and Orange will now control 90 per cent of Spain’s broadband and mobile market and up to 80 per cent of its customer base.

Vodafone, which earned $130 billion (approximately €93 billion) from the sale of its US division last year, is also rumoured to be on the verge of making another big purchase. This time it is looking towards the UK with TalkTalk, the no-longer state owned BT Group and BSkyB possibly in its sights.

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Posh addresses PROPERTIES in Monaco, Hong Kong and London are the world’s most expensive. Prices rose last year by 5 per cent in Madrid, ranked 29th, but fell in Sotogrande, Marbella, Mallorca and Barcelona.

Pay rises SALARIES in Spain’s Public Administration rose by 17.7 per cent in the last quarter of 2013, compared with 2012, thanks to delayed payment of that year’s civil servants’ bonus.

Catalan cava is still fizzing CATALUÑA’S desire for independence might be unpopular but its cava sales remain buoyant.

Despite boycott calls, global sales of Catalan cava fell by only 0.77 per cent to 241.3m bottles in 2013 with a €970 million turnover similar to 2012.

Sales in the domestic market fell by 0.47 per cent, an improvement on 2012 when they dropped by

6.28 per cent. The effects of the politically-inspired boycott outside the region have diminished, sources said.

The crisis, they continued, exerted a greater influence on sales and although two out of every three bottles are sent abroad, falling exports, particularly to the UK - were important.

CAVA: Sales buoyant.

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A pig of a problem SPAIN’S pig farmers have a problem.

Usually they send slurry to 33 government-subsidised plants where it generates electricity by cogeneration while converting the waste into dried fertiliser pellets.

This will change following the government’s announcement of cuts to sustainable energy subsidies. This affects

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PIG FARMING: Cuts could mean reducing livestock further.

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Private money for Renfe STATE railway operator Renfe is looking for private money for its freight service.

An investor will be sought through public tender, announced minister of Public Works, Ana Pastor. This will be a ‘positive step’ for all types of freight transport, Pastor maintained, while optimising Spain’s network of steadily improving track and its good geo-strategic position.

Opening the door to private investment will arrive once the state operator makes the transition to a holding of four subsidiaries: the Renfe Viajeros passenger service, Renfe Mercancias (freight), Renfe Fabricacion y Mantenimiento (manufacture and maintenance) and Renfe Alquiler de Material Ferriviario.

This fourth division which is due to be created in April will lease trains to private operators, Pastor explained. These will eventually compete with Renfe both for the passenger and freight service, she confirmed.

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How to close the sale

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LOSING a sale is stressful for most salesmen and women.

Many sales books claim to offer the key to unlocking the secrets of closing a sale. These tend to confuse the reader and make matters worse. Many a grown man loses it when they come to ask for the order.

I was able to reach the close in 30 minutes unless the client asked questions. However, I could not figure out why one sales person was taking up to two hours to explain his product. He couldn’t close.

The best advice I ever received on closing a sale could have been written on the back of my business card.

‘Ask for the order.’

Closing the sale really is that simple, so why make a dog’s breakfast out of it. There is, however, one trick that will substantially increase your success rate when closing.

Clients are as hesitant of making a decision as the salesman is in asking for the

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order. Often a decision to buy will be put off and ditherers have their excuses ready.

Once they say no or that they have to think about it the sale is not going to happen.

Never ever ask outright for

CLOSING: Best to use the ‘either this or that’ method. the order but use instead the ‘either this or that’ close. When asking for an appointment the best approach is to suggest, “I have an hour Monday morning or Wednesday afternoon.

Perhaps an hour in the evening might be better?”

It is difficult to say no to that proposal. The order pad should be on the desk long before you reach this point.

Chasm separates rich and poor THE gulf between Spain’s rich and poor is growing wider.

In January, Spain’s Oxfam-Intermon warned that Spain’s 20 greatest fortunes are worth €77 billion equivalent to the earnings of the country’s poorest 20 per cent.

The following month Fundecas, the Cajas de Ahorro (savings banks) think-tank, drew attention to the northsouth divide between Spain’s richest and poorest regions.

In the third month of the year comes a third alert, this time from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

The effects of the economic crisis on the richest and the poorest 10 per cent are more marked in Spain than in any other OECD member country, the organisation announced recently.

The wealthiest 10 per cent barely noticed Spain’s double dip recession, with a 1 per cent drop in annual earnings between 2007 and 2010. Wages for the poorest 10 per cent fell by 14 per cent a year during the same period.

The OECD report placed Italy’s rich-poor divide as the second-greatest after Spain’s but while its wealthiest 10 per cent also saw incomes fall by 1 per cent, they fell by only 4 per cent each year for the lowest earners.

Spain’s high incomes were 13 times greater in 2010 than the lowest, the OECD found, compared with a 9.4 average. In contrast, the organisation compared the Spanish figures with Iceland’s where the earnings of the richest 10 per cent shrank by an annual 12 per cent and the poorest by 8 per cent.

The OECD did not hesitate to identify the root of Spain’s problem. Public aid is not directed towards those most affected by the crisis, according to the report. “Social spending destined for relatively prosperous families is higher than in most other EU countries,” it claimed.

The same rules apply when asking for the order. Always have an Option B to hand. “I think this plan would best suit your needs but the cheaper plan B is a good deal too.

Which do you prefer?”

That close is also difficult to say no to. I have seen salespersons double and treble their sales simply by using the ‘either this or that’ close.

Wine industry must look abroad to grow THE SPANISH wine industry needs to look abroad if it wants to grow.

That is according to a report by Rabobank called La Mancha in the Middle.

It says that recent EU support programmes have improved the efficiency in Spanish wine production, but oversupply remains an issue.

“While Spain has seen marked improvements in its wine production efficiency as a result of EU subsidies, it still struggles to build penetration in non-EU markets”, states Rabobank analyst, Stephen Rannekleiv.

“In conjunction with grubbing-up subsidies, Spain was also a major recipient of vineyard restructuring funds which

has raised yields and is expected to lead to an increase in wine in the market.

“A pressing concern for many is that much of this increased production is destined for markets already dealing with their own oversupply issues, such as France and Italy.”

While these EU markets will remain important destinations for Spanish bulk wine, the industry must focus efforts on building market demand outside the EU, he added.

Spain will need to build stronger brands in international markets, and adopt a more consumer-driven marketing focus which will require continued improvement of grower and brand owner alignment, said the report.

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How happy are you with your financial situation?

Going under

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FAGOR ELECTRODOMESTICOS failed after months of negotiations to reach agreement with its creditors. The appliances firm has now applied to the San Sebastian (Guipuzcoa) courts to go into liquidation.

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FAMILY: Will bring you a wealth of happiness.

How many rich and famous people have overdosed on drugs or thrown themselves from buildings?

So many! Singer Amy Wine house, fashion designer Alexander McQueen, actor Heath Ledger - it’s not as though these people were out begging on the street, quite the opposite, they had loads of money, but that didn’t seem to mean that they were happy.

A documentary film called ‘Happy’ released in 2011 explores what makes people happy and it discovers that happiness most often comes from experiences that have nothing to do with money.

The film, for example, follows a rickshaw driver from India who lives in the

Are Dashcams legally allowed?

Q. Following on from your article regarding surveillance cameras. I have You and the fitted in my car a ‘Dashcam,’ videoing traffic to the front and rear of my car. I Law in Spain have captured many examples of bad

By David Searl driving, including a large motor-cycle doing a ‘wheelie’ at speed through a red light, a fully loaded coach going through a red light, and cars overtaking on solid white lines. These incidents were recorded onto a memory chip, and transferred to my laptop, which was viewed by friends and family. My aim was to set up a Facebook page to show incidents of bad driving. The images would also be evidence if I am involved in any ‘incident.’ Is any part of the above illegal?

T.H. (Torrevieja) A. Yes, practically all of it is illegal. Spain’s law of data protection is quite strict, as we mentioned. There is no law against having the cameras mounted in your car. However, if you record the images and show them to anyone in any form, you have committed an invasion of privacy under the law and you can be subject to severe fines. Further, these images are not admissible as evidence in court.

The only strictly ‘legal’ cameras are those fitted in some new cars which basically act as expanded rearview mirrors. Many experts feel these Dashcams would be very useful and are opposed to the law as it stands.

Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.

slums and earns a minuscule wage. He has nothing of material value in life, but says he feels like the richest man in the world as he has a son, a lovely family and neighbours.

Meanwhile, another character documented in the film, a successful European banker, leaves

everything to go work as a volunteer in a hospital because he says he wasn’t happy within his rich and successful life.

Wealth can be a vicious circle, where the more one has, the more one wants.

Therefore those that might be considered wealthy aren’t always happy.

THOMAS MEYER, founder of Barcelona clothing chain Desigual, sold a 10 per cent stake in the company to French venture capital firm Eurazeo, owner of Europcar and shareholder in Danone, Accor and Elis.

Shares offer TROUBLED frozen fish company Pescanova has offered creditors up to 65 per cent of the company to try to stave off liquidation.

Most lenders would have to accept losses of between 60 and 90 per cent.

Madrid landmark could go to China’s richest man SANTANDER BANK, owners of Edificio España, hope to sell the iconic Madrid building.

According to El Mundo newspaper, Wang Jianlin, China’s richest man, has offered €260 million for the 1953 tower block that was once Spain’s tallest building.

Wang Jianlin is president and founder of the Dalian Wanda group, a Chinese real estate, hotels, tourism and entertainment conglomerate. He is worth €16.630 billion and showed interest in Edificio España during a recent visit to Spain at the invitation of Atletico de Madrid football club.

The building, which formerly included an hotel, shopping centre, apartments, offices and a rooftop swimming pool, was bought by Santander in 2005 for approximately €389 million. Plans to demolish all but the principal facade and replace the original with luxury flats and shops were later shelved.

Investors from China, Brazil and Mexico are also rumoured to be interested in the 1953 building, sources close to the sale process maintained. No firm offers have been received, they added, and

Luis Garcia

MAYBE it’s the sunshine and nicer warm afternoons we’re experiencing, but as winter turns to spring, isn’t there a general sense of happiness in the air?

According to a report just released, happiness is definitely growing and the reason could be financial insecurity is beginning to abate. This would suggest that money, it seems, might buy happiness, with the report stating that financial security is more important than good health in making people content.

I whole-heartedly agree that financial security does offer peace of mind and in certain terms a sense of happiness, but is a secure financial situation a deciding factor when it comes to a person disposition towards happiness?

BUSINESS EXTRA

EDIFICIO ESPAÑA: A 1953 tower block. prospective buyers are still gathering information. Neither was it impossible that a dearth of tempting offers could persuade Santander to return to its original plan, they said.

OPINION & COMMENT

The little things that mean so much IT is very rare for someone to stand out in such a busy environment as this.

However, I feel you ought to know that you have an outstanding employee within your organisation.

I do not know the name of this gentleman but I am sure you will be able to work out who delivers the newspapers to our school.

There are three things that make this gentleman stand way above all others.

He ALWAYS smiles.

I only had to ask him once to pass me one of the papers and he does this every single time without asking!

He always removes the white plastic strips that keep the papers together. This makes all the difference as people don’t have to struggle with these strips which normally tear the papers.

I shall say to you as I said to the gentleman this morning: at Laude, we all look forward to our Euro Weekly News!

It’s the small things in life that make a huge difference.

Thank you.

Gail Summerfield, Reception/School Secretary Laude San Pedro International College

Movistar moans SHEILA SKINNER is not alone.

My friend returned to England last July. Her internet provider was informed and standing orders cancelled. Unfortunately, at this moment, we do not know when Movistar was informed as I visited her house in September and discovered that the telephone line was still connected. Movistar were then informed by an interpreter so that no-one misunderstood the situation. The line was finally disconnected in October!

In her absence two bills have been received, dated November and December. Our interpreter contacted Movistar again and was told that the number was now allocated to a different person and probably the two

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I WAS very amused when I saw these young men on the beach in Los Boliches, who appeared to be enjoying an evening game of volleyball with the moon.

Colin Smyth, Fuengirola, Malaga.

Big time fraud WELL said Nora Johnson! How refreshing to see an article which tells it like it is, not as most of the media and the current UK government portray it.

It is high time the spotlight was turned on the very wealthy tax evaders/avoiders, also private landlords. They are costing the economy billions more than those on benefits, the majority of whom are in low paid jobs which do not pay a living wage.

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It is also worth noting that only £1 billion of benefits are lost to fraud compared to £70 billion lost through tax evasion/ avoidance.

Thank you Nora, keep up the good work.

M. Brannigan, Vera Playa (Almeria)

Double meaning I’VE just noticed that the Ryvitastyle crispbread that I’ve been enjoying recently as a low calorie substitute for ordinary bread is, in fact, called Knackerbrod.

Now I confess to not having a great knowledge of the Teutonic tongue but I do know that ‘brod’ means bread in English and many German words are similar to ours. So just what have I been eating?

Perplexed, Valencia

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bills should have been sent to him/her. Would she make further contact in 15 days to confirm or otherwise?

Movistar were contacted again but, naturally, a different staff member took the call and said that €25.31 had been credited in error to my friend’s bank account and they (Movistar) tried to reclaim it but the bank had refused.

Movistar stated that the bills were sent direct to my friend’s address as they had no other means of reclaiming any money.

No refund is shown on her bank statement. Our interpreter has now been told that €23.19 should be paid to Movistar but for what and as a result of an error by whom?

P H, Almayate, (Malaga)

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All at sea THE municipal indoor swimming pool in Huercal Overa (Almeria) closed on July 31, 2013 and I read in your newspaper a few weeks ago that the mayor there was hoping to get it reopened very soon.

I was a paid-up member of the pool and used it at least three times a week for therapy after having several bone problems.

There is absolutely nowhere near us that has an indoor pool and goodness knows when, or if ever, the brand new one in Albox will open.

Work restarted on this one two weeks ago and then the Guardia Civil shut the works down. Again, no information anywhere and in the town hall the staff just shrug their shoulders.

Tina Turpie (By email)

Opening date GREAT news about the reopening of Cine Paz in Gata (Alicante). We spent many a good Wednesday evening there.

Have you any more details regarding the opening?

Hopefully they will have a website where we can check the programme.

Ray and Wendy, Alcalali (Alicante)

Unsackable IN ‘Lessons to be learnt’ (Issue 1497) Mr McBride fails to understand the underlying cause of Spain’s high unemployment.

Spain, along with France, has stringent employment regulations which have created an inflexible labour market.

Put another way, Spanish companies cannot lay off employees as easily as UK companies. The French in particular argue that job security is fundamental to safeguarding family life and the social structure of the country.

A legitimate argument, some might say, especially for those already in work but not so good if you are looking for employment.

It means that companies must be absolutely certain of their future prospects before recruiting new staff because of the difficulties of dismissing them should their business take a downturn. Spanish companies are therefore reluctant to take the same risks as they would in the UK and USA. Much is said of freeing up the labour market here but precious little has been achieved.

Ken Bethell, Puerto de Mazarron (Murcia)

On the track IT’S not rocket science and it’s not brain surgery (although it would seem that the latter is needed).

Regarding the vanishing Malaysian airline, two things come to mind.

Why isn’t every aircraft fitted with a small, floatable electronic device (in case it ditches in water) that breaks away and emits a signal that satellites pick up, pinpointing the position of the incident within 50 metres or so?

Secondly, all aircraft are fitted with a device that shows where it is in the sky. What reason should there ever be for it to be disabled by anyone on board the aircraft?

This is a stupendously stupid arrangement and no-one can convince me that it is necessary.

Keith Hallam, Blackpool (UK)

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5:30pm Modern Family 6:00pm Modern Family 6:30pm Modern Family 7:00pm Modern Family 7:30pm Modern Family 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm A League of Their Own 10:00pm Arrow 11:00pm Revolution 12:00am A League of Their Own 1:00am Football's Funniest Moments

3:00am Street Crime UK 3:30am Street Crime UK 4:00am Miami SWAT/Border Invasion USA 5:00am Emergency Abroad

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1:10pm The Hangover Part III 2:55pm 50 First Dates 4:40pm The Cable Guy 6:25pm Without a Paddle 8:10pm Mean Girls 10:00pm The Hangover Part III 11:45pm 50 First Dates 1:30am The Cable Guy

SkyMoviesDrama/ 6:40am Argo: Sky Movies Special 7:00am Struck by Lightning

Cold Mountain (Film, 2003) A wounded soldier escapes the American Civil War to go home to his sweetheart Ada. She's battling to keep their farm going, but her luck changes when she takes in a feisty wanderer.

8:30am Runaway Bride 10:30am Never Been Kissed 12:25pm The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2:35pm Cold Mountain 5:10pm Tootsie 7:10pm Never Been Kissed 9:00pm Million Dollar Baby 11:20pm Cinderella Man

SkyMoviesAction/ 5:40am In the Line of Duty: Smoke Jumpers

BBC4/ 8:00pm David Attenborough's First Life

7:20am This Means War 9:05am Speed 2: Cruise Control 11:15am The Fast and the Furious 1:05pm 2 Fast 2 Furious 3:00pm The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 6:00pm The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 9:00pm The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 12:20am The Fast and the Furious

9:00pm Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History 10:00pm Inspector De Luca 11:50pm Chas and Dave: Last Orders 12:50am Squeeze: Take Me I'm Yours 1:50am Top of the Pops

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7:00am Countryfile 8:00am Gardeners' World 8:30am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am The Big Questions 12:00pm Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 1:30pm Living Famously 2:30pm Foreign Correspondent 4:25pm I Confess 6:00pm Flog It! 7:00pm The Hairy Bikers: Restoration Road Trip 8:00pm Great Barrier Reef 9:00pm Border Country The Story of Britain's Lost Middleland 10:00pm Louis Theroux's LA Stories 11:00pm QI XL 11:45pm Top of the Pops 1977: Big Hits 12:45am War Requiem 2:10am Countryfile 3:10am Holby City 4:10am Silk 5:10am This is BBC Two

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3:45pm Kangaroo Jack 4:45pm FYI Daily 4:50pm Kangaroo Jack 5:35pm Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway 7:00pm Casper 8:00pm FYI Daily 8:05pm Casper 9:00pm Two Weeks Notice 10:00pm FYI Daily 10:05pm Two Weeks Notice 11:00pm The Only Way is Essex 11:50pm Party Wright Around the World 12:50am The Big Reunion 2:20am Mom 2:45am Mom 3:10am The Vampire Diaries 3:50am Teleshopping

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Wilfred (Sitcom) BBC 3 from 1:25am to 1:47am Offbeat comedy series about a man who sees his neighbour's dog Wilfred as a man in a canine costume.

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4:30pm Modern Family 5:00pm Modern Family 5:30pm Modern Family 6:00pm Modern Family 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm Modern Family 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm The Simpsons

9:30pm The Simpsons 10:00pm Hawaii Five-0 11:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00am Miami SWAT/Border Invasion USA

SkyMoviesComedy/ 8:00am Mousehunt 9:45am The Top Ten Show 2014 10:00am Pitch Perfect 12:05pm Scary Movie 3

•Uma Thurman •David Carradine •Lucy Liu •Vivica A. Fox •Daryl Hannah •Michael Madsen

1:40pm Look Who's Talking 3:20pm Look Who's Talking Too 4:50pm Look Who's Talking Now! 6:35pm As Good as It Gets 9:00pm Pitch Perfect 11:00pm Scary Movie 3 12:30am Blazing Saddles 2:10am A Fantastic Fear of Everything 3:55am Look Who's Talking

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (Film, 2003) After waking up from a coma, a female contract killer known only as The Bride (Uma Thurman, pictured) is devastated to learn that she is no longer pregnant with the child she carried before the incident that landed her in hospital.

Switching between flashbacks and the present day, the film follows The Bride's mission for revenge. She escapes from hospital, visits Japan in search of a new sword, and tracks down the people who betrayed her, including their leader Bill (David Carradine).

The highlight of the film takes place in a crowded restaurant in Japan where The Bride is pitted against former partner O-Ren Ishii (Lucy Liu) and her personal army.

SkyMoviesAction/ 9:50am Men in Black 3 11:40am The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2:40pm The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 5:40pm The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 9:00pm Men in Black 3 11:00pm Kill Bill: Vol. 1

SkyMoviesDrama/ 11:00am Under the Tuscan Sun 1:00pm The Oranges 2:40pm My Big Fat Greek Wedding 4:20pm The Top Ten Show 2014 4:35pm Trouble with the Curve 6:30pm Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 9:00pm The Great Gatsby

9:00pm The Review Show

10:00pm The Poet Who Loved the War: Ivor Gurney 11:00pm Mark Lawson Talks to...

12:00am What Do Artists Do All Day? Albert Watson 12:30am Pendle Witch Child 1:30am Time Shift 2:30am Robert Plant: By Myself 3:30am The Genius of Bert Jansch: Folk, Blues and Beyond

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6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Revenge of the Egghead 7:30pm The Voice: Louder on Two 8:00pm Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm Mary Berry Cooks 10:00pm The Plantagenets 11:00pm Rev 11:30pm Newsnight 12:15am Weather 12:20am Louis Theroux's LA Stories Edge of Life.

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7:00am Countdown 7:45am Will and Grace 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss Canada 12:00pm Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm River Cottage Bites 1:10pm Reap the Wild Wind 3:40pm Countdown 4:30pm Deal or No Deal 5:30pm Four in a Bed 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:30pm Nigel Farage: Who are You? 9:30pm Shop Secrets: Tricks of the Trade 10:00pm One Born Every Minute 11:00pm Our Gay Wedding: The Musical 12:05am Gogglebox 1:10am Random Acts 1:15am Little Children 3:30am Hostages 4:15am The Good Wife 5:05am Kirstie's Handmade Treasures

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9:00pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Mom 10:30pm Mom 11:00pm American Pie Presents Band Camp 12:00am FYI Daily 12:05am American Pie Presents Band Camp 12:55am Two and a Half Men 1:55am Dads 2:20am Dads 2:45am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA

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3:00pm All Aboard: East Coast Trains 4:00pm The Middle 4:30pm The Middle 5:00pm Futurama 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Modern Family 7:30pm The Simpsons 9:30pm Modern Family 10:00pm Modern Family

10:30pm About a Boy 11:00pm Stella 12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles

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SkyMoviesDrama/ 9:10am The Lucky One

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Biographical drama.

10:55am Dangerous Liaisons 1:00pm First Night 3:00pm Walk the Line 5:20pm Hyde Park on Hudson 7:00pm Ask the Dust 9:00pm The Break-Up 11:00pm Before Midnight 12:50am Dangerous Liaisons

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BBC3/ 8:00pm The Women's Football Show 8:30pm Would I Lie to You? 9:00pm Junior Paramedics 10:00pm Life and Death Row 11:00pm Growing Up Down's 12:00am Family Guy 12:23am Family Guy 12:46am Family Guy 1:10am Life and Death Row 2:10am Kris: Dying to Live 3:05am Impractical Jokers 3:35am Fuzzbox 4:00am Life and Death Row

Would I Lie to You? (Quiz Show) BBC 3 from 8:30pm to 9:00pm Comedy panel show in which team mates must remain pokerfaced while revealing personal stories previously known only to their closest confidantes, being put through their paces in a quickfire lies round, and explaining their real or invented relationship with a mystery studio guest - all with the ultimate aim of discerning the truth from the fiction.

BBC4/ 8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys

9:00pm Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home

9:00am The Scorpion King 10:40am Assault on Precinct 13 12:40pm Fast and Furious 6 2:55pm Lethal Weapon 3 5:00pm The Jewel of the Nile 7:00pm Assault on Precinct 13 9:00pm Fast and Furious 6 11:15pm Lethal Weapon 3 1:20am The Man with the Iron Fists

10:00pm Mission to Mars: A Horizon Special 11:00pm Storyville 12:15am Fossil Wonderlands: Nature's Hidden Treasures 1:15am The Walshes 1:45am Brushing Up on...

2:15am Great British Railway Journeys 2:45am Mission to Mars: A Horizon Special 3:45am Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home

OPINION & COMMENT LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT

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DO get fed up with people telling me I’m merely being paranoid when I discuss the decline of the UK and its society.

These people (and I’m delighted to say there are now far fewer than in the past!) seem to forget, that in my dual role as a working entertainer and columnist, I speak and am contacted by a tremendous number of so called ‘ordinary folk,’ from all walks of British life. I can tell you quite categorically, they are all now totally peed off with what is happening to our once great country.

They are sick of the leniency shown toward criminals, they are sick of the laws and ‘human rights’ favouring ethnic and other minorities. They are sick of the ghettos, embedded like cancerous tumours in most of their great cities. They are sick of piddling bureaucrats.

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Because you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you...

IN DECLINE: The attitude of the British public is changing.

They are sick of being ruled by decisions made in other countries and they are heartily sick of Islamic bigots who seem to be able to get away with just about anything.

The tolerant mood of the British public is undoubtedly changing.

People are

beginning to speak out. Most have been quiet up to now; almost afraid to air their views in case of being accused of bigotry or racism. Well no more.

And why shouldn’t they, when the ranting of their enemies (and believe me, they

are enemies) are not only allowed to be aired just about anywhere, but even when they contain blatant, hate provoking anti-British rhetoric, are punished by a mere slap on the wrist?

If that level of incitement was aired in public by a member of the BNP they would be undoubtedly thrown in jail. In my cabaret spot, I have a couple of fairly light digs at the ‘changing face’ of Britain.

When I first used the remarks they were met mainly by an almost fearful silence. As time went on the odd chuckle was the result. Over a period the chuckles turned into unchecked laughter. The same remarks are now greeted not only by laughter, but often applause.

A more accurate barometer for the changing attitude of the British public would be hard to imagine. I think one of the reasons for the disquiet is because, even with Cameron’s declarations, not much has changed. I suggest Dave and the team start speeding up the instigation of a few of their election promises, before a thoroughly fed up British public begin to take to the streets.

If that happens then the prophecies of Enoch Powel may finally come to pass, coupled with finding Mr Farage and colleagues posing on the steps of number 10!

Have a good week. Try to lend a helping hand. and whatever ya do. Always keep the faith Love Leapy.

Leapylee2002@gmail.com

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7:00am Countdown 7:45am Will and Grace 8:10am Will and Grace 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:05am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss Canada 12:00pm Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not 1:10pm The Cowboys 3:40pm Countdown 4:30pm Deal or No Deal 5:30pm Four in a Bed 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Kirstie's Best of Both Worlds 10:00pm New Worlds 11:10pm 8 Out of 10 Cats 11:55pm Alan Carr: Chatty Man 12:55am Random Acts 1:00am Pokerstars.Com EPT London 2:05am KOTV Boxing Weekly 2:30am Transworld Sport 3:25am Mobil 1 The Grid 3:50am Garmin Arenacross 4:15am Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge

7:00am Emmerdale 7:25am Coronation Street 7:55am Coronation Street 8:25am You've Been Framed!

8:45am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 9:30am Dinner Date 10:30am The Real Housewives of Atlanta 11:30am The Real Housewives of New Jersey 12:30pm The Millionaire Matchmaker 1:30pm Emmerdale 2:00pm Coronation Street 2:30pm Coronation Street 3:00pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:05pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:10pm The Real Housewives of New Jersey 6:05pm The Millionaire Matchmaker 7:00pm Dinner Date 8:00pm You've Been Framed!

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9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm The Vampire Diaries 11:00pm Celebrity Juice 11:50pm American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile 12:50am FYI Daily 12:55am American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile 1:55am Two and a Half Men 2:20am Two and a Half Men

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9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Hair 11:00pm Killer Magic 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am Hair 2:10am Killer Magic 2:40am Life and Death Row 3:40am C-Bomb 4:00am Hair

Don't Tell the Bride (Reality Show) BBC 3 from 9:00pm to 10:00pm Series in which the groom must choose every detail of his upcoming nuptials, from venue to cake to wedding dress.

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6:30pm Modern Family 7:00pm Modern Family 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Disney's Greatest Moments 11:00pm Hawaii Five-0 12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00am The Smoke 2:00am About a Boy 2:30am Hawaii Five-0 3:20am Hawaii Five-0 4:10am NCIS: Los Angeles 5:00am All Aboard: East Coast Trains

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4:45am Hero 6:30am Captain America: The Winter Soldier Special 7:00am The Marine: Homefront 8:40am The Karate Kid 10:50am 12 Rounds 2: Reloaded 12:35pm Battleship 2:50pm The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 4:40pm The Mummy 6:50pm The Karate Kid 9:00pm Battleship 11:15pm The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Geeky high schooler Napoleon fancies quiet Deb but can't ask her to the prom. His brother Kip has an online relationship and dreams of being a cage fighter, while his uncle Rico is more interested in his mailorder timetravel machine.

1:05am Hammer of the Gods 2:50am A Man Apart 4:45am Resident Evil: Apocalypse

SkyMoviesDrama/ 5:20am Fun in Acapulco 7:00am East of Eden 9:00am Trouble with the Curve: Sky Movies Special 9:20am Borrowed Time 11:00am Runaway Bride 1:00pm Go for It! 2:40pm Philadelphia 4:50pm Oka! 6:45pm The Top Ten Show 2014 7:00pm Runaway Bride

9:00pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:30pm Weird Nature

10:00pm Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain

9:00pm 13 Going on 30 10:45pm The Four Feathers 1:05am Permanent Record

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11:00pm The First World War 11:50pm Could We Survive a Mega-Tsunami?

12:50am Time Shift 1:50am Madness in the Desert: Paris to Dakar Rally 2:50am Weird Nature 3:20am Weird Nature 3:50am Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain

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As another new season begins, enjoy it before the circus comes to town again NOTARIM/FLICKR

Ulrica Marshall

Expat Strife Swedish-born Ulrica is a freelance journalist living in Mallorca with her family. Her debut novel $Expat Wives is available on Amazon and iBooks.

To comment on any of the issues raised in Ulrica’s column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/columnists/ulrica-marshall

ulrica@euroweeklynews.com

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T’S that time of year again. The sun is starting to warm enough to expose some bare skin, beaches are slowly becoming populated by more than dog walkers, while rural roads are becoming practically impassable as cyclists in their skintight gear ride four in a row.

It is, of course, the start of the tourist season again.

While I appreciate that this is, on the whole, a good thing for the communities that we live in, it is with some trepidation that some of us hand over the mantle of those

BEACHES: Not so beautiful in the summer months. beautiful beaches, rugged landscapes and city streets to the hoards of holidaymakers that are about to descend over the coming months.

The usual errand sprint around town becomes painfully slow as aimless, map-wielding crowds block

my race pace, that is if I manage to find somewhere to park in the first place.

Even if I can zip past them, the touts will be out in force with all those designer knockoffs that last about two minutes and will probably get seized in customs on the

unsuspecting tourist’s return journey. Then there are those chirpy restaurant people who attempt to persuade you to eat or drink in their establishment, practically blocking your path and mistaking lewd comments for an appropriate marketing campaign.

Sadly, none of us need a crystal ball to foretell the summer’s newspaper headlines; more balconing death falls, more destruction of property by the drunken and disorderly and Magaluf becomes officially reclassified as a zoo.

It’s enough to make you nostalgic for ‘las calmas de enero’ (a meteorological expression but seems fitting in this context, too). The calm before the storm.

Of course, you can’t judge all tourists by the same yardstick, many are delightful - in

fact, most of my friends and family spend their holidays on these southern shores.

Tourism accounted for nearly 11 per cent of Spain’s economic output in 2012, a figure which rises dramatically in the coastal and island regions, and provides more than 900,000 jobs.

In 2013 Spain had 60.6 million international visitors and hoteliers are reporting good bookings for 2014.

So it might be worth taking the opportunity now, while there is still time and a quiet spot on the beach, to enjoy the best of what our adopted home country has to offer.

Enjoy those quiet walks in the hills, get a same day reservation at your favourite restaurant and go see a concert or other performance.

Do it soon - before the circus comes to town again.

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Times have changed Cassandra Nash

A weekly look and not entirely impartial reaction - to the Spanish political scene

ARE they still at it? A Guardia Civil lieutenant colonel organised a luncheon at the Valdemoro barracks (Madrid) last February.

His 81-year-old father, a former Guardia Civil lieutenant colonel, attended with several contemporaries.

So far, so normal: what might be regarded as an old farts reunion. But the surname of son and father was Tejero and the older man was a conspirator behind the failed coup d’état of February 1981 who later served 15 years of a 30-year prison term.

Other plotters were allegedly present but Tejero Jr gave orders not to register guests’ name although one emerged, that of Capt Jesus Muñecas Aguilar.

Now 77, he told the invaded parliament chamber to await the arrival of “the competent military authority” and later spent five years in prison.

The younger Tejero has been

removed from his post by the Ministry of the Interior and the Guardia Civil, whose upper reaches were unaware of the luncheon, described it as “inadmissible.”

Whoever gave the game way must have been a Guardia Civil insider. That’s something that would never have happened 33 years ago.

Squaring up for a fight SELECTING the Partido Popular’s party presidents in Andalucia and the Basque region became a wrist-wrestling match between Soraya Saenz de Santamaria and Dolores de Cospedal.

Saenz de Santamaria is vice-president of the national government and De Cospedal who is the PP’s national secretary general is also regional president of Castilla-La Mancha.

Splitting power between rivals in this way is the type of solomonic solution that president Mariano Rajoy is comfortable with, but another struggle is in the offing.

Decisions must be made regarding the candidates for Madrid mayor and Madrid regional president in the 2015 municipal and regional elections. Neither woman has yet made a move but as they say,

“you ain’t seen nothing yet.”

Dues and views LUIS ORTEGA ALVAREZ, a Constitutional Tribunal (TC) judge believes that political affiliation in judges should be prevented by law.

He was referring to Francisco Perez de los Cobos, another TC judge who was formerly a paid-up member of the PP, but the argument has a specious echo.

Paying party dues might demonstrate commitment, but political inclinations don’t change just because a subscription has been cancelled.

ALBERTO RUIZGALLARDON: Pardoned 10 employees found guilty of corruption.

OPINION & COMMENT

Sleight of hand ALBERTO RUIZ-GALLARDON, minister of Justice, was considered something of a liberal until he became Minister of Justice.

Possibly he had a road to Damascus moment that led him into a cul-de-sac but at least he makes a convenient whipping-boy for the government.

Rejection of his abortion reform plans does not abate but RuizGallardon could be using an old conjuring ploy, because while everyone is talking about abortion they’re not looking elsewhere.

So not many people noticed that between 2012 and 2013 the minister pardoned 10 public administration employees found guilty of corruption. Nice piece of sleight of hand.

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Not so tasty and definitely not a treat Michelle Obama said on a recent health food talk show that she didn’t like Brussels sprouts and liver as a child, saying that any

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ANJA VAN KOOTEN, aged 43, from Formentera (Alicante) agreed with Michelle Obama: “I don’t like Brussels sprouts, they’re smelly.”

She believes that while tastes do often change from childhood into adulthood, she still doesn’t like them even as an adult.

She isn’t a fan of Spain’s national dish either: “I dislike paella, the rice is just too mushy.”

Steve Cambridge was out enjoying a beer on the terrace of a local bar in Mijas Costa (Malaga) where he talked about his childhood hatred for tomatoes.

“When I was a kid you couldn’t bribe me with enough money, candy or toys to get me to eat tomatoes. It was the weirdest thing

day liver showed up on her plate was a ‘dark day’ at her house. What were the foods growing up that made your stomach turn?

As an adult, have you encountered anything here in Spain that you’d just as soon avoid?

Perks, from La Marina, wouldn’t eat them as youngsters.

Kath said it was really only when she came to Spain 12 because now I love them, years ago that she started they might be the one eating liver: “I wouldn’t vegetable I wouldn’t want even cook it before, but I to go without.” think now I’ve found a He has been in Spain for recipe I like.” five years and hasn’t found She also has never much he doesn’t like, drank milk since she was “except rabo de 10 years old and isn’t a fan toro (bull’s tail). of popular Spanish tapas I know they dish, calamares. make it in a Shirley isn’t a fan of nice sauce but seafood either: “I’ve never the idea of SAME WAVELENGTH: (from left) Annette, Shirl really been that keen on eating a tail ey and Kath. seafood.” makes me Their friend Annette unable to enjoy it. I guess it’s just psychological.”

Three lovely ladies enjoying the Reid, who is visiting from Tamworth, afternoon sun in Benimar (Alicante) Staffordshire, has a different dislike: all share one thing in common with “I hate tea. I would no more drink tea STEVE CAMBRIDGE: His the First Lady: They all disliked now than fly to the moon, I’ve hated main dislike in Spain is sprouts and liver when they were it since I was about three or four. It makes me come out in goosebumps children. ‘rabo de toro.’

Kath Langstaff and Shirley just thinking about it!”

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Mercadona government buy-out A tongue in cheek look at a state run supermarket...

Mike Walsh Mike Walsh. Based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.

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ERCADONA’S 1,470chain of supermarkets is now Forbes listed. Its president, Juan Roig, is Spain’s fourth richest man and the chain is said to carry a €3.47 billion price tag.

Curious, I wondered how the chain would fare if brought under public control. Will we still have an appetite for Mercadona...

“My day didn’t get off to a promising start.

The entrance to the store’s car park is now accessible by a security barrier for which one needs an online purchased token.

A kindly motorist, having decided to shop elsewhere, came to my rescue by offering his token.

Car spaces nearest the supermarket’s doors were reserved for staff but street parking is available.

What was to follow gave me much food for thought. Having waited patiently in a queue, uniformed staff enquired if I had a ticket. It appeared necessary to make an appointment to shop.

Being my lucky day I was offered a slot by a customer who, having to pick the kids up, offered me her ticket. I could now shop.

Having used the store when privately owned I recall it was efficiently managed by about 10 friendly staff. No longer the case.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained I queued for my trolley.

First a little paperwork to be dealt with. There was a fee to be paid, a trip to the bank and production of an ST1R bank receipt in duplicate. I get to keep a copy.

Proof of identity was required for which thankfully I had my NIE, padron and driving licence plus duplicate photo-copies.

Finally free to roam the overstaffed aisles I smiled at an elderly lady with large melons.

“This is expensive.” I smiled as I held my cucumber up for her to see.

“Oh yes. They were 85c but are now €3.95. If you want a receipt it is extra.”

“Nuts,” I replied.

“They are over there.”

“No, I mean they are nuts. How do they justify such an increase in price?”

“Everything has quadrupled in price,” she smiled. “The government bought the store at four times its value. Extending it by 200 metres, they sub-let the car park and built new access toll roads. There are several suboffices. Then there is the security

screening and the quadrupling of staff. It all adds up you know,” she smiled resignedly.

Having made fewer purchases than usual I was to learn that one does not choose a checkout. A desk operative, one of several, checks your purchases and then directs you to the caja point.

Each of the store’s

SHOPPING TROLLEY: Do you have proof of ID ready?

10 check-outs were manned by staff who appeared bored, demotivated and in one or two cases hostile. Asking why, the teller told me she didn’t like the job but took it on because it was impossible to fire her. A relative had got her the position.

Yes, it all makes sense now.”

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Scared to be happy

PSYCHOLOGISTS say that millions of people actively avoid feeling happy because they think it will tempt fate and lead to unhappiness.

Researchers from New Zealand’s Victoria University of Wellington, said they found that many people fear that being happy also makes them seem selfish, boring or shallow.

The study also looked at cultural differences. In America, happiness is one of the most important values guiding people’s lives. Western cultures are more driven by an urge to maximise happiness and minimise sadness, but in Eastern cultures, it was found that many avoided showing happiness.

Chocolate pill to be used in trials CHOCOLATE pills are to be tested to see if they can help prevent heart attacks and strokes.

Cocoa flavanols have already shown to improve blood pressure and cholesterol levels, but the benefit of flavanols are usually destroyed in the processing of making chocolate. However, now manufacturers have found a way to extract the nutritional benefits of cocoa and are ready to test their benefits.

Previous studies have suggested that cocoa flavanols could help dementia sufferers.

A study of 18,000 people will be carried out. Participants will get dummy pills or two capsules a day of cocoa

COCOA BENEFIT: Could be healthy. flavanols for four years and the results analysed and neither they nor the study leaders will know who is taking what during the study.

Reasons behind bad breath

BAD breath is estimated to affect half the population at some point and is usually caused by an excess of bacteria in the mouth.

Normally, simple brushing and good oral hygiene can alleviate the problem, but bad breath can also be a result and sign of other conditions: Too much stress.

When stressed the nervous system kicks in and the production of saliva stops, making the mouth dry which can make bad breath worse.

Saliva stones. Another cause of bad breath are saliva stones blocking the salivary glands which form when food debris reacts with chemicals in the saliva, crystallising in to a stone.

Bacterial infection.

Any bacterial infection of the nose, mouth or throat, can lead to bad breath.

Certain rare cancer cells also have an odour and are more easily infected than ordinary cells so when they occur in the nose, throat, tonsils or larynx it can smell when breathing out.

Mouthwash. People use mouthwash assuming it will freshen breath, but some containing alcohol can do the opposite as it dries the mouth out making bad breath worse.

Eating too much protein. Lots of protein can result in bad breath which is a well known side effect of low-carb diet the Atkins diet.

Smallest pacemaker THE Hospital Clínic of Barcelona has implanted the smallest pacemaker in the world.

The pacemaker is around the size of a one euro coin and is a new device that, without wires, allows a minimally invasive implant.

The new pacemaker has an estimated useful life of 10 years.

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Can’t fall asleep ACCORDING to the Spanish Society of Neurology (SEN) between 20 and 48 per cent of the adult population suffers from sleeping difficulties; either struggling to initially fall asleep or maintaining their sleep pattern.

The SEN believes that 10 per cent of cases are due to a disorder of chronic and severe sleep, a figure that could even be greater due to the high number of patients which are undiagnosed.

The most frequent sleep disorder is insomnia (20-30 per cent) followed by restless legs syndrome affecting approximately 5 per cent of the population and sleep apnea (2-4 per cent).

SEN say that when adequate sleep is not achieved by some kind of disorder, it not only affects a person’s intellectual capacity and performance, but increases the risk of hypertension and the likelihood of developing other diseases such as Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s (between 42 and 98 per cent of Parkinson’s patients and 25 per cent of Alzheimer’s patients suffer sleep disorders).

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in history 1905: Fingerprints are first used to solve a high-profile murder case in South London.

1939: The Spanish Civil war ends with Republicans raising the white flag over Madrid, putting Nationalist dictator Franco in power.

1957: The BBC pulls the ultimate April Fool joke with its spoof spaghetti crop documentary.

1959: The Dalai Lama escapes through the Himalayas from Tibet to India on foot in the face of Chinese crackdown in Lhasa.

1973: US troops begin their withdrawal from Vietnam as Hanoi releases the last US prisoners of war, two months after the Vietnam peace treaty was signed.

1973: Marlon Brando declines Oscar award for his performance in The Godfather in protest at Hollywood’s portrayal of Native Americans in films.

1977: Two charter 747 jumbo jets collide on the Canary Islands airport runway, killing 582 passengers and crew members.

1979: A nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island overheats, leading to America’s most serious nuclear accident.

1981: US president Ronald Reagan is shot by a lone gunmen in Washington, DC, sending shockwaves through the country.

1982: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands, a cause of friction between Argentina and Britain since being claimed by the latter in 1833.

1989: Millions of Russian voters cast their ballots in parliamentary elections in their first chance to vote for non-official communist leaders.

1990: Anti-poll tax demonstrations in London turn into the worst riots in a century.

1991: The jury in the Hillsborough disaster in which 95 football fans were crushed to death returns a verdict of accidental death.

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Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.

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UK THUNDERBALL

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LUCKY STARS

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REINTEGRO

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ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Your efforts to get your message across might be best delayed for seven days. Fickle Venus and flighty Mercury will cross swords with other planets, so keep your ideas and emotions grounded. Take nothing for granted on Tuesday, and don't agree to anything without the facts.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) You will see the advantage of working towards a new location, or even a specific makeover for your domestic scene. Either way, wait for a further green light, especially where money’s concerned. Monday and Thursday are delicate days, so play it cool.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Refuse to be miffed by whatever disagreements or difficulties clutter your world. The sooner you get on with things, the better for your peace of mind. Even this week's affrays and dismays are simply passing clouds. Put yourself first, and things will start to change. There’s no telling what might occur, especially if you explore new options.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Move forward on this week’s positive waves of optimism. Treat yourself, but don’t over-indulge your temptations. The planets aren’t dancing to all your wants and desires. If certain situations or individuals seem complicated, wait until the dust settles, then follow your hunches.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) There's a saying that if it doesn’t rain, it pours, so keep an umbrella of humour to hand. April is around the corner, and with it, a much happier trend for your workaday, social and financial prospects. Strive through this showery emotional week, and the sunshine will surely follow. Meanwhile, focus on the now.

March 30: Eric Clapton, 68.

Musician. Member of Cream he was ranked second greatest guitar player of all time. He collaborated with Bob Dylan on the 1976 album No Reason to Cry.

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SEARED

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WEAKLY (10)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Rigged, 2 Rugged, 3 Arrive, 4 Streak, 5 Grease, 6 Rental, 7 Swayed, 8 Invert, 9 Slayer, 10 Waving, 11 Dining, 12 Meager, 13 Dinner, 14 Farmer, 15 Sender, 16 Seized, 17 Others, 18 Waters, 19 Worthy

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March 29: Eric Idle, 70.

Comedian. An original member of the innovative Monty Python comedy troupe. He sang 'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life' at the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony.

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March 27: Nathan Fillion, 42.

Actor. Best known for his ongoing role in Castle he also had a small part in the award winning film Saving Private Ryan.

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TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Don’t jump from one financial frying pan into another. Take it easy on all fronts, especially where your money, emotions and other people's moods are at odds with your ideas. There will be more than one good reason to compromise a little.

IF IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK: Important things are signalled by the stars. There are gains to be made in many different areas. Just keep believing things will work out for the best for you and they will.

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March 28: Duquesa de Alba. Aristocrat.

Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva is the 18th Duchess of Alba de Tormes.

Best known for her outspoken attitude, she is the third woman to carry the title in her own right.

According to Guinness World Records she has more recognised titles than any other noble in the world.

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LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Scanning the rest of the starsigns, you’ll see that you have many things in common this week: challenging influences at work and play, and during other clogging capers. Unexpected events, finances, or the usual everyday frustrations could pile on the pressure.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) The full moon in your own sign is a powerful ally against this week’s planetary fracas. Speak from the heart and reject any ambiguous emotional games. It's the only way to clear the air and truly know where you're heading.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) You’re not the only member of the zodiac who’ll have to toughen up. It’ll pay you to chill on Tuesday, be patient on Wednesday, and put your potent insights into orbit throughout the weekend. Although certain set arrangements are liable to veer off track, some discussions and shared commitments are slowly but firmly improving.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) There’s a financial theme to many of your plans and ideas. Above all, spend with care and examine all offers carefully. Rely on your sixth sense, especially where close-to-you matters are concerned. Give more thought to what you hope to have achieved in 12 months from now. Be patient, especially over personal stresses and strains.

March 31: Ewan McGregor, 42.

Movie actor. Best known for his role in the Star Wars prequel trilogy he also starred in British classic Trainspotting.

April 1: Susan Boyle, 52.

Singer.

Gained worldwide recognition after singing ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ during an audition for Britain’s Got Talent.

April 2: Linford Christie, 53.

Olympian.

British runner and Olympic gold medallist in the 100 metres at the 1992 Barcelona games.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Your emotions, extra expenses and other domestic pressures are on the boil. Put off major decisions until next week. Meanwhile, loosen up, walk into some creative space, and if necessary, talk to someone who understands your ups and downs. There are good things waiting to happen, so refuse to lose your nerve.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) It’s both a vertical and horizontal week. What goes right somewhere could easily go wrong elsewhere.

Sensitive Venus conspires with touchy Mars to trigger tensions and troubles. If you're aware of where others are coming from, you'll be fine. You’ll have fun, but don't let your spending splurges rule your head on Wednesday or Saturday.

FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY 1. By what stage name was the British teen idol, singer and actor, who was born in Acton in June 1940 and originally named Terence ‘Terry’ Nelhams-Wright, better known?

2. In which Indian city did Mother Theresa found her famous Mission of Charity in October 1950?

3. Manchester United in 1908 and Liverpool in 2001, were the first and last winners, respectively, of which annual football trophy?

4. To what did John II of Portugal rename the mountainous promontory south of Cape Town, South Africa, near the southern extremity of Africa, originally known as the Cape of Storms (Cabo das Tormentas)?

5. Which Antiguan-born, British boxer won the world (WBC) light-middleweight boxing title in March 1979, knocking out the champion Rocky Mattioli in Sanremo, Italy in the ninth round?

6. Which cone geyser located in Wyoming, in Yellowstone National Park, is one of the most predictable geographical features on Earth, erupting almost every 91 minutes?

7. Which Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields musical, first produced on Broadway in 1966, features the songs Big Spender, If My Friends Could See Me Now and The Rhythm of Life?

8. Which famous comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, dancer and author, who appeared on Broadway, in vaudeville, movies, television and on the radio, was born in Eltham on May 29, 1903?

Nonagram 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 B) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

TARGET: Average: 18 Good: 23 Very good: 33 Excellent: 40

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION peer, peri, pier, pore, prof, prow, ripe, rope, weep, wipe, power, prier, prior, repro, riper, roper, wiper, prefer, ropier, FIREPOWER

Word Ladder NEAR

EAST

Move from the start word (NEAR) to the end word (EAST) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder.

You must only change one letter at a time.

NEAR NEAT NEST VEST VAST EAST

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1. ADAM FAITH, 2. CALCUTTA, 3. CHARITY SHIELD, 4. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE (Cabo da Boa Esperança), 5. MAURICE HOPE, 6. OLD FAITHFUL, 7. SWEET CHARITY, 8. BOB HOPE.

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

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Funagram Unscramble the name of an English comedy writer, journalist, radio DJ and screenwriter: DRAB KENYAN

Across 1 Discourage a lie down and a shower (8) 4 I’m in the French fruit tree (4) 7 Vocalise about large arm support (5) 9 Inflexible outfit I associated with duke (5) 11 The Middle East is the subject (5) 12 Gets a glimpse of what they confiscate, so we hear (5) 13 Are red letters less cheap? (6) 15 Old Bob Power runs around and turns away (6) 19 Girth control methods? (5) 21 Crown found in a Croatia railway station (5) 23 Nowadays a small party will improvise (2-3) 24 Glen I destroyed in Scotland (5) 25 Stinging wild rose (4) 26 Prepare a fashion for a comeback (8)

Unscramble the name of a well-known colourful butterfly (two words): MARRIED LAD FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: DANNY BAKER, RED ADMIRAL

Play on Words

LY LIKE ultimately grows old (4) 8 Birds initially get eaten every Sunday evening (5) 10 More ironic machine (5) 14 Declare Nagasaki includes a sports venue (5) 16 Lack of fighting sounds like a scrap

(5) 17 Organised a miners’ conference (7) 18 Well established place for horse (6) 19 Europeans’ odd sedan (5) 20 Exchanged head of state, elderly (4) 22 Point of view for fish (5)

Code Breaker

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 23 represents J and 16 represents Y, so fill in J every time the figure 23 appears and Y every time the figure 16 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.

Across 1 Juicy fruit (5) 3 Give a benediction to (5) 7 Staying power (7) 9 Monarch (5) 10 Additional (5) 11 Special loved one (7) 12 Make unhappy (6) 14 Sports attire (6) 18 Bugs (7) 20 Gain knowledge (5) 22 Cause to smile (5) 23 Raise to higher position (7) 24 Additional payment (5) 25 Closely packed (5)

Down 1 Own (7) 2 Separated from (5) 3 Cognac (6) 4 Mistake (5) 5 Enlisted man (7) 6 Shoulder gesture (5) 8 Very angry (5) 13 Interrupt (7) 15 Divide by two (5) 16 Open and genuine (7) 17 Strengths (6) 18 European country (5) 19 Dirt free (5) 21 Once more (5)

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

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Down 1 The side in red lived (7) 2 Arranged satin for a loved one (5) 3 Is Shakespearian king returning to this country? (6) 5 The First Lady touring Oklahoma will awaken memories (5) 6 In America, doing these crosswords,

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS Across: 1 Thatch, 5 Pagans, 8 Olga, 9 Awakened, 10 Majestic, 11 Keen, 12 Blast, 14 Inner, 18 Vile, 20 Aberdeen, 22 Penitent, 23 Adam, 24 Weight, 25 Start.

Down: 2 Holdall, 3 Trade, 4 Hearth, 5 Plaice, 6 Gherkin, 7 Niece, 13 Seeking, 15 Elegant, 16 Parent, 17 Depths, 19 Irene, 21 Drama.

QUICK Across: 1 Scream, 4 Scrimp, 9 Let, 10 Overawe, 11 Mundane, 12 Solve, 13 Fetch, 15 Scope, 20 Again, 22 Eclairs, 24 Useless, 25 Ape, 26 Sweden, 27 Friend.

Across 1 To sew (5) 4 Century (5) 7 Todo (en su totalidad) (3) 8 Breath (respiration) (7) 9 Faja (de tela) (4) 10 Tornillos (en punta) (6) 14 Quizás (7) 16 Garlic (3) 17 Bee (5) 18 Estrellas (5)

Down 1 Cangrejos (de mar) (5) 2 Rebajas (5) 3 Royal (4) 4 Maletas (para equipaje) (9) 5 Pistola (arma) (3) 6 Gold (metal, commodity, currency) (3) 11 Stage (of a journey) (5) 12 Zapatos (5) 13 House (4) 14 Guisante (3) 15 Laughs (3)

Down: 1 Solemn, 2 Retinue, 3 Aroma, 5 Classic, 6 Ideal, 7 Pamper, 8 Level, 14 Convene, 16 Private, 17 Caress, 18 Repel, 19 Ascend, 21 Amuse, 23 Loser.

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Aula, 3 Bache, 8 Mariposas, 9 Mosca, 10 Ancla, 12 Respuesta, 14 Alley, 15 Onda.

Down: 1 Alfombra, 2 Lambs, 4 Applause, 5 His, 6 Treasure, 7 Escarcha, 11 Chain, 13 Sol.

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WITH 1,093 patents to his name, Thomas Edison is perhaps the most prolific inventor ever. His Menlo Park, New Jersey ‘Invention Factory’ could, he boasted, invent something minor every 10 days and a ‘Big Trick’ every six months. Here are Edison’s 10 best ‘Big Tricks’: 1. Phonograph: Also known as the gramophone, this amazing invention, from 1877, allowed for the recording and reproduction of audible sounds. The cylinders were made first of paraffin paper and later of metallic foil.

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2. Durable light bulb (40 hours): He did not invent the light bulb, as is popularly thought but did come up with a commercially viable version of it with improved durable incandescent material, a better vacuum and a filament material of higher resistance.

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When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan one girl spoke out and refused to be silenced on the subject of her right to an education.

It begins with her drive home from school on Tuesday 9 October, 2012 the day she

5. Carbon microphone: Also known as the button microphone this transducer converts sound to an electrical audio signal. It is made of two metal plates separated by grains of carbon which change the electrical resistance producing sound waves.

Just Joking What happened when the butcher backed into his meat grinder?

He got a little behind in his work!

I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.

9. Kinematograph (motion picture camera): Edison wanted to make ‘an instrument that does for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear.’ This was later improved on by the Lumiere brothers Louis and Auguste.

encourages his daughter to fight for her right to an education.

10. Kinetoscope (peep hole viewer): This is an early motion picture device designed to allow one individual at a time to see stop-and-go film movement. It was not a projector, but was the forerunner of what would become the industry standard.

PHONOGRAPH: An amazing invention.

4. Alkaline battery: Edison discovered an alkaline solution which produced a longer-lasting battery - he was, originally, experimenting with an iron and nickel battery.

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was shot in the head at point blank range.

Rather than discouraging her from the fight she went on to speak at the United Nations in New York. By the age of 16 she had become a global symbol of peaceful protest for women’s education and the youngest ever nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize.

I am Malala is a remarkable story of a family displaced by terrorism and a father who

images of the internal structures of a patient.

8. Stock ticker printer: Edison improved telegraphy technology to make a Universal Stock Printer which was faster than the existent version.

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Electrical Vote Recorder Quadruplex: This device allowed voters to press a button for ‘yes’ or ‘no’ instead of ticking a box on a piece of paper.

Washington politicians were not interested in the device and the invention was not a success.

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6. Electricity distribution system: This is the final stage in the delivery of electricity to end users carrying electricity from the transmission system at the power plant and delivering it to consumer’s houses.

7. First commercial fluoroscope: This is an imaging technique that uses X-rays to get real time moving

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

Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules?

The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’. They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms.

No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice.

No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

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Average: 12 Good: 15 Very good: 21 Excellent: 26

SCORING: 4 letters: 1 point • 5 letters: 2 points 6 letters: 3 points • 7 letters: 4 points 8 or more letters: 11 points

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION tans, twos, awns, awol, atop, nose, noose, want, wand, wands, wont, woos, tons, town, towns, tows, tops, snag, snow, snot, snoop, swat, swag, swan, swoop, swop, sown, soon, soot, spot, spoon, spool, owns, oops, lows, lose, loose, loop, loops, lops, pond, ponds, pose, plow, plows, plot, pool

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WINE drinkers must be tempted

BULLS with human faces instead of labels, black bottles with just a large white number on them; these are just some of the marketing techniques being used by the wine company Vintae - one of the more modern Spanish vintners.

Vintae are also one of the companies responsible for the proliferation of web points of sale, wine blogs, social networking sites dedicated to wine, designer labels and modern bottles.

Ricardo Arambarri, the face of Vintae and a native of Rioja, comments that the

industry has undergone many changes recently including the ‘education’ of the end consumer through blogs and websites. He goes on to say that, in the past, the consumer simply drank table wine as a matter of course, but now wine is associated with more celebratory occasions and therefore demands a more specific marketing technique.

This new marketing method must tempt the consumer not only with an attractive label but also with sumptuous descriptions of the contents of their bottle.

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2 million euros invested in new gourmet market THE Sevillan market, Lonja del Barranco which is being set up by bullfighter Fran Rivera and radio presenter Carlos Herrera, has needed an initial investment of more than €2 million.

Concession stands will pay 13 per cent of their annual billing in rent.

The market is housed in a heritage building Naves del Barranco, designed by Gustave Eiffel, and will have 20 stalls.

The owners have commented that there is nothing even similar in

SELECTIVE: Each stall will sell different products. the capital of Andalucia, but that it does compare with the Boqueria market in Barcelona and with Mercado San Miguel in

Madrid, both famed for their gastronomic excellence.

Many of Sevilla’s finest restaurants have vied for

a place in the new market but, with only 20 stands, not everyone has managed to get in.

The owners have been very selective and tried not to have two stalls with similar products.

Among food on offer at the specialised stands will be: seafood, roast chicken, pies, delicatessen items, cocktails and olive oils.

The market also has a terrace where customers can enjoy their food in the open air with views out to the Guadalquivir River.

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Doctors propose a ban on advertising for fast foods

THE Royal Academy of Medicine (RAM) in the UK has asked for similar bans on junk food advertising to those in place for tobacco.

Doctors reason that as both are bad for the health they should be treated in the same way.

One in four adults in Britain are obese and a third of children are overweight warns a report from the RAM urging that something be done.

This is in line with the recommendations from the recent World Health Assembly and the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Experts are asking politicians for more laws to regulate the fast food industry.

The deregulation and globalisation of markets have extended obesity.

Even in developing countries the diet is changing from mainly cereals to one high in fats, sugars and processed foods.

UNHEALTHY: Just like cigarettes.

At the World Health Assembly, the 194 state members agreed on a plan to try and control and prevent obesity, an epidemic that is spreading quickly in developed countries.

The situation is considered so serious that the WHO is asking

politicians in all member countries to bring about legislation to regulate the fast food industry.

Through this the WHO is hoping to combat not just obesity but the many other, related afflictions including diabetes, cardiac illnesses and cancers.

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MANZANARES: World’s first Manchego museum.

Manchego museum THE town of Manzanares, in Ciudad Real, houses the world’s first and, so far, only museum dedicated to Manchego cheese: the Museo del Queso Manchego de Manzanares.

Manchego is a hard cheese made from sheep’s milk, aged for between 60 days, for the lighter versions, and two years for the stronger, more ‘curado,’ versions.

The colour of the cheese varies from white to ivory-yellow and the, inedible, rind a brownish beige. Manchego has a distinctive flavour, well developed but not too strong, creamy with a slight piquancy - it leaves an aftertaste characteristic of sheep’s milk.

The town council of Manzanares hopes that the museum, located in the old part of town, will become a tourist attraction not just for foreigners but also for national fans of this variety of cheese.

The museum is aiming to be a dynamic, interactive space in which there will be, among other events; tasting evenings, sales of the cheese, audiovisual aids to help visitors understand the process, information about the flocks of sheep (where and what they eat and drink), and even recipes which are based on Manchego cheese.

Artichokes and edible flowers

FOR a long time flowers that people noticed when eating were on the table not on the plate. Then came stuffed courgette flowers that some people were a little suspicious of but ate anyway; then there was a new gastronomic movement to include garden flowers in everyday cooking.

Now there is yet another gastronomic movement trying to bring the humble artichoke to prominence.

The artichoke is a variety of thistle, Cynara scolymus, which origin is unknown but was mentioned in Sicilian recipes as early as 1432.

In order for an artichoke to look like a flower on a plate it must be fried in moderately hot oil so that its leaves splay out but it shouldn’t be fried long or it will lose its delicate flavour.

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Let’s brighten up those apartment blocks WHEN I first came to the Spanish costa for a holiday in 1960 the number of tourists and apartment

blocks were rather fewer than today, as were the prices of restaurant meals and drinks. Indeed the

unexciting hotel tourist food was forgotten each evening to enjoy real Spanish hospitality in small family run restaurants.

Coming from the UK everywhere seemed to be filled with colourful flowering plants at ground level and on the balconies of two to five storey buildings.

There were no Benidorm type skyscrapers in those days. While dining, the only interruption, sometimes two or three times during the evening, was the offer of stems of quality fresh perfumed roses by elegantly dressed Spaniards making a few pesetas from adding pleasure to the dining experience.

One was not pestered with substandard named brand Chinese copies of leather goods, sunglasses, CDs by recent immigrants who may well have earlier in the day sold the sad

Dick Handscombe

Gardening Corner

By Dick Handscombe Spain’s best known expat gardening author about to start his 26th winter cut back.

plastic flowers in vases that sit on many tourist restaurant tables these days. Wandering back to one’s hotel very replete, one did not get the modern day impression that you were walking past prison block A, B, C and D, as someone described a coastal resort the other weekend.

Recognising this trend a few years ago I wrote, with Clodagh my wife, the book ‘Apartment Gardening Mediterranean style’ to hopefully stimulate more apartment owners to make better use of their balconies and terraces by converting them into colourful,

perfumed and perhaps productive patios in the sky.

Fortunately some apartment owners, resident and non-resident, have taken note and there are now more delightfully looking apartment blocks in expatriate and Spanish neighbourhoods.

But so much more could be done. The book includes photographs illustrating what can be done and the roles plants, ceramic pots and tiles, modern and antique artefacts can play in producing the concept of a home in the sun.

That’s not such a stupid idea as largely unused balconies and terraces range from four to 40 and 400 square metres for roof tops.

Yes, there is the sun to contend with, but blinds and awnings can immediately change the climate whether apartments face

east, south, west or north.

Clodagh took a long time sorting out 120 or so plants most appropriate to planting in full, partial or semi shade and the few that genuinely enjoy the full summer suns. You may be amazed by some of the photos in the book taken of real situations.

So if you have an apartment do have a go this spring. If you live in a villa, buy the book as a present for friends who do.

I will have some copies of the book at the Calpe Homes, Gardens and Lifestyle Show next week.

It’s easy to turn a current storage space into your garden home to immediately enhance your Spanish lifestyle. Come and have a chat on Stand 66.

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PRIME MARKET: Should remain stable in 2014. reports overview.

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In 2013, Lucas Fox saw a three-fold increase in the number of enquiries and property viewings over 2012 levels in Mallorca.

International buyers are most interested in villas, rural estates, vineyards and equestrian properties in close vicinity to the island’s best golf courses, marinas and yacht clubs.

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The pink ladies have soul power MARIA WILSON and the Pink Ladies were back in action raising funds for the AECC cancer charity at the Breakaways bar in Torre de Pichon.

The evening of entertainment was provided by soul and motown band Soul Power as €730 was raised through a raffle and donations.

FULL VOICE: Singers from Spangles.

Spangles warm up ready for SABS convention SPANGLES is preparing to attend the Spanish Association of Barbershop Singers’ (SABS) convention in Calpe next Thursday.

As outgoing champions, the group will be mic-warming as they cannot compete the year after winning gold, but it hasn’t stopped them from working hard on their performance. Three quartets from within Spangles; Viva, Chardonnay and Fénix, however, will be

Musical nights CHORALE sings musica sacra en San Fulgencio church Saturday, April 26 at 8.30pm and in Pilar de la Horadada church on Sunday, April 27 at 8pm.

Admission is free with a collection being held.

Drummer/singer Mike Brainwill return from the UK on Monday, March 31, to play dinner-

jazz with Jazz Greats (Christine Eames, keyboards, Roger Eames, double-bass) .

Top trombonist Rob Wiffen will come over from the UK to play with the band on Monday, April 14.

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Spangles welcomes new members so, if you’re looking to make new friends and enjoy singing, why not visit Spangles when they rehearse at Las Claras, Los Alcazares, every Thursday from 10.30am-1pm.

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STUDIO 32 has released tickets for their forthcoming production of Sweet Charity, which is set in 1960’s New York.

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ROUNDABOUT CHARITY SHOP. We are now into summer and very soon we will be feeling the heat! It is time therefore for another visit to the shop where you might find a bargain or two.

Choose from the clothing selection, jewellery, household goods, books or bric a brac.

There is usually something there for everyone —- but not always. Charitable donations have recently been made to The Alzheimers Centre, Cancer Research and The Amigos Ambulance Service. We still need your help with donations etc. Please keep them coming in! During July and August the shop will only be open Wednesday to Saturday from 09.30 until 13.00. We are situated on Avenida Del Furs close to the Fountain Roundabout and immediate left by Don Colchon bed shop. (93325) THE SPIRITUALIST CHURCH OF QUESADA, meets at new premises, Hamiltons Bakehouse, Calle Vicente 62, Blasco Ibañez, Benijofar. Sunday Service at 11.30am. A Tuesday evening of Mediumship at 7.30pm and every Thursday there is an opportunity to develop your skills at the Open Circle at 7.30pm.

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OLVO - already known for being at the forefront of driver safety - is developing systems for cars to ‘get to know their drivers.’

The ‘driver sensors’ they are developing could detect when a driver is tired or inattentive, and take measures to keep the car and its occupants safe.

Examples of this include technology that detect closed eyes or what the driver is looking at.

“This will enable the driver to be able to rely a bit more on their car, and know that it will help them when needed,” explains Per Landfors, engineer at Volvo Cars and project leader for

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DRIVER SENSORS: Could detect when a driver is tired or inattentive. driver support functions.

By placing a sensor on the dashboard to monitor aspects such as in which direction the driver is looking, how open their eyes are, as well as their head position and angle, its possible to develop precise safety systems that detect the driver’s state and can adjust the car accordingly.

This also means that the car will ensure that it does not stray out of the lane or get too close to the car in front when the driver is not paying attention, as well as being able to wake a driver who is falling asleep.

“Since the car is able to detect if a driver is not paying attention, safety systems can be adapted

more effectively.

For example, the car’s support systems can be activated later on if the driver is focused, and earlier if the driver’s attention is directed elsewhere,” Per Landfors explains.

Some of the current systems that can be included are Lane Keeping Aid, Collision warning with

First glimpse of Bentley SUV BENTLEY MOTORS has given a taster of its much anticipated SUV, due to hit roads in 2016.

It will be the most luxurious and powerful SUV on the market, setting it apart from any other SUV, true to the brand hallmarks of luxury, performance, quality and craftsmanship, says the Crewe based car maker.

Dr Wolfgang Schreiber, Chairman and Chief Executive at Bentley Motors, commenting at a press conference in London, said: “It will create a completely new segment in the SUV market.”

The SUV forms part of Bentley’s £800 million investment in new model and facilities development in the next three years.

The company anticipates a minimum annual sales volume of 3,000 SUVs.

full auto brake and Adaptive Cruise Control with Queue Assist.

The technology is based on a sensor mounted on the dashboard in front of the driver. Small LEDs illuminate the driver with infrared light, which is then monitored by the sensor.

Infrared light is just outside the wavelengths that the human eye can see, which means that the person behind the wheel doesn’t notice it at all.

Driver sensors are also opening up other possibilities. By monitoring eye movements, the car would be able to adjust both interior and exterior lighting to follow the direction in which the driver is looking.

The car would also be able to adjust seat settings, for instance, simply by recognising the person sitting behind the wheel.

The technology is already installed in test vehicles.

Volvo Cars is also conducting research together with partners including Chalmers University of Technology and Volvo AB to identify effective methods for detecting tiredness and inattention.

The analysis of the driver’s state, known as Driver State Estimation, in which driver sensors play an important role, is a field that may be key to selfdriving cars in the future.

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Nice two day trip for Fairwayz to Bonalba FAIRWAYZ had its annual two-day golf trip and one night stop-over in Benidorm on Thursday and Friday, March 20-21.

The format for both days was individual Stableford, with prize money for first, second, best front nine, best back nine, nearest the pin, and prize money for

overall total scores after the two days of play.

First day at Bonalba it was Graham Butterworth in first (33) followed by Dave Stewart (31).

Best front nine went to Lee George, best back nine to Graham Philip, and nearest

the pin went to John Pedersen.

Day Two saw Peter Jones in first (25) on countback from Lee George (also 25).

Best front nine for Day Two went to Dave Stewart, best back nine to Tony McMillan, and nearest the pin went to Steve Hamilton.

Overall, Dave Stewart took first with 56 points and the ‘Fred Rich Cup.’ Second was a tie between Graham Philip and Lee George with 54 points each.

Next game is Thursday, March 27 at Vistabella. First tee off is 9:30am, please arrive one hour prior.

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EL PLANTIO 2 Golf Society had 19 players present for the Medalford game on Tuesday, March 18.

The day’s winner with a score of 6 was Kenny Reddington, hcp 4.

Playing off 14 and in second with a score of 8 was Michel Goujon, hcp 16.

George Stanhope was third with a score of 9, evenly balanced with 18-18 Stableford.

Nearest the pins went to Keith Smith (hole 5) and Michel Goujon (hole 9).

The El Plantio 2 Golf Society offers a special price for anyone joining the society now.

Visitors always welcome, contact Ian Henderson on 966 716 616 or 636 116 230.

Bully for Steve BULL FLANAGAN played their March meeting at the popular course at Bonalba.

Winner of the day’s event was Steve Edwards with 38 points.

Second place went to Bill Fantom with 34 points, followed by Colin Edwards with 32 points.

Best front nine was Martin Collins (18 points) and best back nine was John Hill (19 points).

Nearest the pins went to Martin Collins on hole 4, Mick McGrath on hole 8 (three in a row), Steve Edwards on hole 11 and Fred Hope on hole 14.

Next meeting is at Alicante on April 25, check the Bull Flanagan website for further details.

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THIS WEEK’S SPORT On Tuesday evening, there were full-houses for the Manchester derby and the Arsenal-Swansea PL clashes, and last night a packed Anfield saw Liverpool take on Sunderland. On Saturday it’s Arsenal-Manchester City, Crystal PalaceChelsea, Manchester United-Aston Villa and WBA-Cardiff and the big one, Burnley-Leicester in the Championship, while on

Sunday Liverpool meet Spurs.

The second F1 Grand Prix of 2014 takes place in Malaysia on Sunday. Nico Rosberg, who won the opening race in Australia, is hoping to double up in Kuala Lumpur where he finished fourth last year behind winner and fellow German Sebastian Vettel.

FOOTBALL ROUNDUP Arsene Wenger’s 1,000th game in charge of Arsenal ended in a record 6-0 defeat at leaders Chelsea.

Victory was also Jose Mourinho’s biggest win as Blues’ boss and with it went the Gunners’ hopes of winning the Premier League! However, early in the London derby, referee Andre Marriner wrongly sent-off Kieran Gibbs

instead of Alex OxladeChamberlain.

A world-wide TV audience of 400 million witnessed a thriller at the Santiago Bernabeu last Sunday where Lionel Messi bagged a hat-trick (the 26th of his career) and also set a new El Clasico scoring record with his 30th goal as Barcelona beat 10-man Real Madrid 4-3. The home side had Sergio Ramos sent off for the 19th time.

And we can have an allEnglish, all-German or allSpanish Champions League final after the quarter-final draw paired Barcelona with Atletico Madrid, Manchester United v Bayern Munich, Paris St Germain v Chelsea and Real Madrid v Borussia Dortmund. First legs are on 1/2 April, the return legs on 8/9 April.

RUBYS saw 24 players competing for the Bill Griggs memorial trophy on March 21 at Alicante.

Final scores were close with captain Jim coming out victorious, winning the trophy for the first year by one point from runner-up Bill Malcolm.

Other winners on the day were Colin Fear (longest drive), George Marshall Deane (nearest the pin in two), and Steve Walsh, Kim Hunter, Marc Doherty, Jim McCarthy and Nigel Wright all winning nearest the pin on the par 3’s.

Next game is a stapleford trophy game at Bonalba on April 4.

To join the society or play as a guest, please contact rubysgolf@yahoo.co.uk.

Good weather for TMGS TMGS enjoyed great weather for their March 19 match as 36 members and guests played at Villamartin.

There were a few scores in the 30’s though only two players bettered their handicaps.

All four nearest the pins were claimed, two by the Hagarts and the other two by Bill Wylie and Dag Lovas.

In the Silver Division,

WINNERS: Of the Silver Division.

Colin Marsden won with 38 points, followed by Kit Dowse with 36.

In the Gold Division, it was Steve Higgins with 37 points taking first place.

Vernon Brown placed second with 34 points.

Next game is March 28 at Font De Llop for the last round of the Captain’s Stableford event.

See the TMGS website www.tmgs.org or call the Match Secretary on 966 719 604.

MURCIA Matchplay travelled south this month to the Alhama course with its many bunkers. In the first game, Club 25 met Hacienda Del Alamo.

Though Rab Young and Peter Whitehead beat leading pair Steve Auty and Peter Hutton, Club 25 won, six points to two, 29 holes to 17.

The second game paired second-place Roco Juna against Marinasol Roco where Roco Juna remained in second place winning by six points to two and 33 holes to 15.

Third out were Sierra Golf against last year’s winners La Zenia whose strong performance gave them a win, six points to two and 28 holes to 18 holes.

Next up was La Manga v. The Sprightly Crew who put up a good fight before going down six points to two, 27 holes to 22.

The final game between Costa Blanca and San Javier had Costa Blanca blasting from second bottom place to sixth place in the league by winning six points to two and 28 holes to 20.

Record lost for Montesinos with 1st defeat MONTESINOS suffered their first defeat of 2014 with a 2-1 loss against Murada.

Play was tough in Rodrigo and Edu’s absence, with Vazquinho the only recognised forward

battling against two and sometimes three defenders at a time.

After a half-time score of 1-0 Murada, league top scorer Vazquinho managed a goal early

on in the second half to level the score, but Murada scored again to solidify their 2-1 win.

The Montesinos ‘Derby’ against Todo Deporte is Sunday, March 30 at the Campo de Futbol with a

5:00pm kick-off time.

For more info about CD Montesinos and The Full Monte, see www.cdmontesinos.com or email thefullmonte2011@hotmail.com.

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San Javier finals for Players of the Year SAN JAVIER held an Individual Stableford for the final round of the Men and Ladies Player of the Year 2013-2014 on Wednesday, March 19 at La Serena.

Players also competed for the Captain’s Trophy.

A big congratulations to Lyn Gallard and Dave Archer, winners of Player of the Year 2013-2014.

With 40 points on the day, Dave also took home the Captain’s Trophy.

George Stein finished second and Mick Hardy was third.

WINNER: Dave Archer won the Captain’s Trophy.

Division One was won

by Dave with Paul Matthews in second with 37 points followed by

George Stein with 34 points.

Christine Flanagan finished first in Division

Two with 37 points from Bob Eaton with 36 points, closely followed by third place Fred Beel with 35 points.

Nearest the pins winners were Dave Archer, Paul Matthews, Mick Hardy and George Stein.

San Javier’s next game will be Monday, April 7 at La Serena for the Captain’s Drive-In Trophy (individual stableford).

First tee time is 10:00am.

Payday is Saturday, April 5 after the AGM (10:30am) at La Serena.