Euro Weekly News - Axarquia 20 - 26 November 2014 Issue 1533

NO MORE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN!

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International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 25 November

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Athletics leaders SPAIN’S National Athletics Federation (RFEA) has nominated the Nerja Athletics Club as the best of 2014, for both its male and female teams.

Everyone is welcome to vote until December 11 on the official federation website.

Illegal homes THE head of the Commonwealth of Costa del SolAxarquia municipalities is to set up a committee to study the problem of illegally constructed homes. It is estimated that there are 15,000 such properties in the Axarquia.

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Good Intentions Night

A MAGICAL night will take place tomorrow (Friday, November 21) with the celebration of Good Intentions Night in Rincon de la Victoria.

“It will be a moment to make a wish and hope our best intentions for next year come true, accompanied by music, entertaining performances, workshops and plenty of surprises. A night to share, converse and create a positive attitude amongst our nearest and dearest, instilling these values in the children,” said a council representative who pointed out that the event is

designed especially for families and children.

This year’s Good Intentions Night has a charitable spirit. A

Taking a stand against violence ALMUÑECAR is due to celebrate International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on Tuesday (November 25).

The planned activities are designed to raise awareness against gender-based violence.

One of the past events was a

talk entitled Treat me Well, held in secondary schools around Almuñecar and La Herradura, to raise awareness in teenagers and prevent them from developing violent habits.

Events will start at noon in the town hall square, presided over by

the mayor, Trinidad Herrera.

“Both women and men are encouraged to attend and to stand together against the scourge of gender-based violence,” said the mayor.

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thousand boxes of chocolates will be handed out for a small donation, with the proceeds going to local families in need.

The event will start at 8pm with a parade, followed by performances, balloon sculpture workshops, magic shows, clowns, jugglers and traditional games, amongst many other activities.

Visitors will be able to enjoy a truly magical night full of positive feelings and best wishes until approximately 11pm.

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INDEX News 1 - 21 News Desk 22 European News 24 Finance 25 - 30 Letters 31 Leapy Lee 32 NATURAL SPACE: One of the best protected areas in the world.

Daily TV 34 Time Out 36 - 37 Health & Beauty 38-39 Homes & Gardens 41 Services 43 Classifieds 44-45 Motoring 46 Sport 47 - 48

Sierra Nevada on top of the world

SIERRA NEVADA is officially one of the best preserved protected areas in the world.

It has become the first natural space in Spain to make it onto the UICN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Green List.

The announcement was made during the World Parks Congress held in the Australian city of Sydney. The Sierra Nevada, which stretches between Almeria and Granada,

houses two national parks and is subject to protection as a green area.

It is included in the initial list along with 23 natural parks in Spain, Australia, China, Colombia, France, Italy, Kenya and South Korea.

The Green List includes natural areas considered essential for the survival of the planet, which scientists say is threatened by global warming.

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Food fair THE second ‘Malaga Flavour’ fair was held in Rincon de la Victoria last weekend. Visitors had the chance to taste and buy a large variety of food items such as olive oil, honey, olives and cheeses, amongst others.

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CARHUNA beaches are losing their sand leading to worries for the future of tourism in the area.

This year the sand brought in by the coastal department in June to replenish the beaches after the winter had already disappeared by the end of the month, exposing large underlying stones which made access to the water difficult.

Now representatives of Motril Council have visited Madrid to request help from the National Coasts Department to deal with the alarming situation.

Normally the addition of sand at the start of the summer is enough to keep the beaches, but this year the ‘solution’ did not work.

The most affected areas have

been la Chucha, Perla and camping, where tourists complained about the poor state of the beaches, said the council.

Blame for the loss of sand is being laid on construction works at Motril port dock as well as on several jetties constructed in the area, which may have stopped the natural replenishment of sand.

Senior improvements FRIGILIANA Senior Citizens’ House will undergo renovation works. The council is to spend €10,000 on the improvement of toilets, façades, and the elimination of humidity problems amongst other upgrades.

Buddhist knowledge A HUNDRED people participated in a seminar conducted by Buddhist master Tulku Lobsang in La Herradura. It revolved around the Buddhist perspectives on death and how to prepare for it.

Learning English STUDENTS at the Mediterraneo Secondary School of Salobreña will participate in a project to obtain B1 and B2 English certificates, essential documents to enter university.

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Young musicians THE first international meeting of youth orchestras was held in Almuñecar last weekend. It gathered 150 musicians from Spain and Portugal who took part in cultural visits and other tourist activities.

Abusive clauses NERJA residents carried out a protest last Wednesday at the doors of Cajamar bank to complain about abusive clauses on their mortgages.

Better food CHILDREN at the municipal nursery of Torre del Mar dislike the canteen’s food. Parents complained the service has worsened after a new company was put in charge.

Second tram is home THE second tram of VelezMalaga arrived in the town last Wednesday from Sydney, Australia. Three cars had been rented out to pay off its high running and investment cost.

Fifty shades A CONFERENCE on the popular trilogy of books ‘Fifty Shades’ was held in Almuñecar. It reflected on themes such as female reading patterns and the genre of erotic fiction.

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Disappearing beaches

Photo by Guinness World Records.

Custard apple ALMUÑECAR celebrated the third Technical Custard Apple Workshop. Six talks were held revolving around the importance that this fruit has for the local economy.

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Rock and kilo WORLD BEATER: Kinumi Cati, the Spanish videogamer.

Spain leading in gamers’ world

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WO very determined Spanish videogame players have made it into the Guinness World Records 2015 Gamer’s Edition - known to fans as the ‘gaming bible.’

Released this month, the book recognises the world’s most staggering records from the hugely popular world of video gaming, such as ‘Fastest Car in a Videogame,’ ‘Most Game of the Year Awards’ and ‘Most Costly Pac-Man Game.’

Featured among the pages of the book are two Spanish gaming enthusiasts who have immersed themselves so much in their respective hobbies that they are now world record beaters.

Quote of the Week It’s necessary to explain to the banks that the most important thing is that a family don’t sleep on the streets,’ said Pablo Iglesias, leader of the fast-growing Podemos political party, when talking about the question of home evictions.

Twenty-seven-year-old Rodrigo Martin Santos, from Madrid, holds the record for the ‘Largest Collection of Tomb Raider Memorabilia,’ with a total of 2,383 game-related pieces from the popular videogame and movie series.

And 16-year-old Hecaterina Kinumi Iglesias, from Vigo, holds not only one world record, but two. The gamer, model and singer is the world record holder for the ‘Longest Videogame Marathon on Final Fantasy’ (38 hours and 6 minutes), and ‘Longest Videogame Marathon on World of Warcraft (29 hours and 31 minutes).

Known in the virtual world as ‘Kinumi Cati,’ Iglesias said she took on the marathon endurance sessions to be known as a “good gamer.”

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Number of the week

€2.24

billion is the amount that will be paid out in prizes should all tickets for Spain’s national Christmas lottery known as ‘El Gordo’ - be sold before the draw on December 22.

CHARITY rock concert ‘Rock&Kilo’ was held last Saturday, featuring groups Kassia and Wasted Place.

Entrance was €2 or a kilo of non-perishable food that was donated to ‘Motril Acoge.’

Renovation works THE renovation works at Almuñecar streets Ingenio Real, Azucar and Pasaje San Jose started last week. With a budget of €164,000, they will improve sewage and water supply systems and will be finished in a period of three months.

Suppernanny tips THE popular Spanish TV show Supernanny host Rocio Ramos-Paul, shared her knowledge in a talk in Nerja. It was aimed at helping parents improve children’s education while enjoying the process.

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Spanish clothing giant Zara has had to restrict the number of purchases at its stores in Venezuela to five items of clothing per person, per month, in order to cope with high demand.

Low-cost clothing lines have resulted in massive queues at Zara stores in Venezuela and a rationing of stock.

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A note from the

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Tradition or torture? Bull festival shocks world

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RIGHTENING images of one of Spain’s lesser known festivals made the pages of several European newspapers this week, showing a terrified young bull charging around a makeshift bullring with burning stakes strapped to his horns. Caked in mud, the pictures of the bull in the dark night illuminated only by the burning balls of tar attached to his head could have come straight from some hellish vision of the Apocalypse.

Clashes between animal rights activists and police brought the Joy of the Bull festival - in Spain’s Soria region - to the attention of the world, with widespread condemnation from most quarters. The annual festival has been deemed a “cultural highlight” in the village of Medinaceli, but has also been called a “sadistic festival” by animal rights group PETA. There has long been debate about

Spain’s treatment of bulls, particularly due to the popularity of bullfighting in the country. Whatever your thoughts on this famous Spanish tradition, most people would share the opinion that the Joy of the Bull festival is no doubt cruel. The bull is taunted and jeered as flaming hot tar burns precariously close to its head. Once the bull is exhausted, he is removed from the ring to be slaughtered and eaten by festival participants.

The debate about bullfighting in Spain will be waged for some time to come, but we think most people with a modicum of common sense would agree that events like the Joy of the Bull festival are in no way fair to the animal. Just because it’s an ancient tradition doesn’t make it okay to torture and frighten a creature in such a manner. Like the majority of outside observers, we think it should be stopped.

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Ex-Round Tablers celebrate in Nerja MEMBERS of Nerja Ex-Round Tablers’ Club (more commonly called 41 Club) hosted the annual party for all 41 Clubs on the Iberian Peninsula.

It was a three-day event where the 41 Clubs from Calpe, Javea, Estepona, Nerja, Mallorca, Gibraltar, and the Algarve, met for a long weekend of fun and fellowship, including a celebration of their 10th Anniversary, a tapas lunch and a formal gala dinner.

Nerja 41 Club has ex-Round Table members from 10 European countries.

Ragnar Sandsten from Sweden is the chair of the club for the 2014/2015 year.

Ragnar took over the Chair from Ludo Van Rompaey from Belgium.

Members meet twice a month on the

NERJA 41 CLUB CHAIRMAN: Ragnar Sandsten.

first and third Thursdays. On the first Thursday they hold a ‘Munch Bunch Lunch,’ an event for ladies and gentlemen, where they sample a menu del dia in one of the many of the different restaurants in the area.

Their meeting on the third Thursday is for men, a nearby Red Cross stand, at the Hotel Al-Andalus in where members of Maro, near the caves of association Don Animal Nerja. On these evenings took charge of it. the ladies often meet for a According to them, the meal. animal was disoriented and More information: unable to fly due to being Membership Officer and outside its natural Cluster Chairman Alfie environment.

Fornear on 626 998 626 or However, this allowed a.fornear@hotmail.com or visitors to enjoy the view of visit such a rare specimen. www.41clubnerja.org.

Vulture makes an unexpected visit DISORIENTED and confused, a Griffon vulture appeared last Sunday off the coast of Torre del Mar. Residents gathered around the area to watch the wild animal which had reportedly been diverted from its destination due to the strong wind.

Local Police arrived in the area and took the animal to

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Join us in purple against violence TUESDAY November 25 is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, a cause we at EWN feel strongly about and are sure our readers do too. We here at EWN are marking the occasion by printing the movement’s logo on the front cover of each of our six editions this week.

According to Spain’s Ministry of Health, Social Security and Equality, so far this year 43 women have lost their lives at the hands of their partner or ex-partner.

Only 13 had previously reported being victims of abuse.

The aim of the inter-

national campaign is to raise awareness of the fact that women around the world are subject to rape, domestic violence and other forms of violence on a daily basis; in fact, it has been estimated that one in three women will suffer some form of violence or physical or psychological abuse during their lives.

Recognised officially by the United Nations in 1999, November 25 was previously adopted to mark the assassination of three political activist sisters in the Dominican Republic in 1960.

While nobody really knows exactly why the colour was adopted to symbolise the day, purple ribbons and handprints have become the most widespread way to show support for the cause, which most towns in Spain acknowledge in some way.

Therefore, the EWN team will be going purple on Tuesday and invite readers to do the same in a stand against all forms of violence against women. Purple to tell abusers we will not look the other way while they get away with it. Purple to let victims know they are never alone.

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Sporting victory NERJA athlete Salima Charki has beaten the team’s record in a 10kilometre marathon in Valencia, finishing in 33 minutes, 48 seconds and winning the race over 8,000 participants.

A MOTRIL resident helped catch a robber in a heroic act of bravery.

The victim was a woman who had just withdrawn money and was assaulted by a stranger,

forcing her to hand it over.

When she refused, the man attacked her, causing her

several wounds to her face and neck, until he was able to snatch the money and run away.

The resident, who had witnessed the attack, ran after the assailant and knocked him over, immobilising him until the police, alerted by other witnesses, arrived on the scene.

The officers arrested descriptive and anecdotal him and took him to the commentary.

National Police station.

During the interval, the The woman was taken audience were able to home and then to a purchase drinks, cakes nearby hospital to and raffle tickets. receive treatment for her The event raised €1,019 wounds and start legal to support Lux Mundi and proceedings. its charitable work.

Head of Citizen Safety Due to the success of Department Manuel the event, Lux Mundi is Ballesteros thanked all already planning its those for their help in Spring/Summer Show for coming to the aid of the next May, when again all victim and especially the friends will be very man who immobilised the welcome to attend. mugger.

Lux Mundi on the catwalk

THE provincial coast department has spent €544,000 on improving Costa Tropical beaches.

MOTRIL’S Centro Comercial Abierto shopping centre will feature new signs and awnings thanks to a €56,000 investment by the Junta de Andalucia regional government and €14,000 provided by the council.

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ON PARADE: Organisers Carolyn and Kristine with models Frances, Gerry, Jan, Jo, Katherine, Linda, Marion, Rosanne, Sharon, Sheila and Val.

Lighting up time MALAGA has announced that the city’s Christmas lights will be officially turned on on Friday November 28.

Spanish singer Chenoa will be at the event starting at 6pm in Plaza de la Constitucion after which Cadena 100 radio will be organising a concert at 7.30pm.

LUX MUNDI held its Autumn/Winter Fashion Show at the Centre in Torre del Mar. Eight-four visitors were greeted on arrival with a free welcome drink after which they were shown 55 outfits of new and nearly-new clothing and accessories.

The outfits were modelled by 11 international friends of the centre. Compere Carolyn Bowen gave an amusing,

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Transport for students FIFTEEN students in Nerja have received transport passes paid for by the council to help them afford their trips to educational centres in Malaga and Granada.

First Aid NERJA’S Civil Protection officers are to receive training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, basic life support techniques and the use of defibrillators.

Roadworks HARD shoulders at the entrance to Almuñecar on National Road 340 have undergone improvement works.

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Ladies Night launch sparks controversy CONTROVERSY has arisen in Nerja over an initiative by several clubs to offer free drinks to women on

Saturdays in November.

Called Ladies Night, it has been designed to counteract the low season marked

by the start of November.

Women interested must register on a list via a telephone number or a

Striking medical staff rush to help sick pensioner HEALTHCARE workers on strike saved a man’s life in Malaga.

The protest, which was taking place in Plaza de la Constitucion, was interrupted when Local Police advised that a 70-year-old tourist had fainted in Calle Nueva.

Doctors and nurses participating in the protest left their signs and banners on the floor and rushed to the area, where after 50 minutes of cardiopulmonary and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, as well as the use of a defibrillator, they managed to save the man’s life.

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LIFESAVING: Striking medical staff in Plaza de la Constitucion saved a life.

WhatsApp text. Posters advertising the event are being displayed around the town, sparking concern amongst residents and social institutions about the sexist connotations.

The Women’s Institute of Andalusia together with the Junta the Andalucia regional government have both condemned the practice for being ‘out of place and completely sexist’.

Owners claim that the intention is not to offend women and said: “People who are against it should just not participate.”

They have also excused the initiative as an attempt to combat the new measures taken by the council to do away with terraces for bars which play loud music.

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Don’t leave it behind!

DOG owners who do not clean up after their pets will risk fines.

Motril Council has said it is committed to addressing the problem of dog mess left on the streets. For this reason, plain-clothes police officers will impose fines on those who do not pick it up.

During 2013, Local Police issued 41 sanctions, and 13 during 2014. In addition, owners of noisy dogs which disturb residents at night are also to be fined.

Mayor Luisa Garcia Chamorro launched the initiative ‘Don’t turn your back on the problem’ which has been designed to raise civic awareness to combat a problem which damages the image of the town.

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Cajon drums exhibit FLAMENCO enthusiasts will be able to enjoy an exhibition of cajon drums in Torrox.

Hosted by local business ABueno Cajones Falmencos Percusion Artesana, it will take place at the Exhibition Hall of Teatro Villa de Torrox and feature the different models of cajon drums manufactured by the company.

This event will include a performance from professional musicians who will carry out demonstrations with the different instruments displayed.

In addition, there will be a drop-off point for donated toys as a part of the traditional Red Cross Christmas campaign aimed at collecting toys for poorer children.

The exhibit starts today (November 20) and will be open until November 28.

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Photography for all MOTRIL COUNCIL will hold the new edition of the fourth Photography Contest for people with

disabilities between November 24 and 27.

In addition, a training course on photography will

CHOCOLATE NATIVITY: Showcases throughout Spain.

Frigiliana’s turn FRIGILIANA has been featured in 2014’s largest chocolate nativity scene.

The art piece, created by the Cordoba company Galleros Artesanos, traditionally showcases different corners from the Andalucian geography.

This year, the turn has come to Frigiliana amongst other towns. The artists depicted the typical houses of the town in white chocolate, decorated with edible flowers.

Head of Tourism Department Maria Jose Caravaca said that it is a cause for pride to be featured in this year’s nativity scene and participate as one of the many beautiful places in Andalucia.

be held on November 21, especially designed for the participation of this community. In this course, the students will be shown how to use their cameras adequately.

They will be taught basic photography techniques as well as tips on lighting and composition. Finally, they will be taken to Pueblos de

America Park to practice what they learnt in the course.

The winner will receive a prize of €300, €200 for the second position and €150 for the third.

Inscription is free and can be made at the Social Service office in Calle Aguas del Hospital or on 958 833 013.

Nerja’s clean up ALMOST 100 volunteers participated in the tenth Cleaning Works of Nerja’s seabed and beaches.

The works took place last Sunday in the areas of Maro, El Playazo and El Salon, and the workers picked up around 50 kilos of waste, mainly plastics.

Environment councillor, Nieves Atencia, who also participated in the event, pointed out the importance of activities which aim to

raise awareness of the issues caused by dropping litter on the beach.

This initiative was launched by the Nerja Scuba Diving team together with the town council.

After the cleaning was done, participants received a meal courtesy of Burriana Beach outdoor restaurants, as well as commemorative t-shirts and diplomas.

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Lux Mundi Christmas Bazaar LUX Mundi will be holding a Christmas Bazaar on Friday December 5 at its centre in Torre del Mar from 11am to 1pm.

It will be a chance to buy Christmas gifts, cards, home-made cakes and food, bric-abrac and arts and crafts.

There will also be a tombola and raffle. For more information call 952 543 334.

Lux Mundi will also be hosting a Christmas Special Buffet and Quiz on Sunday, December 7 at 3.30pm for 4pm.

A short fun quiz will be followed by a buffet of home-cooked cold meats, salads, pickles, cheeses, home-cooked desserts and mince pies, accompanied by drinks and mulled wine. Tickets cost €10.

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Theatre fun CLOSE to 1,000 school children from Nerja and Maro attended local theatre productions. It was part of an initiative called ‘Imagina,’ launched by the Education and Culture department of Nerja Council.

Cheaper tax THE waste collection tax will be reduced by 5 per cent in Salobreña for all citizens.

Senior citizens will be able to pay a fixed annual price of €20.

Online safety A SERIES of talks will be held in different secondary schools of Granada to teach children about violence on the internet to include Cyberbullying and sexual extortion .

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Market relocation fails TRADERS at Motril market have voiced complaints after being

relocated.

The council was forced to move

Sporting young talent A YOUNG table tennis player from Almuñecar, Lucia Lopez will participate in a get together with the Spanish national team.

The gathering will take place in Valls (Tarragona) between December 20 and 23, in a programme designed to help the progress of young sports talents.

LUCIA LOPEZ: A promising tennis table player.

the market temporararily to another location due to the construction works of a bike lane.

It originally took place in the Rambla de los Alamos, but has been moved to Ronda de Levante.

Stallholders have complained because they believe it is not a good location for the market, due to a lack of safety and the reduced size of the area. Last Tuesday (November 18) they decided not to put up their stalls but instead carried out a protest outside the town hall. They claim a better location would have been, for instance, the Parque de los Pubelos de America.

New commercial association is born LOCAL merchants and artisans of La Herradura have created a new association.

Its main purpose will be to boost local commerce by organising a variety of activities around the area.

So far, 40 merchants and artisans are participating in

the initiative.

“Our very first project will be holding two Christmas markets, which will take place in Plaza Nueva during December 6 and 27. A charity stand will be placed, with donations going to Caritas,” said head of the Association,

Encarna Garciolo.

She also unveiled another project which will benefit tourists and will consist of a touristic discount card, aimed at promoting local businesses, which is expected to be launched next January.

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No more Bingo!

AN illegal Bingo parlour has been dismantled in Torre del Mar. Police officers in Velez-Malaga were alerted to a possible fraudulent activity at the premises of a local association in Torre del Mar. When police arrived, 80 people were illegally playing in the parlour.

Officers confiscated almost 5,000 Bingo cards, four DVD players, two televisions, €385 and other items.

In addition, the owners of the parlour were selling drinks without the necessary permits.

Police officers have carried out 852 inspections so far this year, filing 220 lawsuits and confiscating 84,772 illegal lottery tickets, in an attempt to put an end to illegal gambling.

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Learning how to save a life SECONDARY school students from Motril will learn resuscitation techniques.

Launched by the Health Department of Motril Council, the activities will take place on Friday November 21, in Plaza de

España, where the young people will be taught how to react in case of a cardiac arrest.

Members of the Red Cross and Civil Protection will conduct the training for more than 240 students.

Head of the Health Department, Margarita Yanguas, pointed out that 60 per cent of cardiac arrests happen in front of witnesses and a substantial number occur at home, where a relative or friend could

potentially help the victim.

It is estimated that 100,000 people could be saved every year if these techniques were more widely known, hence the importance of initiatives like this one.

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Better lighting THE Regional Government of Malaga will spend €40,000 on improving the lighting around the area of La Torrecilla in Nerja.

Traditional bulbs will be replaced with LED technology.

Illegal fruit LOCAL Police and Guardia Civil of Almuñecar confiscated 150kg of custard apples which were being illegally sold at a charity market last Sunday.

Diabetes Day event VOLUNTEERS from Motril Diabetes Association carried out blood sugar tests on local residents for Diabetes Awareness Day (November 14).

This international event was created in 1991 in response to growing concerns about the threat posed by diabetes, and is designed to raise awareness and encourage healthier living.

Flamenco show A Flamenco performance

by Sevillian musician David Peña Dorantes will be held at 9pm on Saturday November 22 at Teatro del Carmen in Velez-Malaga.

Tickets are €12, available from the Tourism Office call 952 541 104.

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Animals dying at neglected park NEGLECT and lack of proper maintenance at Natural Park Peña Escrita is causing the death of a dramatic number of animals, according to the animal rights association CANDA. The group claims a variety of specimens have already disappeared from

the park, located in Almuñecar.

Lions, camels, goats and lynxes amongst many other animals have died, according to CANDA representatives.

“The lack of reforestation campaigns and the non-existent cleaning and trimming of

bushes have caused enormous damage and even the closure of leisure facilities such as restaurants, pools, huts and farmhouses around the area,” said the representative.

“It is causing a great discomfort amongst the tourists and residents.”

Almuñecar asks for water aid

German market

ALMUÑECAR Council has requested aid from the Junta de Andalucia regional government to irrigate fields.

The council expects approval from the regional government to bring water from the Rules Reservoir, located in the municipalities of Velez de Benaudalla and Orgiva.

The water is essential to maintain the production of custard apples, the locally cultivated, subtropical fruit.

TORROX gears up for the Christmas season with a market.

Organised with the collaboration of the town’s German community, it will take place between December 6 and 22 at the gardens of Calle Castillo, in the historic centre.

Around 20 stands will give visitors the opportunity to taste typical German products such as the traditional mulled wine, Glüwein, and sausages - the perfect occasion to get into the Christmas spirit.

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Kind-hearted Nick will always be remembered NICK TATT passed away tragically on October 17, aged only 53. He was a lovely man who was extremely well liked by his neighbours.

Nick and wife Sarah arrived in Los Romanos (Viñuela) only two years ago, but the impression they made on the community was remarkable from the start. The family moved to the area with their two youngest children and appeared on TV show A Place in The Sun, Home or Away looking for their ideal home.

The family were extremely close and well respected in the area.

Nick had built a website where he asked if he could get the customers to use local store Arkwrights as a drop off point, for ordering things from the UK through different sites.

He was a lovely man, who would have helped anyone. His widow wanted to raise money for the local poor people of Alcaucin. At the funeral they raised €350 and Arkwrights raised €250.88, making

NICK TATT: Was a lovely man who was extremely well liked. a total for the local poor people of €600.88.

His widow described him as a genuine, kind, family person, who would do anything to help others.

Life will never be the same for her and their children, who are extremely thankful for the support and kindness they have received

from the residents of Viñuela and Alcaucin.

Editor’s note. In last week’s edition of the EWN a version of this obituary appeared with some factual inaccuracies. We apologise to the family for any distress caused.

Tram under scrutiny THE Spanish Court of Auditors will conduct a financial examination of Velez-Malaga’s tram.

The board has requested from the Velez-Malaga Council all sorts of documents and information about the steps that were taken for its construction, launching and the income that it generated before it was interrupted in June 2012.

Velez-Malaga Mayor, Francisco Delgado Bonilla pointed out that the audit has been an initiative of the PP Spanish conservative party and will not only be conducted in VelezMalaga but also in Parla, Zaragoza and Jaen, which were projects also carried out by socialist governments.

The investigation aims to cast light on the trams’ construction and launching funding, amongst other aspects.

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Missing girl

NATIONAL POLICE are investigating the disappearance of a Nigerian girl. She is aged between 15 and 16, was living in a social home in Motril and last seen about two weeks ago.

Hiring locals

Well done!

TORROX Council has rewarded two students with €1,200 for getting the best marks in the town.

They are Marta Brescias and Pedro Bermudez from the Jorge Guillen Secondary School.

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THIRTY-TWO unemployed residents in Almuñecar have been hired by the council for three months to carry out maintenance work.

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LEARNING IN MOTRIL: Students from Hungary took part in a variety of activities.

Training for all

HUNGARIAN students with intellectual disabilities been in Motril to take part in a pioneering initiative launched by

Social Services last year.

Ten students who have been involved in jobs including gardening, public space

Incubating new business NEW companies will take their first steps at the newlyconstructed business park in Velez Malaga.

With a surface of 4,000 square metres and a budget of €1.1 million, paid for by Malaga Provincial Government together with Incyde, it will function as a sort of business incubator, where new pioneering projects will be allowed to grow.

maintenance and carpetweaving in their home country, took part in a variety of activities at Motril Agricultural Occupational Centre.

“It is really hard for a young person with intellectual disabilities to find a job in Hungary,” said Head of Social Services Angeles Lopez Cano, who added that the young people adapted quickly to the work and appreciated the hospitality shown to them.

A MAN is to appear in the provincial court in Granada next month for a possible crime against religious beliefs.

The incident happened in 2010, when the man attended Mass in Motril. When he was about to receive communion, he slapped the priest’s hand, causing him to drop the host. He then picked it up and screamed: “You are a phony priest.

You are a fake priest. I have to kill you.”

Many of the congregation fled the church in fear.

The man is being charged with a crime against religious feelings, which could translate into up to six years in prison for ‘interrupting or disrupting religious ceremonies, acts or demonstrations with violence, threats or turmoil’, as decreed in the Spanish Criminal Code.

However, medical reports have confirmed that the man suffers from a psychotic disorder brought on by drug use so he could end up being sent to a psychiatric hospital instead of prison.

The trial is due to take place on December 1.

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Pope phones victim of abuse in Granada A GRANADA victim of sexual abuse received a phone call of support from Pope Francis, and has been invited to visit the pontiff in Rome.

The news comes as an investigation is opened by the courts in Granada into a network of abuse by 12 individuals. A number of priests among the 12 have been suspended from duty by the Archbishop of Granada

while investigations are ongoing.

The alleged victim - now a university lecturer - is said to have received a phone call from Pope Francis following claims that he was molested by priests as a child in Granada, according to the website Religion Digital. The man had written a letter to the Pope saying he was “trying to bury the horror” of the abuse he

suffered as a child.

It’s believed that the Pope said he had read his letter a number of times and felt “huge pain” on reading his story. “I want to ask forgiveness in the

POPE FRANCIS: Has invited the victim to visit him in Rome. name of all of the Church of Christ,” said Pope Francis.

¿Hablas ingles? Yes of course I do SPAIN has reached its highest ever level of English language proficiency, marking a change in attitude among Spaniards towards learning English.

According to the annual English Language Proficiency Index by Education First, Spain

ranks 20th out of 60 countries featured in the study, its highest position ever. Spain now sits ahead of both France and Italy in terms of English-speaking ability, and is only just outside the ‘high proficiency’ bracket that includes English-literate countries such as

Denmark, Holland and Sweden.

“Spain is seeing the results of a big change in attitude toward English language education,” stated the report. “The Spanish government has defined English as one of seven basic skills, with Spanish and math.”

“Forgive this terrible sin and terrible crime that you have suffered.”

It is believed that the pontiff has invited the alleged victim to visit him in Rome.

An investigation was launched after the alleged victim contacted the Vatican directly. Subsequent findings resulted in the Vatican reporting its suspicions to the police.

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A PROJECT has been started by the Spanish Treasury Ministry (Hacienda) to discover unregistered property and extensions whose owners pay less tax than they should.

New buildings and extensions that have not been declared by their owners or the local council for inclusion on the property register are under the spotlight.

Sheds on country plots that Checks miraculously turn into are done luxury villas, by air family fincas and which suddenly on foot have two or three houses AXARQUIA TOWNS: New buildings and extensions not declared will be targeted. where once there was just one, ponds that which are enclosed to create checking for in a campaign Taxes are calculated become swimming pools, an extra room are all against fiscal fraud which will bearing in mind the value patio extensions or terraces alterations that the tax-man is continue until 2016. given on the property

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Big brother is watching properties in and around the Axarquia area register, therefore failing to register property or extensions and changes results in lower taxes being paid.

Axarquia towns including Alfarnate, Alfarnatejo, Riogordo, Colmenar and Periana are being targeted during the first phase of the project.

Checks are done from the air and by inspectors on foot to ascertain whether properties meet their registered descriptions.

Hacienda declared that the aim is not to make everyone pay higher taxes, simply to make sure everyone pays their fair share.

Properties found not to match their descriptions will have to pay â‚Ź60 to correct the information registered and will be liable to be charged the difference in taxes for the last four years.

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Market protected LA LINEA’S Mercado de la Concepcion dating from 1882 - has been registered by the Junta de Andalucia regional government as an historic building.

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MALAGA won a new Guinness World Record during the city’s Sports Festival when 339 people simultaneously held the ‘plank’ position for one minute.

MARBELLA and San Pedro National Lottery ticket-holders had reason to celebrate when they won second prize, giving them a total payout of €1.2 million.

Fatal accident A 62-YEAR-OLD man died when the lorry he was driving towards Malaga fell down a five-metre embankment from the A45 road near Antequera.

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Multipurpose centre HUERCAL DE ALMERIA is to get a new multipurpose centre with a cash injection of €330,316.59 from the province. The remaining €65,907.87 will be funded by the town council.

New business HUERCAL DE ALMERIA now has 44 new businesses and 61 jobs through the support of CADE (Centre for Entrepreneurial Development). CADE provides services to 18,000 inhabitants.

Doggy rescue LOCAL POLICE and firefighters rescued a dog that had fallen into an eightmetre hole in the Piedras Redondas district of Almeria City. The dog was taken to a vet to check for its microchip.

Playground upgrade ALMERIA City Council has approved the remodelling of the children’s playground in Plaza San Pedro. The work is expected to last approximately three months and has a budget of €239,498.64.

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Six injured

Local winners

the appropriate action against those who act against a ‘peaceful and democratic coexistence’.

GOVERNMENT income from Alicante Province traffic fines dropped €2.7 million to €47.8 million between 2011 and the end of 2013. Earnings from fines throughout Spain fell by €68 million during this period.

World record abs

TEN people were involved in a collision between two cars on Avenida Carlos Haya in Malaga. Six people, including a pregnant woman, were injured and had to be taken to hospital for treatment.

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NATURAL SPACE: One of the best protected areas in the world.

Sierra Nevada is top of the world SIERRA NEVADA is officially one of the best preserved protected areas in the world. It has become the first natural space in Spain to make it onto the UICN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Green List.

The announcement was made during the World Parks Congress held in Sydney, Australia. The Sierra Nevada, which stretches between Almeria and Granada, houses two national parks and is subject to protection as a green area.

It is included in the initial list along with 23 natural parks in Spain, Australia, China, Colombia, France, Italy, Kenya and South Korea. The Green List includes natural areas considered essential for the survival of the planet, which scientists say is threatened by global warming.

“The management of the national park of Sierra Nevada successfully balances

the preservation of fragile mountain ecosystems and its rich cultural heritage with the dynamics of the tourism industry. It is a reference and example for other protected areas. Its managers have given us eyes to see the path to be followed,” according to a UICN statement.

The first 23 additions to the Green List were selected from 50 candidates.

Making it onto the list entails meeting a set of strict environmental requirements including the quality of protection of natural resources, as well as the cultural, social, economic and environmental benefits they provide.

These areas must demonstrate that they share, in a fair and transparent manner, the costs and benefits of conservation, effective management and the results of long-term preservation.

ALCOY Council has been asked to consider the legality of subsidising the town’s Moors and Christians fiestas. The organisers are hindering the full integration of women, warned the Regional Ombudsman.

Free to choose PARENTS will vote in an internet poll on whether their children are taught in Spanish or Valenciano. The non-binding vote will apply to state schools only, the regional government said.

More start-ups APPLICATIONS to open new businesses in San Vicente rose 21 per cent between January and October. The authorities received 260 requests, compared with 214 during the same period in 2013.

Owl rescue ELDA police rescued a ‘weak and disorientated’ eagle owl in an outlying rural neighbourhood. It is now being treated at the wildlife recuperation centre in Santa Faz outside Alicante City.

MALLORCA

Convent exhibition

Airport, an increase of 17.4 per cent over the same period of 2013.

MALLORCA artist Amparo Sard is currently displaying her pieces at the Convento de Santo Domingo in Pollensa. The exhibition can be visited from Tuesday to Sunday and entrance is free.

Strong winds

Californian art

ELCHE recorded winds reaching up to 67 kilometres an hour at the weekend with Utiel, Valencia, recording gusts of 70 kilometres an hour.

ARTIST Dean Sameshima (California, 1971) is holding an exhibition at Casa Solleric in Palma. It can be visited from Tuesday to Sunday from 11am.

Zero tolerance

In memoriam

Bonsai damage

PLAYA FLAMENCA Town Hall held a minute’s silence in honour of domestic violence victims as a blue ribbon banner was unveiled.

ORIHUELA has honoured the 17 victims executed in the city in 1939 under the Franco dictatorship. A monolith stands in the cemetery in honour of those who died.

A HAULIER will have to pay a €20,000 fine for mishandling 80 bonsais in Llucmajor.

Three of the trees were broken during the transfer and the rest damaged.

Express service

Park vandalised

Religious conference

IN the first 10 months of this year, a total of 74,393 passengers used Torrevieja’s express bus service to Alicante-Elche

VANDALS have sprayed graffiti on the walls around the Park of the Nations in Torrevieja. The council said it would take

MALLORCA Church held a conference last weekend to debate the future of the institution with 700 people taking part.

Child friendly VICAR has been given the title of ‘childfriendly town’ by UNICEF for its continued work for the rights of children. The title is to be reviewed in 2018 when it may be given permanently.

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Inspiring property

DENMARK - Four hundred public ashtrays are to be introduced in Copenhagen due to the fact that cigarette butts account for four-fifths of all the rubbish cleared from the Danish capital’s streets.

THE childhood home of famous author Charles Dickens has gone on sale for £760,000 (€960,000). The one-bedroom apartment in Bloomsbury, London, is situated next to a former workhouse that is said to have inspired the novel Oliver Twist.

Fluent English DENMARK - Danes are the world’s best nonnative English speakers according to a major report. Denmark topped the list of the 63 nonCommonwealth countries in the study.

Check mate NORWAY - Police alerted to screams coming from an apartment found they had come from a chess player angry with his performance while playing chess on his computer.

Ali and Dec

WHIZZ-KID Ayan Qureshi from Coventry has become the world’s youngest qualified computer specialist, at the age of just five. Ayan passed the Microsoft IT exam usually taken by University students aiming to become IT technicians.

TELEVISION presenter Declan Donnelly - better known as Dec from the duo Ant and Dec - is to marry his manager. It’s understood that the presenter popped the question to Ali Astall in Australia before the new series of I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!

Green light FIFA has cleared future World Cup hosts Russia of all serious corruption charges in their bid to host the games. The findings mean the games will go ahead as planned and there will be no re-vote for where to host the 2018 World Cup.

Replica guns THREE companies importing toy replicas of the Kalashnikov AK-47 gun are being taken to court by relatives of the gun’s inventor, Mikhail

Online spying GERMAN Foreign Intelligence is to hire computer hackers to penetrate secure connection technologies used by banks and online shops to create an early warning system for cyber attacks. It’s believed it will cost €28 million.

Drugs swoop

RUSSIAN PRESS A COURT in central Russia has ordered a man to cover up his swastika tattoo as exhibiting Nazi symbols in public is an offence.

The man from Galich displayed his tattoo in public and has been fined Photo by Mike Mozart 1,000 rubles (€17).

SWEDEN - A Swedish poker player has won $10 million (€7.9 million) at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Martin Jacobson from Stockholm outlasted more than 6,500 entrants to win.

DICKENS: Childhood home for sale.

Byte-sized genius

NORWAY - A Danish sex offender has been banned for life from entering Norway after posing as a company representative and offering jobs to women as an excuse to molest them.

Poker ace

THE Michael Schumacher website has reopened with a statement from his family saying they are “confident and hoping for the best” for the recovery of the seven-time F1 world champion.

Hygiene failure

Tattoo cover-up

SWEDEN - A bus driver in northern Sweden has been sacked for refusing to pick up black passengers and for kicking black people off the bus.

Schumi’s back

FAST FOOD litter is at record levels in Britain and experts are blaming it on the wrong type of bins.

Councils should use bins with wider hatches to discourage people throwing empty containers on the street, says a government-backed report.

Life ban

Bus racist

GERMANY has topped the list as the world’s favourite country in a poll

by GfK. The USA has been replaced as people’s favourite country for the first time since 2009.

New bins please

AROUND 22,000 dental patients in the UK have been asked to report for testing after it was found a dentist in Nottinghamshire had ‘multiple failures’ in infection control. Former patients will be tested for blood-borne diseases such as HIV and hepatitis B and C.

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Kalashnikov, for trademark infringement. The Russian companies are importers of the toy gun made in China.

Capello not paid THE Russian Football Union has admitted that it does not have the money to pay national team coach Fabio Capello’s salary. Capello has not been paid since the summer when Russia was knocked out at the group stage of the World Cup.

Russian doll ban A RUSSIAN lawmaker has asked the government to ban popular Monster High dolls because he has received numerous complaints from parents that the dolls cause ‘suicidal moods’ among children. He wants ‘all foreignproduced toys that could DOLL BAN: Monster High doll Freaky affect the mental health of children’ to be banned.

Fusion.

POLICE have arrested 15 people and recovered 2.9 tonnes of the main chemical used to make crystal meth in operation between German and Czech officers to take down a drug ring operating between Leipzig and Prague.

Cap effect A RENT cap will come into effect in 2015, but the announcement has caused rental prices to increase before the cap is introduced. The new law will prevent landlords from setting rent more than 10 per cent higher than the average for the area.

Warhol sale NRW BANK has sold two classic Andy Warhol pictures of Elvis and Marlon Brando for €152 million.

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STAT OF WEEK PROPERTY sales rose year on year by 13.7 per cent to 27,024 operations last September, revealed Spain’s statistics institute INE. It was this year’s second-biggest increase following March’s 22.8 per cent year-on-year improvement.

Cars are stars for Spanish economy TURNOVER for Spain’s car manufacturers reached €40.52 billion by the end of last year.

All told the industry produces 40 different models and contributes 10 per cent of the country’s GDP. Equally important, it provides jobs for 8.1 per cent of the working population.

Six of Spain’s 10 most-bought cars are produced at home,

CAR SALES: Rose by 18.1 per cent.

Cataluña verdict from Fitch quick to arrive THE Fitch ratings agency’s reaction to Cataluña’s recent consultative vote on independence was quick to arrive.

Fitch analysed the effects on both Spain and Cataluña of three possible scenarios. The most likely, according to the agency, is further devolution and tax-setting powers like those of the Basque Region and Navarra. In general terms this would have a ‘mildly positive’ effect on Spain’s sovereign credit.

Full independence would, in contrast, have negative consequences

for Spain’s sovereign rating, as even an orderly breakup would present risks for the national economy. A disorderly separation would be still worse, Fitch said.

The third scenario, a continuation of the protracted tension between Madrid and Barcelona, would be little better, and could trigger loss of short-term deposits that would particularly affect Catalan banks.

This would increase the cost of funding and prompt a reduction in capital expenditure as a protective measure, Fitch warned.

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Land fall AGRICULTURAL land fell by 0.7 per cent last year to an average price of €9,633 a hectare. This was the sixth consecutive fall since 2007’s high of €11,070 per hectare.

Nice work BEATRIZ DE GUINDOS, niece of Spain’s Economy minister Luis de Guindos, is now working at World Bank in Washington. She earns €14,000 a month as an assistant director.

Profits down VODAFONE Spain’s turnover fell by 7.5 per cent to €2.171bn during the first six months of 2014.

Bigger cushions for biggest banks THE world’s 30 largest banks will be told to provide themselves with big loss-absorbing liability cushions.

These banks, which include Spain’s Santander and BBVA are categorised as systemic because their failure would have a ‘cascade effect’ similar to the collapse of Lehman Brothers which triggered the 2008 economic crisis.

To avoid a repetition, these banks must be able to withstand losses of between 16 to 20 per cent of risk-weighted assets in equity and cancellable debt, recommended the Basle-based Financial Stability Board (FSB).

This will protect taxpayers from having to fund bailouts for ‘too big to fail’ banks, the FSB said in plans drawn up for G-20 countries.

headed by the Megane built at the Renault plant in Palencia.

The Seat Ibiza manufactured in Martorell (Barcelona) comes next, followed by the Citroen C4 from Vigo (Galicia). The Seat Leon, again from Martorell, is fourth with the Opel Corsa from Figueruelas (Zaragoza) and the Volkswagen Polo (Pamplona) fifth and sixth respectively.

Thanks to the government’s €2,000 Plan Pive grant when buying a vehicle straight from the factory, sales between January and October rose by 18.1 per cent, with 716,746 new registrations.

Although next year’s Budget has yet to be approved, this will includes €175 million for Plan Pive 7 - and more sales.

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Clients are your best salesmen AS the best advert is the satisfied customer, it is wise to reflect on how you can turn goodwill to drive your business forward. We all appreciate a customer who, pleasantly surprised, offer their thanks.

Small acts of kindness are remembered long after basic service is forgotten.

Twenty-five years ago, a shopkeeper remarked on how lovely my young sons were. “Just a moment,” she smiled.

Then, taking a couple of lollipops from a jar she handed each of my sons their treat.

The cost to the lady was a cent or so; to my wife and I it was a priceless and

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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never to be forgotten gesture. This lesson in business was not given by a successful entrepreneur or at a business seminar but by an elderly lady running a corner shop.

You can put customer goodwill to

better use provided your approach is diplomatic and never pushy. An enterprising business friend in the home improvement trade constantly received expressions of thanks.

Explaining that he was trying to build his business, he suggested to clients that a short note of recommendation would be truly well received. Most were delighted at the opportunity to express their thanks in a tangible way.

On receiving the written tributes my friend placed each in his presenter. Then, when pitching to new customers he left his testimonials presenter with them before going on his way. The outcome

was that, whilst he was at home reading bedtime stories to his children, his past clients were doing his selling for him.

I adopted a more sophisticated approach. Following an order taken I posted to my client a small note of thanks and a five customer satisfaction survey.

Important: I included a stamped address reply envelope.

As a consequence I was soon to receive an unimpressive number of customer recommendations. These I placed in an envelope when confirming appointments by post. My sales success was assured, thanks to conscripting my customers to do my selling for me.

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Make a few simple changes in your life for some extra spare change Loose change A look at finance for females

Jane Plunkett jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com

CHANGING a habit takes some getting used to. However, if your way of living is causing serious damage to your finances, then it’s time to take a step back and review how you might save a little.

A recent survey in the UK just revealed that most full-time British workers have an extra £500 to spend after paying all their bills and debts each month. This seems a little excessive to me, but wouldn’t a bit more spare cash each month be an incredible thing?

By taking a couple of frugal money-saving steps in your

day-to-day life there is a way to cut down on needless expenses and make your money go further - on things you actually want to spend it on.

Meal Plan. Draw up a weekly menu to help cut back on the huge amount of waste that many households create.

This system helps to identify areas where you can use up leftovers, finish half-eaten sauces, use fruit and vegetables before they turn bad and avoid grabbing expensive ready meals. And remember to never go shopping when you are hungry.

DIY Cleaning. Shops are lined with rows of expensive cleaning products, but a quick look in your kitchen cupboards and chances are you already have all the cleaning products you need right there.

A teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda on a damp cloth works just as well as expensive

KEEPING FIT: Incorporate exercise into your daily routine.

brand-name cleaners, while vinegar is a great smear-free window and mirror cleaner.

Be Energy Efficient. Think about how you use the appliances in your home.

Simple ways to cut energy bills include not leaving devices on standby, always turning off lights when you leave a room and draught-proofing windows and doors. Also, switch to energy-efficient light bulbs.

Fit For Free. When it comes to keeping fit the world is your oyster. In Spain we are lucky enough to enjoy fabulous weather most of the year, so forget expensive gym memberships - incorporate exercise into your daily routine instead.

Try to walk more and take the stairs instead of lifts. For the sportier among us, parks or beaches are perfect for exercising, while public benches are ideal for pressups and other strength building exercises.

Was Administrator at fault?

Our Administrator runs Community meetings, counts votes, and announces You and the results. Change of use for a business Law in Spain premise, was accepted by the majority of

By David Searl Owners. A small minority objected to some alterations to windows. These dissenters have now obtained a court ruling that a vote of 100 per cent was required to be legal. The judge also ordered the Community to pay costs for returning to the original fittings.

Was the Administrator wrong to allow the works to proceed?

L.A. (Costa Blanca) First, the Administrator is employed by the Community and he cannot ‘allow’ or ‘disallow’ its actions. Nevertheless, he should have warned the AGM that a unanimous vote was required for this change. This is a lapse but it does not constitute professional negligence.

In his favour we can say that many Communities have carried out such votes and actions without any serious consequences.

Secondly, it is normally the President who runs the AGM and has charge of the votes. If he had a copy of ‘You and the Law in Spain,’ he would know what

BUSINESS EXTRA

Big business SPAIN has 3.25 million businesses, mostly small or medium-sized companies (Pymes).

Only 0.12 per cent of the total have more than 250 staff but these companies employ 2.9 million employees, generating an annual turnover of €980 billion.

Approximately 27 per cent are located in Madrid and 26.61 per cent in Cataluña.

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actions need a unanimous vote.

Since July 2013, these minor changes need only a three-fifths majority to pass.

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

TELEFONICA raised €687 million with the sale of 597.85 million of its China Unicom (Hong Kong) shares, following its strategy of reducing its debt . The Spanish multinational retains a 2.51 per cent stake in China Unicom, the country’s secondlargest mobile-phone company, which has a 1 per cent stake in Telefonica.

OPINION & COMMENT

Not wild about campers WE residents of El Pinet are fed up with ‘wild camping’ in the car park, sometimes for months on end.

We have paid a lot of money to live here, not to overlook a gypsy encampment because that is what it is. We have sent petitions in the past to Elche Council and complained but they are not interested. If the mayor of Elche or any of her cronies lived here this would not be allowed to happen.

Has anybody in the Environment department thought of where they empty their sewage?

Well, we can tell them. They empty it here in green areas or even down the drains at our lovely walkway. We have seen them and photographed them and sent the photographs to Elche Council but, again, they are not interested. Surely this is a health hazard?

If Santa Pola and San Fulgencio can get rid of them, why can’t Elche? There are lovely campsites nearby, why don’t they go there? No, they are too tight to pay.

A Nosworthy, La Marina (Alicante)

Get it in writing JUST a short letter to advise your readers if they are moving items to the UK from Spain they should get each quote in writing. This is my second letter but it is of public interest, so please print it.

Recently I used the services of a removal company, received a quote for €150 and then the company increased the quote to €250. When queried they made all sorts of excuses, none of which were valid.

James McKeown (by email)

Fuel fury ON a recent round-trip to the UK my wife and I chose to drive back through France, as we have done many times before.

On our return journey, having filled up with fuel several times each way, we were told at our last stop in Spain that our debit card was being refused, which rang alarm bells.

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Colin Smyth, Mijas Pueblo (Malaga)

Having arrived home we immediately checked our bank account to discover there was little left because three transactions totalling approximately €160 had not been processed.

Instead random amounts totalling €310 were taken.

Two sums of €90 have since been repaid and the correct amount charged and eventually the last ‘theft’ of €130 was refunded.

However, they took the correct amount after four days but did not refund the €130 for 10 days, which is an even worse crime in my opinion.

The companies concerned are Super U and E L’Eclerc, supermarket chains with unmanned petrol stations where you can only use a credit or debit card to pay for your fuel.

The receipts are printed at the pump and they were all for the correct amount for the fuel that we purchased.

I have got nowhere trying to report this to my bank, VISA and even consumer groups.

Why is that, I wonder, because it is clearly theft?

Charles Day (by email)

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Home alone THE mother who received a police caution for leaving her sixyear-old daughter alone for threequarters of an hour some years back has all my sympathy. She now has a criminal record that she wants erased and you’d have to belong to the pursed-lips brigade not to empathise.

My daughter is grown-up now but my blood still runs cold when I think of what almost happened when she was two. We had moved to a sixth floor flat on the seafront and the balcony had a sturdy wall topped with a railing.

Nobody leaves a two-year-old to her own devices and I certainly

didn’t but one day I was in the kitchen, getting the tea ready while my daughter napped.

Hearing a noise I popped my head round the kitchen door and to my horror saw her standing on top of the balcony wall. The sitting room door to the terrace was open and she had pushed a wicker chair against the wall and clambered up. The little so-and-so had her arms stretched wide, crowing with delight at the view and to this day I don’t remember reaching and grabbing her. And to this day the palms of my hands still sweat when I think about what could have happened.

It’s not just physical presence that counts: that UK mother’s 45 minutes of absence were probably less blameworthy and dangerous than my carelessness.

Linda Gonzalez, Altea (Alicante)

Question time AN outraged correspondent with a property in Benalmadena last week asked why he was charged more for rubbish collection and other services because it’s not his main residence.

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Now I would be the first to agree that there is nothing more satisfying than an outburst of outrage or an orgy of whinging but why waste Your Say column space with his questions?

He should ask Benalmadena Town Hall or property owners’ community.

Iain Dalton-Frith (by email)

Starting early SOMEONE interviewed for ‘Street Talk’ said he regarded drinking Anis at 7am as expenditure on something that isn’t needed.

I’m assuming he is referring to the custom as still practised by Spanish workmen and navvies.

Anis isn’t what you’d describe as a huge outlay and this is a timehonoured habit, meant to kickstart the working day.

If memory serves me rightly, opening hours for the pubs round Covent Garden in London used not to correspond to the strict licensing regulations then in force.

I can’t see the Covent Garden porters who had been working until the crack of dawn drinking glasses of Anis, but they were obviously knocking something back when they didn’t need to.

Still on the subject of ‘Street Talk’ I was amazed that two women admitted to spending on shoes when they didn’t need to. I commented on this to my wife, who looked flabbergasted. “You don’t have to need shoes,” she informed me. “You just have to want them,” she explained patiently.

“Even if they’re never worn?” I asked. “Even if they are never worn,” she answered in a firm tone of voice that brooked no argument. Who was I to argue?

James Ingram (by email)

Hot stuff A CORRESPONDENT who was a lifelong socialist wrote last week that she felt betrayed by New Labour and was willing to give the UKIP party a chance.

Another letter described Farage’s party as ‘upstart and ultra-rightwing’ and warned against the effects on expats of an ‘in-out’ referendum regarding Britain’s EU membership.

Personally I believe that any expat giving UKIP a chance would be cooking their own goose.

S Wilkinson, Murcia

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OPINION & COMMENT

Life is no holiday at London’s alcohol and bacon-free hotel LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT

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F you thought the UK was cold, you should try Denmark! My God, all the reasons I moved to warmer climes keep flooding back. Well, at least the Danish people seem warm enough.

Mind you it really is a strange language - lots of ‘erks’ and ‘choovs.’ Why is it that the first words I always learn in a new language are swear words?

Anyway, tomorrow I’m off to Sweden for the day - even colder! Apparently it’s 20 minutes by ferry. Ah well, someone has to do it.

Did you catch the report of the

RELIGIOUS STAY: Would all hotels welcome gay couples? new Sharia hotel that opened in London last week? No alcohol, no pork, and subsequently, a serious drop in clientele. To my mind the whole exercise is a gross error of judgement.

Notwithstanding the local Muslim populace, many of whom are, I’m sure, devout and

sincere in their beliefs, in my personal experience, the tourists from many of these strictly religious parts of the world travel to cities like London simply to get a break from their suffocating restrictions back home - the casinos are full of them.

I would also be interested to observe the result should a gay couple endeavour to check into the hotel and request a single room for the night. If this should happen, would there be the same outcry from the law as there was when that poor Christian family were mathered from pillar to post and subsequently arrested?

Wouldn’t ya just love to give it a try? Come on any samegender newlyweds out there; try and check into the honeymoon suite. And just for a bit of icing, carry a couple of bacon butties and a bottle of bubbly in yer bag. Anyone up for it?

It also interested me to read the new proprietor’s statement that it was an offence under Islamic law to ‘make a profit from alcohol.’ Does that mean

its ok to give it away? Sounds like a wriggle up to me. I was given gallons in Saudi Arabia.

Does that imply I wasn’t breaking the law at all? I dunno, they take the fun out of everything.

I also have a word of advice to the Muslims who objected to hamburgers being sold in their local supermarket. Don’t buy ‘em. Not rocket science is it? I dunno, sometimes I really do despair of it all.

Don’t forget the Flying Curry Circus Christmas Party on December 13. Just in case you happen to be in the vicinity of Mallorca or thereabouts. Have a good week. You know you love me really!

Keep the faith.

Love, Leapy. leapylee2002@gmail.com

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What is the most unexpected thing that has happened to you this week?

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ILES BIRCH, owner of the British Ski Center in Granada, says that the most unexpected thing that NEIL: Caramelised potatoes were an unexpected request.

Lisa.

STREET TALK has happened to him this week is… “in light of preparations for a busy ski season starting in just over two weeks, my knee decided to pack up two days ago just to add to all the apprehension we battle on regardless ;-) !”

Jenni Rock, Gladrags, Albox “My biggest surprise was getting a beautiful bouquet

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of flowers from my husband for my shop’s first birthday. He’s not a publicly romantic man normally, but he had the flowers delivered to the shop and had also made sure my favourite flowers (lilies) were included. I was over the moon and yes, I cried.”

Name and job title: Lisa, Client relations and office security, Velasco Lawyers, Axarquia “Hi, I’m Lisa, yesterday, I was in the car with my boss, Luca, and the Guardia Civil fined us. Guess what? Spanish driving licence and car documents were all OK, but I must be tied or in a cage while he is driving. OUTRAGEOUS!” For Unni Warpe from L’Alfaz del Pi, who has recently lost a lot of weight through healthy shakes, the most unexpected thing to have happened this week was running from Albir to Benidorm over the Sierra Helada: “For me that used to be a day

UNNI: New levels of fitness shocked her.

excursion and I completed it in two hours five minutes and that was really unexpected and something I am really proud of.”

Neil Lloyd, Head chef at Restaurante Christopher in Torrevieja said the most unexpected thing was to be asked for caramelised potatoes and duck breast and cabbage: “We had some Scandinavian diners in and they wanted caramelised potatoes, it is not something we do or something I’ve particularly heard of, but we did it for them.”

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NE hardly needs to be a visionary to prophesy what historians will make of the European Union’s trade war against Russia. It is a foreign policy débâcle without peace time precedent.

The power brokers concede that sanctions on Russia is an American initiative from which only the U.S. benefits.

Modern Russia, as far as Washington DC and War (sic) Street banks are concerned, is the biggest threat to world order. This is American-speak for Russia being a threat to U.S. world domination.

It is a mistake to think of recent events as a new Cold War. It is already a hot war that has been heating up since 1990.

When Russian President Boris Yeltsin, an habitual drunkard, handed the reins of power to President Vladimir Putin, he would have little idea of the force of the genie released from the rubbed lamp.

With little fanfare the new President set about transferring his country’s natural wealth from American to Russian interests.

From here on he was vilified by the Western Powers. Far worse was to come.

Having rebuilt the Russian economy Putin then set his own agenda; Russian interests. The growing strength of the rouble and Russian self interest converged to form the next logical step. Russian trade, in the future, would be independent of the U.S. dollar and instead based more favourably on barter and trade between national currencies such as those of China, India and Iran.

The effect was to do far more damage to the American economy than any hot war possibly could. American and British economies are war economies. The U.S. and UK became more powerful and prosperous as a consequence of wars.

Modern Russia denies opportunity for profitable wars and simultaneously undermines the dollar as a trading currency.

The U.S. is fighting back but cannot do so on its own. To carry out its aims the U.S. needed to increase EU dependency on Washington and Wall Street. Its top Goldman Sachs bankers were parachuted into the parliaments and banking houses of Western Europe.

American subversion of Western media is on a scale that horrifies. If you want to

know who Western media’s string-pullers are, simply see whose interests they put the spin on.

European Union defence policy is based entirely on American finance. Washington DC instructed France not to hand over two partly Russian built Mistral Class warship carriers. The suggestion was that the EU purchase them. The €3 billion cost is calculated to be nearly double the EU defence spending budget.

This is small beer to the damage being done to the EU economy and indirectly the financial well-being and security PRESIDENT PUTIN: of us all. The EU Transferred his economy is predicted country’s natural to take a €50 billion wealth from hit in lost trade.

American to Russia took Option B Russian interests. by transferring its trading interests elsewhere. Sadly, the EU does not have an Option B. Well, not the kind of option we want to trouble ourselves with.

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GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) The repayment of a favour should see you with extra money in your pocket.

Holding on to it is your best bet. Trying to change someone close is so obviously not going to work that it is surprising you tried for so long.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Your mind is as sharp as a razor this week, so woe betide anyone who tries to trick you. It's a great time to use your talents fully, particularly in regard to a business venture. It is possible that your strengths are a little unrecognised so don't be afraid to try something entirely new.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) A social gathering turns up an old friend who makes an offer.

Although you may feel unworthy, please be reminded of the times in the past when you have given them support. It will be through others that real progress will be made.

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LEO (July 24 - August 23) Keep energy levels high by being at the hub of any social activities. Accept all invitations, however dull you feel that they may turn out and allow yourself to be surprised.

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.

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VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) As you have decided to rearrange both your business and home life, it is a busy time, indeed. You enjoy a challenge so it will not worry you that other people have different ideas.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Concentrating on hearth and home gives you great satisfaction. As a born homemaker, you relish the idea of making something beautiful.

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AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) The pleasure you will get from helping in the home this week should not be underestimated. What you have been thinking of as a chore turns out to be a great ball of fun.

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4 Copy section about low wall (7) 5 Number on watch? (5) 6 South African sheltering unknown dog (5) 9 A pesky sea battered the illegal bar (9) 14 Young animal is always allowed out (7)

15 It’s less pleasant to insert a roundabout (7) 16 It’s the most expensive honey (7) 19 Leading to a degree (5) 20 Military trainee found hiding in Casablanca detached house (5) 21 Came with nothing but a piece of jewellery (5)

Code Breaker Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 1 represents B and 21 represents Z, so fill in B every time the figure 1 appears and Z every time the figure 21 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 She, 3 Starboard, 8 Sheen, 9 Oarsmen, 10 Tan, 11 Extra, 12 Inspire, 13 Scared, 15 Basset, 19 Ascribe, 21 Caste, 23 Pea, 24 Private, 25 Dries, 26 Consensus, 27 Eon. Down: 1 Sisters, 2 Elect, 3 Santa fe, 4 Adonis, 5 Barks, 6 Armpits, 7 Dunce, 14 Auction, 16 Arcades, 17 Treason, 18 Repels, 19 Aspic, 20 Image, 22 Seize.

QUICK Across: 1 Disaster, 5 Grab, 9 Servant, 10 Ranks, 11 Scare, 12 Refused, 13 Sweets, 15 Crisis, 18 Reserve, 20 Weird, 22 Tease, 23 Darkest, 24 Host, 25 Emphasis.

Down: 1 Desks, 2 Surface, 3 Share, 4 Entire, 6 Rings, 7 Besides, 8 Prefer, 13 Stretch, 14 Target, 16 Spiders, 17 Seldom, 19 Stays, 20 Worth, 21 Dates.

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ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Arcos, 4 Faros, 7 Ham, 8 Monsoon, 9 Slow, 10 Bailar, 14 Tatuaje, 16 Nun, 17 Pipes, 18 Oeste.

Down: 1 Ashes, 2 Campo, 3 Same, 4 Fontanero, 5 Rio, 6 Son, 11 Lunes, 12 Rinse, 13 Saws, 14 Tip, 15 Tap.

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

Across 1 Escalera mecánica (9) 8 Steel (metal) (5) 9 Second-hand (5) 11 Room (in a house) (4) 12 Cordero (4) 14 Días (4) 16 Huevos (4) 19 To bring (5) 21 Aceituna (5) 22 Resto (9) Down 2 Vapor (5) 3 Years (4) 4 Blue (4) 5 Goose (domestic) (3) 6 Biscuit (cookie) (7) 7 Monstruo (7) 10 Triste (persona) (3) 13 Abeja (3) 15 Vivo (5) 17 Tow truck (4) 18 Pronto (dentro de poco) (4) 20 Edad (de persona, animal, árbol) (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 (FIRING) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

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Funagram Unscramble the name of a famous football manager and former player: OR HANDCART SONG FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: OLD BAILEY, GORDON STRACHAN

Unscramble the name of a famous London landmark (two words): OILY BLADE

Across 1 Infirmary (8) 4/6 Pass on, as by inheritance (4,4) 7 Appears (5) 9 Bend down (5) 11 Squads (5) 12 Requirements (5) 13 Serves up (6) 15 Dormant (6) 19 Clearly defined (5) 21 Preliminary races (5) 23 Divvy up (5) 24 Dreads (5) 25 Follow (4) 26 Hands over (8) Down 1 Male spouse (7) 2 Fragrance (5) 3 Aid (6) 5 Challenges (5) 6 See 4 Across 8 Frighten (5) 10 Portion (5) 14 Remains behind (5) 16 Winter neckwear (5) 17 Commends (7) 18 Dairy product (6) 19 Brief (5) 20 Summit (4) 22 Condition (5)

1 Coiled, 2 Tested, 3 Dearly, 4 Sheets, 5 Alters, 6 Scenes, 7 Helped, 8 Angers, 9 Recede, 10 Parked, 11 Hedges, 12 Steeds, 13 Perked, 14 Porter, 15 Misery, 16 Peered, 17 Desire, 18 Stayed, 19 Normal

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Run up to 22nd October I’VE always said it’s good to have a plan of action, and now that I had a date for my mastectomy there were lots of things to organise. Keeping occupied is important.

Whatever the illness or problem you have in life, I think it is essential to carry on as best you can. Put your loved ones and your well-being at the centre of your life and keep the negatives to the margin.

Being positive will automatically boost you, both physically and emotionally. I prescribe a daily dose of laughter to keep your engine running.

So that’s what I did; laugh and plan! Aside from making arrangements for my children, I needed to rethink what I packed for the hospital stay.

For the previous hospital visit I

had taken towels and nightshirts, which proved to be unnecessary as the hospital provide you with a clean towel and a crisp nightie every morning.

Aside from toiletries, the most important thing is to have comfortable clothes to wear when you leave the hospital. Try and take loose fitting clothes, preferably ones that button up at the front. You have reduced mobility after surgery and have to consider clothing that will be easy to put on, and that will also accommodate drains if you leave hospital with a drain still in.

You also need to consider your bra. Soft, cotton sports bras without underwiring are best. You will need to wear a bra after the operation if you have a lumpectomy to provide compression.

I had already been through that process and this time I would be having a mastectomy, so would need to be fitted with a mastectomy bra and prosthesis post-op. Both of which I got free from an orthopaedic shop five minutes after leaving hospital, armed with my hospital prescription.

A fantastic service, easy and quick. I went in lopsided and

came out with two boobs again!

A massive pat on the back for the Spanish National Health System.

In between operations, I was called for my first physiotherapy session. They checked my movement and gave me a series of exercises to prevent lymphedema, the swelling of tissues that I talked about in previous blogs, and to ensure that I would recover mobility in my right arm.

At first your arm will feel like the strings of a guitar, taught and unforgiving. Bit by bit you will be able to raise your arm and return to near normality.

The things you used to take for granted, like getting dressed or reaching up for something, become easier.

The operation day loomed and I went into hospital the evening before. It took all of five minutes to register me and take me up to my hospital room.

I was accompanied by my lovely friend Bob. I felt quite at home as this was my second time at the Hospital Comarcal in Vélez-Málaga in a month!

My roommate was a German lady called Erika and she was to be the third patient having their gallbladder removed that I had

shared with. Ok, this was familiar territory… what was not familiar territory was her husband who was one of the world’s most impressive snorers!

To be fair to him, he did warn me that I would need to get a head start and get to sleep before him!

I thought it a little strange that he made up his bed on the floor, but I was later to realise that this meant he was in bashing distance of his wife’s fan! (It was October but very hot and the air conditioning had been turned off.)

I had my drip put in by a lovely nurse who recognised me from the last time. They made me comfortable and brought me dinner. The next nurse on the shift took one look at me and said, “You better give this lady a three-course meal or she’ll never make it through the 40 hours nil by mouth!”

What a memory she had! I was absolutely famished after the previous operation and on the point of sneaking off to the hospital café for an illicit bocadillo! So three courses it was! A cup of tea and then time for bed. Well, I didn’t get much sleep in between the snorer and his wife unceremoniously

bashing him on the head! They were a lovely couple but I was relieved that he would not be staying overnight again!

Eight in the morning and I was showered and ready for action. Into the operating theatre I went and was out in no time. I felt a little groggy but was up and about a few hours after the op, managed to go to the loo on my own and even have a little stroll around.

I was so surprised that the mastectomy did not hurt.

Perhaps the pain would kick in tomorrow? It didn’t, much to my surprise, and I was mobile and able to shower.

Then I got my first look at the results of the op. Not bad really.

I didn’t feel depressed about it more relief that something so dangerous had been removed.

I imagine everyone will have different feelings about having a breast removed but I had mentally removed it before the op, so the physical reality was easier to deal with. A few more days in hospital and then the drain came out and I was given the all clear to go home.

Lovely Conchi came to pick me up and take me home. Time to rest and await the results of the operation and the next step!

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CONTINUING my series with Celia Haddon on cat aggression I look at Predatory Agression.

Sometimes a cat is bored and attacking humans becomes a substitute for hunting mice. The instinct to hunt is so strong that they will even leave a delicious meal in order to pounce on a rat.

Pouncing, say on feet, with the owner’s shriek, is exciting and fulfils its natural instinct. Sometimes kittens have been encouraged to pounce on toes and feet, so that cat is, so to speak, trained to behave in this way.

Install a cat flap, or even a cat ladder, so the cat can do some proper mousing. If you can’t do this, you MUST give the cat more to do.

Lots of games with fishing rod toys will help. Carnivores are hard-wired to hunt.

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different moving target. It is also possible to use sound as a discourager. Ring a small bell each time you start vacuuming (if your cat, like most cats, loathes the hoover). The idea is to link the bell with the unpleasant noise of the vacuum in the cat’s mind. Then use the bell when you see the cat about to pounce.

The aim is to deter the cat from pouncing, without the cat feeling that you yourself are frightening.

It is essential you

don’t run away, make rapid movements, flinch or shriek.

These reactions just make the hunting more fun for the cat!

Keep hands still. Cats are turned on by moving targets and high pitched sounds.

Wear wellies or, if the cat pounces or scratches higher up the leg, wear leather chaps or fishing trousers. Spray the wellies or chaps with a deterrent spray used to keep cats off gardens just in case this helps.

Other possibilities, arrange a timed feeder so the cat is feeding at times it might be pouncing, or simply shut the cat in a different room at times/places when you know it pounces.

Do not let it in the bedroom where it can pounce on your face.

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By Lamia Walker of HousesitMatch SOME cats find it difficult to make new friends or even accept newcomers.

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UNFORTUNATELY, over the past 20 years, less and less attractive and beneficial wildlife has been found in the average garden.

The important losses include birds, mammals, reptiles that live on unwanted insects, and beneficial microorganisms in the soil.

The causes range from the felling of trees, the expansion in the number and size of urbanisations, the use of agricultural and garden chemicals, forest fires and heathland fires, wind farms, the concreting over or use of large areas of gravel over plastic, the lowering of water tables, an increase of abandoned cats and the increase in the number of pet dogs who love chasing things.

But the departure is not totally irreversible. There are several practical and inexpensive things that we can do to provide safe havens for birds, beneficial insects, small mammals and reptiles. Our gardens will be richer as a result.

HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN FARE TODAY? 1. Do you have a thick hedge in which birds can shelter and nest?

2. Are leaves left to rot under the hedges to attract worms and insects to be found by foraging birds?

3. How many mature/ maturing trees do you have in which birds can perch and shelter?

4. Have you fixed up nesting boxes on the upper trunks of the trees?

5. Have you left holes in old or new walls that might attract a nesting hoopoe?

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6. Do you have a bird bath in which birds can wash and drink?

7. Do you have a pond to which birds and dragon flies are attracted to drink and where frogs have become resident?

8. Is there at least a small area of the garden left wild to attract birds looking for insects, butterflies wanting to lay eggs on the stalks of grasses and perhaps a nesting hedgehog?

9. Are there patches of lantanas, lavender, thyme and rosemary to attract feeding butterflies?

10. Are there deepthroated, perfumed flowers such as the exotic flowered devil’s tongue, caesalpinia gilliesii, and the waxy flowered stephanotis that attract the interesting humming bird hawk moth?

11. Is there a length of dry stone wall with holes in which lizards and toads can hide?

12. Are there bunches of herbs or hanging plants that give shelter for geckoes?

13. Do you have a bat box under the eves?

14. Are there thickly growing climbing plants on walls that can offer shelter to birds, insects and butterfly chrysalises?

15. Do you put coconuts, nuts or seeds out to attract birds and in a few lucky situations red squirrels?

BIRD BATH: A spot for birds to wash and drink.

16. Have you banned chemicals in favour of more environmentally friendly, organic solutions?

17. Have you one or more active compost heaps to recycle green kitchen and garden waste to produce microorganism and worm-rich compost?

Blackbirds in particular love to scavenge around the bottom of the heaps.

18. Have you stopped burning bonfires that can asphyxiate insects and deter birds?

19. Do you grow a few sunflowers to attract seed eating birds?

20. Do you leave a pile of rotting logs and leaves in a corner to attract insects for birds and possibly a hedgehog or toad?

How does your garden fare? To how many questions can you say yes?

Congratulations if to almost all.

If you score very low, do consider making a few changes over the coming months. Wildlife is an essential and interesting feature of a complete and balanced garden.

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Penguins, fairies and Margaret Thatcher H

AVE you seen the Christmas TV adverts by Tesco, M&S and John Lewis - the annual battle to win the hearts and wallets of Christmas shoppers by UK companies spending over £1.5bn on advertising campaigns?

Of the three, John Lewis’s about the little boy buying his penguin a wrapped-up penguin girlfriend stands head and, err, wings over the M&S fairies ad. And Tesco’s?

Just looks tacky notwithstanding it’ll have cost the GNP of a small Latin American country.

But really, if any business

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has got a few million quid to spend on extravagant advertising, shouldn’t it be using this to reduce prices all round instead of spending it on pointless TV ads? After all, Tesco’s sales are falling sharply as Britain’s ‘big four’ grocery retailers fight shifts in shopping habits caused by the downturn and the simultaneous unstoppable

XMAS ADVERTS: John Lewis and the little boy with his penguin is a winner. rise of discounters Aldi and Lidl.

Likewise, M&S is increasingly losing its market share to budget clothing retailers like Primark. How the current CEOs of M&S and Tesco must look back enviously at the ‘luck’ of their predownturn predecessors!

What strikes me about all this is the role of luck - not just in business but politics too. Some politicians seem to have it - like Margaret

Thatcher - while others don’t - like Ed Miliband.

Whatever your personal feelings, Thatcher was an extremely lucky politician.

First off, Jim Callaghan postponed an autumn election he probably would have won. Next came Argentina’s President Galtieri, newly-elected and keen to grab the Falklands.

Against American advice, and despite the gamble of sending British forces 3,000 miles to recapture them, she pulled it off.

In 1984 along came another helping hand,

Scargill, who couldn’t have played into her hands more conveniently. With government contingency plans in place, including high coal stocks, transport arrangements and less dependence on coal-fired power stations, he opted to call a strike without a ballot early in the spring of 1984 (the worst possible timing, with a long summer ahead).

It wouldn’t be impossible to imagine Scargill as a closet Tory and Maggie’s secret ally!

Without Callaghan,

Galtieri and Scargill, Thatcher wouldn’t have been the PM she became.

And all this plus the windfall of North Sea oil.

How Ed Miliband must be hankering after that Thatcher luck and M&S fairy dust…

Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89; £0.79) and iBookstore.

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ATALUÑA got its vote but in the end it was a non-binding and unrecognised ballot on sovereignty and not a referendum.

A total of 6,228,531 people including 16-year-olds and foreign residents - could vote.

Only 2,305,290 did so and of these 80 per cent voted for independence.

The pro-independence faction was jubilant and proclaimed that Cataluña has demonstrated its wishes. What about the remainder of the population?

The pro-independence group clearly sees a glass that is partly full rather than nearly empty.

Made for each other CENSURE of the eight-monthold Podemos party as idealistic

Long arm of the law

Keeping the ship afloat ESPERANZA AGUIRRE was president of the Madrid region while her second in charge Francisco Granados siphoned off commissions.

She will not resign as the PP’s regional secretary general as this would look as though the ship i.e. the corruption-beleaguered PP, were sinking and she was abandoning it. Which is as good an excuse for holding onto power as any other heard this year. and unrealistic is founded. But Podemos is also what Spain’s national parties, the PP and the PSOE deserve.

Their individual and collective actions in and out of power have helped to create Podemos.

The swathe of Spain’s population that lives in hardship and those already mired in poverty will not take much notice of the reasons why Podemos’s promises could be

Esperanza Aguirre with Francisco Granados.

pie in the sky.

They will look at the corruption that has provided politicians of all parties with cushy lives thanks to taxpayers’ money and kickbacks from the corrupt.

One of the latest revelations centres on Jose Antonio Monago, now regional president of Extremadura, who charged 32 visits to the Canary Islands to expenses while a PP senator.

The journeys to see his girlfriend were also business trips, Monago insisted while admitting this was “hard to prove” and announcing that he would repay “every last cent.”

Redress comes too late and those trips could be translated into lost PP votes, because whatever Podemos wins will be less on its own merits than the demerits of others.

THE UK’s intelligence agencies, MI5, MI6 and GCHQ have routinely intercepted privileged communications between lawyers and clients.

These exchanges enjoy a specially protected status that many would say is ill-deserved in jihadist terrorism cases but the law is the law and extends to innocent and guilty alike.

The three British agencies will doubtless continue to go their own sweet way, unlike the Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon.

He was tried by the Supreme court and drummed out of Spain’s justice system for authorising wire-taps of remand prisoners’ conversations with their lawyers.

As an investigating judge, Garzon was disentangling the Gurtel political-financial corruption case whose ramifications have meanwhile spread as far as former ministers.

Pursuing corruption is risky Spain. Garzon is the only person to have stood trial in the Gurtel in the seven years since it broke.

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England have begun their winter cricket tour playing in Sri Lanka From back page Elsewhere, Scotland defeated the Republic of Ireland 1-0, Wales, who have not qualified for a major tournament since 1958, earned a creditable 0-0 away draw against the group favourites Belgium and Northern Ireland lost 2-0 in Romania.

And congratulations to the Faroe Islands who won their first ‘European’ game in 61 starts, claiming a 1-0 victory in

DID YOU KNOW? David Beckham is scared of birds (the feathered ones that is) and Bob Fitzsimmons was the first boxer to win the world title at three different weights.

Greece who immediately sacked their manager, Claudio Ranieri, ex-boss of Chelsea.

Swindon Town moved into second place in the FL1 with victory over leaders Bristol City and in FL2, Plymouth won the battle of the dockland clubs, beating Portsmouth 3-0.

On Tuesday evening, the oldest ‘international’ fixture in the world took place in Glasgow when Scotland played England.

This was the 112th meeting between the two countries - the first having taken place in 1872.

RUGBY UNION - England lost their second game in a row, going down narrowly by 28 points to 31 to South Africa; unimpressive Wales squeezed past 14-man Fiji 17-13, Scotland lost 16-24 to New Zealand and Ireland beat Georgia 49-7.

TENNIS - Serbian and World number one Novak Djokovic

DJOKOVIC: Won ATP Tour final after Federer (right) pulled out. won the ATP Tour final at the O2 arena in London by default after Swiss ace Roger Federer withdrew shortly before Sunday’s final with a tedious back injury.

CRICKET - England have begun their winter tour to Sri Lanka, playing their first limited overs game on Tuesday. There are more ODIs, Test matches and 20/20 games to come.

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Won the APT tour final at the O2 in London.

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ON Sunday the F1 season draws to a close when the drivers and cars race round the striking desert setting of the Yas Marina Circuit in the Abu Dhabi.

Right now Lewis Hamilton is leading the championship with 316 points, 17 ahead of Nico Rosberg, but remember

there are 50 points available for the winner of this last race and Lewis must finish at least second to take the driver’s crown.

This weekend sees the return of top-flight football north and south of the border. Among the big games in the Premiership we have leaders Chelsea v

WBA, Arsenal v Manchester United, reigning champions Manchester City v Swansea City and Crystal Palace v out-of-sorts Liverpool.

Struggling Aston Villa play second-placed, and in-form, Southampton on Monday. In the SPL, table-

toppers Celtic face Dundee at Parkhead.

The top games in the Championship are Bournemouth v Ipswich, Watford v top-dogs Derby and Wolves v Nottingham Forest. Leaders Bristol City meet PNE and Peterborough take on Swindon in FL1, Burton

Albion welcome Luton and Mansfield play Plymouth in FL2.

Also the Rugby Union autumn internationals continue in earnest... the games being IrelandAustralia, Wales-New Zealand, England-Samoa and Scotland-Tonga.

FOOTBALL - Last weekend, in Euro 2015 qualifiers, England won their sixth game in a row, beating Slovenia 3-1 before 82,000 fans at Wembley. Wayne Rooney, making his 100th appearance, scored to celebrate the occasion.

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