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Fine prospect for revenue THE state received €182.6 million in traffic fines between January 1 and July 14 this year. The Valencian Community’s three provinces contributed €20.165 million to the grand total.

Good works THE Alicante provincial government is investing €1.127 million in Marina Alta infrastructure projects.

Javea with €360,000 for the Pla-Arenal roundabout receives the most, followed by Calpe with €240,000 for work on Avenida Norte.

Well-balanced SAN VICENTE has a per capita debt of €269.48, Spain’s eighth-lowest amongst municipalities with between 50,000 and 100,000 inhabitants, the national government’s economy ministry has said.

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False alarm activates Alicante Ebola protocols

A YOUNG Nigerian man who was admitted to Alicante’s San Juan Hospital suspected of suffering from the deadly Ebola virus has been given the all-clear.

He was being cared for in an isolation unit after showing signs of the virus including high fever, physical discomfort, vomiting and bleeding, but doctors now believe he may just be suffering from a throat infection.

The man was admitted to a general hospital and allegedly kept waiting for six hours before being transferred to San Juan when his symptoms were recognised as being similar to those of Ebola victims.

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The decision to raise the alarm and start isolation protocols was taken when it became clear that the patient had travelled through an Ebola-affected zone within the last month.

Earlier this month San Juan was assigned by the

national government to treat Ebola cases in Alicante Province.

Samples taken from the young man were sent to the Spanish National Microbiology Centre near Madrid for analysis, and have come back as

negative. There will be no further testing as it cannot be proved that the patient has come into contact with anyone infected with the virus.

This is the second time in the last few months that a quarantine protocol has come into effect in the Valencia Region for a possible case of the Ebola virus. On June 23 a Guinean national was placed in isolation after arriving on a flight from Morocco and displaying symptoms similar to the virus, but this case also proved to be negative.

The Nigerian man remains in hospital under observation.

Rapid response kills forest fire FOREST fire in the Valencian Community is an ever-present danger, now accentuated by prolonged drought.

A blaze in Xativa (Valencia) took Alicia Bruce, daughter of Euro Weekly News reader Linda Gonzalez, by surprise as she and her family were leaving a local sports club. They heard firefighting

planes and helicopters going over and then they saw ash falling into the swimming pool.

“We didn’t know the fire was so close until we passed fire engines on our way home and saw the flames,” she said.

Fortunately the fire was spotted before it had time to spread and only one hectare of woodland in the

Bixquert area was affected. Aircraft scooped up water from a huge pool nearby and the blaze was soon controlled.

The Bixquert fire was one of three put out in Xativa on the same day, initially leading investigators to suspect arson. But closer inspection revealed that all were the result of negligence.

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SALINAS: Too salty for the grey mullet.

Calpe Salinas are now too salty after drought CALPE’S salt beds are too salty thanks to one of the worst droughts ever recorded.

Hundreds of fish have died despite 1,800 cubic metres of seawater pumped into the Salinas each day since last April.

This has not averted high evaporation levels that deprive fish of the oxygen they need to survive, although the resulting salinity has prevented the green algae that often cover the salt beds in the summer. The present conditions are decimating the grey mullet that populate the Salinas although eels and sea bass are less affected.

An Alicante University study did not detect fish in the Salinas 15 years ago although they now enter from the sea as hatchlings and, without natural predators, reproduce freely.

The town hall asked visitors and residents not to dramatise the situation with photos of dead fish and alarmist commentaries in the social media.

Fish always die in the Salinas when high temperatures combine with drought, the town hall’s Environment department pointed out.

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NEWS Fluke fire FIREMEN ruled out arson as the cause of a fire in Mariola National Park. Heat generated by lightning had lain dormant for days inside a tree until it burst into flames, they said.

French jobs SIX HUNDRED Alicantinos are going to France to work on the grape harvest, a fraction of those who applied. They will earn €1,445 a month for a 35-hour week.

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Usual holiday traffic jams APPROXIMATELY 1,100,000 journeys were made on Alicante Province’s roads over the recent national holiday.

The usual traffic black spots lived up to their reputation with massive tailbacks as Spanish tourists, many from Madrid and the Basque Region, began to arrive at the coast.

This was particularly

Lifeguards not paid LIFEGUARDS on Villajoyosa’s beaches have not been paid this summer, they said. The town hall declined to comment on claims that the company contracted to provide beach services has not been paid.

noticeable by mid-afternoon on the N332. This is one of the region’s most-used roads and at some points it still has to cut through town centres for lack of a ring-road.

This is the case with Altea which, together with Benissa, is still waiting for a solution to this perennial problem.

For Benissa the problem is one

of money and this will be resolved once the national government releases funds to finish the bypass begun in 2008.

Work was halted in 2009 when the contractors went bankrupt.

Altea’s problem is more complex, as all residents agree that a ring-road is a necessity but no-one is willing to cede valuable land to build it.

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Winter sports ST PETERSBURG travel agents visited the Camilo Cano sports complex in La Nucia. They were interested in using the installations for sports courses for professionals this coming winter, they explained.

Clean-up pledge DENIA residents have complained about the stench from two canals in Les Bassetes where stagnant water is covered in green algae. Although they are periodically cleaned the town hall promised to find a better solution.

Montgo rescue A FIRE brigade helicopter was mobilised to bring a climber down from Montgo. He had fallen and twisted his knee during his descent.

Classic start LA NUCIA’S August celebrations commenced with a cavalcade of classic cars presided by the fiesta queens.

The cars included a RollsRoyce Corniche, a Morgan, a Renault 4L and Kaiser Buick.

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Quote of the Week IT’S a miracle she’s alive.’ Red Cross spokesperson commenting on the discovery of Princessa, a baby girl found soaking wet and shaking with a 38.5ºC temperature in an inflatable boat intercepted in waters off the coast of Tarifa. Her parents had been left behind when the boatful of immigrants left Morocco.

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Put to good use UNUSED municipal land on the Golden Valley urbanisation in Benitachell has been cleared by the town hall at a cost of €1,200 to provide a 400square-metre parking area.

Early to bed NATIONAL POLICE officers have fined three pubs on Levante Beach and two in the Rincon de Loix for not closing at 4am. This was ‘undeserved’, complained Benidorm’s pub and disco association, Ociobal.

No fan club RELATIVES visiting patients on an Alicante General Hospital internal medicine ward had to bring in electric fans as airconditioning failed to cope.

The faulty system needed overhauling years ago, hospital sources complained.

Tumbledown SPINNING MARBELLA: Paris Hilton.

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HE glitz and glamour were turned up to full volume when heiress and celebrity Paris Hilton paid a visit to Spain.

Euro Weekly News (EWN) proved that ‘It Gets It’ when our staff caught up with her to take exclusive pictures after she jetted in to be DJ at plush celebrity haunt Olivia Valere.

She was playing her Broken Hearts set at the Marbella nightclub which was packed with socialites and special guests for the much anticipated show.

She told EWN: “I love Marbella because it is so fun and classy. I’ve had to turn down great offers

around the world because I’m so solidly booked. I would love to stay for a week and really relax and enjoy it but I have so much to do.”

Asked why she chose to become a DJ she said that when she does get days off work, there’s nothing she loves more than to chill out in her studio at home, with her dogs, writing songs and singing. She loves to see the crowd dance, smile and scream.

Olivia Valere described Paris as “a very kind, sweet person” and this certainly seemed the case when she called a young man out of the crowd to have his picture taken with her, saying: “Wait a minute… I want to take a picture for this guy because he is so lovely.” Jose Castillo, 25, a self-confessed mega-fan, had travelled from Cordoba and queued for two hours, just to catch a glimpse of his idol.

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bodies have been dug up under the Sant Just I Pastor Basilica in the Gothic quarter of Barcelona. They are thought to be part of a mass burial grave as a result of the Black Death arriving in Spain. A team of archaeologists is to excavate the site to find out more about it.

A DILAPIDATED frontline villa on Benidorm’s Levante beach is rapidly deteriorating. Its owner Juan Ferri, under investigation for the alleged CAM bank fraud, is ignoring a 2012 demolition order.

Sewer suers LES ROTES residents have claimed exemption from paying for drainage. They have no mains drainage and will go to court if Denia Town Hall continues to ignore this request, they said.

Seabed surprise VALENCIA resident Vicent Senchermef Morales, in Denia for summer, found a Roman amphora while snorkelling.

Local Police and Red Cross sent a boat to bring it ashore.

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A JUDGE in Tarragona, Cataluña, has made a formal request to the government to order an investigation into the possible impact the area’s chemical industry is having on the health of the locals. This comes after it was discovered that only 6 per cent of local men have fully mobile sperm.

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Loud and clear on Benidorm front BENIDORM tourists and residents have complained in the past about communications’ saturation at peak periods With the collaboration of the town hall, telecommunications’ company Telefonica is remedying this with ‘small cells’ along Benidorm’s beaches.

The resort is the first Spanish municipality to receive this innovation which increases the maximum speed of the 4G mobile network where data exchange demand is high.

Benidorm was chosen for the pilot scheme on the strength of the 5.3 million tourists it expects to receive this year, many of whom want a reliable smartphone connection.

Sixteen antennas have been attached to lampposts, traffic lights, phone boxes and bus-stops on the Levante and

SMALL CELL: Benidorm’s mayor, councillors and Telefonica officials.

Poniente beaches.

“Bars, restaurants and cafés on the promenades and beach area will receive the improved signal both inside and outside,” Telefonica announced.

Big fine for big noise ONE of the biggest Marina Alta discotheques, El Moli

Blanc, has been closed down for exceeding permitted noise levels.

Following numerous complaints from nearby residents, the town hall intervened at the end of July, asking the disco management to adjust the outside sound system to legal levels.

Not only did they fail to comply but tried to prevent town hall

employees from entering when they returned to cordon off the outdoor section.

Despite having its licence revoked for 10 days and told to pay a €700 fine, the disco opened to the public that same evening. The ban has now been extended to 30 days and the fine will be increased accordingly, the town hall said.

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Ancient residents THE second phase of excavations at the Cova del Comte in Pedreguer has uncovered more cave paintings and human remains.

Archaeologists calculate that the cave was inhabited about 17,000 years ago.

Tiddlers seized GUARDIA CIVIL officers confiscated 5.5 tons of sardines below regulation size in Burriana (Castellon). The fish will be distributed amongst four residences for the elderly and six social dining rooms.

A welcome downpour MARINA ALTA districts in northern Alicante Province saw their first heavy rain after months of drought. In Pego, 104 litres per square metre were recorded within two hours.

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Cables gone ELECTRICITY and telephone wires festooning the Illeta tower in Campello have been replaced with underground cables. The €72,000 cost came from last year’s town hall budget surplus.

Local history ARCHITECT Miguel del Rey has published an illustrated guide of Altea’s countryside, seashore and mountains in English and Spanish.

Making tracks ALFAZ DEL PI will restore old paths connecting the seafront with the car park below the Albir lighthouse.

Work on the €275,000 project is expected to start after the summer.

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Red flag for danger RED flags on a Spanish beach tell bathers to keep out of the water.

Many take no notice but ignore it at their peril, as happened recently when a strong Levanter was blowing. It might have brought temperatures down after an earlier roasting from the Poniente wind, but Beach Rescue ruled out a 25m-strip of Alicante

City’s Postiguet beach adjoining the rocks beside the Hotel Melia.

“There is a tremendous undertow there,” explained Beach Rescue coordinator Miguel Angel Morales.

Eight people were rescued from the sea by lifeguards while another three needed assistance after getting into difficulties.

New tomato named after La Nucia GERMAN biologist Dr Arno Kahne has produced a new variety of cherry tomato named ‘La Nucia.’

The plants can each produce 200 tomatoes and seeds have been sent to chemicals multinational BASF in Ludwichshafen (Germany) for testing.

La Nucia’s mayor, Bernabe Cano and Foreign Residents’ councillor Bart Gommans accompanied Monika Welchering, director of the Montebello Residence, to visit Dr Kahn’s allotment.

Here they inspected the plants that are the result of experiments he has carried out since moving to the residence in 2013.

Vegetable-growing is now the hobby of 80-year-old Dr Kahne who was in charge of

‘LA NUCIA’: (l to r) Bernabe Cano, Bart Gommans, Dr Arno Kahne and Monika Welchering. several West German development schemes during the Eighties, including a project in Peru.

Babysitter didn’t sit A VALENCIA woman was arrested for leaving a baby unattended for three hours.

The two-month-old baby was left with her while his parents, both aged 20, went to the local food bank. She is their landlady and has looked after the baby before, she explained.

When they failed to return, she left without locking the door.

Neighbours alerted the police after hearing the baby crying for hours.

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Festival refunds fail to appear PEOPLE who bought tickets for the cancelled Electrobeach festival in Benidorm are still waiting for their money back.

The two-day festival of electronic dance music was scheduled for August but called off following failure to settle on a venue acceptable to residents, the town hall and the promoters.

More than 3,000 ticketholders received an email on June 15 announcing a refund within seven days but are still waiting two months later.

Nuria, a Madrileña, spent €400 on entrance tickets and accommodation for herself and her partner. Nobody answers her emails and there is no way of contacting the organisers whose internet site and Facebook page have both disappeared, she claimed.

Benidorm Town Hall is also receiving complaints but is unable to help.

“Electrobeach is a private project and all responsibility falls to promoters,” said Events councillor Conrado Hernandez.

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ISVH: More volunteer firemen needed

AS reported previously, Javea’s Balcon al Mar volunteer firemen have a new chief, experienced fireman Soren Meilick.

A number of members trained and experienced in fire-fighting have left the Balcon al Mar brigade in recent months, explained the the ISVH neighbourhood association which

organises the brigade. This coincided with the departure of the former chief and ISVH now hopes to incorporate and train new volunteers to return the unit to optimum level.

All those interested in joining should visit the ISVH centre or consult their Facebook page, said Soren Meilick.

ENVIRONMENTALIST group Ecologistas en Accion recently published their annual report on the Valencian Community coast.

The organisation ‘awarded’ 30 black flags to the region’s beaches where, they claim, analysis of the seawater found amounts of organic waste above legallypermitted limits.

Six Ecologistas’ black flags went to Alicante beaches: Molins and Raset in Denia, Postiguet in Alicante, Arenales del Sol in Elche as well as Roquetas and Vivers in Guardamar.

There was also a black flag for the nowpostponed Castor scheme to store gas in a disused oil well off Vinaroz (Castellon) and another for the modified Coastal Law. On a more positive note Tabarca, located midway between Alicante City and Santa Pola, received a green flag after rubble and debris were removed from the island.

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Wheat-growing past discovered TWENTY-FIVE archaeology students on field studies have finished the seventh summer dig at Albir’s Roman villa.

They were from universities in Alicante, Valencia, Granada and the Basque region and assisted excavations at the villa for two weeks this month. They were preceded last month by volunteers from Armenia, Italia, Czech Republic, Russia, Serbia and Turkey as well as Spain.

One of the most important discoveries this summer was part of a construction where wheat had been ground, said Alfaz del Pi’s municipal archaeologist Carolina Frias. This confirmed cereal was

DIG: Roman villa reveals its secrets grown in the area, a tradition that continued until comparatively recently.

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Coastal tourism wins over inland sector THE coast is full of summer tourists of all nationalities but the story is different inland.

Occupation hovers at around 40 per cent for Alicante Province’s rural hotels and rented accommodation despite pegged prices and special offers.

Most reservations are made at the last minute and clients stay for days, rather than weeks as in the past.

Easter, Christmas and offseason national holidays that stretch into long weekends are the best times for inland tourism, a sector source admitted.

“But 40 per cent occupancy in August is mediocre and we have yet to notice the improving economy,” he added.

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THERE have been more arrests in an ongoing case in which police uncovered a money laundering web using training schemes as a cover to get substantial grants from the government.

There were no courses and no students.

The police investigation into the alleged fraud concluded that the 10,671 students they interviewed had not been on the training courses they had been signed up for. Police interviewed a random selection of hundreds of students, signed up for three different courses with Ucotrans transport company in Madrid, without finding even one who had actually done the course or even signed up for a course.

Alfonso Tezanos and Victor Porta, both from Madrid, and Jose Luis Aneri, from Cordoba, are all in prison provisionally for alleged fraud. Aneri is the administrator of Sinergia which is the company principally responsible for acquiring the funds from Madrid.

Tezanos was with the Chamber of Commerce in Madrid and was also a partner in companies offering allegedly false courses.

It is estimated that a total of €4.5 million was obtained illegally from state funds and

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Especial transferred to the Youth Centre near the Mercadillo.

The town hall decided to relocate the station from Villa Gadea, near the motorway turnoff, following repeated requests and complaints from residents. The Local Police headquarters needs to be closer to the town centre, they said, and not a four-kilometre drive away.

Inevitably there were complaints from those also helped to attract wanting to speak to the passengers, said Renfe. police at Villa Gadea on the The rail operator will day of the move. soon have competition on All they found was a the Alicante-Madrid run, notice explaining the move as the Ministry of Public and apologising for any Works is requesting bids inconvenience without from contractors prepared detailing the new address. to use the line in Neither are all Alteanos competition with the happy about the new nationalised service. location. “Parking is going This route is regarded to be difficult,” they as having the greatest predicted, “and only locals growth potential, ministry will know how to find it,” sources said. they grumbled.

No slowing-down for speedy AVE another €4.4 million from regional funds all funnelled through approximately 30 companies based in Madrid. Another €6.5 million was accepted fraudulently from national funds. Sinergia and Aneri were intermediaries to at least a dozen other companies all defrauding regional, state or national coffers.

Police investigations into the matter are ongoing as every time they catch more people it just leads to more corruption and more people involved in the web of lies.

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Change of scene for Altea police ALTEA’S Local Police have moved from Villa Gadea closer to the town centre.

They took over the old Instituto building behind the Bellaguarda secondary school, left empty after the Centro de Educacion

TRAINING COURSES: Had no students.

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MORE than 2 million travellers used the Alicante-Madrid high speed in its first 400 days of service.

Non-stopping AVEs cover the journey in two hours and passenger numbers have increased by 52 per cent, said Renfe. Trains are 80 per cent full on average and special offers - some as low as €19 during the month of August - have

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The world’s strongest man event for Moraira MORAIRA is to host an event for the world’s strongest men in a two day extravaganza on September 20 and 21.

The two day event, organised by Marina Alta Sports in conjunction with Moraira Gym, is fully backed and licensed by Teulada Town Hall.

They have permission to run both a day event, but also put on an open music event on the evening of Saturday September 20 at the venue until midnight.

Ten events will be hosted in total with five on each day. The Strongmen participating will be competing for the Marina Alta Strongman Trophy along with prize money and sponsored merchandise. The event will be covered internationally via Men’s Fitness Magazine and Ultimate Guide, along with a host of local press and radio.

Tents are being made available for businesses to sell their products or

promote services over the two day event, as well as the youngsters being entertained in a play area.

The event should attract more than 20,000 people over the two days, has free entry and is aimed at both holidaymakers and local residents.

Primarily this is a charity event. All sponsorship money and funds raised on the day will be going to the Marina Alta Sports charity, that supports local schools to buy sporting equipment, grants and funding for the children in the Marina Alta area.

The competition has already attracted interest from international Strongmen to visit Moraira and compete in the contests.

Marina Alta Sports are seeking sponsors to help support a worthy cause and assist with the costs of the programme. To get involved, contact Alex by email on alex@ma-sports.org or by phoning 634 311 749.

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Five killed in Castellon crash FIVE young men have been killed in a serious accident on the N-340, as it passes through the town of Alcala de Xivert.

The collision between an articulated truck and a Peugeot 406 killed the five young car occupants instantly on a curved section of road that is notorious for being dangerous.

The deceased men were Senegalese and aged between 30 and 36. According to traffic police, the deceased men were travelling to Benicassim where they lived.

Three were not wearing seatbelts. A spokesman from the Directorate General of

Traffic (DGT) said the department has hypothesized that the driver may have fallen asleep as there were no skid marks on the road.

The car had swerved onto the opposite side of the road, right into the path of the oncoming truck.

The men were heading home to Vinaros after a day of selling items to tourists in Benicassim.

“We have to support our families,” said a friend of the deceased who added that the men were “tired” after a very long day of street vending that had started at dawn.

Their bodies were transported to the

Institute of Legal Medicine in Castello for autopsies.

The truck driver, a male 48-year-old Spanish national, was uninjured in the collision.

He tested negative in a test for drugs and alcohol carried out at the scene by the traffic police.

The road remained closed to traffic for three hours.

So far, 12 people have been killed on that road this year. This is the second most serious accident in Spain in 2014, after the collision in the Alicante town of Cox on July 22 which killed eight holidaymakers.

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Yobs throw rocks at trams TRAM drivers employed

by FGV in Valencia have spoken out regarding an increase in rock throwing incidents during the summer on tram line four in the neighbourhood of La Coma.

According to the drivers, there has been an increase in stone throwing in the area, causing shattered glass, and terrifying passengers and drivers alike.

One driver added: “On August 3 a window was broken by a shotgun pellet.”

Independent Railway Union (SIF), has approached FGV formally in writing to provide more informa-

tion about the stoning incidents, and to ask what “actions the company will take to prevent them.”

The union says they have so far been met with silence.

“The attitude of the company so far has been to ignore the facts, which is putting the safety of both passengers and workers at risk.”

SIF have highlighted La Coma as problematic, saying: “There have always been issues with travellers without tickets, and it is without the presence of security guards during a good part of the day but lately there has been an increase in incidents of

security.”

FGV commented: “During the summer, yes there has been some stoning of trams in La Coma, with no injuries.

But it is a lower number than previous years.”

Regarding the suspected shotgun pellet, FGV says that “the shape and size of the hole indicate that it may have been produced by the impact of an object of a similar size to a medium size stone. No element or part element was found inside the tram to confirm its origin, as noted in the police report. These reports are carried out in all cases of this type.”

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Happy 93rd birthday Fill!

ALBIR hosted a happy celebration last week when author Bernard ‘Fill’ Fillayson turned 93.

Fill and a few friends met for an Italian meal at Mastroianni restaurant in Albir, to enjoy good food and, as is always the way with Fill, stimulating conversation.

Fill has written a number of books from his first ‘The path is your choice’ to his most recent ‘Turning point.’

In the 1980s, Fill designed and launched what he believes to be the first sticker books. Business was booming when sadly his wife became ill and needed a major operation. Her doctor suggested a new life in a warmer climate, so they packed their bags and moved to the Costa Blanca.

Fill now lives at Mare Nostrum, Alfaz el Pi, where he is well loved and a constant source of entertainment. Claire Garcia, from Mare Nostrum gushed: “Fill is so animated and cares so much about others. He loves to pop into town and see everyone. He is very animated and popular while always thinking of others.”

When asked how old he felt inside now

FILL: One of Albir’s favourite residents. he has turned 93, Fill simply laughed and said: “I am very naughty with all the girls.”

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Old name for new pursuers THE skipper of Denia’s patrol boat, the Guadalupe, is called Antonio Martinez but known as Guadalupano.

The nickname is an old one and does not refer to the launch seized from drug smugglers and reassigned by the courts to patrol the Cabo de San Antonio marine reserve.

The Guadalupe is named after a Spanish frigate that ran aground and broke up off Punto del Sardo in Les Rotes in March 1799 while pursued by two English ships. Only 180 of the crew were saved and 147 men lost their lives.

In an interview with the Spanish press Martinez explained that his great-grandfather, like many local men, used to salvage copper from

CABO DE SAN ANTONIO: A whale visits the marine reserve. the wreck to augment a meagre living. His grandmother was called Guadalupe after the ship and his own father had been known as ‘El Guadalupe.’

Guadalupano and his assistant

Luis Perez now patrol the marine reserve, less concerned with English men-o-war than poachers, anglers fishing outside the permitted areas and craft that exceed the speed limit or damage the seabed with anchors.

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Spain calls for tougher stance on illegal immigration SPAIN urged Brussels to take a tougher stance on illegal immigration.

Spanish President Mariano Rajoy called for a clear and effective European Union policy on illegal immigration while emphasising the difficult situation his government has faced in recent days following massive attempts by subSaharan immigrants to illegally enter Spanish soil.

Rajoy held a brief press conference in northwestern Spain where he expressed his wish for Italy to be at the forefront of an effective policy to combat illegal immigration and help those wishing to return to their countries of origin.

Spain is currently experiencing a massive wave of illegal immigration. As many as 750 immigrants tried to enter Spanish territory on Tuesday by climbing over the border fence in Melilla - while more than 299 undocumented people were rescued last week in the Strait of

Gibraltar trying to reach Spain aboard 31 flimsy dinghies.

The boats were intercepted by the Guardia Civil and several Spain-flagged rescue vessels.

All immigrants were taken to Puerto de Tarifa in Cadiz, where they were attended to by the Red Cross.

In an effort to stop sub-Saharan immigrants from storming the MelillaMorocco border, Moroccan authorities made plans in May to install a five-metre high wall topped with razor wire along its border with Spain.

However, human rights organisations denounced the plans saying Morocco had already begun building the barrier without public consultation.

The Government of Morocco failed to inform the Parliament and public institutions of their plans to avoid public outrage, said Head of Rif Association for Human Rights Chakib al Khayari.

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Barcelona close cannabis clubs BARCELONA is to close 50 cannabis clubs.

Catalan authorities in Barcelona are worried about the city’s reputation as a marihuana smokers’ haven and ordered the immediate closure of 50 cannabis clubs after detecting deficiencies in their management. The affected clubs stand accused of illegally selling cannabis, trying to attract non-members and of poor ventilation.

ARRESTED: More than 50

The number of Spanish cannabis clubs has rocketed in recent years from approximately 40 in 2010 to more than 700. The Catalan capital is home to more than 50 per cent of these clubs which sprung into existence thanks to a legal loophole in Spanish legislation allowing marihuana to not only be cultivated but also distributed to people who found a non-profit organisation.

Some clubs, however, have pushed the boundaries of Spanish legislation by encouraging tourists to sign up for temporary club membership over the Internet before they arrive in Spain and buy drugs when they visit.

Barcelona Council recently imposed a oneyear moratorium on associations creating cannabis clubs and now Catalan authorities have called for a tougher were caught in the bust. stance and stricter rules on cannabis.

These include passing regulations prohibiting the opening of cannabis clubs near schools and hashish and several making it mandatory for hundred grams of high them to be well ventilated grade cocaine - all at all times. Furthermore, prepared in baggies for authorities wish to impose sale on the streets. a maximum membership The judicial respon- number and limit opening sibility in this case falls to hours. In addition, the the town of Barbate and Catalan Ministry of Health could be a long and is to present a bill in complicated case due to September to the the high level of Generalitat (Regional organisation of the gang Government) to regulate involved and the sheer cannabis consumption. number of detainees.

It is estimated that For the moment all the there are as many as detainees are on remand 165,000 registered until their cases can be members of cannabis heard. clubs in Catalonia, which Police investigations brings approximately €5 into the matter are million in revenue each ongoing. month.

A victory for police in Barbate

MORE than 50 people have been detained in a huge drugs operation in the La Janda area of Cadiz.

Among the detainees is an officer of the Guardia Civil, a Local Police officer, a former councillor for the PSOE with the Paradas council and a number of local entrepreneurs.

As a result of the surveillance stage of the operation, raids were carried out on several bars in Barbate, Zahara de los Atunes, Zahora and Los Caños. These raids produced 56 detentions, several thousand kilos of

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NEWS DESK Marbella’s son MARIO VARGAS LLOSA, Peruvian author and winner of a Nobel Prize for Literature, has been named an honorary son of Marbella. The author has been spending the summer at the Buchringer Clinic in the town for the last 27 years.

School works

Nasrid kingdom

DAMA DEL GUARDAMAR, Molivent and Reyes Catolicos schools are all having council-funded renovations, which include masonry and glass replacement, painting and gardening.

RECENT excavations in the old part of Estepona have revealed that there was once a Nasrid fortified city on the site which hosts the modern town.

Castle restoration

A night with Javi SPANISH comedian Javi Chou is performing for one night only at the Life Beach Club in Arenales, Elche, on August 28. The show begins at 11pm

Second turtle death ANOTHER loggerhead turtle was found dead on the Torrevieja coastline at the weekend. This time, it was in a better condition than the one in July and has been transferred to Valencia for examination.

CV-940 collision A 62-YEAR-OLD woman was seriously injured on the CV-940 close to San Miguel in a collision between two vehicles. She was taken to Torrevieja Hospital.

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Fiestas begin MAYOR of Almeria Luis Rogelio RodriguezComendador opened Cabo de Gata’s fiestas with news of improvements in the area including a new cycle path

Four injured FOUR people were injured, although not seriously, in a collision between two cars at the Pescaderia roundabout in Almeria.

Fatal crash HUERCAL OVERA was the scene of a car overturning on the N-340. Emergency services were called but one of the two occupants died.

Better security MORE than 150 officers from the police, fire service and Guardia Civil are on duty over the Almeria feria currently on in the capital city.

Proud of youngsters ALBOX Town Council has nominated 25 young people for a project to encourage co-operation with Morocco. Mayor of Albox Rogelio Mena said: “We are very proud of our boys and girls.”

PARTY TIME: Festival-goers at the Dreambeach event.

Dreambeach attracts 80,000

MORE than 80,000 people descended upon Villaricos for the Dreambeach festival this month.

Organisers have hailed the event a massive success, and have enthused about the extra money for the area as the partygoers splashed out on additional leisure activities in the area like boat tours, as well as frequenting bars and restaurants.

More than 100 DJs performed at the event including Knife Party, DJ Nano, Brian Cross, the only performance in

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Fire investigation SPANISH police have launched an official investigation into the cause of the fire at Hotel Carmen in Almuñecar. Guardia Civil officers inspected the affected area and are not ruling out any possibilities.

Chess tournament THE First Almuñecar Chess Tournament is to be held on Saturday at Hotel Helios from 4.30pm until 8.30pm. The tournament is open to all categories and players will participate in seven different rounds.

Paddle champs JAVI RUIZ and Peli Espejo are the winners of the male category of the 16th International Paddle Tennis Tournament in Almuñecar, after defeating Hector Perona and Limones in two sets (6-2 and 6-4).

Spain from W&W, and the world famous Armin Van Buuren, the only artist in the world to be voted the best DJ in the world.

The event generated jobs for 800 people, 60 per cent of them from Almeria, and 75 per cent of the event’s suppliers were based in Almeria too, contributing to the province’s economy.

Average expenditure was estimated at €100 per day by the organisers, bringing a financial boost of €7 million to the area.

Painting competition VELEZ MALAGA Council is holding the Fifth Evaristo Guerrera Costa del SolAxarquia painting competition. The paintings can be submitted to the council until September 18. The winner will walk away with a €3,000 prize.

More visitors DURING the Motril fair, occupancy rates in local hotels reached 92.82 per cent, 10 percentage points higher than last year, said Mayor Garcia Chamorro. This is an unequivocal sign of the market’s recovery, she added.

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ARCHIDONA Council has made a formal request to the Junta’s (regional government) department of culture to restore the castle in the town; it has already been declared as a heritage building but needs a lot of work to restore it to its former glory.

Modern police FUENGIROLA is to modernise its Local Police force with a new set of rules and regulations governing the force. This is the first time in 22 years that the police force has been modernised and at least 105 rules and regulations will be changed from the original statutes of 1992.

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New signing MIDFIELDER Pep Lluis Marti signed a one-year contract with RCD Mallorca for the upcoming 2014/2015 season of Spanish football. The 39-year-old played for Sevilla between 2003 and 2008.

Swan Lake THE Moscow Ballet will perform Swan Lake tomorrow at 9pm at the Palma Auditorium. Tickets are €25.

Rafa injury MANACOR-born Rafael Nadal will not be able to defend his title at Flushing Meadows (US) because of a wrist injury.

The 28-year-old announced his decision on his Facebook page last Monday.

Mosquito drone PALMA Council is to use a drone to fight mosquitoes. The unmanned aircraft is fitted with a camera that will allow pest control technicians to locate, control and eliminate mosquito swarms.

Boulevard inauguration

Satisfied students

THE mayor of Marbella, Angeles Muñoz, has announced that the boulevard in San Pedro de Alcantara should be completed on time and officially opened in late September or early October.

MORE than 2,200 people participated in the PalmaActiva courses during the first half of 2014. As much as 95.3 per cent of participants were ‘satisfied’ with the courses, said Palma Council.

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HE good news is that Spain would appear to be firmly on the road to recovery. Along with the UK, economic growth rates are amongst the highest in the Western World.

A rise in GDP of 0.6 per cent in the first quarter beat all forecasts for Spain and is significantly above the shock 0 per cent and -0.2 per cent figures shown by France and Germany respectively. The UK is steaming ahead with 0.8 per cent growth.

But, worryingly for Spain, the UK is in a significantly better position for the simple reason that it controls its own currency. The UK can do whatever it wants to control its monetary policy.

Spain on the other hand is tied into the Euro. Thus it has to follow European policy. That has so far been seen to serve the best interests of the two largest European mainland

economies - France and Germany.

Overall the Euro has probably been a good thing for Spain, although those who remember the steep price rises when it was first introduced may beg to differ.

Let us hope the Spanish recovery is not hampered by policies designed to protect the two ‘senior’ members of the European club at the cost of the smaller countries.

A sad farewell ROBIN WILLIAMS was a genius of comedy, who will best be remembered for his films like Mrs Doubtfire. A genuinely funny man who kept the world in laughter, he was also a deeply talented actor with a string of hits in serious roles.

He will be fondly remembered by most for his jokes, and deeply respected by fellow actors for his talent. May he rest in peace.

REFUGEE: Hopefully waiting at the fence.

More asylum needed HALF of all immigrants who manage to get over the fence in Ceuta and Melilla are refugees, but only 10 per cent of them receive asylum in Spain.

According to a report recently released by the Spanish Commission for Refugee Aid (CEAR) around half of the immigrants who come over the fences come from war-torn countries and should be given asylum in Spain although only around 10 per cent of them actually receive it.

CEAR has presented a campaign to collect 100,000 signatures with which to ask the government to take away the concertinaed barbed wire from the top of the fence and to respect human rights.

CEAR explains that refugees “are people

who never expected to have to leave their countries and ask for asylum in order to preserve their lives and physical safety.”

Carlos Berzosa, president of CEAR, has claimed that the government is trying to make out that jumping the fence is a recent problem in order to justify its “repressive methods,” when in actual fact this has always happened at that border.

He goes on to say that only 5 per cent of illegal immigrants come in through the fences in Ceuta and Melilla - the rest come in through airports, roads and trains.

Meanwhile Spanish president, Mariano Rajoy, is asking the UE for more guidelines on what is to be done about the immigrant situation.

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on the findings of the first two explorations, in the Atlantic off Lanzarote and Fuerteventura.

The project is led by Repsol Investigaciones Petroliferas, although the licence is also in the name of Woodside Energy and RWE Dea AG Iberia which own respective 30 per cent and 20

A call for inspections to check up on cheats WHEN it comes to working in the black economy, construction, manufacturing, shops, the catering sector and transport are some of the most persistent offenders.

Those who are most often paid ‘in the black’ and hide earnings from the authorities include car mechanics, hairdressers, cab drivers, agricultural workers and cleaners, a professional association claimed.

These findings were recently revealed in a survey carried out for OPA, Spain’s national federation of professionals and selfemployed workers.

The submerged economy is as harmful to those who meticulously fulfil their fiscal obligations

as it is to the national economy, OPA maintained.

The economic crisis, corruption, high taxes, unpaid debts and the high unemployment rate are the principal reasons behind the flourishing submerged economy, said OPA president Camilo Abietar.

He called on the public administration to step up inspections to eradicate the parallel system although controls needed to be carried out with an even hand, he warned.

They should not focus on criminalising professionals and the selfemployed, Abietar stressed, as the majority operated legitimately and met all their legal obligations.

per cent stakes.

Opponents to the project fear oil explorations and the likelihood of polluted beaches are a threat to the Canary Islands’ economy as a tourist destination.

The Islands have protected wildlife areas and is a Special Maritime Protection Zone.

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Old bangers second choice SEVENTEEN per cent of Spaniards will buy second-hand cars in the next two years, compared with 28 per cent in the EU. Thirty-one per cent would buy new, they said.

Good payers paying up NON-PAYMENT of promissory notes and bills of exchange fell to its lowest level since 2002. Default affected only 2 per cent of €13.568 billion due for payment last June.

E.ON operation up for grabs ENDESA, Gas Natural Fenosa, Acciona and EDP put in bids for E.ON’s Spanish assets.

Germany’s beleaguered utility, which has a net debt of €31.3 billion, has decided to sell its Spanish and Italian operations. The energy company employs approximately 1,200 staff at seven power plants throughout Spain and its 33,000 kilometre-network distributes to 688,000 users.

The power grid is expected to be one of E.ON’s most appealing resources, as investors want the stable, guaranteed returns plus low interest rates provided by regulated energy assets, insiders revealed.

Endesa decided to make a bid after its Italian parent company Enel announced that it intended to hive off its Latin American assets and would seek new opportunities inside Spain.

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STAT OF WEEK FORTY-FIVE per cent of the olive oil imported by the US in the first six months of 2014 came from Spain, which has now overtaken Italy as its principal supplier.

Oil in troubled waters PROTESTS in the Canaries and mainland Spain failed to pay off.

Repsol, Spain’s multinational oil and gas company, received the national government’s formal authorisation to prospect for oil off the Islands.

The project involves two surveys, plus another dependent

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Reheated Cold War cools exports of fruit and veg SPANISH exporters are not reassured by the Spanish government’s ‘keep calm’ policy regarding Russian sanctions.

The restrictions were Vladimir Putin’s response to earlier sanctions imposed by the West after a passenger aircraft was shot down over Ukraine by pro-Russian fighters.

According to Spain’s Ministry of Agriculture, Spain stands to lose €337 million in lost exports, although the European Commission places this at €338 million.

Miguel Blanco president of COAG, coordinator of Spain’s growers and farmers, believes the figure is closer to €1.2 billion. “It’s not only direct exports of around €340 million

EXPORTED FRUIT: Andalucia and the Valencian Community will feel the greatest impact. that are affected by the Russian embargo,” Blanco said.

“We’re talking about €1.2 billion that will be indirectly affected too.”

According to the Spanish government, the effects of the Russian embargo will be limited. Although Brussels places Spain sixth behind Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Holland and Denmark as the most affected, there are 16 EU countries that will lose more than Spain, the government insisted.

Spain exports goods totalling an annual €234 billion, it claimed, and the lost turnover from Russia will amount to

Over-fishing sanctions for Spain and nine others THE European Commission sanctioned Spain for exceeding fishing quotas in 2013.

To balance last year’s overfishing the EC has discounted 555 tons from this year’s total allocation.

Species include cod, halibut, haddock, sole, lobster and pollack.

“If we want to be serious in our fight against over-fishing we need to apply our rules by the book, and that includes respecting quotas,” said Maria Damanaki, EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.

Not only Spain is affected by the sanctions, but also Denmark, the UK, France, Belgium, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland and

only 0.14 per cent of the total.

Limited or not, Agriculture minister Isabel Garcia Tejerina has asked Brussels to take urgent measures to ensure that the market is not flooded with unsold produce destined for Russia.

Andalucia and the Valencian Community, which export fruit and vegetables year-round to Russia, expect to feel the greatest impact. Cataluña will also be affected, principally through seasonal exports of peaches, nectarines and plums.

The winner here is Latin America which has happily and hastily stepped into the breach left by EU exporters, to the displeasure of Brussels. They have been asked to reconsider their newly-signed contracts.

Portugal. In those cases where sanctioned countries have already landed their quotas for this year, the EC will reduce the allocation for another stock in the same geographical area.

Despite overfishing by these countries, sanctions fell by 22 per cent compared with last year.

Overall, they had done “a good job” in easing the pressure on Europe’s overfished waters, Damanaki said.

The EC estimates that three-quarters of European stocks are at risk and in May 2013, EU members agreed to end decades of depletion in order to boost diminishing stocks by up to 15 million tons by 2020.

EUREKA! There is no off season in the UK DESPITE it being the peak of the high season trade was quiet.

The restaurant’s owners were shoulder-shrugging philosophical about it. Hardly alone, hundreds of similar eateries and related businesses are in a similar situation.

Sure their counterparts scattered along the busy frontline esplanades are busier.

However, all things being relative, their higher costs will equal things out over the course of the year.

If there are empty tables in mid-August tourist hotspots what chance for the rest of the year? I passionately believe Costa barrestaurant turnover could easily be multiplied many times over.

I do have the answers. The problem is that whilst everyone agrees, no one has the courage to break from the herd. The most unpopular person in the office is

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the new manager who says, ‘I am going to change everything here.’

Let’s go to England to see if we can find the answers there. Duh! Is that sensible? England and for that matter, Dublin in Ireland and Riga in Latvia are high priced, cool and often rainy.

Yet, disconcertingly these cities, which do compete with Spain for tourism, don’t seem to have an off season. Whenever I visit, whatever the weather, the bars and restaurants are busy.

In Bristol and Liverpool it is still

necessary to book a restaurant table, be prepared to wait or be turned away.

I will tell you what it is; they offer real variety. I swear there is a bigger and much more varied choice of restaurants in a moderately sized English city than there is along the entire Mediterranean coast of Spain.

Furthermore, the service is far better as is the quality of atmosphere and food.

Here, if you have seen any two restaurants you have seen them all. The choice is Blackpool type 1960s era tin-table cafés or Spanish ambience restaurants; take it or leave it. Karaoke musical fare is as tediously unimaginative as the fare on the plate. I cannot think of a single atmospheric exotic ambience wine bar that invites a smart dress code. In England I was spoiled for choice.

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Spain’s public debt rockets to €1 trillion SPAIN’S public debt soared to a whopping €1 trillion.

According to data released by Banco de España, the Spanish public debt rocketed to just over €1 trillion or 98.4 per cent of GDP. The Government estimates the debt levels could increase before the end of the year to as much as 99.5 per cent of GDP. Spain’s debt has actually tripled since the outbreak of the economic crisis from 36.3 per cent of GDP in 2007 to almost 100 per cent in 2014. Most of the debt was incurred by the Central Government (84.5 per cent of Spain’s gross domestic product), followed by the Autonomous Communities (21.7 per cent of GDP) and the local councils (4 per cent).

These levels are some of the highest seen in modern times.

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A little bit of restraint for a happier financial you Loose change A look at finance for females

Jane Plunkett jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com

IT’S often said it’s the little things that count. And when it comes to saving or getting out of debt this could not be truer. The other day I heard about a mobile phone app that takes this idea of ‘little things’ and elevates it into a savings reality.

Basically the idea is that every time a person is tempted to buy a treat during the day or purchase something that is not really very necessary, the app allows for the money to be

MOBILE PHONE APP: Allows for money to be saved with the click of a button. saved instead with just the click of a button.

For example how many times during the average day do we splash out on things like a fancy iced coffee because we see a point of sale display that lures us in. Or perhaps we go to the shops to buy some deodorant, when all

Can Endesa penalise him?

Q. . I have a holiday apartment I use for a month each year. Since 2002 I have You and the paid my bill every two months for Endesa Law in Spain standing charges and any power used.

By David Searl In 2013 I noticed a large jump in the Endesa debit. The average fee for two months had been about €50 but it jumped to €100. I saw there was a penalisation fee for an ICP. I went to the Endesa office with a photo of my fuseboard. I was told the penalisation would stop from that date. However, I am confused as to what right Endesa had to penalise me. I would like to get this refunded as I knew nothing about it.

R.C. (Costa del Sol) A. Well, you somehow missed the warnings sent to consumers in 2012. The ICP is an Interruptor de Control de Potencia, and it is required by law on all electrical installations as of two years ago. It protects your system from overuse and assures that you do not consume more electricity than you have contracted at any one time.

We suppose that the photograph showed that in fact you now have an ICP installed, but never informed the company. And, yes, Endesa has the right to put the surcharge on your bill. That is, unless you can prove that you were never notified.

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

of a sudden we walk out with a new nail polish and lipstick.

The point of the app is that every time we find ourselves in this position , the app gives the option of transferring that money directly to a savings account.

Instead of spending €4 on an impulse

nail polish, the option is available to put that €4 into a savings account.

What I like about an app like this is it makes it easy to see how we waste money throughout the day and allows for a sense of satisfaction by providing the opportunity to resist temptation and save.

When we control our urge to spend and start to see money building up in a savings account it really does offer a sense of fulfilment and give us ambition to keep saving.

Unfortunately this app is currently just available for Nationwide customers in the UK. Perhaps Spanish banks will pick up on the trend shortly, but in the meantime, with a little bit of discipline we could do the same ourselves.

While it’s a little more time consuming, we could in theory restrain from buying unnecessary treats throughout the day and then tot up how much we would have potentially spent.

Then, simply transfer this money into a savings account via internet banking.

Lefties leftovers to be Inditex main course INDITEX, whose Zara brand made Amancio Ortega the world’s third-richest man, is going online with Lefties.

This is Inditex’s low-cost range of Zara models left over from the previous season.

It is already present in 100 shops in Spain and Portugal and the group plans to take on H & M and Primark by launching Lefties as a label in its own right, with its own collection and a new image.

Unavailable online until now, it makes its internet debut tomorrow, August 22.

The company is committed to internet commerce, the current Inditex chairman Pablo Isla declared recently. This is an important part of its multi-channel strategy of coordinating increased retail space with

expanded online sales. The group continues to see huge growth opportunities in different markets, Isla told the last shareholders’ meeting in July. “There are ample prospects of growth in all areas of Europe while the US is very attractive,” Isla said.

There are few clues as to Lefties’ current profitability as the group has never supplied separate breakdown of Lefties results, which until now have been included in Zara’s.

Nor does Inditex make a habit of revealing its strategies regarding brands or stores to shareholders or the media.

Nevertheless the new Lefties strategy began to take shape on August 1 with two new stores on the outskirts of Moscow and a third in the St Petersburg suburbs.

The company has also declined to disclose whether there are ONLY 1.1 per cent of the 176,715 selfconcerns regarding the sanctions employed who ceased business in the imposed by the EU on Russia, first quarter of this year requested where Zara and eight other unemployment benefit. It was eventually Inditex fashion labels are sold in granted to only 531 applicants. more than 400 stores.

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OPINION & COMMENT

Scruffy beards that need a trim infecting society DURING the last five or 10 years we’ve witnessed a contagious fad amongst Spanish men of all ages. They grow beards so dishevelled and multi-coloured that many of these untidy bramble bushes resemble an explosion in a silo.

Beginning with many of our not-so-prestigious political leaders, with their whiskers of diverse shades of black, white, grey and brown, we now discover that the epidemic has spread.

It infects almost all Spanish males, young or old, the common denominator being that almost none of these recently-converted fadfollowers take the time or effort to trim or care for them.

Is it due to simple laziness or sloth?

I realise that this gripe of mine (and also my Valencian wife’s) is not one of our major problems in crisis-ridden Spain, but if we look around to observe the males of other Western nations, we readily notice that hardly any of them (young or old, famous or not) wear beards. Those few beards that exist are well-trimmed and of one colour.

Richard M.McBride, Benidorm (Alicante)

In the dark AS a long term resident of Artola Alta I see the same circus every year.

Most of the time the main street is in total darkness and suddenly when the tourists are here and the IBI is due, the lights miraculously work perfectly.

Of course, with no lights in the street the area is a magnet for petty crime and break-ins are so frequent they have become commonplace.

The day after the direct debit has gone through your bank account the lights go off.

Now is that coincidence or is that perfect ‘Urban Planning?’

Paul R Ballard (by email)

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THIS picture shows rubbish mounting daily outside the new Chinese bazaar in Campoamor (Alicante). Why does the council do nothing about it?

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Think again I ASSUME that the article entitled ‘Pensioner saved from mountain’ was written by someone in their twenties.

‘Elderly’ is not a term to use for a person of 62 years of age, its meaning being someone who is approaching old age.

Most people in current employment in the UK, who I’m sure do not consider themselves elderly, will have to work until they’re 70 to receive their pensions. Expat retirees whose spending keeps Spain alive comprise 50 per cent of many local Spanish communities, so I would suggest that you reconsider the use of this adjective.

Nick Duncan (by email)

Fellow feeling RJ (I can see why he or she is anonymous) can give to Syrian refugees or not as he or she

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likes. However, it is disgusting to see how he or she insults those desperate people by suggesting that, if it gives them a better life, they will come and kill us.

I would like to see RJ howling for help when driven from home, hungry and tortured by the heat, family scattered or blasted to death.

How convenient it would be to play Scrooge and tell him or her to go off and die and stop troubling us.

RJ should read A Christmas Carol and wake up after dreaming of life in a refugee

camp. I doubt if Leapy Lee intended to provoke a reaction like RJ’s, but he may like to reflect on where his generalisations can lead.

Bill Campbell (by email)

Workings out I WILL start by assuming that Leapy Lee classes all people from the Middle East as Arabs.

The main numerical system used in all mathematical exercises is based on the Arabic set of numerals, without which mathematics would be unintelligible and unuseable.

The previous most used numeral system was the Roman system in which mathematics is impossible. For example is X 10 or is it the symbol for multiplication?

Or simply try to add ii to ii on paper or without converting it to the Arabic numerals to complete the task.

Jim (by email)

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Oil interests WE have to recognise that the Muslims have had good reasons to despise the West.

From the Crusades to the 20th century the Western world has treated them with disdain and contempt even after oil was discovered.

Thus the Americans and European powers have interfered time and time again with countries in the Middle East and in North Africa, wanting to install regimes that would be favourable to the West and to its oil interests.

It is a pity that the West did not have the self respect to go without the wretched oil from those areas of the world.

Sadly, Muslims can also see the decadence of the Western world, with its corruption, permissiveness, greed, immorality and appalling standards of dress.

They did have a high civilisation, notably in Moorish Spain, without which the European Renaissance might not have occurred.

After that, I agree with Leapy Lee: one cannot think of a single thing which they have produced or invented for the benefit, progress or happiness of mankind in the last 500 years.

Yet because of the oil money they can reap the benefits of all the tremendous achievements of the Western world (and Asia).

We should get out of all their countries.

PJ Owen (by email)

No bargain I’M indifferent to Looky-Looky men and have never paid out for any of their wares, but have to comment on an assertion by last week’s Your Say correspondent, Richard Franklyn.

He appears to believe that they charge €15 for ‘perfect’ polo shirts that would otherwise cost €85. These vendors are peddling inferior copies blown together in sweatshops on the other side of the world. They have no claim to perfection and probably aren’t even worth €15 although possibly Richard Franklyn doesn’t know the difference.

Flora Simmons (by email)

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Now that the first Modelo 720 (overseas assets reporting) forms have been submitted and processed, people have started hearing from the Spanish tax inspectors. The tax authorities have also recently announced an amnesty for undeclared foreign source pension income.

Modelo 720 Form 720 is not a tax form; it is simply a form on which a Spanish resident individual has to report their non-Spanish assets, and also their share of such assets held jointly.

However, it was always perceived by many commentators, including Blevins Franks, to be a way for the authorities to catch out people who are not reporting assets on their wealth tax returns. With asset reporting through Modelo 720, the scope for hiding assets and income from the taxman, which is tax evasion, has been very much reduced in Spain.

Most of these enquiries from the Spanish tax inspectors appear to be related to discrepancies between the assets an individual has reported on the Modelo 720 and the wealth tax return (or even the absence of a

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wealth tax return for the relevant year). However, the tax inspectors have also looked into previous years in some cases.

For some people, it has been easy to respond to the inspector.

For example, one inspector asked the taxpayer about previous years, only to find out that the individual concerned was not resident in Spain at that time.

However, this highlights the

importance of keeping records (including of where you were living and when), and declaring assets accurately and appropriately.

Even people who had no wealth taxes to pay in previous years may still have to put up with the inconvenience of the enquiry, not to mention the expenses - potential legal and accountancy fees, translation fees etc. - as well as the time involved. For those who are caught out not declaring assets, there can be unpaid tax, penalties and interest due, not to mention tax on income generated by the undeclared assets (and penalties and interest on that). It can be a very unsettling experience.

There are ways that you can legally minimise income and wealth taxes, and while this will mean that people still have to make the correct declarations, they will have peace of mind that they are declaring correctly, and do not have anything to fear from the taxman. As we have always

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recommended, only use legitimate means of limiting your tax liabilities, through tailored specialised advice.

Amnesty on undeclared foreign pension income On 1st August, the Spanish tax authorities announced that an amnesty will be introduced for residents of Spain who are paid a pension income from abroad. It will run for a period of six months, starting January 2015.

Exchange of information between countries has been strengthening over recent years.

The local authorities have been receiving data on their taxpayers, and have discovered that a substantial number of Spanish tax residents have not declared pension income that is taxable under the terms of the double tax treaties. The Hacienda has recently opened nearly 28,000 enquiries into expatriates’ tax returns.

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submit additional self-assessment returns for the previous four tax years. Under the provisions of the draft legislation, any penalties and surcharges would be waived but the income tax on the undeclared pension income and related interest would still be payable.

Normally an amnesty is followed up by tightening of the tax rules.

This is therefore an opportunity for expatriates to check that they have been declaring their pension income according to the Spanish tax legislation, and to regularise their tax affairs if necessary.

British expatriates need to understand both the UK and Spanish tax rules for their UK pensions, and the interaction between them. Seek specialist advice.

To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com.

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6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News

6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm On the Yorkshire Buses

6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons

9:00pm The Million Pound Drop 10:00pm The Singer Takes it All 11:00pm The Last Leg

9:00pm Lost at Sea: Air France 447

9:00pm Got to Dance

Noel Edmonds presents the hit show in which players could win up to ÂŁ250,000.

3:15pm NCIS Just two days before Christmas, a home invasion robbery is linked to an old murder case.

6pm 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

9pm 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 Match of the Day at 50

The award-winning gang show that takes a joyful, offbeat look at the world.

11:50pm Virtually Famous

Documentary. On June 1, 2009, a state-of-theart Air France passenger jet flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris mysteriously vanished over the Atlantic Ocean

10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:35pm Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side

Find out if the judges are being generous with their gold stars as the search for possible team members continues at The Roundhouse in Camden.

10:00pm An Idiot Abroad 11:00pm A League of Their Own

12am 12:35am EastEnders Omnibus 2:35am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:40am BBC News

12:05am Precious 1:45am The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway 2:45am This is BBC Two

1:50am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:40am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

12:40am (500) Days of Summer 2:25am Derek 2:50am The Inbetweeners USA 3:15am Desperate Housewives 4:00am Revenge 4:40am Phil Spencer: Secret Agent

12:35am Celebrity Big Brother 1:15am Super Casino 4:10am Celebrity Big Brother 5:20am The Great Artists 5:45am House Doctor

12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am Road Wars 3:00am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime 4:00am Road Wars 5:00am Stargate Atlantis

BBC THREE

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8:00pm Greg and Jen @ Reading 9:00pm Vampire Weekend @ Reading 10:00pm Paramore @ Reading 11:00pm EastEnders 11:30pm Queens of the Stone Age @ Reading 12:50am Family Guy 1:15am Family Guy 1:35am Family Guy 1:55am Family Guy 2:15am Siblings 2:45am Cuckoo 3:15am Sexy Beasts 3:45am Russell Howard's Good News Extra

8:00pm World News Today

8:50am Dinner Date 9:40am The Only Way is Essex 10:25am The Real Housewives of New York City 11:25am The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:25pm Emmerdale 1:25pm You've Been Framed!

1:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 3:00pm The Millionaire Matchmaker 3:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:05pm The Real Housewives of Atlanta 7:00pm Dinner Date 8:00pm You've Been Framed!

10:00pm Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason 12:10am The Magaluf Weekender

10:35am Judge Judy 11:55am A Touch of Frost 1:55pm Heartbeat 3:00pm The Royal 4:00pm Hamish Macbeth 5:10pm Barbara 5:45pm Duty Free 6:15pm On the Buses 6:50pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Murder, She Wrote 8:55pm Wycliffe 10:00pm Someone's Daughter, Someone's Son 11:00pm A Touch of Frost 1:10am Cracker

9:35am Kojak 10:35am Magnum, P.I. 11:35am The Sweeney 12:40pm Alias Smith and Jones 1:45pm The Professionals 2:50pm Police, Camera, Action!

3:20pm Police, Camera, Action!

3:50pm Kojak 4:50pm Magnum, P.I. 5:55pm The Sweeney 6:55pm Alias Smith and Jones 8:00pm Cheers 9:00pm Storage Wars 10:00pm You Only Live Twice 12:25am Child's Play 2

11:00am Charmed 12:00pm Revenge 1:00pm Hollyoaks 1:35pm Rules of Engagement 2:00pm How I Met Your Mother 3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm Melissa and Joey 5:00pm Revenge 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Suburgatory 9:00pm New Moon 11:40pm Rude Tube 12:45am 8 Out of 10 Cats

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The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.

8:30pm Friday Night at the Proms 10:10pm The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill 11:10pm Kate Bush at the BBC 12:10am The Old Grey Whistle Test 1:40am The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill 2:40am Kate Bush at the BBC 3:40am Top of the Pops

SKY MOVIES Action 4:20am Deep Rising 6:20am The Top Ten Show 2014 6:40am Captain Phillips: Sky Movies Special 7:00am Hero 8:45am Hudson Hawk 10:35am Men in Black 12:20pm Bad Boys II 2:50pm White House Down 5:05pm Jaws 7:15pm Men in Black 9:00pm Bad Boys II 11:30pm White House Down 1:45am Commando 3:25am Mad Max 5:05am The Poseidon Adventure

Comedy 4:20am Maverick 6:30am Oz the Great and Powerful: Premiere Special 7:00am Here Comes the Boom 8:50am In a World...

10:25am The Cable Guy 12:05pm Starsky and Hutch 1:50pm Grown Ups 2 3:35pm American Pie: The Wedding 5:20pm Here Comes the Boom 7:15pm The Cable Guy 9:00pm Starsky and Hutch 10:50pm Grown Ups 2 12:40am American Pie: The Wedding 2:25am In a World...

4:05am The Witches of Eastwick

4:40am Red Rock West 6:25am Angel Flight Down 8:05am Penthouse North 9:45am Locked in 11:15am Murder at 1600 1:15pm Captain Phillips 3:35pm I Against I A psychotic gangster pits the two suspects in his father's murder against each other.

Crime.

5:10pm Conspiracy Theory 7:30pm The Pelican Brief 10:00pm Captain Phillips 12:20am Kiss the Girls 2:25am Taxi Driver 4:25am In Dreams

5:00am Giant 8:20am Down the Shore 10:00am Free Samples 11:30am Private Peaceful 1:20pm St Elmo's Fire 3:15pm One Chance 5:10pm Chicago Jailed for killing her cheating fella, Roxie hears of legendary attorney Billy Flynn.

7:10pm Moonstruck 9:00pm Adore 11:00pm One Chance 12:45am The Lifeguard 2:35am Cherry 4:25am The Remains of the Day

Premiere

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6:00am Saving Mr. Banks Special 6:30am The Monuments Men Special 7:00am The Last Keepers 8:35am Enough Said 10:15am The Washington Snipers 12:00pm The Last Keepers 1:45pm Baggage Claim 3:30pm Enough Said 5:15pm Thor: The Dark World 7:15pm The Last Keepers 9:00pm Thor: The Dark World 11:00pm Baggage Claim 12:40am Cabin Fever 3: Patient Zero 2:20am The Washington Snipers 4:00am Cabin Fever 3: Patient Zero 5:40am Pain and Gain: Sky Movies Special

6:00am Off Set 6:45am Gunsmoke 7:50am Gunsmoke 8:55am The Last Posse 10:20am Man From God's Country 11:45am The Stalking Moon 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm King Richard and the Crusaders 6:05pm The First Texan 7:35pm The Odessa File 10:00pm Ghost Ship 11:45pm Exit Wounds 1:40am Ghost Ship 3:25am Exit Wounds 5:05am Off Set

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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm Football Focus A look ahead to this weekends football action with interviews, expert opinions and highlights.

1:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather. 1:05pm Weather 1:10pm F1: Grand Prix Qualifying

BBC TWO 7:35am F1: Grand Prix Practice 9:15am F1: Grand Prix Practice 10:55am F1 the Belgian Grand Prix - Highlights Practice 3. 12:10pm Coast 12:30pm The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice 1:00pm Talking Pictures 1:40pm In Which We Serve

ITV 4:40am ITV Nightscreen 7:00am CITV 9:25am ITV News 9:30am Weekend 10:25am The Hungry Sailors 11:25am Murder, She Wrote Drama series about a sleuthing writer who solves murder mysteries. 12:25pm ITV News and Weather 12:35pm Columbo 2:20pm The Mighty Ducks

www.euroweeklynews.com

CH4 7:05am Transworld Sport 8:00am Tri Liverpool 8:55am The Morning Line 9:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:25am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:50am Frasier 11:20am Frasier 11:50am The Big Bang Theory 12:15pm The Big Bang Theory 12:40pm The Simpsons 1:10pm The Simpsons 1:40pm Heston's Great British Food 2:40pm Channel 4 Racing

CH5 7:00am Milkshake! 10:55am Access 11:00am Hercules the Human Bear 11:55am The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies Comedian and dog lover Alan Davies follows the work of RSPCA officers around the country. 12:55pm Extreme Nightmare Neighbours Next Door 1:55pm White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf

SATURDAY TV

SKY 1 7:00am All Aboard: East Coast Trains Stress levels rise as staff members face the last day of the Premier League football season. 8:00am The F1 Show A look at all the latest stories and talking points in Formula 1. 9:00am Got to Dance 10:00am Got to Dance 11:00am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 2:00pm Got to Dance

3pm 3:20pm Rugby League Challenge Cup Final Castleford v Leeds.

3:30pm Escape to the Country 4:00pm Flog It! 5:00pm Final Score

4:25pm Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davis 4:55pm Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express

5:10pm Come Dine with Me 5:40pm Come Dine with Me

6:30pm Triathlon

7:20pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather

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 The Restoration Man

Estate agent Terry Robinson is on a mission to reach the holy grail of a perfect 40-point score.

4:00pm The Wizard of Oz Kansas farm-girl Judy Garland, Toto the dog and their oddball trio of pals take a trip over the rainbow to the Technicolor fantasy world of Oz.

3:00pm Got to Dance 4:00pm Planes: Fire and Rescue 4:30pm Modern Family 5:30pm Modern Family

6pm 6:20pm BBC News 6:30pm Regional News 6:35pm Weather 6:40pm Pointless 7:30pm Tumble 8:50pm Doctor Who

The latest sporting coverage.

8:00pm Proms Extra 8:45pm Dad's Army Never dated, has it? Chortles with the slightly elderly part-time soldiers.

A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast.

7:45pm You've Been Framed!

8:45pm Tipping Point

6:00pm Michael Jackson's This is it 8:10pm The ABBA Years Abba @ 40.

6:00pm Modern Family 6:30pm Modern Family 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons

9pm 10:10pm Casualty 11:00pm The National Lottery Live 11:10pm BBC News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day

9:15pm Ancient Egypt: Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings 10:15pm Andrew Marr's Great Scots: The Writers Who Shaped a Nation 11:15pm QI XL

9:45pm All Star Family Fortunes 10:45pm Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi A big-screen conclusion to tie up all the loose ends from the saga.

9:00pm Grand Designs 10:00pm Red Lights Supernatural thriller about a pair of scientists who specialise in debunking those claiming to possess psychic powers.

9:05pm Abba: Live at Wembley Abba @ 40.

10:05pm 5 News 10:10pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:10pm Rob Brydon Live

9:00pm Got to Dance 10:00pm The Full Monty 11:50pm What If Special

11:45pm ITV News and Weather

12am 12:50am The Football League Show Highlights from the day's Football League games. 2:10am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 2:15am BBC News

12:00am Insomnia 1:50am The Sheltering Sky 4:05am This is BBC Two

12:00am Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 1:30am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:40am Nightscreen

12:15am Psychopath Night 2:05am The Last Leg 2:50am Homeland 3:45am Hollyoaks Omnibus 5:55am Phil Spencer: Secret Agent

12:10am Autopsy: Michael Jackson's Last Hours 1:10am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Psych 2:10am Super Casino 4:10am Celebrity Big Brother 5:00am House Doctor

12:00am Hawaii Five-0 1:00am Street Crime 1:30am Street Crime 2:00am Road Wars 3:00am Road Wars 4:00am Road Wars 5:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse

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8:00pm Greg and Jen @ Reading 9:00pm Foster the People and Imagine Dragons @ Reading 10:00pm Jake Bugg and Bombay Bicycle Club @ Reading 11:00pm Arctic Monkeys @ Reading 12:50am Family Guy 1:12am Family Guy 1:56am Family Guy 2:18am Family Guy 2:40am American Dad! 3:00am American Dad! 3:20am Sexy Beasts 3:50am Russell Howard's Good News 4:20am Russell Howard's Good News

8:00pm Human Planet 9:00pm Tales From the National Parks 10:00pm Inspector Montalbano

11:50pm Boogie Fever: A TOTP2 Disco Special 1:20am Queens of Disco 2:20am Sounds of the 70s 2:50am Human Planet 3:50am Tales From the National Parks

7:00am The Hot Desk 7:10am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:45am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:15pm Take Me Out 1:25pm Dinner Date Australia 2:20pm You've Been Framed!

4:30pm Nancy Drew 5:30pm FYI Daily 5:35pm Nancy Drew 6:30pm You've Been Framed!

7:35pm King Kong 8:35pm FYI Daily 8:40pm King Kong 11:00pm Hostage 12:00am FYI Daily

7:00am Movies Now 7:10am World Kitchen 7:30am World Kitchen 7:55am Carry on Cowboy 8:55am FYI Daily 9:00am Carry on Cowboy 9:55am The Royal 12:05pm Carry on Jack 1:05pm FYI Daily 1:10pm Carry on Jack 1:55pm Pollyanna 4:00pm A Touch of Frost 8:00pm Lewis 10:00pm Foyle's War 12:00am Bomb Girls

9:30am The Professionals 11:30am Alias Smith and Jones 1:40pm Destry 2:40pm FYI Daily 2:45pm Destry 3:35pm Nevada Smith 4:35pm FYI Daily 4:40pm Nevada Smith 6:10pm The Motorbike Show 7:15pm Storage Wars 8:15pm Casino Royale 9:15pm FYI Daily 9:20pm Casino Royale 11:00pm Cycling 12:05am Boogeyman

7:00am Desperate Housewives 7:50am Glee 8:35am Rules of Engagement 11:00am Suburgatory 12:30pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 1:30pm The Big Bang Theory 2:30pm Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4:25pm The Big Bang Theory 5:25pm Melissa and Joey 6:30pm Made in Chelsea NYC 7:35pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 8:05pm The 100 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Die Hard 4.0 12:35am The Big Bang Theory

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Drama based on the books featuring the Sicilian detective. Goldsmith Alberto Larussa appears to have committed suicide by turning his wheelchair into an electric chair.

But Inspector Montalbano discovers that the dead man's will, which leaves everything to his brother Giacomo, was forged.

SKY MOVIES Action 5:05am The Poseidon Adventure 7:10am Hugh Jackman: Becoming Wolverine 7:40am Resident Evil: Apocalypse 9:25am The Mask of Zorro Swashbuckling romantic adventure.

11:50am R.I.P.D. 1:35pm Jack Reacher 3:50pm Deep Blue Sea 5:45pm The Mask of Zorro 8:15pm R.I.P.D. 10:00pm Jack Reacher 12:15am Deep Blue Sea 2:05am Crank 3:40am Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior 5:20am In the Line of Duty: Smoke Jumpers

4:05am The Witches of Eastwick 6:05am Monkey Business 7:45am The Top Ten Show 2014 8:05am Mean Girls 9:55am The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 11:50am There's Something About Mary 1:55pm Without a Paddle 3:40pm My Big Fat Greek Wedding 5:25pm The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 7:15pm Mean Girls 9:00pm There's Something About Mary 11:10pm The Campaign 12:45am Without a Paddle 2:30am Scary Movie 3 4:05am Coffee Town 5:40am My Big Fat Greek Wedding

4:25am In Dreams 6:10am Deep Family Secrets 7:45am Inside Man 9:55am LUV 11:35am Out of Sight 1:40pm The Bone Collector A paralysed forensics expert teams up with a fresh-faced cop to hunt down a serial killer.

3:40pm Déjà Vu 5:50pm John Q 7:50pm Inside Man 10:00pm The Bone Collector 12:05am Déjà Vu 2:20am Derailed 4:15am Fear

4:25am The Remains of the Day 6:45am The Top Ten Show 2014 7:00am Darling Companion 8:50am Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights 10:30am Battle of the Year 12:30pm Pitch Perfect 2:30pm Hector and the Search for Happiness Special 2:45pm The Devil Wears Prada 4:45pm Dead Poets Society 7:00pm Pitch Perfect 9:00pm The Devil Wears Prada 11:00pm Dead Poets Society 1:15am Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights 2:55am All Good Things 4:45am Desk Set

Premiere

TCM

6:00am Thor: The Dark World Special 6:30am Saving Mr. Banks Special 7:00am The Last Keepers 8:35am Enough Said 10:15am The Washington Snipers 12:00pm The Last Keepers 1:45pm Enough Said 3:30pm Baggage Claim 5:15pm Thor: The Dark World 7:15pm The Last Keepers 9:00pm Thor: The Dark World 11:00pm Baggage Claim 12:40am Cabin Fever 3: Patient Zero 2:20am The Washington Snipers 4:00am Cabin Fever 3: Patient Zero 5:40am The Internship Special

6:00am The Odessa File 8:20am Gunsmoke 9:25am Gunsmoke 10:30am The First Texan 12:05pm King Richard and the Crusaders 2:15pm Road to Bali 4:00pm Ben-Hur 8:00pm Armoured Command WWII drama with an infantry platoon finding a woman (Tina Louise) wounded in the snow.

10:00pm Ransom 12:20am John Carpenter's Vampires 2:20am Ransom 4:20am Terry Wogan Presents the Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show

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Troops needed on the streets of Britain LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT

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AKE no mistake, war is, as we speak, licking its lips and savouring the taste of death and destruction at the very borders of the UK, and indeed a number of other European communities.

The enemy is everywhere. Never mind Iraq, Afghanistan and so forth, we need to look much closer to home for the true threat from Islamist militants. When some apparently slight and no doubt orchestrated incident sparks it off, rioting and war will erupt on the streets of the UK in a way unprecedented in our history, and to my mind it’s a great deal closer than we think. We should be preparing for it now.

We will of course ultimately win, but the cost will depend totally on the extent of our preparation. If we are ill-prepared and still allow human rights, political correctness and all that rubbish to influence our decisions, we will be condemning even more of our citizens to

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AROL ADAMS of Stop Smoking Spain was a huge fan of his. She said: “The world became a lot less funnier when Robin Williams died. I was so shocked and stunned and still can’t quite believe he has gone.

“My favourite film of his was Awakenings. I can watch it time and time again.

“And his best joke, which often makes me smile in traffic is: ‘Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?’”

Chris Tyler of Los Conteros Restaurant, in Villaricos, Almeria, said: “I have many favourite moments but my absolute favourite moment has to be when Robin Williams was running the radio station in Good Morning, Vietnam.

He was so animated and so enthusiastic in a situation where there should be no

TRAINED TROOPS: Need to be stationed in all our major cities. horrible deaths and extend the conflict unacceptably. We need to be training up an elitist band of some 100,000 troops, fully experienced in close combat and street-fighting. They need to be stationed in all of our major cities and be ready to respond immediately to the slightest incident involving Islamist violence.

They need to have carte blanche

permission to enter any area, open fire and attack when ordered, without the worry of being accused of murder or human right infringement at some later date. They need to have the power to arrest and take prisoner any militants who oppose them on the streets.

These militants must then be escorted straight to airports under heavy guard,

A ray of sunshine has gone from our lives The world was left stunned when Robin Williams passed away. Like so many great comics he lived a life plagued with depression, but he brought a ray of sunshine into the lives of millions. He leaves behind a legacy of great movies that will endure. We asked readers what their favourite Robin Williams film moment was…

DEBBIE GAMMAGE: Mrs Doubtfire fan.

STREET TALK

enthusiasm.”

With so many hit movies behind him there are plenty of favourite moments to choose from. Debbie Gammage of Wavelengths in Albox, Almeria, loved a certain Scottish ‘lady’.

CHRIS TYLER: Good Morning, Vietnam.

“It was absolutely hilarious in Mrs Doubtfire when his chest caught fire and he put the flames out with saucepan lids! But we also loved him in Mork & Mindy. We will always say ‘Nanu nanu’ when we think of him. Such a shame he’s gone!”

Jenni Rock of Gladrags, also in Albox, agreed: “I was

flown to landing sites in Syria and Afghanistan and left there. All passports of both them, and indeed anyone, who has fought for the extremists abroad, must be immediately revoked. All visitors from Mid-East countries must be prevented from entering the UK until we once again have total control. Believe me, unless our dithering, denial-riddled politicians get their silly heads out of the sand, the whole of Europe is going to find itself in real trouble.

Alright, I can hear it from here, ‘Leapy’s at the rant up again.’ Well, be that as it may, I dread to think of how many arms caches and suicide bombers are waiting in the cities of the UK and Europe, ready to spring into action the minute the first militant Imam scream ‘Allah Akbar’ and ‘death to the infidels’ across the expanses of our green and pleasant lands.

Oh that we had a Thatcher or Churchill at the helm. At least they lived in a world of reality.

Have a good week. Thanks for all the correspondence. Keep em coming, try and help someone out.

And whatever ya do, always keep the faith Love Leapy. leapylee2002@gmail.com

around in the 1970s, so we all knew and loved Mork & Mindy. Robin Williams was a comedy genius. He was such a funny man. They are now running lots of his films and series on the television, which is bringing back lots of happy memories. It really brings home to you what a comedy genius he was. He is sadly missed.”

JENNI ROCK: Fond memories of Mork & Mindy.

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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 8:40am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am Sunday Morning Live 12:00pm Bargain Hunt Game show in which two teams compete for the best bargains before they go up for auction.

1:00pm BBC News 1:05pm Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 1:10pm F1 the Belgian Grand Prix - Highlights

BBC TWO 7:00am Countryfile 8:00am Alan Titchmarsh's Garden Secrets 9:00am Gardeners World 9:30am The Beechgrove Garden 10:00am The Football League Show 11:20am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:50pm Coast 1:15pm MOTD2 Extra 2:00pm Food and Drink 2:30pm Sweets Made Simple

ITV 7:00am CITV 9:25am ITV News 9:30am Weekend 10:25am May the Best House Win 11:25am Murder, She Wrote 12:20pm ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast. 12:30pm River Monsters 1:30pm Long Lost Family 2:30pm Columbo

www.euroweeklynews.com

CH4 7:10am How I Met Your Mother 7:35am British F3 8:05am Outlaw Triathlon 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier Frasier and Niles have to spend the Millennium New Year driving to Sun Valley in Martin's Winnebago. 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 2:30pm The Big Bang Theory

CH5 7:00am Milkshake! 11:00am Highland Emergency 11:30am Police Interceptors Documentary series profiling the work of a highspeed police interception unit in Essex. 12:25pm Police Interceptors Documentary series profiling the work of a high-speed police interception unit in Essex. 1:25pm Police Interceptors 2:25pm Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2

SUNDAY TV

SKY 1 7:00am The Hour of Power 8:00am Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 9:00am All Aboard: East Coast Trains 10:00am Inside RAF Brize Norton 11:00am World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 12:00pm WWE Experience 1:00pm Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 2:00pm Got to Dance

3pm 4:30pm Escape to the Country Series which helps prospective buyers find their dream home in the country.

5:30pm The Great British Bake Off

3:00pm Flog It! Antiques show which helps amateur auctioneers, collectors and bargain-hunters make a saving.

3:30pm Athletics

4:30pm Midsomer Murders Detective drama which focuses around the life of Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby and his efforts to solve the various crimes that take place in the fictional English county of Midsomer.

3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 3:25pm The Big Bang Theory 3:55pm The Simpsons 4:25pm Runaway Bride

4:05pm Holes A wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he joins the job of digging holes for some mysterious reason.

3:00pm Modern Family 3:30pm Modern Family 4:00pm Modern Family 5:00pm Modern Family 5:30pm The Simpsons

6pm 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 Nature's Miracle Orphans

8:00pm F1: Grand Prix Coverage of the latest race in this season's F1 calendar.

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

6:40pm Deal or No Deal 7:35pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

8:00pm How Britain Worked

6:15pm A Cinderella Story Sam Montgomery is the downtrodden heroine of the film, a pretty teen who's forced to work long hours in her stepmother's diner.

8:05pm Legally Blonde

6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons

9pm 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

9:00pm Dragons' Den 10:00pm James May: The People's Car 11:00pm An Adventure in Space and Time

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

9:00pm The Mill The second series reaches its climax. The striking workers form a line outside the mill gates.

10:00pm The Cold Light of Day 11:50pm Skyline

9:55pm 5 News The latest news coverage.

10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:00pm Under Siege

9:00pm Got to Dance 10:00pm A Touch of Cloth 11:00pm Hawaii Five-0

12am 12:35am Match of the Day at 50 1:35am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:40am BBC News

12:30am The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 2:10am Countryfile 3:05am Holby City 4:05am This is BBC Two

12:15am The Cube 1:10am The Store 3:10am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 3:55am Motorsport UK 4:45am Britain's Best Bakery 5:35am Nightscreen

1:35am First Time Farmers 2:30am The Million Pound Drop 3:25am The Hoarder Next Door 4:20am Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 5:15am Kirstie's Vintage Gems 5:30am Gordon Ramsay's Home Cooking

12:55am Point Break 3:10am Super Casino 4:10am Killing Spree 5:00am House Doctor

12:00am An Idiot Abroad 1:00am My Holiday Hostage Hell 2:00am Street Crime 2:30am Street Crime 3:00am Got to Dance 4:00am Got to Dance 5:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse

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8:00pm Maverick Sabre and Clean Bandit @ Reading 9:00pm The Kooks and You Me at Six @ Reading 10:00pm Our World War 11:00pm Family Guy 11:45pm Siblings 12:45am Blink 182 and Disclosure @ Reading 1:45am American Dad! 2:30am Sexy Beasts 3:00am Siblings 3:30am Cuckoo 4:00am Impractical Jokers 4:30am Sexy Beasts

8:00pm The Sunday Prom: Elgar's Cello Concerto 10:05pm Definitely Dusty 11:05pm Cafe De Flore 1:00am The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill 2:00am Kate Bush at the BBC 3:00am Joy of Abba 4:00am Definitely Dusty

3:30pm You've Been Framed!

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Big ships that pass in the night Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.

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T the far end of a colourful life it occurs to me that what once seemed ordinary was in fact quite extraordinary.

I had little idea what to expect when, as a deck-boy, I boarded the MV Britannic. The last of the White Star Company’s liners (think Titanic), I cheerfully looked forward to life on the ocean wave. Given directions at the head of the ship’s gangway, my recollection is often focused on the characters of that era. I wonder do such men still exist.

Over the next years I was drawn into the lives of men who had survived the war’s coffin boats and convoys; many had been captured. Lives of many were filled with drama.

The pugilistic frightfulness of Manxman Joe Kieg, caused even the shipping line’s commodore and his officers to roll their eyes and turn away

SHIP’S WHEEL: The officer of the watch would instruct the course to be taken. when he brutally and publicly exacted revenge on a foe during boat drill.

At the ship’s wheel, a 16-year-old doesn’t question the course given by the officer of the watch. It was a quiet midsummer dawn as this great ocean liner swept silently along the southern Irish coast.

Unnervingly the 1st Officer instructed me to steer a course that brought the leviathan at breakneck speed just half a kilometre from the Emerald Isle’s

coastline. I could see early risers on land but could only imagine their expressions.

I reasoned afterwards that the officer had always pined to carry out the marine equivalent of flying under the Tower Bridge. On that morning the conditions were just right.

The same officer put me on a direct collision course with a mid Atlantic pod of whales. I will never forget his look of quiet satisfaction when our plunging

liner separated one of these beautiful creature’s heads from its body.

I never questioned it. Why would I? Everything to me back then was normal.

Captain Ignatius Inez was the Spanish skipper of the Ibadan Palm. To save valuable time his technique was to ram the ship’s speeding bow into the muddy banks of Africa’s jungle creeks.

By doing so the river’s current swept the stern round to negotiate each bend more quickly than by steering it. The same skipper used his six-cell torch to publicly beat the living daylights out of a stowaway. The generation of sailors prior to mine hurled such unfortunates into the Atlantic.

Never to be forgotten the drowsiness of a day sailing off the Mexican coast.

This hapless teenager was on the wheel when, in the distance, taking an interest in our ship, I saw a US destroyer.

Quite incapable of making an independent decision and unable to rouse the ship’s mate, I stubbornly steered the course given earlier. I dread to think of the consequences had not the warship’s captain blinked first and moved smartly out of the way of our careering cargo liner.

Spanish planes that hit the big screen in the ‘Battle of Britain’

By David Kavanagh THE Euro Weekly News reported that five former Spanish fighter planes were being sold from a warehouse in Texas, USA and said they were never used by the Spanish or German Air Forces, but were used as Hollywood props. This is not quite correct.

The five aircraft are Hispano Aviación HA-1112 which was a Spanish licensed-built version of the famous German Messerschmitt Me 109 of World War Two. The Germans having supplied Franco with aircraft during the Civil War, the Spanish continued to build these themselves both during and after World War Two. After the war the Spanish were unable to obtain further German engines so fitted Rolls Royce Merlin engines purchased from the UK to fit to their licence-built Me 109

SPANISH BUILT: A Rolls Royce Merlin engined HA-1112 that operates from Duxford, England. It is still painted in the Luftwaffe markings it wore for the 1969 film Battle of Britain to represent a German Messerschmitt Me 109. airframes. This became the Hispano HA-1112, known as the Buchón. Ironically it was

the Rolls Royce Merlin engine that powered the Spitfires and Hurricanes that fought the

German Me 109s over England in 1940 during the Battle of Britain.

The Spanish Air Force, Ejército del Aire, continued to operate the Hispano HA-1112, including the five aircraft now for sale in USA, until 1968.

These five aircraft, and approximately 20 more were purchased from the Spanish Government by the makers of the 1969 film ‘Battle of Britain,’ United Artists, and flown to the UK for the flying sequences of the film. The aircraft playing the part of German Messerschmitt Me 109s.

At the end of the filming these five were purchased by a Texan pilot who had flown them in the film. He stored them in a warehouse in Texas for 45 years and they are now for sale for at least €600,000.

A number of restored Hispano HA-1112 Buchóns continue to fly in Europe, mostly painted to represent German Me 109s.

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From Ireland to Iberia - a tale of Lisa and Jackie

By Lamia Walker of HousesitMatch LISA has two cats and lives in Dublin. However, her work takes her to the Far East, Italy and the Iberian Peninsula coordinating spiritual tours for adventurous travellers. Recently her business took off and she needed a regular petsitter she could trust with her cats. But how to find a reliable sitter?

Within minutes an online search identified a housesitting network and a potential sitter in Jackie, an empty nester based near Dublin in Navan, who has had cats and recently redundant has time on her hands.

Jackie wants to build her own business designing jewellery.

They connected online and agreed to meet in

person at Lisa’s flat so the cats could meet Jackie.

They liked each other and wrote an agreement describing: how often Lisa could call on Jackie’s services; that Lisa would stay in the flat occasionally for security to make it appear occupied; she would visit the cats daily, working there for a couple of hours as company for the cats.

Lisa’s imminent trip was to the Iberian Peninsula. Quickly they agreed a schedule and terms. How wonderful is the internet!

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MANY of you will believe that our dogs have the same feelings and emotions as humans and that they understand our language, this is a mistaken belief. Dogs do understand our body language but are unable to understand our emotions.

Dogs are not small, furclad human beings they are canines even though they show loyalty and devotion to the hand that feeds them.

Dogs live totally in the present. They do not worry about the past and do not dream about the future.

They are not

endowed with imagination or feel grief, hate, jealousy or greed or other emotions that bedevil human society.

They do have a high sensory ability which is often mistaken for a kind of sixth sense.

They will

understand whether your tone of voice and your facial expressions are good or bad when you are talking to them, in whatever language, but they will not understand longer phrases than commands like sit, stay and get down.

A good example is when we believe our dog is sulking or when a dog pines over the death of a member of the family.

The dog will be

feeling the loss of a member of the family. It will also be confused by the vibrations of distress it picks up from the family when there are arguments. Once the family has settled down, the dog will make a quick recovery, for it lives in the present and not in the past.

Do not attribute dogs with human emotions.

Try, instead, to understand their simple canine minds, which are untroubled by so many of our emotions. By the way my Boy Boy is nearly human.

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DOGGY LANGUAGE: Understands short commands.

Food allergy in dogs and cats - not to be confused with food intolerance WHAT does that really mean? Many think that it is like a peanut allergy or anything else that causes an acute reaction in the form of hives, itchiness, swelling, difficulty breathing and so on.

Most food allergies however, develop over time.

Proteins and carbohydrates are the biggest offenders.

Additives and E-numbers can also cause allergy.

A pet that is fed the same food or food with the same ingredients can over a period of time from

six months to three years develop an allergy to these ingredients.

Not to be

confused with food intolerance that can give acute reactions such as vomiting and diarrhoea.

A food allergy causes general itchiness. Very often more predominant around the face and the anal area, but it can involve the whole body. The diagnosis of food allergy and finding the responsible factor is quite challenging.

PEANUT ALLERGY: Acute reaction.

Blood tests are disputable and elimination diets take a long time and dedication.

The treatment would be to change to a hypo or an allergenic food which either does not contain the ingredients that cause the allergy or contains ingredients that have been hydrolyzed. In some cases a home-made food might be the only way.

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6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Fake Britain

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Documentary series exploring topical scientific issues.

11:00pm Some Vicars with Jokes 11:30pm Newsnight

Round-up of the day's news.

11:40pm The Betrayers

Kittens, puppies and professional pets: the advertising industry wants them all.

Fly-on-the-wall-style crime drama series focusing on the work of three London detectives.

Low-budget tale of unemployed friends Gaz and Dave who stumble upon a local Chippendales-style show and decide to start their own strip act in order to make some quick cash, and to take their minds off the dole.

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12:40am Off the Beaten Track 1:05am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Jeremy Kyle presents the American version of his popular talk show.

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in history 1939: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a nonaggression pact. German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop flies to Moscow and meets his Soviet counterpart Molotov to sign the fateful document.

1944: Paris is liberated after four years of German occupation. The French 2nd Armoured Division enters the city and is greeted by Parisians after countless days of fighting between German troops and members of the French resistance.

1950: First cross-channel TV transmission. The BBC transmits the first live TV pictures across the Channel in history. The twohour show is broadcast live from Calais, France.

1967: Brian Epstein dies in London. Beatles’ manager Epstein is found dead in London. A post mortem examination determines he died of an overdose of sleeping pills but his death was ruled as accidental. He was only 32.

1978: Kenya’s founding father passes away. Kenyan President Jomo Kenyatta dies at age 89 in Mombasa. Kenyatta was seen as the founding father of the African country, which he led since it became independent in 1963.

1985: Boy killed in police raid. A five-year-old boy is fatally shot during a police raid conducted by police in his Birmingham home. The officers were looking for his father. The boy was shot while an officer was searching under his bed.

1989: Voyager reaches Neptune. The spacecraft sends the fist close-up pictures of the planet and its satellites.

Scientists in Florida say it is the culmination of the greatest exploration journey of the 20th century.

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VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) It appears at times that you are in the middle of a play. The lights are on you, the mike’s wired, your audience awaits, then nothing. Not that you are lost for words. You know exactly what to say and do. What you are wondering is why you are there in the first place. Maybe where you are was not intended.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) There’s a lot of buzzing going on in your head. No, it isn’t tinnitus, it’s something quite different. You know it’s a great time to get ideas and act on them. However, trying to act on too many at once is causing some confusion.

Maybe there’s too much going on.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) You’ve been working hard, maybe in the dark some of the time. This week someone shines a torch on your situation and you see exactly where you are. Are you surprised? You shouldn’t be.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Getting a creative project started has opened your eyes to many things.

Perhaps you question why you did not do it before. The fact is that it doesn’t matter.

You are where you are right here and not because that was where you were heading. Enjoy the feeling, the praise and the satisfaction. .

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Just imagine for one day that you have achieved everything your heart has desired. When you wake up in the morning believe it is so. Feel how your spirits lift and your heart sings. Carry that feeling through the week and beyond. If you believe that you are a success you can be. Why stop when it feels so good?

IF IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK: Make this week to build on friendships and stimulate relationships. Busy as you are, at the end of the day, your well-being is tied up with those close to you.

Money is not everything.

August 21: Usain Bolt, 28. Olympian.

This record-breaking sprinter became the first man to win six gold medals, for sprinting, in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games, his high school cricket coach originally persuaded him to take up track.

August 22: Tori Amos, 51. Singer.

This American singer has had hits like A Sorta Fairytale and Blood Roses. She has been nominated for multiple Grammy Awards.

August 23: Kobe Bryant, 36. Basketball player.

This legendary shooting guard helped the Los Angeles Lakers win three straight NBA championships from 2000 to 2002.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Yours is a big ship. You are able to take a lot on board but you don’t have to. In this special week, when you see things so clearly, be selective. Allow into your life only that which is valuable and worthwhile. This is not selfishness, it is providing a source of inspiration for the present and the future.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Your old shoes are comfortable and still have a lot of wear in them but someone is suggesting that you should buy some new shoes and throw the old ones away. They are no longer shiny. They are no longer fashionable. They do, however, provide all that you need.

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LEO (July 24 - August 23) Are you looking for guidance?

Maybe you are thinking that a recent acquaintance will be able to provide it. You ran something by a few friends and they are not so sure. That is because this is a situation where you need an expert, not a well-wisher. Best not to waste your time and jangle your nerves. Get that expert even if it costs a few pennies.

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SET against the backdrop of the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii follows the plight of gladiator Milo who is swept off his feet by the gorgeous and sweet Cassia, daughter of a well-to-do merchant who is to marry a powerful and vengeful Roman senator.

When the volcano erupts spreading panic and terror, Milo must track down the woman he loves and save her from the clutches of the corrupt Roman.

Stars Kit Harington, Emily Browning and Kiefer Sutherland. Pompeii has a run time of 104 minutes and is rated 12A.

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August 26: Jorge Sanz.

Film actor.

This Spanish actor made his screen debut in 1979 with La Miel by Pedro Maso and has since gone on to become one of the most prolific Spanish actors of modern times with more than 60 films under his belt so far.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) That little bit of extra cash has made you realise something. Not everything is as simple as you would wish it to be, and throwing money at a problem will not make it go away entirely. There are some things that you need to come to terms with. It is much easier to incorporate the uneasy into your life if you take a more relaxed attitude.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Sometimes, when we are making a journey, it is not the usual route that is best.

Something has changed in your sphere and there is a need to adjust to it. There are other options that will bring the same result and maybe even a more convenient one.

You will need to do two things. The first is to open your mind to the possibilities. .

August 24: Rupert Grint, 26. Film actor.

British actor who won a Young Artist Award for Most Promising Young Newcomer for his role as Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films. He has also starred in Driving Lessons and Cherrybomb.

10-Star Quiz C C RIDER

1. What ‘C C’ is a drink consisting of equal parts of espresso and hot milk topped with cinnamon and nutmeg and usually whipped cream?

2. What ‘C C’ is a portable timepiece in a rectangular case with a handle on top?

3. What ‘C C’ is a transport system, typically one travelling up and down a mountain, in which cabins are suspended on a continuous moving thick rope driven by a motor at one end of the route?

4. What ‘C C’ is a white insoluble solid occurring naturally as chalk, limestone, marble, and calcite, and forming mollusc shells and stony corals?

5. What ‘C C’ is the name of a Massachusetts peninsula to the south of Boston extending into the Atlantic?

6. What ‘C C’ was the title of an American practical joke/reality television series created and produced by Allen Funt, which initially began on radio in June 1947? A British version of the show, which began in 1960 and ran for seven years, was initially presented by David Nixon and featured Jonathan Routh and Arthur Atkins as pranksters.

7. What is the capital of the state of Nevada?

8. What is the name of the, now little used, waterway in northern Scotland that links North Sea with the Atlantic Ocean? It runs diagonally between Moray Firth at the northeastern end and Loch Linnhe at the south-western end?

9. What was the original (birth) name of the former world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali? 10. Who was elected US vice president in 1920 and became the 30th US president when Warren G Harding died in 1923?

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

TARGET: Average: 14

August 25: Sean Connery, 84. Film actor.

Acting icon who is probably most famous for his role as James Bond – he won an Oscar for his part in The Untouchables.

August 27: Aaron Paul, 35. Television actor.

Most famous for his role as Jesse Pinkman in the highly successful series of Breaking Bad – he won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Someone needs to learn to stand on their own two feet. It isn’t you, but it’s close. Finding a balance between helping and idly standing by while mistakes are made is necessary. It’s not easy but it has to be done. You may break into a sweat this week and it won’t suit your nerves, but you’ll get through.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) A way opens up before you that can bring wealth. Branching off from that is a path to certain happiness.

Which will you take? If having that money means changing your nature (or trying to) is that going to make you happy? On the other hand, if you sidestep the money can you still be happy? Keep things simple.

You know where you are.

Good: 18 Very good: 26 Excellent: 32

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION Cede, code, cord, cred, deco, deem, deer, demo, doer, dome, done, dorm, meed, mend, mode, need, nerd, node, redo, reed, rend, rode, cered, coder, coned, cored, credo, creed, décor, demon, done, drone, emend, erode, modem, corned, encode, mender, modern, omened, redone, commend, encored, RECOMMEND

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

1. CAPPUCCINO COFFEE, 2. CARRIAGE CLOCK, 3. CABLE CAR, 4.

CALCIUM CARBONATE, 5. CAPE COD, 6. CANDID CAMERA, 7.

CARSON CITY, 8. CALEDONIAN CANAL, 9. CASSIUS CLAY, 10.

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Unscramble the name of an infamous criminal duo (three words): BEYOND NICE LAND

Across 1 Permit to get in front (4) 4 Climb over a range (5) 9 Look, a Picasso painting, featuring a striped animal (5) 10 Outlaw has boil dressed (7) 11 Basic part of an electric kettle (7) 12 Rows causing signs of distress, by the sound of it (5) 13 A Liberal from overseas (6) 15 Fancy a beret? Dress down (6) 18 Go over ice for fish (5) 20 Is attentive to some of the novelist ensemble (7) 23 Tell about rare ant (7) 24 Bear I had trapped in Lincoln? (5) 25 Waist removal regimens? (5) 26 Skin healing starts to show courage and bravado (4)

Unscramble the name of an American state and its capital city: IS MANGLING CHINA FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: BONNIE AND CLYDE, MICHIGAN, LANSING

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C i ii drive out (5) 7 Fillet a key one (4) 8 Reported to be pursued, pure and simple (6) 13 Missing seaman dispatched (6) 14 Swear time is commonplace (7) 16 Camera I developed in the

States (7) 17 Extraterrestrials fashioned saline (6) 19 A ringleader captured by police is bitter (5) 21 Hand-cuffs (5) 22 Recognises Bishops’ jurisdictions (4)

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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 15 represents B and 20 represents G, so fill in B every time the figure 15 appears and G every time the figure 20 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

Across 1 Blood fluid (6) 5 Dances wildly (6) 8 Information (4) 9 Menacing (8) 10 Litter (6) 11 Small package (6) 12 Become larger (4) 14 Entire amount (3) 15 Conceal (4) 16 Pleasantly optimistic (6) 18 Hardly, if ever (6) 20 Happy-go-lucky (8) 22 Be jealous of (4) 23 No longer tired (6) 24 Put up a struggle (6)

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5 Storage container (3) 6 Fundamental (5) 7 Make believe (7) 11 Arctic carnivore (5,4) 13 Put back (7) 15 Bring under control (7) 17 Assemble (5) 19 Abides (5) 21 Colour of blood (3)

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

Answers: See eye to eye, Up to date

Down 2 A mature cook is unpaid (7) 3 Look around in the river (5) 4 Can in filthy place is hardly enough (6) 5 Beer drinking job for a preacher (7) 6 Former Independent the French

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 7 Outlaw, 8 Canine, 10 Termite, 11 Cacti, 12 Gear, 13 Repel, 17 Zebra, 18 Wage, 22 Aches, 23 Tractor, 24 Evades, 25 Recess.

Down: 1 Cottage, 2 Eternal, 3 Basis, 4 Larches, 5 Finch, 6 Begin, 9 Celebrate, 14 Feasted, 15 Castles, 16 Depress, 19 Cadet, 20 Shoal, 21 Babel.

QUICK Across: 1 Data, 4 Abbey, 9 Owner, 10 Scarabs, 11 Epstein, 12 Banjo, 13 Crabby, 15 Meddle, 18 Loser, 20 Rattler, 23 Marries, 24 Badge, 25 Agony, 26 Also.

Across 1 Jarabe (líquido) (5) 4 Profundidad (hondura) (5) 7 Still (even) (3) 8 To accept (7) 9 Religious (9) 13 Mayor (7) 15 Garlic (3) 16 Azulejos (ladrillos vidriados) (5) 17 Fright (sudden fear) (5)

Down 1 Mares (4) 2 Enjuagar (de ropa) (5) 3 Saucers (9) 4 Sixteen (9) 5 Mascota (animal doméstico) (3) 6 Daño (4) 10 Focas (animales) (5) 11 Último (final) (4) 12 Well (for water) (4) 14 Cabbage (3)

Down: 2 Amnesia, 3 Agree, 4 Absent, 5 Bramble, 6 Yearn, 7 Bore, 8 Ashore, 13 Column, 14 Burrito, 16 Deludes, 17 Trusty, 19 Syria, 21 Tibia, 22 Reek.

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Caracoles, 5 Pesar, 7 Zorro, 9 Boats, 10 Erizo, 11 Autor, 12 Shark, 14 Jewellery.

Down: 1 Cup, 2 Corkscrew, 3 Luz del sol, 4 Abono, 6 Start, 8 Reina, 9 Beard, 13 Key.

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THE TOP TEN WORST MAN EATERS IN HISTORY The majority of predatory animals can, and do, see us as prey under the right circumstances, however true maneaters are animals which prefer human flesh to any other food. Instances are rare but they do exist. Here are the top 10 in recent history.

1. The lions of Njombe This was an entire pride of lions which seemed to prefer the taste of human flesh over anything else. In 1932, in Tanzania, a large pride of lions went on a brutal killing spree and are reputed to have killed at least 1,500 people. In order to put an end to the killings George Rushby, a famed hunter, killed 15 of the pride and the rest then dispersed.

2. Two toed Tom This huge, male American alligator roamed the swamps of Alabama and Florida in the 1920’s, he had lost all but two toes on his left ‘hand’ which got him his nickname. Tom killed mainly women who went to the riverside to wash their clothes, but he would kill anyone who came close.

Many attempts were made on his life by many methods including bullets, dynamite and poison, but his death was never confirmed.

3. Kesagake This Japanese Brown Bear terrorised the town of Sankebetsu, Japan, for several months in 1915 when he would frequently enter the town and kill its people, mainly children. A bear hunter was

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brought in to kill him, but not before Kesagake had killed around 30 townspeople.

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sea or close to the shore, it seemed that the sharks could not get enough human flesh to sink their teeth into. The attacks were blamed on a school of Great Whites that were seen in the area but, as they were never caught, nobody could be sure.

5. The bear of Mysore Although this Sloth Bear was not a man eater he was a man killer. Sloth bears maul their victims to death but rarely eat them.

The bear of Mysore, India, terrified the entire village for months and is reputed to have killed around 12 victims by mauling and then leaving them to bleed to death.

LEOPARD: Second most prolific man eater. SHARK: Attacks were common.

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6. The beast of Gevauden This mysterious animal terrorised the French village of Gevauden from 1764 to 1767. Some claimed that it was an unusually large wolf but it was never properly identified. The creature ignored livestock and killed only humans, in total around 115 human kills were attributed to the beast.

7. The ghost and the darkness These two lions went on a killing spree in the Kenyan province of Tsavo while the British were trying to build a railway bridge in the area. They decimated the tent villages that had sprung up and nobody really knows how many deaths they are responsible for, but estimates are at around 150 people.

8. The Panar leopard This large male leopard lived in the Kumaon area of India in the early 20th century and is reputed to have killed more than 400 people and is the second most prolific man eater in recorded history.

9. France This Bengal tigress terrorised the Champawat region of Nepal in the 19th century so much that the national army was called out to deal with her. She racked up 436 recorded victims - nobody knows the real body count.

10. Gustave This African Nile crocodile is currently terrorising the conflictridden country of Burundi and has already registered more than 300 kills. This crocodile is reputed to kill for fun, not just for food, as he often leaves his victims half eaten by the side of the river.

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

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

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

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

No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

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Average: 18

Just Joking Q: What did the lawyer name his daughter?

A: Sue. Q: A cowboy left Montana to go to Texas on Friday and came back on Friday. How did he do it?

A: He named his horse Friday.

Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can’t have your kayak and heat it too.

Good: 23 Very good: 33 Excellent: 41

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

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION oink, oinked, onion, onions, onset, anion, anions, anon, anode, ascot, aeon, aeons, tans, tanned, teas, ions, inset, insect, inns, innate, inked, nine, none, nose, noes, node, sate, snot, seat, second, sect, scone, eats, east, etas, eons, neon, neonate, neonates, ocean, oceans, cons, conned, cost, conk, conked, cone, coed, code, knot, kens, keno, donate, donates, dons, dost, dose, does, done, docs, dens, dense, tons, tonne, toes, tone, toned, toed

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Magic pill to stop greying hair THE concept of a pill which could stop the greying effects on hair has been floating around for some time, but now it may soon become a reality.

FASEB (Spanish medical research organisation) has published a study in which they explain a mechanism which could govern the greying of hair.

Researchers at the University of Bradford, UK, have demonstrated that, over time, stress produces hydrogen peroxide in the hair follicles and this blocks the production of melatonin, which is responsible for the colour in hair and skin.

A sub product of this reaction is the production of enzymes which separate from the peroxide and allow the hair follicles to absorb tiny air bubbles which get

trapped in the hair and give it that grey appearance.

The trick would be to eliminate the production of hydrogen peroxide in the hair follicles before they can allow the air bubbles into the shaft of the hair.

Nobody knows which pharmaceutical company will be the first to perfect the anti-greying pill but one thing is for sure - they will get rich on it.

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DAMASCUS ROSE: Together with a lot of alcohol make up the new product.

SHISEIDO, Japan’s most famous cosmetic brand, has launched a new product on the European market, Ultimune: power infusing concentrate, but what is it composed of and how good is it?

The main ingredients, as stated on the packaging, are Damascus rose oil, Ginko Biloba, Perilla frutescens (similar to nettles), Thymus Serpyllium (of the thyme family) and vitamin E - as well as a lot of alcohol.

The thymus helps skin to hydrate and is a natural disinfectant, the perilla can have anti-inflammatory properties and the ginko is a topical anti-oxidant - but the fact remains that there is nothing very new here and the main ingredient seems to be alcohol.

The manufacturers are recommending that Ultimune be used before a serum as a sort of preparatory serum which leaves users with the question of why bother?

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Not every fish can be sushi THINK you can use any kind of fish for sushi or sashimi? Well think again.

Yes, nearly every fish is edible, but that does not mean every single one is edible raw, thus making it unsuitable for sushi.

Some of the classic fish species used in sushi include tuna, salmon, yellowtail, flounder, squid, gizzard shad, mackerel, sea bass, sea bream and snapper.

More often than not it is perfectly safe to use any farmed fish from the UK, Norway, New Zealand, Canada, Japan and Norway to prepare sushi, because these countries have strict standards regarding

SUSHI-GRADE FISH: Some classic species include salmon, mackerel and sea bass. cleanliness and you are very unlikely to find parasites in their farmed fish, not even if you buy trout or sturgeon.

Sushi chefs recommend that all the seafood sushi lovers decide to eat raw be previously frozen, because it is safer that

way. Even sushi chefs freeze their salmon first, because it is incredibly susceptible to parasites.

Sushi-grade fish are caught quickly, bled and gutted upon capture and iced thoroughly.

Some sushi lovers may even decide to catch their own fish and eat them raw in a nice rice roll, but they would be well-advised to bleed the fish by slicing through the gills and to gut it right on the boat, because most worms living in fish live in their guts and migrate to the flesh once the fish has died. However this can be prevented with fast gutting.

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Tips for the perfect Black Forest cake NO cake on Earth is more delicious than the heavenly enticing black forest cake.

Invented by the German pastry chef Josef Keller in 1915, it may take a few attempts to get this exquisite dessert just right, but it is no rocket science either. Here are a few simple tips for the perfect black forest cake.

Some recipes call for making the cherry filling with brandy, but the truth is you can use rum or kirsch,

BLACK FOREST CAKE: Heaven on Earth. since their flavours also complement the dark chocolate.

Do not forget to prepare the cherries that will be used for the filling the night before baking and decorating the cake. And it is also a great idea to soak the fruit in brandy or rum overnight to infuse them with the flavour of liquor.

German chefs recommend refrigerating the

block of chocolate overnight before baking the cake and making the shavings the night before.

It is also better to wait until the last minute before preparing the whipped cream because it is very perishable and freshest right after it is prepared.

And don’t forget that the flavour is even better when it is kept in the fridge for at least six or eight hours.

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The dos and don’ts of Japanese table manners JAPANESE culture is famous for its complex system of social rules and conventions, especially when it comes to eating and drinking.

Make sure to follow these hints if you ever find yourself dining with Japanese friends or colleagues.

In Japan it is considered rude for a guest to pour himself or herself a drink. Instead of grabbing the bottle and helping yourself to the sake, wait for your drinking partner to pour you a drink. You can then reciprocate by pouring his or hers.

When attending a social gathering or an elegant banquet, do not ever take a sip until every single guest has a glass, raises it and says kampai! (Japanese for cheers).

It is very common for Japanese people to share dishes of food at the table instead of serving each guest his or her own individual dish.

Westerners may find this unusual and awkward at first but remember that it is a different culture. When sharing dishes with other people at the table, move part of the food

DRINKING ETIQUETTE: Your drinking partner will pour you a drink.

onto your own plate with the opposite end of the chopsticks.

After you are done eating, move all your dishes to the position they were before the meal started and do not forget to put the chopsticks back into their paper slip.

Just like in many countries around

the world, it is considered extremely impolite to burp and blow one’s nose at the table, but the Japanese will even be more offended if guests do not empty their dishes to the last grain of rice, as they are likely to think the meal was just not good enough.

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ell at last we have a cool day and it’s been a joy to do some midday tidying up in the garden and on ground level and first floor terraces. Also this morning it was noticeable, in town, that more people than recently were actively caring for plants on apartment terraces and adding various artefacts to bare walls, to make the terraces more attractive outdoor living spaces.

Yet it is still amazing that probably 80 per cent of apartment terraces are totally underutilised for outdoor living.

In the bible for apartment dwellers

BRIGHT TERRACES: Four possible designs are shown.

‘Apartment gardening Mediterranean style’ we include check lists of the main season by season tasks organised into six groups.

These are flowering plants, evergreen plants, herbs, fruit growing, vegetable growing and other. For instance the top nine tasks for late summer are as follows.

1. Keep up the daily watering and every few days mist spray the leaves.

2. Regularly deadhead flowering plants as flowers die.

3. Keep plants in shape by pruning straggly growth.

4. If herb plants grow large, trim off the excess growth and hang up the prunings as bunches or in woven plastic net bags.

5. As the days shorten and become a few degrees cooler, cut back the extent of watering to avoid the rotting of trunks and roots.

6. Take cuttings of perennials and succulents to produce new plants to inexpensively increase the density of your groups of plants.

7. Prune fruit trees and vines to shape.

8. Lightly dust the leaves and fruits of fruit vegetables (tomatoes, peppers, aubergines,

beans and courgettes etc.) to reduce the chance of mildew damaging them.

9. Spray fruit trees monthly with a neem (3-5 ml per litre) and propolis

(3-5 ml per litre) water spray against possible insect and fungal spore attacks.

What is encouraging is that Russian expats are

now seeking out our books including ‘Apartment Gardening - Mediterranean style’.

The latter not just by apartment dwellers but also by villa dwellers who have extensive terraces with groups of containers of various sizes.

Four possible designs for apartment terraces are illustrated clockwise from top left by photographs from the book.

The first is a colourful and restful eating terrace just outside the kitchen door. A wide variety of artefacts are used as well as plants. The awning protects plants from the low winter sun more than the summer sun.

The second is a smallish succulent surrounded terrace with an awning that can be opened out which is great for enjoying the sun and evening eating with the chair folded up and a table opened up.

Thirdly this patio in the sky, surrounded by neighbouring apartments with undeveloped terraces, creates all year round colourful perfumed greenery among tower blocks for the owners.

The fourth shows a productive one square metre of a terrace. Fifteen varieties of vegetables could be harvested at the same time.

Hopefully such ideas will stimulate more apartment growers to improve the use of their apartments and at the same time brighten up their apartment block and overall urban area. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com August 2014

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Spain’s low property prices attracts home buyers from all over the world SPAIN’S low property prices are attracting investors from all over the world.

While there is no denying that France had long been a popular port of call for people looking for a European hideout, the sharp decrease in real estate prices in Spain by as much as 60 per cent continues to woo potential home buyers and agents report the number of inquiries, especially from foreigners, have tripled.

There are other reasons explaining the recent

IBIZA: Attracts a large number of foreign investors increase of foreigners’ interest in Spain’s realestate market besides the promise of sun, sea, delicious food and idyllic landscapes. Foreigners spending more than €500,000 in Spanish real estate are not only automatically awarded residency, but also free movement within the Schengen zone.

This has prompted countless Chinese and

Russian buyers to flock to Spain trying to pick-up a discounted property in

Mallorca, Marbella, Barcelona or Ibiza.

Russians are said to account for 9 per cent of all property purchases, while Britons account for 15 per cent and the French by as much as 10 per cent.

Even though most Spanish real-estate agents are likely to say prices will soon start to pick up because of the

large number of foreign buyers, there are still some bargains out there, especially when it comes to bank repossession properties. For instance, the price of a 231sqm four-bedroom and threebathroom property in Marbella was recently reduced from €461,735 to €348,500, with a small 25sqm apartment there costing merely €33,000.

It would be a good idea to read the fine print though when buying a property in Spain.

According to Barcelona agents, buyers investing in residential property are required to pay a Spanish transfer tax of between 8 and 10 per cent of the price tag, depending on where the property is, and some notary and land registry fees may apply.

Public spending is to be cut to increase revenue SPAIN’S plans to reduce public spending and increase government revenue are not running as smoothly as originally expected.

Created in October 2012 to improve efficiency in all Spanish institutions, the Commission for the Reform of the Spanish Public Administration (CORA) took

measures aimed at reducing administrative burdens, removing administrative overlapping between public administrations and improving the organisation of Spain’s public sector.

One of the measures seeks to alienate as many as 15,000 state-owned properties by 2015, but it has not had the expected results just yet since only a mere 14 per cent of the properties have been alienated so far.

According to official sources, only 2,134 have been sold.

It goes without saying it is impossible to predict whether the properties will actually be sold or not, as it depends on demand.

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It’s just a waiting game THE PSOE party secretary general Pedro Sanchez revealed that he will run in the primaries for the party’s presidential candidate.

No-one fell over backwards in surprise at the revelation as presumably this is why Sanchez became Secretary General in the first place. His position also gives him the upper hand in deciding when to hold the primaries.

These were promised for November although this is becoming increasingly unlikely.

The proposed Cataluña referendum could add a touch of colour to whatever happens afterwards and there are municipal and regional elections in 2015 to provide more colour still.

They will also reveal whether Podemos, the populist group headed by muchtelevised Pablo Iglesias, is the fourth, third or - heaven forfend - second most-voted party.

Better to delay primaries until the party and Sanchez know whether or not they are on a hiding to nowhere.

Turn again Whittington ANA BOTELLA, Mayor of Madrid, also makes no bones about wanting to

repeat as the PP’s 2015 candidate.

In the old days she would probably have got her way on the strength of being the wife of former president Jose Maria Aznar.

But Aznar, who has revealed a maverick streak ever since he shaved off his moustache and started working out, has not hesitated to criticise the party’s current leadership. Botella is less of a trump card in today’s PP, although if she were popular with Madrileños, she might be in with a chance. But she isn’t and she hasn’t.

looking the other way,” they told a French interviewer.

Thanks to social media and rolling news, the world today can look anywhere it wants but still filters what it sees through personal perceptions, preconceptions and misconceptions.

Even then, not everyone looks in the direction they are pointed at and particularly the one chosen by Rafael Muñoz and Angel.

Voting with their feet

Following directions TWO young Spaniards, Rafael Muñoz and Angel, are in Eastern Ukraine with the pro-Russian militia.

They now belong to the Vostok Batallion, accused by the Kiev government of most of the worst atrocities in the conflict.

Facebook and YouTube show the two young men with guns and a Spanish Republican flag bearing the ‘No pasaran’ slogan that was the rallying call of the dying republic which ended on April 1, 1939.

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ANA BOTELLA: Less of a trump card.

Muñoz and Angel want to spread the truth and force the world “to stop

FEWER people are signing up for the Diada demonstration in Barcelona on Cataluña’s national day, September 11.

They plan to fill two streets, forming a giant V shape representing their desire to vote in an independence referendum.

Registrations to participate are 76 per cent lower than last year’s Diada when demonstrators formed a human chain from the north to the south of the region.

If they are saying something then the message is coming through loud and clear.

This summer get a grilling over the barbie of gobbledygook

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N the course of our working lives, we’ve all come across prime examples of people totally out of their depth but who get by and are promoted purely by being able to talk the talk.

In other words, they excel at management-speak gobbledygook, a major source of irritation and barrier to procuring new business in Britain according to a recent survey. And it’s too often used by those who are incapable of managing and so hide behind buzz words and clichés to mask the fact they haven’t a clue what they’re talking about.

The language of business like that of education and politics - seems deliberately designed to confuse. And, of course, if you don’t understand, you can’t constructively criticise because someone will - rightly and smugly - tell you that you

Nora Johnson

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

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

TALK THE TALK: ‘Let’s think outside the box.’

simply don’t ‘get it!’

A friend worked for a company where they’d regularly say, ‘Let’s take this offline’ which completely confused him at first. Turns out this meant ‘stop talking about it.’ In fact, what they really meant was either: “I haven’t the faintest idea what you’re talking about so can we talk about this in private so I don’t have to look a right idiot in front of others” or, more commonly: “No, I haven’t

done what you asked, but the last thing I want is to let on to a room full of people I screwed up.”

Another friend’s former secondary school converted to an academy. Its new mission statement doesn’t mention boys, girls or students but

‘stakeholders.’

Stakeholders are defined as ‘citizens’ of the school. And citizens, in turn, are members of the ‘[School’s name] family.’

Heck!

Aren’t stakeholders those things you come across throughout the summer here in Spain - at barbecues?

And clichés beloved of our

politicians? How about: Hardworking families. Fairness. Onenation. Transparency. Or: “We had a frank exchange of views, and a constructive dialogue on which we now have the basis to move forward, and I am very much looking forward to our next meeting in the light of this progress.”

So, ‘let’s think outside the box,’ ‘run it up and down the flagpole’ and ‘touch base.’

Phew! Whatever happened to plain old English?

Oh yes, but back to the original point: maybe no-one really knows what they’re talking about any more…

Nora Johnson’s thrillers Retribution, Soul Stealer, The De Clerambault Code (www.nora-johnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89; £0.77) and iBookstore.

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Sales of the Leon have provided the key to this growth. This compact car has seen its sales increase

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Getting ready for the rugby season at La Vila TRAINING for the senior La Vila rugby team has started and will continue every Tuesday and Thursday, 8.30pm to 10.30pm at Villajoyosa Rugby Club.

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Tickets will cost €5.

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Pego scramble round Oliva Nova on a warm morning ON an overcast but very warm morning, Pego GS had 36 members and seven guests take part in a Texas Pairs competition.

It was a Texas Scramble competition with only two people in the team, and the handicap is 25 per cent of the joint handicaps of both people in the team.

All the guests were warmly welcomed by Captain Danny Herron.

The course at Oliva Nova was in very good condition with excellent fairways and greens.

The winners of the competition were Malcolm Wise and Trish Chapman with a score of 61, followed by Dave Collins and Penny Barden (63).

PEGO GS: Some of the members who took part in the Texas Pairs competition.

In third were Brendan Young and Brian O’Connor (64) and Mike Holloway and Simon Holloway (65) were fourth.

Nearest to the pin at hole No 3 was Jim Gillies and at hole no 16 was Donna Green.

In the Pego Golf Society match play third round

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ORBA WARBLERS: The top three players all had 34 points.

Hot golf for Warblers THE Orba Warblers travelled to Alicante Golf for a Stableford Competition on what must have been one of the hottest days of the year, with temperatures in the mid to high 30’s.

The course was in excellent condition, albeit the greens were somewhat slow.

The top three players all had 34 points and the placings were decided on

countback. Coming first and maintaining her form was Barbara Pollitt, in second place Paddy Kenmore and third Fred Cooley.

Nearest the pin prizes went to Colin Harris on the 3rd hole, Chris Field on the 8th and Fred Cooley on the 17th.

Visitors are always welcome and can contact the Warblers on 638 351 535.

to Donna Green at pegohandicapsec@gm ail.com.

roundabout, bare right towards the motorway entrance and at the second roundabout bare left towards the mountain.

To join La Vila contact Jason Craig on 659 674 768 or Ignacio Davila 608 068 208.

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THE Supermoto racing brothers from Murcia have had a busy time over the summer period. Whilst most people are heading for the beaches of Spain for a well deserved vacation during the hottest months of the year, the two brothers have been constantly hitting the race tracks of Spain to further prepare themselves for the second half of the season.

With Mat holding a commanding lead in the SM Master 35 class and Anthony only 34 points off the leader in the SM Open class, both brothers know

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No summer break for Supermotoland team that a Spanish championship title is within grasp and they are determined to be in prime shape for the final championship races of the year that start on Sunday September 7 at the Albaida circuit near Alcoy, Alicante.

They were recently joined by Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s MotoGP

racer, Scott Redding who put in three days training with the Supermotoland team at the Fortuna and Albaida circuits to further improve his Supermoto skills and physical condition.

Training on a Supermoto bike in 40 degrees of heat whilst battling with the two brothers is pretty much ideal preparation for racing in MotoGPs and Scott thoroughly enjoyed his experience as well as meeting the many fans that turned up to see him ride.

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Mat Ford-Dunn continued over August and the Brothers are hoping that the effort they are putting in will pay off in the forthcoming races on their Advance Moves

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