Euro Weekly News - Axarquia 1 - 7 September 2016 Issue 1626 by Euro Weekly News Media S.A.

ISSUE NO. 1626

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Night rescue saves hikers

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Goodness gracious THIEVES, using plastic explosives to blow up cash machines, struck for a third time and although nobody has been

injured the damage caused in the latest attack in La Cala de Moral is extensive, say police. See page 4

Wild wonders AXARQUIA residents have envious access to one of Europeâ€™s most fantastic expanses of natural parks and wildlife reserves leading to calls to help protect rural communities throughout the region. See page 6

Shocked swimmers NERJA bathers were given a nasty surprise when they discovered a huge jellyfish and dead dolphin washed up on El

Playazo beach. A Malaga aquarium is now on the investigative trail. See page 7

Beer & bratwursts OKTOBERFEST will be done Torrox-style this year as the spectacular German festival gets set to blend German and Spanish cultures and flavours in Axarquia later this month. See page 13

Scooter shenanigans By John Smith and Simon Firth One of the largest group rescues ever undertaken by the emergency services took place in the Tejeda natural park when 45 hikers, among them a number of small children, failed to return to their base. The alarm was raised when the walkers, who had planned to trek along the upper reaches of the Rio Hi-

gueron, became disorientated and wandered off the trail. They had apparently crossed the river at some stage on Saturday 27 August but then deviated from the established route. When they tried to return they found themselves in a ditch and in the dark they were unable to get back onto the proper pathways. A call came into the Andalucia emergency 112 line

shortly before 11pm saying the group had not returned. Officers from the local police of Frigiliana, along with search and rescue experts from the Guardia Civil and firefighters from Nerja and the Nerja Civil Protection Service were mobilised. The route to the stranded group is thought to have taken nearly two hours. When they found the hikers they were checked for any injuries before the ope-

ration began to lead them to safety. The successful rescue ended with the authorities revealing nobody needed treatment in hospital.

THE third Axarquia Vespa Rally gets under way this weekend as more than 100 scooters prepare to do battle

over an exhilarating 60km tour across Saturday and Sunday. See page 14

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Civil war deaths remembered NERJA’S Sala Mercado exhibition hall is hosting an exhibition highlighting the plight of those who took part in the Almeria road exodus during the Spanish Civil War. The mass flight of hundreds of thousands of refugees during the siege of Malaga is thought to have seen at least 5,000 people killed by Francoist and other

forces. The exhibition contains documents, photographs, and audiovisual records from 14 public archives and five private collections. Among the documents are the logbook of the Cruiser Canarias and documents listing military operations in Malaga Province. The exhibition will run until 15 September.

Tobacco smuggler arrested on the A-7 THE Guardia Civil have arrested a Portuguese man in Cajiz for transporting smuggled tobacco. The man was driving a van on the A-7, when he committed a traffic violation and was stopped. Guardia officers noticed the walls of the van were false. When officers pulled away the lining they found 18,000 packets of illegally imported tobacco.

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FLIPPER END: Dead dolphins are not uncommon at this time of year.

Dolphins dead on beaches By Matt Ford FOUR dead dolphins have washed up on Malaga’s beaches over the past week. The latest appeared on Los Rubios de Torre de Benagalbon beach. Since Thursday, August 25, individuals have been recovered from Mezquitilla-Lagos in Velez-Malaga, plus Baños del Carmen and La Araña in Malaga City.

Juan Jose Castillo, a veterinarian at the Aula del Mar Museum, says the deaths are not unusual for the time of year. Many female dolphins wean their calves in August and September, which can cause an increase in the number of juveniles dying. Around 40 to 80 of the cetaceans will die along the Costa del Sol every year. Dolphin numbers have declined drasti-

cally in the Mediterranean, with thousands wiped out during viral infections which struck between 1990-92 and 20072008. Recent mass die-offs are thought to have been caused by an immunity decrease resulting from the population’s increased exposure to environmental pollutants and heavy metals ingested from contaminated fish.

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European Press 16

Finance 17 - 22

Stocks 18

Leapy Lee 23

Daily TV 24, 26, 28

FRAGMENT: The spectacle was produced by a comet shard. By Matt Ford

Letters 29

Time Out 30 - 31

Health & Beauty 34

Social Scene 35

Property 37

Homes & Gardens 39

Pets 40

Services 42 - 44

Classifieds 45

Motoring 46

Sport 47 - 48

A SPECTACULAR fireball flashed across southern Spanish skies in the early hours of Tuesday, August 31. The blazing pulse of light proceeded rap id ly in a n o rth w ards dire c tion,

eventually fizzling out nearly 40km above Malaga Province. Caused by the rapid disintegration of a comet fragment as it entered the earth’s atmosphere, the incandescent phenomenon is not uncommon at this time of year.

Entering from the heavens at a speed of around 130,000 kilometres per hour, the met eor was vi si bl e t hr oughout Malaga’s coastline. The event was captured on video by observatories operating in Almeria, Granada, Huelva and Sevilla.

Remembering the past VERY little remains of the castle that once stood at Torre del Mar, but the council has now installed a commemorative plaque at the site.

Located in Plaza de la Axarquia, the plaque commemorates the order to rebuild the castle that defended the coast, given in 1730.

The mayor’s Lieutenant for Torre del Mar, Jesus Perez Atencia, stressed the importance of retaining and commemorating the heritage of

the town. “It has always been my personal commitment to recover the symbols of our heritage as a people, and this is one of them,” he said.

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Enquiries into mystery death By Matt Ford NATIONAL POLICE are working to determine the identity of a man whose body was unearthed in scrubland close to calles Enlace and Mundo Nuevo in Malaga City.

The corpse, said to be in an advanced state of decomposition, was discovered by a local resident who was out walking on the afternoon of Tuesday August 30. Patrols from the Local and National Police conducted a thorough sweep of the immediate area.

The cadaver was then transferred to the Grupo ASV funeral installation in anticipation of an autopsy. Police suspect the body had been lying on the plot of land, which is out of bounds to the general public, for several days prior to being discovered.

Injured hiker rescued from famous trail

Blue flag awarded

A HIKER had to be rescued from the depths of the Rio Chillar after falling and injuring his leg. The emergency services were alerted to the incident which took place north of the hydro electric plant in an area that can only be reached on foot. The 54-year-old walker was stretchered to a waiting 4x4 and taken to the Nerja Health Centre. The route is not considered dangerous, but hikers have to negotiate both wet rocks and partially submerged routes along the way.

THE Marina Del Este, in AlmuĂąecar, has become one of only 16 in Andalucia to be awarded a blue flag in 2016. It is also the only one in Granada Province to receive the award. This year marks the 30th anniversary since the launch of the scheme, which has award criteria based on water quality, services, and sustainability.

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Drug run stopped

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Wildlife wonderland By Matt Ford

NINETEEN Polish nationals were arrested and charged with crimes relating to the use of sailboats to traffic drugs, with Almuñecar as their base of operations. The multinational operation involved the Guardia Civil, the Border Guard, Italy’s Guardia di Finanza, the Gibraltar Customs Police, the Central Investigation Bureau of Poland, and Britain’s National Crime Agency. Seven searches were carried out on homes and boats. Officers found 3,300kg of hash and seized a boat, two cars, a motorcycle, two satellite phones and 20,000 euros in cash. One of the people arrested is believed to be the head of one of the largest criminal groups in Poland, and is suspected of crimes ranging from murder to robbery and extortion. The gang brought drugs from Morocco into Europe, where they would be taken to countries including Poland, the UK, Sweden, Germany and Ukraine. The gang’s leader is thought to have been living in a rented home in Malaga Province, around 150km from Almuñecar.

THE area covered by the Network of Protected Spaces in Andalucia (RENPA), has been modified substantially in recent months, particularly following an expansion of Doñana National Park. In addition, the EU wide Natura 2000 network of core breeding and resting sites for rare and threatened species, has also been consolidated with the delineation of 142 new ZEC’s (Special Conservation Zones). Incredibly, the expansions mean that a third of Spain’s protected natural areas are now located in Andalucia, which has more such spaces than any other part of the country, and also beats Slovenia, Cyprus, Luxembourg, and Malta. The regional government believes this is an opportunity to increase the ecotourism sector and provide more ‘green’ jobs throughout An-

IBERIAN LYNX: One of the species to benefit. dalucia, while increasing the income of rural communities. Any increase in the number of tourists visiting protected areas must be accompanied by a strong plan to maintain the natural values

and extraordinary biological diversity of the region, said a spokesman from the Environmental Ministry. RENPA comprises protected spaces of highly variable size and with different levels of legislation govern-

ing their use, including national parks, nature parks, suburban parks, nature reserves, protected landscapes and natural monuments. Some of the areas are also protected under rules defined in the European Union’s

Habitats and Birds Directives, or other international agreements, such as biosphere reserves, RAMSAR wetland sites, Specially Protected Zones of Mediterranean Importance and World Heritage sites.

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A heated row over low water supplies By Joe Chivers THE ongoing water shortage has led two regions of Andalucia to request the construction of ‘water highways’ from Rules Dam. Construction of a pipeline from Rules to the Granada coast is about to start, but the two neighbouring provinces

now say they should also be considered for pipelines. This has caused some anger among officials in the Granada Province, where water levels have been a topic of heated political debate. A spokeswoman for the PP in Motril recently said, “taking this water would be an insult to farmers in Granada.”

Hammering into the past THE Museo de Nerja has added an important item to its collections this week, the hammer used to first gain access to the Nerja caves. The hammer was used to break through into the cavern called the Hall of the Waterfall, in 1959. The caves were discovered by five friends, four of whom were present for the hammer’s presentation to the museum.

Representatives from the associated groups in Malaga and Almeria have been trying to calm feelings of enmity. The coordinator for Aquas de la Axarquia, Alejandro Clavero, said they needed sufficient infrastructure ‘so there can be water for everyone.’ The Junta de Andalucia is studying the request.

Grim discoveries on Axarquia beaches A LARGE jellyfish and a dead dolphin have washed up on Axarquia’s beaches over the last few days. The jellyfish, discovered on Nerja’s El Playazo beach on Sunday, gave swimmers a shock, but Juan Jesus Marin, from the Aula del Mar Aquarium in Malaga stated, “despite their large size, they are harmless, and most do not sting.” The dead dolphin was found in Mezquitilla Lagos, Velez-Malaga on Thursday. It was removed and there will be an autopsy held on its remains.

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Scandal of winter fuel allowance By Matthew Elliott BRITISH pensioners living in Spain who had their Winter Fuel Payment stopped by the UK government will be furious to hear that the methodology used by the Department of Work and Pensions was fundamentally flawed. The DWP previously attempted to deflect anger over the drastic measures, which affected upwards of 100,000 British expats across the continent, by claiming that it was “overly complex” and “prohibitively expensive” to base the threshold on more advanced temperature data than simple national averages. It has now emerged the DWP did in fact have access to data which would have radically changed how they defined who is entitled to the allowance which, at up to £300 (€350), can make a big difference over a long winter. The bizarre system currently in place measures the average temperature of the country in which claimants live, leading to outrageous outcomes. Spain is deemed too hot on the grounds that the average winter temperature is

5.6 degrees warmer than Britain’s warmest region, neglecting the fact that housing is simply not designed for the cold. Meanwhile average temperatures in France include exotic Caribbean and African territories, leaving British pensioners living in the Alps in the absurd position of being considered in a place too hot for help. Published on the Euro Weekly News website, this story has naturally led to a strong response from our readers, with many pointing out the absurdity of the situation and the fact that pensions are not ‘handout’ in the mould of other government payments, but are rather the deserved result of a lifetime of taxes paid. Others have argued that if someone can afford to live in Spain over the winter, then they should be omitted from the fuel allowance, and that UK residents should come first. Whatever your take it’s clear the current system is woefully inadequate and, together with the exclusion of many British expats from the Brexit vote, shows that expatriate interests are clearly not being represented .

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RENOVATION PROJECT: The Ermita de Nuestra Senora de las Angustias.

Budget approved and earmarked By Joe Chivers NERJA’S 2016 municipal budget was approved in a meeting on Thursday, with all parties approving the plans, apart from the Popular Party, who abstained. The total budget came to 27,465,787.12 euros, of which over five million euros has been allocated to investments in the area.

Of this sum, 600,000 euros will be spent on upgrading the town hall’s computer systems, and 180,000 euros will be spent on renovating the Ermita de Nuestra Senora de las Angustias church in the centre of town. Municipal staff will also see improved working conditions as part of the investment budget, with cleaning services receiving 847,000 euros for expansion and improvements.

A helping hand THE Red Cross in Torrox has started a campaign to collect school supplies for low-income families in the area. The campaign, which is seeking donations such as pens, pencils and other essential items, has given families until Thursday September 15 to register for the aid. A donation box can be found at the town’s Red Cross headquarters in the Bloque Almedina. The supplies will be delivered to needy families from Monday September 19 to Thursday September 29.

No footie WEATHER problems in Melilla have prevented Velez-Malaga football club from kicking off their football season. Work to their home stadium means delays for upcoming matches also.

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Italian people are in our thoughts MOTRIL Town Hall has expressed solidarity with the Italian people following the

6.2 magnitude earthquake which struck the centre of the country.

Death toll for disaster currently stands at 290. The death toll for the disaster currently stands at 290. Councillors also expressed their condolences to the family of 27-year-old Ana Huete, from Viznar, near Granada, who died in the quake.

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Boost for the economy with a new business By Joe Chivers THE mayor of Velez-Malaga, Antonio Moreno Ferrer, has signed off on a land purchase by the Pinchomania company at the area’s food technology park. The park, located in El Trapiche, is part of local government’s attempts to consolidate employment and boost local investment. Pinchomania specialises in making, distributing, and selling products made from seafood and smoked fish. The councillor for the food technology park, Maria Santana, welcomed the development. “This is great news for the municipality, a business operating in many markets which they have fully demonstrated in their 20-year history.”

FOOD PARK: Signing off on a new tenant. She went on to say that Pinchomania “have been looking at different locations, and have finally decided to set up in the food technology park, as they can see the excellent conditions and important development

that is being experienced this year.” The firm, based in Malaga, plan to build a facility where fish products will be made, salted, and smoked. The total cost of the plot was in excess

of 612,500 euros. Currently, only two other companies are using the park, Avomix, a company making sauces and fruit juices, and Embasur which makes containers for various foods.

Giving the gift of vision to those in need THE Nerja branch of Lions Club International is collecting old pairs of glasses to be donated to developing countries. The club has aided those with sight problems since blind American author, Helen Keller, challenged the organisation to become ‘knights of the blind in

the crusade against darkness’, in 1925. The club is urging potential donors to ask their friends and neighbours to help out, and to dig out any old unused pairs. The glasses donated in southern Spain will be sent to an eye hospital in Alicante, where they will be cleaned and recalibrated before being shipped to devel-

oping countries. The campaign’s collection points in Nerja can be found in Clinica St. Cecilia, 46 Calle Los Huertos, and Cudeca Charity Shop, 15 Calle Almirante, Carranza. Another collection point is available at Mini Market PAKY, 9 Calle San Miguel, in Maro.

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German festival By Joe Chivers TORROX is well-known for its large German population who are planning to celebrate Oktoberfest in style. The festival, to be held from Friday September 16, will aim to blend German and Spanish cultures. Axarquian craft beer will be promoted throughout the festival, with entertainment including live music on offer. The festival will have at least 60 different stands with different foods, drinks and activities at each. Mayor Oscar Medina said, “Torrox faces two important developments: the

PARTY TIME: Plenty on offer at this boozy fiesta. first is to situate celebrations in the heart of the German community, in Avenida Esperanto, near Urbanizacion Bau Hoffman, which became home to thousands

of German citizens in the 1970s. The second is the creation of a space for craft beer, a quality sector with deep roots in the Axarquia,”

Woman cat burglar is arrested A WOMAN has been arrested in Almuñecar and charged with burgling a hostel, and a house, while the occupants were asleep. The 30-year-old is thought to have climbed through a window of the hos-

tel at about 2:30am and then stolen a bag. But the owner of the bag was woken by the noise and saw the woman jump from the window down to the street below. Two hours later she is

thought to have broken into a flat on C a lle Los C la ve le s . Polic e s a id a briefcase containing a laptop and a tablet were stolen. The woman was charged after the Guardia linked the two burglaries.

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La Dolce Vita comes to the coast VELEZ-MALAGA is to be the first stop for the third Axarquia Vespa Rally from Saturday September 3 to Sunday September 4. There are expected to be around 100 scooters attending the event, which is being organised by Vespa Club Axarquia. The riders will meet in Velez-Malaga before taking in a 60km tour, passing through the towns of Benamargosa, Cutar, El Borge, Almachar and Moclinejo. The riders will be accompanied by police and civil protection throughout. Councillor for Fairs and Festivals, Sergio Hijano, said the event was open to all, inviting “all those who have this type of motorcycle to participate in this third edition.” He added that residents should “take to the streets to view the spectacle.” Registration is open from Wednesday, August 31, and costs €20. Riders of Lambrettas are also welcome to take part. On Saturday, the riders will meet at the Parque Andalucia in Velez-Malaga at 7:30pm, before riding a short route across the town, ending at a tapas bar. The lengthier jaunt starts at 10:30am the following day, with a prize draw being held at 4pm.

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TENNIS TOURNAMENT: The champions will go on to the contest the national championships. By Joe Chivers MORE than 40 people took part in the sixth Open City of Motril beach

doubles tennis tournament. The men’s competition was won by Javier Aznar and David Calero, with Belen Calero and Arantxa

Pareja securing victory in the women’s category. The tournament is held as part of the Andalucian Beach Tennis cir-

Emergency upgrade work THE mayor of Velez-Malaga, Antonio Moreno Ferrer, has signed a contract for works to link the regional hospital to Avenida Juan Carlos I. The mayor’s lieutenants from Torre Del Mar, Jesus Perez Atencia, and Caleta de Velez, David Vilches, counter-signed the contract. The

works have been apportioned a budget of €943,558, and are expected to take five months to complete. The mayor also signed a contract for the second phase of works on Calle Princesa, where works on infrastructure and public services will be carried out.

cuit, whose champions will go on to contest the national championships, to be held in Mallorca. “It is a sport full of showmanship that has become established in Motril and is gaining more and more followers,” said councillor Gloria Chica. She went on to praise improvements to the town’s sports facilities, saying they allow spectators “to enjoy simultaneous matches, which has generated a spectacular atmosphere at each one.”

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Arsonist caught SWEDEN: Malmö police have arrested a car arsonist caught in the act. The man is accused of being involved in at least 70 car fires this summer in the Malmö area.

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Pregnant attack A PREGNANT woman had to be induced after she was attacked by a robber in East London who punched and stole her phone. Her son was in critical care unit for a w e e k a n d n o w suffe rs from seizures as a result of the attack.

BRITISH PRESS INDUCED BABY: Suffers seizures.

Breast case

Warm weather tragedy THREE people, including two children, died on the hottest day of the year so far after being pulled from the water in Camber Sands, East Sussex.

By-election candidate FORMER soap star Tracy Brabin may put her name forward to stand for Labour in the by-election for Batley and Spen, following the death of MP Jo Cox who was stabbed in West Yorkshire in June.

S W E DE N: T h e c a s e against an ice hockey player accuse d o f g r o p i n g a woman at a night club has been dropped. The investigator sa i d t h e r e wa s n o proof a n d a d d e d t h a t th e w oman h a d ‘ g i g a n tic breasts’ so it wasn’t hard to brush-up against them.

SWEDEN’S high-speed trains are the worst in Europe fo r p u n c t u a l i t y a n d among t h e wo r st i n t e rn a tionally. Between 2008-15 only 66 per cent of trains on the Stockholm-Gothenburg and St o c k h o l m - Malmö routes arrived within five minutes of their intended times.

NORWAY: Last year asylum centres reported five unaccompanied minors they believed were being exploited for prostitution or other sexual se r v i c e s. Ju st o n e such re p o r t wa s m a d e in 2014.

Fish attack A GIANT catfish attacked a woman swimming in a lake in south-eastern Bavaria. From the size of the bite in her leg, experts say the fish was around two metres in length.

President’s passing FORMER West German president Walter Scheel, has died aged 97. The President paid tribute to Scheel, who he said “helped shape the destiny of our country for many years in a special way.”

Hi-tech bridge

Stockpile scaremongering GERMANY has launched its first civil defence strategy since the end of the Cold War and has advised citizens to stockpile food and water in case of terrorist or cyber attacks. Critics have accused the government of scaremongering.

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GERMANY’S first ‘intelligent’ bridge is set to open in Nuremberg with technology never before seen on the Autobahn. Sensors built into the bridge will analyse data such as the strain, movements, humidity and pressure from the vehicles.

Late arrivals

NORWAY: Prime Minister Ern a So l b e rg t o o k a break from her official duties in Bratislava to hunt for Pokemon in the Slovak capital’s old town. The 55 yearold took advantage of some free time to play the popular Pokemon Go.

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UNFIT TO FLY: Pilot would have put lots of people at risk.

Under the influence A DUTCH pilot, aged 64, has been arrested at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport for having too much alcohol in his blood as he was about to fly a plane to Turkey. Pilots are banned from consuming alcohol for 10 hours before the beginning of a flight.

Rental rates RENTAL property in Amsterdam is 70 per cent more expensive than similar homes in other parts of the country. The average price of a free

DUTCH PRESS sector property is almost €1,500 a month in the capital.

Voluntary redundancy AROUND 25 per cent of staff, some 6,900 people, at the Tax Of-

fice have expressed an interest in the voluntary redundancy package being offered by the tax office Leavers have been offered €75,000 or a year’s salary if higher.

Crash injuries TEN people were injured after a freight train crashed into a bus in Osnabruck which had stopped to let people on and off, but still had its rear end on the tracks.

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Royal celebration

BRITAIN has deported a Polish national to the Netherlands who was responsible for a fatal car accident in 2013 in Limburg so he can serve his jail term. He was arrested in the UK where he was doing seasonal work.

PRINCE WILLIAM has been in Desseldorf to celebrate 70 years since the British military founded the state of North Rhine-Westphalia while Allied forces occupied Germany after the Second World War.

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Airline profits up and down By John Smith INTERNATIONAL airlines are seeing a mixed bag of profits with some finding 2016 a very good year and others having to reduce their forecasts quite considerably. In the past month, Cathay Pacific, a one-time major player in the Asian market, has admitted it has been hit with an almost unbelievable drop in profits of 82

is the latest profit announced by Australian airline Qantas, slightly below industry forecasts.

per cent in the first six months of the

ANTONIO HORTA-OSORIO: Lloyds Bank CEO.

Black Horse, red face PORTUGUESE born Antonio Horta-Osorio, CEO of Lloyds Bank, still part owned by the taxpayer following its bailout by the government, was photographed by a reporter with a former adviser to Tony Blair whilst on a business trip to Singapore, inferring the couple were having an affair. The former CEO of Santander UK is married with three children and always promotes he and the bank, which he has run for five years, were beyond reproach. So allegations in a tabloid newspaper, which infer expenditure on ho-

year. This is due to a combination of fierce local competition and the stuttering Chinese economy with profits down to $45.5 million (€40.3 million). Others to issue profit warnings are German airline Lufthansa which blames the general economic climate and attacks in Europe which has reduced the number of long-haul passengers and both IAG which owns Aer Lingus, BA, Iberia and Vueling and easyJet.

Jimmy Choo is in prime position to continue its growth momentum with its multi-pronged focus on e-commerce and conversion of retail outlets to new concept stores.” Sandra Choi, creative director of Jimmy Choo.

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tel accommodation of £4,000 (€4,700) was partially run up due to his extra-marital relationship, has caused considerable embarrassment. He therefore went to the trouble of emailing 75,000 staff at Lloyds Bank to explain his position, stating his personal life is private, he has personally paid for all his own expenses, apologising for the bad publicity and assuring staff he was as committed as ever to running the Bank. AHO as he is known earned in excess of £11.5 million (€13.5 million) in 2015.

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Spanish pork exports SPAIN is finding new markets to sell pork after a decision to ban import of Spanish pork into Russia. Asia, and China in particular, are becoming major importers of meat from Aragon meaning the price is starting to rise again. Spain has also become only the second nation in the EU to be allowed to export fresh pork to Mexico, but producers are proceeding carefully, as Canada and the USA have been the main suppliers up to now and are not so heavily regulated with regards to the use of drugs and hormones.

Volkswagen end dispute VOLKSWAGEN GROUP have settled a wrangle with two suppliers of gearbox parts and seats which put production of Golf and Passat cars on hold and the jobs of more than 27,000 workers in jeopardy. It’s over compensation claims from two German suppliers for a cancelled contract they said adversely affected their businesses. After negotiations, both agreed to supply VW again.

Uncle Sam is upset at the EC WHILST it would appear that the proposed Transatlantic Trade Pact will be scuppered by France or a combination of other EU members, a complaint from the US Treasury perhaps gives warning to a post-Brexit Britain of the potential danger in signing up to the TTIP.

€315 million is the sum raised by technically bankrupt industrial giant Abengoa from the sale of five ethanol plants in the USA.

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The Americans have expressed disappointment the EC is investigating US corporations such as Apple, Google and Starbucks, accusing them of improperly avoiding payment of taxes by use of loopholes. In most cases, those approached have entered into agreements to pay additional taxes.

In complete contrast however, Australian carrier Qantas has seen its profits double allowing it to make its first dividend payment to shareholders since 2009 and to pay a bonus to staff of $A3,000 (€2,000). In 2014 it announced record losses but has achieved this turn around by cutting capacity and staffing as well as enjoying a major benefit from the drop in fuel prices.

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Spanish growth ALMOST despite itself, the Spanish economy in real terms continues to see growth albeit not enormous in GDP according to the National Statistics Institute (INE) which has announced that the economy grew by 0.8 per cent in the second quarter of 2016. It’s not all good news as overall growth has slowed down but any rise is considered positive and the growth is thanks in part to relatively stable household consumption bolstered by the fact that unemployment continues downwards with nearly 500,000 new jobs created in the past 12 months.

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PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) COMPANY Anglo American 865.50 7.00 Associated British Foods 2,955.00 5.00 Admiral Group 1,887.00 -157.00 Ashtead Group 1,127.50 -127.50 Antofagasta 526.75 -14.75 ARM Holdings 1,444.00 -243.00 Aviva 418.75 0.05 AstraZeneca 5,035.00 80.00 BAE Systems 533.50 -7.00 Babcock International Group 1,035.00 2.00 Barclays 163.50 -2.50 British American Tobacco 4,822.00 12.00 Barratt Developments 496.00 -3.10 Berkeley Group Holdings 2,700.00 40.00 British Land Co 661.25 1.25 BHP Billiton 1,065.00 -15.00 Bunzl 2,420.00 34.78 BP 433.85 -1.00 Burberry Group 1,335.00 15.00 BT Group 395.00 0.20 Coca-Cola HBC 1,677.50 -14.50 Carnival 3,620.00 -17.00 Centrica 236.05 0.25 Compass Group 1,464.50 5.50 Capita Group (The) 1,050.00 -1.00 CRH 2,420.50 -119.50 Dixons Carphone 360.00 -11.40 DCC 7,005.00 14.37 Diageo 2,145.00 -6.50 Direct Line Insurance Group 353.40 -13.40 Experian 1,514.00 -7.00 easyJet 1,107.50 6.50 Fresnillo 1,769.00 -21.00 GKN 308.00 -1.30 Glencore 185.00 5.73 GlaxoSmithKline 1,652.50 3.00 Hikma Pharmaceuticals 2,183.50 -7.65 Hargreaves Lansdown 1,334.00 1.87 Hammerson 577.50 5.00 HSBC Holdings 543.00 -3.90 International Consolidated Airs 393.45 1.45 InterContinental Hotels Grp 3,310.00 10.00 3i Group 611.50 -1.50 Imperial Brands 4,022.50 25.50 Informa 711.00 -3.06 Intu Properties 314.20 -1.59 Intertek Group 3,580.50 29.50 ITV 203.55 1.75 Johnson Matthey 3,301.00 -4.00 Kingfisher 362.00 -8.20

% CHG. NET VOL 0.82 11,773.16 0.17 23,370.22 -7.68 5,814.17 -10.16 6,327.03 -2.72 5,195.47 -14.40 23,774.15 0.01 16,913.10 1.61 63,364.19 -1.30 16,762.95 0.19 5,188.18 -1.51 27,777.07 0.25 89,781.43 -0.62 4,964.36 1.50 3,705.29 0.19 6,798.50 -1.39 22,113.39 1.46 7,995.24 -0.23 80,557.83 1.14 5,932.35 0.05 39,262.15 -0.86 6,113.71 -0.47 7,840.04 0.11 11,991.71 0.38 24,001.02 -0.10 6,938.57 -4.70 20,928.31 -3.07 4,309.92 0.21 6,187.94 -0.30 54,097.08 -3.65 5,038.00 -0.46 14,493.54 0.59 4,385.18 -1.17 12,939.85 -0.42 5,292.98 3.20 25,802.57 0.18 80,513.29 -0.36 5,146.79 0.14 6,308.44 0.87 4,502.64 -0.71 107,127.79 0.37 7,981.64 0.30 7,809.84 -0.24 5,962.42 0.64 38,693.57 -0.43 4,639.93 -0.50 4,251.90 0.83 5,758.28 0.87 8,163.53 -0.12 6,373.06 -2.22 8,472.14

COMPANY PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) Land Securities Group 1,095.00 2.00 Legal & General Group 209.75 2.45 Lloyds Banking Group ORD 58.00 -0.01 London Stock Exchange 2,770.00 -10.00 Mediclinic International 1,040.00 4.54 Merlin Entertainments 483.50 1.80 Marks & Spencer Group 342.45 -2.55 Mondi 1,600.00 3.00 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 198.55 0.35 National Grid 1,070.00 -4.50 Next 5,550.00 30.00 Old Mutual Group 197.60 -0.12 Provident Financial 3,012.00 25.73 Paddy Power Betfair 9,620.00 69.13 Prudential 1,367.50 14.00 Persimmon 1,774.50 -108.50 Pearson 863.00 -2.50 Reckitt Benckiser Group 7,480.00 45.00 Royal Bank of Scotland Group 194.30 -2.40 Royal Dutch Shell 1,885.00 -10.50 Royal Dutch Shell 1,960.00 -12.50 RELX 1,450.00 5.00 Rio Tinto 2,450.00 -17.50 Royal Mail 520.50 0.50 Rolls-Royce Group 778.50 -6.00 Randgold Resources 7,677.50 67.20 RSA Insurance Group 503.50 3.50 SABMiller 4,370.00 -12.00 Sainsbury (J) 242.00 0.50 Schroders 2,745.00 -10.00 Sage Group (The) 729.00 7.43 Shire 4,875.00 25.00 Sky 869.50 1.00 Standard Life 356.50 2.80 Smiths Group 1,350.00 10.00 Smith & Nephew 1,225.00 1.00 SSE 1,520.00 0.69 Standard Chartered 620.00 -2.90 St James's Place 925.00 -36.00 Severn Trent 2,415.00 4.78 Travis Perkins 1,660.00 -40.00 Tesco 164.00 0.50 TUI AG 997.00 -47.00 Taylor Wimpey 163.50 -0.70 Unilever 3,545.00 -24.00 United Utilities Group 981.00 -0.50 Vodafone Group 234.00 0.95 Wolseley 4,317.50 -12.50 Worldpay Group 300.00 0.40 WPP Group 1,797.50 1.50 Whitbread 4,162.50 -34.50

% CHG. 0.18 1.18 -0.02 -0.36 0.44 0.37 -0.74 0.19 0.18 -0.42 0.54 -0.06 0.86 0.72 1.03 -5.76 -0.29 0.61 -1.22 -0.55 -0.63 0.35 -0.71 0.10 -0.76 0.88 0.70 -0.27 0.21 -0.36 1.03 0.52 0.12 0.79 0.75 0.08 0.05 -0.47 -3.75 0.20 -2.35 0.31 -4.50 -0.43 -0.67 -0.05 0.41 -0.29 0.13 0.08 -0.82

NET VOL 8,657.83 12,326.41 41,660.85 9,762.20 7,586.24 4,840.40 5,630.07 7,696.03 4,639.98 40,258.68 8,308.94 9,743.93 4,400.26 8,007.25 35,001.29 5,786.56 7,082.44 52,528.27 22,797.43 80,248.39 72,962.08 15,912.87 32,835.24 5,200.00 14,231.57 7,124.54 5,103.86 70,855.15 4,665.16 6,204.32 7,787.38 29,079.73 15,007.02 6,992.28 5,294.58 10,998.69 15,294.93 20,233.86 5,064.52 5,668.51 4,203.90 13,355.48 6,061.48 5,357.13 45,684.74 6,662.05 61,655.72 10,927.67 5,954.00 23,324.53 7,599.72

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COMPANY MMM 3M AXP American Express AAPL Apple BA Boeing CAT Caterpillar CVX Chevron CSCO Cisco KO Coca-Cola DIS Disney DD E I du Pont de Nemours and Co XOM Exxon Mobil GE General Electric GS Goldman Sachs HD Home Depot IBM IBM MMM 3M AXP American Express AAPL Apple BA Boeing CAT Caterpillar CVX Chevron CSCO Cisco KO Coca-Cola DIS Disney DD E I du Pont de Nemours and Co XOM Exxon Mobil GE General Electric GS Goldman Sachs HD Home Depot IBM IBM

PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE VOLUME 179.41 -0.17 -0.09% 1.3M 64.79 -0.21 -0.32% 3.6M 106.94 -0.63 -0.59% 27.8M 132.23 -0.75 -0.56% 2.0M 82.66 -0.18 -0.22% 3.6M 101.32 -0.57 -0.56% 4.8M 31.35 +0.06 +0.19% 21.1M 43.32 -0.35 -0.80% 11.8M 95.21 -0.34 -0.36% 6.0M 69.65 -0.59 -0.84% 1.8M 87.27 -0.19 -0.22% 6.5M 31.23 +0.02 +0.06% 22.3M 165.97 +0.07 +0.04% 2.4M 134.36 -1.07 -0.79% 4.2M 158.32 -0.31 -0.20% 2.5M 179.41 -0.17 -0.09% 1.3M 64.79 -0.21 -0.32% 3.6M 106.94 -0.63 -0.59% 27.8M 132.23 -0.75 -0.56% 2.0M 82.66 -0.18 -0.22% 3.6M 101.32 -0.57 -0.56% 4.8M 31.35 +0.06 +0.19% 21.1M 43.32 -0.35 -0.80% 11.8M 95.21 -0.34 -0.36% 6.0M 69.65 -0.59 -0.84% 1.8M 87.27 -0.19 -0.22% 6.5M 31.23 +0.02 +0.06% 22.3M 165.97 +0.07 +0.04% 2.4M 134.36 -1.07 -0.79% 4.2M 158.32 -0.31 -0.20% 2.5M

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Most Advanced Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. CyberOptics Corporation Bottomline Technologies, Inc. Senomyx, Inc. Changyou.com Limited Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. Lantheus Holdings, Inc. QAD Inc. Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. Autodesk, Inc. Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

$ 9.19 $ 19.65 $ 23.39 $ 4.50 $ 23.60 $ 24.97 $ 8.25 $ 22.30 $ 15.33 $ 68.87 $ 4.69

2.12 ▲ 29.99% 2.24 ▲ 12.87% 2.57 ▲ 12.34% 0.41 ▲ 10.02% 2.12 ▲ 9.87% 2.105 ▲ 9.21% 0.63 ▲ 8.27% 1.70 ▲ 8.25% 1.16 ▲ 8.19% 5.17 ▲ 8.12% 0.31 ▲ 7.08%

$ 20.16 $ 9.24 $ 8.39 $ 13.23 $ 58.52 $ 6.19 $ 10.60 $ 13.08 $ 2.03 $ 11.05 $ 6.46

5.53 ▼ 21.53% 1.22 ▼ 11.66% 1.01 ▼ 10.74% 1.54 ▼ 10.43% 6.58 ▼ 10.11% 0.66 ▼ 9.64% 0.99 ▼ 8.54% 1.18 ▼ 8.27% 0.18 ▼ 8.14% 0.95 ▼ 7.92% 0.45 ▼ 6.51%

Most Declined Aceto Corporation Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Ferroglobe PLC Proteostasis Therapeutics, Inc. Splunk Inc. Corium International, Inc. American Software, Inc. XBiotech Inc. Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Flex Pharma, Inc. Perceptron, Inc.

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Sterling is still weak after Brexit vote Ask the expert Peter Loveday Contact me at euroweekly@currenciesdirect.com

THE UK vote to leave the EU on June 23, 2016 has weakened the pound significantly but it’s only part of the story behind Sterling weakness. On August 4, the Bank of England announced a very aggressive stimulus programme to stave off the threat of a UK recession. This caught investors by surprise, particularly as Mr Carney and his colleagues at the Bank of England (BOE) decided not to take any action in July. This new programme of measures is proving to be the driving force behind the lower value of the pound. With interest rates cut to a record low of 0.25 per cent, the ‘big deal’ for Sterling right now is the Bank is once again active and ready to flood the markets with cash. This was clearly signalled as they announced plans to restart an asset buying programme to purchase UK government debt (Gilts) by adding an additional £60 billion to the market. The huge demand created by the BOE’s bond buying programme has boosted the price of UK

STERLING SLUMP: Following the Brexit result. Gilt futures, which in turn pushed down the returns to bond holders with some short dated bond yields turning negative for the first time in their 300-year history. This dynamic could actually continue as the BOE has left the door open to further rate cuts and more quantitative easing. Hawkish BOE Monetary Policy Committee

member Ian McCafferty, wrote in The Times that further quantitative easing and interest rate cuts are also a real possibility in the future, which signals the Bank is willing to do ‘whatever it takes’ to achieve economic growth without acknowledging the negative impact these measures will have on pension pots.

Ros Altman, a former minister under David Cameron, was quick to point out the BOE stimulus has the potential to tip the UK pension industry into a funding crisis as pension funds are some of the biggest investors in gilts, and traditionally offer a relatively safe and reliable source of income. After Mr Cafferty’s article in The Times, the pound fell lower and the negative bias is set to continue as investors will surely turn their attention to data coming out of the UK. Traders will look for any weakening of the UK economic outlook. On a positive note, August’s UK manufacturing results were mixed, with industrial production better at 1.6 per cent while manufacturing production declined to 0.9 per cent. After the vote, the outlook has materially deteriorated and prompted the BOE to pre-empt an economic slowdown. A Reuters poll points to a mild recession, with the economy contracting by 0.1 per cent in the third and fourth quarter as firms hold off investment. Most of those surveyed thought that the BOE will chop rates in November, and expect fiscal stimulus in the autumn statement. Governor Mark Carney seems to be hinting monetary policy has limits and fiscal policy could prove a more effective fix.

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Photo Credit HM Government of Gibraltar.

New polymer banknote for Gibraltar By John Smith AS announced at last August’s commemoration of the birth of Sir Joshua Hassan, the Government of Gibraltar is to issue a new polymer £100 banknote featuring his image. Not only will this be the first ever legal tender £100 sterling banknote to be produced in polymer, it will also be Gibraltar’s first in this material. The note will have a smoother feel than traditional banknote paper and be more durable while staying cleaner for longer. The n e w p o l y m e r b an k n o te s have been produced by De La Rue and printed on Safeguard® substrate. The design will be similar to the existing paper banknote but with a large clear window showing a holog r a m wh i c h c a n b e s e e n from both the front and back of the note and which will be highly reflective, showing images of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the letter ‘G’ for Gibraltar. Using Advanced Image Plane holography, the hologram on the

CHIEF MINISTER: Fabian Picardo with Lady Hassan and her daughters. note will offer high levels of security against counterfeiting whilst simultaneously showcasing all the clarity, colour, movement and true d ep th ac h iev ab le on a polyme r

substrate. Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said whilst showing Lady Hassan and her two daughters: “We are proud to be issuing a £100 note

w hic h is at t he cut t i ng edge of banknote design and whose security features are second to none. De La Rue has worked closely with us to achieve this successful launch

and we are most grateful to them.” The launch of any new banknote product is both expensive and potentially catastrophic if anything goes wrong which is why manufacturers often use smaller administrations as ‘guinea pigs’ to test new materials. The loss of such a client whilst embarrassing would not be financially damaging, unlike any situation where a major central bank could cancel contracts worth millions of pounds. One of the best remembered disasters in recent years saw the hologram on a special Australia Bicentenary $10 bank note issued in 1988 fall off when the note was being demonstrated as being almost indestructible on TV. There will probably be more demand for this new Gibraltar note from collectors than those who wish to use it although as has previously been reported, certain sections of the financial community have been lobbying for the withdrawal of high value bank notes whi ch ar e popul ar wi t h m oney launderers and smugglers.

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Important changes at WhatsApp

APP ADJUSTMENTS: May alienate existing users if adverts are introduced. By John Smith PARTICULARLY popular in Spain, although it is used by many millions around the world, the WhatsApp messaging system - purchased by Facebook for $19 billion (€16.8 billion) in 2014 - saw few modifications following the acquisition, but that is about to change in two major ways. Firstly, it plans to share member ’s phone numbers with Facebook as it argues that this will help the social network provide more appropriate friend suggestions and also apparently will allow it to direct more relevant advertisements to its users. Whilst WhatsApp users may be somewhat upset by the sharing of user information and also details of how often they use the service, there is an assurance that the actual messages between WhatsApp users will remain confidential due to the oft trumpeted fact that the messages are encrypted.

For those who object to their information being shared, it will be possible to opt out provided that users follow a procedure detailed on the Whatsapp website. In order to find this information you have to enter the Legal Information section which states ‘If you are an existing user, you can choose not to have your WhatsApp account information shared with Facebook to improve your Facebook ads and products experiences. Existing users who accept our updated Terms and Privacy Policy will have an additional 30 days to make this choice by going to Settings > Account.’ In other words, you can’t opt out on the website but have to wait until you are invited to agree to updated terms and conditions which will be received on your mobile phone at which time you will then need to take the necessary action to opt out! As nothing truly comes for nothing, the ‘joint ‘company

will also ‘assist’ its clients by allowing adverts to be sent as WhatsApp messages from businesses that are prepared to pay for the privilege. It is not known whether it will be possible to opt out of this service as one of the attractions of WhatsApp is that it has been advert and generally spam free. Experts expect there will be quite considerable testing to see whether a proliferation of advertising messages will not just irritate users but also send them to look for other options, as no doubt rivals will be prepared to invest in producing more friendly Apps. Having spent so much money to acquire WhatsApp and having made promises about the retention of its independence, Facebook needs to be very careful that it doesn’t alienate existing users and put off potential users by irritating them with too many marketing messages.

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Ban the burkini? I say yes LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT I AM 100 per cent in agreement that the beach shroud or ‘Burkini’ should be completely banned from public bathing sites. The reason? It offends me. In the countries supported by those who follow these practices, it is not only against the law to even show a glimmer of flesh, the full weight of the law will drop on anyone who seeks to do so. I have seen western women’s arms and lower legs struck by ‘religious police,’ who carry thick bamboo canes explicitly for this purpose. And this to foreign women, who have tried to respect the country they are in, but unfortunately find their Kaftans have not quite reached low enough or are not long sleeved enough to satisfy these hypocritical bigots. The reason? It ‘offends’ them. Although I’m not in the habit of

ACCEPTABLE ATTIRE: Uncovered or undercover? wearing a bikini on the beach (not a pretty sight!) I can see how a Western women, in perfectly acceptable

bathing attire, can be made to feel totally uncomfortable lying next to a ‘holier than thou’ member of the

same sex wearing a black diving suit. Well, the idea of that in our free democracy offends me.

After the Second World War our countries were completely devoid of colour and variety. Vehicles and clothing were a drab mixture of grey and black. Slowly but surely, we began to recover from the horrors of war and with it came the emergence of wonderful colours and fashions that played an important role in lifting us from the depression and misery inflicted by the conflict. It therefore offends me to find parts of our societies being taken over by people, whose ancestors have played no part in the shaping of our countries, parading the pavements in depressive black shrouds and now wanting to extend their bigotry to our resorts and democratic places of fun and freedom. Areas which have been fought and won for by men and women who had more courage in their little fingers than those millions of cowards fleeing from the countries they seem to want to emulate so badly. Well you all offend me. All love Leapy. Leapylee2002@gmail.com

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Make practical plans Sally Trotman www.sallytrotman.com Sally Trotman is a qualified Counsellor who works with Astrology, Numerology and the Tarot. Each month she will deliver the forecast as an intuitive tool to aid increased self awareness.

WELCOME to your Astrological Forecast! Every month I write about how the Astrology, Numerology and Tarot for the month ahead effect you, helping you to move forward confidently with your plans for the month ahead. Below is your forecast for September 2016: Astrology: Make practical plans! Sun in Virgo: Until September 22 the sun is ruled by the earthy sign of Virgo. This sign is industrious, productive, and pays attention to detail. Make practical plans this month to complete projects. Mercury, the sign of communication, is retrograde (moving backwards) for most of this month. This is the ideal time to clear out clutter, learn ways to develop a calmer mind, and focus on your well-being to increase your energy levels and stay healthy as we come into the darker autumn months. Two new moons: The last time two new moons occurred in one month was in January 2014. Cast your mind back to that time. Did any important events take place for you during

that month? On Thursday September 1 the new moon is in the sign of Virgo and sets the tone for a productive month ahead. The month ends with the new moon in Libra on September 30, bringing a feeling of fun, lightness and unity. The second new moon is called a black moon. To make the most of the new beginnings offered this month, consider what is most important to you and write a list of three goals you would like to achieve over the coming year. Then take inspired action every day and watch your dreams unfold... Full moon in Pisces: It’s a good time to talk about dreams with the full moon in the watery sign of Pisces on September 16. What’s your heart’s desire? Now’s the time to dig deep and remember what’s really important to you. Use your imagination to visualise living your heart’s desire and take a step today toward fulfilling this dream. Creating new beginnings takes discipline and perservence. Begin a daily routine, perhaps with a little meditation and reading every morning to prepare your mind for the day ahead. With just a bit more focus each day on what you really want to achieve you will soon find you are living your heart’s desire! Numerology: Endings and new beginnings The number nine: The total of 2016 when added together gives us the number nine, mak-

ing this month particularly powerful for change. What do you need to let go of to make space for the new? As humans, we resist change, even when it’s good for us! In numerology nine is the last number of the cycle before returning back to the begining. What have you learned this year? What is working for you? Does anything feel like an uphill struggle? Whilst persistence pays sometimes knowing when to let go and move on can be liberating too. Take some time out to listen to the whispers of your soul this month. As September draws to a close, know that you will feel clearer and more confident about where you are heading. The Tarot: Are you a Hermit? The Hermit: The hermit card in the Tarot deck is depicted by a man holding a lantern. He is unable to see very far ahead of him, but has enough light to see where he is now. This is a reminder to stay present. Centre yourself in gratitude as you acknowledge all the wonderful things in your life right now! There is so much to be grateful for, and by making this your focus, you will attract more abundance. The present is a gift so embrace it, wherever you are. Trust that you are exactly where you need to be, learning new lessons every day

to stock up your spiritual tool box. When you remember, pause and focus on your breath. From this point of stillness continue your day and know that all is well in your world. 20 per cent off Skype readings in September! For the month of September Sally is offering 20 per cent off all one hour Astrology, Numerology and Tarot Readings via Skype! Get in touch at sally.trotman@btinternet.com to book your appointment. Find out more by visiting www.sallytrotman.com.

Brexit: post-referendum boom or gloom? 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

WITH Team GB hauling back all that hardware from Rio, the positive mood sweeping the country is a real shot in the arm. Things do feel better, but it’s far too early to call all those pre-referendum Brexit scare stories fake. We haven’t left the EU yet, and it’ll take years before we know if the downsides materialise or not. Personally, I hope we see a new refreshed nation, but it’s naive to say everything is rosy at this early stage. What we have now is a ‘confidence’ blip from the markets, but not even Mystic Meg knows the future impact of quantitative easing, interest rate cuts, exchange rate falls, the FTSE bubble and all the rest of it, let alone the outcome of the exit negotiations and inevitable changes in our trade relationships. Once the Brexit horse trading

THE ROCK: Is joint sovereignty the future for Gibraltar? starts, it’ll be a 27-dimensional nightmare (and there is naff all chance of access to the single market without accepting some freedom of movement). Spain will de-

mand joint sovereignty over Gibraltar, Denmark reciprocal fishing access and the eastern European states a financial contribution to the EU in return for any ‘privileged’

single market access. We may not even be able to join the European Free Trade Area because Norway is nervous about allowing a big country like Britain in-

to the organisation. As for world trade, distant countries are only interested in extensive trade links with vast economies like the USA or China and most trade primarily with their neighbours. The main challenges are still to come and some gloom will surely occur in the short and medium terms. However, we are where we are. The plan must surely now be how to deal with the future in the best possible way. This could involve leaving the single market and getting control of borders at one end of the scale, or at the other, a second referendum, legal judgements and a vote in Parliament that Article 50 will never be invoked (as Remainers demand). My guess is it’ll be something inbetween. What do you think? 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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Designed to confuse? 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 DON’T know about you, but I reached a point of total confusion some time ago about what we should and should not eat and drink, how much exercise we should take and a host of other do’s and don’ts that seem to change with the seasons. I adopted an attitude years ago of: ‘If in doubt think natural.’ Butter or low fat spread? Have we been scoffing eggs for thousands of years without any noticeable ill effects, or is it only now that higher cholesterol suddenly becomes a problem? They are natural foods, so I am a lover and an unrepentant consumer of both. And as long as I go out and do a bit of walking or swimming for an hour or so each day, then you can stuff

ALCOHOL GUIDELINES: Recommend a maximum of 14 units per week. your gym and the discomfort of screaming muscles and protesting joints. How can that be good for you? We were told quite recently that a maximum of 14 units of alcohol per

week was the recommendation, but no alcohol at all is ideal. Well there’s nothing ideal about that in my book. But I would put money on the fact that in the not too distant future some in-

dividual in a white lab coat, worn corduroy trousers and scuffed shoes, will peer over his thick lenses and declare that this is a load of old cobblers, and the new recommendation is... I am not one of these

conspiracy theorists who reckon that the Americans never landed on the moon, or that aliens have lived among us for years, although when you look at Trump and Clinton, it does make you think. But I have to say that it appears as if the constant reports of new scientific studies – which always seem to contradict earlier scientific studies – are part of a deliberate plan to mislead, confuse and scare to death the good people of the UK. And apart from any other consideration, who pays for this research? The government? Big pharmaceuticals? Certainly vested interests of one kind or another. The saying that knowledge is power is true. Therefore when the perceived knowledge of the day is force fed to us by these so called experts, then that information is also power. How much more powerful then is mis-information…

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Faults discovered with iPhone 6 John Smith Random thoughts... AFTER years of ‘ruling the mobile phone roost,’ Apple has seen some quite negative reports concerning its latest products and an overall drop in sales. There seem to be two new serious faults with the iPhone 6, one of which is thought to have been caused by a shadowy Israeli company which has hacked into the programmes running the phones. This allows anyone who knows the secret (which is possibly available at a price) to be able to constantly monitor everything that the phone does. The problem only came to light when Ahmed Mansoor a human rights supporter who had been imprisoned in the United Arab Emirates received a text message offering him information on abuses in the prisons of that country but it contained a link at the bottom of the message which he did not recognise.

DOUBLE FAULT: Two serious faults have been detected on the iPhone 6. Being paranoid is sometimes quite useful and he contacted Citizen Lab, a voluntary organisation that tries to investigate matters of concern on the internet and they in turn contacted Lookout a smartphone security company. Both groups agreed that this was a highly sophisticated spyware package and alerted Apple. Apple have acknowledged this is

a problem and have speedily produced a ‘patch’ to counter the hack and this is available as part of the latest iOS download 9.3.5 which iPhone users can obtain by visiting the iPhone’s settings, clicking general and choosing security update. In fairness to Apple, this is a very complicated hack which it is suggested is more likely to have been purchased for significant sums by

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The world is dangerous AS we go through life doing what we can for ourselves and our families, events such as the floods in the USA and the earthquakes in Italy and Myanmar only go to reinforce the fact that the world is a precarious place. We have to be grateful when we escape these terrible tragedies whilst ensuring that we retain sufficient humanity to care a little for those who suffer. When you look around the world, there is so much misery and pain, caused by both natural disasters and the actions of man that it is comforting to realise that here in the south of Spain we are largely cocooned against the worst problems that others face. Certainly very few people can honestly claim to be completely trouble free but so many of the trials that we have to face could be considered trivial compared to those affecting refugee children, those driven from their homes by war and the sadly still inhumane treatment that different castes and colours receive. It is in many ways too easy to retreat into our own comfortable shell and to ignore those who are suffering but sometimes one needs to remember that it is often only a trick of birth which allows one person to live a comfortable existence whilst another is condemned to a short life of pain and suffering. None of us can change the world but those of us who do have plenty should, from time to time, remember how lucky they are and rather than complain about little irritations, just do at least one thing to try to make other people’s lives a little more bearable.

governments and used by their security agencies to monitor the activities and conversations of those they consider to be potential enemies. The second glitch does however appear be an inherent design fault and could strike any iPhone 6 or 6 plus at any time. Awarded the dubious title of ‘Touch Disease’ the problem attacks the screen of the phone, with a flickering bar that appears at the top of the device’s screen that doesn’t respond to a user ’s touch. Over time the bar grows until the whole screen is rendered unusable. At the moment there has been relatively few examples of this problem reported but if it is an inherent fault then it could literally affect millions of phones and because it is the screen that is affected, it is currently unlikely that the problem could be resolved without the phone being sent away for specialist repair. Now we With the iPhone 7 rumoured to want to have a curved screen due for release hear your views. later this year, it may be advisable to wait for that release, alYOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE though there is never any guar- YOUR OPINION antee that a new model might www.euroweeklynews.com not bring its own set of problems.

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5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Inside Out 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm Crimewatch 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Class of ‘92 12:45am Have I Got a Bit More Old News for You 1:30am Weather for the Week Ahead

2:45pm Athletics 3:50pm Triathlon World Series 5:15pm Great Interior Design Challenge 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Debatable 7:30pm Make Me an Egghead 8:00pm Garden Rescue 8:30pm Great British Menu 9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm Only Connect 10:00pm Ripper Street 11:00pm We the Jury 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather

8:30pm The Bridges That Built London With Dan Cruickshank 9:30pm London 1666 10:00pm London: A Tale of Two Cities with Dan Cruickshank 11:00pm Life Story 12:00am Frost on Sketch Shows 1:00am Sound of Cinema: The Music that Made the Movies 2:00am Woolly Mammoth: Secrets From the Ice 3:00am The Art of Australia

2:05pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Gok’s Fill Your House for Free 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Billion Pound Flower Market 10:00pm 999: What’s Your Emergency? 11:00pm Too Posh to Parent 12:05am Britain’s Benefit Tenants

1:15pm The Cars That Made Britain Great 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Rags to Riches: Ultimate Life 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm Aircrash 9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pm Secrets of the SAS 11:00pm Tattoo Disasters 12:05am World’s Most Dangerous Prison

3:15pm Think Tank 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Yes Chef 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm One of Us 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Stacey Dooley Investigates 12:40am Drugs Map of Britain

3:45pm Yes, Minister 4:15pm Cairngorms a Year in the Wild 5:15pm Great Interior Design Challenge 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Debatable 7:30pm Make Me an Egghead 8:00pm Garden Rescue 8:30pm Great British Menu 9:00pm The Hairy Bikers Chicken and Egg. 10:00pm New York : America’s Busiest City 11:00pm Motherland 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather

8:30pm The Boats That Built Britain 9:00pm Illuminations The Private Lives of the Medieval Kings. 10:00pm All Together Now: The Great Orchestra Challenge 11:00pm Hidden Histories: Britain’s Oldest Family Businesses 12:00am Egyptian Journeys with Dan Cruickshank 12:30am Egyptian Journeys with Dan Cruickshank 1:00am Planet Oil

2:05pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Gok’s Fill Your House for Free 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Location, Location, Location 10:00pm Inside Birmingham Children’s Hospital 11:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 12:05am 999: What’s Your Emergency?

2:45pm 3:15pm 4:15pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm

7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Celebrity Home Secrets 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Cold Feet 11:00pm ITV News 11:30pm Local News and Weather 11:40pm The Murder of Sadie Hartley 1:10am Newzoids

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3:00pm The Royal 4:05pm Where the Heart is 5:10pm In Loving Memory 5:45pm You’re Only Young Twice 6:15pm George and Mildred 6:50pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Murder, She Wrote 8:55pm Wycliffe 10:00pm Davina Mccall: Life at the Extreme 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Liverpool 1

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5:00pm International Football 5:30pm Soccer AM: The Best Bits 2016/17 6:00pm Live International Football 11:00pm Boxing 11:15pm Golovkin - Ko King 11:30pm Soccer AM: The Best Bits 2016/17 12:00am MLS Goals Round Up Show 12:30am International Football

7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Fishing Impossible 9:00pm Garden Nightmares 10:00pm Rookies 11:00pm ITV News 11:30pm Local News and Weather 11:40pm Lady C and the Castle 12:40am Murder, She Wrote

11:20am 12:15pm 1:15pm 1:45pm 2:45pm

Royal Pains Dinner Date Emmerdale Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Take Me Out You’ve Been Framed! Two and a Half Men Fast and Furious FYI Daily Fast and Furious Family Guy

3:05pm The Royal 4:10pm Where the Heart is 5:15pm In Loving Memory 5:50pm You’re Only Young Twice 6:20pm George and Mildred 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Wire in the Blood 1:35am The Jury

7:05am 7:55am 8:45am 9:45am 10:50am 11:55am 12:55pm 4:55pm 5:50pm 6:55pm 7:55pm 8:25pm

Magnum, P.I. The Chase The Sweeney Ironside Minder Cycling Cycling Storage Wars Ironside Motogp Highlights Pawn Stars World Cup 2018 Qualifier Live 11:00pm Cycling 12:00am World Cup 2018 Qualifier Highlights

6:45pm Golovkin - Ko King 7:00pm Soccer AM: The Best Bits 2016/17 7:30pm Info not available 8:00pm MLS Goals Round Up 8:30pm Football Gold 8:40pm Live International Football 11:00pm Kell Brook Behind the Ropes 11:15pm Kell Brook Sheffield Legacy 11:30pm La Liga World 12:00am The Premier League Years

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 1:45pm You’ve Been Framed! 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm 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

7:25am Heartbeat 8:30am Where the Heart is 9:30am The Royal 10:30am Judge Judy 10:55am Judge Judy 11:20am Judge Judy 11:50am Murder, She Wrote 12:50pm The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1:55pm Heartbeat 3:00pm The Royal 4:00pm Where the Heart is 5:10pm In Loving Memory 5:45pm You’re Only Young Twice 6:15pm George and Mildred 6:50pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Murder, She Wrote 8:55pm Wycliffe 10:00pm Million Dollar Princesses 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Wire in the Blood 1:35am Wycliffe

7:00am Nijinsky’s Triple Crown 7:05am Magnum, P.I. 7:55am The Chase 8:45am The Sweeney 9:50am Ironside 10:50am Minder 11:55am Magnum, P.I. 12:55pm Cycling 2:00pm Cycling 5:00pm Minder 6:00pm Ironside 7:05pm Storage Wars New York 7:35pm Storage Wars New York 8:00pm Cycling 9:00pm Cycling 10:00pm Parking Wars 11:05pm Maximum Conviction 12:05am FYI Daily 12:10am Maximum Conviction 1:10am The Classic Car Show 2:05am Cycling 3:05am Minder

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Dinner Date Emmerdale Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Take Me Out You’ve Been Framed! You’ve Been Framed! Two and a Half Men Family Guy American Dad! Family Guy

Snooker v Darts Magnum, P.I. The Chase The Sweeney Ironside Minder Cycling Minder Ironside Storage Wars Cycling Cycling River Monsters Motogp Highlights 12:00am Classic TT Highlights

3:35pm 6:50pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:05pm 12:05am

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Neighbours NCIS Truth and Lies 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Police Interceptors The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies Inside the White House Borderline The Hotel Inspector Returns On Benefits Lip Sync Battle Super Casino Gypsy Kids: Our Secret World

WEDNESDAY - 7 SEPTEMBER 12:00pm Dom on the Spot 12:45pm Caught Red Handed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Think Tank 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Yes Chef 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Rip Off Britain 9:00pm The Great British Bake Off 10:00pm Our Girl 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm A Question of Sport 12:15am Live at the Apollo

10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 12:30pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm The Edge 2:45pm Three Up, Two Down 3:15pm Hi-De-Hi! 3:45pm Yes, Minister 4:15pm Wild Burma: Nature’s Lost Kingdom 5:15pm Great Interior Design Challenge 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Debatable 7:30pm Make Me an Egghead 8:00pm Garden Rescue 8:30pm Great British Menu 9:00pm Skies Above Britain 10:00pm Natural World 11:00pm People Just Do Nothing 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm The Boats That Built Britain Sailor and writer Tom Cunliffe takes a voyage through the history of British seafaring. 9:00pm Rule Britannia! Music, Mischief and Morals in the 18th Century 10:00pm Operation Crossbow 11:00pm Catching History’s Criminals: The Forensics Story 12:00am The Search for Alfred the Great 1:00am Voyages of Discovery 2:00am Clydebuilt: The Ships That Made the Commonwealth

9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss USA 12:00pm Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine Champion of Champions 2:05pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 3:10pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Gok’s Fill Your House for Free 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Last Leg 10:00pm Paralympics 2016 2:30am One Born Every Minute

7:00am 10:15am 12:15pm 1:10pm 1:15pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:15pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm

12:05am 1:05am 2:05am 4:10am 5:00am 5:50am

Milkshake! The Wright Stuff Cowboy Builders 5 News Police Interceptors Home and Away Neighbours NCIS First Class Fear 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Stop! Roadworks Ahead GPs: Behind Closed Doors Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! Undercover: Nailing the Fraudsters Secrets of the SAS Cricket on 5 Super Casino Gangland Now That’s Funny The Great Artists

11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm Local News and Weather 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Who’s Doing the Dishes? 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 All Star Mr and Mrs 10:00pm DCI Banks 11:00pm ITV News 11:30pm Local News and Weather 11:40pm Everything or Nothing: The Untold Stories of 007 1:30am British Touring Car Championship Highlights

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Vultures are morally indefensible CHANCELLOR, you will be aware that the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union by a small majority. A direct consequence of this vote produced a torrent of share selling, wiping billions of pounds off the market and, more importantly, reducing the value of the pound. During the night of the vote on June 23, I read that many currency dealers stayed behind, at work, to ‘play the market’ and, when early indications suggested a remain victory was imminent, the value of sterling rose from $1.46 to $1.50. Many of these traders left for home believing that they would make a fortune. When they returned to work the next day, to their horror, many had made huge losses as the pound’s value plummeted overnight. I read about some instances where they used their client’s money to make these ‘bets.’ On a personal note, as a pensioner living in Spain, the value of my, and my partner’s, pensions has plummeted by over 15 per cent - and our financial plight is getting worse by the day. Chancellor, I therefore propose that we make the trading of currencies illegal. It is unethical and morally indefensible. In a supposed civilised and democratic society, we cannot allow a few ‘men at computer terminals’ who have only self-interest at heart and with only profit as their motive, to dictate and decide the financial worth of a country. Currently they can, and do, target, and intentionally destabilise a country’s financial worth based upon nothing other than self-interest. A new way needs to be found which removes these financial vultures from controlling a country’s financial viability. Peter, by email

Bank query YOU recently published letters from readers regarding banks freezing joint accounts in the event of death and highlighting that now this is not the case, that in fact things have changed and it is dependent upon the bank and the manager. Has the situation changed? If banks are no longer able to do this, can anyone give more information on when this changed or reference to legislation from the government? I feel that if your readers had this they would be on very solid ground at this upsetting time, and make the situation a lot smoother.

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Disgusting dog owners

THEY say Spain is a dog loving nation and that may well be true, but dog owners should give the same feeling and respect to people who do not own dogs. Every single day we have to walk a slalom course along the pavement to avoid pile after pile of dog excrement and when walking in the dark it’s even more strenuous, which takes the simple pleasure out of having a pleasant evening stroll. Disgusting dog owners do not care less that the filthy unhygienic dog excrement they leave on the public street and do not pick up after their pets, can and often does get onto people’s shoes and clothing and eventually into their homes. Dog faeces contains germs and bacteria that can

Can anyone help? Marco, Huercal-Overa

Real heroes LEAPY, being a regular reader of your column I thought I would email you about something that really got up my nose! Last Monday morning on GMBTV, they had some of the Olympic winners on. Ok, but when they started calling them heroes that really got up my nose. I emailed them and requested that they stop abusing the word They are not heroes. Heroes are people that risk their lives saving oth-

cause serious illnesses and diseases to humans, especially anyone already in poor health, including sickness and diarrhoea, roundworm, tapeworm, hookworm and can also cause blindness especially to children. Germs and bacteria are also easily passed on to other dogs just as easily, especially when owners allow their dogs to sniff around excrement already on the pavement. I’ve read about ‘Doggy Parks’ being built at the request of dog owners who then allow them to become a stinking dog toilet and don’t care about residents who live close by. I despair at the thought of ‘Doggy Beaches.’ Yuck... Do the right thing dog owners and pick up after your dog and don’t leave it for other people to tread in. Steve, Benidorm

ers ie the armed forces, life boat men, people who jump into raging seas etc to save others. On Thursday in the mail some female columnist called the cake-baking lot heroes. Mad, all mad. Ted, Quesada

Waste disposal WE have been a part of the expat community in Arboleas since last year and benefited by what Spain has

to offer - mainly the weather. Notwithstanding this we are at a loss to understand the logic of the work recently carried out locally, primarily Los Carrascos. We have had new roads and drainage laid, through the village understandably, not however in the side roads. They replaced an existing road for the benefit of a ‘cycle’ track and a ‘footpath’ by a few hundred metres, at the end of which you land up on the old existing uneven pot-holed road anyway! They have even built a new ‘Disposal/Recycling Plant’ to save dumping rubbish on the hillside. We find it incomprehensible that the local authority find it more of a priority to spend money and use their

resources on work, which frankly is not as much of a priority to the local residents as providing a mains connected sewage system. The houses in our vicinity have been here for more than 15 years, and the authority have been taking money from the residents for all that time, yet they still cannot allocate funds to connect the main drains sewage system to the entire village. So the residents can dispose of their rubbish waste in the nice newly built ‘Disposal Site’ but cannot dispose of their sewage waste! In the article ‘Message for the People’ (Euro Weekly August 4 - 10) the mayor is quoted as saying “along with his councillors works hard every day to resolve any problems, prioritise solutions for the benefit of all residents and fulfil his obligations as mayor.” I’m sure Los Carrascos is not the only area without mains sewage, so perhaps for those other areas as well, ‘mains drainage’ should now become a priority… J & B, Los Carrascos

Burkini ban THIS is barbaric, degrading. If a woman wants to cover her flesh to avoid creepy men staring at her, forcing her to expose herself is bodily abuse. And since when was what we wear any of the police’s business? It sounds horrific to think that in the 1960s in Benidorm women were arrested for wearing bikinis, but this is worse. One minute we’re told that if we wear short skirts then we’re ‘asking for’ unwanted male attention; next, women who cover themselves to avoid it are forced to undress at gunpoint and in public. If I sat on the beach in jeans and a hoodie, would I be forced to strip in front of men and strangers? What about if I went swimming in a neoprene diving suit and swimming cap? What sort of dictatorship bans women from wearing what they want, unless it’s actually indecent? Kally

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

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TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) During your social encounters this week you meet someone who offers to help. That is great, but do ask yourself if you would be prepared to give anything in return.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Because you are intent on pleasing others, you may be cramping your own style. This is something that you have in abundance and it should be used. You may be feeling that a business idea does not stand a chance and, in any case, you don’t want to risk any money.

(August 24 - September 23)

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Someone will most certainly come to the rescue when your situation changes. Well, they will, won'’t they? Have Plan B ready just in case. In continuing to think in the short term you do yourself no favours. Think now of a ‘10-year plan’ and be determined to reach your goal. Bit by bit and day by day you will progress. You don’t have to rush ahead and get stressed.

on your best behaviour. It is important at the moment to stick to any rules and regulations or your reputation (and pocket) could be hit. CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Letting life get too tame will eventually irritate you no end. Your social life needs a boost which, in turn, helps romance blossom. It is easy to be a bit lazy when things are going smoothly but we all need constant stretching. With an active mind such as yours, the important thing is to keep making progress. This may be in a physical way or in some kind of business.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) A juicy bit of gossip comes your way this week and it is hard to keep it quiet. You must do so, however, because there is a lot riding on it. When people trust you, they are saying much about the relationship. In this particular case, the person may well be able to progress you socially at some time in the future.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) The moment that you have been waiting for has arrived. A colleague has made a decision that is long overdue. Perhaps you are a little shocked and speechless because there has been such a time lag, but this will pass.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) An exciting project is bubbling away in your mind but may need financial backing. Take advice from a professional or someone with successful experience in these matters. Remember that any idea has to grow, so consider what you need to see happen in five years’ time. There is little time for romance and you may decide to put that on hold because of complications.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) A chance remark alluding to your past brings a flashback. This helps you to see a current situation more clearly. We all make mistakes and follow the same old patterns, but this time you are being forewarned. It is in your experience and power to make a different choice of action this time.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) The rather more serious side of your nature needs to take over this week. Someone in a higher position is keeping an eye on you. This may be because they are considering you for promotion, so be

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Some exciting suggestions make you think twice about a current business matter. However, it may not be necessary to change anything but to consider the new suggestion as a sort of ‘add on’ to a current project.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) You work hard for your money. Make it worthwhile by trying to hold on to as much of it as possible. Someone who is charming and plausible may try to get you involved in a fast-track money making scheme.

IRISH LOTTO

Saturday August 27

BONUS BALL

EURO MILLIONS Tuesday August 23

23 37

31 45

LUCKY STARS

Friday August 26

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28 48

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F Fog,

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Sn Snow,

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Mon - 34 19 C Tues - 32 19 S Wed - 32 19 Cl

C Cloudy, Th Thunder

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

Nonagram

TARGET: • Average: 9 • Good: 13 • Very good: 19 • Excellent: 24

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION cope corp crop epic keep kepi peck peek peer peri perk pick pier pike pock poke pore pork prow ripe rope weep wipe coper creep crepe pekoe piece piker poker power price prick wiper copier pecker picker pierce pokier recipe PIECEWORK / WORKPIECE

Sudoku

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

LOTTERY UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

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Murcia

CLEAR MAX 30C, MIN 22C MAX MIN

By showing confidence in your own way of doing things, you inspire others. This is chiefly because you are at last finding a balance between work and home life. In the past you may have felt stressed and equated that with working - not so now.

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LA PRIMITIVA

EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA

Saturday August 27

Sunday August 28

REINTEGRO

11 26

13 42

REINTEGRO

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‘ WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON HAVING THE FINEST PASTRY COOK IN THIS TOWN! ’

Mon - 31 22 C Tues - 30 22 S Wed - 29 22 S

Answers 1. AER LINGUS, 2. SEVEN (1970, 1980, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1996), 3. The highest PEAKS/MOUNTAINS in Ireland, 4. HIBERNIA, 5. GIVE IRELAND BACK TO THE IRISH, 6. PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON, 7. SHERGAR, 8. CORK, 9. MARY ROBINSON, 10. BALLET/DANCE

Solution FOOD FORD (WOOD) WORD WARD WARS JARS

JARS BACK

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Mon - 33 18 C Tues - 33 18 S Wed - 32 18 S

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Code Breaker

Quick Across 1 Answer (7) 5 Inexpensive (5) 8 Similar (5) 9 Capable of reproducing (7) 10 Headwear (4) 11 Unthinking (8) 13 Evening meal (6) 15 Motionless (6) 18 Particular (8) 19 Effortlessness (4) 22 Analyse (7) 23 Smell (5) 24 Fragment (5) 25 Commenced (7) Down 1 Arrives at (7) 2 Fast (5) 3 Above (4) 4 Win a victory over (6) 5 Rectifies (8) 6 Clearly visible (7) 7 Looks furtively (5)

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Across:

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 21 represents H and 25 represents G, so fill in H every time the figure 21 appears and G every time the figure 25 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

1 Shadows, 5 Paper, 8 Brace, 9 Attract, 10 Extreme, 11 Alamo, 12 Sedate, 14 Tempts, 17 Amber, 19 Alarmed, 21 Loiters, 22 Bingo, 23 Spent, 24 Anemone. Down: 1 Sable, 2 Adapted, 3 Ore, 4 Shares, 5 Pet name, 6 Plaza, 7 Rations, 12 Stables, 13 Torrent, 15 Pimento, 16 Nausea, 18 Bribe, 20 Drone, 22 Bee.

QUICK Across: 12 Something that treats, prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease (8) 14 Get ready (7) 16 Gave encouragement to (7) 17 Large, fierce, striped cats (6)

English - Spanish

1 Differs, 5 Paths, 8 Aging, 9 Needing, 10 Neutral, 11 Ankle, 12 Sleepy, 14 Regret, 17 Types, 19 Temples, 22 Supreme, 23 Glare, 24 Yolks, 25 Kittens.

18 Having a sharp inclination (5) 20 Approximately (5) 21 Upholstered seat for more than one person (4)

Down:

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

1 Drain, 2 Failure, 3 Eager, 4 Single, 5 Prepare, 6 Thick, 7 Segment, 12 Satisfy, 13 Possess, 15 Release, 16 Streak, 18 Pupil, 20 Might, 21 Seems.

Across 1 Towel (6) 4 Useful (information, advice, tool) (4) 8 Vacío (5) 9 Behind (at the back) (5) 10 Periódico (diario) (9) 14 Sour (f) (5) 15 Taburete (5) 16 Birds (large) (4) 17 Jealous (husband, wife, lover) (6)

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION Down 1 Train (railway) (4) 2 Manzano (5-4) 3 Law (legislation) (3) 5 Earthquake (9) 6 Último (final) (4) 7 Cow (4) 11 Mares (4) 12 Spade (tool) (4) 13 Something (4) 15 Ver (persona, objeto) (3)

Hexagram

Across: 1 Niece, 4 Pedro, 7/13 Big toe, 8 Tatuaje, 9 Fin de semana, 11 Cremosa, 15 Susto, 16 Aisle. Down: 1 Nib, 2 Engineers, 3 Entre, 4 Pet, 5 Diamantes, 6 Oveja, 9 Focas, 10 Etapa, 12 Oro, 14 Ese.

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

ARMPIT AVENGE BEYOND ENTITY FIXATE FOREST GENTRY HITHER ISOMER METRIC

NITRIC PARADE PIECED POETIC REGENT RETIRE STEADY THEIST TIMING (10)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Stinky 2 Season 3 Flinty 4 Bateau 5 Sinter 6 Hustle 7 Grater 8 Titian 9 Caveat 10 Genera 11 Tennis 12 Trauma 13 Peanut 14 Scarce 15 Poseur 16 Triune 17 Meager 18 Otiose 19 Teasel

Across 1 Burns rat mess at sea (7) 5 Unfashionable parent swallowing tea endlessly (5) 8 Genuine member of state (5) 9 Tasteless trendy drink I had (7) 10 Part of boathouse has promise (4) 11 Peer rips out drip (8) 13 Soap is corny we hear (6) 15 Swiss city information girl is after (6) 18 Mug or bad drunk is in the closet (8) 19 Old clothes start reappearing at garage sales (4) 22 Marine creature is alone, sadly (3-4) 23 Corner fish (5) 24 Panorama is observed by the sound of it (5) 25 Second finish or points (7) Down 1 So sure I worked sober (7) 2 Respond about move (5) 3 Fortifies limbs (4) 4 Took seconds to get cleaned (6) 5 Girl's flower is a failure (8) 6 League leaders cut of meat (7) 7 Get out of first day of do good efforts (5)

12 Petrol from silage on ground (8) 14 Hang up the agent's tie (7) 16 It's grim in a US Terence Rattigan production (7) 17 Blush, the church is about to phone (6)

18 Scots' cocktail prices (5) 20 Some headbangers see red (5) 21 Praise a boy about starting university (4)

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Blowing my stack Mike Senker

In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man I WAS a smoker... a serious smoker. Not one of your namby pamby social ones. You know the ones who never have their own packet because they only smoke when they’re out having a drink or at a party or dinner with you basically, just always smoking other people’s! No, I was a SMOKER, 40 a day and I often had one lit and another in the ashtray I’d forgotten about. I was a good smoker. My smoke never annoyed anybody, or so I thought! The smell on my clothes I didn’t notice. But now I don’t smoke at all. Nothing. Nada. I gave it up and it was very simple. I don’t recommend my method as it’s a bit drastic! I had two heart attacks and tried to have a ciggy in between which didn’t work. I didn’t have the strength to drag on it. Anyway after five weeks in hospital and a triple bypass I decided not to smoke anymore. No brainer really. But now I’m one of those non-smokers of the worst kind, so don’t smoke around me full stop. For years that’s been fine because most countries now have strict no smoking

policies. Then all of a sudden people started vaping. If you don’t know what that is, it’s a contraption you stick in your mouth filled with some fluidy oily chemicals, usually from China, which are heated by an element then blown out like a nuclear cloud over the person sitting next to them. Now, as you know, I’m not one to complain but I don’t give a monkeys about your need to substitute your stinking ciggy habit with this now so called healthier option... don’t blow it over me OK? I don’t want something you have taken down your grubby ex-smoker’s lungs then blown out of your mouth in my face and when I tell you don’t huff and tut OK? It’s not so bad if you have an occasional puff, like once an hour, but if you insist on dragging on it continuously all night and sit there like the Royal Scotsman trying to pull a hundred carriage I’m going to tell you to stop. Don’t you realise it’s anti-social and rude to be sitting next to someone and blowing this crap all over them? I tried many times to give up smoking. I read so many books about giving up smoking I finally gave up reading! Last week I asked for feedback about my grumps and I was amazed and very pleased with the response. Thank you all so much. If anyone else wants to email their thoughts it’s mikesenker@gmail.com.

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When to stop 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.

PULL OVER: Official vehicles will display flashing red and blue lights. THERE are often reports of scams of drivers being flagged down to stop by people pretending to be police officers, but how do you actually know if the Guardia Civil want to pull you over? On their official YouTube channel, the G ua rdia C ivil ha v e publ i shed a video explaining the actions that patrols will take in order to stop a vehicle on the roadside. The video states that along with their duties, “the Guardia Civil is tasked with controlling road traffic to ensure road safety and to prevent the commission of offences which endanger road users and provide assistance if necessary.” When an official vehicle wants you to stop it will display flashing red lights

in addition to the blue lights. These red lights mean that you must stop your vehicle by safely manoeuvring to the right hand side of the road. You must stop your vehicle in a place where it does not cause an increased risk to other road users. If this is not possible, continue driving until you are able stop in a safe place. The police patrol vehicle will then stop behind your car. All occupants of your vehicle must remain inside the vehicle. The police officer will approach you to notify the reason why you have been stopped. Once the officers have finished, they will assist you in joining the main flow of traffic and getting back on the road.

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Can a ‘club’ be exempted? WE have 89 apartments in our Community. We have a club/bar in the grounds which is owned by 48 bonded members of the Community. This club has problems making money. The members want the Community to exempt the club from Community fees in exchange for giving non-members the right to use the club. This is a split because not all nonmembers want to use the club. The club say that they cannot afford the fees. My question is: can the club force the Community to exempt them from paying the fees? If they took it to an AGM, do the members vote on that decision? We would like to know if the club has a case or not. C.O. (Costa Blanca)

NO, the club cannot ‘force’ the Community to make their premises exempt from Community fees. And, yes, any such important measure must be

David Searl You and the Law in Spain

voted at the AGM. By the numbers you cite, it seems

the club members have a majority of the votes, so they would probably get their exemption approved. Quite a few Communities have similar arrangements.

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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Coffee obsession could be in your genes DRINK more coffee than your colleague at work? Well that caffeine desire could be down to your genes. Researchers found that people with a certain variation of the PDSS2 gene don’t need to consume as much coffee to get a caffeine hit. Those without the variation metabolise caffeine more quickly and as a result, are more likely to want to drink more coffee. Researchers from the University of Edinburgh and the University of Trieste, Italy, studied the DNA of around 3,000 coffee drinkers in the Netherlands and Italy. Participants were asked to complete a survey about how many cups they had each day. It found Italian people with the DNA variation, on average, drank one less cup of coffee a day than those without it and it was slightly less in the Netherlands for those with the variation.

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mental in heart attacks and strokes, were higher in people who were socially isolated. The researchers said it wasn’t the number of friends a person thought they had, but the number of people who classed them as a friend “What matters is how others see us not how we see them.”

HEATSTROKE is the most serious form of heat injury and is considered a medical emergency. It often occurs as a progression from milder heat-related illnesses such as heat cramps, heat syncope (fainting), and heat exhaustion. But it can strike even if you have no previous signs of heat injury. Heatstroke results from prolonged exposure to high temperatures, usually in combination with dehydration, which leads to failure of the body’s temperature control system. The medical definition of heatstroke is having a core body temperature greater than 105 degrees Fahrenheit, with complications involving the central nervous system that occur after exposure to high temperatures. What can I do to avoid heatstroke? In summer you must take into account that temperatures and sunshine hours increase considerably. You should avoid exposing yourself directly to solar radiation, but if you do you should be properly protected and hydrated, especially when taking part in any form of physical exercise. What effects can heatstroke have on my health? Heatstroke can provoke anything from light dehydration and dizziness to serious injuries such as convulsions or cardiac arrest which can certainly put people’s lives in danger. In the event that someone suffers heatstroke, what should people do? The first thing that should happen is that someone informs the

emergency services or alternatively takes the victim to the nearest hospital. Their conscience and pulse must be checked and they should be hydrated by any means possible so as to cool the body down. All these actions must be done as soon as possible. How long does it take to recover from heatstroke? If progress is good and the symptoms aren’t serious, the person should recover within a few hours. What long-term consequences can sun exposure have? Long-term sun exposure can have very serious consequences, with the appearance of wounds, especially on the skin. If you have the slight suspicion that the wound could be serious, please make an appointment to go and see a dermatologist.

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LUX MUNDI Torre del Mar is organising a trip to the Salon Varietes on Sunday October 15 to see their performance of Fiddler on the Roof, the well-loved musical about traditional Russian Jewish father Tevye and his trials and tribulations in dealing with his five daughters who seem determined to try his faith. The price to include the coach journey, insurance and entry to the performance will be €28 and places should be reserved well in advance by visiting the Centre to book seats and to pay for the evening. Departure times will be Viñuela (football pitch) 4.30pm, Algarrobo 4.50pm, Caleta (vets) 4.55pm, Torre del Mar (coach station) 5pm. It is expected that the coach will arrive in Fuengirola by 6pm so there will be plenty of time for a pre-dinner meal as the show does not start until 8pm.

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Enjoy culture under the stars By John Smith CLASSICAL theatre comes to Almuñécar in the form of the 8th Festival of Greco-Roman Theatre running September 7 to 10. It will take place at the ancient Roman Aqueduct, Acueducto La Carrera, according to an announcement made by the councillor for Culture and Education Olga Ruano in the company of the coordinator of the festival Antonio Cantudo. According to the councillor, this event is very special to the town as it remembers its ancient past, but also presents a side of its culture which promotes Almuñécar throughout Spain and indeed the rest of the world. There will be four plays, presented by three groups, two amateurs and one professional. Entry for each play which will commence at 10pm in the square by the aqueduct and will be by invitation only, such invitations being issued by the Almuñécar tourist office in the Palacete La Najarra for the nominal price of €1 to cover administrative costs. Whilst the actual cost of staging these four different classical plays will not be inexpensive, audiences will be invited to make a donation after each show to help defray the costs which is something that they have done before with great success. According to Antonio Cantudo, although this is the eighth festival. It came into being 16 years ago and

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CLASSICAL THEATRE: Olga Ruano and Antonio Cantudo launch the festival. the current event keeps the same format by inviting both amateur and professional companies to participate. The opening night sees a performance of Electra

by Sophocles which will be presented by the prize winning ‘Unemployed Theatre Group’ and the second night sees the ‘Albis Theatre’ in their production of The Cyclops by Euripides.

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Nerja club reopens CLUB Internacional De Nerja reopens its doors in September following its summer break. All are invited to visit the club at Calle San Juan 42, Nerja 29780, to see their new seating areas and check out the latest outings and events. The telephone during opening hours is 952 521 858, Monday from 7.30pm, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 11am to 2pm. For more information visit Facebook cidner ja.

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Three trips to Gibraltar IT’S never too early to think about Christmas which is why the Phoenix Club in Torre del Mar is inviting people to reserve their places on not one, but four coaches which will be travelling to Gibraltar on shopping trips, although gift and food buying is not mandatory! Dates for your diary are October 2, November 4 and December 2 and the December trip will see two buses laid on, one of which will only pick up at the Algarrobo Lidl. For the other three buses, there will be pick-ups at the A1 Garden Centre, Torre del Mar bus station and finally at Algarrobo Lidl at 8.30am. The bus will be parked in Morrisons car park and will leave Gibraltar for the return home at 4.30pm. Due to visa restrictions on entering Gibraltar, please ad-

vise if you are a non-EU citizen when you book. It is important to remember to bring with you your EHIC card, just in case, and that passports are essential. Make sure you check the duty free limits of what you can take back into Spain as customs can be very strict with anyone taking alcohol or cigarettes in excess of the prescribed limits, The cost remains at €12 per person and includes a €1 gratuity for the driver whilst children under 12 travel at half price. Early booking is recommended as seat numbers are allocated on a first come, first served basis and bookings together with advance payments should be made by contacting Gail on 951 067 723 or visiting the bar restaurant La Vega in Torre del Mar between 12 and 2pm on any Tuesday.

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BLUES FESTIVAL: Will feature Chema’s Blues Band.

It’s summer and time for the blues By John Smith THE third La Herradura Blues Festival came to a successful conclusion on Saturday August 27 having welcomed some great audiences to enjoy 10 top Spanish blues bands and a special master class from guitarist Jose Luis Pardo given the day before the four-day festival started. Organiser Carmen Lopez thanked all of those who attended and performed, together with the Deputy Mayor of La Herradura and the Department of Culture who supported it and helped promote

t hi s f l edgl i ng f est i val . She went on to express her hope that this would cont i nue t o gr ow and becom e one of t he most important blues festivals in Andalucia. The event turned out to offer great value for money with some very exciting and professional acts who clearly love what they play. Presented in the Castle Gardens, the setting was ideal forming part of a musical and cultural week in the town and there was even the opportunity for aficionados to add to their collections by browsing a stall selling vintage vinyl.

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Stop your home heating up the planet John Graham The property expert

THIS summer EWN readers living on the Spanish Costa’s or in Mallorca are all enjoying that special something different that each region offers home buyers but all regions share one important thing in common, hot sunny days. With temperatures reaching we l l o v e r 3 0 ºC t h at’s around 90ºF, sunglasses, a hat and a cold drink are a daily r e q u i r e m e n t i n th e s umme r, o h ! a n d a d i p in your swimming pool, if you want to stay comfortable. So, spare a though for our planet, which we now know beyond d o u b t , i s g e t tin g hotter a n d h o t t e r b u t th e good news is that as home-

qui r ed t o have an Energy Efficient Certificate, showing your home’s efficiency level, or in other words the level of GHG emissions. Bel i eve i t or not , t he bui l di ng const r uct i on process and the residential sector contributes to over one third of Spain’s total GHG emissions, so homeowners in Spain have a big part to play in solving the problem. Resi dent i al hom es have a big potential for cost eff ect i ve energy saving, through effective use of building materials, high-tech products and efficient general daily use. The EU targets are to reduce GHG emissions by 20 per cent by 2020 and 40 per

owners we can all do something positive about it and give our planet the equivalent of a cool drink and the sooner we start the better. The ice that covers most of the Artic and Greenland is meltin g at a rate of around 159 billion tons each year, this has caused the sea levels to rise around 15cm to 20cm or six to eight inches over the last 100 years and will continue at a similar or even higher rate unle s s w e c u t d o w n o n g ree n h o u s e g a s (G H G) emissions that our homes and industry create. F ro m 2 0 0 7 a ll n e w homes built in Spain have to co mp ly to h ig h en ergy performance standards, or in other words cut down on th e lev els o f G H G emis sions. As of June 2013 all properties, existing or new, that a re o ffe re d fo r s a le o r re n t in S p ain a re re-

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HIGH LIVING: Wealthy investors are snapping up luxury Spanish property. By Matthew Elliott LUXURY housing is bouncing back in Spain with some of the wealthiest investors reappearing from the ether now the market has stabilised and confidence is restored in Spanish property. After witnessing a problematic 31 per cent decline during the crisis years, the luxury housing market saw a healthy 25 per cent increase in transactions last year and investors are hedging their bets that the trend will continue. Properties above €5,000 per square metre are considered within the luxury bracket and areas in-

cluding Madrid, Barcelona, Marbella and Mallorca are leading the Spanish charge as elite spenders take advantage of a number of key factors. The ‘golden visa’ offered by Spanish government to buyers outside the EU is one such factor and helps account for the quickly growing Russian, Chinese and Middle Eastern contingent snapping up some of the country’s premier properties. Another key development is the shortage of luxury stock in other world hotspots including London and New York and the growing sense that investment opportunities have perhaps passed their peak.

GOING GREEN: Homeowners have a part to play.

Purchase a village AN entire North Yorkshire village put up on sale for £20 million (€23.4 million) in April has finally received an offer, with the potential buyer still lurking in anonymity. West Heslerton, which is described on its advertisement as a ‘2,116-acre mixed agricultural, residential and commercial estate with vast development and sporting potential,’ has been owned by one family, the Dawnay’s, for more than 150 years. Redeveloped by the late Eve Dawnay, West Heslerton today boasts 43 houses, a pub, garage, sports pavilion and a huge 21-bedroom hall. Around 375 people live there and Eve’s family are hoping to find a benevolent buyer who retains its unique charm.

cent by 2030 by introducing new legislation, financial incentives and guidelines for homeowners. If every homeowner on t he Cost a’s and Mal l or ca deci ded t o cut down t he GHG em i ssi ons i n t hei r home it would make a substantial contribution to reducing Spain’s GHG emissions and lead the way for the rest of Spain’s homeowners to follow, now that would be cool! I n f ut ur e ar t i cl es I wi l l give EWN readers some of m y t op t i ps on how t o r educe GHG emissions and how to save on your homes annual energy bills. John Graham is a Fellow of The Architecture & Surveyors Institute. If you want professional advice on how t o i mprove your home’s GHG emissions or save on your energy costs you can send John an emai l at gk.ipad@me.com.

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

NEARING my 80th birthday and having written almost 2,000 gardening articles for various publications in Spain and the UK, some 300 for the Euro Weekly News, I have decided to make this my last in order to give more time to other activities in my later active years. I hope that the weekly articles, whether focused on possible gardening design strategies, day to day maintenance, solving basic day-to-day problems or what to do if a major crisis occurs, have been of help when you first started a garden here in Spain or later as you gained experience but still had things to learn about the challenges of gardening along the Costas and in inland valleys. Spain has so changed since the mid-70s when I had many holidays in undeveloped La Carihuela and before blocks of apartments with few balcony flowers marred the sea and on land views. Unfortunately my four original books, written then with Clodagh, are no longer generally available to help you, as our publisher and their main distributors closed a few years ago due to the economic crisis. Internet stores like Amazon Books and The Book Depository don’t always have

HATS OFF: Dick is looking forward to having more time for other activities. residual new or second-hand copies available. However later booklets published through Create Space, the Amazon Books self-publishing subsidiary, are always available and also from a good number of other internet book stores. ‘Living well from our garden Mediterranean style’ will be of interest to anyone trying to improve their understanding of what can be grown and consumed from the garden that’s beneficial for holistic wellness. It includes a gastronomic self-audit to help you assess whether you remain

Don’t mix and match cleaning products By Eleanor Hawkins HOARDS of visitors and busy holidays may have left your home in need of a bit of thorough cleaning and have you delving under the sink for weapons to blast through stains and germs, but you may not know if you’re tempted to mix products you could be putting yourself and your possessions at risk. While playing at scientist and mixing and matching products in search of a grimebuster to beat them all sounds good in theory, there are certain chemical-based cleaners which, while perfectly safe on their own, should never, ever be mixed. A prime example of this are drain cleaners. If you’ve followed the instructions and the drain still seems slow or clogged, don’t try mixing it with or following up with a

second, possibly more potent brand. While it might work, it could also explode leading to a mess and unexpected expense. If the first product fails, be sensible and call a plumber. Another to watch is hydrogen peroxide and vinegar. There have been a lot of suggestions, particularly on the internet, that spraying worktops (and even fruit!) with alternating mists of these two, wiping down in between, is advisable to combat germs, but if combined they create peracetic acid which is potentially toxic and can irritate skin, eyes and lungs. Finally, bleach. Mixed with vinegar, ammonia or alcohol it produces gases which can cause all sorts of things from coughing and sore eyes to unconsciousness. Not to mention the havoc mixtures can cause when they come into contact with surfaces: bleach and ammonia for example has been found to literally eat through ceramic floor tiles. Stay safe and only mix bleach with water. HAZARDOUS HYBRIDS: Mixing cleaning products is unsafe.

a fast food addict or on the way to eating well. ‘How to use less water in the garden’ is a brain dumping of all the things I’ve used or seen on my travels to reduce the water required to maintain an interesting garden. It starts by looking at varying water needs of 30 types of gardens and finishes with a plant list of some drought resistant plants. One plant I should now add is the Siberian succulent Rhodiola Rosea which has helped Russian athletes gain Olympic gold medals legitimately and me to improve my retirement strength and

stamina. Interestingly I purchased the seeds from the USA but they arrived by post from China. Come the autumn I will try to germinate them and then grow on in the coolest spot in the garden. The great thing about gardening as a hobby is there is always something new to try out and the ideas often come from unexpected sources. On my 80th birthday I will have had a personal garden for 75 years. The first in 1942 was started on the pile of earth created when an unexploded bomb was dug out of our west London garden and today’s garden has corners and plants stimulated not just from earlier gardens in England and Holland plus those seen in Spain, but also by world travels when working and on exotic walking holidays. Remember that great gardens don’t start in garden centres they start with creative preplanning and the consideration of a number of options. Where possible involve partners and indeed the whole family in coming up with and evaluating features for new and existing gardens. Well my last gardening words are now recorded and sent off to my good friends at EWN. So on the publication day of September 1, I can lightheartedly go off for an early morning walk in the mountains beyond the garden, without having to think about a topic for for next week’s article. © Dick Handscombe September 2016

A time of change SEPTEMBER is an important time for our gardens, vegetal plots and plants. It marks a change of cycle and requires particular care in some gardening aspects. While maintaining watering, especially in southern, drier areas, it is time to start weeding and preparing the vegetal garden for the autumn. Remember the debris will make the base of a superb organic compost. The time is right to plant autumn-winter veg and herbs such as Swiss chard, chicory, garlic, borage, onions, parsnips, endives, peas, beans, lettuce, turnips, parsley, chervil, radishes and carrots. In the garden it’s a good time to start thinking about planting conifers and evergreens and plant pots and flower beds should be prepared and primed ready to plant autumn bulbs. This is also the right moment to replant worse for wear areas of lawns and weed and fertilise all over to prepare the grass for the cold weather.

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RESPONSIBLE pet owners are using microchip to ensure that their pets, if ever lost and turned into the pound, will be returned as quickly as possible. In many areas in Spain it is also now a legal requirement. Responsible breeders are also increasing use of these tools to ensure the puppies they sell will be identified and appropriate action taken if they ever get lost or turned over to a shelter or pound.

The microchip, about the size of a grain of rice, is inserted between the shoulder blades with a syringe like instrument. It contains no batteries or chemicals and has an active life of about 25 years. The age at which this can be done varies with the size and development of the dog, as a certain amount of muscle tissue is necessary. With larger breeds, it can be done by seven to nine weeks of age, when most puppies go to their new homes. Most vets now have the capacity

Keeping fish as pets THERE are many misconceptions out there regarding keeping fish as pets, with the most common being that it is easy! You can’t just stick a goldfish you won at the fair in a glass bowl and throw some food in occasionally, you won’t have it for long as caring for it is more complex and there are many matters to be considered. Firstly, fish bowls are not ideal and the RSPCA doesn’t recommend decorative bowls as they’re purely aesthetic, suggesting instead wide aquariums with maximum surface area to allow oxygen to enter the water. Position it well away from radiators and other heat sources and as far away from pollutants

in the air (eg cigarette smoke) as possible and always on a sturdy surface. Change water gradually and if tap water is used it must be de-chlorinated first as chlorine is dangerous to fish. Choose food for the type of fish you have and only give what will be eaten within about five minutes given at once. Fish won’t thrive on food flakes alone, supplement with vegetable matter and other treats. Provide shelter where fish can hide and feel secure and research their social needs: some will be happy and healthy alone and may fight with others, whilst others may only thrive in a shoal of six or more.

to insert microchips. When scanned, the microchip will reveal a code that is unique to the dog. By consulting the appropriate chip registry database, relevant information – including dog’s owner, breeder, emergency contact, even health problems and food requirements – can be obtained. Implanting the chip and registering in-

formation is included in the cost and dog clubs often offer group discounts. Advantanges of microchipping dog include that they can’t get lost or stolen (like a collar), it can’t be worn off or removed (like a tattoo) and it quickly leads to information about the dog and this information can be readily changed. The disadvantages of microchips are that they can’t be detected or read without a scanner and unfortunately many animal shelters and societies still don’t have one.

Fine art for Fido BRITISH designer Dominic Wilcox’s caninecentric art exhibition, created with dogs in mind, ran from August 19-20 in London. The show was part of a campaign aimed at encouraging people to spend more time with their pets, and included artwork painted in a pooch-friendly colour scheme, plus large interactive pieces such as an enormous dog bowl filled with balls and an ‘open car window simulator’ which involved a fan wafting scents such as meat and old shoes around. The dogs who attended were said to have approved of the show, with plenty of wagging tails spotted, and their enthusiasm is a credit to the painstaking research that went into the event.

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Lightning bolt By Matthew Elliott THE fastest accelerating street-legal car you can buy on the market is now an electric vehicle. Roaring from 060mph in just 2.5 seconds courtesy of a bigger 100kWh battery means that only the non-mass production LaFerrari and Porsche Spyder accelerate faster than the new Tesla Model S P100D. The P100D is also the first electric vehicle capable of exceeding 300 miles on one charge and upgrades to the model, dubbed ‘Ludicrous Mode’ by Tesla, cost around €10,000 for current Model S drivers. Silicon Valley guru and Tesla chief Elon Musk claimed that the new car was ‘faster in a straight line than when dropped out of a plane,’ and announced that a similar battery pack upgrade would soon be available in the Model X. Electric cars and hybrids are grow-

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ONE million cars have been produced in Britain so far this year and exports are racing across the channel at record pace, a lucrative state of affairs for manufacturers enjoying the pound’s fall as they rake in continental cash. It’s a solid increase on last year’s figures for this time of year and the best seven-month performance since 2000. New British-built cars are in hot demand across the world and more than 800,000 cars have been exported in 2016 alone. Britain has always been a motoring world-beater so it’s terrific news for anyone who feared car production might follow a depressing trajectory.

The roads from hell A FUN survey of British motorists hoped to find which UK city was most despised for its driving environment. Surprisingly London wasn’t the worst offender, with that honour going to Birmingham, largely due to its dreaded Spaghetti Junction. The Big Smoke came second, while guest appearances on the roll call of traffic hell included Bristol, Liverpool and Cambridge. Such first world problems as Spaghetti Junction and the M25 pale in comparison to other global driving nightmares. In Lagos, Nigeria there are millions of drivers in one of the world’s most congested and unpredictable cities who have never even attended classes, while in Seoul, South Korea, public vehicles are allowed to completely ignore traffic signals with impunity.

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was, as always, the Ford Fiesta, which changed hands almost 60,000 times from January to June. Well behind in second was the Ford Focus sold on 40,000 occasions, while the Vauxhall Corsa, Astra and Volkswagen Golf made up the top five. Britain’s favourite used car colour is silver, followed by black, blue, grey and red.

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AS always there has been plenty of sporting action during August (the Olympics included) with more to come in September. So no one who is sportsminded, should be disappointed! MOTORSPORT: • Nico Rosberg won last Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix, ahead of Danny Ricciardo with championship leader by nine points, Lewis Hamilton, third. Hamilton, in fact, started at the back of the grid after receiving a penalty because his Mercedes team used too many engine parts! • This weekend it’s the Italian F1 Grand Prix at Monza while Silverstone stages the British MotoGP. TENNIS: • The USA Open started at Flushing Meadows on Monday with Olympic champion Andy Murray among the favourites to win the

men’s singles title. RUGBY LEAGUE: • A Wembley crowd of 76,235 saw Hull come back from 10-0 down to beat Warrington 12-10 in last Sunday’s Challenge Cup final. Marc Sneyd’s dramatic late converted try earned Hull their first final win in 34 years. CRICKET: • England won the first two One Day internationals against Pakistan by 44 runs and four wickets respectively, in form batsman Joe Root leading the way in both games. The third encounter took place yesterday, the fourth is tomorrow with the fifth on Sunday. And you can see a T20 blast between the countries next Wednesday. FOOTBALL: • Last weekend, a record Pirelli Stadium crowd of almost 7,000 saw hosts Burton Albion beat neighbours Derby County 1-0 in the first-ever league meeting between the two clubs. • After three weeks of action, the unbeaten trio of Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester United stand first, second and third in the Premiership. Huddersfield Town, Bolton Wanderers and Morecambe lead the Championship and Leagues One and Two respectively and Celtic top the SPL. • Stoke keeper Shay Given (aged 40) has become the oldest player to concede a Premiership own-goal. He actually saved a penalty taken by Everton’s Leighton Baines only for the ball to hit a post and bounce into the net off his head.

• Claudio Ranieri has become the fifth ‘foreigner’ to register 100 Premiership wins as a manager. The others are Arsene Wenger, José Mourinho, Rafael Benitez and Gerrard Houllier. • There are no Premiership/Championship games this weekend due to the international break when several U21 Championship and 2018 World Cup qualifiers, plus friendlies, will take place. Sunday’s World Cup qualifiers include Czech RepublicNorthern Ireland, Malta-Scotland, Norway-Germany and Slovakia-England (Sam Allardyce’s first game as head coach) while Wales play Moldova on Monday. • The draw for this year’s group stage of the Champions League (starting September 13) is: A: Arsenal/FC Basel/Ludogorets/Paris St Germain B: Benfica/Besiktas/Dynamo Kiev/Napoli C: Barcelona/Borussia Monchengladbach/Celtic/Manchester City D: Atletico Madrid/Bayern Munich /Rostov/PSV Eindhoven E: Bayer Leverkusen/CSKA Moscow Monaco/Spurs F: Borussia Dortmund/Legia Warsaw /Real Madrid/Sporting Lisbon G: Club Bruges/FC Copenhagen/FC Porto/Leicester City H: Dinamo Zagreb/Juventus/Lyon/Sevilla • Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola will, of course, face his former club, Barcelona. • Europa League, group games will include FeyenoordManchester Utd, Alkmaar-Dundalk, Southampton-Sparta Prague, Hapoel-Inter Milan, Ajax-Celta Vigo and Roma-Austria Vienna.

PEP GUARDIOLA: Will face former club Barcelona in the Champion’s League.

• The transfer deadline ended yesterday with several last minute deals taking place. Details next week. ROUND-UP: • In cycling, the Vuelta n Espana continues (until September 11)... the Tour of Britain starts on Sunday... the Premiership and Pro12 Rugby Union campaigns get underway tomorrow night… and the Paralympics begin in Rio next Wednesday (without the Russians). FOOTNOTE: Two of the

NICO ROSBERG: Winner of the Belgian Grand Prix.

most arrogant, uneducated sportsmen interviewed recently have been F1 drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel. Can’t believe (even understand) what they say or mean sometimes!

JOE ROOT: In form batsman led the way.

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Golf International Nerja Society Anoreta Monday August 22

Baviera Tuesday August 23

Individual Stableford Overall Winner Lyn McAllister Ladies Winner Marisa Elias Garcia Men’s Winner Carlos Villen Front 9 Rod Oldham Back 9 John Millward Two’s Brian Hollinrake 17, Sean Daly 5

Best three scores to count 1st team Derek Sibson, Clive Akid, Steve McFarlane, Marney Dick

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2nd team Bob Blair, Marlyse Blair, Pepe Gil, Tim Davies

108pts

Coolish day but some pretty hot golf and nice to see a lady picking up the overall winner prize. Well done Lyn! His and hers prizes for Carlos and Marisa. Obviously the Olympics have inspired some people to greater things.

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Six evenly matched Teams played a challenging ‘Best three scores to count’ game on a slightly sticky but sunny day with enough breeze to take the edge off the heat but not enough to affect the golf. Par score of 108 was beaten by the winners with 110 points and equalled for second place.

Baviera winners