Euro Weekly News - Axarquia 8 - 14 May 2014 Issue 1505

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Race against cancer THE SECOND race for ‘Women Against Cancer'’ will take place on Sunday, May 11. Organised by Malaga City Council, each participant has to pay €6 to take part. The money will go to cancer research.

Peel deal TANA, based in Velez-Malaga, has become the first Andalucian company to have a licence to trade in lemon peel. Apparently it is very popular in northern countries like Belgium and Germany.

€40,000 prize A WOMAN from the town of La Herradura, Concepcion Guillen, was the winner of €40,000 in the EuroMillons lottery when she got five numbers right. She shared the prize with 13 others.

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Illegal homes pledge WORRIED householders from the Axarquia heard that a solution to the problem of ‘illegal’ homes facing the threat of demolition is near. Esteban Gonzalez Pons (pictured), Vice Secretary General for research and programmes of the governing Partido Popular political party in Spain, pledged that the demolition of ‘illegal’ homes “will not happen again in the future.” The announcement drew rapturous applause from a packed meeting in Fines where he was speaking to members of AUAN (Association of Britons affected by planning irregularities in the Valley of Almanzora). In a private meeting prior to Pons’s speech, AUAN met with SOHA (Save Our Homes in Axarquia), Len and Helen Prior -

whose home was demolished and who are still awaiting compensation - and senior PP politicians, including Andalucia PP’s President Gabriel Amat, and

Winds hamper rescue MOUNTAIN RESCUE and Guardia Civil helicopter units were called out to rescue a man who had fallen while climbing in the Tajo de Gomer area. He had plunged several metres and came to rest on a narrow ridge. The man was out climbing with two of his friends in the classic Tajo de Gomer area in Alfarnatejo when he fell, injuring both ankles as a

result of which he could neither continue the climb up nor go back down without help. After one failed attempt, a helicopter hovered while an officer rappelled down to the overhang and picked up the injured climber. The rescue was made all the more difficult by the extremely strong winds and the narrow ‘chimney’ into which the climber had fallen.

Geraldo Vazquez, the lawyer for AUAN, SOHA and other related associations representing 40,000 home-owners. In his speech, Pons spelled out several amendments to the current system including changes in legislation. Many home-owners who bought their properties in good faith complete with building licences from town halls have found themselves in a legal limbo after the Junta de Andalucia regional government withdrew the licences. It said they should never have been granted in the first place. Several homes have been demolished, with hundreds more facing the possibility of demolition orders. Turn to Page 4

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Letters PICTON CASTLE: Venue for the royal dinner.

Malaga wine for Queen’s birthday QUEEN ELIZABETH II enjoyed a glass of classic Malaga sweet wine at a royal dinner at Picton Castle in Wales to celebrate her 88th birthday. Malaga muscatel Nº2 from the Jorge Ordoñez winery was the preferred tipple at the dinner, which was also attended by the Duke of Edinburgh. Victoria Ordoñez,

spokesperson for the winery, explained in a press release that the Nº2 was one of the most universal and sought-after Spanish wines and has been drunk at many prestigious affairs including the Nobel Prizes in 2012. She went on to state that the winery was very proud to have been selected for such an important

commemorative event. Nº2 has been produced by the winery for around 10 years since its invention by Alois Kracher, who is one of the world’s foremost wine makers. According to Ordoñez, the secret of Nº2 is in its traditional fermentation method, which makes it sweet without having to add any extra ingredients.

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NEWS 200 Tunos MORE than 200 of the university musical groups known as ‘Tunos’ took part in a competition over the weekend in Malaga with all proceeds going to a cancer charity. Most pets MALAGA has the greatest number of pets of any of the Andalucian provinces, with more than 470,000 animals on the pet registry.

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200 species in one garden THE botanical gardens attached to the Nerja caves are entering the final phase of their preparations and should be open to the public within the next few months. The gardens will be home to around 200 species, 42 of them considered to be under threat of extinction, which will have their ‘original’ conditions recreated inasmuch as humidity, light, elevation and

temperature are concerned. The manager of the Nerja Cave Foundation, Angel Ruiz, pointed out that the difficulty in completing the works came with the necessity to build an overpass over the Maro road to connect the gardens and the cave. This was a modification made after the original plans were approved and, as such, has delayed the completion date.

Miss World Malaga NERJA woman Naila Garcia has won the Miss Popularity sash at the Miss World Malaga competition held in Benalmadena over the weekend. The winner was Miss Marbella.

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ROBERT PLANT, of Led Zeppelin fame, has cancelled his planned Malaga concert in July due to ‘conflicts in his calendar’.

THE mobile ITV (MOT) station for scooters and light motorcycles will operate in Nerja’s market grounds from May 26 until June 4. Opening hours are from 10am to 2pm and 4pm to 4.45pm

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€463,000 of support THE JUNTA de Andalucia regional government is to give a grant of €463,000 to Malaga area farmers who produce their food organically. The province has 1,078 organic farmers.

List study HEALTH MINISTER Sanchez Rubio is to study the waiting lists at Malaga hospitals with the hope of finding out where the problems lie and solving them. Waiting time in the province is higher than the national average.

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Hotel connection A LOWER percentage of Spanish hotels have free Wi-Fi than other European countries; 89 per cent of hotels in Spain offer this service compared with 96 per cent in Norway.

May carnations MAY has arrived with the Festival of the Crosses in which many streets and squares in Malaga Province are decorated with traditional crosses adorned with carnations and other flowers.

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THE Junta de Andalucia is fast tracking the building of a fourth high school in Rincon de la Victoria due to the lack of places at the current high schools.

Illegal usage EMBLEMATIC: Tio Pepe stands proud once again above Puerta del Sol in Madrid.

Return of an icon THE new neon Tio Pepe sign in the Puerta del Sol in Madrid is due to be lit in an official inauguration today (May 8). The Tio Pepe advertisement watched over the central square from the late 1950s until 2011 when it was removed. The Sherry bottle, topped with a Cordoba hat, wearing a short torero jacket and brandishing a guitar, was originally fixed to the top floor of the Hotel Paris. But the building, belonging to a Mexican property group, was leased to Apple Retail Store and the sign was removed during renovation work. Tio Pepe owners Gonzalez Byass always assumed it would return, but when they found it was absent from plans for the revamped building they challenged them, suggesting that restoration “should be obliged to include the historic Tio Pepe sign.” It emerged that the building’s owners did not want to renew the Tio Pepe contract but other sites offered a new home to the emblematic advertisement. Now, it is back with a new, improved, slim-line figure.

Quote of the Week I haven’t been paid with money in an envelope in my f***ing life,’ Vice-President of the Government, Soraya Saenz de Santamaria, following accusations in Parliament that she had been paid almost €600,000 illegally by the Conservative Partido Popular in the past years.

Up to 20 people worked on the final touches to put the advertisement in place on the top of Number 11, Puerta del Sol, with the help of a crane, causing much expectation amongst the press, local residents and tourists alike. The original Tio Pepe figure was created in 1935, coinciding with the 100-year anniversary of Gonzalez Byass, and the following year, it was used for the first time in an advertisement. The brand Tio Pepe was registered back in 1888. Luis Perez Solero designed the image, which has changed its appearance 12 times since its creation. In 2009, the sign was declared part of Madrid’s historical heritage. Tio Pepe is made in Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz, and is a dry Sherry made from the Palomino grape.

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went to Catholic charity 77,072 people Caritas in 2013 to ask for help

finding work. For the first time, there were more Spaniards (53 per cent) than there were foreigners. Just over 12,000 found a job thanks to the Caritas Employment and Social Economy Programme.

POLICE unions are crying foul on the use of temporary personnel to cover the vacancies in Nerja’s Local Police force. They claim it is illegal to cover permanent positions with service commissions.

Civil Protection RINCON DE LA VICTORIA is to host a nationally relevant course for volunteers of the Civil Protection Service; more than 20 volunteers will attend.

New look NERJA has approved the urbanisation and improvement of Juan de la Cierva street with new public toilets and a kiosk.

And finally... AN overweight man, 46, suffered a heart attack after being caught shoplifting in a Lidl supermarket in Madrid. He was hiding packets of ham worth €12 under his clothes and attacked staff who caught him. He died in hospital shortly afterwards.

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Criminal drugs gang busted TWO police raids in Malaga have led to the arrest of six people, four men and two women, and the confiscation of large amounts of drugs. A search of two residences in Malaga City produced more than 20 wraps of a mix of cocaine and heroin, two pistols, ammunition, €2,000 in cash, four untraceable mobile phones, a vehicle and drug preparation paraphernalia. Those arrested, aged between 23 and 47, were all Spanish and all belonged to an organised criminal gang. Investigations started after the police received a tip-off that two houses in the Velez-Malaga area were selling drugs. After a few days’ surveillance, police identified the two houses

DRUGS, CASH AND GUNS: Confiscated by police. and the people who were working in them. According to police sources, the group were very organised and had assigned jobs; one to prepare the drugs, another to sell them, another to

‘filter’ the clients and another to keep a look-out for the police. All of the detained stand accused of crimes against public health and illegal possession of firearms. Investigations are ongoing.

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Hope for ‘illegal’ houses From Front Page Pons promised ‘full transparency of regulations to protect good faith in purchases and to prevent corruption’. He said: “We will continue defending the more appropriate persons, to legalise your houses while protecting the environment.” Pons continued: “We know this is a problem that should not be left because most of the people suffering in this situation are elderly. An imminent solution is near. “I just want to say one thing. Our presence here today is proof; proof of our commitment to your problem. Your problem is our problem.” Maura Hillen, the president of AUAN, said: “We wanted a good turnout from affected residents tonight. The room had a seating capacity of 700, yet it was standing room only, and people were spilling over outside so we are very pleased.”

CULTURAL DESTINATION: Velez-Malaga.

Cultural legacy improvements VELEZ-MALAGA is to improve its cultural legacy in the hope of attracting more tourists. The council is restoring parts of the old Arab wall and repairing the more emblematic buildings in the town. These improvements were part of the election promises made by Mayor Francisco Delgado Bonilla, who had a four-year plan to improve the town; there are only 12 months left until the deadline and already it is all coming together. The capital of the Axarquia wants to compete not with the coastal towns, which attract a different type of tourist, but with other towns which are ‘cultural destinations’. Velez-Malaga has been a town for around five centuries and appears in the famous Cervantes’ tale of Don Quijote; this fact alone brings in many tourists throughout the year.

Fatal accident in VelezMalaga A 15-YEAR-OLD youth died in Velez-Malaga when he came off the scooter he was riding and fell down a 13metre drop. It happened on the N-340 in the area of Puente de Rio Velz in Torre del Mar. An eye witness called the emergency services which arrived promptly but could do nothing to save the young man’s life.

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Courses prove popular MORE than 400 people have applied to sign up for the courses offered by the councils of La Herradura and Almuñecar under the title ‘Work 2014’. The courses will be take the form of an internship and will be paid at 75 per cent of the minimum salary. Maria del Mar Medina, Councillor for Employment with Almuñecar Council, commented that the courses would consist of gardening and painting. She added that originally the council had planned for 15 people per course but with the amount of applications received, it had doubled the number of places to 30 per course. This means that Almuñecar

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PRETTY CROSS: La Burriquita was the winner.

First prize for La Burriquita PRESENTING THE COURSES: Maria del Mar Medina. will have 60 students and La Herradura 30. On May 15 there will be an electrician’s course on offer and those interested will be able to sign up at the council offices. The courses will last for four months, the

equivalent of 400 hours, with 80 of those hours being dedicated to theory work and the rest to be carried out at the council’s installations in the form of practical work. Other courses available

are English and German with a view to tourism and commerce. Medina stated that the courses were aimed at those who were longterm unemployed, unskilled and resident in the municipality.

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Bullfighter dies MOTRIL said a sad farewell to local bullfighter Jose Rodriguez who died at the end of April, aged 81. The bullring will be named after him.

Dinghy rescue SIX immigrants who were aboard a small craft intercepted by the Guardia Civil off the coast of Granada have been brought safely to shore. The men, all from the Maghreb region of Africa, were given medical attention, although only one of them was hurt, suffering from some bruising on his ribs.

THE cycling club of Almuñecar achieved a total of 12 podiums in the David Gonzalez memorial competition held on the urban circuit in Almuñecar.

ALMUÑECAR was treated to a piano concert by Milena Martinez to mark the end of the season of Young Musicians in the town. She played some difficult pieces demonstrating her great agility on the ivories.

THE May Cross competition in Almuñecar has finally come to its conclusion and the winner has been revealed: La Burriquita wins the €500 and bragging rights for the next year. Councillor for Festivities, Maria del Mar Medina, was part of the judging panel and explained that the crosses were judged on their settings as well as the actual decorations to the crosses themselves. Medina highlighted the council’s co-operation in the celebrations as the security for the event and the cleanup operation which comes after is substantial. She added that the council was more than happy to ‘chip in’.

MAJUELO PARK: Full of lace stalls.

Lacemakers gather

AFTER many delays, a lacemakers’ meeting finally took place in Almuñecar. With more than 200 lacemakers from all over Andalucia, including Malaga and Granada, there was hardly any room at all in the Majuelo Park. The celebration of this complex ancient art took place on a lovely, summery day and the park was a perfect setting for the demonstrations of different styles of lacemaking, including pillow lace - considered one of the most difficult - as well as all the

stalls selling all sorts of local products. Antonia Rivas, Councillor for Wellbeing, said there were not as many participants this year but they had had the bad luck to coincide with the long May weekend and the May Crosses festival and, as such, many people had not been able to make it despite the organisers changing the dates several times. Rivas went on to comment that although there were fewer items on display, the traditional high quality had not suffered at all.

They were first hailed when they were about 17 nautical miles from the coast, south of Almuñecar. Their dinghy was boarded when they came within nine miles of the coast. The immigrants were taken to the National Police headquarters where they will be processed and returned to their home countries.

Old hospital to become day centre THE NORTH wing of the old Hospital San Juan de Dios in Velez-Malaga is to become a day centre for the aged. The centre will have, among other areas, a gym, a rehabilitation zone, an occupational therapy room, a multiuse room, a kitchen and a bar. This new step to revitalise the historic centre of Velez-Malaga has been welcomed by residents as the

building, founded by the Catholic Kings in 1487, is in need of being used or it will decay beyond repair. There is a budget of €546,000 for the renovation and reconditioning of the space, and work will take around 11 months to finish. The day centre will be managed by the Association of Alzheimer Families of the Axarquia.

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Three detained and 20 charged in anti-poaching operation THE GUARDIA CIVIL in north Malaga have detained three people and charged another 20 in one of the biggest antipoaching operations in recent years. Five locations were searched including the workplace of an environmental councillor for the Junta de Andalucia, who is one of the people charged. Eighteen trophy heads, four stuffed mountain goat heads, one stuffed fallow deer head, one mountain sheep head, four stuffed wild boar heads and 17 illegal hunting traps were confiscated during the raids. This police operation has dismantled one of the most extensive poaching networks in Andalucia and put an end to its illegal activities. The network was discovered by an undercover agent who went hunting with the poachers to ascertain the extent of the illegal killing of these animals,

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Action! NERJA hosted a round table on the ‘Present and Future of Audiovisual Production and Cinematographic Tourism in Nerja’. The council sees cinematographic tourism as a possible new revenue stream.

Top quality MALAGA olive oil producer Finca La Reja has increased its quality and is now reportedly one of the most sought after virgin olive oils in the country.

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ANIMAL TROPHIES: More than 25 stuffed heads were confiscated. some of which are on Green Peace’s ‘in danger of extinction’ list. The network would offer special hunting weekends to anyone who paid. They would be taken to an area in the north

of the Malaga Mountains and allowed to kill whatever they liked. The network also specialised in selling trophies of stuffed animal heads.

The people detained accused of, among charges, poaching, falsifying documents behaviour not befitting a servant.

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A WAVE of multinationals shops, led by clothing companies and coffee bars, is coming to Malaga City.

STREET VANDALISM: Bin-burnings becoming more frequent.

Torre del Mar plagued with a spate of bin-burnings NATIONAL POLICE have opened an investigation into the burning of two bins which happened in the centre of Torre del Mar this week. The council is asking citizens with any information to come forward. The mayor, Francisco Delgado Bonilla, said the most recent fire took place in Calle del Rio and, apparently, the flames affected several of the

containers and could easily have damaged nearby parked cars if the Local Police and fire brigade had not arrived in time to prevent its spread. A similar event took place just a few days before in Calle del Mar when three bins were set alight. The blaze was not controlled as quickly, thus affecting cars and the facades of adjacent buildings.

In a statement Bonilla called for the citizens of the town to help find the culprit or culprits and asked anyone with information to contact the police or the town hall. This is not the first time that Torre del Mar has had trouble with vandals burning bins as in February of this year there were several bin burning incidents, which the police were not able to attribute to anyone.

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Martial arts gala to benefit the Red Cross AROUND 300 people took part in a Motril martial arts gala to benefit the Red Cross. The entrance price was €1 and all proceeds went to the charity. Martial arts on show were mainly Karate and Tai chi and came from the local schools of Dojo Humbo, Taekwondo Motril and Shotokan. Jose Garcia Fuentes, the deputy mayor and councillor for sports, commented that the gala was a good showcase for the evolution of the students and their dojos. The president of the Red Cross in Motril, Manuel Trinidad Gutierrez Terribas, thanked the council and the schools for all their hard work and donations.

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May Crosses THE Barrio Alto cross won the May Crosses competition in La Herradura with a carnation-clad, ceramic cross, bringing home the €400 prize and bragging rights for the next year.

No fire cranes SMART PHONES: Stolen in muggings.

‘Secondhand’ goods were stolen

NATIONAL POLICE have detained three people for receiving stolen goods at their secondhand shop in Malaga. Another two men and a woman have been charged with selling

stolen goods to the shop in question. The three detained, aged between 27 and 31, are the owners of the shop which buys and sells secondhand goods but it would appear that they had been selling

Biker club to celebrate again in Almuñecar THE Los Tiburones (The Sharks) biker club is to celebrate a large meet on May 31 and June 1 in the Axarquia area. This is the 15th such celebration and it will be dedicated to Pepe Matias, a deceased, and much missed, member of the group. This is the biggest biker event on the Tropical Coast and one of the 10th biggest in the country.

This year it has been organised by the Tiburones club of Almuñecar. Attendance at the meeting is free but for €10 bikers can get a ‘goody bag’, which will include a tee-shirt, pin and food and drinks vouchers. As well as the meet, there will be music, shows, a competition and both male and female strippers.

Motril to get three new children’s playgrounds MAYOR of Motril, Luisa Garcia Chamorro, has said how pleased she is that an agreement had been reached for the building, installation and maintenance of the three new children’s parks. The parks will be built in the neighbourhoods of Las Angustias, La Nacla and El Pilar and it is

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hoped that the many families in the area with make use of the facilities. Chamorro went on to highlight the importance of parks in a modern, attractive town as being an essential part of family life. The parks, aimed at the under 12s, will have swings and roundabouts

as well as open spaces, all decorated in bright colours. Chamorro has recorded her thanks to the municipal government for its generosity in attending to the needs of all of the residents of the area. The project has been assigned a budget of €31,981.

stolen mobile phones. The two men and a woman who have been charged with selling the smart phones to the shop have also been charged with one count of robbery and one of mugging with violence.

TWO of Malaga’s fire stations are working without crane tenders. One was put out of action in an accident and the other is out of order.

Two out of three UNEMPLOYMENT among the young in Andalucia is at an all-time high with two out of three people under the age of 25 out of work; that is more than 200,000.

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Into the finals THE GYMNASTS of the Almuñecar Rythmic Gym School have gone through to the finals in the individual competition; the finals will be held in Conil, Cadiz, on June 1.

TV attack OPEN warfare ensued on the streets of Cruz Verde, Malaga, when an angry resident threw a television set at a police officer. The assailant’s neighbours then began throwing all sorts of items at the police who had to call for back-up.

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Good times on La Herradura beach GLORIOUS weather and near perfect maritime conditions contributed to a good day at La Herradura beach on the last weekend of May - traditionally a long weekend. Tourists and residents alike enjoyed the beach during the day and when night fell they were able to go into the centre and enjoy the display of the May Crosses which were to be seen in every nook and cranny of the town. Other tourists took advantage of the cultural offers including the San Miguel Castle or the Archaeological Museum and visiting divers were able to take advantage of the clear waters in the Marina del Este area which is prized for its underwater

LA HERRADURA BEACH: Near perfect conditions. sights. Hotels in the area were at over 85

per cent occupation with bars and restaurants reportedly busy.

Red Cross reading THE Red Cross gave the children of the Algarrobo an informal chat about the importance of reading. Around 250 children between the ages of six and 10 attended.

Hunters protest THE Andalucian Hunting Federation is against plans to convert the Sierra de la Nieves area into a National Park, as they say it would affect “social hunting.”

PARENT’S SCHOOL: Reflecting on education. TASER GUN: Illegal weapon in Spain.

Taser fight in Velez streets A WOMAN has been arrested in Velez-Malaga for being in possession of a Taser. These electric weapons, which produce a significant electric

shock, can have serious consequences for the health of the victim and are illegal in Spain. National Police were called to a street fight in the ‘night time’ area of Velez-Malaga and upon arriving and separating the people involved noticed, during a search, that one of the women involved, who was extremely drunk, was in possession of a Taser which she kept in her handbag. The woman stands accused of possession of an illegal weapon.

Back to school ALMUÑECAR has celebrated its third parent’s school day which the councillor for Wellbeing, Maria del Carmen Reinoso, has described as a time for parents to reflect on their children’s education, as well as sharing information with other parents.

Motril ferry line battle AFTER the disappointment of learning that the government is still considering the closure of the Motril to Melilla ferry line, which could be moved to either Malaga or Almeria, local PSOE members are asking for “conditional equality.” They want Motril to be considered in the same way as Malaga or Almeria in this matter. Luisa Garcia Chamorro, mayor of Motril, has stated the council is prepared to “do battle” on this subject. She explained that she has been in contact with the Andalucia government representative, Carmen Crespo, and hopes to meet with her very soon to discuss the matter.

NEWS Nerja 41 challenge MEMBERS of Nerja 41 Club have been given the challenge of running the Cluster in October 2014 for all 41 clubs in the Iberian cluster. This is a three day event where the 41 Clubs meet for a long weekend of fun and fellowship. The committee running the event has booked 95 rooms at Las Marinas Aparthotel as the host venue. Nerja 41 Club has members from several countries including Finland, Sweden and Denmark as well as England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Ragnar Sandsten from Sweden has the privilege of Chairing Nerja 41 Club during the 2014/2015 year, its 10th year. The club meets twice a month on the first and third Thursdays. On the first Thursday members have their ‘Munch Bunch’ lunch where they go out to sample a ‘menu del dia’ around many of the different restaurants in the catchment area. The meeting on the third Thursday is at the Hotel Al-Andaluz in Maro next to the caves of Nerja. More information: Call Alfie Fornear on 626 998 626 or a.fornear@hotmail.com or use the contacts from the website: nerja41club.org.

Cyclist 2nd NESTOR FRANCO, a cyclist from Almuñecar, has come second in the Haza del Lino ascent in only 57 minutes. The route, which rises 17kms and has hills with up to 12 per cent slopes, goes from La Mamola and has a “soft start” of 2kms before starting at the port. The next meeting is May 18 in Alfarnate in Malaga.

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Art show ALTEA announced that ‘Balconades’ pictures will be displayed on Old Town balconies between July 18 and August 31. Artists have until June 13 to present their work.

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MORE than 150 people from all over the world were expected in Ronda for an Esperanto congress, which included classes and a flamenco recital.

PEDREGUER Town Hall finished 2013 with a €1.7 million surplus but cannot reinvest this in improvements to the municipality. Instead, it must pay off the previous council’s debts, sources lamented.

THE Gandia area ended this year’s citrus fruit campaign with 30 per cent losses compared to 2013. Growers blamed low prices for oranges and rising costs.

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Restoration project THE new regional president of Murcia has promised to support the initiatives to restore two emblematic monuments in San Pedro del Pinatar, the Floridablanca bathing station and the Molino de Quintin windmill.

Not looking CALPE: In favour of new technology.

Calpe most sought after with Trivago CALPE was the most looked-for Marina Alta location on the Trivago website in 2013. Trivago, which looks for and compares the prices of 500,000 hotels worldwide, is used by more than 45 million people a month. The Valencian Community accounted for 10.2 per cent of all Spanish searches on the internet hotel comparison site. In all, 4.6 per cent of these enquiries were for Calpe, compared to 1.7 per cent for Javea, Benicassim and Cullera (both in Valencia Province) or Denia’s 3 per cent. The average value of a Calpe booking cost €475, according to Trivago, followed by Javea (€415) and Denia (€392) although Benidorm bookings at an average €549 were the highest-priced. “Although we must not ignore the traditional promotional channels, it is obvious the use of online searches is becoming increasingly popular,” said Calpe’s Councillor for Tourism Jan Van Parijs. “Calpe hotels and the Tourist Department are all in favour of new technology,” Van Parijs added.

BBQ ban

Casino closure

THE lighting of any form of fire or BBQ in Murcia’s regional parks is now prohibited. The ban came into force last Thursday and will remain in place until October.

CARTAGENA’S Parque Mediterraneo casino is to close after being forced to enter into voluntary bankruptcy proceedings following a decline in the number of customers.

Helping families

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HELP Association Vega Baja donated €988 to families in Catral and through the AMICS office food parcels were gathered and distributed.

Top temperature THE region of Murcia had its hottest April since 1941. According to the Meteorological Agency, the average temperature was 17.9ºC, 3.7 above average.

WORKS on the AVE high-speed train tracks between Antequera and Granada will affect circulation on part of the A-92 motorway throughout this month.

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Debt settling

Bitter taste

Train works

A MEETING held between Malaga Bishop, Jesus Catala, and the family of a transsexual child, ended without an agreement from the bishop to apologise for his comments.

VILLAJOYOSA Town Hall has saved €72,000 on postage in the last five years. Savings were made by improving the notification system and staff reorganisation, municipal sources said.

THE crime rate in La Nucia dropped by 6 per cent last year while police efficiency rose by 27 per cent during the same period.

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Cyclist dies A GERMAN cyclist, 65, died from a heart attack on the road from Santa Margalida to Llubi. He had got off his bike and was pushing it when the attack happened.

Happy video THE Mallorca version of the ‘Happy’ video, recorded in March with the participation of hundreds of people, is

now available to see online.

Plane drill A DRILL was held at Son Sant Joan Airport in Palma, simulating a plane hijacking, in which firemen, police, army, airport authorities and others took part.

Bus accident FOUR women were slightly injured when a bus in Palma had to brake suddenly when a taxi crossed its path. The taxi driver reportedly fled the scene.

Dangerous riding A SWEDISH cyclist, 40, was injured when he lost control of his bike while overtaking a car on a downhill stretch of road in the Serra de Tramuntana.

A WOMAN caused an accident during the Malaga Triathlon when crossing the road in front of a cyclist, who sustained a broken collarbone.

Hunters protest THE Andalucian Hunting Federation is against plans to convert the Sierra de la Nieves area into a National Park, as they say it would affect ‘social hunting.’

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Winners announced MAYOR Gabriel Amat of Roquetas de Mar has announced the winners of the recent tender for works on the market. Work begins now to be completed by summer 2015.

Truck crash TWO trucks crashed at Km 563 of the A-7, causing traffic diversions for three hours. Nobody was injured.

Over the limit LOCAL POLICE stopped a man in Vera last week for driving erratically. When tested, he was found to be five times over the legal limit for alcohol.

Swan Lake BALLET enthusiasts were treated to Swan Lake and Sea Sing in Vera last week. The dancers were from across Andalucia.

Blaze at Bedar STRONG winds fanned the flames of a fire in Bedar last week, resulting in two hectares of scrubland being destroyed. INFOCA were supported by land and air.

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GERMAN PRESS Berlusconi ‘absurd’

BRITISH PRESS Homeless magazine SWEDEN - A magazine, Faktum, sold by the homeless, has caught media attention after it covered the story of homeless Swedes who beg in Spain’s most popular tourist areas.

EU drugs SWEDEN - Tabloid Aftonbladet has singled out eight European Parliamentary candidates who have confessed to using narcotics; among them two Centrists and two Greens.

Human rights NORWAY - Norway’s human rights record took a slamming in a UN hearing when Saudi Arabia and Russia highlighted its shortcomings on protecting its Muslim minority.

Arctic whisky NORWAY - A group of enthusiastic amateurs plan to launch the world’s first Arctic whisky distillery on the island of Myken, off the north coast of Norway.

Good month DENMARK - March saw the lowest ever number of traffic deaths with only 195 accidents that caused personal injuries; the second lowest figure for March in a decade.

Otter comeback TWO otters, a male and a female, have been spotted in the lake area of Nieuwkoop, raising hopes that the species could be making a comeback to the busiest part of Holland after an absence of 30 years.

Shakespeare high

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A COMEDY troupe has taken Shakespeare to new heights and marked the 450th anniversary of his birth by performing an abridged version of one of his plays on an easyJet flight from Gatwick to Verona.

A BIZARRE object was spotted hovering above North London prompting some to speculate that it could be a UFO. The object appeared to be black in colour and was rotating.

Celine Dion punishment GARETH DAVIES, from Kent, has been fined £3,000 and had his sound equipment confiscated for playing Celine Dion’s power ballads too loudly in his council flat.

Duck walk

THE German government has dismissed remarks made by former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi as ‘absurd’. He said Germans did not believe that the concentration camps had existed.

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RUSSELL HOYLE, from Teesside, is alleged to have provided false information to the electoral register after his pet Rottweiler, Zeus, was issued with a voting card.

WORKERS in the north-east of Germany are the sickliest with an average of 18.5 days off a year in Mecklenburg. In the south-east, the average was 12.1 days per year in Bavaria.

PASSERS-BY in Peckham, London, were surprised to see a man walking two ducks on a lead down the busy high street; apparently nobody in the area seemed to think it was weird.

Nutella gang A GROUP labelled the ‘Nutella Gang’, so named for stealing 2,500 jars of the chocolate spread, have been imprisoned for a total of 15 years and six months.

RUSSIAN PRESS Three bodies THREE dismembered bodies have been found in St Petersburg. The bodies, thought to belong to a woman and two boys, were found in cardboard boxes in a vacant lot in the Krasnogvardeysky district of the town.

Junk rating CREDIT rating agency Standard & Poor’s has cut Russia’s credit rating to near junk status and has now turned its sights on the country’s blue chip companies including Gazprom and Rosneft.

Unrelated sanctions PRESIDENT PUTIN has said that the new punitive measures taken against Russia by the West are based on false claims of supposed interference in Ukraine.

RUSSIA ONLY: Internet to be named after children’s character.

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Ten dead A WILDFIRE raging in Siberia caused an explosion at a munitions depot, killing at least 10 people and forcing the temporary closure of a section of the Transsiberian railroad.

Cheburashka net A RUSSIAN senator has proposed the creation of a Russia-only internet, which would be separate from the US and EU. He wants to name it after the popular children’s character Cheburashka.

NUTELLA GANG: Jailed for stealing the choc spread.

DUTCH PRESS Funny king AFTER the first year of his reign, the Dutch consider King Willem-Alexander as more charming, more humorous and less formal than his mother Beatrix when she was queen. Beatrix is considered to be more

FOREIGN tourists in Berlin are spending more than ever, with the rich Chinese leading the way followed closely by the Russians and Middle Eastern countries.

compassionate and more concerned, a survey by Maurice de Hond shows.

them fatal. They include all kinds of violence like mistreatment, rape, kidnapping and murder.

Honour crimes

Bike parking

LAST year there were some 500 notifications of so-called ‘honour’ crimes in The Netherlands, 20 of

BUILDING company BAM has received an assignment from Utrecht to build the world’s

biggest bicycle park. The threestorey building near Central Station will hold 12,500 bicycles.

Suicide attacks TWO jihad fighters from The Netherlands committed suicide attacks last year. One attacked a civilian target in Iraq with a rucksack bomb, the other committed suicide with a car bomb in Syria.

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86 per cent pay rise to buy a house

Catalan leader attacked

YOUNG Spaniards wanting to buy a house would need a pay rise of around 86 per cent and all they would be able to afford would be 53 square metres. Only one in four Spanish youths is emancipated; the rest are, economically, forced to continue living with their families. According to a study by the CJE (Youth Council of Spain) Spanish people under the age of 30 would need to spend 56 per cent of their salaries on a mortgage, and then only if they got a raise of 86 per cent on the paltry amount they already earn as they are the second-worst paid young people in Europe. Ricardo Ibarra, President of the CJE, has underscored the dramatic situation that the youth of the country are going through; in his opinion the government “has limited itself to waiting for better times” and is “doing nothing to help.”

AN unidentified woman attacked the leader of the Cataluña socialist party and called him a ‘son of a *****.’ Pere Navarro, leader of the PSC, was in the doorway of the cathedral in Tarrasa when he was punched in the face and shouted at by the woman; he was not on official business but going to the First Communion of one of his family members and, as such, had only a reduced protection detail accompanying him. The woman, who ran away, has been described as average looking, middle-aged with no distinctive characteristics. Navarro did not need medical attention but is reported to have a small bruise on his face. The socialist leader has been outspoken on the subject of Catalan independence; he is against it.

SPAIN: Longer jail terms.

Longer stays in Spanish prisons SPAIN comes sixth in Europe on the list of where prisoners receive the longest sentences. Spanish prisoners spend an average of 19 months in prison whereas their European counterparts spend an average of 10 months behind bars. A report by the European Council in Brussels, under the title ‘Space 2012,’ has revealed that Spain has a tendency to hand out longer prison sentences than other European countries; only the Ukraine (38 months), Azerbaijan (30 months), Portugal (24 months), Romania (24 months) and Moldavia (21 months) sentence their prisoners to more ‘hard time.’ The lightest sentences are handed out by Italy (10 months), France (nine months), UK (eight months) and Germany (seven months).

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s the grass greener on the other side? It would appear not with recent reports saying 90,000 British expatriates have moved back to the UK in recent years. Another survey, admittedly of a very low sample group, suggests people moving to Spain and other Mediterranean countries are more miserable abroad then they were at ‘home.’ There is no doubt that many people who move to Spain fail to settle in. Difficulties with the language and culture of what is after all a foreign country, can lead to loneliness, and even depression. For those who have to earn a living difficulties can multiply, with generally lower wages and high rates of unemployment.

But for most of the estimated 1.2 million Britons who have set up home in this country Spain is all it is cracked up to be. Yes there are downsides - stifling bureaucracy being chief amongst them - but most expatriates find the benefits far outweigh the problems. Not just the weather (though that is certainly a huge advantage) but the general lifestyle. Just a little effort in learning a few words of Spanish can take people a long way to making the most of their life in Spain. Expatriates have to realise it is not Bournemouth in the sun (no insult intended to that wonderful city), and an attempt, no matter how small, to integrate into the Spanish way of life can reap huge dividends. Yes, some fail to settle, but for the vast majority the grass is greener in Spain.

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Housework for Spain’s children, by law UNDER a new draft law approved in the Spanish Parliament last week children will be legally obliged to do housework and respect their schoolteachers. The Child Protection Bill would mean that Spanish parents and teachers have a weapon in the war against disobedient children. If the bill is passed, children under 18 in Spain will be legally obliged to do household chores “in accordance with their age and regardless of their gender.” Children and young people will also have to “participate in family life” and respect “their parents and siblings,” according to Spain’s ABC newspaper. And when it comes to

CHORES: Children reminded of responsibilities.

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STAT OF WEEK ORANGE ESPAÑA’S turnover fell by 1.2 per cent in the first quarter of this year. Mobile earnings were reduced by 16.2 per cent to €621 million but income from landlines improved by 9.9 per cent.

Fish firm could still be afloat THE Pescanova board has submitted a new restructuring plan to the Spanish courts. Banks owed money by the company would replace brewers Damm and financial holding company Luxempart as owners of the company. The proposal is the outcome of an agreement between Pescanova - whose frozen fish

Jobless queues shrank in winter THE number of people out of work in Spain fell by 2,300 people in the first three months of this year. The improvement was a minimal 0.04 per cent but this was the first time that the number of jobless fell in the first quarter of the year since 2005. That was the apparently good news, but the unemployment level rose to 25.93 per cent of the working population. Unemployment figures might have fallen during four consecutive quarters but the number of people newly in work once more has also fallen.

regulator CNMV. Creditor banks would take over ownership of Pescanova while board members Jose Carceller of Damm and Francois Tesch of Luxempart would resign. The banks will retain €1 billion of debt, while injecting €115 million of capital, according to sources quoted by Bloomberg. The banks will also retain €300

products are still a household name - Damm, Luxempart and the banks. The agreement would not modify the write-off conditions, said Pescanova’s bankruptcy administrator Deloitte. Instead, it would involve replacing the stakeholders financially supporting the company’s bailout, Deloitte assured financial

In the second quarter of 2013, unemployment diminished by 230,900; the third quarter saw a reduction of 103,900 and the fourth a fall of 7,800. By the first quarter of this year, unemployment fell by just 2,300. Worse still, the reduction owes less to creating employment than despondent jobseekers no longer actively and officially registering as looking for work, analysts said. In the meantime, the unemployment rate rose by 0.2 per cent between January and the end of March because the working population decreased by 187,000.

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Taxman’s IT probe SPAIN’s tax office plans to examine small shopkeepers’ cash registers to determine whether they use software aimed at tax avoidance. Farmacias (chemists) will also be targeted, Hacienda announced.

Payback time GERARDO DIAZ FERRAN will stand trial for plundering the Viajes Marsans travel agencies. He and seven collaborators must meet a civil responsibility bond of €1.67 billion to cover a possible guilty verdict.

Deoleo loses its Spanish flavour BANCO MARE NOSTRUM (BMN) has sold its 4.85 per cent stake in the Deoleo cooking oil company for €21.2 million. The BMN stake was bought by private equity firm CVC, which also purchased Bankia’s 16.5 per cent. Both previously needed cash from the Spanish government and were obliged to sell their Deoleo holdings under the bailout terms. The Dcoop olive co-operative, which initially tried to block the CVC deal, is

also selling an 8.64 per cent holding. The private equity firm intends to back a refinancing deal for Deoleo, which still has a €500-million debt despite recapitalising and a slimming down operation since 2010. Sources said CVC expects to acquire more than 50 per cent of Deoleo despite the Spanish government’s misgivings that a foreign firm could eventually control a ‘nationally strategic’ company.

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HOPE: Pescanova’s Galicia plant in Cha pela, Redondela.

million of super-senior debt, €400 million of senior borrowing

and €300 million of junior facilities.

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European Central Bank easing in the spotlight ANOTHER European Central Bank (ECB) meeting has come and gone with no action taken. The ECB has left the door open for more easing should the need arise; the ammunition is loaded and ready to be fired. The ECB could look to cut the deposit rate into negative territory or possibly introduce Quantitative Easing for the Euro area or another LTRO programme. The fact that inflation is falling and well below the 2 per cent target is the main reason why expectations are increasing for more action to come from the ECB. The Euro has so far managed to shrug off the expectations of a move by the ECB and has kept hold of most of its recent gains. If we do see further policy action from the ECB, it is expected that the single currency will weaken against the USD and the Pound. This Euro weakness could be

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magnified if the market continues to perceive that both the UK and the US are on the path to raising interest rates in early 2015. Recently we have seen mixed economic data from the US but regardless the FOMC has continued at a pace of $10 billion per month. US growth came in at a very disappointing 0.1 per cent for the first quarter against a forecast of 1.1 per cent but this still does not look likely to detract from the current plan of tapering. As we stand, the Euro is trading strongly against the USD but more certainty on the US recovery and the timings of rate hikes would quickly erode these gains. For the short-

The Pound is nicely positioned for further gains against the Euro. term it looks likely that the Euro will not come under pressure against the USD. In the UK the Pound is trading firmly on the heels of the UK’s strong recovery witnessed in the last six months. UK Industrial Production data released in April came in well above expectations, giving the Pound a boost across the currency markets and first quarter GDP was only marginally below expectations but still at a

healthy 0.8 per cent. This bodes well for the manufacturing sector and growth moving through 2014. There is still a concern that UK data after a very good run could start to disappoint and subsequently weigh on the Pound; however, this latest release moves some way to dispel this fear. UK data will need to come in at or above expectations to maintain the rally into the Pound. If the strong data run

does play out, we will move towards an environment where the Bank of England will need to hike interest rates earlier than expectations of a rise in spring 2015. The Pound is nicely positioned for further gains against the Euro if the expected scenario of ECB easing and strong UK growth plays out. Ongoing economic data from the UK will be key and inflation data from the Eurozone will be closely watched. Recent data for Euro area inflation was still weak for March and this leaves the yearly total for inflation at just one third of the ECB’s target. The activity of the ECB is going to be the main driver to GBP/EUR; as it stands they are trying to avoid policy action but the tipping point looks to be approaching whereby they will have to act further and this should reinforce a marked decline in the Euro’s fortunes.

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SELL-OFF: Iberdrola is divesting itself of 25 per cent of its Spanish distribution network for €3 million.

Power company’s ‘Spanishness’ in decline IBERDROLA is set to divest itself of 25 per cent of its Spanish distribution network for around €3 billion. Investment bank Morgan Stanley will handle the deal which according to Iberdrola is the result of the Spanish government’s reforms to the sector. The decision underlines comments from the group’s president, Ignacio Sanchez Galan, last February when he emphasised the need for “predictable and stable” regulation. “We are now more British, Mexican and Brazilian than

Spanish,” Sanchez Galan declared in a moment of rash honesty. He afterwards hastened to defend the reforms introduced by Spain’s President Mariano Rajoy and was careful to emphasise Iberdrola’s ‘Spanishness’. This is now brought into doubt following the news of the sale, although in the past Iberdrola also examined the possibility of selling part of its UK distribution network before shelving the plan. Iberdrola wants to balance the books, observers say, and cash in on its Spanish network following the adverse effects of government reforms.

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Does your wardrobe hide a gold-mine? IT has suddenly got hot so I’ve changed the bed covers to the summer duvet, and the gas burner has been packed away. Next on the list: a wardrobe change! Out with the woolly jumpers and in with shorts and flip-flops. It’s at this time of the year with the usual wardrobe changeover that it’s often revealed just how much money is wasted on clothing and accessories that have barely or never been worn. Stuff that once screamed out as essential ‘must-haves’ in a shop or

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Healthier FCC SPANISH multinational construction company FCC cut its losses by 78 per cent to €31 million in the first quarter of 2013. This was due to refinancing and strategic planning, the chairman Juan Bejar said.

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magazine is now gathering dust. My wardrobe isn’t exactly the French Riviera of highfashion, but if we imagine all the closets of all the women in Spain or Europe or America combined, there must be trillions of euros

CASH GENERATOR: Sell your old handbags and clothes. worth of goods just sitting around unused. So what’s a girl to do? Either get rid of some clothes or get a bigger wardrobe. In the States an app called ‘poshmark’ is available whereby women can upload photos of their unwanted gear and sell it on. It works a lot like Facebook and with Instagram quality pictures

Can he alter façade without consent? Q. I am the president of a community of 16 houses, eight pairs of semi-detached houses. You and the One owner wishes to build an extension to his facade. All but one member has voted against Law in Spain the project, as based on my understanding of By David Searl Article Seven of the Law of Horizontal Property. This one member sent an email to all 16 owners saying: “According to my lawyer, ‘Communidad’ only has an effective vote about ‘alterations’ until the 10th year of the houses being built. Since the houses were officially built in 2005, after 2015 any negative decisions to alterations of any type can be overruled by the town hall.” Can you confirm that this is not correct? M G (email) A. Yes, I can. For any alterations which affect the exterior of a building or complex of attached houses, two conditions are necessary. One of these is a favourable vote by the Community of Property Owners and the other is a building permit from the local town hall. There are two possible exceptions to the need for approval by the community vote. If the town hall itself or other building authority has ordered repairs or work carried out, this work does not need community approval. This does not include extensions. The other possibility exists only in Catalonia, where such a provision can be written into the original Statutes of the Community. Catalonia has its own set of community rules. Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.

that are attractive and fun to navigate. You create a page where you post pictures of everything from tops and dresses, to shoes and handbags. Shoppers can follow you, ‘like’ your items and make a purchase. It’s not available in Europe yet, but a pioneering young techie could create a similar one, as the app is a massive

success in the US. Meanwhile, for women in Europe with lots of clothes and accessories clogging up the wardrobe there is always eBay or sites like Asos Marketplace, where fashion-hungry women can snap up bargain-priced designer handbags, while finance conscious girls can get rid of unwanted items and make a little profit for themselves along the way.

AIR EUROPA has backtracked on plans to lay off staff. The high court upheld a clause in the collective agreement that vetoes redundancies while outsourcing to other firms.

Share offer SANTANDER BANK is offering €4.686bn in shares for the remaining 25 per cent of Santander Brasil. It will issue around 665 million shares - 5.8 per cent of its total - in an offer representing a 20 per cent premium over the subsidiary’s last closing market price, Santander said.

Financial crisis causing more identity theft CRIMES arising from identity theft have evolved during the financial crisis. “We’ve gone from house purchase to internet fraud,” said a spokesman for the National Police’s Economic and Fiscal Unit (UDEF). “We also see everything from using a stolen ID for a mobile phone contract to buying a top-ofthe range car on instalments,” said a spokesman for the police’s Economic and Fiscal Delinquency Unit (UDEF). Victims of ID theft often find they are burdened by debt, he added, and it is vital to officially report the loss of an ID card or passport as soon as it has been stolen. Victims also need to consult the RAI, Spain’s official list of debtors, to check whether their ID has been used to

incur hire-purchase or other debts. Not only are loans now harder to come by but banks require extensive documentation precisely to avoid being stung by professional identity thieves. They work in small groups, the police said, and tend to be young and Spanish. “A mugger who snatches Crimes range from your bag or house purchase to wallet containing an internet fraud. ID is unlikely to use it but knows there is a market for stolen IDs. The price varies, but it’s rarely more than €50 per document.” Often it is used over a period of time to create a false identity and win the confidence of the person or entity to be targeted.

OPINION & COMMENT

Dogged resolve needed to go to tourist beach THE new dog beach in Fuengirola (Malaga) - who on earth came up with that one? Has Fuengirola recruited a Tourist Prevention Officer? Let me say straight away that I am a dog lover. However, come on, this dog beach hasn’t been thought through at all. Let’s start with the location. It is only about 100 metres along the beach from the fourstar IPV Palace Hotel. Then we have the many hundreds of tourists staying at Club La Costa and taking advantage of their direct access to the beach. Which beach? The dog beach! So this new dog beach is sandwiched directly between two of the biggest-volume holiday destinations in town. You can see it on TripAdvisor in a few weeks’ time, can’t you? “Don’t go to Fuengirola, there’s a dog beach where dogs fight and go to the toilet. It is not only unpleasant, but also very dangerous.” I couldn’t believe it when I went down there a couple of days ago. There was a pit bull terrier, a Staffordshire bull terrier, an Alsatian and even a Rottweiler, and none of them was either on a lead or wearing a muzzle. The greatest worry of all is that there are young children on this very same beach. It seems to be a disaster waiting to happen. Someone is likely to get badly mauled here! To make things worse, this dog beach is around 10 metres from the main coastal dual carriageway, which already has an atrocious reputation for accidents. Is there a fence or barrier to stop dogs running off the beach directly onto the road? Er, no! If Fuengirola truly has employed a Tourist Prevention Officer, he or she is doing a fine job with the new dog beach. You really couldn’t make it up. Stuart Wright (by email)

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copy of the Euro Weekly News and was quite disgusted by the letter from Tom Hawksworth, ‘Supply and demand is nature’s way’. I expect you will have received many letters from readers equally outraged by this man’s attitude to people in developing countries. He is fortunate enough to have received an education and good healthcare, but appears to begrudge people in less well-off countries even the right to exist. I was so furious that I kept the page and brought it back to the UK with me so I could write to you. On a more positive note, I have just looked at the Euro Weekly News online and was impressed enough to save it in ‘My Favourites’. Jane Everitt (by email)

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Wrong song A WADE from Benahavis (Malaga) wrote about the ‘nuisance’ of the birdsong from sparrows (Letters, Issue 1503). He should just be grateful he can hear some birds and is not plagued by constant road noise or aircraft flying low as some people are. Or he could try living on the South Coast of England where we are, and being plagued with constant screeching from seagulls almost 24 hours a day! He should be grateful he has his hearing, not like many who would love to hear birdsong from whatever species. J Rogers, Fuengirola (Malaga)

Rough justice A LANDLORD asking for the rent of his apartment was attacked by the tenant with a crowbar, leaving him with head injuries and hospitalised. The police were called and the landlord denounced the tenant, but when the case went to court the tenant was fined €200.

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Is this all the protection the police can give? The tenant is still in the same apartment and the rent has not been paid. Jack Threlfall (by email)

Lights out EARTH HOUR has recently passed with more countries joining every year. The idea is that we all switch off our lights and electrical appliances for one hour in a bid to save Mother Earth and to heighten people’s awareness that we need to take care of our planet. Spain was part of this with town halls, cathedrals and monuments right across the

country switching off but, sadly, not Rojales Council who continue to burn lights unnecessarily. Just one example of this – and I doubt that it is the only one – is the sports centre next to the Norwegian school in Ciudad Quesada, Rojales (Alicante). This sports centre is open from 8am to 8pm, Monday to Saturday. You would think that lights only need to be on during the hours of darkness or twilight when the centre is open. Rojales Council prefers to burn the 14 streetlamps all night every night. Why? If it is a question of security there is already a security camera, linked directly to the police station, covering this area. Apart from the environmental aspect there is also the financial one. With so many people having their homes repossessed and being fed by Caritas and other charities this council needs to rethink its priorities. J Billet, Rojales (Alicante)

Harsh verdict WHILE in Spain last week with my husband, I picked up a

IT was very heartening to read the letter from Tom Hawksworth about the constant need to feed children in Africa that really should never have been born into a life of misery. In the big scheme of life, Mother Nature - or God, depending on your beliefs allows them to be born to people who have little hope of ever sustaining them. People, especially those who have never been to such places merely dig into their pockets for a small amount to send off. The kinder thing is either not to send anything or to encourage new colonisers to go and live there to govern and guide the people to a better life. Tom is to be admired for not being scared in these silly times of being called ‘racist’ for speaking the truth. Well done, Mr Hawksworth, for stating the obvious about those being wrongly born to parents who have no hopes of bringing them up on their own. Thank you, Euro Weekly News, for having the courage to print his letter and hopefully this one. Brian Deller, Manilva (Malaga)

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Fostering rules plain ridiculous

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HE UK Social Services’ recent decision to bar a white couple from fostering a black baby didn’t surprise me in the least. These departments are awash with staff, who are themselves of ethnic origin and often emerge as the worst racists of all - people who treat the rules of political correctness as a blueprint for their very existence. I wonder what sort of outcry there would have been had they denied a white child to a black family on similar grounds? Before you accuse me of racism (yawn), I’ll cite you a couple of personal experiences. The first concerns two, quite comfortably off, married friends of mine. This couple, who had already adopted and fostered a number of children, approached their local authorities, with regard to adopting an eight-year-old young man of Mid-East origin.

To cut an extremely long and frustrating story short, they reluctantly had to finally give up on the idea. They simply could not comply with all the rules and stipulations the authorities confronted them with. The main issues were schooling and almost unbelievably, diet. The department insisted that instead of my colleagues enrolling (and paying substantial fees) for the lad to attend a local, highly respected private school, they wanted him driven over an hour away to a public school, which was predominantly attended by Muslim children (sound familiar!). Among many other stymies and stipulations, the final nail came when they declared he must have an Halal diet, insisting the couple’s kitchen must be ‘cleansed’ and completely changed to accommodate this directive. The last they heard, this young lad was still in the

children’s home awaiting someone more ‘acceptable’ to come along. The other case I experienced was when my dear, then 90-year-old mum, was placed in a care home in the South of England. It soon became clear she was obviously not happy. Although racism was not even in her vocabulary, the fact that there were no Caucasian people employed, made her feel confused and somewhat out of place. One day I purposely turned up unexpectedly and was disgusted with what I discovered. The residents were unkempt and the whole place was mucky and simply reeked of urine. I decided to move her as soon as possible. Over the next couple of weeks every home I visited was run by people of ethnic origin. It was for some (and probably still is) a very lucrative racket, with the residents simply regarded

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NO SENSE: Fostering rules no surprise.

cries of racism as an excuse for any form of common sense. You know it makes sense. as a means to an end. We simply have to stop listening to these pathetic

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Is the grass greener in Spain or UK? A RECENT survey of expatriates has revealed that those who migrate to Spain and Mediterranean countries are actually less happy than those who stayed at home. Are you happier here than in your home country or do you miss it? Or is it simply a case of the grass is always greener on the other side?

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HARITY volunteer Jean McNeil, aged 73 from La Marina, Costa Blanca, has been living in Spain for 12 years and loves it. She is happier than when she was in the UK. “I’m definitely happier here. It is cheaper to live here and the sun shines, that makes it all so much better,” she said. FifteenPAUL BRIGGS has the best of both worlds.

STREET TALK year-old Gary Wilkinson, also from La Marina, has lived in Spain since he was five, but in August he will return to the UK to continue his studies. “There are more opportunities there and I want to do accountancy. I will stay in the UK for a few years,” he explained. His father agrees with his choice, saying: “It can be cheaper to live here but if you have to work and earn money it is difficult and I know a lot of people are going back for various reasons. “They come on holiday, think it’s great but daily living and holidays are very different.” Plasterer Paul Briggs, aged 40, has the best of both worlds. With a second home in Formentera he is able to see both sides and treat his two young sons to holidays on the Costa Blanca, but doesn’t believe the

grass is greener in Spain and wouldn’t want to make a permanent move realising the difficulty of the work situation. He said: “I’m glad to be going home this week. We all hate work but you’d miss it really and all people seem to do here is drink.” Chef Jason Owens, 32, from Marbella, Malaga, is happy to live in Spain. “In the catering trade hours are long and unsocial wherever you are. At least in Spain I am almost guaranteed sunshine when I am off and can enjoy it. In England I always seemed to be stuck indoors because of the rain. “I don’t miss England at all. The grass is definitely greener in Spain!” JEAN MCNEIL loves her Spanish life.

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hand with finances and take control if you want to organise things for the better.

life. A recent change in your attitude to your future is already showing. Luck is just waiting for you to invite her in.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Be cautious this week with your money. You have been aware for some time now that a change in your finances is likely. You have this in common with many others in your situation. Seeking professional help can be free and can make a big difference.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Your home life gives you the most satisfaction at the moment even though someone seems to be challenging you. Some things are best ignored until they go away of their own accord and that also often applies to people. AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Involvement in a situation connected with someone close may not be the best option this week. Giving advice is all well and good so long as you are sure of your facts.

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PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Some disruption to your plans annoys you but there’s no point getting in a huff. Outside influences cannot be stopped but you are able to keep calm yourself. Rising to the bait will play into someone else’s hands. Although a situation must be dealt with, do it in your own time and in your own way.

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ARIES (March 21 - April 20) It seems that you are putting a lot of effort into whatever you do without getting as much out as you would like. However, as the week goes by, you will realise that it is only a temporary situation. Sometimes, it takes others a period of adjustment before they are ready to accept changes of a personal nature.

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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) A special chance to try something new should not be passed over. No one expects wonders from you, they are happy just to see you enjoying

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) What a lovely surprise to find that something you have always wanted is coming your way at last. Keep a firm

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1. By what stage name is the Israeli singer Sharon Cohen (born Yaron Cohen), whose song Diva, won the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) in 1998, better known? 2. Cliff Richard has represented the UK in the ESC on two occasions (1968 and 1973); name the two songs he sang? 3. In which country was the first ever ESC held, in May 1956? 4. What was the title of Abba’s 1974 ESC winning song? 5. What was unusual about the result of the 1969 ESC? 6. Which actress, best known for playing the role of Ronnie Mitchell in EastEnders, represented the UK at the 1991 ESC?

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Someone well and truly treads on your toes this week and it really puts your teeth on edge. There are some bridges that may not be mended at the present time and are best left alone.

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CANCER (June 22 - July 23) You really do need to come to an understanding with friends over a social matter, although this may take a little effort this week. It is clear that there are those who are less helpful than others, but this could be because of a misunderstanding.

inclined to take it easy. If it is the case that you really are low on energy, then use the telephone or email to full advantage to keep in touch.

May 8, Marta Sanchez. Singer. This Spanish singer has often been called the Queen of Spanish pop after being the lead singer of Ole Ole and one of Spain’s biggest sex symbols of the 1980’s. Her father was an opera singer and she began her career with Cristal Oskuro before being discovered by Ole, Ole.

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GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Everything seems an effort at the beginning of this week but as energy levels pick up you will gain momentum. Tackle one thing at a time and realise that Rome was not, indeed, built in a day.

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IF IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK: Many things have changed in recent months and you will need to bend with the wind in the months to come. You do not have to give up all that you hold dear; however, you may have to realise that an era has passed. See what beckons.

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TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) The brick wall that you start banging your head against this week is not an illusion. It is, indeed, true that others are not responding to you in an expected way.

1. DANA INTERNATIONAL, 2. CONGRATULATIONS (1968) and POWER TO ALL OUR FRIENDS (1973), 3. SWITZERLAND (Lugano), 4. WATERLOO, 5. FOUR COUNTRIES (Spain, UK, Netherlands and France) WON THE CONTEST, 6. SAMANTHA WOMACK (JANUS)

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Across 1 Bishop puts a stop to diver’s danger (5) 4 Set off, and without a meal (6) 9 Drove back at speed to let you know (7) 10 Reduce Mayflower stores (5) 11 God of war espied (4) 12 King surrounded by menservants or knaves (7) 13 Poem for odd oldies (3) 14 Look! A fish bone one discarded (4) 16 Some insane Roman (4) 18 Worry about a tap (3) 20 Press or key source of metal (4,3) 21 Where one may eat food providing calcium and iron (4) 24 Delete from Opera search engine (5) 25 Nice tax break is incorrect (7) 26 Pushes steamship around East Sussex resort (6) 27 Stuff being vandalised (5) Down 1 Prohibit any form of fig tree (6) 2 Scandinavian boatmen or sea-faring characters (5) 3 Cork discovered in Japanese allspice (4) 5 Appealing for gull I ran around (8) 6 Were any revised at the end of December (3,4) 7 Badger one animal almost and another (6)

8 Go on holiday and cook oriental veal (5) 13 Old fashioned oboe? Let’s go beserk (8) 15 Advocate replacing alien with nothing will bear fruit (7) 17 Remove centre of timbers to make

clocks (6) 18 Country’s kind dropping head of government (5) 19 Fellow the French say is kind (6) 22 A profit once more (5) 23 Rosemary, perhaps, in a feather bed (4)

Code Breaker Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 1 represents H and 11 represents F, so fill in H every time the figure 1 appears and F every time the figure 11 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Regain, 5 Pretty, 8 Hero, 9 Carbines, 10 Generate, 11 Ibex, 12 Atlas, 14 Yearn, 18 Nabs, 20 Chairman, 22 Likeness, 23 Ahoy, 24 Bereft, 25 Roses. Down: 2 Element, 3 Alone, 4 Nectar, 5 Parley, 6 Edifice, 7 Theme, 13 Austere, 15 Reasons, 16 Accent, 17 Caesar, 19 Aside, 21 Roams. QUICK Across: 1 Christmas Eve, 7 Aura, 8 Portions, 9 Battle, 10 Images, 11/16 Run dry, 12 Fever, 14 Usual, 18 Triple, 20 Excess, 22 Biennial, 23 Pale, 24 Once in a while. Down: 1 Courage, 2 React, 3 Supper, 4 Margin, 5 Spirals, 6 Venue, 13 Expunge, 15 Absolve, 16 Design, 17 Yellow, 19 Reign, 21 Capri.

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ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Empleador, 5 Taste, 7 Sacar, 9 Seiscientos, 10 Motos, 11 Tired, 13 Reservoir. Down: 1 Eat, 2 Exercises, 3 Despertar, 4 Caras, 6 Skirt, 8 Citar, 9 Sumar, 12 Dar.

English - Spanish The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English. Across 1 Química (9) 7 Cuerdas (gruesas) (5) 9 Rio (corriente de agua) (5) 10 Equipo (deporte) (4) 11 Strawberries (fruit) (6) 13 Pala (para cavar) (5) 14 Smooth (skin) (5) 15 To answer (reply) (9) Down 2 Table (4) 3 Sorpresas (9) 4 Magazine (journal) (7) 5 Británico (7) 6 Cepillos (para ropa, dientes, pelo) (7) 8 Banana (7) 12 Izquierdo (4)

Hexagram The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (CLEVER) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues. ACORNS

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Funagram Unscramble the name of a famous 1946 American comedydrama film (four words): NULLIFIED SOFTWARE FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: NOTTINGHAM FOREST, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE

Unscramble the name of a famous Football League Championship team (two words): SIGN FOR TOTTENHAM

Across 1 Hold dear (7) 5 Wharf (4) 8 Method (5) 9 Make more coarse (7) 11 Memo (4) 12 Military post (8) 15 Exasperated (3,2) 16 Fundamental (5) 19 Rural (8) 21 Large brass instrument (4) 23 Person’s natural height (7) 25 Avoid capture (5) 26 Pull, as against a resistance (4) 27 Factory, school or business restaurant (7) Down 2 Lacking in feeling, pity or warmth (9) 3 Pause for relaxation (4) 4 Brook (6) 5/24 Military identification (3,3) 6 Set of beliefs (5) 7 Correct (5) 10 Loud confused noise from many sources (6) 13 Cause to be alert and energetic (9) 14 Number puzzle (6) 17 Equipment for taking photographs (6) 18 Engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (5) 20 Make different (5) 22 Something owed (4) 24 See 5

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40%of Spaniards suffer from anxiety and depression ANXIETY and depression affect 40 per cent of the Spanish population. Dr Jose Antonio LopezRodriguez, Vice-president of the Spanish Association of Private Psychiatry (ASEPP) said these are the two most common mental disorders and warns that in recent years psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder have also increased due to current lifestyles. It is estimated that one in five adults may suffer some psychiatric disorders throughout their lifetime. Lopez-Rodriguez said the fundamental cause of the increase in cases has been the lifestyle that we currently have: “This does

ON THE RISE: The incidence of Spaniards who suffer from anxiety and depression.

not mean we are weaker than previous generations but we live faster, sleep less so we're more tired and suffer more stress.”

He said the characteristic of a depressed person has also changed whereas a few years ago the most at risk group were women

aged 45-55 from a disadvantaged social class: “Now there has emerged a new risk group of couples aged 45-45 with two

children who are working.” The ASEPP has launched a new campaign to raise awareness about mental disorders.

Go natural for everyday holiday health complaints NOT got a medicine cabinet or a pharmacy to hand? Try these simple natural remedies to deal with everyday holiday health complaints: Honey: Honey has

been used for centuries to treat minor wounds or burns. It helps to kill the bacteria that may cause infection and triggers the production of antibacterial hydrogen peroxide. Dab a little

honey on the infected area and cover with a clean dressing. Teabags: Cooled teabags applied to an insect bite helps to relieve the inflammation, stinging and swelling, acting as an astringent. Oatmeal also has a cooling effect on a bite. Cucumber: This is already used as a common ingredient in many beauty products as it is known for its soothing properties. As well as helping tired and sore eyes it can also bring relief to sunburnt skin because it contains

HONEY: An age-old remedy used to treat minor wounds or burns. vitamin C and an antioxidant - also found in coffee which both have antiinflammatory effects. Bananas: Overdone it the night before? Try eating a banana. Whilst drinking water will help hydrate you, bananas will gradually help to raise

depleted sugar levels giving a more sustained recovery. Bananas are also gentle on the stomach, which may be irritated by the alcohol.

Are you Spectacle Wearer of the Year? SPECSAVERS OPTICAS have launched the first Spectacle Wearer of the Year Awards in Spain. The campaign is to recognise specs as a fashion statement as well as a visual aid and celebrate the millions of ordinary people in Spain who look amazing in their glasses. They are searching for specs-wearing champions who make their specs a part of their identity, no matter what their age or style. The competition is open from May 1-31 and entries can be made via Facebook specsavers opticas or online at Specsavers. es/loveglasses. Entrants simply need to submit a recent colour photograph of themselves wearing glasses. The person crowned the overall Spectacle Wearer of the Year will win a makeover, photoshoot and a pair of designer frames. There will also be eight semi-finalists who will win a pair of designer frames each. Details about the competition can be found on the website specsavers.es/love glasses. The competition will be launched officially in all of their eight Spanish stores this month, with a frame styling day. Specsavers will also be collecting unwanted glasses for Lions Club International to donate to those in need.

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Cereal increases survival rate after heart attack RESEARCHERS claim a bowl of breakfast cereal every day increases the chances of living longer for people who have had heart attacks. A research team, based in Boston, found that people who ate the most fibre had a 25 per cent lower chance of dying in the nine years after their heart attack, with the risk being reduced by 15 per cent for every 10 grams per day increased fibre intake. The researchers behind the study, published on bmj.com, analysed data from two major US studies, the Nurses’ Health Study and the Health Professional Follow-up Study, looking at 2,258

women and 1,840 men who survived a first heart attack. They were followed for an average of almost nine years, during which 682 women and 451 men died. Those who ate most fibre had a 25 per cent lower chance of dying from any cause during the nine years after their heart attack, but only higher cereal fibre intake, not fruit and vegetables, was linked with an increased chance of long-term survival. It has been previously found that people who have a high intake of dietary fibre are less likely to develop coronary diseases.

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Has the sun set on expats? 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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S SPAIN, the most popular EU destination for expats, losing its appeal? Last year, one in four British expatriates said adiós to the sun, sand and sangría, according to recently released data from the Spanish National Institute of Statistics. A five-year, double-dip recession with unemployment at 26 per cent is given as the main reason for the British exodus. Thousands of Britons who headed to Spain during its decade-long building boom have headed back in search of work following the property market crash of 2008. Tortuous legal disputes with the Spanish authorities over property rights are another reason, plus changes to tax laws affecting nonSpanish residents. However, those who migrate to the Mediterranean are actually less happy than if they had remained behind,

ADIOS: One in four UK expats left Spain last year, according to recent data. according to recent survey data conducted by a university on 329 migrants from Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, France, and 73 from the UK, who resettled in Spain, Portugal, Greece and Cyprus! Asked how happy they were on a scale of 0-10, they scored 7.3 on average, compared with 7.5 for 56,000 people

studied back home. Reasons given for this: language and cultural problems. Now, to take this ‘research’ at face value, isn’t this simply another instance of people, already unhappy with some aspects of their lives, believing their problems will all melt away in the Mediterranean sun? Sadly, after the honeymoon period, their

unresolved issues return with a vengeance, exacerbated by the fact that they’re living in an unfamiliar country with a language they’ve probably never bothered to learn. For those who are genuinely ‘happy’, it probably wouldn’t make the slightest difference whether they lived in Tajikistan, Timbuktu or Tesco’s. Anyway, I’m sure those returning will be welcomed with open arms in Blighty, except for London and the south-east where, from all accounts, it’s standing room only. And a final word on that ‘research’. Out of around five million Brits who live overseas, the researchers combed the four countries mentioned and identified only 73 British respondents? Maybe they visited one bar in each country? (Which makes you wonder how the rest of the time was spent. Break in the sun behind a façade of conducting research, surely not!) There are so many slips here that, as as a survey, it’s pointless. But isn’t that true of any social ‘science’ survey? Nora Johnson’s thrillers Retribution and The De Clerambault Code (www.nora-johnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89; £0.77) and iBookstore. Profits to Cudeca.

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WHICHEVER coastal weather forecast I check the same thing comes up, another two weeks of dry weather. This is ominous for gardeners, for with little or no winter and spring rain, the water tables are dropping and some inland reservoir resources are already under pressure. So walk your garden three or four times a week to check that nothing, plant shrub or tree, is showing signs of drying out. If it is, give it a good soaking. If you are about to plant a new garden consider delaying most of the plantings until the autumn rains unless you have a few days of heavy rain. Twenty five years ago many areas could expect a storm a month and one could get away without an irrigation system and just use a hose. Then 10 years ago May opened in many years with heavy storms that raised garden water tables just before planting times of flowering plants and the sowing and planting of summer vegetables. Today, light machines make no impression on the rock hard soil outside our village and only heavy deep machines can plough the soil. Having suffered heavily from drought and drying winds last year, hillside olive groves are again in trouble with no rain, long hot days and dried up springs. Only

DRIED OUT: If so, give a really good soaking. those planted on the flat valley bottom - the best agricultural land - with full irrigation are likely to yield good crops. So consider sowing and planting vegetables through holes in black plastic sheeting laid over the entire growing. If you plant new fruit trees in the autumn, again plant them through black plastic that helps maintain moist soil al the year round.

If planning a new garden plan to plant high hedges and spreading trees that provide semi and dappled shade and reduce the percentage of the garden which will experience full sun all day. Lastly, have a look at the plant description tables in our book ‘Your garden in Spain.’ © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com May 2014.

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White is the new black... SPAIN, Greece and Italy attract millions of visitors every year to their sun-drenched beaches, but a new Ford Motor Company study on buying trends in Europe shows that residents in some of the region’s hottest countries are among the least likely to buy a new car with a sunroof. This is one of several findings from Ford Car Buying Trends 2014, a study of new car buying habits in 22 countries across Europe, highlighting regional trends and national differences that both conform to and confound expectations. The study shows that white surpassed black last year as the most popular car colour across Europe, according to an analysis of more than 500,000 Ford vehicle purchases in Europe in the past year. The fast-growing car colours in recent years have been brown and orange. “When it comes to car buyers’ tastes there are a few things that remain consistent over the years and many aspects that change and evolve,” said

TOP SELLER: Across Europe the most popular colour is white. Roelant de Waard, Vice President, Marketing, Sales and Service, Ford of Europe. “We study these changes - and some can be surprising - in order to better serve customers across Europe.” Among the counterintuitive findings were national

preferences for sunroofs. Buyers in Norway, more known for snow than sunshine, were the most likely to choose a new Ford with a sunroof (15 per cent) just ahead of France (11 per cent) and Germany (10 per cent). Drivers in sunny countries meanwhile were

among the least likely to specify sunroofs: Spain (5 per cent), Italy (3 per cent) and Greece (2 per cent). Buyers in chilly Norway were also the most likely to buy a new Ford with automatic air conditioning (80 per cent), ahead of Belgium (77 per cent)

Vivaro & Movano debut THE new Opel light commercial vehicle models have made their first public appearance. The new Vivaro generation made its debut while the Opel Movano also presented its powerful, all-new yet exceptionally frugal engines at The Commercial Vehicle Show in Birmingham, UK. The new Opel Vivaro is more practical, more efficient and more appealing than ever before, say the manufacturers. The second generation combines the functionality of a light commercial vehicle and the benefits of an office on wheels with the comfort and design appeal of a passenger car. It has everything it takes to

succeed: its diverse variants are now longer, enabling increased load capacity and more generous interior space. Its cabin features state-of-theart IntelliLink infotainment technology with user-friendly navigation, as well as equipment details which quickly transform it into a mobile office. The new Vivaro is also extremely economical: under its hood are allnew turbo diesel engines which offer reduced fuel consumption as low as 5.7 litres per 100 kilometres, with CO2 emissions down to 149g/km; best-inclass values that also impact favourably on owners’ wallets. Because the Movano now also features state-of-the-art BiTurbo diesel technology which signifi-cantly

reduces fuel consumption and emissions values, and thus operating costs. Like the Vivaro, the Movano is also improved in terms of safety. This includes, for example, ESC fitted as standard, together with a range of driving aids and the blind-spot mirror in the passenger sun visor for greater all-round visibility. “The Movano boasts fuel consumption reduced by up to 1.5 litres per 100 kilometres coupled with more power, making it more economical, more powerful and more environmentally friendly than ever before,” said Steffen, Raschig, the new Head of Open Light Commercial Vehicles..

and Netherlands (71 per cent). Some of the most likely to buy cars with manual air conditioning were drivers in sunny Turkey (96 per cent) and Spain (92 per cent). Not surprisingly, drivers in Scandinavia also were the most likely to specify heated seats, with 99 per cent of Ford cars bought in Sweden, Norway and Finland featuring the technology. Heated seats were rare in Turkey (1 per cent), Greece (2 per cent), and Spain (3 per cent). The countries whose buyers are most likely to specify a cigarette lighter as part of a smoking pack: Greece (73 per cent), Spain (53 per cent) and Romania (35 per cent). Across Europe, the most popular colours are white (23 per cent), black (20 per cent) and grey (17 per cent) - with one of the three colours the top choice for every single country except Ireland, Poland and Romania, where silver the fourth most popular colour in Europe (14 per cent) - is the preferred option.

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Sport Axarquía’s best guide to local sport

Tony Matthews

International Sports A former football player and the world’s most prolific author of football books (more than 100 published), Tony is also the sports reporter for Spectrum Radio and lives in the Cabrera mountains.

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Grand Prix race Also this weekend, 100,000 spectators will attend Barcelona’s Catalunya circuit for the Spanish Grand Prix. Last year’s winner, Fernando Alonso, will be aiming to retain his ‘crown’ on home soil. TO READ MORE VISIT OUR WEBSITE: WWW.EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM

Who will be champions?

WHICH team will be crowned 2014 Premiership champions and who will be relegated along with Cardiff and Fulham, Norwich perhaps? All will be revealed on Sunday when Liverpool take on Newcastle who last Saturday demoted Cardiff while Manchester City, 3-2 winners at Everton last Saturday, host West Ham, 2-0 victors over Spurs. The odds are on City after Liverpool could only manage a 3-3 draw with Crystal Palace. The Canaries, who dented Chelsea’s hopes with a 0-0 draw at The Bridge, face Manchester United, beaten 1-0 at home by Sunderland, who themselves meet Swansea.

Round 9 Colin Turkington won round nine of the 2014 BTC Championships at Thruxton Park. Mat Jackson was second and Fabrizio Giovanardi third. Andrew Jordan leads the overall standings. 2014 BTC Championships. There’ll be plenty of nailbiting fans (even managers and coaches) and as always it will be celebration time for some and heartache for others. FOOTBALL - Last weekend, Doncaster Rovers were officially

relegated from the Championship which was won by Leicester with a club record 102 points. Birmingham City stayed up courtesy of a 93rd minute equaliser at Bolton; FL1 champions Wolves also amassed a record 103

points by beating demoted Carlisle who drop down a division along with Tranmere, Shrewsbury and Stevenage; Chesterfield rise from FL2 while Bristol Rovers sadly lost their Football League status after 94 years. In Scotland, Hamilton ran up their biggest-ever win, crushing Morton 10-2.