Euro Weekly News - Axarquia 26 November - 2 December 2015 Issue 1586

ISSUE NO. 1586

26 Nov - 2 Dec 2015

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Females still suffering Violence towards women is an increasing problem

Chocolate box town

VIGILS across Axarquia and Spain were held to recognise the plight of women experiencing domestic violence.

Three women have lost their lives already this year in Malaga Province at the hands of their partners or ex-partners.

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IS Frigiliana Ferrero Rocher’s perfect location?

Rumours had been floating about for some time that there was a surprise on the way for Frigiliana. Now, the council has announced that the village, along with another two in Spain, will be competing for the privilege of hosting Ferrero Rocher’s 25th anniversary celebrations in Spain.

The publicity campaign for the event started to run at the weekend on Telecinco national TV channel and other members of Mediaset Spain group.

It includes videos of Frigiliana, Torrecilla and Morella, the three competitors aiming to prove they are the prettiest and best in the country.

The focus is on two aspects: beauty and goodness. Although the fact that Frigiliana is beautiful is evident from the

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pictures, its goodness is also revealed by the videos as they focus on the many charity projects the village has become known for.

The Three Cultures Festival, which has since its inception worked to raise funds for various causes, and a recent project which has seen almost all the local women knitting blankets for refugees, are just two examples of the goodness and generosity Frigiliana hopes will help it win the coveted title.

Now it will be down to the public to vote for their favourite village, and Frigiliana Council has put out a call for everyone to help prove the village is perfect for Ferrero Rocher.

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High-speed internet Fibre-optic technology coming to Velez-Malaga QUALITY technology will soon dramatically change communications for people and businesses in the town of Velez-Malaga. The majority of the population will have access to fibre optics within the year, according to the local mayor.

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Big benefits to be had Council invites people to join residents’ register MORE people on the padron will mean more money for services, says the mayor of Almuñecar. The council has issued over 5,000 leaflets listing the benefits of joining the municipal register.

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Town to turn red Motril gardeners prepare the town for a vibrant season MORE than 7,000 festive plants will add a splash of colour to Motril’s streets over

the next few weeks as the festive season gets into full swing.

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LOCAL NEWS

Perfect town for Ferrero Rocher From Front Page

Touri sm C o u n c i l lo r Maria Jose Caravaca said: “We’re proud to be the image th a t wi l l r e p r e s en t A xarqu i a a n d Ma l a g a P rovin c e , and als o Andalucia.

“The fact that our little village h a s b e e n c h o s e n from out of thousands of good and beautiful villages in S pa i n i s a m a t t e r o f pride for us and we want to

share our pride with the whole region. As of today Frigiliana will be representing Andalucia and we hope the whole of Andalucia will support us and vote for us.”

Voting will be done on Facebook and the winning village will host a special anniversary programme for th e b ran d o f ch o c o late s which will be screened on Telecinco.

Taxes now due NERJA Council wishes to remind property owners that taxes for rubbish collection for the second half of this year are due for payment before December 11.

Taxes can be paid either by taking the reminder to a local bank and paying in cash or by setting up direct debit by going to the Nerja Tax Office located on Calle Axarquia.

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Swap books for food A NOVEL way of getting rid of excess material and helping out at the same time

By Eleanor Hawkins A PUBLIC library in Axarquia has come up with a new way to collect food for local families in need and launched a Books for Food campaign.

Almost 1,500 old copies of books, magazines and other items donated to Antonio de Hilaria library in Rincon de la Victoria will be available for anyone who wishes to swap them for a kilo of non-perishable foodstuff, the council announced.

The campaign will be running until December 22 and is a novel way of getting rid of excess material and helping out at the same time.

Those interested are invited to visit the library from Monday to Friday between 9am and 2pm or 4pm and 8pm to browse the selection available in the hall and add their donations of food to the collection. These will later be distributed to those in need by various local associations.

FOOD DONATIONS: Will be distributed to those in need.

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Services for Franco

Hero or villain?

16 churches took part

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IT has been 40 years since the death of General Francisco Franco

DURING the week of the 40th anniversary of the death of Franco, 16 Catholic churches across the country held services in his honour, including one in the basilica at the Valley of the Fallen, where he is buried in a tomb built by political prisoners.

Judge makes demands APOLOGY needed A SPANISH judge and founder of an international human rights foundation, Baltasar Garzón, who was blocked in his attempt to catalogue Franco’s crimes, presented in the anniversary week a written demand to the Spanish government for Franco to be removed from his Valley of the Fallen and demanded that the state should apologise to victims of the Civil War.

Pardon plea Death bed wish

WAR MEMORIAL: The Valley of the Fallen where Franco is buried.

By John Smith THE year 1936 saw the start of the Spanish Civil War which saw brother pitted against brother and allowed the Nazi war machine to test its air force in anticipation of the blitzkrieg (lightning war) that it would unleash on Europe just three years later.

Following the great depression of the late 1920s, the 1930s were not good years and there was a rise to power of extremists on both the right and left of the political spectrum. On one side were Hitler and Mussolini, who were to be joined, albeit in spirit by Franco and Stalin on the other, and various leaders of other European countries with differing views in between.

The Civil War was never a straight-

150m is the height of the tallest stone cross in the world which dominates the landscape of the Valle de los Caídos (Valley of the Fallen) in the mountains of the Sierra de Guadarrama

Helping Germany forward battle between good and evil or right and left. Franco was the youngest general in Spain and was horrified by the rise of the Republicans who removed the king and took little notice of the conservative church.

Ironically, he ‘invaded’ Spain as part of a revolution to restore the monarchy and the church at the head of the ‘Army of Africa’ which included a large number of Muslims. He took the title Regent to the King of Spain, which he held until he appointed King Juan Carlos in 1975.

Hero or villain, he did see an improvement in the economy and was shrewd enough to keep Spain out of the Second World War. Francisco Franco was buried in the Valley of the Fallen, the memorial to the dead of both sides despite his wish to be buried in Madrid.

No appetite for war DEVASTATED by Civil War, the Spanish economy was weak and the people had little appetite for further fighting which is why Franco did not join the Axis forces in 1939. He did assist with the supply of materials and allowed the Germans to use certain Spanish ports for refurbishment of supplies and equipment.

Quote of the Week We chanted an Islamic prayer to praise the Prophet Muhammed before launching raids,” Slimane Betmaki, former member of the Army of Africa, speaking to Reuters in 2014.

Brits helped Franco to reach Tetuan ON the morning of July 11, 1936, a plane took off from Croydon airport, which was piloted by Captain Cecil Bebb.

On the flight with him was a friend and intelligence officer

Major Hugh Pollard as navigator together with Pollard’s daughter and a friend as ‘cover’.

They had agreed to fly a mission to pick up General Franco,

who had been ‘sidelined’ in the Canaries by the Republican government who saw him as a threat, and fly him to Tetuan to join up with the Spanish Army of Africa.

It is not known whether the flight was approved by the British government but it is highly unlikely that officers of Special Branch who recorded all international flights did not

report the departure.

Bebb was later awarded a number of Spanish decorations following the end of the Civil War and the plane is now in the Museo del Aire near Madrid.

JUST prior to his death, General Franco is reported to have said: “I ask pardon of all my enemies, as I pardon with all my heart all those who declared themselves my enemy, although I did not consider them to be so.”

King declared JUAN Carlos crowned TWO days after the death of General Franco, his chosen successor Prince Juan Carlos was sworn in as the new king of Spain and in his speech of accession, he hinted that it was his wish to see democratic reform and tolerance of other cultures within Spain.

Loyal lottery Promotes memory THE Fundación Nacional Francisco Franco (FNFF) in Madrid which exists to promote a positive memory of General Franco runs two Christmas lotteries each year bearing portraits of the late generalissimo.

A proportion of the selling price going to the foundation.

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INDEX News 1 - 20

Featured News 3

Finance 21 - 26

Stocks 22 RAISING AWARENESS: Local town halls held a minute of silence.

Russian Press 27

Leapy Lee 31

Letters 32

Daily TV 34, 36, 38

Our View 37

Mike Walsh 37

Colin Bird 37

Axarquia says no to gender violence MORE than 5,200 gender violence related queries have been received

By Eleanor Hawkins YESTERDAY (Wednesday 25) was International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and towns and villages all over Axarquia, Costa Tropical and the rest of Spain have been holding events to mark the date.

The problem is one which, far from being solved, is increasing and so far this year

48 women have died at the hands of their partners or exes, 10 of them in Andalucia and three in Malaga Province.

The Andalucian Womens Institute has reported more than 5,200 gender violence-related queries this year, suggesting many women are suffering in silence while society looks on unaware.

In fact, Spanish government delegate in Malaga Jose Luis Ruiz Espejo said this

week, domestic violence has become a pandemic which according to the United Nations affects one third of women.

As local towns and authorities display purple ribbons and posters and hold minutes of silence and activities to raise awareness this week, Salobreña Council has reported it has reached an agreement with the UCES locksmiths’ union to change locks on gender violence victims’ doors for free.

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Public are urged to help with food drive

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THE Gran Recogida (Great Collection) food drive is running this Friday and Saturday (November 27-28) and Bancosol, Malaga’s food bank, is asking the public to

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Homes & Gardens 51

Pets 51

Services 52

Classifieds 53

Motoring 54

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help them meet their goal this year to collect 750,000 kilos of food.

About 4,500 volunteers will be posted at supermarkets all over the Axarquia col-

lecting donations of non-perishable foodstuffs which will later be distributed to families in need. The drive hopes to reach one million kilos of food.

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VelezMalaga to get fibre optics

Man jailed for murder FOUND guilty of killing his girlfriend

By Eleanor Hawkins

MODERN technology is on its way to VelezMalaga.

Following an agreement between the council and Telefonica telecommunications company, almost 70 per cent of the population can expect to have access to fibre optics within a year, the council has announced.

Mayor Antonio Moreno Ferrer said: “There are going to be big changes to technology in town and we hope most homes and businesses will be connected by the end of next year. The project is complicated though and will be a gradual one so we must ask for patience.”

A MAN has been sentenced to 2 4 y e a rs in jail b y a Malaga Provincial Court for th e b ru ta l mu rd e r o f his girlfriend, the director of Nerja Museum, in August 2014.

The man, who was recently in court and found g u ilty o f mu rd e r a n d do-

mestic violence by a jury, s ta bbe d his vic tim 131 times with a knife after hitting her over the head with a wine bottle and dragging he r into the ba throom by her hair.

Along with the jail sentence, the judge has ordered the a c c us e d to pa y €120,000 in damages to his victim’s family.

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CHRIS TRUEMAN: Joined in the competition by players from all over the world.

British guitarist in La Herradura TAKING part in classical music competition

By Eleanor Hawkins BRITISH guitarist Chris Trueman was one of the first to play on Tuesday at the Andres Segovia International Classical Guitar Competition, which is running until Saturday November 28 at La Herradura’s Centro Civico.

Players have come from all over the world for the prestigious competition, which on days one and two (Tuesday 24 and Wednesday November 25) saw Trueman perform in round one along

with Taiki Matsumoto and Masata Suganuma from Japan, Marko Topchii from Ukraine, Jaka Klum from Slovenia, Guilia Ballare from Italy, Ali Arango from Cuba and Josue Arody Garcia Garcia and Javier Garcia Verduga from Spain.

At the time of going to press it remained to be seen who would go through to the second round and be in with a chance to win €10,000, a special guitar by Aaron Garcia Ruiz valued at €5,200 and the chance to perform at the 2016 Granada International Music and Dance Festival .

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Council urges residents to register IF more people join, the council would receive more money for services including policing, cleaning and transport

By Eleanor Hawkins THE council has launched a campaign aiming to persuade an estimated 1,200 people who live there and have not joined (or renewed on) the padron (residents register) to do so.

At a presentation of the campaign, local Mayor Trinidad Herrera and Tourism Councillor Rafael Caballero explained that the campaign will be running in Almuñecar and La Herradura.

29,200 people are registered in Almuñecar and La Herradura

“It is directed both at expatriates and foreign residents and at Spanish people who had their homes here registered as second residences but spend most of their time here,” the mayor explained.

The National Statistics Institute reported following a recent census that

there are more than 1,200 people including 160 non-Europeans who have not renewed on the local padron. This, the mayor explained, means the authorities need to check whether they still live in the area or not.

Joining (and renewing) the padron is vital as it allows the government to plan social and public services which are fundamental to the running of the town, the mayor explained, and this campaign has been launched to remind people of the need to sign up or renew their registration.

Almuñecar and La Herradura currently have 29,200 people registered.

Spaniards make up 75 per cent and the second-largest group is of Britons (5 per cent) followed by Germans and Belgians (2 per cent each).

Yet during the summer months there are three or four times as many people in the area.

This, Herrera explained, means the council has to made a lot of effort to guarantee everyone is provided with the services they deserve, with funds available restricted due to the low population numbers registered.

RECENT CENSUS: Reports more than 1,200 people have not renewed on the local padron.

More people on the padron, she continued, would mean more money from the central and regional governments for services including policing, cleaning, transport and medical services etc.

More than 5,000 leaflets have been made with information on the benefits of joining the padron and how to go about it in English, Spanish, German and French, and four information boards have been put up in town.

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18 years for wife’s murder A MAN who killed his wife in Motril last year has accepted an 18-year jail sentence for murder from a Granada court ahead of his trial by jury this week.

Francisco Jose EP was due to stand trial this week for the death of his wife, Maria Araceli MB, following an attack the day before the couple were due in court to sign their divorce.

The 60-year-old retired primary school teacher suffered a heavy blow to the head from behind, which smashed her skull, and was left to die in a heap at the bottom of the stairs.

Although concerned relatives called the police and she was found and taken to hospital, she died of her injuries 18 days later.

The victim had never reported her husband for violence, but the council confirmed that she had sought advice from its Equality Department.

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Children run local council for a day HONORARY councillors discussed transport and environmental matters

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Sea rescue TWENTY-SIX African migrants - 23 men, two women and a child - were rescued by Hamal lifeboat and taken to Motril Port on Thursday (November 19).

Coastguards reported that they had been at sea for more than 24 hours but were all in good health.

Road fatality

HANDING OVER: Maria Castro Marin receives the staff of office from Mayor Antonio Moreno Ferrer.

By Eleanor Hawkins TWENTY-THREE schoolchildren took over the role of Velez-Malaga’s councillors for a day last week to hold a junior municipal plenary session to mark International Children’s Rights Day. The group of sixth-year primary and firstyear secondary pupils from local schools, led by honorary junior Mayor for the day, Maria

Castro Marin from Blas Infante school in Torre del Mar, were welcomed to the town hall by local mayor Antonio Moreno Ferrer and Education Councillor Jose Alarcon, who explained how the sessions worked before temporarily handing over the reins to the youngsters.

“We thank all the schools for taking part in this event, which is a positive addition to school activities as it teaches the students

about how councils work,” Moreno Ferrer commented.

Addressing the junior councillors, he said: “I hope you enjoy this experience and realise you will be dealing with important matters for your friends and families.”

Subjects touched upon during the session included transport and environmental matters, use of public sports facilities and other matters of interest to the youngsters.

A MAN died on Saturday (November 21) after being hit by a lorry on a lane between Almachar and Moclinejo. Although an ambulance and police were sent to the scene nothing could be done to save the man’s life.

Body found COASTGUARDS have recovered the body of an African woman which was found floating 26 miles south of Motril by Contramaestre Casado naval ship.

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Gang of thieves detained in Motril TEN people, some with previous police records, ha ve be e n a rre s te d in Motril.

The y ha ve be e n charged for allegedly carrying out burglaries at a telephone shop and a home, and a number of thefts from people on the street.

National Police officers began investigating when the crimes were reported and suspected a loc a l youth w a s involved.

After his arrest they obtained enough information to detain and accuse another nine local me n of ha ving ta ke n pa rt in the the fts a nd burglaries.

TRADITION: The belen is a focal part of Christmas celebrations.

Grand Nativity scene on show SIXTY pieces make up this year’s display

By Eleanor Hawkins TORRE DEL MAR has launched this year’s municipal nativity scene (belen) at the Cipriano Maldonado ex-

hibition hall within the council offices.

The launch was attended by the local borough mayor, Jesus Perez Atencia, and the scene’s creator Antonio

Arson may be cause of beach hut fire INVESTIGATIONS are under way to determine the cause of a blaze which seriously damaged three beach huts at the weekend, and arson has yet to be ruled out.

Almuñecar’s Local Police force received a call at 7am on Saturday (November 21) from the caretaker of Las Gondolas residential complex reporting a fire in one of three wooden huts on Fuentepiedra beach opposite.

Flames quickly engulfed the huts, which are used as showers and changing rooms and

storage both for beach services and for the International Petanque Club, which plays nearby, and it took a while for the fire brigade to put the blaze out, the council later reported.

“The fire started in the middle hut and spread to those on either side, causing serious damage. Now the police and fire brigade are investigating the possible causes and haven’t ruled out the possibility of arson,” Environmental and Beaches Councillor Luis Aragon reported after visiting the site.

Fortes, who explained that the display covers an area of 30 square metres and has 60 pieces including models of the local lighthouse, the station and the church.

Port police demand equipment MOTRIL Port, due to its volume of transit of goods and passengers, is considered a critical point for security in the current climate of unrest caused by recent terrorist attacks and arrests in Europe.

Yet the Port Police force, stationed in the port area along with Guardia Civil and National Police officers, has complained at the lack of effective security measures its officers have to work with and is threatening to go on strike unless something is done.

SPPLB police and firefighters’ union has reported that the officers have sent a letter to the local port authority requesting bulletproof vests, handcuffs and other items they consider necessary to safely carry out their work.

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USA celebrates Thanksgiving TODAY the celebration centres around the family, with people travelling miles to share a meal

By John Smith

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ALTHOUGH Christopher Columbus is credited with discovering the Americas on behalf of the Spanish crown and is honoured by the USA, he of course never actually touched the land mass that we know as North America visiting only the Caribbean, Central and South America.

The Spanish colonised most of the countries south of ‘America’ as it is now known but are

credited with establishing the first actual colony in North America in Florida. Juan Ponce de León went ashore in 1513 and claimed the land for Spain, naming it La Florida and by 1521 had established the first settlement there although the settlers were driven away by local natives and de León was killed.

For the next hundred years or so, the Spanish expanded their possessions in the general area of Florida although during the 18th century, they traded Florida for Cuba with the English.

OFFICIAL: The first national Thanksgiving Day was proclaimed by George Washington in 1789 and it became a national holiday in 1863 thanks to Abraham Lincoln.

The first official national Thanksgiving Day was proclaimed by George Washington as late as 1789 and it became a national holiday in 1863 thanks to Abraham Lincoln who declared

it as such, during the American Civil War. Today’s Thanksgiving centres around the family, with people travelling thousands of miles to share a turkey.

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17 Golden Wedding couples honoured SALOBREÑA Council organised the celebratory event

By Eleanor Hawkins SEVENTEEN local couples celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversaries last week in Salobreña at an event organised in their honour by the local council.

The Social Welfare Department held its annual event for local golden couples at Jose Martin

Recuerda auditorium and Mayor Maria Eugenia Rufino and department head Maria Jose Garcia were there to congratulate them.

After presenting the couples with bouquets of flowers and plaques to mark the event, the mayor said: “These couples are without a doubt an example of how love and respect can fight

many of the evils that plague us in this day and age.”

All 17 couples were also gifted trips to the Andalucian coast donated by Halcon Viajes, Clinica Doctor Cano, Virgen del Rosario seniors’ association and the town hall. To end the event, Cantares music group played pieces from its repertory for the couples.

Elderly troublemaker jailed for hitting doctor after bar brawl A SEVENTY-YEAR-OLD man from Ve le z M a la ga ha s be en gi ven a si xmonth jail sentence for hitting a doctor with a stethoscope after a fight in a bar.

Malaga City Criminal Court found the man guilty of attacking and insulting the doctor after going to Velez Sur health

centre’s A&E for treatment to injuries obtained during a fight in a bar.

As he had also injured others in the bar and caused damage the sentence included a fine of €1,080 and €160 in damages for the doctor, €214 to a person he hit in the bar and €785 to the bar-owner.

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EURO WOMEN PAGE

For the love of children Our Euro Women series is featuring women who have made a success of their lives in Spain. These outstanding ladies have been shattering glass ceilings whether in business, charity work or sports.

Annette English has helped improve the lives of many disadvantaged children.

A CHRISTMAS gift campaign over a decade ago saw Annette and her husband Dave make a donation to ‘Make a Child Smile’.

Their efforts to give a needy child a happier Christmas were so well received that they were asked if they would do the same the following year and help the children in the Altea home. Visiting the centre, Annette asked what the children needed most, to which came the reply ‘love’. “I came away crying my eyes out,” admitted Annette, and since then it has been a labour of love as she has thrown herself into raising funds to buy essential items for the children, to give them hope for the future and let them know that someone cares.

And no one could care more than Annette: “I do love them.

When I see them I can’t stop hugging and kissing them and they say they love me, and that means a lot.

I’ve seen a lot of the children grow up over the years,” she said.

Annette was primarily fundraising for Emaus and when they took over the Elche home, she diverted her efforts there as it was closer to her home in La Marina. However, the two entities then separated and for a few years she was helping both Emaus and Elche Children’s Home until the Elche Children’s Care Home Charity was formally set up.

“Elche gets very little funding.

The Arcos del Castillo foundation helps to pay staff wages but it is very difficult,” explained Annette, adding that the home was now a very different place to what it once was. They have managed to get a new kitchen installed, brightened the place up, added new furniture and bought TVs and computers.

BUSY ‘RETIREMENT’: Annette has worked hard to ensure that dozens of children have a better quality of life.

Retired bank cashier raises funds for care home When I see the children, I can’t stop hugging and kissing them, and they say they love me, and that means a lot”

Fact file Name: Annette English Age: 64 Married to: David Profession: Retired bank cashier

Their next fundraising target is €6,000 to pay for recreational lighting outside.

The home takes in children aged 11-18, who have been removed from their family unit for whatever reason; some have issues and illnesses but Annette said they all need love and support. “The care and love that the people at the home show them is amazing; they go out as different children.

We have had a number leave over the last year to return home which is great, but of course they take everything with them, so we have to start all over again. A child may come in with just the clothes on their back so we have to clothe and provide for them,” she said.

Annette added: “As a charity we have paid for a boy to go on a mechanics training course and we have two girls studying

Children: One daughter, one grandson and two greatgrandchildren as well as stepchildren Nature or nurture: Nurture Originally from: Belfast Now lives: La Marina, Costa Blanca Pets: None Books or TV: Both Favourite show and book: Good serial dramas and books

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hairdressing. These are the real success stories.” But Annette admits she could not have done it all alone, saying: “Dave has

been 100 per cent supportive and my heroes are all the helpers and supporters that give up their time and donate. It makes

such a difference; with the money they give we can arrange trips and days out and that gives the children happy memories that they can treasure forever. I have no idea what we have raised over the years.”

Annette had a dream of retiring to Spain, something that was not originally part of her life plan. “We had just brought my ‘forever home’ in Northern Ireland when a girl came into the bank where I worked with photos of the house her parents had just bought in Spain, and I said to Dave, ‘let’s go to Spain’, and we did. I have no regrets. I like the slower way of life and have made some great friends.”

Her retirement may not have happened as Annette now works perhaps harder for the charity than she ever did, but she hopes one day to be able to pass on the reins. But whatever she does, she has left a great legacy in helping improve the lives of many children, showing the generous expat community spirit is alive and well.

The charity is now running its Christmas campaign and will be issuing lists of gifts the children would like, which donations will help to buy.

For more information visit www.elchechildrenscarehome.webs.com

Do you know a Euro Woman? If you do please drop us a line at eurowomen@euroweeklynews.com giving full contact details and why you feel they deserve to be honoured.

As well as being featured in the EWN a book is being produced for Christmas with all profits going to charitable organisations.

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Council announce new rural work THE dog park and allotments in Velez-Malaga will be improved thanks to a €160,327 project under a rural employment scheme, the council has announced.

Work is expected to take six months altogether and has created work for eight people, who will be making improvements to the gardens and irrigation systems at the dog park, installing lighting, building a shed and concreting the entrance.

Also, Parks and Gardens councillor Marcelino Mendez-Trelles reported, the number of allotments will be increased from 24 to 39.

Men arrested for carrying a weapon

By Eleanor Hawkins TWO men aged 23 and 31 were arrested on Saturday (November 21) when the Guardia Civil found a gun in the glove compartment of their car during a routine check on the A7 motorway near Almuñecar.

The Volvo the men were travelling in was stopped at about 5.30pm and, noting the

driver had a police record, officers searched the car and discovered a black star pistol with no series number, and five bullets hidden amongst other items in the glove compartment.

Although the pair, both from Granada, denied all knowledge of the gun, they were arrested for illegal weapon possession, the police force reported in a statement.

Children’s Rights Day ALMUÑECAR celebrated International Children’s Rights Day on Friday with activities and acts on the Plaza de la Constitucion, organised by the council in collaboration with local education centres.

The main act was at noon, when a manifesto was read out and balloons released for peace.

In the afternoon, activities for youngsters continued with bouncy castles, games and afternoon tea which helped raise funds to organise the January 5 Three Kings parade.

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Nightmare for dream house BULLDOZERS move in to demolish part of a home

By Eleanor Hawkins LUIS MOLINA, a 64-year-old lawyer from Madrid, had to stand by and watch last week as machines and workers moved in to start demolishing much of his home in Almayate Bajo on the orders of the local council.

Although he built an illegal extension back in 2003 by converting stables and storerooms attached to the original 80square-metre property dating back to 1942, Molina did so without a licence on ground under special protection.

A judge issued a demolition order in 2010 and fined Molina €2,160, which he paid, yet nothing happened and he began to believe his home could be safe after all.

Now, five years later, the council has decided to execute the order and informed him that

he will have to fork out €21,000 to pay the demolition teams as well.

“When the demolition order was issued I never thought they would really knock my house down. There are many families in the same situation, not just in Velez Malaga but all over Axarquia, Malaga and Andalucia,” the heartbroken man explained, pointing to thousands of homes on farming land in all four directions from his terrace.

Although he appealed and pleaded for a delay believing that his home could be legalised under a decree from 2012, the council understands this is impossible due to its location.

“We had been coming here on holiday since before we had our children and in 2001 managed to buy the land,” Molina explained sadly as he watched

his doors and windows being torn out.

Meanwhile at the town hall, Town Planning Councillor Cynthia Garcia admitted that this was the first demolition order executed since she took over the post in June but not the first case by any means.

“In Velez-Malaga we have a big problem with illegal homes because 80 per cent of the land is under special protection and it’s almost impossible to apply regional laws,” Garcia said, adding that the council will try to have the level of protection reduced in the future.

“It isn’t a nice situation but we have to obey the law,” she declared.

The previous council team estimated that there were 4,000 illegal homes in Velez-Malaga, just 11 of which could be legalised.

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Quick work following fire AQUALIA water company had to close its customer services office in Velez Malaga briefly last week after a fire broke out in the archives in the early hours of Friday 13.

The fire, believed to have been started by a short circuit, was efficiently tackled by the local fire brigade, and it was out by about 4.30am.

SEA OF SCARLET: Mayor Flor Almon and Councillor Gloria Chica visit a poinsettia warehouse.

Painting the town red for Christmas A TOTAL of 7,500 poinsettias will be planted in Motril

By Eleanor Hawkins MOTRIL’S streets and squares are about to be awash with colour as the council has prepared more than 7,500 poinsettias to be planted in the area for the festive period.

The plants, 2,000 of which are white and the rest red, were grown from cuttings this year at municipal greenhouses, saving about €2 per plant, local mayor Flor Almon and Parks and Gardens Councillor Gloria Chica reported after a visit to the

department’s warehouses to see the plants.

Gardeners will be busy over the next two or three weeks putting the colourful plants into place which, the mayor said, will serve as the perfect complement for the Christmas lights.

However, the premises had suffered damage which took a few days to sort out.

Now the offices have reopened to the public as normal, from 9am to 1pm, and Aqualia thanked the fire brigade, police, council and cleaners for their quick work in getting the service back up and running again.

Odd jobs about town give work to locals WORK has started to carry out improvements to rural lanes in Velez Malaga, the council has announced.

The project, on which the town hall will be spending €160,327, also includes work to plant trees and clear up La Pola municipal grounds. It has provided work for eight local people under the PFEA rural employment scheme.

Lanes to receive attention include Camino Loma Mesias, Camino Valdeinfierno, Camino de la Rivera, Camino de Los Claros and Camino del Collado and more than 2,500 square metres will be resurfaced with concrete.

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Forum attracts expats ALMOST 100 expatriates attended a talk last week on financial matters organised by Nerja’s Foreign Residents’ Department in collaboration with Blacktower Costa del Sol.

Delivered by Blacktower’s regional manager Tim Govaerts and international financial advisor Richard Mills, it included information on new agreements regarding the exchange of financial informa-

tion between countries which has come into effect this year.

Expatriates were informed on how these changes affect them and the importance of becoming resident in Spain and joining the local padron.

ON SHOW: Nils Ohrvall exhibiting in Almuñecar.

A last chance to admire Swedish art WORK features local urban and rural scenes

By Eleanor Hawkins ART enthusiasts have until Saturday (November 28) to visit an exhibition of work by Swedish painter Nils Ohrvall at Almuñecar’s Hotel Arrayanes, which features local urban and rural scenes.

Nils is a popular painter trained by the best Swedish masters who has displayed work at various international exhibitions and also gives private lessons.

He started painting with acrylics 30 years ago but decided to specialise in

watercolour as a way to express light and transparency. His work often features the Mediterranean coasts which he has got to know well during visits over the last 10 years along with beautiful scenes of Skagen in Denmark and Oxelosund in Sweden.

Impressive tenant sails in MOTRIL docks have an impressive new tenant, 180-metre giant Saipem 3000.

The ship, which will be spending an estimated six months in Motril, specialises in underwater repair work and is expected to

boost income in the area. Along with the usual supplies a ship of this type requires, Saipem carries a crew of up to 200 people who are also expected to be spending their cash in the area.

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First animal shelter dog show a success THE first dog competition organised by Nerja’s Estacion Esperanza animal charity last week was a great success with 70 dogs of all shapes and sizes taking part.

Altogether the association, which now has 20 volunteers, reported that €3,000 was

raised at the event, which will allow a project to build a local animal shelter to continue.

So far the charity has rehoused more than 100 pets but desperately needs the shelter to continue with its work, association president Laura Downes explained.

Council offers support to charity NERJA Council has pledged to help bring AECC, Spain’s Association Against Cancer, to the town and facilitate its work as much as possible. At a meeting with AECC representatives, Mayor Rosa Arrabal explained that the council would do everything it could to help the association in its vital work of supporting cancer patients and their families.

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Further members proposed NERJA’S Tourism Councillor Patricia Gutierrez has proposed that AEHCOS (Costa del Sol Hoteliers Association) and the Nerja Cave Foundation be included in the local tourism board.

The matter was discussed at a meeting of the board last week to discuss how to promote Nerja at FITUR tourism fair in Madrid.

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Spanish debt almost equals GDP FIGURE was higher than the government had forecast IN figures released by the Bank of Spain, it was revealed that public debt within the country had reached 99.4 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) during September of this year, and was higher

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€684 is the amount that the firm of Deloitte Spain estimates that the average Spaniard will spend on the Christmas festivities with the bulk being put towards travel and leisure.

than government forecasts.

It also revealed that Spain’s public administrations owed in excess of €1 trillion (€1,000,000,000,000) whilst the EU has forecast that the Spanish national debt will remain over 100 per cent of GDP for at least the next three years.

“Jean Claude Juncker spoke well of the Spanish economic evolution. I was happy because those things don't normally occur," Mariano Rajoy on comments made at the G20 summit.

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BUTANE GAS: Price has dropped by more than five euros.

Cost of Butane gas falls again JUST in time for the onset of winter, the Ministry of Industr y, E n e rg y a n d Tourism h a s a n n o u n c e d that the maximum price of a cylin d e r o f b u t a n e g a s would b e r e d u c e d to €12.68, with effect from November 17.

The p r i c e wi l l r e m ain static until a review to be

held on the third Tuesday of January 2016.

A cc o rd in g to th e min istry, the price of butane has dropped more than five euros this year.

Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) however will increase by 0.1 per cent due to a rise in costs of production in US Dollars.

AT their meeting in Turkey, leaders of the G20 Group have admitted that they have not done enough to reactivate growth.

However, they have agreed to take action to stop multinational companies evading taxes through current legal loopholes, and will also require that banks establish larger reserves ahead of any future recession.

State drug income THE Spanish government has reported that it has generated €3.9 million by auctioning the assets of convicted drug traffickers.

The Ministry of the Interior, through its National Plan on Drugs, will transfer these funds to programmes for the prevention, assistance and rehabilitation of drug addicts.

1,111 Carat Diamond found THE second largest gem diamond ever recorded has been found in Botswana, according to the Lucara Diamond company which owns the Karowe mine north of the capital Gaborone.

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mond to be found in Botswana, and the largest diamond found within the last 100 years.

It is however just one third of the size of the 3,106 carat Cullinan diamond which was uncovered in South Africa in 1905, and was split into nine pieces, many of which are in the British crown jewels.

In the meantime, the Spanish government has confirmed its support of the French, who have indicated that they would not comply with the deficit agreed with the EU, as more money would be spent on security than they had previously anticipated.

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Banks owe less money THE total debt of Spanish banks to the European Central Bank (ECB) rose by 2.4 per cent from September to October, according to provisional data published by the Bank of Spain.

The bank reported Spanish banks owed a total of 138.924 billion euros to the ECB in October, which meant a 10.2 per cent fall, 15.864 billion euros less, when compared with the same month a year earlier.

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% CHG. NET VOL -1.20 4,842.86 -1.64 4,576.00 -0.92 4,535.51 -4.30 6,259.20 -3.54 5,008.15 -1.33 15,314.71 -0.75 5,335.45 -1.25 27,835.26 -0.33 56,857.55 -1.42 20,694.00 -0.20 4,986.50 0.56 15,566.88 -0.93 37,220.16 -0.87 5,748.74 -0.54 4,209.04 -2.51 34,800.78 -3.35 18,702.40 -2.00 69,720.10 -1.18 72,143.94 -0.83 8,604.35 -1.17 40,954.27 -0.29 6,346.36 -1.37 5,698.31 -0.64 8,307.83 -0.99 7,519.98 -1.17 10,640.53 -0.80 5,935.97 -0.70 17,816.48 -0.89 15,604.70 -1.09 48,479.40 -0.54 6,024.00 -0.54 5,349.69 -0.30 6,692.96 -1.56 12,019.27 -1.33 5,128.78 -0.43 3,397.99 -1.85 4,934.28 -1.23 66,229.09 -4.79 13,467.44 -1.18 4,835.28 -0.74 7,029.40 -0.21 4,236.14 -0.29 103,634.68 0.20 34,005.44 -0.19 4,729.53 -0.02 5,907.65 -0.69 11,766.96 -0.91 4,258.34 -1.71 4,338.51 -0.72 10,627.08

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PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE VOLUME 158.95 +0.57 +0.36% 1.9M 72.42 -0.32 -0.44% 4.4M 119.30 +0.52 +0.44% 34.3M 149.40 +0.16 +0.11% 3.2M 71.14 +1.12 +1.60% 6.5M 89.01 -1.82 -2.00% 8.6M 27.57 +0.20 +0.73% 26.5M 42.43 -0.68 -1.58% 19.8M 120.07 +1.36 +1.15% 10.8M 66.70 -0.29 -0.43% 4.8M 79.79 -0.51 -0.64% 10.1M 30.66 +0.39 +1.29% 210.8M 191.47 -1.56 -0.81% 2.9M 130.21 +3.35 +2.64% 8.2M 138.50 +1.76 +1.29% 5.2M 34.66 +0.36 +1.05% 41.1M 102.48 -0.01 -0.01% 7.7M 67.54 -0.12 -0.18% 11.2M 113.91 +0.61 +0.54% 6.7M 54.10 -0.18 -0.33% 8.9M 54.19 +0.25 +0.46% 37.1M 132.65 +6.87 +5.46% 9.5M 32.18 -0.11 -0.34% 64.6M 75.82 -0.40 -0.52% 9.5M 115.83 +0.81 +0.70% 1.7M 98.22 -0.08 -0.08% 4.9M 112.97 +2.34 +2.12% 7.1M 45.39 -0.37 -0.81% 12.2M 80.19 +0.04 +0.05% 6.8M 60.07 -0.63 -1.04% 12.4M

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$ 18.25 $ 5.75 $ 33.37 $ 11.42 $ 33.30 $ 16.19 $ 4.40 $ 29.51 $ 5.27 $ 7.60 $ 8.66

7.85 ▲ 75.48% 1.32 ▲ 29.80% 7.30 ▲ 28.00% 2.08 ▲ 22.27% 4.65 ▲ 16.23% 1.68 ▲ 11.58% 0.44 ▲ 11.11% 2.86 ▲ 10.73% 0.51 ▲ 10.71% 0.73 ▲ 10.63% 0.80 ▲ 10.18%

$ 17.85 $ 32.55 $ 4.05 $ 65.11 $ 4.44 $ 3.78 $ 2.66 $ 3.19 $ 7.24 $ 48.23 $ 3.84

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Most Declined Mentor Graphics Corporation America's Car-Mart, Inc. Hercules Offshore, Inc. American Woodmark Corporation Amtech Systems, Inc. Fate Therapeutics, Inc. Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. Legacy Reserves LP Stein Mart, Inc. Synopsys, Inc. Connecture, Inc.

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Business is no place for amateurs 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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ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON once remarked: “Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.”

Not quite. Many would-be entrepreneurs think only the most basic preparation is necessary when opening up shop.

In the workplace, the simplest jobs such as that of supermarket shelf-stackers begin with several days training. Hairdressing takes longer whilst doctors never stop learning. One would be amazed, or not, at the number of business owners who never attended a day’s business course in their life. It would never occur to them to do so.

Chambers of Trade and Commerce in the UK offered members support. This was available as training seminars and courses, most free of charge. There was also a supply of supportive literature and hands-on advice.

Banks offer the services of business managers. I am not enamoured of them, there is of-

THE so-called discount supermarkets Aldi and Lidl have seen their joint share of the groceries market double to 10 per cent in just three years, according to latest industry figures.

Kantar Worldpanel, specialist in retail analysis, revealed that Aldi’s market share in the UK was 5.6 per cent in the 12 weeks up to November 8, while Lidl’s was 4.4 per cent giving them a combined figure of 10 per cent of the market.

Tesco is still the UK’s largest supermarket with a 27.9 per cent share, but Sainsbury’s jumped to second place with 16.6 per cent, overtaking Asda with 16.4 per cent.

The two German owned discount supermarkets continue to attract a middle class audience and by rapid opening of new stores in the UK and Spain, ensure that footfall increases greatly, thus allowing their market share to grow.

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ENTREPRENEURS: You have to believe in yourself and what you are selling.

ten a charge or strings attached in the bank’s favour. The interest is in their business, not yours.

It was the founder of McDonald’s, then a fast growing profitable enterprise, who said: “Forget all your university degrees, connections, financial advantages. Without enthusiasm your business is destined to fail.”

If you don’t believe in your product or service you can’t expect a potential customer to have faith in it. You have to believe in yourself and whatever it is you are selling. Secondly, if you open up a business with the intention of improving your lot you might find it hard going.

Try this, it works. Open up your business with but one aim in mind, that is to make life better, more secure and prosperous for your customer. Surprise! Surprise! By applying this principle you will find you improve your life, increase your security and become more prosperous. It is called putting the horse before the cart.

Finally, put your ego away somewhere safe.

Learn from others who have been there.

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COAL CLOSURE: More gas-fired stations will be built.

By John Smith THE UK’s remaining coal-fired power stations will be shut by 2025 with their use restricted by 2023, according to Energy Secretary Amber Rudd.

Ms Rudd wants more gas-fired stations to be built since relying on ‘polluting’ coal is ‘perverse,’ and with the general run down of the UK coal industry, Britain has to rely heavily on

increasingly expensive imports which are not eco-friendly.

“We need to give a clear signal to people who are in the market for building gas stations that coal will no longer crowd out new gas,” said the Energy Secretary.

At the moment, coal provides around one third of the UK’s electricity, but Ms Rudd said: “We are tackling

a legacy of underinvestment and ageing power stations which we need to replace with alternatives that are reliable, good value for money and help to reduce emissions.”

This follows the recent agreement with China and France to co-fund the building of a nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset, which has been criticised in many quarters.

AMERICAN hotel chains Marriott International and Starwood Hotels have agreed a $12.2 billion (€11.4 billion) deal to create the world’s biggest hotel company.

The two boards have agreed a takeover, under which Marriott will buy Starwood and the two firms will then have an empire consisting of more than 5,500 hotels with 1.1 million rooms worldwide.

Their nearest rival and formally largest chain is Intercontinental Hotels, which has nearly 5,000 hotels.

The deal will combine Marriott’s 19 brands, including Ritz-Carlton and Fairfield Inn, with Starwood’s Westin, W and St Regis chains, with Marriott paying the bulk of the price in stock and a small part in cash.

It was well known that Starwood was interested in working with another chain and their name was linked to possible deals with Intercontinental and Hyatt Hotels earlier this year.

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By John Smith PHARMACEUTICAL companies, US-based Pfizer, which manufactures Viagra, and Irelandbased Allergan, which produces Botox, have announced that they wish to merge to become the largest manufacturer of drugs in the world.

The only problem for the proposed $160 billion (€150 billion) merger is that it will require regulatory approval from the US and that may not be forthcoming as a number of presidential candidates have been vocal about both price increases in pharmaceuticals and corporations attempting to avoid tax by moving their head offices.

The EU has also criticised a number of US corporations including Fiat, Starbucks, Amazon and Google for locating their head offices in countries like Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, and at the latest G20 meeting in Turkey, the leaders of those countries present agreed that they would ensure that these loopholes are closed.

Pfizer, which recently tried to take over the British company AstraZeneca, has been critical of US corporation tax legislation and made no secret that one of the attractions of the British company was the tax benefits that it expected to gain.

Mergers like Pfizer-Allergan are called tax inversions whereby large American companies buy smaller foreign ones and then in theory switch

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Viagra and Botox makers to merge

TAX INVERSION: Pfizer, whose headquarters are in Manhattan, want to merge with Ireland-based Allergan. their headquarters to the location of the smaller one. Whilst the US government will almost certainly object strongly, the Irish government is likely to be in favour of the proposed merger.

The US Treasury Department has unveiled new regulations concerning business inversions but

with the forthcoming presidential elections in the US, unless the Democrats end up with a very strong president able to enforce this policy, the regulations may well be ‘toothless’.

If the merger does go ahead, it is very unlikely that there will any significant increase in the price

of the drugs produced by either company as history has shown that massive hikes such as that when the cost of Daraprim tablets was increased from $13.50 (€12.70) to $750 (€705) per tablet were due to takeovers from external investment companies rather than established manufacturers.

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Nuclear power plant agreement CEREMONY was attended by Egyptian President

DEAL SIGNED: Between Egypt and Russia.

EGYPT and Russia sealed a deal to build the first nuclear power plant.

Last week both nations signed two agreements for Moscow to build the first nuclear power plant in Egypt in a ceremony attended by Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi.

Fighting for ISIS

VW trouble

OLEG SYROMOLOTOV, the Russian deputy foreign minister, has said that some 160 Russian nationals have been killed while fighting for the ISIS terrorist group Takfiri in Syria. He also stated that a total of 2,719 Russian citizens have been known to fight in the ranks of ISIS.

VW are to recall some 1,906 Beatle, Golf and Jetta cars in Russia. Apparently the recall is not related to the emissions scandal, but concerns an engine component that could fail. This news comes as a further blow to VW in Russia whose sales have fallen by 25 per cent this year.

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dards, EOC President Hickey told delegates.

RUSSIA is still the European Olympic Committee’s preferred partner for hosting the 2019 European Games.

That is providing the independent authorities can confirm Russia’s ability to support an anti-doping programme that meets the highest international stan-

VEHICLE RECALL: Engine concerns.

Capital punishment KREMLIN Chief of Staff Sergei Ivanov said, “The reinstatement of the death penalty in Russia would require common sense and not an emotional approach,” in response to calls to reinstate capital punishment for convicted terrorists and their collaborators.

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RUSSIA’S parliament backed a sweeping overhaul of national security, including possibly expanding the powers of the country’s intelligence services, after the Kremlin concluded a bomb downed a Russian passenger plane over Egypt last month.

RUSSIA’S Glonass-M navigation satellite is planned for launch in late December.

The Glonass-M will launch from the Plesetsk space centre in north Russia. The satellite will be orbited by a Soyuz-2 carrier rocket and is called, Number 51.

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We think, mistakenly, that success is the result of the amount of time we put in at work, instead of the quality of time we put in. Arianna Huffington

JUANI - bed’s NERJA Juani provides her customers with everything they need and never forgets those who have helped her.

bed’s rose from the ashes like a phoenix thanks to one woman JUANI had to overcome many obstacles to achieve her success

NO. 1 CHAIN: bed’s has the best quality brands at unbeatable discounts.

LIFE hasn’t always been easy for Juani from bed’s Nerja; in fact, it has been a road full of potholes and obstacles. Yet no matter how often destiny tried to trip her up, she always kept a level head, which has allowed her to get where she is today, at the head of a successful business.

At the age of almost 53, Juani speaks of everything life has thrown at her which we’re sure was much harder than we can express on paper.

Born into a humble family, Juani explained that as was the case for many Spaniards at the time, they had no choice but to pack their bags and head abroad in search of a way to earn a living. France, Germany, Switzerland... as soon as she began to get used to a place it was time to pack up and move on in search of work again.

Later she returned to Spain with her family and started doing odd jobs like babysitting, cleaning and anything else that would allow her to earn some cash to help her family and pay for her studies.

After some time, thanks to her studies in administration and languages, the chance arose to work as an administrative

assistant at a damage evaluation company in Madrid. That, she explained, was her great opportunity, and thanks to the people who took her under their wings, she learned a lot.

She later took various different jobs in offices, courier and real estate companies

JUANI Surviving all that life could throw at her, this amazing lady is now at the top of her game and everything was going well until one day she was told she was included in redundancies, just when she also hit family problems that turned her life upside down.

Finding herself in emotional turmoil, out of work and with just three pesetas in her pocket, Juani moved down south with her family and managed to get by doing whatever work she could find to make ends meet.

Then one day Lady Luck once again knocked on her door and she was offered a job as a salesperson at a ‘bed’s’ shop,

and she worked there for more than six years.

Yet, obviously, that wasn’t the end of the story. The recession hit and the franchise-holder announced the terrible news that he was closing down all his shops in Malaga Province. Once again, on New Year’s Eve, she found herself jobless.

Help came from an unexpected place.

The ‘bed’s’ brand got in touch just before she was made redundant and urged her to take over the shop. When she explained she could not do so, especially as she had no money and no hope of obtaining a loan, the brand decided to help her out while persuading her she really could do it.

One step at a time, the shop as it is today began to emerge from the ashes like a phoenix. Although at first she could only supply a very limited range of products, the hard-working manager gradually built up the shop and turned it into what it is today.

Now, Juani continues to push and look forwards as she works to provide her customers with everything they need. Yet she never forgets those who have helped and supported her along the way, without whom she says she might never have achieved all that she has.

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Would France show such solidarity?

HOPEFULLY the nation’s historic disregard for the British would change LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT AS tragic as the Paris attacks were, and utterly sharing the pain and anguish felt by the French nation, I couldn’t help wondering what would have happened had the boot been on the other foot and the attacks happened on British soil.

Would we have received the tremendous influx of sympathy and solidarity from a country that quite frankly seizes every opportunity to let us know just how much they actually dislike us?

Would they have projected the Union Jack on to their prominent buildings or superimposed our flag over their Facebook profiles? In all honesty can you really envisage the French footballers raising their voices in a lusty rendition of God Save the Queen at the start of their premier division matches? Mmmm!

Let’s just hope as this awful event fades a little in their memories, the French think again when they decide to prevent our supplies coming through Calais; try just a little harder to

SEND IN THE ARMY! Let the UK follow Belgium’s example. control the immigrant problem and not be quite so rude when they realise we are English.

And so, as prophesied, the conflict begins.

Belgium, the country that Muslims have bragged will be the first Muslim controlled

country in Europe, has finally, in the wake of the French terrorist attacks, decided to do something about it. They are sending troops into the no-go areas these people have been allowed to create; making arrests across the board and generally conveying to these intruders that their alien culture and ideals will not be accepted quite as easily as they have so far envisaged. Good.

I now suggest Britain does exactly the same. With the latest study revealing that one in every five Muslims is an ISIS sympathiser, I think the scale of the problem should finally be coming home to even the most complacent of ostriches and do-gooders who have whimpered us into the position where we now find ourselves.

Send in the army! Root out the suspects and hope that their fellow conspirators take up arms. Bring the whole thing to a head. ‘Martyr’ as many as possible and let us all get back to the tranquillity of our own culture and peaceful existence.

Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

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As Leapy Lee said... What on earth are they thinking?

I WAS in Benidorm for the festival and worked there for many years in the music business until 2011. I read your articles regularly and, although you proved to be right on many occasions, I was always amazed by the do-gooders who fervently disagreed with you.

After your article this week I wonder what they will say now after the atrocities in Paris. I’ve been espousing the same theories about the ‘refugees’ but being a Londoner living in Ireland not much notice was taken of me.

Now it’s been proven that at least two of these terrorists came through Lesbos; well, as you say, what on earth are they thinking?

I fear though Leapy we’re fighting a losing battle. ISIS are already here thanks to the do-gooders. They have the audacity to call us racist and, I fear, a lot of the do-gooders are in the media. They should share the blame for the bloodbath in Paris.

Keep the faith Hayden M (via email)

Naive talk CREDIT where credit is due, I was poised to do the unthinkable and that was to agree with Leapy Lee on his article about Loose Women, until I saw Mike’s letter on bad service in the Letters page last week.

His final sentence, and I quote: “That’s what you get when you give workers too many rights,” made me laugh out loud. What an antiquated opinion!

I know, let’s get Correos to go back to deliveries on donkeys. Tie those workers with too many rights to the gun carriage wheels and flog them to within an inch of their lives, if any mistakes are made.

Without even knowing the incident he’s prattling on about, his crass assessment of the workers in this day and age is a testament to the writer’s lack of management skills to even talk like that, and is naive, to say the least.

Philip, San Fulgencio (via email)

Brexit fear I WOULD like to comment on Gibraltarian Minister Fabian Picardo’s

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A history of helping READERS comment frequently on the subject of immigrants from both Europe, ‘EU’ and elsewhere, often taking an ‘anti’ stance.

Is geography and history no longer taught in our schools? Firstly, those from the war-torn Middle East. How can caring and humanitarian individuals not want to give refuge from the horrors of the dreadful wars in Syria and Afghanistan? For sure, there will be an element we can do without; however, the majority genuinely need the help offered within Britain and the other EU countries.

Comments from the ‘against brigade’ are many and varied such as: ‘Charity begins at home’, ‘many homeless and hungry’, ‘unemployment’, etc. I honestly feel that these shallow excuses reflect the rantings of the extreme right, or just plain ignorance.

Britain has a long history of assisting those in need, particularly from Eastern Europe and indeed worldwide.

Let us not forget the many people from our Commonwealth of Nations who laid down their lives to maintain our way of life and culture.

Do those who are against our help to those in need, recall the days of our involvement in creating the map of the Middle East? Do they ever consider how it came about that circa half the world speaks English as their first language? Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Pacific Islands, South America (Guyana), Central America (Belize), all of North America/Canada, India, etc!

What a rich cultural heritage immigrants from all over the world have given to Britain. Find a place in your hearts for those who genuinely need our help.

Remember, we imposed our religion, our language, and our culture on a worldwide basis. We have the capacity to absorb a little bit of others. Kebabs or curry tonight?

John, a citizen of the world

fear that Brexit would mean the loss of trade and jobs.

But why should that be so? We are surely not seeking to rescind the common market membership, as it applies to trade, only the political union aspects of membership. The public generally has no desire to go in deeper and

wishes to be free of being run by unelected civil servants controlled by Germany and France, both of whom have a history of attempted colonisation of the continent.

There is surely no risk of the EU imposing tariffs on UK imports. Trade is two-way and neither Germany nor

France can wish to see retaliation tariffs in the UK on, for instance, cars, where the UK is a very major market for companies like Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Porsche, Volkswagen and Renault.

Peter W, Gibraltar (via email)

Ticket waste Re: Caminito del Rey FRIENDS of mine visited the walk last week with prior reservations and were surprised to find it practically deserted, yet would-be walkers were being turned away as they had no prebooked times. Despite the demand it seems the lack of availability is entirely due to the tickets having been allocated to the local restaurants, who are failing to pass them on to the public.

What a disgrace!

I have managed to get four tickets for late November, the limit for any one booking, but was not able to get any for November 6 when I had visitors keen to do this walk. It is showing fully booked, but I now wonder if there really will be any takers or if the tickets will be sitting in a restaurant somewhere wasted.

I really think this is an issue that should be investigated and shown up for what it is. One has to wonder if the restaurants are paying for their monopoly of what is an essentially free attraction.

Janet, Malaga Province (via email)

France help?

Re: France and the Falklands INTERESTING that France is requesting help from the EU in this matter. How did France help the UK in the ‘conflict’ over the Falklands? If memory serves me right, France assisted the Argentinians by selling them Exocet missiles (used to sink our warships) via a third party.

ISIS must be rooted out and destroyed, but surely France could make the gesture of apologising to the families of the British servicemen killed by Exocets in the Falklands?

Harry Paine (via website)

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Cañete a poacher turned gamekeeper grading of Cataluña’s public debt to junk bond status by ratings agency Fitch.

Had the Fitch announcement arrived before the poll that would probably have been a two-point lead.

The Catalans, shrewd and thrifty businesspeople, tend to let their heads rule their hearts.

Cassandra Nash A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene

SPAIN was promised some EU goodies following the 2014 Euro elections and the sugarplum went to Miguel Arias Cañete.

The former Environment minister was not an obvious choice for Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy commissioner, not with his former oil industry links.

The job description requires him to condemn fossil fuels and greenhouse gases but he is doing so with unexpected gusto. “Converts to causes become their biggest defenders,” Arias Cañete explained. There’s much to be said about poachers-turned-gamekeepers too.

Yllanes not to judge Infanta

Their heads rule their hearts A POLL carried out in Cataluña gave the ‘no’ vote a one-point lead over the secessionists. This coincided with the down-

MIGUEL ARIAS CAÑETE: Condemning fossil fuels and greenhouse gases.

PODEMOS is aiming high and possibly punching above its weight. First the newly-hatched party enlisted four-star general and former Chief of Defence Staff Julio Rodriguez to head its list of general election candidates in Zaragoza.

Now Podemos has another notch on its gun with Juan Pedro Yllanes, a Baleares judge known for relentless pursuit of corruption.

He was due to head the tribunal of judges who will decide whether the Infanta Cristina knew about her husband’s financial shenanigans.

No longer, naturally, as Yllanes

There is no easy way out BASQUE Regional President, Iñigo Urkullu, suggested to his Catalan counterpart Artur Mas in May 2014 that they should seek legal ways of reforming the makeup of the Spanish state.

The offer came to nothing.

Mas has always wanted to do things his way, which is the hard way.

has since requested unpaid leave.

Spain’s Constitution bars judges from participating in politics or being a paidup member of any political party, which works better in theory than practice.

Does anyone believe that not paying a monthly quota to the PP or PSOE guarantees impartiality?

Opinions and prejudices are a mindset, not a standing order at the bank.

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Vehicle transfers following a death AS part of a new 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.

TRANSFER: There is a standard administrative procedure to follow.

IN the event of a vehicle owner passing away, there is a standard procedure for having the vehicle ownership transferred.

Immediately after a death, the vehicle can be transferred to a new owner who may not be the long-term benefactor, but who may seek ownership on a temporary basis.

In this event, the temporary custodian of the vehicle has 90 days in which they must notify the traffic department of this temporary custody and their legal address.

The person registering the vehicle must produce documents to the traffic department including payment for transfer (prices in 2015 are €52.80 for most vehicles, €26.40 for mopeds), identity documents, death certificate of the original owner or marriage certificate stating the death, document proving possession of the vehicle, driving licence and ITV card.

The intended permanent vehicle owner

must apply for the final transfer of the vehicle within a 90-day period.

The intended permanent owner must submit the same documents but with two additions: certificate of liquidation or exemption from inheritance tax and declaration of heirs, or will, accompanied by a certificate of wills, or document stating the award of the vehicle.

You must request a printed official form that will facilitate the transfer of the vehicle by the traffic department on behalf of the state. You have to pay fees for the transfer.

If the applicant is foreign, there are other processes. The official identity of the country of origin must also be presented. You may also have to produce the original document attesting to your home in Spain if you do not have foreign identity documents.

The process is a standard administrative procedure and so your advisor or lawyer will be able to advise you further.

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Spanish tax allowances My wife and I are UK pensioners officially resident in Spain.

I have sent the Spain-Individual tax form to HMRC with the ‘Residencia Fiscal en España’ form to transfer my tax residence from the UK to Spain.

I have read on the internet that the

First, let’s clear up the €22,000 issue.

If you are employed in Spain, your employer withholds your income tax from your pay, just as in the UK. If your income is less than €22,000, you are not

tax-free allowance in Spain is someth in g like €5,600 pe r pe rs on, or €8,500 for a couple. But I have also heard that for pensioners, there is no tax to pay on incomes under €22,000.

Is this a myth, or is it fact?

N.F. (Costa del Sol)

David Searl You and the Law in Spain

required to declare tax. This does not apply to income re-

ceived from outside Spain, which must be declared.

If you are both UK pensioners, this is two incomes.

You file two declarations, with two sets of deductions.

For persons over 65, the minimum is €6,700.

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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Special assistance not so special for some Mike Senker

In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man I HAVE a very rare neurological disorder called Primary Orthostatic Tremor (Google it). This means that when I travel I have to use a wheelchair.

Some airports are fantastic with the way that they handle people that need special assistance, Malaga being one of the best I’ve ever used. The two worst that I’ve encountered are Heathrow and Madrid.

On Saturday I was flying home from London. I get to the airport two and a half hours before the flight, at their request and check in.

That’s ok, it gives me time to have a cuppa.

So I check in (I’m travelling alone) and they tell me to sit in an area where there is another passenger. I go over and say hi. People in wheelchairs do that, it’s like a club.

She looks miffed so I ask what’s the matter and she tells me she has been waiting for 20 minutes and is on the same flight as me. I ask the BA lady if they have called special assis-

tance to which she says yes. I ask where the desk is and am informed it’s on the second floor which is crazy as it makes it impossible to go direct to the special assistance desk .

BA were very good. They kept calling but nothing. What happens is that you get put on a list and as long as they get you there before the gate closes they don’t care. Job done!

It’s bad enough you are dependent on someone else, but to be treated like cargo is degrading. In Madrid they put all the wheelchair punters in a room like cattle. Just lots of people in wheelchairs looking at each other.

To be fair at Heathrow BA were embarrassed and kept calling and when we did get moved they sent us to the BA lounge and gave us brekkie, with only five minutes to spare.

Here’s how it should work. Put special assistance on the ground floor so we can go straight there and get help to check cases in as it’s very hard to wheel yourself in a chair with two cases.

At Heathrow it costs £20 (€28) to get from a cab to the desk with a porter. Then they should get you through security so you can do what ‘normal’ people do, have a cuppa and look round the shopping centre that used to be an airport, or don’t ask me to be there two to three hours before flight closes!

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Perhaps it’s time I dusted off my old fishing rod IN the past angling meant so much more to me than simply catching fish 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.

IT has been many years since I last picked up a fishing rod in anger.

As a young man, my greatest influence was Bernard Venables, the famous naturalist, angler and author who, through his writings and art, taught me to observe and love the wonderful world of the English countryside.

I was fortunate to have the River Kennet on my doorstep and during the summer months, I would often rouse myself early on a Sunday morning, and while the blackbirds were still snoring and having wormy dreams, I made my way ea-

RIVER KENNET: When the sun began to show it revealed the most glorious setting. gerly to the water’s edge.

As the mist cleared and the sun began to show its face, it revealed the most glorious setting and was my favourite part of the day.

With one eye on my stationary float, waiting for that telltale rise and dip be-

fore sliding away as the bait was taken, my other attentive eye would be scanning the far bank for signs of water voles.

These comical little rodents are an endangered species today, but back then were a common sight as they

busily patrolled their territory scavenging for food.

Then as the sun climbed higher in the sky, the surrounding trees and meadows would burst into life, birds found their voices and competed in the avian equivalent of The X Factor.

Legions of insects droned and buzzed into activity, and as if a gigantic artist’s brush had swept across the landscape, the countryside exploded into vibrant colour.

I was lucky to have all of this in my backyard, but sometimes I could be found fishing from a boat on the achingly beautiful Blenheim Palace Lake or studying the waters of the Hampshire Avon or Dorset Stour, searching for signs of the elusive Barbel.

But angling meant much more to me than simply catching fish and as the greatest of all anglers, Izaac Walton, once described the river bank, ‘the quietest and fittest place for contemplation.’ How true.

Perhaps I should dust off my tackle, but I doubt it would be quite the same now.

The miner who ousted a dictator NICOLAE CEAUSESCU and his henchmen thought they were untouchable Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.

IN casual conversation it was remarked that the Euro was as secure as gold and the European Union the new 1,000 Year Reich.

I was reminded of a demonstration that occurred on December 17, 1989 in Communist Romania. Thousands of unpaid coalminers stood silent. Platitudes from the Communist leadership grouped on a government building balcony droned over the stone-faced miners.

General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party, Nicolae Ceausescu, was conceited as he urged patience. Dissent in Stalinist Romania was met by lengthy terms in forced labour camps. He and his henchmen thought themselves untouchable.

The police and armed forces were enmeshed in their crooked system

FUTILE SITUATION: Dictators’ smirks were replaced by a deathly pallor. and the Red Army just hours away.

The group’s cockiness was misplaced. Just one miner, driven to despair, punched the air. Disregarding the likely consequences of his actions he screamed, “out!”

A shocked silence fell on the assembled miners. Moments later a

miracle occurred. A dozen miners joined him, and then 100, 1,000 and soon 10,000 miners were punching the air as they chanted for the government to step down.

The dictators’ smirks were replaced by a deathly pallor now etched on their faces. The miners in

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OPINION & COMMENT

FLAG: Spain v Catalonia.

Another civil war?

WITH the terrible events of the last two weeks, public attention has drifted away from the Catalan parliament’s bid to declare independence from Spain, but are there potentially real similarities between the situation in Catalonia and the situation with ISIS? At the end of the day, what is going to happen over the next 18 months?

Looking forward, could there be a compromise between whichever party is elected to run Spain, whereby there is greater self-government for the area, will there be a referendum, will there be a granting of independence or more likely will the Spanish government simply refuse to allow it to happen?

It will by then be just over 80 years since the start of the Spanish Civil War. The logical conclusion to the meeting of an irresistible force and an immovable object is frightening as the only way to stop the independence movement.

Depending upon the view of the person naming them, those who resist are either terrorists or freedom fighters, and those they are resisting are either invaders or legitimate forces of authority.

In the previous century, the West saw some very brutal regimes which massacred millions, but the one difference between our governments today and the jihadists is that by and large, we have learned from the mistakes of the past whilst ISIS just doesn’t care and seems set on slaughtering for the sake of it.

The ISIS threat needs to be contained but 18 months is a short time and some resolution to the situation with Catalonia will have to be reached sooner rather than later.

their thousands began to edge towards the government building.

TV cameras focused on the country’s doomed leadership. President Ceausescu tried to calm the miners.

It was futile, his speech was drowned out. Security forces were ordered to fire into the protesting crowds but few obeyed the command.

Ceausescu, a lifelong Communist, several times jailed for street thuggery, was courted by England’s royal family and various US and Western leaders. He and his henchmen fled.

The family that had denied their countrymen a voice were prevented from escaping by the country’s armed forces. When the fugitives were arrested it was just eight days from the moment that this solitary miner punched the air and screamed at the top of his lungs, ‘out!’

Now we Tried and found guilty, Ceausescu want to and Co were riddled with automatic hear your views. rifle fire. I have earlier predicted the EU would evaporate in YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE the same way as did the Soviet - YOUR OPINION Bloc. Soon I might rest my www.euroweeklynews.com case.

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7:30am Homes Under the Hammer 8:30am Oxford Street Revealed 9:15am See Hear 9:45am Terry and Mason's Great Food Trip 10:15am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Snooker 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals 10:00pm This is Tottenham 11:00pm The Apprentice: You're Fired!

11:30pm Newsnight 12:15am Snooker 1:05am Snooker 3:05am See Hear

8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Don't Take My Baby 11:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:30pm Josh 12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am Family Guy 1:30am Josh 2:00am Russell Howard's Good News

8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 11:30am Undercover Boss USA 12:30pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 3:10pm Deal or No Deal 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Posh Pawnbrokers 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 9:00pm Britain's Deadliest 8:00pm Channel 4 News Rail Disaster: 9:00pm The Supervet Quintinshill 10:00pm The Murder 10:00pm Dan Cruickshank: Detectives Resurrecting 11:00pm Peep Show History 11:30pm Toast of London 11:00pm Dracula 12:05am 8 Out of 10 Cats 12:20am Catching History's Does Countdown Criminals

9:15am 9:25am 9:35am 9:45am

Peppa Pig Peppa Pig Paw Patrol Bananas in Pajamas 10:00am Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 12:15pm Christmas in Conway 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:15pm Lost Letter Mysteries for Christmas 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Secrets of Rome's Colosseum 9:00pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 10:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

11:00pm Suspects 12:00am Capital One Cup

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Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:30pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Sports Life Stories The sporting documentary series looks at the stormy career of England striker Jermain Defoe.

12:40am River Monsters 1:10am Jackpot247 4:00am Ejector Seat

8:50am You've Been Framed and Famous!

9:50am Dinner Date 10:50am Psych 11:40am I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

1:10pm Emmerdale 1:40pm The Cube 2:40pm Dinner Date 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

8:30pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Tricked 11:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now!

Gunsmoke The Sweeney Minder Alias Smith and Jones 10:55am Gunsmoke 12:00pm The Professionals 1:00pm The Sweeney 2:00pm Minder 3:00pm Pawn Stars 3:30pm Pawn Stars 3:55pm Gunsmoke 5:00pm Alias Smith and Jones 6:00pm The Professionals 7:00pm The Sweeney 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Fifth Gear 10:00pm River Monsters 11:00pm We Were Soldiers 1:50am Chris Eubank: Sports Life Stories 2:45am Ax Men Series following the work of North American lumberjacks.

4:00pm 4:15pm 4:30pm 4:45pm 5:00pm 5:15pm 5:30pm

Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold One2eleven One2eleven Fantasy Football Club Highlights 6:00pm Capital One Cup 7:00pm Premier League 100 Club 7:30pm Boxing 8:00pm Football 11:00pm Boxing 11:30pm Premier League 100 Club 12:00am Premier League 100 Club 12:30am Boxing 1:00am One2eleven 1:15am One2eleven 1:30am Football 2:30am One2eleven 2:45am One2eleven 3:00am Bpl Legends

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Helping Ugandan orphans THERE is to be a charity event at the Mirador de la Axarquia in Comares which starts at 12 noon on Sunday December 13, to raise funds for the 'Nabugabo Community Learning Centre' for orphans in a remote village in rural Uganda.

The cost of entry and a seat at a table is €5 per person and there will be a table sale running from 12 noon to 4pm. During the afternoon it will be possible to purchase mulled wine, curry, mince pies and sweets for the children, with all proceeds from the event going towards this Community Learning Centre.

Santa Claus is due at 1pm and there will be performances from a number of artists together with a raffle with a first prize of a five-night apartment holiday thanks to www. andalusianrentals.com.

Local businesses have also kindly donated additional gifts for the raffle whilst local.

David and Judy Batten, from Comares, left Spain in 2012 to set up a local school for AIDS orphans in a village in Uganda.

The 100 primary age pupils can now call the school home, after being deprived of education due to extreme poverty. This school offers the children two meals a day, all important medical care, clothing and most impressively, amongst all that, free education.

The Battens rely on your support to keep this community project alive as they receive no help or support from the government, and the project is heavily reliant on sponsorships and donation in order to keep the doors open.

So do head on over to the Mirador de la Axarquia on December 13 to show your support.

To book tables please contact Jackee Rootham on 636 827 319 or Becky Bradford on 660 376 864.

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Late stand-in lands ladies’ cup at Buena Vista Petanca event JILL PARSONS won all three of her games, scoring plus 25 points

By John Smith BUENA Vista Petanca Group’s autumn ladies’ cup competition was won by Jill Parsons, who was a late stand-in for another member.

Sixteen players took part in the random pairs event, held at the group’s venue, Verano Azul, Nerja, on Monday November 23.

Jill won all three of her games, scoring plus 25 points. Runner-up with two wins and plus 16 points was Val Langois.

The competition was organised by Reg and Susie Firth who thanked everyone who took part and who entered into the spirit of things by dressing in pink!

WINNING LINE-UP: Jill Parsons, left, with Val Langois and the ladies in pink.

UK artist shows in Frigiliana FREELANCE illustrator, painter, photographer and master of all matters artistic, John Barrett currently working in Malaga, is presenting a collection of his work entitled ‘Interpretaciones’ at the Centro Cultural, Casa del Apero in Frigiliana, which opens on December 1 and runs until December 31.

The exhibition consists of paintings, drawings, prints, illustrations and artist’s books interpreting poems by the Spanish literary master Federico Garcia Lorca, and the lyrics of Nick Drake, the singer who died tragically in 1974 at the

age of just 26.

There is a special inauguration evening on Saturday December 12 from 6pm, and at 7pm the musician and singer songwriter Keith James will also be performing his own collection of music, which is closely related to and complements John’s interpretations of poems by Federico Garcia Lorca and the lyrics of Nick Drake.

For further details about the pair and their work visit the following websites; www.johnbarrett.es http://thelorcaproject.blogspot. com www.keith-james.com

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AS a trainer is it often an interesting experience being able to identify the areas that are essentially preventing clients from reaching their goals.

Of course I hope that everyone has a personal goal to reach, if not how would we ever turn up for training on a Monday morning or find the motivation to push through on the ‘not so upbeat days?’

The majority of my fitness clients have similar goals such as weight loss or maintenance, some are actually slender to the eye, but desire tone and muscular definition. Sometimes due to their profession, they have body imbalances that need strengthening or correcting.

After years of working with both men and women I can pinpoint the requirements most of them have, and I am able to combine programmes to suit their abilities and help them achieve their goals.

I never fail to notice in my group classes, the clients that give 110 per cent effort and the clients that give 65. They have the same goals and desires, however some are willing to put in the full effort required to achieve great results.

So who do you think is getting the results at the end of the month when we do weigh in and measurements? Of course it is the 110 per cent effort clients that have pushed themselves that bit further.

The reason I brought up this topic is, whether you train in a gym or on your own, there comes a time when you need to raise your own effort bar.

PERFORM BETTER: Have a quality breakfast.

Students who ate a good breakfast did twice as well at school EATING breakfast can help pupils perform better in school.

A study by Cardiff University found that eating cereal, bread, dairy or fruit in the morning helped students with performance and they were twice as likely to do well in tests. A breakfast of snacks such as crisps or sweets in the morning was no better than eating nothing at all the study concluded.

Researchers questioned 5,000 pupils aged nine to 11 from more than 100 primary schools and found youngsters who carried on eating fruit and vegetables at other times of the day performed better.

Researchers said this study indicated the ‘strongest evidence yet’ of students eating breakfast and the quality of the breakfast.

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SPECIALIST: Doctor Luis Perez Belmonte.

I’VE heard about fibromyalgia and wondered if that could be my problem, but my doctor says it doesn’t exist. Does it?

Fibromyalgia is a controversial condition, and for many years it wasn’t considered to be a real illness.

Today there is quite a lot of evidence that it does exist. Therefore as a specialist in internal medicine, I recognise its existence although many of my colleagues remain unsure.

If it exists, what is it?

It is a disorder characterised by joint and muscular pain, accompanied by extreme tiredness.

Its causes are unknown although there are probably a series of conditions behind it including genetics.

What are the symptoms?

Along with joint and muscle pain and tiredness, symptoms include difficulty sleeping, morning stiffness, headaches, painful menstruation, tingling or numb feeling in hands and feet, forgetfulness and trouble concentrating.

How can it be treated?

Fibromyalgia can be difficult to treat. It is important to find a doctor who is familiar with the condition and its treatment.

Sometimes teamwork is needed. This includes your doctor, a physiotherapist and possibly other health providers as well.

Medication includes pain relief and anti-inflammatory drugs, muscle relaxers, antidepressants etc, although moderate daily physical exercise is just as important and activities such as swimming and dancing are advised. Psychological therapy can also help channel emotions.

So will exercise help rather than making pains worse?

Moderate, daily exercise will really help improve fibromyalgia symptoms.

What about diet?

Although nothing has been proven, my opinion is that diet is very important.

A balanced diet with plenty of fruit and veg helps maintain a balance between mind and body which helps sufferers.

Is there a cure or is it forever?

Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition which does not have a cure. The best thing to do is find a treatment that works as well as possible and combine it with diet adjustments and daily exercise to keep symptoms under control.

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SIMPLE THINGS: Follow the tips and reduce your intake gradually to make it easier and more long lasting.

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Different things work for different people, but there are some simple things you can do to trim down before the festive season: Keep a food diary Keep a diary to work out your daily calorie intake as many people are in denial about how much they actually eat.

Seeing it on paper can make cutting back easier,

but this only works if you are honest with yourself.

Make small changes By implementing a few small changes you can see big differences, without feeling like you are missing out.

These are more likely to be sustainable, so try switching to low fat dairy, swap meat for lean protein such as turkey.

Cook from scratch It doesn’t have to be overly complicated, but avoiding pre-packaged foods and

ready-made sauces can cut calories. Grill meat and fish and fill up on vegetables, salad and complex carbohydrates such as brown rice or sweet potato.

Watch the alcohol Many people forget alcohol but the average glass of wine (175ml) contains 130 calories and a pint of beer around 215.

Avoid skipping meals Many people think by cutting out meals it cuts calories, but it will lead to low sugar levels and cravings

which often lead to you grabbing an unhealthy snack.

Ditch sugar and white carbohydrates Foods high in sugar can cause spikes in insulin levels and blood sugar crashes that may encourage cravings and fat storage. Check food labels and look out for hidden sugars that appear under other names such as corn sugar, dextrose or molasses.

Reduce your intake gradually to make it easier and more long lasting.

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MADDOCKS’ VIEW ON LIFE

EURO WEEKLY’S SPACE FOR YOU TO TAKE A BREA

Axarquía

Move from the start word (WORD) to the end word (GAME) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.

for next 7 days

TODAY

TODAY

ARCHIDONA

CASABERMEJA NERJA

VELEZ-MALAGA MALAGA R DE LA VICTORIA

WORD WORE WOVE WAVE GAVE GAME or

WORD WARD CARD CARE CAME GAME

GAME BACK

ARCHIDONA

TOMORROW

‘ NO MORE WINDMILLS, SANCHO - WE MUST LOOK TO THE BEACHES! ’

CASABERMEJA NERJA

VELEZ-MALAGA MALAGA R DE LA VICTORIA

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Your mind is positively buzzing with ideas. There has been so much progress in your personal life during the past year that it is hard to believe. However, you are capable of being very dynamic and single-minded.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) There are moments of boundless energy which really urge you to ‘get up and go’. Make use of this at work, where most progress is to be made this week. Be you a politician, pensioner or anyone in between, the opportunities are there to be had. Slow progress on the love front should not see you fretting.

Nonagram

TARGET: Average: 21 Good: 27 Very good: 39 Excellent: 48

How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle?

Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case M) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION ache acre arch cape care carp cere chap char chip each epic pace pica race rice rich caper carpi ceria chair cheap cheep cheer chirp crape creep crepe erica icier pacer parch peace peach perch piece price reach recap achier apiece cipher pierce preach recipe cheaper cheapie peachier HAIRPIECE

Madrid

SUNNY

MAX 22C, MIN 9C

Fri Sat Sun -

18 9 S 19 10 S 19 10 Cl

Mon - 19 9 S Tues - 19 10 S Wed - 20 11 S

Almeria TODAY:

MAX 21C, MIN 10C Mon - 20 11 S Tues - 20 11 S Wed - 21 11 S MAX 16C, MIN 7C

Fri Sat Sun -

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Keeping up the activity level physically is really in your best

15 7 S 16 7 S 16 8 S

17 11 S 18 12 S 18 12 S

S Sun,

Cl Clear,

Sh Showers,

10-Star Quiz

IRISH LOTTO

EURO MILLIONS

LA PRIMITIVA

EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA

Saturday November 21

Saturday November 21

Saturday November 21

Friday November 20

Saturday November 21

Sunday November 22

2

8

10

2

11

32

47

34

35

13

27

38

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BONUS BALL

THUNDERBALL

BONUS BALL

18

7

14

4

30 46

34 49

LUCKY STARS

7

8

2

6

29

38

40

46

REINTEGRO

19

8

CLOUDY MAX 17C, MIN 7C MAX MIN

16 7 Cl 18 9 Cl 18 8 Cl

Mon - 18 8 S Tues - 19 9 S Wed - 19 9 Cl

3

21 39

38 48

REINTEGRO

7

SUNNY MAX 21C, MIN 10C

TODAY:

MAX MIN

Mon - 18 12 S Tues - 19 12 S Wed - 19 12 S

UK THUNDERBALL

9

Fri Sat Sun -

MAX MIN

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

3

MAX MIN

Mon - 19 11 Cl Tues - 19 11 S Wed - 21 11 S

Murcia

SUNNY MAX 20C, MIN 11C

Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.

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SUNNY MAX 22C, MIN 11C 20 11 S 19 11 S 20 12 S

MAX MIN

Mon - 17 8 S Tues - 18 9 S Wed - 18 9 S

Sudoku

17

Fri Sat Sun TODAY:

MAX MIN

MAX MIN

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) This week will see more progress on a health issue. Maybe you have recently given up something or taken to the gym. Recent weeks may have conspired to upset your best efforts. It is never too late to make a fresh start, though, especially right now. Someone who gives your confidence a boost also leads you to believe that anything is possible.

Mon - 15 1 S Tues - 16 2 S Wed - 15 3 S

Mallorca

SUNNY

Benidorm TODAY:

MAX MIN

16 2 S 16 2 S 14 1 S

MAX MIN

MAX MIN

19 11 S 19 11 S 20 11 S

MAX MIN

Fri Sat Sun -

Fri Sat Sun TODAY:

Barcelona TODAY:

MAX 15C, MIN 4C

MAX MIN

Malaga

SUNNY MAX MIN

Fri Sat Sun -

SUNNY

TODAY:

MAX MIN

MAX MIN

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) With your enthusiasm socially at a peak, now is the time to get involved with anything that takes your fancy. A project involving music or painting will give you the chance to make new friends.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) An authority figure may also be seen as a possible romantic attachment.

Your talents and charm serve you well when approaching this person.

Opportunities need approaching with eyes wide open, however, because they could be time-consuming and disruptive.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Bring more zip to your life by putting the spotlight on your health. Getting out and about lifts the spirits, while perking up the diet with new foods brightens the system. As energy levels come up this week, be aware of what is happening around you.

Alicante TODAY:

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Does someone in the family need your attention? Don't begrudge time spent with them, even if you are busy.

Consider what you would want others to do if you were in the same position.

After all, you love a challenge so see this as a bit of a juggling act.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) The chance to travel seems exciting but can be made even more so by including a few people who are on your wavelength. So busy have you been on the more mundane aspects of life that the ‘big picture’ may have faded into the background.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Don't chance your plans being disrupted by ill health. Get any problems sorted out now even if you think they are ‘nothing’.

When you are feeling good it is easy to take that for granted. .

Avoid like the plague people who would dampen your spirit. It may not be deliberate but, if you are near repressed or depressed people, it may rub off. Find positive, active people to be near. If you have not started a form of exercise, then now is as good a time as any. Make it group activity if you want more social contacts.

LOTTERY

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Romance will find you this week if only you are in the right frame of mind. You may be inclined to refuse festive social gatherings that hold no prospects for you, but don't close the door on anything. The right kind of companions are sometimes found in the strangest places.

interests this week. It is a pivotal point where your resolutions in this area could fail. With life very busy, it is still important to retain your priorities.

(November 23 - December 21)

Fri Sat Sun -

20 8 S 21 8 S 20 8 S

F Fog, Sn Snow,

MAX MIN

Mon - 21 8 S Tues - 21 8 S Wed - 22 9 S C Cloudy,

Th Thunder

BEAR WITH ME 1. According to Johnny Preston’s 1960 UK number one hit single, what was the name of the ‘lovely Indian maid’ who Running Bear loved with a ‘love as big as the sky’?

2. After which US president is the iconic children’s toy the teddy bear named?

3. Bob ‘The Bear Hite’ was the lead singer of which American blues/boogie rock band whose UK hit singles include: On The Road Again, Going Up Country and Let’s Work Together?

4. Designed by children’s books illustrator Victor Chizhikov, a bear named Misha (also known as Mishka) was the mascot of which Summer Olympic Games?

5. In stock market terminology, what is a ‘bear market’?

6. Living mainly in islands in the south west of Alaska, which is the largest subspecies of brown bear and one of the two largest bears, the other being the polar bear?

7. Soldier Field is the home stadium of which professional American football team (NFL)?

8. The native range of the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) lies largely where?

9. Which English author is best known for his Paddington Bear series of books?

10. Who, in July 2009, was appointed the youngestever Chief Scout in the UK at age 35?

Not a lot of people know that… Lord Byron kept a pet bear in his rooms while a student at Cambridge, because they wouldn’t allow dogs 1. LITTLE WHITE DOVE, 2. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, 3. CANNED HEAT, 4. MOSCOW (1980) (XXII Summer Olympics), 5. MARKET IN WHICH SHARE PRICES ARE FALLING, ENCOURAGING SELLING, 6. KODIAK BEAR (Ursus arctos middendorffi), also known as the KODIAK BROWN BEAR or the ALASKAN GRIZZLY BEAR, 7. CHICAGO BEARS, 8.

ARCTIC CIRCLE (accept NORTH POLE), 9.

MICHAEL BOND, 10. BEAR GRYLLS

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Code Breaker

Across 1 Yearns (5) 4 Short fall of rain (6) 9 Renovate (7) 10 Minor mistakes (5) 11 Expresses in words (4) 12 Eight-armed cephalopod (7) 13/18 Formal neckwear (3,3) 14 Archaic form of you (4) 16 Revolve (4) 18 See 13 20 Become fully aware of something as a fact (7) 21 Angler’s lure (4) 24 Act punishable by law (5) 25 Highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casing (7) 26 Pressure (6) 27 Dispatches (5) Down 1 Expression (6) 2 Disgustingly foul (5) 3 Footwear (4) 5 Pause or hold back in uncertainty (8) 6 Speak softly (7)

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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 22 represents D and 23 represents T, so fill in D every time the figure 22 appears and T every time the figure 23 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 Artery, 4 Pedals, 9 Scent, 10 America, 11 Reserved, 12 Case, 14 Assent, 16 Renege, 19 Star, 20 Lacerate, 23 Astride, 24 Agile, 25 Screen, 26 Defect.

Down: 1 Austria, 2 Trees, 3 Retiring, 5 Ewes, 6 Animate, 7 State, 8 Cadet, 13 Beverage, 15 Shatter, 17 Element, 18 Races, 19 Snaps, 21 Abide, 22 Fife.

QUICK Across:

7 Strive against, oppose (6) 8 In or to a place that is lower (5) 13 Employment (8) 15 More weighty (7)

English - Spanish

17 Splits (6) 18 Stretched tight (5) 19 Alternates (6) 22 Once more (5) 23 Purchases (4)

Down: 1 Harms, 2 Lessons, 4 Urgent, 5 Raise, 6 Delayed, 7 Wilderness, 9 Surprising, 12 Decides, 14 Dealing, 15 States, 17 Roots, 19 Fancy.

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

Across 1 Pintura (5) 4 Cisnes (aves) (5) 7 There (near you) (3) 8 Tile (floor) (7) 9 Pastores (9) 13 Creamy (f) (7) 15 Mar (3) 16 Works (musical, theatre, literature) (5) 17 Swedish (f) (5)

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across:

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

1 Umbrellas, 8 Agree, 9 Adore, 11 Duda, 12 Atom, 14 Race, 16 Isla, 19 Sello, 21 Coast, 22 Escalator.

Down: 2 Mirlo, 3 Reed, 4 Lead, 5 Ajo, 6 Paraiso, 7 Seventh, 10 Dar, 13 Mil, 15 Abajo, 17 Sopa, 18 Acta, 20 Las.

Down 1 Orar (4) 2 Irlandés (5) 3 Cucharillas (9) 4 Cacerolas (9) 5 Edad (de persona, animal, árbol) (3) 6 Lento (ritmo, movimiento, caída) (4) 10 From (5) 11 Eight (4) 12 Berry (4) 14 Oreja (3)

Hexagram

1 Halt, 3 Muttered, 8 Rushing, 9 Spill, 10 Sword, 11 Nursery, 12 Desire, 13 Traded, 16 Correct, 18 Staff, 20 Drops, 21 Tension, 22 Suspense, 23 Ugly.

Cryptic The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 sixletter 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 (HURLEY) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

AUNTIE

ILLUME

BUREAU

MAGNET

CLOUDY

RAMBLE

COLEUS

RUCKUS

DIESEL

SCREAM

DIRECT

SHERRY

FALLOW

SHRUNK

FATHER

SPRITE

FLUFFY

TURNIP

HURLEY (10)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Penmen 2 Desire 3 Tangle 4 German 5 Matins 6 Psyche 7 Vermin 8 Thirst 9 Thwart 10 Visage 11 Rustic 12 Teensy 13 Garter 14 Entity 15 Gazing 16 Bodies 17 Resize 18 Lariat 19 Nozzle

Across 1 Discover star, zany jungle character (6) 4 Explosive sausage? (6) 8 Builder nears trap (5) 9 In Bangkok a pig is a wild animal (5) 11 Weird eastern lake (5) 12 Perhaps Lister has a note about antiseptic (7) 13 Observe dog being kept safe (6) 15 Females sailed off (6) 19 Bird going to main Welsh port (7) 21 Remained sober, so we hear (5) 23 Leader of Cub Scouts from Lakeland (5) 24 Standing up before court (5) 25 Bleats about learning how to multiply at school (6) 26 Thirteen cards for 11 players in Edinburgh? (6) Down 1 Offers made for ship’s boats?

(7) 2 Part of stair is erect (5) 3 Unpaid, a foreign RU team (7)

5 Make amends by altering a note (5) 6 Erect or demolish, we hear (5) 7 Thick, of French North/South divide, lastly (5) 10 Before I arranged bail, this might serve as an excuse (5) 14 The case presented by Socrates? (5)

16 Simple good man after gold before (7) 17 Builder Les adds loads (7) 18 Trainee given many a wrong date (5) 19 Tin found in street is barely sufficient (5) 20 Fish on ice? (5) 22 Change later (5)

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PROPERTY S P E C I A L

Axarquia a place to relax THE area enjoys a fantastic climate, good beaches, picturesque villages, mountains and rivers

LA HERRADURA: Enjoy the beautiful sunset from the horseshoe-shaped bay. der populated and not overly exploited with a combined population of around 325,000.

Visitors come to enjoy the beaches but also to drive along what is known as the Route of

the Sun and Avocado, and simply enjoy the peaceful view of well-tended agricultural land.

Nerja is perhaps the best known town of interest with the coast running westwards almost to Malaga City.

Although all parts are attractive and have their positive points, the main towns which attract the most visitors as well as purchasers of both retirement and holiday properties are: La Herradura in Costa Tropical, a pretty village overlooking and named after a horseshoeshaped bay which has a pebbly beach but excellent watersports’ facilities, with scubadiving being a great draw because of the crystal clear water.

Motril, another town in the Costa Tropical, boasts a great history going back hundreds of years when the main industries were silk manufacturing and sugar refining. Now, overlooked by mountains and at the mouth of a valley which produces wide ranges of fruit, it offers great areas of historical interest, beaches and a marina, whilst its port welcomes cruise ships.

Nerja, in Axarquia, boasts inhabitation which goes back some 20,000 years and now offers a combination of antiquity, architecture and beaches with its main attraction being the caves, containing paintings and other pre-historic remains.

With 16 kilometres of sandy beaches, the cliffs of Maro-Cerro Gordo and the Balcon de Eu-

Grisha Bruev Shutterstock – Nerja Caves

ALTHOUGH it is the smallest area in Andalucia, covering just 1,021 square kilometres, Axarquia which is said to be named after the Arabic phrase ‘Ashsharquía’, meaning ‘the eastern region’ has 31 municipalities.

It extends along the coast and inland to the east of Malaga and its coastal towns are collectively known as the Costa del Sol Oriental.

When considering the area, it is often coupled with the even smaller Costa Tropical. They enjoy a fantastic climate, as well as good beaches, picturesque inland villages, mountains and rivers.

For some reason, these little jewels were ignored by many of the developers during the period of residential and hotel building, and the area is still un-

Antonio Garcia Wikimedia – La Herradura Sunset

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NERJA CAVES: Pre-historic and stunning attractions. ropa with its fantastic views, Nerja attracts many visitors, some of whom have decided to settle in this town for good.

Rincon de la Victoria, like Nerja, offers a wide variety of places of interest, including prehistoric caves, nine kilometres of beaches and a magnificent promenade, good dining, golf and Bezmiliana Castle a fortress built in the 18th century

by King Charles the third.

Torre del Mar is a pleasant seaside town which used to have many defensive towers and is one of the main resorts of Axarquia as well as the beach resort of Vélez-Málaga, capital of the Axarquia R egion.

The town is best known for its four kilometres of sandy beaches lined with restaurants, bars and apartments as well as its lighthouse.

One of the resort’s particular features is the esplanade which follows the coast to the Marina of Caleta de Vélez, which has over 200 berths and offers a variety of watersports.

Torrox, like many towns

around Spain, divides into two, part inland and part by the sea.

The village, like so many others on this part of the coast consists of typical white-walled houses situated on a steep slope on which the town is built.

Torrox Costa is a popular coastal strip and attracts numerous visitors during the summer, thanks to the choice of hotels and accommodation available.

Velez-Malaga is the capital of and largest city in Axarquia and is just 50 kilometres from Malaga airport. The picturesque old Moorish town surrendered to an army of Ferdinand the second of Aragon in 1487.

With its historic background, compact size and small population, the city is becoming more popular with foreign visitors and those looking for a residence within a city which still maintains its old world charm.

Prices are beginning to rise through the whole area although there are still many residential bargains to be found, but this may change as more money comes in from overseas.

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Regular maintenance protects your main asset and its value ESSENTIAL to keep control on the exterior and interior condition of your home and your home’s appliances VERY soon life will become very hectic, you’ll be out buying this year’s Xmas tree, ordering the turkey, hanging up the Xmas stocking, shopping for presents, and partying.

But it’s also the time of year when you should be carrying out your annual maintenance check on your home before the Xmas rush gets into full swing.

Good regular home maintenance is essential to keep control on the exterior and interior condition of your home and all your home’s appliances. On a practical level you are doing all the small jobs to prevent them becoming big expensive jobs.

You are also making sure your home functions efficiently and safely and is a comfortable environment for the family.

On a financial level you are protecting the value of your most important asset with regu-

lar maintenance and you are keeping your annual running costs in check.

If you tick all the maintenance tips on my list your home should be in good health, so you’ll have no unwanted surprises over your Xmas break and I’m not talking about the presents that you might receive.

The basic home maintnance check list: Exterior • Clean the guttering • If you have a retaining wall, check for subsidence or cracks and arrange for a company to repair • Repair and paint damaged wall surfaces • Pressure clean the drive way and terraces • Arrange for a company to repair or replace any damaged roof tiles

REGULAR MAINTENANCE: Will keep annual costs in check.

• If your roof is covered in green or black mould arrange for a company to steam clean the roof • Repair damp or cracks on the walls and chimney • Call a maintenance company to service and clean your A/C units and filters • Repair broken seals on windows and doors to prevent drafts and heat loss • Repair or replace damaged

terrace tiles and apply treatment to decking, wooden fencing and wooden garden furniture • Check all exterior light fittings are working • Ask the security company to give your security system a check over • Clean the pool tiles, lights and check the seals and that the filter, pump and motor are in good working order and replace if necessary

• Clear out unwanted items taking up garage space • Tidy the garden and fertilize the lawn and clean garden equipment.

Interior • Check that the setting on your thermostat and timer is on the correct setting for the winter • Arrange for your chimney to be cleaned • Check that all your kitchen equipment is functioning correctly and replace old equipment, clean the inside of the oven and extractor hood.

• Clean the filters and check the rubber seals on your washing machine and spin dryer • If your fridge is free standing, unplug and clean the elements on the back • Remove shower heads and clean and repair any damaged seals in the shower, bath and sink

• Check all stop taps for leaks.

Safety Check • Arrange for an electrician to check over your electrical system and fuse boxes once a year • Check electric gates, garage door • Check your hot water boiler is functioning efficiently, if old replace with new efficient modern boiler • Check smoke detector alarms work and fit new batteries • Buy new fire extinguisher, fire blanket place in kitchen and buy first aid kit for kitchen • Check all locks and fit extra locks if needed, check window security screens work correctly • Check domotics function correctly.

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2015 an important and positive year for the Spanish property market FOR the first time in eight years, prices have stopped falling and have now stabilised and in some regions have increased

By John Graham AS we draw closer to the end of 2015 it’s a good time to take stock of how the property market is performing in Spain and the prospects for 2016.

Let’s take a look at where we are today since the global financial crisis in late 2008, which caught everyone out, including financial experts by surprise and has had a negative effect on property sales and values throughout Spain.

Everyone uses 2007 property sales figures as the benchmark, but I think this was a time of mindless speculation combined with the oversupply of cheap mortgages, 100 per cent mortgages or more being the norm. Spain’s property industry was out of control and reminds me of the tulip investment crash in the Netherlands. You could buy a house with one tulip bulb and the next day the tulip bulb was a worthless investment.

In 2013, around 300,000 properties were sold throughout Spain and in 2014 just under 320,000 properties were sold.

SALES FIGURES: So far in 2015 are outselling 2014.

The sales figures in 2015 so far are outselling 2014 with September 2015 showing a substantial increase on September 2014, so 2015 total property sales figures should be higher than 2014 but we will have to wait for the final numbers.

In 2015 we have reached some very important milestones which have

helped property sales in 2015 and will continue to help sales in 2016.

Firstly, the Spanish economy has surprised Europe’s financial experts.

Spain’s economy is performing better than forecast for 2015 boasting one of Europe’s highest annual GDP of around 3.2 per cent, an amazing achievement.

Throughout 2015 interest rates have continued to stay at a record low and inflation is also very low.

For the first time in eight years property prices in 2015 have stopped falling and have now stabilised, in fact in several regions of Spain property and land prices have increased.

In 2015 property buyers’ confidence levels have continued to be high and non-Spanish buyers continue to dominate property sales in several regions of Spain. In some cases non-Spanish buyers represent up to 40 per cent of the total property sales in many regions such as, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Valencia Region, Murcia Region and the Costa del Sol. In 2014 non-Spanish buyers accounted for around 17 per cent of the total properties sold in Spain, the highest percentage since 2007.

One interesting statistic has emerged and that is in 2014 and 2015 the majority of luxury properties in Spain were purchased by non-Spanish buyers.

In the first three quarters of 2015 we see something important happening in

the property sector. The start of the recovery in the construction industry in Spain, with the highest increase in new building licences granted since 2012.

In 2013 mortgage levels in Spain reached around 37 billion euros and rose to around 41 billion euros in 2014.

When figures are released I am expecting higher mortgage figures for 2015.

An important warning for property buyers is that in several regions of Spain such as Murcia and Marbella planning issues continue to be a big problem, especially for foreign buyers.

For peace of mind and to avoid future problems, buyers need to retain a qualified surveyor to look after their interests and provide safe protection and impartial professional advice.

Please remember, it’s up to the buyer to check what could be wrong with the property or planning, not the seller.

To sum up, so far 2015 is turning out to be an important and positive year for the Spanish property industry in most regions. This will help property sales in 2016 to reach the same sales level of 2015 if not even better.

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IDEAS ranging from gardening gloves to a new set of secteurs Gardening Corner

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WITH Christmas creeping up on us here are a few ideas for main gifts and stocking fillers for active gardeners.

1. If your gardening contacts are anything like me, gardening gloves get left out in the rain or the left ones are lost from time to time, so a new pair are welcome at any time of the year but especially just before the start of the winter cut back.

2. Why not fund a garden kitchen plus an inexpensive book on how to cook paellas, rather better than those served up in many tourist restaurants.

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3. With fresh hen eggs now again recognised as being a healthy source of beneficial nutrients and energy, how about a flat pack chicken house and run and a couple of hens.

Not only will they soon lay but they soon become one of the most affectionate pets.

4. Following the article about Vetiver plants several readers have indicated an enthusiastic interest but wanted to see more about how they looked when first planted and a few months ahead.

A bunch of a dozen or two plantlets/slips would be wel-

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As a reminder the plants can be obtained inexpensively from www.vetiverspain.com.

5. Nowadays reasonably priced plastic compost heap covers are on sale. Buy one to replace an unsightly cube of wire or pallets.

6. With the new 2016 EU laws on the sale of insecticides and fungicides buy bottles of eco-friendly neem and propolis, a useful insecticide and fungicide respectively, from info@trabe.es.

7. A collection of spring summer lily plants which are now appearing in garden centres and general stores. They will brighten up the garden for many years ahead.

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EV charge spots for summit THE Renault-Nissan Alliance is installing 90 new charge spots for electric vehicles in and around Paris for the COP21 global summit on climate change, further emphasising their push toward electric powered cars in Europe.

The installation is being done in partnership with French energy provider EDF, Schneider Electric, and SNCF, France’s national rail company.

The EV shuttle service is expected to log at least 400,000 kilometres over the two weeks.

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We all know that economical cars are good for us. But so is cod liver oil and jogging. I want to drive around in a Terminator, not the heroine in an E. M. Forster novel.

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Energica goes public with the ‘Tesla of motorcycles’ THEY hope to raise more capital to expand and grow its business

By Steve Walsh BEING hailed by its Italian owners as, ‘The Tesla of motorcycles,’ European bike maker Energica have launched their production version of its Eva street bike last week at the EICMA 2015 show.

The zero-emissions solution to powerful Japanese crotch rockets is allegedly due to go on sale within a year. While you still can’t quite buy a €23,000 Energica Ego, the company has grown its line-up to include a ‘naked’ version

Volvo on the stand VOLVO’S new rival to the BMW 5-Series will be revealed at the 2016 Detroit Motor Show in January.

Expanding their already bright future, Volvo with the new XC90, is going from strength to strength and impressing with further models on the horizon. The next chapter of the Swedish firm’s transformation is the new S90.

It’s the Swede’s all-new challenger for the Mercedes EClass and Jaguar XF, replacing the old S80 in the range.

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called the Eva. The 2015 Energica Eva is a streetfighter version of the Ego and uses the same 136 horsepower electric motor and 11.7 kWh lithium-ion battery pack, which should allow this lightning powered superbike to travel around 95 miles per charge.

As if that wasn’t big enough news for the small start-up, the bigger news is Energica’s aim is to go public, eventually offering its company shares on the London Stock Market.

Swiss global financial services have been hired to help Energica get things prepared as they begin to look for private investment to raise the necessary free capital in order to be listed on the Stock Exchange’s AIM Italia submarket.

They hope to raise more capital to expand and grow its business by selling approximately €20 million worth of stock if and when it finally

lands on AIM. With other electric motorcycle firms getting absorbed into large manufacturing companies or going to the wind

in recent months, it’s good to see a company like Energica make it this far.

ENERGICA EVA: A streetfighter version.

The Fiat 124 Spider is now the car it always wanted to be WITH more of its DNA from Mazda than Fiat, the 124 Spider was reborn without its ancestral family rusting defects,

meaning the sexy little Spider is now the car it always wanted to be.

The new 124 Spider is be-

ing built alongside the Mazda MX-5 in Japan and shares most of its basic architecture.

But the petite two-seat, reardrive roadster that revives one of the marque’s most iconic nameplates gets unique exterior styling and a subtly different interior to the loveable Mazda sports car.

In addition, under the bonnet the Fiat gets its own 1.4litre four cylinder turbo engine, producing 119kW of power… 1kW more than the maximum output of the car it’s based on.

Fiat also says there will likely be a more powerful Abarth version that will squeeze more power out of the 1.4-litre turbocharged lump.

Fiat America boss Olivier Francois said, “The characteristics of the car are similar to the original 124 Spider. Half of the car is an engine produced in Italy making it a super fun-to-drive car.”

Even with the turbo and intercooler adding weight to the fiat, it will still perform better than the most powerful 2.0litre powered MX-5.

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Los Moriscos Barcelona hammer Real FRIDAY November 13 El Puente Masters Individual Stableford Overall Winner: Mac Farman, Hcp 18, 42 points.

Ladies: 1st, Gillian Green, Hcp 18, 33 points.

2nd, Denise Downey, Hcp 35, 30 points.

3rd, Pat Lowe, Hcp 26, 27 points.

Men: 1st, Robert Durston, Hcp27, 39 points.

2nd, Ray Craig, Hcp 8, 38 points.

3rd, Tony Downey, Hcp13, 37 points.

4th, Brian Downey, Hcp17, 34 points.

Los Moriscos Individul Stableford Game Men: 1st, Stephen Bennett, Hcp 17, 42 points.

2nd, Mac Farman, Hcp 18, 42 points.

3rd, Crispin Williams, Hcp 21, 40 points.

4th, Robert Durston, Hcp 27, 39 points.

5th, Ray Craig, Hcp 8, 38 points.

Ladies: 1st, Erica Oxford, Hcp 29, 35 points.

2nd, Gillian Green, Hcp 18, 33 points.

3rd, Denise Downey, Hcp 35, 30 points.

4th, Claire Gray, Hcp 25, 30 points.

5th, Pat Lowe, Hcp 26, 27points.

Twos Pat Gray, 14.

Anoreta Monday November 16.

Pairs Stableford Betterball (3/4 Handicap) 1st, Alan Lloyd Edwards and Ana Maria Junquera, 33points.

2nd, Malcolm McLeod and Marcia Clark, 33 points.

3rd, Bryan and Judy Howard, 32 points.

Twos: Marcia Clark.

Close run thing on a difficult day, with the tees right back for the Anoreta International being played the following day. Only the last hole separated first and second on countback.

Baviera Tuesday November 17.

Texas Scramble 1st Team: Roger Davey, Alan Worthington, Marion Fraser and Robert Durston with 58.7.

2nd Team: Pepe Gil, Ian Fraser, Mike Elsey and Ali Durston, with 60.7.

3rd Team: John Blanco, Russell Dick, Docker Doyle and Stef Elsley, with 61.4.

4th Team: Rafael Martin, Mike Frayne and Marney Dick, with 62.1.

As the Texas Scramble rounds unfold, the banter and laughter can be heard around the course, it’s obvious everyone enjoys it!

The day had some good scoring with a nett 58.7 winning, with most teams shooting low 60’s.

Thanks to Alan and Robert for doing the score desk and Rob for helping early on, whose efforts resulted in 28 couples coughing up five euros each for the No Christmas Card Appeal. All money raised will go to three children in need charities in Torre, Nerja and La Herradura areas.

Madrid in El Clasico WIN means they go six points clear at the top of La Liga From Back Page

4-0 and Spurs ‘hammered’ West Ham 4-1.

By scoring twice for Everton, Romelu Lukaku became only the fifth player to reach the milestone of 50 PL goals before the age of 23. The others are Michael Owen, Robbie Fowler, Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo.

The top two in the Championship, Burnley and Brighton, drew 1-1; Coventry beat Gillingham 41 to go top of FL1; FL2 leaders Plymouth lost 2-1 to Exeter in the Devon derby and in Scotland, Tony Dingwall scored for Ross County against Motherwell in Dingwall!

Here in Spain, Barcelona hammered Real Madrid 4-0 in the 171st El Clasico. This was Barca’s biggest victory over Real for five years, their biggest at the Bernabeu since winning 6-2 in 2009, and they are now six points clear in La Liga.

In the Champions League on Tuesday, it was Arsenal-Zagreb, BarcelonaRoma and Maccabi Tel Aviv-Chelsea, and last night, we saw JuventusManchester City, Manchester United-PSV Eindhoven and Shakhtar Donetsk-Real Madrid. This evening it’s Celtic-Ajax, Liverpool-Bordeaux and Qarabag-Spurs in the Europa League.

This weekend, the top PL games are LeicesterManchester United, Manchester CitySouthampton, NorwichArsenal and the London derby, Spurs-Chelsea…

Brighton-Birmingham and Hull-Derby meet in the Championship while Coventry-Doncaster and Dagenham-Plymouth play in Leagues One and Two respectively.

FORMULA ONE - The final race of the season takes place in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. Last year’s race was won by Lewis Hamilton, ahead of Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas.

CRICKET - England (355-5) beat Pakistan (271) by 84 runs in the fourth and final ODI in the UAE to clinch the series 3-1. Star of the show in the third win was Jos Buttler, who scored a century in only 46 balls – the fastest ever by an Englishman and the fifth quickest of all-time. Jason Roy also hit a ton. Next up are three T20 matches, starting today, then tomorrow with the last on Monday.

Batsman Ian Bell has been dropped from England’s Test squad to visit South Africa next month.

And Namibia wicketkeeper Raymond van Schoor (25) has died after suffering a stroke when playing in a South African Free State game earlier this month.

TENNIS – Top man Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer in the final of the ATP Tour championship at London’s O2 arena. After losing to Rafael Nadal and Stan Wawrinka in his group, Andy Murray and his teammates will now concentrate on winning the Davis Cup in Belgium this weekend. GB last won the 115-year-old trophy in 1936.

GOLF – Rory McIlroy finished 2015 as European number one by winning in Dubai last weekend as Kiwi Lydia Ko (18) retained her one-million dollar CME Globe title. And Tiger Woods has asked to become vice-captain of the USA Ryder Cup team next year.

RUGBY UNION – England have appointed their first-ever overseas coach – naming Aussie Eddie Jones as Stuart Lancaster’s replacement.

And New Zealand star Richie McCaw has retired with caps under his belt.

And belated condolences to the family and millions of friends of another star Kiwi, Jonah Lomu, who died last week, aged 40.

ATHLETICS – Russian athletes Kristina Ugarova (1500m) and Tatyana Myazina (800m) have been banned for drug abuse while

Spain’s Marta Dominguez has been stripped of her 2009 World Steeplechase gold medal by the AntiDoping Board.

BOXING – On Saturday, Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko fights Britain’s Tyson Fury in Dusseldorf for the WBA/IBF/ WBO heavyweight titles.

GOODBYE… Peter Dimmock, the first presenter of BBC’s Sportsview, has died, aged 94.

BACK FROM INJURY: Lionel Messi.

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Take a bow Buttler, Vardy, McIlroy and Djokovic AND Rugby Union says goodbye to a great Tony Matthews International Sports A former player and now the world’s most prolific author of football books with almost 150 published since 1975, Tony is also the sports correspondent for Spectrum Radio and lives on La Pilica in the Sierra Cabrera Mountains overlooking Turre.

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FOOTBALL – Last Saturday, Jamie Vardy equalled Ruud van Nistelrooy’s record of scoring in 10 successive PL games when he netted in top-of-the-table Leicester’s 3-0 win at Newcastle.

Blackpool’s Stan Mortensen

holds the all-time top flight record by scoring in 11 successive matches in 195051.

Elsewhere in the PL, Liverpool battered Manchester City 4-1 at the Etihad… Arsenal lost 2-1 at WBA (only their second

defeat at The Hawthorns in 42 years)… Manchester United won 2-1 at Watford…

Chelsea squeezed past Norwich 10… Stoke won 1-0 at Southampton…

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STAR OF SHOW: Jos Buttler scored a century in only 46 balls.