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Cocaine haul POLICE in Roquetas de Mar have arrested a man carrying 200 grams of cocaine. According to Guardia Civil officers, this is one of the largest seizures of the drug in the province during the last year.

Date change MOJACAR’S MAC meeting for cancer patients, survivors and carers has been changed to 10.30am on Wednesday, September 10.

Best July FIGURES released this week show July as being the best in six years for Almeria airport with more than 100,000 passengers, a rise of more than 13 per cent on last year.

Track day MOTORBIKE fans should get to the circuit in Almeria City on August 23 and enjoy the track day. Participant prices start at €80.

Feeling hot hot hot!!

ALMERIA temperatures soared over the weekend as the province was put on yellow alert.

Villages around the province were deathly silent as their occupants hid indoors during the day, only coming out after dark for some fresh air.

In Llano del Espino, on the Rambla de Oria, not a sound could be heard until approximately 10pm

when a couple of families came outside to eat and the children were allowed some freedom.

Inland, Albox peaked at 39.5º Celsius while Almeria hit a muggy 36ºC at 3pm although residents say it felt hotter due to the humidity.

El Ejido experienced 37ºC on Sunday, dropping to a slightly more comfortable 33ºC on Monday and

Tuesday. Mike Harper, a new resident of Albox, commented: “We’ve been melting for the last couple of days but at least our older property is built to withstand the summer. I’m glad I’m retired.”

In Mojacar, souls brave enough to risk the sun’s power enjoyed a dip in the sea and the welcome sea breeze. Temperatures there on the coast were a slightly more comfortable 34ºC. AEMET, Spain’s meteorological office, has of the officers. The knife glanced behind not issued a weather the ear of one officer, causing blood flow. warning for the rest of the The other officer attempted to restrain week for Almeria. the man with handcuffs and was bitten However, temperatures for his efforts. However, they managed to are predicted to rise hold the man and arrested him on the again early next week spot. by approximately five The injured officer needed seven to seven degrees, stitches for his head wound. depending on the area.

Guardia Civil officers attacked TWO officers from the Guardia Civil in Nijar were attacked at the weekend by a 30-year-old man of sub-Saharan origin.

The officers were working in a rural area of Nijar when they noticed a couple of people behaving in a suspicious manner. The officers spoke to the two individuals but one of the men drew a knife and without warning, lunged at one

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INDEX News 1 - 36 Finance 37-38/43-46 Letters 47 Leapy Lee 48 Daily TV 52 Time Out 54 - 55 Health & Beauty 56 - 58 Homes & Gardens 59 Food 60 - 63 Albox 64 - 67 Property 70 - 71 Classifieds 73 - 75 Motoring 76 - 78 Sport 79 - 80

SUMMER FUN: The library is lending more than ever.

Record borrowers for Cabo de Gata library MORE than 2,000 people visited the Cabo de Gata municipal library in July. This is the biggest influx of visitors since the centre opened in 2003.

In some places visits to the library go down in summer but in the Cabo de Gata municipal library they go up and, for the first time in five years, the amount of children visiting the library has exceeded the amount of adults visiting it.

There were a total of 1,166 children and 1,122 adults passing through the library and between them they borrowed a total

of 1,717 items ranging from comics and films to works of literature and general reading.

The most borrowed books were children’s adventure stories, a total of 647 borrowings in July, which just proves the library’s point of everyone likes to read even children who aren’t forced to do so by their school curriculum.

The main bulk of the library’s clientele are children and students who are preparing for the re-sits which take place in September.

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NEWS Puppy love PUPPY RESCUE have announced a date for their table-top sale to raise funds for abandoned puppies. The event will be at Jack’s Bar, Albox, on September 11.

School raffle TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT in Avenida Lepanto, Albox, is holding their Back 2 School raffle to raise funds for the orphanage in Vera. Tickets are €1 and the draw is on September 1.

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Violent mugger arrested OFFICERS from the Guardia Civil have arrested a man who allegedly violently mugged a German man in hotel grounds in Roquetas de Mar. Guardia Civil reports described the suspect as “a violent, aggressive person, and we suspect he may have committed more crimes of this kind in recent months.”

During the incident, the alleged thief kicked and punched the victim, hitting him on the head with a stone.

The victim originally chose not to report the offence. However, once he did, the Guardia Civil officers were able to start investigating. Unfortunately, the vague description of the mugger given by the victim made it

difficult to track him down.

However, they were able to locate a 38-year-old man, MS, and charge him with the offence.

Guardia Civil sources told Euro Weekly News that they had made a number of arrests for similar crimes in the past few weeks.

Surveillance in crowded public places had also been stepped up, they added.

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Party nightly in Velez-Blanco

THERE is music and dance from 4pm every evening until Sunday August 17.

There are lots of drinks’ offers including free shots for the ladies.

Motorbike fair COLOUR AND SPECTACLE: Malaga Fair.

Water works COUNCIL workers will soon be carrying out repairs and upgrades to streets in Huercal de Almeria, specifically water supply and sanitation.

Folk celebration ROMERIJA in Turre plays host to a night of folk, bluegrass and Celtic music presented by Almeria Strings.

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FRIENDS of Alfoquia have another charity event coming up at Bar La Union in La Alfoquia to raise money for local schools and the community. August 30 showcases a Bono tribute act.

Bubbly and vibrant NIKKI C will get you on your feet dancing at Miraflores, Los Gallardos on Saturday, August 23. This female vocalist is back by popular demand.

Soul night IF you like soul music, then August 30 needs to be marked in your calendar as Soulmotion’s Janine Inglis arrives at Miraflores, Los Gallardos, for the evening.

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Get dancing NAUTICO restaurant in Garrucha is offering free Latin dance classes every Monday night at 11.30pm. More information (in Spanish) on 687 918 669.

Moors and Christians IF you have missed the Moors and Christians so far, then get to Alucida de Monteagud on August 16 for a procession as part of the town’s fiesta, which runs all week until Sunday.

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Flocking to the fair T

HE August fair - perhaps better known as Malaga Fair - is here again, and it is one of the biggest in Spain. This fantastic street party has its origins in 1487, when the city was incorporated into the Corona de Castilla (Castilla kingdom) by the Catholic Kings.

The kings gave the city the Virgen de la Victoria (Victory Virgin) and the council agreed to always commemorate the event by celebrating a ‘fiesta’ every year on the day of Asuncion.

Originally the celebration was only one day long and the whole town would join in a procession in honour of the Virgen de la Victoria. In just a few years it had grown to incorporate a small bullfight (only four bulls) and a few ‘casetas’ (pop-up bars).

In the 17th century fireworks were incorporated into the celebrations and then came more casetas and by 1887 it resembled what it is today, a

Quote of the Week I’m not hiding but I can’t give a statement to the press every five minutes.’

Disgraced ex-president of Cataluña, Jordi Pujol, on why he hasn’t been speaking to the press about the accusations of corruption and hiding money in tax havens made against him last week.

Tomato contest FANCY something a little different? Chirivel is holding a tomato competition on August 16. Lots of prizes to be won at the event at EcoMercado from 9pm.

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STREET PARTY: A nine-day-long event. nine-day-long celebration of everything from the local gastronomy to the expositions of the flower arrangements in the old part of the town.

One of the peculiarities of the modern Malaga Fair is that it is celebrated in two different locations: the daytime fair takes place in the centre of the town and at night it moves to the ‘recinto ferial’ (purposebuilt fairground) on the outskirts of the city.

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PETROLHEADS will be excited to learn that the 18th edition of the Motero Feria de Almeria takes place on August 30. Events begin at 9.30am at the Parque de Las Almadrabillas.

billion euros is the amount that the European Union’s anti-fraud office believes is moving illegally through Gibraltar as a result of tobacco smuggling and money laundering. It is urging Spain and the UK to take action on the matter.

ALMERIA airport’s cultural space is hosting 20 paintings by Isabel Toresano, an Almeria artist.

The exhibition runs until August 31.

Alpujarra music MUSIC lovers were enthralled at the weekend when Alcolea hosted the XXXIII Festival Tradicional de Alpujarra. Five groups represented Almeria.

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The mayor of Vitoria, Javier Maroto, has been compared to Hitler or Jean Marie Le Pen after claiming that North African refugees were “sponging off the Spanish and not even looking for work when they arrived.” He has been heavily criticised for his harsh words but has refused to apologise for them.

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New PSOE head visits Mojacar THE new leader of the PSOE (Spanish Labour Party), Pedro Sanchez Perez Castejon, spent an evening with the Mojacar branch of the party at a working dinner during which they discussed party matters which affect the area.

The dinner was hosted by the Almeria PSOE secretary general, Jose Luis Sanchez Teruel, the Almeria PSOE secretary for development, Noemi

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Exam fiddling A MAYOR and three Local Police officers are to stand trial for their part in the manipulation of the police force entrance exams. One of the accused was the chief of police of Velez Rubio.

Dig open PEDRO SANCHEZ: Speaking in Mojacar.

Cruz and the Almeria PSOE secretary for the socialists of Mojacar, Manuel Zamora.

This is the first time that Sanchez has visited the area since becoming Secretary General of the party in the recent, hardfought elections after Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba stepped down.

Before the event, Sanchez had a meeting

with the heads of the local associations for the handicapped to analyse the development of the Dependency Law, which is currently being discussed in Parliament.

On this occasion Sanchez was able to keep his promise: when campaigning in the area he said that he would return once he was the party leader.

THE archaeological dig at Villaricos is now open to the public.

Special walkways have been installed for the public to use.

Crime up ROQUETAS DE MAR is the only municipality in which crime has risen in the last six months. It has seen more robberies than Almeria City.

Woman abuses partner A WOMAN in Almeria has been sentenced to four months in prison for scratching her partner and pulling his hair.

As well as the prison sentence she must also obey a restraining order which states that she cannot go within 200 metres of her ex-partner. She will also have to pay him a compensatory fine of €90.

The courts in Almeria have considered it

proven that the couple had a fight at a bar in Turre during which the woman scratched her partner’s face and arms and pulled his hair violently as well as generally punching and kicking him. The fight had to be broken up by one of the other patrons of the bar.

The judge sentenced the woman, originally from the Canary Islands, under the domestic violence act.

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More immigrants in Mojacar waters MARITIME RESCUE has intercepted a small boat containing 22

immigrants in the waters off the coast of Mojacar.

All but one of the immigrants were taken to the port of Almeria

Taxation of properties owned by non-residents

By Maria Teresa Velasco – Velasco Lawyers LIKE in most countries, non-residents in Spain owning real estate are subject to property taxes. Here is a brief outline of what nonresidents are expected to pay.

IBI - council tax ‘Impuesto sobre bienes inmuebles’ The IBI is a tax that both residents and non-residents will have to pay. It’s paid to the town hall and is based on the cadastral value of the property.

Depending on the city, it will be paid once a year or in instalments.

Imputed income tax (non-resident tax) The non-resident owners pay this tax, when the property is for personal use.

It is paid in arrears during the following year. For example the imputed income tax related to year 2013 will have to be paid during year 2014 with a payment deadline on the December 31 2014.

The tax base is calculated as a percentage of the cadastral value of the property and is: • 1.1 per cent of the cadastral value, if the cadastral value was revised after January 1 1994 • 2 per cent for all other cases On this amount the tax to pay will be the

rate of 24.75 per cent.

In cases of shared ownership the different owners of the property will have to file and pay the tax individually proportionally to their ownership share.

The tax will be paid proportionally to the amount of days the property was owned, during the year.

Non-residents need a fiscal representative in Spain in order to file the taxes on their behalf and receive notifications from the tax authorities.

Income tax on property rental for non-residents If the non-resident

owner rents out the property during the year, he will have to pay taxes on the rental income in Spain.

This will be 24.75 per cent of the income.

Unlike imputed income tax, the declarations and payment will have to be done once a quarter.

If the owner is a tax resident in a European Union country, he can deduce all the expenses directly related from the property rental (IBI, renovation expenses, non resident tax, electricity, water, amortisation of the property and so on).

but one immigrant, a minor of 17, had to be taken to hospital in Almeria suffering from health problems.

Sources within the Guardia Civil commented that the young man was conscious but said he had chest pains as well as being diabetic - he was evacuated immediately and hospital doctors say he is doing well.

All of the immigrants were Maghreb origin, all male and all, except one, in good health.

Meanwhile, maritime rescue vehicles picked up a total of 227 people from 23 dinghies in the Strait of Gibraltar on Monday morning.

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Almeria gay rights leader targeted HOMOPHOBIA has reared its ugly head in Almeria.

A Molotov cocktail was thrown against the residence of the president of a local LGBT rights organisation last Thursday.

Alejandro Gala heads up Ola LGTB + Almeria and became the latest target of

violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Spain.

Gala was reportedly on the terrace with this father when an unidentified individual threw the missile at his house. Fortunately, the homemade device ricocheted off some tree branches and exploded on the street where it caused a small fire, which Gala put out himself using his garden hose.

This is not an isolated incident, said Gala, who has lodged an official complaint with the National Police. It appears he has fallen victim to homophobic AN elderly female hiker got trapped on a cliff attacks ever since he decided to last Friday. come out while in high school.

The 62-year-old woman had to be rushed to Stones and bottles have hospital after being rescued by Guardia Civil reportedly been thrown at Gala’s officers and Civil Protection. The hiker is said residence, breaking windows, to have wandered off the path she was and unknown persons have gone originally following and was later unable to so far as to spray-paint homoreturn to it. She got trapped on a cliff in El phobic slurs on his house walls.

Canjorro, Padules.

Ola LGTB + Almeria Infoca personnel had to use specialised condemned the attack and tools and equipment to clear a path to where encouraged victims of homothe hiker was since she had become trapped phobia to come forward and in a hard-to-reach area full of underbrush. lodge complaints with the police.

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Dangerous pirates invade Almerimar

ALGARROBICO HOTEL: Call for its inauguration.

Residents say hotel to open CARBONERAS residents have called for the inauguration of the Algarrobico hotel.

Using social media, the group organised a protest that was scheduled to take place at the hotel last Tuesday at 6.30pm.

The protest came after the Junta de Andalucia regional government decided to exercise its rights of pre-emption over the plot where the hotel is

located to keep its construction from being completed. The PSOE socialist said it will ask the council to open the hotel.

A panel of judges recently ruled that the Algarrobico building licence from 2003 was perfectly legal, thus nullifying a series of previous rulings.

Greenpeace has been campaigning for the demolition of the hotel as it was built in a natural park.

HUNDREDS of holidaymakers had a blast at the third Semana Pirata in Almerimar.

Tourists and local residents gathered on Playa de Poniente to witness the exciting re-enactment of the 1514 pirate attacks on El Ejido coasts and the ensuing landing.

The streets and inner harbours of Almerimar were full of men in pirate costumes who prowled restaurants, shops, bars and some went so far as to ‘loot’ some of the stores.

President of the local Almerimar Council Inocencio Gabriel Manzano said the re-enactment was organised to commemorate part of the local history and to encourage children and young people to become acquainted with the town’s past.

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Noche en Blanco and fiestas taking place in Chirivel CHIRIVEL takes its turn now for Noche en Blanco, a night of shopping bargains, street food and entertainment. The event takes place on Saturday August 16.

The town will be featuring a number of events designed with family in mind.

Most events are focused around Plaza de la Fuente, Calle Lecherita, Plaza de la Iglesia and Paseo de Chirivel. Events and shopping bargains begin in the early evening and continue until the wee hours.

After a few days to recover from the late night partying, events pick up again. August 21 brings games for children at noon in Paseo de Chirivel, various celebrations in bars starting at 1pm, a massive paella at la Iglesia de Chirivel at 2pm.

The night’s entertainment begins at 9.30pm with music and dance.

August 22 has more games for the children at noon, and more bar based events from 1pm. At 7pm you can enjoy a football match in the town’s football ground and then dance the night away from 10.30pm.

Saturday August 23 starts a little earlier with the XXII Tiro al Plato (Clay pigeon shooting) at 10am at the Campo de Tiro. From noon the children will play games again in the Paseo de Chirivel. At 5pm there is a petanca tournament on the Paseo.

That evening there is flamenco dancing from 10.30pm.

The final outdoor day of Chirivel’s fiesta, Sunday August 24 begins with Rosario de la Aurora at 6am with various bar activities at 1pm. That evening there is a procession at 8pm in honour of San Isidro followed by music and dancing until the early hours.

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Reflecting the light in Almeria ALMERIA CITY is playing host to an exhibition entitled ‘Milenio de Almeria: Mil años de luz

con 40 formas de mirar’ (Almeria Millenium: a thousand light years and 40 ways of seeing).

Walking for life to support cancer aid SATURDAY September 27 should be a date in your diary for Walk for Life. It starts at 5pm from Arboleas Town Hall and is already gaining interest.

Walkers and runners are invited to enter as solo participants or in a group if they prefer. Fancy dress costumes are encouraged as it all adds to the fun.

Sponsor forms are available right now from C.A.T. Services in La Alfoquia, Amigos Bowling Centre and Sophia’s Wellness centre in Arboleas, and Total Entertainment in Albox.

The fun starts at 4pm with music and entertainment, food and refreshments and a fun dog show after the walk. All money raised by means of collected sponsorship or live collection on the day will go to cancer support in the local area.

It was opened this week by the province’s representative, Manuel Alias, who emphasised that the sample of work is a “tribute to the art of light.” Alias described the significant roles played by photography in the history of Almeria and paid tribute to the light in Almeria, which has always fascinated travellers and artists.

Almeria is the province in mainland Spain that enjoys the most hours of sunshine, more than 3,000 a year.

The collection of photographs feature artists living in Almeria and is intended as a learning guide.

The collection can be viewed until August 28 at El Patio de Luces, Almeria City.

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ITV inspections in Almeria on the up DURING the first half of 2014 147,430 vehicles have been inspected in ITV stations authorised by the Ministry of Economy, Innovation, Science and Employment in Almeria Province.

This means an increase of 9,576 compared to the first half of 2013, which represents an increase of 6.9 per cent. Of those, 35,796 vehicles were rejected with 77,686 serious defects and a further 161,028 minor defects. The average percentage of vehicles that failed was 24.27 per cent, lower than last years’ figure of 25.13 per cent.

The areas of vehicles that failed the most were lighting, followed by tyres, suspension, brakes and emissions.

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ITV STATION: There are eight ITV stations in the province of Almeria.

Almeria Province has eight ITV stations. Albox, Berja, Vera, Velez-Rubio, Almeria City and two in Nijar. Albox alone made 10,962 inspections in the first part of this year.

A new ITV station is

planned at Las Tres Villas with work commencing before the end of this year. The new station will have capacity to carry out 14,000 annual inspections and will create four jobs Andalucia’s delegate for Economy, Innovation, Science and Employment, Adriana Valverde, said: “Andalucia remains committed to the public management of vehicle inspections and guarantee vehicles on our roads meet the technical conditions necessary to do so, thereby reducing risk of accidents and protec-

ting the environment by reducing emissions.”

Valverde also indicated price reductions in the region. There will be a selective tariff of vehicles less than 1,600CC as well as vehicles lighter than 3.5 kilograms. Vehicles specially adapted for people with disabilities will also enjoy a reduced rate as will mopeds and motorbikes.

Vehicles passing their ITV ahead of time will receive a discount.

Valverde claims ITV rates in Andalucia are amongst the lowest in Spain

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Chart-topping Spanish band performs live on Playa Serena GRAN CANARIA group Efecto Pasillo performed live on Playa Serena in

Roquetas de Mar this week to the delight of onlookers.

The concert formed part of the A Pie de Calle programme, offering

outdoor entertainment in the area to residents and visitors.

Efecto Pasillo is an alternative rock and pop band with elements of funk and a smattering of Latin music thrown in for good measure.

The band was formed in 2007 and appeared in

a local competition that year which gave them a landslide victory.

They then went on to record their first song.

In 2010, they released their first album, and specifically a song called Chacho, which was a hit all over Spain.

Due to Chacho’s

success, Efecto Pasillo went on to tour the country, performing live and appearing on television channels including TVE, Antena 3, la sexta and Television de Cataluña.

Their YouTube channel has now received more than 30 million views.

Swift action needed to fight Russian fruit and veg veto ASAJA president, Pedro Barato, has insisted this week that prompt action needs to be taken to avoid detrimental consequences for the food industry after the Russian government chose to veto horticultural production.

During a meeting held this week, Barato demanded action, not only immediately but also in the medium and longer term. He pointed out the

‘domino effect’ in other industries if the veto continues.

He also stressed the dangers of the saturation of the domestic market if no export alternative can be found for the vast quantities of fruit and vegetables produced in Almeria.

The suggestion was made to approach Brussels and ask for its support to avoid a catastrophe.

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Storm repairs almost complete THE government in Almeria has announced this week that all the repairs claimed for after the violent storm of September 2012 are almost complete.

The sum of €1,105,000 has been spent in repairing 159 items that were destroyed during the storm in September 2012.

The storm wiped out a number of roads, homes and public buildings, as well as claiming several lives in the horrific flooding.

The government in Almeria suggested that just two cases remain unresolved, due to delays from paperwork. The government of Spain

Drivers desperately needed for airport run LAST month EWN asked for drivers to come forward as volunteers to transport children from Vera orphanage to Alicante airport.

A total of 10 drivers and their cars are needed, representing five cars each way. The dates are September 5 and 7.

If you can help, there are still six cars needed.

Please contact Wendy Lester at Spain Property Choice Rentals for further details. Call 950 475 823 or Avenida del Mediterraneo 363, Mojacar.

allocated funds in order to compensate those affected by the floods, in order to help with personal or material damage, aid for damage to businesses, and financial assistance and tax breaks for those affected.

Meanwhile the Consorcio de Compensacion de Seguros (Insurance compensation consortium) had paid more than €70 million to claimants in Almeria Province, while the Ministry of Development carried out repairs and restoration of roads damaged amounting to €4,745,366.

The Ministry of Agriculture Food and Environment carried out emergency works in Almeria and Murcia worth in excess of €1,400,000.

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A Barranco de Quiles hashing AFTER a fascinating drive up and along a narrow mountain road the Hash House Harriers (HHH) arrived at a little village balanced precariously on the mountainside.

Members of the Indalo branch of the HHH get to visit many beautiful areas well off the beaten track and this was a part of real Spain which few tourists get to enjoy.

The circle was formed and the way marks explained by the Hares and off they went, the runners disappearing with the usual shouts and whistles as they found the trail.

The walkers set off down into the valley below with temperatures

tipping into the forties.

Mad dogs and Englishmen was a phrase mentioned at the time.

The Hashers continued down into the rambla and then back up to the wash house and fuente for some welcome shade and cool drinks. Both the walkers and runners then made their way up to another fuente for more refreshments.

It was then back to the cupula for more refreshment and conversation and much laughter at each others’ expense.

A number of hashers retired for the afternoon to enjoy a siesta before returning for the evening entertainment

which included Sevilliana dancing by four ladies from the hash group complete with full costume, hats and castanets. It was so popular they did it again before everyone joined in.

The highlight of the evening was a virtuoso performance by a Classical Spanish guitarist surrounded by candles and spectacular scenery with a full moon highlighting the mountains. He rounded off his performance with a version of Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal.

More dancing followed before weary revellers headed home at approximately 3am.

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Family member held for child sex abuse GUARDIA CIVIL officers in Roquetas de Mar have arrested a man accused of sexually abusing two children.

Officers were alerted to the abuse by the mother of the victims who noticed that her 15-year-old daughter

was behaving strangely. When questioned, the daughter initially denied that there was anything wrong. However, after some pressure she claimed she had been repeatedly abused by a family member for a

year-and-a-half when she was 13.

The abuse was predominantly physical touching, although penetration had also occurred, she alleged.

The mother then approached her other daughter (now aged 20), who said that she too had been abused by the same family member for a wanted to eat them. The period of three years.

Both girls alleged that the brother and sister escaped the house after pushing abuse took place in the the witch into her own family home. The accused is a cousin of the girls’ oven.

Fifteen years later and father who had been a Hansel and Gretel have regular visitor to the home, become vigilantes, willing often staying overnight.

The parents are said to to do anything for revenge against dark forces. But be distraught by the now, lurking in their future discovery and claim they is something far more were unaware of the abuse sinister and dangerous, that was occurring in their own home. their own past.

The girls had reportedly The screening is free.

Seating will be available as not told their parents well as the opportunity to about the abuse through fear and shame. purchase refreshments.

Hansel and Gretel free tonight!

THE series of events as part of Almeria City’s Almeria a Cielo Abierto closes this evening (Thursday) with the film Hansel and Gretel being screened in the Plaza Vieja.

This is a modern movie interpretation of the traditional tale by the Brothers Grimm. The 2013 film, directed by Tommy Wirkola, and starring Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton in the leading roles, picks up the story of the children 15

New twist to classic tale. years after they escaped from the gingerbread house and the witch who

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Work starts on Nijar cycle lane

SEIZED: Drugs, cash and other equipment.

Drugs duo GUARDIA CIVIL officers have arrested two people and dismantled a drug operation in Adra.

Officers had been observing a home in Adra that was being used for the production and sale of drugs, specifically hashish. The police arrested AFH, aged 40, and RAH, 29, both residents of Adra, suspected of the crime of drug trafficking.

Police recovered approximately 100 grams of cannabis resin in three packages, €440 in notes and various objects associated with the preparation and sale of the drug including precision scales, plastic wrap and a knife which tested positive for drugs when its blade was examined. A mobile telephone used specifically for the sale of the drug was also recovered.

The two offenders are awaiting sentencing by the Magistrates Court in Almeria.

CONSTRUCTION of a cycle lane linking Monsul creek to the existing lane in the Genoveses area of Nijar has begun.

“The new cycle lane adds to the growing network of trails intended for cyclists and pedestrians wishing to explore the Cabo de Gata natural park and connects more population centres with the beaches,” said the representative for agriculture, fisheries and the environment, Jose Manuel Ortiz.

The regional government has reported that this project is part of an emergency plan for employment, working in conjunction with the Environment Ministry and spatial planning. The entire project has a total cost of €603,000 and has already generated more than 4,400 employee paypackets.

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Two in internet scam stopped THE National Police in Tarragona have arrested a man and his wife under suspicion of being in charge of a web scam.

Police officers suspect that the profits gained from

this illegal scam earned the couple more than €100,000 in just the last year.

The scam consisted, supposedly, of selling spare car parts over the web and

then never sending them on to those who had bought them.

In order to avoid police action, as soon as the money was transferred into the company accounts it would be moved to a different account and then to another and so on for another 10 bank accounts, some of them in the name of his wife who has also been arrested.

There have been a total of 73 complaints made at different police stations around the country (Sevilla, Lugo, Madrid,

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Malaga, Barcelona and Palma among others) which, between them, total

a loss of around €100,000 for all those swindled into sending their money and

Fire in Chipiona marina FOUR boats, one of which sank, were on fire in the Chipiona marina in Cadiz, fortunately nobody was injured.

The fires started in the early hours of the morning and affected four boats, all six metre pleasure craft, one of which was so badly damaged that it

lost buoyancy and sank.

Maritime rescue, the Guardia Civil and the fire brigade were all involved in extinguishing the blaze.

Initial investigations do not point to foul play, but rather an electrical fault in the battery of one of the boats.

not receiving the parts requested.

The MO was always the same: the suspect would place an advert on a wellknown website offering spare car parts for a range of different cars, he would include a photo-graph of the parts as well as a contact phone number.

When a customer bought anything they would have to pay up front and then wait for the part to arrive via the post - but the parts were never sent.

Once the cash came into the account it was immediately taken out and shifted around so much that it was difficult to follow.

The couple stand accused of fraud, swindling with false promises and falsifying documentation.

They are out on bail until their case can be heard.

Police investigations into the matter have come to a close.

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No more arms to Israel THE Spanish government has frozen the exportation of arms to Israel.

Arms sales and their conditions, which have stopped since the beginning of August, are to be examined again in September.

The current ban does not affect any deals made up to the time the ban came into effect.

The decision to ban sales came as a result of a government ministerial meeting, in which the Israel / Gaza situation was discussed, and was reached by the consensus of the majority of ministers.

The meeting took into consideration the death of almost 1,800 Palestinian citizens, many of them children, and the evidently superior firepower of the Israeli side.

In 2013 Spain sold

MISSILES: Among the many arms sold to Israel almost €4.9 million’s worth of arms to Israel which is around 87 per cent more than in 2012 and the biggest sale in the last five years.

The sales consisted mainly of bombs, bullets, rockets, torpedoes, missiles, grenades and demolition charges but also included military

vehicles like tanks and the controlling software for the missiles.

According to data released by the government, Israel was

the main buyer of Spanish arms taking around 99 per cent of the whole with the other 1 per cent going to the private sector.

Woman kills her newborn NATIONAL POLICE officers in Alicante arrested a woman for killing her newborn baby.

The 18-year-old confessed to killing her son and abandoning his lifeless body in a waste container.

The woman went to a hospital on Wednesday last week and asked to be seen by a physician.

Hospital nurses realised she had recently given birth and asked her where the baby was.

She then gave in to the pressure and confessed to the gruesome killing.

The woman is said to have killed her son shortly after giving birth.

At the time of writing she had been remanded in custody.

Kidnapped for drugs Guardia Civil may be NATIONAL POLICE have detained a man for keeping another man in the boot of his car in order to demand that he be given prescriptions for drugs.

The suspect, 29, kept the victim in the boot of his car for more than half an hour using the threat of violence to try to get him to give up prescriptions for anabolic steroids.

The detainee is also suspected of stealing up to 21 prescriptions, all for anabolic steroids, from an office in a health centre.

A police spokesperson explained that the victim was a friend of the suspect and has confessed that about a year ago he was asked to help the suspect get the stolen

prescriptions filled - he refused this request but did not report it to the authorities.

The victim met the suspect in a bar and after a heated discussion was forced into the boot of the other man’s car and left there for over 30 minutes - just a few days later he was threatened by the suspect and that is when he decided to go to the relevant authorities to denounce the situation.

Police headquarters have said that the suspect stands accused of theft, kidnapping, crimes against public health and falsifying public documents. He will be kept in prison on remand until his case can be heard.

liable to prosecution A SPANISH court is to determine if Guardia Civil officers in Melilla are liable to prosecution.

The Court of First Instance and Investigation No. 2 in Melilla is to look into the behaviour of Guardia Civil officers and the Moroccan police while trying to keep 400 illegal immigrants from entering Spain on June 18. The lawsuit was filed by three nongovernmental organisations, including SOS Racismo and Prodein.

The plaintiffs submitted a video to the court, which is now to decide if the law enforcement officials are guilty of assault, coercion, degrading treatment, perversion of justice and crimes against individual rights.

The video shows Moroccan auxiliary forces beating an immigrant on Spanish soil, while Spanish security forces were standing less than 15 metres away and did nothing to stop them. It is also said to show a group of immigrants, some injured, being taken to Morocco by Moroccan law enforcement officials and Guardia Civil officers.

The Court has asked that the Guardia Civil officers that were on duty

SPANISH COURT: To decide if Guardia Civil officers in Melilla broke the law. be identified and that their specific orders be disclosed. The request includes the officers that reportedly stood idly by while an immigrant was being beaten.

The Kingdom of Morocco could be sent a copy of the video and asked to identify the police officers that were on the scene.

On June 18, a group of 400 subSaharan immigrants tried to enter Spanish territory by climbing over the Melilla border fence.

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Doctors criticise arrival of Ebola-infected priest SPANISH doctors have criticised the transportation to Spain of a priest who was infected with the Ebola virus. They claim that it was a political, not a health, decision.

President of the doctors’ association of Madrid, Daniel Bernabeu, has commented that the repatriation of the infected priest was an enormous risk for the country and that the hospital where he was treated, the Carlos III in Madrid, was being prepared too quickly, too urgently and with not enough consideration.

Miguel Pajares was working with victims of the Ebola virus in Liberia

when he became infected himself and, although the director general of public health, Maria Mercedes Vinuesa, has stated that there is no risk to the Spanish people, doctors are worried that the virus could spread as a result of bringing a victim onto Spanish soil.

Bernabeu’s concerns are also shared by the nursing association which has voiced its concerns to the director general of health who then replied that the US was also bringing infected people onto their soil and they had had no problems.

Miguel Pajares has since died from the virus.

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Government has cut back its fleet THE ministries of the Inland Revenue and presidency are the two ministries with the greatest number of official cars.

The total number of official cars registered for use by government ministries is 303 cars and 411 chauffeurs and the Inland Revenue and public administration ministry has 58 of them with 78 chauffeurs. They are seconded only by the ministry of the presidency

GREATLY REDUCED: Fewer cars and chauffeurs. which presently has 38 vehicles and 50 chauffeurs.

In equal third place came

the ministries of economy and foreign affairs which have 31 cars and 42 chauffeurs each.

When the present government took over from the Zapatero government they reduced the fleet, as promised, from its previous high of 921 cars which were for general use and assigned cars to each ministry therefore cutting down on the number of vehicles needed.

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Drugs found aboard navy training vessel A LARGE amount of cocaine has been found on the Spanish navy’s training vessel the Juan Sebastian Elcano.

Three sailors have been detained in relation to the find.

The Guardia Civil have confiscated the 127 kilos of

cocaine which were found during a search at the Cadiz port of San Fernando.

The three sailors were arrested last July when the boat came into Spanish waters in Bueu, Galicia, and they stand accused of transporting

drugs from Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, to New York for their subsequent sale.

They were first arrested by the military police and then handed over to the Guardia Civil in which custody they will remain until their cases can be

heard.

Due to the arrests made in Galicia, the Guardia Civil decided to search the boat again in Cadiz and this is when they found the rest of the drugs, hidden among the spare sails in the ship’s store.

Unemployment and corruption concerns THERE is growing concern among the Spanish population about unemployment and government corruption.

For 77 per cent of the Spanish the biggest worry is unemployment, despite this having gone down recently.

Government corruption is the second biggest worry with 41.5 per cent and basic economic worries come in third place at 28 per cent.

According to a survey done by

the CIS (Centre for Sociological Surveys) the concern over the monarchy is down to 0.4 per cent, which is the same level as before the abdication of the last king.

Fourth on the list of worries were the political parties and how they are running the country, with 26.4 per cent of people mentioning this on their list of personal concerns.

The health service came in at number five with 11.3 per cent of

the population naming it as a concern and then came the tail end of the worries which were (in descending order): education, quality of work, government cutbacks, immigration, citizen’s security and the inequality of justice.

Whether abortion should be legal or illegal was not mentioned by any of the respondents to the survey despite the government trying to change the law on this matter.

Two of the three suspects had access to this restricted area.

Investigations are ongoing, both by the military police and the Guardia Civil, as it is suspected that there are other culprits either aboard the vessel or on land.

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Torry Army COMEDY and songs are part of the Torry Army social evening on August 16.

Tickets at €10 are available from the office in San Luis or from Arthur or Tina on 966 789 212.

More Algerians FIGURES released by the University of Alicante have seen the Algerian community in the province has grown from 1,453 a decade ago to 5,215 this year, almost triple.

In memory SEPTEMBER 11 offers an evening in memory of Nick Green, a member of Calpe church. The picnic is at Finca Jacaranda. More information: Len Hartley on 666 718 276.

No phones RESIDENTS of Cabo de las Huertas have been without phone and internet for more than a week. Users are blaming Telefonica for the issues.

Death crash A 50-YEAR-OLD man was killed in a collision between a car and a motorbike in the town of Pilar de la Horadada. The other person was unharmed.

AXARQUIA

Fighting unemployment UNEMPLOYMENT in Almuñecar dropped by 6.58 per cent in the last 12 months.

There are now 2,827 people out of a job.

Labour councillor Maria del Mar Medina said the council would keep working to fight unemployment.

Domestic violence FIGHTING domestic violence should be a priority for the Spanish Government, said PSOE Equality Carmen Monton, following the murder of Ana Maria Marquez in Torrox last Friday.

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More fundraising success for the Pink Ladies MARIA WILSON and the Pink Ladies held a charity fun day at La Fuente Commercial Centre in aid of the Asociacion Española Contra el Cancer (AECC).

Music was provided by Maisey Carey, Claire Louise, Celena Deans, Vice Versa duo, Alan Scott, and Stevie Spitt at the event last Saturday.

The fun day was presented by Dan Davey for Sunshine FM. Special mention should go to Caroline Brzezinski who had her hair completely shaved off in support of her friend Shirley who is currently undergoing chemotherapy treatment in her fight against cancer.

Maria, President of AECC for Orihuela Costa, said: “The day was a fantastic success and more than €1,800 was raised on the day towards the AECC early detection programme and research.”

SPANISH boy-band Auryn wowed fans at Parque El Majuelo in Almuñecar. Signed in 2009, the British-style boy band has released two albums and won an MTV Europe Music Awards in 2013.

ACT OF SOLIDARITY: Caroline Brzezinski shaved her head to support her friend.

COSTA DEL SOL

Cube concerns

Fair appeal HOTELIERS in the Malaga area are hoping for an influx of extra, lastminute, tourists to arrive in time for the fair, which begins on August 16.

SWIMMERS at Playa de San Juan clashed with police after being told to clear an area now reserved for a surfing school. “We’ve swum here all our lives,” they protested.

Cold shoulder JAVEA was excluded from the Deniaregional government agreement to patrol the Cabo de San Antonio marine reserve.

Javea Town Hall questioned Denia mayor’s claims that it “did not wish to participate.”

Treasure trove VERGEL Guardia Civil have recovered more than 2,000 objects worth €700,000 stolen by a gang of thieves. The items, which include antiques, can be seen at the local headquarters.

DENIA Town Hall and the refuse collection contractors shared €4,000 amongst Moors and Christians’ associations during the fiestas as an incentive to encourage them to separate and recycle their rubbish.

ISMAEL CAPARROS, who suffered a motorbike accident which left him a paraplegic, has been given a new wheelchair thanks to the 12th Festival Flamenco de El Niño de las Moras, which collected the money for him.

MAYOR of Malaga, Francisco de la Torre, has accused the Junta (regional government) of not having acted promptly enough in sending firefighting planes to the recent blazes in the mountains of the city.

Life’s a beach!

Tidy sum

ALMUÑECAR is to host a futsal tournament on Saturday at the local sports pavilion. As many as 16 teams are expected to participate. The winner will walk away with a cash prize.

ALMUÑECAR Mayor Trinidad Herrera inaugurated a new health centre in La Herradura last Friday. It cost €240,000 and includes a paediatrics service and a spacious waiting room.

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THE Illeta dels Banyets archaeological site in Campello has been equipped with 21 explanatory panels in Braille, which give details of its history in Spanish, Valenciano and English.

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THE port authorities and Malaga Council are still trying to find a solution to the insurance problem for the works being done to the cube at the Pompidou Centre; the port authorities want to halt the works until there is a solution.

More housing FRANCISCO DE LA TORRE, Mayor of Malaga, has asked the Junta de Andalucia (regional government) to build more council housing in the city.

There is a huge demand but not much on offer, he said.

MALLORCA

Caffeine boost EIGHTY-THREE per cent of Balearic Island residents drink coffee on a daily basis, said Café y Salud in a recently released communiqué. As many as 53 per cent of respondents need caffeine to concentrate at work.

Tourists rescued FIREFIGHTERS and Guardia Civil officers rescued three Polish nationals who had become stuck in Sa Fosca. It reportedly took the rescue teams eight hours to get them out.

Fastest food THE most successful Burger King restaurant in the world is at Son Sant Joan Airport in Palma, at least during the summer. On August 1, sales reached a whopping €47,000.

Best by bus A LARGE percentage of holidaymakers and residents in Mallorca favour public transport, especially the buses, with 3.45 million passengers in July 2014, a 3.1 per cent increase on last year.

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SUNSCREEN LOTION: Protects humans but harms the marine life.

Sunscreens could damage marine life

SUN protection creams could be damaging to marine life near the coasts.

On contact with the water the sunscreens release toxic components and this then contaminates the marine life in the area, principally marine micro-algae.

A Spanish survey by the

CISC (Centre for Scientific Investigations) has revealed that beach-goers could be ruining the beaches they love just by applying sunscreen; what is protecting them is contaminating the waters with chemicals which are difficult to get rid of.

The Marine Institute of Andalucia (a regional

branch of the CISC) has explained that although individuals do not release very much of the toxic substance from sunscreen into the water, the vast amount of people on the beaches using it makes all the difference and, together, it is like pouring a litre per kilometre into the sea every day.

S politicians fiddle Rome thought-out publicity stunts.

Other diversion tactics have burns. A survey shows what the main concerns of the revolved round immigration and the proposed toughening of abortion Spanish public are.

Unsurprisingly, for 77 per cent of laws to almost Francoist levels of people the biggest worry is an repression.

Those diversions do not seem to unemployment rate that includes a quarter of the working age be having the desired effect.

Despite the acres of newsprint population. devoted to illegal Second on the list is immigration, Gibraltar and political corruption, with Politicians the abortion reforms, for 41 per cent listing it as need to most Spaniards those one of their major issues hardly register on worries, and basic improve their list of worries. economic problems is the economy It is time the politicians third most worrisome thing for most people. learned that in the midst of No surprises there then. But hard times what they need to do Spanish politicians seem to be to win votes is improve the economy incapable of finding solutions to the and get their collective snouts out of more pressing problems and instead the corruption trough. try for diversion tactics. The ongoing Instead they play party politics posturing over Gibraltar is and in so doing show a contempt for symptomatic of that, with the latest the ordinary man and woman on the proposal to speed up border street.

As Bill Clinton said: “It’s the crossing for the Spanish, but not anyone else, just the latest in ill economy, stupid.”

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DENMARK - Inger Stojberg, spokesperson for Venstre, Denmark’s centre-right party has caused a public outcry by suggesting immigrants be treated differently based on their religion.

STEVEN GOLDSTRAW, from Macclesfield in Cheshire, heard a wailing noise coming from under the bonnet of his car. He pulled over and opened it to find a kitten nestled inside. His neighbour has now adopted it.

DENMARK - MPs are currently re-evaluating Denmark’s drug policies after the WHO’s recommendation to decriminalise marihuana for personal use.

Teen suspect SWEDEN - Police in Malmo, southern Sweden, have detained a 16-yearold boy under suspicion of murdering a 17-year-old by slitting the victim’s throat.

Hard hit SWEDEN - With Russia striking back at the UE and US over the sanctions imposed, Finance Minister, Anders Borg, is concerned the retaliation will damage Sweden’s economy.

Deer shade NORWAY - The Stallogargo tunnel, near Hammerfest, had to be closed for several days when local deer decided to take shelter from the sun in its cool interior. Car drivers had to find an alternative route until the herd of reindeer decided to leave.

Heavy rains NORWAY - Thunderstorms and heavy rainfall have left south western Norway in chaos with at least 40 desperate home owners calling on the fire brigades to help them clear the water in their basements.

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Lost bear

Multiple killings

it. The fate of the spider is unknown.

Holy Grail pub A 15TH CENTURY pub in Lea, Herefordshire, was raided by police looking for an ancient Holy Grail relic. They found only a wooden salad bowl after accusing pub workers of hiding the Nanteos Cup.

Monkey selfie

THE parents of four-year-old Clodagh Parker from County Cork in Ireland have launched a social media campaign to find her pink teddy which she left in Dublin zoo toilet over the weekend.

BRITISH nature photographer, David Slater, is currently locked into a copyright battle with Wikipedia over a selfie a monkey took of itself with his camera nobody can decide who has the rights to the picture.

Surfing seal TWO surfers in Northumberland were astonished when they were joined in trying to catch some waves by a seal.

The curious marine mammal followed them through the waves for around 30 minutes.

Spider fire A MAN in Bridgend, South Wales, set his house on fire when he was trying to kill a spider by spraying it with an aerosol and then lighting

SURFING SEAL: Loved the waves.

RUSSIAN PRESS Import bans

iPhone smash

Coke ban

Record theft A MAN who was arrested by Swiss police under suspicion of stealing and then leaking a medical file on ex-Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher, has hanged himself in his cell in Zurich.

Food exports GERMAN food exports to Russia were worth €1.6 billion in 2013 and the ban on future exports for the next year has many Germans worried that it could have a negative impact on their recovery from the recession.

Honest teens A GROUP of teenage boys who found €12,000 at the edge of the woods in Riedenheim in Bavaria has been rewarded for their honesty with €200 each.

Soldier caught A SOLDIER who stands accused of the deadly beating of a 72-year-old pensioner in Bad Reichenhall has been arrested in Norway. The suspect is also accused of attacking a young girl that same night.

RUSSIA is to put a ban on all fruit, vegetables, meat, fish and dairy products from the US, the EU, Australia, Canada and Norway following a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin.

A RUSSIAN man, who was fed up with US President Barak Obama’s sanctions, has made a video of himself smashing his iPhone with a hammer in protest. He also poured a bottle of Coca Cola over the smashed electronics.

POLICE believe depressed 59-year-old man in south western Germany killed his mother, his wife and then himself.

ATM MACHINE: Stolen by refugee.

Sexist assault

COCA COLA has confirmed that it has pulled advertising from four Russian television channels, claiming that falling sales have made them rethink their marketing plans. They say there is no political motive behind the move.

SEVERAL female fans of Spartak Moscow were subjected to full body strip searches, including an order to remove their underwear, on their entry to the Kazan Arena. Police defended their actions claiming that the invasive searches were conducted within the limits of the law.

ATM stolen

Respect plummeting

AN AFGHAN refugee has been detained in Moscow for, allegedly, stealing an ATM machine containing around three million rubles (€61,800).

The perpetrator faces two years in prison for the crime.

RUSSIANS’ regard for the West has fallen steeply in recent months according to a poll by the Levada Center with only 18 per cent having favourable attitudes to the West.

Massive raid GERMAN police launched a massive operation against child abuse all over the country searching the homes of more than 115 suspects.

Five men have been arrested under suspicion of child abuse.

Lost wheel AN Air Berlin passenger plane managed to land safely despite having lost a wheel while landing at Nuremberg airport. One of the wheels on the right hand side had come loose as it prepared to land.

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STAT OF WEEK Telefonica offered €6.7 billion to Vivendi for Brazilian Internetprovider GVT. This will further its plans to expand in the fastgrowing broadband market and allay the country’s antitrust concerns, sources said.

Barclays’ suitors holding back…

CAIXABANK, Santander and Banco Popular had until July 31 to bid for Barclays’ Spanish operations.

Cataluña-based Caixabank provided a preliminary proposal but this was not an offer, market sources revealed. Barclays could decide to stimulate an element of rivalry with a

second round in September, insiders said.

Meanwhile, other potential suitors are holding back. Banco Popular, which had contemplated making a bid in tandem with an associate, made no offer. “This does not fit our profile very well,” said CEO Francisco Gomez

Victoria still popular

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Second victory for Victoria footwear WITH sneakers - or plimsolls, depending on generation the label is all-important.

One Spanish make has withstood the test of time and the Victoria brand is as acceptable now as in the 1980’s.

When Gregorio Jimenez began making espadrilles in 1915, he named his workshop after his wife Victoria.

By the 1960’s the factory was making English-style plimsolls, enjoying a 20-year boom before entering a 20year decline and finally closing as trainers took over.

The factory reopened in 1999, adding adult footwear to their range. They now manufacture two million pairs a year.

JENARO GARCIA, exboss of Wi-Fi provider Gowex, who admitted false accounting, eluded prison with €600,000 bail paid from a Luxembourg bank account. He must report to the police every two weeks.

Yes and no CONSUMER confidence has returned to pre-crisis levels but declined by 0.4 percentage points in July.

Nevertheless, consumers’ views of the current situation rose to 77 points out of a possible 200.

Scooters overtake mopeds MOTORCYCLE sales grew by 20.2 per cent during the first six months of the year.

A total of 66,416 units were officially registered, according to Anesdor, the sector’s national association.

Motor-scooters sold better than any other line and claimed 67 per cent of total sales, which was a 17 per cent

increase on the first half of 2013, Anesdor said.

Sales of offroaders increased by 7 per cent and road bikes by 32 per cent.

Mopeds were out of favour during the first half of the year with an accumulated fall of 3.8 per cent between January and July, managing to sell only 8,374 units.

Martin, “but we are still in the process.”

“We’re looking, but don’t see this as an objective that would add value to Santander’s presence in Spain,” said his Santander counterpart Javier Marin.

Uncertainty surrounds what

Barclays is really selling, meaning that the British group and Caixabank will continue to work on fine-tuning the sale process.

The process could continue throughout this month, the same insiders said, although Caixabank declined to comment.

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2.32 ▲ 28.16% 1.19 ▲ 20.77% 1.33 ▲ 18.10% 13.41 ▲ 14.51% 3.19 ▲ 13.26% 2.86 ▲ 12.71% 6.62 ▲ 12.45% 2.18 ▲ 11.75% 2.24 ▲ 11.49% 5.32 ▲ 11.21% 1.17 ▲ 11.00%

$ 5.51 $ 8.05 $ 5.86 $ 12.56 $ 4.04 $ 12.63 $ 44.78 $ 21.73 $ 23.10 $ 13.52 $ 3.82

4.03 ▼ 42.24% 4.33 ▼ 34.98% 1.63 ▼ 21.76% 3.22 ▼ 20.41% 0.82 ▼ 16.87% 2.10 ▼ 14.26% 5.29 ▼ 10.57% 2.50 ▼ 10.32% 2.10 ▼ 8.33% 1.14 ▼ 7.78% 0.31 ▼ 7.51%

Most Advanced Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp.

RadNet, Inc. Willdan Group, Inc. MercadoLibre, Inc. Relypsa, Inc. Revance Therapeutics, Inc. Air Methods Corporation HMS Holdings Corp Tornier N.V. Universal Electronics Inc. Radius Health, Inc.

Most Declined Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. Ignite Restaurant Group, Inc. Rubicon Technology, Inc. Volcano Corporation Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Erickson Incorporated Hibbett Sports, Inc. Masimo Corporation United-Guardian, Inc. TrueCar, Inc. Credit Suisse AG

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C O M PA N Y Carnival PLC Centrica PLC Coca-Cola HBC AG Compass Group PLC CRH PLC Diageo PLC easyJet PLC Experian PLC Fresnillo PLC Friends Life Group Ltd G4S PLC GKN PLC GlaxoSmithKline PLC Glencore PLC Hammerson PLC Hargreaves Lansdown HSBC Holdings PLC IMI PLC Imperial Tobacco Group InterContinental Hotels International Consoldtd Intertek Group PLC Intu Properties PLC ITV PLC Johnson Matthey PLC Kingfisher PLC Land Securities Group Legal & General Group Lloyds Banking Group London Stock Exchange Marks & Spencer Group Meggitt PLC Mondi PLC Morrison (Wm) Sprmkts National Grid PLC Next PLC Old Mutual PLC Pearson PLC Persimmon PLC Petrofac Ltd Prudential PLC Randgold Resources Ltd Reckitt Benckiser Group Reed Elsevier PLC REXAM PLC Rio Tinto PLC Rolls-Royce Holdings Royal Bank of Scotland Royal Dutch Shell PLC Royal Mail PLC RSA Insurance Group SABMiller PLC Sage Group (The) PLC Sainsbury (J) PLC Schroders PLC Severn Trent PLC Shire PLC Smith & Nephew PLC Smiths Group PLC Sports Direct Internatnl SSE PLC Standard Chartered PLC Standard Life PLC St James's Place PLC Tesco PLC Travis Perkins PLC TUI Travel PLC Tullow Oil PLC Unilever PLC United Utilities Group Vodafone Group PLC Weir Group PLC Whitbread PLC Wolseley PLC WPP PLC

PRICE(P) CHANGE 2170.50 20.00 305.65 -2.30 1299.00 9.00 956.75 3.00 1353.50 9.00 1723.75 14.50 1247.00 20.25 1011.50 11.00 998.50 -13.50 315.95 -3.24 257.00 2.70 347.55 5.23 1382.75 2.50 368.15 3.15 591.50 6.50 1094.00 10.65 629.00 1.50 1360.00 12.00 2487.50 5.00 2216.00 17.00 322.15 5.20 2761.00 17.00 322.70 1.70 205.50 3.60 2951.50 32.00 298.30 -0.20 1041.00 10.00 236.80 -0.90 72.94 0.73 1887.50 27.00 421.70 3.00 472.90 0.80 1016.00 15.00 167.45 -2.17 851.50 5.50 6790.00 40.00 189.50 0.70 1109.00 3.59 1232.00 14.00 1086.00 10.00 1329.25 3.00 5035.00 -75.00 5075.00 30.00 940.75 7.00 503.75 4.42 3441.25 62.00 1048.50 2.00 344.85 -0.80 2507.75 3.50 423.75 -2.70 428.55 0.30 3157.75 25.50 389.00 2.06 302.60 -0.10 2246.50 34.00 1884.00 2.00 4671.50 52.00 1016.00 30.50 1255.00 7.00 669.00 11.85 1454.00 -1.00 1217.25 1.00 364.35 2.30 720.25 6.50 247.92 0.85 1692.00 24.00 360.65 4.60 707.50 -2.50 2548.00 2.00 839.50 1.50 191.78 -0.10 2610.50 37.00 4168.00 42.00 3058.50 34.00 1204.00 9.00

% C H G. 0.93 -0.75 0.70 0.31 0.67 0.85 1.65 1.10 -1.33 -1.01 1.06 1.53 0.18 0.86 1.11 0.98 0.24 0.89 0.20 0.77 1.64 0.62 0.53 1.78 1.10 -0.07 0.97 -0.38 1.01 1.45 0.72 0.17 1.50 -1.28 0.65 0.59 0.37 0.32 1.15 0.93 0.23 -1.47 0.59 0.75 0.88 1.83 0.19 -0.23 0.14 -0.63 0.07 0.81 0.53 -0.03 1.54 0.11 1.13 3.09 0.56 1.80 -0.07 0.08 0.64 0.91 0.34 1.44 1.29 -0.35 0.08 0.18 -0.05 1.44 1.02 1.12 0.75

VOLUME 24.05 463.20 19.27 166.42 120.28 404.13 53.44 107.40 120.59 368.55 113.52 200.37 581.89 1,802.15 74.98 57.30 3,154.88 53.38 137.15 33.02 532.90 20.07 186.32 754.45 15.04 552.26 55.77 1,099.85 6,932.28 46.08 125.05 124.05 72.65 1,030.27 533.77 20.49 960.83 55.06 93.14 55.08 233.38 34.83 59.76 107.50 69.21 398.64 178.25 1,288.79 263.41 201.47 123.14 106.17 85.88 457.54 238.49 19.22 171.02 323.61 45.93 46.84 58.89 357.60 151.31 40.91 1,125.01 26.02 135.98 152.83 119.88 85.35 3,895.00 34.47 10.27 30.17 278.88

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THE old rhyming slang phrase ‘I should coco!’ is not exactly what Brussels says at present.

Far from implying ‘We should say so!’ the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA) recently reminded EU banks and insurance companies of the consumer protection requirements for certain financial instruments.

Specific attention was drawn to the risks associated with CoCos - contingent convertible bonds - which convert into equity if a key trigger, usually a bank’s core capital ratio, breaches a predefined floor.

Some financial institutions engage in ‘self-placement’ by selling financial instruments that they or their group companies have issued and which require ‘specific prudential requirements,’ the Joint Committee said.

This occurred in Spain when

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CoCo caution in Brussels

PROTEST: Shareholders in Bankia protesting about their losses. preference shares to the tune of €12 billion were sold to the uninformed in 2009 alone just as bust took over from boom and the bubble burst.

More than sun, sea and sun in Spain ALTHOUGH most tourists head for Spain’s beaches, many are drawn by its sporting reputation.

The Spanish themselves made 2.27 million journeys linked to sport last year, according to a report from the Institute of Tourism Studies (IET).

These accounted for 2.6 per cent of all journeys inside the country, producing €523 million in turnover for the transport sector.

International tourists increased the figure still further, with 9,039,000 journeys, IET revealed.

Spain’s climate and sports infrastructure play a principal part in its ability to attract fans at home and abroad, the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism said.

Additional factors attract tourists keen to view or participate in sport,

tourism experts said, and Spain’s sporting prestige is a principal lure.

Adventure sport is in growing demand and the €62 billion it generated in 2009 rose to €197 billion by last year, according to Hosteltur. The sector has registered annual growth of 65 per cent, the online tourism group said.

Air-based sports predominate, with hot-air ballooning, parachuting and piloting light aircraft the most popular, said adventure sports specialists Yumping.

But football still draws more sports tourists than any other activity, not only to watch but also to learn how to play it the Spanish way. Youngsters converge on the country each summer from Italy, France, the US, Mexico and China for coaching throughout Spain.

The banks explain that interest shares unredeemable and sometimes

forbore to these highwere virtually for decades a century.

Around 400,000 preference shareholders in rescued Banks like Bankia, NCG Banco and Catalunya Banc suffered huge losses.

Preference shares have been substituted by CoCos, now described as the banks’ favourite toy, although the Joint Committee stressed that they could infringe some of the rules governing financial institutions.

This could result in “significant consumer detriment,” they warned.

“It is unclear as to whether consumers fully understand the potential risks and are capable of correctly factoring these into their decisions,” the Joint Committee pointed out.

BBVA, Santander and Banco Popular have now sold €5.6 billion of CoCos with three issues in euros by BBVA, Santander and Popular, and two in dollars by BBVA and Santander.

These emissions, the banks have stressed, were aimed exclusively at “qualified investors” making minimum outlays of €100,000 and adhered meticulously to government guidelines.

Hope your shop window is looking perfect?

WHEN I retired to Spain in 2008 there was a need to make myself useful. Eureka!

Idly browsing the business community’s websites I thought I had found the perfect niche.

After initial enthusiasm business owners tend to lose interest in their company’s website. As a consequence their business loses credibility and this has an impact on profitability.

Poor spelling and appalling punctuation spoil about 50 per cent of business websites.

Potential customers are put off by such sloppiness.

Setting my reasonably priced stall out I expected a flood of enquiries followed by orders.

Such was my misplaced optimism.

There were a few scraps to be had but the volume fell far short of what might reasonably be expected.

I was met by an inertia that I likened to the zoo’s reptile house;

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just the occasional lifting of an eyelid.

Keen to turn my calling to a friend’s advantage I volunteered to correct the English language content of his website. After all, educated people tend to have enough financial clout to buy property and selling property was his line of business.

My suggestion was turned down flat. His wife had provided the wording of his company website.

As she reads lots of books, she was an expert and would be offended at my suggestion. There

you go, but on this occasion I wasn’t going anywhere.

Does it matter? Charles Duncombe, whose companies market via the internet, is a successful entrepreneur.

As an experiment in customer response he deliberately misspelled a single word on his product’s home page.

Enquiries dropped by 50 per cent.

Why? Because that single misspelling suggested company sloppiness or caused potential clients to be distrustful. A misspelling is also a sign a company’s website has been hacked.

Imagine the poor impression and suspicion caused as a consequence of many grammatical schoolboy howlers.

Are you really going to trust a person to maintain your car if he cannot tell the difference between there and their or writes: “I like cooking, my family and my pets.”

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Steep prices PHARMACIES charge up to 77 per cent more for skincare and personal products found the OCU consumers’ association.

Average prices at nondispensing Parafarmacias were 6 per cent cheaper.

Bigger layout ALMOST half of Spaniards have allocated between €150 and €500 for holiday spending, revealed the Niumba holiday rentals website. This is almost 30 per cent more than in 2013.

Output up FOR the eighth month in a row Spanish factories saw a rise in output. Production rose by 0.8 per cent in June compared to a year earlier according to the latest figures. Overall the economy grew 0.6 per cent in the second quarter.

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How to attend a wedding cheaply ANOTHER wedding invitation drops in the letterbox.

You’re already struggling to make ends meet, so what do you do?

If it is not a close friend or family member it is perfectly acceptable to say “thanks, but no thanks,” but if you really do want to go to the event there are ways to do it on a budget.

The biggest tip for guests saving money is to remember that it’s not YOUR big day. So you don’t need to get a swanky new dress, have your hair done in a salon or your make-up applied by a professional. As a guest, you’re not the centre of attention. Chances are that you already own a

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dress that is perfectly acceptable to be worn to another wedding.

Just change your hairstyle and accessories and nobody will be any the wiser that it’s an old frock.

As for pre-parties, hen nights or rehearsal dinners perhaps - just be honest with yourself and the bride and groom about what events you can afford to attend. Just because the bride is having a

Can our entrance road be cut?

Q. When we purchased our campo property in the year 2000, we were You and the advised that the short section of track for Law in Spain access to the property was no problem,

By David Searl Although we do not own it, we have used it for the last 14 years. Now we have put the property up for sale and various viewers have asked to see written permission to use this track, which we do not have. We have been told that if the access/exit has been used for five years or more it cannot be closed off.

How does the law stand? We do not want to lose the chance of selling the property over a dirt track only 27 metres long.

M.R. (e-mail) A. Please forgive me for pointing out that 14 years ago you should have done exactly what your potential buyers are now doing, which is to establish a legal access. First, Spain’s land law says that after 10 years of usage with no comment or protest, you have established a servidumbre de paso, a right to passage.

Now you can go to a lawyer and have this written up in proper legal form. But let’s suppose you wake up tomorrow and the owner of the land is cutting a deep ditch across the track, which makes it impossible to pass. You will have to go to court to prove your right of access, with witnesses and documents and expense.

You will win but it will cost. Try to come to an agreement with the owner.

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

weekend away hen party in Ibiza doesn’t mean you have to attend it.

If the wedding reception is out of your home town, then remember that it’s not necessary to book in at the venue where the wedding is taking place.

The couple may have selected a pricey location but if this is out of your budget then just say so and check out low-cost hotels and B&B’s in the area. After all the eating, drinking and dancing is done it’s really not going to make a difference if you are staying in the bride and groom’s hotel or somewhere cheaper down the road.

And finally in terms of

BIG DAY: But it’s not the guest’s big day! gifts - there’s a common misconception that your gift is supposed to equal the price of your dinner.

This just isn’t true. A wedding gift is a token of affection and good

wishes, not an entrance ticket.

Spend what you can afford. If you feel like you really don’t have a lot of money to spend, giving a gift, as opposed to cash, is a better way to go. Giving €50 in an envelope may make you feel cheap, but giving a beautiful wicker picnic basket with a nice bottle of wine inside won’t!

Unemployment falls but precariously THE timid improvement in Spain’s unemployment figures continued last month.

Another 62,108 people joined the Social Security system which now has 16.74 million contributors.

Inem, the state labour exchange, crossed a further 29,841 names off their books and the 4.41 million people without jobs are 5.9 per cent fewer than a year ago. This is the lowest since Mariano Rajoy took over as president of the Spanish government in November 2011.

According to Social Security statistics, recuperation began at the beginning of this year although the regular survey of the working population (EPA) places this in the second quarter of 2014.

Although more people are in work, the government’s critics point out that 38.2 per cent of new contracts are for part-time jobs, the highest proportion yet.

The latest Social Security figures confirm that the trend has now

become a norm with open-ended contracts falling by 49.1 per cent in July.

Few jobs were permanent and 93.1 per cent of new jobs were temporary although this is inevitable when seasonal summer jobs are involved.

The type of work available was also dictated by the time of the year, as practically all were in the hotel and catering trade, the retail sector and health industry - three areas with increased seasonal demand and the need to cover health professionals’ holidays.

The CEOE, Spain’s Federation of Industry, greeted the figures with caution and called for more labour reforms in order to create more jobs.

The two principal trade unions CCOO and UGT described the improvement in unemployment as insufficient.

Too many new jobs are precarious, they said, and the better figures camouflaged the 2.6 million long-term unemployed who no longer receive state benefits.

OPINION & COMMENT

Live in Spain, but don’t forget to vote at home LIKE many readers I was somewhat confused regarding my rights to vote in UK elections.

I was also put off by the government’s website indicating that although I could vote, there was only a four-day turnaround for postal votes. The latter is untrue.

If you have been on the voting register in the last 15 years then you are eligible to re-register with your last council, using your current Spanish address. I achieved this partly online and partly by post, requesting an application form online. I felt that letting them post it to me proved they did in fact have my correct address.

They explained that they were obliged to post voting forms no earlier than 12 days before an election and no later than four although it is their practice to send them out nine days before.

I would suggest you do as I did and go straight to your last council’s website if you want a sensible reply.

I hope that this is a help to those wishing to take part in the 2017 ‘get-out-of-Europe’ elections which are especially important to expats.

David Lees, Los Alcazares (Murcia)

Bargain labels I AM writing in response to the very badly written and observed ‘Looky Looky’ article Louise Elliot totally misses the point about why people buy goods from these people. It’s because they want to own a Versace bag, Prada sunglasses or a Rolex watch and walk around wearing a Gant or Fred Perry polo shirt.

They are fully aware they are fake but want the label. Instead of spending €40 or €50 on a fake Rolex there is no way someone like this would go to a local jeweller and spend four times that on a cheap High Street brand.

Where else will they get a perfect designer polo shirt for

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today as gothic.

Arab mathematicians, poets, scholars, astronomers, philosophers and scientists flourished during a time when religiouslycrazed bigots were on the rampage in the Holy Land.

The Abbasid caliphate was arguably the most dazzling regime of its time. The Arabs had medical schools and pharmaceutical laboratories in AD750 well before King Alfred was born.

Mr Lee might take a trip to Granada and visit the Alhambra, a wonder built by the Arabs.

Every civilisation leaves its mark and then disappears for various reasons. The Arabs in their heyday left us with a wealth of knowledge and artistic splendour and the world would have been a lot poorer without them.

Karin Constable, Busot (Alicante)

Peace breached

SMELLY, rotting seaweed covers the beach at Cala d’Enmig, Coveta Fuma. Why is this beautiful beach neglected this year as never before?

Peter Lidgard, Campello (Alicante)

€15 rather than €85? They would never pay €85 in the first place!

My wife and I have lived on the Costa del Sol for a year, but have been visiting for 10 years. I have never been, or felt, threatened nor has my wife and nor have any of our friends or anyone else I have spoken to.

As for bar owners being frightened of them because of reprisals, what utter rubbish!

Someone’s been watching too much Sopranos!

Ms Elliot’s ridiculous article paints totally the wrong picture of the situation.

Richard Franklyn, Benalmadena (Malaga)

Stop looking MANY thanks for an informative and interesting newspaper.

I owned a security company and was a police officer in South Africa. I noted your ‘Looky Looky’ article and would like to comment that dealing or manufacturing fake goods is illegal. End of story.

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any other expenses incurred that benefit the host country in this industry.

South Africa suffers from this malady big time, and the police all have extensive training regarding the criminal activities of the ringleaders. I assure you, they don’t do this in order to give the destitute an income.

Within this industry there are always drugs, prostitution and extreme violence. Fake goods should be treated with the aggression they deserve.

On a more pleasant topic, we all love Spain and its people. Their way of life has forced me to relax

and appreciate the more important things in my life. I thank them for that.

Michael Agliotti (by email)

Summing-up LEAPY LEE says, “Name me one truly great invention that has emanated from members of an Arabic community.”

How about writing and mathematics - attributed to the Sumerians of the area now known as Iraq - for starters?

How about dry-cell batteries for seconds?

Derek Faber, La Viñuela (Malaga)

Zero heroes WHAT have the Arabs ever done for us, Leapy Lee asks? Well, zero for a start because they invented the concept of zero.

They were masters at architecture and invented the pointed arch, an idea adopted by mediaeval builders and known

I READ your article about the Silent Epidemic which is supposedly ‘sweeping across the coast.’

I appreciate the fundraising events organised by Jackie Lawson but I believe she is launching the wrong campaign for the wrong reasons.

Spain’s economy is not based on the tourist euro and is certainly not dependent on the euros earned by foreign bar and restaurant owners.

Clampdowns take place because bar and restaurant owners do not follow the rules and entertainers losing work are mainly from the United Kingdom.

I am a Dutch citizen but have been a resident in Orihuela Costa for more than 10 years.

Many restaurants do a nice job, however the bars are a different story. The majority are owned and managed by non-Spanish people and some are hell for permanent residents.

Some nights, we can’t hear the television. On other nights we can’t have a proper conversation on our own terrace. Why do I have to accept that abuse?

Jackie Lawson should know better: there are more residents than holidaymakers in the area, who have money to spend the whole year round. I suggest she builds a good relationship with them, instead of championing the rights of holidaymakers.

B Vanderwilk, Orihuela Costa (Alicante)

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Politicians on their own planet LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT

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HERE’S nothing more unsettling, or indeed frightening, than realising our esteemed political and supposedly educated world leaders are in a fact a bunch of out-oftouch, utterly naïve, cretins.

You can only judge others by your own yardsticks and such is the illusion created by these dangerous, dithering public schoolboys, most of us are led to truly believe that we are somehow inferior to them and their allegedly superior intellects. Well, we’re not!

Thirty years ago this ole boy, an ex-pop singer from a post-war background and secondary school education, wrote about the threat of Islamist extremism and suggested that if action was not taken earlier rather than later it would be too late because they would have become entrenched in societies everywhere. Why couldn’t they see that?

I also suggested that because most of the inhabitants of the Middle East were so

MANIPULATIVE: Politicians see the world and its inhabitants as mere chess pieces. volatile and primitive, they were not at all ready for democracy and could only be kept in line by strong dictatorships. To me, a layman, the whole scenario was glaringly obvious. Now, at the ripe old age of 75, I find this incompetent bunch of ‘world leaders’ are only just beginning to realise they have not only failed to ‘save’ the Mid-East, but have managed to create a monster, that now truly does appear to be spiralling completely out of control.

And who are emerging as the new Mid-East leaders? Who else but the strongest and most cruel, fearspreading, dictatorial bunch the world has seen since the inglorious days of Attila the Hun. Told you so!

How can the politicians be so completely out of touch with what’s really happening in the real world? I’ll tell you why, because none of them truly live in it.

In their ivory tower environments, they observe the world and its inhabitants as mere chess pieces, to be moved and manipulated on a playing field of smoky mirrors and lies, created by themselves merely to enhance their own careers and swell their comfortable nest eggs.

I’ll be perfectly honest and tell you I have never voted for any of them in my whole life, I just couldn’t do it.

I believe the whole system is wrong and you can’t trust or rely on any of them. Their inflated egos, arrogance and downright lily-livered ignorance, is slowly bringing this planet of ours to its knees.

Not their planet, of course. Heaven forbid! Well, they don’t live on it, do they? Planet Politics is their domain. It’s an Earth moon. Wonder what will happen to them when there is no longer anything left to orbit!?

Don’t even get me going on Madam Sayeeda Warsi. What happens when 75 per cent of the Cabinet is of the same biased ilk as this particular MP? Goodnight all.

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A thriving community spirit WITHIN the daily demands of our modern, hectic lifestyles and busy agendas, time seems to fly like the wind, with many people convinced that it feels as though it passes progressively faster as the years go by.

Although modern society can enjoy the benefits and advantages of many technological advances and commonly used conveniences like emailing, communicating

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ENDY LESTER of Spanish Property Choice in Mojacar, Almeria, said: “I think Spain has much more community spirit than the UK. There is such a range of nationalities here, all integrating together, and we all come together for fiestas and events whereas in the UK we always seemed to be chasing deadlines.”

Scott Marshall of PropertiesSpain in Benahavis, Malaga, said: “The great weather in Spain means people are able to plan getting out and about,

through social networks and mobile phones...sometimes one wonders if the speed at which we are advancing as a race has detrimental effects on how we actually interact personally with each other.

Modern advancements have done away with the need to regularly deal with people on a personal level. Are the days where everyone knew their neighbour’s name and stopped for

a chat gone with the winds of change or have they survived in pockets of different societies?

EWN decided to investigate the issue and try to find out how expatriates felt about the Spanish communities they are now living in.

We asked: “Having lived in the UK and now residing as part of a community in Spain, do you think there is more of a community spirit in Spain than the UK and, if so, why?”

STREET TALK which in turn is much more conducive to social networking and building a strong community spirit.”

Jane Machin of Opticas Machin said: “I’ve lived in Spain for 25 years and am really blessed to be part of a very strong community in Estepona. You find that because of the language barriers and challenges that many newcomers, who have often never spoken the language WENDY LESTER

before, encounter, expatriates come together and form many different types of social and business support groups. Having had to work through the changes that come with relocating to a strange country, most long-term expatriates are very understanding and supportive of newcomers and this is a key ingredient in the community spirit here.”

Bruno Benitez of Racing Legends Nueva Campana, Marbella, added:

“I think there is a feeling of more social solidarity in the Spanish community... perhaps because we grow up with a very strong sense of appreciation for the family unit. If you learn to appreciate spending time with friends and family from a young age, this carries respectively into your adult and also professional life.

Spanish people love to organise social events and make everyone feel welcome.”

So we are happy to report that despite the odds, community spirit is alive, well and thriving in Spain!

JANE MACHIN

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A ‘Sapphire’ anniversary recalls major changes in Mojacar’s life and times IT’S been a good trip, reflecting back upon those past years.

I hope it has been as much fun for you as it has for me, shaking awake some of the old grey brain cells and squeezing out almost forgotten vignettes.

Never did I foresee what could have come: nowhere to park, weather seemingly hotter, and traffic impossible; urban legends I never envisioned.

During my reverie, my friend Paco Haro popped in to say hello. He was that magic ‘camarero’ (waiter) from the Hotel Indalo who witnessed Mojacar jolted from the Neolithic into the Space Age. He carried a handful of invites officially announcing the release of his unique book concerning all he had witnessed while attending to the new

Ric Polansky Ric Polansky moved to Mojacar in 1969 as a pioneer developer. He reads extensively and has travelled in South America panning gold and looking for El Dorado.

TIME FRAME: Jolted from the Neolithic into the Space Age. arrivals in Mojacar some 45 years ago.

He stood before me wearing shorts. They didn’t come into acceptable fashion until less than 15 years ago. He was sporting sunglasses, an item that only top officials in the Guardia Civil wore, tinted in a dark bronze. Oh, Paco, that colourful sports shirt with collar; it’s all too much!

Paco’s book is polite, even gracious, when

LOOKING AR BACK IN MOJAC considering the time frame. There are some light-hearted chapters probably written after a half jug of sangria.

And there are some sad chapters.

It is called Mojaqueros de Hecho, which is genuinely a compliment to the invading hordes that swooped down on that abandoned village

of brick dust, adobe dwellings just wide enough apart to allow the village burro’s passage. In those early years, Paco was an eight-year-old waiter in his father’s hotel, the Indalo, centre of the village square.

In his book, he identifies compassionately with the invaders. “Well, nice to meet you, Señor Attila The

Hun. What a fine colourful group of friends you’ve brought with you tonight!”

And they were wined and dined to the very best Mojacar had to offer.

Waited on with kind and courteous words. Nevertheless, stridently observed by the sparkling eyes of a youngster.

Common sense would

have dictated an envy and blatant hatred for the noisy, marauding circus, but it wasn’t written that way. His commentaries are as good as that first European trekker from Nuremberg, one Herr Muller, back in 1492.

I repeat. The book is called Mojaqueros de Hecho and is available at all the local paper shops.

Other than a brilliant introduction written by local savant Jose Maria de Haro, the rest is in Spanish.

Page after exciting storytelling page, full of secret histories. Full of insight, it is also a good historical lesson. Upon the shoulders of these giants we now stand today.

Official book release Saturday August 16 at 8pm in the multi-centre.

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PAIN’S two most international film stars, Oscar-winning Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, put their names to an uncompromising statement about the Gaza bombings.

The open letter blaming Israel for the latest hostilities was issued by the Spanish film industry and also signed by another Oscar-winner, Pedro Almodovar.

While the letter generally reflected nonofficial Spanish thinking, it was badly received by the social media and the Hollywood film industry. No doubt that is why Cruz and Bardem promptly backtracked.

“I’m not an expert on the situation,” said the actress in a damage-limitation letter to the newspaper America Today.

She and her husband are experts in advancing their careers and have now learnt that in Hollywood anti-Zionism is unfailingly equated with anti-Semitism.

Whatever their personal feelings, they are unlikely to mention Gaza, Israelis and Palestinians in the same breath or the near future.

THE Catalans have a reputation for maintaining a mighty respect for money and knowing how to make it.

“Spain robs us!” is one of the separatist faction’s loudest rallying cries.

The conviction that Cataluña gives any Spanish government, whatever its colour,

more than it gets back is one of the pillars on which justification for independence is built.

Now former president Jordi Pujol has confessed to hiding a fortune in offshore accounts while two of his sons, Jordi and Oriol - another politician - face multiple corruption accusations.

Some of the very people backing a split from Spain have allegedly been robbing their fellow Catalans for decades.

For the Madrid government at least, the saga arrives like rain after a drought and Mariano Rajoy can sit back and watch as the Pujol family helps to short-circuit the independence bid.

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Cruz and Bardem promptly backtracked.

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Carlos Fabra, a former head of the Castellon Diputacion, will learn the date of his admittance to prison.

He was convicted on corruption charges and is world-famous for building Castellon’s €150 million airport that opened in 2011, but has never received a commercial flight.

Fabra has fended off imprisonment with countless appeals and has already organised a petition requesting a pardon.

It may well be granted because a great many people believe that Fabra knows where the bodies are. Presumably he will be protected until they have turned into cobwebby skeletons that can harm no-one.

True love IT is essential to separate the political and business worlds, said the BBVA bank’s second-in-charge Angel Cano. “Whenever they mix, corruption appears.” Cano was talking about the Pujol family, but he could have been talking about Madrid, Andalucia or the Valencian Community.

Separation is unlikely to come about because politics and business are a true Spanish love match. But least there is no longer a ménage a trois, now that the Church has reluctantly left the relationship.

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Thursday BBC ONE 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:30pm The Hairy Bikers' Bakeation 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm The Sheriffs are Coming 10:00pm Who Do You Think You Are? Celebrity genealogy series.

11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Motorway Cops 12:35am Biker Boyz

BBC TWO 4:00pm Natural World 5:00pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 6:00pm Athletics 10:00pm The Honourable Woman 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight 12:20am The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire

ITV 4:00pm Secret Dealers 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The 21st Question 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Tonight 9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm Harbour Lives 10:00pm Kids with Cameras: Diary of a Children's Ward 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm 100 Year Old Drivers 12:40am Benidorm

CH4 4:30pm Deal or No Deal 5:30pm Win it Cook it 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Location, Location, Location 10:00pm Embarrassing Bodies 11:00pm First Time Farmers 12:05am Child Genius

CH5 4:15pm Reverse Angle 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Caught with Their Fingers in the Till 9:00pm Countdown to Murder 10:00pm The Last Secrets of 9/11 11:00pm Big Brother 12:00am Big Brother's Bit on the Side

SKY1 4:00pm The Simpsons 4:30pm The Simpsons 5:00pm Futurama 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Got to Dance 10:00pm Glee 11:00pm Stella 12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles

Friday BBC ONE 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:30pm The Hairy Bikers' Bakeation 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm A Question of Sport 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Scrappers 10:00pm Boomers 10:30pm Outnumbered 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Room 101 12:05am Would I Lie to You?

BBC TWO 4:00pm Equestrian 6:00pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 6:30pm Athletics 10:00pm The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice 10:30pm Sweets Made Simple 11:00pm Edinburgh Nights with Sue Perkins 11:30pm Newsnight 12:05am The English Patient

ITV 4:00pm Secret Dealers 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The 21st Question 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Dales 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Doc Martin 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Dog Day Afternoon 1:55am Jackpot247

CH4 4:30pm Deal or No Deal 5:30pm Win it Cook it 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Million Pound Drop 10:00pm The Singer Takes it All 11:00pm The Last Leg 11:50pm Virtually Famous 12:40am Date Night

CH5 4:15pm My Daughter Must Live 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Cricket on 5 9:00pm On the Yorkshire Buses 10:00pm Big Brother: Live Eviction 11:35pm Big Brother's Bit on the Side 12:35am Stand by Your Man

SKY1 4:00pm The Simpsons 4:30pm The Simpsons 5:00pm Futurama 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Got to Dance 10:00pm An Idiot Abroad 11:00pm A Touch of Cloth 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles

Saturday BBC ONE 5:30pm Final Score 6:20pm BBC News 6:30pm Regional News 6:35pm Weather 6:40pm Pointless 7:30pm Tumble 9:00pm The National Lottery 9:50pm Casualty 10:40pm Mrs. Brown's Boys 11:10pm BBC News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 12:55am The Football League Show

BBC TWO 4:45pm Flog It! 5:30pm Athletics 6:15pm Equestrian 8:00pm Proms Extra 8:45pm Dad's Army 9:15pm Great War Diaries 10:15pm Andrew Marr's Great Scots 11:15pm QI XL 12:00am Oranges and Sunshine

ITV 5:50pm Mr Bean's Holiday 7:20pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 7:45pm You've Been Framed and Famous!

8:45pm Tipping Point 9:45pm All Star Family Fortunes 10:45pm Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 11:40pm ITV News and Weather 11:55pm Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1:25am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA

CH4 5:10pm Come Dine with Me 5:40pm Come Dine with Me 6:10pm Come Dine with Me 6:40pm Come Dine with Me 7:15pm Come Dine with Me 7:40pm Channel 4 News 8:05pm Grand Designs 9:00pm Iron Man 11:25pm District 9 1:35am The Last Leg 2:20am Utopia 3:20am Homeland 4:15am Homeland 5:10am Hollyoaks Omnibus

CH5 4:05pm Rocky V 6:05pm North Sea Hijack 8:00pm Cricket on 5 9:00pm The Last Secrets of 9/11 9:55pm 5 News Weekend 10:00pm TV's Nastiest Villains with Joan Collins 12:55am Access 1:00am Super Casino 4:10am The Hungerford Massacre

SKY1 4:00pm Modern Family 4:30pm Modern Family 5:00pm Modern Family 5:30pm Modern Family 6:00pm Modern Family 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Got to Dance 10:00pm The Day After Tomorrow 12:20am Hawaii Five-0 1:20am Street Crime 1:50am Street Crime

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4:45pm Escape to the Country 5:30pm The Great British Bake Off 6:30pm Songs of Praise 7:05pm Deadly on a Mission: Pole to Pole 7:35pm BBC News 7:50pm Regional News & Weather 8:00pm Antiques Roadshow 9:00pm Countryfile 10:00pm The Village 11:00pm BBC News 11:15pm Regional News 11:20pm Weather 11:25pm Match of the Day 2 12:25am The 51st State

BBC TWO 5:50pm Flog It! 6:30pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 7:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 8:00pm Tropic of Capricorn with Simon Reeve 9:00pm Dragons' Den 10:00pm James May: The People's Car 11:00pm The Prestige 1:05am Countryfile

ITV 4:30pm Midsomer Murders 6:30pm Tipping Point 7:35pm Local News and Weather 7:45pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Come on Down! The Game Show Story 9:00pm The Zoo 10:00pm The Great War: The People's Story 11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:15pm Kids with Cameras: Diary of a Children's Ward 12:15am The Cube

CH4 3:10pm The Big Bang Theory 3:40pm The Big Bang Theory 4:10pm The Simpsons 4:40pm The Simpsons 5:10pm Deal or No Deal 6:15pm Channel 4 News 6:45pm Water for Elephants 9:00pm The Mill 10:00pm Richard III: The New Evidence 11:00pm The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 1:05am Good Morning, Vietnam

CH5 4:45pm James and the Giant Peach 6:15pm The Hunchback of Notre Dame 8:00pm 5 News Weekend 8:05pm Cricket on 5 9:00pm World's Scariest Animal Attacks 10:00pm Safe 11:55pm Crank 2: High Voltage 1:40am Criminals: Caught on Camera

SKY1 3:00pm Modern Family 5:30pm The Simpsons 6:00pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Got to Dance 10:00pm A Touch of Cloth 11:00pm Hawaii Five-0 12:00am Football's Funniest Moments 1:00am My Holiday Hostage Hell 2:00am Street Crime

Monday BBC ONE 4:30pm The Hairy Bikers' Bake-ation 5:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Fake Britain 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Miranda 10:00pm New Tricks 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Have I Got Old News for You 12:05am Boomers

BBC TWO 4:30pm Coast 5:15pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Two Tribes 7:30pm Eggheads 8:00pm Hairy Bikers Asian Adventure 9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm Food and Drink 10:00pm Horizon 11:00pm The Sarah Millican Television Programme 11:30pm Newsnight 12:20am Dragons' Den

ITV 4:00pm Secret Dealers 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm Gift Wrapped 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Tonight 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Long Lost Family 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm The Zoo 12:40am All Star Family Fortunes

CH4 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Dispatches 9:30pm Food Unwrapped 11:00pm My Online Bride 12:00am Dispatches

CH5 4:15pm Imaginary Friend 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Cricket on 5 9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pm Gotham: Exclusive Preview 10:05pm Celebrity Big Brother 12:05am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side

SKY1 4:00pm Modern Family 5:00pm Futurama 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Modern Family 10:00pm The Day After Tomorrow 12:20am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:20am Road Wars

Tuesday BBC ONE 4:30pm The Hairy Bikers' Everyday Gourmets 5:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm In the Club 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Scrappers 12:05am Operation Wild

BBC TWO 4:30pm Coast 5:15pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Two Tribes 7:30pm Eggheads 8:00pm Young Vets 9:00pm Coast 10:00pm Super Senses: The Secret Power of Animals 11:00pm Some Scousers with Jokes 11:30pm Newsnight 12:20am Horizon

ITV t5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm Gift Wrapped 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm UEFA Champions League 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm UEFA Champions League: Extra Time 12:35am Tales From Northumberland with Robson Green

CH4 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Dogs: Their Secret Lives 10:00pm Worst Place to be a Pilot 11:00pm Ramsay's Hotel Hell 11:55pm Royal Marines Commando School 1:00am Pokerstars.Com PCA

CH5 4:15pm Audrey's Rain 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Cricket on 5 9:00pm The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 10:00pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 11:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 12:05am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side

SKY1 4:00pm Modern Family 5:00pm Futurama 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Modern Family 10:00pm An Idiot Abroad 11:00pm Glee 12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles

Wednesday BBC ONE 4:30pm The Hairy Bikers' Everyday Gourmets 5:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Fake Britain 9:00pm The Great British Bake Off 10:00pm Operation Wild 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm A Question of Sport 12:05am Room 101

BBC TWO 4:30pm Coast 5:15pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Two Tribes 7:30pm Eggheads 8:00pm Young Vets 9:00pm The Stuarts 10:00pm Horizon 11:00pm Some Scousers with Jokes 11:30pm Newsnight 12:20am Super Senses: The Secret Power of Animals

ITV 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm Gift Wrapped 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Trawlermen's Lives 10:00pm Secrets From the Asylum 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and 11:40pm Dangerous Dogs 12:35am Off the Beaten Track

CH4 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Sarah Beeny's Double Your House for Half the Money 10:00pm Undercover Boss 11:00pm The Mimic 11:30pm 8 Out of 10 Cats 12:05am The Inbetweeners Go Global

CH5 4:15pm Beyond the Blackboard 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Emergency Bikers 9:00pm Extreme Nightmare Neighbours 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:00pm Suspects 12:00am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side

SKY1 4:00pm Modern Family 5:00pm Futurama 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Football's Funniest Moments 10:00pm Brit Cops: Frontline Crime 11:00pm A League of Their Own 12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles

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VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Although you feel like going it alone at the moment, you would do well to involve someone close in your project or exercise. There is room for improvement in both your life and your health but it can be more enjoyable if shared.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) It could be that you are feeling a little below par at the moment. You may assume it is because of a recent emotional upset, but it is unlikely to be quite that simple.

Spend a bit of time and money on yourself for a change. Develop your talents in the realms of writing, painting and music.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Despite pulling out all the stops

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IF IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK: Your great energy and loyalty to a certain project serve you well. The Lion in you wants to push ahead and your confidence is inspiring.

However, not until midSeptember will you feel able to ask for what you desire.

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when it comes to a certain person or project, your charm may not be working as well as usual this week. It is still a fine time to beaver on quietly in the background.

August 14: Jose Coronado. Film actor.

This Spanish actor has been in over 30 films since his debut in 1987 in El Publico. Before acting Coronado was a medical student but left his studies to join the acting world. He won a Goya award for best actor in 2011 for his role in ‘No habra paz para los malvados.’

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romantic front have been confusing, to say the least. There are decisions that someone has to make that affect you seriously. Romantically and emotionally, things come to a head but don’t let the wind of change blow away all that you have achieved.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Energy is low but your spirit seems to be getting power from somewhere. At times, it feels that it is almost outside of your own sphere. When tackling what is seen as a tedious task, you may not be aware that you are building something for the future, but there is much going on that will affect your future to a large extent.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Sometimes you shuffle things around to survive difficult times. The

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) You may well feel that your business life is not going as well as you would have hoped this week. They do say that you can’t have everything right at once.

This is a good time to enjoy the company of others and make your love life buzz. .

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) For some time, things on the

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) There is something of the rebel in you this week. Even you don’t fully understand the changes taking place. You will resist any attempt to stop from expressing yourself freely. Although you prefer a peaceful time, it may be necessary to remind someone of your rights.

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.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Because you are about to enter an active phase, it would be best to keep things as straightforward and organised as possible. Those around you may be less than exciting at the moment, so keep the interest going with joint activities and accepting interesting invitations.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Have you been a bit of a couch potato recently?

Spend some of this week working towards a healthy mind in a healthy body. Running yourself ragged should certainly be avoided. Seek expert advice now about a problem that just won’t go away. It will, but only with a lot of effort.

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

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Average: 12

Very good: 21

Good: 15

Excellent: 26

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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Get some rest and peace because, if you let yourself get too tired, your temper could suffer. When it comes to business get it over with so that you can spend extra time on your social life. Something important is round the corner.

Alicante TODAY:

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Move from the start word (ROAD) to the end word (SHOW) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.

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LEO (July 24 - August 23) Arm yourself with plenty of information about what is going on in your life at the moment. Those close might expect you to lead the way on an important matter. You need to trust your instincts more and have confidence.

Think in the long term.

All the answers begin with the letters ‘FA’ 1. By what, more common name, is the surgical procedure ‘rhytidoplasty’ better known?

2. In ice hockey, what name is given to the method of starting play where a referee drops the puck between two opposing players?

3. In the 1968 film version of the Lionel Bart musical Oliver!, which character was played by Ron Moody?

4. Named after a tree, what name is given to a slum or shantytown, especially in Brazil?

5. Stanley is the capital of which group of islands in the South Atlantic?

6. What is the name of the Austrian pop/rock star who topped the UK singles charts in 1986 with Rock Me Amadeus?

7. What name is given to a male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register?

8. What was the surname of the Nobel Prize-winning American novelist whose works include: The Sound and the Fury (1929), As I Lay Dying (1930), and Absalom!

Absalom! (1936)?

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Across 7 Robin Hood, possibly is partly about lawn mowing (6) 8 Find acne in dogs (6) 10 White ant is a form of emitter (7) 11 Pacific activity housing desert plants (5) 12 Some lounge around for equipment (4) 13 Drive off a returning social outcast (5) 17 An animal who will never change his spots... (5) 18 We can take silver as compensation (4) 22 Longs for a church to end service collections (5) 23 Found contract ordered farm vehicle (7) 24 Escapes from crazy, sad Eve (6) 25 Time out corner (6) Down 1 Company chief ordered to get a small house (7) 2 Timeless characteristic of white tern, allegedly (7) 3 Basil’s without love foundation (5) 4 Charles chopped trees (7) 5 Little bird wrapped in a scarf in church (5)

6 Start with a follower, for example, at home (5) 9 Drink to the crashing of Beetle car (9) 14 Had plenty of food - but about a quarter had no food! (7) 15 Keeps making chess move (7)

16 Outfit’s circling record. Get down!

(7) 19 A trainee soldier acted strangely (5) 20 Lots of fish in ruthless short haul (5) 21 Born before Abel? What a cacophony! (5)

Code Breaker Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 14 represents G and 26 represents Z, so fill in G every time the figure 14 appears and Z every time the figure 26 appears.

Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Abel, 3 Lacrosse, 9 Stipend, 10 Carve, 11 Theme, 12 Rasher, 14 Agents, 16 Caesar, 19 Nevada, 21 Drama, 24 Again, 25 Tactile, 26 Settlers, 27 Heat.

Down: 1 Alsatian, 2 Elite, 4 Adders, 5 Rocks, 6 Sorbets, 7 Eden, 8 Deceit, 13 Ornament, 15 Elegant, 17 Addict, 18 Batter, 20 Annul, 22 Arise, 23 Oars.

QUICK Across: 1 Seem, 4 Peak, 9 Plain, 10 Stamina, 11/21 Tip off, 12 Identical, 13 Steady, 14 Scared, 18 Associate, 23 Cavalry, 24 Idiot, 25 Hour, 26 Easy.

Down: 2 Example, 3 Mankind, 4 Pester, 5 Apart, 6 Spat, 7 Zinc, 8 Pallid, 13 Snatch, 15 Crevice, 16 Rookies, 17 Magyar, 19 Save, 20 Cello, 22 Fate.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Glass, 3 Guest, 6 Mops, 7 Sangre, 9 Berenjena, 12 Barber, 13 Reja, 14 Abeja, 15 Museo.

Down: 1 Gums, 2 Apple tree, 3 Granja, 4 Engineers, 5 Tres, 8 Pecera, 10 Obra, 11 Caro.

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

Across 1 Snails (9) 5 To weigh (person, apples) (5) 7 Fox (5) 9 Barcas (5) 10 Hedgehog (5) 11 Author (writer) (5) 12 Tiburón (5) 14 Joyas (9) Down 1 Taza (recipiente) (3) 2 Sacacorchos (9) 3 Sunlight (3,3,3) 4 Fertiliser (5) 6 Principio (comienzo) (5) 8 Queen (5) 9 Barba (5) 13 Llave (de puerta) (3)

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

BEHAVE

MASSED

BRACES

METRES

CHOSEN

RATHER

CINDER

REACTS

GATHER

SINGER

HANDLE

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THRICE (10)

ISLAND

WATERS

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Funagram Unscramble the name of a famous former Yorkshire and England cricketer: OBEY CRY TO ‘GET OFF’ FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: STARSKY AND HUTCH, GEOFFREY BOYCOTT

Unscramble the title of a popular 1970s US television programme (three words): ATTACH SHY DRUNKS

Across 1 Information (4) 4 Monastery (5) 9 Possessor (5) 10 Divine beetles (7) 11 Beatles manager (7) 12 Bluegrass instrument (5) 13 Annoyed and irritable (6) 15 Interfere with (6) 18 Defeated one (5) 20 Poisonous snake (7) 23 Takes in marriage (7) 24 Emblem (5) 25 State of acute pain (5) 26 In addition (4) Down 2 Memory loss (7) 3 Be in agreement (5) 4 Not being in a specified place (6) 5 Thorny shrub (7) 6 Desire strongly (5) 7 Make a hole (4) 8 Away from the sea (6) 13 Pillar (6) 14 Filled tortilla (7) 16 Misleads (7) 17 Faithful (6) 19 Middle Eastern country (5) 21 Shinbone (5) 22 Emit a stench (4)

1 Chains, 2 Cinder, 3 Abases, 4 Longer, 5 Issued, 6 Levels, 7 Enable, 8 Elders, 9 Nobler, 10 Nursed, 11 Render, 12 Ladder, 13 Sender, 14 Waters, 15 Holder, 16 Tinder, 17 Morsel, 18 Thence, 19 Motion

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LESS SLEEP: If you work in a windowless environment.

Work environment could affect sleeping WORKING in an office with no windows could result in less sleep.

New research shows that those in windowless rooms could lose an average of 46 minutes of sleep a night compared to those who sit near windows.

The findings were published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, which suggested that the working environment is a factor in setting the body’s own internal clock.

The study was carried out by researchers from the

University of Illinois, Northwestern University in Chicago and the Hwa-Hsia Institute of Technology in Taiwan.

They recruited office employees, with half of them spending most of the day in a windowless

environment and their sleeping and lifestyle habits were then analysed.

Those with the most exposure to light at work found they slept an average of 46 minutes more than those in darker conditions.

Help for MS sufferers DRUGS used to treat HIV could be used to treat multiple sclerosis (MS).

Researchers say that people with HIV are 62 per cent less likely to develop MS and say the drugs used to treat HIV could be behind the lowered risk.

MS is caused by the body’s own defences attacking the fatty insulation surrounding nerve fibres and can lead to progressive loss of physical skills.

The claims come from researchers at Queen Mary University of London, the University of Oxford and the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney, which examined more than 21,000 HIV-positive patients.

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Quick, slow training could help diabetics SHORT bursts of exercise could benefit those with diabetes.

Researchers found that patients who spent three minutes power walking, followed by a slower pace for three minutes over the course of an hour, had better blood sugar levels than those who walked at a constant pace.

Traditionally, those with diabetes have been advised to stick to walking at a moderate pace but scientists from Copenhagen University found interval walking training had greater health benefits and led to better control of blood sugar levels.

The Danish study involved patients aged between 57 and 61, who had Type 2 diabetes and were receiving a variety

EXERCISE: Power walking, followed by a slower pace. of medications except insulin.

They were split into two walking groups and had to train for one hour,

five times a week.

Before starting any exercise regime it is advisable to discuss it with a doctor.

ESSENTIAL OILS: Rose and argan are two of the oldest and most trusted.

Essential oils are a natural source of health and beauty ESSENTIAL vegetable oils have an undeniably good effect on our organism at a nutritional as well as a cosmetic level.

The oils are extracted from the seeds or fruits of oleaginous plants and can be very beneficial to us due to their high levels of acid polyunsaturated fats (w-3 and w-6), antioxidants and vitamins (E and A). The highest quality of essential oils come from the ones which have been extracted by cold pressing – at no more than 40ºC. This allows them to keep 99 per cent of their nutrients intact.

Argan (Argania spinosa) oil comes from the fruit of a tree which grows in South-western Morocco and has been

used by the Berber peoples for centuries for therapeutic medicine and cosmetic purposes.

Due to its mild, nutty taste it goes well on salads and fresh vegetables or, for cosmetic purposes, can be rubbed directly onto the skin.

Rose (Rosa rubiginosa) oil comes mainly from Chile and has a massive array of vitamins and minerals and is used mainly for cosmetics – usually to prevent or correct cutaneous imperfections like blemishes or light scarring. There are, of course, many other oils but these are the two oldest remedies known to history so they can’t be that far off the mark.

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Tips to avoiding jet lag

How to drink yourself slim LOSING weight is a difficult decision to take if all the ramifications are considered; it usually requires a complete change of lifestyle.

Everyone likes to cheat so here are a few drinks to try to help all those slimmers out there; we don’t guarantee that they work but they might.

Monica Katz, Director of Nutrition at the Favaloro University in Argentina, claims that upping your liquid intake during weight loss could accelerate it.

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism has agreed with Dr Katz and published an article urging people to drink about 500ml of cold water every four hours.

Vegetable juices have been a long-standing aide to weight loss and a University of Pennsylvania study has shown that drinking a glass of vegetable juice with meals helped the body to lose around 135 calories more than it would have lost without the juice.

Osaka University in Japan recommends green tea as an excellent antioxidant which could help speed up the metabolism and, therefore, help the body to burn off more fat and lose weight more quickly.

HEALTH BENEFITS: Kissing may reduce stress levels and boost immunity.

A kiss a day keeps the doctor away SOME say an apple a day keeps the doctor away. But could a kiss have the same effect?

A case could be made that kissing can have considerable health benefits and trigger a wide range of physiological processes that boost immunity.

During a kiss, the brain releases dopamine, a hormone

and neurotransmitter responsible for feelings of desire and bonding.

But it is not just that, because it also releases serotonin and when this crucial chemical is at an ideal level, people feel mellow, hopeful, optimistic and relaxed.

Kissing could even prevent cavities. No, it is not a joke.

A lip-lock increases

saliva production, which may wash away the harmful bacteria that can cause tooth decay, cavities and plaque build-up.

Throw in a little tongue and kissing could do wonders towards you looking younger and certainly happier, because French kisses actually exercise all the underlying

muscles of the face. In fact, the average French kiss is said to move as many as 29 muscles in the face.

Kissing is also heartfriendly because it reduces stress, a wellknown risk factor for heart disease.

An added benefit of kissing is that when a couple swaps spit, they are swapping germs and this is Mother Nature’s natural vaccination.

When people are exposed to someone else’s germs, their bodies make antibodies against them and this can lead to better immunity and prevent illnesses.

So pucker up and kiss away!

JET LAG can wreak havoc on the body’s internal clock but there are ways to avoid it.

Try gradually shifting sleeping and eating times at least four days before departure to make them coincide with those of the final destination. This should slowly adjust the body’s internal clock.

Avoid overeating and caffeine at least 12 hours before the flight. While it is true that caffeine can help people stay awake longer, it also makes them wake up more than once thus reducing their total sleep time.

Doctors recommend staying hydrated, so it is probably a good idea to drink at least eight ounces of water for every hour of flight.

It is also advisable to keep a bottle of moisturising lotion and lip balm in the carry-on.

There is nothing better to avoid jet lag than to sleep on the plane, especially when travelling overnight or flying west to east. The more the body is rested, the easier it will be for it to deal with the stress of jet lag.

Be careful with sleeping pills. Yes, a pill may be helpful on an overnight flight but an incorrectly timed dosage may result in grogginess after landing.

Furthermore, a plane is certainly not the place to try out a pill for the first time, so flyers should only take medications they are already familiar with.

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It’s hot, but the garden has useful refreshments

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By Spain’s best known expatriate gardening author living in Spain for 25 years.

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T’S sweltering outside but with a breeze through an open door from a shaded terrace it’s bearable, with a cool infusion to sip while writing next week’s article. As explained below there are several things prepared from garden plants that are very enjoyable during the hot summer days.

Lemon verbena infusions A few leaves of this attractively smelling and tasting herb in hot water, yields a very refreshing hot or cold summer beverage.

Rosemary, mint, rose petal and olive leaf infusions This a great mix for a healthy, re-energising and life extending breakfast cuppa.

Mint soup and infusions Harvest, or buy, a moderately sized ridge cucumber for each person then chop/blend with unsweetened yoghurt, fresh lemon juice, chopped mint leaves and salt and pepper to taste. Once a smooth creamy liquid place in the fridge.

Tomatoes Summer favourites include chilled tomato gazpacho soup, fresh baked bread with an olive oil, tomato and crushed garlic spread and an Andalucian Remojon salad made with thin slices of oranges and tomatoes, chopped salt cod, home cured olives and a dressing

of olive oil and dry sherry or Moriles wine.

Coastal valley dews When I leave at day break for a cool walk there is heavy dew on the leaves of shiny plants, paths and cars.

Overnight it had cooled off and rehydrated plants.

However it is not sufficient to meet the daily needs of plants, so regular watering is a must. By 8.30am the dew has gone.

Although central Spain has had a good few storms this summer the landscape around Madrid and Segovia were parched brown when I assisted two weeks ago week as a volunteer at a Vaughan Town Week where Spaniards pay big money to practice talking English for 84 hours in six days. Volunteers are sought with a wide range of British and international English accents.

REFRESHING: Chilled tomato gazpacho soup.

Interestingly with only half the level of humidity and good breezes, Madrid and Segovia were much more comfortable places to be than the holiday Costas.

Look up ‘Books about Spain’ in the new EWN DIRECTORY If you would like to know a little more about each of Dick’s useful gardening books you can now go onto the EWN website and click Directory and then Spanish Books.

‘Living well from our garden - Mediterranean style’ is an interesting and inspiring book that can help you live well in terms of spiritual and mental health.’

‘Our 52 day retirement adventure along the Spanish Pyrenees’ describes a 945 kilometre trek from the rocky shores of the Bay of Biscay to the soft sandy beaches of the Med. ‘How to use less water in your garden’ is a practical guide to what is involved in waterless gardening in Spain.

All are available from Amazon Books UK or Spain. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com August 2014

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Five ways to make a nocook seafood ceviche

CEVICHE is a Latin American dish consisting mainly of meat or seafood which has been cooked using only the acidity of vinegar or citrus juice much like ‘boquerones en vinagre’ which can be found all over Spain.

First of all sushi-grade fish is necessary but it’s also acceptable to use frozen if it is high quality.

Cut into thin strips and then put in a citrus or vinegar marinade for around 45 minutes (depending on the thickness of the strips). Add a few herbs and spices to taste and it’s ready.

CEVICHE: A simple summer food.

Scallop ceviche is made with finely shredded and unsweetened coconut flakes which add an

unexpected texture and flavour to the spicy dish.

White fish ceviche verde is made with a variety of

fish for a mix of flavours and textures; combine this with avocado, olives, chopped spring onions and cherry tomatoes.

Octopus ceviche is for the more adventurous but it is a taste that goes well with a citrus marinade - for extra crunch and colour just add peppers.

Ceviche tacos are an excellent barbecue item to liven up the meat based meal. Just make any sort of ceviche and serve it in a taco shell.

Scandinavian ceviche is made with smoked fish instead of fresh.

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Best fish and chips on a Friday for miles around FRANKIE’S BAR in Vera Playa continues to provide the kind of welcome and entertainment that keeps its customers flocking back for more.

Alan and Shelly have been welcoming their guests for approximately six years now... and have made the decision to step back a bit from the day to day running. You will still see them at the bar of course, but now they have some super support in the form of management team, Sharon and Danny, who are keen to continue the high standards at this popular venue.

The welcome, camaraderie and atmosphere will continue, as well as the great menu with good hearty portions. This is just one of the many reasons holidaymakers and residents keep returning year after year.

FRANKIES: Offers something for everyone.

WELCOMING: Alan and Shelly have a super support team.

Located just outside the Vera Playa Beach Hotel, Frankie’s Bar has something to offer everyone.

Expect to be watered, fed and entertained on every visit.

Feeling hungry? Frankie’s Bar has all your favourite hearty pub grub at great prices. Cooked

breakfasts, scampi, swordfish, lasagne, steak, burgers, pies, curries, salads and much more is available, including weekly and daily specials. All the food is cooked on the premises, ensuring that your meals are hot and hearty with great flavour. Like

your chips? Don’t underestimate how popular the Friday fish and chips are. These are proper handcut chips, None of those awful bleached scrawny fries here. To avoid disappointment, book in advance for Fridays, as people travel from miles around.

Entertainment? Barrington is booked to perform soul and Motown on Friday August 22.

The bar hosts plenty of events and are proud to host regular charity events, raising money for deserving local causes. Frankies Bar is the venue for Slimming World on Wednesdays at 2pm, and Frankies’ Scorpions darts team enjoys plenty of success.

Open 11am until late every day.

Phone 662 474 861 for bookings.

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Sodium intake THE new EU dietary guidelines have lowered the recommendation for daily sodium intake to six grams per day so we all have to work on ways to cut more sodium (salt) out of our diets.

Here are a few tips: Rinse and drain all tinned veg - the brine contains a lot of sodium as a preservative.

Taste food before adding salt.

Use herbs and spices instead of salt to liven up a dish.

Limit eating in restaurants, they tend to use a lot of salt to make dishes tastier.

Choose the low or reduced sodium option on ready-made meals.

Check the label for nutrition facts - some foods, even cereals, contain more salt than you might imagine.

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Council’s difficult balancing act ROGER DONE, Deputy Mayor of Arboleas, has released a statement regarding funding, particularly affecting the new medical centre, halted due to lack of money.

“Trying to balance the council’s finances is a very difficult task, because the goalposts keep being moved by factors outside our control,” said Done He added: “Two specific examples are the failure to receive funding for

work so far carried out on the medical centre. As a result we have had to use funds earmarked for other works to continue the project and to obtain a bridging loan.

“However, we understand that at last the Junta has included the finances for this project in its 2014 budget. Another effect on our 2014 budget has been the approval from Madrid of flood prevention works totalling

around €400,000.

However, we have to find 50 per cent of the project

by September; money not allocated in our 2014 budget.”

Done ended: “On the positive side, things are definitely financially better now than they were three years ago, and we are optimistic we can continue to make improvements, even though it is taking somewhat longer than we would all wish.”

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Getting to know OS HELLO and welcome to CanDu Computer Bytes.

Last week we started to look at why people choose one operating system over another and realised that it was, generally, due to apathy and laziness, that prevented a proper comparison.

So for the next few weeks I will be guiding you through the murky maze that is the OS. To start our journey we need to truly understand, exactly, what an operating system is! The five-bob answer is that it is a list of instructions which act as an interpreter, and allow you to talk to your computer, and get things done.

During my time at university I was expected to learn a number of programming languages and as a result gain a better understanding of how the computer uses

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each instruction in turn to complete a task.

Microsoft Windows, Unix and Linux, MacOS and Android are all complex lists of instructions which perform the same task of providing a platform (hence the term used when talking about operating systems) for programs (another list of instructions) and Apps (a much shorter list of instructions that rely on an unseen program) to do exactly what you want to get done.

In truth there are only two major operating systems – Windows and Unix (and Unix clones).

Linux, MacOS and Android are all from the family that has Unix as

the guiding force. Unix has been around for a very long time and is as stable as a fourfoot-thick concrete foundation!

Next week we will cover a little of the history and how we have arrived at the GUI that we all know and love.

GUI? Tell you next week!

I’m now off to Jack’s Bar in Albox for my Friday afternoon computer clinic.

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Arboleas upgrades EARLY September sees some new town centre improvement works beginning in Arboleas.

Pedestrian access continues to be improved, including El Chopo and in front of the new medical centre.

Mayor of Arboleas Cristobal Garci, said: “We want to show our appreciation for the good work being carried out by the PFEA workers in Arboleas.”

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Cat owners should beware of all parts of the lily ALL parts of the lily including the stem, leaves, petals, stamens and pollen are poisonous to cats.

Even minor exposures (cat chewing on a leaf or getting pollen on fur or whiskers) can be fatal.

While the exact toxin is still unidentified, cats who are not treated can quickly develop acute renal failure and die, generally within three to six days.

Cats with acute renal failure typically have vomiting, depression, partial or complete loss of appetite and dehydration.

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Cats who have been seen near lilies, as well as those who have definitely ingested any part of a lily, should be seen by a veterinarian immediately.

Cats who are treated within 18 hours of exposure to a toxic lily generally recover.

However, in cases where treatment is

VET CARE: Vital to combat exposure to toxic lilies. delayed, the prognosis is generally poor and most cats are euthanised.

Your vet can provide certain medications to help your cat eliminate the plant. In addition, your cat will receive intravenous fluids in the veterinary clinic for approximately 48 hours.

The vet may refer your cat to a specialty or emergency hospital for continued care.

Blood tests will be done when your cat is admitted to the hospital and will be repeated in 24 and 48 hours.

Cats who receive the above care within 18 hours of exposure generally do very well.

Those who are treated later typically do not survive, even with aggressive therapy (such as dialysis).

Unfortunately, there is no home treatment that is successful in saving the lives of cats who are poisoned by lilies. They must be taken to a vet as quickly as possible.

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When to seek medical advice if your dog or cat has a cough

FEELING POORLY: Is a cough a worry?

WHEN should you be worried if your pet is coughing?

Firstly you have to distinguish coughing from other sounds.

Sneezing and snoring are easy to recognise.

Reverse sneezing is a sound a dog makes when the soft plate is in the wrong position, it is an inspirational sound.

Coughing can be one big cough; e.g., if the dog drinks water too quickly.

Or a couple of harsh coughs if something gets stuck in the throat. This is functional and will cease as soon as the throat is cleared.

Coughing can be dry, persistent and not productive. These are

irritations of the throat and trachea and in dogs are commonly caused by kennel cough. Kennel cough is a syndrome caused by para-influenza viruses and the bordetella bacteria. It is very contagious; it just needs one dog coughing in the direction of another to transmit the disease.

Hence the name kennel cough.

It is an infection of the larynx and trachea and will need treatment.

Cats could be coughing due to hair in the throat, although they rather tend to vomit. They may suffer from feline asthma, which could be due to allergy, which gives them a dry, harsh cough. Coughing can be productive, which means mucus needs to come up. This is due to bronchitis.

Be aware that dogs and cats will cough up the mucus but then swallow

it, so you do not see it.

Bronchitis needs treatment for the infection and products that make it easier to cough mucus up. Cat flu can progress to bronchitis.

Coughing can be present only after exercise or only at night.

This is suggestive of heart disease. This cough is not productive and often the dog pants a lot.

Diagnostics like blood tests, X-rays, ultrasound, ECG need to be done to determine the type of heart disease and medications will be given.

If you notice your pet, particularly your cat, having breathing difficulties but is not coughing at all, please visit your veterinarian as soon as possible. Either a severe pneumonia, a collapsed lung or another serious lung disease could be the cause of this.

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Monty the Petsitter loves puppies

By Lamia Walker of HousesitMatch MONTY is a student who works during holidays; he repairs bikes and walks the neighbours’ dogs. He

has always had dogs at home too.

Just recently he joined a network to find work as a petsitter. His first job was puppy sitting for a week.

Hard work? Not a bit!

PUPPY FUN: They have so much energy.

“I maintained the owner’s routine. On waking I’d let the dogs out to relieve themselves in the secure garden.

We’d then play and I’d give them their breakfast and fresh water. Because Cara is so young (six weeks) they stayed at home, but with the dog flap open so they went between the house and garden.

“Returning after an outing I’d say hello and be greeted with great excitement, rewarding them with a treat. We’d play ball games and tug of war.

“Routine is really important for them so by

6pm every night they would be fed and I’d carry on with my evening whilst playing with them. At bedtime Cara would sleep in her cot due to her age, but Murphy (one-year-old) roamed the house. It was fun. I love puppies, they have so much energy!”

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cats could be coughing because of lung disease like fibrosis or tumours.

This could be a primary tumor in the lung or metastatic lung disease.

Sometimes pets (cats!) do not cough when at the vets, or on the examining table, therefore it is always a good idea to do a video recording at home and bring that with you.

The body position during the coughing can be important as it shows the level of respiratory distress.

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Home transfer agreements set to benefit families on low incomes FAMILIES in the Basque Country are to benefit from an agreement recently negotiated between a bank and the Basque Government.

Kutxabank has agreed to transfer to

Eusko Jaurlaritza (Basque Government) 100 homes which are to be rented out to low-income families.

As stated in the agreement, the properties can only be rented out to

people or families whose annual income a year before applying for one of the transferred properties did not exceed €21,100.

The lessees that fulfil all the necessary

requirements are to pay rents that under no circumstances can exceed 30 per cent of their annual income, which means they will not pay more than €400, including community fees and the land value tax. In addition, the annual rent is to be subject to subsequent adjustments based on the consumer price index published by the Spanish National Statistics Institute.

The lease agreement will only be valid for a UNSOLD: 13 second-hand term of three years and homes for evey 1,000 citizens.

Eusko Jaurlaritza has figures from the last 2013 committed itself to municipal register of inhabitants maintaining the transreleased. ferred properties in good With 25.8 second-hand unsold condition and to hire all homes per 1,000 people, the necessary services.

Alicante is the Spanish city with The agreement reached the highest housing density between the government levels based on its population and the bank includes a levels, followed by Ciudad Real clause stating the homes (25.6), and Bilbao (21.7). are to be returned in the The city with the lowest same condition as before housing density level is Huesca transfer.

(5.9), followed by Murcia (6.4), Some properties are Teruel (6.5) and Cuenca and brand-new and have two Santa Cruz de Tenerife (7.1). or three bedrooms.

Study reveals high number of unsold second-hand properties in Spain THERE are close to 13 unsold second-hand homes for every 1,000 people in Spanish capitals.

According to a study by idealista.com, there are 12.6 unsold second-hand homes in the capitals of Spanish Autonomous Communities for every 1,000 people. Their number has steadily grown by 55 per cent since August 2011, when there were 8.1 properties sitting idle on the market for every 1,000 people.

To draw this conclusion, idealista.com looked at their housing stock data and compared them to official

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The Spanish residential market will begin improving next year THE Spanish residential property market is to begin improving in 2015 and prices are likely to increase by 2 per cent, according to Standard & Poor’s.

Recent data seem to indicate that the fall in prices has slowed down in the last few months and the American financial services company predicts that prices will drop overall by 2 per cent in 2013 compared to 4.6 per cent last year.

Property prices in the country have decreased by approximately 30 per cent since the real-estate market was hit hard by the economic downturn six years ago.

As stated by Standard & Poor’s, the favourable outlook for Spain’s property market is due to the fast recovery of the economy and a rapid fall in unemployment.

Spain’s economy grew by 0.5 per cent between April and June 2014, said the Spanish Central Bank. This represents the fastest growth rate in as many as six years and the latest unemployment figures show 192,000 people found a job in the last year.

Some experts believe the trend

SPAIN’S REAL-ESTATE MARKET: Hit hard by economic downturn in 2008. witnessed in Spain’s property market in the last 12-month period can be safely attributed to the arrival of American and British property funds.

Nevertheless, it is rather unlikely that

the property market in Spain will recover throughout the country at the exact same pace. The prices of properties located in coastal areas are expected to increase first.

On the other hand, Standard & Poor’s says Spain’s long-term recovery could be held back by the large number of properties on the market and the decline in population.

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China - new kid on the block - new global superstar?

THE number of British expats dropping off the official statistics and saying adiós to Spain forever is increasing. There are currently 297,299 Brits listed on local population registers: a 22.8 per cent drop from last year.

Years of recession with unemployment at 24.5 per cent is given as one reason for the British exodus. Thousands of Britons who headed to Spain during its decade-long building boom are heading back to the UK, currently experiencing the fastest growth in the developed world.

Tortuous legal disputes with the Spanish authorities over property rights are another reason - plus changes to tax laws affecting non-Spanish residents.

The new obligatory ‘law’ to complete a form to declare assets abroad has sparked huge mistrust. While the Spanish

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MADE IN CHINA: Soon it will be replaced by ‘Bought in China.’ government’s objective is to catch tax fraudsters, many Brits are highly suspicious of handing over this information to its Tax Agency.

What about the rest of Europe? France, like Italy, is still in deep recession while Greece is crippled by its 27.3 per cent unemployment rate.

Europe’s problems serve, in fact, to underline the switch in the global balance of power:

how China is slowly turning into the world superpower, expected to buy up some of its biggest companies.

The Chinese tycoon, Wang Jianlin, China’s richest man, recently snapped up the Edificio España, an abandoned Madrid landmark, for €265 million.

Indeed, the collapse of the market in Spain has created huge opportunities for cash-rich companies. Last year, Asian

investors spent €50 million: in the first quarter of this year, they pumped €368 million into the economy.

According to Gerard Lyons, chief economist at Standard Chartered: “There’s no doubt about it now: China is the kingmaker. The past decade was characterised by three words: Made in China. The next decade it’ll be: Bought by China.”

Maybe, like the Russians

before them buying up homes here, attracted by cheaper property prices, it’ll now be the turn of the Chinese - and they’ll soon be arriving in Spain through the same swing doors that the Brits are exiting.

On the subject of Spain, we mustn’t forget its charities.

That’s why I’m so pleased about the huge response - reflected in hugely increased sales - to the letter a few weeks back on EWN’s Letters page about my novels, all proceeds of which go to Cudeca.

Keep those donations coming!

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By David Hudson of Club Torrevieja Clasicos Red A REFORM of some traffic laws was passed by the Spanish Government in March this year but needed the king’s signature to become law. The following is a brief resumé of the relevant laws on driving in Spain.

Fines for drink-driving have been increased to €500 with €1,000 for double the amount permitted, which now is 0.5 milligrams per litre of air or 0.30 milligrams for new or professional drivers.

In areas that have a large

MOTORWAYS: Speed limit increased to 130kph.

number of cyclists the speed limit can be reduced by 50 per cent or maximum of 25kph.

The speed limit for motorways has been increased to 130kph but it has been agreed that existing speed limits remain in place if safety is in doubt.

If safety can be improved then the speed limit can be reduced to 100kph or less without having to get a new law approved. This means that drivers need to keep an eye on the signs and illuminated signals for the speed limit of the section they are driving on.

Around Alicante and Murcia

regions this is currently the situation. Minimum speed has been reduced mainly for inner cities and urbanisations.

Payment of fines has been increased to 20 days to pay the penalty, to obtain a 50 per cent discount.

A special new law for foreign residents now requires those that have a residencia (resident’s permit) to change any vehicle they own on to Spanish plates.

This now clears up any grey areas that some foreigners have tried to use to prevent them having to pay to get their vehicle on to Spanish registration.

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‘Whisper diesel’, the Open Zafira Tourer ANOTHER economical choice for the Zafira Tourer: the versatile Opel seven-seater is now available in a second 1.6 CDTI ecoFLEX version with a power output of 88kW/120hp.

This joins the 100kW/136hp turbo diesel which made its debut in the compact van last year.

Both are members of Opel’s new diesel generation and distinguished by exceptionally economical fuel consumption with first-class running smoothness as well as minimal noise generation, which has prompted the motoring press to hail Opel’s 1.6 CDTI ecoFLEX engine as the ‘whisper diesel’.

It is part of Opel’s large model and engine offensive, which will see 27 new models and 17 new engines introduced between 2014 and 2018.

The new base version of the Zafira Tourer diesel is now on sale for

a very attractive €26,850 (RRP incl. VAT in Germany).

A clear focus on minimising engine noise, vibration and harshness characterised the engine’s entire concept, design and development process.

This resulted in a very quiet and silky smooth engine operation.

The new engine generation is also first class in other areas; it has been further optimised in terms of fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

The Zafira Tourer with the 88kW/120hp 1.6 CDTI ecoFLEX comes with Start/Stop fitted as standard, and is also available with a lowfriction six-speed manual transmission and a braking energy recuperation system.

To ensure optimum electrical energy management, this system recovers a part of the kinetic energy via the generator in engine overrun mode, converting this to electrical

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Hyundai Motor unveils New Generation i20 HYUNDAI Motor Company unveiled the first images of the New Generation i20, ahead of its world debut at the 2014 Paris Motor Show.

The New Generation i20 has been designed and developed in Europe, and three key attributes in particular underline how it meets the needs of European consumers: classleading interior space, a host of hightechnology and comfort-enhancing features, and distinctive, refined design.

Based on a new platform, the New Generation i20 features a 2570mm wheelbase – 45mm longer than its predecessor – providing European customers with one of the most spacious cabins in the segment.

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First silverware to Arsenal, and McIlroy ‘roars’ in US Tony Matthews

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FOOTBALL - The first trophy of the new season has gone to Arsenal, who beat Manchester City 3-0 to lift the FA Community Shield at Wembley, Olivier Giroud scoring the pick of the goals.

Meanwhile, the League seasons in England and Scotland got under way last weekend and Bournemouth had the biggest win, 4-0 over Huddersfield. Soon afterwards the Yorkshire club lost its manager - Mark Robins - after one game!

Cambridge United won their first ‘FL’ game for nine years and Luton their first for six.

Record 10th for Marquez MOTOGP - Last Sunday, in Indianapolis, Spain’s super-biker Marc Marquez won his 10th successive Grand Prix to equal Mick Doohan’s feat in 1997. Jorge Lorenzo was second, with Valentino Rossi third.

This weekend the 11th race of 2014 takes place at the Automotodrom in Brno, Czech Republic.

North of the border, promoted Rangers lost at home to relegated Hearts while Dundee United won at Aberdeen.

And Celtic, knocked out of the Champions League, 6-1 on aggregate by Legia Warsaw, were subsequently

Badgers Golf Society play at Valle del Este BADGERS visited Valle del Este for their weekly competition.

Winner of the day’s competition was Keith Walker with 29 points from Greg Knight in second place with 26 points and third place went to Steve Lawrie with 25 points. Nearest the pins went to Richard Jones, Pat O’Dywer, Keith Walker and Tony Rowbottom.

Saturday’s competition at Macenas was won by Roger Whitehead with 36 points Forthcoming fixture is Wednesday, August 20, at Desert Springs.

Badgers would like to announce that the total raised in the MACS tin in memory of Margret Weston, from donations and the sale of painted stones, was €121.69.

A special thank you to Barbara Goff for the donation of the painted stones.

Badgers Golf Society plays every Wednesday or Thursday at various courses in the area and every Saturday at Macenas for their weekly roll-up.

Guests are welcome to join the society and can book in either at Badgers Restaurant on Mojacar Playa or by phone on 950 478 525. Fixtures can be found on www.badgersmojacar.com

reinstated after the Polish club was disqualified for fielding an illegible player.

The 2014-15 Premiership season starts this weekend and the opening 10 fixtures are: Saturday: Arsenal-Crystal Palace; Manchester UnitedSwansea; LeicesterEverton; QPR-Hull; StokeAston Villa; WBASunderland and West Ham-Spurs: Sunday: Liverpool-Southampton and Newcastle-Manchester City and Monday: Burnley-Chelsea.

GOLF - Despite the wind, rain, water and soggy greens, Rory McIlroy won a gripping US PGA Championship at Valhalla in Kentucky.

Only 13 players have now claimed back-to-back Majors in the last 100 years and ‘Super Mac’ joins the elite after some excellent golf.

Phil Mickelson was second behind the Irishman - the ninth time he has finished runner-up in a Major; Henrik Stenson and Rickie Fowler finished joint third.

CRICKET - England (367-9) thrashed India (152, with a record six ducks, and 161) by an innings and 54 runs in three days to win the fourth Test at Old Trafford. After Stuart Broad (6-25) had battered the tourists, some impressive batting performances by Joe Root, Ian Bell and Jos Buttler gave England a huge advantage which allowed Moeen Ali to spin Alastair Cook’s team into a 2-1 series lead.

In fact, Ali has now taken 20 wickets in this series reaching that milestone in the quickest time by any England spin bowler.

IN GOOD SPIRIT: North versus the South.

Northerners whip the Southerners THIRTY Forum Golf Society members took part in a Matchplay competition at Aguilon on August 8, with the Common Northerners, ably led by Captain Geoff Hebb, thrashing their counterparts, the Southern Softies, to win by a score of 7–1.

Victorious for the North were Geoff Hebb and Byron Sherlock, Peter Tinsley and Terry Davies, Mike Duckham and Ron Wileman, Stan Whitty and Andy Birch, Douglas and Myra Dickson, Ian Postles and Yvonne Strindberg and Terry Moore, with the South’s only victory coming from Fran Elam and Sandra Vincent.

Southern Softies’ captain Brian Gyer didn’t leave empty-handed, however, as he received his trophy for winning the 2014 Forum Singles Matchplay Championship, alongside beaten finalist Terry Davies.

Forum’s upcoming fixtures are: August 15 Stableford (and Ford League Qualifier) at Aguilon; August 29 Stableford (and Ford League Qualifier) at Marina; September 12 Double Par Medal at Desert Springs For further information, contact Phil Elam on 666 847 840 / philjelam@yahoo.co.uk, or see www.forumgolf society.webs.com

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Ladies take the honours THE 19th Hole Golf Society visited Valle del Este golf course to play a Team Waltz and an Individual Stableford.

It was to be a Ladies Day with Zeta Denyer comfortably taking the Individual Stableford with a net 37 points and was in

the winning Team Waltz, with Chrissie Dow taking a nearest the pin on the 14th.

The winning team of Nigel Greenwood, Zeta Denyer, Dave Denyer and Fred the Ghost scored a net 80 points with Zeta scoring 21 points on the back nine.

In second place was the team of Mark Danson, John Dodds, Geoff Smith and Chrissie Dow with 79 points.

The 19th Hole GS arranges weekly games at various courses. Anyone interested in playing call on 610 340 653 or email gs19thhole@hotmail.co.uk

A good day for Eddie IT was a good day for Eddie Vaughan at Marina Phoenix on August 4, as he returned 42 points to win the men’s division. Jim Budd (36) was second, followed by Les Armfield (34) in third. The ladies’ division was won by Rosalie Fardon on 34, with Isobel Jones in second and Margaret Budd third. Les Armfield won the two’s prize.

Thursday’s game was Betterball Pairs played in fourballs. Senior player Tony Cordingley and junior Richard O’Connor combined well to win with 47 points.

In second were Isobel Jones and Alf Taylor (43) and Les Armfield and José Ramon (41) taking third, on countback. Richard O’Connor won the nearest the pin.