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Axarquia welcomes the kings RESIDENTS delighted in sampling holiday treats and catching a glimpse of the parades By Sam Croft A SPIRITED arrival of 2016 shone through the streets of Axarquia as zestful local residents delighted in sampling holiday treats and catching a glimpse of the Three Kings in the assorted parades that took place on January 5. Thanks to the Ortiz bakery chain, the year got off to a sweet start. Working with the Velez-Malaga Town Council, bakery owner Sergio Herrero Ortiz generously supplied 5,000 free portions of the traditional Roscon de Reyes cake in the Plaza de las Carmelitas. Ortiz Bakeries has seven locations in four different towns in Axarquia: two in Velez-Malaga, two in Torre del Mar, two in Torrox, and one in Nerja. Ortiz said: “We are the members of a third generation of pastry chefs and when the season arrives we have a workforce of 100 people.” He has carried on the family tradition since 1936, when Jose Ortiz opened the very first Ortiz Bakery in Granada. Meanwhile, on January 5 it was time for the annual Three Kings Parade, and children and parents alike were squirming with anticipation. In La Herradura, the parade featured a procession of eight floats and more than 200 people. Between the eight different floats and the various people, 800 kilos of sweets and hundreds of toys

were handed out to the exuberant crowd. Over in nearby Salobreña, on the other hand, the parade underwent a complete overhaul, with newly-designed floats and a new artistic image, as well as an African person playing King Baltasar in a reflection of Span-

ish diversity. Of course, safety always comes first. Prior to the big day, Motril Safety Councillor Maria Angeles Escamez provided a few handy tips, reminding people not to leave the pavement to collect sweets, and always to stay well clear of the floats.

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New year, new life THE first baby of the year in Malaga Province was a boy ca l l e d C h a r l i e w h o came i n t o t h e wo r l d a t Malaga City’s Virgen de la Victor i a h o sp i t a l at 1.30am. He weighed 3.980 kilos and measured 52cm. Axarquia, on the other

hand, had to wait a little bit longer. There, the first baby of the year was a little girl named Manuela, who w a s 5 1 c m lo n g and weighed 3.100 kilos. She was born in the Hospital Comarcal de la Axarquia at 12.55am on January 2.

Indoor pool changes THE indoor swimming pool of Torre del Mar has reopened its doors to the public after carrying out some planned tailoring and repair work. Additions to the pool include new hand railings, a baby changing station in the unisex changing room, and LED lights. Workers also performed an extensive cleaning of the facilities.

Fire extinguished ALMUÑECAR firefighters were called to Calle Guadix as a result of a fire inside one of the recycling containers. The strong smell of burning plastic and intense smoke

caused the residents to think that the fire was serious, but fortunately the firefighters were able to put it out quickly. The cause of the fire was unknown.

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€150,000 Quiniela ticket is sold in Velez-Malaga ANOTHER one was validated in Catalonia By Sam Croft A WINNING lottery ticket worth over €150,000 has been sold in Velez-Malaga. The person who bought the Quiniela (football pools) ticket successfully called the results of 13 of a possible 15 matches, resulting in a tota l c a s h priz e of €153,555.58. The tic ke t, w hic h w a s validated in a Velez-Malaga dispatcher’s office with the number 50,770, was one of two tickets with 13 correct predictions. The other was validated in the municipality of Torregrossa, in Catalonia. In this past lottery, with re c e ipts a dding up to €4,094,815.50, there were no tickets with 14 predic-

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THE QUINIELA: One person has correctly predicted 13 out of a possible 15 matches. tions, nor winners of the Pleno de Quince, in which a person correctly predicts the first 14 matches, as well as

the 15th bonus match. This means that the pot will be carried over to next week’s lottery, and a single ticket

next week with 15 correct predictions could result in one lucky person winning €3 million.

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RAISING AWARENESS: 20,000 people have signed a petition to ban firecrackers in the streets. By Steve Walsh

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FOLLOWING an article in December in EWN’s Costa del Sol edition, ‘No cause for celebration,’ raising awareness that animals and pets are often terrified by the noise of fireworks and firecrackers, we have discovered that one man decided to take things a little further, and now has the backing of more than 20,000 others.

Jesús Quílez of Marbella has had enough of firecrackers and pyrotechnics being misused by inconsiderate people in the streets, so much so that he started a petition on Change.org that hit the 20,000 signature mark within five days. His point is although organised firework displays to mark significant events such as the New Year are a wonderful experience, the reckless throwing

of fireworks, rockets and crackers in the streets and parkland at all times of the day by thoughtless youth, is not only a nuisance but a dangerous fire risk. The petition states: “recently, the throwing of firecrackers and rockets on certain dates has fast become a habit; it is tacky, dangerous and annoying. It affects many people, young and old, apart from the suffering pets with more sensitivity to the

mindless noise. There are laws and regulations made to prohibit and prosecute these acts that disturb the peace, everyday use should be restricted to professionals in festivals or at justified social events.” The petition was started on January 1, and within 48 hours had 10,000 signatures. www.change.org/p/ayuntamient os-prohibición-de-petardos-enlas-calles

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A new shop opens in Motril every day WHEN one business dies, another is born By Sam Croft WH ER E y e st e r d a y t h e re was a toy shop, today there is a nai l sa l o n . T h e s h o e shop is now an accessory shop, and where there was once a bank branch there is now an electronics shop. The c o m m e r c i a l l a n d scape of Motril is changing and it is moving so fast it could give you vertigo. Businesses within the municipal i t y a r e c o n st a n tly disappearing, and new ones pop up to replace them just as quickly. The Environmental Department of the Motril Town Council estimates that they will close 2015 with similar numbers of local premises, but 370 new business licences, o r o n a v e r a g e , a new business every day.

It is not just a matter of new shops, but rather that th e ma jo rity o f ex is ti ng shops have a high rotation. Where one business dies, another is born. The slowing-down of the ec o n o mic an d rea l es ta te crises has encouraged many small business owners to take risks that they may not have taken before. They try it for a few

months, and if it doesnâ€™t go well, they close. Additionally, the municipal rules for getting a business licence have recently a da pte d to the Europe a n regulations, and this means the process of becoming an entrepreneur is easier than before. This provides further incentive for would-be business owners.

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Grave situation of THE facilities of the market have suffered from the abando By Sam Croft DURING the last term, one of the most talkedabout themes in the area of La Herradura was the situation of the Municipal Market of Almu単ecar. In November of 2012, the existing car park underneath the market was closed, which caused a severe lack of parking in the area. Consequently, there was a notable drop in the amount of clients in the market, which caused sales to plummet and obliged some of the vendors to close their stands. It also provoked a loss of business in the whole neighbourhood. In a recent court case, it was declared that the car park should not have been constructed in the first place, but many are still not satisfied. The lack of solutions on behalf of the town council has caused Partido Socialista Obrero Espa単ol (PSOE) members in Almu単ecar to demand the mayor to do something about the situation. PSOE Councillor Sergio Garcia Alabarce has pointed out that the facilities of the market are suffering from the abandonment on behalf of the town council, and there has even been an increase in theft due to lack of security. Alabarce said the market is deteriorating day by day and the situation is very unfair to the many families of the vendors and local shopkeepers.

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La Herradura improves access to urbanisations with a new ramp

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THE residents of the Bahia Jardin and Casa Fuerte Urbanisations in La Herradura will no longer have to carry out detours of hundreds of me tre s tha nks to the c onstruction of a new ramp. Previously, residents who wanted to access the urbanisations from Calle Acera del Pilar could only get around the Es pina r Stre a m in a roundabout way due to a difference in levels. Head of La Herradura Council Office Juan Jose

Ruiz Joya explained that this initiative, carried out over the course of multiple operations, was undertaken over the last few weeks owing to the stop in traffic due to the installation of a new drainage system in the Calle Acera del Pilar. Joya added that the work has not only consisted of a ramp, but also a widening of certain parts of the route and a change of lighting in the whole area. RECENT WORKS: Certain parts of the route have also been widened and lighting added.

Youth Orchestra in Almuñecar THE Youth Orchestra of the South of Spain gave an extraordinary performance at a New Year’s Eve Concert in the Casa de la Cultura in Almuñecar. The audience gave a standing ovation during the rousing finale, which once again confirmed the group as the most important classical music formation in the Costa Tropical. Under the direction of Michael Thomas, the orchestra, which

takes its name from being almost entirely formed by more than 50 musicians from different parts of Andalucia, performed various pieces from different classical composers. Before the end of the concert Thomas called Orchestra Coordinator Antonio Peralta and Culture Councillor Olga Ruano onto the stage, so that they could toast to the New Year.

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Rincon town council approves budget THE Rincon de la Victoria Town Council has definitively approved the municipal budget for 2016. The budget forecasts €38.6 million in revenue and €36.1 million in expenses, meaning a predicted surplus of €2.5 million. The cuatropartite government said that the new budget prioritises social politics, employment, transparency, and participation.

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Roldan Olives set to become a franchise FIRST shop has now opened in El Ingenio Shopping Centre in Velez-Malaga Flickr: Maciek Lulko flickr by CeresB

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By Sam Croft ROLDAN OLIVES, which was created as a family business almost a half century ago, is about to become a franchise. The company is the main commercialiser in Spain of Aloreña Olives, which are the first kinds of olives in Spain with the Denomination of Protected Origin. The first shop of the franchise has now opened in the El Ingenio Shopping Centre of Velez-Malaga. The shop will be a model for the company and will offer 40 different types of olives, as well as other pickled products, olive oils, and jams. Roldan Olives currently exports 20 per cent of its product to external markets, in such varied countries as Canada, Colombia, Poland, France, Germany, Japan, and the United Arab Emirates. The company currently produces 2.5 million kilos of olives annually, 70 per cent of which are Aloreña Olives. Aloreña Olives are produced in the Mala-

ALOREÑA OLIVES: Feature dressing of red pepper, garlic, thyme and fennel. ga Province. They are known for their calibre, texture, and the ease of taking out their pits. The Aloreña Olives manufactured by

Roldan Olives feature a dressing that is made with red pepper, garlic, thyme, and fennel.

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PLAN: Around 80 portable classrooms will be eliminated in Andalucia in 2016. By Sam Croft PARTIDO POPULAR (PP) Representative in the Motril Town Council, Luisa Maria Garcia Chamorro, has complained that the Junta de Andalucia regional government has not included Motril in its plans to get rid of various portable classrooms in the region over the course of 2016.

The regional government has promised to eliminate around 80 portables in the coming year and has allocated €107 million for the initiative. However, Garcia Chamorro expressed her frustration that these changes would not occur in Motril, in particular in the Colegio Publico Cardenal Belluga of Los Alamos. She demanded an explana-

tion from Motril Mayor Flor Almon, and said the oversight seemed to indicate that Motril is not a priority in the eyes of the regional government. Garcia Chamorro demanded an immediate solution to the problem, saying there are many children who are attending classes in the portables, and that ‘this should not be allowed in the 21st century.’

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Hundreds participate in annual volunteer event MANY children and adults kicked off the year by participating in the second annual Volunteer Weekend at the Aquatropic Water Park in Almuñecar. Over the course of two days, visitors to the park took part in numerous activities, including

children’s games, diverse workshops and sports. Caring for the environment was a major theme at the event, which was launched by the park in collaboration with the Almuñecar Town Council and other businesses in the region. The money collected will go towards local associations.

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What do you do with your boarding passes? THERE is a great deal of information found on that innocent bit of paper By Steve Walsh THE common or garden boarding pass is a familiar sight to most of us, and once served its purpose is typically discarded without concern as soon as we land. But maybe we should take a little more care of that scrap of paper! We are all aware of the need to keep our digital data safe these days, and with the guile and cunning of an MI5 agent take all sorts of security measures with our mobiles, online banking, pin numbers and email accounts. However, did you realise that there is a great deal of information on that innocent little piece of paper you just left on the plane that hackers can use to access your personal data? For example: If a would-be hacker took a picture of the bar code on your boarding card, using a few of his software tools it’s possible for him to access your e-mail address and telephone number. From there they might even get access to your bank account or maybe even break into your

BOARDING PASS: Information could end up in the wrong hands. home… after all he knows you’re on holiday! The broadcaster USA Today has released a video in which they show how easy it is for a hacker to access your information us-

ing just his mobile phone. So, the next time you brag on Facebook with a photo of your flight tickets to Barbados, don’t be surprised how much of your information actually ends up in the wrong hands.

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Man arrested for causing car damage By Sam Croft NATIONAL POLICE officers in Motril have arrested a 37-year-old man for allegedly committing a series of forced entries into cars. The man is presumed guilty of having

caused damage in at least five vehicles, after he was caught by a police team while in the act of breaking into one of them. The incident unfolded when the police received a call in which a resident informed them that an individual was forcing the doors

of a locked vehicle. Officers immediately went to the scene, and surprised an individual who fled down the road. After a brief pursuit he was caught. The police went back to the car and discovered that the car had been broken into.

Further inspection verified that up to four vehicles in the same area had had their windows smashed and the interiors rummaged through. The arrested individual, who has had previous run-ins with the police, was later handed over to judicial authorities.

Provincial Council approves grants of €534,170 for Velez-Malaga MALAGA Provincial Counci l has appr oved var i ous grants to the town council of Velez-Malaga, for an over al l am ount of €534,170. Of t he t ot al , €240,208 will be allocated towards the transformation of the old railway station into a bus station. The objective is to create an infrastructure within the

community that encourages the reduction of the use of private vehicles, with the aim of bringing down pollution levels. Addi t i onal l y, t he t own will receive €240,236 for the creation of a new walkway along the Coastal Path between the Santillan and Chilches Streams, as well as €53,726 for further changes to the seafront.

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€2million dynamisation plan Velez-Malaga VELEZ-MALAGA announces project to be funded by the next municipal budget By Sam Croft THE town council of VelezMalaga has announced the inclusion of a dynamisation plan in the next municipal

budget funded with €2 million of the council’s own resources. This means some funds coming directly from the council and some from an agreement with Juvigolf.

As the minority council team, formed by PSOE (Partido Socialista Obrero Español), PA (Partido Andalucista) and GIMPTM (Grupo Independiente Pro

Municipio de Torre del Mar) promised during their electoral campaign, they will not launch an employment plan in 2016. However, Velez-Malaga Mayor Antonio Moreno has indicated that with the new dynamisation plan the council plans to carry out different initiatives in the town which will in turn generate employment. The idea is to use the €2 million from the dynamisation plan to carry out construction projects within the community, and to contract manpower to undertake the jobs.

tries to get park moving THE cur r ent counci l of Velez-Malaga will try to improve the prospects of the Tecnoalimentario Park Costa del Sol Axarquia, located in the area of El Trapiche. The park aims to promote agriculture through the use of modern technology, but the activity has been sl ow t o m ove forward and many busi-

nesses still have not opened their doors to the public. The council has signed a collaboration agreement with the Chamber of Commerce of Malaga to get the park moving forward, with help from the Malaga Provincial Council. Velez-Malaga Mayor Antonio Moreno Ferrer underlined that the signing of the document guarantees the commitment of the current government “with the food and agriculture sector, as well as with the development of entrepreneur activity and the creation of employment in the municipality.”

Hiker rescued in Chillar A SIXTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD Belgian woman was rescued whilst hiking in Chillar towards the Fuente del Esparto where she sprained her right ankle. She was taken to a local health centre by officers from the Guardia Civil, Civil Protection of Nerja and Puesto Nerja.

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Eye in the sky for Spain’s Lynxes ANDALUCIA’S regional government has inked a deal enabling conservationists to use drone technology to watch over the endangered Iberian Lynx. The drone company will develop a prototype designed to ‘advance the monitoring of lynx that have been introduced into the wild’, in a bid to save the world’s most endangered cat from extinction. A massive effort by conservationists in recent years has seen the return of the lynx to the Spanish wilderness after decimation over the past century saw their population reduced to just 94 in small pockets of Andalucia. By the end of 2014, numbers had risen to 327 due to the intensive efforts and the species was downgraded from ‘critically endangered’ to ‘endangered’ by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Now the regional government is hoping the drone program will

soon replace the current protective model of collared radio devices which have proven helpful but not as efficient as required. The species has suffered from illegal hunting, and the destruction of their natural habitat. The drones should be able to provide some measure of protection from hunters, while allowing the conservationists to track Lynx movements in a bid to protect their wider environment. A major threat, however, remains highways, which killed 22 lynxes in 2 0 1 4 alone.

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Record Boxing Day sales expected Nigeria NUMBER of people visiting the UK high street rose 11.7 per cent By John Smith THANKS to a long weekend in the UK with Boxing Day and its traditional sales falling on a Saturday, the retail analyst Springboard has forecast that this is likely to be a record year for sales both in shops

(€2,717,000) is the record amount of sales that Selfridges made between 9am and 10am on Boxing Day

“The government must take the big decisions on infrastructure, especially in aviation and energy, and get building roads, rail and more homes.” CBI director general Carolyn Fairbairn.

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Deutsche Bank to sell Chinese shares By John Smith AS part of announced plans to increase its financial strength, Deutsche Bank has agreed a deal to sell its 20 per cent stake in China’s Hua Xia Bank for an estimated $4 billion (€3.66 billion) to the State-owned Chinese insurer PICC Property and Casualty Company.

and more importantly online. The number of people visiting high street shops on Boxing Day increased by 11.7 per cent compared with last year according to the company, and visits to shopping centres and retail parks also increased although not so dramatically, perhaps many remem-

“As we execute on Deutsche Bank’s strategic agenda, now is the right time for us to sell this investment,” said chief executive John Cryan according to the BBC. Earlier this year the bank said that it intends to reduce its staffing by 15,000 as well as selling a number of its businesses.

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Barcelona Metro sale ACS construction group is selling, subject to final approval, 80 per cent of its holdings in Servicios, Transportes y Equipamientos Publicos, which in turn holds 50 per cent of one of the lines in the Barcelona Metro system. It anticipates that the sale will not only release capital for reinvestment but will show a profit of around €70 million for the company.

Hyatt hacking HOTEL group Hyatt is warning past guests of a security breach in its customer payment system, as it had found malware on the payment processing computers for some hotels. The company said the problem had been fixed, but advised past customers to check bank statements for any unusual activity.

The cost of the UK floods IN the view of accountants PwC, the cost of heavy flooding across northern England is likely to exceed £1.5 billion (€2 billion), with small businesses and insurance firms hit hard, and this was before the onset across Ireland and Scotland of

Storm Frank, so the final cost is likely to be much greater. The overall cost to the economy could run to about 0.25 per cent of UK domestic product, and does not take into account the irreparable loss.

bering the six-hour queue to exit Bluewater in Kent on December 21. It was interesting to note that many shoppers didn’t go out on Boxing Day until the late morning as they were busy checking websites to see what bargains were available and where.

card ban THE Central Bank of Nigeria has issued an order to local commercial banks to tell customers to stop using their debit and credit cards whilst abroad after January 2016, according to the BBC. It is anticipated that this should be a temporary measure in order to protect the country’s foreign exchange reserves.

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% CHG. NET VOL -5.50 4,308.54 -1.93 26,663.59 -2.32 4,669.48 -3.40 3,849.78 -2.64 5,677.72 -3.32 4,541.84 -3.03 14,779.82 -3.24 21,078.35 -1.93 58,475.02 -2.00 16,041.48 -2.17 5,168.02 -2.18 37,337.57 -2.07 70,950.86 -1.88 6,311.17 -0.78 34,339.73 -1.79 5,071.35 -2.07 8,129.74 -2.78 16,385.45 -1.80 6,366.46 -1.46 65,962.56 -3.64 5,449.21 -2.50 39,365.96 -2.21 5,407.60 -0.48 8,373.78 -1.79 10,988.74 -1.83 19,759.19 -1.95 8,168.37 -2.03 16,261.74 -1.30 5,757.31 -1.55 5,001.97 -1.71 47,272.45 -2.04 6,180.00 -2.54 12,088.46 -0.80 6,986.89 -0.64 5,231.94 -3.10 5,099.08 -3.93 13,579.75 -1.80 67,713.28 -1.41 4,689.59 -2.26 7,223.87 -1.92 4,803.91 -2.63 106,268.97 -1.47 12,429.74 -2.93 6,276.00 -2.09 4,724.22 -1.86 34,608.41 -2.27 4,318.66 -1.93 5,161.12 -2.00 4,527.81 -2.04 11,190.64

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% CHG. -2.18 -2.08 -1.70 -2.69 -1.87 -2.50 -1.75 -3.37 -2.85 -1.50 -2.09 -4.95 -2.79 -3.40 -2.32 -2.38 -2.27 -2.07 -0.93 -0.89 -1.88 -2.98 -1.57 -2.43 1.45 -2.92 -0.38 -2.24 -2.13 -2.20 -3.37 -1.89 -2.13 -2.53 -2.77 -1.56 -1.47 -3.21 -2.80 -1.42 -1.70 -2.39 -0.25 -2.12 -2.68 -0.59 -1.54 -2.30 -1.40 -1.89 -1.52

NET VOL 5,596.30 7,749.21 9,502.33 16,163.85 52,816.56 9,654.40 4,632.82 7,501.25 6,545.27 35,766.01 11,060.40 9,014.87 4,968.50 40,133.09 6,253.46 6,115.25 45,033.88 19,958.21 60,794.47 38,534.08 13,496.08 27,825.07 4,554.00 10,783.36 3,942.19 4,407.64 65,948.34 5,088.52 6,830.40 6,593.67 27,707.05 19,356.13 7,819.64 3,815.52 10,813.19 3,432.20 15,471.97 14,786.92 5,346.19 5,244.80 4,991.57 12,298.32 7,285.61 6,643.57 37,746.54 6,460.89 57,996.54 9,770.34 N/A 20,583.55 8,136.46

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PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE VOLUME 150.64 -1.27 -0.84% 1.6M 69.55 -0.61 -0.87% 3.5M 105.26 -2.06 -1.92% 40.9M 144.59 -1.82 -1.24% 2.1M 67.96 -0.73 -1.06% 4.4M 89.96 -0.13 -0.14% 7.0M 27.16 -0.375 -1.36% 17.0M 42.96 -0.61 -1.40% 9.7M 105.08 -1.26 -1.18% 6.7M 66.60 -0.73 -1.08% 2.8M 77.95 -0.16 -0.20% 10.3M 31.15 +0.10 +0.32% 52.3M 180.23 -1.78 -0.98% 1.8M 132.25 -1.10 -0.82% 3.2M 137.62 -1.72 -1.23% 3.5M 34.45 -0.54 -1.54% 14.7M 102.72 -1.06 -1.02% 4.6M 66.03 -0.56 -0.84% 14.7M 118.14 -1.29 -1.08% 3.7M 52.82 -0.43 -0.81% 8.3M 55.48 -0.83 -1.47% 27.3M 62.50 -0.75 -1.19% 6.5M 32.28 -0.47 -1.44% 21.1M 79.41 -0.66 -0.82% 5.1M 112.86 -1.43 -1.25% 956.1K 96.07 -0.83 -0.86% 3.0M 117.64 -1.28 -1.08% 2.4M 46.22 -0.55 -1.18% 11.5M 77.55 -0.80 -1.02% 6.5M 61.30 -0.38 -0.62% 6.6M

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Most Advanced Aemetis, Inc SteadyMed Ltd. EV Energy Partners, L.P. Kura Oncology, Inc. Memorial Production Partners LP Global Sources Ltd. Health Insurance Innovations, Inc. Star Bulk Carriers Corp. Iconix Brand Group, Inc. ProQR Therapeutics N.V. ProNAi Therapeutics, Inc.

$ 2.90 $ 3.13 $ 2.81 $ 8.40 $ 2.64 $ 7.80 $ 6.70 $ 11.9999 $ 6.83 $ 8.68 $ 15.04

1 ▲ 52.63% 0.66 ▲ 26.72% 0.41 ▲ 17.08% 1.12 ▲ 15.38% 0.35 ▲ 15.28% 1.02 ▲ 15.04% 0.79 ▲ 13.37% 1.1499 ▲ 10.60% 0.65 ▲ 10.52% 0.75 ▲ 9.46% 1.29 ▲ 9.38%

$ 12.20 $ 3.99 $ 2.0501 $ 16.31 $ 14.66 $ 4.42 $ 3.87 $ 20.08 $ 6.37 $ 17.33 $ 16.41

2.29 ▼ 15.80% 0.45 ▼ 10.14% 0.2299 ▼ 10.08% 1.54 ▼ 8.63% 1.27 ▼ 7.97% 0.37 ▼ 7.72% 0.31 ▼ 7.42% 1.45 ▼ 6.73% 0.44 ▼ 6.46% 1.19 ▼ 6.43% 1.09 ▼ 6.23%

Most Declined Flamel Technologies S.A. General Finance Corporation Erickson Incorporated SodaStream International Ltd. MyoKardia, Inc. Century Aluminum Company Bio Blast Pharma Ltd. Immune Design Corp. American Superconductor Corporation NantKwest, Inc. PHI, Inc.

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Spanish retail showing an upturn SPAIN’S national statistics agency has announced that retail hiring in November grew 1.8 per cent over the last year, which is the fastest rate since Spain entered the deep recession in 2008. Spanish shops are now said to be hiring at pre-crisis levels in what is the Eurozone’s fourth largest economy. Perhaps going in some way to explaining the need for additional staff, retail sales increased by 3.3 per cent in November compared to last y e a r, wh i c h is th e 1 6 th consecutive month of growth, according to the agency. Whilst final figures are awaited follo wi n g l a st m i n u te T h re e Kings spending, many large retailers believe this will be the best Christmas and New Year period for business since the country’s recovery started. One of the reasons for higher household spending in Spain is belie v e d t o b e t h e fa llin g o il prices which have helped reduce

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By John Smith

SHOPPING: Large retailers believe this will be the best Christmas and New Year period for spending since the recovery started. costs, although the public at large did not recognise the economic growth of the country by voting

for the incumbent government. A lthough Spa in’s e c onomy gre w 0.8 pe r c e nt in the third

quarter of the year, the high unemployment level and effective freezing of wages doesn’t really

bode that well for future confidence, al t hough any posi t i ve news has to be welcome.

Minimum wage in Spain is to increase by 1 per cent DESPITE the fact that the offer of 1 per cent increase in the minimum wage by the interim government of Spain was opposed by the two main unions UGT and CCOO as being insufficient, it appears that this offer is final and will be imposed for 2016.

The UK minimum wage is more than double that of Spain This means that the monthly minimum wage will increase by just €6.60 from €648.60 to €655.20, which is hardly likely to spur growth in consumer spending, although there could in theory be a review should a different government come into power in the next few months.

INSUFFICIENT: Increase is unlikely to spur growth in spending. By comparison, minimum wages in the UK, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Ireland and France are all more than double that of Spain.

At the same time, it has been announced that the state pension will increase by just 0.25 per cent, although this will require the extra withdrawal of

€281 million from the national pension pot which as previously reported has been ‘raided’ by the government during its last full term.

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BANKS will set their own fees By John Smith IF you think that bureaucracy at Spanish banks is bad, it is about to get worse as despite attempted intervention from the Bank of Spain, there will be not insignificant charges if you use your bank card to withdraw cash from a bank other than your own. Initially, there seemed to be the intention for each bank to charge the user two charges, one from the bank supplying the cash and the other from the bank that issued the card, which is what the Bank of Spain objected to as this is a double

Customers will be charged for withdrawing money from a bank other than their own charge for the same service. Now, even though they have been ‘advised’ by the minister for the economy to reduce their charges, the banks have got together and decided to impose charges anyway. Whilst irritating for the consumer, it isn’t impossible to live with, or is it? Rather than each bank charging the same amount,

they have all decided to go their own way and there are two tier systems introduced by almost every bank, whereby if they have an agreement with another bank, the charge will be lower than if they don’t have an agreement with the bank whose card is being used. Just to add to the confusion every bank has a different charge with the lowest being 50 cents charged by ING with a whopping €2 being charged by Caixabank, and all the other banks are charging something in between. You know it makes cents (for the banks)!

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What will next year hold in store? IT will be my 77th on the planet, at one point I didn’t think I’d make it past 30! LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

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WELL, yet another year looms over us. I wonder what this one holds in store. It will actually be my 77th on this planet of ours. Not bad really, especially when you consider that at one point I didn’t think I’d get much further than 30! A record number of friends and colleagues have passed this year. I suppose that is one of the drawbacks of relative longevity. If you last long enough one day they will all be gone. Not sure I want to be around for that! Anyway here we go with the year of our Lord 2016. To be honest, if you were born in 1939 that very date sounds futuristic enough to boggle the mind. When, as a youngster, I lost myself in the adventures of Dan Dare in the Eagle comics, it never dawned that one day I would actu-

INCREDIBLE ENVIRONMENT: Distant planets, men walking on the moon.

ally live in the incredible environment depicted in those fantasy adventures. Instant visual communication. Spaceships to distant planets. Men walking on the

moon. Weapons of mass destruction! Odd is it not that humans can be so advanced in some respects and remain so primitive in others? We’re all still killing

each other. I reckon it’ll be about a thousand years more before we learn to live in peace with our fellow man. The abolition of all organised religions would be a step in the right direction. What mankind needs is a spiritual revolution. Something that is guided by the heart and the soul, instead of scribings in ancient manuscripts that are completely out of touch with the present day. Books that teach violence and disruption as a means of attaining the fast track to Shangri La and are so obscure in their content, they can be interpreted in any way our religious hierarchy deem fit. Dream on Leapy. So, all that remains is to thank you all for all your missives and interest. (Don’t worry, I can still take it!) Thanks also to the Euro Weekly News for still remaining one of the last bastions of free speech, and a very happy, peaceful and healthy New Year to you all. Keep the faith. Love Leapy. Leapylee2002@gmail.com

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Fraud refund after card scam DEAR John, You very kindly wrote an article in the EWN about the problems that I had when my bank card was scammed in an ATM in Elviria in September (EWN 1577), and €3,000 was fraudulently removed from my account with my bank refusing to refund the money. Whilst this was bad enough, I also had a serious fall which resulted in me having a major operation and then I was confined to a wheelchair and a not very pleasant rehabilitation centre. Now I’m delighted to say that although not completely recovered I am able to walk and drive again and I have today (December 29) received a letter from my bank advising that I will receive a full refund of the money stolen within the next two weeks. I was lucky enough to find a very good lawyer, who was able to explain to my bank that unless the money was refunded that he would approach the Bank of Spain on my behalf, as they have recently indicated that they are prepared to become involved in unresolved cases such as mine. The combination of your publicity for my loss and my very clever lawyer means that I can look forward to a much happier 2016 than I had expected following the loss and my accident, so many thanks to EWN for your help. Vera, Elviria

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First baby born on Xmas Day KAYLEEN from Gibraltar was over the moon with the article published in the EWN last week regarding the birth of her son William, who was the first Christmas baby born in Gibraltar, and simply wrote: Lovely, thank you :-)

DEAR Michel, I would like to thank you once again for your generous gesture of donating €250 through your Giving While Living campaign. Your contribution allowed us to obtain 210 dozen, that is 2,520, eggs to give to the Los Caputxins food bank for distribution!!!! A million thanks, a huge hug and a very Happy New Year! Jenny in Mallorca

and their two children, staying in Can Pastilla, close to Palma Airport. It will be their first visit Mallorca. Just a thought, but would it be possible to join you at one of your now, world famous Curry Appreciation Evenings? We arrive on March 26, and return on April 2. Should such an event, not be taking place when we are on the island, perhaps there might be a chance to share a half decent bottle of vino tinto. I could then explain to Gabriela (5) and Teddy (2) about arrows and things! Very best regards sir. Robert and Marie Barnes Campoverde, Costa Blanca.

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DEAR Leapy, Myself and my wife Marie, visit Mallorca each year. Towards the end of March in 2016 we will again be dropping onto the island, but this time with my daughter, her husband

HI Leapy I felt I just had to drop you a quick note having read your Enoch Powell article in the Euro Weekly News. Fantastic piece Leapy, well written and spot on! Any of the thousands of

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No respect LEAPY, why is it only sections of the British community that criticise their own and assert they are no better than the immigrants who come to abuse the UK’s generosity? It’s something I’ve never understood. There’s not another nationality in the world that does this. No wonder immigrants don’t respect our country when we can’t respect it either. Annie Via website

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CHRISTMAS BABY: Kayleen and her son William.

fluffy Liberals and PC brigade who appear to have an ever increasing voice in England, as well of course as the BBC which is clearly run by them would be hard pressed to accuse you of anything resembling racism with that article – much as they will try. I’m a person who grew up in the 50s and 60s so remember this speech very well and goodness me how his words have come to fruition… I, like you, now live in Spain and have done since 2000, and so from the ‘outside’ so to speak see my beloved England sinking further and further as time goes by, I think it’s all too late now to get our Country and our Anglo Saxon identity back – stable door and all that! Too late for our generation, it’s our children and more so our grandchildren I fear for. Rant over, once again great piece, jolly well done. Wishing you and your family a Very Happy New Year! Best wishes John San Roque, Cadiz

Wonderful donation DEAR Michel, It’s people like you who allow us to do what we do. This is a wonderful donation, thank you very much. We were hoping to be able to do some events and outings for the children over the Christmas period as they all get stuck in the homes and get quite bored, so Star Wars here we come, the kids will love it! Brilliant! We also put in food and goodies so they don’t miss out. The Bags For Christmas Appeal has done very well again this year and we have given the homes new pjs, slippers, underwear and loads of presents, we also have quite a bit of gels, shampoo and toothbrushes etc for the homes. We wish you all a very happy Christmas and a wonderful 2016. With loads of love, Tony and Lucy Make A Smile

MAY I first wish you all a Happy New Year! This is the first time that I have EVER written to a newspaper (and I’m nearly 80 years old!), so bear with me if I ramble a bit! I have been enjoying your paper here for nearly 10 years now and particularly like the puzzles section, they say doing puzzles keeps the brain active and stops you vegetating!! But you really got me all of a twist last week with the nonagram (my favourite). Could you please tell us what dictionary you use to validify all the words you use?! The rules state quite clearly NO PLURALS, so how can you have CHESTNUTS as the nine letter word? Likewise the following words: Chests, tenths, chutes, tushes, hues, huts, hens and thens, and the word echt I cannot even find in either of my dictionaries! I don’t mind finding the odd word I’ve never heard of and can’t find, but I think you’ve overdone it with this one! I’m all for learning new words to add to my vocabulary, even at my advanced age but this is stretching it a bit too far and I felt I had to comment. This week’s puzzle has gone the other way, you gave a target of 16 and so far I have 24 valid words (all in the dictionary!) Thank you Janice Brooks, Alora Editor’s note: Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention, we will look into the matter for future editions.

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Countdown King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Frasier Undercover Boss USA Four in a Bed Channel 4 News Summary Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Deal or No Deal Countdown A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Location, Location, Location The Restoration Man Big Fat Quiz of Everything 24 Hours in A and E

9:45am Bananas in Pajamas 10:00am Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Cowboy Builders 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Celebrity Big Brother 2:15pm Fail Army 2:45pm Neighbours 3:20pm NCIS 4:15pm Expecting Amish 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 7:55pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 9:00pm Britain's Bloody Crown 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:00pm Celebrity Botched Up Bodies 12:00am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side

10:15am Rip Off Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Wanted Down Under 12:45pm Close Calls: On Camera 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Father Brown 3:30pm For What It's Worth 4:15pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm James Martin: Home Comforts 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Match of the Day Live 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm The Graham Norton Show 12:25am Would I Lie to You? 12:55am You Again 2:35am Darts

7:00am Rip Off Britain 7:45am Homes Under the Hammer 8:45am Close Calls: On Camera 9:15am MasterChef: The Professionals 10:15am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Darts 5:15pm Coast 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm Mastermind 9:30pm What to Buy and Why 10:00pm Royal Wives at War 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight 12:05am Darts 12:55am Albatross 2:20am Hugh's War on Waste 3:20am Tomorrow's Food 4:20am This is BBC Two

Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Minder The Professionals Magnum, P.I. Alias Smith and Jones Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Minder The Professionals Magnum, P.I. Alias Smith and Jones Minder The Professionals Pawn Stars Pawn Stars The Classic Car Show Ransom Driven to Kill Ax Men Ax Men Series following the work of North American lumberjacks as they risk their lives to cut timber.

7:00am Football Gold 8:00am WWE SmackDown! 9:00am Cricket's Greatest 9:30am Big Bash League 1:00pm Capital One Cup Highlights 2:00pm Premier League Legends 2:30pm Premier League Legends 3:00pm Premier League Legends 3:30pm Premier League Legends 4:00pm Capital One Cup Highlights 5:00pm Football Gold 5:15pm Football Gold 5:30pm Football Gold 6:00pm Barclays Premier League World 6:30pm Capital One Cup Highlights 7:30pm Capital One Cup Highlights 8:30pm FL72 11:00pm SPFL Round Up 11:30pm La Liga Show 2015 12:00am Barclays Premier League World

9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm 1000 Heartbeats 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Martin Lewis Money Show 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Mr Selfridge 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Birds of a Feather 12:10am Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 2:10am Jackpot247 4:00am Murder, She Wrote 4:50am ITV Nightscreen

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The Hot Desk The Cube Dinner Date Emmerdale Emmerdale You've Been Framed! Catchphrase Dinner Date Royal Pains Emmerdale The Hot Desk The Lake House The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Take Me Out You've Been Framed and Famous! Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men Shaun of the Dead Take Me Out Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men Safeword Planet's Funniest Animals Teleshopping

8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Live at the Apollo 10:30pm Live at the Apollo 11:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:30pm Russell Howard's Good News Extra 12:15am American Dad! 12:40am American Dad! 1:00am Family Guy 2:05am Siblings 2:35am Cuckoo 3:05am Russell Howard's Good News

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm The Good Old Days 9:30pm Sounds of the 70s 10:00pm Great Guitar Riffs at the BBC 11:00pm Top of the Pops 12:00am Top of the Pops 1:00am Genesis: Together and Apart 2:30am Top of the Pops 3:30am Top of the Pops

7:00am Man About the House 7:25am Heartbeat 8:25am Where the Heart is 9:25am The Darling Buds of May 10:30am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:50am The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1:00pm Murder, She Wrote 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:05pm Wild at Heart 4:05pm Where the Heart is 5:10pm Man About the House 5:40pm Rising Damp 6:15pm On the Buses 6:50pm Heartbeat 7:50pm Murder, She Wrote 8:55pm The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 10:00pm Long Lost Family 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Blue Murder 1:40am The Pianist 4:10am Judge Judy 5:10am The Darling Buds of May

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Countdown King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Frasier Undercover Boss USA Four in a Bed Channel 4 News Summary Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Deal or No Deal Countdown A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Amy Rude Tube Vampires Suck

10:00am Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Cowboy Builders 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Celebrity Big Brother 2:15pm Fail Army 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 8:00pm Pussies Galore: Love Me, Love My Cats 9:00pm Puppies Make You Laugh Out Loud 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:00pm Lip Sync Battle UK 11:30pm Celebrity Big Brother 12:05am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side

7:00am Duck Dynasty 7:25am Duck Dynasty 7:45am Minder 8:45am The Professionals 9:50am Magnum, P.I. 10:50am Alias Smith and Jones 11:55am Duck Dynasty 12:25pm Duck Dynasty 12:55pm Pawn Stars 1:25pm Pawn Stars 1:50pm Minder 2:55pm The Professionals 3:55pm Magnum, P.I. 4:55pm Alias Smith and Jones 6:00pm Minder 7:00pm The Professionals 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Counting Cars 9:30pm Counting Cars 10:00pm High Plains Drifter 12:10am The Krays 2:45am Minder 3:35am Nitro Circus 3:55am ITV4 Nightscreen 4:00am The Store

8:00am WWE Main Event 9:00am Cricket's Greatest 9:30am Big Bash League 1:00pm Cricket's Greatest 1:30pm La Liga Show 2015 2:00pm The Premier League Years 4:00pm Premier League Legends 4:30pm La Liga Show 2015 5:00pm Sporting Triumphs 5:30pm Barclays Premier League World 6:00pm Game Changers 6:30pm Sporting Triumphs 7:00pm The Fantasy Football Club 8:00pm Sporting Rivalries 11:00pm Sporting Rivalries 11:30pm Barclays Premier League Review 12:00am Football Gold 12:15am Football Gold

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7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen 12:30pm James Martin: Home Comforts 1:00pm BBC News 1:10pm Football Focus 2:00pm Athletics 3:30pm Darts 5:30pm Final Score 6:20pm Now You See It 6:50pm BBC News 7:00pm BBC London News 7:10pm Celebrity Mastermind 7:40pm Pointless 8:30pm The Voice UK 10:05pm Casualty Hospital drama. Dixie steps up as the hero but is left feeling bittersweet. 10:55pm The National Lottery Live 11:05pm BBC News 11:25pm Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights 1:00am The Peacemaker 2:55am Halloween: Resurrection 4:20am Weather for the Week Ahead

7:10am Race to Super Bowl 50 8:00am Jubal 9:40am The Importance of Being Earnest 11:10am Animal Park 12:10pm The Natural World 1:00pm James Martin: Home Comforts 1:45pm James Martin: Home Comforts 2:30pm Homes Under the Hammer 3:15pm Money for Nothing 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm For What It's Worth 5:30pm Darts 7:00pm Flog It! 7:30pm World's Sneakiest Animals 8:30pm Victorian Bakers 9:30pm Dad's Army 10:00pm Live at the Apollo 10:45pm Insert Name Here 11:15pm QI XL 12:00am Dragons' Den 1:00am Darts 1:50am Genghis Khan 3:55am Captain Apache 5:25am This is BBC Two

9:10am Nerds and Monsters 9:30am Thunderbirds are Go 10:05am The Tom and Jerry Show 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Murder, She Wrote 11:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 12:20pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 1:20pm ITV News and Weather 1:25pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 2:30pm Judge Rinder 3:30pm The Chase 4:30pm Doc Martin 5:30pm The Martin Lewis Money Show 6:00pm Ninja Warrior UK 7:00pm ITV News London 7:15pm ITV News and Weather 7:30pm You've Been Framed! 8:00pm Ninja Warrior UK 9:00pm Take Me Out 10:15pm The Jonathan Ross Show 11:20pm ITV News and Weather 11:35pm Sex and the City 2 2:15am Jackpot247

7:00am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:40am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:05pm Ninja Warrior UK 1:10pm Ninja Warrior UK 2:15pm You've Been Framed! 2:40pm The Lake House 4:45pm Nanny McPhee 6:45pm Jurassic Park 9:10pm Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands 10:15pm Take Me Out: The Gossip Mark Wright and Laura Jackson host the funpacked companion series to dating show Take Me Out. 11:20pm The Fast and the Furious 1:25am FHM 2:25am Safeword 3:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 3:25am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records

8:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 9:00pm Top Gear 10:05pm Shrek The Third 11:30pm Russell Howard's Good News Extra 12:15am Family Guy 12:40am Family Guy 1:00am Family Guy 1:20am Family Guy 1:40am Family Guy 2:05am Family Guy 2:25am American Dad! 2:45am Russell Howard's Good News Extra 3:30am Impractical Jokers

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8:00pm Stories From the Dark Earth: Meet the Ancestors Revisited 9:00pm Castles: Britain's Fortified History 10:00pm The Young Montalbano 11:45pm Blondie: One Way or Another 12:55am Blondie @ Glastonbury

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7:00am Where the Heart is 7:50am Where the Heart is 8:50am The Royal 9:50am The Royal Return of the drama series set around a North Yorkshire hospital in the 1960s. 10:55am Carry on Henry 12:45pm The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1:55pm The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 3:00pm A Touch of Frost 5:00pm Columbo 7:00pm Lewis 9:00pm Foyle's War 11:00pm Agatha Christie's Marple 12:55am Marchlands 2:00am The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 2:55am Man About the House 3:20am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping Shopping from home.

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King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens Ironman France Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond The Morning Line Von Ryan's Express The World's Most Famous Train Channel 4 Racing Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Channel 4 News Location, Location, Location Britain's Wildest Weather 2015 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire The Day the Earth Stood Still Hollyoaks Omnibus Phil Spencer: Secret Agent

9:30am Wanda and the Alien 9:45am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:55am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:30am The Saturday Show 12:30pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 2:25pm Columbo: How to Dial a Murder 6:00pm Cats Make You Laugh Out Loud 7:00pm 5 News Weekend 7:05pm World War II in Colour 8:05pm World War II Battlefield Recovery 9:00pm Chasing Monsters 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:00pm Jason Manford Live At The Manchester Apollo 12:15am Lip Sync Battle UK 12:45am Tattoo Disasters

7:00am Breakfast 8:25am Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am The Big Questions 12:00pm Sunday Politics 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:15pm Songs of Praise 2:50pm For What It's Worth 3:35pm Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough 4:35pm Match of the Day Live 7:05pm BBC News 7:20pm BBC London News 7:30pm Countryfile 8:30pm Still Open All Hours 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm War and Peace 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm BBC London News 11:30pm Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights 12:25am Signs 2:05am Masters Snooker Extra

7:30am City Beneath the Sea 9:00am Monty Don's Italian Gardens 10:00am Countryfile 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm James Martin: Home Comforts 1:15pm James Martin: Home Comforts 2:00pm Masters Snooker 6:00pm Ski Sunday 6:45pm Darts 9:00pm Dragons' Den 10:00pm My Mediterranean with Adrian Chiles 11:00pm Stephen Fry: A Life on Screen 12:00am Masters Snooker Highlights 12:50am Disconnect 2:40am Countryfile 3:35am Holby City Hospital drama. Arthur is pushed to the limit when he tries to win Morven's affections. 4:35am This is BBC Two

Movies Now Ax Men Ax Men Alias Smith and Jones Alias Smith and Jones Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Cheyenne Autumn Rio Bravo Classic western set in a small Texas border town under the grip of an evil cattle baron. Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Storage Wars Pale Rider Heartbreak Ridge Legacy! The 2015 Rugby World Cup

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10:05am The Tom and Jerry Show 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Murder, She Wrote 11:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 12:30pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 1:35pm ITV News and Weather 1:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 2:50pm Ninja Warrior UK 3:55pm Thunderball 6:30pm ITV News London 6:45pm ITV News and Weather 7:00pm Unbelievable Moments Caught on Camera 8:00pm Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands 9:00pm Endeavour 11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:15pm Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure 12:15am Rugby Highlights 1:15am Jackpot247

7:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:15am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:05am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:40pm Take Me Out 1:55pm Take Me Out: The Gossip 3:00pm Catchphrase 3:45pm Bean 5:30pm The Lost World: Jurassic Park 8:00pm Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang 10:00pm Casino Royale 12:55am FHM 1:50am Reality Bites 2:35am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 3:00am Planet's Funniest Animals Humorous video clips of pets and other animals in unusual situations. 3:25am Teleshopping Shopping from home.

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Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Premier League 100 Club Premier League 100 Club Game Changers Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs The Fantasy Football Club Soccer A.M. The Mavericks European Rugby Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs European Rugby Sporting Triumphs NFL NFL

8:00pm Pop's Greatest Dance Crazes 8:20pm The Voice UK 10:00pm Puss in Boots 11:20pm Russell Howard's Good News 12:05am Family Guy 12:50am American Dad! 1:35am Russell Howard's Good News 2:05am Siblings 2:35am I Know What You Weighed Last Summer 3:35am Once 5:00am This is BBC Three

8:00pm India's Frontier Railways 9:00pm Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley 10:00pm Darcey Bussell's Looking for Audrey 11:00pm Goya Exposed with Jake Chapman 11:30pm Flamenco: Gypsy Soul 12:30am Storyville

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Rising Damp Rising Damp On the Buses On the Buses Carry on Henry Heartbeat Heartbeat Columbo The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Agatha Christie's Marple Midsomer Murders The Cruise Ship The Cruise Ship Bette Midler: One Night Only Wycliffe Private Benjamin The Pianist Heartbeat Heartbeat Nostalgic police drama series set in a Yorkshire village.

7:15am How I Met Your Mother 7:40am King of Queens 8:05am King of Queens 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 2:30pm Location, Location, Location 3:35pm The Simpsons 4:05pm The Simpsons 4:30pm The Simpsons 5:00pm 17 Again 7:00pm Channel 4 News 7:20pm Ice Age: Continental Drift 9:00pm Walking the Himalayas 10:00pm Deutschland 83 11:00pm The 80s: Ten Years That Changed Britain 12:30am Footloose 2:25am Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not

8:40am Little Princess 8:55am Pip Ahoy! 9:10am Blaze and the Monster Machines 9:40am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:55am Wanda and the Alien 10:10am Jelly Jamm 10:20am Toby's Travelling Circus 10:30am LazyTown 10:55am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:30am Fail Army 11:55am Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 1:50pm Over Her Dead Body 3:35pm The First Wives Club 5:35pm Herbie: Fully Loaded 7:35pm 5 News Weekend 7:40pm Star Trek: Generations 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:00pm The BAFTA Britannia Awards 2015 12:55am The River Wild

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Hat-Trick Heroes Ax Men Ax Men Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Counting Cars Counting Cars The Classic Car Show Kojak: The Marcus Nelson Murders Captain Newman, M.D. Comedy-drama about an army psychiatrist serving in the final months of World War II. Tobruk Rugby Highlights The Keeper Assassins Nitro Circus The Professionals Teleshopping Shopping from home.

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...and the winner is nents and the world that he had won the elections. This was technically true because the PP was the most-voted party but it was a hollow victory. Those votes did not bring an overall majority and even if the fledgling Ciudadanos party backs Rajoy’s January investiture bid for another four years as president or abstains from voting against it, their combined votes will be insufficient. Despite Rajoy’s election night euphoria he must know if he makes it through the Moncloa door again his problems will only be starting.

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

...PABLO IGLESIAS who led Podemos party to third place and 69 seats in the national parliament. He will wield considerable power and definitely won’t be accused of being all style and no substance as that ponytail still needs a wash and trim.

Hollow victory IT would be tempting to say that the general election is over bar the shouting. Instead the shouting, which will have to be substituted by dialogue, is just beginning, along with the horse-trading. A triumphant Mariano Rajoy appeared on the balcony of the Partido Popular’s Madrid headquarters, announcing to his followers, oppo-

Ciudadanos BOGOF PABLO IGLESIAS: Led Podemos party to third place and 69 seats in the national parliament.

CIUDADANOS didn’t convince in the end although at one pre-election stage Albert Rivera’s party threatened to overtake the PSOE and give the PP a run for its money.

But too many voters feared a post-election deal with the PP and suspected that voting for Ciudadanos was an off-putting political bogof: buy one, get Rajoy free.

Telly addicts THE PSOE’s presidential candidate Pedro Sanchez didn’t pull it off. Winning only 90 seats he led the party to its worst-ever defeat, pushing left-leaning voters into the arms of Podemos. When Sanchez made off with the party leadership in 2014 he expected a two-way fight with the PP, not a four-way stretch including Podemos and Ciudadanos. He might have shone in the one-to-one debate with Rajoy but was eclipsed by Pablo Iglesias and Albert Rivera in their earlier cockfights. Politics entail more than televised debates, but try telling that to telly-addict Spanish voters.

Whoosh! There goes another year and, hopefully, some of its irritations 2015 is over and I can’t recall a year so full of irritating phrases Nora Johnson

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LOOKING back over 2015, I can’t recall a year so full of irritating phrases. Phrases like ‘with all due respect’ (almost always coupled with an insult or unsolicited advice). ‘It is what it is’.(In other words, ‘I have nothing helpful to say, but don’t want to stop talking yet.’ Weakest. Advice. Ever.) And, ‘Just sayin’. (Thanks for clarifying the thing you just said is a thing you are saying.) Not to mention all those buzzwords like ‘crisis’ (refugee crisis, euro crisis, political crisis, NHS crisis, housing crisis), and buzzwords relating to the economic downturn like ‘austerity’ (code for ‘the government’s broke’).

NO-NONSENSE: Update after police tasered a terrorist after a stabbing in a London tube station. TV subtitles (especially the BBC’s), essential for foreign-language dramas (though sometimes inaccurate), can produce amusingly unintended results.

On a recent Match of the Day, for example, the camera focused on the former chairman of Aston Villa. “Great to see Doug Ellis here in his Villa scarf,” the commentator an-

nounced. The subtitles translated this as ‘. . . here with Hezbollah’. Another subtitle error during an interview with Labour’s Neil Coyle about the death threats he’d received,

the MP was quoted as saying that he was trying not to let abusers ‘get in the waif doing my job’. Let’s trust she’s at least paid the minimum wage. The British capacity for understatement can sometimes sound weirdly irritating to non-Brits. But to us Brits, the use of the stiff-upper-lip is often strangely reassuring, adding calm and self-control in these stressful times. After police tasered a terrorist who stabbed a man at a tube station in December, London Underground issued this no-nonsense, no-frills update: “Delays on the Central line due to a customer incident at Leytonstone.” WC Fields once said he spent most of his money on booze and fast cars...the rest he squandered. He was talking about money, but surely time’s important too? So, why do so many Brits squander their time whingeing?

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6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Griff's Great Britain 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Benidorm 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Saved 12:40am The Chase

2:45pm Baby Mama 4:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm 21 Jump Street 12:10am The Keith Lemon Sketch Show

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10:00pm I Know What You Weighed Last Summer 11:00pm EastEnders 11:30pm Siblings 12:00am American Dad! 12:25am American Dad!

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Murder, She Wrote Heartbeat Wild at Heart Where the Heart is 5:20pm Man About the House 5:55pm Rising Damp 6:25pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Agatha Christie's Marple 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Case Sensitive 1:10pm 2:10pm 3:15pm 4:20pm

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1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Celebrity Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Left to Die 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Police Interceptors 9:00pm Ice Road Truckers 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:00pm Gotham 12:00am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side

4:45pm James Martin: Home Comforts 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Silent Witness 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm BBC London News 11:45pm Reggie Yates' Extreme UK 12:40am A Simple Plan

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7 - 13 January 2016

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SPECIALIST: Doctor Luis Perez Belmonte. This week we have asked the doctor a few questions about depression, something that appears often at this time of year but many people try to hide. I seem to cry about everything at the moment and feel like it’s all too much. Could I be suffering from depression? These symptoms could indeed suggest a depression. A lack of energy and sadness are the main signs of this illness, which can seriously affect patients’ day-to-day life. My doctor has prescribed some pills for my depression but I’m scared of becoming addicted to them. Also, I don’t understand how pills can help with something that seems to be more emotional than physical. Are tablets really any help? Treatments for depression can generate addiction to some degree if not correctly administered yet they are usually extremely beneficial for the patient. They often help as, although symptoms seem more linked to emotions

than anything physical, they are generally caused by alterations of levels of certain substances within the brain. How long will I have to take the medication for? Sometimes treatment may be forever but in other cases, if the depression is caused by an external element, once the problem is solved the depression is cured therefore medication can be discontinued. However this must always be done gradually rather than just stopping. Will my depression pass or will I be sad or on pills all my life? Treating depression involves more than just taking pills, and all patients should be referred by their Specialist in Internal Medicine to a Psychiatrist or Psychologist for possible therapy which can often be of great help. Sometimes this is sufficient help to allow patients to stop taking their medication. So is there a way to cure my depression without having to take pills? In many cases sessions

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I hope the beginning of this year has put the majority of you onto a positive track to maintaining the best possible health status you can obtain whoever you are and whatever age you may be. If your goal this year is to lose the excess weight that has crept on over Christmas, within a month following a clean diet with no alcohol or junk food, you are likely to lose the few excess pounds and be back on track. However it isn’t so easy if you have allowed the excess weight to spiral over 28lbs or more. This was not just a Christmas binge. YOU NEED A PLAN When I say PLAN, I mean a proper structure with a diarised account of what you need to achieve and when you intend to achieve it by. This will mean organisation on your part with regard to: • What exercise you are planning to do • When you are going to fit it in to your day • Preparation of the foods that you will need to stock your cupboard with • Preparation of your meals for work if applicable

: PLAN: You can only achieve the weight loss you want if you have a structure. • Organising your own food around family meals Without a plan, you cannot even hope to achieve your goals, believe me I have trained a lot of people and some come to me with the most motivated ideas of how many sessions they are going to do, how they are going to clear their cupboards of any foods that are going to sabotage their new regime, and how their food treats and bottles of wine would only be condensed to a Friday or Saturday night. Some of them hold on to that motivation for a matter of weeks before they slide back into the old pattern of eating and drinking and I won’t lie to you, I can train the backside off someone. I can help them fix their back problems, weak core etc but if they cannot organise their food

when they are away from me, their weight loss is going to be minimal. It is not just about your body, you can only do it by altering your mindset. I understand that you may want to change the shape of your body, but I will openly say to clients “you do not want it enough”, if you wanted it enough you would achieve it. You can only achieve it by having A PLAN. • Write down your goal weight • Write down how long you need to achieve it • Schedule in your exercise time • Organise your meals in advance Sorry to be a party pooper but there is NO QUICK FIX, you will need to FOCUS , yes it will suck sometimes, but I promise you IT WILL BE WORTH IT.

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Service, or the lack of it, still winds me up!! Mike Senker

In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man LET’S start by saying I have been with the same mobile phone supplier for 12 years and their service, or lack of, still manages to wind me up. Every time I have a query with them I just wish I could swap to another provider, but it seems they are all as bad as each other. One of my biggest problems is their operators, and this isn’t only with phone companies, it happens with nearly all companies that offer an English speaking operator. They may speak English but they do not understand English - at least not mine. I decided to upgrade my phones so I went to my local service provider’s store which is all ramped up with their logos and products. This was last year by the way. I chose the two phones and agreed the price for the upgrade with the store manager. He told me they would be in stock within 14 days which was fine as I was going away. This was January and I returned the first week of February. I go in, ask if the phones

are there and am shown that indeed they are. As I go to conclude the transaction I notice that one phone is €50 and the other is €100 dearer. “What’s this all about?” I ask. “Price went up 1st of Feb,” I’m told. “But I ordered them in January and they have been here since then.” I’m told again that they have to charge me the new price. So I phone the company from the store and they agree I can have the phones at the old price. “Cheers! Give me the paperwork.” “Ah but you can’t have these phones.” “What? They are there on the counter!” “You have to order them direct as this store is not company owned and can’t do that offer but they will deliver them within 48 hours.” I get a phone call to confirm the order. They read out my address and it’s slightly changed because the town hall has changed the street name. “Ah sorry, it takes 15 days for us to change an address on our system.” “Ok don’t worry, use the old address.” “No can’t send it there now as you have changed it.” By now I am about to explode. But there is nothing I can do. So I wait the two weeks and finally get a note through the door saying they have tried to deliver the phones but no one was in and now we have to go to the depot to collect them!!!!!!!

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Spain change laws NEW legislation will meet the requirements of the EU 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.

NEW LAWS: Will help create a standardised road network across the continent. WHILST renewing many of the older traffic laws in order to adapt to the modern world, Spain is also undergoing changes to legislation to meet the requirements of the European Union and help create a standardised road network across the continent. These changes are constantly being developed and adapted and, although many of them are aimed at creating safer roads, some of them are questionable, although they are to become mandatory in the New Year along with others. One of the changes that is causing most concern is that of pillion passengers on mopeds. From January, moped riders who qualify for the AM licence for mopeds are permitted to carry passengers, so long as the vehicle is adapted thereof. This new rule is regardless of the age of the rider. Prior to

this change, in Spain children under 18 were not permitted to carry passengers. So-called ‘Mega-Trucks’ up to 60 tonnes in weight and 25.25 metres in length are now permitted on the roads of Spain. This authorises trucks with more than six axles to travel through the road network, although special authority must be obtained so the impact on road safety can be assessed. The idea is reducing transportation costs and subsequently, passing savings onto consumers. Other law changes concerning matters related to sufferers of sleep apnea, the BTP category being removed from licences, and the government liabilities for medical costs in RTA’s involving fatalities, can be found on the N332 website in the new eBook The New Rules of the Road.

For more news and articles visit www.n332.es or search N332 on Facebook.

Who should do the work? I LIVE in a community of 27 units. In the shower I noticed the water was filthy, leaving a nasty residue in the bath. Our water comes from a central tank pumped to the houses. I went to the Administrator, who informed me the water system had undergone mainte-

You raise two questions here. Firstly, it is indeed quite ‘normal’ that some residue from work on a water tank or pipes leaves a residue that turns the water brown for a short period of time. The residents should

nance, and the residue from the pipes would have disappeared after running the water. It turns out a relative of his secretary has been awarded all the maintenance work. He has a cleaning company. I ask if this work should be done by a specialist company. V.F. (Costa Blanca)

David Searl You and the Law in Spain

have been warned to run the water until it cleared before using or drinking it.

Secondly, there is really no need for a specialist company to clean a water tank. In answer to your unspoken question about employing relatives, as long as they do a good job at a reasonable price, let it be.

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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ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Extra pressures at work leave you feeling less than energetic. Check on your health and don't go overboard with the physical activities. Set out to become more

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Social activities are likely to change at the last minute. If energy levels are not as high as normal, use this week for planning. With holidays in mind, the summer seems far away but maybe a weekend trip will fill the gap. GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Although health should be good, energy may be a little low. A bit of a mystery surrounds a close friend and your opinion may be sought. Hold fire until all the facts are known and you are sure a person has been honest with you because someone may try to keep you in the dark to get the right answer.

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TARGET: Average: 4 Good: 6 Very good: 8 Excellent: 10

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 F) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION agar cage crag ergo gate gear goat goer gore grot ogre raga rage toga agate agora argot cager cargo ergot gator gotta grace grate great groat agorae target toerag cartage cottage garotte regatta cottager GREATCOAT

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VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) A lost cause tries to demand your attention, but you must try to see the situation for what it is.

17 12 C 17 11 Sh 17 11 S

21 12 C 19 10 C 19 11 C

S Sun,

Cl Clear,

Sh Showers,

10-Star Quiz

IRISH LOTTO

EURO MILLIONS

LA PRIMITIVA

EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA

Saturday January 2

Friday January 1

Saturday January 2

Sunday January 3

17 29

19 34

BONUS BALL

THUNDERBALL

BONUS BALL

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38 44

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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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Sudoku

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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Recent events have perhaps left a gap in your social life that is hard to fill. Patience is needed because it would be foolish to rush into something new if your heart is involved. Concentrating on work and other people will alleviate any loneliness. This may seem a shortterm solution but it is all that is needed for now.

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SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Are you suffering from winter blues? Although it is a common feeling at this time of the year, keep optimistic. There is so much to look forward to, in fact, that you are spoilt for choice.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) A situation could become complicated if you do not plan ahead. With a little thought and planning, matters can be kept simple which is always desirable. Be choosy about the company you keep because a bad character could taint by association.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) There may not be enough time to do everything you want, so why can't you just reorganise your life so there is? Not as easy as it sounds, Pisces, unless you learn the magic word: no. Know your limits and stick to them.

Alicante LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Ruts are awful things to get into but even more difficult to get out of. Being cosy is one thing, but getting bogged down, mentally and physically, is another. All you need is to keep your optimism alive and use your imagination.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) The temptation to run round like a headless chicken is strong this week. There seem to be so many demands on your time that things become confusing. Be sure you are getting enough rest because this time of the year can be fraught for you.

active, socially, and maximise on relaxation. you?

LOTTERY

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) A feeling that you should totally commit yourself to something or someone this week should be avoided. You will come up against a brick wall if a situation is forced. Time is all that is required to see things change for the better.

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THAT WAS 2015 THAT WAS (PART 1) 1. Which footballer won the FIFA Ballon d’Or (European Footballer of the Year) for the second successive year in January? 2. India honoured which billionaire philanthropist and his wife Melinda in January with the Padma Bhushan award for their work on improving health in developing countries? 3. Actor Eddie Redmayne won the Academy Award for Best Actor in February for his portrayal of which famous English theoretical physicist in The Theory of Everything? 4. Which tennis player beat Andy Murray in the Australian Open Men’s Singles Final in February, becoming the first man to win five Australian Open championships in the open era? 5. The family of which famous soul singer won a $7.3 million lawsuit for copyright infringement against Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams, and T.I. holding that Thicke’s hit Blurred Lines resembled the singer’s 1977 hit Got to Give It Up? 6. The remains of which king of England, which were discovered in a car park in Leicester in 2012, were reburied in Leicester Cathedral in March? 7. Which former Beatle was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April? 8. Which cricketer became the highest wicket taking bowler for England in Test cricket in a drawn Test match against the West Indies in April? 9. Which non-European country was allowed to compete as a ‘guest entrant’ in the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in May? Its entry, Tonight Again sung by Guy Sebastian, finished fifth with 196 points. 10. What is the name of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s second child who was born at St Mary’s Hospital on May 2? 1. CRISTIANO RONALDO, 2. BILL GATES, 3. Professor STEPHEN HAWKING, 4. NOVAK DJOKOVIC, 5. MARVIN GAYE, 6. RICHARD III, 7. RINGO STARR, 8. JAMES ANDERSON, 9. AUSTRALIA, 10. Princess CHARLOTTE (Charlotte Elizabeth Diana).

YOUR STARS

Sentimentality should not come into business or be allowed to upset your home life.

A loss of patience with a situation shows this week but is not to your advantage. Whatever you feel, be subtle in your approach. Try to see your position clearly and the result will be that you realise you have more control than you thought.

CAPRICORN

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Across 1 Sudden pleasurable excitement (6) 4 Call off (6) 9 Have in common (5) 10 Circus performer (7) 11 Turn around quickly (4) 12 People who help to open up a new line of research, technology or art (8) 13 Have sovereign power (5) 15 State of quiet (5) 18 Watched attentively (8) 21 Young reporters (4) 24 Menaces (7) 25 Once more (5) 26 Refreshed as by sleeping or relaxing (6) 27 Pressure (6) Down 1 Jobs to do (5) 2 Become fully aware of something as a fact (7) 3 Falsehoods (4) 5 Put into a proper or systematic order (7) 6 Nautical unit of depth (5) 7 Most recent (6) 8 Motor vehicle licenced to transport fare paying passengers (4)

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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 17 represents M and 19 represents Q, so fill in M every time the figure 17 appears and Q every time the figure 19 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 Magician, 5 Code, 8 Nero, 9 Stoppage, 10 Amended, 12 Allot, 13 Albert, 15 Verses, 17 Terms, 18 Estonia, 22 Swan song, 23 Down, 24 Amen, 25 Dear dear.

Down: 1 Montana, 2 Gorge, 3 Issue, 4 Neon, 6 Oracles, 7 Exert, 11 Doris, 12 Adept, 14 Barrage, 16 Spanner, 17 Tosca, 19 Sigma, 20 Noose, 21 Bold.

QUICK Across:

12 Writing implement (3) 14 Rubbish or waste (7) 15 Number of sheets of paper fastened in a block (3) 16 Bravery (7)

English - Spanish

17 Licensed medical practitioner (6) 19 Arranges by type (5) 20 Posing no difficulty (4) 22 Causes to go somewhere (5) 23 Angler’s lure (4)

Down: 1 Argue, 2 Feast, 3 Courage, 4 Solemn, 5 Bills, 6 Running, 7 Suspend, 12 Shampoo, 13 Cottage, 15 Emperor, 16 Jewels, 18 Cases, 20 Union, 21 Parts.

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

Across 1 Fregaderos (5) 4 Hasta (5) 7 Tinte (producto) (3) 8 Escaleras de mano (7) 9 Waitresses (9) 13 Sandalias (7) 15 Goose (domestic) (3) 16 Track (path) (5) 17 Empates (en partidos) (5)

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Blackmail, 7 Guapo, 8 Manga, 9 Tren, 10 Cups, 13 Spade, 14 Right, 16 Autopista.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Down: 2 Ama de casa, 3 Knot, 4 Alma, 5 Languages, 6 Brass, 9 Taste, 11 Neat, 12 Drip, 15/1 Tea bag.

Down 1 Silk (4) 2 Daughter-in-law (5) 3 Atrocity (9) 4 Desnudo (9) 5 Dedo del pie (3) 6 Último (final) (4) 10 Now (at this time, immediately) (5) 11 Pregunta (4) 12 Abanicos (para darse aire) (4) 14 Monja (3)

Hexagram

1 Affects, 5 Barns, 8 Gradual, 9 Lends, 10 Extra, 11 Missile, 12 Secret, 14 Begged, 17 Article, 19 Plump, 22 Peaks, 23 Earlier, 24 Obeys, 25 Shrinks.

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 (GARTER) and one letter in four other cells are given as

ADVENT ARTERY CORRAL EERILY ELICIT EMERGE ESCROW FILTER GARTER (10)

GENIAL QUARRY RELIEF REPEAL TALLOW TAPPET THRALL TIPTOE UMPIRE UPTAKE

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Relief 2 Beetle 3 Allele 4 Ingest 5 Billet 6 Attend 7 Russet 8 Slater 9 Strict 10 Resent 11 Chalet 12 Astute 13 Letter 14 Sulfur 15 Events 16 Creaky 17 Quaver 18 Strain 19 Careen

Across 1 Characters in Beau Geste emphasising respect (6) 4 Takes off to find places to land (6) 9 Arrange a beat Wane (5) 10 A king beset by a depravity, greed (7) 11 Volunteer force’s excessive enthusiasm for island state (8) 12 Foundation headquarters (4) 14 Broke off from defence, as Eddie suggested (6) 16 Virginia rents out the servants (6) 19 A bill for the magistrate (4) 20 Coals are free in the Pacific (5,3) 23 Might be nicer in the South-East to be honest (7) 24 Girl having exercises to modify (5) 25 Determine to find a bed (6) 26 Volkswagen car, one in drive, perhaps (6) Down 1 Stretchy material that may come from Castile (7) 2 Clever turn-around for public transport (5)

3 More than half the team on another date were exhilarated (8) 5 Kate chopped wood (4) 6 Replicate a time it worked (7) 7 In restaurants we demand some veg (5) 8 Democrat is eager to be patron saint (5) 13 Shell out for a vehicle that will go fast (8)

15 Anti-anti-gas-explosion? (7) 17 On a lead, let off to frighten (7) 18 South African sheltering unknown dog (5) 19 Support front of building as is (5) 21 Begin to jump when surprised? (5) 22 Do business and distribute cards (4)

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A reflection on 2015, where did those 12 months go?

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AND I give you five of my New Year’s resolutions for 2016 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.

DEAR Diary It’s New Years Day. I reflect on 2015 with the usual end of year question. Where did those 12 months go? I assess my depleted wine rack and the empty spaces once filled with Rioja and Chenin Blanc. There were other wines too, but I cannot spell their names. I make a mental note to restock at the earliest. That’s resolution number one. The Princess and I have belatedly pulled the turkey wishbone. We attempted this on Boxing Day but it was greasy and we were so ‘merry’ it

RESOLUTION ONE: To restock the wine rack at the earliest. failed to snap, so we put it in the oven to dry. Uncharacteristically I won, entitling me to make the wish for continued good health, but an hour later one of the wardrobe doors fell off its track onto my foot. It has a full

length mirror and is very heavy. It hurt. Resolution two: Leave the wishbone inside the turkey. It doesn’t work. At a Christmas party, a lady whose name I cannot remember made a comment about her

unattractive grandson who was causing mayhem. ‘Don’t they grow up fast,’ she said. It’s a silly comment so I replied, ‘Not fast enough in his case.’ This attracted black looks from our hostess so I topped up my glass and

had another sausage roll. Resolution three: Stop making remarks about other peoples’ obnoxious grandchildren. They only see them as angels. My wife loves board games, so we played Mexican Train and she thrashed me again. You either have the ability to think several moves ahead or you don’t. I don’t. I am too busy thinking of my empty glass or the leftover pork pie yelling: ‘Come and get me, and bring the Branston.’ Resolution four: Never play board games with my wife again, unless I perfect the art of cheating. Watched some comedian on TV: ‘Live at the Apollo.’ ‘Live’ as opposed to what? A cardboard cut-out? Which brought me to resolution five: To reduce significantly my output of sarcasm. It will be tough. Happy New Year.

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REVENUES and expenditure have gone against forecast John Smith Random thoughts... AT one time, Saudi Arabia was considered immune to financial difficulty, even with its population of 30 million and a birth rate exceeding deaths by 10 to one due to its massive oil reserves and the high cost of crude oil. Now, however, with the enormous drop in oil prices, it faces something of a dilemma as in order to keep revenues up, it has announced it will increase production, but this in turn means the price of oil is likely to continue dropping which will have a knock-on effect on international oil companies that purchase its product. Following the death of King Abdullah in January 2015, his successor, King Salman has revealed the first budget of his reign which is not good news for the people or economy of the kingdom. There is an overall budget deficit of $98 billion (€90 billion), the largest they have seen, with revenues 15 per

REVENUE: Saudi Arabia faces a huge dilemma after the drop in oil prices.

FLOODS: A disastrous time.

Calamitous weather WHAT a disastrous time it has been for the people of northern England and parts of Scotland, with rain that seems to keep falling and everyone apparently unable to do anything to stop the flooding. It is bad enough to be flooded once, but it almost seems as if Mother Nature is waiting for the floods to subside before opening the clouds once again. The knock-on effect is going to be dreadful for so many people as some companies won’t be able to afford to take a break whilst their premises dry out, and unless they are very well-insured will simply have to close down leaving their staff without work at a time when they have enough to worry about. Then there are those who either couldn’t obtain insurance because of their locations and because of previous flooding, whilst there are others who simply couldn’t afford to pay the high rates which insurance companies were charging, and so have lost everything. You can’t lay all of the blame on the insurance companies as at the end of the day, they do exist to make money and when they receive such an enormous hit like this, future premiums are bound to be increased in an effort to claw back some of their massive losses. Insurance is a gamble for both sides and this year, the insurance companies will find themselves on the losing end. Whilst Mr Cameron is busy making soothing noises, time will tell whether he can, or will do anything to help those who have lost so much.

cent down on forecast and expenditure up by13 per cent also against forecast. In order to help resolve the situation and to increase income, the Saudi ministry of finance announced it would cut fuel subsidies and increase petrol prices by at least 50 per cent, which would see the price per litre which is currently 21 euro cents increase to at least 32 euro cents bringing it in line with Iran. In addition, in what is probably a natural extension, diesel, electricity and water prices will also increase. As the largest member of the OPEC oil producing states, it appears to be increasing output in an effort to put the shale producing companies in the USA out of business, but so far the result has seen an overall drop in oil revenues by 23 per cent in 2015 compared to 2014. Spending on military and security projects has increased during 2015 as have salaries to civil servants and the armed forces. Now we If the economy continues to suffer want to and the increase in oil production does hear your views. not have the desired effect, then it is perfectly possible the Saudi govYOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE ernment may have to devalue the - YOUR OPINION Riyal, which is currently pegged www.euroweeklynews.com against the US Dollar.

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RONDA: The drastic changes of the Andalucian landscape. contrasts whether you are in the countryside or on the coast. Experiencing the drastic changes of the Andalucian landscapes can be a

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DFAS presentations to be held throughout January THE Nerja Fine Arts Society returns for the New Year and its January programme sees the first meeting on January 12 at the Cultural Centre, Nerja commencing 6.00pm under the title Shock! Horror! Probe! Fleet Street: A newspaper story in pictures. In this lecture the society will be looking at the ups and downs of this notorious ‘Street of Shame’ via the art that illustrated its stories. Lecturer: Geri Parlby, BA (Hons) MA (Courtauld), PhD, FRSA. Tuesday January 26 at 11am sees at the Museo de Nerja, Plaza España a lecture entitled Andalucian Landscapes, Living Contrasts; Lecturer Jose Parlby. Andalucia is a land of

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due course. For further details, please e-mail: margitb@my-rasgos. com or visit www.nerjanad fas.org.

Lux Mundi hold a Christmas Service DETAILS have just been received of the Lux Mundi, Torre del Mar Ecumenical Carol Service which was held on Saturday December 19 in the Parish Church of San Andres in Torre del Mar, where Christians from different traditions, friends and residents in the Axarquia, came together to pray and enjoy the traditional carols. The prayers were led by the rev James Tayler Episcopal Reformed Spanish Church, Steve Anderson Evangelical Church, Mogens Jeppensen Danish Church and Miguel Angel Alonso Parish Priest with readings by various members of the congregation and the carols were performed by the Spanish choir ‘Unidos por la fe,’ the German choir ‘Los Cantadores’ and the English International Music Society Choir. It was a most enjoyable service, with the congregation joining in the various carols, the words of which were displayed on large screens at the sides of the church. After the service many friends went back to the Lux Mundi Centre to enjoy a buffet and drinks and of course more carol singing.

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Not all bargains are good value MY job in 2016 is to select the best ones to fit my customers’ requirements

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WHAT a great way to start 2016, the magnificent ‘Reyes Magos’ or Three kings processions have been on the Costas and Balearics, leaving behind children and adults with happy smiling faces enjoying their Reyes gifts. The January sales are now on in all the big shops throughout Spain, with the Spanish and expats rubbing shoulders in a buying frenzy, seeking out the best bargains before someone else does. The changing rooms all over Spain are full of people, some are squeezing into a size that’s obviously too small but there’s 50 per cent off a famous brand and they are con-

New build properties becoming available in 2016 are competitively priced, and there is a high demand for these modern properties at prices that compete well with resale properties. To meet this demand developers and investors will need to work together in 2016. But not all bargains are good value, my job in 2016 is to select the best property bargains in the best locations so that they fit my customers’ requirements and stop them from buying the equivalent of bright green trousers that don’t fit. If you are looking to buy or sell a property in 2016 contact me we have properties & buyers. John Graham. Fellow of The Architecture & Surveyors Institute. Property Advisor. Gk.ipad@me.com

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tions and locations with vinced they can match the strict planning permission. pair of bright green I have already noticed a trousers with something, substantial increase in acand anyway one of their tivity from property inNewYear’s Resolutions is vestors from Europe and to lose weight, so no probaround the world, all lem, everyone loves a asking me the same bargain! question and all To a certain more or less extent the propwaiving a blank erty market on cheque book, if the Costas and I can find them Balearics could the right barexperience gain. something of a Towards the buying frenzy end of 2015 in 2016 from the private property insector showed vestors and priPROPERTY: Prices are still at January sales levels. signs of an increase vate individual in demand for properties at prices and fourth quarters of 2015. buyers. equivalent to 50 per cent off 2007 Property prices are still at January In general property prices botprices, and this will continue sales levels but prices will continue tomed out and in some locations throughout 2016. to rise, in particular in prime locaprices started to increase in the third

REPORT: Says more than eight million homes in Spain are not insured.

Incognito insurance THERE is a worryingly high level of uncertainty By Matthew Elliott MORE than eight million homes in Spain are not insured according to a report by insurance company Linea Directa, which also indicates a worryingly high level of uncertainty and lack of awareness among those who are insured. Around 13 million are ignorant of the conditions of their

cover, while 10 million are unfamiliar with the exact amount they are insured for. Three million couldn’t identify the company they are insured with. A key problem is the difference between the value homes are insured to against the actual value of the home, which is on average 32 per cent higher. Insurance against damage to

neighbouring homes is another factor for concern with many millions theoretically liable to pay out of their own pocket for large portions of the damage accrued. Andalucia has one of the highest rates of registered home accidents, with claims reaching 40.4 per cent compared to the national average of 33.2 per cent.

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2016 is upon us and now is the perfect time to think of your gardening goals for this year Dick Handscombe

Gardening Corner By Spain’s best known expatriate gardening author living in Spain for 25 years.

WITH the festive season over and a day’s rest after the Three Kings celebrations, it is perhaps opportune to set some New Year gardening resolutions before you are overtaken by the winter cut back, which may need more days of winter exercise than normal. The extra work caused by the exceptional autumn growth of many perennial plants as a result of the almost perfect growing conditions of bright sunshine, light showers and heavy overnight dews. So what are your priorities for the year ahead? May I take the liberty of offering a few suggestions. 1. Finally make the garden an ecological haven and persuade your Spanish and expat neighbours to do likewise. There are plenty of ecological insecticides, fungicides and fertilisers available in thoughtful garden centres and agricultural cooperatives, and also by email. If stuck have a look at the website of Trabe, it has an English version.

KEEPING HENS: Means you will enjoy the freshest eggs possible. When I was at school I was taught that the air we breathe in non-polluted places included 20.5 per cent of vital oxygen. I read recently that with the heavy pollution of the Mediterranean coastal belt this is now down to 19 per cent, although it was 25 per cent in the time of the dinosaurs and the appearance of new plant species. 2. Aim to eat more of your Mediterranean diet from the garden and recognise that an essential ingredient in that diet was the absorption of around

350 grams of oxygen from herb smelling air. A full description of a traditional healthy holistic Mediterranean diet is provided in chapter 3.3 of my book ‘Living well from our garden Mediterranean Style – Spiritually, mentally, physically, gastronomically and economically’. 3. With forecasts of continuing reductions in annual rainfalls in the Mediterranean regions of Spain and further increases in costs per metre, aim to reduce the watering

needs of your garden by 20 per cent or more. The book ‘How to use less water in your garden – A practical guide to waterwise Mediterranean style gardening worldwide’ considers the water needs of some 30 types of gardens, presents some 300 practical ideas for reducing water needs and in appendices presents useful plant lists of the more drought resistant plants for our gardens. 4. Complete the winter cut back asap to enjoy the dry sunny winter days and give pruned

IF you’re lucky enough to have a home here in the Spanish sun then you may have already considered installing solar panels in a bid to save money on bills, become more environmentally friendly, or a little bit of both. Solar power had something of a renaissance back in the early 1990s when, along with Sonic the Hedgehog, it was seen as something of a revolution and the way of the future. There were serious problems though, which held solar back and discouraged people from taking the leap. Solar panels require a large investment of £5,000 - £10,000 (€6,770 €13,550) for installation costs.

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SOLAR PANELS: Technology has come a long way. Today, however, there is a variety of flexible financing plans and government incen-

tives that could see your panels become profitable in just a few years. With energy savings of

around 50 per cent, panels can also add significant value to your property. Technology has come a long way from the old image of a home cast in panels that only work on sunny days. Nowadays technology developments have led to a new generation of solar collectors which take up a minimal amount of space, look stylish, and are incredibly efficient, working even on cloudy days and employing conservation systems for energy over the evening. If you’re considering solar power, look up all the relevant information, from subsidies to restrictions on your property to get the best value for money.

plants the maximum time to build up strength for spring growth. 5. Keep a couple of hens to eat kitchen and garden waste and lay two or three eggs a day of top quality. Friends who regularly buy even ecological eggs say the quality of the yolks do not equal those of the eggs they occasionally have from my hens. Hens can also make good friendly pets. We started to have a couple of hens when lo-

cal producers of eco eggs decided that EU regulations had become prohibitive, and we had an interesting experience on an AVE train from Cordoba to Valencia, in president class because the tourist carriages were fully booked. Once the ticket checker had left the carriage a well-dressed, 80-year-old lady sitting opposite us laid out small bowls of water and grain on her fold down table and then took out a fully grown hen from a basket to have its breakfast. She explained to us that she lived with her chicken pet in a seventh floor apartment in the centre of Barcelona. The hen had a metre square run on the balcony with a hen-door into the kitchen where it had a further one metre run and an egg laying box. This was next to the cooker so a fresh egg for breakfast could not be fresher. 6. With that I am off for my own omelette for breakfast filled with just harvested healthy shiitake mushrooms grown in the empty garage alongside Oyster mushrooms. These take less effort than any other vegetable. Try it yourself. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com January 2016

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Behaviour is inherited DOGS are born with certain compulsions to behave in a specific way

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SO much depends on how your dog gets on in life. I thought it appropriate to write about ‘inherited behaviour ’ because all dogs will certainly have inherited behaviour. The behaviour of dogs, like all animals, gets inherited via genetic predisposition and genetic memory.

Genetic predisposition towards certain types of behaviour or attitudes in life are inherited at birth, much like the preprogrammed default factory settings you may find on a computer or TV when you buy it new. What they govern are things like a dog’s prevailing temperament, personality and the type of behaviour that comes instinctively to him when faced with different situations or events. As an example, everything from how readily he will pursue prey to how confident, fearful or aggressive he will become in more testing situations, and even how strongly he will emotionally attach to people making later separation

SHEEPDOGS: Know how to round up sheep without another dog showing them. issues more likely. Genetic memory is a

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Meet Butch, our funny pet photo winner! WE’D like to introduce you to Butch! He is a rescue dog who was found a few years ago abandoned with some other puppies, starving and desperate. He is now part of Sheila and Richard’s fur family living in Andalucia, in a lovely home with mountain views. He is much loved member of the family and has matured into a fun-loving, sweet-natured dog. Recently, HouseSitMatch sponsored a Funny Pet Photo competition. And out of all the entries we selected this fun photo of Butch, dressed up in a Santa costume as the winner! The winners received a £10 Amazon voucher and a free homeowner membership to HouseSitMatch.com to help them find house-sitters. If we can help you please contact us or register as homeowners directly on our website www.HouseSitMatch.com. Happy New Year to one and all!

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Retro Malaga A NEW YEAR’S treat for Classic car and motorcycle fans will hit Malaga on January 29, 30 and 31, 2016. The third edition of the Salon Retro Auto and Moto Malaga, will be hosting a ‘Classic-fest’ of historical, awe-inspiring and momentous machines from the past. Supported by the interest of clubs, groups, exhibitors and professionals, a full show for anyone with a passion for classic vehicles awaits. The exhibition will again take place at the Palacio de Ferias y Congresos (Congresses and Exhibitions Palace) in Malaga from January 29 to 31, and will put the city of Malaga in the spotlight of automobile clubs, fans and the general public in Andalucia. The organisation hopes to surpass the 20,000 attendees last year, as more than 150 exhibitors will be displaying their goods and services for ‘all things classic.’

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Husqvarna riders take on their first Dakar Rally

THE off-road competition is one of the most gruelling in the motorsports calendar By Steve Walsh THE Dakar Rally 2016 marks a special milestone for the newly formed Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing Team, who will contest what is effectively the most important and gruelling off-road competition in the motorsports calendar. The 2016 edition of the Dakar Rally began with the prologue in Buenos Aires on January 2, and will be running until January 16. Riders will set off west through Argentina and follow the spine of the Andes moun-

DAKAR RALLY: Over the 13 stages riders will travel in excess of 9,000 km. tains north into Bolivia. They will then travel directly south,

False hopes have been raised as Schumacher fortune dwindles

THE German driver Michael Schumacher, who has spent nearly two years in a vegetative state after an accident in the French Alps on December 29 2013, is showing slight signs of

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recovery, but nothing like the claims made in a German magazine stating: “Michael is very thin. But he can walk with a little help from his therapist.” The magazine quoted a ‘con-

fidant’ of the racing driver as saying: “He manages to walk a few steps. He can even raise his arm.” The publication went on to describe the improvement as a ‘Christmas miracle.’ However, Michael Schumacher’s manager Sabine Kehm, has denied a magazine report which claimed the severely injured Formula 1 star is walking again. The Telegraph reports that she said: “Unfortunately, we are forced by a recent press report to clarify that the assertion that Michael could move again is not true. Such speculation is irresponsible and it gives false hopes to many people involved.” During this time his wife Corinna has spent a fortune to try and save her husband. As reported by ABC.es, she is rumoured to have spent €14 million so far to try and bring Michael out of his present state. They also state Corinna has had to dispose of several items to aid the rehabilitation of the 46-year-old, including their private jet and chalet in the Alps.

criss-crossing the mountains until they reach San Juan in Ar-

gentina, where they will turn east to finish in Rosario.

Over the 13 stages they will travel in excess of 9,000 km and will be confronted with very difficult conditions that will test their navigation skills, bikes and bodies to their limits. Pablo Quintanilla said: “I am very happy with the Husqvarna factory bike because it’s reliable, very fast and very tough for this sport. This time we are not riding in Chile so there is no open desert, but the difficult navigation in Fiambala, Belen and San Juan, plus the altitude and rainfall in Bolivia will make it difficult for everybody.”

9 Series BMW: rumour or reality? MANY rumours have reported on the possibility that BMW might launch an innovative four-door coupe under the name Series 9, with Rolls Royce in its sights. However, BMW’s plans regarding the launch of this model are ‘something for the future.’ According to information disclosed by the network, the German company is preparing the BMW Series 9. Very little is known about this model, although rumours suggest it will be a

large-bodied four-door coupe built on the platform of the Series 7 but with abundant cosmetic changes and equipped with highly innovative technology. Named the 9 Series, the coupe will ride on a modified version of the platform that’s being developed to underpin the next Rolls-Royce Phantom. It will be as large as it sounds, but its weight will be kept in check thanks to the use of car-

bon fibre-reinforced plastic and ultra-high-tensile steel. The rumours of a rangetopping BMW coupe have been circulating for years without ever materialising. Company officials haven’t commented on the report, so only time will tell whether it’s finally coming true. The next Phantom is due out in 2016, meaning the 9 could arrive as early as 2017.

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England beat South Africa by 241 runs in the first test EXCELLENT win in Durban over the world’s number one team From Back page

games against James’ 169 in 572 outings. • Manchester United, with a terrific Rooney goal, ended their winless run with a 2-1 victory over Swansea. • Courtesy of two superb goals by Toure and Aguero, Manchester City hit back to win 2-1 at Watford. • Sunderland beat bottom club Aston Villa (only 8 points out of 57) 3-1 in an early relegation battle. • WBA completed their first double over Stoke since 1977.

• Middlesbrough (winners over Brighton and Derby), Burton Albion and Plymouth are top of the Championship and Leagues 1 and 2, while Celtic, Rangers, Dunfermline and Elgin City head their respective divisions in Scotland. • Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan, PSG, Ajax

NICE ONE DENIS... Question put to former footballer Denis Law last week: Would the 1960s Manchester United side beat the current one? Answer: Yes, 1-0. Why so close? asked the interviewer. ‘Well we’re all in our seventies now,’ replied Law. and Bayern Munich all started the New Year on top of their League tables. • Just after Christmas, Lionel Messi scored his 425th goal on his 500th appearance for Barcelona in a 4-0 win over Real Betis. • Ten-man Real Madrid drew 2-2 with Gary Neville’s

Valencia and then learned that their appeal for being ‘kicked out’ of the Copa del Rey had been rejected by the Spanish FA. • Twelve players were yellow-carded in the recent Levante-Malaga game – a record for La Liga. • Recently, Don Howe, exWBA, Arsenal and England

MEADOWLARK LEMON: Former Harlem Globetrotters star has passed away aged 83.

BOXER: Carl Frampton has been awarded the MBE in the Queen’s New Year’s honours list.

right-back, who also managed both his clubs and coached his country… Former Newcastle and Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Pavel Srnicek… El Salvador’s most-capped player Alfredo Pacheo (shot dead by bandits)… and former Wigan star Steve Gohouri (drowned in River Rhine) all lost their lives. • On Tuesday, Stoke met Liverpool in the first leg of the LC semi-final; Everton played Manchester City last night in the other ‘semi’. • Over the next four days there are 32 third round FA Cup ties including holders Arsenal-Sunderland, Birmingham-Bournemouth, ChelseaS c u n t h o r p e , Doncaster-Stoke, EastleighBolton, Everton-Dagenham & Redbridge, Exeter-Liverpool (live on BBC TV tomorrow night), Manchester United-Sheffield United, Spurs-Leicester (re-run of 1961 final), West Ham-Wolves and Wycombe-Aston Villa. There’ll be some upsets no doubt! • And the transfer window is now open with players moving here, there and everywhere! CRICKET • England beat the world’s

number one nation South Africa by 241 runs in the first test in Durban. Moheen Ali, with seven wickets, was voted ‘Man of the Match’. In the second Test which has just ended in Cape Town, England, backed by a ‘barmy army’ of 12,000 fans, smashed 629-6 declared in their first innings. Ben Stokes (258) and Jonny Bairstow (150 n.o.) put on 377 for the 6th wicket and Stokes’ double hundred was the fastestever by an Englishman (163 balls) and the second-fastest in Test history. • Martin Guptill smashed an amazing 93 runs off 30 balls (50 in just 17) for New Zealand in their 10-wicket ODI victory over Sri Lanka in Christchurch. • Sadly, Sussex cricketer Matt Hobden has died, aged just 22. ROUND-UP • Jockey Michelle Payne (30), on board Prince of Penzance, has become the first female to ride the winner in the 155-year-old Melbourne Cup. • Saracens (after an impressive 26-6 win over Leicester), Bristol and Scarlets top the Aviva Premiership, the IPA and Pro12 League Rugby Union tables.

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Supermen: Cech, Anderson, Bairstow and Stokes 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. Costa de Almeria

FOOTBALL • After a hectic Christmas/New Year period,

Arsenal (two wins out of three) are two points clear in the PL from Leicester who had two 00 draws and missed a penalty in the match against Bournemouth. • Arsenal’s ‘keeper Petr Cech has broken David James’ record of clean-sheets in the Premiership – 171 in 353 Turn to page 47

STEPH HOUGHTON: England women’s footballer has been awarded an MBE.