Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca South 10 - 16 April 2014 Issue 1501

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Telly tubbies A STUDY by the University Miguel Hernandez, Elche, has revealed that young people who watch more than two hours of television daily are 113 per cent more likely to be overweight.

Palm fire

A FIRE affected a palm garden in Elche on the road to Leon with three fire crews battling the blaze for several hours.

Bag snatch AN Alicante man has been acquitted of three bag-snatching charges because he cannot move his right hand.

The court said he was physically incapable of robbing his alleged victims.

Road rage A MOROCCAN man, 43, has been arrested in Torre Pacheco after attempting to run over a police officer who tried to caution him for careless driving.

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Parents face wait to lay their son to rest THE parents of Francis Brennan, whose body was found washed up on the beach at La Zenia, Orihuela Costa, have said they just want to lay him to rest.

Carl and Janet Brennan from Liverpool, previously spoke to Euro Weekly News pleading for help and information regarding the whereabouts of their son after he went missing from Javea in January. The 25-year-old was last seen being dragged from a car by men dressed as Guardia Civil officers.

Janet read reports that a male body had been found at La Zenia and immediately contacted police. Later, her worst fears became a reality as police confirmed the body was that of her son.

His body was found wrapped in a plastic bag with his hands tied and he had a severe head wound.

The family are now liaising with police

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and the British Consulate so they can ‘bring Francis home.’ Francis fled to Spain after being accused of stabbing someone but was due to return to the UK from Spain in the New Year to face assault charges.

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Finance 39 - 44 LUXURY: Buyers want stunning properties with sea views and high end finishes.

The sale of luxury homes is soaring THE sale of luxury homes on the Costa Blanca has soared 40 per cent in the last year despite the financial crisis.

Real estate agents Engel & Volkers said: “Foreign citizens, especially Russian, British, German and Scandinavian are seeking high value homes, with 85 per cent dealing in cash and the other 15 per cent obtaining modest mortgages, mainly for tax reasons, not for lack of liquidity.”

Valencian Vice-President of Tourism, Joaquin Albaladejo, believes the crisis in

Crimea and Russia offers a further opportunity for investment.

The market price varies across the Costa Blanca with high end properties being picked up for around €350,000 in the Torrevieja and Orihuela areas. Further north buyers can expect to pay between €600,000-€1 million in the Marina Alta area of Teulada, Moraira, Javea and Altea.

The average price paid for a luxury home to Engel & Volkers in 2013 was €721,560, an increase from €646,000 in 2012.

Pensioner found murdered at home THE body of an 83-year-old woman has been found at her home in Alhama, Murcia.

The pensioner’s hairdresser raised the alarm after she arrived for her usual appointment.

The woman’s niece, who had a set of keys, was called and found her aunt in the property covered in blood.

Residents said the woman was much loved and lived alone since her husband died a decade ago.

Two of her children reside in Alhama, the other in San Javier and her niece lived opposite.

Police say the door had not been forced or the windows broken but are treating it as a murder case.

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NEWS Graduation time STUDENTS have been awarded diplomas for completing the ‘recreation and leisure’ course organised by the Centre for Information and Youth (CIAJ) in Torrevieja which ran for six months.

Junior habaneras THE junior Habaneras competition in Torrevieja was won by a choir from the Bryansk school in Russia. The school will return to take part in the 61st International Habaneras and Polyphony Competition.

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Start of the season is here MONDAY marks the start of Easter week and brings much anticipation amongst the tourism sector.

Many small hotels and establishments are reporting they are increasing their work force by 1520 per cent for Easter to deal with the expected extra people. But that is not the case everywhere with some, retaining their staff throughout the year.

Jose Maria Caballe, president of the Servigroup chain said: “I try to keep operating all equipment and distribute holiday all year to have enough staff to work 365 days.”

This Easter, the Costa Blanca offers 55,000 hotel

rooms to tourists, plus another 20,000 regulated apartments and 15,000 camping places. Benidorm hotels are forecast to reach between 90-100 per cent occupancy as next weekend approaches.

As for prices, although rates are still frozen for three years, many hoteliers have improved their operating costs and stopped working directly with tour operators, allowing savings to be made.

Javier Garcia, vice president of hotel chain Magic Costa Blanca, said: “We expect a very good Easter and often, when Easter is good, the summer is good.”

Productive Murcia THE region of Murcia saw industrial production rise between February 2013 and February 2014, achieving a growth rate of 1 per cent.

Body found POLICE are trying to identify the body of a person found on a beach in Villajoyosa. The body was located on the shore of Playa Centro and was in an advanced state of decomposition.

Holiday programme PRESIDENT of the business association of hotels in Benidorm has met with the Mayor of L’Alfaz del Pi, to assess the parliamentary initiative of the IMSERSO subsidised holiday programme and call for more places.

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AN estimated 2.1 million residents in the Valencian Community will make income tax declarations this year, 20,000 fewer than in 2013.

Fly Vueling LOW-COST airline Vueling has announced new routes to Rome and Oran from Alicante-Elche airport, increasing its number of flights by 35 per cent.

Voting rights TORREVIEJA is posting its electoral roll until Monday at the Department of Census and Statistics in Calle Union Musical Torrevejense.

Residents can also register their right to vote.

Dry quarter THE first quarter of 2014 was Alicante Province’s driest since records began in 1858.

Rainfall of 3 litres per square metre during these months was 98 per cent below average.

Tree fall THREE teenagers were injured by a falling tree branch in the Florida Blanca park in Murcia. A lamp post broke the fall of the branch preventing more serious injuries.

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EASTER: Only 21% spend time at the beach.

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IFTY-EIGHT per cent of Spaniards plan to take a trip over Easter, 5 per cent more than last year.

A survey carried out by travel site TripAdvisor reveals that almost 70 per cent will stay in Spain and that the favourite destination over Easter is Andalucia, followed by Cataluña, Castilla y Leon and Valencia.

Forty-eight per cent say that they seek a cultural holiday, as opposed to 21 per cent who want to spend their free time on the beach. Fiftyfour per cent will be travelling more than 500 kilometres to their destination, and 60 per cent will go by car.

Fifty-two per cent have been planning their Easter holidays for several months, and while 44 per cent have the same budget as last year, 21 per cent intend to spend more and 15 per cent will be tightening their purse strings. Almost 50

Quote of the Week IT’S obvious that after this things won’t be the same, they could be worse,” former President of the region of Cataluña, Jordi Pujol, regarding recent steps towards making the region independent from the rest of Spain.

per cent will stay in hotels, and 23 per cent will stay with family and friends.

Easter is one of the favourite celebrations in Spain, together with the Carnival in Cadiz, the April Fair in Sevilla, the Canary Islands Carnival, the ‘Fallas’ in Valencia and San Fermin in Pamplona.

Thirty-eight per cent of Spaniards will have organised their holidays so they can watch or take part in Easter celebrations, and 64 per cent of travellers organise their holidays to coincide with local festivities.

Ninety-four per cent of people think that traditional festivities are a way to get to know new places and enjoy the local culture. Forty-three per cent visit local fairs and other celebrations, 20 per cent enjoy San Juan (June 24), 14 per cent Sant Jordi (April 23 in Cataluña) and 12 per cent the Fallas in Valencia.

Number of the week per cent of people in Spain currently work solely on unpaid household chores, according to the Sociological Research Centre (CIS). Almost 40 per cent of them are women, as approximately 20 per cent of women in Spain are housewives.

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Immigrant rescue ELEVEN immigrants have been rescued and taken to Cartagena after being spotted off the coastline.

All were reported to be in good health. Repatriation pro-ceedings will now begin.

Circus fight A MOTHER and her son, aged 15, suffered serious injuries in Cartagena after being involved in a fight between members of a travelling circus.

False nuptials POLICE have dismantled a network that allegedly worked on arranging marriages between Spaniards and illegal foreigners. Sixty-six people were arrested in Elche, Alicante, Benidorm and Aspe.

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NASA has chosen, for the second year running, a satellite photo of the Canary Islands as its favourite amongst thousands of photos captured throughout 2013. In the photo it looks as if the islands are sailing through the water, leaving a trail behind them.

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Bogus Bigastro doctor arrested A FAKE doctor has been arrested in Bigastro.

Police officers from the regional government based in Elche, arrested the man who was working as a specialist in osteopathy, physiotherapy and as a

naturopathic doctor, but lacked the appropriate formal qualifications issued in Spain. The arrest took place at his home, where he was running a private practice.

The police operation began several weeks ago as they carried out checks and investigations on his socalled qualifications.

Police found that none of the certificates he possessed were legally issued by Spanish authorities or the limit of alcohol. competent bodies.

He was charged for The bogus doctor driving whilst under the acknowledged and influence of alcohol and testified to the police for reckless driving and that he lacked the has to report to the qualifications required in courts in Torrevieja.

Spain for such activities Another driver was and said that his methods found to be doing more were based on the than double the speed application of natural limit on the N-340. The medicine and physio47-year-old was recorded therapy practices. driving at 164 kilometres The man was previously an hour and will answer arrested some years ago to the courts in Elche. for similar offences.

Drivers putting their foot down TWO drivers have been arrested for speeding in separate incidents.

The first driver was detected by radar whilst driving along the AP-7 motorway at the 750kilometre point near to Cartagena. He was clocked doing 237 kilometres an hour in an area where the speed limit is 120 kilometres.

A breath test showed him to be over the legal

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Laundering drug money TWO people in Murcia and one in Alicante have been arrested for laundering drug money and terrorism.

They are amongst 18 people to have been arrested in the nationwide 'Nur Blanca' operation for being part of an organisation that used a funds transfer system to facilitate the release of money.

The cash was illegally obtained through the sale of drugs to finance terrorism.

The operation extended into several Arab countries.

Property searches recovered more than â‚Ź500,000, 33 vehicles, 55 telephones and bank accounts and electronic equipment.

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Valencia leads home sales to foreigners THE Valencian Community has established itself as the leading autonomy in Spain for foreign home sales in the last quarter of 2013, with 33.6 per cent of the national total and 13,436 transactions.

Of these, a total of 4,281 (31 per cent) were acquired by foreign residents in Spain, with a total of 424 non-resident

foreigners. Eighty-three per cent of the sales were in Alicante Province.

Andalucia had the second highest foreign property sales with 19.9 per cent, followed by Catalonia with 15.5 per cent, the Canary Islands had 11.3 per cent and Balearic Islands 6.5 per cent.

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Vaccine centres give more than 36,700 jabs INTERNATIONAL vaccination centres across the Valencia Region have served more than 11,500 people between 2011 and 2013, administering more than 36,700 immunisations.

In the last year, 4,129 travellers sought advice on their destination and received a vaccine if necessary.

Forty professionals from the centres, including those at Alicante’s

General Hospital, Elche Hospital and Hospital Vega Baja, attended a conference ‘small bites big threats’ analysing vector-borne diseases and the steps that can be taken to protect from

them. Such vectors are mosquitoes, bedbugs, ticks and freshwater snails, which can transmit diseases from one person and place to another. The most deadly disease is malaria which caused

660,000 deaths in 2013.

Between 15-45 per cent of international travellers have a travel-related illness, with most showing symptoms within the first 12 weeks after their return.

MARIHUANA: Couple arrested in Mazarron.

Mazarron marihuana growers arrested A MAZARRON couple have been arrested for growing marihuana.

Police discovered more than 150 plants and dismantled a sophisticated marihuana cultivation and production plant at their home in the centre of Mazarron.

The property had generated suspicion by the constant movement of

people, some of them known for their drug addiction. Being a terraced house, those arrested were using insulation systems and soundproofing in the room used for cultivation, to prevent smells and noise from escaping.

Fifty doses of cocaine ready for distribution were found in the property as well as €500 in cash.

Man sentenced for torching ex’s car

Pensioner stabs wife in neck

A MAN has been sentenced to three-anda-half years in prison after being found guilty of setting fire to his former partner’s car in Catral.

The woman was inside

AN 85-year-old man is accused of stabbing his wife in the neck at their home in Alicante.

His 80-year-old wife was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at Hospital San Joan de Alicante and is said to be progressing well.

The incident happened before 11am on Sunday morning when the man allegedly stuck a knife into his wife’s throat at their home in Calle Bernardo López García de Alicante.

The man remains in police custody.

her home with her parents and young son at the time.

The prosecution called for a sentence of 20 years asking the court in Alicante to consider the inhabitants of the house but it ruled the fire was of “minor importance”.

The man was acquitted of crimes of abuse and threats to his former partner.

He was ordered to pay her €3,000 in compensation as well €3,210 to cover the cost of the burnt vehicle and €510 for injuries caused to others affected.

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Pilar residents want to open all hours PILAR DE LA HORADADA is the next town to seek approval to allow shops to open all year around.

The town hall is asking for a declaration from the coastal zone to class the municipality as an area of 'grand tourist influx'.

This would allow all establishments whose shop or sales area exceeds 300 square metres, to open 365 days a year if they so wish.

Councillor for Trade, Aurelio Samper, said they will now have to follow procedures with the ministry to ensure that the approval is given, which he believes “seems more than feasible if one considers that several neighbouring municipalities in Alicante, Orihuela and Torrevieja have already obtained such a declaration.�

Samper made the

Storm destroys hundreds of fish HEAVY rains tripled the flow of water along the River Segura and has resulted in hundreds of dead fish being washed up along the river in Orihuela.

The Segura Basin (CHS) said that whilst no official record exists and many fish were rescued, there were many more trapped after the water levels suddenly rose from the rains, bringing with it debris and sediment that caused the fish to become trapped and unable to breathe.

announcement at the opening of a new Dialprix supermarket in Torre de la Horadada.

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Nowhere to dump the local rubbish TWELVE municipalities have been left looking for an alternative landfill after it was announced the Abornasa plant in Elche is closing temporarily.

The plant is closing for the replacement and repair of machinery and gave little notice to the Sirem consortium which manages the waste of Cox, Callosa de

Segura, Rafal, Formentera, Rojales, Granja, Redován, Jacarilla, Daya Nueva, Daya Vieja and Dolores. Orihuela is also affected but it is understood they have negotiated an agreement to continue leaving rubbish there. Following the closure, more than 90 tonnes of garbage a day will have to start to be removed in any of the four landfills in the province authorised by the Consortium.

It is expected that the Abornasa plant will remain closed for three weeks.

Outstanding Elche students awarded

OUTSTANDING graduates from Elche’s Miguel Hernandez University (UMH) have been awarded the ‘five star’ certificate for their achievements.

The 182 students were given their award by University rector Jesus Pastor Ciurana.

The certificates take into account other aspects of training as well as the academic record of students including performing work placements; the development of professional skills; European CV projection to include languages and foreign exchange programmes and the students’ involvement in social aspects such as collaboration with NGOs.

CCTV camera complaints THE Professional Union of Municipal Police of Spain (SPPME) has complained to Elche’s Data Protection Agency that CCTV cameras are operating without the proper notices, as since the new police HQ were inaugurated, surveillance cameras are working without signs to inform people.

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Probe into ‘attack’ on French couple THE authorities have said that if there was an abuse by security guards in the case of a French couple at a Torrevieja shopping centre, there will be a penalty to pay.

The statement comes as police prepare to

issue a report on the alleged attack on the tourists which occurred last December. They say that when the couple set off a security alarm after leaving a store they were led away, questioned and attacked by security

Fifty lives saved PATIENTS who received liver transplants at Alicante General Hospital have returned to meet the team who saved their lives.

Medical professionals including anaesthesiologists, surgeons, nurses and pharmacists gathered on the steps of the hospital’s outpatients department to meet with the patients for a unique ‘family’ photo.

The hospital is the first in the province and the second in the Valencia Region to conduct these meetings between patients and staff. In a year and a half since the service’s implementation, the hospital has carried out 50 liver transplants, with a record number of patients making a full and quick recovery.

officers with the incident being filmed by one of the couple’s two children on a mobile phone.

Following a complaint made by the couple, an investigation was launched.

Between 2011 and 2013 there have been 86 sanctions imposed on private security services for abuse of or disrespect towards citizens.

Industrial accident A WORKER, 34, was taken to hospital after his hand became trapped between a piece of machinery and a transport pellet at a supermarket in San Javier as he was unloading goods.

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San Javier ordered to repay regional grant of €90,000 SAN JAVIER has been ordered to pay back a grant of €90,000.

The town hall was awarded the grant by Murcia’s Regional Ministry for Culture and Tourism in 2005 to refurbish the old spa building in Santiago de la Ribera and reopen it as a tourist information office.

However, with work failing to start by 2007, the town hall was warned they would have to pay back the money. After appealing for a period of grace, an extension was granted as San Javier finished other projects but the tourist office work never began.

Compensation to be awarded, 5 years on TWO families in Puerto de Mazarron are be compensated for the

damage caused to their properties during work on pipelines in 2009.

The families have been fighting for five years for compensation with a judge now ordering the town hall to pay them over €200,000.

They will receive €155,548 for damage to their homes in addition to €21,285 for the rent they have had to pay as their homes were not habitable.

Now, the town hall has taken the matter to the High Court to appeal the repayment order, with the mayor declaring that the municipality was run by a different council back in 2005. Nevertheless, their appeal has been rejected and the money must be paid.

It is not clear how the money was spent.

Torrevieja and airport shuttle bus unveiled TORREVIEJA has presented its new shuttle bus, which will transport people between Torrevieja and AlicanteElche Airport.

The new bus has been fully liveried with the Torrevieja brand and will be seen advertising the city and it goes up and down the cost.

The Express Passenger Service has been used by 13,035 passengers in the

NEW BUS: Torrevieja-Alicante Airport service runs daily. first quarter of 2014, an increase of 28.8 per cent

compared to the same period last year.

NEWS New car sales rise in Murcia MURCIA’S new car sales increased by 30.42 per cent in the first two months of the year.

Across the country, 202,128 new family cars were registered since January 1 with almost 4,000 of those (3,915) being in the Murcia Region; an increase of 21.55 per cent compared to during the same period in 2013.

Car sales have been increasing for 11 of the last 12 months with scrappage deals like the government’s PIVE plan believed to be boosting sales, along with an increase in cheaper car models. One of the most popular is the low-cost brand Dacia which has seen sales of its Sandero increase by 66 per cent between March 2013 and 2014.

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Marina water improvements being made DIRTY water left from cleaning boats at Guardamar’s Dunes Marina is to be channelled away.

The project will see the unclean water, which currently accumulates on the dock, separated into contaminants such as greases, allowing the pure wastewater to be led into the sewage and drainage system.

It means a cleaner environment will be achieved and regulatory environmental requirements will be met.

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Mayor is honorary member of natural park THE mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolon, has been appointed an Honorary Member of the association for the involvement and support of the natural park of Lagunas La Mata and Torrevieja.

Dolon was presented with the honour at the regular meeting of the association of

HONORARY MEMBER: Mayor receives the recognition at the volunteers association’s regular meeting at the natural park.

Environmental Volunteers

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in the natural park.

The association was established in 2008 and is comprised of an international group of volunteers who help care for the natural park of La Mata and Torrevieja. They actively participate in campaigns of cleaning and maintenance, and care of the flora and fauna in the park.

Fight is on to combat hospital infections ELCHE’S General Hospital is working with the World Health Organisation (WHO) against hospital infections. It is participating in an international study sponsored by the WHO to

assess and reduce the incidence of resistant pathogens as part of the annual campaign ‘save lives; clean your hands’. The problem is global and is due, in part, to the emergence

and substantial increase and spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria in health-care settings, often as a result of improper or excessive use of antibiotics.

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Screening for bowel cancer SOMEONE dies from bowel cancer in the UK every 30 minutes and Spain has an even higher incidence of the disease.

Yet, many deaths from bowel cancer could be prevented. It is treatable when diagnosed at an early stage.

Routine screening is the best way to catch bowel cancer before it becomes deadly. So, with April being Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, now is a good time to ask your

doctor for bowel cancer screening.

During Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, Medcare is offering subsidised bowel cancer screening tests for just €39. A test kit will be supplied by Medcare so you can provide a stool sample for testing.

Call Medcare on 966 860 258 or email doctors@medcarespain. com or drop into the Benijofar or Alfaz del Pi clinics.

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Chocolate delight MASTER chocolatiers and bakers from Murcia have created a 300-kilo chocolate model of the old iron bridge in Murcia.

Fifteen people were involved in its creation which is being described at the ultimate ‘mona de pascua’, Spanish equivalent of an Easter egg.

The 1.2-metre bridge will be dismantled by pupils from local schools. But before then, it is on display at the regional government delegate’s headquarters in Paseo del Teniente Flomesta, Murcia.

Torrevieja youth expo opens THE third Youth Expo Fair is open today (Thursday) and tomorrow (Friday) at Torrevieja’s International Music Auditorium from 10am2pm.

The event aims to provide a showcase for young people on the opportunities available to them in education, employment and training.

A total of 48 institutions and companies will be in attendance.

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Academy go green THE Scandinavian Academy of Orihuela Costa has inaugurated an ecological greenhouse on the premises of the school.

With more than 50 pupils it teaches in Swedish, Finnish and Spanish and has strong environmental interests. The greenhouse was constructed by pupils and staff with recyclable materials and vegetables and flowers are already growing.

The Academy has also launched the procedure for obtaining the Swedish Green Flag award which will be a prestigious symbol of the Academy’s environmental commitments.

Present at the inauguration were staff, children and parents as well as local Orihuela Costa elected councillor Bob Houliston and members of the C.L.A.R.O. party.

ORIHUELA RFC: Players were victorious in Murcia tournament.

Orihuela RFC play in school tournament JUNIOR players from ITV Orihuela Rugby Football Club took part in the fourth Murcia Rugby Federation rugby school tournament in Las Torres de Cotillas.

More than 150 boys and girls took part and Orihuela RFC went down with two teams, U18’s and U16’s, giving the new players from the club a chance to gain some experience.

The U18’s took on Squalos, UCAM A team and

UCAM B team and even with a number of new players they came out victorious in all of their games. Next up were the U16’s hoping they could produce the same sort of results. In this team most of the players had only been training for a few months and never played in a competition before, so it was a new experience and again they came out with 100 per cent success.

New members welcome.

Call Garry on 692 767 242.

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Glittering gala just days away FINAL preparations are in full swing for Saturday’s Bay Radio Charity Gala Awards.

The event at Denia’s Marriott La Sella hotel is a sell-out as charities are recognised and honoured.

Managing Director of Bay Radio, Graham Barber, told the Euro Weekly News (EWN) that it is the station’s way of saying thank you to the army of unsung heroes; local volunteers who give their time freely to help others: “Having launched nine years ago, the station does hundreds of shout-outs for charities and had been thinking about hosting an event to thank and honour the volunteers for some time.

“Bay Radio is a community station and we have always supported charity. We know the amount of work that goes on and thought it would be a good idea that these people should be recognised.”

The charities have been humbled by the nominations and the community has thrown its support behind the event. One of the organisers of the Charity Gala,

BAY RADIO: Graham Barber (left) with presenters Bob James, Noelle Wyman and Kal Sutherland prepare for the charity gala awards.

GUEST AUCTIONEER: BBC’s Mark Stacey will be auctioning a range of top prizes on the night.

Sue Nutbrown, said: “This has been one of the most humbling experiences of my life. The charities and their volunteers are amazing and the community has come together, donating fantastic prizes for the raffle and auction.”

Top auction prize is a holiday to

Cyprus including two return flights from London Gatwick. It will be auctioned on the night by guest auctioneer, antiques expert Mark Stacey, who has appeared on numerous TV shows including Bargain Hunt and Flog It. Entertainment will also come in

the form of Benidorm’s Blues Brothers experience, and the UK’s number one Robbie Williams Millennium tribute act by Matt Holbrook. The audience will then be amazed by the magical hands of James Brown who is flying over from the UK. The event will be attended by British Consul Paul Rodwell as well as Javea’s mayor.

For more information email studio@bayradio.fm.

See next week’s EWN for news and photos from the Charity Gala.

The charities being recognised and represented on the night are: Guardian Angels; Emaus; Paul Cunningham Nurses; EKA; British Legion; MABS; HELP of Denia & HELP Marina Alta; Costa Blanca Dog Homing; Bomberos Voluntarios; Grant a Wish; Free Masons; The Lions Club Teulada & The Lions Club Moraira; Samaritans; Caritas; Todos Juntos Javea; APASA; Harley Davidson Bikers; Cancer Care Charity and Shops; Red Cross; Women in Business; The Original Charity Shop.

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Easter parades ON Sunday Torrevieja’s Palms Blessing Procession takes place from the Inmaculada Concepcion Church to the Sagrado Corazon de Jesus Church at 10.30am. An evening procession starts at 8.30pm.

Food parcels

THE Ayuda Al Neccesitado De San Fulencio (AAN) charity has purchased €875 worth of food thanks to the generosity of local people.

Blood donors ALICANTE’S blood transfusion centre held a nine-hour donor marathon in Pilar de la Horadada. More than 100 people took part.

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Lifestyle show draws crowds THE Homes, Gardens & Lifestyle Show at the Diamante Beach Hotel in Calpe attracted more than 3,500 people during the two-day event.

Television personalities Charlie Dimmock of Ground Force fame and antiques expert Mark Stacey were the stars of the show.

As Mark was busy valuing antiques well after the show closed on both days, Charlie was happily engaging visitors

EXHIBITORS: Visitors had more than 90 stands to view over two floors, inside and out. and exhibitors with her natural charm and wit. Speaking to

Sports City welcomes European athletes TORREVIEJA’S Sports City has opened up a new market in Sweden.

The town hall reported that already, in the first three months of 2014, a total of 330 sportsmen and women from different sporting clubs across various European countries had stayed in Torrevieja and benefited from the facilities at Sports City.

COOK OFF: Charlie and Mark assist in the outdoor kitchen.

Euro Weekly News she said it was great to be back in Spain after being a guest at the show in San Miguel de Salinas in 2012. Last year her Ground Force colleague Tommy Walsh was present. He even spoke of his desire for a Ground Force reunion, something Charlie was quick to dispel at the show in Calpe: “It was of its time and it was great but we’re too old for that now!”

Both Charlie and Mark also assisted the chefs in the outdoor kitchen taking part in the ‘Costa’s Cook Off’ event which attracted hundreds in the

audience to view and vote on their favourite dish.

As well as over 90 exhibitors, there were demonstrations and talks and an art gallery with 94 paintings submitted to the competition helping to raise €470 for the MABS cancer charity.

GM Promotions would like to thank everyone involved in supporting the show and making it another success.

The next Homes, Gardens & Lifestyle Show takes place at the La Finca Golf and Spa Hotel, Algorfa, on October 15 and 16.

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Guided tours to Tabarca Island TORREVIEJA tour guide, Jose Gilarte, has organised weekly trips every Saturday to Tabarca Island.

Jose said: “As a tourist guide, one of my aims has always been to keep residents updated on the most interesting places to visit explaining about culture, legends, history and tasting typical meals. Tabarca Island is the first Marine Reserve declared in Spain and the perfect place to spend a day in a different landscape surrounded by the clearest waters in the Mediterranean.”

The tours cost €40 and run from May to GO-KARTER: Daniel had a tough weekend in Zuera.

October and including a boat trip with submarine vision, lunch IT was a tough weekend for Daniel Macia, from Santa Pola, and afternoon tea who took part in the Zuera International Circuit racing before leaving the competition in Zaragoza. island.

For more information Daniel was competing in his category of mini-racing and got email josegilarte@ the third fastest time. However, in the final he was hit by hotmail.es or call another driver and failed to finish. The next meet is in Recas, 653 107 791.

Toledo in late April.

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Putting best foot forward CHATTERS monthly meeting at Bacchus Restaurant, Urbanisation Oasis, Los Narejos, takes place next Wednesday at 11.30am when foot health practitioner, Louisa Chandler, will be talking about foot health concerns.

Louisa will gladly discuss the problems you can encounter if you neglect these very important parts of your body.

Chatters is part of the HAH Murcia Mar Menor charity.

If you would like to join the HAH team helping with clients, respite, etc or fundraising, call Pam on 603 517 770 Lesley on 968 134 978 or email helpathomespain@gmail. com

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ICA Easter services THE International Christian Assembly (ICA), which meets at Calle Urbano Arregui 23, Torrevieja, has their Easter special meetings confirmed.

On Sunday the Palm Sunday Pastor is Rafael Restrepo at 11am.

Holy Friday bus BOOKINGS are now being taken to reserve a place on the bus for Orihuela’s Holy Friday procession.

The bus leaves from Playa Flamenca next Friday at 6pm and returns at midnight. Tickets cost â‚Ź5.30 and a programme booklet is available.

Reserve at the Playa Flamenca Town Hall or call 966 760 000 Ext. 32/24 between 8.30am2.30pm or email orihuelaplaya@touristinfo .net.

Maundy Thursday (next Thursday) the service is at 7pm with Dr. Adam T. Bradford who also takes the Good Friday service at 7pm.

On Easter Sunday (April 20) the sunrise service is

at 7am at Playa Los Naufragos by the salt belt, followed by a service at 11am.

For more information visit www.icatorrevieja.org

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Chess rocks Queen for Helping Hands QUEEN Tribute Band Chess were back in Lorca for a third concert for the charity Helping Hands, which supports animals and people alike.

During the evening surprise awards were made, firstly to Chris and Roy Jones of Furniture Plus who are a continual sponsor of Helping Hands.

The second presentation was awarded to members of Junior Helping Hands who last year successfully organised

and completed a sponsored fun run and raised €200. Helping Hands would also like to thank Debbie Cook of Euphoria Esparragal and Spar Supermercardo, Estacion, for their kind raffle prize donations.

Plans are now under way for a beneficiary concert, for the Helping Hands Treasurer Rita Lenssons.

In July of last year Rita suffered an accident whilst assisting another charity in their cat neutering programme.

After being airlifted to hospital Rita has remained there ever since and it is now SIESTA PRODUCTIONS are hosting an event next believed unlikely that Thursday to raise funds for production of their she will ever regain use feature film. of her limbs due to the Filming takes place on the Costa Blanca nerve damage she has later this year and the team behind the film suffered. said there will be at least one Hollywood star The team of Helping involved.

Hands are dedicated to The fundraising event takes place in the Black 7 raising funds to help warehouse in Los Montesinos at 8pm with Woody provide the many adaptand the Peckers entertaining all who attend. ations and necessities Tickets cost €5 including buffet, available from required so that Rita can Venture Fleet; Black 7; Kennedy’s Supermarket, return to her home. all in Los Montesinos and Flabaloss in Quesada.

Chess have already Or call Yvonne on 645 874 793 or visit www.siestaproductions.homestead.com. agreed to perform and There will also be the chance to meet with plans will be announced the team from Siesta Productions and find out shortly. more about the film and how you can become involved.

For more information call 968 482 948.

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Two British women drown in Tenerife TWO British women have drowned in Tenerife while trying to rescue their children after they were swept away by a wave at the beach.

The holidaymakers, Barathe Ravikumar, 39, and Uma Ramalingam, 42, were pronounced dead at the scene.

The incident happened at the Playa Paraiso resort in the south west of the island, which is about five miles west of the popular Playa de las Americas complex.

The group, believed to be from the same extended family, are understood to have been washed out to sea after being knocked from a rock by a large wave at about 6pm yesterday.

Onlookers rushed to help, managing to pull both children and two of the women back to the beach. However, one of the women could not be revived.

Onlookers called emergency services

PLAYA PARAISO: The resort is in the south west of the island. at about 6pm and a rescue helicopter was immediately scrambled, with

ambulances and police being sent immediately to the scene.

More tension in Gibraltar waters THE Guardia Civil have stated that they will continue to ‘protect’ any Spanish boats that are in the Gibraltar area.

According to Spanish newspaper, the ABC, the Maritime Service of the

Guardia Civil had to protect an oceanographic exploration ship when it was being ‘harassed’ by Royal Navy and Royal Police boats in the waters around Gibraltar.

British authorities have called on

Federico Trillo, Spanish ambassador to Britain, to explain what happened.

In a tit for tat move the Spanish authorities then called on the British ambassador in Spain, Simon Manley, to do the same.

A rescue helicopter got to the third woman, who had been swept further out to sea, but she too could not be revived.

The youngest child was treated for hypothermia, while the 14-year-old was treated for minor bruising at the scene.

One of the women, Ms Ramalingam, was a consultant obstetrician from Altrincham in Cheshire. She worked in a number of hospitals across the Pennine Acute Hospital Trust catchment area, including Royal Oldham Hospital, Fairfield General Hospital and North Manchester General Hospital.

A police spokesperson said: “Witnesses rescued two women and two children from the sea. The rescue helicopter found a fifth person, a woman, in the sea and one of the rescuers reached her and pulled her into the aircraft.

“On seeing her heart had stopped, he and colleagues started revival techniques as they took her to dry land.

“Attempts were made to revive the other two women rescued from the water but they weren’t successful and they were confirmed dead.”

A Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokesperson said: “We can confirm the deaths of two British nationals in Tenerife.”

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Volunteers meeting A HAH volunteers meeting takes place at Bacchus Restaurant, Urb Oasis, Los Narejos at 11.15am, followed by optional lunch at 1pm, €5. Email helpathomespain@gmail. com for more information.

Pig race HAH Murcia Mar Menor are hosting a St George’s Day party on April 23 at Pearls Plaice, Rio Nalon, including pig racing.

The fun starts at 2pm.

Steps for stroke THERE is a sponsored walk for Torrevieja Stroke Support Group on April 21 at 11am from the Paseo Maritimo. Registration is €5, route is 5km. Easter fancy dress welcomed. Call Paul on 625 847 170.

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A new arrival for Easy Horse Care ONE of the mares rescued in Callosa de Segura last month

by Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre (EHCRC) has given birth to a healthy foal.

Sue Weeding, co-founder of EHCRC, said: “We knew the mare was with foal but Dorothea our vet believed she was only about seven months pregnant because of her size. However, the foal was small because of the mother’s severe malnutrition.

“If she had been born three weeks earlier this foal would have not survived. The mare was chained to a concrete wall with several other horses in very close proximity and the foal would probably have been trampled on.”

The shocked team then had to work to secure the paddock to ensure the foal could not get through or under the electric fencing and wander into danger. “We

MOTHER LOVE: New foal was an unexpected arrival at Easy Horse Care. enlisted the assistance of Linda and Paul at Cookeze in Dolores, who kindly donated several wooden pallets to make part of the solid barrier to fence off the new arrival and her mother.

“Our great friends and supporters at Rojales Town

Hall also rushed to our aid with several large plastic road barriers.”

Visitors can see the new arrival at the Sunday afternoon open days or see their Facebook page and help suggest a name for the new foal.

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The cultural capital of Costa Blanca MAY sees a range of cultural events take place in Torrevieja.

The spring cultural programme starts on May 1 with the ballet Sleeping Beauty at 7pm at the Municipal Theatre. Tickets cost €25-30.

The Elche Symphony Orchestra play on May 2 at 9pm at the Torrevieja Auditorium; tickets cost from €6-15.

The musical ‘Fama a Clase’ has two performances on May 4 at 5pm and 7.30pm at the Virgen del Carmen Cultural Centre. On the same day at the Municipal Theatre is there is a recital of poetic music for Day of the Book, ‘Eres Tu’, dedicated to mothers, at midday.

European Day takes place on May 9 in the Plaza de la Constitucion with a European Day concert with Cantabile Choir at the Palace of Music the following day at 8pm.

The popular annual May Fair is held from May 14-17 in the fairground of the port area.

For full details and bookings visit either the Tourist Information Office on the Paseo Vista Alegra, the individual venues or the Box Office.

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From Cannes to Capdepera A MAN, 42, who was allegedly involved in three major jewellery heists in Cannes, France, has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for robbery at a Mallorca hotel.

The French citizen of Algerian origin was arrested

by Guardia Civil in June last year charged with committing several robberies in hotel rooms in the Cala Rajada area

of Capdepera, which he broke into using a screwdriver.

He reportedly stole €600,000 worth of jewellery, valuables and cash by breaking into 25 safes before being caught by a member of staff at one of the hotels.

He violently resisted capture, threatened witnesses with a knife and was caught when attempting to flush

JEWEL THIEF: Arrested for crime spree in Cannes. €5,520 worth of banknotes down a toilet.

He was also carrying €50,000 worth of jewellery at the time as well as other items, all of which he had attempted to hide in a false ceiling in the toilets.

A judicial committee from

France travelled to Manacor following his arrest to question him about three

On trial for death of drugs ‘mule’ SEVEN Nigerians are on trial for the death of a drugs smuggler who was carrying a pellet of 400 grammes of cocaine which exploded in his system.

Between 2011 and 2012, the network brought large quantities of cocaine and heroin into Mallorca for distribution, via packages sent from South America, Nigeria and Holland, as well as by smugglers.

Four of them recruited a 22-year-old Romanian to carry drugs from Madrid to Palma in January 2012. He began to feel ill on the flight and was arrested upon arrival in Palma. He was taken to hospital where he expelled 22 pellets, but another exploded inside him, causing his death.

Several more ‘mules’ and packages were intercepted in the months running up to his death. The network was dismantled in

a police operation in Son Gotleu in February 2012.

The four leaders of the network are facing between 13 and 15 years in prison, the others are facing nine and a half years.

Another man failed to appear in court and an arrest warrant was issued.

The defence is asking for the case to be annulled, claiming the phone taps on which the case was based were illegal.

heists during the Cannes film festival in May 2013, but he refused to talk. France has requested his extradition, considering him part of a dangerous international gang.

In one of the robberies, the culprit entered the hotel room of the representative of Chopard and stole jewellery worth €1.4 million which was to be worn by actresses on the red carpet. Security images show the thief exiting the hotel with a suitcase.

Another robbery was committed at the same hotel and at a mansion in Cannes.

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Brit bride-to-be gets in fight on flight to Spain A BRIDE-TO-BE got into a fight with one of her bridesmaids on a flight to Spain.

The bridesmaid, Katrina Hanafin, 33, has made an official complaint to police over the attack by bride-tobe Kelly Lloyd, 30, during the hen-weekend trip.

The mid-air scrap took place on a flight from Manchester to Barcelona on Thursday. The group

were on their way to Lloret de Mar. Reportedly, Miss Lloyd has been captured on CCTV throwing punches in what could have been a scene from 2011’s smash-hit comedy Bridesmaids.

Mother-of-three Miss Hanafin, who is scared of flying and had taken a diazepam before the flight, said that she has now pulled out of the wedding.

Miss Hanafin said that she was left covered with cuts and bruises following the attack at 30,000 feet and had to go to A&E. She said: “I was sitting down the whole of the time and was attacked by them. I’m not sure what even led to the fight.”

Speaking to the UK’s Daily Mail, she said: “There were cross words, along the lines of [Kelly] saying nobody wants to sit with me and the next thing I knew I was being punched from behind on the side of my head.

“I was sat in the middle of two girls in a row of three so I couldn’t do anything.”

She added: “All I could do was curl up in a ball while blows rained over my face, arms, shoulders and legs and my hair pulled, as I tried to cover myself.

“After that I asked the cabin crew to move me.

I didn’t want to be a part of the hen party after that.”

Miss Hanafin booked a flight back to the UK as soon as she arrived in Barcelona. The hen party are believed to have returned home on

Monday.

Miss Hanafin said: “It is absolutely appalling what has happened to me. I have been nothing but nice to Kelly and her two sisters and her friends and this is how she repays me.

“The wedding is in May but I certainly will not be going. No way.”

A passenger filmed the incident. In the video Miss Hanafin can be heard screaming at the steward: “She started it. She started it.

Her you t***. Then, pointing at the bride, she shouts: “There’s CCTV Kelly. CCTV.”

207-kilo red tuna is confiscated GUARDIA CIVIL in Lanzarote have confiscated a red tuna, weighing 207 kilos, because it was caught in the ‘closed season’.

The matter was presented to the Maritime Service in Las Palmas and the fine imposed on the fishermen could be up to €20,000. The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has legislated that red tuna can only be fished after June 15.

The tuna, which was over two metres long, has been donated to the food bank in Haria.

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‘Most wanted’ woman is found in Paraguay THE only woman who was on the list of Spain’s 10 most wanted criminals, has said she returned to Paraguay because she had been cleared of charges.

Maria Luisa Espinola, 32, said on the radio from Asuncion, that her Venezuelan former partner was guilty of the murder of a woman of the same nationality, but that she had returned to Paraguay in March last year with her daughter with the permission of the Spanish authorities. He is currently in prison.

She said that both she and the victim, Yulmer Josefina Sifontes de Paredes, were pregnant and that her partner had introduced her to the woman in a bar, along with several men, one of whom claimed to be her boyfriend.

She said they then went to

TOP 10 FUGITIVES: Espinola is the only female on the list. the couple’s house to a party, where her former partner allegedly forced the victim to drink alcohol.

Espinola claims she went to bed and that when he woke her

the next day, he showed her the body on the terrace and threatened her with a gun, forcing her to help him dump it.

They then went to a bridge from which they threw the body.

She said her partner later handed himself in and claims there were four more people involved. They all allegedly owed the victim money.

Espinola left Spain because she feared for her life and had no-one here to help her. She said that she has handed herself in to the authorities and that she never expected to see her photo on a list of Spain’s most wanted. Her extradition is pending.

Another of the most wanted, Gabriel Alejandro Reyes, 25, was arrested after he was identified taking part in protests against the Chaves government in his native Venezuela.

He was the head of a drug trafficking network bringing cocaine into Spain from South America, which was dismantled last year resulting in 37 arrests and 124 people charged.

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Fire an accident claims evictee A GERMAN man accused of setting fire to a villa in Llucmajor, Mallorca, four days after he was evicted has claimed in Palma Provincial Court that it was an accident.

The man, who is facing up to 15 years in prison, had been living in the house for 12 years but was evicted when he was unable to pay the rent. He claimed that on the day of the fire he had drunk a lot because he was depressed and was burning family photos.

His lawyer had asked for his acquittal or alternatively one year in prison for the damage caused. A firemen and an architect said in court there had been no risk of the fire spreading to other houses and that no-one had been in danger.

The accused apologised to the villa’s owners in court and promised that he would get a job when he got out of prison so he could pay them for the damage he had caused.

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Motorcyclist killed A MOTORCYCLIST, 38, died after his vehicle left the road and hit the safety barrier on the A-397 between San Pedro and Ronda.

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NEWS DESK Triathlon success ALMUÑECAR has joined the select club of Spanish towns that hold triathlons; 240 people took part in the first Pikaeras race.

Motril athletics

More tourists THE number of Spanish tourists who visited Marbella in February increased by 30 per cent compared to the same month last year.

THE Cardenal Belluga School has won the Andalucia Athletics Championships.

Both the men’s section and the women’s section were triumphant in the eight categories they participated in.

Vespa race

Book presentation

MORE than 30 teams from throughout Spain took part in a racing endurance competition on Vespa scooters held at Campillos go-karting track.

MANUEL FERNANDEZ OLVERA, an author from Motril, has presented his first book at the Casa de la Cultura in Almuñecar. The book is a collection of short stories and was illustrated by local artist Maria Fernandez Martin.

Mosaics shown ANTEQUERA Museum is now exhibiting most of the remains of Roman mosaics which were found during work for the AVE high-speed train tracks.

Noise levels MALAGA Provincial Government is measuring noise levels at Puerto Marina in Benalmadena, following hundreds of complaints from residents in the area.

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Government protest PSOE members have joined Calar Alto observatory workers in a demonstration in Madrid to protest against the closure of the facility due to lack of funding.

€200 million debt THE province of Almeria is owed more than €200 million for healthcare by the Junta de Andalucia.

Scrap parts ALMERIA scrapyards have experienced a surge in requests for secondhand parts since the financial crisis began as they are around 50 per cent cheaper than new ones.

Paving fine THE High Court of Andalucia has ordered Almeria City Council to pay €12,900 to a resident who tripped over because of a missing paving slab.

Cobra birthday THE Cobra police group has now been going for five years in Almeria City. The group was created specifically to take care of any crime that generally takes place at night.

OIL-FREE: Javea residents petitioning against oil prospecting.

MEP calls for oil prospecting ban DESPITE other differences, Marina Alta towns are united in opposing oil exploration in the Gulf of Valencia.

During a recent visit to Javea, MEP Andres Perello said the Spanish government could easily settle the debate.

Member states have the last word regarding gas or oil prospecting within their own borders or territorial waters. “Europe would not say a word,” Perello predicted.

The MEP called on the national government to ban explorations. “They will say that I’m a radical but we cannot allow a way of life to disappear,” he said.

During his recent visit, Perello had talks with Javea Mayor Jose Chulvi and the president of Javea’s fishing guild Moises Erades, who is also manager of the local fishing guild’s seafood outlet, AMMA. Both men agreed that the Cairns Energy project was a threat to the fishing, tourism and restaurant industries.

Perello later visited the Moraira fishing guild where he was presented with a dossier of documents setting out the Marina Alta’s rejection of exploration plans.

These will be passed on to the EU’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety commissions, Perello pledged.

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Family abuse A MAN was arrested for hitting his son, 8, during a row in Palma. He was later released and claimed the child had made up the story.

Immigration network THREE people are standing trial for taking illegal Albanian immigrants into the UK via Palma. One of them is facing 11 years in prison, the others two years each.

Cyclist injured A GERMAN cyclist, 43, was seriously injured after he was involved in a collision with a car on the Sa Calobra road in Escorca.

Violent girlfriend A MAN, 19, was injured when his exgirlfriend allegedly stabbed him twice and stole his mobile phone in Palma.

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Therapy benefits LA HERRADURA has hosted the second conference of art-therapy and psychology at the Civic Centre. The aim of the conference was to raise public awareness of the benefits of these therapies.

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Good news GANDIA’S Francesc de Borja Hospital carried out 250 ‘express’ HIV analyses last year under its early detection programme. Nine of the cases tested positive for the disease.

All fired up AN 80-year-old smallholder caused the fire that destroyed eight hectares of land between Sax and Elda last month, investigators claimed. He will be charged with negligence, they revealed.

Cutting it fine FOR the first time in nine years, cuttings from a 350-year-old oriental plane tree in Ibi’s Plaza la Palla have rooted. They will be planted in the town’s Giravella Park.

Old country ties

FERNANDO JAVIER SENDRA, a prizewinning cartoonist for the leading Argentinian daily, Clarin, was named ‘Adoptive son’ of Pego. The 65-year-old’s parents emigrated to Argentina in the 1940s.

Attempted rape

Electoral roll

Outlook sunny

A MAN, 40, is facing six years in prison for attempting to rape a prostitute in Palma in 2010, threatening her with a knife and a screwdriver.

FOREIGNERS wishing to vote in the European Elections must ensure they are on the electoral roll; they can sign up at Nerja Council offices from April 7 to 14.

ALTEA Town Hall will discount 95 per cent from the ICIO tax charged on building licences if projects incorporate solar energy.

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Three months for dog killer A MAN who killed a dog by throwing it out of a sixthfloor window in Caceres, Extremadura, has been sentenced to three months in prison.

The events took place in June 2013, when the 24year-old claimed that a friend of his girlfriend’s came to his house with the dog and began arguing with her.

At one point he said he grabbed the 10-month-old French bulldog and threw it out of the window. It died when it hit the pavement and he fled the house but was arrested soon afterwards.

He will also have to pay the owner €2,700 in compensation and the legal costs, and has been banned from any profession involving animals for one year.

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CANNES: Jewellery bound for the red carpet at the film festival was stolen.

Jewel thief moves from Cannes to Capdepera

A MAN, 42, who was allegedly involved in three major jewellery heists in Cannes, France, has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for robbery at a Mallorca hotel.

The French citizen of Algerian origin was arrested by Guardia Civil June last year charged with committing several robberies in hotel rooms in the Cala Rajada

area of Capdepera, which he broke into using a screwdriver.

He reportedly stole €600,000 worth of jewellery, valuables and cash before being caught by a member of staff. He resisted arrest, threatened witnesses with a knife and was caught when attempting to flush €5,520 worth of banknotes down a toilet. He was also carrying

€50,000 worth of jewellery as well as other items, all of which he had attempted to hide in a false ceiling in the toilets.

French agents travelled to Manacor to question him about three heists during the Cannes film festival in May 2013, one of which involved jewels to be worn on the red carpet, but he refused to co-operate.

THE Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPO) has invited Argentina to denounce any war crimes committed under the Franco regime in the Spanish courts.

The PPO has refused to hand over to Argentina the Guardia Civil, Jesus Muñecas, who stands accused, in Argentina, of torture during the Franco regime but has accepted that he be tried in Spain for the same crimes.

They have suggested that Argentina present an official complaint to the tribunals in Guipuzcoa, where the crimes allegedly took place. They have also recognised the need of the victims for justice in this matter.

Paradoxically the PPO’s report also admits that the statute of limitations has run out on this case.

The report has not mentioned if the alleged torture could be considered a crime against humanity, a necessary precept in any war crimes’ accusation.

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Stories making headlines in Europe

S CANDINAVIAN P RESS

GERMAN PRESS Brandenberg crash

BRITISH PRESS Cruel or kind

Nigella barred

DENMARK - A ban on the halal slaughter of animals is seen by many as persecuting religious adherents and as proscribing their faith.

DOMESTIC Goddess, Nigella Lawson, has been turned back at Heathrow, after trying to board a flight to the USA, due to her drug taking which she confessed to last year.

Shock find SWEDEN - A Swedish family, renovating their living room, found a gravestone from the 1800s under their floorboards.

The family, from Fuglie in southern Sweden, were said to be shocked at the discovery.

Flying selfie DENMARK - A Danish pilot has taken a photograph of himself in an F-16 just moments after he launched a Sidewinder missile.

Electric sales NORWAY - Sales of electric cars have smashed previous records for March with the environmentally friendly vehicles accounting for one in five of all cars registered.

Poor marks SWEDEN - Parents and policymakers are up in arms about the latest Pisa (International Student Assessment) ranking which, once again sees Sweden drop to below the average with the poorest marks among all the Nordic countries.

Morris diet RICHARD LANDON, from Oldham in Lancashire, was spurred on to lose over 15 stones so he could continue with his Morris dancing team; he is now down to a healthy 13 stones.

Grand National

Ford slashes staff FORD’S joint venture in Russia, Sollers, has decided to cut staff and output at its two plants due to a contracting market and falling Ruble.

Russians emigrate THE annexation of Crimea has had an effect on the amount of Russians seeking to emigrate; there has been a 20 per cent increase in emigration requests in the past few months.

Corrupt government A POLL has shown that 25 per cent of Russians think their government is corrupt and self-serving; the most popular complaint being their perceived inability to deal with price inflation and the decline in income.

Traffic jams

HUNDREDS of Asian restaurants in The Netherlands have difficulties finding Asian cooks since their immigration is hampered by new legislation.

SPANISH Guardia Civil arrested two Dutchmen at

THREE people have died in a car crash in Brandenberg. A car, with four passengers, crashed into a truck and was forced underneath it. The truck driver was unharmed.

FREE climber, James Kingston, 23, has performed a death defying, unharnessed, back flip on top of a 400 foot bridge in the Ukraine.

British sheds COMPETITORS from across the country are battling it out in this year’s contest to build the best shed. Categories include the eco shed, the garden office and the pub shed.

Torture recording A COURT in Hannover has jailed a 33-year-old man for life for torturing his girlfriend to death for over six hours and recording it on his phone.

His case will be reviewed after 21 years.

Ai Weiwei

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Asian cooks

Fridge coke

British Spiderman

JAMES: Death defying jump.

WILLIAM HARSTON, a Cambridge mathematician, claims to have found a formula for predicting the winner of the Grand National. His formula has chosen ‘Monbeg Dude’ for this year’s race.

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problems by revamping the three biggest, largely defunct, industrial zones in the capital in order to move flow into those areas.

Putin’s ex ALL traces of President Putin’s former wife, Lyudmila, have been removed from his official Kremlin biography.

Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that “this means that the divorce has taken place.”

LYUDMILA: Removed from biography.

CHINESE artist Ai Weiwei’s biggest exhibition so far is to open in Berlin.

A travel ban imposed by the Chinese government means that he cannot be there to see it.

No Wikileaks THE town of Passau in Bavaria has banned parents from calling their child ‘Wikileaks’ for fear that it could harm its welfare.

Gay burial BERLIN is to open Germany’s first lesbianonly burial area in the Georgen-ParochialFreidhof cemetery.

MOSCOW is hoping to alleviate its traffic

DUTCH PRESS Alicante airport for smuggling 40 kilos of cocaine in double bottomed fridges.

his home on his smartphone by means of a new sophisticated security system.

Distant burglary Kids at home ON holiday in Paris a man from the town of Rhenen received pictures of burglars in

ONE in three Dutch adolescents (18-29 years) live with their parents, much less

than the European average of 48 per cent. The Dutch percentage is still descending and the European figure rising.

E-cigarette THE number of people who smoke e-cigarettes has tripled

in 2013, nevertheless being 3 per cent of the smokers, the Trimbos Institute has found.

Mailbox misery AN entrepreneur in Spierdijk wondered why his clients did not pay his invoices. It appeared that the postman had not emptied the mailbox in the village for six weeks.

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Firm fiddled expiry dates THREE members of a family running a food business in Palma de Mallorca have been arrested by National Police for distributing products which had passed their expiry date.

The investigation began when police were informed that the business may have been violating workers’ rights.

It revealed that management and staff were falsifying expiry dates on products which were distributed to schools and hospitals amongst other places, as well as the fact that foods were being stored in warehouses without proper hygiene conditions, and delivery vehicles were not refrigerated.

The company distributed preserved vegetables, fish, pasta,

jams and other products.

The premises, located on Son Castello Industrial Estate, were raided and police found blank labels, dissolvent to erase expiry dates, products which had been tampered with, computer equipment and various documents. They have since been closed.

Five Spanish workers have also been charged but claim that they only agreed to tamper with the dates for fear of losing their jobs. They also say they were forced to work overtime with no extra pay, made to drive overloaded lorries and their wages docked if any of the products were ruined.

The three detainees have been charged with document falsification and crimes against public health and workers’ rights.

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Doubts regarding video of princess’s statement A REPORT regarding a recording of Princess Cristina of Spain’s appearance in court suggests that the author has been wrongly identified.

In February, a Malaga lawyer was suspected of leaking the video of the princess’s statement in court in Palma de Mallorca.

An investigation was opened and police visited the headquarters of Wouzee, the platform to which it was uploaded, to request information on the user who did so. The lawyer from Malaga reportedly attended the hearing in place of another but denied having filmed the images.

A report carried out by experts from Malaga University requested by the lawyer analysed the recording and compared conclusions with those made by the police.

It suggested that the police report contained errors and that the position from which the video was taken suggested it had been done by a civil servant working in the court. It is believed the camera was in a watch, bracelet or ring and captured angles

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VIDEO: Images leaked of Princess Cristina in court. which would not have been possible from where the lawyer was sitting.

It also suggested that the video had been tampered with, and that the sound and images had been put together after the recording.

The princess’s husband, the Duke of Palma, could face between 10 and 19 years in prison for embezzlement,

corruption, document falsification, fraud and tax evasion.

In court, the princess claimed that she did not know of the activities of Aizoon, the company created allegedly to hide the €6 million of public funds illegally obtained through the Noos Institute, despite owning half of the company.

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The ultimate sacrifice T

WO stories that hit the UK national press sum up the differing images of the Brit abroad.

One summed up the boozy tourist after sun and sangria and a ‘good time’ at all costs that brings a shudder down many an expatriate’s spine.

The other was a family tragedy that showed two mums making the ultimate sacrifice to save their beloved children from the sea.

In one, a bride-to-be didn’t even make it as far as Spain for her hen party before getting into trouble. She ended up fighting with one of her bridesmaids on the flight over.

That showed a lack of respect not just for her, now presumably exfriend, but also a total disregard for fellow passengers.

A selfish unwillingness to recognise the upset,

distress and even fear they may have suffered as she pursued her own agenda.

On the other hand, two British mothers drowned as they tried to rescue their children from the sea off a Tenerife beach. The two women, believed to be from the same extended family, were pulled from the water but could not be revived.

The children survived the ordeal.

So on one hand we have a selfish troublemaker, on the other two women who were totally selfless to the extent of losing their lives.

Let us hope that the bride-to-be learns some humility, and regard for other people. Should she have children maybe she will understand why some people are willing to give up their lives for the people they love.

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STAT OF WEEK BELEN ROMANA, president of Spain’s ‘bad bank’ Sareb, has cut her pay to €300,000 a year although she is entitled to €500,000. The bank reported losses of €260 million in 2013.

strikes of 2012.

However, the last six years of crisis are by no means the most conflictive in the 28 years that the Labour Ministry has kept records.

There were more than 1,000 strikes a year between 1987 and 1993 while a record number of 6,692,240 workers downed tools

More jobs for civil servants MORE public administration jobs will be created than originally planned.

Instead of the expected 641 civil service posts the offer has been raised to 950, announced Treasury Minister Cristobal Montoro.

The selection process has been reformed, he confirmed, with experience taken into greater account and equal opportunities for women.

Montoro’s announcement came during the presentation of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report on Public Administration reform in Spain.

Approximately 238 of the new employees will go to the government’s tax collecting agency AEAT to boost the number of

employees assigned to tracking down fiscal fraud.

A further 210 will be assigned to local administrations as town hall auditors and a ‘significant’ number will fill vacancies within national administrative bodies.

While the creation of 950 new jobs is encouraging this does little to balance the 374,000 posts lost in public administration over the last two years, said the UGT trade union.

The unions were irritated

by Montoro’s announcement, sources claimed, as they were already in conversations with the government regarding the new jobs.

The announcement was made before talks concluded, they complained.

in 1988.

Strike figures decrease in periods of economic crisis partly because there are fewer workers, the ministry figures show. But the principal reasons are workers’ fears of reprisals from employers and the possibility of losing their jobs, analysts said.

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Real earnings FLORENTINO PEREZ, president of construction and services group ACS, earned €4.56 million last year, 2 per cent more than in 2012.

He received a further €1.36 million from savings plans.

Traffic lights STOCK market regulator CNMV will colour-code investments to avoid a repetition of the mis-sold preference shares debacle. Red, amber and green will denote high, medium or low risk investments.

Stock market regulator profits SPAIN’s stock market regulator the CNMV needs more power to deal with market changes.

Its supervisor Elvira Rodriguez, who took over in October 2012, called recently for more autonomy regarding both operations and sanctions.

The CNMV, created 25 years ago, is not dependent on taxpayers’ money but

generates its own income and is a money-maker. In 2012, the last year with available figures, the regulator made a profit of €7.4 million, 70 per cent of which went into government coffers.

This year new regulations controlling levies come into force and the CNMV is expected to earn €46.7 million, Rodriguez revealed at a recent forum.

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Fewer jobs, fewer strikes THERE were 994 strikes in Spain last year, 13.2 per cent more than in 2012.

This made 2013 the second most conflictive year of the economic crisis after 2009 when there were 1,001 stoppages, according to Ministry of Labour statistics. Neither figure takes into account the two general

STRIKE: Less industrial action.

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Cuts affect Spaniards abroad STEPS taken by Germany and Belgium to protect their benefits system are affecting Spanish immigrants.

The measures were introduced to stem the flood of Romanian and Bulgarian immigrants once restrictions were lifted last January, but there are currently 6,592 Spanish immigrant workers in Germany who are now jobless.

Finding work is less easy than it looks, said Silvia Nuñez , who has a degree in English and recently returned to Spain. “It depends on your profession and if your German is good.”

Belgium is already cutting benefits to immigrants it considers to be a drain on the system. Last year it stopped benefits to 2,712 EU citizens of whom 323 were Spanish. After Romanians and Bulgarians they are the most-affected by the country’s new regulations.

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Tax agency digs for fraud SPAIN’S tax collection body, the AEAT agency is planning a two-pronged attack.

Now that tax declarations are due, the agency will home in on online commerce which now moves €10.6 billion a year, said AEAT’s director general Santiago Menendez.

The agency has also been authorised to check the computers of small and medium businesses for ‘Caja B’ black money camouflaged by double accounting.

E-commerce can look forward to ‘far-reaching control’ with the participation of AEAT’s crack group Onif, renowned for locating fiscal fraud, promised the authority’s director general Santiago Menendez.

“AEAT is facing new forms of fraud because the internet facilitates totally submerged activities,” claims the text of the agency’s control programme.

“Others appear to be foreign but are in fact Spanish

ONLINE COMMERCE: Computers to be checked. companies using the internet to avoid their tax obligations.”

The agency will use information circulating on the internet to piece together information on taxpayers to determine whether or not they are involved in undeclared commercial activities.

Tax inspectors will monitor how many visits to a web page result in sales, Menendez explained. They will also check

whether tax is paid on earnings from advertisers who pay to appear on websites.

Manufacturers who sell their products on the internet will come under scrutiny to ensure that they pay ‘adequate’ tax in Spain, the director general revealed.

Specialist AEAT staff will also examine computers to detect possible manipulation of accounts sheets, double accounting or partial concealment of a company’s activities.

Yet more inspectors will visit firms and shops to check that no payments of more than €2,500 have been received in cash.

And, as always, AEAT’s hitmen and women will continue to home in on taxpayers whose ‘external signs of wealth’ do not correspond to their tax declarations or declarations of personal assets.

Profit Boosting Business Tips to help you survive tough times THE main cause of business failure is incompetence. Here are eight tips to help you survive tough times.

First impressions count. A telephone answering machine cannot answer questions, which is why most people call in the first place. Be there, be polite; listen and respond transparently.

How often I have heard it said: “But our customers know where we are.” Hello! New customers do not. Always give clear directions to those looking for your business.

If you are in business then being a sales person comes with the territory. Improve your people skills; be pleasant and informative, highlight the advantages of your service, and ask politely for the order.

Often forgotten. The customer is there for his reason, not yours.

Clients are offended and putout by poor timekeeping. If unavoidably delayed call them.

Talking shop Mike Walsh Mike Walsh was for 20 years Regional Assessment Manager for the Guild of Master Craftsmen, Britain’s biggest quality assurance body for businesses.

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Explain; invite their understanding or suggest an alternative time in order to avoid inconveniencing them.

Customers are not stupid. Do not treat them as though they are. If you are deceitful they sense it without necessarily saying so. Explain what needs doing and why.

It is unsettling to be given a bill without a break down. Failure to do so invites the allegation that you cheat or are over-priced.

Transparency keeps customers happy and contented clients become unpaid sales staff.

A man bought a business. The

first thing he did was ask for a list of lost clients. He discovered most had left due to poor service. By informing them of the change of ownership and addressing their concerns he recovered most of them.

Leave several business cards in your customer’s home or premises where they can be seen. Respectfully ask your customer to recommend you. Ask if they have friends or family who may be interested in your service. The most important rule of all: Always thank your client for their custom.

By following these basic rules you can double, even treble your turnover without it adversely affecting your outgoings.

Mike Walsh was for 20 years Regional Assessment Manager for the Guild of Master Craftsmen, Britain’s biggest quality assurance body for businesses.

ENERGY BILLS: Households are struggling to pay.

Energy poor Spain A GROWING number of energy-poor Spaniards cannot maintain their homes at an adequate temperature.

A household is classed as energy or fuel poor when a family cannot meet the cost of basic energy needs or when it must allocate an excessive proportion of the family income to pay its energy bills.

People with energy problems have increased by 50 per cent since 2008, found ‘Fuel poverty in Spain,’ a study by Spain’s Association of Environmental Sciences (ACA).

The preliminary results suggest that the most significant increase in energy poverty occurred

between 2010 and 2012.

The study revealed that 10 per cent of Spanish households - approximately 4 million people - are now energy poor, with one out of every three families affected by unemployment experiencing fuel poverty.

Those on pensions or living in rural and underpopulated areas are also at risk.

Energy poverty is a contributing factor to between 2,300 and 9,300 premature deaths in Spain each year.

Energy-efficient buildings, fighting climate change and reducing the European Union’s energy dependence are amongst solutions to the problem.

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Adults are failing in basic finance know-how

Loose change A look at finance for females

Jane Plunkett jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com

FOR those fortunate enough to be employed, a salary thankfully lands in the bank account each month, but despite concerns about bills, mortgage payments and future costs, most people or households are not very good at keeping track of this money.

A new report hailing from the US has revealed that when it comes to being smart about money and making sure to tie up loose financial ends, many adults are failing miserably.

And the same rings true for grown-ups all over the world.

Thirty four per cent of

those surveyed admitted that they constantly carry month-to-month credit card debt. It’s so easy to just stick a cost on your credit card and tell yourself that you’ll pay it off at the end of the month.

But in reality other costs always creep up and all that good intention to pay off credit card debt ultimately gets postponed.

Which tragically for your savings results in paying lots of hard earned money purely on interest.

But you’re not alone making these financial mistakes, almost half of those questioned would grade themselves a ‘C’ or lower when it comes to financial know-how, while 61 per cent of adults don’t even have a budget.

Public housing is not so available THE Department of Development and Housing of the Junta de Andalucia regional government (CFVJA) has opened files on eight different financial entities which possess VPO properties (council housing) and are not handing them over to the relevant councils.

According to sources within the Junta, the law that regulates social housing establishes the obligation of the financial entities to communicate to the CFVJA an inventory of all available public housing in the province; only about 20 of them have done this.

The CFVJA has confirmed that there are at least eight financial entities in Andalucia, among which are some of the country’s main banks, which have not made this information available.

Not putting housing which has been built with public money at the disposition of the public is a serious legal infraction and the financial entities could be fined between €30,000 and €120,000

BUDGET: Helps you plan and track your money.

For some reason the word ‘budget’ can often be seen as restrictive and over-the-top, similar to how the word ‘diet’ can conjure up mental images of suffering and difficulty.

But it’s important to

You and the Law in Spain

By David Searl

Seeing the light TWO out of every three Spaniards do not understand their electricity bill and 59.4 per cent suspect they have been overcharged. Only 30 per cent have ever changed their provider, found online price checker Rastreator.

Gas venture REPSOL has begun extracting gas from the Kinteroni field in Peru. The Spanish multinational will initially produce 20,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day, but expects to double this by 2016.

Silver lining TIME drivers spent sitting in traffic jams has fallen 63 per cent since 2010. A study by Catalonia’s Royal Automobile Club credits the economic crisis for keeping cars off the road.

Can my neighbour install solar panels to block my light and view?

THE picture below shows the view from my kitchen windows.

Without consulting me, my neighbour has installed these solar panels on his terrace.

I went to the town council, but A. Perhaps you should start with your Community of Owners. Has the Community authorised the installation of the solar panels? The panels clearly alter the exterior appearance of the building, just as enclosed terraces do, and so they should require the approval of the Community.

Bring the situation to the attention of your Community President. Even if the panels are not attractive and even if they cut off your light and view, these unfortunately are not legal grounds to remove them.

remember that a workable budget isn’t meant to limit how much you can spend overall - it’s simply a plan for where your money is best spent.

If you do one thing this week, make sure it is to sit

down and create a budget, because if more than 50 per cent us say we don’t keep a budget, we might as well say we don’t know where our money is going.

It doesn’t have to be complicated!

Simply figure out your monthly net pay and from there calculate all your major expenses - rent, bills, the gym, debt payments etc. Subtract them from your take-home pay to see how much money you have left to work with.

This will leave you with a better idea of how and where to spend the remainder of your money and see what your average daily spending should amount to, rather than just spending blindly until you’re left in the red again.

There are also loads of free apps to download to help you plan and track. So no excuse, get cracking!

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they said they couldn’t do anything unless other neighbours also complained. As the other owners are only here for holidays, this is not practical.

My neighbour has another

Another point is the possibility that the panels have been installed under terms of the rehabilitation of properties regulations, designed to promote

terrace which is not used and which is higher and out of sight.

The installers said it wouldn’t get as much sun. Can you suggest a solution?

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elements which improve energy efficiency.

It is even possible that the neighbour has received government grants for this purpose.

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

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Amnesty solution for Spain’s homes problem ONCE again there has been much in the press about property problems in Spain. Some has even been positive with perhaps a solution to the legalisation issue on the horizon. A simple solution is an amnesty, with all houses built before a certain date to be made legal and all future planning to go through a specialist department and not the town halls. Local council officials and mayors of all parties are now in agreement that there needs to be an amendment to the Decree.

Surely now, someone in the Junta de Andalucia will listen.

The Junta must realise that if the houses were made legal this would boost the economy. Homes would be improved, giving work to the hundreds of builders who are currently unemployed.

Houses would be put on the market for sale, which would not only bring in taxes but new furniture and cars would be purchased, giving a further boost to employment.

People would no longer have to find legal fees and be constantly worried about what will happen next. They would be able to relax and enjoy life and spend more in local shops and restaurants.

Town halls, instead of concentrating on legality issues, could instead concentrate their efforts on improving their towns and facilities, taking care of people and creating more employment.

We are currently running a paper petition requesting an amnesty for all property built before 2008 and have gathered over 1,000 signatures locally.

If anyone would like a copy, please contact me on lashuertasgroupurl@yahoo.com.

We also have two petitions on www.change.org; one is addressed to the UK and EU governments and the other to Susanna Diaz, regional president of Andalucia.

Kath Williams (by email)

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Weekly News that the Andalucian regional government plans to hire ‘cheap’ interpreters. Great news for the Junta’s coffers, but not so much for anyone involved in a legal process who requires an interpreter.

Those currently providing the service in Malaga have university degrees in translation and interpreting and extensive knowledge of legal matters. Why should they be put out of work by mediocre counterparts willing to accept a pittance?

Despite what many people may think, a knowledge of languages does not provide sufficient skill for translation or interpreting.

Acquiring those skills takes time and effort. Junta officials are obviously not among those aware of the importance of accuracy in translation, especially in medical and legal matters.

It is disgusting that Spain’s Criminal Procedure Act allows anyone with knowledge of languages to act as an interpreter, and also how many so-called translators/interpreters there are offering their services who are unqualified. People should stop and think of the consequences which a small misinterpretation could lead to, then maybe they wouldn’t underrate the skills of

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professionals.

I’m not saying that to be a good translator you have to have a university degree. I know several great translators who never studied the career, and it’s fine by me if anyone with a good grounding in both languages wants to help friends and family translate in everyday situations.

But when it comes to anything legal, medical, financial, etc… call in the professionals!

Professional translator, Arroyo de la Miel (Malaga)

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Hanna (by email) Editor’s note: ‘Perplexed’ asked for further information regarding ‘Knackerbrod’ crispbread.

Indigestible LOVED Perplexed’s sense of humour and hope that he spat out the first part of the bread!

Frank Kay, Rojales (Alicante)

Hard lines PERPLEXED is quite mistaken in attributing Knackebrod to Germany! This type of hard bread, made mostly of rye flour, is actually of Swedish origin. It has been baked in Sweden from around 500 AD. Roughly translated it means bread that is easy to crack.

Originally considered as poor men’s food it is now considered as a healthy alternative with more dietary fibre.

You will find Knackebrod in 85 per cent of Swedish homes, in Germany in 45 per cent and in France only 8 per cent. I do not know about the UK or Spain.

Anders, Porreres (Mallorca)

IF it’s paranoid to go on harping on about the same things week after week, without producing any evidence to support them then I’m afraid, dear Leapy, paranoid is what you are!

Week after week we get told how criminals are getting off scot free, how Islamic bigots are ruling the roost, and Britain’s towns are overrun with immigrants.

Yet all that Leapy is really saying is that a lot of people think this is so. He never makes any effort to find out whether they are right in thinking so or not. In fact, whenever any serious attempt is made to check on whether, for example, an unusual number of criminals are getting off, if immigrant numbers make any serious difference to other people’s work prospects, or most British Moslems are influenced by bigots, the result is always that the alleged problem has been enormously exaggerated.

In any democratic country things can happen which we may not like, but to twist the law to make sure they cannot happen would mean removing safeguards we would sadly miss. Freedom of movement is something we all think we should enjoy. A fair trial is what we expect to have if we are accused. Leapy’s articles only make it harder for British people to live in the real world.

He would do better to tell us how to adapt to a society with a lot of foreigners in it, and to learn a bit about how they live and why they have left their birthplaces and come to Britain.

Bill Campbell (by email)

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WHEN I drive into town I frequently see learner drivers waiting for their instructors. On most occasions they are having a nice cosy chat over a cup of coffee and brandy (methinks) in the bar next door. I say “methinks” as they come out, fags in hands and a bit doddery.

It amazes me just how many of these instructors actually know how to drive themselves. They don’t even tell the learners to use their indicators and just pull out without using a rear view mirror.

Oh, I forgot they don’t have to do that here. I was taught “mirror, signal, manoeuvre,” not just “manoeuvre.”

T.Turpie (by email)

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Cinderella law is a step too far

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VER the years I’ve often come out against interference in our lives by the so-called Nanny State - but this most recent Cinderella law codswallop really does make my blood boil.

Who are these faceless people using taxpayers’ money to come up with such pure unmitigated nonsense?

Certainly not parents, that’s for sure. How dare they encourage youngsters to grass up their parents every time they think they’ve been hard done by, it’s bordering on Hitlerism. Under the proposed law parents could be jailed for ‘emotional cruelty.’

As a father of six I dread to think how many times I could have been reported by disgruntled little offspring not happy or having their noses put out by some disciplinary decision or another. The

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT moments when your little peach looks at you with blazing eyes and storms out telling you they hate you.

If they were encouraged by these out of touch lunatics to report you to the authorities, at this point they would happily report you to the hangman.

Don’t they realise that nine times out of 10 within a few hours they have their arms around your neck and are telling you they are sorry and how much they love you?

How are they going to enforce this law? Send a raiding squad of plod down to the family home to arrest some harassed parent making the family’s Sunday dinner after they’ve had an altercation because they

CAUTION: Telling off your children could land you in jail for ‘emotional cruelty’.

couldn’t get the children out of bed?

Give us a break! Can you imagine the domestic chaos that would ensue with mum down the nick and the vegetables boiling over? No, what these people should be doing is sorting out their own departments. Instead of trying to sidetrack us all with these ridiculous red herrings

they should be investigating the monotonous regularity with which babies and toddlers are somehow ‘slipping through the net’ and dying under horrendous conditions.

Yet another tot killed this week by a monster that local welfare workers somehow managed to let ‘slip under the radar’. Throwing rocks in

glasshouses comes to mind!

The social services are in a disgraceful state. Most of its workers are unmarried and without families, simply because there is no time to do both.

I always get the faint aroma of sour grapes when these lunatic directives emanate from their organisations. No, get your own houses in order before you start sending the SWAT teams into ours.

Well my little stint in the Tenerife sunshine will soon be over. Once again I’ve had a great winter with some truly terrific folk. Thanks a bunch, everyone. See you all next year. Can’t wait to get home, mind. Six months is too long away from the children. Sure hope they don’t hate me for it!

Keep the faith Love Leapy Leapylee2002”gmail.com

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Is the world really your oyster?

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

L

UCKY you’ are words that generally follow when telling people I live in Spain.

This may indeed be the case - I do love the sun and the great outdoors are as described on the tin. Still, there are times I seriously consider packing my bags and heading for pastures new. My main niggles with Spain are the widespread corruption and the absence of welcome from authorities, who penalise those that play by the rules, because they are easier targets than those who flaunt them.

They say the world is your oyster - but is it really? I've had a quick look at what other expat havens have to offer: First of all, Europe is out - the mid-to-northern part due to

VELEZ BLANCO: All roads lead back to beautiful Spain. adverse weather and long dark winters, while the other Mediterranean alternatives suffer similar problems to Spain.

Secondly, you can forget about notions of the Cayman Islands or Bermuda - they demand a sizeable upfront cost of entering, backed by hefty bank accounts, private medical insurance. Even then you will probably suffer with island fever as well as culture

withdrawal symptoms before long. Meanwhile, Singapore ticks all boxes but one: It is the most expensive country in the world.

Unless you are a Russian Oligarch or Spanish Politician, strike the above off your list.

So, how about the land of the free? The great US of A. Well, it is true they have lessened entry requirements and I believe a medium-sized property purchase

will suffice to gain access, again if you do not have to rely on any state benefits. But, be certain in your decision because they have a right to tax you for 12 years after you leave the country. And they do love their guns…

Jump to Japan for wonderful cuisine, a lovely climate as well as extremely kind and considerate people. But you will have to pack a Geiger counter as well as an

earthquake emergency kit, so life in the land of the rising sun could have a serious impact on your health.

Australia has also lowered their immigration criteria, but it is a world away and there is a good reason why they film ‘I’m a Celebrity, Get me out of here,’ over there: Creepy crawlies abound and are probably the only creatures to survive the many bush fires.

Then there is Dubai - holiday home to footballers everywhere.

It certainly trumps Spain in the sun stakes, perhaps ‘demasiado’ so for those with delicate skin.

There is a vibrant expat community, with Starbucks at every corner, but at the end of the day, you may be thrown in jail for kissing your spouse in public.

Culturally, maybe one step too far.

Which leads us right back to Spain. The best option would be that corruption was somehow stamped out and expats, bringing investment to the country, would be welcomed with open arms rather than painful hoops at every opportunity. Here’s hoping.

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

FOR politicians in the Opposition, no time is a good time. But is this a good time to be in power?

Any government striving to keep the economy on the straight and narrow risks a punishment vote, as François Hollande discovered in the recent French municipal elections.

It did not happen because the government is socialist or because Hollande is so unpopular.

It happened because austerity makes people unhappy and the electorate wields the only weapon in its power: a punishment vote.

Spain’s president Mariano Rajoy knows this as well as Hollande and is aware that he and the Partido Popular could suffer in the May 25 European elections.

The unease is there to see because the government is trying to show a kindlier face. No-one mentions the unpopular Abortion reform bill and Treasury Minister Montoro has dismissed an increase in the IVA value added tax. Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz is also prepared to amend some points of his unloved Public Safety bill.

And on May 26 they will discover whether or not this has paid off.

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RAJOY: Is aware he may suffer.

Wasted efforts NATIONAL high court judge Santiago Pedraz is not going to drop the Couso case. Changes in the Judicial Power law curtail the right of a judge to investigate human rights violations outside Spain but

Pedraz still intends to prosecute the US soldiers who killed Jose Couso in Baghdad in April 2003.

Pedraz argues that the Geneva Convention takes precedence over the Judicial Power law.

Either way, he is unlikely to get very far by going ahead, because the US is not going to hand over Couso’s killers.

Although the Spanish government knows it is always a good idea to keep the US sweet, the law was changed to keep China sweeter still.

Another judge, Ismael Moreno, ordered the arrest of former president Jian Zemin, expremier Li Peng and three other officials for human rights’ violations in Tibet.

China’s threat of economic reprisals produced government panic and the change in the law.

Human rights might be noble but it’s trade that fills the kitty.

OPINION & COMMENT

Narrow escape FRANCO’S wife almost prevented the Transition.

Her granddaughter Carmen was married off to Juan Carlos’s cousin Alfonso de Borbon, whose dynastic rights to the throne were no less valid.

Grandma wanted her granddaughter to become Queen of Spain one day and tried to persuade Franco to backtrack on his decision to make Juan Carlos his successor.

Thankfully for Spain and democracy she failed.

Opposite arithmetic THE regional president of Cataluña Artur Mas believes his proindependence role is comparable to that of the late Adolfo Suarez during the Transition.

Patiently coaxing Spain out of the shadows of dictatorship towards democracy has nothing in common with detaching Cataluña from Spain as Mas intends to do.

ARTUR Suarez MAS: sought to Trying to unite and Mas wants only to separate divide.

Cataluña.

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E-cigarettes - a ban too far?

People can be seen relaxing with them in pubs and restaurants, even furtively puffing on planes and trains - but what are they

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ICK JONES, aged 65 from La Marina (Alicante) believes that there is not enough research into e-cigarettes at the moment and what is in them. Despite this, he has used them to help stop smoking: “It is about breaking the habit of smoking, but if you go on to e-cigarettes how do you break that habit? A lot of the time smoking is more the physical and social process of having something in your hand.” Whilst less harmful than normal cigarettes he does think they should be controlled: “They should be banned around children but I’m not sure if they could ever stop it really.”

Benjamin and Barbara Crompton from Wales, on holiday in La Marina, agree it should be banned. Barbara, a care home worker, said: “I’m not a smoker, but I do notice a lot of these ecigarettes around and people are sat in bars and restaurants using them. I see smoke coming out and liquid inside so surely there is something being released

exhaling? Should e-cigarettes be banned in public places, as suggested by the Spanish Government, or is the drive for this kind of

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JONATHAN EVERGLADE: A bit bossy! into the air and there is not enough evidence into what that actually is. Isn’t there still some nicotine in there? That can’t be good.” Benjamin adds: “It is still giving youngsters and society the impression that the whole image of

nicotine ban being taken too far?

smoking is acceptable.”

“I really do not see the harm in ecigarettes for bystanders. They do not have all the same nasty things in them as normal cigarettes and they do not smell,” said Evelyn Carmichael, aged 69, from Fuengirola (Malaga). “I have never smoked myself, but yes I think sometimes the authorities do go too far in bossing people around.”

Jonathan Everglade, 34, on holiday in Mojacar (Almeria) from Coventry, UK, said: “Should they be banned in public? No, I think they have to be safer than tobacco. I think the risk to ‘passive smokers’ would be nonexistent, although I have to say my girlfriend does moan about them.

“I don’t really see why she does, but she can be a bit bossy!”

MICK JONES: Banned around kids.

More green light and less red tape, please!

Nora Johnson

Breaking Views A Costa del Sol resident for a number of years, Nora is the author of psychological suspense and crime thrillers.

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E’VE all heard about Spanish bureaucracy, haven’t we? Well, I’m encountering it at first hand here on the Costa del Sol, but my experiences could be mirrored anywhere in Spain.

All I want to do is to remove a dead seven metre high cypress from my garden. Yes,

it’s a protected species which requires permission to be cut down (a neighbour who didn’t was fined €2,000) and, yes, it’s dead.

Let me give you an idea of what’s been involved to date.

Week One, off to the Ayuntamiento (town hall) to complete a request to remove said tree, providing numerous photos. A filing fee of €0.41 (!) needs to be paid but only at ‘specified’ banks! At the nearest approved one (it’s noon now), I’m informed this is only possible “between 8am and 10am.” The following day, I return and then it’s back to the Ayuntamiento, the receipt

confirming my €0.41 payment, in my sweaty hands.

Week Four, someone from the Parks Department drops by, unannounced, to inspect (and photograph) the dead cypress.

Week Seven, letter from the Ayuntamiento, delivered by hand, stating I need to pay a €300 refundable deposit to ensure I plant an ‘appropriate’ replacement. I pay the deposit and wait.

Week 10, another letter from the Ayuntamiento, giving permission for both removal and replacement - carried out straightaway by my tree surgeon. Armed with photos of

BUREAUCRACY: In Spain has been taken to another level.

the new fig tree, I complete a request for repayment of my deposit at the Ayuntamiento that’ll take “three to four weeks” tops.

Week 14, another visit (unannounced) from the Parks Department to inspect and photograph the fig tree (taking enough photos to out-Gaga Lady Gaga). Week 18, still no repayment but it’ll arrive, I’m assured again, in “two weeks.”

Week 24 and bottom line: almost six months now and counting.

While it was Spain’s King Carlos I who invented the system of tying official documents with red tape in the 16th

century, it was his son, Felipe II, known as ‘El Rey Burócrata’ or ‘El Rey Papelero’ for his monomaniacal obsession with paperwork, who really took Spanish bureaucracy to another level. Every country’s got its share of bureaucracy, right?

Here in Spain over the centuries, though, it’s been taken to a high art form. What, I wonder, are your experiences?

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Lining their own pockets....

London-born journalist and author, Peter spends his time between Paris and Madrid.

His novel ‘1066 The Conquest’ available on Amazon or www.1066TheConquest.com

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I

MPUNITY. Definition: exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action.

No other word can so aptly describe how justice has been turned upside down to preserve and protect a privileged elite which has lost all sense of morality and ethics. Endemic corruption, which was thought to be confined to despotic regimes in the developing nations, is alive and thriving throughout Western democracies. According to a recent report from the European Commission corruption is costing the European Union €120 billion a year.

But a much greater cost is the loss of trust and confidence in national, regional and local politicians as well as the financial and corporate sectors and justice systems. At the heart of the problem is money and greed.

The close relationship which exists between politics and business has become so blurred and incestuous, it risks destroying the fabric of our economies and societies; Tony Blair and Rupert Murdoch, Jose Maria Aznar and Francisco Correa, Emilio Botin and South American presidents, and Berlusconi and his media empire are prime examples.

Abraham Lincoln would be shocked if he could see how our present political leaders have forgotten his words at Gettysburg and that government of the people, for the people, by the people has been transformed into governments of, for and by financial and corporate interests, whose only objective is to increase their wealth and power.

Politicians are not listening to the people, whether it is about immigration, abortion, families, crime, education, health, or growing inequality. Political motives have little or nothing to do with the well-being of the people or the country but to protect the lifestyle of the privileged elite. While families were being evacuated from their flooded homes in Southern England, David Cameron was discussing a multi-million-pound salary and bonus package for the CEO of Lloyds bank, rescued by the taxpayer. This is where his priorities lie.

The financial crisis, caused by the rampant speculation of the banks, has led to a dramatic disparity in wealth, unseen since the Victorian Age.

CAPITALIST PYRAMID: Cleveland USA 1911.

Corporate immorality IT is not just the greed of the elite which is causing resentment. Politicians, bankers, corporate bosses, soccer clubs and sports stars have been engaged in an orgy of criminal activities ranging from mis-selling, rate rigging, bribery, misappropriation of public funds, illegal political funding, fraud, money laundering, illegal foreclosures, excess charges and fees, phone hacking, cheating expenses and especially tax evasion on an unprecedented scale.

Clever or dubious accounting schemes, connivance between political leaders, bankers, audit firms, powerful corporate figures and the proliferation of tax havens, have enabled trillions of dollars to escape the tax net ending up in untraceable companies or accounts in offshore banks.

And when Herve Falciani, an ex-HSBC employee, provided a list of thousands of account holders in Switzerland, instead of the governments cracking down on the tax evaders, they escaped punishment while he was pursued like a criminal.

Nowhere has corruption been more damaging than in Spain. The Gurtel scandal, whose ramifications went to the heart of power, is now in its fifth year as investigators attempt to trace millions of euros of public money and unravel the tenuous links between national and local politicians, business interests and offshore companies. So far there have been hardly any arrests or convictions, only the removal of the investigative judge, Baltasar Garzon.

The rule and respect of law are the pillars of our nation states. Without justice and equality they cannot function. And so long as greed prevails and wrongdoers are granted impunity, our democracy hangs on a thread. (c) Peter Fieldman NUJ writer

The deregulation of the banking system, abolition of the Glass Steagall Act and the global economy allowed bankers and multinational CEOs to plunder our savings to fill their pockets, speculate on a massive scale and shift billions into the world’s tax havens, depriving treasury departments of tax revenues, which are a country’s life blood. The result has been cut-backs in vital public services and investment in education, health and infrastructure.

Privatisation of utilities, energy, telecommunication, transport and in some cases, education and health simply transferred public monopolies into private monopolies or cartels. The control of strategic assets by a few oligarchs with political relations distorts competition and has resulted in a virtual takeover of sovereign states by big business.

There is a direct correlation between the laying off of thousands of workers and/or lowering of wages and exploitation of employees and the increase in corporate profits, boardroom earnings and shareholder dividends.

It is only now, as governments tell the people the worst is over, that we are seeing what has really been happening; like flood waters receding to expose the extent of the damage. Since the outset of the crisis only the top 1 per cent has benefited from any gains while the vast majority face lower standards of living with millions falling into poverty. In the circumstances it is hardly surprising that people are disaffected with politics and are revolting against the capitalist system.

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BERLUSCONI: Business and State too close.

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Already in the shearing sheds...

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

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CARTOON shows Ukrainian sheep after their being shorn by the EU. The irony is that Western Europeans are already in the shearing sheds. In November 2011 the hapless Greeks saw their elected Prime Minister George Papandreou removed from office. He was replaced by unelected banking technocrat, Lucas Papademos.

Fast forward but, not too fast, and we find former investment banker, Canadian Mark Carney parachuted into the Governor of the Bank of England’s seat. He is currently being grilled by the Treasury Select Committee over claims that some of the bank’s officials were aware of foreign exchange rate fixing. His US counterpart was Treasury Secretary Henry Paulsen.

It is no coincidence that all three were former highly placed executives in Goldman Sachs private banking conglomerate.

These events occurred during that bank raking in record profits.

SHORN: A picture tells 1,000 words.

A bankers’ revolution? All the entrenched fiscal policy makers in Germany, Italy, Belgium, France, and UK are ex-Goldman Sachs executives. Mario Draghi, the former MD of Goldman Sachs International, now heads the European Central Bank.

A picture tells 1,000 words. Another cartoon depicts a conventional bank robbery taking place: “Amateurs,” sneers the bank’s manager. He could have a point.

If you look at the CVs of these shadowy suits you will perhaps wonder if the world’s most notorious gangsters are petty thieves compared with this lot.

Bill Moyers. Former US Director of the Institute for Fraud Prevention says the best way to rob a bank is to own one. Iceland President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson: “The government bailed out the people and imprisoned the bankers, the opposite of

what America and the rest of Europe did.”

In the United States, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulsen in 2008 secured a bail-out by drawing on a multi-billion pound taxpayers cache.

Paulsen is a former Goldman Sachs CEO. The new Obama administration appointed Tim Geithner to take Paulsen’s place.

Geithner secured for Goldman Sachs $14 billion (€10.22 billion) from the taxpayers bail-out salvation of failed insurance giant AIG. Why, despite mountains of evidence, have Goldman Sachs bankers and directors of other Wall Street institutions not been thrown in jail? It is because we have a twotiered Soviet style system of justice in which those in power, like Goldman Sachs executives, get a slap on the wrist when they steal $50 billion (€36.5 billion) whilst men go to jail for petty larceny.

The working peoples of the European Union are bled dry under bank imposed austerity measures. They are asked to sacrifice pensions, wages, and jobs, yet the costs incurred in borrowing our own money (bail-out funds) dig us deeper into a hole of our own making.

As Aesop, the Greek philosopher said: “We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.”

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in history 1998: Northern Ireland peace deal reached. The peace talks ended with an historic agreement called the Good Friday Agreement.

1919: Emiliano Zapata, leader of the Mexican revolution, is ambushed and shot to death by government forces.

1814: Napoleon, emperor of France, abdicates the throne and is exiled to the Mediterranean island of Elba.

1961: Bob Dylan plays his first concert in New York. This Beat Generation musician’s work is still relevant today.

1979: Tyrant and extreme nationalist Ugandan dictator, Idi Amin, flees Kampala as opposition troops close in.

1945: The American Third Army liberates the concentration camp at Buchenwald. It came only second, to Auschwitz, in the horrors perpetrated on its prisoners.

1961: Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, becomes the first human being to leave the planet and enter space.

1970: The oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13, the third manned lunar mission, explodes 200,000 miles away from Earth.

1997: Tiger Woods wins the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. A golf prodigy, Woods began playing at age two.

1945: Hitler bluffs from his bunker as the Russian army advanced and atrocities continued to happen to the inmates of the concentration camps.

1912: The “unsinkable” Titanic hits an iceberg in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and sinks in less than three hours.

1998: Hated dictator Pol Pot, architect of Cambodia’s killing fields, dies of natural causes while under house arrest in Phnom Penh.

1940: Bestselling novelist and politician, Jeffrey Archer, is born in Somerset, England.

Women’s wit Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.’

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Directed by David Hare with an average run time of 103 minutes they are all rated 15.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Putting yourself first is necessary at the moment. There is so much happening this week that you may be tempted to run yourself ragged trying to do it all yourself. It is possible to persuade others to give a hand and, although it may seem too much trouble at the time, you will reap the benefits in the longer term.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) You should bear in mind that you are the best one to decide what you want, when you want it and how you will go about getting it. Others may offer you short cuts, but is that really going to deliver the goods? I think not.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) You know where you are going and who with, but there is this one unresolved thought in your mind. It is just a thought, isn't it? Or is it more?

This is something only you can answer.

Be prepared this week to take advice and ask questions.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) You are still looking more to the past than to the future, but now it seems that circumstances are urging you to move ahead at more of a pace. Because the matter becomes urgent, it may seem to you that circumstances are overtaking you. The choice is still yours if you show speed and determination.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) What you truly want in life is now becoming clear to you. Not for you the fuzzy ideas of the past. Now, you realise that, if you do not give a strong lead, then others will lead you. To avoid going backwards now you must be determined and clear.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) With your self-confidence on a high note, you are ready to sing the song of your future. There will be highs and lows but that is what makes life interesting and exciting. Do not now avoid changes for the sake of peace. What is exciting and balanced this week is where your future lies.

H ex a g r a m

Bill Nighy stars in all three films as Johnny Worriker, long-serving MI5 agent whose closest ally is his boss, played by Michael Gambon.

All three films have an all-star American and British cast including Rachel Weisz and Ralph Fiennes.

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AFLAME

PAMPER

BANNER

POISED (10)

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RUMOUR

COURSE

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DESIRE

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FILM QUOTES

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Quoted, 2 Reared, 3 Tested, 5 Leered, 6 Rattle, 7 Agrees, 9 Pledge, 10 Serves, 11 Rested, 13 Veered, 14 Prices, 15 Seated, 17 Tribal, 18 Seared, 19 Hauled

4 Awards, 8 Leader, 12 Breast, 16 Darted,

Your Stars April 14: Peter Capaldi, 55. Actor and director.This Scottish actor and director won an Academy Award for Franz Kafka’s ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ which he wrote and directed. He has also won two BAFTAs.

April 10: Omar Sharif, 81. Film actor.

Star of Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago he is the only Egyptian actor to make it big in Hollywood. He graduated Cairo University with a degree in physics.

April 13: Al Green, 67. Singer. Winner of eight Grammy Awards, Green is a gospel and R&B singer who came to fame with ‘Let’s Stay Together’ in 1972. He has been inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

NOVELS

ADVICE

MOTORS

IF IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK: The months ahead now are all about playing games: mind games, physically challenging games, whatever takes your fancy. Indulge your intellect and your body to find balance.

April 11: Jeremy Clarkson, 53. TV personality and presenter.

Journalist, television personality and broadcaster he has co-hosted the popular BBC show Top Gear since 1988. Piers Morgan once punched him in the face.

ACTION

April 12: Montserrat Caballe. Opera singer.

Born in 1933, Montserrat Caballe has sung a wide variety of soprano roles but came to wider, popular fame when, in 1992, she sang the theme song for the Barcelona Olympics with rockstar Freddie Mercury, of Queen fame. She was born in Barcelona and studied music and song at the world famous Liceu Conservatory.

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10-Star Quiz

April 15: Emma Watson, 23.

Film actor. Best known for her role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series she was also a model for Burberry’s autumn and winter campaign in 2009.

1. “Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya punk?” is a famous line from which 1971 American crime thriller film starring Clint Eastwood?

2. “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn” is a celebrated line from which 1939 American epic historical romance film?

3. In which 1975 Steven Spielberg thriller film does Roy Scheider’s character suggest: “You’re going to need a bigger boat”?

4. In which 1984 American supernatural comedy film does Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) complain: “He slimed me!”

5. In which 1984 science fiction film did the title character first say: “I’ll be back!”?

6. “To infinity and beyond” was voiced by Tim Allen’s character in which 1995 computer-animated comedyadventure film?

7. Tom Hanks’ title character, in which 1994 American epic romantic comedy-drama film pronounces: “Life is like a box of chocolates…”?

8. Which 1971 American crime thriller film includes the famous suggestion: “I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse”?

9. Which 1976 American ‘vigilante film’ features Robert De Niro’s character asking the question: “You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me?”

10. “You make a hundred dollars an hour and you got a safety-pin holding your boot up?” and “Will you love me for the rest of my life? No… I’ll love you for the rest of mine” are both lines from which 1990 American romantic comedy film set in Los Angeles?

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

TARGET: Average: 19 Good: 25

April 16: Jon Cryer, 48.

TV actor.

Cryer came to fame through the popular sitcom Two and a Half Men. He studied acting in London after graduating high school.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Where you see things failing to go your way, it may seem that others are being unfair. It is unlikely to be that simple. Perhaps, by being too easy-going and friendly, you have given the impression of not being particularly caring. State your case and change the tune.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) This week be prepared to be forthright when it comes to a certain difficult situation. This involves someone trying to get you to make a decision you are either not sure of or against. Your good humour is unlikely to deflect them but being openly insistent may.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) You are looking to having everything your own way, which may not be entirely out of the question.

The only sticking point could be that you are not even willing to be sharp with someone who has been far from straight with you. Be prepared to trip over a loose end later if you do not tie it up now.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Judgement may be impaired this week and it would be advisable to get second and even third opinions. In much the same way that you sometimes have an instinctive feel for things and situations, you now have this sensation about a certain person. An unbiased and imaginative opinion scatters your stress.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Are you being pushed into a corner? There is no need to respond with aggression, but a smooth and fast move is required to avoid this.

They say that forewarned is forearmed.

You know more of the circumstances than I do, but there is someone you can call on as an ally, isn't there?

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) So far as your work or business life is concerned, those in authority may seek to see things done their way. Where they seem to pay lip service to your needs, that is all it is… talk. Be clear that you want action and that you will not give in easily. Humour will not help.

Very good: 36 Excellent: 44

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION acme, amen, amid, came, coma, come, dame, damn, demo, dime, dome, idem, mace, made, maid, main, mane, mead, mean, mend, mica, mice, mien, mind, mine, moan, mode, name, omen, admen, admin, aimed, amend, amice, amide, amine, amino, amnio, anime, cameo, demon, denim, maned, manic, media, medic, mince, mined, monad, named, nomad, amnion, anemic, anomic, anomie, cinema, daemon, daimon, domain, iceman, income, maiden, manioc, manned, median, medico ,medina ,minced, moaned, monied, condemn, demonic, encomia, nomadic, comedian, demoniac, DOMINANCE

Word Ladder NOSE

RING

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

You must only change one letter at a time.

NOSE ROSE RUSE RUNE RUNG RING

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

1. DIRTY HARRY, 2. GONE WITH THE WIND, 3. JAWS, 4.

GHOSTBUSTERS, 5. THE TERMINATOR, 6. TOY STORY, 7.

FORREST GUMP, 8. THE GODFATHER, 9. TAXI DRIVER, 10.

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Unscramble the name of an international sporting event (two words): SOMEWHAT CALM GNOME

Across 1 Endlessly discuss diplomat (6) 4 Soap opera sounds corny (6) 7 Fire and unload (9) 9 Fat little girl with tiny top (4) 10 People such as I, are to be found on this land mass (4) 11 More lice are found to contain fossil (5) 13 Catchphrase from Oslo Gang Show (6) 14 Excellent frozen dessert with middle scooped out (6) 15 Examine redesigned arches (6) 17 Deals with sources of gratification (6) 19 Foreign government seat for former Tory leader (5) 20 Ring a writer doing business (4) 22 Listen and learn (4) 23 Chump quietly engages gems (9) 24 Inventor is done by mistake (6) 25 Traps laid for tin god (6)

Unscramble the name of a famous English cook and television presenter: IT HAD LIMES FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: COMMONWEALTH GAMES, DELIA SMITH

Play on Words

Q E H2O 6 Drunk ale? Get emissary (6) 7 Trims talks after last month (9) 8 Works out I’m in wrong sea test (9) 11 Big farm located in Lutheran church (5) 12 Some macho reader’s task (5)

15 Zone so adaptable for a sleep (6) 16 Keep talking about orphan (4,2) 17 Garments for when you get cold in N African city (6) 18 Force second lock (6) 21 Sang about old horses (4) 22 A goddess from another age (4)

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, 2 represents C and 11 represents B, so fill in C every time the figure 2 appears and B every time the figure 11 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 Burn badly (5) 3 First appearance (5) 7 Specialised school (7) 9 Head and shoulders cover (5) 10 Sound reproduction (5) 11 Own up to one’s sins (7) 12 Hot season (6) 14 Impostors (6) 18 Distinguished (7) 20 Happen (5) 22 Additional (5) 23 Baggage (7) 24 Requirements (5) 25 Free from dirt (5)

Down 1 Egyptian beetles (7) 2 Prize (5) 3 Solidified carbon dioxide (3,3) 4 Bowl for washing (5) 5 Circus apparatus (7) 6 Telephones (5) 8 Wear away (5) 13 Make damp (7) 15 In the midst of (5) 16 Medical practitioner (7) 17 Plays for time (6) 18 Oust (5) 19 Avoid capture (5) 21 Pursue (5)

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

PARA WHATDISE

Answers: Watership Down, What in heaven’s name

Down 1 Is repeatedly after credit in a disaster (6) 2 Clothing worn in clubs, maybe (4) 3 Lithium crystal initially applied to bird or plants (6) 4 Still hiding in attics? (6) 5 Yuri Gagarin hid capital (4)

Funagram

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 7 Siesta, 8 Tirade, 10 On leave, 11 Drive, 12 They, 13 Rebel, 17 Zaire, 18 Cent, 22 Plane, 23 Abolish, 24 Rimini, 25 Bemoan.

Down: 1 Escorts, 2 Replied, 3 Strap, 4 Fiddles, 5 Davit, 6 Lewes, 9 Rehearsal, 14 Pageant, 15 Lexicon, 16 Itching, 19 Apart, 20 Barmy, 21 Rodeo.

QUICK Across: 7 Donate, 8 Leader, 9 Pale, 10 Overtake, 11 Painter, 13 Deter, 15 Speak, 17 Contest, 20 Portions, 21 Rage, 23 Saline, 24 Elated.

Across 1 Skinny (5) 4 Dejar (5) 7 Daisy (9) 8 Such (3) 10 Papá (3) 15 In love (9) 17 Caballete (de tejado) (5) 18 Now (at this time, immediately) (5) Down 1 Cara (rostro) (4)

2 Brazo (de persona) (3) 3 Other (4) 4 Plomo (metal) (4) 5 Friend (f) (5) 6 Age (of person, animal, building) (4) 9 Coffin (5) 11 Cerveza (4) 12 Hueso (4) 13 Berry (4) 14 Priest (4) 16 Gold (metal, commodity, currency) (3)

Down: 1 Sofa, 2 Cavern, 3 Recover, 4 Alter, 5 Battle, 6 Weakness, 12 Approval, 14 Mobster, 16 Attain, 18 Threat, 19 Comet, 22 Grew.

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Switch, 4 Sopa, 8 Chair, 9 Dueño, 10 Jellyfish, 13 Dosis, 15 Clima, 16 Earn, 17 Horses.

Down: 1 Sick, 2 Image, 3 Careless, 5 Owe, 6 Ajo, 7 Edificio, 11 Skies, 12 Fans, 13 Dye, 14 Sur.

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TOP 10 FORGOTTEN CIVILISATIONS WHILE the Sumerians and the Egyptians are well remembered, modern civilisation was also formed by the forgotten cultures; here are just a few of them: 1. The Hattian Civilisation The Hattians inhabited the area of what is now known as Anatolia, Turkey. They can be traced to the 24 century B.C. through the Akkadian cuneiform tablets. They came under the aristocratic rule of the Hittites before fading away into obscurity.

2. Zapotec Civilisation 1 the earliest This culture built one of recognised cities in North America - Monte Alban. Founded in the fifth century B.C. the city was home to approximately 25,000 residents.

3. Vinca Civilisation The vinca were Europe’s prehistoric civilisation, beginning in the 55 century B.C. they inhabited the area around modern day Serbia and Romania.

They were a metalworking people perhaps the first to use copper.

4.

Hurrian Civilisation The Hurrian people lived throughout the Middle East during the second millennium B.C. One of

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7. Norte Chico Civilisation This civilisation dominated South America for over 1,200 years and is widely recognised as the oldest, sophisticated culture on the continent.

8. Elamite Civilisation This culture inhabited the area now known as Iran in the third millennium B.C. Very little is known about them as their scribes were not concerned with documenting history.

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1. Louvre Lion. 2. Hattian Temple. 3. Elamite Ruins. their largest cities was Urkesh, in what is now Syria, where the Louvre lion was found.

5. Nok Civilisation The Nok flourished during the first millennium B.C. before fading into obscurity in the second century A.D. Many historians believe that their

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overexploitation of natural resources played a key role in the civilisation’s decline.

6. Punt Civilisation This culture was famous for producing incense, ebony and gold. No archaeological evidence has ever been found to show their location but many scholars believe they inhabited the area around the Middle East.

9. Dilmun Civilisation The Dilmun was an important trading civilisation in the area around what is now Bahrain and Kuwait. They controlled the Persian Gulf trading lanes and had a communication network that stretched all the way to present day Turkey.

10. Harappan Civilisation Also known as the Indus Valley Civilisation the Harappans lived in the area that is now Pakistan and India. They developed their own script with nearly 500 different characters which has still not been completely deciphered.

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.

TARGET:

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Average: 25 Good: 32 Very good: 46 Excellent: 56

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 stet, stets, steer, steers, street, streets, steal, steals, tier, tiers, tetra, scull, sculls, slur, tree, teal, teals, tear, tears, erst, claret, clarets, cull, culls, cult, cults, curl, curls, curare, relax, laxer, real, rear, ears, earl, earls, exalt, exalts, ulster, ultra, rare, alter, alters, arts, arcs

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By Tony Matthews

Fact File on Fernando Alonso Díaz

OVER the last three months or so, hundreds of enthusiasts have visited Madrid’s Canal Art • Born on 29 July 1981 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.

Centre to check out and admire • Started in karting at the age of three. an exhibition of memorabilia • Won three consecutive karting championships in Spain in including silverware, cars and mid-1990s. kit won and collected over the • Became world karting champion in 1996. last 30 years by Formula One star Fernando Alonso.

• Made his F1 debut in 2001 with Minardi.

But the Spanish superstar • In September 2005, became F1 World Driver’s champion for insists that this is not the time the first time, aged 24 years and 58 days - the youngest to do for reminiscing as far as he is so at that time. concerned.

• Retained the title in 2006 to become the youngest double “I have so far won only two F1 World Driver’s championchampion. ships. That’s more than I could • Joined McLaren in 2007; returned to Renault in 2008, have dreamed of,” he said, “but moved to Scuderia Ferrari in 2010.

I am hungry for more success.

I will tell you that winning two championships is not enough for me.”

• Nicknamed El Nano, he is a Goodwill Ambassador for Since claiming his second UNICEF. world F1 title for Renault in • And last year scored a career best 1,571 F1 points in a 2006, Fernando has endured a season. frustrating time on the race track. Unfortunately, a threeyear deal with McLaren ended prematurely after just the most interesting F1 one season following pairings in recent times, and a souring of one which will, for sure, test relations with team both men’s skills on the boss Ron Dennis track and their powers and his then driving of diplomacy off it. partner Lewis “I think Kimi is a Hamilton. very talented Surprisingly, a driver. That is a return to Renault in huge help and a 2008 saw him slip huge motivation down from third for myself first place to fifth in the and also for the drivers’ team, because championship. the team knows That was the it has to deliver season best a good car remembered for the sobecause I know called ‘Crashgate’ affair Kimi will and a year later deliver a Fernando claimed good just one podium result,” said A third finish, ending out of “During the first pre-season It gave us something to work Fernando. up in ninth reach. testing weekend, all of us at on and hopefully we can get it Positive news for Ferrari, and world title place in the The 32- Ferrari learned much about right with Fernando doing the everyone involved in F1, would remains just driver’s year-old their new-look F14 T.” business when it matters most.” be any improvement in the championship, has Fernando finished second Fernando agreed with condition of former German out of reach which was his finished fastest on the final day of Domenicali: “It’s too early to driver Michael Schumacher. worst showing second to testing in Jerez, Spain. Indeed, judge how the Italian team Sighed Fernando: “We are all since debuting for Red Bull's he completed the second most might fare this season. I know hoping every day to have some Minardi in 2001.

Sebastian number of laps overall, with I need to deliver my best. If good news coming from the Thankfully, the Vettel in three of reigning champion Sebastian not I cannot be in front of my hospital... all the F1 drivers switch to Scuderia the past four seasons.

Vettel in his Red Bull car, new colleague Kimi have huge respect for Michael, Ferrari in 2010 has been Fernando said: “I believe managing only 20 full laps in Raikkonen, so that is only because he was the man that more productive. it’s anyone’s guess what might four days good and positive news for motivated us.”

He has so far recorded 11 happen this year. All the teams Fernando’s team principal, Ferrari.”

With three races run since the Grand Prix victories and 31 and drivers are grappling with a Stafano Domenicali, stated on Raikkonen, The Flying Finn, start of the new season, Alonso podiums in 77 starts in four new car, following a complete Ferrari F1’s official website: who won his only world title needs to pick up the pace to years. But annoyingly, a third overhaul of F1’s technical “These were four very driving for Ferrari back in match Lewis Hamilton, who has world title has remained just regulations. demanding and important days. 2007, makes up one half of won two of them.

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Seven foods to help you work harder

WHAT we eat affects how we work so if office hours seem interminably long and tiring then perhaps it is time to try out these seven foods.

1. Cereals. A main source of nutrition since time immemorial; their high carbohydrate content slowly releases energy throughout the day.

2. Fruits. Fruits release a lot of energy and for maximum efficiency should be eaten mid-morning. It is important to eat a variety of fruits as they all have different vitamins to offer.

3. Vegetables. They have a lot of important vitamins and should be eaten with every meal, as with fruits it is

CHOCOLATE: Contains a natural stimulant. important to eat a variety of them rather than always the

same one.

4. Fish. Salmon, sardines

and tuna are among the best sources of essential nutrients

and vitamins; they are high in proteins and low in calories making them a perfect food within a healthy diet.

5. Meat. To get the most out of meat it should be grilled or roasted – it is high in protein but also high in calories.

6. Nuts. Walnuts and almonds are among the best sources of omega 3 and omega 6 which contribute to a strong and agile mind.

7. Chocolate or cacao.

Despite popular opinion, saying that all chocolate is bad for you, a daily ration of between 25 and 30 grams is recommended; it contains a natural stimulant and should improve concentration.

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HE delectable and delightful Rialto offers diners a truly authentic Italian experience from the spacious restaurant nestled in the heart of Benimar, near Benijofar.

Now that the nights are getting longer, Rialto is the perfect place to enjoy a plate of antipasta, some freshly made stone-baked pizza and a glass or two or wine on one of their large terraces overlooking the sunset on the mountains.

The Rialto is one of the most popular restaurants in the area, having opened over seven years ago. It is owned by Dilbag Singh who also owns the renowned Taj Mahal Indian Restaurant just over the road.

This Italian neighbour soon built up its own crowd of regular customers who enjoy the authentic Italian cuisine on offer.

The extensive menu created by the talented Italian chef boasts over 20 pizzas, a range of soups, salads and starters, including bruschettas and carpaccio.

Pasta is homemade and is served with your choice of tasty sauce, but for serious meat eaters try the mixed grill or grilled fillet steak with a mushroom, red wine or pepper cream sauce.

A special children’s menu is also available.

The restaurant is spacious and comfortable with a large upstairs

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Go Italian at the Rialto offers a three-course menu del dia for €9 including a drink.

A special evening menu is served from 6pm every day for €10.90.

If you prefer to recreate that Italian feeling at home, make the most of Rialto’s take away service where a free bottle of wine is offered for every order over €20.

For more information or to make a reservation, call Rialto on 966 714 284.

Rialto Restaurant Centro Comercial, Benimar 966 714 284 1. function room complete with its own bar and access to two roof terraces.

It offers the perfect space for private parties and celebrations and can host up to 80 people, so why not try the Rialto for your Easter celebration?

Rialto will work with you to create the perfect party for any occasion, and their staff are available to offer help and advice in meeting your requirements.

This much-loved Italian restaurant

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Extinct food on the rise ACCORDING to the World Seed Bank, in Svalbard, Norway, there is now less variety within certain foodstuffs.

Compared with historic records the USA has lost 86 per cent of its apple varieties and the Cornwall cauliflower has completely disappeared.

The reasons behind this are purely commercial; some varieties of fruits and vegetables are easier to grow or they just simply produce more weight per unit - those which don’t are being left behind.

Ryan Walker, of the EU

EXTINCT FOOD: Some varieties are being lost.

Conservancy Department, states that some produce just fits better on the shelf, as it is more

homogenised, easier to deal with and therefore seen as more commercially viable.

WHITE WINE: Temperature matters.

White wine is best cold

WHETHER you are a wine buff or an ignoramus on the matter, everyone knows that white wine should be consumed cold, at between 3.8 and 10 degrees Celsius.

The more body a wine has the higher the temperature at which it should be consumed.

The reasons behind this

are mainly related to the bouquet rather than taste. At lower temperatures the floral, fruity and citric aromas come through more strongly and crisply.

At higher temperatures they become more mature and less elegant; they also give the wine a more alcoholic taste.

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Tequila plant could help diabetics THE plant from which Tequila is extracted, Agave tequilana, could be used in the treatment of diabetics and the obese.

Mercedes Lopez of the Biotechnology and Advanced Studies Centre, in Guanajuato, Mexico, has commented that the Agave tequilano reduces the levels of glucose and raises the levels of GLP-1 which, in turn, raises the amount of insulin in the blood. GLP-1 is a hormone that slows the stomach’s digestion and stimulates the production of insulin.

Experts from the American Society of Chemistry have commented that using Agave tequilana they could make an artificial sweetener which would reduce the glucose levels of sufferers of type 2 diabetes and contribute to weight loss in obese people.

Investigations of this plant are ongoing.

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Five reasons you shouldn’t skip breakfast every day ACCORDING to nutritionists, breakfast is the most important meal of the day;

here are five reasons we should all be eating it every day.

Healthy food

WHICH is the healthiest food?

Sushi? Steamed vegetables with a drip of olive oil?

Whatever the answer, it is unlikely that one single meal could cover all nutritional needs.

The human body needs a balanced diet in order to work correctly; eating a wide variety of food also helps the body to avoid coronary problems and fight diabetes and osteoporosis.

Foods that help us do this can be divided into five groups.

Fruits and vegetables; these give us vitamins, fibres and minerals. It is generally understood that the body needs five of these every day.

Carbohydrates; these give us slow release energy and should

HEALTH FOODS: Which should constitute a third of our daily food intake.

Meat, fish and eggs; these make up the protein part of our daily food intake and the body needs between two and three portions per day.

1. Heart attacks - a recent study from the University of Harvard has found that there is a 27 per cent increased risk of having a heart attack in people who skip breakfast.

2. Fatty foods people who don’t eat breakfast have been found to crave fatty foods 20 per cent more than those who do eat it.

3. Diabetes – eating breakfast helps the body keep up essential levels of sugars therefore decreasing the risk of diabetes.

4. Tiredness – your body needs food to feel we be eating? awake; people who eat Milk and lactose products; breakfast don’t get so these give us proteins and tired during the day. calcium. Two or three portions 5. Gastritis – without per day are recommended. breakfast your stomach Fats and sugars; these give us releases too much gastric energy and the body only juice which inflames the needs one portion per day. stomach lining.

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AFFORDABLE: A selection of indoor and outdoor furniture.

OK, technically we know Easter hasn’t yet arrived.

But as it is late this year, the summer season will be upon us before you realise and everyone should now be thinking of long lazy days enjoying the Spanish climate.

Siesta Group prides itself on having one of the largest collections on the Costa Blanca of both garden and home furniture at realistic affordable prices.

The name may be new, but the company certainly isn’t.

Siesta Group - formerly known as Iron Art Factory Outlets - have been trading for over 15 years.

And as more and more people were travelling quite a distance to visit their showrooms in the Torrevieja area, it was decided they could move a little closer to you and make your shopping experience a little less stressful.

Therefore, April 19, 2014 will see the opening of their fourth Outlet.

The new store will be located on the main N-332 at San Javier in Murcia, opposite Decathlon (just down the road from the Dos Mares shopping centre) and will boast more than 1,000 m2 of showroom space.

You will be able to comfortably peruse their vast selection of garden loungers, patio sets, dining sets, parasols, swings, gazebos, water features and more.

After homes, gardens and lifestyle books, recipes beckon

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Dick Handscombe THE first edition of our book Your Garden in Spain had the subtitle ‘Practical ideas for gardens that suit your Spanish lifestyle’ and was a thick 335 page book that included large sections on the growing of fruit and vegetables as well as a comprehensive coverage of growing flowering plants and trees plus garden design and maintenance.

The book sold well but the publishers indicated three smaller books ‘Your Garden in Spain - From Planning to planting and maintenance’ plus ‘Growing healthy fruit in Spain’ and ‘Growing healthy Vegetables’ would be better.

In the autumn a new book should be published including homely recipes that we put together some years ago. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com April 2014.

Or if it’s inside the house you want to spruce up, you’ll find quality leather and fabric sofas and chairs as well as rugs, mirrors, clocks, etc.

Business hours will be Mon - Fri 10:00-6:00 and Sat 10:00-2:00 (closed Sundays).

They will have some fantastic notto-be-missed opening offers!

And in true celebratory style (and as it’s Easter weekend), on the opening day their remaining three Outlets at Gata De Gorgos, Guardamar Del Segura and Los Montesinos will also be offering some fabulous bargains.

If you can’t make it on Saturday, April 19 you can also view all of their furniture products online at their brand new website www.siestagroup.com from the comfort of your own home.

Call the Siesta Group sales hotline on 966 726 891 for more information or email web@siestagroup.com.

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More home restoration projects THE number of people applying for licences to restore or reform their homes is on the rise.

According to statistics from the Spanish Ministry of Development there were 1,649 permits for reforms and restorations granted in Spain in January, an increase of 7 per cent over January 2013.

It is encouraging news that money is starting to flow back into Spanish housing.

The news follows three consecutive years of decline in applications for restoration and reformation permits,

although the number of permits for home extensions fell by 25 per cent in the same period.

Encouraging home reforms is a It is encouraging strategy of the news that money is Spanish starting to flow back government in into Spanish housing, an attempt to after three consecutive help the years of decline in building industry.

The applications for Rehabilitation, restoration permits.

Regeneration and Urban Renewal Law, and the State Plan for Rental Housing and Rehabilitation 2013-2016, may allow financial aid to be obtained for carrying out such work.

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British interest in Spanish real estate is growing BRITISH interest in Spanish real estate is growing; the areas that attracted the most enquiries were Cataluña, Andalucia and Valencia.

More than 6,000 visitors attended the London international real estate exhibition of ‘A Place in the Sun’; there were 156 stands, of which 56 were Spanish.

According to Inmoaction, the company representing Spain at the exhibition, 45 per cent of investors interested in the Spanish market were hoping to buy within the next six months and the most popular enquiry was for three-bedroomed properties.

Daviel Talavera, Director of Inmoaction, commented that the average price that investors wanted to spend in Spain was around €260,000. He went on to say that now was not the

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More falls, say Moody’s MOODY’S thinks that Spanish real estate prices could fall even further Moody’s, one of the big three credit rating agencies, is of the opinion that prices in the Spanish housing market could fall even further.

In Spain, said the agency, the fall was gradual and had not yet finished.

It also warned that mortgage defaulters were having a negative effect on the market.

Given the amount of empty properties on the market, commented the agency, it will take several years for the excess of offers to level out, even with the prices having fallen for seven years in a row.

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A recommended healthy treat for your favourite four-legged friend DOGS’ diet is hugely important if they are to be happy and healthy.

For that reason it is vital to feed your pet with a nutritious and healthy diet that has been specially formulated with the animal in mind.

For that reason many vets and dog experts - including the EWN’s David the Dogman - recommend Barker and Barker’s range of treats and supplements.

The company has been manufacturing its own natural and low fat products for dogs since 1976, when they were first used at Crufts. The company was originally created in the belief that there was a real gap in the market for truly healthy products for all dog breeds - products that follow the needs of a dog’s ‘natural’ diet.

Today there are many products available that appeal to the owner and not the dog.

In actual fact dogs have different digestive and nutritional needs and for this reason Barker and Barker develop their products with the dog’s health in mind.

There are no artificial additives or cereal in any of their products. They do not add

any carb loaded ingredients such as oats, corn, wheat, rice or grains. Despite what people may read elsewhere these things do not form part of a canine diet in the wild and are not necessary to maintain good health.

In fact a carb rich diet is what has caused the explosion of human type diseases in the dog population such as obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and various cancers. These diseases have never been recorded in wild dogs.

Barker and Barker are also committed to never using generic meat, fish or vegetable ‘meal’ which basically contain all the ‘waste’ parts of the core products. They only use top quality ingredients intended for the human food chain that are quality assured and that are guaranteed to be produced to the highest food safety standards.

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The benefits of grooming GROOMING is a pleasurable social activity among wild dogs carried out by mutual licking. Primates engage in intense bouts of hair care and flea picking and horses love to nibble each others’ manes and backs.

Grooming is, therefore, an important behavioural interaction between man and dog. In return, dogs will groom us by licking our hands and exposed skin.

Check and handle the ears, eyes, teeth, and nails. All dogs need grooming, some more than others. Generally, the longer the hair, the more frequently the grooming will be required. Introduce the brush and comb as a pleasant experience while the dog is still a puppy for short but frequent periods. Even though not a lot of grooming will be required, this will result in

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DONALD and Joe Wales, the grandson and great grandson of pioneer record-breaker Sir Malcolm Campbell, have given their seal of approval to the first of 35 Bespoke Phantom Drophead Coupé Waterspeed Collection cars at the home of Rolls-Royce in Goodwood, West Sussex.

Built to commemorate Campbell’s seminal act of British endeavour, this latest creation by the marque’s Bespoke department takes inspiration from the Bluebird craft in which the records were set. A specially created exterior finish named Maggiore Blue takes its name from the lake on the Swiss-Italian border where Campbell broke the United States’ five year strangle-hold on the waterspeed records in 1937. This special collection

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air. Donald and Joe enjoyed a walk through the manufacturing plant with Bespoke designer Alex

Innes before reviewing the specially commissioned car.

On seeing the collection car, Donald, himself a

CRT racing weekend at Albacete race circuit IT was a full house at Albacete for the opening races in the Spanish National Championships Racing Calendar.

The CRT Racing Team led by David Slader on his BMW S1000RR lined up on the grid on Sunday. The weather was sunny but with cold winds, really quite good conditions.

David, known to many in Spain from his business Broadband Costa Blanca, was quick off the line and within two laps was up to fifth place having started ninth out of a field of 27.

This was David’s first race in six years and taking into account his lack of track time on a new bike and level of fitness, the final results of the race were impressive.

David came first in his class Motodes Open 1000cc and sixth overall in the General Manchego/Valenciano Extreme 1000cc.

David was racing on Dunlop

DAVID SLADER: His first race in six years. road tyres, while the teams in front were on slicks which are worth at least a second a lap. At the next outing in May, David will be on slicks also and we all expect he will achieve a podium.

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record breaker, said: “I have no doubt that my grandfather Sir Malcolm Campbell would feel extremely proud to see his achievements honoured in this way. The Waterspeed car is a work of art; the blue and brushed steel evoke connotations of my grandfather’s World Record boats, Bluebird K3 and K4.

“This car is a lovely addition to the Rolls-Royce collection and a fabulous homage to a very important part of our racing heritage.”

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Congrats to Premiers National winner Pinea Tony Matthews

International Sports WINNING TEAM: Arne Hansson and Joe Dean.

TMGS scramble along nicely

THE Members Golf Society held a two ball Texas Scramble and 15 teams battled it out on a nice warm but cloudy day.

Jenny Morris, Roger Nilsen and Ian Parkinson won nearest the pin prizes.

The Best Visitors team were husband and wife team Mr and Mrs Lee with a net 73.2 and the main competition saw Steve Higgins and Paul Fairclough take third place with 74.4, three shots behind the runnersup of Teora Roed and John Trehy’s with a reasonable 71.4 but they were a long way back from the winners on the day, Team Campoamor consisting of Joe Dean and Arne Hansson who came in with a very good net score of 67.8.

Player of the Month for March went to Steve Higgins.

More information: www.tmgs.org or call the Fixture Secretary on 966 719 604.

Easy as Monte take honours THE game between Sporting Orihuela and CD Montesinos kicked off under a clear blue sky on a compact little ground surrounded by palm trees.

With the temperature passing 30c, Monte fielded a full team free from suspensions and injuries.

After five minutes a neat flick on by Edu gave Monte their first corner conceded after a last ditch tackle by a Sporting defender. A few minutes later a free kick by Angel flew just wide. A lovely ball by Ruben put Edu through for Monte’s first goal on 17 minutes.

Ten minutes later Omar cut in from the left and saw his shot deflected over the goalkeeper for their second goal. Monte were now on top and when Vaz was

brought down yet again the free kick was floated over to the far post for Orourker to head Monte’s third goal.

For the most part Christian in goal had little to do.

The second half started with Edu being fouled in the box and Vaz converting the penalty to make it four nil. The referee gave Orihuela a penalty - which they converted.

Several corners by Orihuela came to nothing.

Monte now had the game under control and with time running down first Omar then Angel and finally man of the match Ruben were replaced by Diego, Dani and Dario.

Final score 4 - 1 win for Montesinos. So that makes it 10 wins, one draw and only one defeat this year.

A former football player and the world’s most prolific author of football books (more than 100 published), Tony is also the sports reporter for Spectrum Radio and lives in the Cabrera mountains.

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THIS WEEK’S SPORT, and there’s plenty of it, again.

Last night, Manchester United, 1-1 v Bayern Munich and Barcelona, 1-1 v Atletico Madrid, played the second legs of their Champions League quarter-finals.

Chelsea (1-3 down) v Paris St Germain and Real Madrid (leading 3-0) against Borussia Dortmund completed their return games on Tuesday.

There has already been a full programme of Championship games, with four of the top six all playing away.

Today sees the start of the US Masters in Augusta, while tonight there are four 2nd leg quarter-final Europa League matches.

Wembley is the venue for both FA Cup semi-finals - Arsenal-Wigan (Saturday) and Hull City-Sheffield United (Sunday).

Also on Sunday, it’s the big one Liverpool v Manchester City at Anfield - while Swansea meet Chelsea and Fulham take on Norwich in other crucial PL

games... 30,000 runners will compete in the London Marathon... and the second MotoGP of 2014 takes place in Austin, Texas.

SOCCER ROUND-UP It’s still all to play for in the Premiership after the top three all won. Leaders Liverpool triumphed 2-1 at West Ham with two Steven Gerrard penalties, one controversial, their ninth straight win. Chelsea beat Stoke 3-0 and Manchester City defeated Southampton 4-1. In the race for fourth place, Everton beat Arsenal 3-0 while Manchester United clattered Newcastle 4-0.

At the other end of the table, there were vital wins for Crystal Palace at Cardiff, WBA at Norwich who sacked manager Chris Hughton 24 hours later - and Fulham at Aston Villa.

Leicester City will play at Old Trafford, Anfield, the Bridge and the Etihad next season after beating Sheffield Wednesday to clinch promotion from the Championship.

Burnley (second) drew at Watford; QPR and Derby both lost, at Bournemouth and Middlesbrough respectively, but remain in the top six, along with Wigan (1-0 winners v Leeds) and Reading, who won at lowly Charlton.

GERRARD: Scored two penalties.

League getting tight Good turn IT was out to Monforte de Cid and Alenda Golf for the penultimate Vega Baja Premier Golf League matches of the season.

It was quite important as Las Ramblas and La Manga North needed good results, with them sharing top spot on the same points.

Las Ramblas took on bottom spot Rockets who had a good result last time out, but sadly it was not to be repeated as they went down 0 - 4 and Las Ramblas took maximum 15 points.

The La Manga North team needed to match that against EuroToffs but fell short by one game winning 3 - 1 three of the players scoring 31 points each.

Don Cayo pulled off the surprise win of the day beating La Manga RGA 3 - 1.

With just one match to go at El Valle Golf, Las Ramblas GS go into a three point lead although both teams have the same number of wins, it’s the bonus points that are making the difference.

Call Ivie Davies 669 211 410.

FORTY FIVE players took part in the April Monthly Medal/ Founders Cup at Eurogolf’s home course of La Marquesa.

It had rained heavy, the night before however, although there were some puddles on the paths, the course coped very well and was surprisingly dry.

In the Gold Division first was David Gregson (net 70) with Mark Williams (74) second and Dave Nicholls (74) third.

In the Silver Division first was Chris Stanley (69) - who took the Monthly Medal and Founders Cup - with Phyllis Venables (72) second and Brian Heard (74) third.

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hip-bound Leicester, au De Re and Lewis H! Wolves (2-0 winners over Peterborough) and Brentford (3-1 victors v Notts County) are virtually guaranteed promotion from FL1, while leaders Scunthorpe are set to rise from FL2.

Underdogs Raith Rovers beat SFL2 champions Rangers 1-0 after extra-time in Scotland’s Ramsden Challenge Cup final. This is only Raith’s second Cup final win in their 131-year history.

Bayern Munich’s 53match, 18-month, unbeaten run ended when they lost 1-0 at mid-table Augsburg last Saturday and in la Liga, once again the top three all won, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid.

SHORTS Over 70,000 saw Pineau De Re (ridden by Leighton Aspell and owned by a doctor) win the 167th Grand National; Balthazar King was second and Double Seven third.

Brilliant Lewis Hamilton won the Bahrain Grand Prix. His Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg was second and Sergio Perez third. This was a real humdinger of a race one of the best of all the previous

899 that have taken place. Former three-time world champion Niki Lauda confirmed it was “A truly great race... it had everything.”

GB’s men’s tennis team (Andy Murray included) lost to Italy in the quarter-finals of the Davis Cup. The 160th university boat race was won easily by Oxford after unlucky Cambridge had an oarsman fall out of his seat!

Stuart Pearce will take over as manager of his former club Nottingham Forest in May. Granada midfielder Danny Benitez - on loan from Udinese has tested positive for cocaine and faces a

DID YOU KNOW? The biggest aggregate win in a two-legged European match is 23-0 by Chelsea over Juenesse Hautcharage of Luxembourg in the 1971-72 Cupwinner’s Cup. Chelsea won 13-0 (h) and 10-0 (a).

And Freddy May is the smallest player ever to appear in the Football League. The 1930s exClapton Orient, Thames and Watford star was just five feet tall. lengthy ban and hefty fine.

Congratulations to Sri Lanka who beat India by six wickets in the men’s cricket 20/20 World Cup final, and to Australia who comfortably defeated England (with 29 balls remaining) in the women’s final.

The new County Cricket season is up and running... yes, really.

And Saracens are England’s sole representatives in Rugby’s ‘last ever’ Heineken Cup semi-finals.

LEWIS HAMILTON: Best start to the season since Mclaren days.

nout for Eurogolf at home

NEAREST THE PINS: Colin Hobden, Paul Manning, Mike Gillett and Brian Green.

Nearest the pins were Paul Manning, Dave Nicholls and Sue Gillett. In the TOFFS results overall winner was Pam Davidson.

In the Gold Division Vince Tocker (37) was first followed

by Malcolm Foskett (35).

Pam Davidson (42) won the Silver Division with John

Holland (39) second.

In the Bronze Division Mary Sanderson (38) was first followed by John Langford (37).

Squalos leaders From Back Page Juan ‘OSO’ (2); Wagener (2); Juandi (1).

For Yecla the try scorers were Mad (1); Juan Luis (1) Alejandro (2) and Carlos Amoros (1). Final score was Los Squalos 68, Yecla 24 If Squalos win next week away to UCM at Murcia, they have to wait and see how Cartagena do as they have a game in hand and are just one point behind. Squalos have led the league all season, a great achievement for a young developing team.

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Mammoth drive THIS month’s Stableford Trophy meeting took Ruby’s GS to Bonalba where they were not only playing against each other but against the wind too.

Despite this Marc Doherty came in with a good score and won the gold division and the longest drive with a mammoth effort, wind assisted.

Bill Malcolm won silver division. Best front nine went to newly returned from his world tour Mike Thomas. Next meeting is at La Serena on April 25 sponsored by Dave and Tracey at Ruby’s bar.

PLAYERS: After their stableford competition.

Windy effect EL RASO GS held its monthly Stableford competition at La Marquesa Golf Club. The weather was warm and sunny but the strong wind had a definite impact on the scoring.

Members noticed that improvements continue, the most notable being the construction of a new tee on the fifth hole. The greens were in particularly fine condition.

The results were: Best guest - Andy Trefry with 39 points.

Nearest the pins were Robin Richards, Jim Weston, Harry Armstrong , and Alec Relph.

Best front and back nines were scored by Margaret Richings (20) and Alec Relph (20).

First place went to Bryan Fenwick with a score of 36 points. The presentations were made by our Captain Debbie Weedon. Next event is at Mar Menor on the May 2.

Call the secretary on 966 719 711.

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Squalos stronger

TORREVIEJA CLUB: Had an excellent set of results.

Busy swimmers IT was a busy weekend for regional swimmers as clubs across the Alicante Community battled it out in the Municipal Pools of Petrer and Elda.

Eighteen swimmers from Club Natacion Torrevieja participated in the Regional League events in a wide range of distances and races.

Torrevieja’s swimmers had some excellent swims with new personal bests

for Yuriy Lymar and Elian Rio Del Castillo in the 50m freestyle and 200m Freestyle events. Skye Burns and Alexandra Amat matched the boys in the girls 200m Freestyle with their new personal bests.

It was an excellent set of results for the teams in each three of the weekend’s events. Next weekend it is the turn of the younger club members at the pool in Petrer. Call 665 454 126.

EVEN missing five key players, Squalos proved much too strong for the young and inexperienced visitors from the north of Murcia.

However, due credit must go to the Yecla players, who kept trying right to the end. It was a game in which the Squalos demonstrated the improvement made this year pitted against a willing and enthusiastic set of younger players.

It took only two minutes for Juama to open the scoring with a try for No.8, Alex, “Brassos” to kick the first of his nine conversions.

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