Euro Weekly News - Costa de Almeria 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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Funds under the spotlight THE Public Prosecutor has raised charges against the town of Dalias, involving the embezzlement of public funds related to the construction of a day-care centre in 2008.

Lotto winner ONE resident of Roquetas is better off to the tune of €331,967.17 after winning first prize on the Bonoloto lottery. The ticket was bought on Avenida Juan Carlos I, and the winning numbers were 20, 24, 28, 35, 38 and 39.

Bargain time ALBOX company Total Entertainment is hosting a sale of new and once worn clothing tomorrow, Friday November 21.

Items are priced from €1 and sizes vary. The sale starts at 10am.

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FACE’s famous Christmas market has a new venue FACE (Fundraising in Arboleas, Caring for Everyone) are pleased to announce that their Annual Christmas Market will be held on Friday, December 5, from 6pm.

This year the market has a new venue in a marquee erected especially for the event on the fairground near Arboleas Town Hall.

There will be a vast variety of stalls with wares including perfume, jewellery, kitchenware, television android boxes, Christmas cards and wrapping paper, bedding, clothing, pet accessories, as well as those last-minute Christmas gifts.

Father Christmas has been contacted and it is hoped that he will be in attendance, even though this is his busiest time of the year.

In addition there will be a Christmas tombola and a grand

raffle. Refreshments will be available including mince pies and FACE’s famous mulled wine, which is made to a special recipe by committee member Pauline Marshall.

Entertainment for the evening is provided by ‘Carrie’s Dusty Boots’ with a brand new routine;

The Children of Arboleas will perform various Spanish dances and The Voices of Almanzora will sing seasonal melodies and carols.

All monies raised by the event will be donated to various charities throughout the local area.

For further information about FACE, visit www.face-charity.com or telephone Adele Wrigglesworth on 667 255 094. If you would like to reserve a stall contact amandainarboleas@gmail.com or telephone Amanda Maunders on 634 310 727.

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INDEX News 1 - 28 Finance 31 - 36 Letters 37 Leapy Lee 38 Daily TV 44 Time Out 52 - 53 Health & Beauty 56 - 58 Food 59 - 63 Homes & Gardens 64 Albox 67 - 70 Property 73 Classifieds 74 - 76 Motoring 77 - 78 Sport 79 - 80

SEVEN PUPPIES: Need fostering before finding their forever homes.

Urgent foster homes wanted for puppies SAN ANIMAL SANTUARIO in San Juan de los Terreros has asked Euro Weekly News for help in finding foster homes for seven pups.

A few weeks ago San Animal Santuario was contacted about these seven puppies. They are desperately looking for foster homes for them prior to finding their forever homes. A disused building

became the mother dog’s nesting place, and the neighbours of the building’s elderly owner have helped out temporarily.

Unfortunately, the puppies are getting more agile every day which is becoming too much for them and causing huge problems with their own dogs.

The mother has now ceased feeding them

therefore they are able to go to separate homes. They are two months old and are showing their own personalities and individual identities.

If you can help to foster or offer a forever home to any of the seven little sets of paws please contact elaine@sananimal.org for photos and further information.

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Almerimar roadworks EL EJIDO Council has launched improvement works on Almerimar roads by replacing asphalt in a project costing more than €500,000.

Work is expected to be completed within a week.

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Almeria welcomes cruise ships ALMERIA capital welcomed the cruise ship Massdam, a 220 metre long vessel from the Holland America line.

Aboard were 1,260 passengers ready to disembark for a few hours on the first stop after Lanzarote and before they moved on to Valencia later the same day.

The municipal tourism service

had provided an informative walk from the dock side, accompanied by the councillor for Tourism, Isabel Fernandez, allowing the visitors to explore the capital in the sunshine, taking in historical points of interest and enjoying a visit to Gastro Arte in the market area.

Following the visit of Massdam, the cruise ship Wind

Surf arrived with 347 passengers on board. The ship arrived from Cartagena and cruise passengers had an entire day to explore the city and to grab some shopping before leaving for its next destination of Malaga.

The tourism office caters for all cruise ships by providing advice and brochures with recommendations of places to visit.

Photo by Guinness World Records.

Unforgettable act TOMATITO and Michel Camilo once again demonstrated their on-stage chemistry with a performance at the Maestro Padilla in Almeria as part of the XXV International Jazz Festival.

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Cajamar studies STUDENTS from Almeria University can now take their final year at Cajamar’s headquarters. Cajamar is the third company to offer such opportunity after Cosentino and Rijk Zwaan.

Furniture supply TURRILAS’S Senior Centre is to receive furniture from around the province for the comfort of its users. The 33 items come from offices and sites owned by the provincial council.

Church refurbishment GERGAL church is to get a facelift. An agreement has been signed with the contractor, Rehabitec, to address various structural and aesthetic issues. Work is to commence immediately.

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

Playground work ALMERIA City’s 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.

Child friendly VICAR has been given the title of ‘child friendly 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.

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 is 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.

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Problem solving 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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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.

ROQUETAS has announced the council has solved 89.5 per cent of incidents reported by residents this year. The exact figure announced is 1,977 incidents solved out of 2,208.

Dangerous test EL EJIDO’S emergency services staged a mock-up of an accident involving dangerous substances. The mock-up tested the reactions and organisation of more than 100 troops.

Oslo gastrobar NORWEGIAN city Oslo has opened its first gastrobar to feature products from the Costa de Almeria. Vino Veritas showcases Spanish cuisine with a variety of dishes from Almeria.

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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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New works for safety HUERCAL OVERA Council has announced a number of improvements to take place in the town.

Mayor of the town, Domingo Fernandez, told Euro Weekly News: “We have developed projects in response to the various requests of the residents of Huercal Overa, requests that have come in various ways, either through the suggestion box or in person at the various meetings we have had in the different districts.”

The mayor continued by explaining that the works were an extension of improvements carried out last year, including new cycle paths linking key areas of the town.

One of the major plans for the town, in response to complaints about speeding vehicles, is the installation of speed bumps, and the replacement or refurbishment of street equipment that doesn’t meet current laws. New pedestrian crossings are also planned.

Additional work includes pavement restoration in Calle Palmera, Paraje la Molineta, Los Menas, La

Concepcion, Calle Pintor Velazguz and Calle Hernan Cortes.

In response to requests for facilities for Huercal Overa’s children, parks will be addressed. New parks will be built in El Saltador, Los Navarros, La Molineta, La Hoya, Santa Maria de Nieva and San Francisco.

Finally, improvements to street lighting will be carried out with more

IMPROVEMENTS: Mayor Domingo Fernandez (centre), and members of the council, inspect cycle lanes. than 330 lampposts to be replaced, in La Atalaya,

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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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Appeal fails to prevent demolitions in Cantoria TWO homes belonging to British families have been demolished in Las Terreras, Cantoria.

They were torn down despite a public outcry and constant appeals on humanitarian grounds from AUAN (Abusos Urbanisticos Almanzora No) and SOHA (Save Our Homes Axarquia), which fight legal battles on behalf of

homeowners who were duped into buying illegal properties.

At the final hour, the last appeal was rejected and the demolition began at noon on Tuesday November 18.

AUAN said 15 municipalities in the Almanzora Valley have approved a manifesto which pleads for the human rights of the

property owners, and for them to receive compensation prior to demolition.

They consider that the Junta de Andalucia regional government is responsible, at least in part, for the existence of hundreds of thousands of illegal houses.

In addition, they therefore should not turn their back on the problem by permitting the continued

drip-feed of demolition orders. They also declare that foreign buyers should be protected, given that they suffer disproportionately the rigours of planning laws, in spite of having bought in good faith. The municipalities understand that the end does not justify the means and nothing is achieved with these demolitions.

Badgers raise €1,104 for MACS cancer support

Elaine Brown (centre) receives the cheque from Keith Bradley.

A DINNER and dance by Badgers Golf Society raised €1,104 for Mojacar Area Cancer Support (MACS).

The Captain’s Day dinner and dance was held at the Playa del Cantal Hotel on Mojacar Playa, with

120 members and guests having exclusive use of the hotel.

A cheque was presented to Elaine Brown, the founder of MACS, at Valle de Este Golf Course by Badger’s President Keith Bradley.

The society would like to thank all the golf clubs, restaurants, salons and everyone else whose donations for prizes helped them to raise this sum of money.

Badgers Golf Society play Republic in 1960. every Wednesday and While nobody really Saturday. Members and knows exactly why the visitors are always colour was adopted to welcome. Please note that symbolise the day, the society is no longer purple ribbons and based at Badgers handprints have become restaurant and anyone the most widespread wishing to book in should way to show support for ring or email Mike Daily the cause, which most mikdaily9@gmail.com, tel towns in Spain 664876995 or Andy Mucha acknowledge in some andymucha1@gmail.com, way. tel 634333481.

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.

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 international campaign is to raise aware-ness 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

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Fake quad theft report found out OFFICERS from the Guardia Civil in Huercal Overa have arrested a man for falsifying a crime report.

Officers arrested a 46year-old resident of Huercal Overa on suspicion of falsely

declaring a crime. Agents were aware that a quad bike was involved in an accident in Puerto Lumbreras in Murcia.

As a result of the accident, the 25-year-old driver had to be taken to Rafael Mendez de Lorca

Sex chat line use results in arrest IN just 18 days a man made 16 calls to premium rate sex chat lines using his roommate’s credit card.

He made up to four calls per day, with some calls costing €100 and totalling €960.

The victim spotted the charges on his bank statements and went to police for help. Police were able to trace the charges to a premium rate sex chat line and began investigations to narrow down the suspects. Their investigations soon led them to HT, roommate of the victim. HT was arrested and faces his day in court.

hospital. He was later found to have been riding without a driving licence, and was not the quad bike’s owner. When officers traced the vehicle to an address in Huercal Overa, the owner of the quad bike claimed that the bike had been stolen from the street outside his home.

However, through further questioning by the officers in response to the owner’s nervous disposition, it emerged that he had lied about the quad bike being stolen because he knew the driver had been operating it without a valid licence and wished to avoid further problems.

The case details have been passed to the Huercal Overa magistrate.

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Sponsored 50 kilometre cycle ride SAN JUAN DE LOS TERREROS is the location for a 50 kilometre sponsored cycle ride to raise money for San Animal Santuario.

The intrepid cyclists will set off at 11.30am and return at approximately 2pm. The ride will be in and around the San Juan de los Terreros area

finishing at the picnic area by the Entrevista. There is food available after the ride with barbecued hot dogs or burgers, for a small donation of €3.

Drinks will also be available for a donation of €1.

While those not on two wheels are waiting for the cyclists to return, there is a short walk for the San Animal Santuario dogs. People are allowed to bring their own dogs, but it is also a great opportunity to give the rescue dogs a bit of exercise too.

If you would like to LA ALFOQUIA’S Renfe building is again to be walk a San Animal used for Zurgena’s branch of the Royal British Santuario pooch, please Legion and their Christmas Fayre. contact Pete.

The Christmas Fayre will be held on November 22 from 11am until 2pm and will have many stalls, refreshments and a raffle.

To join the cycle ride, Zurgena’s mayor, Luis Diaz, will be opening the get a sponsor form, or fair at 11am and the Cantante singers will help San Animal be performing Christmas carols and songs at Santuario in any other noon. way, please contact There is also an opportunity for the younger Pete by telephoning 968 visitors to have their photograph taken with 419 384 or by email on Father Christmas in his grotto. Entrance is free. pete@sananimal.org.

Christmas Fayre in La Alfoquia

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Fraudsters arrested AGNETS of the Tax Agency (AEAT) and the Anti-corruption office have arrested 23 people, part of a criminal network working in Andalucia, Castilla la Mancha and Madrid.

Six of the arrested were in Albox, Chirivel and Oria. The group was responsible for the importation of goods from China with an undeclared value to customs that is estimated to have

Camping ground up for tender SERON Town Council has put out to tender the lease of Camping Las Menas.

The campsite is in an enviable position in the Sierra de Los Filabres and opened in 1992. The tender includes services for the camping zone that has capacity for 39 plots, caravan area, bar, dining areas inside and out, toilet and shower block, reception facilities and housing development.

The council will retain the title deeds but ownership of the business will pass to the successful applicant, along with assets and facilities.

exceeded â‚Ź100 million.

Estimates made during the investigation show that 15,000 shipments were made since 2009.

Most of the arrested were Chinese, although there are a number of Spanish nationals involved too, including the mastermind of the operation, a customs office manager in Madrid.

Armed robbery POLICE in Almeria City are investigating an alleged armed robbery at Entremares restaurant.

According to police, five men all wearing balaclavas, stormed into the restaurant at closing time. Two of the men who carried guns approached the bar and demanded money, while the other three men guarded the exits. The five men then fled on foot.

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MACS events for Mojacar MACS, the Mojacar Area Cancer Support group, is hosting a Christmas Dinner Dance on Saturday December 13 at 7 pm at the Miraflores Restaurant at Camping Los Gallardos.

The internationally acclaimed DJ, Moz Morris, will head the entertainment along with John Lodge. For €18.50 per person, there will be a three course Christmas dinner and then dancing. Tickets from the MACS shops or by calling Maggi Lake on 610 994 435.

Allison Fitness of Mojacar is organising an event called Boogie in Blue. People are asked to wear something blue for a fun fitness class at the New Kimrick on Saturday November 22 at 11am. Tickets €8 include cava and a cupcake. Supporters of the event include Ibex Insurance, PC Playa and Mana del Cielo.

Xmas is a coming THE Royal British Legion Zurgena is holding a Christmas Fayre in the Renfe building at La Alfoquia on Saturday (November 22).

It will be opened by the mayor of Zurgena, Luis Diaz at 11am and will continue until 2pm. There will be lots of stalls, refreshments and a raffle, as well as a chance to have your photo taken with Father Christmas in his grotto.

The Cantante singers will enhance the Christmas atmosphere with carols and songs at midday.

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Three oil thieves arrested OFFICERS from the Guardia Civil in Garrucha have arrested three people suspected of an ongoing theft of oil marked for recycling.

The investigation, called Oro Verde (Green Gold) has established that the detainees carried out the thefts in Almeria City, Carboneras, El Ejido, Garrucha, Mojacar, Turre and Vera.

It is believed to have involved more than 40,000 litres of oil with a value of €20,000.

According to the Guardia Civil, the thieves posed as employees of a company within the recycling industry.

One of the thieves had previously worked within the industry so knew the location of containers, in addition to sales and distribution channels.

OIL RECYCLING: The company responsible for collection noticed a decline.

They used a private vehicle without official authorisation, carrying plastic 100 litre barrels, and transported the stolen oil to a storage facility of a private residence in La Cañada de San Urbano.

The investigation began in July 2014 when the company responsible for the collection of the waste oil, which was to be used for recycling into biodiesel fuel and environmentally friendly oils, reported a decline

in the quantity of approximately 50 per cent.

Details of the 38, 43 and 50-year-old detainees have been passed to Vera Magistrate along with the case details.

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Nijar welcomes antique car club member, 21-year-old NIJAR hosted drivers on the third and youngest final section of the ‘25th Ruta de Alejandro Martin, who travelled with Vehiculos Antiguos’ with a warm his 23-year-old sister, Cristina, in a welcome from the mayor, Antonio Jesus 1937 Packart.

Alejandro said: “This is the car that I Rodriguez, and a crowd of excited onlookers, keen to see the vehicles that travelled in during journeys with my parents when I was a child and have been lovingly restored. now I am driving.”

Nijar was the third and final The first part of the route stage of the run, which “The old cars took place in Almeria City took a route through the with a display in front of villages and towns of San have a parallel the council offices, Isidro, Campohermoso, to our coast, before travelling Aguamarga, Las Negras, because both through Cabo de Gata Rodalquilar and Isleta. and El Toyo.

The town’s mayor are gems.”

The second section took said: “The old cars have a parallel to our coast the cars to El Ejido, where because both are gems we they stopped for a while in care about and preserve for the front of the Jose Morneo Museum. enjoyment of all citizens.”

The rally included 30 antique cars Club president, Jose Juan Soria, from a total of 17 provinces, with most thanked the town for its welcome, and cars having been built before 1940. said: “Nijar is one of the municipalities The oldest car was an Overland that have offered support over the last Touring 81 from 1914.

The drivers enjoyed being part of the few years and the course is spectacular 25th rally, and said they were already today.”

The club also brought along its looking forward to the 50th.

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Turtle saved FISHERMEN in Adra rescued a loggerhead turtle after it was caught in their fishing nets. The turtle, whose shell was 50 inches long, was returned to the sea in good health.

Bad bar CARBONERAS’S IU (United Left) party has denounced a petanca bar on the beach for operating without a licence, opening at all hours, and letting patrons urinate outside.

Viator tanks VIATOR is the location for the armed forces from Ceuta to carry out manoeuvres and training. The tanks are on location until Saturday November 22.

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Moroccan exhibition HUERCALENSE photographer Salvador Gomez Sanchez is exhibiting in Villa Teatro Huercal Overa until December 3.

The photographic exhibition, which showcases Gomez’s images of the majestic dunes at Merzouga in Morocco, was formally opened by the mayor of Huercal Overa, Domingo Fernandez, and the councillor for Culture, Antonio Lazaro.

Lazaro, speaking to Gomez, said: “We really like the way you work with photography, either in black and white or colour. Your collection captures a unique view of Morocco which residents and visitors to Huercal Overa can enjoy.”

The mayor went on to encourage all Huercal Overa artists to utilise

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Salvador Gomez Sanchez, Domingo Fernandez and Antonio Lazaro. the Villa Teatro to showcase the talent in the town.

Salvador has focused on how light works with sand, presenting

dramatic images which make the most of colour and shadow.

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Lions Christmas Fair VERA AND DISTRICT LIONS CLUB will be holding their annual Christmas market and craft fair at the Miraflores Restaurant, Camping Los Gallardos, on Friday November 28.

The fair begins at 11am and ends at 3pm with a variety of goods available to purchase as Christmas gifts.

Entrance is €1 which includes a ticket in the draw.

There are a number of competitions including guess the name of the doll.

Ibex Insurance, who sponsors the Lions, will also be in attendance for any insurance questions.

The Lions encourage you to come along and support the event which will be raising money to help local good causes including the food banks in Turre and Vera, Asprodalba, Asadis and the Red Cross.

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Expocomercio II another success HUERCAL OVERA hosted the second edition of Expocomercio in the town

square, an event included in an initiative to promote local businesses in the run

Albox motorway is progressing well WORK on the Albox motorway is progressing well with all signs pointing to it opening on time for its revised inauguration in March 2015.

The work resumed again in the summer, after a long period of inactivity when funding was withdrawn from the project. However, with the most recent cash injection, the project was able to provide employment in the area and a tentative optimism amongst the locals.

Diversions are still in place around the service roads adjacent to the Arboleas/Albox roundabout, with some drivers still confused by the road markings and temporary contra flow. But local businesses and residents surrounding the motorway are waiting with baited breath to see if this time the motorway will indeed reach completion. Once open, it will reach 22 kilometres from the Almanzora Valley opening up access for many businesses across the region.

up to Christmas.

Mayor of Huercal Overa, Domingo Fernandez, opened the event accompanied by Monica Navarro, councillor for Commerce, and the president of ACEH (Association of Merchants and Entrepreneurs in Huercal Overa), Gines Navarro.

Gines Navarro highlighted the event as an important one for the area, and said: “Expocomercio fulfils the purpose for which it was designed. It informs traders participating in the market and gives them an opportunity to sell products that otherwise would be difficult to liquidate.�

Different market sectors were represented including children and baby clothing, toys, clothing for adults, shoes and more.

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Redondo paintings exhibit this month ARTIST Serafin Redondo is presenting 31 of his paintings in Olula del Rio until November 21, and has donated one of his oil paintings to the town.

The exhibition, housed in the Casa de

la Cultura, includes portraits, landscapes of Almeria, colourful characters and a self-portrait.

Concillor for Culture for Olula del Rio, Jose Ramon Fenoy, accompanied Serafin Redondo at the opening of the exhibition and, after highlighting the artist’s celebrated career, he thanked Redondo for his presence in the Casa de Cultura, before FINES has hosted the third edition of its Fines Joven presenting him with a event in which young people are celebrated through a marble indalo figure. variety of sporting and cultural activities.

The exhibition of oil This latest edition was attended by more than 1,000 paintings is part of a people from the town and surrounding areas. Activities cultural programme enjoyed on the day were paintball, parachuting, balloon running throughout twisting, t-shirt designing and printing, makeup and November, which is an competitions. There was also a dog training workshop, initiative of the championship games console contests, hockey, skating, Department of Culture pigeon racing and a lot more. The day ended with a in Olula del Rio. concert of electronic music.

The show is open to Councillor for Youth, Oscar Liria, praised the day saying: the public from 11am “Fines Joven provides a day of sporting and cultural to 1pm and 4pm to activities to encourage youth participation and giving our 7.30pm, each day until young a place to express themselves. I think the goal was November 21. met and am thankful for the citizen participation.”

Fines holds event to celebrate youth

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5 Almeria churches get special status THE Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports has entered 57 public properties of Andalucia into the General Catalogue of

Andalucian Heritage (CGPHA) including five churches in Almeria.

La Ermita de Jauro and la Ermita de la Virgen de la Cabeza in Antas, la

IU’s accusations of excessive spending ALMERIA CITY’S IU political party has accused the current Partido Popular government of excessive spending during the film festival, Almeria en Corto.

The party released a statement that said: “We are aware of the promotion and publicity for the province that is achieved with activities of this calibre, but we consider excessive spending in respect of the winners, advance arrangements or travel, accommodation and meals.”

The party went on to detail the spending for the activity surrounding Arnold Schwarzenegger which totalled €45,450 and also approval of a new publicity budget totalling €88,170, of which €42,000 has been allocated to a new award yet to be publicly announced.

Ermita de la Virgen de la Cabeza in Bedar, la Ermita del Calvario in Cuevas de Almanzora and El Calvario in Pulpí are the five properties (all churches) which have received special recognition.

Inclusion in the CGPHA directory affords the properties special protection and is only available for public buildings of special note.

Particularly notable is la Ermita de la Virgen de la Cabeza in Antas which was built in the late 16th century at 254 metres, affording it tremendous views across the Levante and to the sea beyond.

Meanwhile, el Calvario in Pulpi is nestled on a slope that has been turned into a beautiful park with varied plant life in and around the graves.

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Police deny any pet poisoning MARCOS MUÑOZ, the Director of Civil Protection of the Local Police in El Ejido has denied allegations by the IU political party in the town which claimed a “proliferation of animal poisonings.”

The IU party had claimed that a large number of residents had complained about animals being poisoned when tainted foods had been left in Plaza Antonio Navarrete and pointed to

a poster that had been displayed in the square warning of poison.

Marcos Muñoz responded to the reports by categorically stating: “There are no complaints from owners of pets that animals have been poisoned.”

Four officers went to the square and found no poisoned food. They interviewed numerous residents and business owners close to the square, but none claimed

to know anything about any poisoning of pets either.

The police then checked their databases to see if any complaints had been made, but again nothing showed.

El Ejido Town Hall confirmed the square was safe and that the reports were simply unfounded rumours.

The police said it was all a misunderstanding and that the square is safe for animals.

Big Brother comes to El Ejido PRESENTER of Spain’s Big Brother TV show, Pedro Garcia Aguado, visited El Ejido to present two conferences.

The education themed conferences formed part of an initiative by directors of the parent associations of secondary

schools in El Ejido and Agroiris, a stationery supplier in the town.

Aguado, a TV presenter and former athlete regularly works with troubled children, instilling values and ideals to help them enter adulthood.

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Bank funding for disabled groups PROYECTO IMPULSOS (Project Impulse) is an initiative that aims to promote the employment of disabled people, improving access to employment opportunities and aiding the principle of equal opportunities.

In its third year, the work of the San Sebrian foundation, the Association for the Care of People with Intellectual Disabilities (ADISLI) and the Almeria Federation for Persons with Disabilities (FAAM) has been acknowledged. The three social projects have been given €23,000 each, financed by Banco Popular.

The three associations were selected from a list of 52 proposals in a scheme that was overseen by the Konecta Foundation.

Since 2012 Banco Popular has worked with Proyectos Impulso, contributing to social inclusion of disabled people and has confirmed its continued support.

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Sierra Nevada is 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.

“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

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

UICN is an international organisation based in Switzerland, which incorporates governments, associations, foundations, universities and the co-operation of more than 11,000 scientists from around the world.

Chenoa in concert EVERYTHING is in place for the arrival of Chenoa, who will be performing at El Ejido’s auditorium theatre on Saturday November 22.

Chenoa will be promoting her latest album Otro Direccion (Another Direction), as well as performing old faithfuls to please the fans. Chenoa has produced seven albums since the age of 16,

with each debuting at number one on the sales charts. Her success has cemented her as one of the most important female vocalists in Spain and Latin America. It has been 11 years since Chenoa’s last album and she felt it was time for a new beginning.

She travelled to London to research new songs, new sounds and new

inspirations, while also collaborating with old friends. She also found new writers and new producers that she had wanted to work with for some time.

The concert begins at 9.30pm and tickets are available from www.unientradas.es for €16 and €18. You can also purchase €20 and €22 tickets on the door.

Agricultural visitors to Almeria A DELEGATION of farming producers from

Palma de Rio in Cordoba have visited Almeria to study the Almeria Model of production, a leader in the European horticultural sector.

The Cordoba delegation was particularly interested in improving the quality of fruits and vegetables that Almeria province has achieved with biological control of pests and diseases.

They were also

interested in strategies that have been developed to implement integrated production in a high percentage of Almeria farms.

The farmers were accompanied by the Cordoba and Almeria delegates for Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment for Cordoba, Francisco Jose Zurera and Jose Manuel Ortiz respectively.

Supporting women CAJAMAR and ALMUR (Association of Women Entrepreneurs in Almeria) have signed a collaborative agreement to support female business owners in the province.

Through the agreement, Cajamar offers women entrepreneurs a comprehensive financial package with favourable conditions for administration and repayment.

The package is aimed at supporting the development of the women’s business.

The package includes products and services ranging from financial operations, investment of new assets, working capital, trade policies, leasing and electronic banking. It also includes a system that facilitates funding for autonomous and small businesses.

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Workshops aimed at local children HUERCAL OVERA has begun six months of workshops aimed at children between the ages of three and eight years.

The workshops bring reading

and books to the attention of the youngsters, encouraging them to love the written word. The children will read books as a group, laying on little plays and

Violent thieves are arrested OFFICERS from the Guardia Civil have arrested four men in El Ejido for robbery and intimidation.

The four detainees, aged 18, 17, 16 and one younger than 14, are accused of selecting their victims from the elderly, threatening and intimidating with a knife, and employing violence to achieve their aims, stealing wallets and valuables.

In one of the crimes a 60year-old woman with her disabled son was targeted, while her husband was thrown to the floor by the criminals. In this case, however, neighbours came to their assistance, causing the burglars to flee.

Three of the four detainees have been transferred to a juvenile centre.

play games. Communication will be a key element during the workshops with children encouraged to discuss the relevant books with question and answer sessions, enabling them to think a little more about what they are reading.

Mayor of Huercal Overa, Domingo Fernandez, said: “We are offering our children opportunities to broaden their vision and receive education while having fun. What they are now learning is the basis of their future and we must give them all the opportunities.”

He went on to detail the many workshops available in the town for its residents, including flamenco, crafts, computing, English and music.

The children’s workshops are being held in the municipal library on Tuesdays and Thursdays and will run until May 28. The cost for each child is €10 per month.

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Christmas fayre SAN ANIMAL SANTUARIO is holding its annual Christmas Fayre on November 23 at San Juan de los Terreros market.

Lots of stalls and gift ideas with proceeds going to help the animals.

Casting call RESIDENTS of Pulpi attended a casting call for 150 people to star in an advert to be filmed on the beaches of San Juan de los Terreros on November 28.

Green to go PERMISSION has been given by the Junta de Andalucia for the installation of greenhouses on 57 acres of the Sierra de Gador. It reverses a law from 2002 which expressly forbade it.

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The Rose Singers are well received THE recent concerts by the Rose Singers proved a huge success and a generous donation was given to the Royal British Legion’s poppy appeal.

The November 6 concert was performed in Camping Los Gallardos and on November 8 the group did a matinee in Mojacar. These were so well received that the Rose Singers have indicated it could become a fixture for future years.

As usual with the Rose Singers, the music was varied and sung to the high standard members of the public have come to expect. All genres were covered with the rousing ‘anthem’ from the musical Chess opening the evening and a selection of wartime songs with audience participation to finish.

The Rose Singers’ next performance is on December 9

THE ROSE SINGERS: Singing their way to success. at Camping Los Gallardos where the group will be singing Christmas carols at their annual concert on behalf of ASADIS. The ticket price of €8 will include turkey sandwiches and mince pies, starting at 7.30pm.

The group would like to express a huge vote of thanks to all those who helped promote the concerts, including Euro Weekly News, ticket outlets, and the husbands and partners who manned the doors.

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Arrests for employers TWO men have been arrested under suspicion of crimes against workers’ rights, forgery, perjury and fraud.

The investigation began after a man was killed at work in Nijar. A crew was required to heft rolls of plastic, weighing up to 200 kilograms, and scale the heights of greenhouses to replace plastic covering.

However, health and safety regulations had been ignored as the work was carried out without tethers or safety measures. One of the workers, a 27-year-old man, fell to his death after the frame gave way and he landed with a roll falling on top of him.

After taking statements from witnesses, and investigating paperwork, officers discovered that, in addition to the lack of health and safety attention, the company had forged paperwork after the worker’s death to register him as an employee.

IVN aged 26, and RM aged 29, also gave false information to the police, resulting in perjury being added to their crimes.

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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

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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.

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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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I LOVED this cheeky sign that I saw in a shop doorway in Mijas Pueblo!

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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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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Peaky Blinders will come back for a third series and Farage boozes on Gogglebox Richard Shanley

DISHING THE DIRT

GOGGLEBOX: Popular, and often plastered, Dom and Steph will share a drink with Farage.

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THE BBC Two drama, based on the exploits of the notorious Midlands gang of the same name, will return to UK screens in 2015.

The series two finale of Peaky Blinders, starring Cillian Murphy, Tom PEAKY BLINDERS: Returning.

“I’ve got an Hardy and Steven Knight“I’ve got an Helen McCrory, ending where penned period ending where aired in Britain it’s the start drama had [Cillian Murphy’s character] is earlier this of the Second been renewed.

Sir Thomas Shelby, and it’s month and Earlier this the start of the Second World was followed World War...” year, Knight War,” he said. by a continuity announcer letting revealed that he “The first siren goes off and slip that the show had already mentally that’s it. What I’m trying to do would be “returning” to prepared several ways for with the whole thing is look at the channel. The BBC later the Shelby family’s saga to someone from his background: Can he get out and formally confirmed that the end.

escape?” In the US, the first series of Peaky Blinders is available to stream on Netflix, with the second being added later this month.

UKIP leader Nigel Farage will guest star in a Channel 4 special of Gogglebox. The British politician will sit down

with B&B owners Dom and Steph Parker during the episode.

Farage is expected to enjoy a few drinks while socialising with the popular couple.

Channel 4’s chief creative officer Jay Hunt called the episode a “rip-roaring, alcohol-fuelled watch.”

Hunt added to the Radio Times: “[Nigel] gets pissed with them, but they also give him a grilling.” The Gogglebox special will premiere sometime next year. Farage is currently running as an MP candidate for the 2015 General Election.

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The Cold War is hot news Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.

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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.

Sleep well.

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

OF course we returned to the States as often as finances allowed. One such journey sticks in my mind for its heroic impact.

We were driving cross-country but a typically heavy snowstorm slowed us.

When I realised I wasn’t going to make my destination on time, I decided to stop and have lunch at an old-fashioned diner, the kind that prevailed in the 50s.

Driving a rental car with out-of-state licence plates meant also suffering a litany of questions: Where was I from? Going?

And why?

Now there is a rule as important as wearing pants in public that you never tell anyone in Iowa that you’re from Europe.

The idea is far too perplexing to be swallowed easily and generally causes enough consternation to worry the entire village sleepless, well into the spring.

As we sat a young man came breezing across the floor shouting a hearty “Howdy,” with his pen raised ready to take the order, even before we had the menus.

“I see you’re from Chicago, saw it on your car licence plate,” he announced. This upset me in the sense that before I could order a beer he was tellin’ me where I was

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IOWA DINER: Priceless place for a geography lesson. from. So, I cut him short. “No, rented the car at the airport, driving from Chicago to Mason City to see friends. We live in Spain!” There, I said it all and got in a cheap shot too.

He stopped, whirled about and retreated to the kitchen. Poked his head around

the door and repeated all that he had learned to his wife.

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appeared within two minutes. It’s Iowa so it wasn’t unnatural of him to pull up a chair and sit at our table, examining us and repeating the standard questions his trade had taught him to ask foreign elements over the years.

“Now is Spain part of Europe?” he queried. (Yes, I was back home in Iowa).

“Well, is it near Ireland?” (’Bout as close as Iowa is to California, which visibly relieved him). “That’s not so far away. Well, we had a guy in here about six months ago.

Wait here, I got his card,” and he bolted from the table on a mission.

He returned clutching a business card as if was a collectable, priceless relic. I took it and read it. My eyeballs almost popped out of my head. Geeze, it was a guy whose house I had finished building just a few months back. “Well, do you know him?” he asked breathlessly. “Yup”, was all that I could muster up to say.

Wherein my grand inquisitor blurted to the kitchen, “See Molly, I told you Europe isn’t that big.”

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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.

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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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1. In which year: did Arsenal win the league and cup ‘double,’ Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors found dead in his bathtub in Paris and Walt Disney World open in Orlando, Florida?

2. In which year: did Betty Boothroyd become the first woman elected Speaker of the House of Commons, Boutros Boutros-Ghali replace Javier Pérez de Cuéllar as UN Secretary-General and Gladiators premiere on ITV? 3. In which year: did millionaire Steve Fossett break a world record by completing the fastest non-stop, nonrefuelled, solo flight around the world in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, Pope John Paul II die and the first series of the UK version of The Apprentice debut on BBC Two? 4. In which year: did Richard Nixon succeed Lyndon Johnson as the 37th president of the USA, John Lennon and Yoko Ono marry on Gibraltar and Rolling Stone Brian Jones drown in his swimming pool at his home in Sussex?

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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.

This week it may be possible to show more of your skills when someone seeks your advice.

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Do whatever your talents allow to help because this will not be forgotten.

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.

Youngsters may be involved at the weekend, so plan ahead to give them a festive surprise.

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Across 7 Gather there’s a bit of fire about the bishop (6) 8 Gambling club company admits a crime (6) 10 Move Peter to a better vantage point (7) 11 A lot of bloodsuckers pursue her (5) 12 Anna taught here in Asia Minor (4) 13 Stage is set for the computer entrepreneur (5) 17 Renew stew with something more novel (5) 18 Seasoning returned in megastore (4) 22 Absurd, in an elaborate way (5) 23 Close to tears, milliner greatly upset (7) 24 Gymnastic events for Spielberg, perhaps (6) 25 Holds off desert (6) Down 1 Drug from city street, as young (7) 2 Bloke at liberty to precede privileged citizen (7) 3 Clear the surrounding ground (5)

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)

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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.

If better arrangements for the cat make no difference, try distracting the cat by throwing a toy, a wine cork, or something similar away from yourself, so that the cat locks on to a

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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.

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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.

ENTERTAINMENT: Give your cat more to do.

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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 wellbeing at the centre of your life and keep the negatives to the margin.

Being positive will automatically boost you, both physically and emotionally. A happy person can take on the world but if you feel sad and low, all you want to do is curl up in a ball.

Curling up in a ball is not an option!

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 have a rethink about 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. It turned out that I would have to have rehabilitation after my cancer treatment but 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.

I went home and did the exercises and found them pretty easy.

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. Who would I be sharing with this time, I wondered?

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! This, I would find out the first night! 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 - “You, here again, couldn’t stay away!” I replied, “Yes me again! I liked my first stay so much I just had to come back.” We smiled at each other. 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!

Last time 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 with her fan, requesting his silence! 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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10% of IVF treatments in Europe happen in Spain SPAIN carried out 5,000 IVF treatments each month, 60,000 a year, which represents 10 per cent of all treatments carried out in Europe, after France, Germany and Italy.

The figures were revealed at the Sixth International Symposium on Assisted Reproduction in Madrid.

The conference brought together more than 1,000 experts to address the technical and clinical advances in the field, the role of immunological factors in achieving pregnancy and ethical and legal aspects of the developing technology.

According to the organisation, the number of fertility treatments in Europe has increased in recent

IVF TREATMENTS: Experts report a growing demand. years, growing at a rate of between 5 and 10 per cent each year.

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Spanish drinkers lead the way in purchase of booze-free beer WITH many health professionals warning that too much booze can be bad for you, it seems Spain’s beer drinkers have taken the advice to heart.

The nation leads the way in Europe when it comes to drinking nonalcoholic beer (NAB), with a perhaps surprising 60 per cent of Spanish buyers having bought the alcohol-free version at some time during 2013.

That figure rose to 69 per cent of consumers aged between 45 and 54, according to a survey by marketing trends analysts Mintel, which looked at six key European markets.

And it is not only in Spain where Mintel’s

research highlights demand. Whilst German consumers are forecast to buy 5.9 billion litres of all types of beer in 2014, half (47 per cent) of consumers purchased non-alcoholic beer at least once in 2013.

Furthermore, the demand is strong throughout Europe as one in three (29 per cent) Italian consumers, a quarter (26 per cent) of Poles, and 18 per cent of French consumers bought NAB in 2013.

In addition, despite having the notorious ‘lager lout’ status, one in seven (14 per cent) British beer-buyers purchased non-alcoholic beer in 2013, rising to a quarter (26 per cent) of

18 to 34-year-olds, among what is clearly a much more sensible generation.

However, despite the clearly strong consumer demand, new nonalcoholic beers have accounted for just 3 per cent of all global beer launch activity so far in 2014, less than the 4 per cent in 2011 and significantly less than the 10 per cent in 1999.

Jonny Forsyth, Global Drinks Analyst at Mintel, said: “Non-alcoholic beer has huge, long-term sales potential, both in Muslimdominated regions and health-conscious but beer-loving Western markets.

“This is an area of

innovation which all major brewers should be focusing on – consumers want reassurance of product quality, something trusted brands can provide.”

Furthermore, Mintel’s research shows that the popularity of nonalcoholic beer is strong amongst older consumers and women. Indeed, 63

per cent of Spanish and 50 per cent of German female beer buyers have bought NAB in the past six months, compared to 57 per cent and 46 per cent of male beer buyers respectively.

“Analysis of NAB drinkers by age in both Spain and Germany, tells a similar and positive story for brewers attempting to reverse flat

sales in Western markets,” said Forsyth.

“Millennial beer drinkers are less likely to drink NABs – although not hugely – with purchasing peaking among the consumers aged 35 and over, presumably as consumers become more healthconscious and less resilient to the negative effects of alcohol.”

MOLE WATCH: App can identify changes, but shouldn’t replace proper check-up.

New app monitors moles A NEW mobile app is said to detect skin cancer with up to 90 per cent accuracy.

Called SkinVision, it is able to monitor moles and identify signs of skin cancer,

The Botox boob job A NEW treatment promises to boost your cup size without going under the knife.

The ‘Botox boob job’ involves having Botox injected in to the pectoral muscles which forces the shoulder and chest muscles to take the strain leaving breasts looking higher and up to a cup size larger.

One surgeon from London’s Harley Street said the new look can last up to six months.

and is said to be the most scientifically accurate to date. It uses an algorithm that was developed over two years, which works from 4,000 images from 500 live dermatological evaluations for users to compare their moles and keep track of any changes.

The makers of the app stress it doesn’t offer a full diagnosis and shouldn’t replace medical advice, but it can identify skin lesions as high risk.

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Enjoy quality fish and chips PETER and Janice Mackey are long standing residents of the town of Alfoquia having lived there for the last five-and-a-half-years.

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Janice Mackey’s extensive kitchen experience, supported by her assistant Gill, ensures a well-run, and quality controlled back of house environment which supplies their customers with a varied ‘fish and chip’ menu which also includes pies, pasties, sausages, burgers and kebabs and all freshly cooked to order.

The Alfoquia Chippy also provides children portions, a ‘takeaway’ or ‘eat in’ service and don’t forget the outdoor terrace is available to the customers of the Alfoquia Chippy for

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Danoes for a cake baking experience WE at Danoes sell everything you need to make a cake and to enhance your baking experience.

We will start workshops next year and courses in cake decoration.

We also do a high tea in conjunction with a workshop if requested by our customers.

Danoes hope to have a new store in Albox SPECIAL CAKES: next year and in Made to order. the meantime, as from November 1 you can now find us at the market Los Llanos.

We can also make birthday and wedding cakes to order.

To order any of our delicious and decorative cakes, please place your order three weeks before the delivery date. Tel: 634 305 144.

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ABC’s reputation speaks for itself, with its customers happy to recommend it, and shower praise on the owner for an excellent standard of customer service at great prices.

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ABC currently has a special offer for Euro Weekly News readers.

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But there are several practical and inexpensive things the gardener can do to provide safe havens for birds, beneficial insects, small mammals and reptiles.

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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 trees do you have in which birds can shelter?

4. Have you fixed up nesting boxes?

5. Do you have a bird bath?

6. Do you have a pond to which birds and dragon flies are attracted to drink

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9. Are there bunches of herbs or hanging plants for geckoes to shelter?

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

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The one piece of advice that they offer is to Book Early and Avoid High Prices or worse, risk being without a car for your trip due to availability issues which seem to crop up every year.

The main focus of Indigo Car Hire is customer service. They have a fantastic following of customers who highly rate the service and are happy to recommend them to friends and family.

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Sierra Essence and the British Ski Center are busy preparing for another prompt scheduled opening of the new ski season currently set for Saturday November 29.

Although history dictates a distinct possibility of the ski season opening a week earlier, especially if the current predicted forecasts come true. Thereafter, we shall be open all the way through the season until Sunday May 3, 2015!

Pistes are being bashed whilst hotels, shops, bars and restaurants and local entertainment venues are preparing their grand opening. Our business is focused towards the large and ski-loving English

speaking market. We ourselves are English and with almost 25 years’ experience in the Sierra Nevada, the British Ski Center is well established within the resort to source everything from your ideal accommodation options to tailormade ski and snowboard instruction lessons.

Our in-resort representation and support involves ‘real’ people to talk to (not a generic telephone number) and the British Ski Center is there to help you truly make the most out of Sierra Nevada’s fantastic ski area and resort and to fully enjoy your time there.

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Incredimail - so far I have nothing good to say about it!

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HELLO and welcome to CanDu Computer Bytes.

Last time we had a really short look at ‘Incredimail,’ so this week I would like to examine this program further and try to understand its popularity. I started at the Incredimail website whose first impression is that of a cartoon drawn for a favourite child, not a good start.

The website downloaded a ‘Stub program.’

This is a small program that will redirect you to

QUESTIONS: Answer or go no further. the full program. As expected the stub tried to get me to download ‘Search Protect,’ ‘Optimizer Pro’ and ‘AntiMalware.’ When I clean someone’s computer of malware, these are always on the list. I skipped them all even though the button appeared to be ‘Off.’ The first screen asked

what my gender was, what country I am in and do I want email adverts? No I don’t want adverts, you don’t need my gender or location information!

Guess what! Without it you can’t continue!

So I’m Female and I’m in America! Having checked the website, I found out about how

they can target YOU for special advertising.

Do I want Incredimail as my default browser webpage - NO! Connect it to my Facebook account?

NO! Click cancel. Having got the program running I found that it picked up a gmail account that I have, without being given any information about it and it added itself to my startup so it is there

whenever I start my computer (without asking)! Now that really concerns me!

So far I have nothing good to say about this program, but to try and be fair I will test it, write about it and then discard it.

I’m always available for good advice and everything concerning your computer on 689 892 745.

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Books for Albox library ALBOJENSE poet Juan Jose Ceba has promised a donation of 2,000 books for Albox library.

The poet was born in Albox in 1951 and always speaks fondly of his time in the town, one which he describes as the paradise of his childhood.

Although the poet now lives in Almeria City, it is his love and passion for his town of birth that has led him to offer the donation of more than 2,000 books to the town library.

The books include works of poetry, drama, fiction, philosophy and history. Juan Jose has also donated in the past to other institutions

including the Ibañez Museum.

The poet, whose book collection currently stands at 5,000, has left the books to the town library in his will. He said: “I left Albox with a collection of books that are essential for me and although I do not donate them in life, they will certainly pass to the library of Albox when I die.” The poet went on to stress the books are very precious but said: “Books have to reach people.”

Part of the extensive book collection will go to a new cultural centre, planned for the Albox hamlet of Las Pocicas where the poet grew up.

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Albox meeting for natural gas THE arrival of natural gas in Albox is imminent and so the town’s mayor, Rogelio Mena, met with officials from the supplier, Redexis Gas. Joining Rogelio Mena were the deputy mayors of Albox, Francisco Perez Conchillo and Sonia Cerdan, as well as Redexis territorial representative Pedro Angel Santos Nieto, Redexis architect Jose

Antonio Navarro and Redexis commercial manager Jose Antonio Navarro.

The natural gas will supply businesses and domestic dwellings and has been welcomed by the mayor who said: “I give my personal endorsement of any investment in the town that generates employment, development, infrastructural improve-

ments, raises the competitiveness of our products by reducing energy costs, improves the comfort of our citizens and improves environmental quality.”

Mena continued: “This will produce a very positive impact on local job creation and energy saving for businesses and households, saving each between 30 and 50 per cent.

The town hall representatives pointed out that the arrival of natural gas joins the other improvements made to the town in recent months including the new municipal swimming pools and health centre, the Pabellon Francisco Torrecillas and the health centre at Llano del Espino.

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SLOVAKIAN engineers have come up with a way to avoid traffic jams. The AeroMobil 3.0, dubbed a ‘multimodal vehicle,’ is actually a flying car.

It has been designed and manufactured by a team led by chief designer Stefan Klein and Juraj Vaculik, cofounders of the AeroMobil company, in just 10 months following the release of a much more basic preprototype of the flying car.

“I’m very happy with what we were able to achieve in such a short time with a team of only 12 people.

AeroMobil 3.0 is not the end of a challenging project, it’s the beginning of a whole new adventure which may change how we look at personal transport in the future,” said Stefan.

Juraj added: “It may really enable new ways of travel, advancing it to a new level. We are set to reinvent the flying car without constraints and deliver excitement through unique, technical solution and design.”

The flying car has been in development since 1989, when Stefan Klein, the founder and head of the Department of Transport Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Slovakia, began working on the concept.

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Back to the future SWEDISH bike maker Husqvarna made its reputation with lightweight, single-cylinder models which proved wildly popular in post war Europe.

Husqvarna had tested various bulky V-twin configurations in the 20s and 30s, before settling on a more compact, single-cylinder design in the 40s. This new design concept took off and gave birth to iconic models such as the Svartkvarna, Drombagen and Silverpilen.

Whilst the same original concept of a lightweight, street motorcycle has been revived with the new 401s, it is now interpreted in a very modern way, utilising the latest design, cutting edge technology, sophisticated construction processes

SIMPLICITY: Compact, lightweight, agile, with cutting edge performance levels.

MODERN EDGE: The 401s match high-tech with classic styling.

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The result is a pair of motorcycles that pay homage to the original concept, but with

performance levels those pioneering designers, almost a century ago, could only have dreamt of.

The new Husqvarna 401 concept bike is compact and agile - expertly crafted

to deliver minimalist styling with exceptional performance - reduced to the bare essence of what a motorcycle should be.

The Husqvarna 401 Vitpilen (Swedish for White Arrow) draws on the DNA of the pioneering 1953 Silverpilen (Silver Arrow) street bike, but is a groundbreaking design in its own right - interpreting the functional simplicity of the classic bike, combining it with modern technology.

The Husqvarna 401 Svartpilen (Black Arrow) concept bike is a modern street bike, that draws its design ethos from iconic Husqvarnas.

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Cricket winter tour begins From back page.

And congratulations to the Faroe Islands who won their first ‘European’ game in 61 starts, claiming a 1-0 victory in 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 won the APT 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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port SLewis and Nico go head to Novak Djokovic

Won the APT tour final at the O2 in London.

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head in final F1 at Abu Dhabi

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

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City v Swansea City and Crystal Palace v out-ofsorts 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 31 before 82,000 fans at Wembley.

Wayne Rooney, making his 100th appearance, scored to celebrate the occasion.

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

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. against the group favourites Belgium and Northern Ireland lost 2-0 in Romania.

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