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AXARQUÍA - COSTA TROPICAL YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION
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Prime Minister pops into Axarquia
MARIANO RAJOY said it held ‘extraordinary importance’ for tourism and commerce The last stretch of the A-7 motorway located in CarchunaCalahonda (Costa Tropical) was inaugurated by Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday, October 7. This recently completed part of the road is the last to be inaugurated, a 250-metre section which connects Carchuan with Gualchos-Castell de Ferro (also in the region of Costa Tropical).
Prime Minister Rajoy said it had been one of the most complex construction projects ever undertaken in the last decades and that it held ‘extraordinary importance’ as he stressed the ‘huge impact’ that this new infrastructure would have on the area’s commerce and tourism. The A-7 now connects Almeria and Malaga, passing through the Costa Tropical, and represents an improve-
ment both from an economic perspective and the wellbeing of the people. Together with Development Minister Ana Pastor and other government representatives, he said that during his term in office, more than 47 kilometres of the road had been made operational. “It is an historical day for Malaga, Granada and Almeria and the whole of Spain as the
A-7 links the whole Mediterranean coastal area and is a unique piece of engineering,” said a representative from Congress. Maintenance workers made sure the area was pristine for motorists and the road was officially opened to traffic after 6pm on the same day. The new road is expected to alleviate traffic on the N-340 as it is used daily by 13,502
vehicle on average. The total budget for the whole road - 47.3 kilometres was €1 billion.
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4 injured in crash FOUR people were injured in a car crash in Motril on Monday evening (October 12). Emergency services reported that the accident happened at a roundabout leading to
Motril port on the GR-16 road at 9pm. A man and woman, both 42, a 13-yearold boy and an 11-year-old girl were taken to Motril hospital for treatment.
Avocados stolen LOCAL POLICE officers have arrested a man for allegedly stealing avocados from a country property in Motril. Although the accused denied having stolen the
fruit, the officers decided he was acting suspiciously after spotting him near the fenced-in property and the owner confirmed a large amount of avocados had been removed.
Work underway WORK is underway in Motril to get the municipal cemetery ready for All Saints Day (November 1). Typically the busiest day of the year for cemeteries in Spain, with families visiting their relatives’ graves, councils
take care to get the facilities in good condition beforehand. In Motril, Maintenance councillor Gloria Chica explained, about €10,000 has been spent on painting, pruning and improving electrical and sound systems.
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Official visit for fruit HQ OFFERING support to local farmers fighting for irrigation solutions By Eleanor Hawkins ISABEL GARCIA TEJERINA, the Spanish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, visited VelezMalaga on Tuesday (October 13) and offered her support to local farmers fighting for irrigation solutions. The minister came to visit the headquarters of Trops, Andalucia’s largest tropical fruit company, in El Trapiche. Trops, manager Enrique Colilles explained, supplies 60 per cent of the national demand for tropical produce, mainly avocados and mangos. Employment and the local economy in the Axarquia area rely strongly on agriculture, meaning the irrigation problem is one of its main worries. Although she explained that the responsibility to create infrastructure to transfer water within the region lies with the Junta de Andalucia regional government, Garcia Tejerina offered her ministry’s support on the matter. After visiting Trops, the minister took part in a ceremony also attended by Malaga Provincial Council head Elias Bendodo, government delegate for Malaga Miguel Briones and local coun-
MINISTER’S VISIT: Isabel Garcia Tejerina at the fruit company’s HQ. cil representatives to lay the first stone at the site of works to improve accesses to
the Costa del Sol-Axarquia Techno-alimentary Park in El Trapiche.
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One of the top three boats shows in Europe sailed into Barcelona
Start this week SPANISH lessons start on October 19, Nerja’s Foreign Residents Department has announced. Classes will be held at Giner de los Rios school at Calle Diputacion 2 and there are various difficulty levels. Contact the town hall for more information. Photo Credit Barcelona Salon Nautico.
BOATING attracts a huge audience in Spain
Beach repairs Minister announced WORK on beaches damaged by recent storms is due to start on October 26, Environmental Minister Isabel Garcia Tejerina has announced following protests last weekend in Los Yesos about the state of the beaches on Granada’s coasts.
Devon connection Year-round flights
From strength to strength
PADDLEBOARDERS: Take to the waters outside of the Barcelona Boat Show.
By John Smith THE 54th Barcelona Boat Show running from October 14 to 18 with over 300 Spanish and foreign exhibitors, around 700 boats and more than 1,300 sailors are all part of the annual Catalan Sailing Week. The entire Barcelona Boat Show is located in Barcelona’s Port Vell marina, which means that visitors with money to spend will have more opportunities for test-driving of the boats. The Barcelona Salon Nautico is regarded as one of the top three boat shows in Europe in terms of both quality and the number of people attending.
53,000 is the number of visitors to the 53rd Annual Barcelona Boat Show 2014 held at the Port Vell Marina for just the third time.
The boat show also featured the Excellence Fair, which is included in the boat show admission price. The Excellence Fair celebrates the glamour and luxury sector of cars, jewellery and works of art. Even for those with smaller wallets there was plenty to do and see including surfing, sailing for beginners, regattas, fun beach zone, flyboarding, a radio controlled yacht regatta and night time entertainment including concerts and food tasting. With so many options and visitors from all over the world, the waters in and around Spain attract a huge boating population.
ALTHOUGH the Barcelona Boat Show was in existence for 50 years it had to cope with the fact it was held indoors so in 2012, it moved to Port Vell allowing for an interactive show on the water and has since gone from strength to strength.
Quote of the Week I would say that it’s a recovery that is decelerating a bit.’ Christine Lagarde head of the International Monetary Fund on China’s economy
FLYBE airline will be offering year-round flights between Malaga-Costa del Sol and Exeter airport in Devon following a new deal with Regional and City Airports. Seats are expected to be available from early November.
Suspicious smell Leads to arrest MOTRIL Local Police officers on patrol last week arrested a 42-year-old man after noticing a suspicious smell and finding a plastic bag containing more than a kilo of marihuana inside his car, Citizen Safety councillor Maria Angeles Escamez reported.
Driver arrested Pedestrian injured
Season ends with relatively few fires THE highest-risk season for forest fires officially ends in Malaga Province today (Thursday October 15) and in spite of intense heat it appears to have been the best year since 2010.
Between January 1 and October 11 the province had lost 333 hectares of ground to fires, the lowest figure since 2010 and well under the last decade’s averages of 1,500 per year.
Although the hot, dry conditions as summer arrived seemed likely to make it a bad season, and Infoca forest firefighting and prevention service had almost 600 workers ready to act, they reported
a relatively calm summer. Mijas was one of the main hotspots within the province, Infoca reported, while the worst blaze of the summer which broke out in Pizarra on June 24, was fought by al-
most 100 firefighters and affected 94 hectares. As of today Infoca staff will begin combining firefighting duties with prevention work to begin to prepare for next summer.
A PEDESTRIAN was run over on a zebra crossing in Nerja and badly injured on Saturday morning (October 10), the council has reported. The driver was arrested by Local Police officers for allegedly driving under the effects of alcohol.
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The tide is turning for irregular properties ‘ANOTHER STEP FORWARD,’ SOHA said
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GOOD OUTCOME: Maura Hillen (fourth from left, front row) with officials after the parliamentary session. THERE has been further good news this week for owners of homes built illegally – but purchased unknowingly – on subdivided plots of land. A bill amending Andalucia’s LOUA urban development law sailed through its first reading, meaning the next step in the process can now be taken. Philip Smalley, President of SOHA association in Axarquia, commented: “This is another step forward to legalising housing purchased by British and other buyers. “It means an amendment to the parcel
law which means that a number of houses built more than six years ago can apply for recognition and although this doesn’t make them legal it does protect them from demolition.” However, Smalley explained, this will affect about 25,000 homes in Andalucia while a further 275,000 will remain vulnerable. Maura Hillen President of AUAN association for Almeria home-owners in the same situation, attended the parliamentary session and later reported that none
of the political groups had submitted objections. Following the parliamentary session there was a brief meeting with Jose Fiscal, who heads the region’s environment and planning department, as well as PSOE and Ciudadanos MPs. “The bill will now pass to the Environment and Planning Commission and we hope that the final text will be approved as soon as possible. It would be a good Christmas present for many people,” Hillen said.
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Facebook fight breaks Nerja Council’s unity DEPUTY Mayor posts negative comments CIUDADANOS, which was until now in control of Nerja Council together with the PSOE socialist party, has broken their agreement after a fight between the two parties on Facebook. In a statement, the independent party, Cs, has announced that the pact has been withdrawn ‘irreversibly,’ after this agreement made possible the investiture of socialist Rosa Arrabal as mayor of the town after Deputy Mayor, Jose Miguel Garcia (PSOE), made negative comments about Cs on the party’s Facebook account. Specifically, the deputy mayor commented: “This is embarrassing, you need to govern more and tell fewer lies.
“Three months in charge without doing anything, only complaining, not collaborating and it is easy to criticise,” he continued. “Nerja is asking for change and you are not contributing anything.” “We would like to notify the registry of Nerja Council that the investiture pact has been broken,” read the letter, in re-
sponse to the Facebook post, continuing: “With their statements, they have betrayed our trust.” The support of Cs after the elections back on May 24, together with two other leftwing parties, made it possible for the PSOE to take control of the council and remove the Partido Popular from the town hall after 20 years in office.
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LA HERRADURA will provide a stop-over for the S By Eleanor Hawkins THIS year La Herradura has been chosen as a stop-over for the Spain Classic Raid car rally, a unique classic car race from Barcelona to Sevilla along dirt tracks. Deputy Mayor for La Herradura Juan Jose Ruiz Joya announced that the race, running from October 17 to 24, will be hosting the end of stage seven and start of stage eight on October 23 and 24 respectively. The event is of great importance to the area, Ruiz Joya said, as it will attract the attention of many extra visitors who would otherwise not know of its existence. The rally kicks off this Saturday, October 17, from Barcelona and the classic motoring jewels will be arriving in La Herradura from Tabernas (Almeria) on October 23. After staying the night, they will leave from the beach the following morning for their final run to Sevilla. This is the only regular classic car rally on dirt tracks in Spain. Altogether participants will travel 2,100 kilometres in cars aged 25 or over.
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: Classic car lovers in La H
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Herradura are in for a rare treat.
The independence dream much closer ALL parties agree to set the paperwork in motion THE different parties at Almuñecar Town Hall unanimously approved on October 8, a motion put forward by left-wing party Izquierda Unida requesting that paperwork is set in motion to allow La Herradura to become a town in its own right. All parties agreed that a commission be set up, consisting of 10 members, on behalf of all political forces existing at the council (two per party). Deputy Mayor of La Herradura Juan Jose Ruiz Joya will be appointed President of the commission and will be responsible for all documents needed to have the candidacy considered by the authorities. Ruiz Joya will be assisted by municipal experts who will evaluate the politi-
cal and legal options possible to facilitate the creation of an independent government in La Herradura. The report created by said experts is to be presented within a maximum period of four months. “Today, this municipal group has achieved a very important agreement, dare I call it, historical,” said Ruiz Joya. He continued: “I have always been convinced that this time would come, although it is now essential to tackle it with a calm approach and listen to what the residents have to say.” He then went on to thank Mayor of Almuñecar Trinidad Herrera for her understanding and support, which is expected to allow La Herradura to become an independent town.
“We understand that the feelings of the La Herradura residents are relevant, historical and fair,” said Herrera. She added: “However, it is a large-scale issue and we want to guarantee that the process is democratic and transparent and that each and every one of the La Herradura residents feels that they are being represented.”
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Festival first for cancer LA HERRADURA is hosting the first festival in aid of the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC) at the civic centre auditorium on October 24. The festival, starring local artists in collaboration with the local council, will begin at 8pm, the town hall announced. Tickets are priced at €3 and are available from the AECC offices inside La Herradura’s municipal market building.
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3 arrested for robberies in Salobreña STOLEN objects were found THREE young men from Salobreña have been arrested by the Guardia Civil as the alleged perpetrators of 1 6 b u rg l a r i e s i n h o m e s across the town. The investigation began after the owners of a property in Salobreña reported their home had been subject to a robbery on September 28 while they were sleeping. The family reported to have lost a laptop, a tablet device and two iPhones. O n t h e s a m e d a y, t h e Guardia Civil received three more official reports for similar incidents in an-
other three properties of the same residential complex. A few days later, authorities were able to find that one of the tablet devices had been found in a secondh a n d s h o p i n A l m u ñ e c a r. With the shop’s owner, they were able to find one of the suspects, which led to the detention of the other two. In several searches, officers retrieved most of the stolen objects and have charged the suspects in connection with at least 14 robbery crimes in the area of Salobreña, which occurred over the past 12 months.
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Local Police save a life in Motril LOCAL POLICE officers in Motril have been able to dissuade a man as he was apparently attempting to commit suicide. In a statement, police said that a man alerted the 092 police line saying her partner had messaged her a suicide note and pictures of several medicines he had reportedly consumed to take his own life. Authorities attended the scene immediately and found the man unconscious, lying on a couch, next to the medications he appeared to have taken. Medical staff assisted the man on the spot and took him by ambulance to the hospital, where he has been described as being in a stable condition.
LOCAL POLICE: Managed to dissuade the man from committing suicide.
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Tram controversy rumbles on in Velez-Malaga RELAUNCH would cost €1.47m By Steve Walsh REPAIRING all the damage and completing other work necessary to bring Velez-Malaga’s tram service back into service will have a cost of €1.47 million, according to a report presented on Friday, October 9, by company Ingeotrans. Transport Councillor at Velez-Malaga Town Hall, Marcelino Mendez Trelles, explained that Ingeotrans had reviewed different elements of the service, which was halted in June 2012. Amongst the aspects they have taken into account are the electricity system, the tram lines and platforms, as well as signage. Councillor Mendez Trelles claimed that the damage had been caused due to a lack of maintenance by the town council.
In addition, he explained that the deficit now amounts to €2.8 million. “We will have to see if the whole service works once the electrical system is connected; if it doesn’t, this could elevate the costs even further,” he said. The councillor continued: “We still need the collaboration of the Junta de Andalucia regional government to push the project forward and we would like to hold meetings to raise this matter.” Works to resume the tram service, according to Ingeotrans’ calculations, will take around six months if the town hall decides to go ahead. The first task is to tackle the stretch which runs from the Jurado Lorca park in Velez-Malaga to Torre del Mar’s San Andres church.
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How to help visitors with mental health needs CONSIDER who you would contact when in Spain THE Foreign Office is offering detailed advice to British citizens living in Spain on how to prepare for visits by friends or family members who have mental health issues. The advice stems from a joint campaign with the UK’s Mental Health Foundation that aims to raise awareness of how British nationals with mental health needs can prepare before travelling overseas, and is part of World Mental Health Day celebrated on October 10. British Consulates in Spain handled 67 cases involving mental health needs in 2014/15. Wi l l M i d d l e t o n , C o n sular Regional Director for Spain, said: “Staff at our consulates in Spain are
seeing more cases involving mental health. A deterioration in mental health whilst visiting a foreign country can cause considerable distress, both to the person concerned and to family and friends in Spain, as well as back in the UK. If you are hosting a friend or family member with a mental health condition, you can: • Ask if your visitor has taken out travel insurance and whether the policy covers any pre-existing mental health conditions, and has a valid European Health Insurance Card (visit www.ehic.org.uk for more information). • If the visitor is on medication, check what they
are taking and the normal dosage, and ask them to bring enough for their visit plus some extra. • Whilst they are with you, encourage your visitor to continue to take their medication even if they are feeling better because they are on holiday • Be aware that English language help for people with mental health issues may be limited in your area and that the approach of health authorities may be different. • Consider who you would contact if your guest’s mental health deteriorates while in Spain. • Make sure your own passport is valid and in a safe place, in case you need to travel in an emer-
gency. Jenny Edwards, chief executive of the Mental Health Foundation, said: “Many people in the UK with mental health conditions manage them well day to day. However, there are a few extra things to consider when travelling abroad. “Changes to your itinerary or a delayed flight could impact your mental health needs so it is important to travel prepared - pack medication in your hand luggage and keep a record of your mental health contacts in the UK in case you need to reach them. “Research your travel destination and locate the local mental health services for that country to enjoy a relaxing trip.”
DOLE QUEUES: More people out of work in September.
For more visit www.gov.uk/fco/mental-healthabroad. You can also view the FCO ‘Mental Health: Travelling Abroad’ leaflet and travel checklist on www.gov.uk.
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Five Gordo winners TWO people who bought tickets for Sunday’s ‘Gordo’ draw in Malaga were the only ones in Spain to get all five second-prize numbers and will be cashing them in for €72,027.
Best results ANDALUCIA had the best results in Spain during the summer season, with almost 74 per cent of tourism businesses in the region reporting improvements on last year, it has been reported.
Bus injuries SEVEN people were slightly injured last week in Malaga City when a bus collided with a fire engine. The bus driver said he didn’t hear the siren.
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Guinness book of records for expat Tony Matthews WRITER is believed to be the world’s most prolific football author and is about to produce his 150th TONY MATTHEWS, believed to be the world’s most prolific author/writer/co-compiler of football books, has just signed a contract to produce his 150th, entitled ‘Sir Bobby Robson: 50 Defining Fixtures.’ It will be released by Amberley Publishing of Stroud, Gloucestershire next year. Having written similar books on Jose Mourinho and Steven Gerrard, Tony has three more with the publishers; Ryan Giggs and Alan Shearer (both due out soon) and also Paul Gascoigne. Right now he is busily working on a similar publication appertaining to the career of striker Cyrille Regis who, of course, played for West Bromwich Albion, Coventry City, Aston Villa and Wolves, winning the FA Cup with the Sky Blues in 1987. Two other books recently published under Tony’s name are The Bournemouth FC Miscellany and Baggies Abroad (mini match reports of every game played by WBA away
SAMPLE: Tony at home with just some of the books he has written. from the British mainland). Tony said: “An awful lot of research goes into compiling a book of ‘50 Defining Fixtures.’ I enjoy every
minute of it, really, but it can also prove to be a bit of a nightmare, especially when you have to choose just 50 out of perhaps 500, 600 or even
more games that the player in question has appeared in. “Sorting out 50 for Giggsy was certainly tough, as he played in over 1,000 games for Manchester United and Wales. Selecting Shearer’s halfcentury out of the more than 800 matches he played also proved hard going, as did Gazza’s; he had 435 outings. “But with the help of several diehard, efficient and, indeed, helpful supporters, footage from YouTube, a variety of matchday programmes and quite a few newspapers, I got there eventually.” The photograph here shows Tony, at home in sunny Spain, with some of the football books he has had published since 1975. Over 30 have featured his home club, West Bromwich Albion, in one form or another. Still going strong, 40 years on, he is hoping that soon he will receive confirmation that he has been recognised in the Guinness Book of Records.
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Parish prepares for repair works THE San Juan parish in Velez Malaga is preparing to empty the church in an aim to enable repair works to begin as soon as possible. Although approval from the Junta de Andalucia regional government has yet to come through, the bishopric has applied for work permits for an €800,000 project to guarantee preservation of the church, one of the town’s historical jewels. Expected to take between nine and 18 months, work will include repairs to roofs and facades, renovation of the vestry and building new offices. Ten brotherhoods with religious images at the church have been informed that they have until October 31 to find a place for the artefacts and move them to other churches, while those belonging to the parish will be lodged at worshippers’ homes, Parish Priest Francisco Sanchez explained. While work is carried out, weekend services and ceremonies will be held at Santa Maria church in the De la
Walk to school trials a success GRANADA Provincial Council has been carrying out tests in Salobreña, Huetor-Vega and Santa Fe since 2010 to encourage Safe School Walks, which have had great results. So far 7,169 schoolchildren from 12 schools included in the trials have joined the scheme, which aims to create safe routes for children to walk or cycle to school and achieve traffic-free school surroundings. Other towns on the Costa Tropical and across Granada Province are being encouraged to join the scheme, which would include campaigns to help change families’ school run habits and improve streets to ensure safety.
Villa district, and Sanchez said premises near the town
centre are still needed for daily mass and to house offices.
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Rubbish in the spotlight VELEZ-MALAGA Council has announced that it is considering building a recycling plant on municipal land to reduce costs and improve the collection service. Currently waste collection is down to the Provincial Waste Consortium, which
collects rubbish for recycling and transports it to Valsequillo, located between Antequera and Bobadilla. Yet the service has serious deficiencies, Municipal Services Councillor Marcelino Mendez-Trelles has complained, and the €1.74 million cost per year is excessive.
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United against violence SO FAR this year 42 gender violence victims have received attention from social services in the Axarquia area and 32 emergency mobiles have been distributed to ensure vulnerable women’s safety. The data was provided after a meeting on Tuesday (October 13) of the Axarquia Board
for Coordination against Gender Violence, which was presided over by Andalucian Equality delegate Ana Carmen Mata, Torrox Mayor Oscar Medina and Social Services and Women’s councillor Sandra Extremera. The board aims to coordinate projects and unite forces against violence in the area.
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Cas dog show ANNUAL event held in Nerja
Crash injures 3 officers THREE Guardia Civil officers were injured on duty on Tuesday (October 13) in a traffic accident in Villanueva del Trabuco. Emergency Services received a call at 6.20pm alerting them to an accident at kilometre 14 on the A-92M road and ambulances and Guardia Civil traffic officers were sent to the scene. The officers and one arrestee (who was also reported to have been injured in the crash) were taken to Antequera Hospital, Emergency Services reported.
DOG SHOW: There will also be a parade of dogs who are looking for a home. CAS, Costa Animal Society, will celebrate their annual dog show in collaboration with Nerja Town Hall Foreigners Department on October 17. This year, it will be held in a different location, at the Square Plaza de España, behind the town hall. Inscriptions can be made from 12pm. J udging w ill
start at 1pm and there will be an obedience and agility display by the dog academy at 2pm. All dogs, non-pedigree and pedigree are welcome to participate. There will also be a bar with hot dogs, hamburgers and many other products. Cat egor i es i ncl ude best trick, best rescue dog, dog wi t h waggi est t ai l , f ancy
dress, best rescue bitch, and veteran dog over 10 years. In addition, from 2.20pm to 3pm, there will be a parade of dogs who are waiting to find their own home. Karaolina Jaskowiak and Vera Newing will be the guest judges. In case of rain, the event will be postponed to Saturday October 24.
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Great numbers on Rincon’s coasts
COASTAL AREA: Professionals ensured the safety of beachgoers this summer. THE lifeguarding, prevention and surveillance service across Rincon de la Victoria’s beaches has registered more than 5,000 interventions during the summer season. The information was released by Civil Protection councillor, Javier Lopez. Mayor of the town, Encarnacion Anaya, has praised the work of all professionals who have ensured the safety and surveillance of beachgoers this summer and guaranteed the calmness and good use of the
coastal areas. As many as 18 rescues of people at risk of drowning have been performed this year in the town; there were 13 cases in which children were lost and there were seven patients who needed to be taken to the hospital after accidents on the beach. The team was made up of 22 (lifeguards, drivers, nurses, etc), distributed in 11 surveillance towers placed at different points on the coasts.
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American International Club of Nerja dinner GROUP has also given their support to the soup kitchen
SOCIAL ORGANISATION: Members of the American International Club. By John Smith THE American International Club is a social club serving the area from Almunecar to Torrox with a philanthropic focus on raising funds for Spanish charities. Every year, a significant donation is given to a local Spanish organisation or organisations as a way of saying ‘thank you’ to their members’ host country. The fifth annual charity dinner event, entitled; ‘Make it a Magical Night for Charity,’ will be held on Saturday, November 7 at Hotel Almazara Rural, Los Tablazos, 197, 29788 Frigiliana, to raise money for the club’s charity (ONG) fund.
The price is €35 and will include a pre-cocktail party with a silent auction, magic with Luciano, dinner with wine and dancing to the Flying Dolphins. Donations for the silent auction are valued at over €10,000 and include international travel, local dining, home and garden, fitness, health and beauty and more! All are invited for this fun evening. Reservations are required and can be made by contacting nerjaclub@yahoo.com or by calling 627 168 943. You may also reserve a VIP table for an additional €50 which includes a no-wait check-in queue, special wine and other amenities.
This year, the organisation has collaborated with the local food bank, Nerja Solidaria, with monthly donations. In addition, the group has given their support to the soup kitchen in Velez-Malaga, Comedor Solidario de Velez-Malaga. The club hosts monthly outings, bowling, walks, dinners, travel and informal coffee meetings. Since 2008, the American International Club has made almost €10,000 in donations to a range of local charities and organisations. Even with all this work, their motto is: ‘If it isn’t fun, we don’t do it.’ For more information, visit www.americaninternationalclu b.com.
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Nerja Book Centre 35 years on...
CHEERS! Laura, Rob and Leslie raise a glass to their customers. THE team at the Nerja Book Centre would like to say a huge thank you to all of those that helped make the anniversary celebrations a success, not to mention those that have supported the family business throughout the last 35 years. Customers enjoyed a glass of cava while browsing the immense selection of books and a lucky few were winners of the raffle, receiving prizes such as a signed copy of ‘Shadow of the Wind’ by Carlos Ruiz Zafon and a first edition boxed set of ‘Angela’s Ashes’ and ‘Tis’ by Frank McCourt.
“Nerja Book Centre has been a lifeline for international customers with the need to read.” “Thank you for running a great book shop, and valued part of expat life in Nerja.” “The Nerja Book Centre is a testament to small family businesses in what now is a time of importance to support any local establishment, not to mention the effects of the electronic book industry. So, Viva Nerja Book Centre and may you enjoy many more anniversaries to come!” These were just some of the comments made by happy customers who attended the party.
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Equality goals for girls TO MARK the International Day of the Girl Child on Sunday (October 11) Motril pledged to follow the United Nations’ goals on the matter and continue to do everything possible to promote equality. This year’s UN theme, The Power of the Adolescent Girl: Vision for 2030, encourages society to acknowledge girls’ rights and the challenges and vulnerability they face worldwide. Goals include ensuring sufficient investment in education and training to prepare girls for life, work and leadership and fighting violence in all forms.
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Three held for spate of burglaries AT LEAST seven properties targeted by a gang of three THREE men have been arrested by the National Police in Malaga City for allegedly breaking into at least seven homes in Alcaucin, VelezMalaga, Canillas de Aceituno and Rincon de la Victoria. Investigations began at the end of September when officers on patrol near a secondhand shop in the city witnessed an exchange of electronic goods for cash between passengers in a car and two people known to trade in illicit goods. After confiscating the goods, officers found they had been reported stolen from a home in
Alcaucin. Further investigations led officers to believe that the three men, aged 33, 32 and 29, drove round quiet residential complexes to choose a target. Two of the men were in charge of breaking in through windows or back doors using tools they later buried on empty building plots, while the driver kept watch at complex entrances. The three were charged with burglary, belonging to a criminal gang and resisting arrest, and the case referred to the courts.
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AENA to entice airlines to open flights to Granada LATEST offer will join last year’s incentives It is welcome news for the economy in Granada and comes after last year’s offers from AENA to airlines. The initial offers AENA, the Spanish public body that included 100 per cent off the passenger owns and operates the majority of airports charge for airlines opening a in Spain, is offering new route to Granada and airlines reductions of 75 per cent off the passenger up to €300,000 if they charge for airlines already open flights to Granaflying there. A connections da airport. benefit was also launched AENA is the which saw a 30 per cent disworld’s largest airport the number of count for new flight connecoperator with 47 airairports in Spain tions operating in Granada. ports in Spain. In coloperated by AENA The latest offer will join laboration with busilast year’s incentives which nesses and institutions will stay in place. Granada airport has yearly in the Granada technical forum, it has capacity of 2.5 million possible passengers launched this initiative to increase the and its figures last year amounted to 650,544 traffic at Granada’s Federico Garcia Lorpassengers. ca airport. By Declan Scanlan
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Masons raise €4,500 for the Butterfly Children Charity SO far €4,500 has been raised but they are hoping this amount will increase in the future
Photo Credit Butterfly Children Charityhttps://es-es.facebook.com/butterflychildrencharity.
IN FLIGHT: Elvin Burdon, 71 undertook a parachute drop.
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AS previously reported in EWN Elvin Burdon, 71 and his friend Manni Scharre, 65 were due to undertake a sponsored parachute drop with proceeds being donated by the Freemasons of Andalucía to the Butterfly Children Charity. Following many months of preparation and raising awareness for the cause, the day finally came and on September 26, the two of them bravely jumped 15,000ft out of an aeroplane to complete this challenge of a lifetime. After the thrill of achieving their aim, Elvin said “The suffering of the children with butterfly skin is always in my head. Charity to me is more than just putting my hand in my pocket, I feel happy and proud that I was able to do something significant to help them.” The amount of €4,500 has been raised to date, but this will no doubt increase as the story of their bravery and persistence is repeated around Spain.
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Beautician arrested A WOMAN has been arrested in Antequera for selling laser hair removal treatments in advance to more than 300 people before closing down her beautician salon. Each victim paid between €800 and €1,000 in advance for sessions they never received, the National Police reported.
Mountain rescue FIREFIGHTERS had to rescue a 36-year-old woman on Sunday (October 11) when she sprained an ankle while abseiling in Juzcar. The woman was taken to Ronda hospital, 112 Emergency Services reported.
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MURCIA Town Hall has announced it is to increase its translation and interpretation services to provide a better service to non-Spanish speakers in the municipality.
RESIDENTS in the Camp Redo district of Palma complain the charred remains of a motorbike which caught fire more than two weeks ago are still in the street. The fire also damaged a parking meter.
RECORDED robberies in Alicante fell by 16.3 per cent during the first half of the year and the region now has the lowest crime rate in its recorded history, with just 48.3 crimes per 1,000 population.
ACCORDING to bylaws now being drafted, bike lanes segregated from traffic are not reserved for cyclists as they are now. Instead they are designed to be used by ‘bicycles, wheelchairs and tricycles for those with reduced mobility, skates, skateboards and similar.’
A MAN has been jailed for one year by a Malaga Provincial Court for threatening, spitting at and injuring National Police officers at Marbella court in November 2014 when they were escorting him before a judge to declare regarding a robbery.
Deal suggested
Attacked aunt
CIRCULO MERCANTIL, owners of Almeria City’s Teatro Cervantes, proposed ceding it free of charge to the municipal corporation for at least 70 years. In exchange city hall would renovate the building.
A MALAGA woman who attacked her aunt during an argument, leaving her scratched and bruised, has had her appeal rejected and 50 days of community work confirmed by a Malaga provincial court.
Motorway accident Canine exhibitions TWO people were injured in a car accident on the AP-7 motorway at the height of Dolores. The car they were travelling in overturned for reasons unknown with the two occupants being taken to Torrevieja Hospital.
Geriatric centre THE PP in Catral is calling for a commission to be created to get a geriatric centre opened in the town after the original concession to create the centre went into bankruptcy leaving the building abandoned.
Historical memory ALICANTE has dedicated a tribute to Miguel Grau, a victim of political violence of the Transition. Grau died after being hit with a brick whilst he was sticking up a poster for ‘freedom and the statute of autonomy.’
New signs MURCIA’S tourist attractions are being highlighted with new signs being installed on major roads in the Region.
THE canine guide unit of Palma National Police carried out several exhibitions at centres for the elderly demonstrating the skills which the dogs have acquired much to the delight of those attending.
Plant fire FIREMEN took almost six hours to extinguish a fire at ses Veles recycling plant near Son Reus in Bunyola. It affected a pile of cars which had been crushed for recycling. It did not reach the warehouse.
Unhappy customers TWO youths were charged by Local Police for causing bodily harm after allegedly beating a mechanic at a workshop in Manacor because they were not pleased with the service he had provided.
Free eye tests THE Salva Clinic with the Juaneda Care Network gave 40 children under the age of six free eye tests as part of a prevention campaign carried out by the Bona Llum Oftalmedic Foundation to mark Sight Day.
Double fines THE new traffic laws in Crevillent include penalties for certain offences, with the aim of improving road safety. Tougher fines for drink driving or driving while under the influence of drugs have been introduced, including penalties of up to €1,000.
Cancer awareness
Orange alert
THE Cancer Association of La Nucia has organised for the fourth consecutive year an awareness and fundraising day for Sunday October 18, starting at 11.30am in the Placa Major, to join the national campaign #SúmateAlRosa marking the International Day Against Breast Cancer.
CITRUS fruit production for 2015-2016 is expected to drop by 11 per cent in Andalucia but Almeria Province is predicted to have a 4.7 per cent fall.
Self-Employment BENIDORM has organised a course to promote self-employment. The Councillor Maria Jesus Pinto, yesterday presented a new Training Programme for Entrepreneurship, aimed at both unemployed people seeking self-employment and young people who have started or want to start a new business project.
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Officially open SPANISH president Mariano Rajoy officially opened 10 kms between Carchuna and Castell de Ferro (Granada) that cost €135 million - €13.5 million per km of the final section of the A-7.
Problem ironed out IRON ore from the reopened Alquife mines will be transported in closed shipping containers. The ore will go by rail to Gador and then by road to the ports.
Fifth school ALHAURIN de la Torre has presented a request for the Junta de Andalucia regional government to build a secondary school to meet the town’s educational needs.
Clean streets COIN Council has put out a call to local residents requesting their help to keep the streets clean. Locals are reminded there are set times to put out rubbish and dog mess must be cleared up.
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Support up for same-sex unions SPANISH acceptance has risen by 28 per cent By Steve Walsh AS many as 84 per cent of people in Spain support same-sex marriage, according to the most recent data released by the European Commission. The Eurobarometre shows that Spain is amongst the countries in the European Union which show more support for LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) marriages, only beaten by the Netherlands with 91 per cent, Sweden 90 per cent and Denmark 87 per cent. The highest opposition encountered to such marriages in Europe can be found in Bulgaria, where only 17 per cent of citizens are in favour of them; in Latvia it’s 19 per cent and Romania 21 per cent. The report on discrimination against the LGBT community was compiled using data from May and June of 2015 and
shows that Spanish support for same-sex marriage has gone up by 28 per cent since 2006, when the law allowing people of the same gender to marry had already been in existence for one year, as back then, support was only at 56 per cent. In addition, the 1,000 interviewed people in Spain were asked whether or not they thought gay, lesbian and bisexual individuals should have the same rights as heterosexual people. Most of them - 90 per cent - answered in a positive way to this question, and were only beaten by the percentage registered in the Netherlands (96 per cent) and Sweden (95 per cent). Women tend to accept the rights of the LGBT community more readily than men, 73 per cent as opposed to 68 per cent of men.
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Injured in shooting SWEDEN: An investigation has opened in west Sweden after two men, aged 20 and 25, were injured in a shooting near an apartment block in Borås. Borås has around 66,000 residents and is one of the country’s key student cities.
Crisis point SWEDEN’S refugee centres are reaching saturation point. The country’s migration agency is calling for gyms and disaster shelters to be used to accommodate the overflow with 1,500 asylum requests coming in each day.
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No fly zone over home FOR security reasons THE Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been given permission to enforce a no-fly zone over their home Anmer Hall in Norfolk, to prevent photos being taken for security reasons.
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Exports boost GERMANY is on course for another record year of exports in 2015 despite a drop of 5.2 per cent in August compared with the previous month. Germany sold 6.6 per cent more goods abroad in the first eight months of 2015 than in 2014.
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LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn is accused of snubbing the Queen after he was expected to be sworn in to the Privy Council, which involves kneeling in front of the monarch, but he declined the invitation.
DEUTSCHE Bank has warned that it would post a net loss of €6.2 billion in the third quarter and that dividends for the year may be scrapped.
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Baby battle A COUPLE from Surrey have launched a legal battle to win back their child who was put up for adoption after they were wrongly accused of abusing their baby.
Bake off A RECORD-BREAKING 14.5 million people watched Nadiya Hussain win the 2015 Great British Bake Off; two million more than last year’s final, showing the growing popularity in the baking show.
A FOSSIL in Frankfurt of a pregnant horse and foetus is believed to be 48 million years old and is the oldest of its kind known to science. It was found in 2000 but analysis has only now been completed on the fossil.
Asylum seekers
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NORWAY has said it expects to receive 20,000-25,000 asylum seekers in 2015, an increase of the 11,480 people who sought asylum in the country last year.
POLICE in Darmstadt have confirmed that shredded euro notes which have been found in various spots across the city, are real. Police estimate the total value of the money to be between €15,000 and €20,000.
Nobel prize
German gold
SWEDISH cancer researcher Tomas Lindahl was awarded with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Aziz Sancar and Paul Modrich. Lindahl is only the fourth Swedish Chemistry laureate ever.
THE Federal Bank has released a detailed list of all the gold Germany owns, hoping to settle fears it has been exaggerating its wealth. The list stretches to 2,300 pages showing Germany owns 270,316 bars of gold.
Lion autopsy DENMARK’S Odense Zoo is preparing to perform a public autopsy on a lion today (Thursday). It has been scheduled during the autumn school break. In 2014 Copenhagen Zoo performed an autopsy for schoolchildren.
Swedish summer SWEDEN: A record number of foreign tourists visited Sweden this summer. Tourists travelling to the Nordic country from abroad spent a total of 387,000 more nights in Swedish hotels compared to last summer.
WIND TURBINES: The Netherlands is not meeting its national target quickly enough.
Not green enough just yet IN five years time green energy will not be as high as wanted DESPITE the rise in the number of wind turbines and solar panels, the Netherlands is not meeting national target quickly enough. Forecasts say in five years time green energy will account for 11.9 per cent of the total, not 14 per cent as wanted.
Facebook fines EIGHT people who left discriminatory and inflammatory state-
DUTCH PRESS ments on Facebook to support the anti-Islam PVV have been fined between €350 and €450.
Going Chinese A DUTCH football club could go
Chinese after Beijing Investment Company was found to be considering investing €35m in Heerenveen premier division football club.
Sales increase HOUSE prices and sales are rising. Real estate organisation NVM said its member agents sold 37,277 houses in the third quarter of this year, a rise of 27 per cent on a year ago.
Not staying A SURVEY has shown than most Syrian refugees in Germany fled their country out of fear for their lives and want to return home when it’s safe.
No quick solution GERMAN Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has said there will be no quick-and-easy solutions in the refugee crisis but promised that Germany would push for the EU to share the burden of the refugee crisis more evenly.
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Car charging FIRST point has been installed in a car park
CAR CHARGING: To help promote the eco-friendly means of transport. THE first charging point for electric cars has been installed in a Moscow car park to help promote the eco-friendly means of transport.
Radioactive waste
Russian bombing continues RUSSIA is continuing its air campaign in Syria despite western concerns saying it would target militant group Islamic State. Planes have also bombed rebel groups opposed to the Syrian President.
AIR CAMPAIGN: Targeting Syria.
RESIDENTS and environmentalists have appealed to President Vladimir Putin to stop the planned construction of a radioactive waste processing facility near Lake Baikal in eastern Siberia, saying it could endanger a unique ecosystem.
tics. The licence was declined because of Western sanctions imposed over the Ukrainian crisis.
Alcohol crackdown
NGO bankruptcy
A CRACKDOWN has been launched on counterfeit alcohol products and equipment for their production, in a bid to tackle the rising problem of illegal alcohol in Russia. All unlicensed products with over 25 per cent alcohol are to be destroyed.
HUMAN rights organisation ‘Committee Against Torture’ has filed for bankruptcy after being given fines totalling 900,000 rubles (€12,700) after it refused to register as a ‘foreign agent;’ a requirement by law for all NGOs that receive foreign funding.
Tumbling down
Wedding rules
BBC worldwide have refused to license production of a Russian version of the BBC’s ‘Tumble’ show in which celebrities train and compete in gymnas-
GROZNY, capital of Russia’s Chechen Republic, has issued a new ordinance banning cake-cutting and indecent dance moves at weddings ‘to safe-
guard the spiritual and moral development’ of the republic’s youngsters.
Memorial plaques PLAQUES have been unveiled in the West Siberian branch of Russian Railways to mark visits by late leaders Kim II Sung and Kim Jong II in 1984 and 2001, in a ceremony attended by the North Korean ambassador to Russia.
Planning ahead GRAVES have been dug in the eastern Siberian city of Chita for Second World War veterans who are still alive, as the cemetery is running out of space and because it will be too cold to dig graves in winter.
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Lies, damned lies and statistics but the NSI would beg to differ By John Smith THE quote above is attributed to Benjamin Disraeli from the 19th century but is still relevant today and the National Statistics Institute has just released figures
is the number of music and language teachers in posts in 2007 and still employed in 2015
BANK: Europe’s most valuable bank was fined in June.
Santander fails to keep its fine secret THE Spanish banking giant was recently fined €1m for allegedly breaking laws against money laundering and terrorism financing and reportedly tried to delay the announcement of this fine. Ministers approved the fine for Santander, the Eurozone’s most valuable bank, in June for “a very serious offence,”
showing the percentage of people who still held their jobs in 2015 compared to 2007. There are presumably three reasons for the changes, being age of the person, state of the economy and simple movement
“My understanding is that it was a couple of software engineers who put these in.” Michael Horn, chief executive of VW’s US operation explaining that the board was innocent.
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Spain’s Supreme Court said in a written ruling on October 7 and, whilst not giving specific details, revealed that it breached a “law for the prevention of money laundering and financing of terrorism.” In the ruling, the court rejected Santander’s request to delay news of the fine being published.
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Honda keeps on growing HONDA has seen a strengthening in the value of its brand for the third year in a row. International consultancy, Interbrand, have recently published the 2015 edition of its Best Global Brands ranking, placing Honda as the 19th most valuable global brand. Honda’s brand was valued in excess of €19 billion, an increase of 6 per cent compared to 2014.
VW change VOLKSWAGEN has appointed Hans Dieter Poetsch as its new chairman, following a board meeting to discuss the emissions scandal. Mr Poetsch said it would be “some time” before the carmaker could uncover the details of the test cheating. Earlier, Volkswagen said it expected to start a recall of cars affected by the scandal in January. All affected cars will be fixed by the end of 2016, it said.
Messi situation all round ALTHOUGH the prosecution has announced that Lionel Messi should not be charged with defrauding the Treasury of €4.1 million in evaded tax and called for the case against the footballer be dropped, the judge has rejected their advice and has decided that both Messi and his father should be sent to trial.
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The trial will take place in Vilanova i la Geltru on a date still to be set and despite the fact that Messi paid a ‘deposit’ covering the amount outstanding, plus interest, in 2013, there is a possibility that he could be jailed for up to 22 months if found guilty and his father for up to 18 years.
from one position to another but the list shows music and language teachers having the most stable jobs and travel agents and receptionists having the least, with civil servants and accountants ranking a close second.
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Discounted LBG shares CUT-PRICE shares in Lloyds Banking Group are to be sold to the public next year in a move that will complete the sale of the taxpayer’s stake in the bailed-out institution. About £2 billion (€2.8 billion) in shares (half the amount first indicated by Prime Minister David Cameron in April) are to be sold directly to consumers, who can register their interest on a government website.
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Most Declined LDR Holding Corporation Cadiz, Inc. Super Micro Computer, Inc. Carolina Bank Holdings Inc. Ultralife Corporation BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Mattson Technology, Inc. China BAK Battery, Inc. Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Apollo Education Group, Inc. Flex Pharma, Inc.
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Groceries now available from Amazon Spain
DISTRIBUTION: Company to compete with supermarket chains such as Carrefour, Mercadona and Hipercor. By John Smith AMAZON SPAIN has just entered the Spanish grocery market via a new ‘Supermarket’ section on the amazon.es portal but at this stage is not offering fresh produce.
Malaga firm is offering easy downloads UP until now, if you wanted to download an app for an iPhone or iPad you had to go via Apple and for an android app, via Google, but now a Malaga based company, Uptodown.com, is offering a third, and possibly better, option. It was founded by Luis Hernández and his university friend Pepe Dominguez, who worked together on computers while studying at the University of Malaga and, unlike the Google Play Store or Apple’s App Store, it is available to anyone, anywhere in the world, and is free for both users and app developers. According to their Facebook page, https://es-es.facebook.com/Uptodown the company was formed in 2002, but it was only four years ago that they moved their business into the mobile arena and things have taken off so well that they are now said to be in the top 300 most visited websites. Having expanded to a staff of 45, and with the ability to communicate in 13 different languages, they make their money by selling banners on their site.
Following its activities in other world markets, it is taking on local supermarket chains such as Carrefour, Mercadona and Hipercor by offering a wide range of non-perishable foods and cleaning products.
It boasts that orders can be delivered within 24 hours and subscribers to Amazon Prime won’t have to pay delivery charges. In addition, the company is offering same-day delivery of items ordered before 2.45pm for
Madrid residents as that is where its distribution centre is situated. In the UK, the group is about to run out its Amazon Fresh line which will include fresh food, although industry insiders have questioned whether the
e-commerce giant will be able to offer the same wide range of fresh products as the supermarkets and Ocado. Time will tell but, in the meantime, there is yet another choice of supplier on the Internet.
Keep up motivation on the job hunt Loose change Jane Plunkett A look at finance for females SPAIN isn’t exactly a country that is flush with employment opportunities at the moment, so job hunting can take its toll, even on the strongest and most positive of us. It eats up all of our time, while sending out CV after CV and then rarely even getting a cordial response from prospective employers is exhausting. Often, when we start out in search of a job, we’re full of beans, only to lose enthusiasm half way through when the phone fails to ring offering us a job or even an interview. The search can quickly get disheartening, but this is where the danger lies. It is important, no matter how hard the struggle to find work is, to keep up motivation. Keep busy: Don’t let yourself get down in the dumps about not having a job and end up watching crappy TV on the sofa every day.
Stay focused and motivated. For example, make sure all your professional social media profiles a re up to da te a nd optimis e d for employers. Spe nd your free time developing a pe rs ona l website to showcase your expertise, past work and portfolio. There are numerous free website templates available online and it doesn’t take a techgenius to figure them out. Ask for help: Use the expertise of friends and fa mily to he lp you a long your way. Have someone you trust review your CV and other application materials or even practise interviews with you. Depending on your profession, maybe set up networking meetings,
just to stay in the loop and maintain contacts. Stay focused: Everyone likes to see results. When we don’t, we tend to get down and demotivated, thinking all our hard work is for nothing. It’s important, therefore, to keep track of your progress. Each evening, write a list of things you have accomplished in a given day or week. Simple things like this will allow you to see results and keep your mind driven. Stay positive: Failing to achieve s ome thing can be a m ot i vat i on killer, so don’t be hard on yourself. Learn from your failures and move on. A posi t i ve m i nd i s a healthy mind.
BE BUSY: Don’t get yourself down.
Stay positive: Don’t be hard on yourself, learn from your failures and move on. A positive mind is a healthy mind.
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Round pegs for round holes The truth is that if you were to put Sergei on reception it would be a nightmare. Happily, this role is filled by Alina and Yulia; both ladies are as bright as a soldier’s tunic button.
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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IT is said that if you want to study human behaviour, watch your fellow man when using an airport. It works: To deter terrorist intentions, New York’s JFK Airport once engaged two psychiatrists to keep an eye open for oddball passengers who looked out of place, stressed and jittery. As it never occurred to the men’s employers to inform either of the other’s presence, one psychiatrist arrested the other for displaying such bizarre behaviour. The fact is that we are all different. As we go through life we find we are occasionally square pegs in round holes. Does this apply to any of your staff too? Running a business calls upon delegation skills. Identifying the abilities and personalities of staff is the essence of good management. This belief came into sharp focus when, as
Running a business calls upon identifying the abilities of your staff.
BRIGHT: Hotel receptions, for example, require happy, smiling employees. usual, we stayed at our favourite hotel in Riga; Sergei, bless him, has never been known to smile let alone say good morning. The employee is, in a four-letter word, sour. Howev-
er, to his eternal credit, Sergei is their masterful Jack-of-all trades and Mr Fix-It. He is the man with the handyman skills to keep the hotel running smoothly.
Meeting, greeting and pressing the flesh is their speciality; they know their job inside out, they remember their clients and when they discovered it was my birthday, they arranged for me to receive a gift of chocolates and wine in my room. Our hotel’s owners must take a bow. Each member of staff is perfectly suited to their working role. It is too often forgotten that employers and employees, yes, family included if they are on the payroll, are nature-made to be team players. If they lack skills essential to their job then put them in a role more suited to them; instruct or replace them.
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The price of fame and fortune SIR TOM JONES’S wife has paid a heavy cost LEAPY LEE SAYS IT
OTHERS THINK IT I’M a firm believer in the old adage that sooner or later the truth will out. With this week’s revelations concerning the attitude and antics of Sir Tom Jones, my beliefs have proved to be correct. His disgraceful statements about his relationship with his wife Linda came as no surprise to me whatsoever. Heaven only knows my infidelities are nothing to be proud of, but I most certainly would never dream of describing any of my exes as ‘losing their spark’ or ‘not looking as good as they used to’. This was of course typical of this unfeeling, self-serving individual, who is so far up himself he didn’t even see anything wrong in making statements of this kind. I happened to know his wife Linda in those far off days. I actually knew her quite well. During one of our many conversations she told me that when he first began to hit the big time he gave her an ultimatum. He
SUPER-STAR: But Sir Tom is no super human being.
told her that she could either give him a free rein to do exactly as he pleased and live a life of luxury as a pop star’s wife, or divorce him and go back to Pontypridd. Poor Linda, she was so in love with him she chose the former and subsequently suffered the consequences. Is it any wonder she has become a reclusive alcoholic? No, Sir Tom has a record of dumping people who were no longer any use to him. Soon after hitting the big time he dropped his faithful group The Squires, who had been with him from day one, without a penny of compensation to soften the blow. A few years ago he asked one of them to visit his house as he had a large amount of clothes he wanted to get rid of. After taking up the offer and choosing a number of items, his none too wealthy, ex-group member was totally gob-smacked when Tom asked him for £60 in payment. I could go on but have no space. If you want more you need to order this ole boy’s autobiography. All info on my email. Keep the faith, Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
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Important to check history of vehicles AS part of this series, we answer some common driving questions, kindly provided by members of the Guardia Civil based in Torrevieja, Costa Blanca, who set up the N332 website and Facebook page to help break down barriers. IN the UK, a warning has been issued by vehicle history check experts HPI about the hidden administrative risks when buying a used car. The latest survey reveals that 42 per cent of used car buyers do not know who legally owns a car that has finance owing on it. Answer; the finance house, which also has the legal right to repossess that vehicle at any time without warning. Nearly a quarter of those surveyed assumed the car belongs to the person named on the vehicle’s log book, highlighting the extent of misconception amongst consumers. The good news for those buying from a dealer is that if they discover later that the vehicle is on finance and repossessed, they will be protected by Innocent Purchaser Protection (IPP) and will be able to get their money back. HPI recommends you always conduct a vehicle history check before you buy as it will tell you if the car has outstanding finance on it and enables you to ensure that the finance agreement is concluded before you complete the purchase. In Spain, similar checks can be conducted through the website of the traffic department, the DGT, via the website www.dgt.es. On the front page of the website under ‘Trámites y multas’ you will see a link that reads ‘Informe del Vehiculo.’ The vehicle registry in Spain is managed by the DGT but the information con-
VEHICLE HISTORY: Check before you buy.
tained in the database is available to members of the public who have a legitimate reason for requesting the data. If you know the vehicle number plate or chassis number you can find out details as the vehicle ownership, specifications, number of previous owners, administrative status and ITV expiration date. Your identification by means of a digital certificate needs to be provided in order to obtain the information record and there is a small administration fee for obtaining the information which can be paid for by credit or debit card, although the fee is considerably lower than the financial risk of purchasing a car with a dubious history or has sanctions imposed against it.
Is the list of renters private?
The Administrators are quite right, in fact. They have obtained private information about where people are lodging and they can legally use it only for the purpose as-
one NOT on the list through the gate! The Administrator refused to send out this information to all owners but they have given a list of names to the Security Guard. The Administrators say they cannot give the list of names to anyone because of the data protection law! Surely, the President and other owners have a right to see the list?
David Searl You and the Law in Spain
signed. They give the list to the guard for control but
L.K. (Almeria)
Information can only be used for purpose assigned. they cannot publish it for general knowledge.
Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
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The true cost of socalled cheap flights ‘NO FRILLS’ airlines ask for more, more and more Mike Senker
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We live in a gated Community of 45 apartments in a coastal village in Almeria. We have had problems during the music festival period, when rented apartments had 15 or more young people in them. They partied around the pool until the early hours, disrupting owners and their families. This year at the AGM we voted to employ a security guard and give him a list of people staying in each apartment and not allow any-
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CHEAP flights are great if you book a year in advance. I remember my first ‘no frills’ flight: It was when I was still working and I was in the USA going to a trade show in Las Vegas; tough job but someone had to do it. Anyway, I can’t remember the airline but somehow I’d finished up in Dallas and needed to get to Las Vegas. I found this airline doing these flights for about a third of the price of everybody else and was informed it was a new service so I booked it, boarded and sat in my seat. The air hostess came round (this was before political correctness, when they became ‘cabin crew’) and finally got to me and with a big smile asked if I would like to have something to eat: “Hmm, what are the choices?” I enquired. She looked at me and without missing a beat said, “The choices, sir, are YES! or NO!” I have hated them ever since.
Firstly, most of the time they are not cheap unless, as I said, you book way in advance. Years ago, and I’m sure some of you remember, the deals were all last minute but now if you want to fly within a couple of weeks these no frills airlines are more expensive than a regular flight. The flight is £200, a case £50, to book a seat £20, speedy boarding £20, and what nonsense that is if you have to get a bus to the plane! Then there’s £15 for food on the plane and you never get your first choice! I remember airlines like Monarch; you booked your flight and you had a case allowance, food on the plane, a movie and, if you needed it, a pillow and blanket which are now sold as a ‘comfort pack!’ Then there are the scratch cards. I just booked a flight from Gib to Heathrow with BA which worked out at half the price of going easyJet and it included a case and food. Bring back the all-in price I say. I want to see the price it’s going to cost, end of. Not plus, plus, plus. I won’t even talk about Ryanair, that’s a full-page article on its own. Suffice to say, if the world of airlines needed an enema the tube would go in Ryanair!!!
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It’s no surprise that Thatcher’s fans don’t like Jeremy Corbyn REGARDING ‘comrade’ Corbyn: I have just read your silly diatribe, Leapy. Of course you can afford to sneer at the first Labour politician in 60 years who really cares about poor people. And the first honest one for many years. I suppose you prefer that nice, lying Mr Blair - but more likely still, you’re a Thatcher fan. Pull the ladder up, eh? Andrew, by email
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I READ your article in this week’s paper and couldn’t agree more. I recently lost my Russian Blue cat who was also a rescue and would be interested in giving a home to the grey kitten featured. Can you send me some more info. ie, is he a male, a solid grey with perhaps darker rings on the tail, short haired, a photo would be appreciated. I realise the kitten is of mixed parentage but being solid grey he is likely to have Russian Blue in him and they are quite distinctive. Look forward to hearing from you. Regards, Lorraine
No tradition NO doubt a little late, but I have just read your full page spread on the burro taxi. I applaud Mark Bajerski in all he wants to do. Having lived in this area for almost 10 years now, I have seen some slight improvement in the care that these poor animals receive. But it is still a long way short of satisfactory, and the news that one poor donkey was at the receiving end of a beating and kicking in full view of the public, suggests to me that this is still commonplace treatment, though probably kept out of general sight. Sixty years a ‘tradition’ in Mijas is not that long really, and the suggestions, by Mark in your article, for change in the way they are used should be implemented. I am sure that The Donkey Sanctuary are responsible for many improvements in Mijas, but it is time that Mijas Town Hall stands up and actually does something to monitor the plight of these animals. Talk Is Cheap! Go, Mark Bajerski, go! Sue Barkes, by email
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Leader’s terrorist friends IN response to Bryan Beckingham’s letter in the Euro Weekly News: As usual, he has either ignored, or is unaware of, the most serious and very disturbing side of Corbyn and that is his love affair with Islam which could ultimately have very serious consequences for the country. I believe that Corbyn is either a naive fool or a potential traitor. Jeremy Corbyn, as the new leader of The Labour Party, has a slew of associations with Islamist extremists, more than any other leading British politician. He has many problematic associations with Islamists and known terrorists. These connections are made all the more galling in the light of his victory in Labour’s leadership election, putting him in the position of being the only leader of a major British political party to have called terrorists his ‘friends.’ Vivienne Pimm, by email
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Donkey taxis THE donkey taxi tradition must end. Trying to improve their lot is doomed to failure. Whether they earn their keep or not, their lives are miserable and painful. When tourists ask what happened to
the famous donkeys of Mijas, they will learn that the cruel owners and handlers had no right to torture such gentle animals, so the enlightened local town hall stopped it. This is the only way. Sue Reeve, Alhaurin Golf
Comparison is a disgrace HOLA. Now I know this idiot Lee has finally lost the plot. To compare Corbyn
to Charles Manson is a bl***y disgrace. He should be ashamed of himself. We all know Lee’s a fervent, rightwing, Tory-supporting, flag-waving patriot (who’s lived abroad for years). Even his name brings me out in a rash. For your information, he’s committed; there are some of his ideals that don’t sit well with me, but he’s been elected, just like the Bullingdon bunch. We have to have them dictating to us for years so shut the hell up, Leapy (my God, change the name). Philip, San Fulgencio
I WAS interested to read the article about the new electricity tariffs. We had solar panels installed for €1,595 and they have halved our electricity bills. They were made in Spain and are guaranteed for 25 years. From bills of about €90 per month we now only pay between €40 and €50, so the panels should pay for themselves in no time! Pete Sergio, via EWN website
Rocky thanks MANY thanks for yet another great article on the Salon Varietes’ latest production: The Rocky Horror Show. Nice photo too! And we are all happy to see the regular ad for the theatre bar in each week! Thank you again! Geoff Stansfield, SALVA Publicity
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Russia’s wild (open) west
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WITH vast, empty lands available for cultivation, Western Europeans may choose to migrate Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.
WHIMSICAL as it may sound, modern day Russia could offer a solution to an overpopulated and overrun Western Europe. According to the Moscow Times, there is a desperate need to populate regions that would benefit from cultivation. As a solution, it served mankind well for a millennium and more. Forget the myth that Siberia is relentless frozen tundra. Much of south-east Russia enjoys a temperate climate similar to Northern Europe’s or that of Canada. Over-populated England has the opposite problem to underpopulated Russia. From the 1600s, economic exile, emigration, transportation, assisted passage, coercion, indentured slavery and wars took pressure off England’s unsustainable population expansion. Today, contraception, abortion and family planning are equally effective. Authorities in Russia’s Far East offer one hectare of land for each relocating family member. Free of all charges, the land’s owners receive the title deeds to the land and buildings. The only condition is that the land is put to use. Minister for Development of the Far East,
Alexander Galushka, says: “The intention is to increase the population six-fold to 36 million people from the current 6.4 million.” Russia Insider also enters the fray: “The huge influx of migrants into Europe might one day force Europeans to flee their own lands to seek shelter.” Polish media then puts its own oar in, saying: “Having found themselves in the middle of the migrant crisis, many Europeans may wish, o n e da y, to simply run away from the problem,” suggests the Polish news website, Obserwator Polityczny; “Many distressed nations could follow Crimea in opting-out. “With the deepening collapse
of the We s t, R us si a wi l l becom e t he onl y durable and stable country in an unstable (political) environment. Even today, many people from countries ruled by soft-agenda politicians, unable to cope with the relatively trivial proble m of ille ga l immi gr at i on, l ook t o Russia with admiration and hope. “ R us s ia ns,” i t el abor at es, “sl eep peacefully in their beds all the way from Kal i ni ngr ad on t he Bal t i c to Magadan, Russia’s easternmost large city on the Pacific, confident that whoever comes to them with a sword, will perish by the s w ord. Except , one hopes, EU refugees bearing goodwill.”
ALEXANDER GALUSHKA: Wants a six-fold increase in the population of Russia’s Far East.
Beware the sleeping tortoise IMAGINE just a small proportion of Britain’s 10 million pensioners deciding to take action Colin Bird A weekly look Each week, Colin brings his slightly off-thewall view of the world to the pages of EWN in his own irreverent style.
THE more I read about the declining state of Britain and the abandoning of traditional values, the more I am convinced that the only way to restore sanity to our country is to rally the troops of the forgotten generation. If ever we ‘golden agers’ were organised into a cohesive force, there is no end to what could be achieved; after all, there are some 10 million pensioners in the UK alone. Imagine a mass demonstration of a million or so curmudgeonly old dodderers in the centre of London demanding a reinstatement of common sense, with decisions made based on what is inherently right and not politically expedient. It would be an incredibly noisy affair with state of the art sound
MOBILISATION: One million marching oldies would be a sight to see. systems available to the speakers so that the hard of hearing could catch every word, although the screech from hearing aid feedback would be excruciating.
Then, having whipped the crowd up into a frenzy of flatulence and denture gnashing, off we would totter towards Downing Street and - unless the stewards were on the
Gibraltar scrap continues IN the annual debate at the United Nations, Spain once again demanded that she and the United Kingdom should reconstitute discussions about the future of Gibraltar without allowing any Gibraltarian involvement. With the run up to the next elections in both Gibraltar and Spain, the sabres are rattling as usual and there really is little likelihood of any agreement ever being reached. The Spanish position is absolutely clear that the 1704 Treaty of Utrecht should be repealed and Spain should take control of the tiny little piece of land that is Gibraltar. Quite understandably, Gibraltar which apart from a not very good football team is seeing quite remarkable financial growth and has taken giant steps to reduce the amount of smuggling which takes place particularly with respect to tobacco, isn’t too happy. The Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo in New York on October 10 accused Spain of being the last colonists in Europe and intimated that without their belligerence, Gibraltar could be ready to take its place as a country in its own right. At the end of the day, is it really relevant in today’s world that a little spot of land with less than a quarter of the inhabitants of Chichester should cause so much fuss on the world stage?
ball - anywhere else in Southern England that the absent-minded headed for. Naturally, all establishments en route with toilet facilities would need to be put on red alert. If all went well and we arrived at our destination before winter set in, forget the passive protest. Actually charging at the police lines would be overly ambitious, but we could limp and shuffle into them with the intention of forcing our way into Number 10. Who would dare wade into a crowd of old codgers? Any policeman beating up an octogenarian would be a marked man and have his face splashed across every front page in the land. And watercannons would be definitely out of the question; the risk of pneumonia would be too strong. We t e n d t o f o rg e t t h e v o t i n g Now we power that we command (we tend want to to forget a lot, actually) and the hear your views. potential power that is at our disposal. YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE Not so much a sleeping - YOUR OPINION tiger, admittedly, more a napwww.euroweeklynews.com ping tortoise, but nevertheless...
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PISCES (February 20 - March 20) New partnerships will develop if you join investment groups. Property investments could be prosperous. You can’t do everything on your own. Family responsibilities are escalating. Your lucky day this week will be Monday. ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Your home environment may be hectic, which could result in
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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Arguments with children or friends may leave you steaming. You will have excellent ideas and you should be able to help your partner get ahead. Concern yourself with legal matters and formulating contracts rather than finalising your objectives.
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CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Your ability to visualise will help you convince others of the possibilities. Insincere gestures of friendliness may be misleading. Spend some time with people who can shed some light on your personal situation. Don’t be too quick to voice your opinion. Listen to others carefully. Your lucky day this week will be Tuesday.
emotional upset if you aren’t well organised. Try not to take everything so seriously. Be sure to find out all you can before you commit to anything. There might be a problem with a will or with an insurance policy. Your lucky day this week will be Thursday.
AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) You are likely to reveal information unintentionally. You’ll find it easy to charm members of the opposite sex this week. Have some fun, but draw the line if someone tries to fast talk their way into your heart. You have to let go of your past if you wish to get out of any sentimental mood that might be hanging over your head. Your lucky day this week will be Saturday.
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WINNERS AND LOSERS 1. Diomed, in 1780, was the first ever winner of which famous horse race? 2. In a speech at Kettering on July 3, 1938, which British politician, said: “In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers”? 3. In rowing and other sports, which French word, translated as ‘to fish again’, is the name given to a contest in which the best-placed of those who failed to win heats compete for a place in the final? 4. Since Sam Snead's victory in 1949, the winner of which golfing tournament has received a green jacket? 5. They called him ‘Fast Eddie’... He was a winner... He was a loser... is a tagline from which 1961 film, starring Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason? 6. Which actor, who starred as Simon Wicks in EastEnders and as PC Nick Rowan in Heartbeat, topped the UK singles charts in 1986 with Every Loser Wins? 7. Which British middle- and long-distance runner was the first winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award? 8. Which entertainer, who was the winner of the TV talent show New Faces in 1975, went on to present the programme between 1986 and 1988? 9. Which film director, producer and restaurant critic was responsible for the films Death Wish (1974), Death Wish II (1982) and Death Wish 3 (1985)? 10. Which London-born snooker player has appeared in six World Snooker Championship finals (1984, 1990-1994), losing each time?
1. EPSOM DERBY, 2. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, 3. REPÊCHAGE, 4. US MASTERS, 5. THE HUSTLER, 6. NICK BERRY, 7. CHRISTOPHER CHATAWAY, 8. MARTI CAINE, 9. MICHAEL WINNER, 10. JIMMY WHITE
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You can ferret out secret information if you just listen to what others have to say. Travel will be good if you are seeking knowledge. Minor accidents may occur if you don’t concentrate on what you’re doing. Problems with financial investments could make you nervous. Your lucky day this week will be Wednesday.
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Across 1 Excessively agitated (7) 5 Things that are known or proved to be true (5) 8 Free form dirt (5) 9 At a previous time (7) 10 Responsive to physical stimuli (9) 12 Hotel (3) 13 Joining or attaching by stitches (6) 14 Schoolchildren (6) 17 Short sleep (3) 18 Causes fear in (9) 20 Assign a job or role to someone (7) 21 Large keyboard musical instrument (5) 23 Arranges systematically in groups (5) 24 Sovereignty (7) Down 1 Centre of interest or activity (5) 2 Consumed (3) 3 Stretched or strained state (7) 4 Money available for a client to borrow (6) 5 Powerful effect or influence (5) 13 Type of casual footwear (7) 6 Find fault with (9) 7 Decreases in size, range or extent (7) 15 Miserable (7) 16 Cold season of the year (6) 11 Daily or weekly publication (9)
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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 25 represents B and 24 represents Z, so fill in B every time the figure 25 appears and Z every time the figure 24 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 Custard, 5 Cares, 8 Tribe, 9 Caramel, 10 Ages, 11 Heritage, 13 Stream, 15 Rafter, 18 Tattered, 19 Bars, 22 Torrent, 23 Alone, 24 Rests, 25 Everest.
Down: 1 Cutlass, 2 Slice, 3 Area, 4 Decree, 5 Corsican, 6 Remnant, 7 Salve, 12 Nameless, 14 Returns, 16 Respect, 17 Gentle, 18 Tutor, 20 Adobe, 21 Base.
QUICK Across: 1 Samples, 5 Types, 8 Analyse, 9 Among, 10 Total, 11 Dislike, 12 Always, 14 Accept, 17 Furnace, 19 Rests, 22 Chill, 23 Imagine, 24 Screw, 25 Fingers.
18 Is unsuccessful (5) 19 Tale (5) 22 Each and every one (3)
Down: 1 Start, 2 Meant, 3 Loyalty, 4 Steady, 5 Teams, 6 Provide, 7 Segment, 12 Affects, 13 Warrior, 15 Certain, 16 Belief, 18 Allow, 20 Seize, 21 Seeds.
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
Across 1 Stove (for heating) (6) 4 Well (for water) (4) 8 Serpiente (5) 9 Unhurt (5) 10 Proud (person) (9) 13 De nuevo (5) 15 Espacio (5) 16 Hand (part of body) (4) 17 Poetry (6)
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1 Agradable, 8 Leave, 9 Users, 11 Sala, 12 Misa, 14 Date, 16 Lado, 19 Early, 21 Short, 22 Addresses.
Down: 2 Glass, 3 Aves, 4 Azul, 5 Lie, 6 Plumber, 7 Asiento, 10 Sad, 13 All, 15 Above, 17 Ayer, 18 Osos, 20 Red.
Down 1 Fácil (sencillo) (4) 2 To bring (news, luck etc) (5) 3 Frecuente (8) 5 Deber (dinero, explicación, respeto) (3) 6 Gold (metal, commodity, currency) (3) 7 Cycling (8) 11 Estrellas (5) 12 Eyebrow (4) 13 Brazo (de persona) (3) 14 Still (even) (3)
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Cryptic 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 (STINGY) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Triune 2 Tinier 3 Amount 4 Whiten 5 Intern 6 Amoeba 7 Teller 8 Cesium 9 Inlaid 10 Ensure 11 Scalar 12 Azalea 13 Statue 14 Resize 15 cartel 16 Strand 17 Deacon 18 Please 19 Hollow
Across 1 Outcast plays a part (4) 3 Prepared props etc to search for gold (8) 9 Land the unorthodox trainer gets (7) 10 More towards the rear later (5) 11 Performers with direction for social group (5) 12 They all moved at the same pace for the arch (6) 14 Stop American Republican getting a break (6) 16 Worship always in religious classes (6) 19 Musical works old piano exercises (6) 21 Whisper to a group of players (5) 24 Lively alcohol around US soldier (5) 25 Promote cocktail at levee (7) 26 Reveal the princess’s nearby (8) 27 A tendency to be crooked (4) Down 1 A motor vehicle and a broken down cart for a tyrant (8) 2 Start cooking pastries (5) 4 US gambling centre attracts Irish
impressionist (6) 5 Stamps on marine animals (5) 6 Former Tory leader’s about me maximum (7) 7 Gull spotted in Greater New York (4) 8 Wild capers of certain horses (6) 13 Passionate animal doctor
embraces he-men (8) 15 Fixes rapiers (7) 17 Paint two women (6) 18 Head start in user’s guides (6) 20 Great, a small spring (5) 22 I am on time for the picture (5) 23 Girl gets male to help (4)
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Feria 2015 in Nerja FOR four days, the streets were transformed by concerts, dancing and parades THE feria in Nerja started with a bang on Thursday October 8 and continued in style over four more nights of music and festivity. Opening night saw fireworks and classical music in Balcon de Europa as well as the election of the 2015 feria king and queen. The mayor was present to invite residents and visitors alike to participate as fully as possible in the festival with a special welcome to newcomers to the area. A plaque was presented to a Nerja priest well known to locals, Andres Francisco Perez Gonzalez, after he addressed the crowd with the ‘pregonero,’ a traditional speech. Over the next four days the streets of Nerja were transformed by pop concerts, dancing, parades and shows for children. The council made a commitment this year to expand
OPENING NIGHT: Saw the election of the feria king and queen. its programme of events to connect with Nerja in the widest possible way. Participants of all ages and interests were encouraged to enjoy and take part in the festival’s
Algarrobo rocks on ROCK enthusiasts are in lu c k a s Al g a r r o b o celebrates its very own Rock Festival on October 17. With a line up made up by renowned local bands, the event is to take place in Parque de la Escalerilla (Algarrobo Pu e b l o ) a n d scheduled to begin at 8pm. Invaders and Apologies from Malaga City and E x h u m e d Da y EXHUMED DAY: from Velez-Malaga are Axarquia band to to p e r f o r m t o g e t her perform at the festival. with To n y C o r r e a , a well-known artist from Algarrobo Costa. For those coming from Malaga City, a bus which will depart at 6pm from the Bar Highlander has been made available for a price of only €2. The event was organised by the Algarrobo Council together with Tony Pelaez (for more information call Tony at 648 153 633).
broader array of activities. This year ’s programme was created with the aim of including those members of society who did not feel represented in the feria in past
years. The festivities were in honour of the patron saints Nuestra Señora de las Angustias and San Miguel Arcangel.
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Three win Nobel prize for medicine THREE scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering drugs against malaria and other parasitic diseases. At a presentation in Stockholm, Sweden, it was announced that the prestigious prize will be awarded t o I r i s h - b o r n Wi l l i a m Campbell, Satoshi Omura o f J a p a n , a n d C h i n a ’s Tu Youyou. Professors Campbell and Omura were recognised for finding a new way of tackling infections caused by roundworm parasites that affect a third of the world’s population and can cause illnesses including River Blindness. Professor Tu was also honoured for her discovery of a therapy against malaria, which has been found to significantly reduce deaths from the disease. The Nobel Prize committee said the scientists’ work had changed the lives of the hundreds of millions of p e o p l e a ff e c t e d b y t h e s e diseases. Each winner will get their diploma and gold medal at an official awards’ ceremony in December.
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PEOPLE generally assume that if a person is overweight they are unhealthy and if they are thin, then they must be healthy. However, if you are what we refer to in fitness as a Skinny Fat or TOFI (Thin Outside Fat Inside) you could be even more at risk of disease than your obese counterparts. Generally a TOFI would be thin in stature, however, without any substantial healthy lean muscle and mostly fat particularly around the stomach and vital organs. Therefore, it is preferable to be fatter and fitter, than thin and unfit. Research done and published in The Journal Of The American Medical Association revealed the shocking news that one in four TOFIs have pre-diabetes and are metabolically obese. What is worse is that a TOFI diagnosed with diabetes would have twice the risk of death than an overweight person due to the fact that lugging the extra weight around re-
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CURRENTLY this latest test is only available at private clinics in London A human’s DNA code has 46 chromosomes. Genetic abnormalities occur when p art o f a c h ro mo s o me is d ama g ed o r mis s in g , or w h e n e x tra co p ie s o f t he chromosome are present. If a pregnancy is found to be at risk during the first NHS scan, women are then offered an amniocentesis but this test, which involves p as s in g a n e e d le in to the womb to take a sample from
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SPECIALIST: Dr Luis Perez Belmonte. This week, Dr Luis Perez Belmonte answers a reader’s questions about blood pressure: • I’m a 55-year-old man, what should my blood pressure levels be? They should be under 140/80. • If it’s too high, what should I do? Is it dangerous? How can I get it down? You should check your blood pressure every morning for a week and see a specialist in internal medicine. High blood pressure over an extended period of time can be very dangerous. Medication and a healthy, salt-free diet can help get it down. • What happens if it’s too low? How can I get it up? If it is always under 90/40 but you have no other symptoms it probably isn’t anything to worry about, but a check-up with a specialist in internal medicine is recommended as a precaution. • Is the range the same for women of my age? No, women can have slightly lower levels than men. • If I’m prescribed tablets, are there any side effects? Will I have to take them for the rest of my life? There can be some side effects depending on the medication prescribed. If unsure about any symptoms you should see your doctor. Treatment is generally for life but medications can be swapped for more effective ones or to reduce side effects. • If my blood pressure is OK now, how can I make sure it stays that way? There are no guarantees as blood pressure can change for many different reasons, but sticking to a healthy diet, getting some exercise and taking your medication will give you the best chance of keeping it under control. If you have any questions for Dr Perez Belmonte, please send them to: askyourgp@euroweeklynews.com
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dividual animal and what has to be done. Although food is condemned by some, if applied correctly it can be used. However, most dogs like to be fussed, petted and talked to in a friendly voice. Anything that a dog likes can be used as a reward. The end product is entirely dependent upon reward; a dog’s instinct plays a vital role. The average dog owner does not have any idea of the instincts inherent in the dog that he owns. Canine instincts vary in strength between breeds and individuals of the same breed. All this can be explained by your trainer at question time. Within the household it is common to find that a dog will link up
with some of the family but not others. A bully who rules by force may obtain implicit obedience but at the loss of friendship and/or affection. This often borders on cruelty. Most dog owner s wi l l never know, nor have any idea, of the pl easur e t hey ar e l osi ng i n not having a dog which is a faithful companion and partner. Dogs are not ‘almost human’ and suffering can be caused by people who think that they are, although human and canine social habits have many similarities. A dog will accept a human as a substitute for a canine and this wi l l i ngness t o accept a hum an m akes hi m easi er t o t r ai n t han most other animals.
Chernobyl: Humans no longer needed ALMOST 30 years after the dramatic nuclear accident in Chernobyl (Ukraine), the fauna thrives in an area completely uninhabited by humans due to the high levels of radiation. A study released on October 5, by the specialised press journal Current Biology, has found that Chernobyl now looks more like an animal reserve than the scene of a radioactive holocaust. Elks, roe and red deer, wild boar and especially wolves are abundant in the 4,200km area, which surrounds the longdead nuclear station, and are at least as abundant as the populations existing in other nearby areas which are not contaminated with radioactivity. The report has confirmed that there are seven times as many wolves within the affected area as there are in nearby nature reserves.
THRIVING: Wild animals are thriving due to the lack of human activity. “This does not mean that radioactivity is good for wild fauna, but that human impact and activities such as agriculture, hunting and deforestation are far worse,” said Jim Smith, co-author of the report from the Universi-
ty of Portsmouth. “This data illustrates the resilience of wildlife populations when freed from the pressures of human habitation,” says Jim Beasley, coauthor from the University of Georgia.
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Greenery and diversity in the winter FLOWERS may have their own beauty but there is nothing to beat the variety of greens once summer is over Dick Handscombe
Gardening Corner By Spain’s best known expatriate gardening author living in Spain for 25 years.
ALTHOUGH spectacular and perfumed flowers are wonderful, they are mostly best set off against a green background and in the winter it is the diversity of greens, and not the other colours of the rainbow, that stimulate as one glances over and around the garden, walks around or sits to eat, drink, chat or meditate within it. Sitting now with the computer on a south facing terrace, I can see the semi-circle of trees in the rear garden that act as isolated sculptural specimens. Over the past three days of spells of rain, some flowering plants have been a little battered but the foliage of trees is not visibly affected, even though autumn-colouring deciduous leaves are starting to fall. The benefits of the circle and isolated specimen trees are that: • They add real interest and contrast as no two trees have the same colour leaves and some shine, while others are matt but look especially clean after the rain. • They hide around 90 per cent of surrounding properties. • They create an enclosed, almost secret, garden as an oasis in an urbanised area with the natural rural
WASHINGTON PALMS: Tall and majestic in the garden.
areas seen beyond the hedgerow over the almost-hidden roofs of the houses. • They create support for climbing hibiscus that flower in the upper foliage. • They add shape, a third dimension, shade for surrounding plants and special interest. • They need little attention, having
roots in the shade. • A winter shaping is all the pruning that most of them require. • They attract nesting and feeding birds and an interesting range of moths. • They create dappled and deep shade for other plants, people and wildlife. Glancing around, there are some
30 species of tree visible. Some were planted, some grown in situ from seeds and some appeared from nowhere, being from seeds dropped by birds or windblown. The collection includes the following, in sequence, east to west: A tall Washingtonia palm, grown from seed, a weeping variety of bottlebrush, an autumn-flowering
Damaged doorframe advice SUPERFICIAL gashes can be filled and painted or varnished By Eleanor Hawkins A SLIP-UP while moving furniture, pets, slamming doors or simply the pass of time can easily cause annoying damage to door frames. To make them look as good as new again, they must first be examined to see whether the damage is superficial or goes deeper. If superficial, sanding down, cleaning and repainting or varnishing should be sufficient. A little wood putty can be used to fill
WAIT: Leave putty to dry for 24 to 48 hours before sanding and painting. in gashes. Putty is vital if deeper gashes or cracks are found.
First of all, surround the area with protective tape. Then apply the putty, angling the
spatula at 45 degrees and press the putty into the crack or gash. Once the product has filled the gap to surface level, soak your fingers in water or hand cream (check product labels first for advice) before using them to press into the gap. Once finished, remove the protective tape and leave to dry for 24 to 48 hours. Once it’s completely dry, sand gently before painting. If damage appears to be more serious and the frame needs changing, call a carpenter in!
Chinese hibiscus tree, a wind-blown seeded acacia, a 30-year-old avocado tree from seed, an annually shaped carob tree that was on the terrace before we built the house, tall cypresses and abies, quince, a jupiter tree, a group of tall bottlebrushes, a productive and tasty bird-dropped plum, a pine tree, a nispera, two exotic caesalpinias, a springflowering Judas tree, a rarelyfruiting pomegranate, a red-leaved prunus, contributed by a bird, a tilia for sleep-inducing leaves, an adjacent ginkgo biloba to stimulate the memory, a taller jacaranda, a justice tree, an apricot tree, an oleander tree, an almond, a tall buddleja, bay trees, an orange and a lemon tree, a lady of the night, olive trees and, since it is over three metres tall, a prickly pear tree. Overall, it is a pleasing mix of 35 native and acclimatised trees, which put up with hot suns, winter frosts in some years, heavy rains, winds and summer droughts. The mix and placings were partly inherited, by choice and nature’s unexpected whims. Others grace the east, west and north-facing mini-gardens. Why not do likewise and help regreen the Spain now sprinkled with growing villages and urbanisations? © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com October 2015.
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The two different kinds of property buyers in Spain and what they seek John Graham The property expert
FROM now until mid-December it will be a very busy sales period for the real estate industry in Spain. Thousands of buyers will be visiting Spain’s coastal resorts and major cities in search of their permanent or holiday dream home. There is another type of property buyer visiting Spain but they are not in search of their dream home, they are here on business and are the professional buyers or investors. As a professional surveyor and property adviser, I’m used to dealing with private buyers but I specialise in selling to professional buyers because they are both completely different. Private buyers are looking for their
DONE DEAL: But are they looking for a dream home or an investment? dream home, to enjoy and relax away from the cold weather; it’s a very emotional buying experience. Professional buyers are investors, they are looking for properties that meet their investment plan, there is no emotion, it’s facts and figures, surveys, valuations; a serious businessbuying experience.
Investing in property has become increasingly popular and is now almost as common as investing in stocks and bonds and some of the benefits of selling to a professional buyer are that they are normally cash buyers, fast decision makers and will want to complete the sale quickly. I want to give you a few brief ex-
amples of what the professional buyer will be looking for, so that you will be able to see which type of professional buyer could be interested in buying your property. Let’s start with the professional buyers who buy properties, not to live in but to rent out. They normally buy a number of apartments or villas in well-located holiday resorts for holiday rentals or apartments in the city centre. The location and price is more important than the condition of the property. There are professional buyers who only buy run-down villas or apartments in top residential areas. They normally buy older properties and completely refurbish them to a modern standard and resell them, when finished, for a profit. Other professional buyers are looking for heavily discounted properties that don’t need much work,for immediat resell at a higher price. Then there are the Mutual Fund
buyers; these are companies who either buy existing properties in top locations or buy land and build properties for investors to buy one or more of them through the company. The company operating the investment group manages all the properties, taking care of maintenance and rentals. In exchange for this management, the company takes a percentage of the monthly rental income. A Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) is created when a corporation (or trust) uses investors’ money to purchase and operate income properties. They allow investors to buy into non-residential investments. So, does your property match the professional buyer’s requirements? If you would like more information or would like to sell your property please contact me. John Graham Fellow of the Architecture & Surveyors Institute. gk.ipad@me.com
TWENTY CHAPTERS: Everything is covered, from paperwork to getting a mortgage.
New buyers guide HELPING hand for expats looking to purchase property in Spain is launched By Eleanor Hawkins SINCE the recession hit Spain, people from overseas have made up an important part of property purchasers and the Spanish Registrars Association has decided to lend them a helping hand with a guide in English. Drawn up in collaboration with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Association of International Property Professionals, the Guide to Buying Property in Spain has been launched to do just that. The guide, which can be downloaded for
free from http://www.registradores.org/wpcontent/revista/otros/guideAIpp/ follows the adventures of a British couple who have decided to buy a retirement home in Spain. Twenty chapters on everything from hunting for the ideal Spanish home to paperwork, getting a mortgage or registering at the Property Registry are covered by the guide, with useful tips and warnings provided. There are also appendices focusing on how to gain access to records regarding property, the costs involved in buying in Spain and useful links.
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The EU’s countries are to blame for the refugee crisis - not the EU Commission! GERMANY is claiming ‘moral’ leadership over asylum seekers and is bullying its eastern neighbours to take a share Nora Johnson
Breaking Views Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist. To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson
THE commissioner tasked with Europe’s response to the EU’s botched handling of the migration crisis recently boasted that the EU’s Brussels executive isn’t to blame because it’s not elected! He pointed the finger instead at individual EU countries with their border closures and road blocks. Cameron’s anti-Brexit EU renegotiations seem to be hitting the same road blocks. EU countries fear the UK might ‘destroy the DNA of the European Union.’ The European Council on Foreign Relations consulted 100 leading politicians in 10 key Eu-
ropean capitals: Cameron, apparently, has support for barely a third of his objectives, his key one (slowing the flow of economic migrants to Britain) was rejected by all 10 countries. Germany’s apparent moral leadership over asylum seekers its open-door policy turning it into the promised land for desperate people - while laudable in theory, has created chaos across Europe. Goodwill has been lost by its bullying of its poorer eastern neighbours to take a share (added to that, Germany’s VW ‘Dieselgate’ scandal could go well beyond VW itself, with the wheels potentially coming off an en-
tire industry). The problem within the EU Commission is its bureaucracy
which doesn’t seem to know how to bridge the gap between the opposing points of view within it and so resorts to bullying tactics to enforce Germany’s. It really doesn’t seem to see the divisions it’s creating unless, of course, its hidden agenda includes removing the UK from the EU on the basis that it creates disharmony through disagreement. If so, wouldn’t it be better for the UK to leave if it’s no longer welcome in the club? Which then begs the question: Would the UK’s departure be the first domino to fall as the
CAMERON: Is in a minority of one.
EU either fails or becomes an even bigger monster; one that nobody will want? In nuclear physics, fusion and fission are both explosive. The EU is an experiment in fusion that’s gone wrong. Maybe it’s time to halt the experiment before the laboratory’s blown up? Meanwhile, the EU continues to limp along. It has faint hope of ever turning into the dream of some of its architects who, unelected by the population of the EU, continue to carve their own, misguided, path. All this and a couple of million migrants on the march... Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ and ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.com) available as eBooks from Amazon. Profits to Cudeca.
Powerless behind the throne Cassandra Nash A weekly look
Small mercies THE Noos case hearing is set for January 11 when the former king’s son-in-law, Iñaki Urdangarin, stands trial for diverting public funds and money-laundering. His wife, the Infanta Cristina, will be called upon to give evidence but the Baleares High Court turned down the request from his co-defendant, Diego Torres, for Felipe VI to testify. So there’s no risk of a royal flush.
- and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene
AS though Spain’s president, Mariano Rajoy, did not have enough problems, he must contend with Jose Maria Aznar. The former president, the same person who chose Rajoy to follow him as PP leader, gleefully undermines him at every opportunity. These have increased since the PP’s dismal results in the Catalan elections, where the party was overtaken by Ciudadanos. Mariano Rajoy has been a disappointment to Aznar ever since he lost the 2004 general elections. This was partly Aznar’s fault by insisting that the March 2004 terrorist bombings were the work of ETA when all the evidence pointed to jihadists. Rajoy missed his chance then and, when he did reach the Moncloa in 2011, he no longer wanted or needed Aznar as the power behind the throne. That must rankle.
Simple arithmetic IN non-colonial independence votes since
All his own way MARIANO RAJOY: Has been a disappointment since becoming leader of the PP.
1945, the ‘yes’ vote has racked up at least 92 per cent of the ballot. So found a study by Stephane Dion, a Canadian MP who given Quebec - knows a thing or two about secession. Artur Mas led Cataluña into regional
elections on the pro-independence ‘Junts pel Si’ ticket to see which way the wind blew. Together with the radical CUP party they could only notch up 47.8 per cent between them. End of.
MARIANO RAJOY constantly warns of the dangers of coalitions. He fears that when the December 20 general election votes are counted, alliances between current opposition parties could make him a one-term president. Paradoxically, his huge parliamentary majority has done Rajoy little good. The government pushed through all the legislation it wanted, blithely forgetting that intransigence breeds resentment and dialogue wins votes.
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New Renault Mégane wins recent award RENAULT has won the Best Connected Car award (Trophée de la Voiture Connectée) for the new Mégane. The award was presented on Thursday, October 1 and the new Mégane was selected by a panel of automotive industry experts (various innovators and journalists from 01NET.COM, BFM, RMC and Deloitte) in recognition of the model’s innovations in the realms of safety, driver aids, human-machine interface and infotainment package
Cooperating manufacturers MOTORCYCLES are to become part of the connected vehicle world: BMW Motorrad, Honda and Yamaha are cooperating to further increase safety of powered twowheelers. The new cooperation was announced on October 6 at the ITS World Congress in Bordeaux, the world’s largest event for intelligent transport systems and services. The three partners also encouraged other motorcycle manufacturers to join the consortium.
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Fourth generation Mazda MX5 ready to hit the road LIGHTEST model yet cuts 100kg off the outgoing version and is the most fuel-efficient so far By John Smith ACCORDING to Mazda, the latest version of its best-selling roadster comes with a more aggressive look and state-of-the-art technology but still remains true to its concept of being an affordable, lightweight sports car which is fun to drive. It’s the lightest MX-5 since the first generation, cutting 100kg relative to the outgoing model despite cutting-edge safety and infotainment systems. The SKYACTIV Technology, introduced for the first time in an MX-5, is the most fuel-efficient to date, underpinning Mazda’s fundamental lightweight sports car principle with specially tuned engines and transmission adapted for the front-mid engine, rearwheel drive layout. The redesigned chassis im-
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Top Gear changes promised DIFFERENCES in style announced by new host at press conference NOW that Chris Evans is replacing the old Top Gear team (they are to present a new version of the show on the Amazon Channel), he has made it clear that he doesn’t want to be anything other than the main attraction. Clearly, for a number of reasons, Jeremy Clarkson was seen as the ‘boss’ and the others, although vital to the show, were considered by many to be his sidekicks. Commenting on the differences he intends to bring to the show, Evans said at a press conference at the MIPCOM (entertainment) convention in
Cannes, “they’re the Three Stooges, they are the Bee Gees, they are that and I’m not, I’m me. I’m a solo artist at the moment, I’m on my own, so do I form a band or not?” He then continued: “We are going to do things differently, because we have to, we want to. The second you wander off into the ‘Well I’m the main host, and this is my mate over here
and my mate over here…’ if there’s three of you, and you go and make a film together, suddenly you’re doing what they did. Why would you do that?” Appearing alongside Chris Evans was the anonymous driver known as The Stig who in his usual inscrutable way said “I don’t want
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Linda Anderson
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Twos: Norman Lowes Eagle fifth The two’s roll over of €72 was won outright by Norman Lowes. He had an eagle two on the fifth hole. Well done Norman, he promised to take his wife Audrey out for dinner on the proceeds! Hope he did! Anoreta Monday October 5 Individual Stableford Overall Winner Peter Garner Ladies: 1st Ana Maria Junquera 2nd Ellen Froland Men: 1st Keith Taylor 2nd Gary Miles
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TWO’S Ana Maria Junquera nine, Keith Taylor and Peter Garner A good turn out again with 25 members and one guest ignoring the forecasted rain. Baviera Tuesday October 6 Battle Back Golfers Texas Scramble Help For Heroes 1st Team Jason Heathfield, Derek Geelon, Cormac O’Herlihy and Jon Rose, 59.2. 2nd Team Gil Richardson, David Weston, David Harley and Roger Eatwell, 59.9. 3rd Team John Mills (BB), Peter Lomas, Jim Paton and Ray Craig, 60.4.
Baviera hosted two days of golf featuring six veterans from the Battle Back Charity - Help For Heroes. These guys had taken the ‘Queen’s Shilling’ and five of them had been seriously wounded, but now, with the fantastic help from the medical teams and the BB Charity each are again leading a ‘normal’ life. Despite the obvious loss of a limb, sight or mental capacity, their positive take on life was a humbling experience for all who met them over the two days. Penny Bentley Ennis (or PJ, as she is widely known!), started the whole ball rolling, and after protracted discussions with Battle Back Charity, the visit was arranged. With massive help from Veronica and Ann Lomas, (Pedro’s better half!), they set about raising funds, finding sponsors and all the other bits necessary to make such a venture work, and didn’t it work well! It was a truly remarkable two days, enjoyed by all who attended and one that we should maybe replicate in years to come. GINS are delighted to welcome Norman Lowes to the Eagle Club after his amazing down in two on the fifth at Los Moriscos on Friday October 2.
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mouth, top of FL2, entertain Accrington Stanley. In the SPL, Aberdeen visit Ross County and Celtic go to Motherwell. Wales and Northern Ireland will be playing in next year ’s European Championships in France but the Republic of Ireland must wait a bit longer (they are in the play-offs). Wales, despite losing in Bosnia, booked their place in a major competition for the first time in 58 years, while Northern Ireland qualified for their first since 1986. Sadly, Scotland are out, ousted by Poland’s dramatic late equaliser in Glasgow. Unbeaten England defeated Estonia and Lithuania in their last two group games and will join hosts France, Albania, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Repub-
lic, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain and Switzerland in the finals next year. La Liga leaders, Villarreal, take on Celta Vigo (3rd) while Real Madrid (2nd) meet lowly Levante and Barcelona (4th) play Rayo Vallecano. RUGBY UNION - The World Cup quarter-finals are Wales v South Africa and New Zealand v France on Saturday, followed by Australia v Scotland and Argentina v Ireland on Sunday. England bowed out with a convincing win over Uruguay. Too late! RUGBY LEAGUE - A crowd of 73,512 saw Leeds Rhinos complete the treble by beating Wigan Warriors 22-20 in the Grand Final at Old Trafford; a great farewell for Rhino’s duo, Jamie Peacock and Kevin Sinfield. MOTORSPORT - Lewis Hamilton won last Sunday’s Russian F1 Grand Prix in Sochi by seven seconds from Sebastian Vettel with Sergio Perez third. Nico Rosberg retired, leaving Hamilton 73 points ahead of him in the driver’s championship after registering his 42nd race victory. Mercedes won the constructor’s crown with four races remaining. One day earlier, Dani Pedrosa, Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo finished 1-2-3 in the Japanese MotoGP. This was Pe-
BRITISH MASTERS: Won by 21-year-old Matthew Fitzpatrick.
DID YOU KNOW? Nottingham Forest FC was founded 150 years ago this month in a pub (The Clinton Arms) by a group of men who had just played a game of Bandy and Shinty.
drosa’s 50th race victory and Rossi now leads the rider ’s championship by 18 points. Last Sunday at Brands Hatch, Gordon Shedden clinched his second BTCC title ahead of Jason Plato (302) with Matt Neal third. Plato (one) and Mat Jackson (two) won the final three races of the season. GOLF - Matthew Fitzpatrick (21) won the British Masters title at Woburn by two strokes and the USA beat an International team 15½ to 14½ to win the President’s Cup in South Korea. Jessica Korda won the women’s LPGA tour event in Malaysia. The Portugal Masters runs from October 15-18. SPEEDWAY - England’s Tai Woffinden is the 2015 World Champion for the second time. CRICKET - England drew with Pakistan in their last warm-up game ahead of the first Test which is now taking place in Abu Dhabi. BOXING - The Tyson Fury-Wladimir Klitschko World Heavyweight fight and James DeGale’s bout with Lucian Bute have both been provisionally rearranged for November 28 and the men’s World Amateur Championships are taking place in Qatar. HORSE RACING - On Saturday, punters will flock to Ascot for British Champions Day.
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FOOTBALL - It’s back to Premiership action this weekend but Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero will not be able to emulate his feat of five goals against Newcastle; he misses the game against Bournemouth through injury. Elsewhere, Arsenal visit
Watford, Manchester United are at Everton, defending champions Chelsea take on Aston Villa and Liverpool, under new manager Jürgen Klopp, travel to Tottenham. The other top-flight games are Crystal Palace-West Ham, Newcastle-Norwich,
S o u t h a m p t o n - L e i c e s t e r, Swansea-Stoke and WBASunderland (Sam Allardyce will be in charge of the Black Cats). Championship leaders Brighton visit Leeds, FL1 pace-setters, Walsall, are at home to Chesterfield and Ply-
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SERGUI AGUERO: Out with an injury.