Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 22 - 28 May 2014 Issue 1507

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High table tax BAR and restaurant owners pay Elda Town Hall 50 per cent more in taxes for terrace tables than their Barcelona counterparts. They are calling for a 60 per cent reduction.

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Alicante top province for Blue Flag beaches

Cute babies FIVE lemurs have been born at the Terra Natura park in Benidorm. Two are ring-tailed ‘cattas’ and three are black and white-ruffed ‘varios’.

Fast work TRACK operator ADIF has confirmed that nonstop Alicante-Madrid AVE high-speed trains can cover the journey in 125 minutes now that new security systems are operational.

Old bangers OF the 2.5 million cars registered in the Valencian Community 924,598 are between 10 and 15 years old and 432,000 are still older.

A BLUE FLAG means that a beach meets strict standards for water quality, safety, services and environmental issues.

Alicante has more than any other province in Spain, with 60 beaches and 14 marinas scooping up one of the coveted annual awards.

Valencia’s beaches received 28 of the flags for its beaches and the region’s third province,

Castellon, was given 32 for beaches and one for a marina.

With recognition for six more beaches and two more marinas, this was the best result ever, said Jose Ciscar, the region’s vice-president.

One in every five of the Blue Flags awarded in Spain went to a beach in the Valencia Community, Ciscar pointed out. Only the 123 awarded to

Galicia in the north of Spain outstripped this region’s.

The Els Molins beach in Denia received a Blue

Flag for the first time while Les Marines, also in Denia, and Teulada’s L’Ampolla recovered those lost last year.

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Working to reduce fire risk THE Iberdrola electricity board has been cutting firebreaks in Javea beneath high tension cables.

Undergrowth and trees have been cleared in a 20-metre wide strip to reduce fire risk in the Granadella and Costa Nova areas, in an operation supervised by the town hall.

Much of the land is private property and it was necessary to request permission from the owners.

It was vital to ensure that all the cleared vegetation, trees and pruned branches were later removed from the area, as they could become a hazard in the case of fire, the town hall explained.

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Letters ALFAZ DEL PI: Celebrating Norway’s Constitution Day.

Alfaz’s 45-year relationship

IT is 45 years since Alfaz residents and the town’s Norwegian community first celebrated Norway’s Constitution Day. More than 2,500 Norwegians are now registered on Alfaz’s municipal rolls although the number living in the town is probably closer to 10,000, said Mayor Vicente Arques.

There were more statistics he could quote, but the sincere feelings of respect and affection cementing this relationship are more important, said Arques, who opened his welcome speech with the words, “Gratulerer med dagen.”

For the first time, the route of the traditional

procession continued to the Norwegian Club’s new premises in front of the Johan Galtung park.

The Club has been built on municipal land, the mayor pointed out.

This, more than anything, demonstrates the “magnificent relations” that unite both communities, he said.

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The mayor and the abusive cyber stalker BENIDORM mayor Agustin Navarro has requested a restraining order against local businessman Leopoldo Bernabeu.

He received abusive and threatening Whatsapp texts from him, Navarro claimed.

He was also attacked on Bernabeu’s local television programme, he said.

The series of texts began with recriminations for Navarro’s failure to pay for advertisements placed with Bernabeu.

They gradually became more venomous, with references to his son’s earlier problems.

Bernabeu was subsequently asked to report at Benidorm’s National Police station.

Initially he refused but decided to attend voluntarily after he was informed that the

police would come for him otherwise. Once there, however, on his lawyer’s advice he refused to answer questions until a judge made clear what he was accused of.

He admitted writing the texts: “They are 20 per cent of what I say and intend to continue saying,” Bernabeu told an Informacion reporter.

“I told you I would not stop until I had finished with you and because you are a bigheaded scoundrel you didn’t believe me.

You are going to dream of me and you are going to regret the harm you have done me for the rest of your life,” the latest message warned.

This was the final straw that prompted him to go to the police.

Tracing Villajoyosa’s early past PRELIMINARY explorations in Villajoyosa have uncovered indications of three Iberian burials. Iberian dead were cremated on funeral pyres and the ashes later interred and it is these remains that have now been located in Villajoyosa.

It was also customary for tombs to be

sited on either side of a settlement’s principal road, archaeologists said, and these newest finds have revealed several stretches of Villajoyosa’s principal road between the Sixth and Fourth centuries BC. It is believed when work commences, more burial places are likely to be found.

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NEWS Club saved SINGAPORE billionaire Peter Lim now owns Valencia FC after buying 70.4 per cent of its shares. The club has total debts of around €300 million and owes €220 million to Bankia alone.

Tram v Train LOCAL trains to and from Alicante City have lost 20 per cent of passengers, mostly university students, to the Line 2 tram between the city centre and San Vicente.

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Shuttle bus will link with AVE ALICANTE City Hall has found a way round the AVE connection problem.

The Number 6 bus will stop at the railway station and take passengers to and from the bus station down at the port.

Tickets for the one-kilometre journey, taking around four minutes, will cost €1.40.

Ever since the Madrid-Alicante high-speed train started operating last June, Costa Blanca towns have called for a shuttle bus service to Alicante City.

Many AVE passengers do not remain in the city and were faced with the problem of how to continue their

onward journeys once they arrived.

The council has rejected all moves for a regular link and ignored calls from the regional and central governments to reconsider its stance. Alicante City taxi-drivers also backed the city hall’s refusal to allow a shuttle service.

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ELCHE Mayor Mercedes Alonso had no part in contracting companies connected to the Gurtel corruption case, she claimed. All contracts were decided by the PP party’s regional committee, she said.

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Cherry setback CHERRY growers in inland areas expecting the best crop for 15 years have amended earlier predictions. Continuing lack of rain has reduced production by 20 per cent, they said.

ONLINE SHOPPING: The Spanish are becoming more accustomed to it.

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THE regional government’s Environment Department felled four pines in Villena without town hall permission.

The trees on the Yecla road were a danger to traffic, the regional government claimed.

Raisin shame A DENIA Opposition councillor criticised the town hall for dropping out of the Riusraus project focusing on the area’s old raisin-producing industry.

Its absence was “shameful,” Vicent Grimalt said.

Fuel scam DIESEL siphoned off from parked lorries and buses in Aspe was re-sold at €1 a litre.

Five men, all Aspe residents, were finally arrested following a three-month Guardia Civil operation.

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Homeward bound ‘OPERACION PASO’ when North African immigrants return home for the summer holidays starts on June 15 and continues until September 15. Ramadan will be taken into account, the port authorities throughout Spain have said.

Factory facts FORD’S Almussafes (Valencia) plant increased its European sales by 14 per cent in April.

It outstripped other Ford plants in Germany, Belgium, Romania and Turkey, which all saw sales fall.

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FIFTY-FIVE per cent of Spaniards shopped online in 2013, which is 8 per cent more than in 2012.

According to a study carried out by OMD Resolution, the Spanish are becoming more accustomed to online shopping.

Seventy-six per cent use credit cards to pay, although other methods are also becoming more popular.

According to the study, most people who use their computers for online shopping in Spain buy holidays, fashion and jewellery, and tickets for shows or visits.

However, those who use mobile devices tend to purchase fashion and jewellery, followed by consumer electronics and tickets.

A study by DigitasLBi also shows that 76 per cent of people in Spain use their smartphones to look up prices, specifications or compare offers in different shops.

The favourite device on which to do this is a laptop computer (73 per cent), followed by a

Quote of the Week Regarding this ‘lady’, it’s best not to say anything, she has already portrayed herself.’ Racing de Santander footballer Mamadou Kone, speaking of a woman who made racist gestures towards him during a match by behaving like a monkey.

desktop computer (60 per cent), tablets (34 per cent) and Smart TV (17 per cent).

However, when it comes to actually buying products, 60 per cent use their desktop computer, followed by 29 per cent who use a tablet and 26 per cent who use smartphones.

Online sales of fashion articles rose 32 per cent in Spain in 2013, according to Kantar Worldpanel, amounting to 3.1 million buyers who use the internet to buy clothes an average of three times per year, buying an average 6.4 items and spending around €130 per year.

Online sales of shoes in Spain also rose by 67 per cent in 2013, making €43.3 million, according to the National Market and Competition Commission. Sixty-four per cent of buyers are women.

The travel sector also saw sales rise, and 63 per cent of Spaniards now claim to purchase their flights, book hotels and reserve other products for their holidays online.

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lost their homes in 49,694 people Spain in 2013, according to the

Bank of Spain, 11 per cent more than in 2012.

There were 28,173 evictions by court order and in the remaining cases, an agreement was reached with banks to repossess the properties.

THE Sha Wellness Clinic in Albir will open another health and fitness centre in Dubai. It should be completed within two years, owner Alfredo Bataller told a UAE interviewer.

Cutting back FLYBE is axing flights between Exeter and Spanish destinations including Alicante while increasing flights between Exeter and London City airport.

This could boost tourism, Devon hoteliers said.

Lesson needed A RESTRAINING order was issued against an Alicante man after he and his 14-year-old stepson attacked one of the boy’s teachers. Earlier the same teacher had reported him for fighting another pupil.

Canine help NOA, a black labrador-cross abandoned when two months old, was rescued and taken to Gandia’s animal shelter. She has now been selected as a therapy dog for autistic children.

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JUDGE Castro is investigating if Telefonica transferred €12 million to an account in the Ukraine for Royal son-in-law Iñaki Urdangarin in December 2007, when he held a high management position within the company.

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Bribe didn’t pay off A POLISH lorry-driver has been arrested near Gandia for attempting to bribe two Guardia Civil traffic policemen.

During one of the routine inspections of transport vehicles currently carried out on main roads throughout the Valencian Community, the driver was pulled over in Xeraco.

Finding that the vehicle breached transport regulations, the officers booked the driver.

At this point the 50-year-old allegedly offered the officers €2,000 to overlook the infraction and tear up the fine.

Instead the driver was taken before a Gandia judge and charged with attempted bribery.

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Rockslides force beach to close to the public JAVEA’s Pope Beach has been closed to the public following hazardous rockfalls there.

An official notice at the entrance to the beach now warns of the danger, advising swimmers and ramblers that it should not be used.

Rockfalls have been a problem at the beach, part of the Cabo de San Antonio marine reserve, for many years. Safety netting was installed in 2006 to contain fallen rocks and boulders and the regional government installed a roped-off lookout point which proved very popular with visitors.

Rockslides have increased and a plenary council meeting approved a

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Law-abiding BENIDORM’S overall crime rate fell by 16.35 per cent between January and April. Car theft fell by 32.6 per cent and robbery with violence 26.5 per cent.

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WARNING: Pope Beach too dangerous for the public to visit. motion to ask the regional government to rehabilitate the beach. A council official revealed that

the cost of repairing the protective wire mesh is beyond the €15,000 allocation for maintaining the netting.

Altea roundabout will ease N-332 traffic THERE is to be a new roundabout where the AP-7 motorway access meets the N-332 main road in Altea.

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The roadworks, which began last February, will ease traffic problems for drivers heading for Altea on the already saturated

N-322. The project, authorised by the Madrid government’s Ministry of Public Works, has cost €194,552. Those bound

for Altea’s Villa Gadea urbanisation and hotel will now be able to reach the complex from a branch off the AP-7 access. The roundabout will then enable them to turn left or right without the difficulties they currently encounter, explained the town hall.

This will also remove some of the traffic burden for the already overstretched N-332, which is the only route through Altea apart from the AP-7 toll road.

THE ‘25 d’abril’ sculpture commemorating the Battle of Almansa can be removed as planned by Gandia Town Hall.

Its creator, Antoni Miro, contested the decision but was overruled by the courts.

Going home ALICANTE Province’s Latin American community has fallen by 34,000 since the start of the economic crisis in 2008. Although many returned home, 13,000 have taken Spanish nationality in that time.

Mementos PHOTOGRAPHS, letters, graphs and documents from 1936-1939 donated by residents will be added to a history of Benissa’s soldiers during the Civil War.

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Easier free parking in Calpe CALPE Town Hall is releasing more space for free afternoon parking in Avenida Madrid.

This street, with its notary’s office, several banks and letting agencies, has heavy traffic each morning. By early afternoon it is practically deserted and the ‘blue

zone’ parking bays are hardly used, residents said.

The town hall and Pavasal, the parking concessionary company have now agreed that the Avenida Madrid ‘zona azul’ will start at 9am and finish at 2pm, announced Traffic councillor Jan

van Parijs.

Vehicles with Calpe residents’ parking permits can now park for up to three hours instead of the present four, Van Parijs said, to enable Calpinos to shop and attend to paperwork or other matters in the town centre.

LINE UP: Ready for the catwalk.

Successful fundraiser THE Original Charity Shop and Library’s fashion show raised €500 for Javea’s Red Cross ambulance appeal.

Sixteen volunteers from Belgium, Canada, Columbia, Germany, New Zealand, Spain and the UK modelled a wide range of clothes for all occasions, earning enthusiastic applause from an appreciative audience.

By popular demand on DENIA is organising a 15-kilometre race, the Denia Friday, May 30, the Original Montgo Trail on Sunday June 15 from 9am on Charity Shop is holding a mountain paths, climbing 753 metres to the top. special evening sale from 5pm The race is limited to 300 runners and the circuit has until 8pm at their shop on been approved and certified by the Valencian Avenida Fontana 14, Javea.

Federation of Mountain and Climbing Sports (FEMECV).

Come along and enjoy a Call Carlota Cadenas Cañamas, 630 582 019 or glass of cava while browsing carlota@deniamontgotrail.com; www.deniamontgo the spring and summer clothes trail.com; www.facebook.com/deniamontgotrail. on display.

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Long drink SCUBA divers can visit Vina Maris, an underwater wine cellar off Calpe. Six months on the seabed is equivalent to six years above ground when aging wine, its owners said.

Not welcome RESIDENTS living near Campello’s ‘dogs allowed’ beach called for its closure. If not, they will pay to analyse faeces found there to prove they are canine.

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Hankies out!

DESPITE Marina Baja’s arid countryside, it is more botanically diverse than the UK, experts said. At least five plants notorious for causing hay fever can be found there.

In a nutshell AS the drought continues, turronmakers in Jijona fear for this year’s almond crop. Prices for the ingredient of Spain’s favourite Christmas sweet will soar if the harvest fails, they said.

Foxes killed SEPRONA, the Guardia Civil’s nature protection unit, is investigating the death of three foxes in Oliva woodland which showed signs of poisoning.

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Recycling made easier DENIA now has a mobile recycling unit for non-organic waste.

“A lot of people don’t know what to do with this type of rubbish or it is hard for them to get to the town’s Ecoparc site,” said Denia’s Environment Councillor Juan Carlos Signes.

“So we have brought it to them.”

The mobile unit will pick up fluorescent tubes, aerosol cans, small household and electrical appliances as well as paint, televisions, kitchen utensils,

RECYCLING: Environment Councillor Juan Carlos Signes and Urbaser Denia’s manager inspect the new unit.

glass and crockery. Householders can also dispose of old

mobile phones, batteries, medicines, toner, light bulbs,

Time to set sail in Javea JAVEA’S third Sea Festival starts tomorrow (Friday).

For two days until May 25 the port is hosting the town’s nautically-themed Festival del Mar, with a wide choice of activities organised by the town hall, the Javea yacht club and local business associations.

The festival is a commercial, cultural, tourist and sporting event which sets out to offer an alternative to conventional boat shows while attracting an international audience of all ages.

There will be fly-boarding demonstrations, a

surfski competition and boat trips as well as exhibitions, concerts, leisure activities for children and adults, talks and cookery shows.

These will be given by the Michelin-starred chef from Bon Amb, Alberto Ferruz, who will be introduced by Angeles Ruiz, food writer and author of ‘Taste of the Sea’. Local restaurants will also be providing special seafood menus in the Gastromar section.

Cosmetics based on the products obtained from the sea will also be featured, together with specially designed fashions for beach and shipboard wear.

CDs, DVDs and both vegetable and mineral oil.

Everything picked up by Urbaser Denia, the company responsible for collecting the town’s rubbish, will either be recycled or receive treatment that will be cost-effective for the council.

Apart from national holidays, the mobile ecopark will function Monday to Saturday from 8am to 1pm. On Mondays it plans to park near the Torrecremada open-air market and Tuesdays will see it in Avenida Miguel Hernandez. It will go to Les Bassetes and Marineta Cassiana on alternate Wednesdays, covering the Les Marines and Les Rotes districts. The unit will go to Jesus Pobre and La Jara on alternate Thursdays and on Fridays will be in Calle La Via and on Saturdays at the parking area at the beginning of Cami de Sant Joan.

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Famous resident

CALPE has named one of its streets after Vicente Belliure. The boat builder and designer began with traditional fishing craft, later progressing to internationally acclaimed sailboats and cabin cruisers.

Still no jabs THE central government has blocked sales of the chicken pox vaccine throughout the Valencian Community, despite Health Department concerns. This is in line with European practices, the Health Ministry claimed.

Wrong turning AN ex-Guardia Civil in his 80s caused an accident while driving in the wrong direction on Alicante Cty’s A-70 ring-road.

ATRIUM: A small section of a very big hotel.

€3.8m fine

THE Atrium beach developers are appealing against a €3.8 million fine.

In 2012 the Supreme Court ruled that Hotel Luna SA had exceeded its original planning permission and the building’s huge skeleton had dominated the Villajoyosa end of La Cala for years.

Apartment owners in the same complex complained that the building under construction would block the sea views they had been

promised. Building was halted and this and other infringements investigated.

“We feel that the fine is disproportionate and unfair,” said company sources.

Originally the Valencian Community authorities imposed a €12,020,242 fine, the highest ever imposed for an infringement of this type.

On appeal the Valencia Region’s Upper Court reduced this to €3.8 million.

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Drugs seized TWO men have been arrested at the port of Denia carrying 54,000 Ecstasy pills.

The shipment of drugs was hidden in 21 plastic packets in the fuel tank of their car.

The two men, of Dutch nationality aged

54,000 Ecstasy pills.

23 and 25, were headed to Ibiza on the ferry.

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Iberian graves ARCHAEOLOGICAL surveys conducted for construction of the new access road into La Vila have located three Iberian cremation graves, dating from the sixth and fourth centuries.

Police bonuses ELEVEN Local Police officers have submitted individual suits against the City of Villajoyosa to collect 25 per cent of the bonus that the municipality has owed them since 2012.

Surgery week ALICANTE General Hospital is hosting the International Week of Trauma and Emergency Surgery from May 31-June 6.

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Valencia gets ready for the European elections THE Valencia Region has 14,782 ballot boxes, 5,819 booths and 103 million ballot papers ready to take votes for the 39 European

Parliamentary elections on Sunday.

Paula Sanchez de Leon, the government delegate in Valencia, visited the offices in the

ITV vehicle sound test dropped THE noise test, part of the ITV car inspections in the Valencia Region, is to be scrapped.

It was introduced in 2004 and was a mandatory check costing €8, which then rose to €9.30, but it only applied at ITV stations in the region. Now it will only be carried out during mandatory checks; currently, mopeds and motorcycles.

During the 10 years since the sound level checks were carried out, it is estimated that Valencian drivers have paid €150 million for the test.

Nearly two months ago the price of a vehicle ITV was reduced by 17 per cent and the price of the sound test reduced to €2.48.

city, where all the voting equipment is being stored ready for installation.

Valencia Province will reportedly also have 3.4 million envelopes, 84,830 manuals and 95 per cent of polling stations will have a tablet for electronic participation and results’ collation.

Alicante Province will have 10,274 ballot

boxes, 2,429 polling booths and 35.5 million ballot papers.

More than 7,000 police officers, a mix of Guardia Civil, National Police and Local Police are expected to be on hand during the elections to ensure “the protection of property and individuals, so that everyone can feel free to exercise their right to vote,” said Sanchez de Leon.

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15th birthday AROUND 700 employees from Media Markt stores across Valencia, Murcia and Albacete descended on Terra Mitica’s Iberia Village to mark the company’s 15th anniversary.

Baby lemurs FIVE new lemurs have been born to the family at Mundomar theme park, Benidorm. The species is only found on the island of Madagascar and are under threat.

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Altea; among 10 prettiest towns ALTEA has been named as one of the 10 prettiest towns in Spain.

The accolade came from Bloginmadrid, a website where various recommendations on travel, entertainment, music, fashion, health and beauty are offered.

It carried out a report on the prettiest towns in the country which were an affordable destination for the summer holidays. This was also based on recommendations and

Elche taxi drivers are now satisfied

ALTEA: In list of top 10 prettiest towns in Spain.

Altea was the only place in the Valencian Community to be listed.

It was highlighted for the uniqueness and peculiarity of the Casco Antiguo.

Ikea on forest land THE Department of Infrastructure is examining information that shows 80 per cent of the planned location for the new Ikea in Alicante is considered as forest area. The land was approved last year and the land designated as

‘ordinary forest floor’ and not in any listed areas. This does not prevent the building of the new megastore, but the council is examining the information, saying planning is still at an early stage in the process.

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ELCHE taxi drivers at Alicante-Elche airport have described their satisfaction with the clampdown on taxis from outside the area working at the airport.

In the first two weeks of measures to limit taxis, the Local Police have performed more than 250 spot checks and submitted nine reports.

Satisfaction among the Elche drivers has been more than evident, with Radio Taxi Elche agreeing that “there has been substantial action and balance is positive.”

They commented on the increased police presence and said: “There are colleagues who have noticed this more than others.”

Elche taxi drivers staged a 24-hour protest on March 24 to denounce the intrusion of taxis from other areas, and the presence of illegal vehicles.

Evacuation from fire A FIRE forced the evacuation of homes and three lanes of traffic were closed on the A-7 near Valencia.

The fire broke out along the Turia River, destroying 30 hectares of land in Manises. The fire was brought under control by nine fire crews but later another blaze began spreading across the forest floor, forcing the evacuation of 50 homes in Barranc Fondo and La Presa areas.

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Construction industry is showing recovery signs PRESIDENT of construction giant Fecia, Ramon Jerez, has spoken publicly about what he describes as a ‘clear recovery’ in the industry.

In the first four months of 2014, 294 building firms and 1,697 employees were registered as under contract in the area.

Jerez stressed that, for the first time since the credit crisis shredded the construction industry in 2007, a turnaround is happening. The data was

ON THE UP: Signs suggest that building sector is improving once again.

included as part of a report by the Construction Education Foundation, a

body which analyses employment in the Costa Blanca. Other data also

Typical feline behaviour FIREFIGHTERS were called to Valencia City’s Misericordia Secondary School to rescue a cat from a palm tree.

The cat had been in the tree for three days, foiling all attempts to rescue it. The city authorities sent along a crane truck and firefighters prepared to bring the cat down. Pupils crowded round to watch as two of them climbed into the crane basket and were hoisted within reach of the cat.

points to recovery. For example, the Labour Force Survey is noting increases of 2,600 building jobs in the last quarter of 2013 and further increases in early 2014. However, these figures have a long way to go before they equal the high numbers of February 2007, when the province had 12,691 companies and 73,481 workers in the construction industry.

PHOTOGRAPHS: Spread through ‘Whatsapp’.

Safety on the net FIVE children aged 13 and 14 have been arrested for illegally distributing ‘intimate’ photographs of one of their classmates.

The five boys were detained by the National Police in Vigo under suspicion of distributing sexual content photographs of a 13-year-old girl.

The police interrogated a dozen children, all aged between 13 and 14, and finally selected five whom they suspected of being the principals responsible for the photographs’ dispersion on the web. Police haven’t dismissed the possibility of making more arrests as the pictures have now left the geographical area of Vigo and have gone national.

The victim herself originally distributed the photographs, in which she appears naked or seminaked. She sent them via WhatsApp to her friends and ex-boyfriend but they forwarded them to others who distributed them outside the group.

Police are continuing the investigation even though they already have 40 accusatory cases open on the matter.

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Employment in tourism rises VALENCIA is leading the increase of people employed in the tourism sector; three out of four new jobs created in the region were in tourism.

The region recorded 46,617 new roles in the last 12 months, an increase of 26.4 per cent compared to the country’s average increase of just 3.1 per cent. The data was announced by the Minister of Economy, Industry, Tourism and Employment, Maximo Buch, during his visit to the May Fair in Torrevieja. According to Buch, towns like Torrevieja MORE than 2,200 teachers in the Valencia Region are are a “shining example” involved in an E-Twinning programme, which aims to and has been able to “lower foster interchange, cooperation and mobility between unemployment.” education and training systems within the EU. Specifically, unemployThe E-Twinning programme is an initiative of the ment fell in the area by 6.8 European Commission aimed at promoting the per cent over the last 12 establishment of school twinning and the development months. The Minister of collaborative projects over the Internet between stressed the importance of schools in different European countries. The duration, tourism in the economic objectives and characteristics of twinning are the choice fabric of the region and of participants. added the summer period The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports has is looking “very positive.” registered 1,024 projects in which 510 schools in the In the first quarter of region participate. The initiative also promotes the 2014, the province of professional development of teachers, helping them to Alicante welcomed 652,278 build bridges between the different curricula and allows tourists, and a spend of them to meet other educational systems. €562 million in March.

Teachers participate in online programme

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Exports up 5.9% VALENCIAN exports during the first quarter of 2014 increased 5.9 per cent over the same period last year to reach €6.12 billion; representing 10.5 per cent of all Spanish exports.

CYCLING CLUB: Donated to Alzheimer’s Association.

Cyclists give to Alzheimer’s A NEW cycling club has been created in Teulada.

The club, with around 30 members and chaired by Jorge Canet, made a donation of over €2,700 to the Association of Families of People

Classic rally A CLASSIC car rally departs outside the Cultural Centre in L’Alfas del Pi on Sunday, for Castilla la Mancha.

It is the third annual rally, organised by Los Antiguos European Car Club. Around 60 classic cars will take part on the mainland. The cars will be on show on Saturday outside the Cultural Centre from 10am.

with Alzheimer Teulada-Moraira. The cheque was handed to the Alzheimer’s Association president Jose Buigues, who thanked them for their gesture of solidarity.

Busiest May for hotels BENIDORM hotels recorded an occupancy rate of 85.7 per cent in the first half of May, which is the best figure in this period since 2004.

The Business Association of Hotels Benidorm and the Costa Blanca (HOSBEC) said data was collected during the first 15 days of May and is 30 per cent more than during the first two weeks of

the month last year.

President of HOSBEC, Antoni Mayor, believes the figure “could quite possibly be the best figure of occupancy in Spain, even over the Canaries.”

By origin, the UK market has grown by 5 per cent with nearly 240,000 overnight stays, accounting for 46.7 per cent of the total.

By province, the largest increase was in Valencia, at 5.8 per cent, with €3.40 billion, followed by Castellon, with a growth of 8 per cent (€1.51 billion) and Alicante, with 3.4 per cent (€1.20 billion).

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No compensation ALCOY has flatly rejected to compensate the Luxender group companies with €38 million for the loss suffered by not being able to complete the development project ‘Serelles.’

The project plan was to build 1,500 homes and was approved by the former PP government of Alcoy in July 2005. Only around 30 were occupied

when Luxender declared bankruptcy in late October 2008 and they claimed compensation from the city as they granted them the status for development and said they were responsible for them not finishing with the Hydrographic Confederation of Júcar (CHJ) leading to complications.

Alcoy refused compensation upon advice by the Legal Advisory Council.

New sewer system plans VILLAJOYOSA Council has announced that work on the new sewer system from the Almadraba, known as the old ice factory, to the new collector at Port Avenue Pumping Station will soon commence.

These works are included in the plan to improve municipal infrastructure that make up the Integrated Water Cycle (collection, treatment, distribution, disposal and treatment), making the concession of drinking water and sewage.

The renovations will improve any odour problems and prevent overflows which previously occurred by heavy rain clogging the pumps, saving on maintenance and therefore energy consumption.

Hidraqua SA will cover the €75,967 cost.

Clamping down THREE people tested positive for driving whilst under the influence of drinking in Alcoy at the weekend.

Local Police carried out the tests as part of control operations in the Plaza de España, Calle Gabriel Miro and the Plaza Gonzalo Canto.

The weekend operations also saw police assist in several robberies and an altercation in the Northern Zone.

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Women in Business ‘need new direction’ THE Women in Business Club (WIBC) held their Annual General Meeting at the Parador, Javea.

It was reported that funds raised during 2013 exceeded those in 2012 to help the shelters and other charities supported by the WIBC. This was also helped by a reduction in administration fees due to the generous donations towards advertising, printing costs and venues for the events from their sponsors.

At the AGM the current members of the committee announced that they would be stepping down.

Unfortunately, there were no volunteers to take over and since then the committee has been

WOMEN IN BUSINESS: Fairs and events last year raised more money than in 2012. in consultation with the members to discuss the future of Women in Business and are currently

talking with parties who are interested in taking on the business and networking side of the

Historic refurbishment

ON SITE: Members of the Such Devesa family.

RENOVATION work has begun on the future Ethnographic Centre in Alfaz del Pi. The building, which will be a place to study the history, culture and the traditions of the municipality, was built in 1845 and is in itself part of the town’s history. The building has been owned by the Such Devesa family since 1927, who have donated it to Alfaz del Pi, wanting it to preserve customs and past ways of life.

Mayor Vicente Arques stressed the generosity and commitment of the family as they visited the premises to see the refurbishment.

association. It is a possibility that the charity side, the work with the victims of domestic violence and supporting the shelters, could be moved under the wing of a larger association.

WIBC is in need of a change of direction and identity and it is hoped that a group of people can be found to take the association forward. The committee maintains that all current responsibilities toward the shelters and charities that have been made will be fulfilled and state that the association is not closing down.

For more information email info@wibc-spain. com. There will still be networking meetings and they will be announced via www.wibc-spain.com.

Hotel Sidi warning ARCHITECTS and hoteliers have warned that the closed Sidi hotel on San Juan beach in Alicante will need a large cash injection if it is ever to reopen.

From an architectural point of view, experts calculate a decline of 2 per cent per year, but representatives of the College of Architects have pointed out that the exponential decay is incalculable due to its location by the sea, making the damage much more pronounced.

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17 arrested for drug trafficking SEVENTEEN people have been arrested for drug trafficking and money laundering as part of an operation carried out in Alicante, Murcia, Ciudad Real and Albacete.

The drugs were being sent from Spain to Lithuania hidden in false bottoms of parcels sent illegally through parcel delivery companies. During the investigation it was determined that the main leaders of the network were a

Lithuanian couple, resident in Alicante Province.

The woman was responsible for establishing contacts with suppliers of drugs, mainly marihuana, and shipping the drug to Lithuania with the man handling the sale and purchase and ensuring the arrival and distribution of the substance in Lithuania.

After both arrests, suppliers were arrested in towns in Murcia.

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Metal companies increase production in 1st quarter METAL companies in the Valencia Region have increased their production by 10.7 per cent in the first quarter. It is expected that sales,

employment and investment will continue its upward trend in the coming months, marking a shift towards recovery.

Son stabs mother AN argument between a mother and her son almost ended in tragedy in Alicante. The woman, aged 48, was the victim of an assault with a kitchen knife, allegedly at the hands of her son during a heated argument.

The fall out occurred at their home in the Carolinas Altas neighbourhood and resulted in the mother being stabbed in the side, narrowly missing vital organs. The son, aged 18, took her to hospital where he was then arrested by police.

According to the report of the situation of the metal engineering sector by the Valenciana Business Federation (FEMEVAL), increased production has been recorded since June 2013. The rise in the first quarter put the Valencian industry 3.5 points above the national average.

However, foreign sales are down 2.4 per cent, the first decline since late 2012.

Exports to the Euro zone countries have dropped, but there has been a ‘good pace’ exporting to countries like the United Kingdom, United States and Mexico.

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Lost inheritance THE Valencian Government has lost €505 million from 2005-2011 by taxing inheritances below average in a bid to lower the average tax effort.

Roof collapse DAYTONA Rock Bar in Benidorm is closed for repairs after part of the roof fell down when several customers were inside at the time.

Sea festival JAVEA’S Festival of the Sea takes place this weekend in the port area with a range of activities, stalls and demonstrations.

Scuba Steve will be there offering advice and information on scuba diving.

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Unemployment tops the worry poll for Valencians UNEMPLOYMENT and corruption are top of people’s worry list, according to a survey carried out by the Valencian

Government, followed by health.

Citizens in the region cited unemployment as the biggest

problem facing Valencia right now (82 per cent) followed by 44.9 per cent for political corruption and 25.5 per cent for

health. When the same question was asked, but with a view to Spain as a whole, the results were quite similar with 83.4 per cent citing unemployment as the biggest concern, followed by corruption (53.8 per cent) and health (21.7 Altea but has gotten per cent). international acclaim The 2,016 participants and is steadily making a expressed that health name for himself in policy, education and Hollywood. This will be training, as well as help the first screening of his for the unemployed, film here in Altea, and should be the focus for we’re very excited that the Valencian Governhe has agreed to do it ment right now. at AlteArte, an art and They also felt that mojito lounge in Altea’s public spending on wages Casco Antiguo.” for politicians (64.4 per He will also welcome cent) and infrastructure a Q&A session after the (24.8 per cent) should be screening. reduced, whereas only Tickets cost €10 and 8.7 per cent felt that seats are limited so popular festivals and book now by emailing events should have public alteartehotspot@yahoo. spending cut. es or call in to the bar.

Hollywood director at film screening HOLLYWOOD film director Eugenio Mira is in Altea on June 1. He will be attending a unique and one-off screening of his film Grand Piano which is taking place at AlteArte in the old town of Altea.

The film was released last year starring Elijah Wood and John Cusack telling the tale of a concert pianist who stopped performing because of stage fright.

Making a comeback, he discovers a note written on the score saying ‘play one wrong

FILM SCREENING: Owners David and Sara look forward to welcoming director Eugenio Mira. note and you die’...

The screening has been secured by AlteArte owners Sara Wilson and David

Fernandez who are understandably excited that the director will be attending in person.

Sara said: “Mira is from

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Parents face abuse charges A COUPLE from El Campello are facing a prison sentence for the alleged abuse of their three-month-old baby.

Prosecution are calling for a total sentence of 19 years for the father and mother for three counts of injury and alleged abuse on the infant since birth.

The father is being accused of being mainly responsible for the abuse with the mother allowing it to happen.

The case arose when they took the baby to the hospital of San Juan with a fever. Upon examination doctors found a number of bruises and injuries on the infant. The two were arrested but released on bail pending trial. They are refrained from going within 500m of their child, who is now staying with the maternal grandmother.

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Benissa recalls the Civil War

CIVIL WAR: Residents are asked to contribute their memories and photos.

BENISSA is compiling information and material on the Civil War (936-1939) to mark the forthcoming publication of a book on the battle.

The Depart of Culture is asking locals for their memories of the war, any photos, military dress or even letters or documents from family members, to be part of the project.

The town hall said: “It is not necessary that people who appear in photographs or write the document to be known by the person, they only need the desire to

UNESCO: Delegation travelled to Paris.

Denia delegates travel to Paris contribute a bit to reconstruct the memory of Benissa.”

Photos and documents are being collected at the Cultural Centre and must be offered before June 27. For more information call 965 731 313.

DENIA has submitted its application to become a ‘Creative City of Gastronomy’ at the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris, France.

Mayor Ana Kringe, the Regional Secretary of Tourism, Daniel Marco, the President of the Association of Hotels and Tourism of the Marina Alta, Cristina Selles and councillor for Tourism, Pepa Font all made the journey to Paris to present their case.

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Bodies piled up in university basement REPORTS in the Spanish press have revealed that some 250 human bodies, which had been donated to science, are piled up at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid.

According to a report in Spanish daily, El Mundo, after being used in classes at the university, they have been piling up for the past seven years instead of being incinerated.

The head of the Anatomy and Human Embryology department claimed that this was because the person who worked on the incineration oven took early retirement in December, and that because unions claimed that the oven was faulty, the university had not been able to take on someone else. Union representatives claim that it emits toxic gases, bacteria and viruses.

Although only 20 people have authority to access the area where the bodies are piled up, in reality, anyone

curious can get in. Infected bodies are incinerated immediately and not touched by students, and apparently the man who has taken early retirement will work 40 days per year exclusively burning the remains. What he can’t deal with should be taken elsewhere.

Some 50 bodies are donated to science every year. In the storeroom, remains, some of them mummified, are mixed up with others, with no type of identification at all; in some areas, the floor is slippery with bodily fluids.

There is reportedly no law regarding what should be done by faculties of medicine with bodies which are donated to them.

Since the situation came to light, an investigation has been opened by the university, which blames it on government cutbacks and says that the bodies will be removed by the end of the week by a funeral parlour.

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Mayor on leave ALICANTE Mayor Sonia Castedo is now on maternity leave following the birth of her daughter Carla.

Photo exhibit A PHOTOGRAPHY exhibition is on at La Senieta, Moraira, by the U3A Teulada/ Moraira group. The photos will be on display until Saturday.

Curtis on tour GRADUATES of the Curtis Music Institute are playing at Teulada Moraira as part of their world tour, on Saturday at 8pm, in the auditorium. Tickets €12 from the box office or call 902 444 300.

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Mountain walkers club welcomes new faces NEW faces are welcome to join the Costa Blanca Mountain Walkers Club on their final, gentle

walks of the spring season.

Throughout the summer they are organising a programme of

Homage to patron saint TEULADA-MORAIRA paid homage to the Virgin de los Desamparados.

The fishing pier was the venue chosen for the arrival of the image of the ‘Virgin of the Helpless’ in Moraira where the mayor and residents with rose petals were waiting to pay their tribute on the 75th anniversary.

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alternative activities which anyone can go along to, with the walking season returning in October.

The next walk takes place on Saturday in Montgo, along the windmills and the lighthouse.

There is an optional lunch after the walk, which will be at the Hong Kong Chinese Restaurant in Javea Port, which is also hosting its Festival of the Sea. The end of season Virgin arrives on land. walk is on June 4 from the Val del Pop restaurant, Lliber, from 10.30am. Dogs are The town hall is offering allowed. Call Dave on a public subsidy of just over 965 973 090.

For more details on €7,000 to support the association’s efforts to the club or on the promote an active scheduled walks, visit www.cbmwalkers.org retirement.

Supporting an active retirement JAVEA’s Mayor Jose Chulvi has signed an agreement with the local Housewives Association. It is one of the most active groups in the municipality and has over

1,000 partners. It organises courses ranging from gymnastics, dancing and sewing to travel and social events which highlight local cuisine and customs.

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Benefits of the sun THE title of the Norwegian film ‘The Benefits of the Sun’ made by Alfaz del Pi resident Torben Thoger, has been screened publicly for the first time in the town’s Casa de Cultura.

The mayor of Alfaz del Pi congratulated the author and producer on his 30-minute documentary, for contributing to the dissemination of something as unique as the local climate and its health benefits.

The Danish film-maker decided to study the impact of climate on health with the help of residents from other countries who spoke about their experiences and also included health advice about sun safety from professionals.

The documentary is available for viewing via the internet.

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Spain lets Russia use enclave port SPAIN has sparked an international outcry after it let Russian ships dock at its port in the African enclave Ceuta.

The country has been accused of ‘absurdity and hypocrisy’ after allowing three Russian navy ships to dock in its North African territory.

UK MPs have criticised Madrid’s decision to allow the vessels, which included a heavilyarmed destroyer, to take on food, fuel and supplies.

The ships docked in Ceuta just two weeks ago as tensions increased between NATO and Russia over the Ukraine crisis.

Spain, which is a NATO member, is being accused of double standards as they form

part of an alliance which is standing up against Russia over the ongoing Ukraine conflict.

The Ceuta disclosure has highlighted Spain’s hypocrisy over Gibraltar and recent tension over British sovereignty while Spain persists in controlling Ceuta and Melilla, their territories some 50 miles away in Morocco.

In the UK Parliament last night (Wednesday) Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell said: “How is the defence alliance supposed to work if members of NATO behave like this?

“It is completely perverse and highlights the absurdity and shortsightedness of Spain’s position.

We are supposed to be allies.

“It is also blatantly hypocritical to allow Russian warships to use a territory which is not part of mainland Spain while complaining to the UK about us having Gibraltar.

“Spain is going to achieve nothing by pursuing these shoddy and nonsensical policies.”

Just three weeks ago the Royal Navy sent destroyer HMS Dragon to track Russia’s Vice Admiral Kulakov as it approached British waters.

Although the Russian ship stopped short of entering British territorial waters, military experts believe that Russia is testing out UK defences in the wake of the Ukraine crisis.

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La gente As part of our series La Gente, Euro Weekly News reporter Gemma Quinn has been out and about to see what skills, talent and inspirational people can be found on the Costa Blanca. This week she met an up and coming author ready to hit the literary scene...

TEACHER by day, writer by night, Saffron Mello Castro, from Denia, is carving out a career for herself as a serious author. But this is not just a hobby she decided to take up one day, she has been writing for years: “I’ve always loved creative writing and from a young age would spend my time writing short stories.

“As an adult I continued writing for myself and finally found the courage “To think I’ve put a smile on someone’s face or raised a laugh, would be hugely satisfying.”

the late eighties/early nineties at a time when the whole ‘New Age travellers’ scene was well and truly alive, from being light-hearted to moments of deeper introspection, darkness and hedonism.”

Saffron has big ambitions and hopes for the book: “Whilst writing the book every scene was vivid and real for me, accompanied by a continuing soundtrack in my mind. I’ve no doubt that this could be made into an amazing film, a sensitive and beautifully filmed portrayal of the novel.” But ultimately, she wants the reader to be as engrossed in it and connected to it as she was in writing it: “To think I’ve put a smile on someone’s face or raised a laugh, would be hugely satisfying.”

to send some articles to a local paper, which were published.

“I began writing more seriously around five years ago after trying my hand at some Erotica after reading an article on the benefits of being a writer of this particular genre.

“This led me into my novel and I could not stop writing and found it to be a hugely cathartic experience.” This novel, ‘A thousand miles from nowhere’ has now been published, available as an Ebook or as a hard copy: “The story is in part based on my own real life experiences, as well as those of others I’ve known, with a large portion of imagination thrown in of course.”

AUTHOR: Saffron meeting Charlie The author continued: “It Dimmock at a recent exhibition in is a journey of Calpe. experimentation and sexual awakening set in Spain in

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Incitement of violence through social networks THE Valencia courts have freed the young man who was detained for inciting violence against politicians through social networks.

Although free he will have to sign at his Local Police station three times a week until his case comes to court.

The 19-year-old celebrated the death, via ‘tweets,’ of the PP delegate for Leon, Isabel Carrasco, who was murdered by an ex-

employee’s mother.

The young man is the first in Spain to be arrested for ‘expressing his agreement with the assassination of Isabel Carrasco’ according to the Twitter account of the Valencia courts.

The investigation began when the Guardia Civil got wind of a person using the social networks to agree with the violent killing.

After looking through

Twitter they found several ‘tweets’ making reference to the killing including - “Good one!

Let’s kill them all,” “more bullets to the head of the PP dogs” and “give me an AK47 and I’ll continue the spree.”

After searching the man’s residence they found data on his computer and mobile phone to back up their identification of this man as the suspect.

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CHILD ABUSE: Graffiti artist protests in 2009.

Alleged child abuser detained

A BRITISH man has been detained in Valencia accused of abusing his two stepchildren.

He had a European detention order in his name for alleged child abuse.

The girl is now around the age of 49 and the boy around 46, but 38 years ago they were 11 and eight, respectively, and they were, allegedly, abused by their step-father, now 71, who has been detained by the National Police in L’Olleria, a small town in

the province of Valencia.

The Minister of the Interior, Jorge Fernandez Diaz, commented in a press release that the man is accused of sexual aggression and hitting both children, he also threatened to turn them over to the social services if they ever told anyone about the abuse.

All of this happened between 1976 and 1980 when the man was married to their mother.

EU Court fines Spain €30 million THE European Union’s highest court, the European Court of Justice, has hit Spain with a €30million fine for failing to recover unlawful aid.

The court in Luxembourg found on Tuesday that Spain had not complied correctly with a 2006 judgement in which it had been ordered to recover illegal state aid given to the Basque Country.

The money had been granted to businesses in the northern region.

Justifying the size of the fine the Luxembourg-based court said that the aid had been “particularly harmful to competition by reason of the size of the amount... and the high number of recipients.”

The EC (European Commission), which is the EU’s executive arm, is demanding the repayment

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SENTENCE: European Court of Justice fines Spain. of a lump sum of around €65 million, which it believes is still owing on the recovery of the aid.

Authorities in the three provinces of Alava, Vizcaya and Guipuzcoa granted the aid in the 1990s in the form of tax cuts and a 45 per cent tax credit for investment.

Back in 2001, the EC found the aid to be incompatible with EU

internal market rules and ordered Spain to end the scheme. It also stipulated that Spain recover the money granted.

After the EC determined that the Basque provinces had not fully repaid the funds it took legal action in the Court of Justice.

In 2006 the court ruled that Spain had failed to fulfil its undertakings with the EC.

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European elections this Sunday

by Pete Woodall The EU elections in Spain are not limited to just Spaniards.

EU elections come around every five years and voting and procedure vary slightly from country to country.

Unlike Belgium, Greece, Cyprus and Luxembourg voting is not compulsory in Spain. European elections usually span four days, with voting in the UK and the Netherlands taking place today (Thursday) and most of the other 28 countries including Spain casting their vote this Sunday.

The procedure here is relatively straightforward.

Polling stations are open from 9am until 8pm and for the most part are located in designated schools and high schools throughout each municipality.

Those entitled and who correctly registered their intention to vote, can do so.

Voters just need to present themselves at their designated

BALLOT BOX: Voting in the EU elections in Spain is not limited to just Spaniards. polling station with a valid identification document.

Residency certificates, NIE documents and driving licences with a photograph are not generally considered to be official ID documents so the British will have to show their passports. Spaniards and

other EU citizens may show a national ID card if they have one.

At the polling stations the electoral role is listed A to Z by surname; the list shows one of possibly several tables where each individual can find the appropriate printed ballot slip

for the party of their choice to cast their vote. One vote per person, the vote is confidential and done behind a curtain by placing the chosen ballot slip in the envelope provided and dropping it into the box.

It is important to note: ballot slips must not be marked or

written on in any way as this will invalidate the vote.

As well as an information point and probably a Guardia Civil officer, representatives of the main political parties will also be on hand to assist and show how to vote if needed.

If you are certain you are on the electoral role but cannot find your name on the list ask at the information point. The information officer who is usually a town hall employee, will contact the INE (Instituto Nacional de EstadĂ­stica) and try to resolve the situation.

Common examples are where a voter has been assigned a different polling station in the municipality without their knowledge.

The EU elections this time will appoint 751 MEPs to the European Parliament, representing 5.05 million people living in an area of 4,385,449 square kilometres.

Your individual vote may seem small but it could be important.

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Fans hurt as railing falls SIXTY EIGHT football fans were hurt when a a railing collapsed during a Spanish League football match in Pamplona.

Osasuna fans were celebrating a goal against Real Betis when the barricade collapsed in the packed Sadar stadium.

Osasuna’s Oriol Riera scored in the 12th minute of the match, sending the crowd wild. Fans in a celebratory mood were leaning and sitting on the metal barrier when it gave way, causing dozens to fall.

Medics attended the injured fans on the field, with 10 people requiring further treatment in hospital. The game was delayed for 35 minutes before it was resumed.

Osasuna beat Real Betis 2-1 but were relegated to the second division.

Atletico Madrid won their first La Liga title in 18 years on Saturday night. They drew 1-1 to second-placed Barcelona.

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Spanish give opinion on the royal family EIGHTY five per cent of Spanish people believe that the royal family is somehow implicated in corruption cases and scandals.

Seventy five per cent confess that the royal family inspires little or no confidence in the people; despite this the majority of the population would not change the current state of affairs.

Sixty per cent consider the democracy to work badly or very badly in Spain.

The credibility crises that Spanish institutions and political parties are going through together with the continuous scandals that surround the king and his family have ended up weakening the royal family in the eyes of the Spanish. The fact that 85 per cent believe that the royal family are implicated in corruption is principally due to Iñaki Urdangarin, the king’s son in law, who currently stands

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SPANISH ROYALS: Inspiring little or no confidence in their subjects. accused of embezzlement, fraud, perversion of justice, lying and money laundering.

In a survey, done by Sondea Investigacion Social (social investigation surveys), of the 75 per cent who say that the royal family inspires little or no

confidence in them, their main concern is with the family itself and not the actual institution of the monarchy. Only 45 per cent believe that the current king should be the last one, the other 55 per cent want Prince Felipe to continue the tradition.

THREE men have been sentenced to 47 years in total in prison for abducting and raping the wife of a man who owed them money.

In July 2011, he had a debt of €250,000 with the accused due to a failed foreign commerce deal. In March 2012, he travelled to Senegal in an attempt to solve his business problems. While he was away, the three men went to his home, found his wife alone, called him, threatened him and gave him until the next day to pay them back.

They held his wife in their home for several hours and raped her. She was finally able to contact her daughter, who alerted the Catalan regional police force, who put an operation in place to access the house and freed her.

The three men have been ordered to pay the victim €75,000 in compensation.

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Gift for mayor THE Harley Davidson Motoclub of Almeria gifted the mayor of Santa Cruz de Marchena a plaque as a ‘thank you’ for the town’s hospitality during the recent fiesta.

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PEOPLE in the Balearic Islands have double the risk of other Spanish regions of suffering from heart diseases, according to the Spanish Cardiology Society.

Alcazaba activities

Port protest

THE Junta is planning 43 events between July 1 and August 30 at the Alcazaba Arab fortress in Almeria City.

They include theatre, music and exhibitions to mark the city’s millennium.

MORE than 10,000 signatures have been handed in to the port authorities to protest against plans to expand Al Molinar Port.

Immediate aid

School grant

MORE than 120 pupils from the Emilio Zurano school in Pulpi planted pine trees on the main Pulpi to San Juan de los Terreros road as part of the ‘Grow with your tree’ programme.

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Selfie arrest A MOBILE phone thief in Callosa del Segura was caught after continually taking ‘selfies’ on the stolen device.

Chase crash A DRIVER, aged 38, is in intensive care in Torrevieja Hospital after crashing the car he was driving after trying to avoid a police control in the Mar Azul area of Torrevieja. Police believe the car was stolen.

Official mourning

Mystery fall

Heart disease

A YOUNG eaglet was rescued by environmental agents in the Seron area. The bird has been sent to an adoption centre in Madrid. Once it is able to fly it will be released in Navarra.

Pines planted

mountain teams after falling from a jetty while walking in Deia. She was taken to Son Espases Hospital.

GUARDIA CIVIL are investigating the death of a woman, 86, who fell from a first-floor apartment in Esporles, although foul play is not suspected.

Bird rescue

SCHOOLS in Huercal-Overa, Cuevas del Almanzora, Bacares and Viator are to receive a €230,000 facelift from the Education Department.

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HORSE SHOW: One of the most popular aspects of Torrevieja’s May Fair.

Fiesta fun

THE major cities of Torrevieja and Orihuela attracted thousands of visitors over the weekend.

Torrevieja hosted the 26th annual May Fair with the port area transformed into the Sevillanas festival which was declared of ‘Provincial Tourist Interest.’

In Orihuela feasts and dancing were held in honour of the Virgen del Rocio along with a paella contest.

Three cultures

Fire engine

MURCIA'S ‘Three Cultures’ festival is on until Saturday with a range of concerts happening across the city.

Tickets are free, available from the Teatro Romea. Visit the Tourist Information office for more information.

FUENGIROLA Town Hall has donated a fire engine to NGO ‘Firemen in Action’ which collaborates with volunteer firemen in Paraguay.

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Dog attack

SAN ISIDRO is in three days of mourning for the death of the PP Councillor Juan Jose Gil Ruiz. Flags will be flying at half mast.

A BRITISH couple was charged after their four dogs escaped from their home in Alhaurin de la Torre and one of them injured a woman and her Yorkshire Terrier.

Widows conference

Wanted woman

MORE than 900 widows gathered in Torrevieja for the 42nd edition of the National Assembly of Confav (Confederation of Federations and Associations Widows Hispania).

A BRITISH woman, 66, wanted in the USA for fraud, was arrested in Marbella when she went to the police station to carry out a procedure regarding her NIE document.

Unique street TORREMOLINOS-based businessman Javier Checa has proposed the creation of a street in the town dedicated exclusively to prostitution, similar to Hamburg’s Herbertstrasse.

Noise measure THE Andalucian Ombudsman has proposed that Puerto Marina in Benalmadena be provided with means to measure noise levels in order to reduce acoustic contamination.

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Woman rescued A WOMAN, 62, had to be rescued by

THE Playa de Palma area now has a new immediate ambulance service which will operate in popular night life spots.

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Flamenco singing ALMUÑECAR has ended its second municipal course of Flamenco singing with a prize giving ceremony for the nearly 20 students who attended.

New centre LA HERRADURA is to get a new health centre; it will be located in the Centro Jate and should be open by around September.

Good access FRIGILIANA has won the Reina Sofia prize for accessibility which is given to towns and villages which have, for longer than five years, continuously improved access for the disabled.

Other portraits PABLO DEL PINO is exhibiting a collection of portraits of poets in the Casa de la Cultura in Almuñecar which fits in with the town’s international poetry festival.

One minute ALMUÑECAR, and many other Axarquia towns, has held a minute’s silence in memory of Isabel Carrasco who was assassinated last week.

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BRITISH PRESS Top duo NORWAY - Norwegian pop duo Nico & Vinz have become the third Norwegian act to make the Billboard Top 20 in the US after their song ‘Am I Wrong’ jumped into 18th place this week.

Dead reindeer NORWAY - Scientists in Norway have raised the alarm after reports that close to 100,000 reindeer died last year on the Finnmark plateau, the heartland of Norway’s Sami minority.

Anti-Semitic SWEDEN - One in 20 Swedes hold anti-Semitic views according to a report released by the non-profit Anti-Defamation League, this is enough to rank Sweden as the least antiSemitic country in Europe.

Mainly happy SWEDEN - A comprehensive survey of the 28 EU member states revealed an EU-high of 91 per cent of Swedes believe immigrants contribute significantly to society and 97 per cent of Swedes are satisfied with their lives.

Prices up DENMARK - Electricity prices increased by more than 83 per cent between 2002 and 2012, for private houses and businesses.

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THE creator of Jaws’ metal teeth, Luis Fairman, falsely claimed to be a dental technician. The manufacturer of the iconic Bond villain’s teeth has been fined for unlawfully claiming to be registered with the General Dental Council.

A POLICEMAN in Nottinghamshire had to ask a prisoner’s mum for a lift to the police station after he locked his keys in his car.

Beer goggles BEER GOGGLES really do exist according to researchers from the University of Bristol’s Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group. They conducted tests to gauge whether drink changed people’s perceptions of what is attractive and discovered that, in 98 per cent of cases, it does!

Welsh aliens TELEPATHIC aliens are targeting Wales in a bid to harvest their superior genetic material according to ‘abduction victim’ Hilary Porter. She claims that a stretch of road between Swansea and Cardiff is a “hotspot of alien activity.”

BEER GOGGLES: Really do exist.

Kicking weight ROSS CONNOR, from Cambridge, lost so much weight at a kick boxing camp in Thailand that border officials refused to let him fly home as he did not look like the photograph in his passport.

Foreign citizens THE State Duma has passed, at its first reading, a bill that would require Russians to report any citizenship they might hold in another country. The measure has been criticised by some but backed by President Putin.

UKRAINE is “as close to civil war as you can get” according to Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s Foreign Minister.

He does not believe that free and fair elections will be held.

Heavy drinking RUSSIAN Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, has reprimanded the head of Russia’s alcohol watchdog as the World Health Organisation published a report classing Russians as some of the world’s heaviest drinkers.

World Cup training THE Dutch national football team, preparing for the World Cup in Brazil, has organised two public training sessions on May 30 in Rotterdam and June 3 in Alkmaar. The team leaves for Brazil on June 5.

Family struck A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy was taken to hospital in a serious condition after he was struck by lightning along with four other members of his family in Chemnitz, Saxony.

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Four minutes ALCOHOL: Russians heavy drinkers.

Priest suspended THE Moscow-loyal Orthodox Church in Ukraine has suspended a priest after he participated in a prayer service for peace alongside priests from the rival Kiev-based Orthodox Church.

Russian chic RUSSIAN cosmetics chain, L’Etoile, is bringing French chic to Russia with the appointment of celebrity designer John Galliano as creative director.

DUTCH PRESS More otter news Asylum seeker NOW that otters have made a comeback in The Netherlands, five genetically different otters from Germany are being released in order to prevent inbreeding.

A MOTORWAY in Bad Hersfeld, Hesse, had to be closed while firemen rescued a flock of ducks which were waddling around on the road. The birds had escaped from a crashed lorry.

POLICE have raided funeral homes in Berlin suspecting them of selling the passports of dead people to smugglers who are using them to get illegal immigrants into the country.

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A GERMAN judge has decided that a refused Somali asylum seeker must not be sent back to The Netherlands, where he had previously also been refused, because of his human rights.

The judge ruled he could face

THERE is a break-in every four minutes in Germany and police are holding professional gangs responsible. In some states burglaries have risen by up to 30 per cent.

Train crash FIVE people have been injured in a train crash in Olching, near Munich. An S-Bahn train collided with a digger injuring four construction workers and the train driver.

functions they have in order to make their interests clear. problems getting food and shelter.

Job on the side ONE in five members of the Dutch Senate have not published their second jobs outside politics.

By law senators must publish all

Wedding war IT should have been the most beautiful day of their lives, but the wedding of a newly married couple from The Hague ended with a fight between the family of the bride and the family of the groom.

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Spanish TV staff arrested on Rock POLICE in Gibraltar reportedly arrested two journalists from a Spanish TV company after the pair annoyed locals by raising a Spanish flag in the British territory.

Gibraltar has seen a spate of squabbles between the UK and Spain over the small Mediterranean territory which Britain has governed since the 18th century.

According to the authorities, the two people, a presenter and a cameraman, were arrested for breach of the peace.

Telemadrid’s Cake Minuesa from current affairs show ‘Citizen Cake’ and his cameraman were later released on bail.

Telemadrid producer Jose Luis Leon said: “While they were filming a group of people, they started insulting them. The police

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arrived and then they (the journalists) were detained.

“It seems the intention is to accuse them of a breach of public order for placing a flag on a public beach in Gibraltar.”

Madrid and London have clashed frequently in recent months over Gibraltar, especially over fishing rights and military use of the waters off the territory.

The disputed territory’s 30,000-strong population is staunchly pro-British but Spain would like to regain ownership.

The UK has accused the Spanish authorities of causing long queues at the Gibraltar border, while Madrid has blamed Gibraltar for an increase in tobacco smuggling to Spain.

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NE thing Spain is good at is beaches. And so it should be as millions of tourists flock to the country for their sun, sea and sand holidays.

If the country’s tourism trade is to continue the resurgence experienced at the start of the year, the authorities must continue to improve and not sit back on their laurels.

So it is to be welcomed that Spain has the highest number of Blue Flag beaches in Europe, with 34 more awarded the coveted title this year.

These flags are not handed out on a whim, a body of inspectors must approve the accessibility, cleanliness, safety and facilities on offer before the flags are awarded.

It is good news that local councils up and down the Costas take their responsibility to provide safe, clean beaches with adequate facilities seriously, and they deserve a pat on the back for it.

Royal crisis THE Spanish Royals are suffering from a credibility crisis. With 85 per cent of Spaniards believing the family is implicated in corruption cases and scandals, the question arises of will it be able to survive.

Loyal subjects point to the fact that 55 per cent of the population want Prince Felipe to one day be king.

Republicans point at the same figure and say 45 per cent don’t want a king.

The figure confirms that the deep divisions which have always run through Spanish society, culminating in Civil War and dictatorship, still exist.

The Spanish royal family must look at their British counterparts with envy. Despite the deep unpopularity of Charles in the wake of his failed marriage to Diana, the British royals look to be as secure as ever.

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Criminal record for dying relative trip A BRITISH mother has been given a criminal record and a fine for taking her son to Mallorca during term-time so that he could say his goodbyes to his dying grandfather.

Sally Randall, 35, took her son James, 13, out of Norden High School in Rishton,

Lancashire, for the 10-day trip. Norden High School had refused the request as it was not deemed ‘an exceptional circumstance’.

The holiday, paid for by grandparents Lavinia and Graham Crisp, was so that Mr Crisp, who had terminal cancer, could spend some quality time with his

family. Grandfather Graham Crisp died from his illness, pancreatic cancer, just months after the family break, which had been one of his last wishes.

Ms Randall was hauled before Blackburn Magistrates’ Court over the term-time break and pleaded guilty to a truancy charge which resulted in a six-month

Spain’s beaches top for quality

BLUE FLAG: Spain leads the world for the quality of its beaches.

SPAIN has the world record for the number of Blue Flag beaches, followed only by Greece, Turkey and France. Spain has led the field since 1987.

Spain currently has 681 Blue Flags, 34 more than in 2013.

The communities with the most Blue Flags are Galicia with 123 and Valencia with 120.

The Blue Flag accreditation denotes a beach which meets the standards of the European Foundation of the Environment (FEE); these standards include, among other things, the quality of the water, safety, the environmental conditions and beach installations.

Spain has 681 Blue Flags on 573 beaches and 108 ports and this guarantees its place as world leader, commented Jose Ramon Sanchez, President of the Spanish branch of the FEE.

criminal record. The court gave the mother-of-three a six-month conditional discharge and ordered her to pay a £15 victim surcharge after pleading guilty to failing to send a child to school.

In court Ms Randall said: “It was his last holiday with his grandchildren. I feel it’s an exceptional circumstance, because of the memories and photographs we’ve got from this holiday.”

She explained that the holiday was originally planned for Easter but Mr Crisp was very ill and had to undergo a course of chemotherapy, pushing the holiday back to September 2013.

On the family’s return, Ms Randall had been issued with a £120 fine. She argued: “It’s upsetting because I’ve never been in trouble with the police in my life. I don’t see why I should have something on my record, no matter how small.

“I understand I broke the law, but if the headteacher doesn’t think a grandparent dying is an exceptional circumstance then I don’t know what is.

“I think it’s disgusting. Graham is dead now. As soon as we came back from holiday he was more or less in the hospice.”

Ms Randall added: “The kids talk about that holiday every single week. His last wish has been granted, and they’ll always remember their granddad. It’s just a shame it’s ended like this.”

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In this year’s first quarter Ryanair brought 3,820,032 passengers to or from Spain, according to the latest figures from Spain’s airports operator AENA. Vueling was not far behind with 3,032,325 passengers, followed by Air Europa’s 2,078,586.

If the figures for all four IAG

Civil service jobs are ‘not enough’ SPAIN’S Official State Bulletin (BOE) is advertising 6,500 new public administration jobs.

The CSI-F civil servants’ union was underwhelmed by the announcement.

“Despite losing 70,000 posts in recent years only 6,500 are being filled,” complained Francisco Javier Camarillo, who heads CSI-F’s central administration.

The new intake will cover only 10 per cent of the jobs lost to government cuts, Camarillo told an interviewer from finance daily, Expansion.

This will not cover the demand for public administration jobs or

ensure that public services function correctly, he said.

Speaking at the launch of a campaign to improve the public sector image, Camarillo conceded that the job offers suggested a change of direction on the government’s part.

“Public services have begun to decline and the spending cuts have had an impact on civil servants’ efficiency,” he said.

In addition to the cuts, the workforce was aging, with more than half of employees aged over 50.

As employees retired, however, they were not being replaced and this too is eroding efficiency, according to Camarillo.

companies - Vueling, BA, Iberia and Iberia Express are taken into account - IAG overtakes all its rivals with 6.4 million users.

A total of 51,434,596 people used Spanish airports in the first three months of this year, an increase of 4.1 per cent on the same period in 2013.

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Summer promise HUMAN resources company Randstad predicted 569,700 new jobs for Spain between July and September, a 5 per cent year-on-year increase. Most will be in hotel and catering industry.

New money CREDIT SUISSE paid €77.2 million for a 3.19 per cent stake in Spanish construction company Sacyr. The group increased its share capital in April, raising €166 million from institutional investors.

Spanish store spreads its wings IF they haven’t heard of it before visiting Spain, tourists soon make the acquaintance of El Corte Ingles.

The 60.6 million people who come to Spain each year are potential customers once they return home, the chain store realised. Although it has been selling online in Spain and Portugal since 1999 it has now extended its website to include European sales.

Three months ago the service

reached the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands and France and since then has received 70,000 hits.

The 200 products originally on offer have been extended to 250, with labels that include Custo Barcelona, George Rech, Pecado Original and Clanxart.

The website hopes to boost the ‘El Corte Ingles’ brand and the labels associated with it in countries whose tourists visit Spain.

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STAT OF WEEK OIL company Repsol has set aside €10 billion to shop around for investments in ‘safe’ countries. It is looking towards the 34 OECD countries and particularly Norway, Canada and the US.

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Vueling catches Ryanair THE gap between Vueling and Ryanair closed further in March.

Iberia’s budget airline was used by 1.2 million passengers while Ryanair maintained its place as sector leader with 1.4 million passengers - a difference of 224,000.

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Don’t sell on price alone JOE SEER / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM

CHINESE buyers are increasingly interested in acquiring property in Spain for three reasons.

Anyone outside the European Union who spends at least €500,000 on a Spanish property gets a residence permit thrown in.

As Spanish property prices plummet, this buys a semi-detached house in a leafy city suburb, a seaside villa or two apartments.

The third reason?

China is enjoying its own property boom and the equivalent of €500,000 is just enough for an 80square metre twobedroomed apartment in Beijing. This would be outside the fourth city ring-road and some way from the city centre.

Spain’s ‘Start-ups Law’ has the double advantage of attracting foreign money and marketing Spain’s huge stock of new but unsold properties.

The law, which came into effect in September last year, also offers a residence permit to anyone from a non-EU member country who invests €1 million in sovereign debt or €2 million in a Spanish company.

Since then Spain’s Beijing consulate has approved eight visa requests to purchase properties here. The Spanish embassy there has received ‘a flood’ of requests, sources said, although not all applicants had sought residency permits either because purchases were below €500,000 or were formalised before the 2013 law.

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

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MY well-heeled friend excitedly told me that her home had received the attention of an interior designer notorious for charging exorbitant prices.

We both knew the owners of a rival business that could do the job just as well for considerably less.

Why did she use the more expensive one?

In a word, snobbery. The one chosen had a reputation for nouveau-riche pretentiousness. Selling on price, her competitor charged down to earth reasonable prices.

Good salesmen know that people buy for emotional reasons. A prime buying incendiary is social status.

Having bought a £10 replica

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Rolex I was struck by the number of clients who, thinking it was the real thing, were impressed by it.

Deception was never my intention. I had bought it because I liked the look of it, it was reliable and cheap. Then I

recalled a seminar addressed by the sales boss of a major motor manufacturer.

Over coffee he named four different car makes that were fundamentally the same vehicle other than their bodywork

design. The difference in their showroom prices was about £8,000, yet the engines, chassis, transmissions; all the basics were products of the same production line.

Asking why buyers would choose to pay so much more for a car little different than the lowest price option, he smiled: “People don’t buy cars; they buy badges.”

Social status is a far more powerful selling tool than is price.

To make my point I used to flip my neck tie to show a maker’s label few had heard of.

“It cost £10,” I said. “If I were to change the label to that of Gieves and Hawkes, the Savile Row tailors, it would command a price fifteen-times higher.”

Often people fail to compare prices and presume the price suggested is about right. Many a builder told me that they doubled or trebled a price as, being busy, they didn’t want the order. Often they were taken aback when the exorbitant price was happily accepted.

Drones becoming busy bees Towering purchase in rapidly growing sector for Abertis group SPAIN’S ministry of Public Works is preparing to regulate drones.

A draft law with rules for their commercial and professional use will be ready by the end of the month.

Technology has been less of a hindrance for regulation than the legal vacuum surrounding drones, according to junior minister for Transport, Carmen Librero.

“Until 2011 they weren’t regarded as aircraft,” Librero said recently. Once the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) equated drones with unmanned aircraft these became subject to general aeronautical legislation. The European Union followed suit and began preparing regulatory framework that will be approved in 2016.

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DRONES: A draft law is being prepared. industry that lacks regulation, the sector is growing so rapidly that the European Commission believes it will account for 10 per cent of the aeronautics market within 10 years. It foresees an annual €15 billion turnover.

Drones have a bad name owing to their spying and military associations although their principal uses are fumigation, photography, fire extinction and

inspecting high tension cables and railway tracks.

They also keep frontiers under surveillance.

The 2016 regulations will bar drones from overflying built-up areas except in exceptional circumstances and only with specific permission, the minister said. They will be able to fly only in restricted airspace without exceeding an altitude of 150 metres, so visible to the controller.

ABERTIS bought TowerCo, which operates mobile phone masts on Italy’s toll roads.

The Spanish group specialising in mobility and telecommunications infrastructure paid €94.6 million for the Italian company. The operation is expected to be completed in the coming weeks, sources said.

TowerCo provides service for Vodafone, Wind, H3G and Telecom Italia, the country’s principal telecommunication companies. Until the Abertis deal, TowerCo managed 212 towers and 94 points in tunnels on Italy’s 3,000 kilometres of paid motorways.

Last year the company had a €21 million turnover and Ebitda (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) of €13 million.

This is Albertis’s first acquisition of telecommunications towers in Italy and the first step of this kind that it has taken on the international market.

The company also expressed interest in bidding for the wireless towers of Telecom Italia and Wind once they come up for sale.

Abertis already controls around 6,000 mobile towers inside Spain and last last December paid Telefonica and Yoigo €171 million for more than 1,700.

Having taken over the Hispasat communications satellite in 2013, more than 65 per cent of Albertis’s telecommunications’ revenue comes from services other than broadcasting.

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FINANCE, BUSINESS & LEGAL BUSINESS EXTRA

I should be so lucky!

I BUY lottery tickets on a regular basis. Regular, as in once or twice a month.

The habit stems from my parents, who have as long as I can remember, remained convinced that one-day it could just be possible that they will win. We’re still waiting for that windfall.

But imagine it did happen. Imagine your numbers were the ones to win big. How does one go from struggling to pay bills and living expenses to suddenly being absolutely loaded. The first piece of advice would be to take things slowly.

Don’t go popping Champagne like a Formula One driver from the top of your roof just yet.

On the contrary, keep it quiet till you can organise yourself properly.

Immediately sign the winning lottery ticket.

Lottery tickets are the

‘No change’ Cemex

Loose change

LORENZO ZAMBRANO, Cemex president died of a heart ailment in Madrid, aged 70.

The Mexican cement firm’s operation and administration will continue as normal, said a company communiqué.

A look at finance for females

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belonging of the bearer.

This means that whoever holds the ticket is the winner.

We’ve all got Smartphones these days, so why not also take a photo and video of yourself with the ticket to prove you are the winner.

Change your phone number and get a PO box mailbox in order to help avoid unwanted mass mail begging for money or endless calls from long lost relatives who suddenly want to be in touch.

It might be tempting to tell your boss you’re quitting, but knee jerk

Sareb interest PRIVATE-EQUITY firm KKR run by billionaires Henry Kravis and George Roberts is interested in Spain’s bad bank, Sareb. The firm is keen to invest in a Spanish lender, revealed KKR’s Spanish head Jesus Olmos.

BIG WINNINGS: Best to take things slowly. decisions like that are not advisable. Keep your job, at least for a while, until you figure out how to handle your new wealth.

Settle any big debts you may have, a mortgage, a car loan etc. and make a date with a

Do I need a non-residency certificate?

Q. Regarding non-residency certificates in connection with Spanish bank accounts, I find You and the that my bank charges €29.50 plus another €6.82 each for my wife and me, as we have a Law in Spain joint bank account. This totals €72.64 every

By David Searl year, so I wonder if these certificates are really necessary now that we are all European, even those of us from the UK. If the certificates are still necessary, can we apply ourselves to save on the expense?

P.S. (e-mail) A. Yes, the non-residency certificate is still necessary for those non-residents who hold accounts in Spanish banks. This is because the bank itself withholds 21 per cent tax on interest earnings by tax residents of Spain for capital gains tax. The bank pays this directly to the Spanish Tax Agency in the name of the account holder.

This tax is not withheld from the accounts of non-residents, as they are supposed to declare such interest income to their country of residence. The bank needs the document to justify their not collecting tax.

Yes, you can apply on your own. You need your passport and photocopy of all pages, Form EX-15 in duplicate, explaining why you need the certificate, and Form 790 to pay the charges. You present the forms at your nearest National Police station.

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

financial adviser.

A financial planner plays the role of coach, keeping you on track so that your cash doesn’t run out before you do. They can also help in terms of gifting money to relatives or charities.

Don’t treat your win as a bottomless purse - pay yourself a salary. This will allow you to make a year or two of potentially bad financial decisions while you learn the ropes of the best ways to manage your money.

Less debt LATEST data from Spain’s central bank showed net debt owed by the country’s banks to the European Central Bank fell by 29 per cent in 12 months. That is a sign the economy is starting to recover.

Biofuel danger to ‘green’ industry EXECUTIVES at advanced biofuel companies are nervous now that the EU has pulled back on rigorous biofuel targets it began putting in place in 2009.

Without an aggressive, long-term biofuel framework, these companies are less likely to get monetary help - whether bank loans, tax credits or subsidies needed to build and run their refineries.

They claim the industry would move out of Europe altogether which, while sounding ominous, is based on incomplete and exaggerated information, according to the the Pine Chemicals Association (PCA) which believes the EU’s more measured approach is clever.

Pine chemicals, made from renewable crude tall oil (CTO) as a product of forestry, are key ingredients in many consumer products that add value to other businesses according to the PCA. In the EU, CTO is now being diverted for use in biodiesel fuel, but that threatens to damage the pine chemicals industry.

That is because there is a finite supply of the product, and as it is used to make bio-fuels its use in other industries could decline, with other less environmentally

PINE FOREST: Used for chemicals. friendly products taking their place.

For example, a cradle to gate study of the CTO lifecycle finds the carbon footprint of pine chemicals in Europe is 70 per cent lower than the substitutes that would be used if CTO is diverted to biofuel use.

OPINION & COMMENT

Property and politicians’ promises A FEW weeks ago I was feeling quite positive about the proposed changes to the LOUA (urban planning law) and the prospect that the problems of thousands of homeowners in Andalucía, including mine and my neighbours’ in Las Huertas (Alcaucin), would at last be resolved.

For the past few months there has been so much in the press about these changes, but still nothing has happened.

Don’t the politicians realise the misery and heartbreak they are causing? The worry and stress as well as the high cost of any legal action?

The local Spanish people I know are very caring, especially to the older generation. It is hard to comprehend that once they become involved in politics they change and no longer care about how fairly they treat people.

Both of the main parties tell us that they agree that the LOUA needs amending, but what is happening? Nothing!

As usual they are saying what they think we want to hear. What we want is action, not words.

Stop talking about it and make the changes.

Kath Williams (by email)

Old as you feel EVERYONE is aware the Rolling Stones are on tour again in Spain next month. They were here several years ago in El Ejido as well as Madrid.

A señorita friend and her brother said that as they were going to see the Rollings (as she put it), should they get extra tickets? Since the price of tickets was equivalent to the cost of a moon landing, we declined.

They did not seem at all impressed when I told them I had seen the Stones at Walthamstow Assembly Halls in 1963.

I further added that it was about time Old Age Pensioners started to act their age.

The reply was who did I think I was, telling pensioners to act their age!

Harvey ‘Hogan’ Appel, Sorbas (Almeria).

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LIKE many Anglo-Spanish grandparents, we have family back in the UK. At least our grandson keeps everyone happy by supporting a former Spurs player as well as Real Madrid.

Brian Ponting (by email)

Long walk home AS the non-driving owner of a holiday home in La Zenia I am writing to register my dismay regarding the sudden withdrawal

by Costa Azul Autobuses of the bus stop at La Zenia.

Whilst I appreciate that the bus company is being fined for causing an obstruction at the roundabout when the bus pulls in, withdrawing the bus stop completely without an alternative stopping point seems a bit harsh.

At the moment our only option is a walk of at least 15 minutes to Cabo Roig or Playa Flamenca to catch or get off the bus.

This of course causes a great deal of inconvenience, particularly if you have heavy shopping or luggage if you are going to Alicante airport.

I would have thought that the bus company and the local council could have placed a bus stop off the roundabout at La Zenia just past the Consum towards La Zenia boulevard.

Some buses already call at the Boulevard in any case and it would only mean a diversion of approximately 800 metres to the next roundabout to turn around.

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another year, there will always be comments of collusion and bias amongst the judges.

The only results no-one can argue with are with swimmers and runners etc, where the obvious winner is the first one past the tape.

Keep up your good work, very best wishes to you all.

Colin Clarke, La Cala de Finestrat (Alicante)

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I would assume that there are a lot of residents and tourists who use the bus service and I am surprised that there has not been a greater protest from everyone, including local businesses, who would like to see the stop restored.

As I see it, the only people to benefit are the taxi drivers who would take the people who cannot physically make it to the the alternative bus stops.

K James (by email)

Neck and neck HELLO to all you hard-working Euro Weekly News staff!

Now that the Emerald Isle talent contest finals are over for

Tasteless soup ALREADY 2014 has been the year for a number of incidents: the missing Korean plane, the conflict in the Ukraine and worldwide shark culls.

But 2014 is also the year that sees my local Chinese restaurant put controversial shark fin soup on its menu. This dish features the fins of sharks that are killed for said fin, tens of millions of them. This is then served in a soup whose main flavour is chicken stock, because the meat of a shark’s fin is actually tasteless.

Interestingly enough, though, shark fin soup is legal in Spain, despite a ban put into place for all of the EU back in 2003. The ban was opposed by both Spain

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and Portugal, who currently possess a special permit that allows them to continue to land fins as long as they are separate from the bodies.

The permits are standard practice but are considered by most to be a major mockery of the law. One third of Europe’s shark and ray species are categorised as ‘threatened’ by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

It might even shock you to learn that EU fishing industry companies are the biggest suppliers and exporters of shark fins to mainland China.

So if you have a hankering for something new and fancy trying the dish, which is viewed as “rather pointless,” “an insult to nature” and “disgraceful” by many conservationist groups and organisations, then head on down there today.

It will not be long before various members of differing communities begin lodging complaints and the dish is removed from the menu.

J.H. Longman (by email)

Pat on the back JUST to say a big “thank you” for printing details of the dog show organised by the Protectora de Animales de El Campello (APAC) in your newspaper.

Thank you for your response and your professionalism.

Pamela Fielden, APAC secretary, Campello (Alicante)

Sweet music I CAN go one better than the Your Say correspondents commenting on endlessly chirping and sparring sparrows or monotonous pigeons repeating the same phrase time after time.

Late every night for the last week or two as I sit at the wideopen window and take off my make-up I have been listening to a nightingale.

It sounds as though it is a field and a coppice away from our house, but its voice carries - and what a voice!

Want to know where? Not a chance!

I’m keeping this late-night concert all to myself.

Pearl Cooper (by email)

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OPINION & COMMENT

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ENS of thousands of Greeks recently protested against their waters being used as a convenient dumping ground for Syria’s chemical weapons.

One can hardly blame them for rejecting the United States-led decommissioning plan. It could be a case of too little too late.

Most will be familiar with the Palomares incident in 1966 that involved a US Air Force B-52 bomber and airborne tanker. The collision resulted in its deadly cargo of H-bombs plummeting to earth. The area affected was covered in fine radioactive dust.

Today vast areas of affected land is still off limits. The US never did cough up to pay for the ongoing clean-up.

There is no time limit to the effects of chemical weapons.

After World War ll tens of thousands of tonnes of chemical weapons were dumped in seas around Europe. The largest concentration dumped in the Mediterranean was near the Italian city of Bari. So far this has resulted in 232 accidents. Such

Mike Walsh

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

was the rush to be rid of these ticking time-bombs that records of where they were dumped are incomplete.

The Allies dumped at least 40,000 tonnes in the Baltic Sea. At least 13,000 tonnes contain poisonous substances. A sixth of this amount would be sufficient to kill all life in the Baltic for a hundred years.

Mustard gas, chloropicrin, phosgene, diphosgene and arsenic compounds are packed in cases and drums that rust and are now leaking. Russian scientist, Aleksander Korotenko, predicts 16 per cent is sufficient to wipe out all life in the Baltic. The leakage is not sudden; it occurs over time as containers corrode and the effects are uncertain.

What action do fishermen take if they net a lump of mustard gas?

Mustard gas turns into a sticky

TIME BOMB: Dangerous chemicals washed ashore.

mass that can drift around in the sea for years. Twenty-four serious accidents have occurred on Polish beaches or when fishermen discovered mustard gas in their nets.

It is impossible to locate the jettisoned containers. It is futile to do so as recovery attempts would aggravate the deterioration of the containers’ condition. The danger is concentrating the minds of those engaged in laying Russia’s Northstream gas pipeline running

along the Baltic seabed from Russia to Germany.

Jacek Beldowski, coordinator of Chemsea (Chemical Munitions Search & Assess project), says: “The seabed is increasingly disturbed by construction projects: cables, wind farms and pipelines. Therefore procedures must be rapidly established for excavating, constructing and drilling in risk zones.”

There are 31 places in the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean

where chemical weapons are corroding. In addition, there are 120 dumping grounds for conventional weapons known to contain heavy metals and other hazardous substances, 64 of which are off the French coast.

In the Skagerrak, between Denmark and Norway, the Allies sunk at least 45 ships carrying chemical weaponry. Between Ireland and Scotland, a million tonnes of ammunition were dumped, some chemical weapons.

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Richie previously lived in Cornwall where he jokes the only jobs available were either in cooking or fishing: “I was no good at fishing so I became a chef!”

Changing to what the customers want, he, along with his other chef, have created a menu with fresh, quality, value meals which are now served all day every day from English breakfasts to lunch time snack and evening meals.

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The UK’s great recession’s over?

Depends who you ask …

Nora Johnson

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

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RITAIN’S six-year ‘Great Recession’ is officially over and the ground lost in the financial crisis has been recovered!

This is according to one of the UK’s leading economic bodies, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, which recently declared that Britain’s GDP is almost back at its March 2008 record.

“We are incredibly close to the prerecession peak,” an institute member commented.

But before we go any further, let’s look at what caused the Great Recession in the first place. Who’s in the firing line? Well, apart from the usual suspects - lawyers, hedge-funders and tax-avoidance accountants - many are quick to point the finger at the bankers.

LOOKING UP: On the road to recovery, or not.

Bankers are the culprits, eh? Now, the crisis began in the USA and spread to much of the Western World. People, who were probably financially illiterate, took out home loans they couldn’t afford. So, does this mean anyone who borrowed more than they could afford to repay is also to blame?

The reality is that we all, bankers and

consumers, caused the problem and it’s typical of many people to jump up and down and yell “someone else’s fault, not mine!” Yes, bankers must share their responsibility because they’re taking the risk and are supposed to be the financial experts. But shouldn’t everyone who took advantage of such a loose system?

Whatever happened to personal responsibility? So, the recession’s really over, is it? You tell that to those on low wages, those who can’t find work, like university graduates and those unintentionally unemployed.

Those on zero-hour contracts not knowing where their next pay packet will be coming from.

All these groups must be wondering which planet those statisticians live on. Plainly, it must be called something like ‘CloudCuckoo Land’ - a small planet on the outer regions of the nebula: “I Saw You Coming!”

If things are looking up - and they would have been whichever government had been in office by the turn of the cycle there is cause for qualified optimism. But not until the UK Government’s austerity programme has truly finished and more people can find work will these statistics have more of a ring of truth to them.

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Why don’t you take a hike?

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.

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F you’d told me a few years ago that I would be partial to a hike in the Great Outdoors, I would have assumed you were deluded.

Yet, here I am, a paid-up and willing member of a hiking group. Having said that, it has been a bit of a slow burn, love/ hate relationship.

My first outing a couple of years back, as a newbie expat in Spain and novice hiker, didn’t end too well. I was ill prepared, certain that my faithful gym trainers would suffice and considered myself tooled up with a small bottle of water and a book of walking routes.

I assumed that we’d reach a quaint little hilltop café, that nature would not call en route,

ROUTE: Just remember, don’t get lost! and that the guidebook would be blindingly simple to follow, thus not leading to wrong turns which doubled the allocated walking time and made us scale sheer rock faces that may have been a real path once upon a time;

specifically the dinosaur era.

Treading through unknown shrubbery and woods, I was beginning to wonder if we’d ever find our way out. News stories of hikers trapped on mountains overnight, surviving by making a fire to huddle

around sprung to mind. If only I had been a smoker, I would have come prepared with a lighter. Or been a girl scout.

Further into the woods, with no clear path in sight and no reception on the mobile, images from the 90s’ horror

movie The Blair Witch Project began to prey on my mind.

Was that pile of twigs and branches a mere coincidence…? Perhaps the elements were not our only enemy on this ill-advised hike…

In the end, we found the path as ‘Google maps’ finally blinkered into function. Since then I have gone on many hikes with joyful sights of spring lambs, forests like one might expect in a Lord of the Rings movie, complete with quaint little ‘hobbit’ houses and amazing views across beautiful landscapes, which made the producers of great films like the Cloud Atlas choose Spain to film.

So, if you haven’t taken a hike yet, take my advice and do so. Just make sure you go prepared, proper boots, compass, map, a small first aid kit, lots of water and snacks.

I still have not needed the lighter I ritually bring - or a distress flare - so far, so good.

So see you at the peak?

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Cash-raising laws hit drivers..

New driving laws in Spain mean people face a fine of €500 for being just one kilometre over the speed limit, and in some areas new limits of 20kph are being brought in. Are these sensible rules for road safety, or a way for the government to make money with heavy penalties?

Are drivers being unfairly targeted, or should drivers just be more careful?

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OANNE and Terry Pearson moved permanently from the UK to Quesada in Alicante just six months ago and are already finding that Spain is full of red tape and bureaucracy with these new driving laws adding to their experiences.

“It is so strict here,” said Joanne, with Terry believing it is purely just a

STREET TALK way for the government to boost coffers. “It is just a way of getting cash and is unfair to drivers. I think the 20kph speed limit is good if it is an area where there are schools, but if there are then going

to be police there checking and if you go at 21kph you will get a €500 fine, that’s a lot.”

Bryn Williamson, aged 59, on holiday in Rojales on Costa Blanca wasn’t aware of the new regulations.

“As a holidaymaker renting out hire cars, I’d want to be aware of any changes and new speed limits. I think people should be made aware or will it just apply to residents? Probably not, unsuspecting tourists are likely to be the victims. It doesn’t surprise me, though, governments will do anything to get more money,” Bryn believed.

George Rennie, 66, who lives in Zurgena, Almeria, and is retired, thought that it was definitely a way for the PEARSONS: It government to make money. He said it was is just a way unfair that the police for the could watch you on a government road and fine you to make without you money. knowing. He was

surprised that the European courts let them get away with it.

Johnny Bedford, retired, from Arboleas in Almeria, has just celebrated his 66th birthday. He also thought it was a way for the government to make money, saying: “I think children’s safety is important, you shouldn’t put children in the front seat.

“The speed limit is to make money, but drivers need to be careful. There is a high mortality rate on Spanish roads.

The lorry drivers are particularly dangerous.”

GEORGE: Unfair law.

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N the light of those poor Nigerian girls, abducted in the ‘name of Islam’, it struck me that there has been a remarkable absence of burka-clad women standing up displaying those ‘bring back our girls’ notices in their support. I wonder why that is?

Well, it could be they don’t give a damn. I think that unlikely. It could be they agree with the sentiments of the abductors. I feel that is also untrue.

No, I think the real reason is that their menfolk have ordered them not to. Basically, you see, most Islamic men believe in the inferiority of women. They want them to remain second-class citizens. They don’t want their females too well educated, it frightens them.

So although they may not agree with the methods used by this murderous bunch, most of them will certainly agree with their sentiments.

I wonder what happened to those women in Saudi Arabia, who were leading the protests against the ban on women being allowed to drive? That’s all gone pretty quiet, hasn’t it?

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

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No, believe me, those protesters were squashed like bugs by the Saudi authorities. They had no chance. Islam is a man’s world.

Women are merely chattels. The way they are treated under the yolk of Islam is almost beyond belief. Made to walk four or five paces behind their men. Stoned to death for adultery. Stripped of their marital status simply by their husband standing up in court and declaring ‘I divorce thee’ three times. Needing three or four male ‘witnesses’ before having rape proven. The list simply goes on and on.

Then to top it all, to comply with their ‘religion’ they are clad from head to foot in a black shroud. To me it’s the mentality of some of the women you see interviewed that amazes me. Women, whose eyes peer out from narrow slits and muffled voices actually condone these practices. I can only assume

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Keeping women under the thumb I NOT PROTESTING: Why are burka-clad women not demanding the return of kidnapped girls?

they are either suffering from some form of phobia, are simply brainwashed or mega-masochistic.

As a final observation it is important to remember this is not a militant situation. This is not something that can be dismissed by ‘moderate’ Muslims as something perpetrated by a ‘small number’ of extremists in their midst. These practices are the norm among the followers of Islam.

Well, all I can say is on your own heads be it, girls. And as a word to their menfolk, I think your fear of women is perfectly justified. I dread to think of the reaction of western ladies should you try and inflict these rules and regulations on them. Singing in shrill falsetto comes to mind!

Thanks for all your mail. You know I can take it.

Have a good week and, whatever ya do, always keep the faith.

Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

Of little benefit, same old vicious circle Cassandra Nash

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

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GREAT many people of working age are unemployed in Spain although each month an extremely small but steady number are beginning to find jobs.

The economy is improving, the government boasts at home and abroad, although huge swathes of the population question this.

Some are struggling business people or employees whose pay has been cut, but around 4 million are the unemployed whose benefits have run out.

The worst aspect of unemployment in this country is that once out of a job, no-one ever receives benefits for more than two years. So it was in Franco’s time and so it has been during every democraticallyelected government since the Transition.

Against the odds IF the PSOE does well in the European elections, the party’s present leader Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba will then decide his future within the party. But if the PSOE does well next Sunday, it will be despite Rubalcaba, not because of him.

The majority of those 4 million people do not spend, cannot spend and nor will they spend until they can work.

And they are not working because no-one can employ them because their businesses are not booming because noone is spending. Same old vicious circle.

No way out THE government plans to pass its restrictive abortion reform bill in July and the choice of RUBALCABA: Will decide his future within the party.

date is not casual.

Theoretically, the European elections will be over and the municipal and regional elections a year off.

The country will have slowed down, mopping its collective brow in the summer heat and doubtless the government hopes that few will notice the deeply unpopular bill’s passage through parliament. This strategy is unlikely to succeed, just as it failed when the Cabinet approved the draft bill last December while the country was o/d-ing on turkey and turron.

As well as being a voteloser, this bill labels Mariano Rajoy’s government as an unattractive throwback to the Church-controlled past but he and Justice Minister Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon could only save face by having the bill thrown out.

That is not going to happen and for once Rajoy could be cursing his government’s huge, unbeatable

parliamentary majority.

Simple arithmetic THE Pajares rail tunnels for the AVE high speed train overshot their budget by €1.211 billion.

They have never been used and if the Ministry of Public Works had listened to geologists’ reports from the 80s they would never have been built.

They advised against it then owing to the huge pockets of subterranean water but 30 years later that did not deter Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero’s government.

Interestingly, the €1.211 billion overspend is similar to the sum that almost persuaded the Sacyr consortium to pull out of enlarging the Panama Canal. Naturally there was never any threat of pulling out of the Pajares project: it was only public money, after all.

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1543: Copernicus died. The father of modern astronomy, who famously went against prevailing thinking to state that the Earth and other planets revolve around the sun, died in Poland.

1859: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is born. The man who would go on to write the famous Sherlock Holmes mysteries was born in Scotland.

1897: Dracula goes on sale in London. The first copies of Bram Stoker’s horror novel go on sale in London bookshops.

1934: Famous outlaws Bonnie and Clyde are killed by police; they were shot in Sailes, Louisiana while driving a stolen car.

1941: Bismark sunk by Royal Navy. The British Navy sinks this 823-foot German warship with the loss of more than 2,000 German souls.

1963: African states unite against white rule. Leaders of 32 African nations set up an organisation to give them a united voice for the first time in African history.

1964: India mourns Nehru.

Jawaharlal Nehru, the founder of modern India and its Prime Minister at the time, died suddenly at the age of 74.

1967: Sir Francis Chichester sails home. He arrived in Plymouth in his yacht, the Gypsy Moth IV, after completing his voyage around the world.

1970: South Africa cricket tour called off. The Cricket Council reverses a decision to allow South African cricketers to tour England; the move was welcomed by antiapartheid activists.

1975: Journalists leave fallen Saigon. A group of 80 reporters and camera crew - including nine Britons - are allowed to fly out of the fallen city.

1977: Star Wars opens. The first, chronologically, of the Star Wars films opens to 'intergalactic' applause in American cinemas.

1981: The Yorkshire Ripper is imprisoned for life. Peter Sutcliffe is sentenced to life in prison after a judge described him as “an unusually dangerous

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.’

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Based on the true story of one of the greatest treasure hunts in history this AmericanGerman war film is directed by George Clooney and written and produced by Clooney and Grant Heslov. It stars Clooney, Matt Damon and Bill Murray among others and is loosely based on the non-fiction book

by Robert M. Edsel.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Are you feeling that you have been dealt a rough hand? Consider this: there are some who are not dealt a hand at all. Many are missing those few cards that mean they are never really in with a chance. Instead of lurking on the shady side, walk out into the sun. You will soon see the bright side.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) A chance remark opens a can of worms. Trying to get them back in could turn out to be very messy. We all open our mouth and put our foot in it sometime. However, overreacting won't help. You will need help with something this week.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Someone who is usually quite the opposite to you will surprise with an offer. Although you are naturally suspicious, give them the benefit of the doubt. Leopards do not change their spots but they are capable of behaving for the bigger good. .

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) An intimate meeting is less exciting than anticipated. This should not bother you because time could yet change that. You need to be in the right place at the right time, so don't give up hope, just have a little patience. A change of plans will be more beneficial than irksome, at least in the longer term.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) While counting your pennies, also count your blessings. Money can be a big problem or merely an irritation but the lack of it must be kept in perspective. You are right to think twice about accepting something that seems to be for nothing.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) The goat in you is keen to find pastures new. It isn't a nibble that is needed at the moment, but a feast. Accepting anything less would be a mistake because someone is watching your reaction to an offer. If you feel unsure of your worth, then ask a few trusted friends. It is so hard to see ourselves. Heed their words.

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May 24: Dermot O’Leary, 40. TV show host.

English television presenter who became known for hosting the X Factor and the Xtra Factor, he has been nominated twice for the NTA of Most Popular Entertainment Presenter.

May 25: Ian McKellen, 75. Film actor.

Immortalised as Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings franchise he also played the misanthropic mutant Magneto in the X-men films.

SPADES

1 Streak, 2 Trades, 3 Rector, 4 Bushel, 5 Leader, 6 Steeds, 7 Hearts, 8 Closer, 9 Tested, 10 Recede, 11 Abases, 12 Latter, 13 Enters, 14 Nearby, 15 Toward, 16 Thread, 17 Larder, 18 Region, 19 Wilder

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May 23: Joan Collins, 81. TV actress.

She played Alexis Carrington in Dynasty which was the most popular series in the US in the late 80’s. She has been married and divorced four times.

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CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Someone really has rattled your tree, but try to refrain from throwing coconuts on their head. It is much more effective to be charming and get them confused.

IF IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK: You are not so much in the mood to be practical are you? A lot is going on that you are really happy about but you do not seek perfection. Be aware that if no one seeks it then it will cease to exist for appreciation. Do your part in the months ahead to improve your own lot.

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GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) A fleeting meeting stirs feelings that you thought were dead. This could be good if it reminds you of how life can be, or bad if it makes you think of missed opportunities. It is never too late to make a fresh start. Why not go on that painting holiday or stamp-collecting weekend? Pole dancing anyone?

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May 22: Paloma Lago.

TV presenter.

This famous television presenter and model was born in Ferrol, Galicia. She started out as a model with the International Booking agency and in 1990 she debuted on television in the Tele 5 programme ¿Digame? More recently she presents the De Lujo section on Antena 3’s magazine programme.

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AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Don't allow an open-ended offer to muddle your mind. There is no need for an immediate decision and this may be too soon for a positive move. A sense of urgency may be put down to practical reasons when, in fact, it is no such thing. A feeling of insecurity is more likely to be the trigger to uncertainty.

PISCES (Febraury 20 - March 20) Are things going swimmingly?

Good. Maybe you had forgotten how to have real fun. Remember when you were a child? Life was so simple.

Relax and be that child again. If some old fogey accuses you of being silly, feel sorry for them.

May 26: Helena Bonham Carter, 48. Film actor.

This versatile actress rose to fame in A Room with a View and, more recently, starred in The King’s Speech but she also played one of the apes in Planet of the Apes.

May 27: Christopher Lee, 92. Film actor.

Lee first came to fame as Count Dracula in the Hammer Horror Films but more recently he played Saruman in the Lord of the Rings franchise. His step-cousin was author Ian Fleming of James Bond fame.

May 28: Kylie Minogue, 46. Singer.

The Grammy Award winning pop star had a comeback in the 2000’s with the number one single “Can’t Get You Out of My Head”. She started out in the 80’s in TV soap Neighbours as Charlene.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Awkward situations usually bring out the best in you and this week proves that. In the longer term, you will be grateful to those making things difficult now.

10-Star Quiz

NO LAUGHING MATTER 1. Which BBC sitcom that ran from 1975 to 1978, featured a goat named Geraldine, a cockerel called Lenin and two pigs named Pinky and Perky?

2. In the TV sitcom Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em, what was the name of Frank and Betty Spencer’s baby daughter?

3. Whose neighbours were Fred and Ethel Mertz played by Vivienne Vance and William Frawley?

4. Which 1990s BBC2 television comedy series featured the characters Richard ‘Richie’ Richard and Edward ‘Eddie’ Elizabeth Hitler?

5. What was the name of the ITV comedy series in which divorced novelist Patrick Glover (Patrick Cargill) struggled to keep his daughters Karen (Ann Holloway) and Anna (Natasha Pyne) under control?

6. Which comedian used to sign off each of his television shows with the line: “Thank you, goodnight, and may your God go with you’?

7. What was the name of Steptoe and Son’s horse?

8. Which actor played the part of Jed Clampett in the long-running American sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies?

9. What was the name of Victor Meldrew’s longsuffering wife, played by Annette Crosbie, in the BBC One sitcom One Foot in the Grave?

10. The last episode of which long-running American comedy series was a two and a half hour ‘special’ entitled Goodbye, Farewell and Amen?

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

TARGET: Average: 14 Good: 18 Very good: 25 Excellent: 31

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION gent, gift, girn, grin, rip, grit, ping, prig, ring, ting, trig, feign, genii, grief, grift, gripe, reign, tiger, tinge, feting, finger, firing, fringe, ignite, pinger, tiring, igniter, rifting, tiering, FINGERTIP

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TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Get out in the fresh air as much as possible and be kind to your body. You may have neglected yourself because you have been such a busy bee of late. What about a trip to the seaside or a walk in the hills?

Maybe a trip to the local cocktail bar is more your style! Whatever puts a spring in your step will be good.

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

1. THE GOODE LIFE, 2. JESSICA, 3. LUCILLE BALL/ARNAZ in I Love Lucy, 4. BOTTOM, 5. FATHER DEAR FATHER, 6. DAVE ALLEN, 7. HERCULES, 8. BUDDY EBSEN, 9. MARGARET, 10.

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Unscramble the name of a species of seabird in the auk family (two words): UNFIT, PLAIN FACT Unscramble the name of a famous American composer: RARE BLEND, IN NOTES

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display (6) 6 Weapon used to lacerate young woman (7) 7 The racket of Yoko Ono is excruciating (5) 13 Admire broken sceptre (7) 15 The Parisian reads about pioneers (7)

16 Delicacy from Antarctica via Russia (6) 17 ‘Rice’ really covers any grass that produces an edible grain (6) 19 Fine given to a Greek character for a striped animal (5) 21 Small picture from poinsettia collection (5)

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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 22 represents B and 24 represents G, so fill in B every time the figure 22 appears and G every time the figure 24 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 Soak thoroughly (8) 4 Unemotional (4) 7 Adjust (5) 9 Footwear (5) 11 Money holder (5) 12 Drinking vessel (5) 13 Modify (6) 15 Common toast (6) 19 Have in common (5) 21 Collect together (5) 23 Wait on (5) 24 Make fun of (5) 25 Lure (4) 26 Move forward (8)

Down 1 Cooking utensil (7) 2 Walk heavily (5) 3 Pill (6) 5 Sediment (5) 6 Hanker for (4) 8 Conditions (5) 10 Lacking freshness (5) 14 Denim trousers (5) 16 Hollow muscular organ (5) 17 Triumph (7) 18 Vocation (6) 19 Clean thoroughly (5) 20 Acquire by effort (4) 22 Humiliation (5)

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

S T I U T H S Answers: The Big Apple, Sit down and shut up

Down 2 Love to put a limit on speech (7) 3 Main melody from the meerkats’ advert (5) 4 President whose age ran out (6) 5 Awful scene about right PC etc

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FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: ATLANTIC PUFFIN, LEONARD BERNSTEIN

Across 1 Castro arranged to share the lead (2-4) 5 Show support for the runner up (6) 8 Lot overweight, needing energy (4) 9 States journey begins on the landing site (8) 10 Learned about elite art (8) 11 Shouldn’t it be "Is a region"? (4) 12 Lead in main trolley dash (5) 14 The song for Sunday is in hand (5) 18 Large deer with no tail makes a beastly noise (4) 20 Camera in development for US resident (8) 22 Starting point for Balinese building (8) 23 Observes what they grab, by the sound of it (4) 24 Strain trifle by mistake (6) 25 Racing car plant (5)

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Sandals, 5 Part, 8 Alert, 9 Alabama, 10 Skin, 11 Register, 13 Treat, 14 Munch, 19 Red giant, 21 Dime, 23 Inspire, 24 Apart, 25 Code, 26 Abscond.

Down: 1 Sparse, 2 Needier, 3 Ante, 4 Seabed, 5 Platinum, 6 Roast, 7 Lairs, 12 Maritime, 15 Chicago, 16 Grail, 17 Angela, 18 Heated, 20 Disco, 22 Laos.

QUICK Across: 7 Ocelot, 8 Humane, 10 Concede, 11 Cheat, 12 Peek, 13 Dazed, 17 Jaded, 18 Zero, 22 Alter, 23 Initial, 24 Travel, 25 Stress.

Down: 1 Concept, 2 Meander, 3 Boxer, 4 Succeed, 5 Eager, 6 Petty, 9 Menagerie, 14 Barrier, 15 Decided, 16 Foolish, 19 Faith, 20 Stray, 21 Dirty.

Across 1 Works (musical, theatre, literature) (5) 3 Páginas (5) 5 Two (3) 7 Cubo de la basura (7) 9 Ordenado (4) 10 Plano (llano) (4) 13 Faint (medical) (7) 14 Quién (3) 15 Gust of wind (5) 16 Manzana (fruta) (5)

Down 1 Computer (9) 2 Silk (4) 3 Weight (4) 4 Insolación (9) 6 Intercambia (sellos, fotos) (5) 8 Debajo de (5) 11 For (going to) (4) 12 Boot (footwear) (4)

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Talk, 3 Glove, 8 Atreverse, 9 Chefs, 10 Nests, 12 Aguanieve, 14 Cabra, 15 Pegs.

Down: 1 Trinchar, 2 Llave, 4 Lavender, 5 Ver, 6 Prisoner, 7 Peasants, 11 Siete, 13 Uña.

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There are a lot of things that people don’t understand, usually because they are too complicated, but we can rely on understanding the simple things, or can we? Here is a list of 10 apparently simple things that are deceptively complex.

1. The proof for ‘1+1=2’ is over 300 pages long. This is probably the first mathematical concept that anyone learns. In the early 20th century mathematician and philosopher Bertrand Russell set out to prove that mathematics worked and used this simple phrase to illustrate his theory. The problem was 1 that he required 372 pages of complex sums to do so.

2. The definition of ‘almost surely’ is a mathematical nightmare. If you were to say that an event was ‘almost sure’ to happen, how would you explain that concept? The concept exists within statistical mathematics and is explained as “a property will hold ‘almost surely’ if it holds for all sample points.” In basic language this just means that the odds are good, but not 100 per cent.

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3. Defining the word ‘the’ is really difficult.

‘The’ is so common in the English language that most people have never had to explain it, but its range of applications are odd when looked at objectively. For example why do we say “I love the ballet” but not “I love the cable TV”?

4. There is no universally accepted theory on how bicycles stand up. For the last 100 years scientists have been arguing about how they stay upright. The prevailing theory used to be that the gyroscopic force of the wheels kept them upright but this was debunked as when the force was taken away, the bike remained standing. Scientists continue to argue.

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1. Why do bicycles stand up? 2. Do mosquitoes like your skin?

3. Rock, paper, scissors - a favourite game.

5. How long is a piece of string? The answer is “it depends” as there are many ways to measure length: mathematicians will say that a piece of string is, theoretically, infinite but physicists will say that as atoms can, technically, be in two places at once there is no way to know.

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

6. Yawning. This puzzling phenomenon has never been defined. There is no other bodily function even similar to it. Many believe that it’s the brain’s need for extra oxygen and this seems to make sense as we do it when we are tired or bored, but this has been disproven by doctors. As for

why it is so contagious - nobody knows.

7. Left and right have been confusing philosophers for years. German philosopher Immanuel Kant once said “if the first thing created was a hand, then it must necessarily be the left or the right but which?” Because it is relative there is no way of knowing. There is a 400-page-book on the subject, aptly entitled ‘The Philosophy of Right and Left.’

8. Enjoyment is relative and subjective. Many people can be fooled into thinking they enjoy something by being told they enjoy it: there’s a famous experiment where wine experts were fooled into thinking a cheap bottle of wine was an exceptional vintage just by switching the labels. This is called the ‘Chivas Regal Effect’ and it is very common for people to enjoy something more if they think it is expensive.

9. Mosquito bites. A recent Smithsonian article detailed that 20 per cent of people seem to be strangely attractive to mosquitoes but no one is in agreement as to why. The simple answer is that it’s something in a person’s blood that attracts mosquitoes. However, it would appear that the mosquitoes are actually attracted by a chemical signal given off by the body. It’s present in around 85 per cent of us - which also explains why some people seem invisible to mosquitoes.

10. Rock-paper-scissors a serious game. The game has become a favourite research topic of psychologists because of how intertwined rock-paper-scissors is with subconscious human responses and game theory. As a result, dozens of strategies exist to help players get an edge in the game.

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

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

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

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

No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

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Average: 20

Just Joking My girlfriend hates it when I make jokes about her weight. She needs to lighten up.

Never iron a four leaf clover. You don’t want to press your luck.

What do you call a cow with no legs? -- Ground beef.

Good: 26 Very good: 37 Excellent: 46

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

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The average young person’s diet is also too high in fat and salt.

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New toothpaste to help rebuild your teeth A NEW toothpaste has been revealed that claims to regenerate 82 per cent of tooth enamel after just three days of use.

The new Regenerate Enamel Science Advanced Toothpaste contains calcium silicate and sodium phosphate, which effectively rebuilds a new layer of white enamel on the teeth. The technology appears to work much like replastering a wall, filling any microscopic holes caused by fizzy drinks or sugary foods to leave a strong, smooth finish. It is being marketed more as a form of beauty product that will sit alongside antiaging creams and potions.

The toothpaste has been created by the Unilever research and development laboratory at Port Sunlight, on Merseyside (UK) as well as teams in Milan and Shanghai and was developed in collaboration with dental experts from International Oral Health Research Centres.

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Increased consumption of energy drinks in youngsters causes concern THE weekly intake of sports and energy drinks among adolescents is significantly associated with an increased consumption of other beverages with sugar,

smoking and a high use of television or video games.

That’s according to a study by researchers at the University of Minnesota and Duke

University in the U.S., and published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behaviour.

The high caffeine content of energy drinks

and sugar and calories of many sports and energy drinks is causing much concern to health professionals.

The information was collected from a study of

20 public school students.

The American Academy of Paediatrics recommends that adolescents consume sports drinks only after

vigorous and prolonged activity and that, in general, they should not take them because they increase the risk of overstimulation of the nervous system.

Get your feet ready for summer sandals OUR feet come under a lot of stress throughout the year but in summer we expect them to look ‘sandal ready’ despite a winter spent in boots.

Here is one simple suggestion to get them ready to be seen by the public: exfoliate! Eliminate those calluses and hydrate the whole foot with a good quality cream while giving the foot a massage to really make sure the cream gets into all the nooks and crannies.

If you don’t want to spend the cash on a pedicure then this is the best alternative to make them look better without having to spend a lot of time on them.

RELAXING LUNCH: Helps employees perform better and makes them comfortable.

Taking a proper lunch break can help you perform better at work HAVING a relaxed lunch and taking the time to follow a Mediterranean diet helps employees feel better.

That’s the conclusion from a group of scientists who say more and more companies are encouraging healthy eating habits to boost the health of their workforce.

“A healthy employee performs better and is more comfortable,” said the director of occupational medicine of the College of Physicians of Malaga, Salvador Marquez.

Respecting meal times is one of the key issues to consider in a workforce, ensuring they take adequate time away from their

desks, but it is not only the time and dedication, but also what you eat that affects your work performance. “If respected, the Mediterranean diet does not require much more as it is healthy and suitable for any type of activity because it has carbohydrates, fats, proteins, nutrients and minerals.”

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AKIRA animal charity is urgently looking for people to rehome its rescued pets.

Whilst premises are being constructed it has to house the animals in private kennels, so relies on people to take in the dogs as soon as possible.

The charity was formed on April 1, 2011, after animal lovers noticed a need for a shelter in the areas of

TALKATIVE: Noosa would be good company.

Looking for a home NOOSA was taken in by K9 after her owner was unable to care for her.

She is about four years old and loves people.

She has been very much loved by her previous owner so is very talkative and will paddle with her paws whilst you talk to her.

If you can give her a home, please contact the club.

The K9 Club has been been rescuing lost and abandoned animals in the south Costa Blanca for many years.

Members of the team care for the lost and abandoned animals that are found and try to find them new homes.

The K9 club is a registered charitable association, number CV-01-043388-A. All the animals which come into their possession receive first-class examinations and treatment from established veterinary clinics.

The funds needed to pay for vets’ fees, and where appropriate for accommodation in kennels, are raised by the members and volunteers in various ways.

Items which are donated and offered to them for sale are sold from their own shop located on Urbanisation La Marina, which is managed and staffed by volunteers.

Greetings card sales, collection tins and calendars are also placed in various business premises.

More information: k9clubinfo@gmail.com Website: www.k9club.es Tel: Shop 965 077 208 Information on dogs and cats 600 84 54 20 The shop is situated on Calle Alfredo Kraus close to the Tourist Information Office in La Marina urbanisation.

Benissa, Teulada and Moraira, and since then have been in talks with both town councils in securing suitable land and planning the construction of such a shelter, as well as raising awareness of the charity.

Both mayors agreed that they could build a shelter on the industrial estate La Pedrera in Benissa, which Benissa Town Hall donated to them.

The road leading up to the shelter

Dog of the week LAILA is a female Podenco/ Pointer Cross - DOB 22.5.2009, 60 centimetres - who has been at the shelter since 27.04.2011 After having spent a couple of weeks in the Veterinary Clinic (because she was very skinny at the beginning), she could not believe what happened to her at the APASA animal shelter.

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has now been laid, with water pipes and electricity cables underneath.

Spanish bureaucracy dictates that they need yet more permissions before the shelter can be built, but are starting the excavation of the land imminently.

Now the charity is looking for more sponsors and already has Liberty Seguros, Royal Canin, Restaurant Jacaranda, the famous guitarist Brian May from Queen, Fam Charlton, Fam Barnett and the Dutch Organisation DZG on board.

To sponsor a kennel which houses up to five dogs will cost €1,500 and the sponsor’s name will appear above the kennel. Anyone donating €500 or more towards the shelter will have their name on the sponsor board outside the kennels.

So far even without a shelter they have looked after hundreds of abandoned dogs and rehomed them in Spain, Holland and Germany.

During the year 2013/4 alone AKIRA rescued 107 dogs and rehomed 86.

This would not have been possible without the help of the Aliaga Clinical Team.

More information: www.akiraanimals.com

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Keep cats apart when eating CATS all feeding from a row of food bowls look cute and you will find many of these photos on the web. Cute they may be, but this is stressful for cats, even cats which get on well with each other.

Cats go hunting on their own and they eat on their own. They don’t socialise over a meal like humans do.

So keep those food bowls well apart.

Is your cat going bald? It could be fleas.

Some cats are so allergic to a single flea bite that they pull or nibble their fur in this area.

Cats also pull or nibble their fur if they FEEDING TIME: Cats prefer to eat alone.

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have a painful area, if they are allergic to some forms of food, or if they are ill.

Some cats even pull their fur through stress. So take your cat to

the vet and discuss the problem.

Choosing a pedigree kitten Today’s pedigree cats are beginning to develop inherited diseases from too much inbreeding, just like the diseases found in pedigree dogs. It’s a complicated topic but worth looking into before you decide on one

particular breed. All the information you need can be found at International Cat Care – www.icare.org.

There are now genetic tests available for some disorders, and you may like to discuss these with cat breeders.

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Summer salad guide for dummies SUMMER is nearly here and with it comes the desire to eat lighter meals and lose a little weight so salads are the obvious answer - here are a few tips to make them more delicious and less boring.

Drain your ingredients really well.

Salads depend largely on their dressings to make them taste interesting, so if the dressing is watered down the salad ends up

tasting of little else. Buy yourself a salad spinner!

They are reasonably cheap; you can even buy them in Ikea so there is no excuse to have watery salads ever again.

Think about how the ingredients go together.

Don’t just throw in whatever is at the bottom of the crisper drawer - look for contrasts between textures and tastes.

Break up the lettuce with your hands - don’t cut it. If a lettuce is cut it will absorb the dressing too quickly and become wilted, tearing it causes a natural break that will remain intact.

If the onion is too strong leave it in hot, but not boiling, water for 10 minutes. Onion can overpower even a well-balanced salad if it

Study of the foodmood connection OUR mood could be affected by what we eat, according to a study by the American Academy of Family Physicians.

For example, you may feel depressed after eating fast food and more positive after a green salad.

Medical researchers are studying the effects of the ‘food-mood connection.’ So far, limited studies have shown mixed results and therefore dietary changes are not recommended as a substitute for professional treatment of mental health problems.

However, evidence suggests that getting the proper nutrients from a balanced diet can help you to feel better both physically and emotionally.

• Omega-3 fatty acids improve heart health by reducing ‘bad’ cholesterol in your body and increasing ‘good’ cholesterol, but in some studies, people who took omega-3 supplements reported improvements in their mood.

Omega-3 fatty acids are in seafood, such as salmon, herring, sardines and mackerel, as well as in

flaxseeds, flaxseed oil and walnuts.

• Tryptophan is an aminoacid that the body needs to produce serotonin. People with depression often have a low serotonin level.

Tryptophan is in red meat, dairy products, soy and turkey.

• Magnesium helps the body to produce energy and helps muscles, arteries and heart work properly.

Researchers are studying whether patients who take magnesium recover more quickly from depression. Magnesium is in leafy green vegetables, nuts and avocados.

• Folic acid and vitamin B-12 play an important role in metabolism and production of blood cells. They also are related to chemicals dopamine and noradrenalin. In many cases, people who are depressed don’t have enough of these chemicals.

Increasing levels of folic acid and vitamin B-12 may improve their response to medicines that treat depression. Folic acid is in leafy greens and fruits. Vitamin B-12 is in fish, shellfish, meat and dairy products.

is too strong in taste.

Change the dressings. Don’t always go for the oil and vinegar option. Play around with different tastes until you have found four or five decent

SUMMER: Means salads. dressings that you like.

The most important

rule - have fun with it.

Don’t be afraid to try ingredients you wouldn’t normally use, if you don’t like them you can always avoid them in future.

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Sembro 2012, a pure Ribera del Duero tempranillo VINOS IBERIAN is a wine project that started back in 1986 led by a branch of the Osborne family.

The seven brothers, who lead the family brand, started looking for suitable lands in which to see their dream grow.

They found the ideal combination of soil and sun in the Pesquera del Duero area of Valladolid on the Quiñon farm.

This location not only gave them the perfect combination of winegrowing essentials it also gave them the shelter of the ‘designation of origin’ of the Ribera del Duero

SEMBRO TEMPRANILLO: Typically fruity.

brand reputation.

Despite not having been on the market long, they brought out their first wines in 2000.

They have had huge success with their

established wines (Chafandin and Sed de Cana) and now they are introducing their latest tempranillo: Sembro.

Sembro is a semivintage, which first crop was 2004, and has rapidly become one of the best in its price/ quality range.

Aged in oak barrels it has a clear dose of elegance and a strong fruity taste typical of tempranillos.

The average asking price in supermarkets is around €8.45.

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FoodMeter: the new CREATED by the same developers as NurseTest this app is aimed at the general public rather than the health industry.

The app will look for, and offer, relevant, detailed information on all sorts of food.

It offers information

about fats contained in each food, proteins, vitamins, carbohydrates and so on, it includes 99 per cent of all recipes

Forget skin creams, MORE and more women, and also men, are using skin creams to hydrate and protect their skin, especially during the summer months, however, a good diet can also help to prevent the oxidant effects of the sun.

To keep your skin, hair and nails healthy it is important to choose the right nutrients, as well as making sure what you eat conserves its vitamins, minerals salts and essential fatty acids.

One of the simplest ways to healthy skin is mineral water. If you’re not keen on chugging down a bottle of it,

remember that fruits such as watermelon, pear, melon, cherries and oranges are composed

C produces collagen for flexible, healthy skin, and Vitamin E protects the cellular membranes of the

To keep your skin, hair and nails healthy, it is important to choose the right nutrients mainly of water, so stay hydrated by eating these fruits too.

Cabbages and broccoli are rich in antioxidants, especially derived from vitamins C and E. Vitamin

skin from UVA radiation.

Tropical fruits, such as guava, papaya and mango are also rich in Vitamin C and antioxidants, as well as having a high water content.

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It doesn’t just give negative information, as do so many other food apps, but just limits itself

to the relevant information.

Expert nutritionists have been consulted

eat healthy Hazelnuts are one of the best sources of Vitamin E, and a fistful a day is enough to obtain their benefits.

Carrots are rich in beta-carotene, the antioxidant which becomes Vitamin A within the body. It helps to repair tissue and protects skin from the harmful rays of the sun while helping it to absorb the good rays.

In fact, it has been suggested that it could protect better against sunburn than creams.

Cooked carrots have more beta-carotene.

Pumpkin seeds are

rich in Zinc, which protect the cellular membranes of the skin, helping them to maintain collagen and promoting skin renovation.

Blue fish contains Omega-3, making the membranes more permeable and promoting cell activity, as well as acting as an anti-inflammatory.

Wholemeal cereals contain selenium, a mineral which helps to protect the skin from environmental damage while promoting elasticity and healthy skin.

on every aspect of the information given in order to give the best service possible.

The app is simple and easy to use as it offers a series of categories in which foods

are grouped; these include meats, fruits, fish and sweets.

FoodMeter doesn’t just give information about food, it also has a section in which the user can store their food history to later look at it and work out if they are eating a healthy, balanced diet.

The app costs â‚Ź2.69 and is compatible with Apple systems as well as Android.

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

BUYING plants is like looking for clothes.

Always keep a watchful eye open for well shaped, well grown, strong, and realistically priced quality plants.

Whenever you are tempted to buy plants do check out the following before making the final decision.

This will help ensure that the plant has an above average chance of

GARDEN CENTRE: Look around for best prices. becoming one of the best plants in your garden for years to come.

Make sure: a. Plant has a good root ball and is not root bound. b. The chosen plant has a good natural shape. c. Plant shows no sign of disease or insect damage. d. Leaves and stems are not scorched by cold or hot winds or the scorching sun. e. Plant shows no sign of stress caused by under or over watering. f. If a tree or climbing shrub tied to a supporting cane, check that there is no sign of rubbing or cutting into the bark of the main stem. g.

If a flowering plant, choose one that is not in full flower but one which has just a few flowers out to be able to check the colour and has plenty of follow on flower buds already formed. We note that some garden centres have started to charge a premium price for this type of plant! h. Ask yourself ‘Do I

really want this colour.

Will it really fit into the garden or look good alongside existing plants?’. i. Labels that explain what you are buying. This is especially important when buying citrus trees to know whether you are buying an early or late fruiting variety. j. If a new type of plant,

labels that inform you how the plant should be cared for. k. Check prices at a number of garden centres if you feel that a plant is overpriced. Recently we found that prices for an apparently identical plant, the same size and same sized pot, can vary by 50 per cent between two garden centres only a kilometre apart. l. If a bushy plant, check if it is grown from one or several

cuttings in the same pot. m. Think ‘Is this plant really right for the microclimate of my garden and the particular spot you have in mind for planting it?’ n. Consider whether it is really the best time of year to plant that type of plant. o. Check that the pay desk prices are the same as the price tags displayed in front of or amongst the plants.

Prices do get mixed up when changes are made in the layout and new stock is sometimes a higher price than old stock.

Being thoughtful and vigilant when buying plants can save disappointments and wasted money. Spanish garden centres used to be very much less expensive than those in the UK. Today this is often not so.

© Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com May 2014 FLOWERING PLANTS: Chose one that has plenty of buds still to open.

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Get the garden or patio in shape for summer GRAND GARDENS: Local plants not foreign imports

GARDENS and patios are where most people spend their free time in summer but so often they are left as almost blank spaces and not decorated, here are a few tips to improve enjoyment of outside areas without breaking the bank.

Make your flower beds curved -

straight lines are boring and tedious.

For ease of maintenance always select plants and lawn grass that will grow well in the local climate.

‘Foreign’ plants will require so much upkeep that it will diminish your enjoyment.

Before designing the garden take into account where the sun and shade fall and at what times of day - this could greatly influence where to put items such as the barbecue.

Don’t overcrowd the garden plants need room to grow and never look good if they are too crowded together.

Pay attention to the entire garden - don’t leave any empty areas as they Islands, to symbolise the will make the rest of the movement of water. The garden look bad - a rest of the sand in the uniform look isn’t garden should be either necessary but the garden left flat or combed parallel should be cohesive. to the sides of the garden If the garden is big then which should always be use hedges to separate straight and the corners areas for different perfect right-angles to functions. symbolise conformity and Above all the most structure. important thing is to These gardens are personalise it so that you meant to be contemplated can enjoy your time in it from the sides or above without worrying about and not walked around. what needs doing.

Karesansui or Japanese style Zen garden KARESANSUI is a Japanese style of garden which consists of an expanse of shallow sand which contains gravel, rocks and, occasionally herbs, mosses and other natural elements. They are used as a form of meditation by Japanese Zen monks.

Zen gardens originate from the Muromachi period of Japan (1336 to 1573) and were supposed

KARESANSUI: To be contemplated not walked around.

to symbolise the beauty of emptiness and the

elegance of simplicity.

These are considered

‘scene gardens’ and, as such, are quite small - a large one would be 10 x 30 metres and a small one would be 10 x 30 cms but there are no rules.

The combed sand represents the sea and it is supposed to be undulating around the rocks, which represent the Japanese

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Rent stateprotected houses THE Junta de Andalucia councillor for Public Works, Elena Cortes, has asked towns to put state protected houses up for rent.

Her department sent letters to promoters, banks and councils in cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants, as well as to presidents of Provincial Governments which have state protected houses empty.

They were invited to make the properties available for rent to families who need them, with the aim of making sure that within a year, there are no stateprotected houses empty.

The Junta de Andalucia claims to have already done so with their own 638 stateprotected houses which were empty. However, unofficial reports suggest they may have up to 60,000 empty state-protected homes.

The Department of Public Works estimates there are some 5,620 newly built houses which have been built with public funds in the possession of town halls, governments and promoters and it is unacceptable for them to be empty.

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Price is the most important factor PRICE is the most decisive factor when purchasing a home, according to a study by Via Celere estate agents.

The second most important factor is location, followed by quality.

According to the study, for a complex to be successful it should be in an area with schools and health centres, at a good price and have used good quality materials.

Other factors which can guarantee success are good facilities in communal areas and facilities for payment.

However, the study defines two types of buyers, those buying for the first time, and those who are relocating, who tend to be the more demanding.

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THE biggest buyers of Spanish real estate are other Europeans.

Spain is in fashion among international investors, North Americans, Russians and Chinese principally but, recently, there has also been a lot of interest from other European nations.

Last year real estate sales to foreigners rose by 36.6 per cent.

Analyses of the fundamentals of the sector show that Spain is very competitive now that it is perceived to be coming out of the recession.

This increase in interest will be in evidence at the Barcelona Meeting Point (BMP) which is the main showcase of Spanish real estate in Europe. Enrique Lacalle, president of the BMP confirmed that this year they will continue to centre their attention on international investors paying particular attention to other Europeans.

Presidents of important international banks will be at the BMP, among them the presidents of Goldman Sachs, AXA, HSBC Bank

and Benson Elliot, the BMP real estate fair will cater not only to them but to their families as they try to court their business.

The fair will take place between October 29 and November 2 and this year will feature ‘clusters’ which is a novel concept of clustering all the real estate agents from one area to meet with the investing agents from another area - in this way the Spanish market can learn to adapt itself better to the needs of the foreign investors.

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Property purchases up in March IN March, 27,047 houses were sold in Spain, 22.8 per cent more than the same month last year, according to the National Institute of Statistics.

This put an end to 10 months running of falling figures and shows that property sales are on the rise. Compared to February this year, sales were up 5.2 per cent.

Just over 11,330 of these houses were new, and the number of purchases of new homes increased 8.7 per cent compared to March 2013.

The region where most houses were sold per 100,000 inhabitants was Castilla y Leon, with 627, and the region which saw the biggest rise in sales was the Balearic Islands, with 32.4 per cent more.

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FTER a six-year rebuilding and restoration progamme, the Museo Archaeological Nacional reopened its doors to the public earlier this month. Behind the classical facade of the 19th century building, which has housed the country’s most important collection of objects recording the history of Spain for more than a hundred years, is now an ultra modern exhibition centre designed for the 21st century.

The monumental €65million project is Spain’s most ambitious cultural development this century undertaken under the auspices of the Direccion General de Bellas Artas y Bienes Culturales y de Archivos y Bibliotecas.

One of the first aims was to increase the exhibition area. This was achieved by a placing a glazed roof over the two courtyards in a similar fashion to the Great Court of the British Museum and the Louvre in Paris.

As well as adding over 30 per cent more

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ULTRA MODERN: Spacious and bright.

PRIDE OF PLACE: The Lady of Elche, a stone bust dating from the fourth century BC. space, it provides natural light into the building’s exhibition areas.

The museum comprises four levels.

The ground floor area has been opened up to create a spacious, bright entrance hall with museum shop, café, public

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13,000 pieces, 700 graphic panels and more than 300 display cabinets featuring sculptures, mosaics, ceramics, bronze artefacts, religious objects, furniture, jewellery, coins and medals.

The top floor is dedicated to the reference library with an important collection of over 120,000 volumes.

While Spain’s history is given prominence with exhibits dating from the prehistoric era, the Roman and Moorish occupation, the Christian Middle Ages through to the 19th century, there are important collections from Egypt, Nubia and Greece. A mezzanine floor is dedicated to the origins and history of money with rare examples of coins and notes.

Each section has been provided with the latest technology using computerised audiovisual productions and maps to guide the visitor.

Pride of place goes to the Lady of Elche, a stone bust dating from the fourth century BC and found near Elche in 1897. Among the other rare pieces are a sculpture of Livia, wife of Emperor Augustus, the Visigoth treasure of Guarrazar, an exquisite collection of crowns and crosses encrusted with gold and jewels from the second half of the seventh century and the marble canister, the Bote de Zamora, a superb example of Islamic art.

Located in the centre of Madrid’s prime retail street, Serrano, known as the Golden Mile, the MAN museum is now part of the city’s cultural walk, El Paseo del Arte, linking the Prado, Thyssen Bornemisza and Reina Sofia museums and can claim its place as one of the finest archaeological museums in the world.

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ALL palm tree services. Please call Lee 618 146 228 or Thomas 699 524 934 (97547) MAINTENANCE, palm trees & all services. Free estimate 669 422 979 / 665 763 301 (223844)

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Well done to Atletico too!

From Back Page play QPR for a place in the Premiership on Saturday, Leyton Orient meet Rotherham in FL1 on Sunday followed on Monday by Burton Albion v. Fleetwood Town, the latter having already won six promotions in 10 years.

ROUND UP Marc Marquez (Spain) became the first rider in 42 years (and the youngest) since Giacomo Agostini in 1972, to win the opening five races of a season when he won the French MotoGP at Le Mans last Sunday.

Valentine Rossi was second with Spaniard, Alvaro Bautista third.

Later, Rafael Nadal, having beaten Andy Murray on clay (again), eventually lost to Novak Djokovic in the Madrid tennis final.

Also in Spain, home favourite Miguel Angel Jimenez won the Open de Espana in Gerona.

Sir Bradley Wiggins is back on track - winning the Tour of California race.

UEFA has fined Manchester City £49 million (€60 million) for ‘breach of financial fair play rules’ and have also restricted the club’s Champions League squad to 21 players for next season.

LA LIGA: Atletico Madrid won the title for the tenth time.

Former World F1 champion Sir Jack Brabham OBE has died in Australia at the age of 88. He won three titles, 1959, 1960 and 1966.

COMING UP Today, England’s cricketers play Sri Lanka in the first ODI at The Oval (the second takes place next Wednesday at Old Trafford) and the four-day PGA Championship starts at Wentworth (Virginia Water).

This Sunday, it’s the F1 Grand Prix in Monaco; and the French Open Tennis Championship starts at Roland Garros in Paris (ending June 8).

And don’t forget, the World Cup starts in 22 days time, on June 12, when host nation Brazil take on Croatia in Group A (10pm). Spain, in Group B, start their tournament against the Netherlands the following day (9pm) while England meet Italy in their opening Group D game on June 14 (midnight).

OFFER If anyone is interested, I have for sale a few copies of my latest book, ‘England in the World Cup’ signed by Bryan Robson OBE. They cost €15 each from me on 634 319 414 or 950 699 991.

LA GALIANA: Despite the overcast skies, the members had a good day.

Orba Warblers Golf Society OVERCAST skies and a chilly wind welcomed the Warblers to La Galiana this week, fortunately the sun did eventually come and the ‘après golf’ was a little warmer on the terrace.

The golf course was in its usual exceptional condition and one Warbler played up to that standard, with an outstanding score of 42 points Paddy Kenmore left the rest in his wake.

The next nearest score was 34 points and that was achieved by Tony Young, Roy Booth and Chris Field, making a welcome return to the golf course, the positions decided on count-back, fifth place went to Rosemary Edwards with 33.

Nearest the pin was David Knight on the 5th and Tony Young with a very close shot on the difficult 16th which he tapped in for his two.

The player of the month trophies had finally arrived and were duly awarded, for January; Glynn Braidley and David Edwards, February; Fred Cooley and Barbara Pollitt, March; Sylvia Mortensen and Sheila Dindar and for April; Roy Booth and Colin Harris.

Next week, Wednesday May 28, the confirmed fixture will be at Alenda, the first tee is at 10.08 and the competition will be a strokesford, guests are always welcome and you can reserve your place on the phone, 639 242 896.

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Aussie pairs AUSTRALIAN, Greg Sperring, partnered with Pauline Bishop won Javea Green’s ‘Drawn Aussie Pairs’ Competition held over two days.

They won by an impressive total of 55 points, six clear of their nearest rivals Tony Lloyd and Clive Pearl who notched up 49 points to take second place.

Twenty teams took part, each playing three matches of eight ends per day. Greg and Pauline were top of the table on day one, winning all three

games and amassing a comfortable lead with 33 points. The second day saw them win two and lose one, gaining 22 points which, when added to the previous day’s score, was enough to take them to the top of the leader board.

Sponsor, Maria Morawiec, Managing Director of Dragon Insurance, presented the Trophy and Prizes to Greg and Pauline.

Thanks to Match Secretary, Alan Phillips, for organising the days.

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Valentino Rossi Second in the French MotoGP at Le Mans.

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FOOTBALL ROUND-UP At last, after a nine-year wait, Arsenal have won a trophy! Last Saturday the

Gunners, playing in their 18th final, came back from 2-0 down to beat Hull City 3-2 to lift the FA Cup for the 11th time.

This was the first time since 1966, when Everton defeated Sheffield Wednesday, that a team has come back from a two-goal deficit and it’s only the second time in 25 years that five goals have been scored in a final.

Congratulations also to St Johnstone who won the Scottish Cup for the first time in their 130-year history, beating Dundee United 2-0 at Celtic Park.

Perth is rocking this week!

And here in Spain, Atletico Madrid gained the point they needed at the Nou Camp with a 1-1 draw to win the La Liga title for the tenth time ahead of Barcelona. And on Saturday Atletico have the chance to complete the double when they play city rivals Real Madrid in the Champions League final in Lisbon.

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