Euro Weekly News - Axarquia 8 - 14 January 2015 Issue 1540

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New arrival THE first baby born in Costa Tropical in 2015 was a boy named Antonio from Motril. Weighing 2.7 kilos, he came into the world at 2.10am.

Free cake MORE than 5,000 free pieces of Roscon de Reyes (typical cake eaten on Three Kings’ Day) were given out in Torre del Mar last Saturday by local bakery, Panaderia Salvador.

Lucky town THE ONCE lottery brought €9.3 million to Canillas de Aceituno. One seller, Jose Antonio Abolafio from VelezMalaga, sold the tickets.

First concert ATARFE Symphony Orchestra performed a New Year’s concert at Almuñecar’s Casa de la Cultura. Pieces included the Hungarian Dances by Brahms and the Light Cavalry by Suppe.

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Tram service controversy rumbles on in Velez-Malaga THE mayor of Velez-Malaga has condemned the Junta de Andalucia regional government for failing to provide a response to a request for financial aid to bring back the tram service. Mayor Francisco Delgado Bonilla claims that all the technical documents requested by the regional government were deposited at the Autonomous Administration more than four weeks ago, but that the council has not yet received a response. “There are no possible excuses,” said Mayor Bonilla. “We have not heard from them, by letter or any other way, about the possibility of negotiating a solution that they promised

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to us a long time ago.” The Junta had committed to help pay 75 per cent - about €3

million - of the service’s deficit during a visit by former president Manuel Chaves in 2009,

according to the mayor. With a cost of €40 million, the tram service became operational in 2006, but was closed in 2012 due to its high running costs, and was leased out in July of 2013 to Sydney (Australia), where it was to stay for a period of two years. However, the first of three cars made a surprise return to the town in November 2014, and the other two were brought back in December. Bonilla stressed the will of the local government to bring back the service, but also emphasised that it would not be possible unless the Junta de Andalucia helped to pay the bills.

No children without a toy RESIDENTS of Almuñecar have once again shown their kind-heartedness by taking part in the traditional campaign to help poorer families with Three Kings’ gifts. Called ‘No children without a toy’, the campaign has drawn hundreds of citizens and

associations, and numbers have only increased since it was first introduced 20 years ago. Fifty per cent of the budget’s campaign is paid for by the council, while the rest is based on donations. A group of British expats donated €2,000, adding to

the amount that topped all records. More than 340 children from 200 local families received presents from the Three Kings, thanks to the campaign. Families had to apply at the Social Services Centre in order to be considered as recipients.

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TOWN CENTRE: Declared an historical heritage site.

Virtual Frigiliana

VISITING Frigiliana is now easier than ever with the new virtual tour accessible from the town’s tourism office website. The visit features the town’s historical centre, which was recently declared an historical heritage site by the Junta de Andalucia regional government. Using 360 degree pictures, the user will be able to enjoy a complete tour, almost as if they were having a stroll around the white, steep streets, crowned with equally steep stairs.

The service was created thanks to Google Maps technology, and displays sites including the gardens of El Porton, Casa del Apero, Fuente Vieja, the church square and the Barribarto, amongst others. The Google Maps service already offered views of a few corners of the town. However, the narrow streets of Frigiliana made it impossible for the Google’s vehicle to access the inner centre. This is why the tour, offered by www.turismofrigiliana.es, is so unique.

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NEWS Hospital surprise CHILDREN in the Santa Ana Hospital of Motril received gifts on Three King’s Day brought to them by the town’s Fire Department. The initiative was launched by local Cultural and Sports association ‘El Tizon.’ Choir fun THE Coraxalia Choir is looking for new members. The new term starts on January 8 at the Casa de la Cultura of la Viñuela. People of all nationalities are welcome to join on Thursdays between 5.30pm and 8pm. More info at 669 682 139.

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SOHA to run in elections OWNERS of ‘illegal’ houses in the Axarquia area are organising themselves to run in the next local elections in May. Members of the pressure group Save Our Homes Axarquia (SOHA) are currently holding meetings to decide on their course of action to achieve the legalisation of 50,000 homes which were constructed on non-buildable land, but bought in

good faith by current owners. The group currently has two councillors in Alcaucin and La Viñuela, but SOHA is seeking to increase representation in the different councils around Axarquia to have influence on urban policies which could potentially help solve their problem. SOHA is considering several options: either creating an

independent party on their own, or taking part in the elections through different political forces, as they have done in the past. Even though the association was originally created by foreign residents, a large number of Spanish residents have joined in the fight for their rights, turning it into one of the most active associations in Andalucia.

Ham raffle NERJA’S local radio channel held a raffle amongst more than 100 listeners who called between 10am and 2pm on January 5. The winner received a leg of Spanish ham as a prize.

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THE Junta de Andalucia regional government will replace 269 lampposts at the Caleta de Velez port, with a budget of €96,800. The new lampposts will use LED technology to give better lighting.

THE UFO expert Jesus Daniel Castro will hold a talk at the Centro Giner de los Rios in Nerja next Saturday (January 10) at 5pm. The talk will focus on UFOs from a scientific and logical perspective.

Private safety THE Velez-Malaga Council was forced to hire a private security company for the first time at the Three King’s parade due to public authorities’ complaints regarding their earnings. Many officers refused to take part in the event. UNDER ATTACK: People have eggs and flour thrown at them while dressed in military gear.

Mock ‘coup’ quelled at traditional festival

Road rage A DRIVER who punched another in the nose and bit his arm after an argument broke out on Calle Saint Exupery in Malaga City has been arrested and awaits charges. Intercultural gala THE Teatro del Carmen in Velez-Malaga will host a dance and music charity event on January 15 to raise funds for the Manos Unidas association in Nigeria. The event will take place at 9pm, tickets are €5.

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Photo contest THE Photograhpy Contest of Villa de Nerja will announce its winners before January 31, according to a Culture Department representative. The winner will receive €300 and entries can be seen at www.fotoclubnerja.com. Mortgage protest NERJA residents protested last Monday in front of the Unicaja bank office in Plaza Ermita to support a local family who was forced by the bank to pay an unwanted insurance fee on their mortgage loan.

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OT content with pelting each other with tomatoes during the summer, Spaniards took to the streets over the festive season to chuck eggs and flour at each other, in yet another of the country’s weird and wonderful festivals. The Els Enfarinats Festival, held each year in the town of Ibi in Alicante, saw 3,000 residents throw more than 1,500 eggs and hundreds of kilogrammes of flour at each other as they staged a mock coup d’etat whilst in military-style gear. Each year the rowdy participants stage a mock battle against the authorities, with this year taking on particular significance against a backdrop of high-profile corruption imprisonments and allegations. Caked in flour, covered in egg yolks and surrounded by ear-

Quote of the Week You try to do your job the very best as you can, but when something like this happens, it’s just a delightful surprise,’ said British lawyer Ralph Smith upon being awarded a Member of the British Empire (MBE) for his services on behalf of the expat community in Spain.

popping firecrackers, the allegorical new ‘rulers’ of the town ‘jail’ those who don’t pay fines and engage in a running battle with L’Oposicio (The Opposition) by flinging flour and rotten eggs at each other. The chaotic 200-year-old festivities coincide with Spain’s version of April Fool’s Day and form part of the Day of the Innocents (when the Biblical King Herod ordered the killing of all young male newborns). In a country known for its bizarre festivals and traditions, the Els Enfarinats Festival is definitely one of the most visually spectacular. After the massive food fight and looking like they have just emerged from a snowstorm, the ‘revolutionaries’ coup is quelled and order is restored to the town. Money is collected from participants and onlookers and is donated to local charities.

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billion is the record amount of money that tourists to Spain spent between January and October of 2014. The Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism says that the figure will be even higher once figures for November and December are included.

Tax aid NERJA’S Council spokesperson announced that an initiative will be launched to aid poorer residents with their waste collection and water supply taxes.

Senior tribute MOTRIL Council will pay tribute to their Cultural and Recreational Centre senior citizens. The association was founded in 1930 and the event takes place tomorrow (January 9) at the Teatro Calderon.

Generous help GENEROUS citizens helped Malaga City’s Angeles Malagueños de la Noche give out more than 2,000 toys to children in need for Three Kings Day.

And finally... THOUSANDS of revellers in Madrid celebrated New Year’s Eve one day earlier than the rest of the country, in what is fast becoming a tradition. City officials test the chimes at Puerto del Sol a day ahead of New Year’s Eve to make sure all is working for the main event, and so many ring in the New Year on both December 30 and 31.

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Financial aid requested to restore historic wall THE Council of Almuñecar will ask for financial aid to restore the wall built by the Arab civilisation. With more than 3,000 years of history, the heritage of the town is one of the most important cultural and tourist attractions. With this in mind, the town’s council has asked permission from the Development Ministry to be part of a programme for conservation of the national historical heritage. “With this financial aid we could preserve the monument and avoid the risk of it collapsing at the stretch which was named an asset of cultural interest, located at the area

ARAB WALL: It is hoped for funds to restore the damaged section. around the pottery centre,” said Mayor Trinidad Herrera, who added that it is a highly important issue for

the town to reduce the damage to public monuments and hopes the application’s result will be positive.

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Tax postponement to help poorer families THE period to request tax postponements and instalment agreements in Motril has been extended until August 2015. This service will allow residents to extend tax payment deadlines up to 24 months, without the need for a bank guarantee for amounts below €18,000. In addition, personalised payment plans will be implemented. “The personalised plans will work as a flat rate. Residents will be able to combine all taxes (including land value tax, waste collection and vehicle tax) and divide this amount to carry out the payment in nine monthly instalments, every three months or as a oneoff annual payment, with a discount of five per cent,” said Motril Mayor, Luisa Garcia Chamorro. Under the plan, a resident who pays a total of €600 to the town’s council will be able to divide this amount and pay €63 per month over nine months, not having to carry out any payment for the remaining three months.

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ANTA has been and gone, the New Year’s Eve celebrations have begun to fade from our memories, and the Three Kings have delighted children for yet another year. As things start to get back to normal after the celebrating and partying of the Christmas season, we face into a month that people generally would like to see eliminated from the calendar. After the joy and excitement of Christmas, January is traditionally viewed as a month of bad weather, having little money left after the holidays and not having much on the horizon to look forward to. The decorations come down, office hours go back to normal and life gets back to its usual routine. There’s no doubt that moods can and often do change with the

seasons, and there’s definitely a case to be heard for January not being the most pleasant of months. But when living in sunny Spain, however, downbeat seasonal moods don’t often last for long. Before we know it temperatures will begin to pick up again, the sun will start making a more regular appearance and we’ll soon find ourselves in swimming costumes and flip-flops once again, working on our tans and enjoying lunch on the beach. Time flies - as we all know too well - and in just a few short months we’ll be getting in the summer mood thanks in part to the welcome Vitamin D the sun’s rays so generously provide. So try not to let the January blues bring you down. In Spain at least, the pre-summer buzz will be here in no time and we’ll all be happy chappies once again!

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Horses improve health HORSE therapy has been introduced in Velez-Malaga thanks to the Equestrian Therapy Centre Lucera. The centre provides a space where people with special needs can improve their health using horse therapy. Maria Lopez, a psychologist with a master’s degree in equestrian therapies and the centre’s director, believes riding a horse regularly stimulates and helps significantly in the treatment of different conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, autism, cerebral palsy, and for children who have trouble socialising. The horses have been specially trained for a year to prevent them from being scared of humans and to help patients with physical, psychological, social and emotional development.

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Nerja Caves show positive results THE Nerja Caves continue to be one of the most popular tourist attractions in Malaga, with a two per cent increase in visits during 2014. Over the past year, 387,596 people visited the famous caves, although this number is still far from the 527,096 visitors reached

NERJA CAVES: Great tourist attraction of Axarquia. in 2001, a historical record.

2 suffer injuries TWO people have suffered minor injuries in an accident that took place last Monday in Benamocarra. The vehicles were involved in a head-on collision at the second km of road MA-3116. The Fire Department officers were alerted at around 1pm and they had to release two of the four people involved, as they were having trouble getting out of the vehicle. The injured were taken to the Regional Hospital of Velez-Malaga in a relatively good condition.

In any case, the most important natural monument of Nerja has been able to maintain a positive trend after the period between 2006 and 2011, when the figures dropped. The surveys carried out during the past year have shown that tourists highly appreciated the improvement of the information supplied, through guided visits, audio guides and maps.

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Crunch time for cucumbers COSTA TROPICAL farmers may destroy tonnes of cucumbers in an effort to stop the fall in prices. Growers complain that the production price of one kilo of cucumbers is around 30 cents, but they are only receiving 15 cents from the big distribution companies. The Andalucian Inter-branch Organisation of Fruit and Vegetables has advised farming companies to destroy the lower quality products which are causing commercialisation problems and rejection by the European market. The companies have been accumulating goods in their warehouses - a common practice during times when the market is saturated - in an attempt to prevent a price fall. High temperatures from the beginning of the season, which caused overproduction, and the Russian ban on Spanish products, are blamed for the progressive drop in profitability.

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Pop idol in town TEENAGE pop idol Abraham Mateo had teen hearts fluttering in Nerja with a free concert which attracted fans from all corners of Spain. Plaza de España was the setting for his performance and hundreds of girls, mostly accompanied by their parents, spent the night at the square to be as close to their idol as possible, despite the cold temperatures. Abraham Mateo was born in 1998 in Cadiz. His music career started when he was seven years old and he received the National Revelation award when he was just nine.

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Fruit and veg issue LOCAL POLICE in Almuñecar confiscated 250 kilos of fruit and vegetables in a check at the charity market organised by Caritas, where traders are only allowed to sell secondhand or manufactured products.

HEARTTHROB: Teen sensation Abraham Mateo.

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The video of his first single, Señorita, has received more than 50 million hits. He is also socially engaged and donated all the proceeds

LOCAL school Nueva Nerja underwent improvement work over Christmas to replace the sewage system.

from his third single to the charity UNICEF. The event was arranged by the Nerja Caves Foundation and the town council.

Malaga’s first rugby pitch THE first rugby field built in Malaga will be located in La Cala del Moral, Rincon de la Victoria. Construction work started last September and it is estimated that the project will be completed by March.

The pitch has a budget of more than €1 million, paid for by Malaga Provincial Council. It will be named after a journalist resident of La Cala del Moral, who passed away from a heart attack in September of 2011.

Busy office THE tourist office in Velez-Malaga has received 6,439 visits since it was inaugurated in July last year.

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Tourism boost thanks to promotional agreement THE public administration of Rincon de la Victoria’s ‘Treasure Cave’ has signed an agreement with local hotels. The Elimar and Rincon Sol hotels have consented to offer guests cultural activities, including visits to the Treasure Cave. They have also agreed to send a minimum of 140 visitors to the caves. Mayor Francisco Salado stressed the importance of the scheme, which will foster visits to the town’s main attractions and

Hotel tender THE only hotel in Benamocarra in the Axarquia has been put out to public tender. The council intends to lease the hotel, located at the top of the Cerro de la Jaula, to a private company. Interested parties can apply at the municipal offices, where they will obtain more information. The 10-room hotel has been renovated recently with a budget of €35,000, supplied by Malaga Provincial Council.

Sea-front upgrade GRANADA Provincial Council has spent more than €205,000 on the renovation of the Promenade of La Mamola in Costa Tropical. The works covered the restoration of tree grates, which had been damaged by the growth of tree roots and made it difficult for pushchairs and wheelchairs to pass over, as well as the installation of waste containers underneath the pavement. Pergolas were also put up to help protect pedestrians from the sun.

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will include visits to La Gruta, Casa Fuerte de Bezmiliana, Benagalbon

Popular Arts Museum and the cliffs near the Tajo river area and the coast.

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MAIN ATTRACTION: Rincon de la Victoria’s Treasure Cave.

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Happy New Year but not for some! TELEVISION channel Canal Sur infuriated viewers on New Year’s Eve by cutting to an ad break just as the clock struck midnight, meaning those watching missed out on the traditional eating of 12 grapes with each chime of the clock. Viewers in Andalucia were left seething with

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Store window comp winners THE 2014 store window competition in Almuñecar saw not only a high level of participation, but also quality and originality. Owners of 23 local stores threw themselves into the project, decorating their store windows to reflect the Christmas season. Head of the Commerce Department, Jose Manuel Fernandez, thanked all participants for their effort and stressed that initiatives like this improve the image and quality of the town’s market. The first prize of €600 went to Ceramicas El Porticheulo on Avenida de Europa, and the second prize of €300 was awarded to Quinta Esencia in Baja Mar.

anger when the station cut away after the first chime of midnight to an advert for the MotoGP world championship in Jerez. The station returned with just two chimes left on the countdown to broadcast scenes of New Year’s celebrations in the streets of Almeria. But those at home missed the opportunity to gobble down the 12 grapes in a tradition designed to bring fortune and good luck for the coming year. Canal Sur’s director of programming Jose Luis Pereñiguez resigned on New Year’s Day after the incident, with the channel apologising to viewers and blaming the incident on “human errors attributable to at least three workers,” according to newspaper El Pais. Angry viewers took to Twitter to vent their SAFETY OFFICERS: Working so that everyone else can have fun. frustrations, with one commentator saying: “The mess up by Canal Sur during the chimes is a reflection of how embarrassing Spanish TV is. Adverts during the grapes!” A YouTube video POLICE officers who contributed They brought typical Christmas of an Andalucian family to everyone’s safety on New products to be enjoyed in an left open-mouthed in Year’s Eve in Almuñecar were atmosphere of comradeship. disbelief as they waited for paid a very special visit recently. “It is just a symbolic gesture the chimes has gone viral. The Mayor of Almuñecar, with which we want to encourage A spokesman for Canal Trinidad Herrera, visited the them and express our gratitude, Sur said: “All of us here at town’s fire department, Guardia as they also sacrifice time with RTVA apologise to Civil and Local Police, with deputy their families to ensure the safety Andalucians for this mayor Jose Manuel Fernandez. of all citizens,” said Ms Herrera. unfortunate error.”

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New stretch GRANADA will be connected with the Sevilla route of the AVE high-speed train. The new stretch will be built between Antequera and Granada and is expected to be completed by end of 2015.

Illegal catch TWO men were caught red-handed by Guardia Civil sea officers while illegally gathering shellfish in Peñon de San Cristobal in Almuñecar. They had no permits and the shellfish were confiscated.

Visitor record THE Tourism Office of Almuñecar received 86,192 visitors in 2014. This record figure is a 3.74 per cent increase over the previous year, according to the data provided by the Tourism Department.

No elections SALOBREÑA’S current mayor, Gonzalo Fernandez Pulido, announced that he will not run in the 2015 elections. This year’s candidate will be Maria Eugenia Rufino.

Theatre night THE Musical ‘Una noche en el Teatro’ (A Theatre Night) will be held Saturday (January 10) in the Teatro del Carmen, Velez-Malaga. Tickets €8, 952 507 401 or 952 541 104.

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Motorcycle death A 57-YEAR-OLD man died on the MA-3203 in Velez-Malaga when his motorbike went off the road. There were no other vehicles involved.

Madrid-bound HEAD of the Sports and Infrastructure Department of Nerja Council, Antonio Garcia, has announced his resignation to take up a job offer in Madrid.

Bearing gifts SEVENTY Salobreña children from lowincome families received presents on Three King’s Day thanks to townspeople who had donated them during a campaign.

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Two held for death of Colmenar bar owner GUARDIA CIVIL officers have arrested two people in connection with the death of a Colmenar buisnessman. The incident took place on September 27, when the detainees entered the bar, Los Tinajeros, in Colmenar. The owner, a man of Egyptian origin and Dutch nationality, was shot at close range when he refused to hand over the day’s takings. He died instantly. An-hourand-a-half before the shooting, the suspects had tried to rob three English ladies in Alcaucin. The women struggled and the thieves shot at one of them, aiming at her face. Fortunately, the bullet passed between the heads of two of the women and none of

CRIME SCENE: Bar is taped off by police.

them was injured. A white car was used by the thieves to escape.

It became the main focus for investigators as it was seen at both crime

scenes by witnesses. This enabled police officers to track down the suspects. The two have been jailed without bail after admitting to having taken part in the incidents and they were charged with homicide, attempted homicide, illegal ownership of guns, and robbery with intimidation.

Business success VELEZ MALAGA business park will reach its maximum development in 2015. During 2014, €8 million was generated thanks to agreements signed with companies that will base their headquarters in the park. A total of €1.1 million has been spent on the new business incubator, a 4,000-square-metre area paid for by Malaga Provincial Council, where new pioneering projects will be allowed to grow in the field of ecological food processing.

Socialists propose adapted playground THE Socialist party of Motril (PSOE) has proposed the creation of a public playground adapted for children with disabilities. According to the party’s representative, such initiatives have had a very positive outcome in

other Andalucian towns and cities, where children with and without physical disabilities are able to play together. “The experience in other towns and cities has been greatly rewarding for all children, since

playing is a key element for their socialisation, which also contributes to integration,” said head of the party, Flor Almon. The proposal aims at installing adapted swings and slides as well as other upgrades.

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Two new cars for local police in Nerja NERJA Council has provided the Local Police unit with two new vehicles. The two new Renault Meganes have been equipped with all the requirements established by the Junta de Andalucia regional government. At a cost of €43,000, they were put out to public tender, finally being bought from Autotalleres la Vega. Council representative, Jose Miguel Garcia, explained that the council will continue to upgrade and replace the Local

NEW VEHICLES: For an improved service. Police equipment when necessary to offer an

improved service for all citizens.

Immigrants rescued A DINGHY with 26 immigrants on board was intercepted on New Year’s Day off the coast of Granada. Amongst the immigrants there were 20 men, four women and two minors, all of them of sub-Saharan origin.

The boat was found at around 7.35pm by Salvamento Maritimo (Spanish sea search and rescue team) 41 miles off the south east coast of Motril. They were taken to the town’s port where they received medical treatment.

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Christmas decs stolen FOUR decorative reindeer were stolen in Villanueva del Rosario over the holiday season. The lit reindeer were four of the seven which brightened up the town’s different corners. “This vandalism act will force the council to spend €600, an amount that

could have been spent on other beneficial initiatives for our town, for instance, giving someone a job for 15 days,” said mayor of the town, Jose Antonio Fillo. The council has asked for all citizens’ cooperation and has encouraged all residents to report these kinds of practices if they witness them.

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THE Andalucian Party (Andalucian centre-left political party) in Motril has asked the council to carry out renovation works on the pavements on Avenida Julio Moreno. Residents have voiced complaints about the poor condition of the street, according to the party’s spokesperson, Antonio Escamez. He explained that a lot of space on the pavements was occupied by trees, which resulted in limited room for pedestrians. In addition, some stretches of the pavement had been severely damaged by tree roots. Escamez felt that this was a hazard as it could potentially cause pedestrians to trip and fall over.

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FINALE: Dancers take a bow.

Ukraine National Ballet in Almuñecar DANCE enthusiasts of all ages had the chance to see a performance by the

Motril Port to be improved AN ambitious renovation project for Motril Port is aimed at improving the port’s efficiency. The facilities will be extended with new buildings and services.

National Ballet of Ukraine in Almuñecar. The Casa de la Cultura hosted the show, entitled ‘The Magic of Classic Tales’, conceived to make classical dance more appealing to children and families. In accordance with the show’s message, the Culture Department allowed under-16s to attend the event for free, accompanied by an adult.

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Internet for all MALAGA Provincial Council spent more than €600,000 in 2014 on the Guadalinfo network to provide internet access to citizens in 86 towns and villages at public centres, where training is also given on internet use.

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Classic cars MALAGA’S Palacio de Ferias y Congresos will hold at least seven fairs and 12 congresses in the first half of 2015, beginning with a Retro Motor Fair from January 30-February 1.

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Sex shop outrage THE opening of a sex shop next to Palma Cathedral has sparked a wave of protests from local residents. The council, however, said there was nothing it could do as the shop had all the necessary permits.

Dynastic rights THE Infanta Cristina should have already renounced all of her dynastic rights and privileges for the sake of democratic regeneration, the Royal Household and the image she must project, according to General Secretary of the PSIB-PSOE, Francina Armengol.

ORIA: One of the towns to benefit from the new energy-efficient lighting in 2015.

Lighting up for less

THE president of Almeria Council has signed a contract to award measures included in the Plan de Actuaciones de Eficiencia en Municipios (PAE). The plan includes funding of €140,000 for small municipalities in Almeria to benefit from energyefficiency improvements such as outdoor lighting installations. Fourteen towns and villages are to benefit, all of which have fewer than 10,000 inhabitants. Albanchez, Antas, Balanegra, Fines, Gador, Lucar, Macael, Maria, Olula del Rio, Oria, Taberna, Tahal, Urracal and

Tree planting

THE Balearic Emergency Services (SEIB112) responded to 49 incidents on New Year’s Eve, including 14 cases of alcohol poisoning and six street fights. More of the reported incidents were registered in Mallorca.

THE town of Adra has planted more than 100 ficus, jacaranda and poplar trees in different parts of the municipality. The work has also extended to renovating many of the town’s gardens.

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Hotel fall

El Ejido crash

BETWEEN 1,500 and 2,000 people took to the streets in Palma to show their support for the right to self-determination and the independence of all Catalan-speaking regions in Spain.

A TRUCK collided with a utility van at kilometre 405 of the A-7 close to El Ejido. Firefighters had to rescue one of the occupants from their vehicle.

A 22-YEAR-OLD woman was treated for smoke inhalation at Son Espases Hospital after a fire broke out at her Palma flat on Calle General Riera on New Year’s Day at around 8am.

Velefique will see the commencement of works during 2015. The plan is a collaboration between town and village councils and the provincial council, with the provincial council footing the bill. The company that will execute the works will be Proelec SL. The improvements will see more than 650 lights and 16 control centres installed across the 14 towns and villages, allowing for remote control at the circuit level to reduce consumption at certain times.

Emergency call-outs

Self determination

Woman injured

THE Ministry of Public Works has announced that the toll price for the Alicante-Cartagena motorway will go up by 1.01 per cent in 2015.

Aggressor arrested

Fire scare

TWO men aged 22 and 29 were arrested in Malaga City’s Cruz de Humilladero district after being caught attempting to steal building materials from a warehouse.

Toll increase

A WASHING machine that caught fire on the second floor of a building in Murcia was supposedly caused by a bird’s nest blocking the outlet pipe.

THIRD prize tickets for the ONCE special Christmas lottery number 66276 brought €240,000 to Malaga City this year.

Theft foiled

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TWO men required medical treatment after inhaling smoke in a fire in Alhaurin de la Torre. Neighbours were evacuated while firemen extinguished the flames.

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Workers locked out FIFTEEN maintenance workers at Viator’s military base were prevented from accessing the building on their first day back at work in the New Year. The angry workers are planning a demonstration.

MURCIA police arrested a 35-year-old man from Ecuador who allegedly threatened to kill and then tried to strangle his partner in Cabezo de Torres.

Lucky Murcia THE ONCE Christmas draw brought €240,000 in prizes to Murcia City. Pedro Sanchez in Plaza Industria sold second prize tickets worth €40,000, while Jessica Garcia at San Juan health centre sold 10 tickets which won €20,000 each.

Earth tremor THE earth moved for Torrevieja residents on January 2 when a tremor of 1.6 on the Richter Scale was registered at 4.45am.

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Cold comfort LOCAL POLICE officers and firefighters in Benidorm complained that their new uniforms did not include a fleece. “They spent €100,000 and forgot to include this fundamental item,” they said.

Job provider OLIVA will turn the Santa Ana hillside into a park with the town’s 12th century castle at its centre. The €319,000 project will provide 36 jobs, the town hall said.

Airlift rescue

MAGISTRATES are investigating a hotel in Mojacar to establish whether it was responsible for the injuries one of its guests sustained after slipping on a wet floor at the premises on June 6, 2014.

A FIRE brigade helicopter was mobilised to rescue a woman who broke her ankle while hiking on Sierra Segaria (Ondara). She was airlifted to a waiting ambulance and transferred to Denia Hospital.

Park accident

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THE emergency services had to be called to an accident at Parque de las Familias in the capital. A child was injured on one of the trampolines and had to be taken to hospital in nearby Torrecardenas with neck injuries.

BENIDORM’S OMIC consumers’ office received 1,014 complaints last year, 10 per cent fewer than in 2013. Benidorm and Marina Baja residents made 862 reclamations while the remainder came from elsewhere in Spain and Europe.

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SWEDEN - Half of all Swedes surveyed believe that having a good wifi connection in the hotel room is one of the most important factors of a good holiday.

Christmas thefts DENMARK - Homes in Denmark are broken into over the Christmas holiday period at four times the rate of normal, a study has revealed.

Big spenders DENMARK - Danes spent more than two billion kroner (€2.68 billion) over the Christmas period and more presents than ever were bought online.

Record exports NORWAY - Norwegian seafood exports in October 2014 reached an all-time record high with a total of 7.6 billion krone (€8.3 billion).

Growth spurt NORWAY - The population grew by 18,800 people during the third quarter of 2014 and reached a total of 5,156,450 by October 1.

London tops LONDON has nine of the 10 best performing areas in the UK property market, and Bury is the worst place to invest in property, according to a new survey.

Boxing Day splurge

Television hit THE Queen’s traditional Christmas Day speech was the most watched television programme during Christmas, with 7.82 million viewers. It was followed closely by Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Special with 7.61 million viewers.

GERMANY’S president Joachim Gauck appealed for compassion and openness towards refugees coming to the country in his annual Christmas message. His comments come as an anti-Islamist movement continues to grow in Germany.

‘Not me’ WORLD CUP winning goalkeeper Manuel Neuer believes that he will not be awarded FIFA’s Ballon d’Or on January 12. He says that the other two nominees - Ronaldo and Messi - are international ‘marques’ and are favourites.

BARGAIN hunters spent a record £2.9 billion (€3.7 billion) in the tradition Boxing Day sales across the UK and online shoppers spent £519,000 (€663,000) every minute.

Streaming service

Royal refit

MORE and more funeral homes in the UK are streaming live funerals for bereaved families and

SPEEDING CARS: High numbers caught in 2014

RUSSIAN PRESS 2015 World Cup financial problems

Big time

A BUDGET deficit for 2015 means that officials must seek private financial support for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the sports minister has announced.

THE world’s biggest clock has been unveiled in Moscow. The clock, made of gold, aluminium, steel, brass and copper weighs five tonnes and is located at the Central Children’s Department Store.

BERLIN’S Royal Palace of Frederick the Great reopened to visitors on Boxing Day following a €4.5 million make-over. The entire castle is currently undergoing a €14.3 million renovation due for completion in 2017.

Anti-Islam marches

MOSCOW had record-breaking traffic jams over the Christmas period thanks to a combination of snow and a heavy influx of visitors.

FURTHER anti-Islam marches are planned in the New Year. The marches have attracted increasing numbers of people since they started in October and the Interior Ministry has said they will be keeping a close eye on them.

Keep it Cyrillic

Burger joints

PRESIDENT Putin has called for an end to the increasing ‘latinisation’ of the Russian language and to cut down on the use of foreign terms.

GOURMET hamburger restaurants have become increasingly popular in the country, and new restaurants are continuing to pop up. Fast food establishments such as McDonald’s have seen sales drop because of the craze for gourmet burgers.

Xmas jams

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MORE than 115,000 people were fined by courts for speeding during 2014, the highest figure since 2009. Twenty-four-hour cameras have contributed to the high numbers.

friends unable to attend. In some cases, footage of the funeral will be online for 30 days.

ABHI HERE

SWEDEN - The Swedish Embassy and Swedish Church organised a remembrance ceremony on the beach at Khao Lak in Thailand on Boxing Day to honour the 10th anniversary of those who lost their lives in the tsunami, including more than 500 Swedes.

Speeding fines

GERMAN PRESS Refugee compassion

BRITISH PRESS Tsunami remembered

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Defiant salad THE Yeliseyevksi supermarket in Yekaterinberg has created a salad decorated with the slogan ‘We don’t give a damn about the crisis.’

GOURMET BURGERS: Becoming increasingly popular in Germany

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business & legal Fibre optic ‘parasite’ warning TELEFONICA warned that it could reconsider the timing and funding of its fibre optic network. With the exception of nine cities, Spain’s Markets and Competition regulator CNMC has proposed that Telefonica share its infrastructure with other operators.

The telecommunications multinational has not officially announced its stance but is “voicing worries,” it said. If the CMNC goes ahead with its proposals, this could in turn imperil the profitability of its investment and endanger thousands of jobs created to roll out the new system,

Fuel used as loss leader SOME supermarket chains are selling diesel oil at 98 cents a litre and petrol at €1.03. Service stations now claim that the supermarkets, as they do with chicken or wine, are using fuel as a lossleader to tempt clients to fill up trolleys as well as the tanks of their cars. Average prices by the end of 2014 were €1.16 for gasoil and €1.21 for petrol, according to the EU Oil Bulletin. The price-slashing is possible due to the plummeting price of Brent crude oil, currently just under $60 (€49.23) a barrel, having fallen 45 per cent since the

beginning of 2014. Fuel is at its cheapest since 2010, but the 14 per cent reduction still falls short of the public’s expectations. This is as easily explained as it is inevitable, according to Spain’s Association of Petroleum Operators (AOP), not least because the dollar has appreciated against the euro. Fuel must pass through refineries, importers and transport firms before reaching the customer while almost half of its final price includes 50 per cent tax, which goes to the Spanish government and not the seller, the AOP pointed out.

Telefonica predicted. The supervisor’s decision would act as a disincentive to competitors by imposing “parasitic” conditions on Telefonica that reflect the existing ADSL model, the company said. FIBRE OPTICS: Network timing.

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Bogof appeal THIRTY per cent of supermarket chains’ sales are special offers. Two-for-one, three-fortwo or ‘50 per cent off second item’ are so popular that 2014 prices fell by 1.4 per cent, found marketing analysts Nielsen.

Out of work THERE are now 163,000 fewer public sector workers than in 2012. The central Administration experienced the largest proportional reduction with a 7.11 per cent cutback in staff, government figures revealed.

High-speed train must move THE Spanish consortium building the AVE high-speed train between Mecca and Medina must get a move on. The deal to build the track, supply 35 high-speed trains and handle a 12-year maintenance contract was signed three years ago. Now Saudi Arabia’s new transport minister, Abdullah A-Muqbel, has threatened to rescind contracts unless companies complete on schedule.

The consortium is composed of Saudi groups Al Rosan and Al Shoula, plus 12 Spanish companies. These include Spain’s state track operator Adif, track builders OHL, rail operator Renfe, train manufacturers Talgo, and technology company Indra. The consortium emphasised during a recent meeting that the Spanish and Saudi companies were delivering within the specified time.

THE minimum salary rose by 0.5 per cent to €648.6 a month after it was frozen in both 2012 and 2014. Approximately 200,000 employees will benefit from the increase.

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PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE VOLUME 164.06 93.02 33.87 129.95 91.88 112.58 27.61 42.14 93.75 73.71 92.83 25.06 194.41 103.43 162.06 36.36 104.52 62.49 93.26 57.19 46.76 95.03 31.33 90.44 105.44 115.04 100.78 46.96 265.02 85.90

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Rogue trading associations TRADE associations are as rare as hen’s teeth in English-speaking Spain. It is quite the opposite in Britain and much of Northern Europe. Most trades enjoy the possibility to be trade association registered. Whatever one’s calling, it can be assumed there is an association or a guild for it. Trade associations are primarily created to protect the interests of both their members and the public whom they serve. As in all else in life there are the good, the bad and the ugly. Many associations unreasonably focus on protecting their profession’s image and ring-fencing their members.

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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At one time or another I tangled with the British Medical Association (BMA), Police Complaints Commission, associations charged with representing legal, financial, accountancy and journalist trades. The worst offenders appear to be those representing these professions.

The better associations are those that represent skilled trades, the artisan and retail industries such as building and allied trades, hairdressing and art outlets. A trade association is as useless as a bull with teats unless it properly vets its members. It also has to act as arbitrator or offer an independent reasonably priced arbitration service in the event of member versus customer disputes. Over 20 years I represented both the Federation of Master Builders and the Guild of Master Craftsmen. As with anything, one can look diligently for flaws if one is on a mission. No matter how tough a vetting procedure the

occasional rogue will slip through. I recall a pilot, albeit qualified, who was flying Virgin airliners. It was later discovered his qualifications fell short of those required. There are many bad eggs in the police, banking and medical professions. The important thing is to have in place a good monitoring procedure. This has to be backed by swift and uncompromising means of resolution, expulsion and exposure. Every year the UK Consumer Protection Agency successfully prosecutes rogue traders. Merely to falsely claim trade association membership can result in a large fine. Our communities could do with some protection too.

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European Central Bank Stimulus Programme for early 2015? THE Euro started the month of December on fairly steady ground as markets turned their focus on the European Central Bank interest rate decision and press conference. As inflation numbers from the Eurozone had not seen much of an improvement for the last two quarters, economists and investors were expecting Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank to announce the introduction of a quantitative easing programme to kick start growth. However, interest rates were kept on hold and policymakers in the Eurozone hinted that the purchase of Government bonds could help address the issues swamping the region to drive growth, though no action was taken. On the contrary, ECB member Nowotny issued a statement

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saying that although the Eurozone is experiencing a massive weakening and have very few options open to them, measures like full blown money printing, used by their counterparts in the US, will not be suitable for the region. Markets began to price-in that the ECB will announce a stimulus programme in early 2015 after Mario Draghi addressed the European Parliament. With Europe on the brink of yet another recession, Draghi

THE EURO: Started December on fairly steady ground. issued a statement saying that the European Central Bank could start buying government bonds. He also stated this would be one of the measures in the European Central Bank’s armoury as they could further implement uncon-

ventional measures to purchase a ‘variety of assets’ including gold and securities. Retail sales and manufacturing PMI numbers are also steadily on the decline, while GDP data continues to paint a grim picture for the Eurozone

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economy. The Euro has steadily weakened since and after dismal economic data prints, GBP/EUR that started the month at 1.2590 has lost considerable ground to end December just under the 1.29 level. The fate of the Euro is now dependant on Mario Draghi’s stimulus programme which is expected to be announced at the ECB meeting in January as he tries to kick start growth and inflation which has remained considerably poor. With divergence in policies among the major economies it is imperative the European Central Bank need to act; though they may have left it a little too late. Low inflation numbers and monetary stimulus devalue a currency and ending the year on a weak note, one thing is certain - the Euro finds itself wedged between a rock and a hard place.

Can she be elected to office? You and the Law in Spain By David Searl

Q. I have just bought the new 2015 edition of ‘You & the Law in Spain,’ which I am finding very informative. However, I have a question for which I cannot find an answer. Can I be elected to a Community Committee if I do not live in the urbanisation, but still own a property there? L.P. (Costa del Sol)

A. Yes, you can be elected to the Committee or even as President of your Community if you own a property. The registered owner of the property, not the inhabitant, is the member of the Community. When a flat is rented, for example, the owner may possibly give a Proxy Vote power to the tenant, but the owner is the member, not the tenant. If you own two properties, you have two votes and you pay two sets of Community fees. This can lead to a situation where the property developer or an investor owns a number of properties and so has a number of votes, sometimes enough to run the Community in favour of his own interests. The answer to your question is in fact contained in the Horizontal Law

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Energy loss ENERGY giant RWE is suing Spain over renewable energy cuts and presented an arbitration request to ICSID, the World Bank’s body that settles investment disputes. The German group’s Spanish subsidiary sustained heavy losses in 2013 following government changes and RWE’s claim will be the first of many.

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section of the book, where it points out that only an owner and member of the Community can be elected to office.

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A MADRID court that instructed mobile phone operators and data networks to comply with a ruling that ordered Uber to cease operations inside Spain was “disproportionate and discriminatory,” the company said. Its smartphone car-share app is opposed by registered cabbies as unfair because Uber drivers operate without permits or insurance.

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Campsite woes Spain needs to be updated IN answer to A Nosworthy - not his real name I suspect - there are two sides to every story. I’ve lived in a caravan for 50 years and am now 74-years-old. Over the last nine years I’ve paid over €36,000! This campsite is half-empty most of the year and has gone into liquidation, owing the bank approx €1.5 million. It was sold at auction for €36,000 to a Finnish company, I’m told. If our site and others were cheaper they would be full, but instead we get people staying for one night to fill up, empty the toilet and shower. They use the sauna and pool, then leave. I can’t wild camp with a touring van but sympathise with motor-home owners who are mostly retired and, like me, on a limited income. They live in northern Europe where it drops to 20 degrees below zero in winter and they come here for winter sun. Campsites are expensive and unlike France, there are no municipal sites here in Spain. In Britain every town provides cheap sites as well as Club CL small sites on farmland. If Spain provided sites in every town they would be used. Or they could provide water taps and toilet-emptying points in large car parks, limiting stays to 28 days with no returning for one week. I’m selling up, going back to the UK and getting a motor home! Brian Warman, Mijas Pueblo (Malaga)

Light-fingered I HAD my purse removed from my handbag and €50 notes taken in a local store. Fortunately I was aware of something or someone touching my shoulder bag and I pulled it towards the front. I noticed that my scarf, which I had taken off and pushed into my bag, was missing. My purse was nearer the top of my handbag and not thinking at that point that I had been the

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New Year, though, and is entirely self-centred. I’m not sure how old I was, but we spent New Year’s Day with my grandparents and we left at nightfall to walk the short distance to our own house. I was too small and tired to walk and as I was carried back in my father’s arms I stared up at the stars. They were twinkling in the same colours as the foil decorations on the Christmas tree. I pointed out this fact to mum and dad, who humoured me, as well as my brother who roundly contradicted me. I can still see those stars in my mind’s eye and I don’t care what anyone says: they were coloured! D Pennington (by email)

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WINTER has arrived with a vengeance where I live, but at least spring will soon replicate this photo I took last year.

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victim of a robbery, I pushed it back to the bottom and went in search of my scarf. Not finding my scarf I walked to my car and drove back to Estepona. Here I went into a shop to replace my lost scarf and this was when I realised I had been robbed. My cards were dishevelled and all the notes were missing. I hide my cards behind others, making it difficult to see or find unless you know where they are. If they had been lucky in taking my cards they would have had about two hours to use them before I noticed. I have tried to remember anything unusual that day and the only thing that keeps coming back to me is a small lady walking towards me up this very narrow aisle. She looked at me and half smiled as I turned sideways to allow her room to pass on the opposite side to my handbag. Maybe by turning sideways I presented my bag to an accomplice behind me. In future I will separate my cash from my cards. (Name and address supplied)

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Superstar role I LIKED this quote in Time Magazine from the renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, subject of the biopic ‘The Theory of Everything.’ His ideal acting role would be “a baddie in a James Bond film,” he said: “The wheelchair and the computer voice would fit the part,” he said. Richard M McBride, Benidorm (Alicante)

Long holiday I LOVE the way that the holiday season in Spain lasts the full 12

days that tradition demands. There is still the Three Kings holiday on January 6 to look forward to instead of the flat feeling after New Year that always sets in at home. That’s easily understood, though. What can you expect when everyone is affected by overkill after putting up fairy lights and decorating their trees the minute they tear the November sheet off their calendars? I hope you had a happy Reyes Day, readers, and you enjoyed a slice of Roscon, that very superior bun-round with crystallised fruit on top that knocks spots (and calories) off Christmas pud. Penny S Hague (by email)

Seeing stars I ALWAYS enjoy reading Street Talk. It’s so interesting to hear other people’s points of view, whether I agree with them or not. I was especially impressed by the generosity of readers whose best Christmas memories involved helping others. My own treasured memory of the holiday season involved the

CALL me unobservant if you want to, and I’m the first person to concede that I am nothing of an ornithologist. But like a correspondent a few weeks back, I have never seen a magpie anywhere on the Costa Blanca. I live in Benidorm where there are indeed some strange birds and not all of them have beaks and wings. None of them has ever remotely resembled a magpie, though, but if a Spanish newspaper and a Muchamiel reader say there are flocks of them round here, I’ll take their word for it. Strangely enough, there was a historic Spanish personage named Urraca who was queen of Leon, Castilla and Galicia between 1079 and 1126. Queen Magpie? Loses somewhat in translation, wouldn’t you say? Sidney Armstrong, Benidorm (Alicante)

In the club I AM flabbergasted by the Europhobe letters that appear in the Euro Weekly News especially from readers who want an EU, this is only a glorified trading agreement. If they join the club then they must take the rough with the smooth and pay their dues. Mark my words, if Britain were to walk away from Brussels, these people would be the first to start squealing when the car factories et al upped sticks and decamped to the European mainland. Jeannette Leverson (somewhere in Europe).

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HE problem with scribing a column at this time of year means that, to meet deadlines, it can often be difficult to remain current. Forgive me if this suggestion is therefore, at the time of reading, (hopefully) old hat. With the incubation period of the dreaded Ebola being up to 22 days, is it not pure common sense to place returning health workers into quarantine? These brave and obviously caring volunteers would I’m sure, have no objection at all to spending time in isolation, just to make sure they don’t become the source of an outbreak in their own country. Facilities could be made to see they receive all the comforts available and any visitors suitably protected. I would think that after such a stressful period, some may even welcome a complete break. A little breathing space coupled with all the best attention,

HYDE PARK CORNER: Where you could say exactly what you wanted. remuneration and goodwill a grateful nation would surely be only too happy to provide. I just hope by the time this piece is aired that, what to me is pure common sense, has been adopted and fully installed. Not however holding the breath. One thing we really must overcome in this New Year is the fear of speaking the truth in case it ‘offends.’ If anything has stood out this year, it is the pathetic

protests that have occurred when someone has stated the obvious. (Areas swamped by immigrants’ and so forth). Many of these dissenters come from countries where free speech can be punishable by the heaviest of penalties, including death. We really must drum into the PCs and those who are offended by someone observing obvious facts, that the UK has advocated free speech for

centuries and millions of our citizens have died to preserve that right. If we are frightened to even speak the truth, then we may as well turn the whole place over to those who would stifle and destroy our whole way of life. We cannot let these people win. If they can’t stand the heat they need to ensconce themselves in kitchens that they find more acceptable. Personally I long for those wonderful Hyde Park corner days when anyone could, as long as they weren’t inciting a riot, stand up and, without fear of prosecution, say exactly what they chose. When did that wonderful British institution get stopped? I can’t remember. I do know however, that if our governmental hierarchies weren’t such lily livered wimps, Sundays in Hyde Park could still be as invigorating and indicative of our freedom as it always was. Bring back the soapbox I say. Dream on Leapy. Thanks for all your mail, shame we don’t have space to print them, but I do read every one. Keep ‘em coming. You know I can take it. Peace and love to you all. Keep the faith. Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

I’m a Celebrity Chef - take me to your leader so I can dazzle with my cooking Colin Bird Each week, Colin brings his slightly off-the-wall view of the world to the pages of EWN in his own irreverent style.

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T’S hard to avoid those television chefs at the best of times, but leading up to Christmas they were as numerous as fleas on a tramps vest. Every channel you turned to, there they were, dazzling us with their recipes and expertise on the very best of Christmas fare. But whatever time of year I happen to catch their cooking programmes, they never cease to amaze me with some of the weird and wonderful stuff they knock up, and I wonder just what planet they live on. They all start off with the same laughable line that goes something like this: ‘Today I am

TELEVISION CHEFS: Hard to avoid over the festive period. going to show you this simple and delicious recipe that anyone can prepare in four minutes with just a few ingredients that you will find in any kitchen cupboard’... etc. etc. Yeah right,

because it’s obvious from the start that the pile of ingredients they have in front of them would not be found in the average Sainsbury’s, let alone a domestic kitchen.

Then off they go, chopping onions with a blur of wrist action that on the odd occasion I tried to mimic the technique, nearly lost me several digits. That one process alone would take me twice the length of time as their estimation for the whole dish. And they have this special chef’s language with words that have me rushing off to get the dictionary. Julienne some carrots they say, or garnish with a brunoise of vegetables. Why can’t they just say slice and dice for God sake - we can all understand that. And pulease, why not just say strips of bacon instead of poncy sounding lardons? Tooth grindingly hateful to me is when they melt a bit of chocolate with some cream and refer to it as a ganache. Ganache? Ganache my backside; it’s still just melted chocolate and cream.

They don’t even bother to wear aprons during this wondrous process and it’s not as if they have put something old or tatty on just in case a bit of ganache finds its way on to their person. Oh no, it’s polo shirts sporting little crocodile motifs, designer slacks and even jackets and ties. If I did that, my best clobber would finish up looking as if it had been involved in a Dulux factory explosion and my wife would do a bit of her own Julienning on my tender parts. Then off they swan in their latest vintage car or personal helicopter to their next guest appearance and leave an army of poor beggars to clean up the wreckage and wash the dishes. No, I’ll stick to my own recipes thank you very much, it’s less stressful.

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What adventure do you see yourself going on in 2015?

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OLIN TATHAM, of Pit Stop Tyres in Son Bugadelles, Santa Ponsa, Mallorca said that: “the adventure I would really like to go on this coming year, is to buy two camels and trek through Outer Mongolia, but what I’m really going to do, is to carry on here in the workshop, and continue to provide my valued customers with the great service they deserve.” He went on to add, “maybe I will leave buying the camels until 2016!” Jill Marples, owner of Jacaranda restaurant in Moraira, in the Costa Blanca North, said that the adventure she would most like to go on would be that of retirement! Jill said: “in the 10 years I have been in Spain I have been so busy working that I have yet to explore the rest of Spain and I feel I am missing out. So, when I retire I intend to go on a road trip with my husband and dogs

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Colin Tatham (left) Steve Hartley (right)

and travel around all of Spain. That is the plan but you never know what is around the next corner in life!” Steve Hartley from Calpe’s The Colina Club said that his dream adventure would be to travel around Africa photographing the wildlife there as he has a love for animal photography and more specifically big cats! “I fell in love with the big cats when I worked in a Wildlife Rescue Centre some time ago, especially the tigers. We built enclosures and worked closely with the animals, even rescuing 27 tigers from a socalled sanctuary in Idaho which

Paul Ross (above) Jill Marples, owner of Jacaranda Restaurant in Moraira were in a variety of sorry states when they arrived and in my time there we also rescued a small pride of lions with three cubs. To see lions in the wild and in their natural state would be a great adventure!” Paul Ross, owner of Paul Ross Fitness in Almeria said that his new adventure will be totally business related. “My big adventure for 2015 has just begun with the launch of the 1to4 Fitness Retreat. This exciting new venture will really put us on the map within the fitness industry and is an amazing new life adventure for me!”

That was the year that was – the highs and lows on TripAdvisor Nora Johnson

Breaking Views A Costa del Sol resident for a number of years, Nora is the author of psychological suspense and crime thrillers. To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/columnists/nora-johnson

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ITH the news at the end of last year that Italy’s antitrust authority fined TripAdvisor €500,000 over ‘defamatory’ hotel reviews, maybe it’s time to take stock of some of its highs and lows in 2014. First off, there were the threats from some in the travel industry. Like the Broadway Hotel, Blackpool, that charged a couple £100 after they posted a critical review describing it as a “filthy, dirty rotten stinking hovel run by muppets.” (This only to be surpassed by New

York’s Union Street Guest House’s surcharge of $500 for negative reviews.) Of course, this backfired spectacularly for both hotels with lots of mocking reviews appearing on TripAdvisor. Don’t you just love it when bad businesses blame the customer and then get uppity when the ensuing firestorm of bad publicity erupts? Instead of fixing the problems, they then have many more people aware of their ‘reputation’. You have to give them five out of five for canniness. The BBC should have sent a production crew up to Blackpool to do a remake of Fawlty Towers. Script not needed. Can’t you just picture Basil scrolling through his TripAdvisor reviews! Sadly, the other side of the coin in 2014 was bribery. Unscrupulous people

MIXED REVIEWS: TripAdvisor can threatened hoteliers with bad reviews unless some sweetener was proffered: a huge discount on checkout (or even before booking). Dragons’ Den panellist/hotel owner Duncan Bannatyne got stuck in: “People are coming to our hotels and threatening to write bad reviews

make or break a business. to get money off their bills.” Some in the travel industry have even taken legal action against TripAdvisor. In 2012, the owner of a Scottish B&B made legal history after winning a landmark case against it. But last year the owners of another Scottish B&B lost their battle to

get it to reveal the identity of negative reviewers so they could sue the authors. TripAdvisor is undoubtedly useful. My main rule of thumb is to ignore any review by those who have only posted one. There are a surprising number of these, and they tend to be either completely glowing or completely damning - either fake or by someone who doesn’t get out enough. Conversely, if the reviewer has 10+ reviews across a range of star ratings, it’s worth reading what they have to say... Nora Johnson’s thrillers Landscape of Lies, Retribution, Soul Stealer, The De Clerambault Code (www.nora-johnson.com) are available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89; £0.79) and iBookstore. Profits to Cudeca.

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GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Being very much in demand for your

6-Star Quiz 1. What is the name of the city located on the Black Sea coast that was the location of the XXII Olympic Winter Games that opened in January? 2. Which famous English model, known for her waifish figure, and role in size zero fashion, celebrated her 40th birthday on January 16? 3. Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie broke which former Soviet athlete’s 21-year-old pole world record with a 6.16m leap in Donetsk in February? 4. It was revealed in February that which famous British comedian who died in 1993, had secretly written a romantic thriller novel under a female nom de plume? The unpublished story of love and mystery, titled An Echo of Shadows, was written under the name Maria Brett-Cooper. 5. Which Australian-born actress won the won the Academy Award for Best Actress in March, for her performance as Jeanette ‘Jasmine’ Francis in Woody Allen’s black comedy Blue Jasmine? 6. Which member of the British royal family launched the Invictus Games, a Paralympic-style sporting championship for wounded soldiers in March?

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AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Spirituality seeps right through the week. As you are feeling particularly sensuous, invite someone special to dinner or on a trip. Visit garden centres and plan ahead.

Alicante TODAY:

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CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) It's a better week for travel with less likelihood of delays. Should you be feeling a little lethargic and sorry about recent events, just count your blessings.

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Across 1 Wood found in tea kettle (4) 3 Chad wins exotic snack (8) 9 Resulting from a fairer travel cost (7) 10 One in charge helps to keep things straight (5) 11 Pilot for the beast (5) 12 Based around a subject like somewhere to go on holiday (6) 14 Church area making capital hot (6) 16 Has slept despite some bother (6) 19 Countenance pocketing one pound is easy (6) 21 Until horribly dark (5) 24 Perfume from a romantic partner (5) 25 Respect drunken spirit (7) 26 Inn where Innkeeper has discordant lyre (8) 27 Rips off old lags (4) Down 1 Designed patterns for in church (8) 2 Get on with A Green, almost (5) 4 A WC for spies (6) 5 Dire note in a melancholy tune (5)

6 Silliness is without a malady (7) 7 Laugh at round ends? It’s tough (4) 8 Mother, doctor and a Sikh leader are all from Chennai (6) 13 Ring leader is French and less impatient (8) 15 Incentives for sons are different

(7) 17 Entertained in the morning, then exploited (6) 18 Fresh Easter mystery (6) 20 Incensed number one judge (5) 22 Plenty to join in game (5) 23 Club which finally provided a steam-room (4)

Code Breaker Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 14 represents J and 25 represents M, so fill in J every time the figure 14 appears and M every time the figure 25 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 Charm, 3 Seems, 7 Animals, 9 Align, 10 Sheer, 11 Entitle, 12 Cashew, 14 Sadder, 18 Bramble, 20 Stays, 22 Skill, 23 Assails, 24 Sieve, 25 Chess. Down: 1 Classic, 2 Agile, 3 Sashes, 4 Exact, 5 Shifted, 6 Binge, 8 Agree, 13 Scabies, 15 Asses, 16 Resists, 17 Debate, 18 Beset, 19 Bulge, 21 Alive. QUICK Across: 1 Shovel, 4 Checks, 9 Creates, 10 Ranks, 11 Erase, 12 Achieve, 13 Intelligent, 18 Arrives, 20 Rifle, 22 Spoil, 23 Examine, 24 Dashed, 25 Beasts. Down: 1 Sacred, 2 Opera, 3 Extreme, 5 Harsh, 6 Concern, 7 System, 8 Established, 14 Nervous, 15 Garbage, 16 Paused, 17 Levels, 19 Value, 21 Fails.

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English - Spanish The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English. Across 1 Corazón (5) 4 Neumáticos (de ruedas) (5) 7 Margarina (9) 8/10 Bolsa de basura (3,3) 15 Allá (4,5) 17 Autumn (5) 18 Task (job) (5) Down 1 Broad bean (4) 2 Brazo (de persona) (3) 3 Bull (4) 4 Equipo (deporte) (4) 5 Queen (5) 6 Semilla (4) 9 Unhurt (5) 11 Red (4) 12 Another (4) 13 Cinturón (4) 14 Minutes (of a meeting) (4) 16 Oreja (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 (COUNTY) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues. BAITED

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ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Cigar, 3 Bride, 7 Encima, 9 Agua, 10 Remainder, 13 Aunt, 14 Armada, 16 Abril, 17 Playa.

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Funagram Unscramble the name of a famous British sportsperson: SMALL WHITE ION FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: TOWER HAMLETS, LEWIS HAMILTON

Unscramble the name of a famous London borough (two words): THE WORST MEAL

Across 1 Hit with palm of hand (7) 5 Gives temporary use of (5) 8 Stays behind (7) 9 Compel (5) 10 Additional (5) 11 Answer (7) 12 Pursues (6) 14 Nearer (6) 17 Hair cleansing agent (7) 19 Aquatic mammals (5) 22 In a while (5) 23 Shrewd (7) 24 Aligns with (5) 25 Movement downward (7) Down 1 Wait on (5) 2 Confess (5) 3 Confidential (7) 4 Long for (6) 5 Raises up (5) 6 Apprehensive (7) 7 Thin (7) 12 Large and stately mansions (7) 13 Made to fit (7) 15 Classroom studies (7) 16 Made secure (6) 18 Components (5) 20 Similar (5) 21 Vision (5)

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30th December WELL, what a relief! I was feeling so much better. The five days after the second chemo session were quite tough to get through but as you are trapped inside your body there is no escape from it.

Just keep positive in the knowledge that each day you get a little better. On 23rd of December, after last-minute preparations I went to have lunch with my second family and Jorge. I would be collecting my parents later that day. It was quite hard to believe that I would be seeing them. They have lived in Mexico for many years and this would be only the third time in 12 years that I would be seeing them. I love my parents and it is at times like these when you feel the separation and

distance acutely. Luckily, I hugs and kisses I whisked was feeling better just in them off to the car and had time for their arrival. to do quite a lot of My heart was racing as I rearranging to fit in all their waited in the arrivals hall at cases. That sorted, we set Malaga airport. Their flight off for home. They were freezing! was on time along with 20 others so it was very busy. Although the temperatures Spotting my parents was are mild in Malaga they easy. My father is a were akin to Nordic conditions for my parents towering six feet five as it never gets cold inches tall and if in Mexico. Time that wasn’t to light the fire enough of Just keep and get cosy an positive in the and of course indicator muchboth my knowledge that a needed, parents each day you get reviving cup were wearing a little better of tea! Christmas Day masks! I and the sun shone know it isn’t brightly and the weather common place in Europe but if you travel, warmed up. In fact, it particularly in Asia, could not have been more everyone wears a mouth perfect, not a breath of mask to prevent the wind and lovely and warm. I had booked a table at spread of germs. As flights are notorious for being a my favourite restaurant, hive of bugs and infection Casa Matilde, La Plata, in the last thing they wanted Benajarafe. We sat in the was to bring something gardens looking out to sea and enjoyed a glass of fizz horrible home to me. There was quite a lot of together. Lunch was commenting from the spectacular as always. Spanish around me: “Look When the chill started to at those two. What’s the set in we moved inside matter with them? Have around five o’clock and sat they got Ebola do you by the fire. The table next to us think?!!” You have to laugh at times. Anyway, after summed up the Christmas

spirit and what it means to now putting the weight be part of a Spanish family. back on in preparation for They were 33-strong round three! Luckily my across four generations appetite had returned and and boy could they sing! It I was making the most of was intoxicating listening it. I would be taking my to them belt out Spanish carols accompanied by a parents into Malaga later healthy array of musical and meeting Jorge, which both my parents were instruments. Warmed by Christmas looking forward to as he cheer and local wine, we has been such a huge wended our way home to support to me. A quick trip around the port and up light the fire. The next few days were Calle Larios would be the spent taking trips to the order of the day. Malaga has changed so local village and showing my parents around and of much since I studied here over 20 years ago course the all and is much essential visit to It is at times smarter than my local fruit it used to man! Both like these be. For me my parents when you feel Malaga is a are cancer survivors the separation very special and my and distance place. father acutely I would particularly decide where to cannot get see in the New Year through the day unless he has several and where to eat my bananas, so we stocked up grapes later. The 31st on those and all the other would be spent preparing lovely fruit and veg from for my sister’s arrival from Manila with her boyfriend, Rafa’s garden. I try to have lots of fruit and my children just back and veg, generally juiced from a splendid trip to up first thing in the London to see the rest of morning. Having lost a few the family; 2015 would get kilos in the immediate off to a good start aftermath of chemo, I was surrounded by my family.

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Drive connected and be smart BMW are making connectivity between driver, vehicle and environment simpler and more flexible with an extensive range of digital services and features, which can be booked and updated via the internet or directly from the car. Thanks to BMW ConnectedDrive Store, the services are ready to use in the car in a matter of minutes. For example, Real Time Traffic Information (RTTI) can be uploaded if you find yourself in a traffic jam and cannot rely on radio traffic news which may be unavailable or inaccurate. In the car, the store has its own menu option which can be selected via the iDrive Controller. It’s as easy to use as the wellknown smartphone stores and displays all the services that are available and already booked. As soon as the password set up in the customer portal is entered, services and features can be directly accessed and are ready to use in a short space of time. Since its successful introduction in Luxembourg, Belgium and Germany, the BMW ConnectedDrive Store will be launched in the USA in the spring.

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Restyled Honda CR-V set for market in the spring

THE restyled and significantly enhanced 2015 Honda CR-V has been updated with new Powertrain and new technology for the New Year. With a refreshed design, revised engine line-up and new in-car technologies, the Honda CR-V is further enhancing its appeal to European buyers. Available from spring 2015, the CR-V’s exterior styling updates provide a bolder and sportier appearance with a unique Honda style. The most notable changes are to the front, with redesigned headlamps that flow into the new front grille. A new bumper and skid plate give the car a wider appearance and hints at its improved stability, while also lowering the car’s visual centre of gravity. At the rear, the LED combination lamps have

ENHANCED APPEAL: Refreshed design and in-car technologies. been restyled to give the CR-V a more fluid, 3D appearance. Honda set out to create a more stylish and functional interior, and this is evident in the reshaped chrome-effect inlay running the width of the dashboard, and through the use of high-quality materials on key surfaces. A sliding armrest between the front seats further enhances both comfort and versatility.

The four-wheel drive CR-V will be available with a more powerful diesel engine, and an all-new efficient nine-speed automatic transmission. The new 1.6 litre i-DTEC four-cylinder diesel engine provides considerably higher power output than its predecessor, boosting maximum power and torque to 160 PS and 350 Nm. The engine can be twinned with two trans-

Superb new car THE new Skoda Superb will be revealed in Prague in mid-February before its formal introduction at the Geneva Motor Show in March. The market launch is planned for mid-2015, and with a revolutionary new design, Skoda is confident the car will capture the imagination. Revolutionising the familiar Skoda design, the new flagship Superb has expressive shapes from the ‘Skoda VisionC’ show car, with new, dynamic proportions. From the front to the rear, from the

VISUAL IMPACT: Contoured and elegant lines. large wheels to the gently rearward sloping of the roof, the new Superb radiates clear geometry, contoured surfaces, sculptural shapes, purist

precision and elegant lines. The impressive exterior makes a visual impact on the automotive mid-class segment, with a sharp muscular cut.

missions: either a sixspeed manual or the ninespeed automatic transmission. The two-wheel drive diesel CR-V, available with manual transmission, carries over powertrains from the current model, and the 2.0-litre i-VTEC petrol engine remains available too. In terms of infotainment, the 2015 model is getting Honda’s innovative new app-driven

infotainment system, with a broad range of functions presented on a seven-inch touch screen display. Front-seat occupants get fast access to everything from vehicle information, rear-view parking camera, music, Bluetooth connectivity and MirrorLink technology. The new system’s functions include internet access, nine pre-installed apps, audio display and radio among others.

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Hardy GINS folk play Añoreta FOURTEEN hardy players set off from the first tee at Añoreta in what can only be described as Arctic conditions. All the players from GINS wrapped up in so many layers of clothes they could hardly swing a club. The front nine scores were low. The turning point came on hole 10 when suddenly the wind dropped and the sun shone, giving players a

GINS PLAYERS: Wrapped up against the weather.

AT BAVIERA: A Texas Scramble was played.

chance to rescue something from the day. Taking top spot in the

Ferdinales (32) and third was Malcolm Jones (32). For the ladies Anne

men’s competition was Brian Lynch with 34 points. Second was Frank

Jones (30) was first, followed by Judy Howard (30) and Lola Montero (22). In the winter aggregate scores competition, Malcolm Jones extended his lead on the field, he now has 68 points, Dan retains second place with 52 points, Peter Garner holds third spot with 44 points. With Lyn McAllister

not playing, a win from Anne Jones has put her level with Lyn and Judy Howard with 32 points keeping her third place. At Baviera the following day conditions were better for a Texas Scramble. Nine three man teams headed out on to the course, with Carl Langley, Clive Akid and Jim Paton (63.1) coming out on top. In second were Ian Fraser, Gill Sibson and Pat Dineen (63.2) and third was the team of Derek Sibson, Russell Dick and Jill Parker (64.6). Those playing later got the best part of the draw, as the fairways and greens had thawed out and were more receptive, with the three winning teams all in the last four to tee off.