Euro Weekly News - Mallorca 21 - 27 August 2014 Issue 1520

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Businesses protest against new laws RESIDENTS and business owners in Palma have taken to the streets to protest against a new civic ordinance decreed by the city council.

The ordinance, brought into legislation in April of this year, covers, among other things, matters like public congregation (outlawed), handing out leaflets (outlawed) and performances by street artists (also outlawed).

A total of 17 different associations have made a formal request to the TSJIB (Superior Justice Courts of the Balearic Islands) to annul the new bylaws which, they claim, go against their basic right of freedom of

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expression and are beyond what the council should be legislating against.

The associations are also claiming that the only reason for the new bylaws to exist is for the council to be able to levy fines and

so fill its own coffers. All of the associations have underlined the fact that the legislation, brought in to eliminate anti-social behaviour, has instead seriously affected business.

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INDEX News 1 - 25 Leapy Lee 26 Finance 27 - 32 Letters 33 Daily TV 34 Time Out 40 - 41 Food 42 - 43 Health & Beauty 44 Homes & Gardens 45 Property 46 - 48 Classifieds 49 - 51 Boating 52 - 53 Motoring 54 Sport 56

WALKERS: (from l to r) Charles Nutter, Mike Saari, Dawne Archer and Bernie Long.

Radio Pollensa walk for charity FIGURES released in the Spanish press say that 19,000 people had signed up to start the Marcha des Guell a Lluc (walk from Guell to Lluc) but only around 5,000 people actually completed it. The route was the same route as ever and took the participants through some of the most beautiful scenery on the island.

The vast majority of walkers ranged in age between 14 and 25-years-old although the youngest was 11 and the oldest 80.

The English Radio Pollensa team was present and walking for Lifeblood: The

Thrombosis Charity which was represented

by Mike Saari, Dawne Archer, Bernie Long and Steph Mason who jointly raised around £1,000 (€1,250) for the charity with more donations yet to be collected. Charles Nutter was walking in support of Help for Heroes (www.justgiving.com/Charles-Nutter).

Everyone had their own walking pace with Bernie and Dawne taking 11 hours to complete The Walk, joining the masses of tired and aching bodies up at Lluc Monastery by around 9.30am on Sunday morning.

Beer party fuels lively controversy A TRADITIONAL beer party held in Mallorca for the last eight years is arousing heated controversy.

Known as Birracruzis, the event is a beer route that sees hundreds of youths going

from pub to pub drinking as much beer as they can, the more the better.

Earlier this year, representatives of the Catholic Church voiced their concern over the event and sharply criticised it. Now, the Federacio d’Associacions de Pares I Mares d’Alumnes de Mallorca and members of Ferya are accusing public administrations of promoting activities that link free time to drinking The People’s Party has a alcoholic beverages and very narrow-minded idea negatively influence of what democracy means youths. and they think the State In a joint communiqué, and its institutions belong the groups chastised the to them, said Mes in a promotion of activities that recently released encourage harmful pastime communiqué. activities, including alcohol As stated by the consumption. “As parents, we are not willing to stand coalition, the PP should idly by and accept not betray its voters with dangerous behaviours unannounced cuts in basic commonly seen at parties public services and should refrain from using their that dangerously link having fun to drinking absolute majority to take alcohol,” they said. over institutions.

Mes per Mallorca criticises reform MES PER MALLORCA accused Rajoy of staging a coup d’état.

Representatives of the Majorcan political coalition Mes per Mallorca said President Rajoy’s proposed reform of Spanish electoral legislation that would allow for mayors to be directly elected with 40 per cent of votes is a coup against democracy. “This goes to show that PP is afraid of losing power,” they said.

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NEWS Phone use BALEARIC Island residents spend on average 92 minutes talking on their mobiles every month, 12 more minutes than the national average, according to a study on mobile use during the first half of 2014 conducted by Masmovil.

Harsh criticism PSOE representatives accused Palma Council of “doing nothing” to change the appalling conditions of some municipal plots. Socialist councillor Begoña Sanchez said many plots have been abandoned while municipal authorities stand idly by.

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Swans lose their cygnet THE pair of swans which live in the s’Hort del Rei (King’s gardens) seem to have lost one of their cygnets.

The keepers which look after the animals noticed that they are one cygnet short - normally there are a pair of adult swans and their five, recently hatched, cygnets but on Monday they noticed that there

Outraged neighbours S’ARENAL residents have repeatedly voiced their concern and outrage over the problems caused by drunken tourists in the area.

Meanwhile, PSIB representatives said heavy drinking in the S’Arenal is detrimental to quality of life and the island’s reputation.

were only four cygnets left.

The swans, and their extended family, are the responsibility of the park keepers during the week and the Local Police at the weekends and, according to sources, the Local Police changed their timetables for the summer and it would seem they forgot to lock the

park on Sunday evening.

It is not yet known if the cygnet just wandered off of its own accord or if someone stole it.

The Local Police are looking into the matter. Meanwhile they are asking that if anyone has seen a stray cygnet wandering around to please get in touch with them.

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Improving safety SOCIALISTS in Palma asked the council to demolish the expropriated houses on Calle Aragon to improve safety and eliminate what they called a trouble spot in the city.

Public tender REPRESENTATIVES of Mes Per Mallorca asked Palma Council to terminate the contract of the company currently managing soup kitchens and to put out the service to public tender. The new company should guarantee quality meals and products.

Unprotected citizens PSOE accused Palma Council of using socalled austerity as an excuse to eliminate public services and leave citizens unprotected in reference to the elimination of consumer protection services.

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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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REAL MALLORCA presented their new kit last Tuesday for the 2014/2015 football season scheduled to start on Saturday and Sunday. The official event was attended by Coach Valeri Karpin, President Biel Cerda and General Manager Dudu Aouate.

Educating children IT is fundamental for families to be more involved in their children’s sexual education, said representatives of the Balearic Institute for Family Policies (IPFB). Parents must be aware of the crucial role they play in educating their children, they said.

Dangerous poisoning 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.

TWO women aged 58 and 81 had to be rushed to the Son Llatzer Hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning. They were later taken to Clinica Juaneda and placed in an hyperbaric chamber.

Season starts REAL MALLORCA is to kick off their new season on Saturday at 7pm, when they are scheduled to play Valladolid at Estadio Jose Zorilla. Mallorca is to then play Las Palmas at home on Sunday August 31 at 9pm.

Swan Lake BALLET lovers will be thrilled to know that the Moscow Ballet will perform Swan Lake composed by Tchaikovsky between 1875 and 1876 tomorrow at 9pm at the Palma Auditorium. Tickets are €25.

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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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Painful injury MANACOR-born Rafael Nadal will not be able to defend his title at Flushing Meadow (US) because of a wrist injury. The 28-year-old announced his decision on his Facebook page last Monday.

Pest plane 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.

Happy 50th MANY happy returns to the face of the Euro Weekly News in Mallorca, Stephenie Domfe, from EWN staff on your 50th birthday.

FOREST FIRE: Mendoza accused of setting 24 fires.

Twenty four fires in one summer ON September 1 the trial by jury for Francisco Javier Martinez Mendoza, resident of Palma, starts. He stands accused of starting 24 separate forest fires in Mallorca and Menorca during the summer of 2012.

Prosecution is asking for sentences totalling 78 years in prison for the 20 fires in Mallorca and another four in Menorca, three of which endangered the lives of the public.

The initial prosecution documents are also asking for fines of €1.7 million to be levied in order to cover the costs of the cutting of roads, extinction and evacuation which were needed.

Of the total of this fine €847,316 would go to the environmental council of the Govern (regional government) for extinguishing the fire and another €414,464 would go to the same body for the reforestation of the affected areas.

The rest of the money would go to the

private land and property owners in the area who were affected.

Mendoza has been in prison since he was apprehended in Menorca in late 2012. He has admitted to being responsible for the majority of the fires for which he is standing trial although he denies he did it with any forethought he claims that, due to an irresistible fascination with fire, he set them on impulse.

One of the major questions to be debated at his trial is whether his mental condition is suitable to stand trial at all.

Defence are asking for a sentence of five years to be carried out at a mental facility as, they claim, Mendoza is suffering from a mental condition and needs help.

The most damaging fire that Mendoza is said to have set burnt 128 hectares in the forests of the Bendinat area of Mallorca.

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FIVE people have been detained after a fight between Dominican nationals and several gypsies in Son Gotleu, Palma.

The incident took place just after midnight on Calle Santa Florentina and involved a number of people who were armed with knives, guns, helmets and bike locks.

When the National Police arrived on the scene they first separated all the parties involved and then called

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Fatal accident A 37-YEAR-OLD motorcyclist was killed on Tuesday at 11pm on the old Inca motorway.

For reasons yet to be determined, the man crashed into another car on a curve. He was instantly killed while the other driver only suffered minor injuries.

Winning attitude REAL MALLORCA Coach Valeri Karpin said in an interview that the team must return to the First Division of Spanish football but that the club must take one step at a time, be humble and first beat Valladolid.

Royal stroll THE King’s Mother, Sofia, left the Marivent Palace - where the Spanish royal family is holidaying on Tuesday morning with her sister Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark and went for a stroll in downtown Palma.

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Brawling on the streets of Son Gotleu in Palma

SON GOTLEU: Scene of the brawl. medical assistance for one person who had suffered a knife wound.

The wounded man indicated that the person who had hurt him was an individual known as ‘El Pirata’ (the pirate).

At the same time the police located another individual who had been identified by other participants in the fight as the person who had been brandishing the gun - this person was detained despite the gun being a fake.

Eye witnesses at the scene indicated that the pirate had been accompanied by an individual of Dominican origin and it was these two who had threatened a girl by putting a large

knife to her throat.

The threatened girl was also detained as she had taken part in the fight hitting her aggressors with her bike helmet.

According to police sources the Dominicans had taken refuge in a nearby bar and tried to run away when they saw the police approaching the police caught up with them and with the pirate and arrested them all.

According to the pirate the fight started when he was walking along the road and two individuals on a scooter tried to run him over, they then followed him to the door of his house and threatened his family. His cousin rapidly came to

his defence aided by his brother-in-law and, seeing the aggressors had armed themselves, they grabbed a kitchen knife and after that it was a free for all.

The fight caused a general panic in the area and, between those involved and onlookers there were around 100 people on the streets.

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Son locked up CHARGES have been brought up against a Manacor mother for leaving her eight-yearold son locked up in the house without adult supervision.

The mother would allegedly leave the house early in the morning and would not return home until 3pm.

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Vicious beating of girl in Son Cladera A GROUP of youths beat up a minor while recording

it on their phones in Son Cladera, Palma.

A 17-year-old girl was walking home, drunk after a night out on the town, when a group of youths started shouting and jeering at her. The group followed her and started to shout insults like “whore” and “slut” at her while trying to grab her bag off her - they punched her in the face making her fall to the floor.

They did not stop until a local bar owner came to the girl’s help and made the youths go away breaking her phone as they left.

Local Police were called and took statements from all those present, unfortunately, due to her high level of anxiety and drunkenness the girl could not relate the event with

SMARTPHONE: Caught the whole incident on video. any clarity.

A few days later the victim was told, by a friend, that a video of the incident was making the rounds on the social networks. She managed to get hold of a copy of the video and give it to the police as evidence of the aggression.

The video clearly shows the whole incident and its participants right up to the moment when the bar owner came to the victim’s rescue.

National Police are investigating the matter and trying to identify and locate the youths in the video.

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Magaluf betting shop is closed NATIONAL POLICE have closed down a betting shop in Magaluf, Mallorca.

The shop, located on Avenida s’Olivera in the centre of Magaluf, did not have the necessary licences from the local council.

The betting shop, an establishment

not often found in Spain, offered the public the opportunity to bet on sporting events like football, basketball, tennis or cycling among others.

The shop belongs to the Iss2000 franchise which, according to its web page, has been established for more than 10 years and is rapidly expanding in places like Germany and Spain.

This is the second betting shop to be closed down by the National A VAN lost control and flipped over on the Llucmajor Police in the last two motorway between exits 10 and 11. months, in late May they The driver, 37, had to be rescued by the fire brigade closed one in Inca. and was taken to hospital in critical condition. Another The legality of betting three people were attended to at the scene of the shops in Spain is not very accident for light injuries. clear as the law states The DGT (Guardia Civil traffic authorities) have that no off-course betting commented that the driver went too far to the right, is legal. in his lane, and then over corrected which then made Police have, so far, not the van fishtail and finally hit the central reservation released information on and flip over. The van hit a Ford Focus going in the exactly which licences other direction, fortunately the driver was not were missing or what seriously hurt and did not need to go to the hospital. would be needed to reThe driver of the van tested negatively for alcohol. open the shop.

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Thefts in Peguera and Andratx THE Guardia Civil and the Local Police forces from Peguera and Andratx are searching for the thieves responsible for several robberies in both areas.

On Friday, just after midnight, one or several, individuals broke into a chalet in Calle Bellavista, in Peguera, and walked off with smart phones, a tablet and a laptop. The owners of the house had gone out for dinner and when they returned home they found they had had a visit from the thieves.

In Andratx, in Calle Tintorera de Cala Llamp, a man called the police when he heard a noise inside his house, the thief, scared by the noise, ran off into the night. Police searched the area for the culprit but were unable to find him.

SPATE OF ROBBERIES: Chalet break ins rife.

Also in Andratx, this time on Calle Miro in the Montport urbanisation, the police were called out to the scene of a recent robbery but, despite the police putting up

roadblocks at every roundabout on the urbanisation, they were unable to catch the thieves.

Police investigations into the matter are ongoing.

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Too fast, too young A NOVICE driver lost control of his car and flipped it over on Son Cladera.

The driver, only just 19years-old, suffered only slight injuries after being in the spectacular accident, with full flip included, in the centre of Palma.

The incident took place on Calle Ter and did not involve any other vehicles.

Although ambulances were called the young man was attended to at the scene as his injuries were very light.

Police will investigate the cause of the crash although all the evidence points towards the young man going too quickly and then just losing control of the car when he came to the bend at the end of the street.

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Contract termination REAL MALLORCA and Alejandro Alfaro have agreed to amicably terminate the Huelva-born player’s contract.

Alfaro signed for Mallorca back in 2011 after playing for Sevilla FC between 2010 and 2011.

Fighting cancer MORE than 900 people participated in the 21st Festival Against Cancer held in Plaza Mayor in Ses Salines last Saturday. The event included stand-up comedy, dancing and hip-hop and raised â‚Ź8,700.

Voicing concern SHOPKEEPERS in downtown Palma voiced their concern over the recent increase in illegal peddlers in the area.

They will continue fighting for their rights and will not give up until the law is fully enforced, they said.

BIOHAZARD EQUIPMENT: Balearic Islands ready and prepared.

Ready for anything

IB-SALUT has three ambulances ready and prepared to face Ebola should it arrive on the islands.

Despite warnings from experts that say there is practically no chance at all of the deadly virus arriving on the islands, IB-Salut (Balearic Island health authorities) has prepared three ambulances with all the equipment necessary for a possible outbreak.

The ambulance which has been designated for Mallorca is currently being held by the supplying company in a warehouse in the Can Valero industrial estate and has all the hazardous material suits and plastics already installed.

Another ambulance will be designated for use in Menorca and another in Ibiza and Formentera.

As well as the specially prepared ambulances IB-Salut, the same as health services on the mainland, has also prepared its health personnel with special courses on handling dangerous materials and infectious patients.

Medical personnel have also been given a refresher course on how to diagnose the disease in its early stages.

All the protocols to avoid an epidemic are in place and medical personnel have been ordered not to take any chances and, at the slightest suspicion, move the patient to a secure facility.

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Hashish find in Soller port area THE Guardia Civil have detained three people and confiscated 28.8 kilos of hashish in Soller.

The three detainees, all aged between 36 and 38, were in possession of the hashish which has a, police calculated, street value of around €10,800.

Investigations began when two Guardia Civil officers, on routine patrol, noticed two individuals in a van behaving in a suspicious manner. They were exchanging packets between them while a third person was outside the van keeping a look out for anyone approaching.

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man in the driver’s seat then started the van and tried to run them over - they only just managed to get out of the way.

Back on their feet they immediately began to trace the van, through its licence plate, and found it not far away with the three men inside. One of the men had the €10,800 on him.

One of the suspects then handed 8.8 kilos of hashish over to the officers. In the belief that they had thrown away a packet of drugs, the officers then began a detailed search of the area but found nothing.

A couple of days later a tourist handed 20 kilos of hashish, which he had found in the port of Soller, into the police station.

The three detainees all stand accused of crimes against public health and drug trafficking.

PSIB representatives asked Consell de Investigations are Mallorca to enforce legislation currently in ongoing and police have force and ban youths under 16 from bullrings. commented that more The Animal Protection Law 1/1992 prohibits arrests could be made minors under 16 to go to bullrings. soon.

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BUS STOP: Scene of the brutal robbery.

FIVE youths in Palma stopped their car, got out and brutally beat a couple who were waiting at a bus stop.

The incident took place at around 8.15pm while the couple were waiting for their bus on Calle

Double crash delay proximity of a van and turned too sharply.

The woman was taken to the Son Espasses hospital with chest trauma but is said to be stable and in observation.

The other accident happened just seconds later when a driver who was trying to see what had happened in the first accident lost concentration and braked suddenly causing the motorbike

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Couple beaten at bus stop

HUGE TAILBACKS: In each direction of the Inca motorway.

HUGE tailbacks accumulated on the Inca motorway after there were two accidents, one in each traffic direction, at almost the same time.

The first accident took place on the road going towards Palma, near Alcampo, when a driver turned suddenly and flipped their car over on the road. Apparently the driver, a woman of 30, became startled by the

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The biker had to be taken to hospital suffering from an array of cuts and bruises.

Due to a lane being closed in either direction the tailbacks reached almost 10 kilometres, each way, and lasted around two hours.

Guardia Civil are investigating the actions of the van which may have caused the crash.

Aragon when a red Seat Altea pulled up. Five youths got out of the car and suddenly started hitting, kicking and punching the couple.

They then stole what they could from the couple and got back into

their car and took off at speed.

The couple called medical assistance, which attended to them at the scene without the need to go to the hospital, and the Local Police who are currently looking into the matter.

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Tourist falls four floors A BRITISH tourist suffered serious injuries after falling from the fourth floor of a Magaluf building.

The tragic accident occurred yesterday at approximately 10am on Calle Martin Ros Garcia when the young man, aged between 23 and 25, was reportedly trying to climb into a fourth-floor room from an open window and plunged between 15 and 25 metres.

Fatal crash A 60-YEAR-OLD woman was killed yesterday morning in a car crash on the Campos-Felanitx motorway.

The fatal accident occurred when the woman reportedly crashed into a stationwagon. She was killed instantly. The other driver is was injured.

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Inmates on the increase THE number of inmates on the Balearic Islands is on the increase.

Out of the 66,400 people serving prison sentences in Spain, as many as 1,794 are behind bars in Mallorca (1,578), Menorca (71) or Ibiza (145). Most of them have been convicted of theft,

crimes against public health and domestic violence.

It is estimated that the number on inmates on the Balearic Islands has increased by 80 or 100 prisoners due to the recent crackdown on drug trafficking conducted by Spanish police.

Raising funds to fight cancer THE Calanova Cancer Charity is hosting a fundraiser to fight cancer.

Pret-a-portals Glitz and Glamour will be an evening of glamour, fashion and fun held on August 28 at 7pm at Country Club Santa Ponsa.

Tickets are between €18 (pre-paid) and €20 (door price), include canapés, cava and lots of entertainment and are available from Country Club Santa Ponsa, Calanova Cancer Charity Shop and Estudio 3.

For more information, email: info@calanovacancer.com

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Taxi exams SANTA POLA is holding taxi driver examinations at the civic centre on August 28 at 10am. Registration ends tomorrow (Friday). The exam is in two parts.

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School works

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.

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.

A night with Javi

Castle restoration

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

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.

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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Fan failures RELATIVES visiting patients on an Alicante General Hospital internal medicine ward took electric fans as air-conditioning failed to cope. The faulty system needed overhauling years ago, anonymous hospital sources complained.

Non-savers 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.

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.

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, revealed the national government’s Economy ministry.

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

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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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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).

Winter sports

Boulevard inauguration

Painting competition

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.

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.

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.

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Low-cost airlines are very popular LOW-COST airlines are incredibly popular among travellers.

According to recent data released by the Tourist Studies Institute (IET), as many as

2,666,560 people travelled to the islands between January and July with one of the low-cost carriers, known for offering low fares in exchange for eliminating traditional passenger services.

This represents an 8.1 per cent increase compared to 2013.

On a national level, 18.3 million passengers chose low-cost airlines during the The group claims the first seven months of the planned event excludes all year, which represents a 10 choirs whose members are per cent increase on a yearnot gay and calls for an over-year basis. As many as alternative festival where all 66 per cent of passengers Mallorca choirs can flew with Ryanair, EasyJet participate, regardless of and Vueling, said IET. On the other hand, race, colour and gender.

President of Mallorca Gay 3,863,322 passengers flew Men’s Chorus Joan Lainez to the Balearic Islands with was not surprised by the traditional airlines between reaction. “Their reaction January and July, which was to be expected but it is could be interpreted as a not a problem. We just clear preference over want the festival to be a budget carriers. However, success and the music is that figure is a 2.5 per cent what is important,” he said. decrease from 2013.

Group criticises choir festival A SPANISH pro-life group severely criticised Andtrax Council for organising what they consider to be a discriminatory choir festival.

Derecho a Vivir chastised the Council’s decision to organise a festival exclusively for gay men’s choirs.

The festival discriminates against the rest of the population and seeks to take homosexuality to all the households of the municipality by promoting gay music, they said.

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DENMARK - At least 20 patients have been infected by the listeria outbreak and the food authorities have traced it back to a cold meats producer in Copenhagen. So far 12 are dead.

THE giant panda at Edinburgh zoo is pregnant and could give birth in the next few weeks. The rare bear’s artificial insemination programme has been successful and there should be new arrivals before September.

CLIVE AND JANE GREEN originally left their home in Gwent, Wales to sail to Spain but they enjoyed themselves so much that they just carried on going, eventually returning after 16 years, 50,000 nautical miles and 57 countries.

TWO Berlin based artists have admitted that they were responsible for the New York flag stunt in which they replaced the usual red, white and blue Stars and Stripes for one which was all white.

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HARVEY, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, has beat off the competition from hundreds of rival pets to win the coveted title of Britain’s smiliest pet. The 10year-old dog from Surrey can be seen wearing a broad smirk all day long.

JOHN SIGGINS, RMS Titanic fan, has spent the last 25 years converting his garden shed into a replica of the doomed ship’s kitchen. He used pieces from the actual ship as well as its sister ship the Olympic.

WHEN vandals sliced through almost 400 fibre optic cables they left around 160,000 homes in Berlin without internet, television and telephone services.

Berlin police are looking into the matter.

I’m gay DENMARK Conservative leader, Soren Pape Poulsen, commented that he was surprised that his coming out as a homosexual should have been such an issue for modern day Denmark.

Pricey sex SWEDEN - A 55-yearold man in Gothenburg, western Sweden, called the police to complain about the outrageous prices he was charged when he illegally bought sex from two women.

Fishy incident SWEDEN - Concert goers at a festival in western Sweden got a shock when the razor sharp remnants of a fermented herring tin rained down on them after it exploded.

Fat country NORWAY - According to a recent Gates study more than 50 per cent of Norwegians are overweight, around 20 per cent are clinically obese.

Arctic race NORWAY - One of cycling’s most arduous challenges, the Arctic Race of Norway, returned for its second edition on Thursday, August 14. The starting line was in Hammerfest on the island of Kvaloya.

Bargain royalty KATE MIDDLETON, the Duchess of Cambridge, was reportedly seen checking out bargains for Prince George in the pyjama section of an outlet shop in Bicester, Oxfordshire.

Spreepark fire A FIRE has destroyed whole swathes of the remaining buildings at the abandoned theme park, Spreepark. Boats had to be called in to help quell the blaze. Arson is suspected.

Lotto fury LOTTO players who got four numbers recent draw won just £15 compared with the of £25 for players with three numbers. prompted a great number of users to vent anger on Twitter.

in a prize This their PREGNANT PANDA: Soon to be a mum.

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UKRAINIAN Prime Minister, Arseny Yatsenyuk, has commented that the dispatch of Russian humanitarian aid to the eastern Ukraine is nothing more than an act of cynicism.

SOME NGOs are warning that the Gas War, which is currently raging between Russia and the Ukraine, will get much worse with the arrival of winter and could result in a humanitarian crisis.

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THE International Committee of the Red Cross has demanded a more detailed inventory of exactly what is contained in the Russian aid convoy to the Ukraine - there are suspicions that the convoy could be used as cover for an invasion.

MARIA SHARAPOVA, Russian tennis player, is the highest paid female athlete in the world according to a recent Forbes magazine list of world athletes.

She earns an estimated $24.4 million in endorsements and prize money.

Satirical tweets PRIME MINISTER Dmitry Medvedev’s Twitter account has been hacked and the result was a flurry of satirical tweets claiming he was retiring and was embarrassed about the actions of his government.

Spike over THE spike in President Vladimir Putin’s popularity, which has almost doubled since January is expected to fade by the end of the year - the boost was attributed to his Crimean policies.

MARIA SHARAPOVA: Highest paid female athlete in the world.

Wax goalie MANUEL NEUER, Germany’s World Cupwinning goal keeper has been immortalised in wax at Madame Tussauds in Berlin.

The Neuer mannequin will join other star wax players like Mesut Ozil.

Treasure sale A 23-YEAR-OLD man who found treasure worth up to €575,000 with a metal detector is facing charges of embezzlement after trying to claim the find as his own. He put the so-called Barbarian’s treasure up for sale on the internet.

Stalled THE German economy, Europe’s biggest and most robust, has stalled in the second quarter casting a heavy cloud over the recovery of the recessionbattered country.

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AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS: Flee from poverty, hunger and war.

GUARDIA CIVIL in Melilla handed over a group of immigrants to Morocco.

The Sub-Saharan immigrants that sat for several hours on top of the Melilla border fence were forced to climb back down by Spanish police and turned over to Moroccan law enforcement officials.

As many as 1,200 African immigrants have landed on Spanish soil in rubber dinghies in recent days. Many of them were women and children who are now being taken care of by the Red Cross in shelters. The shelters are packed beyond capacity and one is believed to be currently holding 1,200 immigrants.

They were part of a rather large group of men - approximately 50 - who tried to enter Spanish territory on Wednesday but got stuck atop the three-storey-high fence, while border guards were watching from below and tried to grab them. Many were helped down to safety after a few hours, dehydrated and weak.

Moroccan police are alleged to have beaten the immigrants using wooden sticks while they were sitting on the border fence. The Guardia Civil deployed a large number of officers and around 20 police cars. Some of the officers climbed ladders and fruitlessly tried to talk the immigrants into climbing down the fence.

The fortified border in Ceuta and Melilla is the scene of frequent clashes between Spanish border guards and SubSaharan immigrants who risk it all, even their own lives, to escape war, poverty and disease. Their journey to Europe is not easy and the large majority of them pay smugglers to help them.

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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.

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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 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.

The number of Spanish cannabis clubs has rocketed in recent years from 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 one-year moratorium on associations creating cannabis clubs and now Catalan authorities have called for a tougher stance and stricter rules on cannabis.

CANNABIS PLANTS: Possession of cannabis is illegal in most countries.

These include passing regulations prohibiting the opening of cannabis clubs near schools and making it mandatory for them to be well ventilated at all times.

Furthermore, authorities wish to impose a maximum membership number and limit opening hours. In addition, the Catalan Ministry of Health is to present a bill in September to the Generalitat (Regional Government) to regulate cannabis consumption.

It is estimated there are as many as 165,000 registered members of cannabis clubs in Catalonia, which bring roughly €5 million in revenue each month.

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Spain calls for a tougher stance immigration while emphasising the difficult situation his government has faced in recent days following massive attempts by sub-Saharan 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 no students.

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 principally responsible for Guardia Civil and several acquiring the funds from Spain-flagged rescue Madrid. vessels.

Tezanos was with the All immigrants were Chamber of Commerce in taken to Puerto de Tarifa Madrid and was also a in Cadiz, where they partner in companies were attended to by the offering allegedly false Red Cross. courses.

In an effort to stop It is estimated that a total sub-Saharan immigrants of â‚Ź4.5 million was from storming the obtained illegally from state Melilla-Morocco border, funds and another â‚Ź4.4 Moroccan authorities million from regional funds made plans in May to all funnelled through install a five-metre high approximately 30 wall topped with razor companies based in wire along its border with Madrid. Another â‚Ź6.5 Spain. million was accepted However, human rights fraudulently from national organisations denounced funds. Sinergia and Aneri the plans saying Morocco were intermediaries to at had already begun least a dozen other building the barrier companies all defrauding without public regional, state or national consultation. coffers.

The Government of Police investigations into Morocco failed to inform the matter are ongoing as the Parliament and public every time they catch more institutions of their plans people it just leads to more to avoid public outrage, corruption and more said Head of Rif people involved in the Association for Human web of lies.

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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

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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 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 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

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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

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,

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

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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.

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C O M PA N Y PRICE(P) CHANGE Carnival PLC 2265.50 26.00 Centrica PLC 315.95 2.50 Coca-Cola HBC AG 1340.50 14.00 Compass Group PLC 967.00 8.00 CRH PLC 1432.00 15.00 Diageo PLC 1753.25 15.50 easyJet PLC 1309.50 19.00 Experian PLC 1041.00 9.00 Fresnillo PLC 1010.00 6.00 Friends Life Group Ltd 309.40 0.60 G4S PLC 266.60 2.90 GKN PLC 343.85 5.13 GlaxoSmithKline PLC 1406.00 13.50 Glencore PLC 363.62 4.80 Hammerson PLC 618.50 5.50 Hargreaves Lansdown PLC1103.50 24.00 HSBC Holdings PLC 644.10 0.70 IMI PLC 1363.00 12.50 Imperial Tobacco Group PLC2546.00 24.00 InterContinental Hotels Gro...2277.50 28.00 International Consolidated ...339.30 6.50 Intertek Group PLC 2838.50 29.00 Intu Properties PLC 338.75 2.20 ITV PLC 209.35 1.80 Johnson Matthey PLC 3137.00 47.00 Kingfisher PLC 298.40 3.00 Land Securities Group PLC1101.00 3.00 Legal & General Group PLC239.25 0.95 Lloyds Banking Group PLC 73.63 0.03 London Stock Exchange Group...1948.5021.00 Marks & Spencer Group PLC430.80 3.80 Meggitt PLC 473.70 5.60 Mondi PLC 1018.50 12.00 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets PLC171.25-1.87 National Grid PLC 884.50 9.50 Next PLC 6850.00 30.00 Old Mutual PLC 195.90 2.30 Pearson PLC 1133.50 14.00 Persimmon PLC 1316.50 4.00 Petrofac Ltd 1151.00 17.80 Prudential PLC 1427.00 7.00 Randgold Resources Ltd 5065.00 -5.00 Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC5305.00 15.00 Reed Elsevier PLC 972.00 10.50 REXAM PLC 500.50 4.30 Rio Tinto PLC 3433.00 27.00 Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC1058.00 11.00 Royal Bank of Scotland Grou...350.15 2.66 Royal Dutch Shell PLC 2497.75 8.00 Royal Mail PLC 438.90 3.35 RSA Insurance Group PLC 442.45 2.90 SABMiller PLC 3298.25 47.50 Sage Group (The) PLC 396.60 4.36 Sainsbury (J) PLC 310.55 -1.20 Schroders PLC 2307.50 16.00 Severn Trent PLC 1950.00 11.00 Shire PLC 4888.00 36.00 Smith & Nephew PLC 1033.50 14.00 Smiths Group PLC 1278.00 12.00 Sports Direct International...701.50 5.50 SSE PLC 1494.50 5.09 Standard Chartered PLC 1219.00 7.50 Standard Life PLC 371.40 2.90 St James's Place PLC 747.00 9.50 Tesco PLC 244.12 -3.74 Travis Perkins PLC 1703.50 17.45 TUI Travel PLC 370.90 4.30 Tullow Oil PLC 708.25 2.08 Unilever PLC 2612.00 13.00 United Utilities Group PLC 878.25 7.50 Vodafone Group PLC 200.15 2.55 Weir Group PLC 2635.00 38.00 Whitbread PLC 4339.00 66.00 Wolseley PLC 3128.50 22.00 WPP PLC 1220.50 8.84

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VOLUME 21.36 417.64 9.62 181.70 54.86 131.68 47.71 25.44 20.59 131.60 151.45 159.16 231.69 1,473.33 55.42 33.50 3,176.73 14.35 58.26 13.96 416.51 7.35 82.02 300.98 18.56 181.56 101.03 1,153.94 7,424.76 4.40 145.04 63.67 20.74 799.91 619.77 5.21 301.54 51.13 76.98 21.79 202.80 22.61 38.52 68.96 32.00 180.04 74.00 502.24 106.07 67.67 174.15 93.18 84.16 366.42 7.90 13.98 53.37 62.68 35.60 25.19 75.56 284.05 105.22 93.77 3,620.73 9.35 115.16 126.18 156.69 53.03 2,646.65 19.65 30.01 15.18 186.25

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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

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

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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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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.

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ITV 5:40pm Gift Wrapped 6:35pm Local News and Weather 6:45pm ITV News and Weather 7:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Countrywise 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Long Lost Family 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:15pm The Zoo 12:15am All Star Family Fortunes

CH4 5:30pm Win it Cook it 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:30pm Food Unwrapped Diet Special 9:30pm Gadget Man 10:00pm Royal Marines Commando School 11:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 12:00am Ramsay's Hotel Hell

CH5 6:55pm 5 News 7:00pm Neighbours 7:30pm Home and Away 8:00pm Cricket on 5 9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:00pm Under the Dome 12:00am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side

SKY1 3:00pm The Simpsons 4:00pm Modern Family 5:00pm Futurama 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:30pm Got to Dance 10:00pm 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy 11:00pm An Idiot Abroad 12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles

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

BBC TWO 4:30pm Coast 5:15pm Britain by Bike 5:45pm Great British Railway Journeys 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Two Tribes 7:30pm Eggheads 8:00pm Young Vets 9:00pm Russia's Lost Princesses 10:00pm Super Senses: The Secret Power of Animals 11:00pm The Sarah Millican Television Programme 11:30pm Newsnight 12:20am Dragons' Den

ITV 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm Gift Wrapped 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Ade at Sea 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm The Chase 12:40am UEFA Champions League: Extra Time

CH4 5:30pm Win it Cook it 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Dogs: Their Secret Lives 10:00pm Worst Place to be a Pilot 11:00pm Ramsay's Hotel Hell 11:55pm Royal Marines Commando School 12:55am Pokerstars.Com PCA

CH5 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm Lost at Sea: Air France 447 9:00pm Cowboy Builders 10:00pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 11:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 12:00am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side

SKY1 4:00pm Modern Family 5:00pm Futurama 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:30pm Got to Dance 10:00pm Football's Funniest Moments 11:00pm Glee 12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles

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

BBC TWO 5:15pm Britain by Bike 5:45pm Great British Railway Journeys 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Two Tribes 7:30pm Eggheads 8:00pm Young Vets 9:00pm Hotel India 10:00pm Horizon 11:00pm Some Vicars with Jokes 11:30pm Newsnight 12:20am Super Senses: The Secret Power of Animals

ITV 4:00pm Secret Dealers 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm Gift Wrapped 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Secret Life of Cats 10:00pm Secrets From the Asylum 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm The Betrayers 12:40am Off the Beaten Track

CH4 4:30pm Deal or No Deal 5:30pm Win it Cook it 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Sarah Beeny's Double Your House for Half the Money 10:00pm Star Paws: The Rise of Superstar Pets 11:00pm Educating Yorkshire 12:00am Addicts' Symphony

CH5 4:15pm Rosamunde Pilcher's the Other Wife 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Cricket on 5 9:00pm Emergency Bikers 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:00pm Suspects 12:00am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side

SKY1 4:00pm Modern Family 5:00pm Futurama 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:30pm Got to Dance 10:00pm The Full Monty 11:50pm What If Special 12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles

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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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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 simply

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

A ray of sunshine has gone from our lives

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 The world was left stunned when Robin Williams passed moves?’” away. Like so many great comics he lived a life plagued Chris Tyler of Los Conteros with depression, but he brought a ray of sunshine into the Restaurant, in Villaricos, Almeria, lives of millions. He leaves behind a legacy of great movies said: “I have many favourite that will endure. We asked readers what their favourite moments but my absolute favourite Robin Williams film moment was… moment has to be when Robin Williams was running the radio DEBBIE station in Good Morning, Vietnam.

He was so animated and GAMMAGE: so enthusiastic in a Mrs Doubtfire fan. situation where there should enthusiasm.”

“It was absolutely hilarious in Mrs be no With so many hit movies behind Doubtfire when his chest caught him there are plenty of favourite fire and he put the flames out with moments to choose from. Debbie saucepan lids! But we also loved Gammage of Wavelengths in Albox, him in Mork & Mindy. We will Almeria, loved a certain Scottish always say ‘Nanu nanu’ when we ‘lady’. think of him. Such a shame he’s gone!”

Jenni Rock of Gladrags, CHRIS TYLER: also in Albox, agreed: “I was Good Morning, Vietnam.

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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…

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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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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.

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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.

Blood tests are disputable and elimination diets take a

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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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Euro inflation holds steady Commentary by Moneycorp EUR There seems no end to the poor data coming out of the Eurozone and worryingly most of it is now from Germany.

Economic sentiment plummeted, inflation remains benign, German bond yields hit record lows and 2nd quarter growth turns negative as Germany joins the other euro strugglers.

At least French growth only stagnated and didn’t go negative. Euro inflation held steady at last month’s lows while Eurozone GDP came out at zero. Given all this negative news, what happened to the euro? Yes, that's right, have a gold star! It rose 0.7 per cent against sterling, moved higher versus the yen and was steady elsewhere. It all had more to do with reduced geopolitical tension than any numeric fundamentals. .

USD A mixed performance this week as

safe-haven positions were unwound and global tensions eased. The main release was that retail sales stalled unexpectedly, pointing to a loss of momentum in the economy in the third quarter. The dollar eased against the commodity bloc after they were helped by positive data out of China, but gained against the yen as investors moved to higher yielders. The dollar reached four month highs versus sterling, after hopes of an early UK interest rate cut were dashed, and flirted with nine month highs against the euro for a while but succumbed and slipped back later in the week.

CAD The Canadian dollar made back some lost ground this week after an easing in geopolitical tensions and an admission by the Statistical Office that the previous week’s poor employment

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902887243 mallorca@moneycorp.com numbers were wrong. While they did not say what the error was, investors bought back their short positions just in case. There was little in the way of data, only housing starts caused a ripple with the fourth straight month of strength. Against sterling, the CAD hit a one month high, though this was due to the dovish Bank of England inflation report and not Canadian fundamentals.

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AUD The Reserve Bank of Australia won’t be happy but the Aussie had a good week. Upbeat consumer and business confidence data, some poor numbers out of the UK and US, a good manufacturing release from China and a reverse of safe-haven plays all conspired to help the Aussie on its way. Near two-month highs versus sterling were tested as economists became a little more positive. Not so traders who turned the most pessimistic on the currency since March, as interest rate markets increased the odds on a rate cut by year end.

NZD Bumpy ride for the kiwi as it fell to two-month lows versus the US dollar, as investors fretted about the economy.

However, easing global tensions, good China data and poor numbers elsewhere saw it rise like a phoenix to two-month highs against Sterling and retract all its losses on the dollar. While the economy cools a little it is still in good shape, as witnessed by this week’s numbers and with interest rates likely to rise again by year end, any further falls could be limited.

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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.

has desired. When you wake up in the morning believe it is so. Feel how your spirits lift and your heart sings.

but someone is suggesting that you should buy some new shoes and throw the old ones away.

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.

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.

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.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) You’ve been working hard, maybe in the dark some of the time. This week

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Just imagine for one day that you have achieved everything your heart

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Your old shoes are comfortable and still have a lot of wear in them

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.

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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.

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. .

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

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) 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.

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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.

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

TARGET:

Average: 14

Very good: 26

Good: 18

Excellent: 32

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

Word Ladder ROAD

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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.

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.

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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.

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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) 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 drive out (5) 7 Fillet a key one (4) 8 Reported to be pursued, pure and

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)

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)

Code Breaker 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.

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.

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.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

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.

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

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)

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

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BEARER

NEATLY

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PEERED

CAUGHT

PERKED

CHEERS

POISON

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

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

Down 2 Depart (5) 3 Small bird (7) 4 Helper (9) 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)

1 Ladies, 2 Singer, 3 Island, 4 Invert, 5 Handle, 6 Smites, 7 Gather, 8 Metres, 9 Waters, 10 Thrice, 11 Braces, 12 Header, 13 Stitch, 14 Chosen, 15 Reacts, 16 Behave, 17 Cinder, 18 Massed, 19 Rather

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The concept of no-nonsense, set price, all-you-can-eat buffet style restaurants has been around for some time, however, the Gran Restaurante Wok has taken this concept to an entirely different level, offering diners the freshest of quality ingredients, prompt, attentive service, a pleasant contemporary ambiance and an

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That means no matter how much or what you eat, every visit can offer you something new. It is the supreme tasting experience - one could say it’s almost like speed dating but with food!

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a very appetising marriage of Spanish tapas style dining with sophisticated Asian style dishes.

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Perfect for business groups, celebrations and gatherings, they

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BLACK FOREST CAKE: Heaven on Earth.

Heavenly 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, 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.

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Apartment terraces need attention to be attractive outdoor living spaces

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Gardening Corner

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

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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 were actively caring for plants on apartment terraces and adding various artefacts to bare walls, to make terraces 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 ‘Apartment gardening Mediterranean style’ we include check lists of the main 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

BRIGHT TERRACES: Two possible designs are shown. 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 from the

book with the first two shown in the photographs above.

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 a 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 is 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.

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Spain’s low prices attracts home buyers from all over 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 increase of foreigners’ interest in Spain’s real-

IBIZA: Attracts a large number of foreign investors estate market besides the promise of sun, sea, delicious food and idyllic landscapes.

Foreigners spending more than €500,000 in Spanish real

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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 (1,587 through auction and 547 through alienation).

The Government said it only sought to put the properties on the market and make the necessary arrangements for them to be sold.

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 bargains out there, especially when it comes to bank repossession properties. For instance, the price of a 231sqm four-bedroom and three-bathroom 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 notary and land registry fees.

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12 medals for RCN Palma at Canoeing Championships THE RCN Palma-OS La Caixa canoeing team stood out during the Spanish Championship held in Asturias after winning an impressive 12 medals.

Held in Trasona from Friday August 15 until Sunday 17, the 46th Canoeing Championship attracted the best canoeists from more than 60 Spanish clubs. All gave their best to be crowned winners of such a demanding and exciting sporting event and the athletes representing the Royal Nautical Club of Palma (RNCP) did not disappoint, proving that training hard does pay off.

On the first day of the competition, the RCN Palma team won two gold and three silver medals. Adriana Paniagua was crowned Spanish champion in C1 500 and won the gold medal for her club in C1 500 under 23, while Alicia Heredia won two silver medals in K1 500 under 23 and K2 500 with Selena.

Meanwhile, Belen Arnau and Adriana Paniagua came second in C2 500m and were awarded another

CROWNED: Adriana Paniagua is Spanish Champion in C1 500. silver medal. Paniagua would go on to be crowned Spanish Champion on Sunday 17 in the C1 200 category.

On the last day of the competition, Gael Fernandez won a bronze medal in K1 200m Junior, while Adrian Casta単o was the runner-up in the TA Paracanoe 200m category.

Belen Arnau and Adriana Paniagua won yet another silver medal in C2

200, while Selena Coca and Alicia Heredia were the runners-up in K2 200m. Alicia Heredia finished second in K1 200 under 23 and won a silver medal.

Angel Gracia Nasarre won the last medal (bronze) for RNCP at the Championship after finishing third in the K1 1000m category for veterans aged 60-65.

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Financial crisis leaves 10,000 boats abandoned in Spanish marinas

OR many people the dream life in Spain usually involves the purchase of a yacht.

Dreaming of days spent idly fishing, watching the sun set, cool drink in hand whilst bobbing gently on the waves.

Unfortunately, for many enthusiasts that dream has been sunk by the financial crisis.

According to the Spanish Federation of Marinas, Ports and Tourism, there are currently more than 10,000 boats abandoned by their owners throughout Spain.

Gabriel Sandoval Sarrias, President of the federation claims the abandoned boats endanger the safety of navigation and the coastal environment. “Abandoned boats are one of the biggest problems we have in our ports and marinas. It has become necessary to regulate the management, treatment and disposal of these boats.�

ROTTING: Vessels are neglected by cash-strapped owners.

According to Sandoval Sarrias, the economic crisis has caused many owners to neglect maintenance of their vessels until they’re beyond saving.

The federation published figures recently, showing some 4,500 boats over 4.5 metres in length and between 10,000 and

12,000 smaller craft, like tenders, dinghies and dinghy sailing boats have been abandoned by their owners in Spanish marinas.

Most leisure craft come to the end of their natural life at about 25 years of age. The federation is concerned that somewhere

between 750 and 1,000 additional boats will be abandoned by the end of the year.

The federation is calling for additional regulations that would allow marina managers to identify and speed up the

process of removing the abandoned boats and scrapping them.

The warning to boat owners who have let their maintenance and slip fees slide is to get it sorted or lose your dream boat.

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SEAT sales continue their upward trend. The brand ended the first half of 2014 with 200,200 vehicles delivered, 9.9 per cent more than in the first half of 2013 (182,200).

SEAT has achieved its best result of the past six years, exceeding the figure of 200,000 units delivered for the first half of a year since the beginning of the economic crisis in 2008.

Sales of the Leon have provided the key to this growth. This compact car has seen its sales increase by 62.3 per cent, totalling 78,600 vehicles, 30,200 more than for the first half 2013 (48,400).

The ST estate version has exceeded expectations and contributed 21,200 units. The Alhambra, one of the fastest-growing models so far this year, adds another 19.4 per cent (total: 11,400 units; 9,500 in 2013).

SEAT President Jürgen vehicles (2013: 38,200), a Stackmann underlined the 10.9 per cent increase, fact that SEAT continues consolidating its position to grow above the market in the top 10. SEAT has average. “Volumes are still also seen double-digit low, but the European sales in Spain, +13.3 per market is already showing cent, (total: 39,300 units; signs of recovery. In this 34,600 in 2013), the context our sales are once United Kingdom, +17.4 again growing above the per cent, (total 26,800 competition average. The vehicles; 22,900 in 2013) Leon is a success and will and Italy, +14.2 per cent enable us to maintain this (total: 6,600; 5,800 in growth momentum”.

2013). Also SEAT has sold Dr. Andreas almost 2,000 additional Offermann, Vicevehicles in Portugal, President for where sales have Best Sales and doubled to results of +113.0 per cent Marketing, said that “the Leon (total: 3,700; past six caters to the 1,800 in 2013). years needs of all SEAT deliveries customers.

The to Eastern Europe addition to the range of have grown by 78.2 per the Leon CUPRA and the cent in the first half of ST 4Drive, and the X- 2014, reaching a total of PERIENCE over the next 12,900 units (2013: few months, enhance the 7,300). In the Czech prospects of this model, Republic, the brand’s main and are completed by the market in the area, with a launches of the special total number of 3,900 version of the 30th vehicles delivered (2013: anniversary Ibiza and the 1,900), sales have Mii by MANGO.” doubled (+109.8 per SEAT has increased cent). Outside Europe the deliveries by 10.5 per cent best-selling list is headed in Western Europe for the by Mexico (10,300 units), first half of the year Algeria (8,400), where last (158,300; 143,300 in week SEAT officially 2013) and has reached a opened its showcase market share of 2.5 per dealership in the outskirts cent (2013: 2.4 per cent). of the capital Algiers, In Germany the company Turkey (3,900) and Israel has marketed 42,300 (3,200).

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Triathlon championships, the British Grand Prix athletics meeting in Birmingham and action in the Premiership and football leagues on Monday (August 25), the US Open tennis tournament begins at Flushing Meadows, and on Sunday F1 returns with the Belgium Grand Prix at Spa. FOOTBALL - After a break of 97 days, it was back to Premiership action for 20 clubs last weekend... and perhaps the surprise was Manchester United’s 21 defeat by Swansea - the first time the Reds have lost at home on the first day since 1972. Elsewhere in the top flight there were late winners for Arsenal, 2-

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1 v Crystal Palace, Spurs 10 at West Ham and Liverpool 2-1 v Southampton, while Manchester City won 2-0 at Newcastle and Burnley 1 Chelsea 3 on Monday.

ATHLETICS - Great Britain won 23 medals at the recent European

Championships in Zurich, Switzerland. The recipients of a record 12 golden gongs were Mo Farah (two in the 5,000m and 10,000m... following his two triumphs at the Olympics - will it be a World double soon?), James Dasaolu (100m), Adam

Gemili (200m), Martyn Rooney (400m), Greg Rutherford (long jump), Jo Pavey (aged 40, 10,000m), Tiffany Porter (100m hurdles), Eilidh Child (400m hurdles), the men’s and women’s 4 x 100m relay teams and the men’s 4 x 400m quartet.

Will Sharman (110m hurdles), Matthew HudsonSmith (400m), Andy Vernon (10,000m), Jodie Williams (200m), Lynsey Sharpe (800m) and the women’s 4 x 400m relay squad collected silvers while Harry AikinesAryeetey (100m), Chris O’Hare (1,500m), Vernon (above, 5,000m), Ashlee Nelson (100m) and Laura Weightman (1,500m) all won bronze.

MOTOGP - The 10-race winning run of Spain’s Marc Marquez came to an end last weekend in the Czech Republic. He finished fourth behind fellow countryman Dani Pedrosa (1st), Jorge Lorenzo (2nd) and Valentino Rossi (3rd).