Euro Weekly News - Costa del Sol 8 - 14 May 2014 Issue 1505

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THE number of crimes in Malaga Province fell by 11.3 per cent in the first three months of this year compared to the same period in 2013.

According to a crime report published by the Interior Ministry, the number of crimes reported between January and March this year dropped to 18,500.

For the second time running, the number of burglaries has fallen. For the first three months of this year it is the crime which has decreased the most, by 23.7 per cent to 1,028 cases.

Car theft has also fallen by 8.6 per cent but continues to be one of the most frequent crimes in the province, along with drug trafficking, which for the second time running is on the rise, by 18.2 per cent, and theft, with 6,518 cases in total.

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Pre Summer Special 59 - 80 FISHING BOATS: Moored in Fuengirola port.

Junta to invest in Fuengirola port THE JUNTA de Andalucia regional government has promised to invest â‚Ź270,000 in modernising the port in Fuengirola.

This initiative was put forward by the Public Ports Agency and will allow the fishermen better access, by road, between the area in which they keep their nets and other equipment and their boats.

Companies interested in getting the contract for the works will be able to make their offers until May 26 at which time the Junta will consider the proposals and adjudicate the job; the works should last around three months and affect approximately 110 metres of the current dock.

The works will consist of a new structure being

built along the length of the dock which will allow vehicles to get nearer to the boats, thus making life easier for the fishing industry in the port.

The port of Fuengirola is home to around 51 fishing boats and in 2013 the Fuengirola fish market moved 1.2 million kilos of fresh produce with an approximate value of â‚Ź3.5 million.

Finance 81 - 86

Letters 87

Leapy Lee 99

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Time out 107 - 110

Classifieds 129 - 138

Sport 143 - 144

NEWS Company extinct THE Mayor of Mijas, Angel Nozal, has announced that the company which managed the racecourse, Recursos Turisticos Mijas, will cease to exist from Monday (May 12).

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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1,260 reports in two years THE SATE (police attention centre for tourists) in Malaga city has processed 1,260 reports since it opened two years ago.

The centre is located in the Marina Square, where it is easy for tourists to find, and has received inquiries from foreigners from all over the world but primarily from British and German tourists and mainly for minor crimes including muggings and the loss of documents.

The SATE has international phone lines for calling the embassies or home countries of the affected so they can offer quicker help to those who need it, for example those who have lost their travel documents, need to speak to airlines or need to cancel their credit cards.

The aim of the SATE is to be a one-stop-shop for tourists in need of assistance and of the 3,139 inquiries made at the centre 1,260 have been dealt with there.

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Fugitive detained A BRITON, 53, wanted by the Greek authorities for financial crimes, was arrested at Malaga Airport where he intended to board a plane to London.

Train works

Total rest SPAIN’S representative for the Eurovision Song Contest this year was ordered by doctors to take two days’ complete rest as she was dehydrated due to exhaustion.

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.

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

THE Environmental Ministry will spend €500,000 to resurface 15 kilometres of roads in Marbella affected by work on channels from La Vibora water processing plant.

No apology 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.

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

New name TORREMOLINOS will dedicate the square currently named Rio Mesa to recently deceased Adolfo Suarez, Spain’s first democratically elected Prime Minister.

No licence A MAN has been sentenced to six months in prison for riding a motorbike without a permit in Campillos. This is the fourth time he has been sentenced.

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Uncivil behaviour 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

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.

figure. 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.

Number of the week

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.

THE Local Police in Ronda have issued 50 fines so far this year for uncivil behaviour. This includes owners not picking up their dogs’ excrement.

Rapist sentence A MAN has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison for raping a woman in the toilets of a disco on the Costa del Sol in November 2009.

Organ donors A RACE was held in Malaga to raise awareness of the importance of people becoming organ donors to help to save the lives of those in need of transplants.

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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Games candidate MALAGA is amongst the candidates to become the location for the World Transplant Games in 2017, which would attract 3,000 participants from 60 countries.

Food ban MANILVA has issued a ban on taking food and drink into public parks where there are bars, kiosks or restaurants which have a municipal contract.

Burns care A GIRL, four, was airlifted to Malaga from the Spanish enclave of Melilla in North Africa after sustaining burns to 60 per cent of her body while playing with a lighter.

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A night for culture in Malaga THE ‘Noche en Blanco’ cultural event will be held in Malaga on Saturday (May 10).

The slogan for this year’s edition, which will be held from 8pm to 2am, is ‘Erase una Vez’ (Once Upon a Time). The city’s streets will become fairytale scenarios where visitors will meet storybook characters who invite them to

become part of their adventures.

Locals and visitors will be able to choose from a wide variety of activities coordinated

by Malaga City Hall’s Culture Department, including exhibitions at art galleries and museums, performances and unique scenarios in the streets, literary and dramatic

Support from Queen Sofia A LOCAL girl with a rare hereditary disease has received a letter of support from the Queen of Spain.

Idaira Osuna turned two in February and lives with her parents in Arroyo de la Miel.

She has spinal atrophy, a neuromuscular disease which causes her to progressively lose strength in her muscles.

A month ago, her uncle wrote to the Royal Household, sending bracelets which are sold to raise funds for Idaira and telling her story. Now, the family has received a response in which Queen Sofia sends her love to the little girl and says that she has sent their letter to the Health Ministry.

To find out more about Idaira, visit www.todosconidaira.com.

meetings, concerts, guided tours and much more.

This year, more cultural areas, institutions, associations and companies have got involved with the free event, so there will be proposals at 126 locations throughout the city.

Bolin banned from holding public role THE former mayor of Benalmadena, Enrique Bolin, has been banned from holding public office for 10 years.

In November 2013, a criminal court in Malaga had sentenced the former mayor to prison time for continuous crimes against territorial planning for granting illegal building permits.

However, Malaga Provincial Court considers that there was only one crime against

IDAIRA: Has a rare disease.

legally protected areas and has annulled the prison sentence, but maintains a fine of €3,600 and the ban from holding public office.

In 2004, Bolin, mayor at the time, granted a building permit for a house to a woman in El Cerro area, in 2005 approved a modification she requested to make the house bigger, and in 2006, granted the first occupation licence.

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Anti-racism courses

Beach bomb AN unexploded bomb, possibly from the First World War, has been found on the beach in San Ramon, Marbella.

The police bomb squad deactivated it.

British brand THE Costa del Sol tourism board has created a special brand to encourage the Brits to buy real estate in the area.

‘Living Costa del Sol’ is a campaign to generate more British investment.

TV attack OPEN warfare ensued on the streets of Cruz Verde, Malaga, when an angry resident threw a TV set at a police officer. Neighbours then joined in as police called in back-up.

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TWO PISTOLS: Together with a bow and ammunition were found.

Weapons kept at work

A MAN in Malaga has been detained for the possession of weapons and ammunition at his workplace.

The man asked his boss if he could use a store room and then hid pistols and ammunition in a box.

In a joint operation the National and Local Police detained the man, 32, accused of illegal possession of a bow, two pistols and ammunition.

Operation ‘Boruja,’ dedicated to the location of illegal weapons, received information that several weapons were being hidden at a transport logistics centre in Malaga.

Given the size of the warehouse, eight agents were needed to search the premises. Police identified a man, employed in the fruit section, as the culprit after his boss said the arrested

man had asked him to keep some things at work saying that he had no room at his home.

In collaboration with the Guardia Civil the agents ascertained that the man had no licence for the weapons and, as such, he was arrested.

The Guardia Civil had arrested the man on a previous occasion on a similar charge.

LOCAL POLICE in Marbella will be the first in Andalucia to take part in a course which is specifically aimed against homophobia and transphobia (hatred of transgender people).

The course will be given by the Arco Iris Foundation (FAI) and will take place during most of the month ending on May 22; around 300 agents are expected to take part.

The aim of the course is to educate the Local Police on current legislation as well as raising the police’s awareness of hatred and discrimination as well as the protocols in dealing with the victims of these crimes. They will also be analysing the stereotypical image of gays, lesbians and transgender people in the community.

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Mijas celebrates Friendship Day with the United Kingdom MIJAS Town Hall’s Foreigners’ Department is organising the Friendship Day with United Kingdom on Saturday.

The event will take place in Mijas village in the main square, from midday to 6pm.

The new British Consul, Charmaine Arbouin, and the mayor of Mijas, Angel Nozal, will inaugurate the day by unveiling a plaque to commemorate this special day at the Mural of the Nations next to the Tourist office.

The actor Robert Michael Maxwell, will be carrying out a recital of Shakespeare followed by Leslie Thompson on the Scottish bagpipes.

More than 30 stands will open at noon where visitors will be able to enjoy typical food and

The programme of live performances on Saturday in Mijas is as follows:

FRIENDSHIP DAY: Mijas town hall has organised the event. drinks from United Kingdom, such as fish and chips, hog roast, cream teas, bangers and mash, British beers, wines and whiskies and lots more!

There will be a representation of British businesses on the Costa del Sol and live

performances from 1pm to 6pm.

There will be Kiddies Workshops set up by Mijas Art Centre, as well as entertainers who will keep children busy with handcrafts and games.

The Sol Classic Car club will be exhibiting their

British Classic cars on the day and the students of the St. Anthony’s School will be exhibiting special drawings on ‘what Mijas means to them.’

Parking is not a problem as Mijas has €1 - ALL DAY PARKING in the car park next to the main square.

There will also be a Special Beatles Tribute Musical at 9pm in Las Lagunas, tickets are €15 per person and can be purchased at the box office from 5pm to 8pm Thursday and Friday or two hours before the show.

For more information contact FRD: 952 58 90 10 or frd@mijas.es.

1pm - Performance by the students of St. Anthony’s School 1.15pm - Family of Sound - Children’s performance 1.30pm - The Silver Beats - Tribute band to the Beatles 2pm - Scottish Bagpipes and dances 2.15pm - The Silver Beats - Tribute band to the Beatles 2.45pm - Scottish Bagpipes and dances 3pm - The Revival Band - The best British music from the 50s, 60s, 70s 3.30pm - Jive-Spain - Jive Exhibition and Workshop 4pm - The Revival Band - The best British music from the 50s, 60s, 70s 4.30pm - Stolen Gnomes - Live Irish Music 5pm - Funky Vocals Choir 5.30pm - Stolen Gnomes - Live Irish Music The day before El Corte Ingles of Mijas Costa will be holding different activities and performances to promote the Mijas Friendship Day with United Kingdom.

10am English Breakfast - El Corte Inglés cafe Midday Dry Martini (free cocktail) - El Corte Inglés cafe 1pm British Lunch - El Corte Inglés cafe 5pm Tea Time - El Corte Inglés cafe 5.30pm - 6.15pm Dance performance of Pop Academia FAMA 6.30pm - 7.30pm Story telling for Children by British Authors - Book Department 7.30pm - 8pm Performance of The FUNKY VOCALS Free samples of British products in Hipercor supermarket.

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Promotion for Malaga JET2HOLIDAYS, the third largest tour operator in the UK, is to promote the tourist attractions of the city of Malaga in Leeds and Manchester.

Thanks to an agreement, made at the World Travel Market in London with Malaga City Council, two tourism councillors will visit Leeds and Manchester this week to make presentations to Jet2holidays representatives.

Jet2 are hoping to sell around 500,000 flights to Malaga this summer alone; this would be an 11 per cent increase on last year.

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Scottish businessman on stag trip dies trying to cross A-7 BILLY PETERKIN had only been on the Costa del Sol for a few hours when his night came to a tragic end.

The victim, 59, was run over when trying to

cross the A-7 in Marbella.

Peterkin, a businessman from Glasgow, had come to the coast to celebrate a bachelor’s party with some friends

in Puerto Banus and was just leaving a club in the port when he was separated from the group.

He tried to cross the road to get to his hotel

No money to pay for bar bill TWO men were charged with fraud after consuming €67 worth of products in a bar in Riviera del Sol, Mijas and then refusing to pay the bill.

The two men, aged 43 and 45, said they would like to pay but didn’t have any money. One ran away but was caught by Local Police who charged them both.

instead of using the subterranean pass, installed to avoid these tragic happenings. He made his way across the first lane and then tried to climb over the central reservation; upon realising that he couldn’t make it over the fence, he retraced his steps but was run over by a BMW. Several eye witnesses and a taxi driver called the police and emergency services who

arrived almost immediately but could do nothing to save the Scotsman’s life.

Peterkin’s family has thanked the British Consulate for their help at this difficult time.

According to police reports the driver of the BMW was within the legal limits of alcohol and tested negative for drugs; he was also driving within the speed limit.

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Free thinkers THE NEXT meeting of the Costa del Sol free thinkers will take place on May 9 at the Manila bar in Los Boliches at 6:30pm, everyone is welcome.

Lottery prize A WINNING lottery ticket, worth €300,000, has been sold in Alhaurin de la Torre; local players are looking forward to cashing in on the lucky number.

Unknown cause THE WIDOW of the man who died of hepatitis C in the Regional Hospital still doesn’t know how it happened; the health services are investigating but have discarded a blood transfusion or dirty equipment.

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8 years for dealing in front of daughter THE courts in Malaga have sentenced a couple to a total of eight years for drug trafficking and crimes against public health.

So far so normal, but this couple conducted their seedy business in front of their daughter who is a minor.

The National Police organised surveillance of the home of the couple when they got wind of the fact that the father of the family may be dealing drugs. They sent in undercover policemen who confirmed not only that he was dealing drugs but that he was doing so in front of his daughter who was underage. The man was already known to the police due to having a record for a similar offence from 2011.

The undercover policemen witnessed the man and his wife passing packets to clients and receiving money in exchange and so asked for a search warrant for the premises. When they ran out of packets to sell to their clients they

DRUG DEALING: Carried out in front of a minor. asked their daughter to go and fetch them some more from their “store room” in the residence.

During the search the police confiscated four packets which contained a mix of heroin and cocaine, weighing a total of 45 grammes, some packets of

marihuana and only €383 in cash.

Although the daughter participated in some of the deals the courts have not yet decided whether she will be processed for this, as it is not yet clear if she was made to by her parents or if she participated voluntarily.

NEWS Paedophile arrested A BRITISH man, 85, wanted by the authorities since the 80s for child abuse, has been arrested in Benalmadena, Malaga.

The detainee was a driver for a church choir in London and abused several children, aged between six and 14.

He was amongst a group of paedophiles who committed several crimes of sexual assault between 1970 and the late 80s, when he left the country. Other members of the network were located in the UK, and as there appeared to be no trace of him, he was believed to be dead.

However, he was located in Spain by Interpol in 2013 and the National Police located him in Malaga Province. He was arrested in his home with a European arrest warrant.

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2 out of 3 UNEMPLOYMENT in 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 youths looking for work.

No cranes TWO of Malaga’s fire stations are working without crane trucks; one was put out of action in an accident and the other is out of order due to rust - neither has been replaced.

Traffic up THE PORT of Malaga has started the year with increased container traffic; there was a growth of almost 61 per cent compared with the first three months of last year.

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Gated communities wanted for Marbella AROUND 20 urbanisations in the Marbella area are waiting for municipal permission to install gates and other ‘dissuasive’ elements.

The municipal boundaries of Marbella are populated with many and various urbanisations, some of them very remote and those who live there are requesting the installation of gates, fences and other ‘dissuasive’ elements.

The council has yet to pass the proposed by-laws which would allow them to do this.

Angeles Muñoz, mayor of Marbella, has commented that “the elements requested by the urbanisations would, and should, not cut off citizen’s access to the countryside, but rather should be a protective and dissuasive barrier to anyone contemplating a crime on a remote urbanisation.”

The rules governing the installation of barriers on public

ROAD BLOCKS: Must allow access to members of the public. roads contemplate the necessity of all citizens to be able to get through them 24 hours a day and 365 days a year; this guarantees the right of all citizens to be able to access any public area at any time. Muñoz went on to underscore the fact

that allowing urbanisations to install dissuasive measures would not mean that the road was not available for use by all members of the public.

Urbanisations built entirely on private land and with private roads can do what they wish.

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Taxi licence concerns MARBELLA Council has now approved the long awaited new by-laws governing the issue of taxi licences but they have not been well received by all.

The previous criteria for the concession of licences was based on 2.5 taxis for every 1,000 residents and now it has changed to 1.9 taxis for every 1,000 residents meaning that the conceding of new licences would be frozen for the next few years.

Jose Bernal, local PSOE leader, commented that it would take decades for new licences to be given out. He went on to state that the taxi drivers “should be protected and respected as they give a great and essential service to all the residents and tourists of the town.”

The taxi associations of Marbella and San Pedro have both spoken against the new criteria and are requesting a revision of the law.

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World Vision Spring Gala Dinner & Musical · Puente Romano · Friday 23rd May PUENTE ROMANO renowned for attracting International music stars from around the world is once again presenting an incredible evening of musical excellence.

On Friday May 23 guests are invited to indulge in a beautiful cocktail featuring Michelin Star Chef Dani Garcia’s canapés in the open air patio of Salon Andalucia followed by a four course Gala Menu in the hotel’s Ballroom. Wine chosen by our sommelier to complement the cuisine are included throughout the evening.

The entertainment is a nonstop extravaganza featuring the extremely talented Peet Rothwell performing the best of Michael Bublé during dinner. His smooth voice and charm is the perfect complement to the elegant surroundings and cuisine.

Peet Rothwell Alison Limerick, a talented singer who’s number 1 hit from the 90’s ‘Where Love Lives’ has been remixed and played at every party since, resulting in an anthem that will have everyone hitting the dance floor. Her incredible voice and variety of tracks create an electric Alison Limerick atmosphere.

The evening culminates in a performance by D&Co singing music of The Commitments. Guests are encouraged to take to their feet and enjoy a boogie to the fantastic hits D&Co - live music of of ‘Mustang Sally,’ ‘Take me The Commitments to the River’ and ‘Try a little Tenderness.’

All proceeds of the event will be donated to World Vision Project in Laos.

Tickets are now available to buy for 120€ per person to include a cocktail and Dani Garcia Canapés, four course meal with wine included and entertainment.

Please contact us on 952 820 900 /

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Internet communions MORE and more Malaga families are organising their children’s First Communions via the internet, which has many dedicated sites.

Edu case EIGHT of the Malaga companies involved in the Edu case, about bogus training courses, were set up just days before the grants were applied for.

City shopping THE city of Malaga is promoting itself as a shopping destination as well as having great beaches. It is trying to persuade businesses to open on Sundays.

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Two octogenarians survive cliff fall TWO brothers, driving a flimsy 50cc car, went over the side of the road in Malaga.

One of the brothers, 87, climbed up the cliff face to call the emergency services.

Nobody, neither the firefighters nor the ambulance workers, could

believe the luck of the two brothers, both in their 80s, who drove their car off a 40-metre cliff and lived to tell the tale.

The car was not much protection as it was one of the fibreglass 50cc cars which can be driven without a full licence.

They went off the Los Montes road, just past the Mirador venta, and their car fell down a 40- metre drop. The younger of the two brothers, 87, then climbed back up to alert the emergency services as to their situation.

When the ambulance, fire brigade and other emergency services arrived they could not believe that both brothers had survived such a fall. Neither of them lost consciousness nor was badly hurt but they were taken to hospital to be checked out.

Costa eyes the Middle East THE Costa del Sol is hoping to attract at least 25 per cent more tourists from Middle Eastern countries this year.

These were the provisions of the principal tour operators presented by Councillor for Tourism on the Costa del Sol, Elias Bendodo.

Bendodo, 11 local representatives from

hotels and travel agencies and the mayors of Marbella, Estepona and Benahavis took a trip to Dubai to participate in the Arabian Travel Market fair, which took place this week.

They were hoping to attract the Middle Eastern tourists with presentations on the luxury to be

found in the ‘Golden Triangle’ and the culture of the Nazari kingdom, as well as all the traditional offers of sun, sea and sand.

Councillor Bendodo has previously highlighted the importance of this type of tourism as it brings more money into the area; traditionally

Middle Eastern tourists spend an average of €2,000 per person, per day when they are on holiday.

He went on to comment: “The Middle East could become a huge source of revenue for local businesses and create employment in the area.”

PROMOTING THE COSTA: At the Dubai travel fair.

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Attacked at work A NURSE was attacked at a health centre in Antequera because a woman didn’t like the way she had treated her son.

The events took place in the A&E department when the woman grabbed the nurse, 45, by the neck, and began to insult her. The nurse was able to press the panic button and staff came to help her, retaining the woman until the police arrived.

Staff at the health centre held a protest outside to show their discontent for the ‘intolerable’ behaviour.

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Wasp alarm CHESTNUT farmers in the Sierra de las Nieves area are concerned about the possible presence of the so-called chestnut wasp in the area.

HORSES: Races are no longer held at the hippodrome.

Mijas negotiates debts MIJAS is to enter into negotiations with Hacienda (Inland Revenue Service) to make a plan to

pay the debt run up by the now defunct hippodrome.

The hippodrome owes €25,000 in back taxes to the social security as well as other unpaid bills.

The fact that horses no longer run at the Costa del Sol hippodrome does not mean that Mijas Council is giving up on it.

The racecourse belongs

principally to the council as part of its tourist resources - a small part of it belongs to Unicaja bank - and as such they are responsible for its debts.

According to Lourdes Burgos, deputy mayor of Mijas, they are nearly at an agreement which would allow them to pay the majority of the debts

before new ones accrue.

Burgos was quick to underscore the fact that the majority of the debts were run up when the hippodrome was being managed by a private company, between 2004 and 2008, which did not pay even the council’s bills for water or rubbish collection.

More people are staying in alternative accommodation MORE than 152,200 tourists stayed in apartments, campsites and inland accommodation in Malaga Province in the first three months of this year.

This is almost 17 per cent more than over the same period last year, and has been accompanied by a rise in the number of overnight stays which amounted to 1.05 million, almost 15 per cent more than between January and March last year.

The President of the Malaga-Costa del Sol Tourism Board, Elias Bendodo, pointed out that figures were all the more positive considering the fact that last year, Easter fell within the first three months of the year, and this year, it was later.

He said it was expected that once the figures for April were included and compared with the first four months of last year, the news would be even more

Sales up VEHICLE sales rose by 45.7 per cent in Malaga in April compared to the same month last year, totalling 2,261 sales according to members of the sector.

Free parking MIJAS Council has prepared a free parking area in Las Cañadas with space for more than 400 vehicles, for the use of residents and visitors.

Fewer accidents OVER the May 1 long weekend there were three accidents in Malaga Province, one of them fatal, compared to 12 over the same period last year.

Personal hygiene ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATION: Becoming more popular with tourists. positive.

The number of visitors staying in tourist apartments rose by more than 21 per cent.

UNION CCOO reported that not enough nappies are provided at the Virgen de la Victoria Care Home in Malaga to “guarantee the personal hygiene of patients.”

Beach cleaners A TEAM of 67 people will clean the beaches of Malaga at the weekends this month, they are part of the permanent staff.

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Jaime runs marathon for Age Care to the coffee morning at La Iglesia Bar where his health was drunk in coffee rather than champers!

Jaime volunteers at the Age Care coffee mornings in Benalmadena on Mondays at La Iglesia Bar from 11am to 1pm.

Jamie, a technical maintenance engineer, lives in Malaga with his wife, Rachel, and son, Oliver, eight.

He has been volunteering with Age Care and other

Photo by Howard Jones.

JAIME GALVEZ TORRES, a volunteer with Age Care was awarded marathon medals for successfully completing the Malaga half marathon and the Madrid full marathon. All proceeds were in aid of Age Care.

Jaime achieved his personal goal of finishing the marathon in 4.5 hours and raised over €400 for Age Care.

Jamie’s Age Care friends all turned out to congratulate him when he brought his medals

L-R: Ann Jones, Jaime Galvez Torres and Gina Foster.

charitable associations in Malaga since June when he became a victim of the economic climate. “I joined as a volunteer with Age Care mainly to improve my English.

I enjoy volunteering and have found that you get as much back as you give, if not more,” said Jaime, “I am now looking forward to next year!”

Age Care is doing as much as it can to improve the lifestyles of vulnerable older people on the Costa del Sol.

Anyone who needs help, or anyone who would like to help, should contact the Age Care Advice Centre on tel: 952 933 409.

Alternatively, pop into one of the coffee

mornings: Benalmadena Costa - La Iglesia Bar, nr Bonanza Square on Mondays: 11-1pm; Calahonda - El Zoco Cafe, Supersol, El Zoco on Tuesdays: 11-1pm.

For more information

on the work of Age Care, please go to our website www.agecarecosta.org, email info@agecarecosta.org or you can follow them on Facebook.

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Cube prepares for Pompidou Centre MALAGA City Council and Port Authorities have signed the lease for the ‘Cube’ building at the port, which will be home to the Pompidou Centre.

The contract is valid for 35 years, which can be extended,

and will cost the city hall €318,875, although this amount can be discounted from quantities owed to the council by the port, for example for property tax. The agreement was signed by the mayor, Francisco

de la Torre, and the president of the Port Authorities, Paulino Plata.

The city council has committed to preparing and opening the area to the public within four years, and the aim is for the

Pompidou Centre, the first outside of France, to be carried out in 2015. The building cannot be used for any other purpose which is not cultural or didactic, nor can any changes be done without the port’s authorisation.

Free stock market courses

ON May 19 in Malaga, there will be ‘investments, spectacles and learning in equal quantities’, according to Hanseatic Brokerhouse,

which is organising courses in trading in more than 15 different Spanish cities.

The novel initiative, offered free of charge

OFF AIR: Shut down due to government bungling.

Why have nine national TV stations shut down?

ON Tuesday, Xplora, Nitro and LaSiete, among others, all closed down but the reasons behind the closures are a little obscure.

According to the current government, the fault lies with the previous government which adjudicated the bandwidths incorrectly. The previous government assigned the TDT (digital terrestrial television) signals to the stations without making them go through the usual application process as stipulated by law in 2010.

Therefore, all stations set up in this way now have to close down and start the application process from the beginning, despite having been transmitting for several years.

Although Atresmedia and Mediaset (the two media platforms most affected) have made appeals to the courts there has been no change in the decision of the present government.

by German broking house Hanseatic Brokerhouse, aims to teach individuals how the stock market works and how to invest in it.

The offer comes in the form of a ‘road show’ and will include all aspects of the rapid buying and selling done on the stock market.

The trading sessions/ lessons will be given by some of the German company’s top traders and will show attendees how financial products are bought, sold and managed.

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Case revision ISABEL PANTOJA, Julian Muñoz and Maite Zaldivar are to have their cases reviewed by the Supreme Court; they were all involved in a Marbella money laundering scandal.

Cancer race THE second race for Women Against Cancer will take place on Sunday.

Organised by Malaga Council, each participant has to pay €6; the money will go to cancer research.

200 Tunos BUYING AND SELLING: Explained by top traders. house is keen to point out that no previous experience is necessary but that participants will

need a good head for figures as they must react quickly to the numbers on screen.

MORE than 200 of the university musical groups called ‘Tunos’ took part in a charity competition at the weekend in Malaga.

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Satellite landings MALAGA Airport is now equipped with a satellite to help planes land with more precision and safety than just the pilot controlling the plane; the system will be operative on both runways.

Picasso wars PABLO PICASSO’S heirs are demanding the opening of a Picasso museum in Paris, his adopted city; the French state appears to be blocking their petitions by drowning them in bureaucracy.

Water activity BENALMADENA is celebrating its ‘Solmarina’ event between May 4 and 11. All sorts of water based activities will be available as well as a boat show.

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383 successful drug busts in just one year A TOTAL of 383 successful drug busts were made in Malaga last year; the pattern is always the same: investigation, surveillance and search leading to a detention.

The police have pledged to go through this circle and then start again and will continue to do so until there is no more drug dealing on the streets of the province of Malaga.

Los Palomares is the latest bust to throw up around 20 wraps of the cocaine and heroin mix that seems to be so popular recently. Eight people were detained once the police had moved into the ‘search’ phase of the circle, having been given information that illegal activities were taking place at the address in the outlying neighbourhood of the capital.

This bust happened at exactly the same place as a bust just one week earlier. Apparently, in the last bust a man was arrested

DRUG BUSTS: But the dealing goes on. and put on remand; in less than a week his three underage daughters and their

grandmother had taken over the business.

The circle continues.

NEWS Priest in hot water A PRIEST from a small village in Jaen has got himself in hot water after saying that men used to hit their wives, but they didn’t kill them because “they had morals.”

During mass, the priest of Canena said that “30 years ago, men got drunk, came home and hit their wives, but they didn’t kill them like they do today.” He went on to say that the reason for this is that “before, people had morals, Christian values, and nowadays, they don’t.”

He also added there are “more crimes, more violence, more drugs, more murders, gender violence,” despite the fact that “technically, nowadays we are more perfect, have more culture, education, more social means…”

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Iranian trickster’s Marbella harem A MAN, 57, was arrested in Marbella for alleged psychological abuse, threats and attacks towards nine women.

The detainee, named as Iranian citizen Soha Sohai, has since been released with charges and restraining orders against him.

The arrest came after a German woman, 36, who is legally married to him, went to the police in Marbella claiming she and eight others were being held by Sohai, who claimed to be an oil tycoon, for five years.

She told the police that they had been groomed by the man at university in London, where he had promised to help them become models.

She claimed that their professional relationship had turned into romance, but with that came threats, insults and pressure. She was allegedly one of several women aged between 19 and 24, mostly Eastern European and Asians,

which he had in his own harem where he reportedly did what he wanted with them and became aggressive if they didn’t obey with a smile. Several children were born from these relationships.

Three years ago they all moved to Marbella to a luxury villa which is said to have cost €6,500 per month to rent.

Police are investigating who paid for all of these luxuries, as the women claim they were forced to ask for money from their families but otherwise denied all contact with them or any of their friends.

They say they had to tell him where they were at all times.

Following the first complaint, several more women came forward and all have now left the house they shared with the Iranian. However, they are reportedly scared that he will be able to get to them and claim they fear for their lives.

He insists the women were his “secretaries.”

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Investments wanted CONSTRUCTION companies in Malaga Province have requested that the government and the Junta de Andalucia invest in sewage plants and roads.

Pay it back THE Junta de Andalucia regional government has demanded that La Consula catering school in Malaga pay back €575,000 it received for training grants.

Urban walks ESTEPONA Town Hall has organised urban hiking routes throughout May and June. To find out more, contact the Youth Delegation.

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Evidence stored without security, claim court staff SECURITY and conditions at a court have been slammed after a worker was mugged while waiting for a lift.

Estepona Court’s deanship has denounced the situation in

which they are working as ‘deplorable’ and qualified as ‘essential and necessary’ that they have a dignified place in which to work.

Among the many conditions

that the deanship is denouncing is the fact that they are forced to keep court evidence in the boxroom of the building where their offices are; this box-room has no security.

Add to this the fact that their offices have water leaks, damp from the bad state of the plumbing in the building, insect infestations depending on the time of year and bad smells.

They also denounce that “the rented space in which the offices are located is not secure and cannot be Malaga Provincial Court, seen in its entirety by which overruled the the video surveillance acquittal and ordered him cameras therefore making to pay a fine of €360 and it unsafe for the workers.” €1,200 in compensation In addition, “all of these to the owner for moral circumstances have contributed to the unsafe damages. He also has to working environment and pay the estimated €350 that one of the workers which a similar dog could should be mugged in the cost, and pay the cost of cremating the animal. same building where she The court considered works is unacceptable.” that the owner had put They are still waiting for no measures in place to a response from the ensure that the dogs authorities as to what will be done to resolve the could not escape when the door was open. situation.

Dog owner to pay compensation A MAN has been sentenced to pay €1,200 in compensation to a woman whose dog died in Torremolinos in June 2013 after being attacked by his two dogs.

The Local Police were alerted that the two potentially dangerous dogs were loose in the street without muzzles and had attacked a smaller dog, which was being walked on a lead by its owner. They had got loose because the

owner’s partner had been unable to stop them from escaping when she opened the door to their home.

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Estepona beaches are replenished THE COASTAL authorities are to make sure that 25,000 cubic metres of sand are added to Estepona’s beaches before the start of the summer season.

Susana Aragon, Councillor for Beaches, confirmed the imminent arrival of fresh sand to the beaches of the municipality. The sand will be ‘donated’ by rivers in the area, thus making it a greener method of resanding as opposed to dredging sand out of the bay.

Estepona Council has already begun

its yearly ‘spring cleaning’ of the beaches by cleaning the existing sand as well as making sure all the correct furniture, bins and showers, among other things, are in place.

It is also inspecting the walkways to make sure they are all in good condition before the onslaught of tourists begins.

The blue flags, denoting European environmental and installation standards, will remain on the beaches of La Rada, El Cristo and El Padron.

BUDDING FASHIONISTAS: Future designers.

On the catwalk at BSM FORGET the catwalks of London, Paris and Milan, all eyes were on Year One pupils as they strutted their stuff during a fashion show at the British School of Marbella this week.

The in-vogue youngsters spent the day designing and making their own clothes and accessories for the 30minute event.

Borrow a bike COUNCILLOR for Mobility in Malaga, Raul Lopez, has commented how pleased he is with the installation of the new ‘borrow-a-bike’ bicycle rack on Andalucia Avenue.

“The service is very much in demand,” said Lopez, referring to the nearly 100 outings that these bikes get every day.

Pupils, families and school staff then packed the school hall to watch the children show off their designs.

The event was organised to get them excited about their new topic on clothes and materials.

Headteacher Sian Kirkham said: “Much to the delight of their parents, the children dazzled all with their creations and modelling skills.”

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33 countries at fair THIRTY-THREE countries participated in this year’s International Fair in Fuengirola, offering food, music and dance from their individual countries. The fair attracted thousands of visitors at the weekend.

Most pets MALAGA has the greatest number of pets of any of the Andalucian provinces, with more than 470,000 on the pet registry.

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

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Court-appointed lawyer requests rise sharply SINCE the 10/2010 November law came into effect, which controversially made citizens pay a fee to have cases heard in court, the number of requests for court-appointed lawyers (free

lawyers) has risen sharply.

The reason behind this is that the fees, which can be as high as €1,200 per case, are waived in cases being argued by a public defender.

In Malaga in the first three months of 2013, there were 11,790 requests for assistance and in the same months in 2014 there have been 13,127; an 11 per cent rise in only three months.

Guillermo Jimenez, Deputy for the Official Lawyers College of Malaga, commented that before the introduction of the fees the most normal way was for a client to use a lawyer with whom they had worked before, but since the 10/2010 law, this means that they have to pay the lawyer’s fees as well as the court’s Now that the financial fees.

So now the norm is to crisis is in full swing, they are realising the ask the courts to appoint error of their ways, and a lawyer and therefore the fact that there are waive the fees of both the very few jobs which court and the lawyer.

He pointed out that if require no form of education, and they are someone is going to court returning to the to reclaim a debt of €2,000, it is not worth classroom in droves.

The yearly average of their while to pay €1,200 adult enrolment in 2008 plus the lawyer’s fees. was 1,176 and in 2012 it With the public system was 3,829, showing the they would receive free steep rise in demand for assistance and therefore education by ‘mature’ recover the whole amount of their debt. students.

Recession leads to education MORE than 25,000 adults per year have gone back to education since the financial crisis began.

In Malaga alone, more than 6,600 people over the age of 18 sat the ESO (similar to GCE) exams in April.

With this qualification they can go on to further education and, eventually, university.

In the years prior to the recession, many people were leaving education early, especially

MATURE STUDENTS: Returning to the classroom. men, and going straight to work, usually in

something unskilled like construction.

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Illegal weapon A WOMAN, 23, has been arrested in Malaga for allegedly carrying an illegal taser in her handbag when she was in the local nightlife area.

A case of discrimination VALENCIA Provincial Prosecutor is investigating a complaint from the PSPV party against España 2000 for allegedly handing out food only to Spanish citizens.

Father acquitted of abuse A MAN, 44, who had been sentenced to seven years in prison for abusing his 12-yearold daughter, has been acquitted.

In 2013, Almeria Provincial Court sentenced him, considering it proved that in October 2009, the girl and her brother were staying with their father in Antas, Almeria.

The man had allegedly been drinking and entered the girl’s bedroom, where he sexually abused her. When she awoke, he left the room. She claimed to be suffering from posttraumatic stress.

The sentence, which has now been overruled following an appeal, was based solely on

JUDGEMENT: Presumption of innocence was not maintained. her testimony and did not include that of her brother, 16 at the time, who was sleeping in the same room when the abuse allegedly occurred. He

also claimed that in 2012, his sister had told him that the story was false and that their mother had pressured her into reporting the alleged abuse.

A MEXICAN woman has become the second victim of the white slave trade to be granted refugee status in Spain and will be given special protection.

Baby saved

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

Brit smuggler A BRITISH man, 58, wanted by the British authorities to serve a sentence for smuggling large quantities of cigarettes, has been arrested in Marbella.

Neither did the provincial court take into account the testimony of the man’s new partner, who said that while his children were staying at their home in Antas, he had never left the bed he shared with her on the few nights he was there, as he is a lorry driver.

In addition, on several occasions, the girl had reported her mother and her new partner, with whom she lived in Barcelona, for abusing her, and had later retracted her statements.

Therefore, the Supreme Court considered that the presumption of innocence was not maintained in this case and the man has been acquitted.

Pensioner helps family in need

Refugee status

TWO National Police officers stepped in to save the life of a ninemonth-old baby girl who was choking on a piece of a plastic bag in Fuengirola.

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DELICATE OPERATION: Moving the sculptures into place.

Bronze and steel tribute to victims of terrorism MIJAS Councillor for Urban Development, Manuel Navarro, has overseen the placement of two monuments on the roundabout dedicated to the Victims of Terrorism in Las Lagunas.

The monuments are two steel and bronze sculptures by Jose Antonio Barrios Ibañez, dedicated to Peace and Union, which are six and 15 metres tall respectively.

Russian fugitive held WORKING with international police forces, the National Police in the Mijas Costa area have detained a Russian man, 55, who has an international order of detention (IOD) from Russia with his name on it.

The police identified him during an operation being carried out in the area and proceeded with his arrest for the IOD, which was for fraud to the tune of US $145,000 back in Russia.

The sculptor said it had taken him two months to complete them.

Both have been paid for by the Western Costa del Sol Community of Municipalities, costing €62,000.

The councillor said the sculptures were important to make it clear that the people of Mijas were in favour of democracy, civic behaviour and the support all those who have fought to keep democracy alive.

Work on the roundabout is complete apart from two fountains and garden areas.

A PENSIONER in Ronda has given the premises of his old bookshop to a family in need to use as long as they like.

The 64-year-old is wellknown in Ronda, and in February last year, he allowed another family to live in the 50-square-metre premises as their home was in danger of collapsing and they had no money to repair it. They remained there for eight months until the council gave them a house.

The man lives in a modest council flat and has asked other locals who have apartments or premises which they don’t use to rent them at low prices to people in need.

This time, his bookshop

will be inhabited by a woman, her husband, and their children, aged two and 11. The couple are unemployed and were close to being evicted from the house they were renting, as they owe the landlord €2,000.

They said they were having a hard time surviving but that the man had appeared like an angel to help them. The town hall will help them to make the shop inhabitable.

The owner heard of the family’s plight after the woman’s mother spoke directly to the mayor about their situation at a council meeting. He frequently attends council meetings to transmit the problems of locals to the politicians.

Prison plan unclear THE Penitentiary Institution may be considering closing Alhaurin de la Torre Prison and opening Archidona Prison instead. The new Malaga II Prison is finished but stands empty, with no plans to open it until at least 2016 because the government claims there is no money to staff it.

According to a report in national Spanish daily, El Mundo, the Secretary General of the Penitentiary Institution, Angel Yuste, suggested that an option was to close Alhaurin de la Torre, currently overpopulated and understaffed, and open the new prison with the existing staff. However, the Penitentiary Institution has denied having plans to do this.

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James Gray MP to visit the Costa del Sol CONSERVATIVES ABROAD are welcoming James Gray MP as their after lunch speaker on Friday May 16 at the Tamisa Golf Hotel.

James, a straight speaking Glaswegian, is a very active MP for the North Wilshire constituency since 1997.

He is involved in local issues from RAF Lynham and welcoming Sir James Dyson’s recent announcement to considerably expand their Malmesbury HQ by investing £250m and increasing the workforce by over 3,000, to the problems caused by boy racers in the area.

Prior to entering Parliament he had a business background as well as serving with the Honourable Artillery Company for seven years.

Hear what James has to say. Tickets include canapés and drinks on arrival,

JAMES GRAY MP: After lunch speech. three course dinner with wine included, soft drinks and water and are available.

For more information contact 952 590 867.

Cat colony is poisoned A COLONY of cats has fallen victim to a poisoner in the latest in a series of attacks.

The latest bout of poisoning took place recently in Bel Air (Estepona), a district of Cancelada.

Someone had been feeding a colony for some months and Gatos y Amigos animal charity had the animals sterilised in a

programme to reduce the feline population in a humane way.

But, the charity said, someone decided to break the law and poison the animals, which leads to a slow and agonising death.

This scenario is repeated everywhere by people breaking the law with no one to stop them, said the charity.

Firemen rescue dehydrated dog at Juanar FIREMEN in Marbella have rescued a dehydrated dog which was out for a walk with its owners and was overcome by the heat.

The walkers noticed their dog was panting more than normal. They had already run out of water and, as they had insufficient phone coverage to get the emergency signal, they confirmed their location to the emergency services via WhatsApp. The firemen were able to locate them, around three kilometres off the Juanar path which leads to La Concha, and attend to the dog that was in urgent need of rehydration and evacuation by stretcher.

The dog is now recovering well.

Now animal welfare associations are calling for the law to be enforced and the poisoners tracked down and taken to court.

The association is implementing a programme of neutering whereby the cats are sterilised in order to control their reproduction.

In good time this will be noticeable as numbers dwindle. It is already the case in some parts of Estepona.

The association recognises that there is a problem with the number of cats but it is asking for time to carry out its work. The charity is also asking for communities to inform them of cat colonies before they become a problem.

If you suspect anybody of having the intention of poisoning cats contact ‘Gatos y Amigos’ on www.facebook.com/ gatosyamigos, gatosyamigos@twitter. com, gatos_y_amigos@yahoo. com.

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

Poetry and dance PACO JAVIER JIMENO, among others, will open Estepona’s poetry and flamenco festival on Saturday May 10; entrance costs €10 on the door.

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

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Immigrant health screening EUROPEAN Ministers of Health have spoken of the need to carry out health screening on immigrants entering the European Union.

At a two-day council in Athens, they discussed the impact of the financial crisis on the public health system, including the con-

troversial proposal, which some consider violates the fundamental rights of those checked.

It remains to be decided whether screening would be the same for all immigrants or if the systems would be different depending on where they come from.

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HEALTH SCREENING: A necessary move. missioner for Health Tonio Borg said at a press conference: “We have legal obligations towards the immigrants, but are also obliged to

€15m win in Malaga FIFTEEN MILLION EUROS has been won in Malaga this weekend on the ONCE (national blind association lottery). Several people in the Pedregalejo area are celebrating their good fortune, among them two sisters who won 25 million pesetas back in 1995. They have each taken home a cool €40,000; 71,223 of the 071 series was the winning ticket number.

protect our own citizens and the public health system.”

Regarding the loss of access to the public health system for illegal immigrants in countries like Spain and Greece, Borg explained that European States are only obliged to fulfil minimum services, such as providing basic healthcare and emergency care for children and pregnant women.

The EU Commission

proposes that immigrants need to be able to access better healthcare, but also need to be controlled more to prevent the spread of contagious diseases.

Regarding the creation of an identification system for immigrants arriving in the EU, Borg explained that it must be voluntary, but added that he is convinced immigrants will collaborate in order to receive better care.

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Gibraltar World Trade Centre project given the green light MEMBERS of Gibraltar's Development and Planning Commission (DPC) unanimously approved a number of suggested improvements to the World Trade Centre Gibraltar project and, in doing so, started the countdown to the construction phase of this iconic landmark development.

The approved improvements include an internal atrium from the ground floor to the seventh with a landscaped garden, ‘towers’ that provide an eye-line focus on the north and south elevations, increased glazing, and a ‘wave’ roofline.

“We are absolutely delighted to have received such complete support from the DPC,” said World Trade Centre

SOUTH VIEW: Of the new World Trade Centre in Gibraltar.

Gibraltar spokesman Pete Burgess.

“We have worked extremely hard to design a building which Gibraltar can be proud of and it is enormously heartening to know that the DPC shares our vision. Now we can push ahead with turning

that vision into a reality as quickly as possible.”

Burgess continues, “We are now only weeks away from breaking ground and therefore still on course to be open for occupation by the end of 2015. This means that within two years Gibraltar businesses

will have access to worldclass super-premium offices with complete flexibility, lightning-quick

connectivity and the very latest personal wellbeing systems.”

“Demand for reservations has been very strong, particularly from owner-occupiers,” concludes Burgess, “but opening discounts of up to 20 per cent are still available on some units.

“We would encourage anyone who is potentially interested in a World Trade Centre Gibraltar office to contact us as soon as possible.”

Contact World Trade Centre Gibraltar on 00 350 200 74724, email enquiries@worldtrade center.gi or visit www.worldtradecenter.gi.

Recycling less but water saved IN 2011 76 per cent of people in Andalucia regularly separated their rubbish for recycling, but now only 71 per cent claim to do this.

A report by the IESA (centre for the study of social habits) has revealed that recycling continues to be the preferred way for Andalucians to contribute to the environment but, due to the lack of suitable containers - there is a lack of containers for paper and batteries; some are doing less than in the past.

In 2011 only 29 per cent of Andalucia’s population were worried about the water compared to 38 per cent being worried in 2013 when people are saving more water than ever before.

The most recycled product by the residents of Andalucia was plastic (74 per cent) followed by glass (73 per cent) and paper (68 per cent).

The study revealed that women are more concerned with recycling and helping to maintain the environment than men.

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May Day march of thousands THOUSANDS of people took to the streets to protest to the government about the employment situation on May 1 - officially the world’s “worker’s day.”

“Without jobs there is no recovery” was the motto under which the thousands congregated all over the country.

The leaders of the Communist Party and the Unions, Ignacio Fernandez Toxo and Candido Mendez, respectively, took this opportunity to denounce the government’s actions to create employment as propaganda; as evidenced by the lack of growth in any sector.

Toxo pointed out that “there are 27 million unemployed in Europe of which six million are in Spain and for them the crisis is not coming to an end nor will it, until they get jobs. Where is this recovery that the government speaks of?”

Mendez weighed in on the matter by asking about the pensions, grants and family benefits that are not reaching their intended recipients due to the massive amount of paperwork now requested by the government.

Both leaders agreed that there can be no recovery without more employment.

Mariano Rajoy’s government has yet to answer.

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EWN proud to be official Media Sponsors of World Vision Spring Gala Have you the Vision to help?

THE Costa del Sol charity season is starting up, and the hottest ticket in town is the World Vision Spring Gala at Marbella’s Puente Romano Hotel.

Euro Weekly News is proud to be the official Media Sponsor for the event, which will help bring hope to poverty-stricken children in some of the poorest countries MATHEW, you have worked for World Vision for seven years and prior to that, you worked in the telecoms industry - latterly at Orange.

What was it about World Vision which inspired this change in direction?

I saw a documentary on television about child slavery and I couldn’t believe that this was happening in the 21st century. I looked into it a bit more and learnt that there are more people in slavery today than there has been at any previous point in history - children in sexual slavery working in brothels, working in dangerous conditions as slaves in mines or

on the planet. For full details of the Friday May 23 event, featuring canapés from Michelin-starred Chef David Garcia, see Page 15.

Here the Euro Weekly News speaks to Mathew Neville, Public Engagement Director at World Vision, to learn a little about the charity’s work.

hidden away in domestic slavery.

I felt that I couldn’t just ignore this. I was already a supporter a World Vision and so got in touch and offered my skills in marketing. Simply put, World Vision is the best organisation in the world for making a difference to vulnerable children’s lives.

vulnerable children living in the world’s toughest places. Our model is to work in one community for 15 years so that we can make a lasting impact.

After 15 years we believe that it is right to move on to the next community and not create a long-term dependence.

Can you tell us a bit more about World Vision?

World Vision is an amazing organisation. I feel like every month I am here I learn something new about an area of our work that inspires and challenges me. Everything that we do has just one goal - the sustained well-being of the most

Have you visited any World Vision projects? What were the best and hardest aspects of that?

I have visited World Vision work in different parts of the world and I come away with such different impressions.

Poverty is such a difficult subject to capture in adequate

An Englishman started Spain’s tourist boom GEORGE LANGWORTHY opened Torremolinos’s and the Costa del Sol’s first hotel for tourists, The Hacienda Santa Clara, in 1930.

The hotel would revolutionise the southern coast of Spain.

George, who was born in Rusholme in Manchester, had relocated to Spain from England with his wife in 1895.

They first settled in El Limonar, a bourgeois neighbourhood in Malaga, before moving three years later to a military fort in Torremolinos, which dates back to 1770.

George Langworthy basically

ADOPTIVE SON: George Langworthy. started tourism on the Costa del Sol; nobody had thought about tourism until he decided to put his hotel up.

Despite, in his later years, being unable to provide for the town’s poor as he once had done, his status in the town

remained. When he died in 1946 at the age of 80, it is reported that the whole town of Torremolinos attended the funeral to pay their respects to their ‘adoptive son’.

Without any family to inherit his assets, Langworthy decided to leave what he had to the staff that had helped him at the hotel.

The Castillo Santa Clara Hotel now sits on the site where the original hotel building was located.

Intended or not, his is a more outstanding and defining legacy than any other in Torremolinos or on the Costa del Sol.

words, and solutions to poverty are even more complex and often more amazing than you could ever imagine.

Take the story of Jafar and Diane, for instance. Jafar Ahmed is a young English teacher in one of the schools I visited in Bangladesh that World Vision has been supporting. This school is so remote that there are no roads that go there; we took a boat for half an hour up the river to reach it.

Jafar gave a passionate speech to the children about World Vision and said that every time he hears mention of us his heart leaps for joy. He said that he had been supported by World Vision and it was World Vision that gave him the encouragement and support that he needed to become a teacher.

That evening I phoned Diane and her husband who had given direct support to Jafar through our work. It was so fantastic to hear the excitement in their voices to get news of Jafar - like hearing news of a long-lost friend or relative. They said they had often wondered how he was getting on. I felt so privileged to be able to tell them how grateful Jafar was for their support and how he had insisted that I pass on his heartfelt thanks to them.

How could Diane and her husband ever know that their donation would have such an impact on his life and, through him, on the children of this community so many years later?

How could Jafar ever know that he would bring so much joy to the lives of two people living thousands of miles away in England?

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Multinationals returning A WAVE of multinationals, led by clothing companies and coffee bars, is coming to Malaga City. After years of being ignored, Malaga is once again a destination for the big chain stores.

Quality over quantity MALAGA olive oil producer Finca La Reja has lessened its output but increased its quality and is now one of the most sought after virgin olive oils in the country.

Spring Fayre ST GEORGE’S Anglican Church in Avenida de Pries 1, Malaga, will celebrate its Spring Fayre on Saturday May 11. There will be stalls selling all sorts of things including baked goods. Easiest parking is next to the bullring.

Acosol/Mijas water deal ACOSOL is to carry on with the management of Mijas’s water thanks to a €15-million loan from Caja Rural of Granada.

Acosol owes Mijas Council nearly €20 million for the purchase of Mijagua which used to manage the water in the municipality. Near the end of 2010, Acosol promised to pay €27 million to the council for the company and the management of the water for the next 25 years; so far they have only paid around €7 million. This new credit deal will allow Acosol to complete its contract with the council and pay the rest of its debt.

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Canary Island’s Dogo wins show THE Dogo from the Canary Islands was crowned best Spanish breed in show at the Archidona dog show.

This is the fourteenth edition of the show in which the winners from the run up shows take part.

On the first day the Andalucian dogs were the stars with the Alano and the Bodeguero both leading the way with the Podenco Andaluz and the Spanish water dog making a good show of bringing up the rear.

As well as the shows there were exhibitions from the police with sniffer dogs and attack dogs putting on an impressive show and the fire brigade’s dogs demonstrating their training by rescuing

DOGO CANARIO: (centre stage) Wins the show. trapped people and running courses on scaffolding and through various obstacles.

The third show of the day came from the dogs of the Quercus training school which demonstrated their prowess on the agility course.

The second day was mainly concerned with prize-giving and a kid’s agility show (the dogs not the kids). The local police also put their dogs through their paces by hiding a bomb and some drugs in a car which the dog found almost immediately.

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Dog kicked to death by man BEACH WORKS: Sand is being transferred.

El Bombo beach sand THE Coastal Department has started work to provide sand for El Bombo Beach in Mijas.

The 15,000m3 of sand is being transferred from La Cala to the beach where in some areas there are differences of up to two metres in the level of sand.

Work, which will cost €40,000, will be funded by the State coastal department and is required to improve the appearance of the beach as well as its safety for users during the summer. At the moment, bathing in the area is banned for safety reasons and Mijas Town Hall has requested patience and understanding from beachgoers.

A MAN in his twenties may face up to a year in prison for kicking a dog to death in Santander.

The owner of the dog, who has appealed for witnesses, went into a supermarket leaving it outside loose, and when she was at the checkout, a woman came into the store looking scared.

When went out, she saw a man kicking her dog. The last kick was so hard that it killed the

seven-year-old Catalan sheepdog which died at her feet. The attacker said he was going to report her because her dog had attacked his SharPei, which was being held by a young girl nearby.

They waited for the Local Police to arrive and both parties provided ID. At the time, she didn’t make a complaint against the attacker, but an investigation was opened. Witnesses had taken photos of the dead dog which went viral on social networking sites.

Amongst the witnesses was a lawyer who called the National Police who are now handling the case and viewing images taken by a nearby CCTV camera.

The owner later made a formal complaint against the attacker, and as well as the support she has received online, she has had offers of free legal aid from a lawyer and a new dog from a breeder. However, she says she won’t get another dog yet, and when she does it will be from a shelter.

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Broken ankles GUARDIA CIVIL rescued a climber who fell in the Gomer Gorge, near Alfarnatejo, and broke both ankles. His two friends were also taken on board a helicopter.

New agreement TOUR operator TUI has renewed an agreement with the Holiday World complex in Benalmadena to bring 30,000 tourists every year to their facilities.

Drunk driver A CYCLIST was injured in Mijas after he was hit by a vehicle driven by a British man who was five times over the legal alcohol limit.

Poachers caught

IMPROVING ACCESS: Avenida de Los Pacos.

Work started to improve street in Fuengirola FUENGIROLA Town Hall has invested €50,000 to improve Avenida de Los Pacos.

The work is focusing on improving access to the area and the infrastructures it contains, including a new pavement so that residents can safely walk in the avenue.

There is also new lighting all along the street, with energy saving lights to cut costs.

Work is also being carried out to take electricity and telephone cables underground.

The work was not put out for public tender and is instead being carried out by corporation workers, thus saving some €30,000.

The work is due to be finished within a month.

THREE people were arrested and 20 charged in a Guardia Civil operation against poaching in the Malaga mountains. The network killed mountain goats and other animals illegally.

Bus death A DIABETIC man, 20, died in hospital after he was found in the back seat of a bus in Huesca, where he had apparently passed out 36 hours earlier.

Luxury designs AUSTRIAN Princess Katalin Zu Windischgraetz is reportedly opening a luxury factory in Marbella dedicated to designing exclusive furniture for pets.

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Best weekend COSTA DEL SOL hotels had their best weekend so far this year with 75 per cent occupation in hotels and a big boost for all the bars and restaurants with the extra, national tourists who arrived to celebrate the long weekend.

Royal wine THE SWEET muscatel wine, characteristic of Malaga, Malaga Nº2, has been served to Queen Elizabeth II at a dinner in Picton Castle in Wales which was to celebrate her 88th birthday.

Lunar project AN entrepreneurial promotional project, under the name ‘Lunar Project’ will serve as a consultancy and financial advice centre for new projects in the Malaga area; it is co-financed by the Junta and the EC.

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Arrested four years on A MAN has been arrested in Fuengirola in connection with the death of another whose stomach had been slashed to extract cocaine pellets he was carrying in his system.

His body was found in Ojen in August 2010 by a couple walking in the area who called the

Guardia Civil. His naked body was wrapped in towels and he had a bag on his head and a cut along his stomach from top to bottom which had been sewn up with fishing wire.

The initial investigation revealed that the middle-aged man had been killed elsewhere

and dumped later.

A post mortem examination revealed that his stomach had been cut open after his death and that he had been carrying cocaine, and although it is believed a capsule may have burst in his system, the exact cause of death is not known.

Mijas Day success at Tivoli World ALMOST 6,000 people visited the Tivoli World theme park in Benalmadena for ‘Mijas Day,’ of which more than half were actually from Mijas.

Mijas councillor for Industrial and Commercial Promotion, said that the day had been a huge success, way beyond the expectations of the organisers, and reported there were people waiting to get in even before the park opened.

On Mijas Day, anyone who could prove they were residents of the

TIVOLI WORLD: A great opportunity for local residents to enjoy the facilities. town could enter the theme park for free and obtain discounts on food

and tickets for the rides.

The council said it was a great opportunity for local

residents to get to know one of the province’s most popular leisure facilities.

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€9m for Spanish student A SPANISH student who was left seriously disabled after being hit by a bus in Dublin in 2009 will receive €9 million in compensation.

The boy was 12 when he travelled to Ireland to learn English and was hit by a bus when he ran to cross the road when he and his friends were trying to escape from a group of older Irish boys who were bullying them.

A judge ruled that the accident was 30 per cent his fault and 70 per cent the fault of the Dublin public bus service.

He sustained serious injuries to the base of the skull which caused him to lose the ability to talk and walk, and he needs a wheelchair to get around and constant assistance in his daily life.

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Marbella launches pet patrol A TEAM of 23 Local Police officers, Green Patrol and hygiene inspectors will patrol the streets of Marbella to ensure that dog owners pick up their pets’ mess.

The City Hall wants to keep the local streets clean, especially now the summer is approaching, and has launched a campaign to crack down on dog owners.

The teams will be especially vigilant in the morning and evening when most people walk their dogs.

They will also be paying attention to dogs walked without a lead or a muzzle, and checking animals for microchips and to see if potentially dangerous dogs are registered and have civil liability insurance.

Pamphlets will be handed out with information as well as bags in which to collect dogs’ mess.

Malaga airport getting busier

THE number of passengers at Malaga-Costa del Sol Airport increased by 13 per cent last month, compared to April last year.

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Patient kills A PSYCHOLOGIST, 29, working at a care centre in Palencia died, after she was stabbed in the neck several times by a patient.

MALAGA AIRPORT: Passengers numbers have increased since 2013.

According to Spanish Airport Authority (Aena), the airport was used by 1.2 million passengers in April this year, and showed the

Free Wi-Fi for Ronda visitors

FREE Wi-Fi internet access will be available for locals and visitors in Ronda.

The service will initially be available in four areas, Plaza Duquesa de Parcent, Avenida Martinez Hastien, Alameda del Tajo and Calle Blas Infante. In the near future, there will also be access in Plaza del Socorro and Ruedo Alameda.

Most of the chosen spots are busy tourist areas which will provide a connection speed of 256k for a maximum period of an hour.

second best improvement in the whole of Spain, beaten only by the Canary Islands, with a rise of 17.1 per cent.

Meanwhile, Barcelona rose almost 11 per cent, Alicante 9.6 per cent, Madrid 7.6 per cent and the Balearic Islands 6.1 per cent.

In the first four months of the year, the airport has been used by 3.2 million people, which is almost 10 per cent more than the same period in 2013.

It is hoped the total by the end of this year will be more than 13 million passengers, something last RONDA: Busy tourist spots. seen in 2006 and 2007.

Found dead A BOY, 17, who was missing from his home in O Burgo, La Coruña, was found dead in the town of Cambre where he had apparently been hit by a train.

Drugs haul GUARDIA CIVIL seized 3.8 tonnes of hashish on Bolonia Beach in Tarifa when it was being loaded from boats into vehicles.

Man killed A MAN, 42, was found dead at home in Mataelpino, Madrid, with wounds to his head and body apparently caused by an axe.

False hotline TWO men were arrested in Valencia for creating a false health service hotline which charged callers €1.21 per minute for nothing.

Laboured BA flight A BA plane had to make an unplanned stop-off at Mallorca after a woman went into labour during the flight.

The plane was carrying 296 passengers from Abuja, Nigeria, to London.

When the 30-year-old Nigerian woman, who was 26 weeks pregnant, went into labour in business class at 36,000 feet, the pilot of the Boeing 777 diverted the plane to Son Sant Joan airport in Palma.

When the plane touched down she gave birth, with the help of the cabin crew.

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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.

Urban rambling MARBELLA is promoting urban walking routes for those that prefer to walk around a town rather than the countryside; the routes include the old town and the port.

List study THE HEALTH minister, Sanchez Rubio, is to study the waiting lists of 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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FUENGIROLA: Beach has an area for disabled people to use.

Beach adapted ONCE again, Fuengirola’s beaches will have an area adapted for the use of disabled people.

The service was first launched in 2000, and this year will have 80 sunbeds and 40 sun umbrellas on a 20x20m area. Since 2011, all local beaches have a small area reserved for the disabled.

The area will provide special care for the disabled, with chairs which can go in the water and rescue staff who can help people to go in the sea. There will also be a large parking area reserved for the disabled.

The councillor for Beaches, Ana Mula, announced that the management of the area has been put out for public tender and that whoever is awarded the contract will pay €1,164 per year. This is three times less than last year as the council has said that the priority is to provide the service and not the amount which will be received.

The town hall will provide storage area, toilets, boardwalks and aquatic chairs, as well as the lifeguards who will be part of the team hired by the town hall.

A MAN suspected of killing his ex-wife, 24, and her current partner, 31, in Madrid was found hanging from a tree in Guadalajara, 50 kilometres away.

Since the couple separated in March when she reported him for abuse, he had been living part time in Mondejar (Guadalajara) with his relatives.

He is believed to have cut the throats of the two victims in the early hours of the morning, while her children, aged four and eight, were sleeping in the house. The children found the bodies. Both victims had defensive wounds, and the man had also been castrated.

According to one of the woman’s friends, her exhusband had been

abusing her for more than a year and spent all of his wages from the abattoir where he worked on tobacco and slot machines.

She had a restraining order against him but he is believed to have got into the house through a window. Despite the restraining order, he allegedly called her frequently asking her to take him back, and had got into the house before.

Her new partner didn’t live with her, but was spending the weekend in her home.

According to his friends, he had become depressed and increasingly aggressive as he had to pay her maintenance as well as some of her bills and had nothing to live on.

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Singing for supper FAMOUS Spanish opera singer, Montserrat Caballe, has been called to declare in front of a judge to defend herself against accusations of tax fraud.

The soprano is accused of defrauding the Inland Revenue service (Hacienda) of €508,000 by not having declared a bank account she holds in Andorra in which she keeps around €1.5 million all from payments for concerts she has done outside Spain.

According to the government they want to interview her about the fact that she is ‘technically’ a resident of Andorra but ‘actually’ resides in Spain. The Inland Revenue service also wants to question her about the income she receives from concerts given outside Spain, but which should be declared here as this is her official residence.

She is booked to appear on May 9.

Women race against cancer THE second City of Malaga Women Against Cancer Race will be held on Sunday on the seafront promenade in Malaga.

The race leaves from the athletics stadium at 10am and arrives back there after a 5.5-kilometre run to raise funds for ‘United Against Cancer’ which works to help patients and their families. There are 5,000 places available for women over 12, and the registration fee is €6. Each of the participants will receive a t-shirt and a drink. More information at www.inacuamalaga.es.

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La Viñuela work on track WORK to connect Benalmadena Costa and

Benalmadena Pueblo via La Viñuela urbanization

MALAGA: Calle Larios will be the setting.

Fashion in the street IN September, Malaga’s Calle Larios will once again become the setting for the Larios Fashion Week.

On September 12 and 13, the fourth edition of the catwalk which aims to showcase Malaga’s local haute couture will be held with the presence of 10 designers.

The popular event will include the designs of Montesco, Miguel Angel Ruiz, Rafael Urquizar, Gemma Mele, Ángel Palazuelos, Javier Alcantara, Jesus Segado, Susana Hidalgo, Jote Martinez and Ikram El Louah.

A local designer, yet to be revealed, will be awarded, and there will be a prize of €500 for the best model.

There will also be a competition for budding designers.

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Man, 60, drowns in Los Alamos

PROJECT: The mayor, Paloma Garcia (centre) visits. the areas of Arenal, is almost finished.

Benalmadena Town Nueva Torrequebrada, Hall announced that the Finca Doña Maria Sur, pavements, gutters, and the road from the motorway. drains, sewerage, The project, electric and which is water supply, Property costing irrigation owners €1.12 network, million, is telephone have agreed being connections to the charged to and new works the State lights are Financial Fund being installed, for the Modernization as well as signs and gardens. of Tourism Infrastructures Work has been (FOMIT) and according possible thanks to to the local mayor, agreements with Paloma Garcia, will soon property owners in the be open to the public. area who have allowed Work has included the the town hall to use up construction of a large to 7,000m2 to connect bridge.

A MAN, 60, drowned this week off Los Alamos Beach in Torremolinos.

At around 3pm, several beachgoers alerted the emergency services that there was a body floating in the water some 25 metres from the shore. Guardia Civil, National Police, Local Police, paramedics and lifeguards arrived at the scene, and the lifeguards took a boat out to sea to rescue the body.

Also in Torremolinos, two youths aged 14 and 15 were fined €6,000 each for spraying graffiti in the local streets. They were caught red handed by the Local Police and were carrying several cans of spray paint.

Their parents will have to pay the amounts.

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Cartama Hospital proposal CARTAMA Town Hall has proposed an alternative access road to the Guadalhorce Hospital in the hope that it can open soon.

When the hospital was planned, Cartama agreed to provide the land for the hospital, as well as part of the cost of installing the electric and the road to the hospital.

However, the road was supposed to be carried out by a company which is now having financial woes and is not expected to go ahead with it as planned.

Therefore, the town hall has suggested increasing the surfaced area of the service lane from the motorway to the hospital and making this the main access road, at least temporarily.

This would cost an estimated €250,000 for which the town hall will attempt to obtain funding from the Junta de Andalucia Department of Public Works.

Illegal packets LOCAL POLICE in Malaga seized almost 500 packets of contraband cigarettes from six shops in just one day.

Six people were reported for selling the cigarettes, which had a market value of more than €1,750. The packaging was lacking the regulation seals which prove they have been legally imported.

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T.I.M.S choir at Lux Mundi in Fuengirola

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time at the Lux Mundi Ecumenical Centre in Fuengirola.

Described as “music to suit all tastes,” the T.I.M.S repertoire is varied and not without wit. This performance includes two well

known classics, Ave Maria and Santa Lucia, the theme from the TOMORROW (Friday), The Vicar of Dibley set to the tune of the International Music Society 23rd Psalm, by way of some catchy (T.I.M.S) will perform another of Beatles favourites, Abba, Queen their popular musical evenings, this chart hits and the now iconic, ‘You’ll never walk alone’ originally from the Rodgers and Hammerstein 1945 musical Carousel.

T.I.M.S choral performances in four part harmony are accompanied by classic pianist Christine Wallner, the T.I.M.S musical director is Margaret Williams and the compere for tomorrow evening will be the amusing Lars Roos.

There will be two duets and several solos, one of which is ‘Climb Every Mountain’ from The Sound of Music sung by Marjorie Neslon.

This is her last T.I.M.S performance, after 14 years with the choir AGE CONCERN: Interesting advice for older people who need help.

Marjorie is leaving to live once again in the UK. All proceeds from the €5 entrance charge go to help the nonAGE CONCERN Estepona person, at the press of a followed by a question denominational Lux and Manilva has arranged button, to speak to some- and answer session.

Mundi Centre, on Calle a talk in English on one about the problem For older people who Nueva 2, (just off Calle ‘teleasistencia’ (remote (say a fall) they have so require help or advice, Cuesta) in Fuengirola. care), to be given by ST that assistance can be Age Concern operate a The concert starts at 7pm Servicios de Teleasis- sent. Help is available 24 telephone service called sharp. tencia in the Age Concern hours a day, 365 days a Lifeline.

Drop-in-Centre on year.

This gives the individual For general information Tuesday at 11am.

About 12 people came a direct point of contact on T.I.M.S choral This will interest people along to the Drop-In- with the charity. performances and joining who are non-resident but Centre recently to receive The telephone number the choir visit require a carer, or people advice from the National is 650 163 928. www.timschoir.org or who are resident but do Police on how to avoid Age Concern is not an contact Gilly Bareford on not meet the criteria for becoming a victim of emergency service. There 952 573 983 / 654 891 the local authority to crime and simple is also an email address 790 or email supply one. precautions that can be acesteponaymanilva@age gilly.bareford@hotmail.

Teleasistencia allows a taken. A video was shown concern-espana.org. co.uk.

Talk on remote care

Two concerts to be enjoyed

CHARITY: Concerts in Marbella and Estepona.

THE Choir and Orchestra Collegium Musicum Costa del Sol together with ‘Camerata Singers of Sotogrande’ will be giving two concerts in Sotogrande and Marbella.

The programme features music of the Romantic era by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahms and Dvorak as well as the Laudate Dominum from Mozart’s Vesperae Solennes de Confessore with guest soprano soloist

Marlena Devoe from New Zealand.

On May 25 the Asociación Cultural de Sotogrande presents the concert at 8.30pm in Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Merced, Sotogrande and donations from the public would be most welcome.

The concert in Marbella on May 27 will take place in Iglesia de la Encarnacion at 9pm. This a benefit concert for Concordia charity and donations are requested.

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Food & Wine THE Malaga Food & Wine Festival will be held from May 23 to June 1 in different locations of Malaga city, Antequera, Marbella, Nerja and Ronda.

Free charge THE President of a Residents’ Association in the Palma-Palmilla area of Malaga has been reported for allegedly asking people for money for food given for free by charities.

Case checks THE Regional Hospital in Malaga has had to check internal protocol after detecting several cases of Hepatitis C within the complex.

Digital list MARBELLA has digitalised all of its inscribed resident’s records (padron) since the year 1842; there are 26,000 pages of past and present Marbella residents to be leafed through for those who are interested.

The Hall ‘THE HALL,’ on the Carretera de Cadiz, will open its doors to all those who do not wish to travel into the centre of Malaga to get their cultural ‘fix,’ they will be offering ‘micro-theatre,’ exhibitions and music.

Film archive THE Albeniz film archive will be celebrating its two year anniversary with the screening of classic Ford, Welles and Hitchcock films on Thursday May 8.

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Get that Greek ‘togetherness’ with friends and family at Yamas

THOSE wanting a Greek restaurant that combines excellent location, ambiance, menu choice and great prices have found their niche at Yamas Greek Fusion Restaurant.

Fabulously located in the middle of Marbella, Yamas has been open just six weeks yet it hosted 600 people at its opening party.

It’s selling out on the weekends and is already taking bookings for pre-wedding parties, toga parties, and organisation/club luncheons.

It’s not hard to see why when you visit Yamas and see what is on offer.

First, the locale is truly distinctive. The stunning courtyard-style patio feels like a ‘secret garden’ off the beaten path though you’re only steps off the main pedestrian walkway between old town Marbella and the beach.

The quaintly decorated patio is perfect for a cold ouzo or delicious wine on a lazy afternoon.

Inside is beautiful and unique three-level layout with the cocktail and wine bar

GORGEOUS: Greek fusion awaits you at Yamas.

FELIX SLIM: Bouzouki and Blues. upstairs.

The stairs lead to two additional floors with restaurant areas below, the lower floor being perfect for hiring out for private parties.

Yamas is truly an excellent chill out area with a fun, laid-back Greek style in the very heart of Marbella.

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The wine prices are among the best in Marbella, where a bottle of the lovely house wine is only €9.80.

“It took us months to choose our house wine,” said owners Kulis and Hayley, “but that was the fun part!”

With Asian fusion tapas at just €3.50, Yamas give you delicious and unique dining

options.

You can also try the Mixed Meze Plate for Two to bring a feeling of togetherness with friends and family.

On top of the great food, don’t forget that Yamas has live music every Saturday night and on event nights.

There is also the Smashing Plates event the last Saturday of each month; be sure to pre-book though, as it fills up quickly!

The next Smashing Plates is Saturday, May 31 where you’ll be treated to a live Greek bouzouki player, Greek dancing, plate smashing and more.

So come visit Yamas for a truly ‘smashing’ time!

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The green, green, Classic Grand Prix grass of home

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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.

FOUNDERS of the There will be just 50 Hungarian Oldtimer- cars allowed to Supercup and organisers participate in the first of some of the biggest edition of the race and car events in Eastern entries will be reviewed Europe announced that by the Race Committee the Marbella Classic to ensure an exceptional Grand Prix will take selection of classic place on June cars.

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This event Following of skill and The event the timing is of skill success takes and timing of the place on Balaton public on Classic roads, public roads and Mister adhering to Classic, they the rules of have decided to the Highway spread their wings to Code and requires Marbella and Puerto participants to complete Banus and in association sections in a with the Marbella City predetermined time, as Hall arrange an well as special stages exclusive one day open requiring split second road race (Classic accuracy. These special Regularity Rally), for stages are completed at classic, road-legal cars slow speeds without produced before stopping the car and December 31, 1980. penalty points given for

every 0.01 second difference from the allotted completion time. The winner is the team with the fewest penalty points throughout the day and will be presented with their awards at a prizegiving ceremony and gala dinner.

The event is officially timed by internationally recognised sport judges ChronoMoto, the official timekeeping team of the FIA Rallycross European Championship, and is in association with Casino Marbella.

Race founders Attila J. Hegyi and Zoltan Petervari commented “We are delighted to have the support of Jose Luis Hernandez and all the team at the Marbella Council in making the first edition of this race a reality.”

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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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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 for the town.

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.

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.

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

MALLORCA

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.

€40,000 prize

CALPE: In favour of new technology.

BBQ ban

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

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

Cine tourism

Debt settling

Bitter taste

Almuñecar gymnasts

RED CROSS members 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 the event.

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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NEWS DESK

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

CONCEPCION GUILLEN, from La Herradura, was the winner of €40,000 on the EuroMillons when she got five numbers right. She shared the prize with 13 others.

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

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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 kilometre 563 of the A-7, causing traffic diversions for three hours. Nobody was injured in the incident.

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

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.

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

Dangerous riding

Blaze at Bedar

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.

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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Stories making headlines in Europe

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

Capital UFO

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.

Rottweiler vote

Sick days

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.

Luxury Berlin

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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Too hot to exercise?

HEAT: Get plenty of exercise but stay cool.

FUN: Snorkelling. amount of summer sporting activity available.

Whether it is with a club, with friends or on your own, there is something for everyone.

Most prominent along the coasts which Spain is justifiably famous for are water-based activities, whether for the more adventurous to take part in things like water ski-ing and paragliding, or for the more sedate sports like swimming.

Here are just a few ideas to help you keep active when summer finally arrives.

Snorkelling is a great way for the less energetic to enjoy the beach, cool off and keep fit

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S the scorching temperatures of Spain’s summer months approach many people’s thoughts turn away from their favourite sporty pastimes and move towards long days on the beach or by the pool.

The idea that it will be just too hot to get any exercise, or at least enjoy it, leads people to want to put their feet up and relax in the summer months.

But there is no reason why people cannot get exercise, relax and have fun too – all at the same time.

Living in Spain there is a huge

without straying too far from the sun-loungers.

Snorkelling is easy and interesting, and its main advantage is people can take as much or as little exercise as

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Taking the heat out of summer exercising From Page 59 Spanish coastal waters are ideal for this sport.

And at its most basic level of splashing about just off resort beaches, it is cheap too. It is worth getting a proper mask and snorkel rather than the cheaper toy versions, but once bought that is the extent of the expenditure. You don’t even need flippers, though they can be a great help.

Underwater, the world looks completely different. Swimmers can explore new species of life that just cannot be viewed from above. Even off the holiday beaches it is surprising how much wildlife you can get to see.

Of course, once the snorkelling bug has bitten there are a number of diving clubs you can join up with to explore the underwater world more.

And many schools offer scuba training and excursions for the more adventurous.

SEA-BOUND: As well as Clear coastal being good waters offer a exercise, it is host of also one of the Other watersports. least harmful waterways of exercising. based sports There is less of a risk for the more of injury with active include swimming, but it still kitesurfing, which is provides a cardio-vascular work- becoming ever more popular out without the pain of more around Spain. In this participants energetic sports like running. stand on a board and are quite

considerable discount from winter fees as golfers keep away because of the heat.

But for early birds it is a great chance to get a few rounds in at a good price. Players who can drag themselves out of bed for an early start get the best of all worlds. Except for the hottest days of the year an early tee-off means they miss the worst of the heat and get, more often than not, the course to themselves.

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literally strapped to a large kite.

When the wind blows, off you go, skimming along the waves.

And many businesses offer the chance to hire jet skis or to go water ski-ing as well.

In Spain there is no shortage of golf courses either. And in the summer prices are usually at a

including a buggy thrown in.

Those who don’t like early starts can often get sundowner deals where they play evening golf for as long as the light lasts, again avoiding the peak afternoon heat.

Again there is no shortage of tennis courts in Spain, but the same rules apply. Avoid the heat.

Take to the courts in the early evening to play the game you love without ending up in hospital through heat exhaustion!

Whatever it is, just remember, it is summer, enjoy yourself!

Golf and tennis are best played in the early morning or late evening.

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S summer approaches it is time to think of alfresco dining.

For many that means a family favourite – the picnic.

And Spain is PICNIC: The certainly the country Spanish have for that, with the turned this Spanish having turned a simple event into a summer bit of an art form. pastime into Not for them a an art form. curled-up sandwich washed down with some warm fizzy drinks, they know how to organise a sumptuous feast.

Every weekend in the summer

months wherever you go on the beaches or in the countryside, you are likely to see large groups of extended family enjoying the summer weather with a seemingly never-ending supply of food and drink all day long.

The extended family, from grandparents to toddlers, often with tables, chairs, and tent-like sun canopies, are past-masters at organisation to get all their gear together for a day out.

So how do they do it? Here are some tips on planning

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As the longest established British funeral directors in Spain, the company is owned and run by the husband and wife team of John and Sally, who have been living in Spain for the past 11 years and who recognised the need for an English funeral director.

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Its team of experienced masseuses offer a wide variety of relaxing massages inspired by the Orient.

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This chemical balance is important to maintain a healthy and sparkling pool. If a pool has gone green they can advise of the best course of action and it is possible to take a small sample of the pool water to be tested at the shop. A simple test strip should be carried out once a week in summer to give you PH and chlorine readings. They also offer a leak detection service at €80 an hour.

With a large stock of chemicals, equipment and accessories for all your pool needs, they also sell a great range of toys, games and floating loungers aimed at making the pool more fun.

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VER thought about sailing as a hobby? If so you have no excuse for not taking it up in Spain.

Now is the time to investigate and look GREAT HOBBY: into the possibility of There is no learning the sport excuse for not with the summer months coming up taking up making for ideal sailing in conditions for all Spain. things boating.

It is a hugely popular sport along the Costas and islands, and so it should be with the tremendous conditions and many marinas on offer.

To get a sailing licence in Spain a medical certificate is needed and the licence must be issued by a training school recognised by the authorites.

There are schools throughout the country. Most offer the basic security and navigation procedures course, practical courses and preparation for the examination.

Some can also convert and validate foreign licences. Some foreign licences are recognised in Spain, including the RYA Yacht Master Certification and the International Certificate of

Competence. There are different rules for different regions so this must be checked with the local authority.

In Spain it is not necessary to have a licence for motor boats up to 3.5Kw, ON THE WAVES: boats with a maximum power of There are 10Kw and up to four metres long tremendous or sailing boats up to five metres.

The above may only be used conditions and during daylight hours in Spanish many marinas on waters.

All other vessels need a offer. licence or ‘titulo de recreo’.

An International Certificate of Competence (ICC) or a Yacht Master

Certificate is considered sufficient proof to skipper most foreign-flagged vessels in Spain. But the ICC is not a qualification that is recognised for a Spanish-flagged vessel.

Anybody resident in the country, or who has a Spanish-flagged vessel, must have the correct licence the ‘titulo de recreo’. Failure to have the licence may result in the vessel being confiscated and/or a hefty fine.

For more details get in touch with a local sailing school or yacht club.

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ORDON ROBERTSON and his wife of 39 years, Samantha, live and run their used car business in Elviria, Marbella. They moved from the UK 29 years ago after selling their company in Scotland to retire in Spain.

Gordon founded his motor business in his home town of Glasgow in February 1967 and went on to become the largest used car dealer in Scotland. Over the years he has bought and sold tens of thousands of cars in his many car showrooms, with a staff of up to 45 people. He also founded and ran air charter company Robertson Aviation.

When Gordon and his family settled in Marbella the plan was to retire. His daughter went to the English International College where the family attended many social gatherings and met many fellow expats. One of the fathers asked Gordon to help him buy a Spanish car. One recommendation led to another and Gordon was back in the car business.

Founder Gordon Robertson has a wealth of experience.

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Located near Costa del Sol Hospital, Bill Brady Cars offers an exceptional selection of quality used cars and special requests can be catered for, all with a continuous level of care and service during and after purchase.

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Muebles del Mundo – an Aladdin’s Cave of eastern treats

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UEBLES DEL MUNDO is the largest specialist shop in handcrafted pieces of artisan furniture and home decoration in Andalucia.

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Muebles del Mundo is a feast for the senses, with exquisite furniture and home furnishings from Bali, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Morocco and Spain.

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ARENTS in Spain often have a books to follow up with an activity that shock when they encounter their children can relate to.

For example, if you read a book first school summer holidays; they about animals, first get the child to talk are seemingly endless!

Many schools close for summer in the about what was in the book, then take last week of June and do not reopen a trip to one of the many zoos and their doors until mid-September. That parks in Spain.

When there, get the child is nearly three to talk about how what they months off school! are seeing relates to the It is important Don’t forget about books they have read. then for parents to your child’s education Of course the same can be make sure their during the long done on a trip to the beach. children - especially summer holiday See if the children can spot the youngest - do sea creatures, birds, boats, not forget about aeroplanes, and get them to their education, even if the youngsters themselves want talk about any books they may have containing whatever they have seen. to!

Grow a garden together. You don’t For many parents sitting with their children for hours at a time poring over need a huge amount of space, just a textbooks is not a real option; after all, window box would do. Children love to summer is supposed to be a time for see the magic of nature at work, but fun. So here are a few ideas on how to can lose interest quickly. So pick keep younger children occupied in a flowers or vegetables that grow quickly fun way whilst at the same time so children can see fast progress.

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The A-Z of Knee Pain The knee is the largest joint in the body and one of the most complex, making it a very vulnerable joint! It is made up of four bones, more than 20 muscles each with a tendon, four major ligaments as well as many little ones, and at least three layers of cartilage.

Arthroscopy An operation to ‘clean’ inside the knee joint. Results of a 10year study report that arthroscopic surgery is one of the most unnecessary operations performed today, as the results are no better than placebo surgery!!

Sadly, despite this monumental finding, thousands undergo this operation each year.

Bakers Cyst Swelling at the back of the knee, which is a distress signal from the knee, and can make walking uncomfortable as it compromises the knee joint function.

Chilli Researchers in Nashville, US, say that rubbing a cream containing capsaicin is ‘significantly effective’ for osteoarthritis of the knee as the heat distracts the nerves from the pain.

Diet Visceral fat (the fat around the tummy) has been shown to be very toxic to all joints but the knee is particularly vulnerable.

More weight also puts more load on weight-bearing joints like the knee.

Extension Getting the knee straight is of critical importance and is often the first movement to go. This is what causes the limp. A bent knee can then cause hip and back problems as the whole lower body is out of alignment. Many leg length discrepancies are misdiagnosed and are really lack of knee extension. Special knee extension equipment from America reduces the pain and makes this an achievable outcome!

Feet Your knee is the biggest shock absorber for every step you take, so if there is too much shock or twist from the feet, the knee is

By Estelle Mitchell www.thebodyworksclinic.com going to take the strain. Correct support at the feet can relieve the strain on the joint, reduce pain and prevent the situation getting worse.

Glucosamine This helps lubricate the joints, making movement less painful and for maximum effect it is best taken with Chondroitin.

Hips Pain from the hips is often referred to the knee. Make sure both are checked before starting treatment!

Ice Numbs the pain and reduces swelling. Wrap an ice pack or frozen peas in a damp cloth to prevent ice burns, and apply for 10 minutes.

Joint Replacement When the joint has become so damaged, it is replaced with a titanium joint. They are often refused if you are ‘too young’ as they have a lifespan of five to 10 years depending on activity levels. Consider this a last resort!

Knee Movement If your knee can’t get straight, then this puts huge strain on the joint and stops the muscles working properly. If you can’t get the knee straight, it will not bend properly!

Limping If not corrected, limping can cause problems in the back and hips. These problems can’t be resolved until the knee problem is fixed.

Magnetic Resonance Therapy A German technology for the treatment of osteoarthritis and degenerative joint disease.

KNEE PROBLEMS: Can stem from a variety of reasons.

This treatment strengthens and rein-forces the cartilage, ligaments and tendons in the joint. It reduces inflammation and pain, allowing you to get your exercise regime going. We have over a 90 per cent success rate for knees!

Nothing Unfortunately, waiting for it to ‘go away on its own’ doesn’t always work, especially as you get older. It is always best to be proactive, the sooner you act the easier, quicker and more effective treatment is.

Orthotics Modern computerised corrective insoles are slim and discreet enough to fit in everyday shoes and are a major tool to prevent knee problems.

Physical Therapy American research shows that exercise significantly improves movement and reduces pain in the knee. The first muscle to lose strength in any knee problem

is the quadriceps, so focus on these. Exercise is not easy at first but get advice and persevere!

Stretch and strengthen!

Q Angle Correction The angle formed by your thighbone and shinbone through the knee cap when viewed from the front. If you are knock-kneed or bandy-legged this angle is wrong, putting extra pressure on the knee. The right shoes and arch supports can reduce the risk of joint damage.

Referred Pain Getting an accurate diagnosis is critically important! Pain in the knee can be referred from the hip or the feet and without an accurate diagnosis, treatment is a waste of time as you are not treating the true cause of the problem.

Supports Are not all created equal! It is important to get the right one for your knee problem and the activity you want to do. New specialised techniques using tape

are most effective. Elastic supports stifle the circulation and restrict movement.

Tissue Engineering Or stem cell regeneration. This is a new surgery technique which implants cartilage from elsewhere aiming to stimulate cartilage regrowth but has had mixed results to date.

Ultrasound Used by physiotherapists, this therapy uses soundwaves to reach deep tissues and increase blood flow, relax muscles and aid healing.

Viscosupplementation Injections of hyaluronate into the joint to lubricate it but not cure it. The injection can be painful and only offers short-term pain relief.

Water Exercising in your swimming pool takes the weight off your knees. Over and over again research shows that exercise can reduce knee pain, and is an important MUST! X-rays And other investigations can give you a clearer idea of how advanced the problem is. Always make sure you get the right investigation for your problem, this should follow a detailed clinical assessment.

Yucca Possible anti-inflammatory as well as a steroid effect on pain and potentially beneficial effects on bone density.

Zinc Helps trigger the growth of new cells to replace damaged tissue.

To understand your knee pain and the non surgical solutions available, come to visit the knee specialist, Estelle Mitchell. For this or any other joint problems, please contact The Bodyworks Clinic on 952 883 151 or visit www.TheBodyworksClinic.com.

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STELLE MITCHELL is widely recognised as one of Spain’s leading physiotherapists. Qualifying as a Chartered Physiotherapist in 1978, having studied and trained with the RAF, Estelle is putting her wide and extensive experience to full use at the custom-designed Bodyworks Health Clinic.

Estelle founded Bodyworks in 2004, with a focus on careful and accurate diagnosis followed by qualified, expert treatment. She explains: “It is so important to find and treat the true, underlying problem and not just make the symptoms disappear temporarily. I believe that if we take the time to do a detailed clinical assessment, we can put together the best treatment plan to meet your individual needs. Too many doctors treat the Xrays and MRI scans without actually looking at, and understanding, the human being stood in front of them.”

Not that Estelle is adverse to technology! But she emphasises that even the best diagnostic tools need to be used by an experienced and qualified practitioner.

In her determination to offer the clearest and most accurate diagnosis and effective treatment, she has acquired a number of tools, many unique to Spain.

“Many people ask why everyone doesn’t have this equipment. The honest answer is that it requires a lot of investment, not just of money but also training. I trained as a physio with the RAF, which gave me opportunities not always available to other physiotherapists. I also spend a huge amount of time and money maintaining my English and Spanish qualifications. Not everyone is qualified to use this equipment.”

As we talk, Estelle’s passion for avoiding unnecessary surgery, injections and drugs shines through. “So often these solutions are offered because the doctors either haven’t done a proper assessment of the person stood in front of them, or because they simply don’t have any information or education about the options.

“Generally, surgeons go the route they know best - surgery.

FOCUS: Estelle believes accurate and careful diagnosis followed by expert treatment is vital.

SUCCESSFUL: Magnetic Resonance Therapy (MRT) is effective for arthritis.

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Patients see a ‘specialist’ without realising that their specialism is surgery and get a surgical opinion. I look for routes to avoid or postpone surgery, viewing it as the last resort.

“Medication like antiinflammatory tablets or cortisone injections is often used to treat arthritis. The medication does little more than mask the symptoms. And the injections are avoided by most modern doctors as cortisone has been shown to ‘rot’ ligaments and tendons. So while these may help in the short term, they create massive longterm problems.”

Estelle’s passion for cuttingedge technology, accurate diagnosis and surgery prevention means she offers some unusual, but highly effective, therapies.

Perhaps the most successful, particularly for arthritis, is Magnetic Resonance Therapy (MRT), a derivative of the technology used in MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scans.

MRT forces the body to repair, harden and thicken cartilage, ligaments and tendons as well as reducing bone inflammation, and can dramatically reduce pain. This innovative treatment has helped Estelle treat a wide range of

issues from long-term arthritis to recent injuries.

The statistics from both the clinical trials and the follow-ups that Estelle tracks are impressive.

“When we looked at the clinical trials they showed a 75 per cent success rate, when you compare this to the 3 per cent success rate for arthroscopies (surgery for minor arthritis) this is amazing.

Because we combine this with other treatments at the clinic our results are more like 90 per cent success,” says Estelle, who is rightly proud of the testimonials she has from happy patients.

However, she stresses that treatment is only successful if you know exactly what you are treating.

“So often, patients come to me after seeing many other specialists and have been told ‘nothing can be done’ and feel that they have ‘seen everybody’ and made no progress and received no answers. In my opinion, for a treatment to be successful what you need is a proper and full diagnosis so that the actual problem, not just the painful symptoms, is treated,” explains Estelle.

“It is like a riddle: When is

tennis elbow not tennis elbow?

When it is a neck or shoulder injury. In this case, no matter what treatment you apply to the elbow, it will not improve - you are not treating the cause of the problem.

Sometimes the brain gets confusing information so you think one part of the body hurts when, in fact, the real source is elsewhere.

This curious (and clinically important) phenomenon is known as referred pain.”

I have to comment on the fact that while everyone respects Estelle, she is notoriously controversial; her treatment plans often differ significantly from those prescribed by GPs and surgeons.

“For me, this is a downside to living in Spain,” says Estelle. “In the UK physiotherapy is a protected and highly-qualified profession. The physios I work and train with were training the doctors on how to deal with sports injuries for the Olympic athletes in London and work with the Football Association. They are highly respected and qualified medical professionals. Here in Spain physiotherapists are not usually trained to the same high standard.

“The methods I use have proven, clinical results, they are new but accepted in the UK. However, here in Spain they can appear very controversial!”

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Advance planning for a perfect picnic From Page 60 that perfect family picnic.

Advance planning is essential for the Spanish style picnic.

Pack a picnic basket.

Include all necessary paper products for your picnic. Make sure you include plates, plastic cups, cutlery and plenty of napkins.

Make sure you have enough food and drink!

Children having fun expend a lot of energy and tend to get even hungrier than normal, so prepare enough snacks, and pack more than enough food for the day.

Plenty of water is essential

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ANY of us have come to Spain for the yearround sunshine.

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Holiday learning From Page 70 Get home science tips online and find fun activities to do together at home.

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Educational, but fun games are endless. Even old favourites like I Spy take on a new twist and

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And teaching children to cook can be educational.

It helps them learn how to follow step-bystep instructions, teaches them patience, adding lessons when measuring weights and working out timing.

Teach children to cook with the step-by-step lessons and recipes; allrecipes.co.uk has a good section on children’s recipes if you need ideas.

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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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C O M PA N Y PRICE(P) Centrica PLC 325.80 Coca-Cola HBC AG 1475.00 Compass Group PLC 949.50 CRH PLC 1743.00 Diageo PLC 1833.25 easyJet PLC 1653.50 Experian PLC 1121.00 Fresnillo PLC 825.50 G4S PLC 239.00 GKN PLC 384.10 GlaxoSmithKline PLC 1636.50 Glencore Xstrata PLC 318.72 Hammerson PLC 577.00 Hargreaves Lansdown 1188.00 HSBC Holdings PLC 604.70 IMI PLC 1533.00 Imperial Tobacco Group 2531.00 InterContinental Hotels 2182.00 International Consldtd 408.70 Intertek Group PLC 2943.00 ITV PLC 185.60 Johnson Matthey PLC 3338.00 Kingfisher PLC 423.85 Land Securities Group 1063.00 Legal & General Group 214.90 Lloyds Banking Group 79.56 London Stock Exchange 1830.50 Marks & Spencer Group 442.50 Meggitt PLC 478.25 Melrose Industries PLC 289.35 Mondi PLC 975.00 National Grid PLC 838.50 Next PLC 6562.50 Old Mutual PLC 203.90 Pearson PLC 1107.00 Persimmon PLC 1368.50 Petrofac Ltd 1473.50 Prudential PLC 1373.75 Randgold Resources Ltd 4760.00 Reckitt Benckiser Grp 4840.00 Reed Elsevier PLC 874.25 Resolution Ltd 302.65 REXAM PLC 504.25 Rio Tinto PLC 3220.50 Rolls-Royce Holdings 1027.50 Royal Bank of Scotland 334.55 Royal Dutch Shell PLC 2519.50 Royal Mail PLC 541.50 RSA Insurance Group PLC 97.67 SABMiller PLC 3221.50 Sage Group (The) PLC 422.90 Sainsbury (J) PLC 321.80 Schroders PLC 2615.00 Severn Trent PLC 1843.50 Shire PLC 3446.00 Smith & Nephew PLC 917.25 Smiths Group PLC 1327.00 Sports Direct Intrntnl...

787.50 SSE PLC 1534.50 Standard Chartered PLC 1283.25 Standard Life PLC 388.60 St James's Place PLC 788.75 Tesco PLC 287.00 Travis Perkins PLC 1769.00 TUI Travel PLC 432.50 Tullow Oil PLC 884.75 Unilever PLC 2611.50 United Utilities Group 796.00 Vodafone Group PLC 225.25 Weir Group PLC 2671.00 Whitbread PLC 4110.50 William Hill PLC 357.10 Wm Morrison Sprmrkts 197.90 Wolseley PLC 3484.00 WPP PLC 1292.50

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VOLUME 909.18 16.57 158.49 36.11 215.67 52.59 72.13 40.77 191.94 200.37 331.58 1,174.19 44.76 87.07 2,226.50 28.43 125.93 73.01 204.01 27.65 509.50 24.54 202.21 39.00 264.76 7,616.14 3.49 158.63 24.19 58.78 35.38 207.95 17.85 330.78 181.87 726.78 90.28 104.04 26.46 46.50 273.72 197.17 50.68 239.09 170.70 1,667.83 291.40 78.79 444.96 87.45 40.86 953.79 2.56 18.74 101.19 389.36 15.26 10.52 165.15 201.82 292.25 79.68 1,340.57 13.40 33.48 142.24 92.02 69.59 3,805.83 22.45 15.37 231.53 969.49 36.09 146.48

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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.

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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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The weakest to the wall: Spain in crisis T

HE Spanish crisis is generally discussed, alongside those of Italy, Greece and Portugal, presenting dubious statistics indicating usurious rates of interest paid on the loans and the variations of the same.

When examined in a little more depth the effect of the economic policy being carried out to chastise the frivolous ‘PIGS’ (an extraordinary term to employ with regard to the birth places, respectively, of democracy, mathematics, medicine, western philosophy, art, architecture and navigation, to mention just a part of their contribution to European culture) is not only morally wrong, but ineffective.

The protestant pastor’s daughter, born in the privations of the Eastern Block, at some deep level of her puritan psyche, is out to punish these wine-drinking siestasleeping Latins with her draconian cuts.

Impervious to the arguments against her economic illiteracy, she presses on and in so doing ensures not only acute suffering for all, but that the weakest are going to the wall.

Just how economically smart is it to allow a generation of children from the poorest families to go hungry (now including the middle classes, as Spain follows Romania in the child poverty pecking order)?

Author: Eternal Spain: Crisis and Corruption. Available on Amazon.

There is evidence of children arriving at school on an empty stomach and of teachers arriving with sandwiches to feed them. This is no rumour, but televised interviews with parents and head teachers discussing this outrageous situation.

Long term unemployment in Spain immediately implies poverty and hunger, as those who had previously enjoyed full employment come to the end of their two year dole period (a word implying small portion and also ‘painful,’ or ‘doleful’) have no more benefits available to them. They have to pay all their local taxes, school fees, medicine without the least aid, at a time when local governments in many regions hit by corruption scandals are heavily in debt.

They are, of course, losing their houses, as hundreds of thousands of dispossessions are carried out because the government refuses to follow the EU rulings that many of these are illegal.

The Law of Dependency (Ley de la Dependencia 2007) was unanimously voted in, giving rights to disabled people, including benefits to patient and carer.

They also received contributions to pensions and other benefits, but 75,000 women carers have

One woman recently interviewed on Spanish TV cared full-time for her mother, waiting five years for a pension she never received. Life is reflecting the magic realism of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, whose Colonel waited years for a pension that never arrived.

had contributions stopped and payments reduced.

Moderate dependency has been removed from the waiting list. Many of those on the waiting list have since died and their descendents, who maintained them and gave up work to do so, are not to be paid what is owing to them.

Woman are, of course, heavily prejudiced against, as their traditional role as mother/carer creates expectations both at family and state level, as the requirements of the dependency law are not met.

Grade 3 is the maximum grade of dependency and not granted lightly. One couple interviewed on the show, applied three years ago for the maximum €600 payment and finally received €400, without the possibility of back pay for the waiting period. The physiotherapist costs €300 a month and the carer who comes daily, to do what the wife is unable to, costs €500 monthly. This means that the payment received hardly

covers the basics.

Juame is a young man suffering from a degenerative disease which has left him in a wheelchair, in the care of his ageing parents, able only to use his hands. He wrote to the PM, Mariano Rajoy, explaining his case. He received a reply from the head of the PM’s kitchen cabinet, quoting the law in an inhumane manner, without any individual recognition or empathy.

Celebrated investigative journalist Jordi Evole’s Sunday night programme is rumoured to be under threat, despite the highest ratings, because of his outspoken and daring revelations on the Sexta channel. On hearing Jaume’s plea, he rang the mobile of the civil servant in question and taped his replies, which went out on a programme watched by millions.

The (not overly bright) bureaucrat played right into his hands, with a series of set phrases to fob the boy off and an Oscar-winning performance as the cruel baddy who refused the boy an interview.

It’s not difficult to see why Jordi Evoli is unpopular with the government. Nice one, Jordi! Paul Krugman appears to be the only economist capable of taking into account the total panorama and factoring in the deleterious effect of poverty in his economic assertions.

Poverty is, as European governments are now demonstrating, relatively easy to create and extraordinarily difficult to eradicate. The hungry kids, weakened or made ill by malnutrition, are not going to be the entrepreneurs of tomorrow.

It would be interesting to hear comments from the expat community regarding their experience in this matter.

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JORDI EVOLE: Taking civil servants to task.

By Dr Trish Watson

SOUP KITCHEN: Many relying on charity to eat.

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X-PRESIDENT Jose Maria Aznar recently lamented his exclusion from the PP’s European election campaigns.

He should have seen this coming, given his frequent sniping at his one-time protégé, the current president Mariano Rajoy.

Jose Maria Aznar began to lose his grip when Rajoy lost the March 2004 general elections. Wanting to emulate the Americans, the former president decided to serve only two terms, naming Rajoy as his successor.

Aznar failed to achieve the lofty financial and personal status awaiting Tony Blair as repayment for backing George W Bush’s Iraq invasion, but neither has the ex-president done too badly.

A seat on Murdoch’s board was amongst his spoils and unlike Blair, Aznar presumably had no problems keeping Wendy Deng at arm’s length.

But Aznar lost his chance to

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

The sound of music CATALUÑA’S regional police, the Mossos d’Esquadra, barracked regional president Artur Mas not long ago.

They were complaining about cutbacks affecting the force and hit back in the one way they knew would be especially wounding for Mas: they sang ‘Viva España’. continue shaping Spanish events from the shadows because Rajoy did not move into the Moncloa until 2011.

And by then he had learnt to fly solo: that’s always a danger with protégés.

A load of old cobblers MIRIAM GONZALEZ DURANTEZ, Nick Clegg’s Spanish wife, was applauded recently. She told her husband in public that men who helped their wives with household and childraising have more ‘cojones’ than those who don’t.

A Spanish woman does not need a large dose of cojones to use the word, even – or especially – if, like Gonzalez Durantez she is married to someone like Clegg. No-one would argue that his wife isn’t a ballsy woman, but people swear more and they swear far more anatomically in Spain.

Public figures are especially given to cussing and Esperanza Aguirre, who swears like a trooper, has more cojones than your average Spanish politician.

Except when it comes to getting booked for a traffic offence, that is.

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EXCLUDED: Former President Jose Maria Aznar.

Trickle-down effect EDUARDO TORRES-DULCE, Spain’s equivalent of Attorney General, has criticised Spain’s inadequate anti-corruption laws. He cited “acquittals that are hard to understand” as well as “pardons for the corrupt” and “sentences that do not reflect the gravity of the offences perceived by the public.”

Legislation is complicated and insufficient, complained the Fiscal General.

Corruption has always been

an endemic Spanish disease but while it had a trickle-down effect most members of the public happily ignored it.

Things are different now that the economic crisis and austerity conspired to ensure that few ill-gotten gains trickle down to provide work and prosperity for the non-corrupt of modest means.

If corruption is ever tackled and eradicated in Spain it will be because of outrage and exasperation at the bottom of the heap, not the top of the pile.

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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Film,2003) BBC 3 from 9:15pm to 11:30pm Eccentric Captain Sparrow is on a mission to rescue the Governer's beautiful daughter, Elizabeth, and his ship, the Black Pearl, both of which have been captured by curse-ridden pirate, Captain Barbossa. They brave the deadly seas and head towards the mysterious Isla de Muerta in an attempt to stop the skeleton pirates from spilling Elizabeth's blood to lift the curse that keeps them in limbo.

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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

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT

NO SENSE: Fostering rules no surprise.

as a means to an

end.

We simply have to stop listening to these pathetic

cries of racism as an excuse for any form of common sense.

You know it makes sense.

Keep the Faith Love Leapy Leapylee2002@gmail.com

Welcome to the 2050 vintage Ulrica Marshall

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

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

ulrica@euroweeklynews.com

“ONE minute you’re wearing woolly jumpers and overcoats and the next it’s tee-shirt weather,” someone told me when I first arrived in Mallorca.

I didn’t believe him until, indeed, someone flicked the summer switch and overnight WARMING UP: In 2050, Spain will be hotter than ever. winter became but a blustery memory. Now, according to three degrees Celsius by 2050, Panel on Climate Change as well locals, this switch scenario which would wipe out 30 per as the Red Cross. It seems that happens earlier each year, with cent of animal and plant species. the next generation will live in a each of the two seasons more It would also render many world of food shortages on a African and Asian territories global scale, lack of drinking extreme.

In the past few weeks, an uninhabitable, with low-lying water and, in many cases, in iceberg-sized mountain of countries like Bangladesh under unlivable climates.

The message is that we have studies on the subject have been water. The displacement of published and I will do my best population would in turn create to reduce emissions. Yet there is little political interest to take a to summarise them for you here. political unrest.

The study echoes releases long-term approach.

Oxford University’s Rowlands “We have a planetary study predicted a rise of up to from the Intergovernmental

emergency. We have to… create, in the generation of those alive today, a sense of generational mission,” Al Gore commented.

But amid economic woes across the world and a race for economic supremacy in China and India, the climate remains at the bottom of the pecking order.

On a local level, Spain in 2050 will be hotter than ever, losing some of its touristic appeal. It

will also face a tide of environmental refugees from Africa. Agricultural production conditions will be poor, especially impacting the wine industry. Ever wondered why the alcohol level in your bottle of tinto has crept up to 14 or 15 per cent? The answer is climate change, which is also why England is now able to produce some excellent wines. By 2050, the best vintages may well come from Sweden.

What we do matters; environmentalists urge us to reduce the use of the car, or switch to a hybrid or electric version. Avoid flying (video conference and holiday near home) and choose renewable power if possible. We should pull the plugs on electrical equipment when not in use, recycle and avoid both dairy and meat, whose production causes 18 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions.

It’s a tall order, but if we can avoid an apocalyptic future, it is surely worth the effort…

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7:35am Big Night 9:25am Happy Gilmore 11:00am Our Idiot Brother 12:35pm Mental 2:35pm Big Nothing 4:05pm Hairbrained 5:45pm Happy Gilmore 7:20pm Our Idiot Brother 9:00pm Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo 10:40pm Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 12:15am How to Make Love to a Woman 1:55am Conception 3:30am Risky Business

•Adam Sandler •Christopher McDonald •Julie Bowen •Frances Bay

5:20am Good Burger

SkyMoviesAction/ 3:25am Any Given Sunday 6:10am The Amazing SpiderMan 2 Special 6:40am The Top Ten Show 2014 7:00am King Kong 10:10am Lethal Weapon 3 12:15pm The Lone Ranger 2:50pm A Good Day to Die Hard 4:35pm Catwoman 6:25pm Lethal Weapon 3 8:30pm The Lone Ranger 11:00pm A Good Day to Die Hard

Happy Gilmore (Film, 1996) Happy Gilmore has a slapshot to die for but a tinderbox temper. Banned from the rink, he finds that his ice hockey shooting makes him an amazing golfer.

Can he match up to top pro Shooter McGavin?

12:45am Gladiator 3:25am End of Days 5:35am Volcano: Fire on the Mountain

SkyMoviesDrama/ 4:35am Down the Shore 6:20am Hello, Dolly!

8:50am The Remains of the Day 11:10am The Space Between 12:45pm Struck by Lightning 2:20pm Les Miserables Special 2:50pm We Bought a Zoo 5:00pm City Slacker 6:40pm The Four Feathers 9:00pm We Bought a Zoo

BBC3/ 8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm The Call Centre 10:00pm Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents 11:00pm Orphan Black 11:45pm Family Guy 12:07am Family Guy 12:30am American Dad! 12:52am American Dad! 1:15am Sweat the Small Stuff 1:45am Orphan Black 2:30am The Call Centre 3:30am Barely Legal Drivers 4:30am Sweat the Small Stuff

Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents (Documentary) BBC 3 from 10:00pm to 11:00pm Series in which teenagers take their first summer holiday abroad without their parents, who, unbeknown to the kids, secretly watch everything that unfolds.

BBC4/ 8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:00pm Lost Cities of the Ancients, the Cursed Valley of the Pyramids 10:00pm The Damned United 11:30pm Alex Higgins: The People's Champion

12:30am Parks and Recreation 12:55am Parks and Recreation 1:15am Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities

11:10pm Cinderella Man 1:40am Cherry

TCM/ 8:35am Gunsmoke 9:35am Westbound 10:55am Invitation to a Gunfighter 12:40pm Gold Fever 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Jungle Moon Men 5:25pm Green Grass of Wyoming 7:05pm The Gun Hawk 8:50pm Fangs of the Arctic 10:00pm Assassins

2:15am Lost Cities of the Ancients, the Cursed Valley of the Pyramids 3:15am Alex Higgins: The People's Champion 4:15am Great British Railway Journeys

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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.

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HONEY: An age-old remedy used to treat minor wounds or burns. 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 vitamin C and an antioxidant - also found in coffee which both have antiinflammatory effects.

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This week

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it’

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

Women’s wit

in history

Why is it that all cars are women?’ he asked. ‘Because they’re fussy and demanding,’ answered Zee. ‘Because if they were men, they’d sit around and complain instead of getting the job done,’ I told him.’

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1945: Herman Goering, commander of the Luftwaffe, head of the Gestapo and president of the Reichstag, is captured by the US Seventh Army in Bavaria.

1950: L. Ron Hubbard publishes Dianetics; with this book Hubbard introduced a branch of self-help psychology which morphed into the belief system of Scientology.

1957: Petrol rationing is ended in Britain. There is widespread relief across the country as the Paymaster General announces the end of restrictions imposed during the Suez crisis.

1963: The first Bond movie opens.

Sean Connery stars as the first ever 007 in Dr. No; this immortal character, created by Ian Fleming, would go on to make many more films.

1967: Two Rolling Stones arrested on drug charges. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards appeared before magistrates in Chichester charged with drug offences after a raid on their Redlands house.

1968: The Kray twins are held on suspicion of murder. Reginald and Ronnie are arrested after dawn raids by police in London.

1971: Britain’s oldest tabloid closes; the Daily Sketch, sister paper to the Daily Mail, which was founded in 1909, was published for the last time.

1972: Israeli commandos storm a hijacked jet in Tel Aviv. Twelve soldiers disguised as maintenance crew stormed the Sabena Boeing at the Lod airport; two of the hijackers are shot dead and two captured.

1978: “Son of Sam” pleads guilty to murders. The man alleged to have murdered six people in a killing spree in New York pleads guilty to all the charges against him.

1981: Thousands see Pope shot in Rome. The Pope was shot four times, two in the stomach, as he blessed the crowds in St Peter’s Square in Rome.

1984: Soviets announce boycott of Olympics. Claiming that its athletes will not be safe from protests and attacks, the USSR announces that it will not compete in the Los Angeles Olympics.

Patricia Briggs, Silver Borne

World of English During an interview on US television with Soviet Prime Minister Nikita Kruschev, the interviewer used an idiom to say he thought the Soviet leader's statements were not logical, saying that Krushchev was 'barking up the wrong tree.' Krushchev's interpreter couldn’t find an equivalent Russian expression and told Krushchev that the interviewer had said he was 'baying like a hound.' Krushchev was not amused!

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

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

TODAY

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

UK THUNDERBALL

IRISH LOTTO

EURO MILLIONS

LA PRIMITIVA

Saturday May 3

Saturday May 3

Saturday May 3

Friday May 2

Saturday May 3

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4

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16

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49

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2

11

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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. By Wednesday this wall will start to fall and people will be more receptive.

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. As the weekend approaches you will begin to realise that you have been far more effective than you thought.

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.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Be a social animal this week and you will strengthen both people and business contacts.

After being busy last week, you may be 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.

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.

Show your generous side but resist the urge to give in on an important issue because you are likely to regret it later. .

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

May 10, Bono, 53.

Singer.

Born Paul David Hewson he is the front man of the Irish band U2 which has sold over 150 million records worldwide. He is also a well known philanthropist who champions many causes.

May 11, Ace Hood, 25. Rapper.

This American rapper is best known for his hit single “Hustle Hard” and “Bugatti” the latter of which peaked at 15 on the Hot 100 charts.

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.

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

RESORT

CLEVER (10)

SEATED

CURSED

SEEING

DEVICE

SPEARS

DRAWER

STEEDS

ELDERS

VEERED

GREASE

WEALTH

EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

GREASY

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Invert, 2 Waters, 3 Recede, 4 5 Closer, 6 Assure, 7 Cheers, 8 9 Cackle, 10 Cobble, 11 Spears, 12 13 Barely, 14 Saying, 15 Lonely, 16 17 Bairns, 18 Shrill, 19 Soiled

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.

May 9, Albert Finney, 77. Actor.

Esteemed British actor who co-starred in Erin Brockovich made his acting debut with the Royal Shakespeare Company and his film debut with Saturday Night and Sunday Evening.

REELED

CELLAR

Elders, Usable, Cheery, Seared,

Your Stars

May 12, Tony Hawk, 45.

Skateboarder.

This Californian sports icon is known for redefining vertical skateboarding and launching a successful video game series – he is nicknamed the “Birdman” for his aerial stunts.

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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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.

There is a time for everything and choosing it will make a task that could be difficult that much easier.

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.

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? 7. Which country has won the ESC the most times (seven)?

8. Which country will host the 2014 ESC? 9. Which Irish singer won the ESC in 1980 with What's Another Year and again in 1987 with Hold Me Now? 10. Who, in 1967, was the UK’s ever first winner of the ESC?

Nonagram How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case B) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

TARGET:

May 13, Robert Pattinson, 27. Actor.

Actor, producer and model he first came to fame in the ultra-popular Twilight series as the vampire who we all love. He also played Cedric Diggory in the Harry Potter series.

May 14, George Lucas, 69. Director.

Director, producer and screenwriter who created Star Wars and the Indiana Jones franchises; he originally wanted to be a race car driver and his debut film was American Graffiti (1973).

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.

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.

Average: 7 Good: 9 Very good: 14 Excellent: 17

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION cede, clod, code, cold, cord, cred, deco, deer, dele, doer, dole, dolt, dote, lode, lord, redo, reed, retd, rode, teed, toed, told, trod, cered, coder, cored, credo, creed, décor, deter, dolce, doter, elder, erode, older, treed, colder, decree, delete, leered, recede, reeled, retold, teredo, elected, erected, ELECTRODE

Word Ladder PART

WITH

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

You must only change one letter at a time.

PART PARS PATS PITS WITS WITH

The running time is 100 minutes and it is rated for all audiences.

LEERED

ARENAS

PART PARS PATS PATH PITH WITH or

THE Lego movie is an AmericanAustralian computer animated adventure comedy co-written and directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller.

It stars Chris Pratt and Will Ferrel and is based mainly on the Lego line of construction toys. The wizard Vitruvius attempts to protect a super weapon called the Kragle but fails... what will happen?

ACORNS

10-Star Quiz

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), 7. IRELAND, 8. DENMARK (Copenhagen), 9. JOHNNY LOGAN, 10. SANDIE SHAW

The Lego Movie

H ex a g r a m

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.

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Quick

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

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)

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

Play on Words

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

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

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.

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

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

REVIRD TAES

Answers: Banana split, Backseat driver

Down 1 Prohibit any form of fig tree (6) 2 Scandinavian boatmen or seafaring 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)

Funagram

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.

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)

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.

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FROM pups that fit into purses to those that need stabling, dog breeds run the whole range of sizes, shapes, temperaments and overall looks but they all have one thing in common - they all come from the gray wolf.

Here are 10 breeds that are mainstays on the most popular dog’s lists.

1. Labrador Retriever These athletic dogs are originally from Newfoundland where they 1 worked alongside fishermen to help pull nets and catch fish. They were then crossed with retrieving breeds making them into very successful gun dogs.

2. German Shepherd This breed is the gold standard when it comes to police, guard and military dogs.

They are derived from a mix of herding and farm dogs originated in 1899 in Karlsruhe, Germany and are a mainstay on all ‘most popular’ lists.

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3. Yorkshire Terrier Part of the toy group they weigh between 1.8 and 3.2 kilos. Named for the city in Britain where they originated, they were originally used to catch rats in the clothing mills.

4. Golden Retrievers This intelligent dog was bred into existence by Lord Tweedmouth who wanted a skilled retriever which was suited to the Scottish climate, terrain and game, he crossed a Labrador with a Tweed Water Spaniel and the ‘golden’ was the result.

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5. Beagles This breed’s hunting acumen and cheery temperament have made them one of the most popular breeds.

Originally they were used to track everything from deer to rabbits.

8. Daschunds Known as ‘sausage dogs’ this fearless, lengthy, canine can dig into badger burrows and fight to the death with them. First bred in Germany in the 1600’s they didn’t become popular until the 1900’s.

9. Poodles These come in many sizes from toy, at around 1.5 kilos, to standard, at around 50 kilos. This is not a fluffy toy but rather a dog breed with major smarts which excels at training; they are thought to be one of the cleverest dogs.

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This book has already won the South Carolina Book award for young adults.

6. Boxers These dogs stand on their hind legs to ‘duke it out’ with their opponent; this gave them their name although they are a gentle breed and known to be very good with families that have children.

10. Shih Tzus This toy dog was cherished by Chinese royals as a house pet for over a thousand years during the Ming Dynasty. They were brought to the UK by soldiers during World War 1.

7. Bulldogs This breed owes its popularity to its lovable nature and adorable appearance.

The bulldog gets its name due to its connection with bull baiting in Britain in the 1700’s.

LABRADOR: Athletic: GERMAN SHEPHERD: Military.

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

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

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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.

Fifteenyear-old PAUL BRIGGS has the best of both worlds.

STREET TALK 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.

Has the sun set on expats?

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

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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?

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Cherry juice to get more sleep DRINKING cherry juice may improve sleep patterns amongst older people who suffer from insomnia.

Researchers from Louisiana State University in the United States found that drinking tart cherry juice in the morning and evening may help people to sleep better at night.

Drinking the juice twice a day for two weeks helped increase sleep time by nearly 90 minutes it was revealed at the annual meeting of the American Society of Nutrition.

Insomnia - defined as trouble sleeping on average more than three nights per week - is a common problem among older adults, and can seriously affect their health.

It is linked to a higher prevalence of chronic pain, high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes and a decline of cognitive function, or dementia.

CHERRY JUICE: May help people to sleep better at night.

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Some bad habits to avoid at home STICKING to a healthy diet is never easy, especially in the fastpaced society in which we live, but if you can change some habits in the kitchen, you’re taking a step in the right direction.

Kristin Kirkpatrick, a registered dietitian and wellness manager for Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute, proposes six easy changes just to get you started with your weight loss plan.

• Adding a splash or a pinch of certain ingredients may work on cooking shows, but it’s always better to measure ingredients with cups and spoons. The ‘splash’ of olive oil you add to the cooking may look OK, but it’s probably more than you need and adds extra calories to the menu.

• When you are greasing pans make sure you don’t overdo it. Better still, use non-stick cookware so that there are no extra calories.

• Don’t eat food straight from the package, as you’re more likely to eat the whole thing, instead, put everything into portions before tucking in.

• When you’ve been cooking, store the extra portions in containers ready to go in the fridge before you sit down to eat.

This should stop you from heading into the kitchen and refilling your plate with what’s left over.

• Don’t hide fruit and vegetables in a drawer. Keep

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Pre-pregnancy diet can affect baby’s health

FRUIT: Don’t hide, keep in the fridge or in a fruit bowl. them in sight, either in the fridge or in a fruit bowl, so that you are more likely to consume them.

• If you can’t live without a ‘treat bowl’ in your home with sweets, nuts or other goodies to pick on, choose snacks which are harder to eat in excess, like nuts with their shells still on.

RESEARCH suggests that a woman’s diet before she becomes pregnant affects the genes of her future child and may have a life-long impact on the child’s health.

Researcher Andrew Prentice, of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, said: “A mother’s nutrition before she becomes pregnant is super-critical.”

This could lead to women who want to start a family being advised to take a cocktail of vitamins and other food supplements ahead of pregnancy.

Professor Prentice worked with the Medical Research Council’s unit in the Gambia, where the population’s dependence on own grown foods and a markedly seasonal climate impose a large difference in people’s dietary patterns between rainy and dry seasons.

Half conceived at the height of the rainy season and half at the peak of the dry season.

He also scrutinised the DNA of their

babies and quizzed other local women about their diet.

The results showed that it is what the women ate before pregnancy that was important, not what was eaten when carrying the child.

The difference involved ‘epigenetic’ changes to the baby’s DNA, chemical changes that affect when genes become active and how active they are.

In other work, Professor Prentice has linked pre-pregnancy diet to the chemistry of genes involved in obesity, cancer and the immune system.

Nutrients needed to make the chemical changes include vitamins B2, B6 and B12, as well as choline and methionine and folic acid, present in milk, green, leafy vegetables and protein.

Experiments in animals have already shown that environmental influences before conception can lead to epigenetic changes that affect the offspring.

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The essence of summer in Fuengirola LA CEPA PLAYA offers some of the best sea food on the coast.

Located on the promenade in Fuengirola, just in front of the Hotel Florida Spa this restaurant is actually on the beach and not just right next to it.

La Cepa Playa is a traditional ‘chiringuito’ (beach bar) and serves a range of local, traditional foods including but not limited to paella, summer salads and gazpacho.

They specialise in local sea food, particularly the sardines cooked over an open fire in a fishing boat and have a wide variety of both local and international fish such as boquerones (anchovies) and red tuna caught off the Atlantic coast.

There is no fast food at La Cepa Playa as they make everything from scratch with local produce, where possible, and everything is made on site.

What sets them apart from other beach restaurants is their friendly, welcoming atmosphere which has been developed over the years; they have been open continuously since 1959, and the fact that they are right on the beach gives customers wonderful views out over the bay of Fuengirola.

Their clientele is a mix of locals and foreigners from all over the globe. In the summer they cater mainly to the tourist industry and in winter to the

FAMILY RUN: Open from 1959 they are now on the fourth generation of owners. residents, be they Spanish or foreign all are welcome.

The restaurant was opened in 1959 and has always been run by the same family; they are now on the fourth generation of owners and they are very hands-on as they prefer to keep a tight control of the quality they serve. There is a family member in charge of each aspect of the restaurant, one brother runs the bar,

another runs the kitchen and so on.

In the months of May and June they have a special offer on Thursdays which is their ‘special sardine day’; they offer a two-for-one deal.

Reservations can be made calling 692 623 296 or going online to lacepaplaya.com They are open from 11am to 5pm all year round and in the summer months of July and August they open from 11am to 1am.

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Free drinks, unlimited food, unbeatable value AS much to eat as you want washed down with unlimited free beer, wine or soft drinks all for just €9.95 + IVA is the incredible offer at Don Q. The Fuengirola front line Paseo Maritimo (promenade) restaurant offers a huge selection of hot and cold dishes all home-made by their team of chefs.

It is unbeatably good value for quality food at a more than affordable price. It is a real treat for all the family, with the ice cream bar a sure fire hit with the children.

The evening meals include a carvery, ribs, Yorkshire puds, Norwegian style salmon (gravadlax), prawns, calamares, a huge selection of salads, chilli con carne, meatballs in a delicious gravy, paella, plus much, much more. There is also a selection of desserts.

The daytime menu, at just €6.95 +IVA is also great value, although drinks are not included. Thursdays see a special offer price of just €5 (+IVA) day or night, again drinks are not included.

Don Q owners Kurt and Lorna have been in the hospitality industry their whole careers and have been in Spain since 1995. Their Calahonda restaurant was so popular it was running out of space. As many customers consistently came from Fuengirola, they opened Don Q in the town in 2008.

The owners explained: “Buffet is great for everyone, including families

FAST AND FRIENDLY: International chefs and wait staff offer service with a fun smile.

with children; there’s no waiting, you can just start.”

Your writer can confirm that. He took his family, including three children, for a meal, and it was impossible not to enjoy the sunny terrace with views to the port and

Med. The food was tasty, and of course unlimited - which suited the two teenage boys down to the ground. With such a huge selection there was something for everyone to enjoy, but the seven-year-old girl made sure there was room for the ice cream bar!

There is plenty of space, either on the large terrace or inside the clean, comfortable and modern premises, making it ideal for large family gatherings.

Don Q is open every day, 7 days a week, even on holidays Lunch 1pm-5pm Dinner 5pm-10pm 952 586 440

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BREAKFAST BOWL: Dietary fibre good for the heart.

Cereal increases survival rate after a 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 from

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 10g

per day increased fibre intake. The study, published on bmj.com, analysed data from two major US studies, looking at 2,258 women and 1,840 men who survived a first heart attack.

Men are taking over the kitchen THE way to a man’s heart may be through his stomach but it seems more men than ever are getting in the kitchen and cooking for themselves.

Over half of the men surveyed by Hotpoint described themselves as ‘adventurous’ cooks, even claiming to be better than their partner.

Women are not just being treated to a

meal for special occasions, the study found that men are regularly whipping up on average four meals a week, with a repertoire of 11 meals they can prepare from scratch.

The poll of 2,000 men also found that a large percentage of men would prefer a new kitchen appliance for Christmas than a new gadget.

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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Now ibraltar G © EWN MEDIA GROUP High cliffs of Gibraltar Rock by the sea in southern part of Iberian Peninsula.

Border plans SPAIN reportedly plans to invest €5 million in a major overhaul of the border, including the creation of six lanes for vehicles entering Gibraltar and four lanes off the Rock.

Flower garden GIBRALTAR Horticultural Society invited schoolchildren to grow flowers and vegetables to enter in competition at the Gibraltar Annual Flower Show.

Baton relay THIS weekend Gibraltar will host the Glasgow 2014 Queen’s Baton Relay. The baton arrives from Malta, the 65th of its 71 Commonwealth destinations.

Local designer LOCAL designer Paul Perez will showcase his designs at Brighton’s Fashion Week in September, as the winner of Runway’s ‘New Designer competition.’

Cycle challenge MEMBERS of the Gibraltar Cycling Club are undertaking a charity challenge to raise funds for Breast Cancer Support Group and Gibraltar Alzheimer and Dementia Support Group.

Rock power GIBRALTAR has taken delivery of new generators which can supply the Rock with all the electricity it needs and will cost around £4m a year to rent.

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Be warned, the dry weather may continue so gardens need water

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 really good soaking.

With such conditions only plant to hide visible gaps in otherwise pristine gardens, but do use drought-resistant plants and improve the soil where they will be planted.

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 showers.

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 between storms.

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. We know this for sure as several walking and camping weekends were washed out and one had to wait for the veggie plot to dry out for a few days before planting summer squash.

Today, light machines make no impression on the

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

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 those planted on the flat valley bottom - the best agricultural land - with full irrigation are likely to yield good crops. The same is true of the few fruit orchards remaining.

So against that background consider sowing and planting vegetables through holes in black plastic sheeting laid over the entire growing.

If you plant new fruit

DRIED OUT?: If so, give a really good soaking. trees in the autum, again plant them through black plastic that helps maintain moist soil all the year round.

One thing that can still be done to reduce summer watering needs is to mulch under and around plants with deep layers of compost, ground volcanic ash, small stone chippings, composted manures, nut shells, and wood chippings.

If starting a new garden, plan to plant high hedges and spreading trees that provide semi and dappled shade and reduce considerably the percentage of the garden which will experience full sun all day.

Lastly, if you are not sure of which possible plants, shrubs and trees are spreading and drought-

The soul of recycling RECYCLING isn’t just for the eco-parks and recycling dumps; now, more and more people are using recycling to upcycle and reuse old and unwanted items in making new household pieces.

Brazilian artist and designer Leo Capote is a leading designer in making unique furniture out of unusual materials. Former employee of the Campana brothers, today, he is credited with being one of the greatest designers in the world. Coming up with innovative ideas, he has turned a shovel into a bench, turned 319 billiard balls into a chair and at the age of just 10 made a lamp with discarded disc brakes and car springs.

So when looking for something new, try looking at something old first.

UNUSUAL SEAT: A chair made from 319 billiard balls.

resistant, have a look at the plant description tables in our book ‘Your garden in Spain’. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com May 2014

3D pen to launch in September THE 3D printing pen could be the must-have home object of the future.

London-based company Lix have unveiled the innovative device; a pen which enables the user to ‘draw’ freestanding objects in ‘think air’. It has the same weight and size of a regular pen and works in a similar way to 3D printers, melting plastic which is fed through the pen and pushed out through the nib at the touch of a button. It quickly cools allowing you to create rigid structures and objects.

The makers say the pen has a whole range of uses, from writing text to fine art, to T-shirt designs, and is apparently only limited by your ability to hold it steadily.

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ADANA dog show pulls in the crowds THE sun shone, the beaches were packed... yet the annual ADANA Dog Show pulled in the crowds as usual.

Show organiser Jo Melville said she was delighted with the turnout.

“ADANA is funded entirely by the public and the dog show is not only an important fundraiser but also an opportunity to inform the public of the work we do. It’s also yet another chance to get some of our dogs adopted into caring, permanent homes,” said Jo. As usual the show featured many competitions, all carried out in a spirit of good-natured fun.

Second best in the category of Dogs Over Ten Years Old was Digby, which was especially pleasing as Digby is an older dog recently adopted from the ADANA kennels by Dave and Annie Millington.

ADANA Vice-President Michele Yanez-Bowker said she wished to thank all those who had helped in any way.

“We have over 150 dogs looking for good homes in our kennels,” she said. “If anyone is interested in visiting or loking at our website, they will surely find a dog to suit their particular needs and circumstances,” remarked Michele.

ADANA President Maria Cawsey said she wished to give special thanks to local dog trainer Viv Eales who is shortly to move to France with husband Roger.

“Viv has been an ADANA stalwart for many years and will be very much missed,” said Maria.

For further information and details of winners, visit the ADANA website adana.es

Meet Tino, a sweet boy THIS is Tino, his date of birth is 15.9.2009. He was taken out of the pound, just two days before he would have been put to sleep.

He has been to the vet, had all his vaccinations, been castrated and had his teeth cleaned. He is good on a lead, is fine with other dogs and, of course, people.

Tino is around three years old, and weighs approximately five kilos.

ON May 6, volunteers from Age Concern had two good reasons, apart from enjoying each other’s company, to get together at the charity’s Drop-In-Centre in Estepona.

The first was to welcome the British Consul from Malaga, Charmaine Arbouin, and Vice-

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SAVED: Three-year-old Tino.

He is described as a very sweet boy who would make a lovely family pet.

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FAMA’S policy is never to have a healthy dog put down. They have a home at FAMA for life or until they are re-homed.

British Consul and Vice-Consul pay a visit to Age Concern in Estepona

How to introduce cats to cats or even to dogs!

NOT many people are able to introduce a new cat into the home of a resident cat which has been with a family for years.

Often the advice is to keep the new cat in another room and not allow it to roam around the home and to change over the sleeping cloths so that the cats are able to scent each other. This works but one must be patient and this takes much time.

My daughter Sarah, who has seven llamas, two horses, two Shetlands, two donkeys and two old cats, decided it was time to look around for another two cats. Sarah did not want kittens because they are

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with grooming. There is much work in picking up faeces; she has a special miniature tractor with a skip, which is also good for moving feed and hay. It is a long day but she also makes time to groom all

her animals every day.

Sarah decided to take the hair which she had groomed from one of her resident cats and put it on the new cat and vice versa.

In this way they got used to each other’s scent and within a few days the cats were all getting on well with each other.

This will also work with dogs so why not give it a try especially if you are introducing cats to dogs or dogs to cats?

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consulate and the charity.

The consulate recognises the important work done by the charity and will ensure that what help they can give will be available.

They also visited the Age Concern shop and were impressed by the quality of the items on sale. Age Concern is grateful for their time and hopes to welcome them back soon.

The second reason was to receive a cheque for €1,000 from The Duquesa

Charitable Society of St George, an organisation which raises money for charities in the area who help people.

The money will be used to enable Age Concern to purchase a new projector system for the Drop-InCentre. Age Concern is grateful to the society for their fantastic fundraising efforts.

Dean Shelton, President of the Society, presented the cheque to Eileen Dry, President of Age Concern.

Busy year for Classic Car Club Andalucia IT is turning into a busy year for the Classic Car Club of Andalucia.

Members have recently returned from their Tour d'Algarve, which was hailed as an unparalleled success. Due partly to the enthusiastic response, another longer trip is now planned for four or five days in October or November.

In the meantime, on top of their regular club nights at El Chaparral golf's restaurant they have plenty of other events lined up.

On Saturday they will be holding their May Classic Car run and lunch organised by Jane Jackson and Carol Giles.

The following weekend the club is heading to Gibraltar. Members have the option to participate on the Gib event itself, in the town on the Saturday, and/or the classic car run and lunch the following day starting from the NH Hotel in Castellar de la Frontera.

Heading into June, club members will be at Herradura, near Almuñecar on Saturday, June 7.

Then on the following day it is back to Marbella for the city's classic Grand Prix, a rally of pre-1980 cars.

Club members get a discount of 15 per cent as well as an early entry discount if submitted on time.

More information: www.cccandalucia.com.

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El Rosario is a gated, well-run community. It is very close to La Cañada shopping centre and Marbella Old Town. El Rosario also has its own supermarket, car hire, hairdressers, dry cleaners, a German bakery, at least four restaurants and boasts the Royal Tennis Club of Marbella. The best beaches of Marbella are very close by, along with many beach restaurants and bars.

This exceptional home is approximately 250sqm built with a 1,000sqm plot surrounded by a tropical garden, with sea views.

The home has four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a heated swimming pool, pool

WOW FACTOR: Stunning terraces and tropical gardens.

Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 3 Built 250m2 Plot: 1000m2 Pool House Garage house with barbecue kitchen, plus a shower room toilet and changing room.

It is situated in one of the best residential roads in El Rosario and is within walking distance of all amenities. An approximate 35-minute walk takes you to the beach.

This stunning villa has been professionally modernised including STYLISH KITCHEN AND BATHROOMS. It has four double bedrooms with master en suite and additional bathroom. The winter lounge is on the first floor with sea views from the terrace and is south facing with an open fire.

The second summer lounge is a stunning room overlooking the tropical gardens. The

“Priced To Sell At €695,000” Contact Bob Callan for more info on this luxury home

OUTDOOR LIVING: Heated pool, pool house with barbecue kitchen, shower room and toilet. tropical gardens are a delight with sea views and sun all day.

A must-see property.

PLEASE CONTACT BOB CALLAN IF YOU WISH TO VIEW THIS PROPERTY ON (0034)

616 004 771 or 0044 779 1849 111.

YOU WON’T BE DISAPPOINTED!

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Website gives list of Spain’s 10 most expensive streets to buy a property SPANISH property website Idealista.com has released a list of the 10 most expensive streets in Spain to buy property.

Spain has two versions of popular board game Monopoly, one for Madrid, on which the most expensive property is in the Paseo de Prado, and the other for Barcelona, where in the game, the Passeig de Gracia tops the list.

However, neither of these tops Idealista. com’s list of the top 10 most expensive streets in the country; in fact, surprisingly, neither city has the most expensive street.

Instead, it has been named as the Paseo de Miraconcha in the Basque city of San Sebastian, overlooking La Concha Beach, with prices of €9,453 per square metre.

The second and third most expensive streets are in Barcelona, in Passeig Garcia Faria,

SAN SEBASTIAN: Most expensive street in Spain. where property would set you back €7,303 per square metre, and at

just €350 less, the Passeig de Gracia.

The next three are on

Madrid’s Golden Mile, and are Calle Velazquez, Calle Ortega y Gasset

and Calle Serrano, with prices between €6,260 and €5,962.

And the seventh most expensive is also in Madrid, Calle Almagro, where the price is €5,934 per square metre.

The next is Bilbao’s Paseo Uribitarte, at €5,723, followed again

by Barcelona, where a property in the Carrer de Sentmenat costs €5,598 per square metre, and finally, another Madrid street, Paseo de Pintor Rosales, at €5,450.

Want to be a cave-dweller?

AN earth-house is an architectural style characterised by the use of natural terrain.

In Spain, they are known as ‘casas-cueva,’ or cave-houses.

One of the main benefits of cavehouses is their natural insulation, which cools them down in summer and keeps them warm in winter.

Most have huge log-burning fires.

One of the areas in Spain where there are most cave-houses is in the province of Granada. Those in the regions of Guadix and El Marquesado and the Baza-Huescar area are particularly famous and have become a huge tourist attraction since many have been refurbished and used as rural accommodation.

Cave-houses have been the traditional homes in this area, where the climate is hot and dry in the summer and extremely cold in the winter, for centuries, although most were carved in the 19th century by farmworkers.

Nowadays, a good number of foreigners have headed inland to this little-known area of Granada to

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY: Cave-houses are popular with tourists. purchase cave-houses for a fraction of the cost of a villa in coastal areas located within just a few hours’ drive. As well as living in them, they are a great business opportunity, as they are popular amongst tourists who are aware of the importance of protecting the environment, keen on outdoor sports or simply want to experience something different.

One such opportunity is currently available at La Atalaya complex in Huescar (pictured). For more information, contact lachenni81@ yahoo.es.

The Granada Plateau, in the north

of the province, is a region of contrasts, with a huge plateau surrounding the mountains, lakes and natural parks.

The plateau is dotted with towns with cave-houses which in some areas look like something out of The Hobbit, with chimneys poking out of grassy roofs and doors and windows cut out of the rocks. Once inside, however, you may not believe you are in a cave.

Prices for one of these charming abodes can start from about €20,000, although the average for a small cave-house is about €50,000.

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BOAT TRANSPORT up to 10mts.

Spain-UK-Spain. Free quotations call 609 580 378 or +44 7831 519605 (222208)

BOOKS

BATH REPAIRS BATHOLOGIST. Specialist in repairing chipped baths or refurbishing old / worn baths. No mess or disruption. 678 808 837

ACCOUNTANTS

ANTIQUES WANTED! All types of antiques, paintings, jewellery, watches, silver etc. Any condition. Immediate cash settlement. For more information call into Anthony’s Antiques and Jewellers shops, extensive premises at C/Ramon y Cajal 40, Fuengirola. Mobile 609 529 633. Telephone 952 588 795 (201522)

AIR CONDITIONIG AIRFLOW Air conditioning for cooling and heating units. Professional, fully guaranteed installations. Tel: 952 443 222 (222299) AIR CONDITIONING repairs and servicing. Airflow. 952 443 222 (222299) AIR CONDITIONING heating installation, servicing, repairs and regassing, 24/7. Prompt reliable service 620 020 232, 951 165 090 (222269) SPAIN’S best air conditioners at sale prices! 495 euros buys you a superb Fujima air con including fitting and tax. If you fit it yourself, we pay you 150 euros!

Ask Mark, our senior fitter for more details on 635 059 456.

KOLDAIR Air Con Company, est 1973 (221076) AIR CONDITIONING by Cool and Cosy. The family company that cares. Installation and repairs. Quality machines. EsoSense movement sensor supplied and fitted for 80 euros.

Coin meters supplied and fitted from 230 euros. For other energy-saving products, visit www.coolandcosy.es. Tel 952 935 513 (207729)

EL TALLER DE MENIA SC: we restore furniture, antiques, works of art. Free quotes, www.meniarestauracion.com 610 830 740 (221023) ANTIQUES WANTED. Anything with age considered, cash paid for, lamps, clocks, paintings, LPs, bric-a-brac etc. Also design furniture. Houses, gardens + garages cleared. Ring 677 276 956 or 637 119 214 if no response ring 951 047 328. Better still email to wingerden99 @hotmail.com with images and contact number. (201608)

ARCHITECTS PROJECTS, constructions, new buildings, extensions, reforms, licences & legalisations. chedacoarq@hotmail.com 680 700 430 (216549) REGISTERED ARCHITECT. New builds, renovations, interior design. Call +34 622 113 826 / vu.architecture@ gmail.com (215745)

AWNINGS ACE OF SHADES - All colours available. Urbanisations catered for, electric and manual operation, also recover service available, largest selection of colours and designs on the coast.

Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / info@aceofshades.es (101730) BLINDS, awnings, mosquito screens, curtains, vast choice.

All areas covered. Coast and inland. 655 825 931 (215944)

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DAMP PROOFING DAMP problems, basements made dry and usable. Water penetration. Architect led company. www.123bmt.com. Tel. 606 101 878 (221248) DR DAMP leaking roofs, damp walls, all mould cured. All work guaranteed. Call 689 515 558 (215594)

PLASTERING PLASTERING, rendering, dry lining, coving, suspended ceilings.

Fitted kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms. All work guaranteed.

689 515 558 (215594)

BEDS VISIT The Bed Warehouse for top quality British beds or just mattresses at unbeatable prices. Also top brands of bankrupt stock including Silentnight, Sealy, Rest Assured etc. Direct from our new larger premises on the Camino de Coin (A7053) km 13 heading out of Fuengirola - opposite RDMC’s and Woods Direct. Tel 634 187 700 / 600 633 986 (223150)

BUSINESS OPP. RESTAURANT for sale in Benahavis with land to build studios for an apart hotel. 617 074 567 (223073)

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SOLAR BLINDS SOLAR BLINDS ES Ideal for large glazed areas to reflect heat / glare and stop furniture fading and still keep the view. SAVE HEAT IN THE WINTER TOO improve your living environment. Solar blinds.es@gmail.com Tel Ian 958 496 571 / 644 546 176

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PARKING, STORAGE & SALES. Caravans - Motorhomes - Boats - Cars and Vans etc. Short / long term - Safe & secure, drop off & collections. Excellent rates, discount for long term, 5 mins from Fuengirola. Established 25 years. www.eurodog.es / info@eu rodog.es 679 786 669 / 606 101 807 (218617)

CAR FOR SALE MASERATI Gransport 2007, Metalic black 49.000km. Full main dealer Service history.

Alarm system, CD changer, heated seats, radio, Sat Nav, gsm phone, new tyres. In perfect condition. 34.000€, Contact number: 685 642 146 (220309)

CAR HIRE CAR HIRE long & short term 607 334 610 (221098)

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BLINDS ACE OF SHADES - Vertical, Venetian, Roman, Roller, Wooden blinds, various colours available, also black-out blinds. Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / info@aceofshades.es

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CARPENTER cabinet maker, Irish. Available for all types of property maintenance, plumbing, painting, electrical, kitchens and bathrooms renovated etc, 30 years experience, very reliable. Tel: 952 441 955 / 677 087 575 (202841)

BUILDING SERVICES PH BUILDERS. Full or Part Reforms. Bathrooms, kitchens, plumbing, tiling, electrics. Tel 600 204 433 / 952 565 168 (223083) SWINGLES CASAS SL. For all your building needs. Visit www.swinglescasas. com for more details or call 952 428 067 / 666 960 262 (202607) CONCRETE - OZBUILD, Specialist imprinted concrete. Reseals, repairs, brickwork, tiling, plastering, screeding. 11 years in Spain. Competitive prices, quality finish. 952 426 074 / 606 745 920 / www.ozbuild spain.com (223209) BATHROOM RENOVATION SPECIALIST. Joseph 625 199 313 / www.bathrooms4u.es (223050) Experienced builders, quality and no worries. All projects; new buildings, renovations, extensions, waterproofing, pool building & repairs, damp proofing & foundation problems. No project too small or too large. In house arquitect.

Call tony 662 561 773 (220313) GENERAL BUILDER. Tiling, plastering, painting, electrician, plumber, carpentry. Reasonable prices. 952 662 745 / 635 913 885 (References available) (223191)

HOUSE CLEARANCE, anything considered. Top rates paid. Mick 634 053 107 (221414) CD and DVD collections large or small. TC will buy them all.

Telephone 652 072 600 (215722) INSTANT CASH!!! For your old LPs, 45’s and record collections.

GUARANTEED BEST PRICES PAID. Also, a free valuation service. Call Paul - 603 584 249 or email details to paul@vp cltd.co.uk (221135) Superpool est. 1985. Pool tables, boxing and mini-vending machines on profit share, also new/second hand domestic tables and accessories. Tel 629 530 233 - www.superpool spain.com (223819) DECLUTTER, cash paid for small/medium furniture, antiques, furs, brass, copper and other ornaments. Tel: Howard 608 121 817 (221019) www.mollysbigtights.co.uk.

Affordable +size Italian tights, leggings, knee highs and panties. Call me or email 602 685 061 / 951 359 065 (223018)

IRISH CARPENTER, doors, decking, floors, kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms. General property maintenance. Established 2002. Tel 952 196 457 or 696 064 019 www.completecarpentry.com (221146) CARPENTER, joiner, Swiss, reliable, reasonable, quality.

Kitchens, bathrooms, tiling etc.

Engineered wooden floors installed from 35€/m2. Bruno Horn. 637 506 527 / 951 397 436 / brunaz@yahoo.com (221139) CARPENTER, Pergolas, Decking, Guttering, Kitchens, Doors, Wardrobes, Shelving, Tiling, Bathrooms, Decorating and Wallpapering. Tel 664 385 610 (221002)

CHIMNEY SERVICES APEX CHIMNEY SERVICES, professional chimney sweeping and smoke testing. NACS Qualified. Clean and efficient Tel: Bob 696 320 202 (215840)

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BENALMADENA Elim Family Fellowship. Sundays 11am. Elimfamilyfellowship.com or call 951 912 525 or 952 446 627 (0)

TAROT Reading. African Spiritualist solves problems - love and business. Tel: Ibrahim 626 502 803 (220266)

CLASSES SEWING, PATTERN CUTTING & FASHION DESIGN! Industry professional gives WEEKLY CLASSES from 7€ hr using our own machines. Hourly tuition or part-time, Mon, Tues, Thurs and Sat. Call or email for details:678 905 929 / info@Fashion Workshop.eu (222248)

SPANISH SPANISH courses/lessons for English speakers by qualified tutor from Marbella - Malaga. Call 607 555 811 (221008)

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COMPUTERS LAPTOP HELP LINE. Notebooks, netbooks and tablets repaired, software updates, Internet and email problems solved. Refurbished laptops for sale. Web page designed and maintained.

952 564 274 / 677 702 501 (208364) CEEDALES Computers (AEG) Cliff (ex-PC Doctor) with 25+ years experience can resolve your PC issues, repairs, upgrades, Virus removal, data recovery, languate change, IPTV advice, home & office networks, graphic design, web design, hosting solutions. 633 277 565 cliff@ceedales.net (201699) COMPUTER PROBLEMS SOLVED. Error messages fixed, viruses removed. Repairs and upgrades available. Laptops in English. Kindle, iPad & Android help. One-to-one training. Also, low cost, reliable internet TV solutions, even for slow connections. Experienced, reliable service. Paul 630 652 338 / 952 493 859 (215502)

CONCRETE CUTTERS OVEN CLEANING, domestic, commercial, complete fittings, let professional do hard, dirty work, from 35€. 632 569 282 ovencleaningcostadelsol.com (223165) UPHOLSTERY and steam cleaning sofas, carpets etc… JA Cleaning Services 626 357 955 (200771) CARPET & UPHOLSTERY PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE WET OR DRY CLEAN, HONEST, RELIABLE SERVICE. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 / 952 669 701 (101382) LEATHER Suites, Upholstery and carpets thoroughly cleaned. Tel: 952 930 472 or 667 430 518 (207741)

DOMESTIC APP REPAIRS DOMESTIC Appliance repairs washing machines, fridges, cookers, ovens, water heaters, gas / electric, professionally repaired. Christian 608 337 497 (207492)

CLAIRVOYANTS

CLAIRVOYANT cardreader : bringing together couples, spiritual cleaning. Clear off witchcraft, protectiveness and talisman. 952 374 593 (223109)

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SB DIAMOND DRILLING AND CUTTING. Concrete, stone, brickwork. Any size. Any thickness. Steve Baggs 609 321 958 (223082)

CURTAINS QUALITY hand finished curtains & soft furnishings, professionally qualified, contact Rachel 952 825 766 or visit www.curtain couturemarbella.com (209717) CURTAINS, BLINDS, UPHOLSTERY, a complete service. www.marbellacurtainde sign.com. Mary 675 813 348 (220206)

DENTAL LABORATORY

DRAINS: Our fully equipped vehicles are ready to deal with any problem, water jetting, water leak detection, CCTV, roofs relining and more. Discounts for urbanisations. Pipetek. 674 632 344 / 952 897 516 (223198) T1 CLEARFLOW DRAIN SERVICES. All drain problems solved. More than 25 years on the coast. Leak detection, leak and repair.

Clearflow Group. Telephone 952 885 661 or 630 200 600 (222264)

ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION ALL electrical installation work and repairs. On the coast 12 years. All work guaranteed. Call Jim 652 023 012 (222346)

ALL ELECTRICS - Rewiring, fault finding, boletins - 693 678 980 (207413) ELECTRICIAN fully qualified all aspects covered. No call out charge. Honest reliable service.Call James Tel.954 059 041 Mobile.667 876 754 (220295)

ENERGY CERTIFICATES MY ENERGY CERTIFICATE. Now legally required for ALL properties for sale or rent. Call +34 627 805 581 / info@myen ergycertificate.com (215745)

OFFICE in Calahonda facing N340. 108m2. Suitable for an office, shop or warehouse. Tel: 696 206 698 (221138)

CHAINLINK FENCING erectors, general builders, really competitive prices. Free quotation, no job too big or small, very reliable. Tel: 655 218 466 (215371)

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MARBLE FLOORS polished. Fast service. Reliable, family run.

TERRACOTTA CLEANED and sealed. Wooden floors treated.

No job too small. Family run.

Cleansol 10am - 10pm 7 days all areas. 952 930 861 / 607 610 578 Discount Code: EWN 1 CLEAN (206437) FLOOR POLISHING - 20 years Costa, reliable from €2/m2, bring your floor back to life. 639 014 237 (221011) TONY’S MARBLE RESTORATION SERVICE. Marble and terrazo floors, professionally refurbished, quotations without obligation. +34 620 726 875 (223162) HIGH SHINE marble & natural stone floor specialist, for fast free quote and unbeatable prices, call 603 657 313. Free before and after gloss metre readout. (219464)

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RELIABLE, friendly gardenerMaintenance man. Experienced in all aspects of gardening & tree surgery. Competitive rates.

Call Matt 608 944 985. Lauro golf- Alhaurin (220348)

GARDENING PROFESSIONAL garden services from Fuengirola to Estepona. All aspects of gardening and full maintenance and landscaping, free quotes, competitive prices. Contact Andrew 600 259 981 Andrew@gar den-professionals.com (215793) ALL aspects of house and garden maintenance. Property care and decorating/gardening/landscaping. Reliable service, excellent rates. Free quotes, call Chris 603 563 496. Enquiries at chrisdoyle1@live.co.uk (221311) GARDENER for private homes, communities, tree pruning, pool maintenance, garden design.

Specialist in water systems. Tel: 666 953 892 www.jardin-gar den.es (208110) GARDEN and pool maintenance.

9 euros per hour, monthly maintenance from 120 euros. References available. RICARDO 637 160 129 (215535) www.euroweeklynews.com

BEAUTY TREATMENTS BOTOX AND FILLERS - From €95. Covers the Costa del Sol and inland. 609 347 086. www.altered-image.eu (221168)

GATES

CHIROPRACTORS FUENGIROLA, Myofascial Release. J. Shaegen, Specialized in treating neck, back & extremity disorders, 30 years in Practice.

652 291 224 (220318)

DOCTORS ARE YOU YOUNG and have plenty? Donate ovules, your generosity will be rewarded.

Clinica FIV Marbella. 951 087 975 (220358)

ELECTRIC GATE/GARAGE DOOR automation repaired.

Free, no obligation quotation.

Call Colin - 636 394 641

MASSAGE

EXPRESS Metalwork Services.

Gates, grilles, rails and scissor gates. 952 590 748, 617 065 636. www.express-steel.com Facebook Express Metalwork (220163)

PROFESSIONAL SPORTS MASSAGE 12 years experience. 1 hour €35, 1.5 hours €50, Elviria. Wendy 952 852 330 or 634 310 821. Mobile service + €10 (215508)

GENERAL SERVICES MAN with small van for all your needs, English/Spanish speaking translations, waiting in offices for you etc, based in Marbella (all the coast) 678 817 145 (222367)

GLASS CURTAINS GLASS CURTAIN repairs, specialist in replacement of discoloured plastic strips that act as a seal between the glass panels. Call Julian 655 825 931 (221449)

GOLF

ELECTRICIAN 16th Edition BS7671 qualified, 25 years experience. Rewires, extra sockets, lights, fault finding etc. Contact electrician.in. spain@gmail.com. Call Ian 650 151 569 (215809)

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COMMERCIAL PROP

BARGAIN 70,000 euros - Freehold bar for sale in Plaza Ibenza, Benalmadena. Ideal for investment. Phone 684 034 613 (223250)

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THE SPORTS SHOP, Fuengirola.

Tel 952 473 530. Specialists in golf prizes. Gift sets, pens, key rings, metal spoons & beer tankards, pins & medals. Large selection of ladies & hole in one prizes. Try our new embroidery service, free artwork, best prices, quality & machinery.

(222204) GOLF BUGGY for sale 500€.

Guadalmina Alta - Tel 952 884 743 or 669 445 793 (220384)

GUITARS CHARLIEGUITAR.COM. Sell and buy guitars. The first vintage shop in Spain, opposite the bus station. Calle Jacinto, Benavente No 1, Fuengirola 622 919 500 (207749)

HANDYMAN INNOVATIVE HANDYMAN, including wallpapering. Contact Jerry. 952 113 163 or 616 933 509. From €10 per hour, Estepona. (223019)

MALE TO MALE MASSAGE. Relaxing and therapeutic. Private studio, Artola, Marbella. 620 986 080 (221702) REINA Sport & Health. Experienced professional physiotherapy, osteopathy. “Oxygen pain therapy”. Professional sports massage. Personal trainer. Calahonda - Riviera home visits, hotel. 618 515 487 (220437) SPORTS MASSAGE AROMATHERAPY, Hot Stones, Lymph Drainage, Reflexology, Reiki, Nueva Andalucia and home visits. Carol ITEC www.holisticstone.net Tel 653 139 558 (223157) TORREMOLINOS, massage, 90 minutes €40, Los Alamos. 698 201 262 (220184)

PSYCHIATRISTS ANXIETY, depression, fibromyalgia, addictions, smoking, bipolar disorder. Psychiatrist Dr Concheta L. Leiva, MD. C/Chile No 1, Fuengirola. 665 843 162 (223212)

HEALTH & FITNESS MALE 43, personal trainer and yoga instructor, experienced in exercise and fitness, for people over 50. 633 388 892 (220279)

HOT TUBS/SPAS HOT TUBS, new, used, bought, sold, hired. Also move & repairs 691 973 131 / 952 793 398 (206456)

HOLIDAY LETS FREE LISTINGS for Holiday Rental Villas www.holidayfoot prints.com (221428)

HEALTH & BEAUTY SAYAN MASSAGE. Your best traditional & tantric massage for ladies and gentlemen. 952 586 339 608 977 260 www.masajessayan.es (218077) MOBILE hair & beauty specialising in cuts, colours and wedding packages. www.images2810.eu.

Tlf 634 109 688 (221189)

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CLASSIFIEDS HOMES FOR SALE FOR SALE, 10ft X 32ft 2 bed mobile home in Coin. Private small park, fully furnished, a/c, 2 sheds, patio area, veranda with gazebo, own garden area, electronically gated park, own area also fenced and gated.

Pets are welcome. Ground rent is 285€ per month which includes all electrics and water.

Price 8,000 euros. For further information or pictures contact 634 975 246 or email robbie9991@hotmail.com (223186)

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INSURANCE ABBEYGATE INSURANCE If you are renewing your policy or looking for new cover. Call us, as we are the only Insurance Company in Spain to offer protection on your no claims bonus. Call 952 893 380 (68259)

NANCY’S LAUNDRY. Washing, drying, ironing, dry cleaning, duvet, bedcovers, curtains, rugs, drop off or collection and delivery available. Avda. Bonanza, Arroyo de la Miel (between Lloyds Bank and Piscis). Tel 952 561 726 www.nancyslaundry.es (221065)

ABBEYGATE INSURANCE Make the right choice and join the thousands of expatriates who have. We provide a friendly personal service, for all your home, motor, health, travel or marine insurance. Call 952 893 380 (68259)

QUALITY dry cleaners. Fast laundry service. Alterations. Tel 952 931 965 (221374)

LOANS HOLA CREDITO. Instant short term loans against your valuables. Quick, easy and always discreet. Tel 900 123 457 www.holacredito.com (219899)

HEALTH INSURANCE Competitive prices, English worded policies. Pay monthly or annually. All levels of cover. Premiums from €25 a month. Tel: 956 795 453 Abbeygate Insurance (68259)

LOANS AVAILABLE on all types of paintings, jewellery, watches, silver etc. Any condition. Immediate cash settlement. For more information call into Anthony’s Antiques & Jewellers shops extensive premises at C/Ramon y Cajal 40, Fuengirola. Mobile 609 529 633. Tel: 952 588 795 (SE) (201522)

ABBEYGATE INSURANCE Car insurance exclusive for expatriates, save up to 50%.

Find out about our price pledge on UK plated cars. Home insurance from €50. Tel: 952 893 380 (68259)

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EU INSURANCE DIRECT Extra Special Offers. Up to €50 cash back for car and home insurance (conditions apply) for new customers. For all your Insurance Needs and the Best Price and Best Cover in English, call Wendy on 952 830 843 / 676 098 464 email info@euinsurancedirect .com www.euinsurancedirect .com (72303)

LOCKSMITH emergency / appointment. Doors opened without damage, locks changed, patio doors and windows secured, 24 hour honest, fast and reliable service. Call Paul 657 466 803 (216650) T1

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COSTALOCKS 24/7, LOCKSMITH/ HOME SECURITY, NEW KEYS, KEYED ALIKE, WINDOWS SECURED, SAFES OPENED / INSTALLED, FREE HOME SECURITY CHECK, CALL Debby or Bob 952 660 233 / 667 668 673 CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED WWW. COSTALOCKS.COM (215516) T2

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MOBILE HOMES WE BUY, Sell, remove all types of mobile homes. We pay CASH and cover all of Spain. More details call Suzi Caley 616 250 727 / 951 063 059 or email suzica ley@gmail.com (215521) WANT TO RELOCATE? We can transport your home and install on to a 12 month park from £4,995. Annual site fees from €3,000 Freephone: 0044 1782 90 80 70 (85143) BRAND NEW WILLERBY Siena 32m² home sited within a stylish gated community, 45 minutes from Malaga airport £19,995 Freephone: 0044 1782 90 80 70 (85143) WILLERBY COTTAGE 28x10 sited in ‘La Serrana Hills’ of Pizarra, site open all year round, swimming pool, only £13,495. Want to view? Freephone: 0044 1782 90 80 70 (85143)

24/7 MOBILITY MOBILITY SCOOTERS, electric wheelchairs, wheelchairs, walking frames for sale and rent. Delivered to home or hotel at very competitive prices. Part exchange considered. Always a good selection of quality used mobility scooters in stock with guarantee.We have large scooters with a range of up to 40km. Medium scooters with a range of up to 30km and small scooters that can go into your car with a range of 8-12km. We also stock electric wheelchairs with a range of 30km and one that folds to go into your car with a range of 12km. New wheelchairs always in stock and used ones at considerable savings.

Mobility scooters bought for cash. Mobility scooter batteries supplied and fitted.

For same day delivery phone 609 581 139. email info@mobilityscootersdi rectspain.com / www.mo bilityscootersdirectspain. com (201565)

MOBILITY MOBILITY hires and sales, all along the coast. Used scooters from 395€. Tel 952 447 764 (223067)

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MOSQUITO SCREENS ACE OF SHADES - Don’t let the bugs get you! Available in enrollable, slider and pleated. Large choice of colours including wood effect. Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / info@aceof shades.es (101730) MOSQUITO Screens for windows, doors and a high quality sliding patio door screen. All finishes available. Quick service.

All areas covered. Call Julian 655 825 931 (221450) MOSQUITO SCREENS, call Mosquito Nick tlf 647 072 861 www.mosquitonick.ws (220282)

MOTOR HOMES BW CALIFORNIA CAMPERVAN, automatic 2.5 TDI, 174cv August 2006, 35,000kms. Bike rack, toldo, extra seat. Full service history, wonderful condition, €29,000. Ring 661 279 571 (220355) WANTED motorhomes and caravans. Any condition, age or registered country considered. www.hispavan.com 687 845 730 (222034) MOTORHOMES and caravans for sale. Interesting selection. Part exchange considered. www.his pavan.com 687 845 730 (222034) MERCEDEZ BENZ VITO CAMPERVAN. Pop-top, 1999.

English registered, tax and tested. New exhaust, tyres and drive away awning. €5,400. 607 961 707 (215533)

MOTORING

AIR CONDITIONING VEHICLE air conditioning, regassing, repairs and servicing.

Mobile service, office or home.

Call Dave 622 252 570 (220416)

CAR SERVICES AUTOMATIC gearbox specialist. Transmatic. All models including classic cars, serviced, repaired and reconditioned. Also 4x4 transfer boxes and power steering Call/fax 952 796 166 / 952 805 804 email: trans matic2005@yahoo.com. www.transmatic.es (221410) BRITISH MECHANIC WORKSHOP. Repair, service & ITV to all makes of cars, vans and 4 x 4s. Call Steve 951 914 025 or 605 407 369.

Poligono Las Perales, Mijas Costa. britmechanicspain @gmail.com (221281) ENGLISH BODYSHOP. Fully equipped, Mijas Costa. No job too small. 952 667 074 (223204) MECHANIC workshop & mobile. All work undertaken. ITVs done. Reasonable rates.

Prompt, reliable services 24/7.

620 020 232, 951 165 090 (222269) AUTOELECTRICS and Diagnostics. Non starts, misfires, ABS and airbag faults. Call Dave 622 252 570 (220417)

DRIVER HIRE I DELIVER CARS. Spain to UK and UK to Spain at reasonable rates. Professional driver, Spanish speaker. For any enquiries, please ring 0044 7579 029109 (220186)

FOR SALE CLEARANCE SALE at Robertson Cars. Cheap trade-in Cabrio Ford Escort 1.6, 1995, genuine 98,000kms, approx 61,000 miles, rarely used holiday car, electric roof, windows, locking.

Midnight blue with alloy wheels.

Bargain buy, be quick. Only 1,995 euros, yes 1,995 euros.

Samantha or Gordon Robertson (The Car Couple) 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 www.robertson cars-spain.com (223164)

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WANTED SPANISH PLATED CARS

INSTANT CASH SAMANTHA – GORDON

952 83 21 73 608 658 785 www.robertsoncars-spain.com

www.euroweeklynews.com AUTOMATIC Ford Focus (new shape) 2011 2.0 titanium 163 BHP. Only 18,000kms. Spanish registered, one Scottish owner from new, now leaving Spain.

Manuf. warranty till 2015.

Specification includes parktronic all round, alloy wheels, CD player, telephone equipment, cruise and climate control, electric everything, in slate grey, condition like new, what a saving. Samantha and Gordon Robertson ( The Car Couple) Tel 608 658 785 or 952 832 173 see photo www.robertsoncars-spain.com (223164) FORD FOCUS only 48,000kms (approx 30,000 miles) (new shape) 2008, 1.8 Trend 125BHP, 5 door, 5 speed, hatchback, Spanish plates, prive, English gentleman owner, kept in immaculate condition, CD player, climate and cruise control, silver with black stripe trim and alloy wheels, electric everything and parking sensors. You won’t find another in this condition, be quick 7,995 euros. Samantha and Gordon Robertson (The Car Couple) Tel.952 832 173 or 608 658 785 see photo on www.robertsoncars-spain.com (223164) CLEARANCE SALE at Robertson Cars, diesel, 2011 Renault Megane Scenic 1.5 DCI, 6 speed, 110 BHP. Emocion only 32,000kms (approx 20,000 miles), still has manufacturer’s warranty for 18 months. One lady owner selling due to work relocation, lovely in white with many extras and diesel economy was 12,995 euros, now 11,995 euros. Samantha or Gordon Robertson (The Car Couple) 952 832 173 or 608 658 785 www.robertsoncars-spain.com (223164) SELLING your Spanish car?

Contact Robertson Cars. We pay the best prices in cash for quality. Expat owned Spanish Cars.

Try the rest then call us for the best cash price and most importantly we guarantee the car will be transferred out of your name. Rest assured with Robertson Cars. Tel 952 832 173. (223164) JAGUAR 2006 S type 2.7 Automatic, 120,000kms 8,995€ 672 550 037 (222389) 2004 JEEP Wrangler, rhd Spanish plates, 6,995€. 672 550 037 (222389) 2002 MINI 1, Spanish lhd, 63,000km, 4,995€ 672 550 037 (222389) VW CADDY 2010, 1.9SDI, 75,000kms, FSH, 8,995€ 672 550 037 (222389) 2010 TOYOTA Yaris, diesel, alloys, a/c, 5,995€ 672 550 037 (222389) VOLVO C70, rhd, Spanish plates, diesel, automatic, 4x4 estate, fsh, 7,995€ 672 550 037 (222389) CHEVROLET CAPTIVA 2010, 2.4 petrol, manual, 9,750€ 672 550 037 (222389) MUSTANG 2001, convertible 3.6 V6, Spanish plates, 6,995€. 672 550 037 (222389)

CITROEN C4 automatic, 2006, 1.6 petrol, 5,995€ 672 550 037 (222389) BILL BRADY CARS has been established on the Costa del Sol since 1986, in which time he has helped thousands of expatriates to buy or sell their quality used Spanish cars and also keeping all the documentation simple so you understand all that is going on (which is important). You can contact Bill direct on 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 or billbradycars.com (222367) CONVERTIBLE/Cabrio Peugeot 307 CC 1.6 INJ, 2005 only 80,000klm (49,000mls) with service history from private owner, get ready for the summer at this low price, metallic black/black check trim, alloys, dual climate control and lots more yes, its only 5,995€.

952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (222367) PRICE SLASHED - MOTORHOME Benimar Sport 300 2009 Mdl. Ford Transit 2.2 TDCI,130.HP,CV. only 59’000 Klm (37’000 Mls.) 6 berth 6 belted seats Air-Conditioned, full central heating, Alarm, rear view camera, shower, toilet, 120 Ltr. water tank, 3 gas hob, fridge/freezer, DVD. This camper is immaculate WAS 28’995€, NOW ONLY 26,995€.

952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (222367) 4x4 DIESEL Mitsubishi Montero Sport 2.5 TDI. 2003 only 130,000klm (81,000mls), metallic burgundy, front bull bar, side steps, tinted windows, tow bar, alloy wheels and much more, great looking jeep for only 5,995€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (222367) CONVERTIBLE Mazda MX-5 2007 1.8 Active + only 26,000klm (16,000mls), bereavement forces sale, best selling sports open top look fantastic and have great fun for only 8,500€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (222367) 4x4 AUTOMATIC Ford Kuga 2.0 TDCI, titanium 2011with full Ford warranty, metallic gunmetal grey, loads of extras, panoramic sun roof, parking sensors, front and rear, and lots more extras, a very scarce jeep at this low price of only 19,995€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com

MAZDA 5, 2.0 Sportive, 7 seater, silver, very good condition. €6,250 Tel 952 668 342 (217572) BOX TRAILER for sale - Brenderup - 2 wheel braked-box size 2.1m x 1.4m - spare wheel hardly used - 850€. 602 533 508 (220459) CHRYSLER 2.5L Turbo 4 door, small saloon, air conditioning, CD stereo, 5 speed manual, new ITV, Spanish reg, excellent condition. €1,195. 693 357 000 (220191)

CARS AND VANS, ANY REGISTRATION, INSTANT CASH, FINANCE/EMBARGO UK OR SPANISH 693 028 325 (101382) CAR, VANS BOUGHT WITH OR WITHOUT PAPERS. CASH WAITING 678 808 837 (101382)

INSURANCE ABBEYGATE INSURANCE. No automatic annual increase on our Motor Insurance, renewal policies. Call 952 893 380 (68259)

VEHICLEBUYERSPAIN.ES Immediate cash for any UK or Spanish registered vehicle. John 610 417 100 jonpeterson22 @gmail.com (220357)

WE ARE currently the market leader in our country in the sale of direct car, motorbike, home and company fleet insurance.

Since we started out in 1995, our philosophy has always been to offer an excellent service with the best prices in the market. For the most competitive quotes in English, call Linea Directa on 902 123 309. (200726)

MECHANICS MOBILE MECHANIC will come to your home or work. Servicing, repairs, ITVs & diagnostics. Call Mick on 617 553 072 (221408) BRITISH MECHANIC WORKSHOP. Repair, service & ITV to all makes of cars, vans and 4 x 4s. Call Steve 951 914 025 or 605 407 369. Poligono Las Perales, Mijas Costa. britme chanicspain@gmail.com (217674) MECHANIC workshop & mobile. All work undertaken. ITVs done. Reasonable rates.

Prompt, reliable services 24/7.

620 020 232, 951 165 090 (222269)

MUSIC DAVE C CLARKE, guitarist, vocalist, pianist, ex-Cunard.

Specialising in popular Spanish guitar. Available solo or combo. Parties/weddings/class restaurants, dinner dances. Huge repertoire. Details 00350 200 43393 (220340) FULLY orchestrated licensed Backing Music for many Theatre Productions incl Overtures, Finales, etc (ideal for smaller Theatre Groups). Demo CD available. For more info: email ttsonata@hotmail.com or tel: 651 488 684 (220381)

OSTEOPATH OSTEOPATH Chris Howard, BSc (Hons) Ost. La Cala de Mijas.

Established over 10 years in Spain. Diagnosis, advice, treatment for all types of pain/injury.

Qualified, Registered, Insured.

952 050 180 / 679 501 367 (207742

PAINTERS/DECORATOR

TYRES MOBILE TYRE FITTING. All brands, Competitive prices, 24/7 call outs. 627 352 860 / www.tyreology.com (201569)

WANTED SAM, Simply the Best on the Coast, 35 years experience, 18 years Mijas. Forget the rest, have the best, you’re worth it!

Call Sam 952 666 025 / 629 546 128 (215594) HUSBAND & WIFE TEAM. Painting/Interior design. Free estimates. Graham - 607 923 486 (222271)

VOLKSWAGEN EOS 2008 diesel, convertible, silver, leather, 12,495€ 657 551 757 / 699 038 042 (220188)

LAND ROVER Discovery HSE 4.4L petrol, automatic, silver, 7 seater, 120,000km, 2005, ITV 2016, very good condition.

14,000 euros ono. Estepona area. Tel 952 896 309 (223114)

CARS, VANS UK OR SPANISH BOUGHT FOR CASH. FREE COLLECTION IN SPAIN AND UK. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 OR 952 669 701 (101382)

CARS WANTED, anything considered. Over 40 cars in stock.

672 550 037 / cdscars@mail. com (222389)

CONVERTIBLE Opel Tigra 1.4 Inj 2006 with only 20,000klm (13,000mls) with service history and just been serviced, metallic black, great little two seater sport for only 4,995€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com

JAGUAR XJ6 Sovereign, 1992, 98,000kms. Recent ITV. Best offer over 2,000 euros. 617 423 095 (215540)

CLASSIFIEDS

I BUY ANY CAR. 602 533 508 mikewallsp@gmail.com (223880) WANTED CARS AND VANS, FREE COLLECTION, SAME DAY 693 028 325 (101382) WANTED. CARS & JEEPS & camper vans for cash. All makes, LHD, any condition. 693 357 000 (215821)

PAINTING, Plumbing and General Build Works, Refurb and Reforms at competitive prices. Free quotation contact tel: 625 200 205 (215503) I CAN paint your 1 bedroom apartment for 200 euros.

Yo u r 2 b e d r o o m a p a r t m e n t 250 euros. References available. RICARDO 637 160 129 (215535)

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CLASSIFIEDS PEST CONTROL

PEST CONTROL. British - Best Prices. Fully Qualified. Bar Contracts. Call Local Pest 952 449 591 www.localpest.es (209616) T1 COCKROACHES, ANTS, insects, fleas, mice, rats, wasps, termite specialists. Fumigations, bars, restaurants, houses, etc. Sanitary department officially registered certificates. Guarantee. 23 years serving the coast. Only legal English owned pest control company on the coast. If you want the best then phone N.P.S. Nigel 606 008 940 (223163)

PETS YOUNG DOMESTICATED cats rescued from the killing station need kind homes. Fully vaccinated and neutered, free of charge. We will also deliver to England for a donation to the charity. Please give one of these beautiful cats a home so we can save more from death. Can be seen without obligation at Cat and Dog World Kennels. Tel. 630 197 435 (93398)

CHARITIES ADANA THE ANIMAL SHELTER IN ESTEPONA. We always need volunteers to walk and socialise with our dogs and help with cleaning. We also need good homes for our animals that you can see on www.adana.es. Kennels open every day 10-1.30, Camino de Casares, near Parque de los Pedregales, Estepona. (5 minutes from the Poligono) For more information call Marjorie 952 79 74 05 or 636 934 146 (93319) ACE CHARITY at El Refugio Kennels always needs volunteers to help with dog walking.

It’s good exercise, a couple of hours any morning of the week.

Foster and permanent homes also needed for our many inmates! Vivien 639 991 079 (93320) SEPE the horse and donkey charity is open to the public week-ends from 10.00 to 5.00.

Volunteers are much needed in all departments and are welcome at anytime. For our riding for the disabled classes, we are also in need of extra helpers.

We are nationally registered by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior (164640) but only with your support can we give the equine a voice. If you can just commit to 2 or 3 euros a month it will really help make a difference.

You can find us at Lauro Golf Equestrian Centre, Alqueria, Alhaurin de la Torre. Tel. 608 258 950 info@sepeonline.net www.sepeonline.net (93321)

At SOS Animal Refuge we have dogs, young and old looking for homes. Some of our dogs have been with us for some time and would love to find a cosy spot to curl up in and a knee on which to rest their heads. If you have room in your heart and home we would love to hear from you. We do not put our dogs to sleep - no matter how old, they are safe with us. For day to day needs and to pay for veterinary care, we much appreciate the support we receive.

We desperately need items to sell on our market stall to help raise funds and are happy to come and collect. So if you are having a clear-out, please contact us on 605 227 155. If you would like to know more about re-homing, please call 653 257 875. Visit our website www.sosanimals.org or please phone Sandy on 952 385 923 or 666 814 056 if you would like to make a donation or help in any way. (93317) ARCH - THE ANDALUCIAN RESCUE CENTRE FOR HORSES WELCOMES VISITORS AND VOLUNTEERS TO THEIR STABLES ON SATURDAYS FROM 10 - 12 OR BY APPOINTMENT. COME AND HELP OUT, OR SPONSOR OR ADOPT ONE OF OUR HORSES, DONKEYS OR MULES. WE ALWAYS NEED HELP WITH FUND RAISING TO LOOK AFTER THE ABANDONED AND ABUSED ANIMALS. OUR AIM IS TO RESCUE, REHABILITATE AND REHOME. WE ARE A SMALL FRIENDLY TEAM - WHY NOT JOIN US. FIND US IN ALHAURIN EL GRANDE, BEHIND THE VENTA MIRALMONTE ON THE ROAD FROM ALHAURIN TO COIN, (A404), URB.VIÑA BORREGO, FOLLOW THE YELLOW SIGNS. CHARITY REGISTERED WITH THE JUNTA DE ANDALUCIA NO 8448.

WWW.HORSERESCUESPAIN. ORG INFO@HORSERESCUES PAIN.ORG ARCHRESCUE@YA HOO.CO.UK TEL:- 635798219 OR 656935613 OR 620175828.

NEW: ARCH CHARITY SHOP NOW OPEN IN ALHAURIN, NEXT TO MONEY CHANGE SHOP, AVENIDA GERALD BRENAN (93322)

FOR SALE CHIHUAHUA PUPPIES with pedigree and passports, available all year, parents can be seen. Call 952 112 870 / 654 285 667 (221448)

HORSES I AM looking to ride about twice a week, so would be interested in part-sharing a horse or helping out exercising horses. Call Barbara 661 642 387 (220380)

KENNELS WANTING the perfect country holiday for your dog whilst you are away, with comfy sofas?

Then call Helen tel 697 731 171 Alhaurin el Grande www.eurodogspain.com (207324)

LAGUNA KENNELS AND CATTERY. Your pets lovingly cared for by English mother and daughter. Near Coin. lagunakennels@hotmail.com. Tel 952 112 021 / 606 838 983 (222263) STEFANIE’S KENNELS AND CATTERY, Estepona. Fully licensed, Junta approved, est. 1986.

Viewing welcomed 952 790 943 w w w. s t e fa n i e s ke n n e l s . c o m (219547) CAT AND DOG WORLD KENNELS AND CATTERY is recommended and used by David the Dogman. “I would not trust my dogs with anyone else”. Tel: 952 112 978. www.cat-and-dogworld.com (223161) PETCARE PET HOTEL. Alhaurin el Grande. Holiday accommodation for dogs and cats.

Heated/Air conditioned kennels available. Tel: 952 112 284 / 685 400 216 www.petcares pain.com (208106) STEFANIE’S KENNELS AND CATTERY, Estepona. Fully licensed, Junta approved, est. 1986.

Viewing welcomed 952 790 943 w w w. s t e fa n i e s ke n n e l s . c o m (219463) EURODOG BOARDING KENNELS & CATTERY. Under new ownership by animal loving family.

Large kennels and exercise yards, fully licensed and sanitary approved. Safe, secure and caring environment. Inspections welcome anyt ime. 5 minutes from Fuengirola 679 786 669 / 952 464 947 / www.eurodog.es (223177)

PET INSURANCE PROTECTAPET. Spain’s leading pet insurance. 965 756 371. www.protectapet.eu (216721)

PET TRANSPORT

8 - 14 May 2014 / Costa del Sol LOOK NO FURTHER for your pet transport. We offer a service to travel with/without your pets/furniture. Pets from GBP295 including vet checks.

Various vehicles to cater for your needs. 952 596 213 / 665 150 227 spainukspain@hot mail.com (218548) PET TRANSPORTATION by road. Complete service from professional licensed kennels.

630 197 435 www.cat-and-dogworld.com (223161) THE DOG MOVER. Licensed transporters. Two handlers, so never alone. 680 781 699 / 0044 (0) 7875 947230. www.moveyourdog.com (220443)

PLUMBING PLUMBER: Water heaters repaired, replaced same day. Full bathroom and kitchen reforms, previous work can be seen. References available. Mark Allan - 608 454 778 / 952 937 244 (215702) PLUMBER: All aspects, gas/electric boilers. Kitchens, bathrooms, repairs & installations.

Gary 669 615 334 / 952 576 296 (215706) CITY AND GUILDS, QUALIFIED PLUMBER. All areas covered. Adrian 677 063 272 (223051) 30 YEARS ON THE COAST. I cover all aspects of plumbing & general maintenance. Graham 607 923 486 (222271) NEED a Plumber all aspects covered. No call out charge. Honest reliable service. Call James Tel.954 059 041 Mobile.667 876 754. (220295)

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PET-COURIERS.COM – If you love your pet try us first – we are the best. Door to door service throughout Europe. Specialised vehicles – bespoke service. Full legal service including documentation if required. For further information call or email us: Tel: (0034) 651 033 670 or (0034) 637 066 227.

Email: info@pet-couriers.com or www.pet-couriers.com (206497) ANIMALCOURIERS - A kind, caring, friendly service between Spain/UK. Flights from Malaga or road from Costa del Sol for your Pet Travel. ASK us about SPECIAL FLIGHT DEALS for this summer for your pet to accompany you on a MONARCH FLIGHT back to England to visit the family maybe? www.animal couriers.com / 0044 1483 200123, 0034 635 155 962 or ask@animalcouriers.com for a quotation. (223230) ACCOMPANY your pets to their new home. Fully licensed pet transport service. Denise www.petchauffeur.eu 952 197 187 / 696 233 848 info@petchauffeur.eu (215531)

POOL TILING REPLACE your broken swimming pool tiles without draining your pool by utilising the very latest in underwater grouting and adhesives, quickly and efficiently. Call Lee at AquaTile Tel. 69 7529 677 www.aquatile.net (207747)

PROPERTY FOR SALE END TOWNHOUSE Torreblanca, 3 bed, 2+1/2 bathroom, parking. 169,000€.

Tel 659 446 482 (220407) WWW.INMOANDALUZ.COM is always looking for realistically priced inland properties to sell to our interested buyers. Tel 952 491 609 / 685 514 835 (208263) SCANDINAVIAN clients looking to buy properties - Marbella area. 951 087 933 / www.ele gantmarbellaestates.com (215538) LOOKING FOR THE BEST OF SPANISH PROPERTIES? Visit www.premiermarbella.com / 952 880 115 (215951) ARROYO DE LA MIEL. Gamonal apartment ONE double, ONE single bedroom. Offers 60,000€.

634 321 256 (223102) SELWO: Cosy townhouse, 180m2, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, large garden, car port.

No agents. 169,950€ Tel 644 132 738 (217683) BEACHSIDE APARTMENTS MARBELLA. www.immomarbella. com. Call Patricks Properties 691 320 710 (215749) ELVIRIA ALTA/LA MAIRENA. This is a very nice and bright 2 bed / 2 bath apartment (71 m2), en suite master bedroom with dressing room, south facing terrace (16m2) with superb sea views, kitchen fully equipped, alarm installation, community swimming pool and off private parking area in a gated complex. Sold partly furnished. Very well maintained.

Price 132.000 €. Private sale.

Tel 669 429 725. (223076)

PLOT FOR SALE - Los Flamingos, magnificent sea views 1414 m2. 629 907 476 (220346)

PROP MAINTENANCE GET your apartment/villa/garden ready for summer. All aspects covered. Coast & campo.

661 717 894 (221329)

PROP MANAGEMENT FAIRWAYS Marbella Property Management, Real Estate, Property Maintenance, letting service. Tel 693 596 558, info@fairwaysmarbella.com, www.fairwaysmarbella.com (220344) PROPERTY MANAGEMENT GUADALHORCE. From keyholding to full property management, maintenance and cleaning. Interior, exterior, garden, pool, letting services.

Professional cost effective service to your requirements 618 107 961. English, Español, Deutsch, Nederlands. pmguadalhorce@gmail.com (223111)

PROPERTY TO LET VILLA, San Pedro Beach/Nueva Andalucia, long term 3,500€ or short term. Apartment Nueva Andalucia 130,000€. Tel 647 222 295 (221328) MARBELLA BANUS towards Port.

3 bedroom, 2 bath, big, elegant, fully equipped, gardens, pool, Jacuzzi, garage. Tel +34 637 439 222 bravoelezovic @gmail.com (222335) www.rainbowrealty.es rental properties required for waiting clients. 622 881 029 (221001) COUNTRY house, Cartama. Reduced rent in return for parttime gardening. €200 pm. 699 199 805 (220363) FUENGIROLA, Calle Maestra Angela Piazo, corner shop with 4 shop windows, 95m, good area, 800€, price negotiable 626 248 132 (215564)

DON ALBERTO. 2 bed, 2 bath, fully furnished to high standard.

Ground floor, close to pool, air conditioning. Very safe position, 185,000 euros. 0044 7850 746171 (22341) TORREBLANCA. Townhouse 1 bedroom, 1 bath, large terrace, large closed private parking.

40m2 solarium, sea and mountain views. Quiet area. 150,000 euros. 952 312 834 (Spanish) / 666 285 520 (English) (223008)

LONG TERM RENTALS. Super prices, no commission. Apartments, townhouses, villas, fincas, shops, offices, bars, restaurants, warehouses, industrial estates. Coast & inland. Tlf 679 111 522 (222203)

WWW.INMOANDALUZ.COM. Bargain inland properties for all budgets, fincas, village homes, apartments and villas. Legal building plots.

952 491 609 / 685 514 835 (208263)

300€, 1 bedroom apartment, Benalmadena Pueblo. New, tranquil. Tel 622 175 211 (220375)

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VILLA share opportunity. 6 bedroom villa with pool in El Coto, Fuengirola. Single parent family looking to share with someone in similar situation. €500 each + bills split. Room rate also considered. 695 082 710 (220366)

Marbella Centre Corner townhouse 190m2, 4 bedrooms, 4 bath, terrace, Sea Views, AC, garage, store room, close to bus station €290,000 owner 661 611 393 (220311)

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APARTMENT and townhouse for rent in Nueva Andalucia from €900. Bel Air 2 bed €495. Tel 647 222 295 (220463)

PROPERTY WANTED FINNISH real estate agency urgently requires properties that are for sale in Benalmadena, Torremolinos and Fuengirola for our international clients. Tel 654 397 776 (209706)

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PROPERTY WANTED I’M LOOKING for a house with plot in the Province of Malaga.

Maximum €100,000. 633 770 568 (222347)

MOVING BACK TO UK? Removal vehicle departing weekly throughout the year. Excellent, professional service & great rates. Ring (0034) 665 089 244 or (0044) 01922 682 667 & see www.elite-european.com (93139)

PUMPS / WELLS WATERWELLS. Waterwell drilling, well pumps, irrigation, pump tests, pressure pumps.

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CARPENTRY CARPENTER cabinet maker, Irish. Available for all types of property maintenance, plumbing, painting, electrical, kitchens and bathrooms renovated etc. 30 years experience. Very reliable. Tel: 952 441 955 / 677 087 575 (202841)

FURNITURE FRENCH POLISHING REPAIRS, restoration etc. restore your valuable furniture to its former glory. Tel 647 579 519 / 952 119 190 (200802)

WINDOW COIN WINDOWS Aluminium windows, Doors, PVC Blinds, Mosquito screens, Canopies, Glass Factory, shower screens etc. All at village prices. Spanish owned business. English 646 066 351 (222263)

SEWING ALL STYLES Curtains, upholstery, soft furnishings and bean bags made to measure. Sensible prices. Also repairs / alterations. All areas. Call 672 800 887 or email judeinspain@hot mail.com (223152)

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STORAGE STORAGE - Large warehouses containers. Dry and secure €50 per month. Professional packing and removal service. www.dfeu ropeanremovals.co.uk. Tel David 696 810 618 (215504)

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TILING TILING AND REFORMATION of kitchens/bathrooms. Free estimates. Graham - 607 923 486 (222271)

TRANSLATIONS OFFICIAL TRANSLATIONS. ALL LANGUAGES. TEL. 654 613 094 sanpedrotranslations@gmail.co m (222109) TRANSLATOR/INTERPRETER/Re asonable rates. Also available for visits to lawyers/hospital and general paperwork assistance.

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8 - 14 May 2014 / Costa del Sol TUITION SPANISH TEACHER. Would you like to learn to speak Spanish really quickly? Spanish lessons at your home or office and assistant services. Benalmadena / Torremolinos area 15€/hours.

Barbara 627 925 941 (221031) MATHS TUITION. Maths graduate, 6 years international school experience. €35/hour + €10 to travel. sjrobert@tcd.ie (221428) LEARN Spanish with accomplished fully qualified translator in ROSARIO, also assist with translation and interpretation. www.meetingpunktmarbella.de.

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TROPHIES LASER ENGRAVED Trophies, Prizes, quality glass engraving service, competitive prices, with 40 years experience.

Trophies, medal, badges from 1€. THE SPORTS SHOP, Fueng i r o l a . Te l : 9 5 2 4 7 3 5 3 0 (222291)

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World premiere for new Vivaro 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

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Its cabin features state-ofTo launch the new the-art IntelliLink Vivaro, Opel invested €95 infotainment technology million in the British Luton with user-friendly plant and restructured navigation, as well as the commercial vehicle equipment details which organisation.

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White is the new black...

SPAIN, Greece and Italy attract millions of visitors every year to their sundrenched 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 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

TOP SELLER: Across Europe the most popular colour is white. 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) 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.

Turkish buyers are far and away the biggest fans of white, with 55 per cent of Ford vehicles purchased in that colour.

British car buyers - perhaps a nod to England’s red-coated soldiers - are the most likely in Europe to buy a red Ford.

While Romanian buyers are the most likely to choose a Ford with a blue paint job.

Norwegians like brown cars more than any other country (12 per cent).

An overwhelming 99 per cent of Ford customers bought a new car powered by a petrol or a diesel engine, with less than 1 per cent choosing a model powered by alternative fuels. Petrol is the fuel of choice for 58 per cent of European drivers.

Nowhere are petrol engines more popular than in Russia, where customers choose 97 per cent petrol-powered cars, followed by the Czech Republic (80 per cent) and Finland (76 per cent). Diesel is most popular in Turkey (64 per cent), followed by Italy (63 per cent) and Portugal (61 per cent).

Drivers in all European countries still prefer a manual gearbox over an automatic one, 85 per cent choose a car with a manual gear stick. In the Netherlands and Ireland that rises to 96 per cent and in Greece and Poland to 95 per cent.

Even in Russia, the European market where automatic gearboxes are most popular (48 per cent), there is still a slight preference for manuals.

Never wash your car ever again WASHING a car can be a chore, and a costly one at that. In response, Nissan has begun tests on innovative paint technology that repels mud, rain and everyday dirt, meaning

drivers may never have to clean their car again.

The specially engineered super-hydrophobic and oleophobic paint, which repels water and oils, has been applied to the all-new

Nissan Note to create the world’s first self-cleaning car. To assess the realworld effectiveness of the super-hydrophobic as a potential aftermarket application, engineers at

Nissan Technical Centre Europe will be testing the self-cleaning Note over the coming months in a variety of conditions.

Nissan is the first carmaker to apply the technology, called UltraEver Dry®, on automotive bodywork.

By creating a protective layer of air between the paint and environment, it effectively stops standing water and road spray from creating dirty marks on the car’s surface.

It’s not the first time ‘selfcleaning’ technology has been used on the Note.

GOLF

For comments on any articles or information on golf offers email euroweekly@golfcostadelsol.net by Justin de Holl

Pisha to play in Spanish Open of two winning Ryder Cup teams in 2004 and 2010 - will be one of the main draws for spectators, perhaps the best hope for a home-grown win this side of the century since Sergio García in 2002 and another Costa del Sol golfer, Álvaro Quirós in 2010.

A big supporter of his home open, Miguel Ángel Jiménez has left his indelible mark playing golf on courses throughout the world; proof of

Miguel Angel Jimenez, the reference for Spanish golf, cemented after a 4th place in the recent Masters at the age of 50 and debut winner on The Champions Tour, has confirmed his presence to play in the forthcoming Open de España, which will be held at the PGA Catalunya Resort from 15 - 18 May. The Churriana golfer - with 20 titles to his name on the European Tour and a member

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which came when the specialized golfing press in the States labelled him the “most interesting player in the world”. Likewise, this time last year his longevity was honoured as he joined a select band of players which had competed in 600 events on the European Tour (others included Sam Torrance, Barry Lane, Roger Chapman, Eamonn Darcy and Malcolm McKenzie). This has been a long path since the golfer made his debut at the Open de España in 1983 at Las Brisas (Marbella), until recently when he extended his own record as the oldestever winner on the European Tour at the Hong Kong Open.

charismatic golfers of the modern era, capable of bringing a smile to those who cross his path.

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Bowls winners

From Back Page In the Gents’ Singles there were many upsets in the early stages and several epic battles along the way, several featuring Alan Turner. On the same day he had two lengthy games, 26 end victories over both Derek Carr and Tom Rogers although the game against Tom did have an additional eight burned ends.

Terry Morgan (Champion from 2013) lost out to Garry Aldridge in the quarter-finals, which set up a Belplaya and Santa Maria semi-final.

Geoff Edginton defeated Frank Ball 21-15 in the Belplaya encounter and Alan Turner accounting for Garry Aldridge with a 21-16 win. Geoff, having played magnificently in the Fours Final earlier in the day, was unable to establish control and Alan dominated throughout and, with a 2112 victory, regained a title he last won in 2010.

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Marbella rise to the challenge THE Marbella U16, U14 and U12 age groups travelled to Madrid to compete in the finals of the Orange Rugby Challenge.

The tournament, which is sponsored by Orange, was the culmination of the tournaments held in the North, South, East and Central areas of Spain to decide the overall winner of the best rugby school in Spain.

Marbella, as the winner of the South played Majadahonda (Central), CAU Valencia (East) and VRAC (North) to decide the overall winner.

Points were awarded to the winning teams and then added up from all the matches to create the winning club, with Marbella coming out on top.

WINNING CLUB: Marbella rugby teams came out on top.

Future stars

CLOSELY FOUGHT: Primary Athletics Tournament for International Schools.

THE athletics stars of the future demonstrated their skills this week at the annual Primary Athletics Tournament for International Schools.

Seven schools attended the event organised by St Anthony’s College, giving more than 100 young students the opportunity to show their skills over a range of athletic disciplines.

Laude San Pedro International College finished on top of the pile, narrowly beating Colegio Alboran, who finished runners-up.

The other schools who competed so well were Swans International, Sotogrande International School, Benalmádena International College and Aloha College.

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Win for Marquez Marc Marquez, riding in his 100th MotoGP, won his fourth race of the season here in Spain. Valentino Rossi was second and fellow Spaniard Dani Pedrosa third.

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Winter Bowls Champions THE Winter Bowls Championships were held at Santa Maria.

In the Mixed Fours final, the Belplaya outfit of Frank and Pauline Ball, Don Smith and Geoff Edginton dominated from the sixth end onwards with quality draw bowling and ran out worthy 23-11 winners over Santa Maria’s Gordon and Margaret Kain, along with Murray Johns and Stuart Thacker.

In the Ladies’ Singles semi-finals, Marion Allen recovered from 11-1 and 20-14 deficits to defeat Amber Dineen (Belplaya) 21-20 whilst

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2014 Singles Champions – Marion Allen and Alan Turner Geraldine Robinson (Mijas) and Margaret Kain (Santa Maria) fought out a game where the lead changed hands eight times before Geraldine emerged the 21-19 victor. In the final, Marion dominated from the outset and Geraldine was unable to recapture the form she showed in the semifinal. A 21-5 scoreline meant a new name on the Roll of Honour.

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