Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 1 - 7 September 2016 Issue 1626

ISSUE NO. 1626

1 - 7 September 2016

COSTA BLANCA NORTH

YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION

Human bones found A baffled marine diver returned to shore with a sheet-wrapped bundle found wedged in rocks at the base of Ifach.

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Turning turtle THE body of a loggerhead turtle was found drifting half a mile from the entrance to the port of Alicante.

Officers from the Guardia Civil special underwater

group recovered the body of the turtle, which was around 10kg in weight. It had some sort of fishing rope tied around its neck and nothing could be done to save its life.

Crook crackdown JUAN CARLOS MORAGUES, government delegate for Valencia, visited Benidorm on Tuesday, August 30, and during his visit he was keen to point out the 20 per cent reduction in thefts in the resort this summer.

“Benidorm is now safer than ever,” smiled the satisfied official.

“The reduction in crime shows the effectiveness of our police forces.”

Claim dismissed ALICANTE will not compensate the company that was carrying out expansion work on the IES Virgen del Remedio school.

The contractor was claiming

more than €440,000 damages for the hold up of approving the modified project and stoppage of works between April and December 2014.

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California dreamin’

By Matt Ford

MORE than 2,000 fans of sugary-sweet Spanish girl group Sweet California converged on Benidorm stadium on Monday, August 29, to take in a fulllength concert by the knock-off popsters.

The vanilla-flavoured trio comprising Tamy Nsue, Sonia Gomez and Alba Reig, who are known for their colourful hair choices, are currently riding the crest of a wave following a string of hits.

They did not disappoint their legion of fans during the gig, belting out singles from their latest album ‘Head for the Stars 2.0,’ including Justin Bieber cover Love Yourself, Vuelvo a ser la rara, Comprende it’s over, and their famous version of the Tony Basil 80’s classic Hey Mickey!

The spectacular show featured a giant screen with live musicians and dancers accompanying the terrifying threesome on stage, although much of the music was drowned out by the incessant, deafening screaming of their hundreds of teeny-bopper fans.

Not to be daunted, the girls put on a super d i s p l a y, a n d t h a n k e d B e n i d o r m f o r t h e i r “amazing” reception.

ON STAGE: Sweet California performed many of their hits and put on a spectacular show for their fans.

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FEATURED NEWS

Rent a car ordeals

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Your papers, your views Our readers have been expressing their views about airport car rental firms which appeared on our website.

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

Buyer beware WE all know that it’s a scam, because pretty much everything these days is. The key is to be smart about it. Get cheaper insurance from the UK, take photos, drive carefully, and scream like a madman if they start with their shenanigans!

Malcolm

Expect the worst WE returned a car once to Alicante airport only to be told we had to pay an extra €400 for a scratch which was already there when we got it! We didn’t have a camera and at the time thought it was so minor we just ignored it. Shudder to think if we had no back-up insurance.

Elizabeth

BE PREPARED: Research firms, take photos and have back-up insurance so you’re not left out of pocket.

By Matthew Elliott “SORRY sir, but as you travelled in excess of 2,000km we will have to charge an additional €2 per excess kilometre, a total of €250. We’ve also identified a small scratch right here which will cost €600 to repair.

Did you take out our insurance? No? Ok sir, we will have to charge you €850...now how would you like to pay?”

Not many things are more infuriating than being ripped off at the end of your travels. Especially when you predicted it would happen, took measures to prevent it, and yet had to stand there seething as your pockets were emptied.

Every year thousands of British residents and tourists fall foul of the airport car rental giants who offer seemingly reasonably priced deals.

They encourage the traveller to explore Spain or use a vehicle just for those little journeys that we all undertake.

But these deals are too often turning out to mask an organised pricefixing cartel who have engineered their hire policies to ensure they turn a healthy profit in what is a very cutthroat industry. But should this be at

There’s a strong chance that an eagle-eyed attendant will uncover some rubber mark or chip that was barely noticeable before.” the expense of the traveller?

Not all car hire firms are the same of course but there are some chains present at Spanish airports which try to ensure you rarely walk away having paid the originally agreed upon fee.

A highly competitive offer will be made for a week-long car rental but then, upon collection, customers will be told of the prudent value of taking out full insurance. Some readers have told EWN this is given with the same cheerful promise you might find when asked outside a football ground for a few quid to have someone ‘watch your car.’

That insurance typically costs at least as much as the entire rental deal, upwards of €5 per day, is not

required in any legal sense travellers complain, and many customers will have insurance policies that cover damage under €1,000 anyway, typically for around €50 per year.

Any extras, whether sat nav, a booster seat, WiFi or a second driver will be offered for an expensive fee and you will be asked to pay for a full tank of petrol, often at well above market price.

When you return the car, rest assured there’ll be a full sweep and, no matter how angelically you might think you drove it, there’s a strong chance that an eagle-eyed attendant will uncover some rubber mark or chip that was barely noticeable before. Suddenly this represents a glaring €500 hole in your bank account until your insurance comes through, assuming you have some.

If you were smart you went on a photography spree when you hired the car, covering every nook and cranny with your phone, dating the photos and having them handy as evidence.

If there is a ‘new,’ yet achingly minor dust mark somewhere, then sometimes simply kicking up a fuss can save you a few hundred euros, especially when there’s no clear cut

damage for them to point to, and a crowd of waiting customers yet to hand over their own hard-earned cash.

Whatever you do, don’t leave it to fate and be tempted by the ‘leave the keys in the box’ approach. Make sure that when you return the car you have it confirmed that no additional charges will be made and you do not risk fuming over a bill levied from a thousand miles away.

Keep an eye out online for reviews of particular car rental firms but remember, at the airport they are all essentially in the same business.

For some that means tactics which end with an angry consumer who is now out of pocket.

The market is an oligopoly with customers feeling at their most vulnerable: stressed out, in a queue, in a foreign country, and in desperate need of a car. So, if you’re renting soon from an airport firm, be smart and prepare yourself.

A camera, back-up insurance and careful driving should be your weapons of choice, and leave yourself plenty of time for a boisterous exchange when you return the car.

Who knows, perhaps with this mindset you can relish the challenge.

Corrupt economy IT’S a cartel like any other cartel, whether we are talking about drugs, oil, or weapons.

The larger corporations rig the game in their favour and rake in the profits as the little people are left with no choice but to agree to the terms or make their lives much more difficult.

Neil

Just your luck OCCASIONALLY I hire a car when I’ve guests over or some shopping to do. I choose a deal from Malaga airport and find it depends on the person. Sometimes they’re lovely but others seem to have daily targets to hit...

Annie

Screeching revenge I REMEMBER reading about a furious customer who emptied a full tank of petrol circling Palma airport because the car hire company had a full/empty policy and the alternative was giving them the tank!

Ramon

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INDEX

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Mysterious discovery

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European Press 38

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Letters 59 From Front Page

Time Out 64 - 65

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Social Scene 70 - 74

Property 75 - 76

Colin Bird 57

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By Linda Hall the Benissa diving school instructor unloaded it at the Basetes marina.

But when they unknotted the sheet, the flabbergasted divers were confronted with a human skeleton, a child’s doll and twigs bearing names.

Also with the grisly package was a container with laurel leaves, some feathers and a wa-

tertight capsule containing a mysterious yellow liquid.

The diver also unearthed a broken staff, apparently said to symbolise the end of a journey.

The Guardia Civil’s Policia Judicial unit are currently trying to unravel the puzzle, attempting to identify both the remains and the significance of the objects found with them.

The skeleton had apparently been interred for around 20 years before it was consigned to the sea, sources have revealed.

However, no sooner had the news of the discovery broken on Saturday August 27, than several other finds were reported. Later the same day members of a Calpe diving club found a similar submerged parcel near the spot where the first was located.

Later still, Basetes diving club members, out on a night dive, found another considerably larger package in the Peñon’s Nido del Aguila zone.

Not wanting to destroy possi-

ble evidence or interfere with investigations already launched

by Guardia Civil, the divers marked both locations with buoys and alerted authorities.

Although the remains were found in rocks on the Peñon’s seaward side, it’s accessible from the shore so the parcels could have been taken under cover of darkness, sources said.

Forensic experts are trying to determine what took place with theories ranging from burial at sea to voodoo rituals.

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Water shortage problems persist DROUGHT WORRIES: No end in sight.

By Linda Hall ALICANTE Province is continuing to endure its worst drought for 25 years with a rainfall deficit of 50 per cent.

The drought, first felt in 2013, has progressively worsened and experts say the future outlook is not much brighter.

With no promise of steady autumn rain, the Confederacion Hidrografica del Jucar (CHJ) has declared a state of emergency in the River Serpis basin and the Marina Baja.

Until now the Marina Alta has been less affected but even Javea with its own desalination plant has had intermittent cuts

in some parts of the town. This was due to exceptionally high demand in the first fortnight of August, said a spokesman for the municipally-run Amjasa, which provides Javea’s domestic supply and has called for a rational use of domestic water.

Javea is relatively well-off for water thanks to the desalination plant but the situation is worse for neighbouring Benitachell, Gata and Teulada.

At the beginning of July, Javea Town Hall agreed to transfer water each day but this has not been arriving because of the demand in August.

“The agreement was dependent on covering Javea’s own

needs and there has been a chain of problems with the Pedreguer artesian wells that also supplies us with water and we weren’t receiving enough ourselves to be able to send supplies to Benitachell, Gata and Teulada” said Javea’s mayor Jose Chulvi.

As the summer population dwindles, demand is decreasingand with the desalination plant functioning day and night, Javea’s problems will be solved. Overall the situation is not encouraging, said Professor Jorge Olcina of Alicante University’s Climatology Institute.

“Rainfall will be lower than usual this autumn,” he warned.

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EAGER TO LEARN: Languages a priority in schools.

English a necessity

By Matthew Elliott DESIGNATING multilingualism an ‘educational priority,’ the Valencian government is set to strengthen English learning in Spanish schools.

The aim is to devote more resources to teaching the language in newer and more innovative ways.

Having identified English proficiency as one of the educational system’s greatest weaknesses, the government will begin pilot programmes in local schools in and around the Costa Blanca.

New experimental techniques will be tested on the children who already have some exposure to the language through family or friends.

Previous pilot schemes have been immensely popular among local Spanish parents who want their children to learn English at an early age.

But the programmes have typically ended up being scaled back without any concrete government commitment.

That is set to change, with Valencian Community President Ximo Puig putting his full weight behind the proposals, defining them as a priority for his legislature.

Botellon battles LOCAL residents and nature lovers were infuriated after a large-scale botellon, a drinking pa rty involving doz e ns if not hundreds of youngsters, laid waste to the Montgo na tura l pa rk, forc ing the arrival of Local Police a nd a huge c le a r up operation.

The problems began after a local Xabia disco had its lic e nc e re voke d for causing too much noise, muc h to the re lie f of neighbours.

Unfortunately, the party si m pl y spr ead i nt o adj acent nat ur al ar eas and hundreds of youngsters driving, drinking, l i t t er i ng, and par t yi ng, took over driveways and other private property.

Even the Guardia Civil wer e cal l ed t o br eak up fights as neighbours lodged formal complaints with the authorities, denouncing the youths for the noise and mess made in the wake of their revelling.

Spying in the depths NAMED the ‘Goddess Maat,’ a sailboat off the coast of the Montgo Natural Park is being used by environmentalist group, Ecologists in Action, to pay witness to pollution being carried out by other vessels.

Crew members have seen illegal anchoring, boats endangering coastal wildlife, and speeding take place daily, and have submitted their report to the authorities.

The area, which straddles Denia and Javea, is renowned for its natural beauty.

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Hopes still high for fireworks at sea

By Linda Hall THE Virgen de Loreto fiestas in Javea’s port area traditionally feature bull-running and fireworks.

The bou embolat version was vetoed in Javea earlier this year but the harbourside bous a la mar are safe for the foreseeable future. But to the disappointment of the Loreto fiestas organisers and the town hall, the fireworks display on the last night of the fiestas has once again been banished from the harbour breakwater.

Regional laws veto fireworks within 500 metres of any area officially classed as a woodland zone.

Javea port is just a few metres too near the slopes of Cabo de San Anto-

FIESTA FIREWORKS: Platforms instead of the harbour for Loreto fireworks. nio, the Generalitat declared in 2014.

Rules are rules and despite the changeover to a PSOE-Compromis regional government last year, these

cannot be waived.

The town hall and fiestas organisers are consequently looking for an alternative that satisfies safety regulations

while retaining a marine setting for the fireworks.

Last year they were successfully installed on a platform off the La Grava

beach and Fiestas councillor Antonio Miragall said it was hoped that this could be perfected still further this year. Two more platforms have been added to provide a 42-square metre base for the fireworks.

The local fishing guild, the firm putting on the display and the Local Police are trying out the system to assess the platform’s stability and buoyancy and also detect whether it needs strengthening.

Once tested and given the thumbsup, the platform will be installed on September 6, two days before the display that traditionally rounds off the Loreto fiestas.

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Local beaches dangerously busy

By Matthew Elliott DENIA saw a bumper summer with a huge influx of tourists taking to the gorgeous beaches of the Costa

Blanca North, but residents ma y b e w eig h in g u p the cost-benefit analysis after it was revealed that they left a record volume of trash in their wake.

In August alone, more than 30,000 kg of waste was scrubbed from Denia’s beaches, more than a third of the volume cleaned up last year and a reminder that the authorities need to be more proactive if Denia’s pristine environment is to be maintained.

Hikers, tourists, swimmers and boats all gather in the caves and waters.

‘Creating an environmentally sustainable’ city is one of the priorities of the Socialist-run council, backed

by Compromis, but overc row ding is be c oming a n ever more pressing issue.

Given that the vast majority of offenders are tourists, public awareness campaigns ha ve s o fa r ha d little impact.

LAS MARINAS: Not so deserted in the summer.

Denia is taking a stricter approach to a similar problem in a different area, announcing new plans to prevent severe overcrowding at the Cova Tallada, a scenic hotspot within the Montgo natural park close to Xabia.

A c c e s s ible by la nd a nd

sea, the natural wonder sees kayakers, hikers, tourists, swimmers, paddlers and boats all conglomerate in the caves and waters, leading to a chaotic, dangerous and environmentally disastrous situation.

Measures will include

regulating trips offered by tour companies and improving safety conditions, including installing extra railings and barriers to prevent a tragedy which could happen ‘any day,’ according to envi r onm ent counci l l or Josep Crespo.

Back in the spotlight

By Matthew Elliott A FORMER mayor of Benidorm was back in the spotlight in his favourite place, though in a completely different guise than in his days at the helm of the Costa Blanca city.

Though many former mayors across Spain frequently hit the headlines or the courtrooms over corruption scandals, Manuel Catalan Chana was instead performing at the L’Aiguera park, debuting his new career as an amateur singer.

Chana, Benidorm mayor from 1983 to 1991, didn’t have a fantastic reception slightly more than 100 people gathered to hear him belt out some old Spanish, French and Catalan classics - but he proved he has a voice worthy of the stage and raised, an albeit lower than expected, €500 for charity. There was some rumbling that very few city hall representatives were in attendance, especially as tickets for the benefit concert

LEGENDARY ROCKER: Screaming Lord Sutch. were a reasonable €5 but Chana was unfazed and sang his heart out regardless.

The former Socialist politician, who ran unsuccessfully for mayor again in 1999, may be one of the first politicians to turn singer, bucking a trend

that usually works in reverse.

Perhaps the best example was the legendary English rocker Screaming Lord Sutch, who went from releasing the ‘worst album of all time’ to standing in more than 40 elections, losing them all.

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By David Humphrey A MOTORCYCLIST has died in Gandia after being hit by a car that was being driven the wrong way on a one way street.

The victim, a 60-year-old male, was shunted from the side by the vehicle in the early hours of Friday August 26. The man was taken to Francesc de Borja de Gandia Hospital and later pronounced dead.

Police officers were able to catch up with the driver and his companion, who was in another car and also driving in the wrong direction. Both had fled the scene, and they were reportedly over the legal limit for alcohol.

The men were arrested and will be charged with manslaughter and omission of duty to aid a person in distress.

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Farm takeover cost soars THE controversial expropriation of Bergia farm, to be used for a sports park, is set to cost Benidorm City Council a staggering 4.1 million euros.

This is despite the initial value being set at just 270,000 euros. The forced pur-

JUST ONE MORE: Not just putting your own life at risk.

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chase of the iconic farm has proven very controversial.

The local authority is now to open an investigation into the issue. The farm is set to be incorporated into the Foietes park despite intense local opposition.

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Aims to protect the vulnerable MORE than 65,700 certificates showing a person does not have a criminal record that would disqualify them from working with children, have been issued in the Valencia Region for the four months from March to the end of June.

Since the start of that period, all people who work or volunteer with children, such as teachers, doctors, entertainers, school monitors and bus drivers, must be declared fit to do so.

They must prove they have no criminal record for offences which range from sexual abuse, harassment, maltreatment, prostitution, and pornography, to the corruption of minors. The certificates showing the absence of such convictions have been issued by the Ministry of Justice.

The request can be made by either an employee or employer.

Currently, in the Valencia Region, there are 4,689 adults on the sex offenders list, and more than 40,000 in Spain. More than 300 minors are also on the register.

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Taking a walk on the safer side of the street

By Linda Hall HOSTAL ROCA located on El Cruce, at the bottom of Avenida de Beniarda, h a s a w all a n d g ard en pa tio tha t cause the pavement to narrow dramatically.

Pedestrians are obliged to walk on the road for 20 metres as they app ro ac h Be n id o rm’s b igge s t a nd busiest crossroads.

A succession of councils, anxious to widen the pavement at this point, have negotiated unsuccessfully with Hostal Roca’s owners since 1989 to purchase some of their land.

But the owners have now agreed to a ‘mutually acceptable’ compulsory purchase, giving up a large area of frontage in exchange for more than 155,100 euros.

This will allow the town hall to tea r d o w n th e w a ll and ma ke the pavement six times bigger and also, it is hoped, safer.

The agreement was the outcome of almost a year of negotiations.

Urban Development Councillor,

LONG AWAITED: Pavement to be widened.

Lourdes Caselles, said, “This will round off work on Avenida Beniarda, and the removal of all front gardens as envisaged in the 1990 General Development Plan.”

The cost of the compulsory purchase was allowed for in the municipal budget, Caselles revealed. “We were certain that negotiations would eventually solve this problem.”

Motorcyclist killed by car driver A MOTORCYCLIST has died in Gandia after he was hit by a car that was being driven the wrong way on a one-way street.

The victim, a 60-year-old male, was shunted from the side by the vehicle in

the early hours of Friday August 26. He was taken to Francesc de Borja de Gandia Hospital and later pronounced dead.

Police officers were able to catch up to the driver and his companion, who was in another car and also driving in

the wrong direction. Both had fled the scene.and were reportedly over the legal limit for alcohol.

The men were arrested and will be charged with manslaughter and omission of duty to aid a person in distress.

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Helping out the stranded EMERGENCY SERVICE helicopters have carried out 229 emergency and rescue operations since January.

Of these, 143 were medical emergencies attended by air ambulances, said Jose Maria Angel, who heads the Generalitat’s Safety and Emergency Response Agency.

Helicopters from the region’s Fire Brigade Consortiums carried out 86 search and rescue missions, Angel revealed. The majority of these operations, 65, corresponded to Alicante Province, compared with 14 in Valencia Province, and seven in Castellon.

The Fire Brigade helicopters were mobilised for rescue missions on 72 occasions, and carried out another 14 operations to locate missing or lost persons.

In most cases, these were climbers or hikers who needed assistance in difficult-toaccess mountain areas. Others required help after accidents while paragliding or potholing.

“Anyone practising high risk activities should make certain that they are in good health, and that weather conditions are adequate,” Angel said. “They need to know the terrain, and how to get back, and it is essential to have a fully charged mobile phone to contact the 112 emergency number.”

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Request for tougher corruption stance

By Linda Hall ACCORDING to pollsters, corruption is a major concern for Spaniards, second only to unemployment.

In Villajoyosa, steps may be taken to erase memories of regional politicians who have faced prosecution for corruption or other offences.

The Pla Mallaeta Poble Nou residents’ association, has asked the town hall to comply with regional laws, and remove commemorative plaques referring to politicians and public figures who are

linked to such scandals.

“We know the Valencian government regulations, and don’t understand how these have not been enforced in our town as they have been elsewhere, ” the association said.

One of the names that members want to see removed belongs to ex-mayor Jose Miguel Llorca, sentenced for illegally practising medicine.

“New buildings should be dedicated to Villajoyosa residents, to thank them for their efforts in developing the town,” they said.

The town hall is considering the proposal.

Carrying on camping CAMPSITES have been recording their highest occupancy levels in years.

Alicante Province is ranked third in Spain in terms of occupancy, and is exceeding the industry’s expectations.

The province has around 28,000 places across 38 establishments and average occupan-

cy in all facilities for August is expected to be above 90 per cent. There is already a reported 15.6 per cent increase in visitors throughout the year compared to last year, according to data recorded by the Valencian Tourism Agency.

Figures are also showing that 75.2 per cent of visitors

have been foreigners.

Regional Secretary of Tourism, Francesc Colomer, said camping tourism was important because it helped ‘break up the seasonality and attracts winter visitors.’

He also said the sector was trying hard to achieve high quality facilities and services.

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Hungry vulture

By Matthew Elliott AN unexpected guest took re s ide nts a nd touris ts in Benidorm by surprise when it dropped gracefully atop one of the Costa Blanca city’s many skyscrapers.

The griffon vulture, whose natural habitat is likely the Serra Gelada Natural Park, stunned onlookers by appearing on the terrace of a busy city centre hotel.

The poor c re a ture a ppeared to be disorientated and quick thinking neighbours called the Local Police, who in turn contacted the specialist rural patrol.

Within moments a team of highly s kille d pe rs onne l were on the scene and rescued the young vulture, who they identified as suffering from malnutrition, leading to disorientation.

The animal was treated a nd tra ns porte d to the Mundomar Park for an ex-

GRIFFON VULTURE: Stunned onlookers at a city hotel. am i nat i on, bef or e bei ng br ought t o t he Cent r e of Species Recovery in Santa

Faz where it will hopefully heal and be back i n t he skies in a matter of weeks.

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A month of celebrations

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THERE’S much to celebrate this month in the Benidorm Indoor Market. For a start, Nev and Yvonne started up here 13 years ago this month, having moved from Lincoln, UK. Their empire grew to four businesses, but they’ve settled down to two, and are perfectly happy running those. Nev loves cooking, so enjoys his time looking after folk in Nev’s Cafe, whilst Yvonne is equally happy amongst all the books in Browse Awhile.

Another trader celebrating an anniversary is Phil, that’s Phillip the Pie man. He first set up in the Indoor Market on September 1, 2013, although he’d lived in Spain for 16 years.

There are birthdays being celebrated too, so congratulations to Eileen of Denise Curtains as she celebrates her birthday on September 10, and to Christine from Perfume Bogeda who celebrates hers on September 23. Lala, from International, celebrates her 50th on September 14, and just a little younger is Sahibjot, the son of Laly and Kaur, who will be six, also on September 14.

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Younger still is Luis, grandson on Joan and Frank of Nova 86, who will celebrate his first birthday on September 1. He’s a familiar and popular sight in the Indoor Market, as he currently Sahibjot. spends quite a bit of time with his grandparents.

Finally, Chelsea, who does nails at Hepburns, is having a wedding day blessing on September 3.

Former mayor’s secrets revealed THE former Socialist mayor of Benidorm, Manuel Catalan Chana, displayed a musical talent that until now was reserved only for his closest friends when he sang a collection of songs in French and Castilian at a concert at the Auditorio Oscar Espla del Parque de l’Aiguera.

Accompanied by violin and piano, and dressed all in black, he sang songs made famous by Raphael, Gilbert Becaud, Alberto Cortez and Charles Aznavour.

Nev. So, if you find more smiling faces than usual in the market this month, you now know the reason why!

The concert was in aid of the Comissio de Festes Majors Patronals 2016.

Roadworks under pressure ACCESS to the Guillermo Amor Sports Centre is restricted at the moment as roadworks continue.

The Department of Transportation is endeavouring to complete the works before the new school term starts on September 8.

Three public schools, Bautista Lledo, Aitana and Vasco Nunez de Balboa, would be adversely affected should the works not be completed on time.

Bookfest LOVERS of old books will be flocking down to the Plaza de la Hispanidad as the 27th B ook Fa ir c ontinue s up to September 18.

Collectors of vinyl records are also catered for in the booths that house the treasures.

Many of the traders have been attending the event since it first started, 27 years ago.

The event is recognised nationally as an important part of the collector ’s scene.

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One more to go HUNDREDS of people watched the film ‘Finding Nemo’ last Friday night on the Mal Pas beach in Benidorm as part of the ‘Cinema a la platja’ programme.

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Fun for the little ones MORE than 2,000 children and their parents enjoyed the music of Clan TV in the J ulio Iglesi as Audi t or i um i n Aiguera Park last week.

The musical ‘Festival Clan,’ which is c urre ntly touri ng sever al Spani sh tow ns , w a s a im ed at t he younger fa mily me mb er s, wi t h Pocoyo, Caillou, La Abeja Maya and Heidi all featuring.

Benidorm’s mayor, Toni Perez, and the councillor of events, Jose Ramon Gonzalez de Zarate, attended the event, together with the promoter of the festival, Javier Ferrandiz.

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Taking the sweat out of your paella

By Linda Hall IBERIAN culinary purists would of course not dream of using anything but homemade stock when putting together the perfect paella.

However, not everyone is so traditionally-inclined, and many simply reach for a stock cube of one flavour or another.

It is with these people in mind that Parisien-Deyco has come up with a concentrate specially formulated for the famous rice dish, explained the firm’s directors, b u s in e s s ma n E d u a rdo Corredor and nutritionist Carlos Blasco.

“What we are making is based on ‘salmorreta,’ a culinary classic that incor-

pora te s olive oil, le mon, garlic, tomato, and herbs, and is the basis of so much Spanish regional cooking,” Corredor beamed.

It can be used in numerous other dishes in addition to pa e lla , C orre dor a nd Blasco pointed out, and is cost-effective, working out at around 20 cents a portion, “which isn’t bad at all.”

Tennis courts reopen THE tennis courts at the Guillermo Amor Sports Centre have reopened following their three-month renovation project. The improvements to the facilities have cost something in the region of €60,000, according to council sources, and the work started in June.

The councillor for sports, Ana Pellicer, said that the work had been carried out

during the summer months in order to take advantage of the partial closure of the centre as a result of various musical events.

She also said that the work had become “absolutely essential” given the state that the facilities were in, which made them unusable.

Handily, they should now be in good condition for another 10 years.

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Older Brits targeted by pickpockets POLICE have detained three men and a woman who robbed unwary tourists preparing to check in at hotels.

Although the arrests were made in Alicante City, the gang operated principally in Benidorm, police said. They usually pounced as new arrivals left the coaches bringing them from the airport and elderly Britons juggling hand luggage and suitcases were their preferred victims.

Men from the well coordinated group kept a lookout and distracted their targets while the light fingered woman divested them of their wallets or purses.

Sometimes the gang members posed as hotel workers, intercepting victims and offering leaflets with details of discounts or excursions. Most were unaware they had been robbed until later, but as summer progressed and the number of formal complaints mounted up, police suspected that the thefts were not a coincidence, and began investigating.

The group were hard to pin down as they habitually used hired cars to travel between Alicante City and Benidorm. They carried out numerous thefts, and have been charged with seven specific cases.

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No serious injuries recorded this year Pablo OE Flickr)

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THE CORDA: Armour and a love of fireworks required.

By Linda Hall FIFTEEN people were injured during the ‘corda’ at the Paterna (Valencia) fiestas.

The figure is down on last year when 26 people were hurt. The ‘corda’ is a time honoured fireworks challenge where partici-

pants, wearing improvised armour, bear the onslaught of strings of rockets and bangers inside a specially made ‘rocketdrome.’

A total of 70,000 fireworks were let off in the space of 25 minutes during the Paterna fiestas.

Those taking part were issued with high tech wristbands incor-

porating a microchip with their personal details.

None of the injuries were serious, and were treated at the local health centre by the paramedics on stand by.

A town hall register was available where injuries, or property damage, could be reported.

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No to the violence A QUESTIONNAIRE filled out by women attending health centres and hospitals, has revealed 4.1 per cent had suffered domestic violence.

Last July, health professionals at Valencian Community health centres and hospitals, gave out 3,706 questionnaires to detect gender abuse.

From the replies, they found that 4.1 per cent of women revealed that they had been subjected to abuse, with 79 instances of physical violence.

Another 141 women had been psychologically ill treated, and 14 were sexually abused.

The role of the region’s health professionals was fundamental in detecting gender violence and saving lives, said Carmen Monton, who heads the Generalitat’s Health department.

“We have to ensure that health centres and hospitals are places where victims can find help,” Monton said. “It is vital to make available resources to protect these women.”

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New helpline for victims of bullying

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A HELPLINE for victims of bullying will be active this school year. The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, said the phone line will help cases of abuse and harassment for school students.

All calls will be handled exclusively by professionals qualified in the field of psychology, and will provide care and counselling, working alongside support and social workers.

The Government intends it to be a free phone number, which will not appear on the phone bill, and is accessible to people with hearing or speech disabilities through alternative tools.

The ANAR Foundation (Aid to Children and Adolescents at Risk), which is dedicated to defending the rights of children and adolescents, said their cases of helping child victims of bullying rose 75 per cent in 2015, compared to the previous year.

Their report said that seven out of 10 victims are harassed daily, and 40 per cent of

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SUFFERING IN SILENCE: Help will now be at hand.

them suffer for more than a year. Youngsters aged between 11 and 13 are the most common victims, although children as young as seven report being bullied.

It is hoped the hotline will help children in the Alicante Province, as the latest fig-

ures show that around 13,000 school children under the age of 17 are, or have been, victims of bullying at school.

The Valencian Association Against Bullying (Avalcae), state that around 6 per cent of students are victims.

TWENTY-NINE prefabricated classrooms have been hired for 17 schools in the Valencia Region for the start of the new school year.

The Ministry of Education has been fighting to remove the portacabins from schools but have allocated around one million euros to cover the cost of these 29 new ones.

However, Minister Vicent Marza said the new prefabricated classes are in response to repair and renovation being carried out on centres, and are mainly just for the interim period until work is completed.

In the province of Alicante, they are being installed at the schools of Principe de EspaĂąa in Rojales, La Galia in Elche, which will also have a toilet block, Virgen de las Virtudes in Cox, and La Muixara in La Nucia.

Rojales requires the most prefabricated classrooms for primary school students, costing around 83,000 euros, as the construction of the new school is finally underway.

Work comes after more than a decade of fighting and waiting by parents, teachers and the local council, who have continually claimed it is unfit for lessons. It is expected that the prefabricated classrooms will be in place until 2018, when the school is expected to be finished and students can move into the new building.

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A priceless discovery on mystery boat THE remains of a shipwreck discovered in Calpe are gradually giving up their secrets.

At the beginning of last month, Calpe’s

Beaches Vigilance coordinator, Juan Luis San Nicolas, was inspecting demarcation buoys on the Fossa beach 15 metres from the shore. He noticed the ribs of a boat sticking out of the seabed and, buried in the sand, a hull that

looked to be about 12 metres long.

The boat will be left as it is until the summer season ends, but Spanish banknotes that were found by lifeguards point to its probable age and the date when it foundered.

The banknotes were dated July 22, 1935 and printed in London for the Second Republic by Thomas de Rue. Nominally worthless, but in some ways priceless, they are being guarded by the Guardia Civil and the Maritime Authorities.

Photo Town hall from a previous campaign.

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EL TOSSAL: Vestiges of Roman fort still there.

Dig starts at Roman fort EXCAVATION of Roman remains has started at El Tossal in La Cala (Benidorm).

This is the fourth campaign there, and until September 9 the archaeological team will concentrate on excavating the wall that once surrounded a First Century BC Roman fort.

This will be temporarily reinforced to prevent its collapse, said Alicante University Archaeologist, Feliciana Sala,

who is in charge of the dig and will be assisted by 10 archaeology students. As with previous campaigns, the project has the backing of the Poseidon and Bali hotels which are providing the participants with accommodation and meals.

“The wall is in better condition than we originally believed,” said Sala, who added that they would be applying the same reinforcement system that

has been used successfully at the Roman remains in Lucentum, the site of the original Alicante City.

The dig will be one of the first steps towards consolidating El Tossal as an open air museum. The aim is that it will become a reference point for investigations into the Roman conquest of Hispania, said Benidorm’s Heritage councillor, Ana Pellicer.

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ALICANTE: The capital of the region.

Spain’s 9.6 million foreign tourists

By David Humphrey THE Valencia Region is the fastest growing destination in Spain for foreign tourists.

The findings come from the INE, the International Institute of Statistics.

With 4,394,653 foreign tourists having arrived in the region this year up till the month of July, it is the province that has grown the most with regard to international arrivals. This is an increase

of 17.8 per cent when compared to last year’s figures for the same period.

The region comes top followed by Andalucia (16 per cent) and the Balearic Islands (12.7 per cent).

The UK is the main source of the tourists arriving, making up just over a quarter of all international arrivals. In total, Spain received 9.6 million foreign tourists during the month of July, the highest number on record for that month.

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It never rains but it pours Photo Credit EWN

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FLASH FLOODS: Prevention measures need to be in place.

By Linda Hall THREE years of drought notwithstanding, the onset of autumn brings the threat of flash floods to Alicante Province each year.

From Alicante City all the way up to Gandia - but above all, in both the Marina Baja and Marina Alta - there will be at least one episode of monsoon-like rain that results in a flash flood before the year ends.

The province has a network of dry watercourses that temporarily overflow and burst their banks during brief, but intense periods of torrential rainfall, and this is not necessarily only restricted to rural areas.

Town halls do what they can to maintain streams and riverbeds free of vegetation and litter so that these can do their job of channelling off surface water, although sometimes they are hampered by officialdom. Permission from the Confederacion Hidrografica del Jucar water board is required for this, producing ludicrous situations where municipalities have been sanctioned for going ahead without wait-

ing for red tape to be untangled.

Possibly it is for this reason that only 20 of 136 Valencian Community municipalities considered to be susceptible to episodes of torrential rain, have put together and approved flood prevention plans as required by regional law.

Thirty six of these towns are located in Alicante Province, but only Villajoyosa, El Verger, and Ondara, already have plans in place.

Notable exceptions are Denia, considered high risk, and Javea and Els Poblets, which are classed as medium risk and are still composing their contingency plans.

Jose Maria Angel, who heads the Generalitat’s Safety and Emergency Response Agency, has offered town halls all the help they need to complete their flood prevention plans.

Angel was speaking at the launch of this year’s anti flooding campaign in Villajoyosa, which was deliberately chosen for having its own plans in place.

“These measures are fundamental in dealing with this underlying risk, and preventing situations that affect citizens’ safety,” he said.

Free book scheme for new term THE Xarxa Llibres free books for students programme has finally been completed, with a participation of around 360,000 students throughout the Valencia Region.

Minister Vicent Marza, said of Xarxa Llibres “It is a programme with a clear objective, to ensure that all Valen-

cian families can access textbooks for free. We believe it is an ambitious programme, and are grateful to all educational agents and institutions who are working to make this possible, including councils, municipalities, families,principals and teachers.”

The Department of Educa-

tion has allocated 42 million euros, this includes 13 million euros to cover operating expenses, and 29 million euros which will be used to replace missing textbooks that are not returned to the book bank scheme, which sees good quality textbooks passed on to the next year.

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Man stabbed to death A 55-YEAR-OLD man has died of multiple stab wounds inflicted during an attack in Elda.

A 70-year-old neighbour is the main suspect, and was arrested after police found the victim lying in a pool of blood.

Initial investigations by the National Police suggest the two men had a history of on-going disagreements .

RIDERS: Endangering swimmers and divers.

Plea to jet-ski riders

By Linda Hall SWIMMERS and divers have criticised the riders of jet-skis, accusing them of not abiding by regulations designed to protect other water users.

They accuse them of hugging the Javea cliffs and

‘roaring’ through the San Antonio marine reserve.

Riders are ‘systematically’ ignoring the 200 metre limit in areas that are not marked out by buoys. They also fail to respect the three knot water speed limit introduced in certain areas.

Swimming and snorkelling

enthusiast, Ferran Polo, claims the Valencian Community is turning a blind eye and allowing riders to come within 50 metres of the coast when the law requires 200.

‘They are making an incorrect interpretation of the regulations that is too permissive. The jet-skiers are

endangering divers and swimmers who are out at medium distances.’

On two occasions he said he had nearly been run down, although he was swimming with a marker buoy. He said that in Baleares the 200 metre limit was strictly enforced.

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‘Scalextric’ flyover still safe A REPORT by Alicante Town Hall engineers, has concluded the mechanical expansion joints on the ‘Scalextric’ flyover are outdated.

The stretch of road linking the seafront to the Carretera de Valencia was immediately dubbed the ‘Scalextric’ when it was built almost 46 years ago.

The expansion joints are showing the normal effects of the 14,000 or more vehicles that use the road each day.

In addition, there is the passage of time since its construction and the expansion of the bridge itself, the report says.

Municipal engineers repaired a depression in one of the joints after examining the bridge, leading the town hall to reveal this was not the first time its road maintenance division has carried out repairs there.

“The joints were covered with thin metal plates and

Photo Carlos Quesada Wikicommons.

By Linda Hall

OUTDATED STRUCTURE: No danger to vehicles or pedestrians. rubber at the time, and are not as elastic as they would be these days,” engineers said.

The 1970’s era method that was used deteriorates quite easily, and is ‘sensitive to the passing of vehicles and time

as well as expansion.’

The joints will require regular maintenance and occasional repairs like those recently carried out, they said.

The town hall emphasised there was no suggestion of

danger to vehicles using the road. The worst aspect of the current condition of the flyover, is the ‘discomfort’ caused by an increase in noise levels noticeable to anyone walking under or near it.

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Hospitals debate

HEALTH MATTERS: Trying to reach a solution.

By Linda Hall XIMO PUIG, the Valencian Community president, has pledged to deprivatise the region’s five outsourced hospitals.

The promise was made before the 2015 regional elections and Puig, who governs in alliance with Compromis, is finding it a hard one to keep.

Rescinding the contracts of the hospitals in Denia, Elche, Torrevieja in Alicante, and

Manises (Valencia), would cost 197 million euros, according to trade union calculations made earlier this year.

Alzira (Valencia) poses a lesser problem as its contract with the Generalitat runs out in 2018.

The de-privatisation commitment is not forgotten, said Carmen Monzon and Vicent Soler, who respectively head the regional government’s Treasury and Health departments.

The Generalitat hopes instead to acquire the German insurer DKV’s shares in Marina Salud, which runs Denia hospital. It also plans to ensure, by withholding authorisation, that the shares cannot be sold to Ribera Salud, the hospital’s other shareholder which owns a 35 per cent stake.

DKV has put a 60 million euro price tag on its shares but the Generalitat is pinning its hopes on a future fall in the share value.

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Tougher rules to bring order THE owners of rental apartments whose occupants make too much noise, could be taken to court under new rules being considered for Gandia.

Residents have complained about the issue which has resulted in a policy of ‘zero tolerance’ towards noise and uncivil behaviour, according to Ángels Pérez, councillor for Civic Security at the town hall.

The authorities highlighted problems with drugs, excessive drinking and vandalism, which has led to a 21 per cent increase in the number of fines issued between July 1 and August 20 compared to the same period last year.

This has seen a rise from 3,848 in 2015 to 4,664 in 2016.

The town hall stressed the issue is not related to an increase in violence or drink related problems, but is down to

a drive to strengthen civic security and make it a higher priority.

Mayor of Gandia, Diana Morant, said Gandia had stopped being a “lawless city”.

Those who came to the area and abused its hospitality and facilities, now had to understand such behaviour will no longer be tolerated.

Local businesses have been adhering to the laws relating to closing times and terrace limits, which has led to a decline in the number of court cases and fines they have faced.

According to police figures, at least 20 officers have been on duty during the three daily shifts and this will continue until at least September 4.

Marc Cuesta added that the number of street vendors had been drastically reduced as a result of the police action.

PEACEFUL SETTING: No sardines for breakfast on this trip.

A fishing trip disaster

By Matt Ford THE maritime branch of the local police in Barranc d’Aigues, El Campello, sprang into action to rescue a trio of frightened fishermen whose boat was on the verge of sinking.

They became involved after spotting a small private vessel on its way to help the stricken boat, which lay around 400 metres from the shore of the tower of Coveta Fuma.

It transpired the fishing boat had sprung a leak and the bilge pump had

The two crew members were frantically bailing water using plastic bottles. given up the ghost, leaving the anglers on the brink of an unwanted bath.

When the police launch arrived at the scene, the two crew members were frantically bailing water using plastic bottles, as the engine com-

partment and much of the deck were already submerged.

The rodmen were quickly evacuated along with their valuables, while officers decided to try and tow the drowning craft to nearby Coveta Fuma port, with one brave soul remaining on board to throw out as much water as possible on the way.

It was eventually beached in shall o w w a t e r a r o u n d 2 0 m e t r e s o ff shore, in a place where the sandy substrate permits access to aquatic vehicles able to haul boats ashore to be repaired.

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We are family

TWIN TOWN: Has links to Norway.

L’ALFAS DEL PI is to be twinned with the town of Covarrubias in Burgos, the local council has announced.

Covarrubias is known as ‘La Cuna de Castilla’ (in English, the birthplace of Castile), after Count Fernan Gonzalez converted it into one of the most important monastic lordships during the 10th century.

Located on the banks of the River Arlanza, the town lies on the Camino del Cid and Ruta de la Lana (route of wool), and thus forms part of the infamous ‘French Way’ of the Camino de Santiago.

At first glance, there is little to link this historical municipality to L’Alfas del Pi, but a short jump forward in time to 1262 reveals

a Norwegian link.

During that year, Cristina of Norway, the daughter of King Haakon the fourth, travelled to Spain at the behest of King Alfonso 10th, El Sabio, who had failed to sire off spring with his Queen Violante, and wanted a divorce to marry the Scandinavian princess.

The latter later dies of ‘melancholy’ in Sevilla, with her bones laid to rest in Covarrubias, making the charming town a favourite among Norwegian tourists in Spain.

In 2010, a delegation of Norwegian residents from L’Alfas del Pi made a pilgrimage to Covarrubias, and this led to improved relations between the towns and, eventually, this new sister arrangement.

Bring back empties JOSEP BIGORRA, a Benidorm Compromis councillor, is backing the’bring back your empties’ scheme.

The regional government hopes to adopt the system known as SDDR in Spain, which functions successfully in several European countries, as well as Canada and some states in the US. Customers get back a 10 per cent deposit on every bottle, can, or drinks container they return, while retailers would receive a two cent cut on all those they handle, as will those collecting them.

“This system has several advantages,” Bigorra insisted. “It raises public awareness of the

EMPTY BOTTLES: Deposit system worked in the past. importance of recycling, it creates customer loyalty, and will also generate jobs in recycling plants.”

The environment ultimately benefits, too, he added.

The region’s hospitality trade could take some convinc-

ing however. Hotels and restaurants are not enthusiastic, and smaller establishments complain they will not be able to store so many containers, waiting for collection. “Our work is serving coffees, not recycling,” one cafe owner said.

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Juan’s schooldays

PIECE OF HISTORY: Benissa’s mayor receiving the memory stick.

By Linda Hall A STUDENT at a school in the Spain of the 1930’s, may help to give a glimpse of life in an era that is rapidly fading from memory.

Juan Ortola Ivars, who died in 2008, never forgot his time at Benissa’s No. three school. Activities included a school magazine that he and other pupils put

together under the guidance of their teacher, Francisco Medina Saez.

Called ‘Educacion,’ it described their experiences and progress, and Ortala Ivars kept every copy.

He so treasured the magazines that he took them with him when he emigrated to Brazil, and still had them when he returned to Benissa in 1969.

The magazines remain with his family, but copies of ‘Educacion’ have now been saved as PDF computer files and put on a memory stick for donation to Benissa’s municipal archive.

It is hoped that the collection will eventually be printed to give Benissa’s present day pupils a look at school life when the country was very different.

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Going rate for rates UNCERTAINTY over the make-up of the next Spanish government means Muchamiel Council will not seek an immediate revision of the town’s rateable values, including reassessing rural areas.

Finance councillor Jose Vicente Cuevas said, “At present there is only an acting government and no national budget on the horizon.”

Instead, the local council intends to wait until the end of the year before requesting a reduction in rateable values to bring the IBI rates paid

by Muchamiel residents into line with the reality of the markets.

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New look for old headquarters

By Linda Hall THE Guardia Civil in Teulada-Moraira is back where it belongs, in Avenida El Portet.

The force’s original headquarters has, after some considerable delay, been renovated and given a facelift for the 21st century. The project has taken several years, work began in 2009 but was halted only months later after the construction firm went into liquidation. The contract was finally rescinded in 2011.

In the meantime, the headquarters have been housed rent free, in premises provided

by Teulada Town Hall in the old post office building in Plaza de la Virgen del Carmen.

Government spending cuts brought about by the economic crisis, delayed work on the Moraira building which badly needed modernising. It was originally built in 1913, and is one of the oldest Guardia Civil headquarters in the province.

TEULADA-MORAIRA: 1913 building has finally been renovated.

The refurbishment was funded by the central government’s Ministry of the Interior but had the ongoing support of

Teulada Council at all times, the town hall said.

Like most Guardia Civil headquarters the Avenida El

Portet building also includes 10 apartments for officers, all of which have been brought up to date.

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Shot across the bow Photo Credit Ayuntamiento de la Nuria

AROUND 30 arrowsmiths, aged between eight and 16, including two national champions, participated in the fourth La Nucia Archery Campus, which took place from August 20-28.

The course was organised by the Valencian Archery Federation, and took place at

the Camilo Cano sports centre, and the La Muixara public school.

Participants travelled from all over Spain in order to attend, and were split into ‘Initiation’, ‘Advanced’ and ‘Technical Skills’ classes, before the action got underway.

The reason for the campus’ popularity is the level of coaching on offer, since a number of Spanish champions acted as mentors

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Breathing cleaner air

SHARP SHOOTERS: Aiming to be the best.

By Matthew Elliott

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for the duration, including David Calleja, Miguel Angel Pifarre, Sergio del Olmo, Nerea Lopez, Marc Pico, and Sergio Cordoba.

There was even a visit from the national team’s head coach, the Korean, Hyungmok Cho, who was keen to cast his expert eye over the next generation of Iberian sharp shooters.

ALCOY, once a focus of Legionnaires’ Disease outbreaks, has appealed for the stringent control restrictions to be lifted.

A succession of outbreaks began in 1999, the last occurred in 2014 and the situation is now under control, the local health authorities maintain.

The city is no longer classed as a Special Action Zone (ZAE) and the council hopes that health department limitations will soon be eased.

Industrial cooling units - a known source of the bacterium - have been moved to the outskirts of the city, while strict procedures are now followed for asphalting, street cleaning and at carwash centres.

Fountains have been dry for years now, as health and safety regulations require such strict chlorination and temperature controls that city hall preferred to turn them off.

“We aren’t a ZAE but we continue to comply with procedures as if we were,” said Alcoy’s Works and Environment councillor Jordi Martinez.

“All of these measures mean more expense and we need to find a solution.”

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Natural firebreaks

GOATS: Nature’s firemen.

By Linda Hall STUDIES and investigations have consistently shown that 98 per cent of Valencian Community fires are deliberate or caused through negligence.

The risk of forest fire in this region is classed as Spain’s second worst and prevention is at the heart of measures being considered by the

Generalitat.

These are vital for dealing with a problem that each year affects the region’s wildlife, its vegetation and, occasionally, its homes.

In addition to fire brigades, forest rangers, and volunteers, the regional government is also returning to traditional methods that do not require human intervention.

These include grazing live-

stock, usually flocks of sheep and goats and, to a lesser extent beef herds, in rural and woodland areas. They are now encouraged to munch away at the vegetation that would help fires rip through the region’s woodland and scrub in a sustainable solution that provides ready-made fire breaks. They are also helping to keep down vegetation in those that are man-made.

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War over water fight

BENIMELI: Not affected by drought.

By Linda Hall THE annual fiestas in Benimeli, included, as always, a water battle.

While this did not provoke criticism inside the small inland Marina Alta town, (population 419), neighbouring municipalities have condemned the throwing of water over each other as a ‘waste of a

precious resource.’

Needled by the accusations at a time when Alicante Province has now suffered three years of drought and inland artesian wells are running dry, Benimeli’s mayor Jose Lull, was not slow to react.

“We don’t have a drought problem here,” Lull said, adding that in any case they used less water than in other

years, with only three containers instead of four. “Some people just want to create problems over a few litres of water.”

He also pointed out that in some Marina Alta towns where there is a shortage of water, swimming pools are filled and gardens watered.

“For that there aren’t any restrictions,” he said.

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Scandal of the 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 that 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 an enormous 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 ‘hand-out’ 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 that 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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COSTA DEL SOL

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Fitness to the foreshore COSTA DE ALMERÍA

FITNESS FREEBIE: Some of the workout participants with their new bags.

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Happy ending

By Matt Ford CUEVAS DE ALMANZORA Council have announced that the programme of popular beach aerobics classes which have proven a hit this summer will be extended until September 15.

The classes take place at Cala Siret in Villaricos, and the town’s sports councillor, Miriam Quinatana, plus her social services counterpart, Melchora Caparros, popped down to chat with smiling participants on Thursday, August 25.

Organised via the municipal sports department, the waterside workouts take place every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and have been extremely well attended. The councillors expressed delight at the number of happy faces, and distributed bags to carry beach equipment as gifts.

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New Primates

False alarm

Cat Burglar

Keeping fit

A PRIMATE rescue centre in England has sent three Orangutans to Rio Safari park in Elche. Monkey World sent over the animals as part of a European conservation programme for the species.

BOMB fears briefly shut down the main station of Placa España in Palma when police discovered an abandoned suitcase. After a quick investigation trains and buses were soon up and running again.

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 hostel.

CUEVAS DE ALMANZORA Council has announced its programme of popular beach aerobics classes, which have proven to be a big hit this summer, will be extended until Se p t em ber 15. The cl asses t ake place at Cala Siret in Villaricos.

Ultra-challenge

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Oktoberfest Torrox

A LOCAL POLICE officer from Dolores is taking part in the ‘Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc,’ an extreme ultra-distance marathon in the Alps. The event is considered one of the toughest in the continent at 170 kilometres and a route that takes an estimated 30 hours to complete.

AS reported by EWN last week, senior police officers in Palma and Calvia are currently embroiled in a corruption case alleging that high-ranking individuals are extorting nightclubs and now councillors and senior party officials are also being investigated.

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 to Sunday September 18, aims to blend German and Spanish cultures.

Beach rescue

Motril sympathy

MAZARRON is offering free Spanish classes on the Camposol urbanisation to English-speaking residents in the municipality. There are two levels, running every Wednesday and Friday.

For more information email juven tud@mazarron.es.

AN off-duty member of the National Police on Son Serra de Marina noticed that despite the fact that red flags were flying and the sea was rough, two young children were swimming in the sea and were in difficulty, so he bravely dived in and saved them.

MOTRIL Town Hall has expressed solidarity with the Italian people following the 6.2 magnitude earthquake which struck the centre of the country. Councillors also extended their condolences to the family of 27year-old Ana Huete, from Viznar, near Granada, who died in the quake.

Land mystery

Super swimmers

Girls exploited

IT was without doubt a courageous endeavour. Two locals from Pilar de la Horacada, just south of Torrevieja, swam all the way across the Strait of Gibraltar, travelling from Europe to Africa in a tough eight mile odyssey plagued by strong currents and other dangerous obstacles.

YOUNG British girls are selling their bodies in Magaluf as part of a highlyorganised trade on the notorious party strip. Witnesses and former workers have come forward to share their depressing stories with UK media which typically involve male tourists paying bars for ‘their time.’

Collecting glasses

Suspect caught

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 1925 after being challenged to help by Helen Keller.

A NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD man was arrested by Guardia Civil officers after they discovered that the car he was driving had been stolen in Albacete and a laptop inside had been pinched from a car parked in Dalias.

Spanish classes

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Fair thieves TWO men have been arrested by the National Police suspected of theft during Almeria City fair. The first man, aged 21, is believed to have stolen wallets and mobile phones at knife-point, while the second man, aged 31, is suspected of stealing a lorry.

INVESTIGATIONS have now commenced into a case in which municipal land in Vera was offered up for auction by a bank after Key Mare, the com pany whi ch donat ed t he land to the council, went into bankruptcy.

THE three-year-old child who was in critical condition after suffering a stroke at a Marbella campsite, as reported in EWN 1625, was discharged from hospital around 24 hours later after his condition stabilised.

Contentious construction BENALMADENA Council is under fire after a restaurant built a walled garden and painted some old stones, adjoining the 16th century Torremuelle watchtower, white in order to offer ‘an Ibizan air,’ with residents doubting the ‘urban legality’ of the work.

Highly commendable A CANINE unit from the provincial fire consortium, comprising two officers and three dogs based in Ronda, travelled to Italy to help with rescue attempts in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake which hit the country last week.

Zero to hero AN auxiliary security guard was the man of the hour after he managed to disarm a knife-wielding multi-drug addict and schizophrenic who broke into a Local Police station in Marbella. Whilst initially fazed by the man, the guard managed to subdue him.

Shark panic BATHERS in Fuengirola had a fright on Sunday August 28 when lifeguards alerted them to the fact that a shark had supposedly been spotted in the waters.

Beaches in the area were evacuated for five hours whilst patrol boats tried to find the fish but no further sightings were recorded.

EWN top for all the news from Spain.

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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.

GERMAN

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.

NEWS

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.

Deported

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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UPCOMING ELECTIONS: Putin is tightening his grip.

Kremlin confusion RUSSIA is preparing for nationwide elections next month but changes within Putin’s inner circle are drawing more attention from analysts, given that the election results are assured. Several close associates have been removed from positions of power in recent weeks, leading to speculation that Putin is tightening his personal grip on Kremlin politics.

Huffy hackers A GANG of cybercriminals who wreaked havoc in the US by accessing secret Democratic Party files are also believed responsible for hacking of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s website. The details of the whistleblower who spoke out on institutional Russian cheating were targeted in what is thought to be an act of retribution.

Hockey help A CHINESE hockey team has joined the Russian-dominated KHL league. Red Star’s initiation was a glorious affair which saw president Putin sit with his Chinese counterpart to watch a game being played. Red Star hope to help Chinese hockey get to grips with the game ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Threatening times TENSIONS between Russia and Ukraine continued to escalate as the former Soviet country celebrated 25 years of independence while Russian soldiers were on full combat readiness and held large scale military drills. With Russia accusing Ukraine of terrorism in Crimea, the possibility of open conflict continues to overshadow Europe.

Foreigner fine RUSSIAN coffee chain Schastye (happiness) has brazenly started charging foreigners 10 per cent extra on their bill with no mention of this on menus, adding it at the administrator’s ‘personal discretion.’

Soviet heroes SUPERHEROES are taking over Russian cinema with the release of the country’s answer to Marvel seen in new film Zaschitniki, which will follow a group of Soviet-era mutants including a man who can turn into a bear, recruited from all corners of the empire as they fight an evil supervillain.

Mammoth pirates RUSSIAN ‘tuskers’ are men who hunt woolly mammoth tusks to sell for huge profits. Preserved by ice, climate change has made access easier and many men are heading to the Yakutia region to try their luck.

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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.

BUSINESS EXTRA

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.

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€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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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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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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Mariano Rajoy: the swot Cassandra Nash A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene

ACTING president and Partido Popular le a d e r, Ma r i a n o Ra jo y, is 6 1 w ith a Methuselah streak. His third shot at the presidency paid off in November 2011 wh e n t h e e c o n omic cris is w a s at its worst. The PP’s endemic corruption, which Rajoy barely acknowledges, surfaced on his watch and opponents complain that as the most-voted politician in December and June he regards this as tacit forgiveness.

Rajoy was a swot who sailed through exacting Civil Service exams to become Spain’s youngest-ever Land Registrar at 23. If it all goes pear-shaped he could return to Santa Pola (Alicante), whose Registry he still holds.

The debater ALBERT RIVERA (36), who heads Ciudadanos, said he would rather be useful

than important. Now he is both after offering assistance first to Pedro Sanchez last winter and more recently to Rajoy, demonstrating a usefulness lacking in Spain where politicians have lost the ability to come together in a pact or seek consensus.

An ace debater and champion swimmer at university, Rivera wins plaudits for giving the impression that he is willing to put voters before personal ambition. Inexplicably, Ciudadanos’ share of the vote diminished between December and June but Rivera’s swimming expertise should keep him afloat for some time to come.

The pundit PABLO IGLESIAS, a 37-year-old described as “more Groucho Marx than Karl,” emerged from the 11-M protest movement. Podemos snaffled five seats in the 2014 European elections on the back of pony-tailed Iglesias’ television chat shows but its founders cannot shake off former links to the Venezuelan government.

Last December’s results misled Iglesias into believing that Podemos would do even better in a second election but an alliance with Izquierda Unida, the former Communist Party, did not pay off in June.

Te ns ions a re rife inside the party and Iglesias is keeping an uncharacteristically low profile but a lw a ys has punditry to fall back on.

The basketball player PEDRO SANCHEZ leads the PSOE socialist party thanks to primaries that were his idea. The 44-year-old is more popular with card-carriers than the party barons, who preferred Andalucia’s regional president Susana Diaz.

Tall, dark and handsome, Sanchez fails to impress, haemorrhages votes, has not used Rajoy’s unpopularity to his advantage and spends too much time watching his own back.

He played for the Los Estudiantes, a basketball team affiliated to Atletico de Madrid, and once considered turning professional. This avenue is probably no longer open should Sanchez seek a career change.

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10:15am Pitch Perfect 2 Special 10:45am Calendar Girls 12:40pm Working Girl 2:40pm Pitch Perfect 2 Special 3:10pm Spy 5:25pm Twins 7:20pm Billy Madison 9:00pm Spy 11:15pm Search Party 12:55am Borat 2:25am Mr Woodcock 4:00am Best Defense

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Charmed Hollyoaks Coach Trip Melissa and Joey How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Rules of Engagement Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Coach Trip Mirror Mirror Celebs Go Dating The Big Bang Theory

7:00am Football Gold 8:00am WWE Main Event 9:00am Premier League 100 Club 9:30am Premier League 100 Club 10:00am MLS Highlights 12:00pm Football Gold 12:15pm Football Gold 12:30pm Barclays Premier League World 1:00pm Premier League 100 Club 1:30pm Premier League 100 Club 2:00pm MLS Highlights 4:00pm Barclays Premier League World 4:30pm Premier League 100 Club 5:00pm Football Gold 6:00pm Sporting Triumphs 7:00pm Info unavailable 7:30pm The Fantasy Football Club 8:30pm Live Super League Play-Offs 11:30pm NFL 12:30am Barclays Premier League World 1:00am Super League Highlights

I Am Wrath The Hour of the Lynx Hotel Transylvania 2 Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials The Hour of the Lynx The Top Ten Show 2016 Spud 2: The Madness Continues Spud 3: Learning to Fly Hotel Transylvania 2 Dracula recruits his friends to help bring out the monster in his half human, half vampire grandson.

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials I Am Wrath An unemployed everyman seeks bloody revenge for this wife’s murder.

Charlie’s Farm Honeytrap Spud 3: Learning to Fly

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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.

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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.

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10:15am Fake Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Wanted Down Under Revisited 12:45pm Heir Hunters 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Red Rock 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Think Tank 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm A Question of Sport 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Would I Lie to You? 10:00pm Goodnight Sweetheart 10:30pm Young Hyacinth 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm New Tricks 12:35am Comedy Connections 1:05am Weather for the Week Ahead

8:30am Make Me an Egghead 9:00am Horizon 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 2:00pm The Edge 2:45pm Three Up, Two Down 3:15pm Hi-De-Hi! 3:45pm Yes, Minister 4:15pm The New Forest: A Year in the Wild 5:15pm The Great Interior Design Challenge 6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Debatable 7:30pm Make Me an Egghead 8:00pm Garden Rescue 8:30pm Great British Menu 9:00pm Mastermind 9:30pm Gardeners’ World 10:30pm The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight 12:05am Carnage 1:20am Sicily Unpacked 2:20am Inside the Factory: How Our Favourite Foods are Made

8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day’s events from a global perspective.

8:30pm BBC Proms 2016: Simon Rattle Conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in Mahler’s Symphony no 7.

10:10pm Sounds of the Sixties 10:20pm Sounds of the Sixties 10:30pm Girl in a Band: Tales From the Rock ‘N’ Roll Front Line 11:30pm Janis Joplin: Little Girl Blue 1:00am Girls in Bands at the BBC 2:00am Blues at the BBC 3:00am Girl in a Band: Tales From the Rock ‘N’ Roll Front Line 4:00am Girls in Bands at the BBC 5:00am This is BBC Four

7:10am 3rd Rock from the Sun 8:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:50am Frasier 9:20am Frasier 9:55am Formula 1 11:35am The Simpsons 12:00pm The Simpsons 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Couples Come Dine with Me 1:55pm Formula 1 3:40pm Wedding Town 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 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 10:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 11:00pm Gogglebox 12:05am The Big Fat Quiz of Everything 1:35am The Duke of Burgundy

8:50am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 9:05am Wissper 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:35am Paw Patrol 9:50am Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:00am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:10pm Rosamunde Pilcher’s Shades of Love 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Building the London Underground 9:00pm The Cars That Made Britain Great 10:00pm Carry on Caravanning 11:00pm The Tube: Going Underground 12:05am Ice Road Truckers

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Secret Dealers 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Gino’s Italian Escape 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Lady C and the Castle 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:40pm Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason 1:40am Jackpot247 4:00am Murder, She Wrote 4:50am ITV Nightscreen

7:00am Planet’s Funniest Animals 7:20am Dinner Date 8:10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Emmerdale 10:00am You’ve Been Framed!

Gold 10:30am Psych 11:20am Royal Pains 12:15pm Dinner Date 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You’ve Been Framed!

Gold 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm Take Me Out 7:50pm Funniest Ever You’ve Been Framed 8:30pm You’ve Been Framed!

Gold 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm White House Down 12:35am Family Guy 1:00am Family Gu

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7:00am Nijinsky’s Triple Crown 7:05am Magnum, P.I. 8:50am The Sweeney 9:50am Ironside 10:55am Quincy, M.E. 11:55am Magnum, P.I. 1:00pm The Chase 2:00pm Cycling 3:00pm Storage Wars 3:30pm Storage Wars 3:55pm The Sweeney 4:55pm Minder 6:00pm Ironside 7:05pm Storage Wars 7:35pm Storage Wars 8:00pm Cycling 9:00pm TT Blues 10:00pm Never Say Never Again 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pm Never Say Never Again 12:45am Gangs of New York 2:05am FYI Daily 2:10am Gangs of New York 3:50am ITV4 Nightscreen 4:00am Teleshopping Shopping from home.

8:30am Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 10:35am The Fast and the Furious 12:35pm Spectre 3:05pm John Wick 5:05pm Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods 7:00pm Gone in 60 Seconds 9:00pm Spectre 11:30pm John Wick 1:15am Kite

2:05pm 3:10pm 4:10pm 5:15pm 5:50pm 6:20pm 6:55pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am 1:10am 3:10am 4:05am 4:55am 5:45am

Movies Now In Loving Memory Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Murder, She Wrote The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Heartbeat The Royal Where the Heart is In Loving Memory Rising Damp George and Mildred Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Foyle’s War Law and Order: UK Wycliffe Inspector Morse Long Lost Family Rory Bremner’s Great British Views Rory Bremner’s Great British Views George and Mildred

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7:00am 8:35am 10:15am 11:50am 2:05pm 3:50pm 4:05pm 5:45pm 7:20pm

10:15am Pitch Perfect 2 Special 10:45am Calendar Girls 12:40pm Working Girl 2:40pm Pitch Perfect 2 Special 3:10pm Spy 5:25pm Twins 7:20pm Billy Madison 9:00pm Spy 11:15pm Search Party 12:55am Borat 2:25am Mr Woodcock 4:00am Best Defense

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Charmed Hollyoaks Coach Trip Melissa and Joey How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Rules of Engagement Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Coach Trip Mirror Mirror Celebs Go Dating The Big Bang Theory

7:00am Football Gold 8:00am WWE Main Event 9:00am Premier League 100 Club 9:30am Premier League 100 Club 10:00am MLS Highlights 12:00pm Football Gold 12:15pm Football Gold 12:30pm Barclays Premier League World 1:00pm Premier League 100 Club 1:30pm Premier League 100 Club 2:00pm MLS Highlights 4:00pm Barclays Premier League World 4:30pm Premier League 100 Club 5:00pm Football Gold 6:00pm Sporting Triumphs 7:00pm Info unavailable 7:30pm The Fantasy Football Club 8:30pm Live Super League Play-Offs 11:30pm NFL 12:30am Barclays Premier League World 1:00am Super League Highlights

I Am Wrath The Hour of the Lynx Hotel Transylvania 2 Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials The Hour of the Lynx The Top Ten Show 2016 Spud 2: The Madness Continues Spud 3: Learning to Fly Hotel Transylvania 2 Dracula recruits his friends to help bring out the monster in his half human, half vampire grandson.

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials I Am Wrath An unemployed everyman seeks bloody revenge for this wife’s murder.

Charlie’s Farm Honeytrap Spud 3: Learning to Fly

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Cricket Classics Cricket’s Greatest Cricket’s Greatest Cricket’s Greatest Live New Zealand NPC Rugby Cricket Motorsport Mundial Sporting Greats Sporting Greats Cricket Cricket Classics Cricket’s Greatest Cricket’s Greatest Cricket’s Greatest Sporting Greats Cricket’s Greatest Cricket Great Sporting Moments Great Sporting Moments Great Sporting Moments Great Sporting Moments Sporting Mavericks Sporting Mavericks Darts Gold Darts Gold

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10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am Sunday Morning Live 12:00pm Homes Under the Hammer 1:00pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Escape to the Country 3:00pm Eat Well for Less 4:00pm Points of View 4:15pm Ingenious Animals 5:15pm The Great British Bake Off 6:15pm Songs of Praise 6:50pm Pointless 7:35pm BBC News 7:50pm Regional News 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm Countryfile 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm Poldark 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Room 101 12:10am Insomnia 2:00am Weather for the Week Ahead

7:00am A to Z of TV Gardening 7:45am Glorious Gardens From Above 8:30am Gardeners World 9:30am Countryfile 10:30am The Beechgrove Garden 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm Great British Menu 1:00pm Great British Menu 1:30pm Great British Menu 2:00pm Lorraine Pascale: How to be a Better Cook 2:30pm Heir Hunters 3:15pm Flog It! 4:00pm Equestrian 6:00pm John Carter 8:00pm New York : America’s Busiest City 9:00pm A Very British Deterrent 10:00pm Dragons’ Den 11:00pm Fleabag 11:30pm Murder in Successville 12:00am Imagine 1:45am Countryfile 2:40am Holby City

8:00pm BBC Proms 2016 9:45pm Wild Scotland 10:00pm Woolly Mammoth: Secrets From the Ice 11:00pm Storyville 12:30am The Most Courageous Raid of WWII 1:30am The Beginning and End of the Universe Two-part documentary in which Professor Jim Al-Khalili looks at the biggest subject of all, the universe.

2:30am The Search for Life: The Drake Equation 3:30am After Life: The Science of Decay If you ever wondered what would happen to your home if everything inside was left to rot, the answer is revealed in this programme which explores the strange and surprising science of decay.

7:20am Weekend of a Champion 9:00am Frasier 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Sunday Brunch 1:00pm Formula 1 4:30pm Location, Location, Location 5:30pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 6:30pm Channel 4 News 7:05pm Toy Story of Terror 7:30pm Roald Dahl’s Most Marvellous Book 9:00pm Speed with Guy Martin 10:30pm The Wolf of Wall Street 2:05am Formula 1 3:10am The World’s Weirdest Weather 4:05am Location, Location, Location 5:00am Come Dine with Me 5:25am Come Dine with Me 5:50am Come Dine with Me Janice is quietly confident about her 1970s-themed night.

7:00am 9:00am 9:25am 9:30am 10:25am 11:20am 12:20pm 1:20pm

7:00am Planet’s Funniest Animals 7:25am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:30am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:00pm The X Factor 2:00pm The Xtra Factor Live 3:00pm You’ve Been Framed!

3:30pm You’ve Been Framed!

4:15pm Looney Tunes: Back in Action 5:15pm FYI Daily 5:20pm Looney Tunes: Back in Action 6:05pm Hotel for Dogs 7:05pm FYI Daily 7:10pm Hotel for Dogs 8:05pm Jack and Jill 9:05pm FYI Daily 9:10pm Jack and Jill 10:00pm The Xtra Factor Live 11:00pm Family Guy 11:30pm Family Guy 12:00am Family Guy 12:30am American Dad! 1:30am Bordertown 2:00am The Cleveland Show 2:50am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records

7:00am 7:25am 7:50am 8:50am 8:55am 9:55am 11:00am 12:00pm 2:00pm 4:00pm

7:00am British Touring Car Crashes and Smashes 7:10am British Touring Car Championship Highlights 8:25am Classic TT Highlights 9:25am The Classic Car Show 10:20am Storage Wars 10:55am Storage Wars 11:25am Pawn Stars 11:50am Mr. Bean 12:20pm Mr. Bean 12:55pm Cycling 2:00pm Cycling 5:00pm World Cup Top Goalscorers 5:15pm Pawn Stars 5:45pm Tobruk 6:50pm FYI Daily 6:55pm Tobruk 8:00pm Cycling 9:00pm Cycling 10:00pm Rugby Highlights 11:00pm The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 12:10am FYI Daily 12:15am The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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CITV Weekend ITV News Weekend Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote Chopping Block ITV News and Weather Judge Rinder Tipping Point The Chase The X Factor World Cup 2018 Qualifier: Slovakia v England Regional News and Weather ITV News and Weather The X Factor Victoria ITV News and Weather World Cup 2018 Qualifier Highlights Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys-Jones Jackpot247

6:00pm 8:00pm 10:00pm 11:35pm 12:35am 12:40am 2:05am 3:20am 4:35am 5:30am

Doctor at Large Rising Damp Forever Young FYI Daily Forever Young Heartbeat Heartbeat Lewis Columbo Agatha Christie’s Marple Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders The Murder of Sadie Hartley Something’s Gotta Give FYI Daily Something’s Gotta Give Wire in the Blood Wire in the Blood May the Best House Win May the Best House Win

7:00am Milkshake!

10:55am The Fairly Odd Parents 11:30am Football on 5 12:30pm Now That’s Funny 2:30pm Penelope 4:15pm Paul Blart: Mall Cop 6:00pm Grannies Make You Laugh Out Loud 7:00pm Pets Make You Laugh Out Loud 2 Clip shows capturing the moments pets do the funniest things.

8:00pm Cricket on 5 Highlights coverage of England’s summer season begins on 20th May 2014 on Channel 5.

9:00pm Inside the White House 9:55pm 5 News 10:00pm The Most Shocking Celebrity Moments of the 90s 12:55am Autopsy: The Last Hours of Michael Hutchence 1:55am Super Casino

7:30am Avengers: Age of Ultron 10:00am Jurassic World 12:15pm Furious 7 2:40pm Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F 4:30pm Twister 6:30pm Avengers: Age of Ultron 9:00pm Jurassic World 11:10pm Furious 7 1:30am Underworld

10:15am Alien Autopsy 12:00pm Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 1:45pm Trainwreck 4:00pm The Benchwarmers 5:30pm Mean Girls 7:15pm The Inbetweeners 2 9:00pm Trainwreck 11:15pm Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 1:00am Bad Words 2:40am This is Where I Leave You 4:30am White Men Can’t Jump

7:00am 7:20am 7:40am 8:05am 8:35am 9:00am 9:30am 10:30am 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:35pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 7:00pm 7:35pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm 11:00pm 12:00am 1:10am 2:10am 3:15am 4:00am

The Mindy Project The Mindy Project Baby Daddy Baby Daddy The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Made in Chelsea Hollyoaks Omnibus Coach Trip Coach Trip Coach Trip Coach Trip Coach Trip The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Hugo The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Tattoo Fixers on Holiday Gogglebox Gogglebox Rude Tube Containment Angie Tribeca

7:00am A Warrior’s Tail 8:35am Spud 3: Learning to Fly 10:15am I Am Wrath 11:50am Hotel Transylvania 2 1:25pm A Warrior’s Tail 3:00pm Dark Places 5:00pm Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials 7:15pm Hotel Transylvania 2 Dracula recruits his friends to help bring out the monster in his half human, half vampire grandson.

9:00pm Dark Places The sole survivor of a massacre reluctantly agrees to revisit her traumatic past.

11:00pm Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials 1:15am Honeytrap 3:00am Spud 3: Learning to Fly 4:40am I Am Wrath An unemployed everyman seeks bloody revenge for this wife’s murder.

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Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Premier League 100 Club Premier League 100 Club Premier League Legends Premier League Legends The Sunday Supplement Goals on Sunday Football Football Football Gold Football Gold Live International Football Live International Football International Football Golovkin - Ko King Kell Brook - Sheffield Legacy International Football International Football

Cricket Classic Sporting Rivalries Sporting Rivalries Rugby Super League Rugby Super League Cricket’s Greatest Cricket’s Greatest Cricket’s Greatest Cricket Boxing Gold Info unavailable Live International Football Malta face Scotland at Ta’ Qali National Stadium, in a qualifier for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Cricket The fifth and final ODI of the series between England and Pakistan at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.

Cricket’s Greatest Cricket’s Greatest Cricket Classic Cricket Sporting Rivalries Sporting Rivalries

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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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Results of an earthquake.

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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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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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

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Sn Snow,

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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.

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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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YOUR STARS

‘ 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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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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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)

ENGLISH-SPANISH

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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Spain is transplant leader SPAIN has become a world leader in organ transplants in the world, thanks to the hard work of the National Transplant Organisation and solidarity of the population.

According to the World Transplant Registry, managed by the National Transplant Organisation (ONT), in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), Spain has the highest rate of organ transplants with 40.2 donors per million people in the population.

Throughout the country there is an average of 13 transplants being carried out daily. Last year nearly 3,000 kidney transplants were carried out, along with 1,162 liver and 299 hearts.

The first half of 2016, according to provisional data from the ONT, reflects an increase of 11 per cent in the total number of donors and the number of heart-beating

LIFE SAVING: Organ donation is on the increase.

donors, who have been medically classed as brain dead,

has increased by 58 per cent.

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donors per million people in the population.

In Europe the figures on organ donation and transplantation remain stable compared to 2014. In 2015, the rate of donation of the 28 countries that form the EU increased slightly to an average 20.8 donors per million people (19.8 in 2014). The number of transplants in the EU amounted to 32,707, compared with 31,881 in the previous year.

As for the waiting list, data from the Global Registry estimates that there are 56,504 Europeans waiting for a transplant of some sort.

In the USA, organ donation has increased to 28.2 donors per million people and Australia has increased to 18.1 donors per million people.

Last year there was a total of 119,873 transplanted organs in the world, representing an increase of 1.65 per cent compared to 2014.

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Specsavers Opticas recommend yearly eye tests for the over 70s AS we age, our eyes change and most people require glasses in later years. Some changes are normal and nothing to worry about, but older eyes are also more susceptible to certain issues which, if left undiagnosed and untreated, can lead to irreversible damage and sometimes total vision loss. For this reason, Specsavers Opticas advise all people over 70 should have an eye test at least once a year.

Lisa James, Store Director of Specsavers Opticas in Torrevieja and Guardamar explains “It’s easy to forget about getting tested and only react when your vision is bad. However, when you reach your 70s a number of conditions can threaten your vision if not caught early and few have noticeable symptoms before reaching an advanced stage. We’re urging those over 70 to schedule a regular eye test and make sure their optician is offering a thorough check including checking the back of the eye.”

You should get a thorough eye test that provides professional, comprehensive checks of your eyes and vision. Your optician will answer any questions and address any specific problems you may be having. If necessary, a referral will be made for further examination to an Ophthalmologist. Specsavers Opticas have brought UK standard eye tests to Spain and offer 25 per cent discount on glasses from their 89€ range or above for the over 50s.

Common problems for the over 70s These are the issues you should watch out for when you reach your 70s.

• Cataracts: The lens becomes opaque, blurring vision and even leading to loss of sight if left untreated. Early on, the condition may cause nearsightedness and the reduction in perception of blue colours.

• Glaucoma: A build-up of fluid within the eye can increase pressure, which in turn damages the optic nerve. The loss of visual field often occurs gradually and slowly, and

may be recognised by the sufferer only when at an advanced stage. This loss of vision can never be recovered, so prompt diagnosis is essential.

• Macular degeneration: In older people, the macula – the centre of the retina which is used for detailed vision – thins and occasionally bleeds. This can lead to distortion of, or even the loss of, central vision.

The sufferer may also have trouble discerning colours. Peripheral vision remains unaffected, but central vision loss is serious, so early diagnosis

and treatment is vital.

All these problems can be easily diagnosed with an eye test, so Specsavers Opticas urges all people over 70 to make sure they go for an eye test on an annual basis to make sure their eyes are healthy and any problems can be treated before causing vision loss.

Specsavers in Calpe, Javea, Benidorm, Torrevieja and Guardamar offer UK standard free eye tests with all glasses purchased. Visit www.spec savers.es to find your nearest store and make an appointment.

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More sleep please RESEARCH has found just 14 per cent of adults get the recommended amount of sleep each night with many suffering sleeping difficulties, so what can you do?

Health and fitness experts have recommended a number of tips to help you drift off: • Banana, marmite and lettuce sandwich: Love it or hate it, marmite contains natural substances to help induce sleep. That, coupled with lettuce, which the Romans believed was good for sleep, and bananas which are full of magnesium and potassium which help to relax muscles, offers a good evening snack to get you feeling sleepy.

• Talk to yourself: The Sleep Council of the UK recommends removing negativity.

Often, people lay in bed and then start thinking of the bad things that happened in the day, but try saying positive thoughts out loud and write them down.

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• Earlier workout: Whilst everyone knows the benefits and importance of a workout, doing too much cardio late at night can cause trouble in sleeping as the body and muscles need time to rest and repair after the workout.

• Eat late at night: Experts say it is a myth that eating before bedtime can hinder the ability to sleep. Eating a big

heavy meal is not ideal, but a late night snack an hour before bed is not necessarily a bad thing as it can help with the recovery process overnight and kick-starts energy levels for the following day.

• Regular routine: Having a regular bedtime routine will help in the long run as the body will adjust and help prepare itself for sleep.

• Avoid alcohol: Drinking alcohol before bed can make you go straight into a deep sleep but this means you miss out on the first stage, called rapid eye movement (REM). It is this REM that helps you wake up feeling refreshed. You would normally have six or seven cycles of REM a night, but if you have been drinking you typically have just a few.

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 property 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.

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

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Family Fun Day is fast approaching MONTGO CHORALE: An invitation to everyone who loves to sing.

Come along and join us MONTGO Chorale invites everyone who loves to sing, to join them at their annual open evening on Monday 12 September. It’s at the Social Centre in Teulada between 7 and 9pm. The aim is to give potential members a chance to experience the fun of singing with a mixed group of voices.

Montgó Chorale is about to enter its 10th year under the direction of Gordon Lawson. Since its inception the choir

has given many concerts of popular choral works, raising funds for local charities such as Caritas and the Convent Day Centre in Javea which cares for the elderly and those with Alzheimer’s.

The choir has members from a range of nationalities and ages. Their most recent concert in May was attended by an audience of more than 180 people.

Montgo Chorale is always keen to re-

cruit new members. Their next concert will be a charity Christmas performance in the beautiful church of Loreto in Javea Port. If you have ever considered singing then you are welcome to come along on 12 September. Don’t be shy, give them a try!

For any further information, and directions to the rehearsal venue, please contact Jan Dewland by email on dew landjan@hotmail.com.

THE 11th PEPA Family Fun Day is fast approaching, with plenty of games and activities for both children and adults.

There will be lots of market stalls selling a wide range of items from plants, cards, jewellery, make-up and toiletries to animal accessories, garden and artisan items, as well as stalls selling good quality gear at bargain prices.

There will also be the usual home-made cake stall, and this year they’ll be selling savoury pastries as well. There will be a BBQ once again and entertainment is courtesy of the The Karmaroos in addition

to a display of line dancing.

The fun dog show will take place at 12.45pm (registration at 11am onwards), with several different categories. During the show there will be a parade of PEPA dogs looking for a new home.

It all takes place on Sunday 18 September from 10am to 3pm at the Tirant y Carmensina Park, La Font d’En Carros (La Safor) near the petrol station.

PEPA is an animal charity dedicated to the help and protection of animals in need. For more information about this event, or the work of the charity, visit: www.pepaspain.com.

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By Keith Baker RESTAURANTS and eateries are gearing up to take part in the sixth ‘Rice Week’ in Villajoyosa. The paella event takes place from September 9 to 18.

The ‘Setmana de l‘arros’ is highly regarded as it celebrates the wide variety of rices in the area.

Each of the participating establishments has developed menus that consist of two dishes: rice and a dessert at a cost of €20.

The restaurants participating this year are: Taverna Valenciana El Posit; Restaurante Club Nautico; Restaurante La Marina; Restaurante Zerca Food; Taberna Tres14.net; Restaurante Los Serrano; El fogon de Gonzalo; Restaurante Casa

RICE EVENT: A week of celebrations.

Elordi; Restaurante El Trebol at Camping El Torres and Restaurante Hogar del Pescador.

Bridge club enjoy celebrations THE Valleys International Bridge and Social Club held its Summer Barbecue at El Cid Restaurant in Benidoleig. A meal was provided

by Charlie and her staff with Matt Mason enter-

taining. There was also the presentation of the B and B Cup awarded annually to the winners of a doubles tournament played earlier in the year.

Contact Sylvia Hollender on 966 058 499.

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Charity double donation A TEENAGER with three life-debilitating illnesses has received a gift of €1,000. The generous donation from Giving4Giving will help Tasha Lynch buy a medical hoist. Charity spokesman Gary said only 15 people worldwide were known to have this condition.

Tasha will also benefit from a Charity Race Night held at the Two C’s bar and restaurant in Alfaz De Pi, where Peter and Joanne and their staff did a great job raising funds for Giving4Giving.

Gary has pledged half of the €1,100 raised to Tasha, with the remainder going to a local cancer charity. Call 603 137 697 for info.

YOUTH HOSTEL: For a special holiday.

Special guests greeted by mayor

By Keith Baker THE Youth Hostel in Moraira has welcomed members of the organisation AISS and their guides for a holiday in the region. Carlos Linares, the mayor of

Teulada-Moraira, and councillor Nieves Rodriguez welcomed the guests and gave them a lot of information about the area.

The mayor thanked them for choosing Teulada-Moraira and promised to do his

best to make their stay worthwhile.

AISS was founded in 1999 and is a non-profit organisation for people with mental issues. It assists them in their own homes as well as offering special apartments.

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PRIDE SPECIAL

Benidorm Pride 2016: Fun and flirty!

By Matthew Elliott IT’S hard to believe that Benidorm Pride is only in its sixth year, but as it gears up for the 2016 outing it’s clear to see that the city’s biggest gay event is getting more and more fabulous each year.

Pride 2016 will debut on Monday September 5 and run right through to September 11 with the main parade on Saturday 10, undoubtedly set to be the most fantastic in all of the Costa Blanca.

Locals and visitors alike can expect a fun and raucous affair with a terrific line-up of

entertaining and flamboyant events throughout the week being topped off by the big parade at Playa Levante.

As anyone who’s spent time there will know, Benidorm is wonderfully different from many other cities with a strong gay scene and tends to focus more on a deep variety of small local bars and haunts, offering something for everyone, rather than the huge mega clubs of other continental hotspots.

In keeping with this distinct heritage, this year ’s Benidorm LGBT Pride festival will be chiefly based in

and around the city’s beautiful old town, the heart of the gay community, and a place brimming with original character.

Dozens of intimate, decadent, friendly and delightful bars and cafes will be celebrating in a close-knit cloister of music and entertainment, while the beautiful beaches of Benidorm are just a short stroll away.

Expect upwards of 15,000 ecstatic revellers descending on the city that some call home and others are visiting for the first time, bringing a fantastic attitude and tales of adventure from all four corners of the world.

BENIDORM PRIDE: The city’s biggest gay event.

Dozens of friendly, delightful bars and cafes will be celebrating.

An incredible variety of singers, tribute acts, drag queens, and bands will be performing throughout the week and there’s also a magnificent cultural scene available for anyone interested, with tapas and wines routes

every day and terrific individual parties organised by local bars.

Saturday September 10 will of course be the main day with the big parade on the beach and excellent gigs at the Julio Iglesias auditorium, while Sunday 11 will see the incredible closing party at Benidorm port in the old town with an open-air party and live music.

So what are you waiting for? Head on down and have a fabulous time!

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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-

GOING GREEN: Homeowners have a part to play.

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.

Slightly softer Purchasing a rural village Brexit landing THE battle of the Brexit doomsayers continues as Britain’s biggest estate agent predicts that UK house prices will fall in 2017 courtesy of a weakened economy in the second half of this year.

Expected to be around 1 per cent, and not affecting Scotland, the drop is unlikely to be dramatic but would be a watershed moment in the seemingly unstoppable onwards march of house prices.

Countrywide expects prices to get back on track and start

rising again in 2018, though at a more modest rate than before, hardly a travesty for first time buyers desperately trying to get on the property ladder, although those same people will likely suffer from Brexit’s expected economic impact.

This prediction, although not exactly optimistic, is far more soothing than anticipation in other quarters that the property market will endure a ‘hard landing’ and that Brexit will merely puncture a bubble that is long overdue for bursting.

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.

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Solid sales round-up

By Matthew Elliott PROPERTY pundits have been concerned that sales of newly built Spanish homes appear to be low, contradicting the notion that a solid recovery is in full swing. In fact all the evidence shows the new developments from Madrid to Alicante, and from Marbella to Mallorca are selling very well. So why isn’t this translating into official figures?

The reason is that home sales won’t be entered into the property register until they are fully built and have habitation certificates, meaning we can take these seemingly low sales figures with a pinch of salt.

On to the wider sales market, which includes secondhand homes, and the latest figures from the National Institute of Statistics show strong growth across key regions including the Costa Blanca, Costa del Sol, Murcia, Balearic Islands, and the cosmopolitan centres of Madrid

Execution of a UK will versus Spanish will NEW SALES: Numbers appear low as home sales are yet to be added to the property register. and Barcelona.

The news comes amid revelations that, for the first time in aeons, regular Spaniards are actually better off buying rather than renting a home. At present the typical Spanish mortgage repayment is be-

tween €350 and €400 per month for a €100,000 loan, while people renting a property that would fit this mortgage model would expect to pay around €500 each month in rent.

While this is the way it usu-

ally was before the crisis, the figures mark the crossing of a significant threshold, one which could lead to an energised boon in sales over the coming months and years as many people realise it’s in their best interests to buy.

Opulence is back

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.

UK WILL IF the deceased person has not left a Spanish Will to govern the transfer of his assets on his death, the normal scenario the heirs will face is that they contact a firm of UK Solicitors in order to wind up the UK Estate.

If there is a UK will which has provisions for the Spanish assets the following will be necessary: • A Grant of Probate will have to be obtained through the British Courts ratifying who are the legal heirs would be to the part of the Estate left in Spain.

• The Grant of Probate, or whatever constitutes the resolution declaring who the heirs are, will have to be translated by a sworn translator to the Spanish Language, notarised and legalised by the Foreign Office.

By the time the heirs have gone through this process the six month statutory period to make the Death Duty Tax return in Spain for the Spanish Assets will most likely be over, thus surcharges and penalties will have accrued to the Tax Office.

SPANISH WILL Apart from the Spanish Will, only two other documents will be required to transfer the assets in Spain to the heirs: 1. The Death Certificate.

2. A certificate from the Central Last Will Registry in Madrid confirming that

the testator has left a will executed before a Notary Public, being the last recorded will left by the testator.

With these two documents, and a notarised copy of the Spanish will, the appointed heirs, or someone under Power of Attorney for them (usually a Lawyer) can proceed with the execution of the Deed of Declaration and Acceptance of Inheritance (‘Escritura de Aceptación de Herencia’) before a Public Notary, whereby the assets of the testator left by way of the will are transferred to the appointed heirs.

There is nothing to stop you putting a Spanish will together now, including a clause stating that you wish ‘UK law’ to be applied to your whole estate, so the testator can compile a document which respects both UK Law and the applicable regulations as expressly required by Spanish Law. In our practice testators will therefore maintain the freedom that the properties are left to husbands, wives, children, stepchildren, foundations or charities.

Therefore, British residents would be well advised to execute a Spanish Will rather than a UK Will.

Please note the information provided in this article is general advice only and is not to be construed or intended as a substitute for professional legal advice.

It’s always good to seek help and advice from professionals. If you are thinking about purchasing property in Spain, please contact us for a free consultation at: +34 965 270 152 www.professionals.es

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Décor Denia’s auction success DÉCOR DENIA’S recent successful auction, held on August 25, attracted bids from across the world including countries such as Spain, France, Germany, UK, USA and Russia.

The latest sale, attended by 75 registered bidders, saw 80 per cent of the lots sold. A number of star lots sold above their estimates, indicating the market is still strong.

Owners, Mark and Philip, were delighted with the results which prove Spain doesn’t totally shut down and switch off during August. On this occasion there was an increased attendance by Spanish private clients, which saw lots competed for unusually vigorously.

On site was a recent consignment of art from the important and acclaimed French Modern movement and several original works by ‘Lagarde,’ a Russian painter residing in Paris in the 1950s.

Décor Denia continues to search for and encourage good quality entries to feed the current and growing demand for antiques, art, jewellery and fine furnishings. The consignment shop is open daily from 10 till 2 and is closed on Sundays. Bring your items direct or arrange a viewing.

Check them out online at www.decordenia.com, call them on 645 310 470 / 629 649 259 or pop in and see them in the Centro Comercial Tropicana 7,8,9, Calle Atlas, Denia. (behind the Hotel Port Denia).

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ORIENTAL SCREEN: Estimated €50-100, sold for €260!

RUSSIAN ART: Included several original works by ‘Lagarde.’

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Don’t mix cleaning products 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 mix-

tures 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.

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A fond farewell to EWN readers Dick Handscombe

Gardening Corner

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

NEARING my 80th birthday and having written almost 2000 gardening articles for various publications in Spain and the UK, some three hundred 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 focussed on possible gardening design strategies, day to day maintenance, solving basic day-today 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

HATS OFF: Dick is looking forward to having more time for other activities. have 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

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 light-heartedly 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

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Microchips for peace of mind DOGGY DATA: The microchip stores useful information.

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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

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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Barney needs regular sitters House-sitting can be a win-win for both parties, free house and pet-sitting and the experienced and checked sitters get free accommodation!

To find a pet-sitter go to www.HousesitMatch.com or call Lamia on +44 (0)1865 521508.

THERE is no doubt this has been one of the hottest summers on record, and not just in Spa i n . E v e n i n t h e U K temperatures have reached the high 20s, honestly!

One consequence is that at Hou se Si t Ma t c h we received many housesitter applications from retired expats liv i n g i n Sp a i n w h o want more clement weather back in Blightly during the hottest seasons.

We are asked, for example, if we have any housesits near the coast in Devon and Cornwall in order that they can escape the torrid temper a t u r e s of th e

Mediterranean summers.

The answer is, yes we do!

For example, each year Barney the Border collie who liv es o n th e D ev o n and Cornwall borders needs sitters at the end of the summer for two to four months while his owners travel.

T h e co o l lu s h p as ture s near the hamlet where they live, surrounde d b y p ic turesque l a n d scapes, would ful-

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We have many other pets like Barney who need care a nd a tte ntion w hile the ir owners travel, in both the UK and Spain.

If you think you can help pe ts like B a rne y a nd you have extensive pet experience then

contact us or register as a house-sitter. We’ll do our be s t to ma tc h you to the right house-sit and the right pet!

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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.

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

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

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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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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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Made in Britain CUSHTY CUSHTYCAR: CAR:The The1973 1973Jaguar Jaguar E-Type, used in Only Fools and E-Type, used in Only Fools and Horses, willwill be up auction.

Horses, be for up for auction.

Lovely jubbly ONE of the UK’s most sophisticated motoring events takes place this Saturday on September 3 at the iconic Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire.

The Salon Prive boutique event will showcase all manner of supercars and historic vehicles in its 11th edition, an exclusive affair limited to invitees and Palace members.

Some of the world’s finest brands and rarest vehicles will be on display with around 80 cars gracing the premises alongside some of the motoring world’s wealthiest benefactors and collectors and most renowned engineers.

The supercars will be part of an informal impromptu competition with awards for second and third place, and then there will be an official

Silverstone Auction putting some of the brightest gems under the hammer.

Chief among the dozens of attractions will be Boycie’s 1973 Jaguar E-Type used in the second episode of Only Fools and Horses, which Del Boy and Rodders promptly nicked for an hilarious night on the town.

Expected to fetch around €100,000 the E-Type is without a shadow of a doubt the most famous individual car being auctioned off, but nowhere near the most expensive.

That award will probably go to a very special Lamborghini Aventador SV Roadster which was only delivered in April and has a mere 59km on the clock. The first Lamborghini convertible to be

deigned ‘Superveloce’ due to its revamped sporting nature and massive V12 naturally aspirated engine, it will raise at least €600,000.

Back to the history books and an Aston Martin DB4 Series II, the first production car that raced to 100mph in under 30 seconds, expects to sell for around €350,000; while other impossible finds include a Ferrari 512 BBi; Porsche 911 GT3 RS; Aston Martin Vanquish S; and a genuine Porsche 939 Turbo from 1988.

At the bottom end of the scale you’ll find a fantastic Volkswagen Beetle which, at around €20,000, will cost less than the €25,000 it took to restore it a few years ago, with the revamped bugster travelling just 400 miles since then.

TOTALLY TRIUMPHANT: The historical Dolomite Sprint.

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 worldbeater so it’ll be terrific news for anyone who feared that car production might follow the same depressing trajectory as other industries.

Crucial to the high foreign demand for British-built cars is a glorious manufacturing history that includes the likes of the Range Rover Evoque; Mini; Jaguar E-Type; McLaren P1; and of course the trusty Dolomite Sprint.

A silver Mustang please RECENT sales stats allow us to peer into the souls of the great British motoring public to see which cars and colours are the most popular this year.

On the high-performance front, the Ford Mustang was by far the most desired, clocking up more than 2,000 sales in the first six months of the year. Also on the list are the Jaguar F-

Type, BMW 6 Series, Porsche 911, and Porsche Cayman.

With many people upgrading as often as every 18 months it’s little wonder the second-hand market is booming. The ‘iphonification’ of the industry is seeing more and more people pay monthly contracts rather than pay directly for ownership.

The best selling second-hand

car of the year was the Ford Fiesta, changing hands almost 60,000 times from January to June. 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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Orba Warblers visit El Saler LAST week the Warblers travelled to the lovely El Saler near Valencia for a stableford competition with 21 players and one guest, Neil Smith, who was made to feel welcome.

Winner of division one playing off 5.5 handicap and with a superb score of 35pts was Shaun O’Gorman. Steve Smith followed closely in second place with a score of 34pts and an even lower handicap of 4.9.

Third in division one was Capt’n Dave (Hcap 8.7) on 32pts. Another special mention must go to steady Barbara Pollitt (Hcap 21.7) on winning division two with a great score of 35pts, second was vice captain Clive (Hcap 18.7) with 32pts, third with 29pts was Derek Gray (Hcap 22.5).

Two nearest the pins were won by Paddy Kenmore on hole 9 and Shaun O’Gorman on hole 17. There was one ‘two’ winner Dave Knight on hole 9. The football card was won by Nick Berry with Portsmouth.

HOT WINNERS: Enjoyed the excellent course despite the heat.

Well done to all winners today.

Next week Wednesday September 7 the Warblers are at La Sella for a stableford competition with a first tee at 8.32am so please arrive by 7.45am for registration.

Guests are welcome subject to availability and current handicap certificate.

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George wins the Middleton Trophy

MONTGO MEMBERS: With their great prizes.

ON an extremely hot and humid August 19, Montgo Golf Society played a stableford competition at Oliva Nova for the Middleton Trophy. Barry Middleton is a long time friend of the society and donated a lovely trophy when he returned to the UK. Roy and Jan Jones have since taken over the sponsorship of the event and provided an excellent prize table on the day.

In first place, with a fine 36 points off 13.3 and winning his first competition of the year, was George Braddick, pushing the consistent Shaun O’Gorman (5.5) into second place on countback.

Roy Jones also scored 36 points which would have been good enough for third place however, as sponsor, he kindly declined his prize which promoted Richard Morris in to third place with an excellent

34 points off 20.

This was despite three scrubs on the front nine, however his steady back nine was enough to push Norman Howell (20) out of the prizes on countback.

Shaun completed a good day by winning the nearest to pin prize on the 3rd and the 5th, with Stella Fox taking the 16th and Robin Thatcher the 18th. There was only one ‘2,’ scored by Nigel Siddall on the 16th for a coveted Montgo ball.

The next event is on Friday September 2, when the club will be playing a medal competition for the Paul Tolley Rose Bowl, sponsored by the Oliva Nova Golf professional Paul Tolley.

Guests are welcome, subject to availability and a current handicap certificate, and should register by visiting the website and completing an online booking form.

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It’s an action packed week Tony Matthews International Sports A former player and now the world’s most prolific author of football books with almost 150 published since 1975, Tony is also the sports correspondent for Spectrum Radio and lives on La Pilica in the Sierra Cabrera Mountains overlooking Turre.

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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, AlkmaarDundalk, Southampton-Sparta Prague, Hapoel-Inter Milan, Ajax-Celta Vigo and Roma-Austria Vienna.

• The transfer deadline ended yesterday with several last minute deals taking place.

Details next week.

ROUNDUP: • 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 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!

NICO ROSBERG: Winner of the Belgian Grand Prix.