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Kenpo karate competition THE first meeting of the Andalucian Kenpo karate league will be held in La Herradura at the municipal sports centre this Saturday, (November 29. The event will take place between 9am and 1pm.

New fish born A CATSHARK has been born at the Almuñecar Aquarium for the first time. More fertilised eggs are expected to hatch shortly.

Street upgrade THE redevelopment of Calle Custodio Puga in Torre del Mar will begin this week and should last for five months.

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Saying No to violence THE people of Almuñecar gathered to protest against the scourge of gender violence. A good crowd formed in front of the town hall to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Associations, business-owners and residents from Almuñecar and La Herradura were taking a stand against gender-based violence in an event which took place in the Plaza de la Constitucion. Town Mayor Trinidad Herrera delivered a speech highlighting the council’s and public institutions’ full support for the victims.

Participants created the word NO with candles in the middle of the square and released balloons into

the sky in a truly emotional event. “Our commitment is essential. It is necessary to condemn,

Banking on food collection A FOOD collection campaign hosted by the Spanish Federation of Food Banks is hoping for the support of Nerja residents. On Friday and Saturday, November 28 and 29, volunteers will stand at the doors of MAS and Mercadona supermarkets around the town to collect, preferably, non-perishable food.

Nerja is expected to open its own food bank in the near future at Number Six in El Zoco, with the help of a 1,500-kilo donation from the national food bank when the inauguration takes place. All Nerja residents are welcome to participate in the initiative to help poorer families all around the country.

individually and collectively the violence, the discrimination and the inequality that women face,” said Herrera. So far this year 46 women have died at the hands of their partners or former partners, and 758 have lost their lives since 2003. It is estimated that one in two women has experienced some sort of physical or sexual violence from their partner in their lifetime. Other events were also held to raise awareness and take decisive action to put an end to the global scourge of gender-based violence and to start creating a world where women and girls are safe in their homes and communities.

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INDEX News 1 - 21 Property Supp. 23 - 26 Finance 27 - 32 Letters 33 Daily TV 34 Leapy Lee 35 Time Out 36 - 37 Health & Beauty 38 Homes & Gardens 41 Services 42 - 43 Classifieds 44-45 Motoring 46 Sport 47 - 48

LOS HADOS NEGROS: Revamped line-up celebrates 50 years of music.

TV spotlight on New Year in Nerja NERJA was the setting for a new episode of Canal Sur TV show Salud al Dia. The town was chosen as the healthy destination for New Year’s Eve, a perfect place to enjoy the last day of the year. Titled New Year’s Under the Sun, the episode promotes healthy habits that will boost the viewer’s quality of life, and features different New Year’s Eve activities going on in Nerja.

Recorded last week, it will be shown tomorrow (Friday, November 28) and features a performance by local band Los Hados Negros (pictured), marking the 50th anniversary of the group, albeit with a much revamped line-up. The episode will showcase Nerja’s commercial streets, with a special focus on local shop Jardin Secreto, which specialises in Christmas decorations.

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Renovation works THE Commonwealth of Costa del Sol-Axarquia Municipalities will renovate the sewer and rainwater networks of Avenida Juan Carlos I and Paseo Puerta del Mar in Almuñecar at a cost of €1.5 million.

Fighting for their rights OWNERS of ‘illegal’ houses in the Axarquia are to create a political party to participate in the next local elections. Around 500 members of pressure group Save Our Homes Axarquia (SOHA) are considering the creation of a party to defend their interests and gain representation in the different councils around the Axarquia. The association was

originally created by foreign residents but a large number of Spanish residents have joined them to fight for their rights with legal help and active action. SOHA currently has a councillor in La Viñuela, president of the Axarquia group Philip Smalley, and one in Alcaucin, Mario Blancke who is also councillor for Urban Planning. They became members

of the council through different political forces but the group is now considering the creation of their own party to be able to voice the opinions of the residents during the council’s decision-making process. Their ultimate purpose is to achieve the legalisation of homes which were constructed on nonbuildable land but bought in good faith by current owners. Photos courtesy of www.pejac.es

Paying tribute AS part of the official ceremony organised to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Motril paid tribute to the late Araceli Morales, a local teacher who was allegedly killed by her husband in June.

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Wage agreement APPROXIMATELY 50 civil servants gathered at Rincon de la Victoria Council to protest against the deadlock in negotiations for a collective wage agreement. The previous agreement was suspended by Mayor Francisco Salado. Dead honoured A PLAQUE honouring seven Almuñecar residents who were shot during the postwar repression years was unveiled in the local cemetery. Their bodies were found in 2011 in a mass grave next to the church in Pinos del Valle. Theatre tonight THE Fundacion Jose Martin Recuerda theatre ensemble is presenting ‘Los Atridas’ today (Thursday November 27), tomorrow and on Saturday at Auditorio Martin Recuerda Villa de Salobreña at 8pm. Tickets are €7. Upcoming duathlon THE second edition of the El Tizon Duathlon Cross is taking place in Motril on Sunday (November 30). The event will include a six kilometre running leg, a 21-kilometre cycling leg and a three kilometre cross circuit.

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THE number of recycling bins in Almuñecar has been doubled, answering a request from residents. Six of them are destined for recycling plastics and four of them for glass.

Classic concert A CONCERT will be held on Monday (December 1) at 8pm in Almuñecar’s Casa de la Cultura. Pianist Daniel Blanc and violinist Kalina Matula will perform.

Erotic poetry A READING of erotic poetry will take place next Thursday (December 4) in the exhibition hall of the Casa de la Cultura in Almuñecar.

Poor covers A RESIDENT of Salobreña has complained about the bad condition of manhole covers in the town after she tripped on one and broke her leg.

STREET ART: Using abandoned buildings, footpaths and building facades.

‘Spanish Banksy’ wowing art world

TREET artist known as the ‘Spanish Banksy’ has been wowing the art world with his unique and contemporary works that have been appearing on buildings and walls around the world. Pejac, who blends visual metaphors with just a hint of irony, has been gathering much attention thanks to his incredible drawings that are Banksylike in style, yet retain their own identity. The Santander-born street artist uses abandoned buildings, footpaths and building facades to highlight his view of the world. While British street artist Banksy became famous for his graffiti that often borders on the political, Pejac’s streetscapes have been described as more ‘poetic,’ and his work has

Quote of the Week We cannot allow the Mediterranean to become a vast cemetery,’ said Pope Francis while addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday regarding thousands of immigrants who drown while attempting to cross the Mediterranean.

cropped up in cities such as Istanbul, Paris, Moscow and London. Comparisons to Banksy are inevitable given the style of street art and the urban canvasses that Pejac uses, but his ability to blend his work into their surroundings using brushes, pencils, acrylic paint and sandpaper sets his work apart from the mainly stencil-and-spray paint arresting visuals of the mysterious guerrilla artist Banksy. It’s rumoured the Saatchi Gallery and Greenpeace have taken an interest in Pejac’s work, meaning we may hear and see more from this creative Spanish street artist, but in the meantime we can continue to enjoy his artistic footprint on the streets and walls of Spain and further afield. See www.pejac.es.

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million kilos is the amount of food the Spanish Food Bank Association hopes to collect for the needy between tomorrow, November 28 and Saturday November 29 at 10,000 donation points in shops and supermarkets across the country.

Cheap tickets RENFE is selling 28,700 tickets for the high-speed MalagaMadrid train service between December 19 and January 11 on www.renfe.com with prices starting from €24.10.

AIDS prevention THE LGBT Andalucian Diversity Foundation distributed 5,000 condoms and 3,000 leaflets to youths in Malaga City last week in an AIDS campaign.

Wine excellence THE Tierras de Mollina in Competa and Dimobe in Moclinejo wine cellars won the second wine competition ‘Malaga Flavour.’

And finally... Eight people in Oviedo had to be taken to hospital after they unwittingly ate a birthday cake containing marihuana. The home-made chocolate ‘space cake’ was made by one of the guest’s mothers and served up to the none-thewiser partygoers. Several guests began to feel unwell, but none suffered permanent damage.

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Future private school THE first bilingual private school in Velez-Malaga is to be built in the area of Baviera Golf residential complex. The project has been put out to public tender after a year and half of document processing and a

significant number of constructors are interested in it. The 9,000 square metre plot is to be turned into the first private school in the town, together with a public football pitch which could be used by Velez-Malaga residents.

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Countdown to the season begins T

HIS weekend will see the majority of towns and cities across Spain adopt a more festive look with the annual switch-on of the Christmas lights for the build-up to the holidays. It’s hard to believe that Christmas is only four short weeks away as once again it seems to be sneaking up on us out of nowhere. It only seems like yesterday when we were all still enjoying the sunshine and beaches, and now we can look forward to Christmas fairs, office Christmas parties and braving the shopping crowds in the search for gifts - not to mention the mulled wine, turkey and minced pies. Many expats head home to their own countries for the Christmas season, but there is still a huge amount of us who stay here and enjoy all that Spain has to offer for

the holidays. It might not be as cold and it might be a bit strange to see bars and restaurants open on Christmas Day, but the season here in Spain is every bit as enjoyable as it is back home. We’re getting into the Christmas spirit here at EWN, and are looking forward to the build-up to our favourite time of year.

Happy Thanksgiving Finally, we’d like to send out a Happy Thanksgiving to all our American friends in Spain who will be enjoying their turkey and pumpkin pie this Thursday. In honour of the day, we’ve put together a list of interesting facts about Thanksgiving in our Time Out section that we hope you’ll enjoy.

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Discovering your World… in Motril SCIENCE enthusiasts will have the chance to take part in Motril’s science fair called A world to Discover. Motril’s Head of Youth Alfredo Ortega Tovar and Education councillor Elena Vallejo, revealed the different activities that will take place during the fair. The initiative was created by local organisation DesQbre, which aims at making science more accessible for different audiences. Three workshops will be held for secondary school pupils, where they will be taught about crystallisation. The exhibition was opened

SCIENCE FAIR: More accessible for different audiences. last Wednesday at the Parque de los Pueblos de America youth centre and runs until December 13. It features the crystallisation process of some materials, and the

existence of everyday products that are formed with crystals. It can be visited from Tuesday to Saturday between 10am and 2pm and 5pm to 8pm.

Learning English while helping the environment SECONDARY school students from La Villa (Salobreña) have participated in an activity to practise English while learning about environmental issues. The initiative was launched by the Environment Department of the Salobreña Council together with volunteers from the International Foreigners Club.

A total of 80 students from Nazari bilingual school participated in the activity, consisting of hiking around the area of la Vega to collect waste and rubbish which will later be recycled. They counted on the help of native English speakers who volunteered to make learning of English a more enjoyable activity.

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Rincon has the richest residents THE residents of Rincon de la Victoria have the highest average income in Malaga, according to a report. The study places the Axarquia municipality in first position, followed by

Marbella. According to the data, the average income of Rincon de la Victoria residents was €22,290. It is important to note, though, that many of the richer residents of Marbella are not registered on the census, and that would explain its second position. In addition, the study includes only residents who pay taxes in Spain, leaving out those who pay them in other countries. Malaga is in fifth position, with almost €2,000 less than the inhabitants of Rincon de la Victoria. The poorest municipality of Malaga, and in last position on the list, was Villanueva del Trabuco, whose Maria Fenety inhabitants had 43 per her mother had already cent less income than identified the body as those of Rincon de la Victoria. being her daughter’s.

Identity confirmed A DNA test conducted on a dead body found in Barcelona has confirmed it is that of Maria Fenety, a missing woman from Motril. Maria, who was living in Barcelona, had last been contacted by her family on October 4. She suffered from epilepsy and needed daily medication. The advanced state of decomposition of the body meant the authorities had to ask relatives for DNA samples in order to carry out the test, even though

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Children’s advocates THE seventh edition of Motril’s Child Rights Awards will present €1,700 to associations or institutions which protect, promote and raise awareness of children’s rights.

Saintly music NERJA Municipal Music School held a concert to mark Saint Cecilia’s feast day at the Cultural Centre Villa de Nerja.

Choir concert TRADITIONAL Spanish choirs ‘Coros Rocieros’ will be performing a concert at 9pm in the Civic Centre of La Herradura on Saturday (November 29). Tickets will be €1 on the door.

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A final tribute for late Nerja Museum director NERJA MUSEUM has honoured its late director, Ana Maria Marquez, who was killed by her former

partner, by naming its exhibition hall after her. The move was approved by the

Nerja Caves Foundation board last Wednesday. “She carried out an enthusiastic and meritorious work during eight months as the director of the Nerja Caves, up until the day when she was killed by her former partner,” said head of the Foundation, Jorge Hernandez Mollar. Ana Maria had been in contact with the institution since she was a student in the University of Cordoba and had extensive experience in archaeology, museum and cultural heritage studies, amongst other subjects. The new ‘Ana Maria Marquez Exhibit Hall’ at the Nerja Museum was back on the problem’. inaugurated on November cause of many different 25, to coincide with the illnesses,” said head of the World Day for the company, Jose Garcia Elimination of Violence Against Women. Fuentes.

Keeping streets clean A NEW slogan and logo for the initiative ‘Don’t turn your back on the problem’ will be chosen through a competition for schoolchildren of Motril. The project was designed by public cleaning company Limdeco, which is in charge of the service in Costa Tropical. It aims at addressing the problem of dog mess left on the streets by careless owners. The new logo for the 2015-2016 campaign will be chosen from drawings submitted by students from local schools.

SLOGAN: ‘Don’t turn your “It is a social duty and a sanitary responsibility to clean after our dogs, since their waste can be the

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17 held for drug trafficking SEVENTEEN people have been arrested in Salobreña for trafficking hashish. The alleged leader of the gang is a 46-year-old Moroccan man. The rest of the gang, aged between 23 and 53, are residents of Salobreña and the surrounding areas, including Otura and Armilla. Guardia Civil officers conducted four searches and confiscated 2,100 kilos of hashish, as well as eight cars, mobile phones and walkie-talkies. The police operation started when a drug stash was left at Cambron beach in Salobreña. It was taken later to a chalet located in Costa Aguilera and other areas of Cogollos Vega and Armilla, where the officers made the arrests. All 17 detainees are being held in custody.

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Important learning SCHOOLCHILDREN in Almuñecar participated in excursions to La Vega as part of an initiative launched for children to get to know the importance of the town’s environmental and Roman heritage.

Longer hours ALMUÑECAR library has extended its opening times to include Saturdays, between 9.30am and 1.30pm.

Sport talent FOUR members of Nerja’s Municipal Volleyball School are to start training with the Andalucian provincial team in preparation for the National Championship.

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Elena takes guitar prize A WINNER has been crowned at the 30th edition of the Classic Guitar Contest in Almuñecar. Russian guitar player Elena Fomenko won the contest and was awarded a prize of €10,000, a topof-the-range guitar made by Luis Santiago Hernandez, and the right to perform at the Granada International Musical and Dance Festival 2015. She also received €700 for her exceptional performance of the

TOP MUSICIAN: Elena Fomenko was awarded for an outstanding performance. Concierto de la Herradura by Eduardo Morales Caso.

Youth in the swim ALMUÑECAR will be hosting the second day of the Provincial Winter Swimming Circuit this Saturday (November 29). The event, organised by Almuñecar Sports Department and the municipal swimming pool, will begin at 9am.. Fifteen swimmers from the Almuñecar swimming school represented the town during the first day of the circuit held in Huetor Tajar, including Daniel Armero, Miguel Angel Benitez, and Candela Cambil.

Second prize was shared by Belarusian player Pavel

Kukhta and Brazilian player Pedro Aguiar.

Cancer support THE Childhood Cancer Parents Association in Granada (Aupa) has a new office in Motril. It was set up to give families of children with cancer emotional and financial support, because “shared sadness is half the sorrow,” according to representatives of the foundation. Cancer is the main cause of death for children between two and 14 years old, with 14,000 cases every year in Spain.

Developing healthy habits MORE than 5,000 Motril students will take part in the municipal school games. Primary and secondary schoolchildren will take part in the council initiative throughout the year. Mayor Luisa Garcia Chamorro has highlighted the great level of participation by pupils in sports activities through the town’s sports department.

Football, basketball, volleyball, athletics, swimming, water polo, plus the new addition of golf for secondary school students will be the sports on offer. The mayor thanked everyone involved, especially teachers and families for helping develop the children’s sporting skills.

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Album signing SPANISH singer Sergio Dalma held an album signing at Rincon de la Victoria shopping centre last Friday. His new album is titled #Yoestuvealli (I Was There).

Music festival THE Weekend Beach Festival of Torre del Mar, July 8 - 11, has announced Shotta, O’Funk’illo and Alamedadosoulna amongst the initial line-up.

Silver medal MOTRIL fencer Sonia Jimenez Quesada won junior silver in the first Andalucian Fencing Competition in Jaen last Saturday.

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Learning to save lives NEARLY 250 secondary school students were taught life-saving techniques at workshops in Motril. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) workshops were held for the students in the town’s Plaza de España. Motril Mayor Luisa Garcia Chamorro visited the event, which students from a number of local secondary schools took part in, and expressed her pleasure that so many young people were learning how to help in a medical crisis thanks to the volunteers. During the day, Red Cross

RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS: Doing the life-saving dance. volunteers did a dance to show the steps to take during CPR,

Boat rescue in Motril A BOAT with 39 migrants arrived in Motril last week. The 28 men, 10 women and a three-year-old girl, rescued off the shores of Granada, were in good health, according to Spanish sea search and rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo.

The operation started when someone alerted a unit of Salvamento Maritimo to the departure of a ship from an area near Boyafar in Morocco. The boat was located in an air search and the migrants were then taken by boat to Motril Port.

and a mobile app with reminders of the process was offered for downloading. CPR techniques are of vital importance while waiting for medical staff to arrive. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 60 per cent of heart attacks happen when another person is present and most of them happen at home, therefore learning CPR techniques could well help people save a lovedone’s life.

Crime gang arrests TWO criminal gangs specialising in the theft of belongings from cars have been dismantled. They are thought to have been responsible for 25 crimes carried out in the car parks of shopping centres and airports. Police arrested four people who have been taken into custody. The leaders were members of another gang that was taken down in 2012. The investigation started back in August after a crime took place in Maro (Nerja). A man had collected a total of €2,750 from several cigarette machines. Allegedly, some of the detainees watched the man and followed him, finally grabbing the money after breaking the rear window of the man’s car.

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Plant could be erosion solution AN expat couple living in Sayalonga have found what they believe to be the solution for the erosion in the area, caused by rain. David, from Texas, and Ana from Zimbabwe, arrived in the town seven years ago and realised that the main problem with the house they had bought, built on a steep slope, was erosion

caused by rain. The couple, who used to work for the American Administration, started looking for solutions to solve the problem. Following much research, they finally found it: the vetiver, a plant from India which grows rapidly and has roots which can reach down to four metres in less than a year. After planting it on their own plot, David and Ana realised the business potential of the plant and created a website to advertise it. A few months later, they were getting between 500 and 700 orders per week A WOMAN, found with 162 grams of cocaine for the €1 plants. hidden in her underwear, and two men were “With €100 you can arrested last week by Velez Malaga police. cover a line of 30 metres, Plants and packets totalling 3,750 grams which is enough to protect of marihuana, €7,500 in cash, seven mobile a whole plot of land,” said phones, a vehicle and equipment for 63-year-old David. preparing the drugs were also confiscated The plant is also used in during a National Police operation to medicine, as a component disband the group, which allegedly of perfumes, and as an distributed and supplied cocaine, marijuana insect repellent, amongst and hash. many other uses.

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Torrox is looking for new citizens A CAMPAIGN has been launched by Torrox Council to register new citizens. Town Mayor Francisco Muñoz explained the importance of raising awareness of the padron (town register) amongst

the population. The more people a town has registered the more funds it gets from central government. “We want to carry out a campaign in the streets and get everyone involved. I

BBC needs you… A REPORTER from BBC Radio 4’s The World Tonight is looking for British expatriates to talk about the new residency requirements introduced by the Spanish Government in 2012. When applying for residency did you have to supply documents showing that you wouldn’t be a burden on the Spanish Social Security system? Did you have any difficulties with this process? Have you had to buy private healthcare insurance to ensure you are covered while in Spain? If you are interested in being interviewed by BBC Radio 4 please email beth.mcleod@bbc.co.uk with a short summary of your experiences.

want to ask for the cooperation of the town’s citizens, so that together we can register a bigger proportion of the population, especially the foreign community,” said Muñoz. Council figures estimate that while the town has 19,000 people on the padron, the reality is that between 25,000 and 30,000 residents live in Torrox permanently, with the population growing to between 70,000 and 80,000 during the summer season. The mayor pointed out that the new campaign will create four jobs for people who will be in charge of registering new citizens during a period of three months.

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Calls to UK benefit fraud hotline double CALLS to the benefit fraud hotline from Spain have doubled since the British Government launched a major advertising campaign during the last week of October. The initiative urges the public to call the hotline if they suspect benefit fraud, and to encourage claimants to report changes in their circumstances. The Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) benefit fraud hotline in Spain - 900 55 44 40 - has seen a surge in tip-offs which fraud investigators are now pursuing to verify if people are claiming benefits illegally. Awareness of the campaign and associated media coverage among expatriates in Spain, and

ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN: Since its launch in October, there has been a surge in tip-offs. their willingness to call the hotline, is helping

investigators to reduce the waste of honest

taxpayers’ money on fraudsters. Work and Pensions Minister Mark Harper said: “Hard-working taxpayers have had enough of fraudsters taking money which is meant for genuine claimants, which is why we’re seeing so many people taking action by calling the hotline. We know it’s a small minority who commit benefit fraud, but I would urge anyone who has suspicions to call the free and confidential number or report them anonymously online.” Worldwide, someone is reported to benefit fraud hotlines every minute of every working day on average, and in the last year alone nearly 60,000 fraud investigations have been launched. The UK Government has recovered nearly £1 billion (€1.26 billion) of wrongly paid benefits in the last year, and has introduced a raft of measures to crack down on people who cheat the system both abroad and in the UK - including: • Tough new rules so that 40 per cent of individuals’ benefits can be taken to repay stolen cash - on top of any fine or custodial sentence handed out by the courts • Increased penalties from £2,000 to £5,000, without taking a fraudster to court • A new £50 civil penalty for claimants who negligently give incorrect information on their claims or fail to report a change in circumstances which results in overpayments.

If you suspect a benefit cheat, call the confidential hotline on 900 55 44 40 - open from 8am to 4pm every weekday in Spain - or report them online at www.dwp.gov.uk/benefitthieves-spain

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Better waterworks RENOVATION works should help eliminate flooding problems and the danger of aquaplaning in Rincon de la Victoria. Paid for by the council, the work will have a budget of €123,219 and will renew the sewage system in Vicente Alexaindre in La Cala del Moral. The water

‘Culture’ discount PEOPLE who buy a ‘culture’ card in Almuñecar will get 20 per cent off tickets to local cultural events. The cards, priced at €7, created by the Todocultura association in collaboration with Almuñecar Council’s Cultural Department, aim to encourage locals to go to the association’s events. The cards will be valid for one year and available to anyone over 18 from Almuñecar’s Casa de la Cultura.

supply and waste-water system at Las Posturas will also be renewed at a cost of €79,077. Works at Vicente Alexaindre are aimed at solving the problem of aquaplaning caused by standing water after rain, and improving road safety.

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A farewell to Cayetana CORDON PRESS.

ITH the death of the Duchess of Alba, Spain has lost one of its most recognisable figures. To many who only knew her in her later years she was a figure of fun, mainly because of her looks - hippyish frizzy hair, sometimes dyed red, a pasty white complexion and her forthright public pronouncements. But they forget the great influence she had in her younger years as the most titled, and one of the wealthiest, people in Spain. “She dressed like Grace Kelly in those days,” said Sheelagh Tennent, a ScotsIrish expat who has lived in Spain for most of her life. “I met her in Granada in 1960 at a Red Cross function. She was very graceful. She was not as beautiful as Grace Kelly, but that was her look and style. And she certainly was good looking in her own right. She was very chic, but then she went rather hippy. “She was a very nice woman, very natural and spoke beautiful English. She loved bullfighting, Flamenco and Sevilla.”

FAMILY WOMAN: Duchess of Alba with one of her six children. The Duchess, who died aged 88 last week after a bout of pneumonia, was never out of the society pages of magazines. She was the darling of the gossip columns, ‘celebrity’ TV shows and newspapers right up to the end of her eventful life. Known as Cayetana de Alba, she was hugely rich, as well as being Spain’s biggest private landowner. The millions she earned

from EU farming subsidies were one criticism detractors had of her. In Andalucia particularly, she was targeted by leftwingers for having vast acreages of rural land left uncultivated, while farm workers were left landless. She had palaces throughout the country, including the Palacio de las Dueñas in Sevilla, her main residence, as well as the

the Palacio de Liria in Madrid where she was born. Summers were spent at her house in Marbella or another in Ibiza, and she was well-known in local society hotspots like the Marbella Club. There too she was known for her grace and charm. “She had time for everyone and was very gracious. She treated everyone with respect, no matter who they were,” said one Marbella society source. The Duchess was married three times. Firstly in 1947, to Luis Martínez de Irujo in what the French newspaper Libération called “the most expensive wedding in the world,” with whom she had six children. He died in 1972 and in 1978 she married former priest Jesus Aguirre who died in 2001. Her relationship with Alfonso Diez, a civil servant 24 years her junior, sparked a long-running public argument with three of her children. “They don’t want me to marry but they change partners more often than I do,” she said. She married Diez, who survives her as do all her children, in 2011. María del Rosario Cayetana Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Francisca Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, 18th Duchess of Alba, born March 28, 1926; died November 20, 2014.

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Rents drop but yields rise THE Spanish Consumer Price Index (CPI) shows that the average price for long term rentals in Spain fell by 0.7 per cent in October compared to the same month in 2013. Rental prices have been falling for 19 months in a row and the drop is sharper than the general CPI which is down 0.1 per cent. Overall rental prices went down by 0.1 per cent on a monthly basis, with the monthly rate for long term rentals falling in 15 autonomous regions. Asturias was the only region where it rose, up 0.1 per cent, and prices remained static in Catalonia. The biggest price drops were in Navarra, down 2.3 per cent, Murcia down 2.1 per cent, La Rioja down 1.7 per cent, Madrid down 1.4 per cent, the Valencian Community down 1.2 per cent and Castilla La Mancha down 0.9 per cent. Andalucia and Extremadura both saw a 0.8 per cent fall and prices dropped by 0.7 per cent in the Canaries, 0.6 per cent in Aragon, Cantabria, and Castilla y Leon, 0.4 per cent in the Basque Country and 0.2 per cent in the Balearics and Galicia. Despite that, gross rental yields are on an upward trend. Rents may have been falling, but property prices up until last year fell faster.

MARBELLA: Andalucian towns are leading the way.

Home sales are on the up as prices stabilise THERE were 79,561 homes sales in the third quarter of the year, up 1.4 per cent on the previous three months. It was also the second best figure in the last six quarters, with only the January to March total of 83,022 being better in that period. The statistics from the Spanish Property Registrars show that the upward trend was due to resales which totalled 52,127, up 8.93 per cent from the previous quarter. By contrast sales of new homes fell 10.37 per cent in the same period to 27,434. Leading the way was Andalucia, with a total of

16,006 transactions, with Valencia (12,189) next on the list, then Catalonia (11,975) and Madrid (10,883). Increased sales have been reflected in a stabilisation of prices with just a 0.08 per cent fall on the previous quarter, while year-onyear the prices rose 1.15 per cent. The registrars gave the credit for recent good figures to price reductions averaging more than 32 per cent since the 2007 peak attracting foreign buyers. Of homes sales, 13.1 per cent were to foreigners in the third quarter, a new record for Spain.

Britons accounted for 18 per cent of homes bought by foreign buyers, with the French accounting for 10.4 per cent, Russians 7.5 per cent, Germans 6.4 per cent, Belgians 6.1 per cent, Swedes 6 per cent and Italians 4.1 per cent. In other figures just released by the National Institute of Statistics it would appear that the quarterly rise was driven by Septemberâ€™s figures. Sales went up 13 per cent in that month and, excluding social housing, there were 24,096 sales registered, the highest level in four years and 14 per cent up on a monthly basis.

In the 12 months to the end of September there were 216,682 sales, almost identical to the same period last year. On that basis it looks like the Spanish housing market is no longer shrinking, according to Mark Stucklin of Spanish Property Insight. He pointed out that, looking at the annualised change in sales each month, this year clearly improved on last year, excluding the first two months of the year when figures were artificially distorted by tax changes. The data also shows that the difference between resales and

newly built properties continues to widen, though sales of both types increased in September, with resales up 17 per cent and new builds up 10.5 per cent. A breakdown of the figures on a regional basis show that the province of Malaga along with the Balearic Islands have seen sales rise close to 15 per cent this year. The Canaries and Alicante have also been showing strong gains. Coastal provinces where foreigners tend to buy are doing much better than provinces in the interior, which rely more on local demand.

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STAT OF WEEK SEPTEMBER’s exports grew by 9.6 per cent compared with 2014. The increase followed disappointing figures for August and was prompted by the depreciation of the euro, the Economy ministry said.

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Pledge from Campofrio after fire disaster CAMPOFRIO pledged to rebuild its Burgos plant, recently destroyed by fire. Owned by Mexican Sigma and the Chinese company WH, Campofrio is Europe’s largest meatprocessing company. Between factory employees and indirect jobs the Burgos fire will affect approximately 2,000 families, but no Campofrio work contracts will be rescinded, the company said. The processing plant whose 890 employees produced an annual 60,000 tons of products has been totally destroyed, together with

an adjoining ham-curing facility which employs 50 workers. A third factory is untouched, but 70 per cent of the 5,000 pigs slaughtered there each day were destined for the ruined module. Campofrio is committed to resuming production in Burgos, company sources emphasised, but they conceded that it was early to guarantee “100 per cent of the present jobs.” At the same time, processing 60,000 tons of products cannot be done with “just a couple of people,” the company added.

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REAL MADRID and Barcelona’s top team members are playing under the watchful gaze of Hacienda. In Madrid Iker Casillas, Xabi Alonso and Sergio Ramos have had tax inspections, according to national daily El Mundo. Andres Iniesta, Gerard Pique and Javier Mascherano are receiving the same treatment in Barcelona.

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Sub-prime loans THE New York Consumer’s Office (DCA) is investigating Santander’s US client loans for car purchase. These were abusive and illegal and extended to clients of limited financial means, the DCA claimed.

Retail fillip THE Christmas rush will provide 11,000 jobs between November and the end of January, 10 per cent more than in 2013. Most will be in retail, said human resources experts Adecco.

Spain means business to Airbus SPAIN’S air traffic will double by 2013, requiring another 1,350 aircraft to meet demand. At present there are 751 aircraft operating in Spain and the increase will call for a $250 billion (€200 billion) investment by both domestic and foreign carriers, predicted aircraft manufacturer Airbus. By 2033, an estimated 50,000

passengers will leave from Madrid and Barcelona each day on intercontinental flights and above all to Latin America, Airbus said. Budget airlines are also great contributors to traffic growth in Spain, the report maintained and short-haul traffic between Spain and the UK has - and will continue to have - the highest market share of low cost carriers.

Since 1996 it was customary for top earners to receive 85 per cent of their salary directly from the club, paying income tax (IRPF) at approximately 52 per cent. The remainder came through an image-rights company on which they paid corporation tax at 30 per cent, bringing savings of hundreds of thousands of euros for players

earning millions. Citing new regulations dating from 2006, Hacienda now claims that as the 15 per cent for the player’s image rights is paid at the market price, this should be liable to 52 per cent IRPF. Hacienda is also homing in on the 10 per cent agents receive from a player’s transfer fee or contract renewal.

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Xenophobia undermines unity A RISING tide of xenophobia is undermining Western European unity. Austerity, the threat of a return to recession, service cutbacks, unemployment and inflation combine to fuel a virulent nationalism tearing at the fabric of society. The first manifestations of disquiet are anti-austerity protests sweeping EU capitals and major cities. I said it first: This week international policymakers debated if the US dollar and Euro can compete with rival economies. The effect is aggravated by former trading partners like Russia opting for alternatives and self-sufficiency. Finland is now preparing its economy to withstand the collapse of the Euro. One of eight Baltic states, Finland is not alone in

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facing up to the possibility of such a challenge. Europeans should never be economic migrants. However, as the Euro-zone slips back into recession young people face a bleak future. The young ponder greener grass opportunities in faraway countries.

Typically, Estonia has lost 20 per cent of its population. Not all will stay in Europe. In doing so newcomers face growing hostility as they enter job markets that can no longer offer employment to their own nationals. This is where the blue touch paper of xenophobic up-the-drawbridge sentiment creeps in. Growing resentment against immigration in Britain and Germany is well recognised. Fuelled by NATO’s anti-Russian rhetoric there is simmering, anti-Russian sentiment in the Baltic States. These three nations host large Russian ethnic communities as England hosts many of Irish background. Desperate to separate the EU from Russia in order that it becomes more reliant on American trade,

the US provokes anti-Russian feeling. EU anti-Russian sanctions are causing a backlash in Germany, Poland, Spain and France. The French economy, already slipping into recession, will face a bill of nearly €3 billion and the loss of thousands of shipbuilding jobs if, caving in to American pressure, France fails to honour its shipbuilding obligations to Russia. In what is now Ukraine, the birthland of Russia, the Russian language is the most used. As I write, frontier posts and barbed wire walls are being erected. Imagine that happening on Northern Ireland or Scottish borders. If xenophobia rears its ugly head, all Europeans will suffer. Those who live in greenhouses shouldn’t throw stones.

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Money worries causing bags under the eyes for women through sleepless nights Loose change A look at finance for females

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AS if crying babies, noisy student neighbours or an uncomfortable mattress weren’t enough to keep us up at night, a new study has revealed that women suffer terribly from sleepless nights, because of money worries too. Women are apparently much more bothered about cash flow than men are, and thinking about such financial problems, causes them to toss and turn all night. Fretting about how to pay household bills and how to begin some proper saving

MONEY WORRIES: Women are much more bothered about cash flow than men are, and thinking about it causes them to toss and turn. were the number one concerns of most people surveyed. On top of these, women were particularly worried about paying for the future and repaying back debt. All this worry is not doing women any favours either. The sleepless nights impact on their ability to concentrate, get work done and it negatively affects their relationships. So why are women more stressed about money than men? Some might say that women are exposed to more stressful situations than men, as they

not only have their own working lives, but also tend to take on more responsibilities in the home. Also it’s true that women in general earn less than men, so if they’re employed part-

time for example, they’re less likely to have health benefits and financial resources. Another theory is that women are more comfortable with reporting higher levels of stress.

If you notice that you might be one of these women lacking sleep and stressing over money it’s time to take some action. Remember it’s not selfish to look after yourself, it’s normal; it’s healthy. And it will make you more effective at dealing with responsibilities at work and home. Go for a walk. Stop and sit in the sun for a while. Take a relaxing bath. Force yourself to take care of yourself. Also don’t sweep financial concerns under the carpet to be dealt with in the future. Maybe you feel bad or embarrassed about your debt, and that can lead to inaction. But it’s essential to face and deal with the situation head on. If it’s too hard to do this alone, reach out for help.

More votes than members? Q. We are an apartment block of 130 units. Our President was put into power three years You and the ago with the support of our Administrators. We Law in Spain have tried to vote the President out and this By David Searl year we thought we had done it. However, when we received the AGM Minutes, we found we had lost by 20 votes. This is more votes than owners. This is because the parent company of our Administrators owns most of the parking bays. They have now formed 30 parking bays into 30 companies. They sent their staff to the AGM with proxy votes in favour of the President. L.S. (Costa Blanca) A. Your letter gives rise to some new questions. I urge you to consult a Spanish lawyer to answer the following: 1. Are your AGM votes counted by the percentage share (‘quota’) of each property, according to its size, or is each property allotted one vote? Correctly, the voting should be according to the size of the properties, which means the parking bays would count for little. 2. Are these parking bays registered as companies? It costs a minimum of €200 to register an SL company, which means an investment of €6,000 for 30 of them. Finally, where one or two owners hold

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Hefty bill THE national government is claiming €1.513 billion from Navarra, the equivalent of 40 per cent of the region’s annual budget. Madrid had to return this amount to Volkswagen for IVA value-added tax charged on vehicles from the Navarra plant that were purchased and later exported by Volkswagen distributor Volkswagen-AudiEspaña (VAESA).

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several properties, and each property has a vote, it is perfectly possible to have more votes than owners.

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SPANISH construction and services group OHL sold 130 million shares in its subsidiary OHL Mexico to international institutional investors for approximately €231 million. It retains a 56.14 per cent holding in the Mexican concern and will use the funds raised from the sale to reduce the mother company’s debt.

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Still going strong EVERY morning I go to the gym to work out and have my radio with me. One station plays oldies 24 hours a day, year-round, with no commercials and I happened to hear Leapy Lee’s tune this morning, the Little Arrows tune! Now I know a bit about 50’s and 60’s rock, but had never heard the tune before and in fact I had to look at the display to see who was doing that particular song. I wrote down the name and then checked on the internet and it was Leapy Lee. I don’t remember hearing it before but that happens sometimes with obscure one-hit wonders! It’s kind of neat that he did this tune nearly 50 years ago and it still gets air time, so I just wanted him to know it’s still being played somewhere on the planet at some time during the day. Thanks for a good tune, Leapy, and good health in the future! Wayne Wachtell, Cleveland Ohio (USA)

Upbeat outlook I RETIRED to Spain from Scotland approximately two years ago and am now 67 years of age. Shortly after I arrived in Spain I was diagnosed as having prostate cancer. As you can imagine I was devastated, but after radiotherapy treatment at Hospital Clinico, Malaga I have the all-clear and it feels great. Therefore Leapy Lee should not feel down as he will probably be OK, but if the news is bad, remember it can be treated successfully. Jim Malley, Duquesa (Malaga)

Act now HOW right Jeremy Cordon is! Not only expats, but the whole of Britain would lose out if we were to leave the EU. By all means let’s write to all our contacts in the UK with this message. I wrote to mine to tell

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them not to vote for Scottish independence, and that seems to have worked! Our UK government’s policy towards the EU is being led, not by a real assessment of the pros and cons, but by their terror of losing seats to UKIP. And of course it follows that we should tell our UK contacts not to vote for UKIP, a party with no policies except to get out of the EU. They try to make us believe that would solve our problems, while it would solve none. Although the main parties seem paralysed with fear of UKIP, they could get their credibility back if they would only come out and fight Farage instead of appeasing him. Bill Campbell (by email)

Coming clean REFERRING to the Euro Weekly News article on Spain’s tax laws, I thought that all citizens in most European countries signed for their ‘world assets’ wherever they are registered. In Holland, as well as in Spain, it is common practice. I think

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Vanishing act I WOULD like to know if anyone has had the same experience that I had. On November 12 at a supermarket in La Cañada a 35cm x 35cm calendar went on the conveyer belt and through the till. It appeared on my bill but never came out at my end. I went straight to my car and seeing it wasn’t there returned to the store within 10 minutes to report its absence. It was too

large to slip out of my trolley and too large and colourful to be left on the conveyer belt. Any ideas, anyone? DW Grace, Marbella (Malaga)

Changing times I’VE been in Spain for the last 15 years on and off and have seen many changes and not for the better! 1. There is a high speed train track to nowhere with millions of euros wasted, plus a bronze statue of King Felipe and the queen outside the town hall in Fuengirola which is now a hotel. 2. People are living with their retired mum and dad with six or eight people in a twobedroom flat without employment or money, living on dad’s pension. That’s wrong! 3. There are people living in doorways like the woman at the BBVA bank in Los Boliches who has been there for two years. She goes to Santa Fe hostel when she gets a few euros and is always clean and sleeps sitting upright on a suitcase. I told Age Concern but nothing

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happened. 4. They are driving retired expats back to the UK with stupid tax laws and will miss all the UK pensions we spend here when we’ve gone. 5. There are too many beggars, genuine or not, and no wonder all of Europe go to the UK for benefits. Some things in the rest of Europe are good as you can’t get benefits until you pay in for two years. That would stop them all going to the UK and taking my family’s money! 6. People come on holiday for sun, sand, food and entertainment, starting at 9pm and stopping at 12 midnight. Madrid people buy cheap apartments over existing bars then get them closed down for noise! They should not be able to do this and they should only complain if a bar opens up after buying a flat. 7. The town hall wants to sit in ivory towers and look down at locals fishing for sardines and riding donkeys. That is Spain’s two tier system: the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots.’ Brian Warman, Fuengirola (Malaga)

It’s too early I AM old enough to remember the old ‘Post early for Christmas’ slogan, although I believe the good old GPO (remember the GPO?) was thinking of a just a week or so ahead of the big day, not months. I very much doubt that they imagined people would one day be buying Christmas cards and presents the moment Halloween was over. Much of it is the fault of shops and chain stores where they put up their decorations and sometimes their prices in mid-November. They then brainwash and strong-arm the public into believing it is their duty as consumers to respond. Spain used to be different in this respect, staving off the trappings and feeding frenzy until well into December but no, even that’s been taken away from us now. I enjoy Christmas as much as the next person but please, please, please: not in November. S McNamara (by email)

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Finally arrived back home LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT

HAT was most definitely the trip that was. Everything that could go wrong - did. Right up to missing my final connecting flight from Barcelona to Mallorca. Not my fault. With an already tight schedule, my flight from Denmark was delayed for 40 minutes, this led to the ol’ boy panting and dripping between terminals one and two at Barcelona, where I finally arrived at the gate at exactly take-off time. There’s nothing more frustrating than standing at the gate watching the doors close to the plane you should be on. Anyway I did manage to catch one an hour later (at an extra charge of €120, I may

add). Frankly I can never fathom the often unbelievable variance in airline prices. Sometimes you can travel great distances for €30-odd and at other times it can cost a fortune for a 45-minute hop. Ah well, what do us minions know? On the brighter side I’ve managed to pick up a number of UK bookings for next year. One of the reasons is that most of the 60s’ lot are actually dead! Never thought I could be a commercial draw simply for being alive - funny ol’ life, innit? Denmark I found a little depressing, what with the cold and most of the populace shrouded in black winter attire. The people are most friendly, however, and I’d like to thank them for making the ol’ boy feel thoroughly welcome and comfortable. By the way, all you Denmarkians, that orange thing which appeared briefly in

DENMARK: Depressingly most people wore black winter attire. the sky on Friday was actually the sun. Don’t panic! One of the most interesting occurrences for me happened on the very doorstep where I was staying. My girlfriend had told me that her upstairs neighbours were Muslims and I

had glimpsed a couple of shrouded-up ladies passing by the kitchen window. Lo and behold the day before I left there was a knock at the door. It turned out to be the same two ladies standing on the doorstep holding a... poinsettia.

To my astonishment, and pleasure, I may add, they then welcomed me to Denmark and, handing me the plant, wished me a happy Christmas! My lady friend told me that both the mother and father were employed and their two daughters attended the local school. Now that’s what I call integration. Contrary to what a number of people think, I am not a racist and if all immigrants acted and integrated in the same way as this lovely family, I would have no problems at all. Unfortunately, as most of us know, this family is the exception rather than the rule. Nevertheless it was a pleasure to see how peaceful, reasonably-thinking people can actually live together in peace and harmony. Good to be back! Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

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PET PASSPORT: Changes. considered ‘accompanied.’ You may need the services of an authorised person if your movement precedes or follows that of your pet. What is the minimum age a pet can travel? Travelling abroad with pets under four months is not allowed in many countries. From 29

December 2014, your pet must be at least 12 weeks old before you can get it vaccinated against rabies for the purpose of travel. What happens if I travel with my animal and do not meet the requirements? Make sure your pet is fully compliant before travelling. It is prohibited to travel abroad with your pet without following the pet travel rules. Non-compliant pets may be put into quarantine, rejected or put down as a last resort at the expense of the owner. Stringent penalties are in place for those that break the rules. This is advisory information only; some countries have differing rules so get further information from your vet.

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SOME 30 years ago expatriates investing in a villa or old agricultural property in Spain often found they inherited fertile soil, well-fertilized naturally, perhaps over centuries, by mules, donkeys, horses, goats, sheep and free-range poultry. However, this type of land was soon sold up and by the boom of the 1980s to 2000s many villas and rows of townhouses were being built on overworked, impoverished land, which would make it difficult to develop a garden without improving the soil before planting anything. So what can be done? Let me share some of the things we did. 1. One of the men who built the walls around our plot was a part-time shepherd with 100 sheep and goats. We asked if we could have a few sacks of well-rotted manure. Amazingly, he had a heap which he wanted clearing. When we dug the first space full it had obviously been there for a good number of years and was nice and crumbly, with no smell. Over a few days we moved six boot loads in sacks and it was worked into our first shrub beds. 2. When we started our

ROOT MANURE: Natural soil improvers enhance texture and moisture-holding properties. vegetable plot we discovered another heap which another shepherd was about to sell to a major vegetable grower. We asked if we could have a few sacks first. He said yes and would charge the equivalent of €1 a sack. We immediately shook hands on that and were even more pleased when we discovered it was full of thousands of fat red worms. 3. Within 10 years, just half a flock of the original 11 flocks of sheep and goats in our valley remained, and it was not possible to obtain any manure. However, we found that a local agricultural co-operative sold inexpensive sacks of dried goat and sheep manure. Originally this was €3 a sack. Ten years later the price is €5 a sack and still good value.

4. Now we have a regular supply of rabbit manure from our own rabbits, grown for cooking organic paellas, plus manure from the chickens we keep for the

same purpose. The chicken droppings are added to the compost heap or composted in a separate pile for a year as they are too strong to use without first composting.

5. We have also experimented with growing green manures and working these into the soil, as well as using spent mushroom composts. Ash from our

log fires is sprinkled around onions, leeks and garlic. In fact, there is a table comparing 16 things that we have used from time to time on Page 75 of our book, Growing Healthy Vegetables in Spain. There is certainly a benefit in using natural soil improvers rather than inorganic chemicals which do nothing to improve the texture of soil, nor its ability to hold moisture. Neither will chemicals support building up the level of beneficial microorganisms, which help break down added manures and enable roots to extract nutrients from the soil.

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BILLED by its makers as the world’s best car in its most exclusive form, the new Mercedes-Maybach SClass made its debut on the eve of Auto Guangzhou 2014. At the world premiere in South China’s economic powerhouse, Mercedes-Benz presented the flagship model in its new sub-brand, which stands for the very highest exclusivity and unparalleled comfort – the Mercedes-Maybach S 600. As the flagship of the Mercedes-Benz line-up the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class fulfils the highest demands for luxury and comfort. Due to roll into showrooms in February 2015, the S 600 top model comes with a 390 kW (530 hp) 6.0-litre V12 biturbo engine with a maximum torque of 830 Nm. The prestigious new limousine also boasts an exceptionally low level of wind noise, making the rear seat the quietest in the world in a production limousine, say the manufacturers. Of course, that does not come cheap. Prices have not been disclosed yet, but they are thought to start at around €160,000. The Mercedes-Maybach S-Class has been conceived specifically for chauffeured driving and offers not only all the comforts of the normal SClass, but also a full range of exclusive equipment details. Thanks to a wheelbase that is 20 centimetres longer than that of the long-wheelbase S-Class, the Mercedes Maybach S 600 comes with two executive seats in the rear as standard.

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ONE of the most iconic performance Mustang names of all time is returning. Ford has revealed the all-new Shelby GT350 Mustang. The original Shelby GT350 introduced in 1965 established Mustang’s performance credentials. The new Shelby GT350, featuring the most powerful, naturally aspirated Ford production engine ever, is a worldclass performance vehicle, designed to tackle the planet’s most challenging roads. Ford calls it an allday track car that’s also street legal. But European car enthusiasts will have to go abroad to get the Shelby. While the standard Mustang is finally being sold in Europe, the Shelby version is an exception and will only be sold in America and the Middle East. It builds on Carroll

WORLD-CLASS: The Mustang Shelby is a street legal, performance track car. Shelby’s original idea of transforming a great everyday car into a dominant road racer by taking advantage of a dramatically improved, sixth-generation Mustang to create a special driving experience. Ford engineers took an innovative approach with the GT350. Rather than develop individual systems to perform well independently, every

component and shape is optimised to work in concert with balance being the key. While paying rigorous attention to detail, the team pushed the envelope with cuttingedge materials and technologies. “When we started working on this car, we wanted to build the best possible Mustang for the places we most love to drive – challenging back roads with a variety of corners and elevation changes – and the track on weekends,” said Raj Nair, Ford group vice president of global product development. “Every change we made to this car was driven by the functional requirements of a powerful, responsive powerplant – nimble, precise handling and massive stopping power.” Early in the development of the GT350, it was decided a high-revving, naturally aspirated V8 engine would best suit a track-focused Mustang. “The final product is essentially an all-new powerplant unique to GT350 – and one that

takes true advantage of the new chassis dynamics of the Mustang platform,” said Jamal Hameedi, chief engineer of Ford Global Performance Vehicles. The new 5.2-litre engine is the first-ever production V8 from Ford with a flatplane crankshaft, an architecture typically found only in racing applications or exotic European sports cars. Unlike a traditional V8, where the connecting rods are attached to the crankshaft at 90-degree intervals, this design evenly spaces all crank pins at 180-degree intervals. The 180-degree, flatplane layout permits a cylinder firing order that alternates between cylinder banks, reducing the overlap of exhaust pressure pulses. When combined with cylinder-head and valvetrain advancements, this permits better cylinder breathing, further extending the performance envelope of the V8. The result is the most powerful naturally aspirated production Ford engine ever, at more than 500 horsepower.

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Messi breaks Spanish League record From Back Page favourable result against Bayern Munich or they could be out while Chelsea played FC Schalke. Last night, out-of-form Liverpool visited Ludo Razgb while Arsenal entertained Borussia Dortmund. Tonight Celtic, Everton and Tottenham play in the Europa League. And then on Saturday in the PL it’s Manchester United-Hull, Sunderland-Chelsea, WBAArsenal and West HamNewcastle, followed on Sunday by Southampton-Manchester City and Spurs-Everton. In the Championship this weekend it’s BournemouthMillwall, Leeds-Derby and Middlesbrough-Blackburn; Peterborough-Bristol City (Friday) and Swindon-Fleetwood (FL1) and Shrewsbury-Burton (FL2). In Rugby Union, we have England-Australia and WalesSouth Africa, both on Saturday. GENERAL ROUND-UP • Last weekend’s Rugby internationals ended Wales 16 All Blacks 34 (Kiwi Richie McCaw

won his 100th cap); England 28 Samoa 9; Scotland 37 Tonga 12 and Ireland 26 Australia 23. And Exeter Chiefs went top of the Aviva PL after beating Wasps 3115. • Last Saturday, 60,074 fans saw Arsenal lose 2-1 at home against Manchester United, Wayne Rooney scoring again! It’s the Gunners’ worst-ever start to a Premiership season. Leaders Chelsea beat 10-man WBA 2-0; reigning champions Manchester City hit back to defeat Swansea 2-1; Burnley won again, 2-1 at Stoke; Leon Osman celebrated his 400th appearance for Everton with the winner against West Ham (2-1); Newcastle made it five straight wins with victory over QPR (1-0); Spurs won 2-1 at Hull and Crystal Palace humbled hapless Liverpool 3-1. Aston VillaCHAMPION AGAIN: Lewis Hamilton takes driver’s title for the second time.

RIDING HIGH: Barcelona’s Lionel Messi. Southampton met on Monday. • Lionel Messi’s hat-trick in Barcelona’s 5-1 win over Sevilla, gave him the record of most La Liga goals ever. He’s now on 253, two more than Telmo Zarra’s 60-year record of 251. Leaders Real Madrid beat Eibar 4-0, with Ronaldo scoring twice.

• England’s women lost 3-0 to a strong German side before a record 45,619 crowd at Wembley. • Sheffield United have retracted their decision to let convicted rapist Ched Evans train at Bramall Lane following his release from prison. • And Wigan Athletic’s chief Dave Whelan has controversially appointed Malky Mackay as their new manager, and some aren’t impressed! • England’s cricketers (145-2) won their first tour game in Sri Lanka (198-6) by eight wickets via the DL rule. The first of seven ODIs took place yesterday, the second is on Saturday. • Tony Bellew beat Nathan Cleverly in their UK world cruiserweight eliminator; Manny Pacquiao defeated Chris Algieri to win the WBO world weightweight title; Scott Quigg (GB) out-pointed Hidenori Otake to take the WBA world super bantamweight crown and Jamie McDonnell (GB) retained his WBA world bantamweight title with victory over Javier Chacon.

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Winter pairs in full swing THE second leg of GINS Winter Pairs competition was played at Añoreta. There were some good scores with the leader board seeming to change every time a fourball came in. A three for four points on the ninth helped Bev Legg and Sylvia Legg to 44 points to take the win. In second place were Peter Garner and Peter Hobbs (43) and third were Brian Wiggins and Linda

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Hamilton takes second F1 title Tony Matthews

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