Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 21 - 27 July 2016 Issue 1620

ISSUE NO. 1620

21 - 27 July 2016

COSTA BLANCA NORTH

YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION

Bobbies Brexit snub

By Linda Hall The Brexit fallout continues, often where least expected.

Plans for British bobbies to join their Spanish counte rp arts o n th e B en id orm beat this summer have been quietly dropped.

The exchange operation will not go ahead owing to Britain’s “current instability,” according to sources a t th e n atio n a l g o v ernment’s delegation to the Valencian Community.

Quite apart from its novelty value, the idea behind the plan was to reinforce security in tourist resorts like B en id o rm, fo llo w in g t he success of a pilot scheme in

Magaluf (Mallorca).

As in Mallorca, the scheme was less to provide be tte r s e c urity by c onfronting possible trouble-

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USEFUL LOCAL NUMBERS

What to do in an emergency YOU will find in this week’s edition of Euro Weekly News a very handy double page showing numbers to call in case of emergency of any type.

Take the double page spread and keep it handy but telephone numbers are no use, if you don’t speak Spanish and don’t know simple phrases to explain what your problem is.

As a newspaper dedicated to assist expatriates to assimilate into the Spanish way of life we want to try to help everyone to be able to communicate basic information especially in the case of an emergency where time is of the essence.

Next week therefore we will be publishing an easy to follow guide, advising you of what to do in the event of a death, a break in, an injury, a problem

with the local council and a number of other matters which may be easy to deal with in the UK, but could be handled quite differently in Spain.

Did you know for example that if you have a joint bank account in Spain and your partner dies, the account will be frozen as soon as you tell the bank? In that case how will you pay for the funeral?

This is the sort of information you will need together with a very basic guide to the meaning of relevant Spanish words.

Once you have had a chance to read this next week and you feel that we have missed anything that might be of assistance, we always welcome readers’ letters raising the questions which we will endeavour to answer.

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Brit book favourite on its way to airport

By Gemma Elvins-Quinn WHSmith has announced plans to make its debut in the Spanish market.

The British favourite specialising in news, books and convenience items, has secured a five-year contract to operate two stores at Alicante-Elche airport.

The retailer promises a wide range of products, including a selection of Spanish and international newspapers, magazines and books as well as confectionery, sandwiches and travel essentials.

The company said the stores will have a design-focused, contemporary look and feel in keeping with the airport’s design. WHSmith International Director Louis de Bourgoing

NEW ARRIVAL: WHSmith is opening two stores at Alicante-Elche airport. said: “Securing the contract for the stores in Alicante is a significant step in our European development strategy. It follows

the win of the Düsseldorf International Airport contract and further openings in Northern Europe.

“We look forward to working with AENA to deliver a compelling offer to Alicante Airport’s passengers.”

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Should the bull running in Pamplona be stopped?

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Your papers, your views Our readers have been expressing their views about sexual abuse and bull running in Pamplona which appeared on our website

www.euroweeklynews.com Here are a few of your comments some of which have had to be cut due to size but we are always happy to hear from everyone.

Stop it How much longer will running of bulls in Pamplona continue?

This newspaper talks about a bunch of drunk idiotic men chasing bulls through towns, and their barbaric deaths, as normal. Why is this violence perpetrated on sentient creatures allowed in 2016? Spain should be dragged into the 21st century. Shame on them for continuing the medieval massacres. You can have culture and tradition without cruelty.

Sharon

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Musical shift

San Fermin Pamplona.

By John Smith THE week of the bull running in Pamplona started with a demonstration by 75 young men and topless women, all wearing just pants, fake bull horns and covered in fake blood, protesting against cruelty to bulls. It ended with numerous injured and allegations of five violent sexual attacks including a rape and 11 claims of sexual assault.

It seems young men, many fuelled by alcohol or drugs or simply pure adrenalin and machismo, took it upon themselves to consider the body of any young woman an open invitation to transgress by touching them intimately.

Unlike Mardi Gras in New Orleans where women parade topless and kiss men to obtain beads in a general atmosphere of sexual frisson, the feast of San Fermin is quite different and has become an increasing nightmare for innocent women living and working in Pamplona since the brutal murder of a young nurse during the festival eight years ago.

Now, banners appear in the streets saying “No sexual harassment!”; “Assault is not flirting. Be careful!”; “No sexist assaults”; “Enjoy yourselves and let others enjoy themselves” and the city council says it is doing all it can to stamp out sexual assaults on women by increasing the number of CCTVs in operation and policing the streets.

With such large crowds and a finite number of police officers (said to be 3,400) and the fact there is activity al-

most 24 hours a day, it is almost impossible to guarantee the safety of women in Pamplona and sadly they have to be very careful and effectively provide their own protection during the week.

According to The Guardian Aritz Romeo, city councillor for public safety, and women’s groups in Pamplona are doing all that they can to prevent assaults and he is quoted as saying “I think the reasons are basically cultural;

they’re rooted in the false belief that men are superior to women and women are there to satisfy them. It’s a sexist and patriarchal culture. We in the council are not in favour of that culture and that’s why we believe while the police response is important, so is raising awareness to prevent it. Inequality between people is at the root of it all.”

He also told the newspaper “If you break the law in Pamplona, you will pay

for it. We’re working to tell people if you touch a woman’s backside, you’ll wind up in a police cell.”

Despite this rhetoric, 2016 has seen a terrible backwards step as far as violence to women is concerned. Much has been made of the ‘alien hordes’ from Arab States who attacked women across Germany on New Year’s Eve but the whole of Europe is beginning to see an outbreak of violence against women, both random and in the home which had seemed to be dying out.

Pamplona isn’t by any means the worst culprit but might just be an example of how society is moving the wrong way and in this particular case by starting with a number of topless girls and good looking lads to attract attention for what many consider to be a worthy cause, has perhaps actually delivered the wrong message to those travelling to Pamplona from all over the world.

This of course raises once again the matter of whether bulls should be treated in such a way and whether a civilised society should allow often drunken idiots to take their lives in their own hands by running in front of over excited agents of death. This year has seen three more deaths around bull running towns and the death of a young bull fighter.

If innocent women can be protected from assault then perhaps this is the most telling argument for banning the bull running regardless of the number of people who want to join in or the financial benefits it brings to the city.

Those who love the torture and killing of innocent animals obviously have no morals and don’t care about anything, so what can you expect from these people if they grope women? Ban the festival and change it to a musical festival!

Wizza

Human interest When this world stops the abuse of children and humans we can perhaps worry a little about blood sport. Unfortunately most of these people would pass a poor human in the street but aid a dog! Pathetic.

Mark

Defenceless animals These events need to serve as a lesson to anyone else that wants to be cruel to a defenceless animal (you know, the type of bull that doesn’t wield knives).

Mike

Protect women Good to know that someone is making a stand for the innocent women who get attacked whilst macho men get excited, risking their own lives in such a stupid and pointless exercise.

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Coastal train link hits the buffers

By Simon Russell THE mayor of Denia, Vicent Grimalt, has expressed his surprise and annoyance at a government sponsored report that drew the conclusion that the Valencia-Alicante train was not viable.

The study paper ValenciaAlicante Railway line (Tren de Costa) stated “regarding the financial and socio-economic profitability of building the link, and from the perspective of society in general, none of the four phases of the coast train is profitable.”

This conclusion was contrary to an earlier report by the Development Ministry, points out Grimalt, supporting both viability and the social benefits of the link being completed. He said that there were also other reasons for

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MAIN LINE TRAIN: Coming to the Marina Alta in the future? carrying out the project besides pure profit, namely to end the isolation of the Marina Alta from other key areas of Valencia.

This report has muddied the waters but Denia Council

is determined to fight on and is seeking a meeting with the Development Ministry and the Generalitat.

The fact that there is no direct rail link between Alicante and Valencia, the communi-

ty’s two largest cities, has long been a bone of contention across the towns affected. Issues such as environmental impact are high on the agenda for those against constructing the link.

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and communication problems.

Money also played a part in the UK’s decision not to go ahead with the plan, according to the local Spanish press which quoted a letter from

the British embassy received by Juan Maria Rueda, assistant director general of the International Police Cooperation.

“A summer interchange would have required considerable police resources and funds which we are unfortunately

unable to undertake in these times of austerity,” British ambassador Simon Manley was quoted as saying.

France has fewer problems, howeve r, a n d g e n d a r m e s a r e a l r e a d y p a trolling neighbouring Altea as well as Peñiscola in Castellon.

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Increase in local security

By Gemma Elvins-Quinn THE attacks in Nice, France, which left more than 80 people dead and over 100 injured, has led to enhanced security in Alicante Province.

100 people were injured and more than 80 died during the Nice attacks.

Increased vigilance has been ordered at both the airport and port as the Secretariat of State Security units of the National Police and Guardia Civil moved to reinforce the terror alert to a level four.

The latest attacks in France occurred during a fiesta attracting large crowds to gather, as in those seen during Alicante’s San Juan events and Elche’s annual fiestas to coincide with the Mystery Play celebrations held in August.

As a result, the security forces said more action is being taken to develop more effective evacuation protocol in case such an event should occur.

The port of Alicante also saw a larger, more visible presence of uniformed officers of the National Police this weekend, to coincide with Operation Crossing the Straits, when there is an increase in the number of passengers using the Algeria ferry with North African citizens

going back and forth from Spain, with Alicante one of the main points of entry.

It means terrorists are more able to hide themselves amongst the influx of North Africans. In addition to uniformed officers, plain clothed officers, responsible for fighting terrorism were also patrolling, along with trained explosive detection dogs.

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The bull running continues DESPITE the death of a young spectator early on in the event, the ‘bous al carrer’ event in Pedreguer restarted last week to the dismay of many.

Already seen by some as controversial for the treatment of the animals involved it was thought the death of Oliva resident Ruben Morant may have led to the cancellation of this year’s fiesta.

However after a 24-hour period of mourning the event restarted. The rest of the event was

thankfully incident free apart from a bull managing to force his head and horns through a spectator cage.

On the same weekend that the tragedy happened a matador was killed by a bull in a bullfight televised live.

Meanwhile this week in Mortalla, near Murcia, a woman was killed in another bull running event on Monday July 18.

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Brexpats in Spain

By John Wilson THE vote to leave Europe has left an indelible mark with some expats feeling overlooked and disenfranchised. Expats who have lived here in Spain for over 15 years were denied a vote.

With no leave plan and no precedent for the Leave process to provide some reassurance that everyone’s concerns will at least be listened to, for British people living abroad the waiting game is not an option.

Thousands of expats in Spain rely entirely on their pension to survive, and while the downward trend of the pound is perhaps easing, this has already had an effect. Everything British people have taken for granted is in question: Will our pension stop? Will we be able to continue to work here?

Will there be double-taxation? Will we have to pay

BRITAIN: Hand in hand with Spain.

for private health care? Can we own property? The list

goes on.

Brexpats in Mijas was a Facebook group set up by

five expats in the Mijas area specifically to gather relevant information and distribute it as soon as it is made available, but within two days of being launched the number of followers had reached close to 800.

The group was renamed Brexpats in Spain, since our predicament is shared by all British people who have set up their home and business in Spain. Our hope is that we can continue to expand, by people in other areas forming their own satellite portal to share and distribute information and resources provided under the Brexpats in Spain banner.

However, it must be stressed that we are not a politically biased group. Nor

are we a protest group, or profit-seeking.

We do not mean to change the outcome of the referendum.

Our mission is to understand the issues that could affect our position as British expats here in Spain and our aim is to gather and freely impart relevant information and changes to legislation.

We will be the voice you need for you to make the most informed decisions, regardless of how you may have voted.

In order to do this, we need your help, and the help of local experts and dignitaries in the community.

Already, we have voluntary legal and financial advisers on our side. We are seeking representation in local and central government,

both in the UK and here in Spain. Our own mayor, Juan Carlos Maldonaldo, has pledged his full support and the promise to raise our awareness of developments as they happen.

Brexpats in Spain is in the process of becoming a legalised Asociacion, an important step in forging and maintaining relationships in our host country. We urge every expat in Spain who would expect the help and support of their local council to be fully legal also.

The first free public meeting of Brexpats in Spain will be held at the Tamisa Golf Hotel, Mijas Costa, on Wednesday, July 27 at 7pm.

Come and have a drink on us, and meet members of the Brexpats’ team and hear what some of our experts have to say.

All are welcome. Please bring a friend. Above all, bring your Brexit questions and concerns. With your views on board, our voice can only get louder.

Facebook Group: Brexpats in Spain Website: www.brexpats.es Email: info@brexpats.es

Project find a job AS part of the European Social Fund, the Red Cross has announced the launch of a project to help find jobs for 32 unemployed people over the age of 45 in Alicante Province during 2016.

This initiative has the support of Bankia and the European Social Fund through the Operational Programme for Social Inclusion and Social Economy. It is aimed at peo-

ple over 45 who, after losing their job are seeking a new career opportunity that allows them to re-enter the labour market and regain an independent life. This can be achieved through their participation in intensive employment training and career guidance activities, as well as workshops and information to expand their knowledge.

“Participating in this pro-

ject has restored my confidence in myself and has given me job ambitions that after many years had worn off,” said one woman who thanked the Red Cross for helping her.

Bankia is assisting the Red Cross co-financing the project with a total of €650,000 in a total of 30 provinces throughout the country which will help an estimated 3,000 people get back into work.

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It’s a testing time for Norwegians in Spain ALFAZ DEL PI is the only municipality outside Norway where both the written and oral Bergenstest can be taken.

There are more than 2,500 Norwegian registered residents on the Alfaz padron, although the true figure is probably much higher, and many need to take the Bergenstest each year.

This language exam is a precondition for studying at Norwegian universities and colleges and is also required in many professional areas.

It has been possible in the past for applicants to take the written exam in selected cities worldwide, but it was necessary to go to Norway for the oral.

Until now, that is, thanks to collaboration between Spain’s Open University (UNED) in Denia, the Folkeuniversitetet in Oslo, Alfaz Town Hall and the Den Norske Skole Costa Blanca where the exams will be sat.

“We have been working towards this for four years,” said satisfied councillor, Rocio Guijarro.

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Filming in town

By Simon Russell FILMING has started in El Poble Nou de Benitachell which is the setting for a new movie directed by Paco Soto.

Soto ha s be e n nomina te d for 14 prestigious Goya awards and is one of Spain’s top directors. It is hoped that this will be a great opportunity to promote the town’s coastal beauty and the first day’s filming took in spots such as Cala Moraig and the town’s picturesque church.

The film is described as a police comedy and indeed a cast of actors dre s s e d a s polic e me n dre w a fe w glances from those unaware that a film was being made.

FILMING UNDERWAY: Making movies in Benitachell.

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Jihadis ‘ever present’ threat JOSE RAMON NAVARRO, president of Spain’s National High Court predicted that jihadist terrorism is here to stay.

Speaking at a summer course organised by the police and Alicante University, he pointed out Spain has more imprisoned jihadists than ETA members. Defeating jihadists will take longer than the 30 or 40 years required to eliminate the Basque separatist group, Navarro said.

His words came two days after the Bastille Day massacre in Nice, France when 84 people were murdered and scores more seriously injured, deliberately ran down with a heavy truck.

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By Linda Hall

NICE TRAGEDY: Promenade des Anglais was the latest terrorist target.

Blanca held a minute’s silence in memory of victims. It was particularly heartfelt in Alicante City which is twinned with Nice.

As far as authorities know, there were no Spanish victims amongst the children, women and men slaughtered as the driver zigzagged along the Promenade des Anglais.

Many Valencian Community residents, including students on language courses, were present but were able to escape the truck or witnessed the carnage from a safe distance.

The National High Court president said: “Acts of violence like in Nice attack are not inevitable,” Jose Ramon Navarro said. “Preventing them is complicated but can be done via information and greater control at frontiers.”

An agonising celebration A WOMAN was injured during a firework display in Moraira on Sunday July 17. She collapsed to the ground during the display and at first it was feared she had been hit directly by an errant firework which can prove fatal.

However it appears that she was hit in the head by either a firework that had hit a palm tree and fallen on the woman or a piece of the tree itself that had fallen when hit by the device.

She had been concussed and as a precautionary measure was taken by ambulance to the local health centre but was later released.

The event was a mascleta, the Valencian firework displays that often take place in the daylight focusing as much on the noise as the visual displays, and would have needed to adhere to certain safety standards.

Thief caught swiping smokes A 26-YEAR-OLD Briton was arrested in Benidorm after stealing four packets of cigarettes from a shop in the so-called English Zone.

He left a Calle Cuenca ‘estanco’ without paying but when the owner ran after him he took out a knife and threatened her.

Officers from the National Police scoured the area and caught up with the man in Avenida de la Comunidad Valenciana.

This latest incident highlighted the dangers that they faced daily, said Rincon de Loix business-owners. A neighbourhood association has now presented a petition with 1,000 signatures, asking for more police vigilance on the streets in this area.

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No pedestrianisation

By Linda Hall DENIA’s recently revamped Merchants and Entrepenuers Association (ACE) met on Friday July 15 to discuss trade in the city at the midpoint of the year.

They broadly agreed that the proposed pedestrianisation of the Marques de Campo was not in their best interests. It is regarded as Denia’s premier shopping area and has some limited vehicle

access and parking along its length.

Regarding trade in general they agreed that local businesses would benefit from easy access for both vehicles and on foot, good signage and available parking. They also stressed the importance of customer service and recognising the importance of prosperity in the town and its effect on their businesses. Specifics under discussion included the rejuvenation of Calle Via, Esplanada Cervantes and the harbour and seafront areas.

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PLANNING IRREGULARITIES: Have resulted in water restriction for some properties in Polop.

PAST planning irregularities can bring headaches when they come to light decades later.

In Polop, for instance, approximately 300 properties were irregularly built on rural land. At the time it hardly mattered and owners preferred to pay a 1.5 million peseta (€9,000) fine for country properties within easy reach of most

Marina Baja municipalities.

Obviously there were drawbacks which included exclusion from the town’s development plan (PGOU) and infrastructure including domestic water. This was solved by using water destined for crop irrigation but 20 years later and after three years of drought, farmers and growers who own the rights to this

water are restricting its use.

Many of these houses are now rented out either long-term or as holiday lets and recent water cuts came as an unpleasant surprise to tenants unaware of the property history. “This is the worst thing that could happen to anyone,” one of them said. “This is like living in the Third World.”

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Citizens boost for parking problems DENIA Council is working hard to get a plot of land ready in time for August, the busiest time of year for the town and, of course, for parking. The 11,300 square metre plot on Avenida Montgo was donated to the council by its owner for three years only providing it is purely used to provide free parking.

The town gratefully accepted the generous offer but now faces a large task to clear and level the land by August when the need for parking will be at its highest. They will also need to erect a barrier of some kind as well as signage and ensuring clear access.

The plot is expected to yield enough spaces for 550 vehicles when it is opened and will have two entrances, Avenida Montgo and Calle Jose Oliver.

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It’s quicker by train

By Linda Hall BY next year Alicante will be the only province in Spain with four stations serving AVE high speed trains.

If all goes according to schedule, Elche and Orihuela on the MurciaElche-Madrid line will be added to the existing Alicante City and Villena stations on the Madrid line.

The new stops will be located on the 61.7-kilometre stretch of line between Monforte del Cid and Murcia.

Spain’s state rail operator Renfe has yet to announce programmes and plans, however, and no further announcements have been made regarding plans to allow private operators to use AVE infrastructure.

The Alicante-Madrid AVE connection has been a success since it was inaugurated in June 2013, posing serious competition to airline links with the capital thanks to its rapidity, no tiresome check-in and special offers on fares.

The Alicante-Madrid service also provides travellers with direct links with Albacete and Cuenca as well

HIGH SPEED AVE: Next year will have four Alicante Province stops. as indirectly with Zaragoza, Huesca and Valladolid.

Until 12 months ago Renfe also ran one-off holiday season AVEs between Alicante, Sevilla and Cordoba with the possibility of continuing to Malaga and Cadiz. Despite

the popularity of the link, particularly with Alicante passengers, Renfe has discontinued the service, alleging lack of rolling stock.

Even so, it is still possible to travel by AVE to Sevilla via Madrid, leaving Alicante at 7.20am

and reaching Sevilla at 12.30pm.

Another option is changing trains in Cuenca to catch the ValenciaSevilla AVE which has been running since the high speed train service arrived in Valencia City in 2010.

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Cracking down on animal cruelty

By Linda Hall ALICANTE Province’s Justice system plans to get tough over mistreating animals.

The courts’ hands were tied in the past when trying cases of serious abuse, able only to impose a fine. Reforms to the Spanish Penal Code introduced the option of an 18-month prison term for animal cruelty and Vicente Magro, president of Alicante’s Provincial High

Court, also plans a nine-month re-education programme.

Local courts want to put across a message of zero tolerance when dealing with serious abuse now that these cases can result in imprisonment, Magro said. “Anyone who acts with violence towards animals is also capable of acting with violence towards other human beings,” Magro pointed out.

When anyone is found guilty of ill-treating an animal, the

judge will be able to suspend the sentence and oblige them to attend a re-education course.

The courts are also studying the possibility of preventing those with convictions for animal abuse from continuing to own animals. Magro said pet shops should check if a client has a record for animal abuse.

“This would not require passing a law and regulations would be sufficient before allowing a sale to go through,” he added.

Top tomato award for brothers THE award for Valencia’s Best Tomato has gone to a pair of brothers who run a farm in Rafelguaraf in the La Ribera region.

Controversially the tomato is of the white variety of the mascota tomato. This is a recent cross breed they have developed themselves to further upset the tomato traditionalists.

Paco and Gonzalo Peiro started out as orange growers but moved over to the humble tomato a few years ago and have developed several different varieties. The well-judged switch from growing citrus came about as tomatoes can be grown all year round under cloches.

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Keeping an eye on traffic in Benidorm

By Linda Hall NEW CCTV cameras will be installed at traffic hotspots in Benidorm.

The town hall’s Traffic department is working on plans to extend the fibre optic network currently covering streets in the town centre and the Levante area. It is hoped that within weeks this will continue to the Poniente side of town as well as other points regarded as conflictive in terms of traffic.

At present there are 40 CCTV traffic cameras distributed throughout the resort and principal thoroughfares that include Jaime I, Mediterraneo, Comunidad Valenciana and Alfonso Puchades.

These cameras give the authorities a clear view in real time of the state of traffic on roads where the cameras are installed. These can be seen on any computer programmed to receive them, municipal sources explained.

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CAMERAS: Avenida del Mediterraneo already has CCTV. strategies and is already proving effective, they said, as streets equipped with cameras have fewer accidents than those without them.

Once the Poniente side is connected to

the fibre optic network, there are plans to install four cameras, two of which will be mobile, in areas where traffic is heaviest although their exact location has yet to be decided.

Red Cross rescue A YOUNG man, who was cliff walking at the time, fell nearly 10 metres to Playa Tango in Javea last weekend on Sunday July 17.

The beach is inaccessible for normal vehicles and a Red Cross rescue boat was sent to try and recover the man.

However bad sea conditions and tricky terrain complicated the rescue and it was around two hours before he was reached. He had to be stretchered onto the boat as the extent of his injuries were unclear. As he was also showing signs of hypothermia and stress he was admitted to Denia’s Marina hospital for further observation.

In a busy weekend for the Red Cross service they had to undertake a further boat rescue on the Saturday. This was also in Javea, this time in caves offshore from Cala Granadella.

The Red Cross had been alerted at about 1pm that a woman had become trapped in one of the caves. She had been one of a group of three kayakers visiting the cave and two of them had managed to get stuck. One had freed himself but the woman had to be rescued and was escorted to dry land where she was shaken but unscathed.

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Father to son exchange

By Keith Baker TONY moved up to Benidorm from the Murcia area in the mid-1990s, with his English wife, who was a holiday rep.

He was a disco manager, but decided he wanted to set up his own businesses in the clothing trade.

He bought a unit in the Benidorm Indoor Market, which was very quiet at that time, having been until recently the fruit and veg market of the Rincon de Loix area.

After a while he decided to change direction and set up a money exchange, and what clearer name could he choose than Tony’s Exchange?

Meanwhile son Dave was working in England.

Dave had studied in Spain, and used to stay with his nan in Southampton at Christmas and in the summer holidays. He decided he wanted to work in England for a while so went to London for a couple of years, and then on to Edinburgh.

In 2001 Tony asked Dave to consider coming back to Spain to work together with him in the exchange, as it was very busy. It was a tough call, as Dave was seriously considering attending catering college in Edinburgh at the time. However, he decided to come back, and he worked part time with Tony, as well as attending a travel agent’s course.

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DAVE: Took over the business from his father, Tony.

After a year they decided between them that Dave should take over the business full time, and Tony retired early.

Dave now works with Sharon, who he describes as the perfect assistant.

Dave explained that he was having a structure

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built onto the front of the unit to give his customers privacy and security whilst being served.

By the time you read this it should be in place.

Why not go and have a look? You’ll find Tony’s Exchange on Isle 5, and either Dave or Sharon will be happy to look after you.

certain public buildings.

The installation has not cost the council anything.

USED batteries can now be discarded in dedicated collection containers across Benidorm.

The eight containers have been added to existing ecological collection points in public places.

Until now residents have only been able to discard their old batteries soundly by taking them to collection points in

Sharing the word BENIDORM was promoted as the ideal holiday destination for senior citizens at the Olympia centre in London earlier this month.

‘Visit Benidorm’ had its own stand during the two-day show, where attendees were shown the varied menu, the quality of its beaches and the large number of specific services for this group, which make Benidorm an ideal destination for the senior population. It decided to participate in this fair because it recognises the importance of the British market.

Controversial donation IN an effort to appease objectors, famous bullfighter Ortega Cano agreed to donate €5,000 to the Red Cross prior to his appearance at the Benidorm Bullring last weekend. The previous appearance of the bullfighter, who owns the bullring, was last Easter. On that occasion, he donated €10,000 to be shared with four social organisations. Critics remained unhappy with the situation, however.

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Opening their eyes THREE sports journalists covering the Costa Blanca Cup in Benidorm were tre a te d to a tou r of t he t own by t he Benidorm Tourism Foundation recently, to show them how much it has to offe r. The y w e re accom pani ed t o t he Sierra Helada so that they could apprec ia te the pa noram i c vi ew f r om The Cross, then given a tour of the old town where they were able to enjoy the rich local cuisine.

The three journalists agreed that they had enjoyed cultural, culinary and natural aspects of the town they didn’t realise existed.

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On the beat BENISSA’S Local Police force have drafted in four temporary officers for the summer season. New recruits will patrol the coastal zone in conjunction with more experienced police to cover the tourist influx.

Prostitution crackdown PLANS to reduce the presence of prostitutes openly soliciting on the N332 between Oliva and El Verger have seen a fivefold increase in fines being issued. Police have been fining both prostitutes and their clients.

Safer streets A PROJECT in Poble Nou de Benitachell is making steep streets safer by applying special non-slip paving or grinding down existing surfaces to enhance grip.

Reminders of the Civil War defences

By ELinda Hall THE 80th anniversary of the outbreak of Spain’s Civil War recently came and went unnoticed by most of the population.

But visual reminders of the 1936-1939 conflict are still there to be seen. Air raid shelters can be visited in Alicante, Alcoy and Orihuela and there are plans to restore others that were ignored for decades.

This is the case with San Juan but as happened in Alicante it will be necessary to rely on the very elderly or their families to locate the shelter.

Bunkers are still visible at different points along the coast including one on La Olla beach in Altea. This is in reasonable condition, unlike Benidorm’s one remaining machine-gun nest which is located in the Rincon de Loix at

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Opportunity scheme for unemployed DANIEL IBANCO, the councillor for youth in Teulada, has explained that for the second year the town will be aiming to give assistance to out of work people in the municipality under the age of 30.

The help is a mixture of job training and an assisted scholarship. The applicants will spend 20 hours a week assigned to a department of the town hall.

Applicants have until November 20 to apply to participate in the scheme. Ibanco said that the scheme was “an excellent opportunity for unemployed youths to acquire experience in the field of public administration.”

CIVIL WAR: Bunker on La Olla Beach. the far end of the Levante beach. Now in a sorry condition, scrawled with graffiti and full of rubbish, it will be included in the town’s catalogue of historic and cultural assets.

The town had four more

nests on the Poniente beach, Parque de Elche, Mal Pas beach and facing the Hotel Cimbel which have entirely disappeared, although the foundations of another are now submerged in front of the Plaza del Torrejo.

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Beach oasis JAVEA Town Hall has completed another phase of their public spaces improvement work. This involved the planting of 12 new palm trees on the Arenal beach.

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Happy feet, happy babies at festival

All aboard THERE will be a guided tour using canoes or kayaks to the Cova dels Orguens. The tour takes place on July 24 starting at 9am and is expected to last five hours.

Musical moments THE Valencian Community’s youth orchestra is appearing at Plaza Esglesia in Javea on Monday July 25 at 10.30pm. The orchestra has 80 members and will be conducted by Manuel Galduf.

OF all the parallel events organised for Alfaz’s film festival, the Sesion Teta was one of the most colourful.

These regular afternoon sessions were introduced earlier this year, making Alfaz the first municipality in Alicante Province to emulate an initiative pioneered in Madrid.

Nursing mothers – and partners wanting to attend – can watch the latest films accompanied by their babies.

They can feed them and get up, go out and come back again, safe in the knowledge that they will not receive glares and requests to ‘keep that baby quiet!’

A Sesion Teta was included for the first time in the recently ended festival, and mothers from Alfaz and neighbouring towns organised a flashmob dance which they performed with their babies in slings.

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FLASH MOB: Mothers promote attachment parenting. ing dolls in a routine that was entitled ‘Dancing Life Together.’

One of the principal purposes of the flash mob, the mothers explained, was to promote attachment parenting which includes feeding on demand.

“Music invites us to dance, animates us, unites people and for the mothers, the festival’s Sesion Teta is the ideal time and place to promote this type of baby care,” said Javier Pascual, the festival’s assistant director.

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Summer showers empty beaches HEAVY rain across the La Safor towns of Gandia, Oliva and Daimus meant a bad day for the beaches but a good day for the town centres.

Tourists left the coasts during the unseasonal heavy rain and many opted to take the short trip to the inland town centres.

Gandia saw 32 litres of rain per square metre in one morning, and Oliva escaped relatively lightly with 10 litres per square metre, with most towns in the area seeing a spell of brief but intense rain.

Conditions had returned to normal within 24 hours and the tourists returned to the beaches.

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Good news for Zika A 29-YEAR-OLD woman diagnosed with Zika gave birth to a healthy baby with no malformations.

The Venezuelan mother, who was found to have the virus in the ninth week of pregnancy, is one of nine known Zika cases in the Valencian Community.

Despite doctors’ fears the child is free of microcephaly incomplete brain development - and the abnormally small head that can affect babies whose mothers have contracted the Zika virus. Other complications can include eye defects, hearing loss and impaired growth.

The latest case is a 50-year-old man who lives in Alicante Province but was diagnosed with the disease on June 29 after visiting Colombia. He is making good progress, the provincial health authorities revealed, and has not needed hospitalisation.

Of the seven other Valencian Community cases, one is an Alicante resident, five are from Valencia province and another patient lives in Castellon.

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RYANAIR: Just one of the low-cost airlines.

Low-cost brings millions to Alicante LOW-COST is the way to go at Alicante-Elche airport with the terminal serving two million passengers from January to July.

These airlines transported 18.1 million passengers in the first half of the year in Spain, 13.9 per cent more than in the same period as 2015, with Alicante-Elche being the fourth most popular for low-cost airlines, behind Madrid, Barcelona and Malaga. Alicante’s two million was an increase of 16.9 per cent compared to last year.

STUDENTS: Valencia remains a popular destination for students.

By Simon Russell THE Valencian community has had a good reputation for its higher education facilities for a few years. This has been borne out by recent statistics which show that over 7,600 students from outside of the community have applied to study here, an increase of around 6 per cent on 2015.

Valencia City’s universities are particularly well regarded and the University of

Valencia alone received just over 3,000 applications from non-Valencian residents, many foreign.

As well as the high standard of education the city itself, Spain’s third biggest, is a place where many students can see themselves living. The good nightlife, young population, pleasant weather and relatively affordable student accommodation are all factors attracting young people there.

The city’s Polytechnic University re-

ceived a further 1,500 requests. Outside of Valencia the most popular destination was Alicante University with 1,200 requests and Miguel Hernandez in Elche with 1,000.

From the specialist applications 85 were classed as disabled, there were 79 athletic scholarships applied for and 139 senior students ie over 25 year olds. Broken down by gender about 60 per cent were female and about 40 per cent male, while medicine was the most popular course.

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Under the dome

By Linda Hall THE restoration work of the dome of the El Calvario church in Javea has now been completed and was viewed

by Mayor Jose Chulvi.

The four-month proje c t, c os ting around €75,000, was required to solve the problems with damp. While this was being undertaken the famous blue glaze was freshened up on the 18th century dome.

The church roof was also renovated and leaks repaired. Several windows, which were previously closed off, have been reopened improving light. The El C a lva rio is a na tiona l he rita ge building and the work was commissioned to a firm specialising in work on historical buildings.

EL CALVARIO: Mayor Chulvi visits the restored church.

Midnight shopping in Denia DENIA’S Department of Commerce has announced that their sixth ‘Open Night’ will be on Saturday July 30 when the establishments taking part will stay open until midnight.

So far 84 shops have signed up to the evening. There will also be special customer discounts and promotions to be found.

The specially decorated shops which are participating will offer the discounts from 10am until midnight. There will also be entertainment throughout including groups of Batukada dancers roaming the streets, a giant soap bubbles show, acrobats, jugglers, photo-calls and balloons for the children.

Road disaster avoided POLICE were alerted when a lorry was reported to be driving dangerously in the Utiel region of Valencia.

The lorry was reported to be zigzagging and blocking both lanes on the A3 road for a dis-

tance of about 10 kilometres.

The incident, which took place in the early evening of Friday July 15, forced the Guardia Civil to close the road for a short period.

Reports from concerned mo-

torists had described the lorry as if it was being driven by someone under the influence of alcohol. To add to their worries it appeared the tanker lorry was carrying a full load of liquid oxygen, a highly flammable material.

The police were eventually able to get the man to stop his vehicle and he was breathalysed and tested for drugs on the spot.

However it appears the problem was that he had suffered dizzy spells and disorientation brought on by low blood sugar levels. It seems the truck driver was unaware of the problems and concerns he had caused.

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More jobs for inland beauty

By Linda Hall MORE staff have been taken on at the Les Fuentes del Algar beauty spot in Callosa to cope with summer tourism.

Another nine employees are now attending to the public in addition to the usual eight and two lifeguards and a security guard have been on duty since the start of the high season.

Improvements were made in late spring to the 1.5-kilometre

sequence of waterfalls, springs and natural swimming pools on the outskirts of Callosa. There are now two ticket offices at the main entrance which will prevent the long queues that have produced complaints in the past, explained Tourism councillor Alfonso Puigcerver.

As usual during the summer months, the ticket office has reopened at the picnic ground where 20 more tables have been installed, together with an

additional 10 in the shady zone at the rear of the Algar Tourist Information office.

Overall there is sufficient space in both areas for approximately 1,000 people.

There are also three locker zones where the public can leave their belongings. “We hope in this way to keep the surroundings clean and tidy by discouraging people from taking food into the pools,” Puigcerver added.

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20 million passengers EASYJET has reached 20 million passengers in Alicante-Elche airport since it began operations in Alicante in 1999.

According to a statement from the low-cost airline, easyJet has been growing in Alicante “significantly” leading to the numerous connections it has today to London, Edinburgh, Geneva, Liver-

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pool, Hamburg, Milan, Belfast, Bristol, Basel, Glasgow, Manchester and Newcastle.

In 2000, easyJet transported 84,704 travellers to and from Alicante and last year, the figure reached 1,483,035, “a substantial increase that demonstrates the commitment of the company for this city.”

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Mother’s legacy that got away

By Linda Hall AN Alicante woman aged 61 died suddenly, leaving her apartment to one of her four daughters.

Eight months later the property in the Altozano district was sold, but the family discovered that the new owners had found an envelope containing €60,000 in €500 notes inside the casing of a roll-up blind. The family now

claim that the money is by rights theirs and began legal proceedings to recover it.

Their mother told them she had hidden money but without telling them where, they maintained, and despite searching high and low after she died they never did locate it.

Far from finding in the sisters’ favour, the Alicante judge shelved the case.

They had no proof that the money ever existed he said, or

who it belonged to.

This was in any case a matter for a civil court, he added, but pointed out that under Spanish law, treasure belongs to the owner of the land where it is discovered. Proving that the money was not legally treasure trove by producing proof that it had existed and belonged to their mother was the only way they could hope to retrieve the money, the judge said.

Tourists airlifted to safety TWO German tourists got into difficulties when hiking up the Montgo Mountain in Javea last Thursday (July 14).

They had set off for Crueta but became lost and eventually were forced to call the emergency services at around 10pm. Forest fire brigade volunteers led the search but the

tourists were not located until the early hours of Friday morning.

As the two young hikers appeared to be in good health the decision was made to leave the rescue until daylight and on the Friday morning they were airlifted out of the area no worse for the experience.

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Huntsmen raring to go ahead THE region’s Environment department finally published this year ’s hunting regulations.

To hunters’ annoyance they arrived only two days before the official season for hunting with dogs began last Sunday.

The Valencian Community’s Hunting Federation (FCCV) condemned the delay as “inadmissible” for generating confusion.

The Federation had to explain beforehand to its 40,000 members that they could hunt with dogs in private reserves but not in the common zones that were still waiting for the Environment department’s goahead.

To avoid future uncertainty the Generalitat and FCCV agreed to produce a calendar listing dates when the different regulations affecting hunters would be published.

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Better premises for Visauto Denia

By Simon Russell

VISAUTO Mercedes Benz dealership in Denia recently moved their premises after seven years in their previous showroom.

Service Manager Jose Heras was asked why they had felt the need to move as they were only a few hundred metres from their old location in the Partida Les Madrigueres area.

“Les Madrigueres has always been a great location for a car showroom so we didn’t want to leave this area. However customer demand had meant we wanted a larger, more modern showroom and we believe we have that here.”

The new two floor showroom is very impressive - bright, clean, modern and well air conditioned with a range of new cars on display ranging from top of the line sports cars to the two seater Smart cars.

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Flag Day CALPE celebrated 30 years as a Blue Flag beach resort on July 15. La Fossa, Arenal and Cantal Roig all currently hold the prestigious award which recognises cleanliness of the beach, water and good management of the environment.

In support A WOMAN was murdered in Aranda de Dueno in the Burgos area of Spain on July 17 by her partner. Denia’s town hall formally expressed its solidarity with the family of the murder victim who was 49 years old.

NEW SHOWROOM: Inside the Visauto dealership, Denia.

Behind the showroom there is also a state of the art repair shop complete with six mechanics and space for at least 20 vehicles.

They also sell second-hand cars but only Mercedes and none older than

two years.

You can visit Visauto at their new showroom on Partida Les Madrigueres 6 (by Eroski) or call on 965 787 800.

They speak several languages including English, Dutch, German and French.

First time CALPE now has its own unique postmark which was released on July 14, the first Marina Alta town to have this honour.

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Benidorm tries to catch ‘em all

By Linda Hall THE VisitBenidorm tourism foundation is climbing aboard the Pokemon Go bandwagon.

Impressed with the incredible success, if not worldwide obsession, with the game, VisitBenidorm is joining in what, to the uninitiated, is another unfathomable video game that keeps players’ noses glued to their mobiles.

Like huge swathes of the local population, the foundation is chasing the apps’ most

Training to save lives AROUND 420 health care professionals have participated in four courses of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in the first half of 2016.

The majority of these have come from health centres in Benissa, Teulada, Calpe, Denia, Gata de Gorgos, Javea, Ondara, Pego, Pedreguer and El Verger.

The training has been coordinated by the Denia Health Department and has aimed to cover the Marina Alta health services.

The goal is to update existing knowledge and skills in the life-saving technique.

This has been aimed at four levels, which are advanced primary care, advanced care in a hospital environment, basic CPR for professionals and basic CPR for all.

Training used the specially adapted mannequins that will be familiar to anyone who has been on a basic first aid course.

Cardiac failure, defined as a sudden and unexpected stopping of breathing and circulation, is often treatable if acted on quickly and competently. Survival rates increase dramatically when the attack is in public, highlighting how treatable the condition can be when swiftly handled.

It is thought that around 43,000 people suffer cardiac failure in Spain alone each year. The Department of Health plan to resume the training in October with further workshops.

sought-after creatures or Pokemon to train, nurture and then set them upon each other in an augmented reality game.

The initiative is another aspect of one of the foundation’s objectives of attracting

the ‘technological tourists,’ also known as the Z Generation, who were born between 1994 and 2010.

They represent almost 26 per cent of the world population – approximately two bil-

lion people – and experts are aware that they represent tomorrow’s world.

VisitBenidorm has launched its own strategy for Z Generation residents and tourists, using the most

sought-after Pokemon and at the same time promoting the resort’s most iconic locations.

“I t i s i m por t ant t o t ake advantage of all the opportunities that the market and technology can offer,” said

Lei r e Bi l bao, Vi si t Benidorm’s managing director. “And right now Pokemon Go opens the door to ‘ gam i f i cat i on’ i n t our i st destinations chosen by the Z Generation.”

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It’s well worth a visit CALLOSA mayor Josep Saval visited the Sacos wells accompanied by the Comunidad General de Regantes y Usuarios new board members.

The party included Salvador Solbes Rodriguez, the newly elected president of the Comunidad, whose members depend on the wells to irrigate their crops.

The visit was an opportunity for the mayor and board to exchange opinions on Callosa’s water distribution, in an area where agriculture is vital to the local economy.

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Accidents are twice as likely in older cars

By Linda Hall ACCIDENTS are twice as likely for the drivers of cars that are more than 15 years old.

As Spain takes to the roads during the holiday months of July and August, there were official calls for drivers to maintain their vehicles in perfect condition.

Not only are the drivers of old cars doubly at risk, according to a recent study by Spain’s General Traffic Directorate

(DGT), the probability that they will be killed or hospitalised increases proportionately to the age of their vehicle, warned Juan Carlos Moragues, the national government’s delegate to the Valencian Community.

Both Moragues and Pepe Balaguer, president of the ASPAYMA accident victims’ association, stressed the need for good car maintenance, especially on long journeys.

“Bearing in mind the relation between accident risk and a vehicle’s age, adequate upkeep of all safety elements plays an essential part in preventing accidents,” Moragues said.

Roadside controls will be stepped up in the Valencian Community with spot checks by 850 Guardia Civil traffic police officers as well as local and autonomous forces.

In 2014 official figures showed that vehicles in the Valencian Community had an average age of 12.3 years, but by the first half of 2016 this had risen to 14 years.

More than 31 per cent of the region’s 2,411,327 cars are more than 15 years old are at least 11 years old.

MORE ACCIDENTS: Older cars are twice as likely to be involved in accidents.

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Less cost, more jobs in ocean race tourism are not limited to the period of the THE next edition of the Volvo Ocean event, but are spread over time and affect Race, which will leave the port of Alicante other economic sectors,” explained the in November 2017, will create 1,800 jobs.

Minister.

The Minister of Finance and EconomVicent Soler explained that the new ics, Vicent Soler, speaking at a meeting of contract that the Consell has renegotiated the governing board, said: “Our goal is to for the Volvo Ocean Race results in signifincrease revenue and reduce costs of the icant savings for the public purse. event. For this we renegotiated the conThey now also have tract and are trying to attract fixed organisational costs more sponsors.” for the Race Village, situatHe added: “The council has ed in Alicante Port, of €3.5 opted to continue with this million compared to €4.5 event because of its high rate jobs will be created by the million in previous ediof economic and social re2017 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race. tions: “All these measures turns, while we have carried are channelled to minimise out an exhaustive control to the cost that holding this event has for the minimise expenses. We are working so coffers of the Generalitat. that the positive effects of the celebration “Previous editions of the Volvo Ocean of the Volvo Ocean Race pervade the enRace, which were managed by the former tire city and province.

Consell, cost the government about €30 “The event attracts a large number of million. Only the last one had a cost of visitors and, therefore, provides a vital €18 million. We are now striving to boost to the tourism sector and all activichange the situation,” he said. ties that depend on it. These impacts on

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TO SHOPPING!: Mayor Briones is among those toasting the new Aldi store.

Brand new Aldi toasts opening

By Simon Russell PEGO’S mayor Enrique Moll Briones was on hand to open the new Aldi supermarket.

Despite the unseasonal rainy weather the shop was already bustling with customers and those spending more than €20 were presented with a goody bag of Aldi products.

Aldi’s Head of Expansion for Spain, Sergio Navarro was asked why they had moved from their old site in Pego. “Because of customer

demand.” said Sergio.

“We outgrew the old store after 10 years and this one is twice the size with twice the amount of parking spaces.

We have also adopted the more modern style that our newer stores have.”

Indeed the shop is large, bright and spacious with plenty of natural light.

“The new shop has all the usual grocery sections people would expect from us but we are emphasising our fresh fish and meat sections which we have expanded and im-

proved recently.” said Sergio.

There is also an in-store bakery and they still have the special offers aisles where the goods change twice weekly.

The purpose-built unit is 1,200 metres square in size with parking for 125 cars and has a huge range of 1,500 products in store.

The supermarket is easy to find, on the first roundabout as you enter the town from the Oliva road and is open from 9am to 9.30pm Monday to Saturday.

1 dead, 10 injured in motorway crash ONE person died and 10 people were injured when an articulated lorry crashed through the central reservation on the Alicante-Madrid motorway.

The accident occurred near Petrer just before 9pm, when the lorry loaded, with watermelons, broke through a crash barrier and overturned, ploughing into traffic coming in the opposite direction. Three cars were hit and a fourth was trapped beneath the trailer before the lorry halted just five metres short of a pillar supporting the roof of the El Guirney petrol station.

The lorry driver emerged from the cabin with only an injured arm but the emergency

services said afterwards that four of the 10 people hurt in the crash were in a critical condition. One of them, a 56-year-old man from Toledo, died hours later in Elda hospital but the remaining seven, who included a boy of 12, were initially pronounced as not having serious injuries.

The Guardia Civil are investigating the causes of the accident, but preliminary findings suggest that the lorry could have had a tyre blowout.

This theory was backed up by the driver who said afterwards that he heard what sounded like an exploding tyre seconds before losing control of the lorry.

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Dog attack A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl was admitted to Alicante General Hospital after an attack by the family dog in her Onil home. The pitbullboxer cross was tied up but slipped its collar and leapt on the girl, biting her ear.

Jaw ache THE director of a San Vicente dental clinic was arrested in Madrid and charged with taking €90,300 from 36 clients who are still waiting for treatment. The centre closed for Easter but failed to reopen.

Hot work THIRTY people were evacuated from the spa of an Altea hotel when a fire broke out in the sauna. The fire did not spread and was rapidly extinguished. Two people received treatment for smoke inhalation.

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Town gets ready for the summer peak EVEN though it seems the children have been off school forever and the solstice was nearly a month ago it is worth remembering that the summer season is not quite in full swing yet.

August, when hordes of people come down from Madrid and the cooler northern Spanish cities to the Costa Blanca, this is the real height of summer for many local resorts.

Javea is no exception and final preparations are underway. The tourist information office on Javea’s Arenal beach paseo will have three staff working there full-time over

the summer.

Mayor Jose Chulvi is also in charge of tourism for the town and expects a good August based on known bookings.

Events planned in the town include the Xabia Jazz Festival and the Moors and Christians. There are also various art exhibitions planned.

For those feeling less cultural there is the free beach cinema every week. To find out more pop into the tourist office and speak to one of their multi-lingual staff.

Plastic payment only STALLHOLDERS at Alfaz del Pi’s weekly open-air market must now pay by bank card.

The town hall officials are now equipped with ‘point of sales terminals’ or credit card swipe machines which will be the only way that payment can be made.

This applies solely to traders without fixed stalls who bid for pitches temporarily unoccupied by regular vendors.

These pay their quotas directly to the town hall, explained New Technology Councillor Toni Such, who went on to say that for one

reason or another there are always empty pitches each week.

These are usually offered to adjoining stallholders but any remaining are available to those turning up on spec and in both cases they were formerly paid in cash.

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Tiger mos invading Co

By Linda Hall TIGER mosquitoes are small but their bites are not relative to their size.

They can transmit 22 infectious diseases including Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya although any cases detected to date were all contracted outside Spain.

Not native to Europe, they are now present in 34 Alicante Province municipalities and have colonised practically the entire Costa Blanca coastline.

The species was first detected in Albania in 1979 but by 2004 it had reached Sant Cugat del Valles (Barcelona), almost certainly aboard a lorry.

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quitoes are osta Blanca tracted to the carbon dioxide emitted by vehicles.

What makes them even more of a nuisance is their habit of flying and feeding – and biting – in the daytime as well as at dawn and dusk.

Co s ta B lan ca to w n h a lls continue to launched fumigatio n p ro g ra mme s a s w ell a s public awareness campaigns, with leaflets and exhaustive information advising residents to how to eradicate them.

But as the tiger mosquitoes spread further along the coast following the A-7 according to some theories – they are clearly not going away.

TIGER MOSQUITO: Town halls have launched fumigation programmes.

Ramblers rescue tourists TWO hikers walking the Pic de la Ratlla path near Tavernes (La Safor) were alerted when they heard cries of help in the distance.

It appears a group of five tourists, two adults and their three children had wandered off the designated path and become lost and disoriented.

The children were also becoming upset as darkness settled in.

Fortunately the two hikers, both members of the local Ramblers Association, knew the area well. They were able to locate the family and guide them to safety.

An ambulance was called, but it became clear that the tourists were shaken but unhurt.

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True best friends

By Linda Hall ALICANTE UNIVERSITY (UA) is embarking on a project that uses dogs to detect epileptic crises.

Research has shown that dogs c a n a ntic ipa te a seizure by up to 15 minutes and are invaluable in providing early warning to pre-

venting falls.

According to UA data, 20,000 people in Alicante Pr ovi nce ar e aff ect ed by epilepsy and 80 per cent are children below the age of nine.

The dogs pr ovi de i m proved self-sufficiency, independence and quality of life for those with epilepsy

and reassurance for their families, but there are other advantages, investigators have found.

The companion dogs also help to reduce cardiac palpitations and the frequency of seizures, all factors that are related to sudden deaths in an epileptic crisis, the UA researchers said.

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TRAINING PLAN: The participants are learning a trade.

THE Spanish economy might be on the upturn, but unemployment is still a problem.

Benidorm is no different and the town hall is just about to launch its Second Employment and Training Plan which will focus on all aspects of maintenance and upkeep in urban zones.

The course, which has been organised by the town hall’s Employment department, is now underway. The 25 participants - 18 men and seven women - are all Benidorm residents who are currently out of work and will receive a monthly allowance of €400 between now and October 13.

The training plan is split into two segments, the first of which centres on theory.

During the second and longest practical phase the eight participants who are under 30 will focus on the conservation and upkeep of natural spaces.

The 17 older participants will work on improving and maintaining different areas of the town’s built-up areas. All the work that is carried out will be supervised by the municipality’s technical staff.

The participants are also receiving support from the Pepita Puchades Employment Training Centre which includes workshops and courses orientated towards helping them obtain qualifications in handling pesticides, construction and building site vehicles.

New well in the pipeline AS the towns of Teulada and Benitachell continue to put in place their plans to ensure the water keeps flowing in the towns, the water consortium has announced the purchase

of a 1,000 square metre parcel of land from Javea town.

They plan to use this land to sink a new well that they believe will be able to extract 40 litres of water per second

for their municipalities.

The well will not be sunk until after the summer season to avoid any risk of hindering the water supply at an already busy time.

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VANTAGE POINT: Nice view for the workmen building a safety rail at Cala Granadella.

By Linda Hall SOME construction work is underway in a part of Javea that the council admits has been allowed to go to seed.

This focuses on Calle Pic Tort, an access road built 40 years ago near Cala Granadella, parts of which are now described as precarious.

To make the road properly passable they will begin cutting back vegetation

and will relay gravel.

The other issue was the difficulty that emergency services would have faced in the event of a call out in an area surrounded by woodland and seen as a potential fire risk.

As the area is a natural beauty spot the council will also be building an extra 6 0 o r 7 0 p a rking s pa c e s w hic h should be ready for the very busy part of the summer.

The y w ill a ls o be c ons truc ting a pedestrian pathway along the top of the beach. This will lead to a vista point a nd w ill me a n pe ople do not have to always cross the beach when walking along the cliff-path.

Cala Granadella is a rural cove in the southern-most part of Javea and is well known for scuba diving. The total cost of the works is estimated to be €30,000.

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Home sweet occupied home MEMBERS of an Elda clan that illegally occupied and subsequently ‘sold’ empty properties have been detained on other charges.

Over the last few months the National Police have arrested several members of the extended family who are accused of carrying out violent robberies in Elda and Petrer.

As the law stands the clan cannot be charged with breaking into and occupying the properties, or for setting up illicit connections for their electricity and water supplies.

The National Police know (and have investigated) all the facts, sources said, but maintained that taking action against mafia-type groups is never easy. “The law of silence” prevails, the sources explained, and other residents in the same buildings are reluctant to speak out for fear of reprisals.

Owing to constitutional right to a home, the only immediate action open to police is to impose a fine, which is never paid because the culprits claim to be insolvent.

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Well spent PART of Cocentaina council’s €25,000 budget allocation for projects suggested by local residents will be spent on neutering the town’s stray cat population.

Money will also be spent on replanting trees in the sierra leading to the castle.

Teacher hit AN Aspe woman got a three-month suspended sentence for striking her daughter’s school teacher.

The mother insulted then punched the female teacher, threatening to kill her if her daughter didn’t get a pass mark.

Tour visit THE Visit Benidorm Tourism Foundation recently participated in a presentation to 20 representatives from tour operators and the Portuguese media in Lisbon.

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By Linda Hall UNTIL recently the Church of Santa Maria Magdalena in Benitachell liked to keep its treasures closely hidden. However, these are more open times and they are displaying some of their most important documents for public display.

Points of interest include the village'’ first baptism in 1768 on January 16 of one Bartolome Rocher and first marriage also in 1768 on February 7.

The marriage was between Vicente Martinez, a labourer from Javea, and Francisca Soler of Benitachell. The first officially recorded death was also in 1768 on January 3, of Juan Bano whose wife paid eight pounds (yes pounds) to have mass sung at his funeral.

The second recorded death is noteworthy as Cayetano Cervera was 100 years old when she died

WRITTEN HISTORY: Archive s on January 11, an astonishing age for that time.

The signature of the parish priest at that time, Jamie Catala, appears throughout the archives.

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showing the first recorded wedding in the parish.

The documentation is of great interest to those researching their family tree and in fact many of the surnames recroded are still common in the area.

The documents are on display in the Casa Badia of the Santa Maria Magdalena church until July 30. Check for daily opening times.

Tram service THE region’s rail operator FGV has a new customer services office at Luceros Tram station in Alicante City.

This replaces the old office at the La Marina station on the Coco beach and is more accessible to the public as Luceros is used by passengers on Lines 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Staff are on duty to the public from 9am until 2pm from Monday to Friday to answer customers’ questions and clear up doubts that staff at the ticket office are unable to resolve or deal with.

The new office is also responsible for lost property.

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Cleaning up the queen’s baths

By Simon Russell THE young volunteers from the De Amiticia group have completed their clean up of the Banos de Reina or Queen’s Baths in Calpe.

Working under the supervision of architect Alicia Lujan the group’s task was to prepare the ground before architecture

students begin the next phase of the excavation. This mainly involved cleaning the site floor and removing solid waste not of obvious architectural value.

The group has been staying in Calpe for two weeks and undertook a major clean up of the Las Salinas flats before moving onto the Queen’s Baths.

The multi national team

comes from Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Lithuania, Spain and South Korea.

De Amiticia is a non-profit organisation that runs international youth work camps. They undertake projects to help the community or environment and youngsters involved benefit from improving their language skills and travelling.

Prison for reckless father A VALENCIAN community father received a two-year prison sentence after his six-year-old son was badly burnt while playing with fire.

He must also pay €213,000 in damages to the boy and his mother, who he’s separated from.

Earlier the child watched as his father lit petrol in a bowl in the garden of his home in Valencia and jumped over the flames while holding his young daughter in his arms.

The boy followed suit but his father went briefly indoors allowing his son to continue playing. After misjudging a jump, a 30cm flame set fire to the boy’s trousers and he suffered burns to half his body. He has required several operations since and still bears grave physical and psychological scars, the court heard. The exact location of the accident was not revealed to protect his identity.

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Police award A NUMBER of members of Oliva’s police force received decorations in a joint ceremony. Five received awards for 25 years service while two received bravery awards. Their families attended as well as Mayor David Gonzalez.

Skate away THE fifth Valencian City Skating Trophy was competed for at various levels in Oliva at the beginning of July. Representatives from over 50 municipalities attended the road skating event held at the Polivalente events centre.

Slow learner A 22-YEAR-OLD-MAN from Madrid was gored in the backside by a bull at Denia’s Bous de la Mar event on July 12. He had also suffered a head injury in the previous year’s event.

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By Linda Hall TODAY’S plenary meeting of Villajoyosa Council will consider a motion to auction municipal land in the Paraiso area.

The 7,922 square metre plot, which could be the future site for tourist accommodation, has been valued by the town hall at €3.097 million before IVA. “We are strongly committed to providing Villajoyosa with the infrastructure that it needs to become a tourist destination of the first order,” said Pascal Amigo, the town’s Heritage councillor. As a result, Amigo continued, the council is prepared to release land that has already been zoned for tourist accommodaton in the town’s Urban Development Plan (PGOU).

“This can then be put at the disposal of private companies ready to carry out projects like these.”

The proposed sale must first be approved by the finance committee and Amigo emphasised that it is essential

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EL PARAISO: Land already zoned for tourist accommodation. that all parties on the council are prepared to facilitate the use of municipal land to provide the town with more hotels.

“A hotel with four or more stars with

150 rooms would allow us to improve our tourist offer and straight away it would also become a source of direct and indirect employment,” said Villajoyosa mayor, Andreu Verdu.

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Languages on the agenda THE governing group in Calpe Town Hall supported a motion advocating the tri-lengua method of teaching on July 13.

The aim is to ensure all children receive their education in three languages: Castellano, Valenciano and English.

The initiative was set up in Valencia amid fears that Spanish children were lagging behind the rest of Europe when it came to language skills.

Belgian children for example leave school speaking four languages fluently while most Spanish children leave with usually no more than a working knowledge of a foreign language.

The Compromis party voted against the proposal while PSOE abstained.

A million passengers make use of the trams MORE than one million passengers used the tram of Alicante in June marking the start of summer and

Hogueras.

Across the five tram lines there were a total of 1,090,441 users representing

a daily average of 36,348 customers.

Specifically, Line Two, linking Luceros/Estels with Sant Vicent del Raspeig, was the most used with 426,800 passengers, followed by Line Three linking Luceros/Estels with El Campello, with 223,533 passengers.

The tram to Benidorm saw 222,533 passengers last month with Line Four from Luceros/Estels to Plaza la Coruña having 167,335 passengers. Line Nine which runs between Benidorm and Denia added more than 50,000 customers.

Operators FGV explained the increase in passengers came to mark the start of the summer and the “special services planned by the company on the occasion of Hogueras fiestas.”

According to their data, around 400,000 passengers used the tram service solely as a result of the Hogueras.

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Used clothes put to good cause

By Simon Russell JAVEA now has 34 collection bins for residents to place their unwanted new or old clothing.

The Fundacion Humana which manages the project have reported that in the first half of this year the bins collected a total of 56,193 kilos of clothing and textiles, a 2 per cent increase on the same period for 2015. There are several benefits to be had from this

arrangement.

Firstly the obvious one is of the social benefits from the deserving causes that receive the clothing.

The benefit for the town and residents is that service is free and represents a significant saving from if the waste clothing had to be collected and disposed of.

The third benefit is an environmental one. As most waste would have had to be burned there is a local re-

duction in harmful CO2 emissions - estimated at 178 tons.

The boost to the general environment is that less clothes have to be manufactured as more are re-used.

Fundacion Humana is an NGO founded in 1987 that promotes environmental protection in sub-Saharan Africa, South America and Asia through training and development funded primarily through textile recycling.

Park project now been approved CALPE’S mayor, Cesar Sanchez, has given the go ahead for plans to develop some currently unused land into a space that can be used for various activities.

The plot, in the Gargasindi area, measures 12,000 square metres and could be used for concerts (complete with raised

seating) or similar large events. Local associations could also use the plot, once developed, for events held by them at a reduced cost. There will also be a children’s play area as well as trees and foliage to create a pleasant space for all.

Parking will also be made available.

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ECOLOGIST group Xoriguer complained about dogs being allowed loose in the Amodorio Park.

The group has asked the town hall to ensure that dogs are allowed there only if they are muzzled and on a lead.

The ducks, geese and other waterfowl that inhabit the municipal park at the Amadorio rivermouth are at risk, especially when they are nesting, a Xoriguer spokesman said.

Owners should also be made aware that it is their duty to clean up after their pets and to stop them using the park as a dogs’ lavatory, Xoriguer said.

But dogs running loose are not the only problem, said a spokesman for the ecologists.

The group also found it hard to understand how, despite the wealth of waterfowl, police vigilance and dissuasive measures are non-existent.

The public have so little awareness that many chicks are disappearing not long after they hatch. “Some people are so unscrupulous that they are either seizing chicks and taking them home or the large dogs they walk in the park are taking them,” the Xoriguer spokesman said.

“The dogs are allowed to run loose without muzzles, splashing around and doing what they want in the riverbed and chasing the birds,” he added.

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Equality planned for all THE implementation of the first Plan of Equality between the sexes and ages has been approved by all parties on the Calpe Council.

This aims to address and tackle the still existing examples of different types of discrimination in the town, either direct or indirect.

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RUSSIAN P RESS FEDOR KONYUKHOV: Has broken the world record with his solo round the world hot-air balloon flight.

Unorthodox priest BREAKING the world record for a solo hot-air balloon flight around the world is another day in the life of Fedor Konyukhov who has set out from Australia in a 52-metre tall balloon. The 65-year-old heavily bearded adventurer is a celebrated survivalist and ordained Orthodox priest.

Calamity cocktail ONE of the Kremlin’s favourite news presenters declared that a chaotic cocktail of random drinks from different countries would be the best drink for a Brexit toast. Dmitry Kiselev reckoned whisky was too separatist and German beer too close to Merkel’s immigration policies as many in Moscow celebrated the vote.

Faithful fanatics MORMON missionaries have resolved to stay in Russia despite tough new measures restricting religious evangelising aimed at preventing the spread of terrorist ideology. The fantastical cult will now have to follow strict guidelines as it preaches the word of Joseph Smith, a convicted 19th century conman.

Jumping Judas LONG JUMPER Darya Klishina has been denounced as a t r ai t or following her attempt to compete as a neutral in the Rio Olympics.

Russian athletes have been blocked from participation at the games due to institutionalised doping but the American- based Kl i shi na proved she was clean.

Tough trade ECONOMIC concerns have forced the Russian government to reluctantly sell off some of its assets in the largest privatisation move since the 1990s.

One trillion rubles (€13 billion) of assets are expected to be flogged as the Kremlin scrambles to make up a gaping budget shortfall.

Lying lawmen POLYGRAPH tests may soon be used to help iron out corruption among public officials under a programme proposed by the Russian public chamber. Civil servants and public figures would be targeted by the scheme, which was used in 2011 to reform the nationwide police force.

Prudent power A CRACKDOWN on needless public spending is continuing with public officials now being barred from using cars of more than 150 horsepower.

Other luxury items will be restricted as part of an ongoing campaign which has seen president Putin cut his own salary and that of other top figures.

LONE LEAPER: Darya Klishina.

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BP counts the cost of oil spill

By John Smith WHEN, in April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded, leaving 11 fatalities and the greatest environmental pollution in American history, not only were owners BP responsible for capping the well but also the clean-up costs and subsequent fines for damages.

Now, the company is finally able to count the financial cost of the disaster

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$61.6 billion (€55.3 billion) is the amount that it will have cost BP following the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig disaster.

and although there may be some additional claims against the company, it believes they will not impinge upon the amount of money spent to satisfy all of the claims against it.

BP says it has since changed its entire policy and outlook and has more than $45 billion (€40 billion) towards the costs by selling assets. It will be able to manage all its costs whilst satisfying the needs of investors and the

Volkswagen’s evidence to us was just not credible but the government has lacked the will to hold VW accountable for its actions.”

Louise Ellman MP Chairman of the Transport Select Committee.

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ADVENTURE APP: The virtual reality treasure hunt is a hit.

Pokémon is Go THE Nintendo Company has seen its biggest share price in 30 years after the international launch of a special Pokémon Go App for mobiles with the value of the company jumping by a staggering 70 per cent, giving it a worth of just under £20 billion (€24 billion).

It originally seemed the Pokémon concept would be short lived but it continues to survive going from strength to strength and generating significant profits for the Pokémon Company, 32 per cent owned

by Nintendo and Niantic a Google based company.

The partners invested $30 million (€27 million) to produce the virtual reality treasure hunt where players hunt monsters appearing on their smartphones. It’s already top of the free-to-download App chart.

The App is free, but profits will be made by players purchasing Pokéballs through Apple or Google who receive 30 per cent of every purchase, this could run into millions of euros a day worldwide.

A SUGGESTION to meet the required deficit in the Spanish economy by making companies pay tax in advance based on anticipated profits has been rejected by the Secretary General of Spain’s largest trades union the CCOO as being unworkable and little more than a joke.

Small businesses are still not fully recovered from the weakness of the economy, so those in trouble who actually pay a much higher percentage of tax than conglomerates and large companies could simply fall by the wayside and damage the economy more.

Google in Europe THE EU is unimpressed with Google and is now criticising it for abusing its position to block advertising from competitors and unduly use its powers to promote companies and comparison sites in which it has an interest.

Google of course denies any wrongdoing but the EU does seem to be determined to reduce its ability to hold back its rivals.

Reduced or zero fines possible PORTUGAL and Spain have been told by Pierre Moscovici, the European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, that provided they are prepared to demonstrate both an ability and willingness to reduce their financial deficits in accordance with EU objectives, there may be the possibility of reducing the proposed

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If a country is heavily in deficit, then to add a fine equivalent to 0.2 per cent of the deficit hardly seems a sensible way for them to recover their financial position, especially when Spain in particular continues to operate without a majority government.

Federal Government who they recently paid $20 billion (€18 billion) in order to settle all claims and fines in what is the largest ever settlement between the US Government and a single company.

Brian Gilvary, BP chief financial officer said in a statement when announcing the final bill “Importantly, we have a clear plan for managing these costs and it provides our investors with certainty going forward.”

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Cloud coverage A COURT hearing in the USA has ruled that Microsoft should not be required to give the government access to its servers in other countries which will be seen as a major victory for the company which wants to protect its cloud computing services.

In 2014, a New York court agreed to grant the US Department of Justice the rights to obtain information from a server in Ireland in order to obtain evidence in a drug investigation but Microsoft instantly appealed and has now had that original ruling overturned.

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PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE VOLUME 181.40 +0.50 +0.28% 2.5M 63.78 +0.17 +0.27% 3.7M 98.78 -0.01 -0.01% 30.1M 132.39 +0.84 +0.64% 2.9M 80.70 +0.64 +0.80% 4.6M 107.03 +0.33 +0.31% 6.2M 29.82 +0.06 +0.20% 17.8M 45.63 -0.06 -0.13% 10.6M 99.80 -0.17 -0.17% 5.8M 67.16 +0.30 +0.45% 2.5M 95.12 +0.17 +0.18% 10.3M 32.88 +0.25 +0.77% 42.3M 161.64 -0.90 -0.55% 3.1M 134.78 +0.24 +0.18% 5.3M 159.78 -0.50 -0.31% 4.5M 35.07 -0.13 -0.37% 23.7M 123.00 -0.18 -0.15% 7.2M 64.18 +0.06 +0.09% 17.6M 123.61 -0.32 -0.26% 3.7M 59.63 -0.02 -0.03% 8.2M 53.70 -0.04 -0.07% 32.0M 57.87 -0.62 -1.06% 9.2M 36.77 -0.15 -0.41% 25.1M 86.01 +0.14 +0.16% 8.5M 118.64 -0.10 -0.08% 1.5M 105.50 +0.36 +0.34% 2.8M 141.33 +0.49 +0.35% 3.7M 55.84 0.00 0.00% 13.9M 78.30 +0.16 +0.20% 8.2M 73.67 -0.03 -0.04% 6.0M

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Most Advanced SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. Vanguard Natural Resources LLC Vanguard Natural Resources LLC Vanguard Natural Resources LLC Ardelyx, Inc. Capital Product Partners L.P. Optibase Ltd. Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. RadiSys Corporation Yintech Investment Holdings Limited Cerulean Pharma Inc.

$ 7.55 $ 8.45 $ 4.53 $ 4.39 $ 9.99 $ 3.41 $ 7.4001 $ 27.28 $ 5.39 $ 15.88 $ 2.28

2.98 ▲ 65.21% 1.95 ▲ 30.00% 0.69 ▲ 17.97% 0.57 ▲ 14.92% 1.24 ▲ 14.17% 0.41 ▲ 13.67% 0.7501 ▲ 11.28% 2.76 ▲ 11.26% 0.53 ▲ 10.91% 1.43 ▲ 9.90% 0.19 ▲ 9.09%

$ 2.11 $ 28.66 $ 7.39 $ 2.2041 $ 4.39 $ 3.61 $ 14.97 $ 5.43 $ 6.25 $ 9.44 $ 14.2601

0.18 ▼ 7.86% 2.01 ▼ 6.55% 0.46 ▼ 5.86% 0.1358 ▼ 5.80% 0.27 ▼ 5.79% 0.22 ▼ 5.74% 0.91 ▼ 5.73% 0.33 ▼ 5.73% 0.36 ▼ 5.45% 0.54 ▼ 5.41% 0.7499 ▼ 5.00%

Most Declined Covisint Corporation Fossil Group, Inc. Quotient Limited Optical Cable Corporation China XD Plastics Company Limited Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. MyoKardia, Inc. SPI Energy Co., Ltd. InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp.

21Vianet Group, Inc. Citizens First Corporation

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FINANCE, BUSINESS & LEGAL

New Chancellor rejects austerity

By John Smith IN the run up to the Brexit referendum, the then Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne warned the nation that in the event of a leave vote carrying the day, he would be forced to take emergency action to further cut spending and to introduce higher rates of taxation.

The new Chancellor, Philip Hammond who has reportedly had his eyes set on this job for some time, has immediately rejected such a knee jerk reaction and has indicated that he will study the economy and take action as and when needed but most likely this will occur at the planned Autumn Budget statement.

In 2010, Britain had one of the worst budget deficits in the European Union and Mr Osborne decided to make it his crusade to not just cut the deficit but to bring it to surplus by 2020 which meant ongoing cuts in investment in all of the ministries and therefore in the economy itself.

Towards the end of his time in post, even he had recognised that this was not going to happen and it looks as if the new government will endeavour to pump some life back into the economy.

It is going to be a difficult project as the initial reaction from the financial world was to drop British stocks as if they had a disease, knock the value of the pound and look to move business away from the UK to other parts of Europe.

After three weeks and a change of government,

The Bank of England has a very important role to play in the economy.

PHILIP HAMMOND: The new Chancellor of the Exchequer.

astute (or perhaps avaricious) investors have seen that there are profits to be made in buying depressed shares, that the pound isn’t quite as bad as they thought and many are keeping the bulk of their investment and banking staff in the UK. The Bank of England was expected to drop interest rates to 0.25 per cent, but it didn’t which has given some encouragement to foreign investors and makes no difference to individuals as they still have to pay exorbitant interest rates to lenders who frankly would be thrown out of the temple for usury should Jesus return to walk the earth!

The panic is more or less over for the time being, so the government does have some breathing space, but it needs to be very careful how it proceeds as international finance is a lot like a row of dominos, knock one and the rest will tumble.

Having been given its independence, the Bank of England has a very important role to play in the economy and if it does cut interest rates and continues with a controlled policy of quantitative easing then, provided there aren’t any surprises from say Scotland, then there will be a chance for the economy to settle and possibly grow.

IT has been announced that Japanese company Softbank has made an offer of £24 billion (€28.8 billion) for British technology firm ARM which directors are going to recommend that shareholders accept.

This will give encouragement to those who said that business would continue following the decision to leave the European Union, although others may compare this to the descendants of a stately home owner who have to sell the family silver in order to survive!

ARM has been a huge success since being founded in 1990 in Cambridge where it designs microchips which are used in most smartphones around the world including Apple and Samsung.

The Japanese company Softbank is run by entrepreneur Masayoshi Son and is without doubt one of the world’s largest technology companies. Having recently ‘gobbled up’ Vodafone Japan and American company Sprint, it still has sufficient funds to pay the bulk of the acquisition from funds held, although it will also take advantage of a loan from Mizuho Bank.

According to the board of ARM,

Masaru Kamikura flickr wikimedia

A huge investment from Japan

SOFTBANK: Young actor Shōsuke Tanihara with Masayoshi Son. the investment will allow the company which will remain in the UK to double its 3,000 strong work force

within the next five years as it will concentrate on expanding its invention and development areas.

The new government is pleased to see further investment from a nonEuropean source even though Mrs

May had previously mused as to whether it was good for the country to see so many companies being taken over by foreign investors.

Even if the government has reservations about such a sale, there is little it can do to stop it, unless it is in a position to prove that it was not in the national interest to allow such a sale to go through, which would be difficult to justify.

There were originally three major UK-based technology companies based in Britain’s ‘Silicon Valley’ of Cambridge. First to be purchased was Autonomy which was taken over

by Hewlett Packard, followed by CSR which was taken over by chipmaker Qualcomm and now ARM looks to be the last of the triumvirate to be sold to a foreign investor.

The BBC has reported that one of the original founders of ARM Hermann Hauser said: “This is a sad day for me and a sad day for technology in Britain.

2ARM is the last British [technology] company that has a global reach. It gave Britain real strength. It was a British company that determined the next generation microprocessor architecture.”

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Another EU agreement to stop tax evasion

By John Smith THE European Union and Monaco signed an agreement aimed at improving tax compliance by private savers on July 12 which will require that financial information is exchanged automatically between the Principality and the Union.

This is part of an on-going programme which has seen similar agreements struck between the EU and Andorra, Liechtenstein, San Marino and Switzerland and when ratified is due to come into force in January 2018.

The agreement upgrades a 2004 agreement that ensured that Monaco applied measures equivalent to those in an EU directive on the taxation of savings income. The aim is to extend the automatic exchange of information on financial accounts in order to prevent taxpayers from hiding capital representing income or assets for which tax has not been paid.

Three parties

The aim is to prevent taxpayers from hiding income or assets for which tax as not been paid.”

signed the document, Peter Kažimír, Finance Minister of Slovakia and President of the European Council; Serge Telle, Minister of State of Monaco; and Pierre Moscovici, European Economic Commissioner.

Basically, the agreement provides for Monaco to meet exactly the same standards of transparency and exchange of information as if they were full members of the EU. Such information may include release of names, addresses, tax identification numbers and dates of birth of each member state’s residents with accounts in the Principality, as well as other financial and account

balance information.

Slowly but surely, it is becoming more difficult for private individuals to avoid the payment of tax in their place of domicile, although no doubt those who are really rich will still be able to settle in low tax areas such as Monaco and Switzerland whilst corporations and even cartels will endeavour to hide their profits through technicalities and loopholes although even they are beginning to feel the pinch.

Most of the UK Overseas Territories as well as Guernsey, Isle of Man and Jersey had already agreed to recognise this programme although whether they will continue to do so once Britain does leave the European Union is just one of the many questions that need to be answered when final exit negotiations take place, especially as some of those territories were named in the recent Panama revelations and Spain continually accuses Gibraltar of being a tax haven which it in turn denies.

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I don’t even know where to begin LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT BIT hard to work out where to start this week. Probably finding myself in a similar position as our new prime minister!

I did consider the speed Theresa May met up with Nicola Sturgeon was almost bordering on the obscene. The statement issued afterwards was even more so.

Do the rest of the British public have to now actually wait until some sort of appeasing deal can be worked out with Scotland and the EU before we are able to invoke Article 50 and get on with the new future the majority of the UK voted for?

If this is a sample of the new tough leadership and firm decision

making we’ve been told to expect, we’re in trouble already.

In a wholly democratic event, the United Kingdom voted to leave the EU. That should be the end of the story. If others are not happy with the result, let them hold their referendums or whatever’s and if necessary butt out, allowing those who elected to leave, to get out and get on with it.

Any dithering can only be detrimental to our new role in world affairs and is a disgraceful, non-democratic action, instigated by petulant losers who are now busy throwing their toys out of the pram; which is perfectly OK as long as those elected by the British public can be trusted not to scrabble about on the floor picking them up.

Horror, sympathy and sorrow at the tragic events in Nice this week.

How many of these same atroci-

ties will have to take place in the UK before we declare war and really begin to do something about it?

GB naturally stopped its enemies entering the country in world World War 2.

If it was common sense then, why are the same policies not being instigated now?

Interesting to see the coup was thwarted in Turkey mainly due to the public taking to the streets and siding with President Tayyip Erdogan.

I suppose that wouldn’t have anything to do with the fact that untold thousands of them are already packed for the trip to Europe!?

Just a thought.

Keep the faith.

Love Leapy, leapylee2002@gmail.com.

THERESA MAY: Already getting friendly with Nicola Sturgeon.

How Will Your Investment Portfolio Cope With Brexit?

HOWEVER well we have settled into our new way of life in Spain and consider it our home now, most UK nationals living here continue with some British lifestyle habits. Whether it is a Sunday roast with all the trimmings, watching BBC etc, there are some ties with the UK we do not like to lose, and comfort in familiarity.

It is the same with investments. Many British investors tend to own UK investments. They prefer shares listed on a FTSE index or corporate bonds issued

by UK companies. Yet we live in a global world now. Many of today’s leading multinational companies are based in continental Europe, Japan, the US. The UK market comprises just one part of the global markets, and not a particularly big one.

British expatriates often hold on to their UK investments. Many continue using their UK financial adviser, with the result that their financial planning is often more suitable for a UK resident than a Spanish one. This can have unexpected consequences. Consider taking advice from a wealth manager who lives here and is experienced providing advice to British expatriates in Spain.

By Gerald Turner, Partner, Blevins Franks

Blevins Franks meets many people here who have UK portfolios predominately exposed to UK assets and their investments are denominated in Sterling. Having such a narrow investment focus is not advisable at the best of times. It is even less advisable now following the UK’s decision to leave the EU. Whatever the future may hold, the UK is going through a period of uncertainty. The Brexit negotiations will take at least two years and it will be some time before we know what the UK/EU deal will look like.

Speaking on June 27, Chancellor George Osborne said that in his view

the country is going to be poorer as a result of what is happening to the economy and this would mean tax rises and spending cuts.

On July 5, the Bank of England governor told reporters that the UK has entered a period of uncertainty and significant economic adjustment. The Bank was implementing measures to support households and businesses, but he conceded that its efforts will not “fully and immediately” be able to offset market and economic volatility.

It is more important than ever for British expatriates who retain UK portfolios to seek advice from an adviser based locally in Spain, and look at improving diversification. You need a diversified long-term strategic asset allocation plan based on your circumstances, needs and risk profile.

Diversification gives your portfolio the chance to produce positive returns over time without being vulnerable to any single area under-performing.

There are various levels of diversification you should have in your investment portfolio:

1) Asset allocation, spreading your capital across different asset classes.

2) Diversification across geographical areas, sectors, company size (capitalisation), etc.

3) Owning equities and bonds issued by a range of companies.

4) Utilising a multi-manager approach where you diversify across managers and styles.

5) Currencies.

Currency is an important consideration.

If you are spending Euro in your day-to-day life, whether to pay bills, make purchases or for entertainment, all this will get more expensive if you take income or lump sums in Sterling and the exchange rate falls. You should have some investments denominated in Euro.

If you also spend money in the UK, expect to return someday or leave an inheritance to UK residents, you may wish to have both Sterling and Euro investments.

This is a key issue to discuss with your adviser, to ensure your

investments are set up in the best way for your circumstances and provide flexibility to change currencies if necessary.

At Blevins Franks they take an objective assessment of each client’s risk profile and develop portfolios around that as well as their needs and objectives – portfolios designed to control risk through multiple layers of diversification.

Blevins Franks operates in Spain, France, Portugal, Cyprus, Malta and UK. Their advice to expatriate clients is provided from outside the UK and is not affected by the Brexit vote. They remain in a strong position to continue to provide compliant wealth management and tax planning solutions to British expatriates in Europe, as well as those who are returning to the UK. Their priority is to provide peace of mind to clients.

To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on their website www.blevinsfranks.com.

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Mother Theresa, new iron lady or the UK’s Angela Merkel?

Nora Johnson

Breaking Views Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist.

To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson

WHAT a day: Monday July 11. As one p o l i t i c i a n st e p p e d d o w n (Brexiteer Andrea Leadsom), another stepped up (Labour’s Angela Eagle) , a n d a n o t h er (D av id Cameron) stepped back, handing over Number 10’s keys to Theresa M ay. A d a y o f ‘ Ma yh em, ’ y o u might say?

So, Theresa May, a Remainer who kept her head down in order not to become too tarnished by association with the ludicrous Project Fear ended up on top. Doubtless she will have to spend quite a w hile h a v i n g t h e sp lin te rs re moved from all that fence sitting she did over the EU. As to whether she’ll be a ‘heal-

NUMBER 10: At least Larry hasn’t run away yet.

ing’ Mother Theresa figure, we’ll just have to wait and see. She has talked about more inclusion and bringin g t he count r y t oget her (though, t hankf ul l y, no Thatcherite quote from St Francis of Assisi from this – like Angela Merkel - clergyman’s daughter).

As for the Margaret Thatcher Mk2 label (or the UK’s Merkel), w ith the cur r ent t hr eat of j obs moving abroad because of uncertainty, consumer confidence at a 21-ye a r l ow, hi gh st r eet sal es plummeting and awareness that any trade deals must wait until after the UK’s formal Brexit, she’s clearly got a challenging in-tray.

And not least the fear among Leavers (the 17.4 million who vote d une q ui vocal l y t o Leave) of dragging out Brexit or watering it down in any way, not to mention that the resulting internecine warfare in the Tory party would make the current Labour, err, mayhem look like a teddy bears’ picnic.

Finally, a piece of good news and resounding win for ‘Remain’ is that Larry, the No.10 cat, hasn’t done a runner like so many others around him. Following in the paw prints of several Downing Street moggies, his role as Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office is “to keep Whitehall pests at bay.” (Let’s hope he stays up to, umm, scratch to keep at bay any potential disillusioned, disaffected Leavers) Reportedly, Larry’s being kept in so he can’t escape and grab a seat on the EU gravy train. Collared, in other words, so he can’t flea?

Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.norajohnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/ eBook (€0.89;£0.79) and iBookstore. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.

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WHAT do the PSOE and Pedro Sanchez hope to gain by refusing to abstain or arrange for absences during Mariano Rajoy’s investiture vote?

After all, 74 per cent of PSOE voters believe this is the lesser of two evils. Rajoy has success-

Ignorance is bliss LEO MESSI earned a 21-month prison term for tax fraud although he said he left everything to his father. It may be true but the judge decided his ignorance was deliberate and therefore no excuse.

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fully played a long game but unless socialists start thinking of voters and the country instead of themselves, it will be ‘game over’ for the PSOE.

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Let Off-Plan Property Deposit Refunds be of assistance to you IF you are one of the many who paid over a deposit when deciding to buy an off-plan property in Spain and then the developer went bankrupt or disappeared and you lost your money then all is not lost.

In a number of circumstances, it is perfectly possible to obtain a refund of what you have lost thanks to a ruling by the Spanish Government and the involvement of a savvy group of lawyers and advisors.

Sheldon Grossmith was caught in exactly this situation and as a real estate agent based in Spain not only did he have a good idea of the law, but also knew a very astute and successful lawyer who helped him recover his funds.

Now, through his company OffPlan Property Deposit Refunds based in Estepona, Sheldon and his Spanish associate Hector Alvarez are offering expatriates and

Spaniards the opportunity to recover their funds, even if, as is often the case, they were lost 10 years ago.

The answer is very simple and that is that the banks with whom the original deposit was lodged could well be responsible in law for the refund of the monies lost, provided that they didn’t insist that monies lodged were covered by bank guarantees, separate insurance policies or in escrow accounts.

Almost none of the money lost was ever in a ‘safe haven’ and this is where OPP can assist. Sheldon still remembers how sick and upset he felt when he thought that he had lost such a large sum and wants to help others recover what in some cases could be their life savings.

He isn’t totally altruistic as he will make a charge for putting this together, but purely on a no win no fee basis! Those who have suffered

SHELDON GROSSMITH: Helping others to recover lost deposits. a loss are invited to contact him with a copy of the original purchase contract and proof of payment (as well as where it was paid to).

A decision as to whether there is a

viable case to prosecute can be made very quickly and if the decision is positive then it is intended that there will be a three way agreement, signed between the person

losing the money, OPP and the lawyer who will undertake the case.

Once they proceed, it is likely that it will take 12 to 18 months to obtain a final court ruling and in the event of the judge making an award to the person whose money has been taken, there will be a 15 per cent charge (plus IVA) from OPP and the lawyers will keep any interest that has been awarded by the court.

Should the case be unsuccessful, then no costs are charged to the client.

OPP was formed at the beginning of 2016 and only advertises in Euro Weekly News from which it has received a number of enquiries and is currently actively pursuing more than 30 cases. So if you are interested in finding out more, visit www.Off-PlanPropertyDepositRe funds.com or call Sheldon on 642 740 708.

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YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE - YOUR OPINION

Letters for Your Say should be emailed to yoursay@euroweeklynews.com or make your comments straight on our website: www.euroweeklynews.com

Banish the bullfighting now THE July 14-20 edition had an article where it is announced there will be a workshop to be a bullfighter. I am appalled that there still is such a thing.

No matter what people say that it is a tradition (meaning something that is there a long time, but that can change!) it remains extreme animal torture and cruelty to a mammal. And mammals have the exact same feelings as humans, like fear, anxiety and pain. During this workshop they will definitely use calves (yes, baby cows) to stab them with spears. What a disgusting and disgraceful school. Shame on the mayor of Antequera to let this happen.

He also expressed his condolences for the recent death of Victor Barrios.

Nobody deserves to die, but Mr Barrios CHOSE to go into the ring to torture and kill bulls. In this case he got killed instead (although the bull was also killed and they even want to kill its mother, how silly’s that!) A death of a toreador only happened after 30 years. In contrary of all the bulls that get killed every year (roughly 70,000 in fights and God knows how many in “practice”). I would say “those who kill by the sword die by the sword.”

All of this cruelty has to stop now. It gives this beautiful country a bad taste to most of the world.

Chantal Buslot, Belgium

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Sheer hypocrisy TO be sure the vast majority of those expats ‘appalled’ and ‘horrified’ by the bullfighting tradition are a great stain on our society. There appears to be an urgent and indulgent psychological need to feel superior to others with no real understanding of the facts.

Now there is a terrific and promising Spanish campaign against bullfighting, chiefly led by young environmental and animal rights activists who promote and live lifestyles in accordance with the values of non-violence.

I’d readily wager that many of these expat opponents happily eat meat procured from the supermarket, thus contributing to an ongoing genocide of literally billions of animals and destroying our environment.

They then have the audacity to go online

and moan about something that pales in comparison to the carnage they engage in every day? Give me a break. As for the lack of sympathy for Victor Barrios, the deceased bullfighter, I presume the ‘karma crowd’ are also vocally critical of dead British soldiers in Iraq, gleefully celebrating every roadside bomb? I’ll hold my breath.

Jim Roarty, Murcia

Feline concerto MY beautiful, golden eyed, young ginger cat Bertie has convinced me he’s turned on by Mozart, especially his magical slow movements, which also

A fish called Leapy LEAPY I enjoyed your comment in the Euro Weekly about Nicola. I agree with everything you say and I am a Scot. Born in a small village north of Aberdeen called Cruden Bay, the last place the Vikings attacked in the north of Scotland and lost. King Malcolm defeated Cnut and after that the Vikings moved south. Also it was the first place where an oil pipeline came ashore from the North Sea rigs.

I now live in Lincolnshire but am proud of my heritage and am not a supporter of Nicola. I call her a dictator, as you say it’s a very fishy business in the Scottish Parliament however, if left in the open long enough fish goes off. I do believe the Scottish people will see through the dictator and end up bombing her out.

Scott Cruden

Rocking success

Delusional dingbat YOUR columnist, whatever name he goes under, is clearly delusional. Can he supply links to all the claims he makes about the prognostication of a series of world events? He appears to think he is a latter-day Nostradamus.

As to his chequered past, what a load of codswallop. His biography states “He then settled in Saudi Arabia.” He would have needed a visa, for which the people for whom he was going to work would have applied, and it probably would have been refused. As for opening a pub in Saudi, that alone shows how delusional he is. With the recent Brexit, there are more than enough ‘muck-rakers’ in England, so please dump the one-hit wonder.

Bill Hall, Torre del Mar

40 years. Are there any Spanish still there, if so can they remember how to speak their national tongue?

Atentamente Anthony Goddard

BULLFIGHTING TRADITION: Being challenged in a campaign by environmental and animal rights activists.

obsess his owner.

Last week Bertie and his mate Mickey (grey and white and a totally different personality) were rolling over in a friendly fight. From the radio came the warm seductive tones of the Clarinet Concerto slow movement.

The cats separated suddenly; Bertie leapt onto my chair, stretched his front paws on my chest, closed his golden eyes and adopted a smiling expression.

No, I wasn’t imagining things, I’m willing to swear he seemed seraphic, we were both under Mozart’s spell.

Today a repeated experience with the slow movement of the Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola. His expression seemed almost more ecstatic than last week. To attempt to prove my theory, a few hours later I played a CD of the same movement. I could hardly believe that this had exactly the

same effect on Bertie as before.

What do readers of my letter think?

To query Shakespeare, could music be the food of love for animals as well as humans? Maybe Bertie’s name should be changed to Wolfie!

Mary Groser

Pot meet kettle I WAS amused to read a letter in the Euro Weekly News Issue 1619, headlined ‘Horrible English hypocrites.’ A lady wrote, including lots of (sighs) how the English in Spain don’t learn Spanish, only shop in English shops and eat in only English bars and restaurants.

I’m English, I’ve lived here since 2001, my Spanish is not as great as it should be and my Spanish grammar is

atrocious, this I have to admit, however, I do speak Spanish in shops, etc. and indeed any other time it’s necessary so to do. I shop in Spanish shops as I couldn’t possibly afford to shop in English ones and eat and drink in both Spanish and English restaurants and bars, depending on what I’d like to eat on the day, just as I would in England.

However, what really amused me is that she keeps referring to English rather than British, obviously all Welsh, Scottish and Irish she knows speak perfect Spanish. For someone, supposedly, so obviously enwrapped in the Spanish culture, I’m surprised she sends her letter in English to a free English, sorry, British newspaper.

Finally, she lives in Torremolinos, which when I was last there on holiday many years ago, has been an English, oops, British stronghold for more than

GOSH the power of publicity!

Knitted Knockers Spain has certainly come a long way since my friend Karen and I formed the group here in Andalucia. Thanks to the Spanish and English language press, plus being listed on the international web site of knit tedknocker.org we’re now supplying knitted prosthesis to women who have undergone surgery for the removal of a breast in many parts of Spain.

Volunteer knitters, like donations, are always welcome but the yarn used to knit or crochet a knocker must be 100 per cent mercerised cotton.

If you require further information or you want a knocker then contact: maggie.spanishknockers@gmail.com Maggie

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12:55pm Love Your Garden 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:00pm The Royal 4:05pm Where the Heart is 5:10pm Doctor in the House 5:45pm On the Buses 6:20pm Man About the House 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Wire in the Blood 1:40am Inspector Morse 3:30am Teleshopping Innovative, value-formoney products brought directly to you at home

7:00am Gunsmoke 7:50am Minder Modern-day reimagineering on the classic comedydrama.

8:45am Ironside 9:50am Quincy M.E. 10:50am Ax Men 11:45am The Chase 12:45pm Gunsmoke 1:55pm Pawn Stars 2:20pm Pawn Stars 2:50pm The Saint 3:50pm Minder 4:55pm Quincy M.E. 6:00pm Ironside 7:00pm The Saint 8:00pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Monster Carp 10:00pm Universal Soldier: Regeneration 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pm Universal Soldier: Regeneration 12:00am Born to Raise Hell 1:00am FYI Daily 1:05am Born to Raise Hell 1:55am Escape From New York 2:55am FYI Daily 3:00am Escape From New York

7:20am Terminator Genisys: The Future Reborn 7:50am Twister 9:45am Sahara 11:55am Jurassic World 2:05pm Sherlock Holmes 4:15pm Superman Returns 6:50pm Gone in 60 Seconds 9:00pm Jurassic World 11:10pm Sherlock Holmes 1:20am Superman Returns 3:55am Twister

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Alien Autopsy Mr Woodcock In Her Shoes Hot Pursuit Barely Lethal Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Hot Pursuit Wedding Crashers The Rocky Horror Picture Show Idiocracy Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life Curse of the Pink Panther

7:00am 7:25am 7:50am 8:10am 8:40am 9:05am 9:35am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 12:00am

Hollyoaks Coach Trip Melissa and Joey How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Coach Trip 2 Broke Girls Tattoo Fixers on Holiday Wasted Wasted The Big Bang Theory

7:00am Against the Wild 2: Survive the Serengeti 8:35am White Bird in a Blizzard 10:20am Maya the Bee 11:55am Against the Wild 2: Survive the Serengeti 1:30pm Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse 3:05pm Ant-Man 5:05pm Wolves 6:45pm Mcfarland, USA A disgraced football coach who finds himself in charge of a ragtag running team.

9:00pm Ant-Man Action adventure about a cat burglar given the ability to shrink to the size of an ant.

11:00pm Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse 12:40am Wolves 2:15am Jeruzalem 4:00am Solace A troubled psychic comes out of retirement to help track down a psychotic killer.

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Football’s Greatest Teams A look at the iconic Santos side of the 1960s.

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Countryside 999 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Fake Britain 12:45pm Neighbourhood Blues 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Red Rock 3:25pm Escape to the Country 4:25pm Garden Rescue 5:10pm Flog It! 6:10pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 9:00pm Eat Well for Less 10:00pm Saving Lives at Sea 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm A Question of Sport 12:15am Room 101 12:55am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:00am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

7:45am 8:30am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 12:00pm 1:00pm 1:10pm 3:05pm 3:25pm 4:25pm 4:45pm 5:10pm

7:00am Good Morning Britain 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 Dickinson’s Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Wild Animal Reunions 10:00pm Long Lost Family 11:00pm ITV News 11:45pm Holiday Horrors: Caught on Camera 12:45am In Plain Sight 1:30am Jackpot247 4:00am Murder, She Wrote Drama series about a sleuthing writer who solves murder mysteries.

4:50am Nightscreen

7:00am Planet’s Funniest Animals 7:20am Dinner Date 8:10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 10:00am You’ve Been Framed!

10:30am Psych 11:20am Royal Pains 12:15pm Dinner Date 1:15pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You’ve Been Framed!

2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:45pm 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 Hell’s Kitchen 11:00pm The Vampire Diaries 11:55pm Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:55am American Dad! 1:25am American Dad! 1:50am Two and a Half Men 2:15am Two and a Half Men

6:10pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 12:10am 12:15am 12:45am

1:45am 2:45am

Garden Rescue The Hairy Builder The Hairy Builder The Best Dishes Ever Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Lifeline Pride and Prejudice Coast Africa Natural Curiosities Natural Curiosities Michael Palin’s New Europe Antiques Roadshow Eggheads The Hairy Builder Great American Railroad Journeys Mastermind Gardeners’ World Versailles Boy Meets Girl Newsnight Weather People Just Do Nothing Inside the Factory: How Our Favourite Foods are Made Exodus: Our Journey to Europe Saving Lives at Sea

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8:00pm World News Today BBC Four is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind 8:30pm The Wonder of Animals 9:00pm Yellowstone 10:00pm Masters of the Pacific Coast: The Tribes of the American Northwest 11:00pm Ocean Giants Documentary taking a look at whales and dolphins, nature’s supreme vocalists.

12:00am Burma, My Father and the Forgotten Army 1:00am The Real White Queen and Her Rivals 2:00am Time Shift 3:00am The Toilet: An Unspoken History

7:15am 3rd Rock from the Sun 7:40am 3rd Rock from the Sun 8:05am 3rd Rock from the Sun 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Dare to Believe 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am The Big Bang Theory 11:30am The Simpsons 12:30pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:35pm Glorious Goodwood 5:00pm The Question Jury 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Three Day Nanny 10:00pm 24 Hours in A and E 11:00pm Man Down 11:30pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 12:35am Eden 1:35am Dare to Believe

7:00am 7:25am 8:30am 9:25am 10:30am 11:00am 11:25am 11:55am 12:55pm 1:55pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:05pm 5:40pm 6:15pm

7:00am Gunsmoke 7:50am Minder Modern-day reimagineering on the classic comedydrama.

8:45am Ironside 9:50am Quincy M.E. 10:50am Ax Men 11:50am The Chase 12:50pm Gunsmoke 1:55pm Pawn Stars 2:20pm Pawn Stars 2:45pm The Saint 3:50pm Minder Modern-day reimagineering on the classic comedydrama.

4:55pm Quincy M.E. 5:55pm Ironside 7:00pm The Saint 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm British Superbike Championship Highlights 10:00pm The Motorbike Show 11:00pm Firefox 12:10am FYI Daily 12:15am Firefox 1:45am The Big Lebowski 3:10am FYI Daily

6:50pm 7:50pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am 1:35am

3:30am

Doctor in the House Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Murder, She Wrote Love Your Garden Heartbeat The Royal Where the Heart is Doctor in the House On the Buses Man About the House Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Agatha Christie’s Marple Law and Order: UK Wire in the Blood Inspector Morse Police drama series featuring Colin Dexter’s enigmatic chief inspector and his sidekick Sergeant Lewis.

Teleshopping

7:00am 10:15am 12:30pm 2:10pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:15pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 12:00am 1:00am 2:00am 4:10am 5:00am 5:45am

7:55am 10:30am 1:10pm 3:40pm 6:20pm 9:00pm 11:35pm 1:50am

Milkshake!

The Wright Stuff Big Brother 5 News Home and Away Neighbours NCIS Secret Liaison 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Secrets of Great British Castles GPs: Behind Closed Doors Ultimate Celebrity Power Couples 2016 On Benefits: Life on the Dole Nightmare Neighbour Next Door Super Casino Secrets of Underground Britain Now That’s Funny Great Scientists Series presented by Allan Chapman profiling famous and influential scientists.

The Da Vinci Code Spectre Godzilla The Last Samurai The Da Vinci Code Spectre Enemy of the State Vendetta A special ops officer vows revenge against the criminal gang who murdered his parents.

7:45am Alex Zane’s Cinecast 8:00am Twins 9:55am Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 11:50am The Wedding Ringer 1:40pm Trainwreck 3:50pm Ghost Town 5:40pm The Wedding Ringer 7:30pm Dude, Where’s My Car? 9:00pm Trainwreck 11:10pm Ghost Town 1:00am Dude, Where’s My Car? 2:30am Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 4:00am The Opposite Sex

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WEDNESDAY TV

Hollyoaks Coach Trip Melissa and Joey How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement The Goldbergs Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Coach Trip Jane the Virgin Containment Supernatural The Big Bang Theory

7:00am Against the Wild 2: Survive the Serengeti 8:45am Mcfarland, USA 11:00am Star Trek Beyond: Special 11:30am Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse 1:15pm Against the Wild 2: Survive the Serengeti 3:00pm Ant-Man 5:00pm Mcfarland, USA A disgraced football coach who finds himself in charge of a ragtag running team.

7:15pm Wolves 9:00pm Ant-Man 11:00pm Four Corners 1:15am Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse 2:55am Wolves 4:30am Jeruzalem A holiday to the Holy City turns into a nightmare as a group of American tourists are terrorised by demonic creatures.

Found-footage supernatural horror.

7:00am Football Gold 8:00am WWE Experience 9:00am ATP Tennis - Toronto Highlights 10:00am Spanish Gold 10:15am Spanish Gold 10:30am Sporting Triumphs 10:45am Sporting Triumphs 11:00am Sporting Heroes 12:00pm Boxing Gold 12:30pm Darts Gold 1:00pm Sporting Triumphs 2:00pm ATP Tennis - Toronto Highlights 3:00pm Football’s Greatest 3:30pm Football’s Greatest Teams 4:00pm Football 4:30pm Football 5:00pm Football 5:30pm Football 6:00pm Football’s Greatest Teams 6:30pm Football 8:30pm Football 9:00pm Football 9:30pm Football 10:00pm Football 10:30pm Football 12:30am Football 1:00am Football 1:30am Football 5:30am Football’s Greatest Teams

7:00am 8:00am 9:00am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 2:55pm 11:00pm 12:00am 1:00am 1:30am 2:00am 2:15am 2:30am 2:45am 3:00am 3:30am 3:45am 4:00am

Cricket Classics Cricket Cricket Sporting Rivalries Cricket’s Greatest Sporting Heroes CWC Classics Cricket Cricket Live Rl Cup Cricket Pro Kabaddi 2016 Time of Our Lives Cricket’s Greatest Cricket’s Greatest Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Rivalries Darts Gold Darts Gold Sporting Heroes Former England cricketer Alec Stewart interviews former Chelsea player and manager John Hollins.

5:00am Cricket Classics

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MADDOCKS’ VIEW ON LIFE

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Children are smarter than any of us. Know how I know that? I don’t know one child with a full time job and children.

Bill Hicks

in history 356 BC - The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, was destroyed by arson 365 - A tsunami destroyed the Egyptian city of Alexandria. The tsunami and huge earthquake which caused it killed an estimated 50,000 people 1137 - Eleanor of Aquitaine married Prince Louis, later King Louis VII of France, at the Cathedral of SaintAndre in Bordeaux 1298 - King Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeated William Wallace outside Falkirk 1403 - Henry IV of England defeated the Percys in the Battle of Shrewsbury 1554 - Mary I married Philip II of Spain at Winchester Cathedral 1567 - Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned and forced to abdicate her throne to her one-year-old son James VI 1586 - Sir Walter Raleigh returned to England from Virginia 1656 - The Raid on Malaga took place during the Anglo-Spanish War 1663 - The British Parliament passed a second Navigation Act, requiring all goods bound for the colonies to be sent in British ships from British ports 1704 - Admiral George Rooke took Gibraltar from the Spanish 1788 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed his Symphony No 40 in G minor 1837 - The first commercial use of an electrical telegraph was successfully demonstrated by William Cook and Charles Wheatstone between Euston and Camden Town in London 1903- The Ford Motor Company sold its first automobile, the Model A 1909- French aviator Louis Bleriot became the first man to fly across the English Channel in a plane 1919 - The British House of Lords ratified the Versailles Treaty 1978 - Louis Brown, the first testtube baby, was born in Oldham, England 1984 - Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to perform a space walk 1986 - Prince Andrew, Duke of York, married Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey, London 2013 - 78 people died when a highspeed train derails in Santiago de Compostela rounding a curve with an 80km/h limit at 190 km/h

Women’s wit

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Like Indiana Jones, I don’t like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why I’m in politics.

Theresa May

World of English

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Gags aside, a chicken crossing the road is true poultry in motion.

‘WITH SO MANY WOMEN BECOMING LEADERS - MEN ARE FINDING IT DIFFICULT DANCING BACKWARDS ON THE DANCE FLOOR!’

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TODAY

Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.

TOMORROW

JAVEA

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DENIA

CALPE CALPE ALTEA ALTEA BENIDORM BENIDORM

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Everybody Wants Some Directed by: Richard Linklater Starring: Blake Jenner, Ryan Guzman, Tyler Hoechlin, Will Brittain Billed as a spiritual successor to the wonderful ‘Dazed and Confused,’ this joyful exploration of what it was like to be young and male in late 1980s America is a deceptively subtle dialogue-driven comedy with a killer period soundtrack. The film follows Jake, a freshman pitcher who joins the fictional South Texas State University as a member of the baseball team, landing him a place in one of the baseball houses, where the alpha-male jock arrogance on show means the film works best if judgement is suspended.

Ana Botella, politician, July 23

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Botella made a name for herself in politics both as the first female mayor of Madrid and as wife of former Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar.

Ross Kemp, actor, July 21, 52 Best known for his time on the British soap opera where he played the role of Grant and which earned him the honour of ‘Best Actor’ at the British Soap Awards in 1999 and 2006. Earlier in his career he appeared in a Kellogg’s advert.

Prince George of Cambridge, royal heir, July 22, 3 The firstborn child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge his full name is George Alexander Louis. Currently he’s third in line to the throne behind Prince William and Prince Charles. When he was born he received a rocking horse from President Obama who he met earlier this year in April.

Jennifer Lopez, singer/actress, July 24, 47 Although an actress J-Lo is probably known best as a hiphop and R&B singer. Her album ‘J.Lo’ in 2001 went quadruple platinum and she’s sold over 20 million records worldwide. Married and divorced three times she once dated the rapper Puff Daddy.

Iman Abdulmajid, model, July 25, 61 Born in Somalia she’s a successful model who started her career in 1975 after being discovered by an American photographer. She’s now an entrepreneur and her company ‘Iman Cosmetics’ generates an annual profit of more than $25 million. She was married to the late David Bowie.

Mick Jagger, singer, July 26, 73 The infamous frontman and co-founder of The Rolling Stones has had a career spanning more than 50 years, although he had planned to go into politics or economics. In 2003 he was honoured with a knighthood for services to popular music.

Jordan Spieth, golfer, July 27, 23 Born in Dallas Texas Jordan is the only player, other than Tiger Woods, to win the US Junior Amateur Championship twice. Winning the 2015 Masters Championship he became the second youngest champion in the Masters history with a record setting performance.

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Unscramble the name of a famous former England cricketer: MASSIVE THRONE Unscramble the name of a type of songbird (one word): HONEST ACT

Hexagram

My therapist says I have a preoccupation with vengeance. We’ll see about that.

The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (FELLOW) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

ALLIED BERATE BEYOND BORATE CORBEL CURFEW FEEBLE FELLOW (10) GARTER GULLET

KAISER LARGER MOTLEY RETARD SLEEPY SLEETY SPREAD URGENT WOEFUL

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

1 Assert 2 Seamen 3 Estate 4 Timbre 5 Easier 6 Newest 7 Barfly 8 Client 9 Blurry 10 Feline 11 Nettle 12 Enable 13 Notice 14 Inlaid 15 Latent 16 Granny 17 Winter 18 Loaves 19 Please

YOUR STARS LEO (July 24 - August 23) Many happy moments will keep you on your toes. With warming wishes in the wind, and a charming touch of luck, don’t panic if certain events don’t match up to your high standards. Just be Leoproud that you’ve got what it takes to make things tick. Unfortunately you can’t afford to assume that everything will run to time.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) You won’t avoid the occasional mishap, but if you’re tactful on Tuesday and chill out on Wednesday, the lead-up to the weekend’s partying will see you go after whatever you want. Personal and financial discussions will remind you that life is what you make it. Just ride life’s waves with confidence.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) This week’s change of planetary powers will allow you to find exactly what you’re looking for, especially if you’re shopping for bargains. Happily, everything is coming together, so don’t let everyday niggles spoil your long-term plans.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) On a personal and financial level, wait for further developments before you reach or activate any important decisions. As you draw near the final phase of this year, the best results will come from spending as much time as possible with loved ones, or those who’re on your creative wavelength.

CANCER

(June 22 - July 23)

Good news should come your way this week. Regardless of how you mark it, you'll be surrounded by caring hearts.

Sunday’s full moon is one of two this year associated with journeys, homely connections and good fortune. Despite some workaday hassles your efforts will be well starred.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Whatever your plans, or however you intend to enjoy the weekend, there’ll be laughter, fun and plenty of action. Refuse to be distracted or upset by any of Monday or Wednesday’s twists and turns.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) This week’s potent presence of sombre Saturn in your own sign is a warning not to lose your cool, particularly on Tuesday and Thursday. Otherwise, you can expect a weekend of quality and frivolity.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) With so much to think about, will it really be a wonder if something or someone gets left out? It’s not just the glitz that’s inspiring the action, but certain thankless tasks which are bound to crop up. Whatever the planets get up to, there’ll be no stopping Friday and Saturday’s enchanting delights.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) You will be ready and waiting for whatever

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HOMONYMS

Homonyms are words that are both spelled and pronounced the same, but have different meanings. Which homonymic words can mean both: 1. Airtight sealed metal container for food, drink or paint, etc. Able to?

2. Any of various platforms built into a vessel. Knock someone to the ground with a punch?

3. Flat and smooth. Equal in number, amount, or value?

4. Having a high price. A sweet innocent mild-mannered person, especially a child?

5. Not approximated in any way. Demand and obtain something from someone?

6. Shape metal or other material by pouring it into a mould while molten. Register a vote?

7. The land alongside or sloping down to a river or lake.

A financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities?

8. The place where a person or organisation can be found or communicated with. The act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience?

9. The rear surface of the human body from the shoulders to the hips. Give financial, material, or moral support to?

10. Weapons considered collectively. In heraldry, the official symbols of a family, state, etc?

Not a lot of people know that… the word ‘sobre’ (‘envelope’ and ‘on’) is an example of a Spanish homonym.

you’ve organised. Then, without warning, you could have to backtrack or make other plans - you might even encounter some undeserved criticism.

But no matter what happens, the weekend will definitely make up for any workday muddles. Meanwhile, if you’re a mixer and mingler, you’ll be swept off your feet.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) As you top up your spirits with some extra ideas, don’t be surprised if a couple of items drop out of sight. If you seriously want to minimise niggles and hassles, then ask friends or relatives to lend a hand. It’s a great week for togetherness, so ensure that you celebrate in style.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) There will be enough hurly-burly to cope with at work, let alone elsewhere, so don’t even think about doing everything singlehandedly. Cooking, hosting and being all things to everyone shouldn’t be your version of the perfect week. Teamwork is the way forward, so take the lead and be sure that everyone gets happily involved.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) The more you can offload, the happier you’ll be. As you attract kindred spirits, you’ll be able to look forward to the weekend whirl with family and friends. In the lead-up to the weekend, try to be patient with those who seem to be pulled in other directions. The weekend’s full moon sets the scene for a useful exchange of ideas.

Answers 1. CAN, 2. DECK, 3. EVEN, 4. DEAR, 5. EXACT, 6. CAST, 7. BANK, 8. ADDRESS, 9. BACK, 10. ARMS.

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

TARGET: • Average: 17 • Good: 23 • Very good: 33 • Excellent: 43

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION dept dips nips pend pens pent pest pets pews pied pies pine pins pint pits sept snip sped spew spin spit step tips wept wipe wisp inept pends penis pewit pined pines pints piste snipe spend spent spied spine spite swept swipe tepid wiped wipes instep pewits sniped spinet spited swiped stipend WINDSWEPT

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Across 1 Plant, part of First Amendment (6) 4 Unusual exit (3-3) 9 Steered clear of a free journalist (7) 10 In court it heard about church tax (5) 11 A wee dram for a toddler (3) 12 Hold downs and arrests in builders (9) 13 Salad ingredient used as a missile? (6) 15 About to ring to withdraw (6) 19 View of weird lap dances (9) 21 Writer starts particularly enjoying news (3) 22 Bathed before Indian master (5) 23 Concentrate and find out (7) 24 Row boat around the lake (6) 25 Turning blue, he’s getting runs (6)

1 Refutes, 5 Busts, 8 Plain, 9 Certain, 10 Twain, 11 Theme, 12 Brass, 14 Macho, 19 Trams, 21 Alter, 23 Precede, 24 Again, 25 Rests, 26 Suggest.

Down: 1 Report, 2 Flatter, 3 Tonga, 4 Second, 5 Biretta, 6 State, 7 Sander, 13 Systems, 15 Herbage, 16 Stupor, 17 Caters, 18 Gannet, 20 Abets, 22 Twang.

Down 1 Initial course for sporting official (7) 2 High up in the terminal of the airport (5) 3 Support Red Nose production (7) 5 Plant inside the monastery (5) 6 Not in queue plan (7) 7 “Arduous journeys take real energy” King said, initially (5) 8 Love Germany’s first poet (5) 14 Horseman dispatched, we hear to a Sumerian city (7) 16 Choose Egyptian god for the daughter of Agamemnon (7)

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17 Medication was our connection, so they say (7) 18 Handed Labour leader a small hammer... (5) 19 ... from the Socialist’s tables (5) 20 Endless alcoholic drink for the good-for-nothing (5) 21 Produce cheap fruit (5)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 4 represents B and 15 represents X, so fill in B every time the figure 4 appears and X every time the figure 15 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.

Across 1 Send off mail (8) 4 Blocks (4) 8 Drinking chocolate (5) 10 Dog breed (7) 11 Very bad (7) 12 Having the most positive qualities (4) 14 Consider to be alike (6) 16 Legally binding command (6) 19 Close by (4) 21 Settle conclusively (7) 24 Forsake (7) 25 Anatomical trunk (5) 26 Facts and figures (4) 27 Joins (8)

Down 1 Made known or openly avowed (8) 2 State of sudden fear (5) 3 Expensive (6) 5 Otherwise known as (5) 6 Underside of footwear (4) 7 Take a chance (6) 9 South American rodent (5) 13 Liberal (8) 15 Angry outburst (6) 17 Head of state (5) 18 Untamed horse (6) 20 Precise (5) 22 Smooth fabric (5) 23 Rod used by a magician (4)

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

1 Packages, 4 Drop, 8 Share, 10 Realise, 11 Tractor, 12 Test, 14 Obeyed, 16 Nectar, 19 Cubs, 21 Oppress, 24 Instead, 25 Often, 26 Eats, 27 Produces.

Down: 1 Position, 2 Agent, 3 Errors, 5 Ruins, 6 Peep, 7 Battle, 9 Awake, 13 Presents, 15 Easier, 17 Treat, 18 Border, 20 Upset, 22 Proud, 23 Fine.

ENGLISHSPANISH Across: 1 Rinse, 4 Mosca, 7 Several, 8 Trillizos, 12 Capullo, 14 Meals, 15 Snail.

Down: 1 Rabo, 2 Nos, 3 Envelopes, 4 Martillos, 5 Sello, 6 Aqui, 9 Racha, 10 Foam, 11 Azul, 13 Ola.

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Across 1 Madrina (9) 8 Toll (on road, bridge) (5) 9 Discutir (5) 10 Rivers (4) 11 To love (4) 15 Wide (street, river, trousers) (5) 17 Slow (vehicle, music, progress, pulse) (5) 18 Pedir perdón (9)

Down 2 Opal (5) 3 Honey (from bees) (4) 4 Trampa (para cazar) (4) 5/16 Huevera (3,3) 6 To park (automobile) (7) 7 Dormitorio (7) 12 Less (5) 13 Hervir (agua, leche) (4) 14 Bandera (de país, ciudad) (4) 16 See 5

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Airlines IN the wake of the chaos caused at Spanish airports earlier this month when low-cost airlines cancelled and delayed flights left, right and centre leaving passengers hot, bothered and sometimes stranded, we decided to have a look at the 10 airlines travellers around the world have given the best marks this year.

By Paul Morley Respected arts commentator and author Paul Morley constructs a definitive and moving tribute to Bowie that explores how he worked, played, aged, structured his ideas, influenced others, invented the future, and entered history as someone who could and would never be forgotten.

Exploring how young Davie Jones of South London became the international legend, Morley says that he chose to write the only sort of book he could have written about Bowie: part love letter, part biography, part autobiography, and part theoretical framework for life. books@euroweeklynews.com

1) Emirates This airline, founded in 1985 with just two planes to its name, now flies to more than 140 destinations in more than 80 countries. Passengers have chosen Emirates as best airline four times and it has been said to provide the best in-flight entertainment 12 times.

Survey results placed Emirates at the top in first, business and economy class and their cabin staff are also highly praised.

2) Qatar Airways Ranked as the best airline by travellers last year, Qatar has dropped to second place this year but its business class is still considered to be the best. Founded in 1993, the airline now operates more than 160 aircraft which fly to more than 140 different destinations.

3) Singapore Airlines A firm fixture on the annual top 10 lists, Singapore Airlines started business in 1972 and now has 107 planes which fly to 62 destinations in 35 countries. It has been ranked the best airline in Asia and is said to offer the best business class airline seat out there.

4) Cathay Pacific Airways One of the oldest airlines on the list,

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CABIN CREW: Emirates cabin staff are highly praised.

Cathay Pacific was founded in 1946 and has been named as the world’s best airline four times. The Cathay Pacific Group includes Dragonair and Air Hong Kong and in total runs more than 150 aircraft which fly between 130 different destinations. Passengers say the airline has the cleanest cabins.

5) ANA All Nippon Airways Another one which has been about a while, this Japanese airline was founded in 1952 and now has a fleet of around 240 planes, which fly to 72 international and 115 domestic destinations. ANA was named as a five star airline by Skytrax in 2013 and now employs more than 20,000 people.

6) Etihad Airways Based in Abu Dhabi, Etihad is a relative newcomer to the market which began operating in November 2003.

Its fleet of 117 Airbus and Boeing planes flies to more than 120 passenger and cargo destinations all over the world.

7) Turkish Airlines When Turkish started up in 1933 it had just five planes, however today

its fleet of 261 aircraft regularly carries passengers to 290 destinations in 105 countries across five continents, making it the fourth-largest carrier in the world by number of destinations.

8) Eva Air The second largest airline in Taiwan, Eva was founded in 1989 and now flies to more than 40 international destinations in the US, Europe, Australia and Asia. It was one of the first airlines to introduce the premium economy class in 1991.

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Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms.

No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice. No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

9) Qantas A trusted oldie, nicknamed The Flying Kangaroo, Qantas has been in operation since 1921 and is now Australia’s biggest airline with 131 aircraft which flies to 20 destinations within Australia and another 21 in 14 other countries.

10) Lufthansa Germany’s favourite airline, Lufthansa began work in 1955 and now runs an impressive 260 planes which link 18 destinations within Germany and travels to a whopping 197 international destinations across 78 countries.

TARGET: • Average: 10 • Good: 14 • Very good: 20 • Excellent: 26

SCORING: • 4 letters: 1 point • 5 letters: 2 points • 6 letters: 3 points • 7 letters: 4 points • 8 or more letters: 11 points

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION kepi keno kern kerf kerb kerned infer envoi envois erode ergo erne ignore ignored ignorer fern frog free freed freer gone goner gore gored groin greed genre geed doing done dong doge divine diviner diving deer decree degree bros broider bred brede breed egos egis edge edger cere cedi cede cered chad cred credo credos creed

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NEWS PEWS PAWS PASS PAST CAST

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Medcare is so much more than just a British GP THOUSANDS of expats on the Costa Blanca have, over the years, chosen the comfort and familiarity of British GP practice, Medcare.

With clinics in Benijofar and Alfaz del Pi, Medcare has been offering an alternative to Spanish GP’s for more than 10 years. For many of its patients who don’t speak Spanish, this makes going to the doctor a whole lot easier.

Dr Najma Hussain, Medcare’s founding GP said: “We set up the clinics here because there was a real need amongst the British community for a GP people felt comfortable with and could talk to. While the Spanish health system is very good, it is far easier to discuss health issues honestly and openly with someone who speaks your language.”

But Medcare is not just a GP clinic. Taking a holistic view to health, it has brought a number of therapists under its roof. The medical team is now made up of three GP’s, a practice nurse, osteopath, psychotherapist, chiropodist and audi-

HOLISTIC VIEW: Offering various services.

ologist. All are either British or speak English fluently. “It made sense to cater for more than just primary health care needs, so we brought in the key services that people need and, because we work closely together, if there is a need for more than one member of the team to help with a patient’s particular issues, it is easy to do.”

Some of Medcare’s therapists offer free initial appointments.

Marcos Morote, osteopath and physiotherapist, sees new patients for free body alignment checks. He says this is important as so many people have problems because of a misalignment that they are not even aware of. Marcos can help with all musculoskeletal problems, including back pain, joint pain, tennis elbow and migraines.

Psychotherapist Steve Ashley takes care of the emotional health of Medcare’s patients.

Steve can deal with all types of emotional issues, including couples counselling, help with

bereavement and depression. Steve offers a free initial consultation so patients can find out if he is the right therapist for them.

Medcare operates a membership scheme that makes using the practice very affordable: seeing the GP can cost less than paying a translator to accompany you to a Spanish GP. But you don’t have to be a member and all Medcare’s services can be accessed on a casual basis, meaning it is even perfect for holidaymakers.

To book an appointment with any of Medcare’s practitioners call 966 860 258 or email doctors@medcarespain.com. For more information on all Medcare’s services, including its dental clinic and aesthetics centre, visit www.medcarespain.com.

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Not as much needed SHORT and strenuous bursts or longer more moderate exercise? Experts vary in their advice on how you should exercise to reap the

most benefits to lose weight but a new study has compared the effects of varying amounts of vigorous and moderate exercise.

The results found the ‘lowest effective dose,’ the smallest amount of exercise to make a difference to health, was the equivalent of 105 minutes a week which is below NHS guidelines in the UK of 150 minutes of moderate activity per week.

The scientists said a previous Harvard University study sug-

gested people should undergo 75 minutes of vigorous exercise a week, but another 15-year study found it made no difference.

Their study showed short bouts of sweat-inducing activity amounting to just 35 minutes a week were found to reduce the risk of dying from heart disease.

They said that whilst exercise was important and key to better health, people maybe did not need to do as much as they think to see benefits.

BE ACTIVE: An important aspect of staying healthy.

Bed closure denounced A R O U N D 11,000 hos pital beds wi l l be closed this summer in Spain.

The Nurses’ Union Satse, warns this is around 10 per cent of beds as a result of the summer’s cuts, criticising that this will involve fewer services and professionals to cover citizens.

Satse said the closure will result in an in-

crease in waiting lists, both medical and surgical, and ‘bunching’ of patients in an emergency, forcing professionals to serve them in areas not authorised such as in hallways.

In addition to bed closures, hospitals have fewer professionals as they’re not properly replaced when staff take annual leave.

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SKIN COMPLEXION: Can reveal a lot about you.

Is your skin revealing a healthy glow?

WHAT does your face say about your health?

From rosy cheeks to patches under the eyes, experts say your complexion can reveal a lot about your lifestyle.

Facial colouration seems to be the most important in determining how healthy someone looks.

Research has identified that faces with lighter, redder, and yellower skin were seen as the healthiest and there is some biological processes associated with

these colours.

Lighter skin is associated with the ability to absorb more vitamin D. Greater redness may indicate more efficient circulation and blood supply to the skin and people with yellower skin tend to have healthier diets, rich in fruit and vegetables.

Tanning also increases skin yellowness and makes faces appear healthier, but the yellowness brought about from a healthy diet is obviously preferred to tanning.

SPECIALIST: Doctor Luis Perez Belmonte.

This week a reader has asked the doctor about a rash on her neck which she thinks could be caused by the hot weather: DEAR doctor, This year it seems to have got very hot very quickly and the last few days I’ve had a nasty sore rash on my neck which I think might be because I’ve been sweating a lot. It’s really itchy, gets very red when I’m hot and feels very rough.

Do you think I’m right and it’s a heat rash or caused by sweat, or could it be something else? What can I do to relieve the itchiness?

The only thing that seems to calm it down a bit are very cold showers but afterwards my skin feels even rougher, are there any particular creams I can use on it?

I’ve been taking hayfever pills but don’t know if I should really be doing that, what do you think?

Once I get rid of this rash, is there anything I can do to stop it coming back?

The doctor replied: It’s true that high temperatures and sweat can irritate some peoples’ skin and cause dermatitis, particularly those with light-coloured

skin. It’s caused mainly by exposure to heat. If, however, rashes appear without seeming to be related to the heat or after eating certain foods, taking medicines or being bitten by an insect they should be studied to rule out other causes. The first step would be to visit a specialist in allergies.

Heat-related skin problems tend to calm when the temperature goes down, so avoid spending too much time in the sun and take frequent showers to remove sweat. After a cold shower, dry skin carefully and apply moisturising lotion but stay away from corticoids. Antihistamine creams can help keep itching under control and can be used for long periods when needed but should really be prescribed by a specialist in allergies.

Children in particular should see a specialist in paediatric allergies.

Unfortunately there’s no way to prevent rashes other than avoiding long exposure to heat and sun and keeping skin moisturised.

If you have any questions for Dr Perez Belmonte, please send them to: jefemedico@helicopterossanitarios.com

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Can you think yourself fit?

COULD you become fitter just by thinking about exercise? A BBC 2 show that aired in Britain tested the latest science on how to stay healthy without breaking into a sweat and it appears that a technique called mental or motor imagery could work. It involved imagining yourself exercising and is used by athletes to give them the edge over rivals. To test the theory volunteers, including some who couldn’t exercise because of health problems, were given a mental exercise to do five days a week for a month.

Beforehand, the strength in their calf muscles was tested with volunteers pushing as hard as they could with their legs against a weight machine which recorded the force. An ultrasound took an accurate reading of their muscle size and mass before an electrical impulse was

sent through their bodies to measure how much of their muscle they were actually using.

Following that they then had to imagine themselves pushing against the machines at least 50 times five times a week while not moving.

After a month, they did the same test and results found their strength had improved by an average of 8 per cent, with one woman seeing her strength increase by 22 per cent.

The scientists said that muscles hadn’t grown but the volunteers were actually using more of the muscle fibres they had as the mental imagery of the activity helps the brain ‘rehearse the skill’ and teaches it to activate more of the muscle.

MUSCLE MATTER: Mental imagery helps activate more of the muscle.

A super burger that can help boost health A LO NDON b a se d n u tritionist and chef has developed what is claimed to be the world’s healthiest burger.

Libb y L i m o n ’s ‘ n u triburger’ is packed with over 50 superfood ingredients such as hemp protein powder, duck egg, chaga mushroom, sesame seeds and coconut oil.

It is served on a matcha gluten-free bun along with a beet, fermented soybeans,

quinoa and mushroom patty an d o n th e s id e is p u rple an d o ran g e s w ee t p o ta to fries and a nutritious and healthy shake.

The meal also provides over 100 per cent of the recommended daily allowance of fibre, vitamin A, vitamin C and iodine and is rich in B vitamins, magnesium and zinc.

According to laboratory reports, it is the equivalent of eating 1.5kg of blueber-

rie s a nd 3kg of c ooke d broccoli. Due to the highly nutritiona l va lue of the meal, experts claim that it is the perfect hangover cure and can boost the immune system, improve digestive function, detox the liver and balance hormones.

People can download the intricate recipe and make the guilt-free meal themselves or try it for real at the Magpie and Stump pub in London.

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Ask the Optician: the effects of sun damage Louise Stone, Store Director, Specsavers Opticas Javea THE summer is well and truly here and with the start of the summer holidays we’re all getting out and enjoying the sun more. To help you and your family enjoy the sun safely this summer, Specsavers wanted to focus on the damage sun can do to your eyes and advise on how you can protect them.

Q: Can the sun really damage my eyes?

A: Yes. The same as our skin, our eyes can also be damaged by UV rays and can lead to various problems. Children under 10 in particular should be protected, as their eyes can’t block as much UV as adults’ eyes can.

Q: What are the effects of sun damage on eyes?

A: Exposure to UV rays can cause a number of problems including: cataracts, macular degeneration, eyelid skin cancer, pinguecula (small, yellowish, slightly raised lesions that form on

the surface of the white part of the eye that can cause irritation and dry eyes) and pterygium (scar tissue that can grow over the surface of the eye and impair vision), so it’s vital that you take steps to protect your eyes.

Q: What can I do to protect my eyes?

A: A recent study from the Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset in Valencia suggests that by eating broccoli every day, you can increase your macular pigment by up to 30 per cent, thereby reducing the impact of sun on your eyes.

In addition to a diet rich in carotenes, you should also

wear sunglasses with total UV protection. These glasses should comply with UNEEN 1836:2006 + A1:2008 or bear the CE kite mark and be marked UV 400. Choose large or wraparound glasses and pair with a hat to maximise protection.

All Specsavers sunglasses offer the maximum UV protection and they have a great new range for summer 2016.

Eye tests are currently free and they are offering 2 for 1, including sunglasses, for the special price of €59, until September 4. To make an appointment or find your nearest store visit www.spec savers.es.

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Try spicing up your taste buds at the Gurkha Palace

By Simon Russell GURKHA PALACE has been described by those who have eaten there as one of the best maybe even the best - Indian-Nepalese restaurants in the Alicante area.

Most of us know what Indian food is like but how about the Nepalese side of things? Generally, Nepalese dishes are less spicy and not as thick as Indian food while vegetables are chopped rather than made into a paste. Sugar is not usually added so all in all it is a healthier and more natural dish.

Lal describes their food as somewhere in between Nepalese and Indian food so something to keep both curry traditionalists and those looking for something new happy!

Dishes available include soups, salads, tandoori sizzlers, bhunas, dhansak, vindaloos and biryanis amongst many others.

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Aside from the great food the restaurant itself is wonderful, a welcoming area to eat in, decorated with traditional Nepalese artifacts. Service is efficient, friendly and knowledgeable. If you have requests such as turning down (or up) the heat on your curry just ask.

Lal has been running the Gurkha Palace in central Javea since 2013 and it is gaining a growing reputation attracting new customers while building up an ever-increasing stream of regulars.

Prices are very reasonable and it is a great place for larger groups where Lal will usually be able to arrange a discount - just enquire.

Takeaways are available at discounted prices.

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Children’s Hospital/ Orphanage in Lima, Peru receive funds

MONEY RAISED: Benefits the orphanage for abandoned children.

IN Feburary 2016 the owners of Just Denise Curtains in Benidorm Indoor Market and Vida Plena Chiropractic Centre in Calpe managed to raise €2,000 (8,000 Nuevo Soles) for the Children’s Hospital/Orphanage in Lima, Peru.

The money that they raised was all spent on foods, toiletries and other essentials that were greatly needed and much appreciated by the 200 children and the six volunteers that do their best to keep the place running without any government funding.

Last Saturday, July 16 they hosted a charity fundraiser to help the orphanage, that is still desperately in need of help as the government gives no funds or type of support, all goods, money and services are voluntary donations.

Without the support of these many hardworking and caring people the abandoned children would have to suffer their mental and/or physical disabilities on the street without food, shelter or special care.

Let’s do it all again THE first Jalon Valley Help Night Market was held in Alcalali at the beginning of the month and was a great success.

The main route through this historic village was filled with colourful stalls, lit by the fiesta lights, and lots of happy people - all enjoying the party atmosphere and the jazz music.

The feedback received from the locals said it was a great evening for everyone and they asked if it could it be repeated next year.

The charity raised €724.48 on their stalls and the AECC (Spanish Cancer Charity) was particularly delighted to raise just over €300 on theirs.

Donations can be made directly to; Asociacion de las Bienaventuranzas Av. El Sol Mz. 13 U comité 16 Tablada de Lurín del, Villa Maria del Triunfo Tel: 005112807133 Email: hogarbienaventuranzas@gmail.com

Raising a glass for the Queen’s 90th MEMBERS of The Royal British Legion - Spain District North - met at El Cisne, Alfaz del Pi, near Benidorm recently for their annual Summer Lunch. It attracted over 100 members and guests from six local branches, including a coach of members arriving from the Hondon Valley Branch.

The delicious lunch included spit roast chicken, gammon and a great variety of salads, followed by mouth-watering desserts and cheese and crackers. The meal was served by Tina of Aulsberry’s Catering Service and her helpers.

Following the meal members danced to music performed by Mickey Lewys. The event was a great opportunity to meet those from other branches in a friendly atmosphere. The day finished with the Loyal toast to the Queen on the occasion of her 90th birthday. The bumper raffle with some super prizes raised over €570 for the Poppy Appeal.

For any welfare enquiries call 676 451 780 or email wel fare.rbl.dns@gmail.com. Details of the various branches in the area can be seen on www.britishlegion.org.uk/counties/spainnorth or you can email secretary.rbl.dns@gmail.com.

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THE STYLISTICS: Are on tour performing all their greatest hits.

See the Stylistics in Benidorm Direct from the USA THE STYLISTICS with their charisma, style and harmony, evolved into one of the best-selling soul groups ever.

The Philadelphia group recorded a remarkable 10 straight top-ten hits during the early 1970s including the Grammy nominated hit You Make me Feel Brand New, plus Can’t Give you Any-

thing (But my Love), You are Everything, Betcha By Golly Wow, I’m Stone in Love With You, Let’s Put It All Together, Break up to Make Up, plus many more.

See them perform their hits plus much more… a show definitely not to be missed!

You can see them live in concert on Monday, November 14 at Benidorm Palace. Call the ticket hotline at 629 056 720 or the Benidorm Palace Ticket Office at 965 851 660. To book by email, contact info@heatwavepromo tions.com or visit www.heatwave.pro motions.com.

Some encouraging figures

By Keith Baker THE volunteers at the Charity Shop of Calpe had a BBQ in June to celebrate an outstanding first half of the year. At the event, John Bridge thanked all the volunteers for their hard work in the first six months.

Takings at the shop, along with other fundraising activities, pushed the total raised to more than €22,000, which is a 15 per cent increase over last year.

During this same period, the shop made donations of more than €12,500 to local charities and groups - including EMAUS, the Gargasindi school, Maite Boronat centre,

SUMMER BBQ: Volunteers took some time out to enjoy themselves.

Cruz Roja, Calpe Food Bank and Caritas. Nearly €6,000 was donated to the EMAUS home in Calpe to fund, amongst other

things, summer school trips, educational materials and improvements to the home.

From July 18, the shop will

have two weeks of special offers. It will then close for the whole of August, reopening on Thursday September 1 at 10am.

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Come along to the party

By Keith Baker

THIS Saturday, July 23, the ‘Alfas Summer Party’ takes place, but as well as being an opportunity to have fun, it is also a fundraiser for bigger parties which will be held in November.

Councillor Oscar Perez said that he wanted to “encourage all of our residents and visitors to come and participate and enjoy this party.”

Tickets will cost €5, whether bought in advance or on the day, but those who buy in advance will also be entitled to a drink. Attendees are promised drinks at reasonable prices and music of all styles.

The party starts at 11pm will run until four in the morning at the municipal swimming pool.

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Cultural delight FOR the seventh year running, the Cultural Foundation Ithaca has organised the ‘Poetic Evening Concerts of Ithaca.’

A unique event in this region, which combines concerts by the best Spanish and international musicians with poetry and exhibitions of excellent paintings and sculptures.

The concerts are to be held at 8.30pm on five consecutive Sundays at the Ithaca Foundation, Altea. The first will be on Sunday, July 24.

The cost is €14 (subscription for all five concerts €60). For reservations call 965 842 350 or email elpoeta@point-edi tions.com.

The Ithaca Foundation is located at Partida Monte Molar, 78, Altea (La Olla). Early booking is advised.

For more information, visit www.point-edi tions.com.

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Top of the pops A HIGHLY respected property portal website has reported that Spain has emerged as the most popular country for foreign buyers in June, eclipsing the USA which has typically dominated the rankings throughout the year.

Almost one eighth of all the enquiries from foreign residents looking to buy a home in a different country on The Move Channel were directed towards Spain, seeing it claim first place in the popularity poll ahead of the US and the UAE. Interest in Spain had

SUPREME SPAIN: Increasingly popular with foreign buyers.

cooled slightly in the past year and the first quarter saw France, Portugal and Italy perform well while Spain struggled to regain its former glory.

“Spain, however, is not just a European lifestyle favourite, but a sought-after opportunity for investors.

The country’s economy has been steadily growing each quarter since Q3 2015, with property prices also having bottomed out in key areas.

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Magnificent month of May MAY was a spectacular month for home sales according to the latest statistics. A huge 23 per cent rise on the same period last year represented the fourth consecutive month of significant increases with more than 32,500 registered sales.

By some measures it is the highest level of sales in May since the great housing heydays of

2008, though significantly smaller than the sales seen during that pre-crisis period.

The news belies a distinct difference across the regions with the Balearic Islands leading the charge at an impressive 39 per cent rise in May, supported by strong performances from Madrid and Barcelona.

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The UK has the most millionaires John Graham The property expert

UK BUYERS are the number one foreign buyers of property in Spain and in this week’s article I want to sum up my Brexit top tips for EWN readers, on selling your property to UK buyers.

Politically and physically nothing has actually changed. The UK is still a full member of the EU and will be for at least another two years.

What has changed is the exchange rate of the pound to euro, now trading at around 1.20, so obviously Spanish property is a little more expensive today for UK buyers.

If EWN readers decide to discount their asking price a little, UK buyers could be attracted to buy your property now.

SECOND HOME: Millionaires love to own a holiday home in the sun.

Looking at the UK market after the Brexit vote, we shouldn’t underestimate their continued buying power.

Ghostly homes OWNERS of empty homes across the city of Barcelona face steep fines under a new plan proposed by city hall.

Local authorities frequently have to investigate empty buildings for safety reasons

and argue that it is time the owners shared the bureaucratic and financial burden.

An administrative charge will be applied and then fines for any discovered infringements. The city, under radical mayor Ana Colau, is spearheading a new housing strategy that has seen increased regulations and fines for tourist rentals, and empty buildings are a prime target given the city’s growing problem finding adequate housing for poor and working class residents being forced out of their traditional neighbourhoods by rising prices.

It may surprise you to know that the UK is home to more millionaires than anywhere else.

According to official figures there are currently over two million millionaires in the UK.

The official forecast is that by the year 2020 the UK will be home to around four million Millionaires.

That’s a lot of buying power in any language and we should remember that millionaires like to enjoy a good quality of life which includes owning a holiday home, in the sun.

The recent stamp duty increases in the UK now make owning a second home or holiday home in the UK much more expensive but this does not apply to owning a second home in Spain.

Being a full EU member or not will in the long-term have little effect on holiday home sales to UK buyers and if you follow all of my top tips you should still be in a stronger position to attract UK buyers to buy your property now and in the future.

John Graham is a Fellow of The Architecture & Surveyors Institute. If you would like a private consultation on how best to buy or sell your property or would like a UK professional home survey, please contact John by email gk.ipad@me.com.

Searching for a new horizon FAR from the Brexit vote seeing a supposed exodus of Brits back to Spain, the result has rather been a huge hike in the interest of Britain-dwelling citizens in moving to Spain.

A Barcelona-based real estate firm has reported a massive increase in requests from people eager to leave the UK following the referendum, presumably with an eye on being firmly established in Spain or elsewhere by the time the negotiations come to pass.

Rather than the more firmly entrenched older expatriate community, it is thought that the upsurge in attention is from a primarily younger generation who would hope to also secure

YOUNG ‘LEAVERS’: Brexit has sparked interest in younger people to move abroad.

jobs in cities like Barcelona, Madrid and Valencia.

Reports suggest that the number of British nationals now seriously considering emigration has risen substantially after the vote, with younger workers hoping to capitalise on free movement within the EU while it lasts, or perhaps fearful of a potential economic storm brewing.

Spain is the third most popular destination after Australia and Canada meaning the property market, or indeed rental market could see a renewed interest in the coming months from a different breed of British buyer.

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By Simon Russell THE Juancuines team cater for so much more than just kitchens.

They are professional interior designers for your kitchen and home and can tackle a wide range of projects.

Founded in 1997 they like to think they have the best team around based in their Benissa showroom. With any design project they will consult and advise with you, the client, and swiftly give a customised estimate. Furniture can be custom built, if required, and transported to you.

They also have plumbing and electrical teams they can call on so you just have to choose your favoured design and sit back while they deal with the whole process.

They also have a range of furniture available for your kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and living room.

They are proud of their high quality range of auxiliary appliances such as kitchen table and chairs to either compliment your existing furniture or as part of a whole new design.

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They have special promotions running at the moment with 10 per cent off kitchen furniture, 10 per cent off wardrobes and dressers and 5 per cent off pellet stoves.

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Their summer opening hours are Monday to Thursday 9.30 am to 2.30 pm and 3.30pm to 6.30pm, Fridays 9am to 3.30pm.

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Light fantastic MANY Spanish apartments are small and can be dark. To lighten a place up, there’s no need to paint everything white, although light colours will have the desired effect.

Instead of white, consider pale blues, creamy yellows, light green, or even dusky rose, and choose similar colour furnishings.

Placing large mirrors opposite main windows in rooms helps bounce light around and for doors with glass panels spread light.

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PLENTY OF WATER: The key to moving a plant whilst in flower.

By Matt Ford IF the re ’s one thing gua ra nte e d to peeve a prized plant, attempting to move it while it is in flower or about to flower is surely it.

At this time all the plant’s resources are devoted to producing a flower or flowers in order to create seeds, not new roots, so moving it at this point is more-or-less certain to get its goat, and it is likely to need plenty of watering initially.

Before shifting the chosen individual, douse it with water, then dig your new hole and fill it with water before letting it drain, and ideally do this a second time in order to ensure that the soil around the plant’s roots is totally saturated with water, which makes a big difference.

While scooping the plant out, you should ensure that the roots are being supported as you dig, and do not be tempted to wrench it through the wet, heavy earth, since the idea here is to

avoid breaking as many roots as possible.

Now for the snag: if you really want the plant to re-establish itself as quickl y as possi bl e t hen al l t he f l ower s should be chopped off it, since these divert water away from the damaged roots.

If you were unsuccessful in excavating the plant with a relatively intact root system, then prune back the top growth, add a layer of compost as a mulch around it, and be patient.

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At last we had some rain!

Dick Handscombe

Gardening Corner

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

WEDNESDAY July 13 was cooler as a result of clouds and a little rain for many readers, even a heavy storm for some. The cooler day was welcome after a week that started with the highest temperatures of the year so far and saw plants benefit from a cooling wash to remove some engrained dust as well as natural irrigation. But looking at the advanced weather forecasts from Marbella to Barcelona that might be all the rain there is until August.

Interestingly I just threw away an old article that indicated that the heaviest months for rain back in 1999 were March, July, September, October and November and there was some rain every month. Yes in those days garden maintenance was less onerous.

Doubt if it was enough to enable water tables to rise significantly so maintain daily walks around the garden checking that there are not some

WATER RELIEF: A welcome and beneficial sprinkling of rain for plants. plants wilting and the soil around their lowest roots has not started to totally dry out. If so, give some immediate remedial deep watering.

If you are facing regular crisis from plants wilting or local water restrictions check out some of the several hundred ideas described in the book ‘How to use less water in your garden’ which is available from Amazon Books and other internet bookshops.

Out of interest I have just checked what the weather was like on July 13 the year we did our epic 52 day walk across the Spanish Pyrenees.

The text of our book about this retirement odyssey describes day 30 as a day of rest alongside the large public swimming pool in Pont de Suert with 33 degrees centigrade in the shade.

Tomorrow we would start the 21.5 day walk across Cataluña having already

conquered Navarra and Aragon. It would be sure to be another 33 degrees in the shade if we could actually find any shade on rocky mountainsides.

But by then we were acclimatised to long hot days. In the end it only rained six times and three of those were on weekly rest days.

The walk followed paths and tracks along the northern border of Spain,

zigzagging into France a few times for a few kilometres and passing through wonderful scenery and villages every few days to clean up.

It was interesting to see how gardens and allotments were designed to cope with long cold winters and hot short summers. For many it was tough and some villages were down to less than ten all year round inhabitants. In one case there was only one.

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BUTTERFLY BAIT: Choosing the right plants will help to attract them.

By Eleanor Hawkins IF you would like to see your garden filled with the colours and fluttering of butterflies there are a number of plants you can choose to create a refuge for them and encourage them to stay.

Buddleja davidii (commonly

known as summer lilac or butterfly bush), verbena bonariensis, lavender, perennial wallflowers, marjoram, papavers and poppies, phlox, foxgloves, rhodanthemums and dahlias are all known to be particularly attractive to butterflies. If you wish to see a variety of different species flying past your

windows choose more than one of these plants and group them together in blocks.

Their bright colours will be sure to bring winged visitors along, but to encourage them to stay keep your plants well watered to help them produce lots of nectar and make sure the flowers don’t wilt.

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US in Trump’s safe hands They had obviously thought this through.

Camouflage and black against a white background, very smart.”

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.

I WAS flicking through TV channels the other night, in the vain hope I might find something that was either not a multi shown repeat, or didn’t feature Ant and Dec, when I chanced upon a movie that I could not actually remember seeing before.

I had no idea what the title was, but it was certainly not one that seemed familiar.

I had probably not bothered to watch it in the past, because it was one of those chest thumping, look how great we are, American blood and guts war films.

Not my favourite type of entertainment.

It had been running for some time, but what had me riveted was the sequence I had tuned in to.

It seemed that a group of

THOUGHT PROVOKING: An interesting scene from the war film on TV. tough as old boots US Navy Seals, penguins or whatever, had been dropped into Bosnia to rescue a downed American pilot who had witnessed some nasty goings on.

It was imperative that he

evaded capture because he was certainly not going to be invited round for tea and offered a ginger nut if the Bosnians collared him first.

Picture the scene.

There is snow on the ground with the entire land-

scape a white blanket, and in come the American choppers, clack clacking to a stirring musical background.

Cut to the rescue squad on board, all wearing standard camouflage gear – and get this - blacking their faces

with whatever it is they black their faces with.

They had obviously thought this thing through.

Camouflage and black against a white background.

Very smart.

No one would spot them, at least not if the Bosnians happened to be taking a break in Corfu.

I mean, you could not make this up and it was supposed to be serious stuff.

Then I had a thought.

If Donald Trump has taken note of this movie and is elected as the next President of the United States - thereby becoming Commander in Chief of the armed forces – perhaps parachuting troops into Syria wearing Alpine gear is not entirely out of the question.

2016 seems likely to be a year of pain and intolerance Credit Infrogmation Wikimedia

John Smith Random thoughts...

IT seems that the year 2016 could go down in history as the worst so far in the 21st century as the world appears to be ‘going to hell in a handbasket!’

There’s a breakdown of law and order across Europe with terrorism accounting for hundreds of deaths so far.

In the case of Turkey, they don’t need home-grown terrorists (which without doubt exist) when they have an increasingly authoritarian government and an army staging a half-cocked coup.

The referendum could lead to the break up of both the UK and the EU and whilst I was derided by some for saying the British public knew more about voting for acts on Britain’s Got Talent than making a rational decision on our future, stories abound of people who thought that they were making a protest vote against the government

THE WORLD’S WOES: A sign of the times. rather than placing a vote that decided the future for generations to come.

Racism is more blatant than ever and it seems the referendum result appears to have given certain people the feeling they can abuse anyone who isn’t white and speaks with a regional accent.

Right wing politicians are gaining strength across Europe whilst in the UK

the Labour Party appears ready to implode with the openly lesbian Angela Eagle being insulted for her sexual preferences by so-called open-minded supporters of Jeremy Corbyn whilst the Brighton and Hove branch of the party has been suspended for the manner in which ‘moderate’ officials were ousted in an apparent coup and the whole mat-

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Theresa May and Justine Greening.

Mrs May, remember the expats IT’S of some relief to see the Conservative party has managed to conduct its leadership election in such a way that rather than wait until September, there was a quick decision to appoint Theresa May as leader once the other candidates either dropped out due to insufficient votes or resigned.

Whilst it’s common knowledge Mrs May was critical of Gordon Brown taking on the Prime Minister role without calling a general election, this is a different situation as the country needs stability, both for its economic prosperity and in negotiating a sensible and well organised withdrawal from the EU. The make-up of the new cabinet, a mixture of old and new as well as Leavers and Remainers, indicates Mrs May intends to oversee the Brexit rather than overrule the result.

Her new ‘Minister for Exiting’ David Davis has already indicated ‘the button is likely to be pressed’ by the start of 2017.

The delay, allows the government to formulate a strategy on what it hopes to achieve and how, especially as it would like to see Scotland onside rather than fighting for independence. The main problem it faces is from the 27 member states it’s divorcing and whilst Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, said he wants to see a friendly parting, only time will tell.

All we hope is that whilst negotiating, the government remembers us and the one million plus expats living in EU countries.

ter is under investigation.

Police in the US have been accused of racist killings of Afro Americans whilst officers in turn have been massacred by snipers. In the wings, Donald Trump sits hoping to become President.

Battles continue in Syria and Yemen with reports of sporadic fighting in different African states, especially newly independent South Sudan and terrorists have even struck in the home of Islam, Saudi Arabia where the majority are Sunni Muslims and Russia has just sold missiles to Shia opposition Iran.

Happily Spain has escaped much of the difficulty that other countries have experienced and even seems to manage to stagger on after two inconclusive general elections as if having an interim government isn’t a problem.

One wit has noted everything’s got Now we worse after David Bowie’s death and want to we can’t blame sunspots, which often hear your views. presage violent activity, as it’s suggested the sun may be calming YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE down temporarily which could - YOUR OPINION lead to a mini ice-age similar to that www.euroweeklynews.com experienced in the 17th century.

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Centre Veterinari Benissa: caring for your animals in the summer months

By Simon Russell ISIDOR MOLLA at Centre Veterinari Benissa wanted to remind people about taking care of their pets in the summer.

One nasty disease that dogs can catch in the warm weather is Leishmania. Transmitted by mosquitoes (often called sand flies) younger and older dogs are particularly susceptible.

Symptoms can vary hugely from virtually no ill effects to renal failure. Prevention is better than cure and Isidor’s clinic will be able to offer special items like collars or tablets to minimise risk.

In general parasites are more common in the heat and fleas, ticks and mosquitoes can all have varying effects on your dog or cat’s wellbeing. Again pop in to the clinic and ask about preventative measure or actions to take if you think your animal may be infected.

Isidor has a great shop in the clinic selling every kind of pet food, medicines and acces-

VETERINARI BENISSA: Isidor with one of his patients at the centre. sories imaginable including many difficult to purchase products for your pets. Just to give

one example special kitten food is available which can be hard to come by in Spain.

The clinic has a state of the art treatment area, that reminds you more of a hospital than a vets when it comes to the range and capability of the equipment. The animal surgery room contains diagnostic hardware such as X-Ray machines, eco-graphs and computers that look as if they could put a man on the moon. There are also examination rooms where your animal will be seen for any initial diagnosis on arrival.

Remember Isidor can also treat your pet if they have an insurance plan covering illness, just ensure you bring in the relevant documentation.

The Centre Veterinari Benissa is open from 10am until 8.30pm and also operates a 24 hour emergency service.

They can be found at Avenida Pais Valencia No 28, about 50 metres up from the Mercadona when you drive into Benissa from the North.

If you want to contact the clinic you can call 965 731 955. The number for emergency callouts is 600 266 686.

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Gus the show dog is in his twilight years

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IN his heyday Gus was a splendid show dog winning prizes at Crufts in his prime. Latterly he began experiencing night-time urinary incontinence and seemed stressed by the whole experience, constantly licking his genital area until sore.

His owners consulted a vet who explained the problem was likely to be hormone related and as he was now 10 years old this was unlikely to go away although he was prescribed medication to help stem the flow.

This would work for the better part of the day.

Otherwise Gus is a fit dog full of life and enjoying exercise. But at night when he and his muscles are relaxed he has accidents in the house. He now wears dog nappies at night

which seem to work. Gus is prevented from constantly licking and causing a sore genital area, and his owners can prevent any accidents in the house.

House-sitters caring for Gus in his home (his owners prefer for him to receive personal care at home to minimise stress) are given clear instructions, shown how to put on the nappy, and given local vet details in case any problems arise while the owners are away.

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House-sitting can be a win-win for both parties, free house and pet-sitting and the experienced and checked sitters get free accommodation! To find a pet-sitter go to www.Housesit Match.com or call Lamia on +44 (0)1865 521508.

SPLENDID SHOW: Gus needs a little care in his mature years.

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DIVORCE is a sad fact of life and can cause stress to dogs too. They are social animals bonded to a family routine and a way of life that relies on us for their mental, physical and emotional welfare.

Dogs are frequently denied consideration when it comes to difficulties in relationships. When couples shout and argue with each other this will indeed affect the dog (and also the cat).

Our moods and tantrums have an adverse effect on them with nervous behaviour often caused by the

STRESSFUL SPLIT: Can impact a dog’s life too.

owners’ actions.

Whenever I’m called by owners with a howling, barking, destructive, digging, house soiling dog or one showing symptoms of an anxiety related behaviour, I always ask if there’s been a death, separation or divorce which could have triggered the problems as this behaviour is typical of canine anxiety.

Another extreme behaviour is dogs going to the bottom of the garden and staying close to walls, often seen when a dog’s instinct tells it it’s dying. Wild dogs go away from their packs to die.

I always ask owners if there are known medical problems, if none and a separation has occurred then these behaviour patterns must be considered as an expression of extreme canine anxiety.

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Scary Facebook Life-saving device Mike Senker

In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man I DON’T do Facebook and I don’t do Facebook for a reason. I actually have an account because years ago I signed up I but don’t use it.

The reason I don’t use it is because it’s scary intrusive and I don’t like being told what to do. For instance, there is an advert on TV for toilet tissue and at the end of the ad it says follow us on Facebook … are you mad?

Why on earth would I want to follow a company that makes loo rolls on Facebook?

Maybe if I subscribed to ‘Faecesbook’ I might have some interest but otherwise none, nada, nothing!

How can you have 500 ‘friends’? I understand a bit if you are famous or something, bands etc. so people can see where you are performing or want to be a fan but a normal person having 500 ‘friends’ is nonsense! I bet all you Facebookers out there don’t even know half the people who are your ‘friends’ on there.

Yeah, yeah, I know you post lovely photos and tell people that your home is going to be

empty for the next two weeks; all important stuff.

If I want to send my family photos, that’s what I do, I send them to my family. I don’t send them to 250 friends of friends who then decide to ‘like’ my pics.

The scariest thing about Facebook is how it suggests people you might want to be ‘friends’ with. I decided the other day to have a look at my account and there they were pages of suggestions of people I may like to connect with.

I don’t allow this app to access my email address book or my contacts so I was amazed to see the name of a lady that I vaguely remembered because she had a very unusual name.

I had met her once. She worked in Sunglasses Hut in Santa Monica 20-odd years ago, and at that time I had a lot of shops in the UK and if I saw an outstanding salesperson I would say ‘if you ever come to the UK here’s my business card, give me a call.’ I received an email from her saying ‘nice to meet you and if I ever come to the UK I’ll get in touch’ and that was it.

I never heard from her again until Facebook dug and dug and somehow decided that I might want to be friends with a stranger I had a conversation with 20 years ago in a shop 12,000 miles away…I rest my case!

AS part of the series, we answer some common driving questions and keep you updated on the latest driving and road news 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.

SAFE WARNING: The device helps to alleviate vulnerability.

GUARDIA CIVIL traffic officer, Jorge Torre Sarmiento, assisted by marketing and design expert, Roberto Perez Marijuan, has invented a device they think will speed up the time in which other road users are advised of the presence of a disabled or broken down vehicle, thus saving lives as a result.

When a vehicle becomes disabled, perhaps due to an incident or breakdown, the natural reaction of the driver is often to put hazard lights on, attempt to restart the vehicle, call for assistance, put on a high visibility vest and place warning triangles on the road advising of the vehicle’s presence.

Often this can take between eight and 10 minutes, during which time the vehicle is left in a vulnerable position presenting a hazard to vehicle occupants and other road users.

To try to alleviate this problem of vulnerability, the officer invented a device called ‘Help-Flash’ which can be used as a first indicator of a hazard whilst the correct proce-

dure of laying out triangles is carried out.

Jorge Torre Sarmiento is well known locally for inventing a variety of devices. The 47-year-old officer, based in Vigo, graduated in criminology and joined the Guardia Civil, despite his desire to be a designer.

With a number of successful patents to his name already, ‘Help-Flash’ is his first invention that will hit the mass market, and will do so with the help of Perez Marijuan.

‘Help-Flash’ is a small emergency light, powered by a conventional battery, which emits a flashing light visible up to a kilometre away. Activated by a magnetic support it can also be used as a flashlight.

Stored in the glove box, it activates in seconds and when placed outside the vehicle (magnetic contacts keep it in place) it allows the driver to then place warning triangles and make the vehicle occupants secure.

Sarmiento is passionate about the project and believes “it can save lives.”

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Can community make money?

Our community has a debt, mainly caused by the owners who for years have got away with paying no community fees. We recently changed administrators and the new one has driven the debt down, and got us back in the black, just a little. We still have repairs that need doing and the complex needs a repaint and security gates.

We have almost a hundred parking spaces below the flats, many of which are not used. We feel these spaces could be rented for a modest fee to owners and holidaymakers who don’t have a parking space. Are we allowed to do this? Our administrator says, “The community can’t be seen to be making money.”

J.F. (Costa del Sol) In a general sense, your administrator is right. Communities are not chartered as organisations for profit.

Nevertheless, a community is perfectly free to

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order to meet expenses.

Some have even leased garden space to a café-bar or a rooftop for a mobile phone tower.

You will, however, need to keep careful accounts.

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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I’ve never seen ONE Christmas Day afternoon a couple of years ago a good friend and I, whilst in a state of advanced festive refreshment, started talking about rock concerts we would like to have seen. Having witnessed most of the renowned live acts of the 70’s at various times (The Who, Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, Van Morrison, Eagles, Paul McCartney, Queen) my first pick for the ‘wished I’d have seen them’ category was, quite obviously, The Beatles.

“Saw them,” said my friend and noting the look of surprise on my face added: “At The Cavern. A few times actually when I lived in Liverpool.” Wow, what a thrill to have been there virtually at the dawn of a musical phenomenon that changed popular culture.

My second selection took a slight liberty. I saw the Rolling Stones when they put on a great show at Wembley Stadium in 1982, but confessed for a longing to have seen them in their mid-60’s pomp with the accompanying arrogance and anger. “Saw them,” was the reply from across the table, “Liverpool Empire 1965. Very loud and rowdy.” So that was the two most famous rock bands of the 60’s he had seen in their first incarnations when stardom beckoned, a pretty impressive claim to have on your concert-going CV. For my third choice there was only one person left to go to. Here we could muse together on the opportunity that hardly came to anyone on our side of the Atlantic and practically no one on the European continent for that matter, seeing The King, Elvis Presley.

“Seen him,” he said, to which I instantly replied, “Oh come on. Elvis never played a concert outside of the United States.”

“I know that,” said my friend, “that’s why it was lucky I saw him in Las Vegas.” Noting the incredulous look on my face he explained, “I was working over there in 1973.” To quote the great Eric Morecombe, himself half of another fantastic live act: “There’s no answer to that.”

But between us eventually there were live acts in common we both felt sorry to have missed. I regretted very much never seeing The Band about whom Bob Dylan (for who they were a backing group in the mid-60’s) once said, “They were the only group good enough to be called simply The Band.” Talk-

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THE WHO: Still playing and singing songs of teenage angst.

“At school friends of mine took extra paper-rounds and washed every car in the street to raise funds for David Bowie or Led Zeppelin tickets.”

ing of Dylan my friend had never seen him, but being the devotee I am I have attended a number of his shows, two of which are at opposite ends of my personal concert spectrum.

The ‘86 show at the NEC in Birmingham was the worst concert by a major performer I have been to, but his 2009 show in the same city is right up there with the very best.

When I was at school friends of mine took extra paper-rounds and washed every car in

the street to raise funds for David Bowie or Led Zeppelin tickets, two acts I never saw and sadly never will, that being a time when it was generally accepted that The Who were masters of the concert stage and I count myself very fortunate to have seen two stunning shows in 1975 and 1976, which left me in no doubt their acclaim was well deserved.

Others I am sorry to have missed are The Byrds, Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt and, despite seeing various editions of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, never saw the four of them together. Another group who I would dearly loved to have seen are The Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra and his motley crew of associates.

Their carousing, interaction with the audience and virtuosity living on in the performances of Rod Stewart, Bruce Springsteen and Michael Buble, a trio of renowned live performers which from experience I can vouch for.

All this talk of live shows has started me thinking about my next one. Yes, you’ve

guessed it The Who with who I have a date with in Birmingham later this year.

On the face of it there is something faintly ridiculous about two men into their 70’s playing and singing songs of teenage angst, but when Pete Townshend blasts out the opening chords of ‘Substitute’ and Roger Daltrey does his bellowing, there is no other place on earth I would rather be.

But whoever our favourite live bands are we should never under-appreciate the concert experience. I have lost count of the times I have been to a show and thought how well I know this song and the many different circumstances in which I have heard it, and suddenly I am in the same room, albeit a very big one, as the Eagles playing Hotel California.

In moments such as those we become elevated by the music forgetting about how far away the car is parked, the drive home or work tomorrow, which is surely the essence of every great live concert.

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Heading up the bottom of the field are Mercedes, BMW and Audi who all registered more than 150 problems, while Land Rover came last with a fairly disastrous 197 problems per hundred vehicles.

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Modern world DRIVERS in Spain should employ a little more care in the near future as the Smartphone game making waves across the world debuts in the country. ‘Pokemon Go’ is an augmented reality game that sees users looking at the world through their Smartphone and trying to kill random creatures that pop up on screen.

Supposedly highly addictive for those with attention deficit disorders, police across the world have issued warnings as pedestrians blithely wander into traffic and drivers crash into trees.

Consider it similar to texting whilst driving or walking, but infinitely more dangerous as people become engrossed in this state-ofthe-art visual experience, actively bringing users immediate surroundings into play.

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Golf cart of the future Less is more MERCEDES have been busy designing the golf cart of the future, dubbed “a real sports car” and have finally released the new model.

With a range of 50 miles and a top speed of 19mph, the MercedesBenz Style Edition Garia Golf Car boasts a sublimely unique design with a high-tech interior and could even be road legal in the USA courtesy of a full lights and

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Designed in classic Mercedes style the golf car features a refrigerator and stowage tray, the rear spoiler doubles as a golf bag holder, while the pedals are marked with a ‘plus’ and ‘minus’ sign to indicate the brake and accelerator for the 3kw electric motor, extendable to 11kw for short bursts.

There is an integrated 10.1 inch touchpad where players can see the layout of the course and their positioning, even using an electronic scorecard. Windscreen wipers, heater and headlamps can be activated easily in ‘sports’ mode.

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GOLF CAR: A new hightech future for the golf cart.

IN the looming battle of the automatons language has become the new weapon as Jaguar announces it would prefer to avoid the term ‘driverless cars,’ instead preferring ‘driver-focused autonomous technology.’

Rather than seeing the driver take a literal and metaphorical backseat, Jaguar plans to use artificial intelligence to augment and safeguard the driving experience.

This would involve benefits like autonomous lane changing using satellite technology to predict the quickest, safest route, and warning of hazards around corners, also offering stability control and adapting for weather conditions. The concept stands in marked contrast to the futuristic predictions of other firms who would see drivers essentially become passive passengers taken to their destinations while playing on the phone or working.

Champion prankster ONE time World Rallycross Champion and world title holder Petter Solberg took a cheeky break as he participated in a hilarious prank televised for motorheads and comedy lovers.

Disguised as an old man with a flat cap, spectacles, and false white moustache, he calls various road assistance numbers to have a mechanic come out and help him kick start a new MercedesAMG C63 Wagon, dusted up a bit so as not to attract attention.

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their shoes and deliberately appearing a little off his trolley, Solberg revs the engine and performs stomach churning rally moves that has them lurching in their seats either shocked, bemused, or screaming to stop.

He warns unsuspecting mechanics the car’s unstable, he’s not driven in a while, and isn’t feeling well before tearing off, at one point towards a pedestrian in a car park, putting the window down to ask “are you the owner of this parking lot young man?”

A brilliant Bugatti bonus HOW do you celebrate winning the European Championships? For starters a brand spanking new (well technically second-hand) Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse should do the trick.

Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo toasted his country’s success by adding the supercar to his already extensive car collection, potentially compen-

sating and treating himself after being injured in the final. The Bugatti will fit in nicely in a garage that already boasts a Lamborghini Aventador, Bentley GT Speed and Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano.

Able to reach 62mph in 2.6 seconds, with a top speed of 255mph, the Bugatti will have cost him well in excess of €1million, or about two weeks wages

give or take a few thousand euros.

Known as the most powerful production roadster in the world, the entirely carbon fibre constructed Grand Sport Vitesse has eye-catching optimised aerodynamics and a hp of 1200 from an eight-litre turbo-charged engine.

The original was named Car of the Decade by Top Gear for the 2000s.

SUPER CAR: Ronaldo’s most recent purchase.

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Orba Warblers report THIS week the Warblers travelled to Bonalba for a very well sponsored Bonalba Cup stableford. Studley Holdings being their main sponsor and ably backed up by Bonalba Golf a big thank you goes to both.

A continental breakfast, wine, cold drinks, fruit and a tapas at halfway and then after golf on the terrace there were more tapas, two Paella’s, free wine and beer not to mention the fabulous prizes which were of very good quality. All for the price of €36, wow!

There were 28 Warblers competing for the Prestigious Bonalba Cup and with eight pin prizes and one to seven places it was all to play for.

In first place and winner of the Cup was Michael Morley (HDCP 9.3) with a good par breaking score of 37pts. In second place was last year ’s winner

David Knight (HDCP 8.5) with 36pts, third was Rosemary Edwards (HDCP 22.1) with 33pts and fourth was Steve Head (HDCP 10.8) also with 33pts losing on c ountba ck, f i f t h wi t h agai n 33pts and losing on countback was Chris Williamson (HDCP 10.0), sixth came David Cocoran (HDCP 8.1) with that score again of 33pts losing on countback. Vice Captain Clive Kay was seventh with 32pts.

The three nearest the pins winners were Dermot Dimsey, Glynn Braidley and Peter Gibson on holes four, eight and 14 respectively. The two longest drive winners were Sylvia Mortensen (ladies) and Glynn Braidley (mens).

Nearest the pin in two on the 10th was won by Chris Williamson and the winner of nearest the pin in three on hole nine was Sylvia Mortensen.

One singles match saw Robin Wheatley beat Michael Taylor four and three.

The football card was won by Dermot Dimsey with Clydebank. A big thank you to Dermot who kindly donated his winnings back into the charity bucket.

Wel l done t o al l t he wi nner s and lastly again huge thanks to Studley Holdings and Bonalba for making it such a nice day.

Next week the Warblers are at La Galiana for a stableford competition and a first tee of 10:00am so please arrive by 9:45am for registration.

To book pl ease cont act Davi d at dr.knight1207@googlemail.com or phone 634 307 407.

Guests are welcome subject to a current handicap certificate.

Pego Golf Society

GREAT RESULTS: Against a very tough opposition.

WITH the temperature topping 35 degrees, it was really too hot to play golf, yet 31 brave souls made it round Oliva Nova. Some great golf was played considering the conditions. There was only one guest, Brett Duminy, who was welcomed

by Captain David O’Connor.

The course was in magnificent condition, considering there has been little or no rain for almost two months, with the greens almost perfect.

The results of the Texas Pairs Competition were as follows: Division one: 1st Place was Ian Robertson and Peter Brown with 63 net off a joint net handicap of 14.

2nd Place was John Guest and Paul Trigwell with 65 off a joint net handicap of nine.

3rd Place was Nigel Siddall and Rob Westlands with 65 off a joint net handicap

of 10.

There were four two’s, one by Ian Robertson, and the others by Mike Cuerden, Brett Duminy and David Blakeley.

The ‘Balls in the Water’ prize was not won, as there were only 76 balls in the water which is very low for Pego. Nobody guessed correctly, so it will roll over.

‘Nearest the hole’ at hole 3 with their tee shot was David Blakeley with 1.08 metres, and at hole 16, the closest was Brett Duminy with 1.63 metres.

In the match play Plate quarter finals, Mike Cuerden beat Danny Herron by 4/3 and in the other quarter final Malcolm Cannon beat David Collins by 3/2.

If any member or guest would like to play with the Pego Golf Society please contact secretary Penny Barden directly on pegosecretary@gmail.com or enter through the website www.pegogolfsoci ety.com. A warm welcome awaits you.

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Great Britain, Pakistan and a Swede: a great winning trio!

Tony Matthews International Sports A former player and now the world’s most prolific author of football books with almost 150 published since 1975, Tony is also the sports correspondent for Spectrum Radio and lives on La Pilica in the Sierra Cabrera Mountains overlooking Turre.

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FOR sports lovers everywhere, last weekend was terrific with some great competitions, brilliant performances and achievements and excitement aplenty.

GOLF - Sweden’s Henrik Stenson won his first ever major title by carding a record overall score of 264 (20 under par) to win the 145th Open Championship at Troon.

The ‘Golfer of the Year’ beat American Phil Mickelson by three shots with two more Americans, JB Holmes and Steve Stricker third and fourth.

Rory McIlroy, the best placed Brit, was fifth. And despite some horrendous weather at times, over 180,000 spectators

attended the four day event.

• Next week it’s the 98th PGA competition from New Jersey (July 28-31).

FOOTBALL - After suffering a humiliating 1-0 defeat against Gibraltar’s part-timers Lincoln Red Imps, in the first leg of their Champions League qualifying tie, Celtic (hopefully) turned things around at Parkhead in last night’s return leg.

Elsewhere, Welsh nonLeague club New Saints battled hard and long before losing over two legs to the Cypriot champions, Apoel Nicosia.

• England’s youngsters are doing well in the U19 European Championship. They’ve already defeated Holland and France (both by 2-1); they play Croatia this week and face Spain on July 27.

• Coming up soon (from July 26) we have the international Champions League competition featuring AC Milan, Barcelona, Celtic, Chelsea,

Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester City, PSG and Real Madrid.

• Dutch striker Vincent Janssen has joined Tottenham Hotspur for £17m from AZ Alkmaar and Chelsea have signed N’Golo Kanté from Leicester for £30m. Could Riyad Mahrez join him at the Bridge?

• A Chinese consortium is set to take over West Bromwich Albion for £150m. We’ll wait and see!

• And Cristiano Ronaldo has donated his Euro 2016 Championship winning bonus of €275,000 to two children’s cancer foundations. Top man.

CRICKET - Pakistan won the first Test by 75 runs, their first victory over England at Lords for 30 years. Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq (aged 42) scored a century in his first innings but got a duck in the second. England seam bowler Chris Woakes took 6-70 and 532 (alas to no avail) while Yasir Shah claimed 10 wickets (six

and four) for the winners. Also Stuart Broad grabbed his 350th Test wicket.

• The second Test starts tomorrow at Old Trafford.

TOUR DE FRANCE There was carnage towards the end of the Bastille Day stage when yellow jersey leader Chris Froome and other riders, a camera-crew car and police motorcycle were involved in a crash. Everyone involved escaped serious injury. The following day, several mindless, brainless seemingly French yobos (that’s what they are) threw objects and even a flare at riders as they sped by.

• Meanwhile, Mark Cavendish has won four stages so far. His overall tally is 30, just four behind all-time stagewinner Eddy Merckx. Froome started the final week with a lead of one minute, 47 seconds over Bauke Mollema with GB’s Adam Yates a distant third. The race ends on the Champs Elysees in Paris on

Sunday.

• Spain’s Alberto Contador has quit the race through illness.

FORMULA ONE - This weekend it’s the Hungarian Grand Prix from Budapest where Lewis Hamilton will be chasing two wins in succession following his victory at Silverstone a fortnight ago. The World champion is just one point behind Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg in the race for the 2016 driver’s title.

TENNIS - Last weekend holders Great Britain (without Andy Murray but with Kyle Edmund outstanding) beat Serbia (minus Novak Djokovic) 31 to reach the semi-final of the Davis Cup. They now face Argentina at home in September for a place in the final.

HORSE RACING - Jockey Frankie Dettori is chasing down 3,000 flat race winners. He rode his first - Lizzy Hare - at Goodwood in June 1987 and would love to reach the milestone at

the same course later this month. And Barry Geraghty will be out of the saddle for up to six weeks after breaking an arm.

OLYMPIC GAMES - Runner Jo Pavey, 42, will be the oldest British athlete in Rio. It will be her fifth Olympic Games. Jessica Ennis-Hill, 30, Mo Farah, 33, Christine Ohuruogu, 32 and Greg Rutherford, 29, are also in the 80-strong GB athletics team.

Following the withdrawal by top golfers, three tennis stars will not go to Rio due to the Zika virus. They are Tomas Berdych, Milos Raonic and Simona Halep. More could follow.

The games take place from August 5-21, followed by the Paralympics from September 718.

BOXING - Multiple world champion Manny Pacquiao may come out of retirement to have one more fight before the end of the year.