Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca South 24 - 30 April 2014 Issue 1503

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Big overtime bill for civil servants AN overtime bill for more than â‚Ź500,000 has landed on the mat at Torrevieja Council, and no one knows how it is going to

be paid. The huge sum has led to allegations that the town council is ignoring the austerity plan and allowing its civil

servants to accumulate large amounts of extra payments in overtime.

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Finance 39 - 44 PENITENTS: Alicante centre full of processions.

Alicante parade of joy and happiness

MORE than 400,000 hallelujahs were launched from the balconies of Alicante over the weekend.

Thousands of tourists and residents took to the streets to witness one of the most beautiful of Easter traditions in Alicante: the meeting between the Virgen de la Alegria (happiness or joy) and Jesus in the Ayuntamiento Square.

The sunshine which accompanied the Easter processions made for a great end to the week, although the last processions of the week were marred by a little rain.

The president of the brotherhoods, Manuel Jimenez, was with the throne, and the mayor, Sonia Castedo, saw the procession from the council’s balcony.

The procession went off without a hitch and in good weather. This procession represents the ‘Easter Bonfires’ of the Alicante Easter celebrations and marks the beginning of the preparations for the Santa Faz which takes place on May 1st.

This year’s procession had special significance, as it is a jubilee year and the 550th anniversary of the Miracle of Tears.

Unpaid bills are a bone of contention THE GENERALITAT’S (regional government) difficulty in paying its bills, grants and benefits has instigated an avalanche of complaints since last summer. The economic problems due to the organisation’s lack of payments have

spread far and wide, from education (lack of text books) to the salaries of the gardeners.

Data collected by 20 Minutos newspaper, shows that of the 18,000 complaints received, the Generalitat’s general lack of payments have

constituted 5,000 complaints, their health management 2,500 complaints and their educational cuts 2,200 complaints.

So far, the Generalitat has not made any comment on this situation.

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Leapy Lee 55

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Health & Beauty 66 - 67

Time out 69 - 72

Classifieds 91 - 93

Sport 95 - 96

NEWS Mazarron marihuana A COUPLE have been arrested in Mazarron for cultivating more than 100 marihuana plants; police also found pellets of cocaine when they searched the house.

Easter clean-up ORIHUELA Council has contracted 20 extra cleaners to help with the aftermath of Easter; they have to clean all the wax off the streets as it is a danger to traffic.

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Counterfeit cash man detained LOCAL POLICE in Rafal have detained a man for being in possession of a large number of counterfeit bills.

They followed the man’s trail of false money from shop to shop until they caught up with him.

The Moroccan, 27, was detained after a shop owner called the police to advise them that they had been paid with a false €20 note.

The police examined the bill, which to all intents and purposes looked real, and found

several anomalies in the security features on it.

They then launched a search for the man, whom they found in a bar not far from the shop.

However, he refused to identify himself but a search revealed a large sum of money on him, all in counterfeit bills of varying denominations.

Officers discovered that the suspect had a criminal record for similar crimes and was arrested for allegedly being in possession of counterfeit money.

GRATIFYING: Most grandmothers enjoy looking after their grandchildren.

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Best Easter BARS, restaurants and hotels in the Vega Baja declared this Easter as one of the best so far for the hostelry industry; there was almost 100 per cent occupancy.

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Euroscola in Orihuela TWO groups of students from Orihuela high schools have participated in the Euroscola event; this consists of a mock European Parliament in which the students can debate current events.

Big build-up ALCOY’S new urban development plan (PGOU) foresees that the population will increase by 19,000 to 79,000 within 25 years. The town hall rejected claims of designing another property ‘bubble’.

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Best actor ORIHUELA actor, Daniel Ibañez, has won the prize for the best actor in the National Theatre Competition in Cartagena for his role in ‘Tres papas para Toto’.

Artist exhibits AMALIA NAVARRO, a painter from Orihuela, is exhibiting her work at the Alicante Regional Government building until the 29 of June.

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A CARTAGENA woman who attacked a police officer, who intervened when she was stealing cakes, has had her sentence reduced as she was under the effect of narcotics at the time of the offence.

Nursing course THE association for equality in Orihuela is promoting a 70-hour course in geriatric nursing between May 6 and June 10, directed towards the long-term unemployed.

Nine detained THE Guardia Civil in Almoradi has detained nine men for allegedly stealing produce.

Police calculate the thefts to amount to 1.3 million kilos.

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LIBRARIES in Alicante Province will be lending patrons tablets and smart phones in a bid to increase the public’s usage of these new reading technologies.

The family solution....

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IGHTY-TWO per cent of children under the age of three in Spain are cared for by their mothers.

According to the Centre for Sociologic Research, when the mother is unable to care for her children, the next most popular solution is for the grandmother to do so, in 7.5 per cent of cases, followed by the father (4.8 per cent) and 3.1 per cent of children attended a kindergarten.

However, according to a different survey, carried out by the Ministry of Health and Social Policies, more than 50 per cent of Spanish grandparents currently look after their grandchildren every day, and one in four does so for more than eight hours per day.

While 61.3 per cent of people who took part in the survey claim to be totally happy with their families,

Quote of the Week I’m worried that the path taken by Cataluña could eventually lead to social frustration’

Iñigo Urkullu, President of the Basque Government, who said that the desires for independence in the two regions were being handled very differently.

caring for children is a full-time job which for the elderly can cause fatigue and health problems.

Despite most grandparents being retired or never having had a job outside the home, in the case of many grandmothers, they have responsibilities which are added to by having to look after children on an almost daily basis. While most say that it is a gratifying task, some do admit that it can lead to apathy, lack of vitality, mental confusion and even depression.

Grandparents nowadays are more active than ever, and if they do not have a balanced diet and some time to themselves, especially to get some rest, their good intentions in helping to look after their grandchildren could eventually prevent them from doing so altogether.

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people died in 25 traffic accidents over Easter this year. This is six more than over the same period last year. The accidents occurred between 3pm on April 11 and midnight of April 20, and the worst day was April 12, when nine people lost their lives.

Casino tribute CARTAGENA Casino hosted a memorial service for Joaquin Ortega Parra, local poet of national fame.

Internet con A MAN, 28, has been arrested in Mazarron for selling stolen goods on the internet.

Sorted out FORTY-TWO per cent of all complaints to the Consumer’s Association in Alicante Province in 2013 were resolved in a manner which was satisfactory.

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F1 driver Michael Schumacher has been reported for causing a traffic accident in Bormujos, Sevilla, last November. He was reportedly driving a hired Audi when he failed to give way at a sign and knocked a motorcyclist off his vehicle, causing him to break his wrist.

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A Good Friday

ON Good Friday many bars and cafés completely sold out of drinks and mobile phone networks collapsed in Torrevieja and Orihuela Costa as tourists flooded the area.

Many businesses’s hopes of full occupation came true over the weekend when Torrevieja registered a massive arrival of the type of visitors which make up the local tourism profile, the second-home tourists.

The town was nearly full and the level of business at

BUSY BEACHES: Plenty of tourists. local bars and restaurants was almost the same as in mid-summer.

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A nautical flavour

THE first sessions of the Torrevieja Nautical Experience have been a success with more than 600 people taking part.

The participants have been mainly schoolchildren over the age of 10 and their accompanying adults who have been enjoying the activities on offer. The aim of the ‘experience’ is to familiarise the youngsters with the opportunities offered by the eight nautical companies in the town.

Among the activities on offer were paddle surfing, kayaking, surfing and light sailing.

Sunday it was almost impossible to get a seat at a bar or to get a glimpse of a procession.

Despite Torrevieja catering extensively to the ‘second-home-tourist’, the hotels were at 90 per cent occupation from Wednesday to Sunday.

Another good indicator of the health of the tourism industry in Torrevieja was the sight of its almost full beaches; there was nearly no room to lay a towel on Saturday afternoon on Playa del Cura.

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False money trail leads to arrest LOCAL POLICE in Rafal have detained a man for being in possession of a large number of counterfeit bills.

Officers followed the man’s trail of false money from shop to shop until they caught up with him.

The Moroccan, 27, was detained after a shop owner called the police to advise them

that he had been paid with a counterfeit â‚Ź20 banknote.

The police examined the bill, which to all intents and purposes looked real, and found several anomalies with the security features on it.

They then searched for the man, whom they found in a bar not far from the shop.

The suspect refused to identify himself but after being searched the officers found a large amount of money on him, all in counterfeit bills of varying denominations.

The man had a criminal record for similar offences and was arrested for allegedly being in possession of the false cash.

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Done deal

AIGUES D’ELX will continue to supply Elche’s water until 2042. The part publiclyowned company will invest €11.2 million in improving pipes and infrastructure.

A good year CONSUM’S cooperative franchise Charter reported a €140-million turnover last year, 22.3 per cent more than in 2012.

Hard lines EACH day a Valencian Community university student has to request an emergency grant.

Reduced family income through unemployment, illness or death is the most common cause, the Education Department revealed.

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Mayor comes to rescue of seriously-ill British man LESS than an hour passed between the emergency call and a local British resident being aided by the mayor, firemen and Local Police.

On the weekends, the authorities in Benferri take turns

to answer the emergency line as there is no fixed service.

The mayor, behaving like a detective, managed to find the man’s house and the keys to the garden.

A local British resident had a

near-death experience when he mixed anti-depressants with too much vodka and a heart condition. His friend called the emergency line and was put through to the council, due to there being no fixed service on

the weekends. The mayor then investigated a little and found out that the man lived on the Benfis Park Urbanisation; he proceeded immediately to the address, accompanied by the Guardia Civil, and once there managed to locate the gardener of the chalet and get the keys to enter the gardens. They then needed the assistance of the fire brigade to gain Director General of the entry to the house.

The mayor, Luis Vicente Volvo Ocean Race.

The boat can be viewed Mateo, commented that in front of the Volvo he knew the man because Ocean Race museum in he had lived in the village Alicante harbour, which for at least 10 years and has now received more he knew that he had health problems. than 20,000 visitors.

This is not the first time “The boat’s impressive image is really popular that the mayor has with Alicantinos as well as attended an emergency the tourists who visit the call as the village has less museum. It’s another than 2,000 residents and attraction for the port’s they take it in turns to Volvo Zone,” Frostad man the emergency phone line at weekends. added.

‘Black Pearl’ ties up in Alicante CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW might not be around, but the Black Pearl is currently in Alicante.

This particular Black Pearl is the yacht which sailed round the world to publicise the first Pirates of the Caribbean film in 2005-2006.

The hull of the 21.5metre boat is decorated with a giant black squid on a red background.

“We wanted to keep the original Disney design

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BLACK PEARL: Sailing during the Volvo Ocean Race. because the spirit of adventure and action remain in the hearts of all

the yachtsmen who sailed round the world in 2005,” said Knut Frostad,

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Two fugitives detained THE National Police in Alicante have detained two international fugitives, a man and a woman, who are wanted for fraud in Poland and Hungary, respectively.

The first arrest involved the man; he is wanted in Poland for swindling money from a disabled minor, with the excuse of paying for a legal procedure, and later threatening the sister of the minor with bodily harm.

The minor, not understanding the matter,

stole the money from his father to pay the swindler.

This happened again a few days later and on this occasion the criminal threatened the minor’s sister with bodily harm unless he was paid.

Unable to pay, the minor then informed the police and since then the con artist has been on their wanted list.

The Hungarian woman, arrested at her home in Algorfa, was wanted for conning a bank out of â‚Ź12,550 using false documentation.

Student goes missing A STUDENT, 22, went missing while travelling between Murcia and Alicante five days ago.

Police were alerted to the disappearance by the veterinary student’s mother.

Celia left Murcia on April 17 for Alicante but never arrived there. She is described as around 1.68 metres tall, with dark hair and eyes and of a slim build.

Police are pursuing all available clues and launching a Twitter campaign to locate the girl.

One dead and two hurt in Crevillent A ROAD accident has left one dead and two hurt on the A-7 near Crevillent when a car came off the road.

Both of the passengers had minor bruising but had to be taken to the local hospital suffering from shock.

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Culture gateway THE Cartagena Culture Gateway, a network of museums and monuments, saw more than 15,000 visitors during Easter, 18 per cent more than last year.

No badge A YOUNG Cartagena man who was left an invalid after being shot by a Guardia Civil claims the officer never identified himself.

The case is still being investigated.

Not fired A MURCIA man has got his job back after a tribunal declared his dismissal illegal; the origin of the accident he was accused of was faulty machinery.

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No truce in taxi wars OUT-OF-TOWN cabbies will be allowed only six daily airport runs to Alicante-Elche Airport.

The new regulation, announced by Elche

Mayor Mercedes Alonso is due to come into effect on May 1.

Only Elche’s 82 taxi drivers may ply for trade at the airport and they

Mother’s Day campaign MORE than 50 businesses will participate in a new campaign put forward by the commerce council.

Pilar de la Horadada will celebrate Mother’s Day (May 4) with a commercial campaign entitled ‘Mums are Angels’.

This motivational commercial campaign is to reward the local consumers who use local businesses for their shopping.

Until May 4 local shoppers and tourists will receive a raffle ticket if they spend more than €5, and this will be entered into a draw to win one of three ‘prize packages’ worth around €3,000.

have always complained of the intrusion of other drivers on their patch.

Around 40 other drivers now arrive each day from all over the Costa Blanca,

they maintain. In some cases these out-of-town drivers make six journeys a day while they carry out only three or four, with many having to stand idle, the Elche drivers complain.

The six-journey limit emerged from talks with representatives from the regional and local government and the president of Elche’s taxidrivers’ association.

A number-plate reader will also be installed by airports’ operator Aena.

Murcia’s Chamber of Commerce and the Fedetaxi association immediately slated Elche’s proposal to bar out-oftown cabbies from the airport.

The six-journey limit was not based on existing regulations, they said, and restricted free trade.

Legal action would be taken, they warned.

Co-payment appeals and protests MORE than 3,300 people are appealing against co-payment charges introduced by the regional government.

They must now pay for part of the care or treatment they or their families receive at day centres, residences and other centres for the disabled.

Approximately 8,000 people have now been notified by the regional government’s Social Welfare Department about the contributions they will now be required to make to help finance the use of services provided by the regional governement.

So far 3,335 people have protested against the co-payment and their appeals are now being examined ‘one by one’ by the Social Welfare Department, sources said.

A whole lot of overtime From Front Page accumulated debt of €535,000 is destined to a small group of only 35 people who will receive around €266,772 of the whole sum, an average of more than €7,600 each.

This seems disproportionate as there

are around 600 employees at the town hall. The deputy mayor has accumulated €17,881 in overtime.

As there is no provision in the budget, it is not yet known where the money for all this overtime will come from.

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Good BRICS REGIONAL exports to Brazil, Russia, India and China (known collectively as BRICS) increased by 21 per cent in January and February.

Mild ’quake A 2.2-MAGNITUDE earthquake was felt recently in the Vinalopo area. Its epicentre was 12 kilometres below the surface, in Hondon de los Frailes.

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Too hot and too dry DROUGHT in Alicante Province is an increasingly real threat.

The Valencian Community and Alicante Province in particular, are experiencing one of the driest hydrological years known.

The first six months of the hydrological or water year, which begins on October 1 and ends on September 30, were extremely dry and warm, said Aemet, Spain’s Met Office.

Less than 100 litres of rain per square metre were registered in half of the region while Alicante

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DRY: Vinalopo river earlier this year.

Province’s situation is worse still.

The Medio Vinalopo and some parts of l’Alacanti received less than 50 litres per square metre in six-

and-a-half months. This figure is all the more ominous because it covers the usually rainy winter and spring.

The situation is little

better in the rest of the province, Aemet said, with the exception of the Marina Alta and parts of l’Alcoia where rainfall exceeded 250 litres per square metre. Elsewhere it varied between 50 and 100 litres per square metre.

Lack of rain was aggravated by Alicante Province’s consistently high temperatures throughout the autumn and winter. The first fortnight of April was the second-warmest since 1951, with average temperatures 3.7 degrees higher than normal.

€3,000 invested in infrastrucure THE infrastructure authorities in Orihuela are to invest another €3,000 in replacing the asphalt in the area around the San Sebastian Church.

The potholes around the Santa

Lucia Square are innumerable as are the holes in the cobblestones.

Residents have been complaining for some time and now the council has finally agreed to make the necessary repairs.

Victor Ruiz, Councillor for the PSOE, has agreed that the cobble stones were not the best choice for the amount of traffic in the area and said they would be replaced with asphalt.

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A nice little earner ALICANTE City residents have begun renting out balcony space to watch the Easter processions.

This is a common Holy Week practice in some parts of Andalucia and in Alcoy during its Moors and Christians fiestas, but it is new to Alicante City.

Santa Cruz balconies with a good view of the Cristo de la Fe procession were the most in demand, with a handwritten placard on one home announcing a €30 charge for adults and €5 for children.

The innovation was not taken seriously by the city’s Holy Week Brotherhoods Association.

These were “isolated cases” according to a spokesman who said some of the placards were merely jokes.

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Cruise company to upgrade its liners MSC CRUISES has announced a multi-million-euro programme for the upgrade and renewal of four of its cruise ships over the next two years.

Italian company Fincantieri, one of the most renowned shipbuilders in the world, has been commissioned to undertake the work. They will overhaul MSC Armonia, MSC Lirica, MSC Sinfonia and MSC Opera, bringing new entertainment options, technological advances, shops, almost 200 new cabins and new water parks.

CEO of MSC Cruises, Gianni Onorato, said: “When our four boats from the Lirica family return to the seas after a total of 38 weeks, they will be completely new with additional amenities and comforts for our traveller.”

For more information on MSC Cruises and to see first hand the improvements made, call Falken Tours La Marina on 966 790 004 and La Zenia on 966 730 151.

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€4.2 million to provide 65 energy projects THE province of Alicante is to invest €4.2 million to reduce its energy bills; the savings will be the equivalent of 1,287 tonnes of petrol each year or the electrical usage of 4,000 homes.

Seven municipalities will introduce high efficiency lighting systems, therefore reducing their bills by €56,000 Pilar de la Horadada will be among the several

STREET LIGHTS: Alicante Province to install energy efficient lights.

villages to have their old mercury vapour lighting

replaced by the new highpressure sodium lights,

which will save up to 40 per cent more.

Some localities will even have flow regulators installed; these are systems which allow the public lighting to be reduced, without being turned off, for instance in the early hours of the morning.

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CRUISE SHIPS: 8,000 passenger are expected to visit Alicante City.

Cruising into port FIVE liners will dock in Alicante over the next three weeks. More than 8,000 passengers aboard Holland America

Line, Pullmantur and Thomson ships will visit the city, announced Costablanca Portuaria which runs Alicante Port’s Cruise Ship terminal.

Francesco Balbi, the terminal’s operations director, is preparing not only tourist information and ONE person has died and another four have been excursions but also injured in a traffic accident involving two lorries and arranging medical a car. attention. This includes The accident happened on the A-7 near Albatera. first-aid and ambulThe driver of one of the lorries, aged 61, died and ances with staff on the other four people, 43, 25, 24 and 30, suffered hand to assist those shock, cuts and bruises. with mobility problems.

One dead and four hurt in lorry crash

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No truce yet in airport taxi wars OUT-OF-TOWN cabbies will be allowed only six daily airport runs to AlicanteElche airport.

The new regulation, announced by Elche Mayor Mercedes Alonso, is due to come into effect on May 1.

Only Elche’s 82 taxi drivers may ply for hire at the airport and they have always complained about the intrusion of other drivers on their patch. Around 40 now arrive each day from all over the Costa Blanca, they maintain. In some cases they make six journeys a day while they carry out only three or four, with many having to stand idle, the Elche drivers complain.

The six-journey limit emerged following talks with representatives from the regional THE PSOE socialist party in Bigastro has and local government and the requested a report on the legality of the president of Elche’s taxi-drivers’ association. A number-plate amounts of salaries paid by the local council.

In an official communication they point out reader will also be installed by that since the 2013 law regulating government airports’ operator Aena.

Murcia’s Chamber of Commerce salaries came into action, no civil servant in Bigastro could receive more than €45,000. and the Fedetaxi association slated Elche’s They go on to underscore that the only cases immediately in which a civil servant can be paid more is if proposal to bar out-of-town the council has met its goals for reducing cabbies from the airport.

The six-journey limit was not public debt and paying all services within 30 based on existing regulations, they days.

The PSOE says the council has not met all of said, and restricted free trade. these requirements and therefore staff should Legal action would be taken, they warned. not receive any sort of bonus.

PSOE questions council salaries

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€480,000 investment THE provincial government has destined €480,000 to repairing churches, cultural centres and monuments in the Alicante Region.

Hot stuff VALENCIA Province hit 33º Celsius last Saturday, the highest registered temperature since 1980.

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Second language vital for job hopes COMMERCIAL representatives, waiters and builders are the most sought-after jobs in the Comunitat de Valencia (Valencia Region).

Engineers and kitchen assistants are among the second most-wanted professional placements.

Adecco (employment agency) in Valencia has released data on the work situation in the region and

underscored the importance of a second language, preferably English or German, when looking for a job. With an

average of 277 applicants for each job, experience and languages, in their opinion, are what will get a candidate to the top of

the list. This year there have been a total of 9,000 new work contracts, compared with last year, that is a 10 per cent rise.

Welfare helps pay the bills LOCAL pensioners and retirees in Orihuela can get help with their water bills from the council’s social welfare department in the form of hard cash.

According to Welfare Councillor Emilio Zaplana, there is a fund of €12,000 destined to help locals with their water bills.

Individuals over the age of 65 can get up to €220; this is also applicable to widowed pensioners over the age of 55 or those who are retired due to a handicap and have family dependants under the age of 18.

ZAPLANA: Announces conditions.

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Spy in the sky catches drivers on WhatsApp POLICE helicopters caught drivers doing all sorts of things while at the wheel during the ‘Operacion Salida’ (start to the holidays).

One motorist was sending messages on his mobile phone via WhatApp; another was consulting the weather at his destination on his tablet, and one was even reading a book.

The DGT (traffic authority) was carrying out a crackdown on reckless driving during the heavy traffic days at the beginning of the holidays.

They commented that this sort of driving behaviour is not unusual.

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Algerian immigrants thank Alicante City

ALICANTE City Hall is searching for the best site for a recently-donated statue.

It was presented by a group of Pieds Noirs who settled in Alicante in the early 1960s.

Of French and Spanish descent, they fled their homes after Algeria finally won its independence from France in 1962.

“In 2012 those who came to Alicante

A moment to cherish THE four most poignant minutes of the Torrevieja Easter celebrations took place on Sunday when the Virgin met the Roman guards. It is important to residents because it is the only local Virgin to have survived the Civil War. When the Virgin arrives at ‘four corners’ the attendants remove her veil, and petals and powdered incense are thrown.

celebrated the 50th anniversary of the French and Spanish exodus,” said a communiqué from Alicante City Hall’s Urban Image Department.

Now, two years later, the Pieds Noirs have presented the sculpture - “of great artistic value and emotional meaning” in the words of City Hall - in recognition of the welcome that awaited them in Alicante.

Spring cleaning for Cala Lo Ferris THE brand new association ‘Save the Ferris’ in Torrevieja has been constituted to protect the palm trees in the area.

On Sunday its members were in the Ferris area cleaning up cuttings from the infected palm trees so that they would not be blown about by the wind and infect any other palms.

The collective has also held a workshop to inform locals of their objectives, including ridding the area of the infection, and to encourage any help on their next cleaning day which will be May 4.

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Uncertain future for Aitana air force base THE Defence Ministry has no plans for the abandoned air force base on the Aitana mountains.

It closed seven years ago and

neither the regional nor provincial governments were tempted by the central government’s offer to accept the base in exchange for the high cost

Milestone for Teresa Carranza THE council in Guardamar has paid tribute to Teresa Carranza for reaching 100 years old. A resident of Guardamar del Segura since 1990, Teresa was born in 1914 in Granada, the first child of a family of six.

Teresa says she was very happy to go to Guardamar when her daughter and son-in-law moved there for work. The mayor, Carmen Verdu, commented that it was a pleasure to have her in the village.

The 100-year-old has two children, five grandchildren and 10 greatgrandchildren.

of repairing and maintaining the site.

The Defence Ministry admitted in reply to questions in the Madrid parliament, that once all valuable and sensitive material was removed, nothing had been spent on upkeep.

“The nearest military unit and the Guardia Civil carry out necessary checks,” said the ministry, adding that ceding the base without payment was not an option.

“It is clear that the ministry does not know what it intends to do with the installation,” complained MP Patricia Blanquer.

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Young ambition MORE than 4,500 people attended ‘Vinouvelle,’ Villena’s first Young Wine Fair.

The inland town intends to become the Young Wine centre of Spain, said Trade Councillor Juan Carlos Pedrosa.

Up in smoke TOO many dubious e-cigarettes are on sale, claimed the president of the Valencia region’s Association of Registered Sellers.

Port arrest A 49-YEAR-OLD Moroccan boarding the Denia-Ibiza ferry was arrested after 25.5 kilos of hashish were found in his car.

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€3.5-million swindle THREE men have been detained by the Guardia Civil in Cartagena. They stand accused of swindling €3.5 million in promissory notes.

The police found evidence of the fraudulent set-up when they were searching a house in Beniel and came across false documentation for companies.

Operation ‘Endoso’ was formed to investigate the financial fraud in which the men bought a lot of prestige businesses and then omitted to file the correct paperwork with the tax authorities but did set up bank accounts for the companies, which would then emit promissory notes.

An Easter of sport for 200 athletes MORE than 200 international sports people arrived in Torrevieja to take part in the Easter Sports Campus.

The athletes, from various different disciplines, trained at the Ciudad Deportiva facilities; there were football teams, a Norwegian swimming team and several athletics teams from France, Sweden, Finland and Germany, among others.

Each club brought a

These notes would then be given out in payment for services rendered by other, legal businesses which had no connection to the fraud ring.

After the pay-by date the legal businesses would then try and recover the debt only to find that the promissory notes were not legal tender as the businesses, although registered with the bank, were not registered with the Chamber of Commerce.

The three men, aged between 38 and 49, stand accused of fraud, falsifying documentation and belonging to a criminal organisation.

SPORTS CAMPUS:Some of the participating athletes. selection of members among which were several champions

including the German national long jump champion.

TORREVIEJA YOUTH: Team played away in Madrid.

Youth team play in Madrid

THE Torrevieja youth football team faced their opposite numbers from the Atletico de Madrid team in the capital.

This friendly game was part of the collaboration programme between the two clubs.

Although the Youth B team lost their

match 3-0, the public, among them professional talent spotters, were pleased with their consistency and skills.

Luis Maria Pizana, Councillor for Sports, commented: “There is no doubt that the experience was a good one for the whole team.”

Couple detained for false reports THE Guardia Civil in Dolores, Alicante, has detained a couple on suspicion of falsely reporting a robbery in an apparent insurance scam.

The woman had reported being the victim of a mugging at a bar in

Albatera where she alleged that two men had entered the establishment with a large knife and taken €1,000 and the TV, before escaping in a car driven by a woman.

After investigating the case, the Guardia Civil

came to the conclusion that the robbery had never happened and it was all an insurance scam.

The couple stand accused of false reporting with the intention of swindling.

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Night at museum THE Night of the Museums, which will take place on May 17, is ready for all the tourists and residents of the area to enjoy the local culture.

Local hotels, bars and restaurants are already preparing themselves with special activities so they can receive the thousands of tourists and residents who will be going from museum to art gallery and back between 8pm and 2am.

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Helping mums-to-be THE town councils of Torrevieja and Pilar de la Horadada have set up workshops for expectant mothers.

The health department is developing a programme using AIPAP (water method) in a move to improve the physical condition of the expectant mothers and teach them the correct postures to adopt for birth.

Recent studies by the American Obstetrics and Gynaecologists Association have revealed that taking regular physical exercise while pregnant has many benefits including, but not limited to, gaining less weight, and a better physical and mental state.

And it also lessens the

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Bank protest RESIDENTS in the San Jose Obrero area of Cartagena are protesting against the closure of a Cajamar bank branch. They say that as the majority of the clients are older it will be difficult for them to go to another branch.

Fried milk PREGNANCY WORKSHOPS: Using AIPAP water method. probability of a Caesarean Section or a technically assisted birth.

Noelia Rodriguez, workshop

supervisor, added that the classes were open to all women at any stage of their pregnancy.

Well insured... inspectors gather CARTAGENA has been chosen to host the National Insurance Inspectors’ Convention, which will take place on September 12, 13 and 14.

Around 150 people are expected to take part.

Insurance inspectors

from all over the country will arrive in Cartagena to discuss, among other things, road safety.

A spokesperson for the organisers has commented that the convention will be innovative inasmuch as there will be

talks by BMW motorbikes and practical demonstrations on the Catagena racing circuit.

The organiser of the event is Clemente Antonio Garcia, a keen biker, who has organised a ‘fun run’ from Cartagena to Lorca.

THE Urrutias tapas route, which finishes on April 29, has been promoting a local speciality dessert, fried milk.

Plasticine show THE municipal archaeological museum is recreating history with Plasticine figures; the exhibition consists of 20 vignettes telling the history of mankind.

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Dealing with the young at work CARTAGENA Council is organising a course, directed at employers and young job-seekers and volunteers in the area, under the name of ‘Resetting

Work for the Youth’.

The aim of the course, among other things, is to offer concrete advice to employers on how to deal with young workers and volunteers.

The appearance in the workplace of new technologies sometimes makes working with the young difficult as they may abuse their access to the internet and A MAN who was jailed for six months for driving spend time on ‘leisure without a licence has had his sentence reduced. activities’ rather than The courts in Cartagena reduced the sentence by working. two months as they considered the original term to The workshops hope be disproportionate to the crime. to educate both The man, an Ecuadorian immigrant, was originally employers and the youth sentenced for similar offences, driving without a on good working licence and drunk-driving, in 2011. practices and promote He was banned from driving in Spain until he had debate between the two completed a road safety course and taken his test in parties.

Spain.

The course costs €15 When the police stopped him again in 2013, he was and will take place on found to be sober but still driving without a licence.

May 10 between 10am In addition, he had not completed the obligatory road and 2pm, and 4pm and safety course which goes with all driving bans.

10pm at the Youth After an appeal by the Ecuadorian’s lawyer the Centre in Cartagena. courts agreed to reduce the sentence.

Sentence reduction for traffic violation

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Man is fined €500 for shouting ‘Yes, we can!’

THE PAH (mortgage victims platform) has organised a demonstration in front of the Orihuela council buildings to protest against one of their

members being fined €500.

The spokesperson for the collective, Jose Andres Berna, has complained about the lack of criteria for the fine.

According to the police report the man, Fajardo, was driving recklessly and putting passersby in danger when he made the comment.

According to more than 70 eyewitnesses the car hooted once, drove around the roundabout and the driver shouted out of the window before the car was in motion again therefore not endangering anyone.

“We have protested against the fine twice, but to no avail” commented Fajardo. As a final THE first ever local Maths Olympics have been held at several step of protest the collective locations around the municipality and got off to a great start. have decided to pay the €500 Representatives from all the local high schools were participating, fine, by collecting cash from all and 150 local students took part. the members, in one cent coins.

The aim of the Olympics was to try and get the students to be more The collective has underscored interested in the subject as well as improving the profile of maths. the fact that the police agents In a society which tends to regard maths as a boring but necessary are given the ‘presumption of subject, raising the status level of maths to a more fun and veracity’ by Spanish law and the interesting subject is paramount, according to Rosario Martinez burden of proof is on the Chazarra, Councillor for Education with Torrevieja Council. accused.

The first leg of the test consisted of a one-and-a-half hour general Given that with new court rules exam followed by another of multiple choice questions.

Fajardo has to pay in order to The finals will be held on May 8 and will consist of a rapid-fire take the police to court, he is round followed by a game-show style quiz, in which students will thinking of dropping the case. have to buzz to answer.

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Barbary sheep face out of season cull THE region’s environment department is planning a cull of Barbary sheep outside the hunting season.

Classed as an invasive species in the Valencian community since 2009, they devastate crops and are ousting native species, said the regional environment department.

The Barbary sheep or ‘arruis’ have been spotted in the countryside around Alcoy, Benidorm, Pego, Alicante city, Elda and Petrel and the official order permitting a cull will be published shortly.

Until now there was a ban on hunting the animals outside the permitted period, with a €3,000 fine for those who ignored the regulations. Local farmers and growers had begun to feel increasingly defenceless.

Originating in Morocco

and the Sahara, Barbary sheep are related to the mountain goat but are bigger and heavier, with

adults weighing around 100 kilos. They reproduce easily and are thriving in the current dry conditions.

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First choice ALICANTE AIRPORT received 537,488 budget airline passengers during this year’s first quarter, 8 per cent more than in 2013. Valencia Airport’s low-cost passengers fell by 1.2 per cent to 180,909.

Orihuela charity gala THE regional ADIS (Association for the Disabled) is going to celebrate a charity gala on Friday, May 2, to collect funds for their many activities. The

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gala is being organised, free of charge, by the Estefania Dance School and will take place at the Teatro Circo in Orihuela.

The council and

several local businesses are sponsoring the event; tickets can be bought at the theatre or from the association’s head-quarters for €5 per person.

Fair shares AGUAS DE ALICANTE has received a ‘Workplace equality’ accolade from the national government.

The firm, which supplies the city’s water, was congratulated for its equal pay and opportunities policies for women.

LAGUNAS LA MATA: Council plans to eradicate mosquitoes.

Mosquito initiative TORREVIEJA Council is working on a plan to eradicate, once and for all, the plague of mosquitoes that has descended on Las Lagunas de Torrevieja and the La Mata areas in the last few weeks.

The company charged with the eradication of the plague has been told to take action as soon as possible.

The low rainfall coupled with the intense heat of late has pushed the mosquito population to greater numbers. This has affected people and animals alike and can

be dangerous as well as just itchy as some mosquitoes can carry diseases.

A recent school trip to the area almost turned into a health disaster when the children were bitten on any exposed skin causing the parents and teachers much concern.

The council is taking the plague very seriously as it can interrupt the holidays of tourists as well as the locals and, for a town that derives much of its income from tourism, this is a worry.

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No oil for these troubled waters THERE are thought to be five oil fields below the Gulf of Valencia.

They should yield an estimated 70 million barrels of oil, believes Aciep, Spain’s association of oil and gas exploration companies.

Prospecting is due to commence at the end of this summer in the area between the Valencian Community coast and Ibiza.

There is unanimous opposition to the project within the Valencian Community, with protests from town halls, the tourist industry, fishing guilds and environmentalist groups.

The Aciep report also announced that initial studies suggest that although there is gas in front of the Ebra Delta and the Leon Gulf between Spain and France, none is present off the Valencia Community.

Explorations off the Gulf of Valencia are still in an early phase. At this stage Cairn Energy, the company behind the project, is limiting this stage to explorations and a seismic survey.

Similar to the use of ultrasound in medicine, this bounces sound waves off the ocean floor, allowing geologists

RIG: Glimpse of the future? to map the strata below the sea bed.

The noise this produces will gravely affect fish and all types of marine life, environmentalists claim.

This phase will last several years and it will be around 20 years before production starts, Aciep revealed.

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Thumbs down Schools to close as numbers fall for June re-sits PUPILS failing subjects during the school year have always retaken exams in September.

The regional government’s decision to bring forward re-sits to June in state and stateaided schools has met with disapproval from parents.

This does not benefit the pupils themselves, claimed parents’ association Concapa. Instead it is a measure that has been introduced to solve problems related to bureaucracy and the way that schools are run, Concapa declared.

It is irrational to expect that what a pupil has failed to absorb over the nine months of the school year can be learnt in a few days, the association said.

Failing to obtain a minimum pass mark can be caused by many things, it continued. These include learning ability, ill-health or a family’s relocation.

Bringing forward the date will deprive pupils of the “educational opportunity” associated

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Anyone for tennis?

BETWEEN April 25 and the May 4 the Diverty School in Orihuela is holding a padel tennis tournament at the Club Deportivo y Social Orcelli.

Project approved THE regional government (Generalitat) has approved a plan for the refurbishment of Plaza de Seneca in Alicante City and reconditioning the bus station’s lower floor for community usage.

with failure and learning the consequences of “certain behaviour or attitudes,” Concapa continued.

THIS school year has seen a 29 per cent drop in new pupils at the Valencia Region’s primary schools.

The educational system, which has been growing for the last three decades, will now have to shrink a little to fit the new demographics.

Due to the falling birth rate and fewer arriving immigrants, there are less new students being registered at schools in the Valencian Community.

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Ring road loses traffic THE ring road in Alicante has lost 9.3 per cent of its traffic since last year; the Department of Development is looking into the causes of this loss.

Mother Earth INDIVIDUALS as well as institutions and companies participated in the international day of Mother Earth with the Green Party of Torrevieja.

Face lift SEA WALKS in La Zenia and Cala Capitan are to get a facelift before the summer season starts; there will be a new bike parking, and repairs made to verandas to improve safety.

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Barcenas in more trouble THE former treasurer of Spain’s ruling PP government will be barred from walking the prison courtyard for 140 days after he insulted Guardia Civil officers and refused to be handcuffed.

Luis Barcenas, who has been in prison since June 2013, is currently being investigated for multi-million-euro tax fraud.

He is currently under investigation for allegedly

receiving sizeable illegal payments in the country’s Gürtel case.

The former treasurer, who has seen his reported €48 million in Swiss bank accounts frozen by

Collective exhibition of fine arts THE Mediterranean high school in Torrevieja is one of the only schools in the area to offer a course in fine arts, and has become a centre of reference in the Vega Baja.

The exhibition was inaugurated by the mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolon, at the cultural centre Virgen del Carmen.

The school head, Arturo de la Torre, commented that he was very satisfied with the progress achieved by the students on the course and went on to underscore the fact that the techniques learnt by the students at the Mediterranean high school would not be learnt by other students until they arrived at university and therefore this

FINE ARTS: Exhibition by the Mediterranean high school. gave his students an advantage.

Due to the success of the fine arts course, the school is considering its options and may

be offering more arts courses in the near future; these would include music and dance, among others.

the Spanish courts, is, according to reports, becoming increasingly more aggressive as the prospect of spending many years in prison hits him.

Reports indicate that there was an incident on January 8, with Barcenas confronting a van driver who was employed to take prisoners to a Madrid hospital for medical check-ups.

Barcenas was said to have shouted “I’m not a criminal!” and refused to be handcuffed behind his back.

The discredited politician was said to have continued with the bad behaviour, even threatening to sue the officers for handcuffing him.

Spanish daily 20minutos reported on Wednesday that the former treasurer continued to behave childishly, pushing one of the officers on the shoulder, calling them “show-offs” and complaining about his superficial injuries.

A medic checked Barcenas soon after the incident, highlighting a “reddening of the wrists in line with wearing handcuffs, which won’t require further treatment.”

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Bogus threats from ETA lead to imprisonment THE Supreme Court has sent a man to prison for attempting to extort funds from Spanish businessmen by sending threatening letters in the name of ETA. Ten different companies were targeted by the criminal. He sent letters purporting to be from ETA in which he demanded payments of between €15,000 and

€50,000. Victims were told that they had 48 hours to make the payments or they and their families would be declared enemies of ETA and would suffer the consequences.

The court sentenced him to 20 years’ jail, two for each business targeted, and five months for an additional crime.

Book fair awards prizes for picture competition The 18 Picture Competition of Torrevieja, which celebrates the book fair, gave out prizes to winners of the contest.

The municipal tourist office’s terrace was the

picturesque setting for the prize-giving ceremony this year.

The judges were all local artists and writers or councillors, and the ceremony was presided

over by the Councillor for Culture, Joaquin Chapaprieta.

All the prizes were books, celebrating the book fair, and scholastic material.

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Mountain plans MARBELLA City Hall has requested that the Junta de Andalucia include the southern face of Sierra Blanca in the Sierra de las Nieves Natural Park.

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THE monument in Torremolinos dedicated to Manuel Fraga, a key Spanish political figure of the transition between the Franco regime and democracy, has been damaged.

A WOMAN, 77, died in a fire at her home in Alameda, and two men in their 80s were injured. They had to be taken to Antequera Hospital.

Plumber injured A PLUMBER was seriously injured when unblocking a drain at a bar in Torremolinos, when acid splashed in his face, causing severe burns.

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Must-y be gone CIVIL WAR shelters in Almeria are to have ventilation put in to remove the strong smell of damp. Non-invasive remedial measures are to be taken.

Cleaners laid off THE mayor of Almeria City has laid off 24 Sunday employees recently to cut costs.

The Socialist party has criticised the move, warning of a ‘dirty city’.

Almeria honours poet

MALLORCA tennis player Rafa Nadal will be named an ‘Adoptive Son’ of Madrid at a council meeting, to be held on May 5.

Flag stolen SCRUBLAND FIRE: Water-carrying helicopter helps to douse the flames.

300 fight fires MORE than 300 people were needed to fight two scrubland fires which swept across Almeria.

Nine helicopters and planes and 11 fire engines battled for hours to bring the blazes, fanned by high winds, under control.

At Somontin the fire services were alerted early on Sunday morning of flames taking hold of forest and brushland. Despite being on the scene quickly, work was difficult, due to uneven terrain hampering vehicle access.

By late morning, INFOCA (official body for the prevention and suppression of forest fires in Andalucia) advised that the fire seemed to be slowing, due to a favourable wind.

Nobody was hurt, although a couple had to be evacuated from a caravan.

INFOCA declared the fire as being stabilised at 3.56pm on the Sunday, and controlled just before noon on Monday.

Unfortunately, just as the Somontin fire was stabilised, a second fire broke out, this time close to Lucainena del Torres and Sorbas. The area is predominantly scrubland, and the wind did not help as the blaze quickly took hold.

Within a couple of hours, the flames and smoke could be seen from as far away as Vera, Turre and Mojacar. Residents of Mojacar spoke of ash landing on their properties, whilst Turre people could smell the burning. The red glow of flames against the clouds at dusk could be seen as far as the hills beyond Albox.

A number of people left their homes on the outskirts of Sorbas and moved further afield, whilst the crews battled the flames.

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Hard lines

MARIA VICTORIA ATENCIO was honoured in Almeria as part of International Book Day. Activities took place on April 23.

EACH day a Valencian Community university student has to request an emergency grant. Reduced family income through unemployment, illness or death is the most common cause, the Education Department has revealed.

Asphalting started

Consumption up

WORK on asphalting El Benzal in Pulpi has begun in earnest this week. Pulpi Mayor Juan Pedro Garcia visited the works and welcomed the improvements.

CONSUM’S co-operative franchise Charter reported a €140-million turnover last year, 22.3 per cent more than in 2012. The supermarket chain expects sales to top €163 million this year.

Huercal-Overa music HUERCAL-OVERA’S Department of Tradition and Culture has signed agreements with musical associations, bands and a choir to accompany live events for the next year.

Fewer visitors

Adopted son

Girl raped

Fire death

carrying some 60 pensioners was involved in a collision with a van on the Manacor road in Sant Jordi. They were taken to Son Llatzer Hospital.

A TOTAL of 416,000 foreign tourists visited the Balearic Islands between January and March, 24.4 per cent fewer than the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Tourism.

Monument wrecked

A MAN has been arrested in Ronda for allegedly raping his daughter, 11. He attempted to flee the country but was stopped at Algeciras Port.

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Film man dies LIVERPOOL-BORN cinematographer John Cabrera has died in Denia, aged 89. His parents were from Denia which became well-known in the 1960s after

he suggested it as the location for Hollywood production John Paul Jones.

Mild quake A 2.2-MAGNITUDE earthquake was felt recently in the Vinalopo area. Its epicentre was 12 kilometres below the surface in Hondon de los Frailes, said the National Geographic Institute.

Smart idea ALTEA has a smartphone app giving details of local events and places of interest. The app is another milestone in the town hall’s VisitAltea campaign, said Tourism Councillor Vigela Lloret.

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Two injured TWO people were injured after a bus

TWO youths under 18 were arrested by the Guardia Civil for allegedly stealing a Spanish flag from the monolith at the entrance to Palmanova and causing damage.

Charity concert VIOLINIST Ara Malikian will be performing at a charity concert today at the Palma Conservatory Auditorium with 20 of the conservatory’s professional musicians.

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Tax break THE Spanish Association of Tropical Fruit Growers in Velez-Malaga has asked the government for tax breaks due to the influx of foreign fruits in the area.

Cultural week MARIA ZAMBRANO cultural week, which will last until April 30, will be attended by the 2013 Premio Planeta winner Clara Sanchez.

Blaze danger MALAGA fire brigade is to hold workshops for children to make them more aware of the dangers of fire and how to prevent it.

Stay independent TORROX Council has requested that the port not be dependent on the Andalucia general ports plan which is in economic difficulties; they would rather remain independent.

Innovation factory VELEZ-MALAGA Council and the industrial school have started a movement under the name of ‘innovation factory’. Its aim is to promote entrepreneurial skills among the young people of the area.

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Lorry-driver films himself at 140km/h GUARDIA CIVIL have identified a driver who was travelling at 140km/h on the A6 in Leon whilst filming his exploits on his mobile phone.

The man, who was shown boasting about his driving abilities and overtaking a bus during the video, was driving a 40-tonne truck at the time. The speed limit for this type of vehicle is 90km/h.

He faces a â‚Ź400 fine and the loss of four points from his licence for the speeding infraction.

Further penalties for use of the phone whilst driving are likely, since this is one of the dangerous practices that traffic police are keen to eradicate.

DANGEROUS: Taking selfie video.

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Torrevieja resident dies in apartment fire A WOMAN of 79 has died when her flat burned down; she lived alone.

Neither firefighters nor the ambulance personnel were able to do anything to save her life.

Firemen called to the fire, arrived promptly and started to put out the flames as soon as they could but were unable to reach the victim and later had to remove her corpse

Foreign trips on hold for Rajoy THE Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, has suspended his foreign visits until after the European elections on May 25.

Rajoy does not plan to leave the country again before a planned trip to Brussels at the end of May unless an emergency meeting is called to deal with the Ukranian situation. This will allow him to give full attention to his party’s national campaigns in the run-up to the elections.

from inside the flat, which was on the second floor.

Although there were a lot of firefighters and police present there was nothing to be done for the victim. A spokesperson for the fire brigade commented that she had probably died from smoke inhalation.

The flat was completely destroyed but the fire was contained and did not affect any other flats in the block in Pedro Lorca Street in La Punta. Neighbours in the block were evacuated due to the strength of the fire and the dangers of smoke inhalation. There was only smoke damage to the front of the building.

The cause of the fire is being investigated.

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Road deaths up 29 per cent since March THERE have been 132 deaths on Spanish roads for the period between March 1 and April 10 compared to 103 for the same period last year, up 29 per cent.

Now the RACC motorists organisation is advising drivers to be aware of the dangers on the road and is recommending measures, some obvious and some not, to help avoid accidents.

Among the advice given by the RACC is a warning not to drive while under the influence, be it drink or drugs.

It also recommends taking frequent breaks if going a long way and to check your car before setting off; it also advises to not search the glove box, fiddle with the radio or GPS while at the wheel.

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Stories making headlines in Europe

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GERMAN PRESS Cancelled flights

BRITISH PRESS McDonald’s tattoo NORWAY - A Norwegian teenager has found worldwide fame after tattooing a McDonald’s receipt on his forearm. “This is absurdly cool,” he wrote on his Facebook page.

Green capital NORWAY - OSLO has been shortlisted for the Green Capital in 2016.

The city is one of five finalists announced by the European Comission.

A team will argue their city’s claim before a jury in Copenhagen in June.

KILLER: Alien species A BRITISH pensioner has tried to cross the border invading between Germany and Luxembourg with €250,000 in the UK. cash strapped to his genitals. His wife had another €8,000 strapped to her clothing.

Smuggling cash

Mystery ring SCIENTISTS are baffled after a schoolgirl photographed a mysterious black ring floating in the sky above Warwickshire. It was visible for around three minutes and then disappeared.

Twitcher warning BRITISH twitchers have been warned of the presence of a South American rhea in Hertfordshire.

The bird is 1.8 metres tall and can run at 40 miles per hour; with 15-centimetre claws, it can disembowel humans.

SWEDEN - MORE than a thousand Swedish shoppers have signed up for a new system to make payments with the swipe of their hand; machines will scan the unique pattern of the veins.

Gas leak SWEDEN - AN unknown gas leak at a school in Southern Sweden sent 25 to hospital complaining of headaches. Police are still looking for the source of the leak.

HANDY: New way to pay.

AMID concerns about the deteriorating security for foreign tourists, Air Berlin has cancelled all its flights to the Sharm el-Sheikh resort on the Red Sea in Egypt.

Killer prawns THE British government has warned that killer shrimp and other alien species are invading the UK’s ecosystems. The shrimps get their name from killing even what they do not eat.

Giant rat A GIANT rat has been found in Kent. This is just the most recent of a series of massive rats which have been discovered across the country, including one that measured two feet.

Bumpy road CRIMEA is on the bumpy road to becoming a Russian province. Since Putin’s annexation, on March 21, there has been a lot of confusion but now it seems that moves are being made to formalise the matter.

Smuggling professor RUSSIAN law school professor, Alexander Gorbachyov, has been acquitted by an Islamic Sharia court in Iraq. He was detained on suspicion of smuggling pottery which had cultural value.

Muscovite cyclist

IN a bid to promote healthy living, 21-year-old Muscovite, Oleg Zavodov, has set off on his bicycle from Murmansk with the aim of covering 1,600 kilometres and reaching Vladivostok in November.

Part-timers EUROPEAN statistical office Eurostat has found that Dutch part-time employees, who form a European record of 50.7 per cent of all workers, are the most satisfied in the European Union as far as their working situation is concerned.

POTTERY: Professor cleared of smuggling.

Dagestan siege RUSSIAN security forces have killed four suspected militants after laying siege to a home in the republic of Dagestan. According to the BBC, seven people were killed.

Patriotic sentiment PRESIDENT PUTIN has chaired a meeting of the Russian Geographical Society in a bid to bring to prominence the organisation, which was recently revived, to promote patriotic sentiment in the country.

DUTCH PRESS Money tracker

Golden catch

A SO-CALLED money sniffer dog found €2.5 million in cash in the bedroom of a 36-year-old suspect in Nieuwegein. The money was hidden in a space behind the headboard of his bed.

DUTCH Customs at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport encountered a German travelling from Argentina to Germany with five kilos of gold worth €140,000 hidden in a chess board. After paying

First and only female THE German navy has welcomed its first, and so far only, female officer to serve on a submarine.

Twenty-seven-year-old Asseln holds the role of fourth watch officer on the U-31 Delta.

Horse kebab

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Hand swipe

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€37,000 in duties, the man could continue his journey.

ICT-hotspots ACCORDING to the European Commission, Eindhoven (ninth) and Amsterdam (10th) are in the

BIOLOGY students at a school in Western Germany analysed a kebab for a biology project and found it to contain horsemeat. This comes just a year after the scandal of ‘mis-labelled’ meat in Europe.

Tax evaders THOUSANDS of tax evaders have come forward to declare in order to avoid prosecution. Selfdeclarations have trebled in the first quarter of the year.

Fewest jobless UPPER BAVARIA has the lowest unemployment levels in the EU with a rate of only 2.6 per cent. Almost all the regions with high employment levels were in Germany.

top 10 of best performing areas in the field of information technology. The city of Delft is in 18th place.

Hourly wages LAST year hourly wages decreased by 6 per cent on average in The Netherlands, from €15.50 in 2012 to €14.60 in 2013.

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Spain’s Robin Hood A SPANISH man is being hailed as the country’s very own Robin Hood after he took out dozens of loans worth almost half a million euros, with no intention of ever paying them back.

Instead, Enric Duran donated the money to projects that created and promoted alternatives to capitalism. He gave the money to social activists, funding anti-capitalist speaking tours and TV cameras for a media network.

Between 2006 and 2008, Duran took out 68 commercial and personal loans from 39 banks in Spain.

Duran, who has been in hiding for 14 months, is unapologetic for his actions

even though they could land him in prison.

After charges were brought against him by six of the banks involved, Duran was arrested in Spain in 2009.

After two months in prison he was bailed for €50,000 and in February2013, facing up to eight years in prison, Duran made the decision to go into hiding rather than stand trial.

Via Skype, and from an undisclosed location, Duran told UK newspaper The Guardian: “I don’t see legitimacy in a judicial system based on authority, because I don’t recognise its authority.

“I’m proud of this action. It generated a movement that allowed us to push forward with the construction of alternatives.

And it MICHAEL SCHUMACHER is being sued by a Spanish allowed us to build a biker who claims that the retired F1 star knocked him powerful network that over weeks before a skiing accident that left the groups together these seven-time world champion in a coma and fighting for initiatives.” his life.

Duran described his He says that Schumacher knocked him off his bike actions as being at the after failing to give way at a roundabout in Bormujos, vanguard of a worldwide near Sevilla. debate on the economic The biker, who wishes to remain anonymous, is crisis and maintains that claiming compensation for a broken wrist he suffered the timing pushed the as well as damage to a watch, his clothes and his anti-capitalist movement into the light. motorbike in the accident on November 17, 2013.

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NE thing former Partido Popular Treasurer Luis Barcenas cannot be accused of is humility.

Languishing behind bars as he awaits trial in the infamous Gurtel corruption case, he is said to be becoming more and more aggressive as the days go by.

You would have thought having been caught with a reported €48 million stashed away in Swiss bank accounts he would have decided to keep a low profile until judgment is made in his case. But no, he is alleged to have confronted a van driver taking him for medical check-ups.

He is also reported to have pushed a prison officer and refused to wear handcuffs, shouting: “I am not a criminal.”

That ‘disagreement’ has led to

him being barred from exercising in the prison courtyard for 140 days as punishment. It also shows the attitude all too prevalent in politicians that they are above the rules that everyone else in society has to follow.

It is time for Barcenas to reflect on his behaviour and, who knows, maybe lessen his overinflated opinion of himself. A little humility earlier in his life would have saved him from finding himself now behind bars.

And maybe others, who seem to think they can do no wrong despite plundering millions from the Spanish people, should also reflect that they too could end up behind bars for a long time to come.

Who knows, they may change their ways. I am not holding my breath.

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STAT OF WEEK MAPFRE, Allianz and Plus Ultra are providing insurance cover for ‘bad bank’ Sareb’s 90,600 properties worth €11.4 billion. The policies cost €2.7 million and will provide cover until March 2015.

26. Departure times will depend on how long the concert lasts, Renfe said.

There will be reductions of up to 60 per cent for return tickets on selected AVEs between Madrid and Barcelona, Valencia, Alicante, Zaragoza, Cordoba, Sevilla and

Spain is worst for employment SPAIN’S economy might have returned to growth but this is not reflected in the employment market.

Seven of the 10 European Union regions with the highest unemployment rates last year are Spanish, the Eurostat statistics office announced.

Little has changed since the 2012 rankings when Spain’s autonomous regions also occupied the upper reaches of the Eurostat list although this was then headed by the North African enclave of Ceuta.

That unwelcome honour now goes to Andalucia, whose 36.3 per cent unemployment

rate is the EU’s highest, with Ceuta in second place with 35.3 per cent.

Next comes Melilla, Spain’s other North African enclave (34.4 per cent) followed by the Canary Islands (34.1 per cent) and Extremadura (33.7 per cent).

The Greek region of Western Macedonia occupies the seventh position with 31.8 per cent, followed by Castilla-La Mancha with 30.1 per cent.

Eighth place goes to Central Macedonia (31.8 per cent) with yet another Spanish region, Murcia, ranked ninth with 29.4 per cent unemployment.

Malaga. The trains will be accompanied with a guitar symbol on the Renfe website and all seats will be tourist class on the earlymorning June 26 trains.

It will not be possible to change tickets and cancellations will incur a 50 per cent penalty.

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Hotel deal for NH SPANISH-based hotel chain NH bought the remaining 44.5 per cent of its Italian subsidiary from Intesa Sanpolo for €200 million. In exchange, the bank increased its NH stake to 16 per cent.

Don’t bank on it!

SEVENTY PER CENT of the public believe that banks are neither reliable nor solvent, found a CEACCU consumers’ association survey. Sixteen per cent kept their cash at home, they said.

Eating out on the cheap TWENTY-TWO PER CENT of Spanish diners are now foregoing dessert and coffee when eating out.

And they do this to save money rather than calories, according to marketing consultants Nielsen.

Thirty-five per cent choose cheaper restaurants and 90 per cent are ‘hypersensitive’ regarding price, Nielsen

revealed. Forty per cent admitted sticking to a ‘menu del dia’ instead of eating A La Carte as they would have done in the past.

Despite the extra expense the number of Spaniards buying organic products has increased by 10 per cent over the last 12 months, even though it costs more, the researchers discovered.

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RENFE plans to put on extra trains for the Rolling Stones’ Madrid concert on June 25.

So that those attending can return home without problems, Spain’s passenger train operator is scheduling seven high-speed AVE trains for the early hours of June

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Renfe rolls out high-speed AVEs for Stones’ gig in Madrid AVE: Concert-goers offered discounted tickets.

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Some improvement for mortgage victims BANKS rejected four out of every 10 requests to renegotiate mortgages under new government regulations in late 2013.

This was an improvement on the 80 per cent rejection rate registered when the amendments first came into force, the Economy Ministry revealed.

Changes announced in November 2012 to protect households and families in financial difficulties have since been extended and made more flexible. “Gradual acceptance has increased the number of applications,” said the ministry.

A total of 4,523 applications were made to renegotiate mortgages in the last quarter of 2013. This exceeded all of those registered between March 2012 when the measures were introduced and March 2013 when 4,385 requests were received.

Further changes now make it possible for families earning up to three times the minimum wage to apply for renegotiation, where previously it was necessary to prove they had no income at all.

The measures also include those whose financial circumstances have altered significantly in the last four years and whose repayments account for 50 per cent of their net income.

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Hacienda check-up for health insurance group PRIVATE health insurance group Bupa Sanitas is in the sights of Spain’s tax inspectors.

The AETA agency, Spain’s equivalent of Inland Revenue, suspects that the group could owe Hacienda of up to €28.07 million.

Sham share transactions within the Bupa Sanitas group allegedly enabled it to avoid paying €14.6 million in tax in 2007, revealed sources close to the current audit. Between 2008 and 2010, the group allegedly eluded payment of an annual €4.4 million, the same sources said.

Agency inspectors are examining Bupa Sanitas’s acquisition of shares in UKbased Bupa Care Homes and Bupa Treasury, both belonging to the Bupa

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MADRID: Bupa Sanitas headquarters.

Group (British United Provident Association).

The AEAT believes that Bupa Sanitas’s expenses and adjustment of goodwill arising from the transactions were intended to suggest depreciation. If this proves to be true, it would not be eligible for tax exemptions.

The operation was set up expressly to avoid tax, agency inspectors maintained, challenging Sanitas claims that buying shares is habitual between different companies within a group.

“We are undergoing a tax inspection like those routinely and periodically

carried out in large firms,” the company said, pointing out that it has yet to receive any official communication from the tax agency.

“Sanitas goes back more than 50 years and has always met its tax obligations in accordance with Spanish regulations.”

Advertising roundabouts 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.

www.michaelwalsh.es • 966 786 932

COMPANIES advertise; it is what they do.

Having first-hand experience of some of them, it occurs to me that their purpose in life is not to build their business but to invest in the advertising billboard industries.

Is their spiel set out to attract new customers to replace the haemhorrage of disenchanted clients? Can it get worse?

Yes. It is an anti-sell: research shows that victims of poor service on average tell 19 people about their bad experience.

“Products today are getting very similar,” said David Beckinsell, formerly of National Opinion Polls. “There’s not that much difference between a small Ford and a small Nissan. It is service and image that sets a company apart from the rest.”

Did you know that it costs three times as much to attract a new customer as it does

to retain an existing one? General Motors know it because they conducted the research that revealed this gem.

I once spent an hour or so with Pam Morgan. Her advice: “Always exceed your customer’s expectations, they will then do your advertising for you.”

Ms Morgan was largely responsible for their family company, Redrow Homes, becoming the UK’s biggest independent house builders.

This wise advice is followed by 58 per cent of new businesses who put their survival down to providing quality service.

A Red Star Parcels survey revealed that the most frequently cited reason for a company losing business were regular failings in quality, no longer offering value for money, and lack of basic courtesy.

Don’t we know it.

I was quick to learn that on the Costas.

There are many companies, especially in the internet services, that sell on price rather than on quality.

I have a suggestion.

Why not treat customers not as sheep to be fleeced but as partners in your business? It is hardly rocket science, is it?

NEXT WEEK. How to find out what others think of your business.

GAS: Pipeline from Africa lands in Almeria.

Ukraine’s loss could be Spain’s gain EUROPE will be materially affected by the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Thirty per cent of EU gas comes from Russia and it will be Ukraine’s fault if it shivers once summer ends, Moscow claims.

This could be Spain’s moment to step in. It has seven gas re-aeration plants where ships can load and unload and it receives Algerian gas via the Magreb and Medgaz pipelines.

Were Russia to cut gas exports via Ukraine, or should the latter siphon off gas for its own needs, Spain could ship gas to France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Greece and Turkey.

At a pinch, Spain could use its

two pipeline interconnections with France, although only in impracticably small quantities. For this reason the Spanish government wants Brussels to give priority to the Midcat pipeline in Cataluña which is already classed as ‘infrastructure of community interest’.

This would connect Algeria’s Hassi R’mel fields with Central Europe, the government has pointed out, although it will not be operational until 2017, unlike the coastal gas plants.

Operating at only 20 per cent capacity last year, they would welcome more tankers “with open arms,” according to industry sources.

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Blog yourself towards a new successful financial future Loose change A look at finance for females

Jane Plunkett jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com

NOWADAYS people are fanatical about social media and the internet.

When we have a question we consult our wise friend Google, while for many each step of the day is documented through posts and photography.

It’s an online world and, love it or hate it, the trend looks as if it’s going to stick around for a while.

Therefore, it may be a good time to take advantage of this obsession and even attempt to make a living out of it. For women who are unemployed or

somewhat homebound because of children, it might be a good idea to get into the world of blogging.

It is not for everyone. But it is for those who are good at storytelling, photography, enjoy and understand video blogging, or can lead fun, interesting social media conversations.

It won’t be an overnight transformation from rags to riches but with perseverance and a good following it can become a satisfying moneymaker. The trick is to get enough people following your blog so that it becomes an attractive place for advertisers to publish their goods on.

To blog about something it has got be a topic that you and others are passionate about. A blog on something obscure like ‘the eating habits of antelopes’ might not get you the

MONEYMAKER: Setting up a successful blog. following you need to make money, but something like a ‘Mommy Blog’ will get people clicking.

Mommy Blogs are sites dedicated to the life of mums and raising children and their following can be enormous.

Tons of advertising is related to family life - food products, clothing, healthcare products, entertainment,

Are president’s actions legal?

Q. Our community owners have received an email from the president stating that You and the he has formally resigned because of other commitments. He says he Law in Spain presented his resignation at the last

By David Searl committee meeting and handed over the position to the vice president, who agreed to accept. We must now hold an Extraordinary General Meeting to vote for a new vice president. I believe this action contravenes the Law of Horizontal Property. Can you comment?

R P (Costa del Sol) A. You are quite right. The Law of Horizontal Property basically prohibits the president from resigning, let alone naming a new president. He must either call an Extraordinary General Meeting for the election of a new president, or he must go to court and ask the judge to remove him, giving sound reasons. At this moment, he continues to be the legal president of your community and his actions are null and void. The committee must now schedule an EGM for the election of a new president.

Only the vote of the general assembly can do this. On the other hand, your vice president can carry out the duties of the president until the regular AGM, as long as everyone is happy with the arrangement, and keeping in mind that legal documents must be signed by the elected president.

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

holidays – so much so that a good Mommy blogger

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has the potential to make a lucrative living and climb the corporate ladder from the comfort of their own home.

Other blogs that can attract a big following are related to music, fashion, beauty, food and wedding stuff. But remember if you want to make money, your blog has to stand out from all the others out there.

Do your research, but don’t copy, be original, be creative, encourage comments and spread the word as much as you can!

LIDL’s Spanish turnover reached €2.5 billion last year, a 4 per cent yearon-year increase. A wider product range, more fresh produce and local products were responsible, the company said.

High flyers PUBLICLY-OWNED airports’ operator Aena and engineering group Ineco have won a €15-million contract to build Abu Dhabi’s new airport.

Ineco is opening a branch there and will participate in other airport projects.

Spanish don’t see sweet reason like the Germans WHILE the Western European chocolate confectionery market reached a sweet £19 billion (€23 billion) in 2012, the Spanish trail way behind the Germans when it comes to a sweet tooth.

Indeed, according to latest research by market analysts Mintel, Germany accounted for a quarter (24 per cent) of the Western European chocolate confectionery market in 2012, equating to a retail market value of £4.6 billion (€5.6 billion) in 2012. And despite falling by 7 per cent since 2010, sales were expected to grow by almost 4 per cent by the end of 2013. Meanwhile, France and the UK each hold a 20 per cent share of the market, with a retail value of £3.7 billion (€4.5 billion) respectively in 2012.

The Spanish market was worth just £590 million (€717 million).

And Germany’s reputation as a ‘chocolate nation’ is also reinforced by a per capita consumption of over eight kilos annually, by far the highest in Western Europe. In comparison, Brits eat 6.5 kilos per year, the French 5.7 kilos and the Italians and Spanish 1.7 kilos.

Marcia Mogelonsky, Director of Innovation and Insight at Mintel, said: “Germany remains Europe’s largest chocolate market, despite the small fall from 2010. In order to keep up that pace, manufacturers would do well to look at what motivates German chocolate consumers, as they have some unexpected patterns in their eating and purchasing habits. Germans have a

strong tradition in the category, supported by a number of wellestablished and respected brands.”

Looking at motivation for purchasing chocolate amongst buyers in France, Germany, Italy and Spain, it is the Germans who are the most likely to buy chocolate on impulse. Indeed, some 45 per cent of Germans buy it on impulse, while just 33 per cent of French, 30 per cent of Italians and 20 per cent of Spanish do so. As for Brits, 54 per cent of chocolate eaters buy chocolate on impulse. And not only are Germans impulsive chocolate buyers, but they are also second only to French consumers when it comes to buying chocolate to treat themselves. Indeed, more than three-quarters (76 per cent) of Germans and 84 per cent of French purchase the products as a special treat for themselves, or as something special to improve their moods. Meanwhile, two fifths (41 per cent) of Brits buy chocolate to eat it as comfort food. Just over half (58 per cent) of Italians and 66 per cent of Spanish chocolate-eaters buy the products to lift their moods or to treat themselves.

Furthermore, satisfying a sweet craving is also one of the most popular reasons for purchasing chocolate among European consumers. Almost seven in 10 (66 per cent) Italian and six in 10 (60 per cent) German and Spanish chocolate buyers make product purchases to satisfy a sweet craving.

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Chirpy invasion means no more days of peace...

IT would be interesting to learn if any of your readers are experiencing this problem, which this year seems to be worse.

There is a positive plague of house sparrows. With no natural predators, few cats, a mild climate and abundant food supplies, these birds are able to breed uncontrolled where I live.

Dozens and dozens of them nest in neighbouring roofs and even more roost in surrounding trees. The summer has barely begun and I am already unable to leave terrace doors and windows open because their incessant noise, literally from dawn to dusk, is becoming intolerable.

They move around in packs, fight continuously with each other, squawk loudly if anyone or anything approaches them and leave their droppings all over the terrace, walls and roof.

All other wildlife is being driven away as they attack and chase away any other birds which come near. Each pair can breed up to four times a season, and will return to the same place each year to nest.

Is there anything that can be done to stop this feathery infestation?

A Wade, Benahavis (Malaga)

Welcome abroad WITH reference to Ulrica Marshall’s question “Is the world really your oyster?” I am English, living in Spain but with a business in the UK. There is another location that I am tempted by, which is Costa Rica. One of the happiest and healthiest places to live and they have no tax on dividends earned outside Costa Rica. I love it there!

Jackie (by email)

Roadworks EMPEROR CAESAR AUGUSTUS was one of the earliest road builders, starting his work in 20BC. Since then, there have been many of note leading up to the Blessed Margaret who opened the M25 in October 1986.

However, they all have a worthy successor here in little Mojacar

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WHO said you can’t have a garden? We have one and think it is beautiful so please show this to disillusioned green-fingers who live in apartments.

Tony and Dorothy, Calpe (Alicante)

who will no doubt enter history alongside these ‘greats’. He has, with typical modesty, started with car parks and the opening of Tito2 is his finest achievement to date. The opening ceremony at midnight was a fairly low-key affair consisting mainly of me and my house guest raising a glass.

We have been privileged to watch construction over the last weeks and cannot now remember what was there before due to its seamless integration into the playa. First guests included some who did not park but just drove around in amazement at the quality of surface and the parallelness of the lines produced by the town hall artists.

David P, AD 2014 (by email)

on leaving or remaining in the EU takes place, as some people may choose to leave in an effort to counteract a problem that possibly need not exist.

S Hopkinson (by email)

False alarm

Be prepared

IT was interesting to read in this week’s Euro Weekly News that apparently both Belgium and Germany are managing to protect their benefits system from potential overuse by EU immigrants.

The UK government, on the other hand, always insists that the EU will not allow them to make any distinction! This could be an important consideration when the proposed referendum

THERE was a recent robbery from an apartment at La Finca in Los Arqueros.

The owner was at the pool only yards from his apartment so he did not lock the doors.

He heard a noise and saw a man in his apartment. The thief ran out of the front door and got into a burgundy-coloured Alpha Romeo. This car was caught on security cameras entering Los Arqueros at 2.57pm and leaving

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at 3.37pm. A watch and cash were stolen and it took the thief 40 minutes to enter Los Arqueros, find an unlocked property and leave. These details have been passed to the police.

This is again an opportunist robbery. All owners of apartments and villas should be made aware of the risks of leaving their property unlocked, even when they are only a few yards away at the pool.

Peter (by email)

Going it alone SPAIN’S President Mariano Rajoy should have reacted immediately eight months ago in response to Catalan President Artur Mas’s call for an independent and sovereign nation.

He should have imprisoned the rebel for treason. Instead, Rajoy simply repeats that he won’t allow the illegal and unconstitutional November referendum in Cataluña.

As commander-in-chief of the only legitimate Spanish nation he should stop talking so much and act decisively to put an end to this seemingly endless but harmful farce that is undermining the already downtrodden morale and confidence of Spanish citizens.

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Time to practise a bit of the old ‘actions speak louder than words’.

Mas refers to Scotland’s referendum regarding national sovereignty but I suppose that most UK citizens see a clear difference.

Cataluña is only one of many Spanish regions, not an individual entity or unit by itself.

Richard M McBride, Benidorm (Alicante)

Disorientated SEEN in online edition of Homes and Property: “From £556,820 for newly released villas and from £189,700 for plots 10 minutes from the sea and 45 minutes from Alicante airport on the southern Costa Brava.”

Seems to me that whoever wrote the blurb needs a geography lesson and a crash course in Spanish nationalism.

Alec Finlay (by email)

Dual definition ‘PERPLEXED’ Valencia is wondering what he was eating when he ate knackerbrod. Of course he was eating crispbread Knäcke Bröd in Swedish. What is the problem?

Not perplexed, Moraira Editor’s note to non-native English-speakers: the word ‘knacker’ has an unofficial meaning in English that is farremoved from crispbread.

Turn of phrase AN earlier correspondent referred to the dangers in taking a nonprofessional to act as an interpreter in court and on visits to doctors or hospitals.

These are obviously two areas where anyone who translates for someone else needs a wide vocabulary and a good dose of common sense.

But the writer failed to warn of the hazards posed by doctors who insist on practising their English. I recently accompanied a friend whose specialist – a charming man – wanted to speak English throughout. She thought he was telling her she needed to work when he was actually telling her she needed to walk!

We only cleared up the misunderstanding when I asked him – in Spanish – which he meant.

Sybil Latimer (by email)

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A bunch of hypocrites I

T’S the hypocrisy of some Islamists that really gets to me.

Of course, I can only speak for Saudi Arabia where I lived for some eight years, but I’ve no reason to believe other Islamic states aren’t the same.

They frown on homosexuality, with the direst of consequences for anyone who practises it, yet homosexuality is rife in the country. I was propositioned on an almost daily basis, even by the taxi driver who drove me from the airport on my first visit. (I was, of course, much prettier then!) They insist on their right to build mosques in every country they land on but would NEVER give permission for a church to be erected in their domain.

Adultery is punishable by death, yet they allow a man to have five wives; if that’s not legalised adultery, I don’t know what is. Paedophilia is also punishable by death, but

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT they consider a female ready for marriage at their first menstruation. They frown on gambling, but, in the casinos of the world, are the biggest gamblers of all.

They ban the use of alcohol, but when I was there I had it on impeccable authority that at that time Saudi Arabia was one of the biggest importers of Johnny Walker whisky in the world - and JW couldn’t even show it on their books. (I wonder where all that black money went!) The list simply goes on and on.

No, to me hypocrisy is one of the cardinal sins. Mind you when you look at the antics of some of our politicians, glass houses and stones come firmly to mind. Ah, well.

As far as the schools now

being investigated in the socalled ‘Trojan horse’ affair are concerned, I maintain that any establishment believed to have been taken over by extremists or indeed any discovered segregating pupils, being taught by women shrouded from head to foot, refusing to have English as a first language or indeed retaining any curriculum that goes against the democracy and customs of the UK, should immediately be closed down.

They should have all assets and grants frozen and only be reopened after being completely reorganised and re-staffed. Any threat to the welfare of our children should be dropped on like a ton of bricks. Don’t hold yer breath!

I’m delighted and proud to report that my lad David won gold for Spain in the individual class European Karate championships last week. In the team events they also took a bronze and silver. A

TWOFACED: Do as I say, not as I do.

magnificent effort all round.

Many congrats from a very proud dad. Well done. Now bring on those Olympics!

Once again thanks for all your mail. Although I can’t

answer every one, believe me they all get read. Keep ‘em coming, I can take it!

Keep the faith Love Leapy Leapylee2002@gmail.com

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Naming and shaming: true tales or a case of sour gripes?

Nora Johnson

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

To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/columnists/ nora-johnson

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HE picnic protest organised by feminists on London’s Circle Line recently was a counteroffensive to the ‘Women Who Eat on the Tube’ Facebook website which mocks women eating on public transport.

Well, if we’re into naming and shaming, why stop at eating on public transport?

What about in restaurants where it’s quite routine now to see iPhones on tables primed to Tweet or Instagram everything you eat. Tell me, why is it necessary to take, from every imaginable angle, an endless, flashing shedload of images of your food and of everyone else’s at your table?

In fact, the whole handset etiquette thing (whether it’s an iPhone, iPod, iPad and so on) in a restaurant is something

ANNOYING: Using mobiles at the table and iPhones primed to Tweet or Instagram everything you eat.

that gets lots of people in quite a lather.

If business colleagues forgot an agreement to switch off their phones at the table, friends of mine used to give them a minute’s grace to say they’d call back, otherwise they’d simply leg it.

And if kids positively have to play ‘Minecraft’, or whatever, please can they

switch the sound off? Nothing drives others madder than trying to enjoy a nice meal in a restaurant or to read a good book on public transport only to be trapped next to that jerky, tinny racket.

And while we’re on the subject of public transport, what about those people on the Tube who keep their backpacks on in the

rush hour, steamrolling everyone else around? And men who sit opposite you with their legs stretched right out, their shoes almost touching yours or who hold their newspapers so wide open they touch you? Not to mention those weirdos who try to start daft conversations with all and sundry, and loudly and irritably complain when nobody answers back.

Another transport gripe is about people who insist on standing on the wrong side of the escalator in Tube stations, especially couples or groups of chatting tourists who don’t twig that others will want to get past.

And what about those who stop dead at the top/bottom of escalators to consult a map or who crash into you while texting?

Even if you manage to survive that, you’ll probably end up with half of your shin taken off with their case on wheels as they shoot past.

Happy days!

Nora Johnson’s thrillers Retribution and The De Clerambault Code (www.norajohnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/ eBook (€0.89; £0.77) and iBookstore. Profits to Cudeca.

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The untouchables...

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

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CANDALS revealing the sordid behaviour of Britain’s elite clearly suggest the establishment closes ranks to protect its accused.

Mainstream media are investigative but two lines of enquiry are shunned by news desks.

Media names and shames but those exposed are the tip of the iceberg. Others are untouchable.

Why are so many in public life corrupted and compromised? The numbers involved are out of proportion to the general population.

Stanley Baldwin, Benjamin Disraeli and David Lloyd George are just three prime ministers who alluded to covert forces behind the theatre of parliament and congress.

US President Woodrow Wilson: “There is a power so organised, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.”

US President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919): “Behind ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.”

Our less sophisticated electorates cannot comprehend why government is so out of touch. Is it because politicians serve neither the public nor national interests but those of others?

The elite’s salaries are insignificant compared to other perks of power. These include a get-out-of-jail guarantee for fiscal crimes or debauchery likely to get lesser men years behind bars. A token few sordid individuals like Cyril Smith MP and Jimmy Savile are fingered only after death.

Alive, they are ring-fence

WOODROW WILSON: Warning on behind-the-scenes power. protected and the police are told, don’t go there.

Former PM Tony Blair, in March 2003, placed a section of Operation Ore, under the Official Secrets Act for 100 years. A police investigation, it delved into procured paedophilia for those in high places. The highest figures in ministerial government, the judiciary and church were implicated.

Are many of those who make up the elite deliberately compromised as a control mechanism? If so it explains much. When the KGB did it they were called honey-traps.

However, the Soviet secret services were amateurs compared to their Western counterparts.

Why else does Britain’s secret service protect the likes of Cyril Smith, the Kray twins, Jeremy Thorpe? Former Labour Home Secretary Roy Jenkins oversaw the decriminalisation of

homosexuality. A miner’s son, Jenkins was seduced by public school toff Anthony Crosland, MP. Such behaviour was almost procedural.

Card-carrying Communist and double agent Labour MP Tom Driberg, like Cyril Smith MP, was constantly arrested for gross behaviour in public toilets. A telephone call was enough to get them away from the desk sergeant. Too many to name yet those involved make up a

debauched microcosm of British society.

What of the debauched behaviour of Noel Coward, novelist Somerset Maugham, occultist Aleister Crowley, Winston Churchill, Lord Boothby and others who used the Krays, later Jimmy Savile and others to arrange ‘parties’ that shame Britain. Is it because once ensnared these individuals can be counted upon to do as they are told?

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ILAR URBANO is a veteran Spanish journalist and author. Anyone around then will remember her exhaustive examination of the 1981 attempted coup d’état.

Rightwing and linked to the Catholic sect Opus Dei, she raised blisters with her biography of Queen Sofia published in 2008.

Marketed as ‘authorised’ its only claim to royal approval was having sent the proofs to the Zarzuela Palace.

Those blisters became open wounds following her latest book, La gran desmemoria, which claims that the King was behind the failed February 23 coup. He was the Elefante Blanco whose

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arrival Tejero and others awaited in the occupied parliament chamber, Urbano insists.

White Elephant’s identity was never revealed but was probably either General Alfonso Armada, once royal household’s secretary but distanced by then, or General Fernando de Santiago.

Armada’s implication in the coup emerged later but not De Santiago’s although he was having coffee in a cafeteria near the parliament building on

Hard times for Mrs Iglesias ROSALIA IGLESIAS is the wife of remanded ex-PP treasurer Luis Barcenas and both are embroiled in the Gurtel case.

They allegedly salted away around €48 million in Switzerland, but the couple’s funds are blocked and she is allocated €300 a month for living expenses.

Iglesias has told the courts that she cannot get to the end of the month on this amount and for once a statement connected to the Gurtel investigation can be categorically ranked as 100 per cent true.

February 23.

Later, a play on a popular Spanish riddle did the rounds, asking: “What was the colour of De Santiago’s white elephant?”

Urbano knows all this. But like every writer she has her eye less on royalty than royalties. What better way to rake them in?

So there!

Delayed reaction

NARCOTICS dealers brought ashore and remanded following anti-drugs operations in international waters off Spain, are being released by high court judges.

They are complying with the new International Justice Law, they claim. Naturally they are not punishing the government for clipping their wings and hindering their investigations of international human rights’ violations.

Perish the thought.

LUIS DIAZ ALPERI, ex-mayor of Alicante, resigned as a regional MP. Accused of fiscal offences and regional corruption, Alperi blames Eduardo Zaplana for his problems. Ex-president of the Valencia Community and later a minister in Madrid, Zaplana thought he would still pull the strings when he left the region.

Francisco Camps, his successor, thought otherwise and Alperi supported him, hence his subsequent woes, he believes.

LA GRAN DISMEMORIA: Urbano’s controversial book.

Camps later resigned, tarnished by the Gurtel corruption scandal which was also Zaplana’s fault, according to Alperi.

Zaplana, he maintained, brought main players Francisco Correa and Alvaro Perez ‘El Bigotes’ to the Valencian Community where much of the nationwide buying, bribery and invoice-padding occurred.

There’s nothing like putting the boot in when a politician no longer has anything to lose.

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FEATURE/PETS

Pipes & Drums help out PARIZA: Would benefit from a loving home.

Can you give a dog a home?

PARIZA, female Podenco, at shelter since 23.09.2011, DOB 15.09.2010, 53 cm.

CAN a podenco smile when she has been tied to our gate? Yes, but not out of happiness!

Pariza has an overbite, which makes her face very funny and almost look like a shark. But she is healthy and nothing seems to bother her at all.

Pariza is very outgoing and active. She loves to play and an active family would do her good. Other dogs and bigger children will not be any problem for her, the more the merrier!

For more information call 618 754 635.

The APASA animal sanctuary is based in Javea.

ON Good Friday, at Playa Flamenca, the Torrevieja Pipes & Drums teamed up with the charity Help at Home, to raise some money for the work the organisation performs each and every day.

Torrevieja Pipes & Drums would like to thank the organising

PERFORMING: Torrevieja Pipes & Drums help raise funds. committee for inviting the band.

If you are interested in booking the band for any venue or event, or to become an active member

Cruise liner announces upgrade MSC CRUISES has announced a multimillion euro programme for the upgrade and renewal of four MDC cruise ships over the next two years.

The work had been commissioned to Fincantieri in Italy, one of the most renowned shipbuilding companies in the world.

They will work on overhauling MSC Armonia, MSC Lirica, MSC Sinfonia and MSC Opera, bringing new and exciting entertainment options, technological advances, new shops, almost 200 new cabins and new

water park facilities.

CEO of MSC Cruises, Gianni Onorato, said in Rome, Italy: “When our four boats from the Lirica family return to the seas after a total of 38 weeks they will be completely new with additional amenities and comforts for our travellers.�

For more information on MDC Cruises and to see first hand the improvements and changes made, call Falken Tours La Marina on 966 790 004 and in La Zenia on 966 730 151 for special cruise offers.

Annual Crime Early socialisation Watch meeting CRIME WATCH SPAIN will be holding its annual general meeting on May 29 at 1.15pm, at Patricia's

Bar, Calle Parque Lagos, Torretas III, Torrevieja.

Anyone interested in attending should contact them via email on colaborando.crimewatch @skynetlink.com or simply turn up.

If you are interested in learning Spanish the association offers a yearly course, 52 weeks a year, with a native teacher, for advanced, beginners and absolute beginners, every Thursday, from 10am at Patricia's Bar.

of the band, contact Barry, on: 626 839 951 or via email waddingtonjoan@gmail.com.

The band welcomes beginners.

is key for a pup A DOG which fights another has nearly always lacked early socialisation.

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Putting a leash on a dog, when you see another dog approaching, teaches it that it must get to that other dog quickly to escape the punishment of being put on the leash.

Take the dog to a training class where it can socialise.

One dog is a pet and two is a problem. That is the saying in our profession. Two male dogs

fight over status or through jealousy over you. A behaviourist can analyse who is the top dog. Once this has been established, and there must be no error, then the junior should be castrated to reduce his status. This normally stops the fighting.

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Toledo and El Greco A

LL the THE Parish Church Peter Fieldman great of Saint Tome London-born journalist and artists tend author, Peter spends his time houses what is between Paris and Madrid. to be His novel ‘1066 The Conquest’ arguably El Greco’s associated with the available on Amazon or www.1066TheConquest.com cities where they most famous work, produced their works. the Burial of the www.pfieldman.blogspot.com In the same way that Count of Orgaz, Tiziano is linked to which has been its Venice, Velazquez to Madrid and home since 1586 when it was Rembrandt to Amsterdam, El Greco is commissioned by the count who had synonymous with Toledo. This year is the rebuilt the original medieval church.

400th anniversary of his death and the El El Greco did not have to travel far Greco Foundation has organised a major to work on the painting. His home is exhibition of his works as well as nearby in the Jewish quarter of the concerts and events which will take place throughout the year in the city, which is city. The rented house and studio a World Heritage Site. overlooking a patio garden, is where Born in 1541 in the town of Candia in he lived and worked until his death Crete, part of the Venetian Republic, in 1614 and has been a museum for Domenikos Theotokopoulos learnt his many years offering an insight into craft painting icons on panels. When he the artist’s life. was 25 he left for Venice and found himself in the company of the great artists, Tintoretto and Tiziano, to whom he became apprenticed. He mastered the Venetian style with its colours, light, shadows and reflexions. In 1571 he moved to Rome where his work brought him to the attention of patrons. He was invited to reside in the Palace of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese and for two years led a privileged lifestyle among the intellectual elite. But it was short-lived as some of his works and his criticisms of other artists were not appreciated and he was asked to leave. He VIEW: Toledo circa travelled 1597, courtesy of to Madrid Metropolitan Museum where he stayed for of Art New York. a short time before choosing to make his home in Toledo in Toledo was the religious capital of 1577, where he spent the rest of his life. Spain and given the importance of the Toledo was a prosperous city, with a vast cathedral dominating the city, the large textile and armaments industry main patrons of art were the religious and for many years King Felipe II held orders. El Greco was astute enough to his court in the city. But when the king realise he needed to produce different moved the Court to Madrid in 1561 works for different clients and in his Toledo’s influence declined. Although he studio he was as adapt at painting small was unknown, El Greco - the Greek - as portraits for private clients as he was he was called, tended to charge more large scale religious works. The market than his contemporaries and objected to for religious paintings was flourishing clients suggesting modifications to his and he obtained many commissions for works. Nevertheless, despite his prima altarpieces in the city’s hospitals, donna attitude he managed to establish convents and churches. the right contacts.

His imagination led him to create

The Burial of the Count of Orgaz 1586-88, courtesy of Parish Church of Saint Tome.

supernatural, religious scenes with an almost celestial vision using vivid colours and light to emphasise the cloaks and robes of his main figures. He was more interested in the grace of his compositions than realistic proportions.

He had developed an original and unique style and the elongated thin faces, bodies and dramatic expressions of his subjects made it hard to place him in any particular school.

What makes the exhibition so unique is that many of the works are housed in the convents, hospitals and churches where they were originally painted.

Mostly comprising altarpieces, they are within walking distance of each other in the maze of narrow, hilly cobbled, streets and squares of the city, little changed since El Greco’s time. These include the Chapel of San Jose, Sacristy of the Cathedral, Parish Church of Saint Tome, the Convent of Saint Domingo the elder and the Tavera Hospital in which there is a rare and controversial nude sculpture of Christ. The only works which are not in the city are the altarpieces in the Hospital of Our Lady of Charity in the nearby town of Illescas.

The foundation has also procured several major works of El Greco from public and private collections. These are on display in a specially designed section of the Santa Cruz Museum, divided into the spheres of portraits, altarpieces and settings, devotional works and the supernatural. The works include the Nobleman with a Hand on his Chest, from Madrid’s Prado, portraits of Saints including the Tears of Saint Peter from the Sitges Museum, Horseman with a Beggar from the Washington National Gallery and View of Toledo on a Stormy, Overcast Day, from the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. ©peterfieldman

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Trying to be perfect could make you ill

TRYING to be too perfect could be ruining your health.

Research suggests that striving for perfection causes not only stress, but also physical illness leading to conditions like irritable bowel syndrome, insomnia and even heart disease.

Experts, including Doctor Danielle Molnar, a psychologist at Brock University in Canada, are suggesting perfectionism should be considered as a risk factor for disease in the same way as obesity and smoking.

She said: “We’re always promoting perfectionism and its benefits of academic and professional achievement, but it’s such a strong factor for so many illnesses.”

There are said to be three types of perfectionists: • Self-oriented, who focus on their personal standards of perfection; • Other-oriented, who have exacting standards for those around them; • Socially prescribed, who believe that other people, including their parents or bosses, demand perfection from them.

New fathers also at risk of baby blues

A NEW study has revealed that new fathers are at risk of depression as doctors call for fathers, as well as mothers, to be screened for post-natal depression.

The research has also shown that new fathers aged in their mid-20s are most likely to succumb to depression. In the first five years after the birth, depression in fathers increased by 68 per cent in a survey of more than 10,000 men whose average age was 25.

Previous research has shown

depressed fathers will use more corporal punishment and read and interact less with their children and are more likely to be stressed and neglectful.

It is estimated that between 4 and 5 per cent of new fathers suffer from post-natal depression, compared with 10 per cent of women.

OF CONCERN: Post-natal depression in new fathers.

Screen-loving teenagers in danger from long-term spinal damage FOUR in 10 teenagers have suffered from back or neck pain, which chiropractors claim is through spending too much time slouched in front of the TV or computer screen.

They say teens are in danger of doing long-term damage to their spines as a survey of more than 460 parents of 11 to 16-year-olds found that 23 per cent of teens are spending between two and four hours a day watching TV, while a quarter spend the same amount of time on a laptop, tablet or computer.

Help at hand to control shaking in Parkinson’s SPANISH neurologists are working on developing a ‘smart’ glove able to control shaking caused by Parkinson’s disease.

The team in Madrid are working on the final phase of the NeuroTremor Project with the Centre for Advanced Scientific Research at

the University of Gottingen, Germany.

The glove has been tested on 80 patients aged between 40 and 80, and measures how

muscles behave during the shake.

The data obtained then works to send impulses through a set of electrodes to

regulate the tremor through neurostimulation.

The project was launched three years ago with funding from

the EU, aimed at finding alternative methods to drugs and surgical treatments to improve the quality of life for sufferers.

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Think yourself thinner IF you want to get slimmer, think you are eating something unhealthy.

It may seem a little unusual, but scientists say they found people’s metabolisms speed up when they believe they are consuming something high in calories, regardless of how fattening the product actually is.

The study saw participants given the same 380-calorie milkshake but half were labelled as containing 620

calories, while the other half were said to contain 140 calories.

The results found that those who drank the ‘high-calorie’ milkshake saw their ghrelin hormone levels drop three times as quickly as those of the people who thought they were drinking low-calorie milkshakes.

This hormone not only makes people feel hunger, it also influences the speed of metabolism.

IN Spain, more than 47 litres of beer are consumed per person, per year and now, recent studies show that their properties can actually be beneficial to some people.

A study entitled ‘Moderate beer consumption in patients with arterial hypertension’ has shown that beer, with or without the alcohol, can aid patients with high blood pressure when drunk in moderation and a healthy Mediterranean diet is followed.

The benefits of the beverage come from it being rich in carbohydrates, amino acids, minerals, vitamins and phenolic compounds, which come primarily from hops and malt.

The bioactive compounds found in beer may have an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiviral and estrogenic action. The investigation also determined that moderate beer drinkers have a lower prevalence of diabetes.

The high content of folic acid can also be beneficial to the health of pregnant women.

CANCER RISK: Take care in the sun. the risks of sun exposure, educate people about using proper sun protection and to encourage getting any unusual moles or marks on the skin checked out.

It also aims to educate primary-care physicians and pharmacists to be involved in informing the general public about the dangers of the sun and tanning booths.

Across Europe, there are currently 30 countries

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Experts raise alert to skin cancer EACH year the number of cases of melanoma skin cancer increases in Spain by 10 per cent.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the odds of getting skin cancer are tripled every decade.

The disease currently affects around 160,000 people worldwide.

In Spain, cases have increased 38 per cent in the last four years and it is estimated that the incidence in the country of non-melanoma skin cancer (basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma) is seven times higher than that of melanoma.

As a result, medical professionals have decided to launch the ‘Euromelanoma 2014’ campaign, led by a network of European dermatologists.

The aim of the initiative is to raise awareness of

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UK or Spain: Which is most sexist?

A UN inspector has recently caused controversy by calling the UK the world’s

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NE business owner in La Marina said she doesn’t believe the UK is sexist. “I think they have more things to worry about,” although Bridget said she does work in a predominantly male environment and has experienced some form of sexism. “Men do come in and want to speak to other men but then equally women like coming in knowing they will deal with a woman,” she said.

Barbara Mosley, retired and now living in La Marina, believes Spain is a lot more sexist than the UK. “When we have had builders in I’ve told them what I want doing but they won’t listen. They’ll ask my husband. Even in restaurants men get served first.” She added: “I think there was sexism in the workforce in the UK but they can’t really get away with it now with all the laws in place. People are afraid to speak out of turn in case they are taken to court!”

That is something Jim Kennedy from Liverpool has experienced. Now retired BARBARA: Spain is more sexist than the UK.

most sexist country. Do you agree that the UK has a ‘boys club’ sexist culture? How

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does it compare to the ‘machismo’ many say is still found in Spain?

and on holiday on the Costa Blanca, he said: “I once had a lad take me to a tribunal in the UK because I said I wanted a female behind the bar.”

Carmen Gil, 46, from Torremolinos, Malaga, used to work in London. She has noticed a difference in Spanish and British men. “In

a way men from both countries can be sexist, but in Spain attitudes tend to be a lot more old-fashioned, particularly in the older generations. There is an assumption that women should do the housework and cooking, and generally look after the men, often while holding down a full-time job as well. To be honest that is partly the woman’s fault for letting the men get away with it!” she said.

John Hoseman, 26, on holiday in Marbella from his home in Richmond, Surrey, said he did not think young men were allowed to be sexist in the UK. The city worker said: “Women of my age just won’t stand for it. To be sexist means to live a life without a girlfriend these days.

The UN report may have a germ of truth amongst some older people, but times have moved on for the younger generations.

“As for the Spanish, they do have this image of a ‘machismo’ culture, but how true that is these days I do not know.”

CARMEN: Spanish old-fashioned.

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in history

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1915: The Allies launch a large scale attack on Gallipoli, the Turkish controlled land mass on the other side of the previously attacked Dardanelles.

1916: Some 1,600 Irish nationalists launch the so-called Easter Rising in Dublin, seizing a number of official buildings and calling on Irish patriots to resist British control.

1937: The Nazis test their powerful new air force, the Luftwaffe, on the Basque city of Guernica totally annihilating it.

1945: Americans and Russians link up, encircling Berlin and cut Germany into two halves.

1953: Winston Churchill is knighted.

This British leader guided Britain and the Allies through the Second World War. 1962: The first US rocket lands on the moon, unfortunately, due to a technical fault, it can send no pictures back.

1980: A Dan-Air Boeing 727 carrying British tourists to the Canary Islands crashes and kills all 146 passengers on board.

1982: Jane Fonda’s first workout video released. Fonda became an exercise guru in the 80s with the first of her many bestselling aerobics tapes.

1983: The Hitler Diaries are published. Stern, a German magazine, publishes the first instalment of the “Hitler Diaries” said to be written by the Fuhrer but later revealed to be a hoax.

1984: The Libyan embassy siege ends 11 days after the shooting of WPC Yvonne Fletcher.

1986: Nuclear explosion at Chernobyl. The full toll of this disaster is still being counted, experts believe that thousands died and over 70,000 suffered severe poisoning.

1994: South Africa holds its first ever multi-racial elections with Nelson Mandela as the favourite.

2001: The first space tourist, American millionaire Dennis Tito, spends eight days on the International Space Station.

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TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) A new start with someone, socially, shows great promise.

Consider what you want to get rid of in your life and plan how to approach the task. A bit of military precision goes down well. Cast your net wide. It may be necessary to invest in a few theatre tickets or a weekend away.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Should things go absolutely perfectly for you this week, then I would eat my hat. I don't usually wear one but would go to a charity shop immediately. Rolling round in your mind is the thought that, just as things start to go well, another problem crops up.

Relax, anyway.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Social life is squeezed because of business commitments. As you are a people person, there will be fun and times out aplenty this week. Burning the candle at both ends works for a while and there is the chance to meet someone that you admire.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) May we consider for a moment what you thought that you would be doing, right now, five years ago? Yes, do you see what I mean? Breaking away from an old habit could be the best thing that you have done for a long time.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Taking a step back from the activity appeals right now. After an active time, energy needs building up. Basking in someone's glory shows you just how things could be.

Give a new relationship more of a chance to grow. The avenues this person can open up to you will put a twinkle in your eye and a blush on your cheek.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) The strong urge to make physical contact with someone leads to a bit of bother. Not that there is anything wrong with a few hugs and kisses. It is the person or the timing that could be wrong.

H ex a g r a m

This is the true story of a British officer who was imprisoned in a POW camp in Burma where he was tortured for building a radio and forced to work on the Burma-Thailand railway. Years later, suffering from psychological trauma, the officer decides to track down his Japanese tormentors in order to rid himself of the constant nightmares.

April 25: Al Pacino, 73. Actor.

Actor and director he won an Academy Award for best actor in 1992 for his role in “Scent of a Woman”; he is most famous for his role in “Scarface”.

April 27: Darcey Bussell, 44. Dancer.

Considered one of the best dancers in Britain’s history she gained popular recognition when she became a judge on “Strictly Come Dancing”.

PALLET

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PLUMED

DEEPER

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LENDER (10)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Leaden, 2 Blouse, 3 Stripe, 4 Source, 5 Prison, 6 Rotund, 7 Grouse, 8 Stride, 9 Nursed, 10 Either, 11 Repent, 12 Grunts, 13 Splash, 14 Retain, 15 Guests, 16 Bubble, 17 Manger, 18 Tablet, 19 Estate

IF IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK: Leave nothing to chance and be more controlling than your Taurean nature would dictate. The months ahead give you the chance to seize opportunities, some of which will already have proved themselves. It's a year of romance and new beginnings.

April 24: Kelly Clarkson, 31. Singer.

This pop singer came to fame in the first American Idol competition in 2002; her debut single “A Moment Like This” became song of the year. She turned down two record deals before winning the competition.

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Your Stars April 28: Jay Leno, 63. TV host.

Comedian and presenter he is best known for presenting NBC’s “Tonight Show” from 1992 to 2014; he is also well known for his extensive car collection.

April 29: Jerry Seinfeld, 59. Comedian.

Stand-up comedian, producer, actor and writer this multi-talented man is best known for the world famous “Seinfeld” series which ran from 1989 to 1998.

April 26: Imanol Arias. Actor. Born in Leon, Arias is most famous for his recent role in hit TV series “Cuentame como paso”. He debuted in the cinema in 1976 in “La Corea” and has since been in over 40 different films, 15 TV series and 11 theatre plays; he has even been in a videogame. In 2008 he won a gold medal for fine arts.

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April 30: Kunal Nayyar, 32.

Actor.

Indian actor of British origin, he is best known for his role as Rajesh Koothrappali in hit TV series “The Big Bang Theory”.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) The past has been kind to you but also unkind. It is the same for most of us, so don't think that you have been singled out for a bumpy ride. Be aware that basing a decision made this week on what happened a long time ago could be a mistake.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Feeling really balanced and calm? Being aware that you have full knowledge of a situation is good, isn't it? Absolutely anyone could snap at you this week and have no success at all in upsetting you. To say that the period is tranquil is an understatement.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) A date on your calendar draws near. It seems less important than it did and you may be tempted to cancel. Think twice. The question of who to go on holiday with comes up and someone is keen to tie you down. Keep options open because things this week are changeable, indeed.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) At some time in the future you may look back on this week and ask yourself, 'Why didn't I do that?' Let me help you to see the possibilities. The emphasis is firmly on your social life and someone special is about to step into it.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) More than one possibility presents itself in connection with a problem. A foreign visit or visitor figures highly in plans and solutions. A change in someone close is brought to your attention. Get people talking to make real progress. Some may be inclined to put their head in the sand but not you.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) An opportunity to do something socially arises. It is not earth shattering, but could have a great longterm impact. Others seem to have confidence in you and enjoy your company this week. Having been given the chance to show what you are really capable of, allow your talents to show through.

TOUGH NUTS TO CRACK 1. I’m a Wonderful Thing, Baby, Stool Pigeon and Annie, I’m Not Your Daddy were all UK Top 10 hit singles for which musical group created and led by August Darnell?

2. Pesto sauce traditionally consists of crushed garlic, basil and which nuts blended with olive oil?

3. The characters Woodstock, Snoopy and Charlie Brown all featured in which American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M Schulz?

4. The Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by which famous Russian composer?

5. What was the title of the 1980s spoof soap opera written by Victoria Wood, that featured Julie Walters as Mrs Overall, Victoria Wood as Berta, Rosie Collins as Trixie and Celia Imrie as Miss Babs?

6. Which central South American country accounts for about 70 per cent of the world’s Brazil nuts harvested each year?

7. Which edible fruit is also known as the filbert and cobnut?

8. Which English singer-songwriter and musician first began performing and recording in the synthpop/New Wave duo Soft Cell?

9. Which spice is made from the dried fleshy covering of the nutmeg seed?

10. Which state in New England, one of the original 13 colonies, is nicknamed the Nutmeg State?

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

TARGET: Average: 14 Good: 18 Very good: 26 Excellent: 32

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION acne, acre, cane, cant, care, cart, cent, cert, cite, cran, cure, curt, cute, ecru, narc, nice, race, rice, uric, actin, acute, antic, auric, cairn, caner, caret, carte, cater, ceria, citer, crane, crate, cruet, curie, cuter, cutie, enact, erica, eruct, incur, nacre, nicer, react, recta, recti, runic, trace, trice, truce, tunic, acuter, canine, canner, canter, cretin, cunner, curate, enatic, nectar, nuance, recant, tannic, trance, uranic, ancient, cannier, centaur, certain, curtain, uncrate, UNCERTAIN

Word Ladder PAID

HEED

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

You must only change one letter at a time.

PAID SAID SLID SLED SEED HEED

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1. KID CREOLE AND THE COCONUTS, 2. PINE NUTS, 3. PEANUTS, 4. PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY, 5. ACORN ANTIQUES, 6. BOLIVIA, 7. HAZELNUT, 8. MARC ALMOND, 9. MACE, 10. CONNECTICUT

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

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Unscramble the name of a female English actor, comedian and writer: MAD HAIR RANT

Across 1 Stare foolishly at the eye drops (5) 4 Is back during shower for dried fruit (6) 9 Eastern chappie digested ooze (7) 10 Send off second pastry (5) 11 Shangri-la is discovered in Sweden (4) 12 Red vehicle is next to a pit (7) 13 She can prosecute (3) 14 Lots of the aphids (4) 16 Big cheese is back in the Atacama Desert (4) 18 Fifty-one and five hundred got to the top (3) 20 Store damaged car at Queen's home (7) 21 Poor foundation (4) 24 Believe the skinny kid I'd gone off with (5) 25 Portrait of pro-life eccentric (7) 26 Grudge damaged firm (6) 27 Possession as fixed (5)

Unscramble the name of a Scottish Premiership football team (two words): TICKLISH PET RAT FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: MIRANDA HART, PARTICK THISTLE

Play on Words

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7 Lower rent he arranged (6) 8 Serenity, sounds like part of something greater (5) 13 Spit Pilsner cocktail out (8) 15 Could be key ethnic engraving (7) 17 Hard to change horse's headgear (6)

18 Jumped in meadow and a gym (5) 19 Wager he’s in command (6) 22 A young woman is out of order (5) 23 Indian region harbours unknown painter (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, 15 represents M and 26 represents Q, so fill in M every time the figure 15 appears and Q every time the figure 26 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 One-humped camel (9) 4 Small horse (3) 6 Informed or conscious (5) 8 Military uniform colour (5) 9 Alter to make better (5) 10 Arrive at (5) 11 Neckwear (6) 13 Earnest or urgent request (6) 16 Fashion sense (5) 17 Bring up (5) 19 Bright-coloured parrot (5) 20 Seaweed (5) 21 Completely (3) 22 Shrove Tuesday carnival (5,4)

Down 1 Extremely severe (7) 2 Japanese city (5) 3 Japanese martial art (6) 4 Stir violently (7) 5 Cut open (5) 7 Raise to a higher position (7) 10 Duplicate (7) 12 Very bad (7) 14 Food stores (7) 15 Beer maker (6) 16 Latin American style of music (5) 18 Keen (5)

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

SIKY Answers: Gross injustice, Eye in the sky

Down 1 In the midst of conflict he besieged an ancient Greek city (6) 2 Parts of Delaware are well informed (5) 3 Mac's smashed the fiddle (4) 5 Diverse as Dorset variety (8) 6 Request a minaret, find strength (7)

Funagram

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 7 Fathom, 8 Iberia, 9 Stud, 10 Step on it, 11 Tresses, 13 Caged, 15 Assay, 17 Lateral, 20 Recitals, 21 Perm, 22 George, 23 Abroad.

Down: 1 Faster, 2 Chad, 3 Smashed, 4 Hives, 5 Lemonade, 6 Finite, 12 Spaniard, 14 Capstan, 16 Sweden, 18 Air bag, 19 Mares, 21 Port.

QUICK Across: 1 Severe, 4 Scare, 8 Larks, 9 Opulent, 10 Clothes, 11 Star, 14 Menu, 15 Lack, 18/12 Rip off, 21 Edam, 23 Ammonia, 25 Serious, 26 Noise, 27 Sweet, 28 Lovely.

Down: 1 Select, 2 Verbose, 3 Rush hour, 4 Shun, 5 Adept, 6 Entire, 7 Torso, 13 Flamingo, 16 Confine, 17 Versus, 19 Pause, 20 Lately, 22 Agree, 24 Boat.

Across 1 Calcetines (5) 3 Tiza (para escribir, de billar) (5) 6 To praise (4) 7 Cheap (inexpensive) (6) 9 Snails (9) 12 Letters (mail) (6) 13 Turkey (bird) (4) 14 Onza (5) 15 Lágrimas (5)

Down 1 Room (in a house) (4) 2 Cloudburst (9) 3 Nails (metal) (6) 4 Housewife (3,2,4) 5 Nudo (en hilo, cuerda) (4) 8 Passage (between buildings) (6) 10 Leisure (4) 11 Perros (4)

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Ostriches, 8 Erizo, 9 Usado, 11 Taza, 12 Casi, 14 Dawn, 16 Cada, 19 Towel, 21 Libre, 22 Solomillo.

Down: 2 Shins, 3 Root, 4 Cruz, 5 Esa, 6 Rescate, 7 Younger, 10 Sad, 13 Ice, 15 Arbol, 17 Algo, 18 Alli, 20 Who.

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TOP 10 THINGS SCIENCE CAN’T EXPLAIN 1. Power of photosynthesis Leaves allow plants to harness more of the sun’s energy than scientists can explain. According to cracked.com, photosynthesis “is now thought to use quantum effects,” whatever that means!

2. The Placebo effect How is it that when people take a sugar pill yet are told that it is a medicine that will cure the ailment, they often register increased health effects regardless of the benign chemistry involved?

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3. The Tao of Taos Citizens of Taos, New Mexico, began complaining in 1993 of a strange sound in the air, a mysterious humming that appeared suddenly. The US Congress assembled a group of elite scientists in 1997 to discover its source, which is still officially undetermined. The sound has continued for 20 years.

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In 1901 Grace Goldhurst is born into a life of wealth and

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9. Weird water autism.

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thousands of miles annually. However, they only live six months, meaning that those making the return journey are the offspring of those making the first trip.

Having never made the trip themselves, how do they know where to go?

8. Moon illusion Why does the moon look so much larger on the horizon than when it is higher in the sky? It’s a very realistic illusory effect that has no explanation.

6. Outer-space storms Would you believe that in 2013 a massive hurricane on Saturn was photographed? Its eye is bigger than the entire United States and it is 20 times larger than any hurricane on Earth. But since Earth’s hurricanes are powered by warm oceans and if Saturn has no oceans at all, why doesn’t it just disappear?

Scientists don’t know.

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luxury as the youngest daughter of Rutland's most prestigious family.

But Grace is different to her brother and sisters; she will never enjoy the benefits of such a privileged lifestyle as she has a mental disability.

The book is thoroughly researched and provides keen insight into the way people with mental disabilities were treated at a time when very little was known about conditions such as

5. Self-scooting desert rocks Cracked.com claims that throughout the world’s deserts, rocks in several locations have been seen scooting along the desert floor and sometimes even turning or reversing for no explainable reason.

4. Right-handed v left-handed Science has yet to explain why nine out of 10 people in the world are righthanded. Why not roughly split in half, like men and women? Why are there any left-handed people at all? Why such a strong imbalance?

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SATURN: Hurricane recorded whose eye was bigger than the United States. water freezes faster than cold water, but it does. It’s called the Mpemba effect, discovered by Tanzanian student Erasto Mpemba in 1969. If you put a glass of hot water and a glass of cold water into a freezer at the same time, the hot water will turn to ice before the cold water does.

10. Shaking minarets There is a mosque in Iran known as the Menar Jonban, or ‘Shaking Minarets.’

Constructed in 1316, it was designed so that if one minaret is shaken, the second reverberates the shake. Excavation of the foundation shows no links, and it’s still unknown how a building can be constructed with this phenomenon.

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: 20 Good: 25 Very good: 36 Excellent: 45

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 oath, oaths, oaten, boat, bath, bathe, bathes, baths, bate, bates, baht, baas, back, gate, gates, agate, agates, what, whack, whet, when, aback, abate, abates, thaw, then, teak, teas, hate, hates, hack, ashen, cash, case, shack, sack, scab, sent, soak, sock

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Diet and health advantages of drinking green tea ASIANS have been drinking green tea for its health benefits for thousands of years but it did not become popular in Europe until relatively recently.

Green tea flavoured with lemon, jasmine or mint is now readily available for those who find the taste of the basic beverage not to their liking.

The benefits of green tea are so numerous that it’s worth persevering to find a flavour which appeals. It is rich in a special type of polyphenol, an antioxidant substance, which is also present in other tea varieties but is destroyed during processing. Green tea leaves are steamed rather than being fermented and this preserves the health-giving substances.

Scientific studies continue but green tea has already been shown to inhibit

GREEN TEA: Rich in a special type of polyphenol, an antioxidant substance.

the growth of many different types of cancer cells. It also provides cardiovascular benefits by preventing abnormal blood clotting and reducing plaque formation in arteries. It lowers total cholesterol but increases HDL or ‘good’ cholesterol levels, helps

regulate blood sugar and even prevents tooth decay.

An additional benefit for bodyconscious individuals and dieters is that the tea speeds up metabolism and therefore helpful for reducing weight.

Salt: vital but can be dangerous SALT is the world’s oldest condiment; Ancient China, the Egyptians and the Phoenicians all used it to make their food more palatable. It was even used as money: the word ‘salary’ comes from the Latin ‘salarium’ which, some scholars believe, was a form of payment for soldiers.

Sodium chloride, salt’s chemical name, helps the body to regulate liquids and process nutrients like potassium but too much salt can have negative effects on the body.

High consumption of salt is considered to be

1.25 grams or more per day so extra attention must be paid not only to what we put on our food when it’s on our plate but also to the salt content already in the food we are eating.

Foods like Serrano ham obviously have a lot of salt as we can taste it but there are less obvious high-salt-content foods, including cheese and almost any ready-to-eat meal. These can lead to high blood pressure and cardiovascular problems.

To avoid any health problems it is best to eat around 0.75 grams a day.

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It has taken some time to find the perfect location for Punjabi Palace III but Campo de Golf, La Marquesa, hit the right note.

The new location is ideal for regular customers who frequently travel from the Quesada, Rojales and La Marina area to the Los Montesinos restaurant.

Opening night was full, with around 90 people enjoying the first night of this exciting new venture.

Punjabi Palace III follows the modern style of Los Montesinos and their second restaurant La Murada, offering clean, crisp, sophisticated dining with a splash of colour and artwork, not to mention stunning views over the golf course from the terrace.

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NUMBER 3: Punjabi Palace is now open in La Marquesa, overlooking the golf course.

PUNJABI PALACE III: Mew restaurant, same great food and service. behind the restaurant by Supervalu.

But what diners will really want

to know about is the food, which remains the same. Having won numerous culinary awards over

the last few years, it was crucial for the team at Punjabi Palace III to keep the food to the same quality and high standard.

Regulars will be pleased to know that the popular Menu del Dia is also available.

The Menu del Dia is served

from 12 noon-3pm, costing â‚Ź8.95, and includes three courses plus a drink, while the usual extensive menu is available in the evening.

The talented chefs use spices from all different regions of India and cook food to suit all tastes, from very hot to mild.

There are the usual bhunas and baltis, tandooris and tikkas, but also different dishes to tempt your taste buds including lamb khumbwala and prawn karahi.

The friendly staff are always on hand to help and advise.

Take-aways are also available with a free bottle of wine for every order over â‚Ź20.

For more information or to book, call the Los Montesinos restaurant on 966 720 383 or La Murada on 966 779 169.

Or try the new La Marquesa restaurant!

Punjabi Palace III Campo de Golf, La Marquesa Calle Quesada Ballester Quesada 966 714 963

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Ten benefits of red wine MANY scientific studies have found that drinking red wine has health benefits, just so long as it is drunk in moderation; very few alcoholic drinks have so many positives. Here are some you may not have known about: 1. Red wine activates a gene which impedes new fatty cells from forming and helps existing ones to die.

2. It combats mouth bacteria making your breath fresher; it slows the growth of streptococcus.

3. It improves cognitive function; over 70 studies have shown that red wine improves brain functionality.

4. Red wine gives you pleasure; it stimulates two areas of the brain which release endorphins.

5. Exercise in a bottle; the resveratrol in grapes decreases the negative consequences of a sedentary life.

6. It cleans the palate; we all

RED WINE: Exercise in a bottle. know it makes food taste better but it also has astringent properties.

7. It reduces the risk of cancer; it blocks the cells responsible for breast cancer in women and lung cancer in men.

8. It’s good for the heart; a glass a day reduces cholesterol

and helps with blood flow.

9. It reduces the risk of prostate cancer in men over 40.

10. Healthy habits; studies show that red wine drinkers have healthier eating habits and a more balanced diet.

So now you know, time for a glass of red, but just the one!

Grapefruit juice can affect many Help local commonly prescribed medicines farmers by GRAPEFRUIT JUICE has many health benefits but can cause problems for those who are on regular medication.

An extremely high level of Vitamin C and antioxidants makes grapefruit one of the best juices to drink for good health.

It is an excellent choice for most people but contains substances which affect the

breakdown of many commonly prescribed medicines. This can lead to higher blood levels of these drugs, which may be dangerous in some cases, and increased toxicity.

Doctors and pharmacists can advise whether the juice is safe for those who take medicines on a regular basis.

going organic

MOST British supermarkets are well-stocked with organic foods but they can be difficult to find in Spain.

Local farmers’ markets can provide a solution.

The availability of organic produce is limited in Spanish supermarkets, with only the largest of them providing any organic alternatives alongside regular products.

Whilst organic foods tend to be slightly more expensive in all countries, the difference is even more marked here and can be prohibitive for many customers.

The solution is to seek out organic produce in local markets, many of which now specialise in providing foods of this type.

Non-Spanish speakers should be aware that the word ‘organic’ is not used in Spanish, the term to look for is ‘ecologico’.

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

Firstly, climbing plants like roses, bignonias, bougainvillaea, jasmins,

passion flowers solanums and wisterias can be trained up the trunks to the first branches or allowed to grow on upwards to emerge above the highest branches to provide a cap of colour.

You may react that the soil at the base of the trees is full of roots and lacking

nutrients as the trees used these up in growing to their high heights. True, but there is an easy solution, except for the digging of a hole.

Excavate/pickaxe/dig a hole about 30-40 centimetres from the tree trunk and deep and wide enough to be able to drop a small dustbin into it.

Fill this with a rich, waterretaining but draining soil and compost mix and any of the climbers mentioned above will soon settle in and grow.

Watering can be made easy by burying a length of four to five-centimetre water pipe alongside the roots and finishing just below the deepest roots.

Then water once or twice a week down the tube until the climber is well established. To prevent waterlogging make a fivecentimetre hole in the base of the dustbin before dropping it into the hole.

An alternative is to hang large pots of training petunias, spider plants, money plants, bromeliads on the lower branches in the constant dappled shade of the tree.

Other plants that look attractive hanging below the lowest branches include sedum morganianum (monkey’s tail), epiphylums and epicactus, and tradescantias. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com April 2014

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Banks are now lending more but mainly for their own properties LOCAL buyers hoping to purchase a resale property in Spain will find that banks are willing to lend more if the home in question is one of their own repossessions.

Figures for the market in second-hand homes in Spain is showing some signs of recovery at last.

Yet private sellers now face an additional hurdle when trying to close a deal – the Spanish banks.

If prospective buyers need a mortgage they can usually find that banks will offer much better terms for their

BETTER DEAL: Buying a bank repossession can be a more viable option for many, and for some will be the only way to obtain a mortgage. own properties.

Most lenders are only willing to finance 80 per cent of the purchase price on a property which they don’t own themselves.

This figure rises dramatically if the dwelling is a repossession, with 100 per cent mortgages being common in such cases.

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Today’s homes are set to become even quieter STRICTER regulations and improved technology have reduced noise levels in the environment and this has led to a change in what is perceived as being loud or disturbing noise.

Most people would like their homes to be a haven of peace and quiet. This is important not just for relaxation but for health in general.

Studies have shown that high noise levels can affect blood pressure and may increase the risk of cardiovascular problems, as well as affecting sleep.

Household appliance manufacturers are responding to their customers’ desires for quiet living and are striving to make their machines as silent as

QUIET: Home noise levels dropping. possible. Dyson led the way with vacuum cleaners, traditionally one of the most intrusive home devices, and

washing machine and dishwasher suppliers have quickly followed suit.

Consumers can now

find an ever-increasing range of kitchen tools, including kettles, blenders and food processors, which are considerably less noisy than their predecessors.

Getting ready for work in the morning can be quieter too, with the latest hair-dryers emitting a soft whisper rather than waking the rest of the household.

When buying a new home, sound insulation is one of the customer’s prime considerations in a property.

With double and even triple-glazing now almost standard, construction companies are having to include elements like acoustic doors and fences to stay ahead of their competitors.

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Signs of recovery in second home market REAL estate investor visas in Spain have helped to revive some second home markets, according to a new analysis of property markets.

After a long recession there are signs that the second home market is looking brighter, says the report from international property firm Savills.

Prices for quality second homes have fallen by between a quarter and a third from the peak of 2007 and this means there are still some bargains to be had.

Properties at the top end are still in demand and there has also been a resurgence in smaller town houses and the apartment market, the report explains.

The residential markets of the Balearics are as varied as the islands themselves. Ibiza has been the star performer, having refined its image in recent years. The island offers high end entertainment, retail and restaurants, attracting a diverse range of sophisticated buyers to its shores, typically aged between 35 and 50, the report says.

“The island is particularly popular with the British, but many Spanish will also buy second homes here. In the best spots villa prices have recovered to their pre-peak levels. In neighbouring Mallorca, where supply is greater, the market has remained suppressed, although Scandinavians have been particularly active.”

On mainland Spain, residential markets have also suffered significant price falls since 2008. Some buyers have taken advantage of this. In Sotogrande, on a purpose built resort 60 kilometres along the coast from Marbella, buyers are benefiting from heavily discounted prices to buy second properties, some 30 to 40 per cent below their former peak values.

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George Washington and Spanish King Carlos III: Jackass diplomacy?

Jack Gaioni Consider This US citizen Jack is spending the first years of his retirement in Almeria. His articles have been published in Spain and the US.

GEORGE WASHINGTON is an American icon.

As the first president of the United States, he is forever recognised as an accomplished statesman, inspirational leader and military strategist. He heroically led a disorganised rag-tag group of colonist farmers over the mighty British in America’s War of Independence. He is the ‘Father of his Country’.

His many biographers portray Washington as a modest man with great physical strength, patience, integrity, courage and resolve. There is another dimension to this man’s life, however - a seldom-told dimension - with some very Spanish overtones.

Consider…

In spite of all the above accolades, agriculture and farming meant more to George Washington than those honours he gained on the battlefield or at the seat of government. Certainly no theme appears more often in Washington’s own personal letters than the love of his Virginia plantation, Mount Vernon.

Some biographers have noted that Washington, “… whether a patriot statesman or soldier, never ceased to be a farmer. In fact, he was a better farmer

AMERICAN ICON: George Washington. than a general.” High praise indeed considering the man’s many achievements.

Washington was an agricultural pioneer. He experimented with rotating his lucrative tobacco harvests with grain crops to maximise soil efficiency. He was among the first to suspect that tobacco invasively depleted the soil and drained it of its vitality.

By rotating the ‘cash’ crop of tobacco with multiple grain crops, Washington was able to successfully restore his fields to maximum resilience and, in fact, increase tobacco production in the long term. Furthermore, he continually experimented in

SPANISH ROYAL GIFT: Jackass-mules became the dominant work animal of choice in America’s agricultural tradition. They also played an important role in American military history. In fact, the mule is the official symbol of the US Army.

fertilising the soil with what was at hand. For example, he used various animal manures combined with the mud and fish from the nearby Potomac River as ways to further enrich his soil. By the end of his life (1799), he had raised or at least experimented with, as many as 60 different crops.

Washington’s true passion involved horses. He has been described as one of the finest horsemen of his day.

He raised working farm animals, but also bred some of the finest race horses in America. He had over 100 horses stabled at his Mount Vernon farm at any given time. Washington, always the avid student of all things agricultural, knew instinctively that jackass mules (a cross between a horse and a donkey) could do much more than a typical farm horse - they lived longer, were more manageable, ate less and were much hardier.

Horses, Washington concluded, were fine for racing, riding and show but what was needed was “an excellent race of mules.”

The problem was there was a paucity of breeding stock in early America. It was no secret that the world’s best breeding donkeys and jackasses were Spanish.

Prized Spanish donkeys were noticeably larger, had more endurance, could pack more, and were much less sensitive to the elements of rain, snow and sun. In 1785, Spanish King Carlos III, hoping to gain favourable diplomatic relations with the new president and new nation (and to spite America and Spain’s shared archenemy, namely, England) sent Washington two prized donkeys. One of the jackasses, aptly named Royal Gift, would prove to be monumentally successful in his duty as stud. Records indicate that prior to King Carlos’s gift there were 98 horses and two mules housed at Mount Vernon but by 1799 those statistics had changed to 25 horses and 58 mules. The offspring of Royal Gift often toured the American East Coast producing a progeny that vastly improved the mule stock of the country.

Washington was so pleased with this gesture of jackass diplomacy that he wrote to King Carlos saying: “My honor is due to his Catholic Majesty for the honor of his present… my thank-you for the jackasses which you have graciously pleased to compliment me and to assure his Majesty of my unbound gratitude.”

Washington’s instincts were prophetic. Mules would go on to play a very significant role in America’s development. Spanish jackass-mules became the dominant work animal of choice in America’s agricultural tradition. They became the trucks and tractors of their day. Mules pulled canal barges, stage coaches, firefighting equipment and ambulances.

Frontiersmen and explorers knew the value of a mule over a horse.

One mountaineer wrote: “…live on intimate terms of brother/explorer with your mule.” Mules have also played an important role in American military history.

Pack mules provided unlimited mobility to cavalry, infantry and artillery units. In fact, the mule is the official symbol of the US Army.

In addition to being the ‘Father of his Country’, Washington is also revered as the ‘Father of the American Mule’.

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Land Rover debuts its invisible car technology

PIONEERING technology is being developed to give Land Rover drivers a digital vision of the terrain ahead by making the front of the car ‘virtually’ invisible.

Cameras located in the vehicle’s grille capture data used to feed a Head-Up Display, effectively creating a ‘see-through’ view of the terrain through the bonnet and engine bay, breaking new ground in visual driver assistance.

The technology, named Transparent Bonnet by its creators, shows how advanced technology will take Land Rover’s unrivalled capability to the next level, says the car manufacturer.

The technology enables a driver climbing a steep incline or manoeuvring in a confined space to see an

augmented reality view capturing not only the terrain in front of the car but also the angle and position of the front wheels.

Dr Wolfgang Epple, Director of Research and Technology for Jaguar

Land Rover said: “We believe the next 25 years will be the most exciting and dynamic the automotive industry has ever experienced. There will be huge strides in environmental inno-vation, in safety and capability.

“As our vehicles become more capable and autonomous off-road, we will ensure the driver has the confidence to allow the car to continue to progress, over any terrain.

We are developing new technologies including the Transparent Bonnet to give drivers an augmented view of reality to help them tackle anything from the toughest off-road route to the tight confines of an urban car park.”

Opening the doors to Jaguar Land Rover’s advanced research, the Discovery Vision Concept car is a design and technology showcase which was unveiled in full at the New York International Auto Show.

Supermoto kicks off in Alicante THE first round of the Spanish Supermoto championship takes place at the Chicharra Karting circuit in Villena, Alicante on Sunday, April 27.

With both of the FordDunn brothers from Murcia competing in the Open and Master championship classes the action is sure to be fast and exciting.

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The racing is always close in the tight and technical circuit at Chicharra.

Mat and Anthony FordDunn have been busy already this season with both brothers taking a double win each, in their respective classes at the first round of the Catalan championship held back in March. But their next biggest challenge comes over the Easter weekend when the brothers travel to France for the first round of the world championships where they take on the world’s best Supermoto racers. The learning curve will be steep but what better way to prepare for the following weekends Spanish championship

COMPETING: Brothers Mat and Anthony Ford-Dunn. round at Villena?

As usual the Supermotoland race team with their sponsors, Advance Moves International Removals and Stratton Motorsports, will be in the race paddock to welcome anyone wishing to attend the Villena race meeting.

Racing starts at 10am on the Sunday and the circuit is easy to locate on the CV81 road from Villena to Yecla.

More information and directions can be found at www.chicharrakarts.es and www.supermotoland.com

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Moyes leaves Man Utd

By Tony Matthews DAVID MOYES has been sacked as manager of Manchester United after a dismal season. He is reportedly in line for a £13 million payoff!

This weekend, I believe the Premiership title WILL be won... if Liverpool beat Chelsea at Anfield and ‘outsiders’ Manchester City fail to get a result against in-form Crystal Palace.

There are four basement battles as well, involving Fulham-Hull, SunderlandCardiff, Swansea-Aston Villa and WBA-West Ham, and in the chase or 4th place, Arsenal play Newcastle, Everton visit Southampton and Tottenham travel to Stoke.

Twelve clubs in the running for four play-off places in the Championship, the key games being Bournemouth-Nottingham Forest and Derby-Watford, whereas Barnsley, Birmingham, Doncaster, Millwall and Yeovil are fighting to stay up!

Earlier this week we saw the first legs of the Champions League semifinals with Atletico Madrid playing Chelsea on Tuesday and Real Madrid taking on holders Bayern Munich last night.

• Lewis Hamilton made it a hat-trick of F1 wins in China. He finished ‘miles’ ahead of teammate Nico Rosberg with Fernando Alonso third.

Hamilton was clear and away after the second bend and never looked in danger of ‘not winning’ to complete his first ever hattrick in F1. He’s got a terrific car as Mercedes once again dominated the race in Shanghai. Rosberg leads Hamilton 79 points to 75 in the drivers’ championship.

• In the all-Swiss Monte Carlo Masters tennis final, Roger Federer was beaten by ‘Stan’ Wawrinka two sets to one.

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Winning ways at SAMM

Levante winners at Alicante, left to right, Roger Mallaburn, Brian Clark-Sutton, Alan Turpin, Roy Molyneux, Roger Miller, Clive Wright, Terrill Parkin and Robert Bedloe.

Get it up there!

WHEN the grass on the greens is long and in need of a cut, how many times do people continue to leave putts short, unable to convince themselves to hit the ball harder?

Levante went to Alicante Golf and

found ‘getting it up to the hole’ was nigh on impossible!

Roy Molyneux added to his recent successes by winning Division 1 with 37 points, one more than Alan Turpin and two ahead of Clive Wright.

Roger Miller’s 32 points was good enough to top Division 2, a clear four points ahead of both Brian Clark-Sutton and Robert Bedloe.

Terrill Parkin, playing off 18 and one of four visitors, won the guest prize with 34 points.

A perfect day for El Plantio IT was a perfect day with 16 players for a Texas Scramble for El Plantio 2 Golf Society.

In third place with a score of 45.2 was Roger Marshall, Mel Hope, Ray Housley and Mike William.

In second with a score of 44.9 were Dave Smith, Elsa Webster, Martin Rickman and Gordon Abba.

The best score with an incredible series of seven birdies and just 11 pars resulting in a final score of 42.4 were John O’Brien, Lawrence Wanty, Dave Collins and Keith Smith.

Visitors and new members are always welcome, contact Ian Henderson, tel 966 716 616 or mobile 636 116 230.

The picture shows some of the winning members on the veranda of Peraleja Club.

TORREGOLF.EU at La Peraleja TORREGOLF.EU had 33 players turn out to enjoy themselves and while scoring overall was not high 11 did manage to break the 30 barrier.

The Stableford competition in two categories resulted in wins for the following. Category 1: first was Sue Owens (34) second Mick O’Brien(33) and third Eric Garside on countback from

Tony Mackman.

In Category 2: first was Con Moore (38) with Vince Lannon (35) second and Tom Ashworth third on countback from Roy Middleton.

More information: David Winder on 626 774 157 or email him at davidwinder.torregolf@gmail.com.

SIX boats took to the Mar Menor on the second race day of the season for SAMM. The first race in a variable 5–6 West North West wind saw Don Clarke in his Hartley finishing in just over 30 minutes.

Second place went to Sailfish Mistral with Rob Hudson at the helm and a crew of Terry Chapman and Ernie Foster. Third place was taken by the Laser 2000 with Tug Wilson and John Down.

In fourth place the Martin with Tony Jones and Neil Coats, with fifth place for the Faversham helmed by David Belcher and Bob Blinkhorn in the crew position. Final place went to another Laser 2000 with Tim Clarke and Alan Darby.

The second race was a total change of fortune with the wind shifting to a more North Westerly. All boats finished within 54 minutes with only eight minutes between the first and last over the line. Tug Wilson and John Down were set to take first place until an unfortunate capsize allowed the Faversham to overtake them and win the race on corrected time by just four seconds.

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Big matches coming up for Orihuela RFC THIS coming weekend ITV Orihuela RFC B team near the end the their league fixtures with everything very tight at the top between Squalos, Cartagena and Orihuela RFC. On Saturday Orihuela RFC will be playing away to Cartagena and a win here could give them a chance of winning the league depending on how Squalos do, and a defeat could just give the advantage to Cartagena.

Also the ITV Orihuela RFC cadetes are playing their last league game of the season against Cartagena as well on Saturday, before the B team’s game at 4pm Orihuela’s final game is also away to Yecla on May 10, so two tough games to finish the league, as Yecla have got pride to play for, and from the home

LEAGUE FIXTURES: Orihuela face two tough games. game we know how difficult they can be to breakdown.

For more information, contact Garry

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