Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 13 - 19 September 2018 Issue 1732

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ISSUE NO. 1732

13 - 19 September 2018

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COSTA BLANCA NORTH

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Family of groom found dead in pool seek answers

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Juan Manuel Diaz from Valencia was found floating in hotel pool in the Dominican Republic, days before wedding.

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NEWS EXTRA Brit human traffic claim SPANISH prosecutors have warned there are a growing number of groups based in northern Spanish cities such as Bilbao and Santander using ports there to smuggle people to Britain, according to a recent report.

Court help THE Council of Europe human rights watchdog has given its backing to Spain’s government over its handling of the Catalan independence situation following former Generalitat head Carles Puigdemont’s filing of a lawsuit against a Supreme Court judge on discrimination grounds.

Tax hike call PRIME MINISTER Pedro Sanchez has said he would be in favour of tax increases to earn the state an extra roughly €80 billion to help balance Spanish books and maintain funding for public services.

By Joe Gerrard A FORMER Russian who fell victim to an alleged nerve agent attack in Britain had previously worked with Spanish intelligence services tackling organised crime, according to media claims.

Sergei Skripal cooperated with the National Intelligence Centre (CNI) in work against Russian-run gangs in Spain.

He was previously assigned to covert work in Russia’s embassy in Madrid by the Kremlin, according to a highranking Spanish intelligence source and others quoted in the New York Times.

The revelations come as Skripal fell victim to an alleged Russian-sponsored chemical weapons attack in Salisbury in March.

The British government blamed Moscow for the strike and the Kremlin has repeatedly denied involvement.

The New York Times piece cited intelligence sources, an unnamed retired Spanish police chief and the investigative journalist Fernando Rueda.

The sources said Russia’s Military Intelligence Service (GRU) posted Skripal in

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Poisoned spy Spain link Madrid in the mid-1990’s.

He worked officially as a military attaché at the Russian embassy but carried out covert work whilst stationed there.

Skripal was recruited by British intelligence services in 2004 which led to his arrest.

He was released in 2010 as part of a spy swap arrangement with the United States and then settled in Britain.

Skripal later travelled back to Spain to work with CNI officers on gang crime. Details

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COLLABORATION CLAIMS: The victim of the Salisbury attack may have worked for the CNI (inset). on what he and officers discussed in their meetings remains classified.

A retired Spanish police officer said intelligence services recruited Skripal due to his knowledge on Russian gangs.

“We ignored the Russian phenomenon and its organised crime before. We did not know how they operated.

Skripal offered a more precise idea of reality,” the source

said.

Spanish intelligence services also recruited Alexander Litvinenko, another former spy who was poisoned with radioactive polonium in Britain in 2010.

Prosecutors and police have both acknowledged that they worked with Litvinenko on organised crime.

A lawyer acting for the former spy’s family said he was

planning on travelling to Spain to expose links between the Kremlin and leading Russian gangsters before his death.

This has not been confirmed.

Skripal was found unconscious along with his daughter Yulia in Salisbury in March this year. They were taking into intensive care and it was later revealed they had been exposed to the Soviet-era Novichok nerve agent.

The incident has seen tensions between Russia and Britain and its allies escalate to levels not seen since the height of the Cold War. Several diplomats have been expelled by both countries and Britain issued a joint statement along with several other countries condemning the alleged involvement of the Kremlin in the attack.

Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, both Russian citizens, were charged by British prosecutors in absentia in connection with the poisoning.

Russia has repeatedly denied any involvement. Investigations into the strike continue.

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Sticky problem AN estimated 420,000 pieces of chewing gum are dropped on the floor of Calle Major in Gandia each year. According to the city council, the calculation is made taking into account that in one square metre of the street, a representative counted 15 gum spots.

This was multiplied by the total area of 28,000 square metres.

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Overseas tactics OFFICERS from the Local Police of Alicante will take part in a training programme organised by the STAR-International Police Exchange in Austin, Texas, from September 29 to October 14. The aim is to observe the work techniques of other countries, as well as prevention tactics, in order to perfect international police action protocols.

Facelift works AN intense renovation of the playgrounds in public spaces, as well as street furniture and pavements is to be carried out by the City Council of Alicante. The maintenance work is being done in 22 areas of the city, targeting facilities and structures that have declined into a poor state of repair.

Bin blaze A WOMAN suffered from smoke inhalation when she tried to smother a fire in the garbage area of a hotel in Esperano Street, Benidorm. The cause of the blaze on Sunday afternoon is unknown.

Firefighters and two vehicles attended the scene, where they found the resident and employees had partially extinguished the flames.

Ceiling caves in A FALSE ceiling collapsed at Marina Baixa Hospital, forcing the closure of four operating theatres, the third similar incident in 18 months. Fortunately, no surgeries were taking place and nobody was hurt, but the affected theatres could remain closed for up to two months, while the problem is fixed.

To the door A TAKEAWAY food service is being piloted by Mercadona in one of it’s Valencia stores and with a view to extending the service to the rest of the chain in the near future. The Burjassot store started offering pizzas, pasta salads and a range of 40 cooked dishes last week, a menu compiled after speaking to 800 customers.

ON HIGH: The statue is taken on a holy procession through the streets.

Children abandoned in car THREE children were rescued from a parked car in Alicante two hours before their parents returned, claiming they had got lost.

Police officers were called to a busy street in Plaza de Luceros in Alicante following concerns from passers-by and hoteliers in the area who had heard the shouts and cries of the youngsters.

One hotel owner said he checked a few times to see if the parents had come back, and after a ‘reasonable amount of time,’ he contacted

emergency services.

The windows had been left down in the family car with a French licence plate.

Witnesses claim that once the children, two boys and a girl, had been released from the vehicle, the parents appeared ‘two hours later’ alleging they had ‘got lost.’

The three youngsters had already been taken to a centre for minors and the car towed to a council depot on their return.

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THE BIG PICTURE Nº 31 E V E RY y e a r o n t h e t h i r d Sunday in September, the village of Alfarnate displays its devotion to its pat r o n s a i n t , t h e Vi rg i n o f Monsalud.

It is also a unique celebration of the shared history of Christians and Moors living in the area.

The tradition was lost for decades after the Spanish C i v i l Wa r b u t c a m e b a c k strong in the 1990’s.

It marks a show of devotion to the Virgin from the community, for her protection and guidance over the years.

There is a Eucharist in the church square, followed by a procession of the Virgin of Monsalud’s statue.

Battles between Moors and Christians are also reenacted in the village, and writings from knights of the 18th century are read out.

The temple in which the statue of the patron saint is housed dates back to the 16th century and takes pride of place in the village.

Local people from all over the region flock to the festival to pay their respects and streets are lavishly decorated with flowers, plants and almond trees.

Tr a d i t i o n a l s u i t s o f a r mour worn by the Knights are on display, while those representing the Moors wear turbans and robes.

The photograph from the Alfarnate Town Hall Facebook page shows the village’s beloved patron saint in all her glory.

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Road rage attacks TWO bus drivers have been assaulted in as many weeks in the Valencia region.

On Monday afternoon on Avenida de Pío XII, sources claim a driver got off the coach at the Bus Turistic stop in Nuevo Centre, to ask a woman to mo ve her badl y par ked car.

When she ignored him, he took a photograph of the vehicle.

This angered the motorist, who reportedly hit him in the head and arm with an unknown

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weapon. Witnesses called the police and the aggressor fled in her car. The victim needed sever al st i t ches t o a cut on hi s forehead.

Last week, a man allegedly attacked a Fernan bus driver during a row about traffic on a street in Aldaia. The assailant entered the bus via a window after the driver refused to let him in. The victim was then punched several times, sustaining minor injuries.

The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1731 of the Euro Weekly News Costa Blanca North edition, including 154 local stories.

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POLL OF THE WEEK Should Catalan be given its independence?

LAST WEEK’S POLL:

Are Spanish school holidays too long?

Yes 69%

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EWN online this week LIFT OFF: The ESA’s Galileo is currently made up of 26 satellites.

Taking flight THE European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a €250 million contract to a Spanish company to run part of the body’s satellite navigation system.

GMV, based in Tres Cantos in the Madrid region, is set to maintain and develop the ground operations for the Galileo programme. It is the largest contract in history in money terms awarded to the Spanish space industry.

Jesus Serrano, the general director of GMV, said the company would now be responsible for the infrastructure which monitored and controlled all satellites in the GMV constellation.

GMV saw off competition from three other companies to secure the contract which was signed after almost two years of negotiations. The firm is set to join a multinational consortium of companies that will manage the system.

Galileo was established by the European Union (EU)-backed ESA in 2000 to rival the United States government-run Global Positioning System (GPS). The EU has invested some €10 billion in the programme since it began.

Data collected by Galileo satellites is used in

mobile phones, cars, sea and other forms of land transport for navigational purposes. It is also used by fire, police and search and rescue services.

Javier Benedicto, head of the Galileo programme, said the system had a margin of error of less than one metre. He added it was the only one which operated on three frequencies.

Benedicto said the ESA planned to boost the number of satellites in orbit under the programme from the current 26 to 40. The increase would allow Galileo to be put to additional uses, he added.

Augusto Gonzalez, a navigation advisor to the European Commission (EC), said: “The observations we are making tell us that Galileo is in line to become the leading satellite navigation system.”

GMV representatives signed the ESA contract at a ceremony attended by Spain’s Science Minister Pedro Duque last week.

Duque said it was a sign Spanish industry knew investing in science and technology would prove profitable in the long term.

“This contract is a great example of the good work done over the years,” Duque said.

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Minister masters storm SPAIN’S Health Minister has denied there was any foul play in the obtaining of her master’s degree.

Carmen Monton, of the governing left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) said she had not committed any ‘irregularities’ in connection with her Gender Studies masters. She was awarded the degree from King Juan Carlos University (URJC) in 2012.

“I got that master’s degree and I have materials to prove my honesty,” Monton said in a press conference on Monday.

The allegations centre around claims Monton enrolled after the deadline, did not study half the course’s modules and that her degree is dated 2012 while the course finished in 2011.

“I followed at all times the instructions given from the university,” the Minister said.

Monton claimed the dating was a clerical error and the URJC has since issued a new updated document but has kept an investigation into the matter open. “Students are always required to check dates in the registration book when collecting titles,” a

spokesperson for the university said.

The claims surrounding Monton’s degree follow similar ones made against Pablo Casado, leader of the conservative Partido Popular (PP).

Casado obtained his degree from the URJC’s Law institute in Madrid in 2009. He admitted to not attending classes or sitting exams, but

claimed it was because the Institute had waived 18 out of 22 modules due to him having a similar qualification.

Casado has since said he and his party would presume the Minister was innocent until proven guilty.

“I will not do to them what they did to me, I trust the explanations they give,” he said.

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DEGREE CLAIMS: Monton denies any wrongdoing.

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Prey for her PREDATOR actress Olivia Munn looked sensational as she promoted the latest film in the iconic franchise in Madrid.

Munn, 38, flaunted her toned abs in a lilac bralet which she paired with a quirky floral two-piece suit.

The beauty stars as one of the leads, a disgruntled science teacher and biologist Casey Bracket under the helm of director Shane Black.

FLOWER POWER: Olivia Munn.

Pool party

TOWIE’s Pete Wicks was spotted enjoying his trip to Ibiza last week, relaxing by a pool with a host of bikini-clad beauties.

The star has been loved up with girlfriend Shelby Tribble since they began dating in February this year, but is on the island for a promotional shoot with false eyelash company Doll Beauty.

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Having a ball ZINEDINE ZIDANE put any thought of future football jobs out of his mind as he enjoyed a well-earned break with wife Veronique on-board a luxury yacht in Formentura, Spain.

The decorated ex-footballer and manager soaked up the sunshine with his stunning wife Veronique, who showcased her lithe physique in a scanty black bikini while topping up her tan.

SAIL BLAZER: Zinedine Zidane.

Kaz dazzles Making a splash in Mallorca LOVE ISLAND’S Kaz Crossley got into the party spirit in Mallorca with fans at BH Mallorca on Wednesday.

The make-up artist, 23, was pictured pouring shots down their throats as she joined fellow reality stars Chloe Crowhurst and Survival of the Fittest’s Georgie Clarke at the raucous hotel venue.

The beauty sizzled in a sexy mesh co-ord, which comprised sheer trousers that featured risqué cut-out detailing at the hips.

Making the most of the raunchy style, Kaz showed off her perky posterior in the sheer garment as she worked her angles and posed up a storm for the cameras.

The design also boasted a tiny crop top that flashed Kaz’s black swimwear as she spent the day drinking with friends and posing for selfies with fans in the sun-soaked location.

Kaz has been inundated with work opportunities after rising to fame on this summer’s series of Love Island.

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NICO ROSBERG and his stunning wife Vivian took a break from parenting their two daughters as they enjoyed a loved-up yacht trip around Formentura, Spain.

The Formula One champion, 33, looked completely smitten as he smooched and cuddled his bikini-clad childhood sweetheart.

Vivian, who gave birth to Naila in September last year, showed off her incredible post-pregnancy body in a pink floral bikini with a ruffled Bardot neckline.

Letting her statement swimwear do all the talking and wearing her ultralong blonde tresses in tousled waves, she appeared to go make-up free for the relaxed beachside outing.

Nico meanwhile, showed off his muscled physique in a simple pair of blue swimming shorts as the couple

SAILING SWEETHEARTS: Nico and Vivian Rosberg. frolicked around on the yacht.

Nico announced his retirement from his sport in December 2016 saying that he wanted to spend more time with his wife and children.

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Seriously injured TWO men are fighting for their lives after being involved in separate traffic accidents in Benidorm at the weekend.

The first accident happened on the N332 trunk road from Benidorm to Altea when a car driven by a 64-year-old local man was involved in a head-on collision with a lorry.

He was trapped in his vehicle for 30 minutes while firefighters cut him out.

The victim was transferred to the Marina Baixa Hospital in Villajoyosa, where he remains in a critical condition.

In a second incident on Sunday morning, a man was struck by a van on the dual carriageway, Calle Alfonso Puchades, a busy road in the resort centre.

The victim received head wounds and was taken to the same hospital.

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Dogs sniff out drugs

by Tara Rippin A 40-YEAR-OLD man is being held after police found drugs stashed in adapted cosmetic bottles in his car.

Police became suspicious after seeing ‘strange movements’ in a vehicle parked outside a leisure centre in Alicante.

Sources say a young woman then got out of the vehicle, and

seemed in a hurry to get away.

As the driver tried to leave the parking lot, police stepped in to detain him and stop the female from going inside the centre.

The driver was said to be a ‘high state of nervousness,’ according to the police and began making ‘incongruous excuses for what happened and the large amount of money he had.’

Suspecting that a ‘drug pass’ could have taken place, officers called in the Canine Section to check the car.

The girl was allegedly in possession of amphetamine and police suspect she was moving the drugs for the detained.

Inside the car, police dogs detected several bottles of cosmetics that had been adapted to create two bottoms, conceal-

COSMETICS: The accused adapted bottles to stash drugs.

ing a variety of substances, including ‘speed,’ ecstasy, ketamine, MDMDA and hashish.

Toxicological analysis of the driver found him to be under

the influence of cocaine and methamphetamines. He was arrested, accused of allegedly committing a crime against public health.

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NEWS EXTRA Safer access NINETEEN new school routes have been launched in Russafa, Algiros and Ciutat Vella between May and September of this year by the Department of Sustainable Mobility, with increased signalling and safety precautions.

Where am I? STATISTICS revealed by the new tourist office in the centre of Benidorm, reveal one of the most common requests they deal with is from young inebriated holidaymakers who have forgotten where they are staying.

Main event A NEW gastronomic entertainment complex opens this evening (Thursday) in Valencia at the old Alameda Palace, with the aim of offering ‘one of the most interesting and complete’ venues in the region.

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By Tara Rippin THE family of a Valencian man found dead in a pool in the Dominican Republic are calling for an investigation into his death.

Relatives are not convinced Juan Manuel Diaz (40) suffered a heart attack before he was discovered floating on his back at the holiday complex in Punta Cana on August 29.

He had been at the hotel 24 hours, planning to marry his native bride to be.

Attempts to resuscitate the deceased with cardiopulmonary manoeuvres and a defibrillator proved unsuccessful.

And according to the medical report sent to his family, Juan, from Albal, died of respiratory failure due to a heart attack.

But relatives, talking in the Dominican resort of Bavaro, are reluctant to accept the findings and fear t h e r e i s m o r e t o J u a n ’s death.

They have reported their concerns to the Guardia Civil of Alfafar and requested that an investigation be opened to clarify the circumstances of the death and the possible involvement of third parties.

The family has also asked the court of Catarroja to carry out a second autopsy in Spain.

Juan’s body, embalmed and with some organs preserved for a possible new necropsy, arrived in Madrid on Friday.

A c c o r d i n g t o J u a n ’s brother, Francisco, the couple-to-be had been carrying out a long distance, ‘sentimental relationship’ for

around 18 months, through social networks.

He claims that his brother and his intended had met when Juan travelled to Punta Cana, and since then the deceased had been sending her around €600 a month.

Francisco added that the idea to marry had been Juan’s to ‘formalise the relationship,’ because she had been denied a visa for her stay in Spain with two of her three children, as detailed in the complaint filed to the Guardia Civil.

He claims that Juan was schizophrenic, although he wasn’t taking any medication, and added that his brother’s heart was fine.

Francisco is also conc e r n e d a b o u t ‘ d i ff e r i n g ’ stories about the response t i m e o f e m e rg e n c y s e rvices.

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OUR VIEW Summer’s over THE rain this weekend seems to have confirmed that summer is now over especially as the first wave of Spanish children went back to school last Monday and the rest return next week.

There were areas where the rains were so heavy that cars were washed away and considerable damage was caused, but in other areas it wasn’t too bad and will help to fill aquifers as it stopped and started, allowing for much of the water to refresh the ground.

In the Costa del Sol there will be less congestion as the holidaymakers from Madrid and Sevilla return home and those from North Africa have driven back to their places of work mainly in Spain, France and Italy.

Another sign of the end of summer is the fact that those toll roads which hike their prices up to take advantage of holidaymakers will be reducing them and then counting the days to Christmas and Easter so that they can mark them up by 50 per cent or more again.

Councils who have been staging free concerts and other entertaining diversions will be getting back to balancing their finances and preparing for the inevitable Fairs and Festivals yet to come.

Some restaurants and bars will now close until Christmas if they have had a good summer and others who haven’t may not be able to keep going.

Things will quieten down a bit, parking in many places will become easier and charities which help the elderly in particular will get back to hosting regular meetings, so let’s all look forward to a great autumn.

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Reviewing your pension options in the face of Brexit It is highly likely that pension opportunities for expatriates in the EU will change once the UK leaves the bloc. With Brexit only months away, there is an increasing urgency to review your options before they potentially disappear.

Leaving your pension in the UK You could do nothing and access your UK pension from Spain.

With ‘defined contribution’ pensions, options include taking cash in one lump sum or several withdrawals, receiving a regular income (drawdown) or purchasing a lifetime income (annuity).

While you cannot usually access ‘defined benefit’ pensions as cash, you can expect a regular income for the whole of retirement. On death, payments are usually redirected to your spouse, if applicable. If you have not started taking benefits, you could transfer to a defined contribution scheme for more flexible access - but take care, as transferring could be less

By Brett Hanson, Partner, Blevins Franks advantageous than receiving a guaranteed income for life.

Brexit implications There is concern that some UK pension payments will stop next March in the event of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit as, under current rules, many UK financial providers lose the right to operate within the EU. However, this outcome can be avoided if new arrangements are established in time. Many British retirees in non-EU countries like Australia and Canada, for example,

are able to receive their UK pensions today without any problems.

In any case, funds transferred to a QROPS will not be affected (more on this later).

Also note that UK pension payments are usually only paid in Sterling. If you are living in Spain and your spending is mostly in Euros, you could find that conversion fees and the variable exchange rate reduces the value of your pension income. As we have seen, the value of the British pound is highly vulnerable during these times of Brexit uncertainty.

Transferring your pension abroad Spanish residents can move UK pensions to a Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme (QROPS) tax-free. This can provide flexibility to take your pension in the currency you need and to pass benefits to heirs other than your spouse. Funds would also be protected from future changes to UK pension rules that may adversely affect you - an increasing

possibility after Brexit.

However, QROPS benefits can vary greatly between providers and jurisdictions, so take specialist advice to determine the most suitable solution for you.

Beware also that the UK imposes tax penalties of 25% if you transfer to a QROPS outside the EU/ European Economic Area (EEA).

There are expectations that the UK could widen this taxation net to include EU-based QROPS postBrexit.

The tax implications UK pensions (excluding UK government service pensions) are generally only taxable in Spain for Spanish residents. The general income tax rates of up to 48% apply (the same tax treatment applies to QROPS withdrawals).

Depending on your situation, it may be more beneficial to reinvest UK pension funds into an alternative tax-efficient structure that is compliant in Spain, so make sure you explore your options.

Your pension is likely to be central to your long-term financial security, so it is crucial to take care and only use regulated providers to protect against pension scams. An adviser with cross-border expertise is best placed to help you establish the best approach for your circumstances and goals.

While there is no one-size-fits all answer for what to do with your pension, everyone can benefit from reviewing their arrangements now, before Brexit reshapes the landscape.

The tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; an individual is advised to seek personalised advice.

Keep up to date on the financial issues that may affect you on the Blevins Franks news page at www.blevinsfranks.com.

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Arms sale back on Weapons will be sent to Saudis to save ship deal

by Joe Gerrard SPAIN has allowed the previously cancelled delivery of hundreds of bombs to Saudi Arabia to go ahead to save a ship building contract, government officials said.

Madrid was concerned that a deal worth more than €1.8 billion between Riyadh and the ship building firm Navatia was jeopardised after the sale was cancelled. Thousands of jobs are riding on the contract to build five corvettes for the Royal Saudi Navy.

“The deal is back on course. There will be no Saudi reprisals,” government sources said.

The same sources added the incident could ‘take its toll’ on relations between Madrid and Riyadh.

The u-turn follows meetings last week between Spanish defence officials and Prince Mansour Khalid Al Farhan Al Saud, the Saudi ambassador in Madrid.

Margarita Robles, Spain’s Defence Minister, went be-

fore Parliament this week to explain the situation which she said had been blown out of proportion.

It comes as several NGOs called on the government to stand by the scrapping of the sale of 400 laser guided missiles to Riyadh. The groups are concerned the weapons could be used in the ongoing Yemen Civil War. Isabel Celaa, a government spokesperson, said the some 6,000 workers employed directly or indirectly in connection with the programme could rest assured that officials had found a solution.

“The government wishes to maintain our excellent relations with Saudi Arabia,” Celaa said.

The cancellation was a ‘declaration of intentions’ that had not been finalised and would now be examined, the spokes-person added.

Xiana Mendez, Spain’s

A FRYING pan fire led to the evacuation of elderly people at a residential home in Alicante.

At around noon on Monda y, fire fighte rs w e re called to a small blaze at the prope rty in C ruz de

Commerce Secretary, said the government would not jeopardise the Navatia contract.

Jobs at Navatia’s shipyards were a ‘priority,’ Mendez added.

The earlier cancellation followed similar decisions from the governments of Canada and Germany over concerns the weapons were being used in the Yemen Civil War which has claimed civilian lives.

Riyadh had already sent the €9.2 million for the bombs and a transport company was awaiting the go ahead to ship them to Saudi Arabia before Robles cancelled the deal.

Jesus Peralta, chairman of the works council at Navatia’s shipyard in San Fernando in Cadiz Province, previously said he and his colleagues would fight to save the contract.

“If we do not make the

RETHINK: Riyadh has ordered five ships from Navatia.

Spain sold a total of €932 million in arms to Saudi Arabia from 2015 to 2017, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Around 6.2 per cent of all Saudi arms imports come from Spain.

The Yemen Civil War has claimed the lives of between 10,000 and 50,000 people, including 6,592 civilians.

Thousands more have died due to disease and famine in the country.

corvettes, another one will do it. We have been making warships for 300 years,” the trade union official said.

NGOs including Oxfam, Amnesty International and Greenpeace have called on the government to stand by its decision to cancel the deal.

“Spain cannot continue supplying arms to the Saudi coalition because it runs the risk of being an accomplice in crimes under international law,” the groups said.

Kitchen alight Piedra Street, where they found staff had already begun to extinguish the fire in the kitc he n us ing w e t towels.

Most of the residents had

been evacuated, but firefighters assisted a disabled person and ensured two other occupants were left inside the building in a safe area.

At the same time, col-

leagues carried out ventilation tasks since the smoke had spread through the ventilation ducts, and ensured the kitchen and surrounding areas were safe.

Sources confirmed the fire was started by a frying pan.

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All fired up THE firefighters of Gandia will represent Spain in the World Rescue Challenge 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa.

Last week they were crowned champions of the 14th National Meeting of Rescue in Traffic Accidents (ENRAT), held in Alcañiz - one of three teams representing the Valencia Provincial Fire Department Consortium.

And as a result Zone A4 Gandia will now represent the country.

They also featured on the podium for the best national

CHAMPIONS: Next stop in South Africa to represent Spain.

command, together with fellow Valencian departments, Torrent and Sagunto.

Congratulating everybody involved, president of the consortium, Josep Bort added: “Traffic accidents are one of the most common emergencies in recent years and continuing education is key.”

Firefighters Vicente Sala, Sergio Gascó, Alberto Pallás, José Ignacio Prósper, Josep Monforte and Pedro Barranco, were involved in an intense training programme in advance of the

championships.

Bort explained that this was carried out in direct contact with the Committee of Meetings of Release (COMENEX), the regulatory body that offers both advice and support during preparation and in logistics.

Teams then had to demonstrate their expertise in two technical manoeuvres and were assessed on their safety measures, the execution of tools as well and overall performance during the simulated scenarios.

THE BEST: Gandia firefighters demonstrated their expertise.

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Do you agree with Spain’s legal drinking age minimum?

(18, same as the UK) Name: John Duffy Age: 79 On holiday: Yes Where from: Glasgow WELL it should be all in moderation shouldn’t it? I think 18 is a sensible age to set it, you’re a bit more sensible and adult by then.

But I started earlier, my dad used to take me along to the pub before he started work, when I was 15!

In Scotland a while back

John Duffy.

they used to close the pubs at 9pm, but that just led to quicker drinking so it didn’t solve anything.

The Spanish are good at allowing kids to have a drink at home in a relaxed way so that they get used to it.

Name: Jack McCord Age: 74 On holiday: Yes Where from: Dundee Yes it’s always been 18 and that’s right in my eyes.

It’s bad enough getting married at 16! That said I went to sea at 15 with the Navy and was drinking from then on.

I was married and had two children by 21 so I lived early. But I can handle my drink,

I’m 74 and still going strong!

Name: Eddie Age: 64 On holiday: Yes Where from: Near Amsterdam, Holland Yes I agree with it. When I was 16 I drank but that’s not the point! It’s healthier for young people so that they can focus on their studies.

In Holland it changed from 16 a few years ago.

That was because a lot of accidents were happening

Jack McCord.

with kids falling off mopeds and bicycles after having had a few drinks.

So the government raised the age and I agree with that.

Name: Bob Hitchens and Kelly Lucas Age: 73 and 68 On holiday: Yes Where from: England No we don’t agree. It should be about 20, and marriage should be 21. Driving should be 19 too, when

Bob and Kelly.

they’ve got a bit more sense.

These days young people have got an attitude and no respect for the old. There are no family values or interaction with the elderly.

The Spanish are much better, they are still very family centric which is nice to see.

Too many 18 year-olds are falling out of clubs and not bothering to get jobs.

things. Back in 1965 you had so many work options and the maturity and commitment to your job.

There wasn’t so much money back then, even though they borrow it these days!

Our generation saved money and we’re now paying for the next generation.

Name: Anne and Dave Age: 69 and 67 On holiday: Yes Where from: Weston Super Mare No, it should be 21. Those three years make an awful lot of difference.

Young people will abuse the freedom to drink, as we see.

They think it’s cool but it can lead to even worse

Anne and Dave.

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A STREET corner phone in a booth on Calle Colon in Valencia rang every 10 minutes all day on Tuesday as part of a novel employment drive.

The City Council of Valencia installed the telephone especially and activated it deliberately six times every hour to get attention from members of the public.

NEWS EXTRA Morning crash AN 18-year-old motorist suffered body injuries after being involved in a collision with a car in Holland Street in Benidorm at around 8am on Tuesday morning, and was taken to Alicante General Hospital for treatment.

Seeds sewn AN agricultural employment Exchange was held in Altea yesterday (Wednesday) in a bid to bring together landowners, producers and businesses with a view to finding solutions for abandoned farms.

Popular spot THE Portitxol cove of Javea is one of the most visited sites year after year on the Costa Blanca and, along with the Granadella, is apparently the most famous in the region according to figures released by the tourism board.

Sad farewell ALICANTE priest Juan Antonio Gadea, parish priest of Orba for 31 years passed away last week aged 71, and mourners paid their respects during a mass chaired by the Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Monsignor Manueal Ureña.

Live links THE Visit Benidorm Foundation took part in a Go Travelling Live event in Denmark at the weekend, a meeting of Scandinavian travel bloggers held in Copenhagen, to strengthen tourism ties and communications abroad.

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Pick up the phone!

The people who picked it up received information about the new employment programme for more mature jobseekers ‘ Oportunitats +55’ and other initiatives of València Activa, the munici-

pal employment agency.

The ‘Oportunitats +55’ plan will offer employment to 80 people for nine months.

Councillor for Sustainable Economic Development,

Sandra Gomez, said that it is, “a pioneering project in the community which aims to reach as many people as possible.”

A statement from the town hall praised the move adding

that the city of Valencia is the ‘first consistory that offers an employment plan of this type and, in addition, it does so with its own resources, since it only has the municipal budget, amounting

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to more than €1,600. 000.

Thanks to the new programme, employment will be available between October and June 2019. “Under the same conditions as the rest of the workers, for which they will have decent salaries, right to holidays and to the days of free disposition,” added the town hall.

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Pink and Blue Ball is a roaring success

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Peter and June Assenheim.

Vic Andrews from Duo Moonshine.

ORGANISERS: Jody and Franco.

Chef Jose and waiter Paco.

Lisa and Jules from PMR.

Heidi and Sam of Monroes.

EWN FAMILY: Together with some of the attendees at the ball.

Lucia Pearson.

Eros Yanni, magician.

And if you know of anyone who may need help, or you would like to offer your voluntary services, you can find out more at www.wegrantawish.com or search Facebook for @grant.awish.37.

All Photos by: Karl Smallman

THE second Annual Oceana Grant-AWish Pink and Blue Ball was a roaring success, smashing last year’s figure to raise €16,000 for some exceptional causes.

It was only the second time the ball has been held and organisers are delighted to have beaten the €12,500 collected in 2017, which in itself was a record for a single fundraising event for the charity.

Speaking about the event Jody Smart who organised the event with Franco Pearson, said: “We are blown away, emotional, proud and just so deeply grateful to each and everyone who helped us make it happen.

“It takes months and months to pull together something so special and incredible! It was our second annual Pink and Blue ball and we surpassed our target of €15,000, which was just great. We feel blessed to have so many people willing to help the charity.”

The event, held at the Oceana Club in Benissa was, just like last year, a sell out, with 65 guests for the afternoon dinner and 150 making the evening ball one of the social highlights of the year.

Frank Abrams and his saxophone provided a perfect backdrop and superb entertainment, while duo Moonshine, singer Matt Mason and Match/ABBA helped him put on the perfect upbeat show Eros Yanni brought his own brand of magic to the event, going from table to table to astound the guests with his sleight of hand.

Jody sent her thanks to everyone who helped the Pink and Blue Ball be such a success, adding that every penny raised will go to the Grant-A-Wish charity which has now been running for seven years.

If you missed out on this year’s Grant-A-Wish Pink and Blue Ball, make a date in your diary for next year’s event as Jody and fellow organiser Franco Pearson have already set the date as September 21, 2019.

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Cleaning up THREE Alzira teachers have created an innovative hydrothermal dish that reuses residual hot water to increase the temperature of the cold, known as a ‘passive shower’ which apparently saves 43 per cent energy.

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Unions strike Ryanair RYANAIR cabin crew in five European countries have given their support for strike action this month, throwing passengers’ flight plans into turmoil.

Although the exact date has not yet been confirmed, unions in Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Belgium have agreed to a day of industrial action.

The decision was taken by a conference of unions in Rome yesterday with groups including pilots, cabin crew, and ground personnel all represented.

The unions involved were the USO and Sitcpla for Spain, UILTrasporti and FILTCGIL for Italy, FNV for the Netherlands, the SNPVAC of Portugal and the CNE/LBC of Belgium.

They have apologised to travellers in advance but place the blame squarely on Ryanair for ‘ignoring the labour laws of each country in which it operates’ despite months of meetings and negotiations.

PLANE PAIN: The news will concern customers who have booked flights this month.

A date for the strike is currently being discussed and it will be announced before September 13.

Unions have highlighted a series of reasons for the strike, including: preventing trade union freedom for employees; not recognising wage, social

security and welfare rights; and using recruitment personnel provided by foreign administration agencies.

For its part, Ryanair said: “Ryanair’s people have enjoyed significant pay increases, improved terms and conditions, and we have agreed

to improved seniority structures, base transfers and annual leave.

“We have done this in a year when we expect profits to fall by 15 per cent due to a combination of higher fuel prices and higher staff costs.”

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OVER the next couple of months the City Council of Alicante will continue to change street names in line with the ‘Law of Historical Memory.’

In December of last year, the Governing Board approved the withdrawal of names of roads and squares linked to the Franco regime and the Civil War, and in July it was

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made official.

Within weeks, six streets had been r e n a m e d . Wo r k i s t o r e s t a r t t h i s month, with a view to completing the project by October 18.

The next phase will begin in the San Blas and San Gabriel areas, moving along to the Carolinas area, the centre of Alicante, and the areas of Florida-Babel and Pla-Carolinas.

THE Generalitat finally added its voice to calls asking for AP-7 reduced tolls between Gandia and Benidorm.

With less than a year before the motorway concession finishes, Maria Jose Salvador, Consellera or head of the regional government’s department of Housing, Public Works and Territory, has written to the Ministry of Public Works in Madrid.

She asked for “the same reductions and exemptions measures” enjoyed by Cataluña to be applied to the PeñiscolaTorreblanca and La Safor-La Marina sections of the toll road.

“Motorway tolls have been reduced in Cataluña and other parts of Spain but not the Valencian Community,” Salvador pointed out.

The Consellera stressed that the present Minister of Public Works, Jose Luis Abalos, has

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Call for reduced AP-7 tolls

AP-7: Lower tolls would reduce N-332 traffic. been more sympathetic to Generalitat requests than his predecessor in the previous national government.

Salvador reminded the Ministry that traffic was “saturated” in La Safar and La Marina towns like Bellreguard, Palmera, l’Alqueria de la Comtessa, Oliva, Gata, Benissa and Altea, all of which are bisected by the N332, one of the busiest roads

in Spain.

The absence of a rail service in La Marina also complicated located communications, Salvador added.

“Reduced tolls would improve the situation of the Mediterranean Corridor between Gandia and Benidorm, with better road safety and traffic flow and less environmental pollution,” the Consellera concluded.

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Cataluña day rallies Marches in Barcelona amidst independence calls

by Joe Gerrard CATALAN independence supporters took to the streets of Barcelona in their thousands to mark the region’s annual holiday last Tuesday.

The city was filled with marchers bearing the Catalan flag as well as some who called for independence on the National Day of Cataluña, or Diada.

More than 440,000 people registered for the event, according to the Catalan National Asse m b l y ( AN C ).

Around 400,000 registered in 2017.

Quim Torra, the president of the region’s Generalitat, renewed his call for another independence referendum almost one year after the previous vote last October.

He said National Day was a “demonstration for freedom.”

“People should fill the

streets in the name of freedom, justice, democracy and the republic,” Torra said.

Police officials had called on Torra to increase officer numbers on the streets ahead of National Day. Torra said the region needed investment in infrastructure rather than for law enforcement.

An estimated 2,000 people turned out to pro Spanish unity demonstrations on Avenida Paral-lel in Barcelona last Saturday ahead of Tuesday’s marches. Some carried placards which read: ‘No pacts with terrorists or separatists.’

Businessman Jose Manuel Opazo attended the rally along with Santiago Abascal, president of Vox along with other members of the farright party.

Abascal said the only solution to the ongoing indepen-

RALLYING: Cataluña’s National Day typically attracts thousands of protestors. dence push was the revoking of Cataluña’s autonomy, the dissolution of the Mossos d’Esquadra police force and the banning of pro-independence parties.

Torra said such groups had every right to protest in

favour of Spanish unity.

“Diada is for the Catalan Republic. If other groups want to make one for federalism then let them do it, but I will not join them,” he said.

The marches come as Catalan officials have begun dis-

cussions with Madrid on how to move forward on the independence issue.

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he would consider backing a referendum on greater powers for the region but added independence was not an option.

Torra said he remained in contact with Sanchez and they planned to hold talks at the end of this month or in October.

“We have raised the flag of dialogue with the new Prime Minister. We have offered to discuss these issues with the Spanish state,” Torra said.

Maria Jose Segarra, Spain’s Attorney General, said Cataluña could not be treated as an exceptional case constitutionally.

“There can be no exceptions to the rules. The opposite is the very bankruptcy

of democracy itself,” Segarra said.

Spain’s Constitutional Court ruled last year that the independence referendum and declaration that followed were illegal under the Constitution.

The ruling led to arrest warrants being issued for leading pro-Catalan independence politicians including former President Carles Puigdemont over their part in the secession push.

Many, including Puigdemont, remain abroad and some have been imprisoned ahead of their trials on rebellion charges.

Puigdemont recently filed a lawsuit in Belgium, where he currently lives, against Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena claiming he was not impartial when he issued a warrant for his arrest.

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NEWS EXTRA Taking flight THE planning department of Alicante has lent its support to proposals for a heliport at a disused sports court close to Tabarca, claiming it would be easily accessible and would avoid conflicts with air space.

Parting sands THE Albufereta beach in Alicante was split in two, creating a huge ravine, by intense rain which fell on Saturday, the second time authorities have been forced to carry out repairs of this kind in three weeks.

Gold support A PAINTGOLD INITIATIVE, promoted by the Spanish Federation of Parents of Children with Cancer has been launched in Benidorm by Aspanion, involving sharing pictures of gold stripes on hands to raise awareness.

Deadly stash WEAPONS, drugs and ammunition were seized by police during a raid on a warehouse in Gandia.

Two Spanish men were arrested in connection with the haul including seven firearms, 5,549 cartridges of different calibres, 95 detonating pistons and narcotic substances.

One of the detainees is also charged with a crime of illtreatment in the family and another against public health after the recovery of a total of 60 grams of what is believed to be cocaine, hashish and marihuana, at another address.

While following up the ‘illtreatment’ complaint and making inquiries as to whether the suspect could be in possession of a firearm, officers discovered

one of the detained had a shot gun without a licence.

Information gleaned also suggested he was involved in the sale of drugs and an entry order was gained for two addresses he was known to live in.

In addition to the narcotics and weapons, police recovered a gunpowder doser and two ammunition refill presses.

Most of these items were

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HAUL: Police recover arms and narcotics at a warehouse in Gandia. found inside a safe in the home of the suspects’ father.

Police sources expressed concerns that ‘the gun powder dispenser, the detonating pistons and the recharging presses would usually be used for ammunition recharging.’

SEVERAL Spanish regions which have seen their populations dwindle in recent years have called on Madrid to give them funding to tackle the issue.

The presidents of the regional authorities of Aragon, Asturias, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y Leon, Galicia and La Rioja met in Zaragoza to discuss depopulation last Monday. Javier Lamban, the left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) head of Aragon’s Dipuctacion, acted as host.

The officials sought to build a united front in favour of reforming Spain’s system for financing regions which they claim is now outdated.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has ruled out making any changes to funding until after the regional elections of May 2019.

The six regions whose heads met in Zaragoza cover almost 53 per cent of Spain’s territory and have 21 per cent of its population living in them. A total of 55 per cent of more than 8,000 towns and cities in the country lie within their borders.

The authorities of the six regions claim ageing populations and the spreading of people thinly across their territories was contributing to funding issues.

All six regions have seen their populations fall since 2008, according to National Institute of Statistics (INE) data.

Aragon has 22,920 less people living there, Asturias has 46,360 fewer inhabitants, Castilla-La Mancha lost 17,355, Castilla y Leon 18,151, Galicia 56,698 and La Rioja last 5,618.

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Academic merry-goround AN Alcoy lecturer at Valencia’s Polytechnic University lost his appeal against a four-year suspension for accessing colleagues’ emails.

After a round of court cases in Spain, Jorge Manuel Lazaro Laporta’s appeal was finally thrown out after the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) backed the university’s decision to suspend him.

The case began in 2005 when the university started proceedings against Lazaro Laporta, prompting him to appeal to Alicante Province High Court.

The judges ruled in his favour, maintaining he had not committed a criminal offence as the accessed emails were professional and not personal.

After a slew of appeals and counter-appeals that ended in Lazaro Laport’s favour, the university suspended him for four years and after Spain’s ultimate court, the Constitutional Tribunal threw out his appeal, the case finally reached the ECHR.

RISKING EVERYTHING: The number of migrants taking this route is double that of 2017.

Maritime service rescues 300 migrants MORE than 300 migrants have been saved by Spain’s maritime rescue service trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea this weekend.

The service says it rescued 160 migrants from six boats in the Strait of Gibraltar on Saturday, and a further 172 migrants from four boats there on Sunday.

Spain has overtaken Greece and Italy as a popular entry point, with the latter’s new populist government refusing to accept rescue boats.

According to the United Nations, 34,994 migrants have arrived in Spain this year, while 1,565 people are known to have died making the perilous journey.

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NEWS EXTRA Extra policing TWO new officers have joined the police force of Benidorm, soon to be joined by 15 more currently under selection, and will cover public security duties and motorbike duties.

On tour EIGHT Japanese tour operators were invited to visit Denia this week as part of a move by the City Council to become a preferred gastronomic d e st i na t i o n by tourists in the Mediterranea n a nd J a pa n itself.

On the move NEW figures show that just 1 3 . 6 p e r c e n t o f journeys made in Valencia are a a re b y p u blic transport, with the car accou n t i n g f o r 4 1 p er cent o f t h e e st i ma ted 4.87 million trips made daily.

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Government restores migrant healthcare

By Joe Gerrard SPAIN’S Parliament has approved a government decree which is designed to give immigrants, including those without papers, the right to use the Spanish healthcare system without charge.

The reforms come as part of wider efforts from the left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) government to restore universal healthcare in Spain.

The latest move means immigrants without documentation will be able to use clinics and hospitals for the first time in six years.

The measures state that migrants who have lived in the country for less than 90 days will have to provide a reference

REFORMS: Migrants can now access Spain’s health system without charge. from regional social services.

Irregular immigrants will also be required to pay 40 per cent of the costs of prescriptions.

Carmen Monton, Spain’s Health Minister, said: “These measures are thanks to all those professionals and social organisations who fought against

health exclusive for six years.”

The minister added the government would work to harmonise the system across Spain after regional governments introduced their own measures following the abolition of free healthcare for migrants in 2012.

Pablo Casado, leader of the

conservative Partido Popular which voted against the reforms, said the Spanish healthcare system would not be able to cope with the additional immigrant patients.

Jose Felix Hoyo, head of the Doctors of the World group, said more details were needed as to when and how irregular immigrants will be able to access the system.

Pablo Iglesias, a campaigner against restricting health care, said he was concerned about the documentation immigrants would have to provide such as proof they were not already covered overseas.

The previous PP government revoked the right of immigrants to access health care in 2012.

Mariano Rajoy, the then Prime Minister, claimed

Spain’s health system was becoming unsustainable due to inefficiency and poor management.

The Network of Complaint and Resistance to Royal Decree 16/2012 (REDER) was formed after Rajoy’s abolition of healthcare for immigrants.

They claim more than 4,755 people were excluded from Spain’s health system since 2014 as a result of the former PP government’s measures.

A total of 322 of these were children and 194 were pregnant women, according to their statistics.

A study from the Pompeu Fabra University found there had been an increase in the immigrant death rate of 15 per cent since the PP abolished their coverage.

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Franco supporters in Madrid protest

TOMB RAID: The issue has reopened old wounds in Spain.

AROUND 100 people have gathered in Madrid to protest against preparations by the Spanish government to exhume the body of former dictator General Francisco Franco.

His remains lie in a controversial mausoleum in the Valley of the Fallen, in the Guadarrama mountains 30 miles northwest of Madrid.

Many of the protesters waved the flag of Spain that existed under Franco’s 40-year authoritarian reign, following his military coup which started the 1936-1939 Spanish Civil War. Others held signs reading ‘leave Franco in peace’ and ‘Hands off the Valley and Franco.’

Franco ordered the construction of the monument before his death in 1975, and it has become a shrine for Spain’s far right.

Spain’s Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has pledged to exhume Franco’s remains by the end of the year, and has called the tomb ‘a divisive symbol.’

HIGH STAKES: The EIB needs its shareholders to plug the Brexit gap.

EIB stakes its future THE European Investment Bank (EIB) is considering allowing countries to increase their capital stake in it after Britain’s withdrawal from the EU and the bank next year.

Brexit will mean that the EIB will lose €3.5 billion of British paid-in capital, but the EU has said that the shortfall will be replenished by other shareholders on a proportional basis.

The EIB relies on its Triple A credit rating to borrow on the market and then lend on for investment projects, and is the world’s largest multilateral borrower and lender.

It works closely with EU institutions to implement EU policy, but replacing UK money after Brexit will be important for the

EIB to keep its top credit rating.

Poland is known to want to increase its stake in the EIB, and its economy has grown significantly since it entered the European Union in 2004, from a GDP of €187 billion then to around €530 billion now.

It is therefore bigger than Sweden, Denmark, Belgium and Austria, all of which have bigger stakes in the EIB. Poland has revealed it is ready to invest up to €10 billion into the EIB in return for a permanent vice president at the bank.

The biggest shareholders in the EIB, apart from Britain, are Germany France, Spain and Italy, and Spain would like to raise its holding.

Lightning strike on beach TWO people suffered injuries after they were struck by lightning on the beach at Bellreguard, between Oliva and Gandia.

The Valencian Community’s Emergencies and Coordination Centre (CICU) revealed that a young man of 20 and a woman of 50 both had to be admitted to hospital.

The 20-year-old went into cardiac arrest, but lifeguards on the beach suc-

ceeded in reviving him and he was conscious by the time that the SAMU ambulance and medics arrived.

After they carried out an electrocardiogram and stabilised his vital constants, he was transferred to Gandia’s Francesc de Borja hospital.

The other victim was also taken to the Gandia hospital after complaining of pains in one of her legs following the lightning strike.

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€10mn cash boost THE council has confirmed that Benidorm will get €10 million to help it build a sustainable future.

The cash will come from the European Union via the Spanish government, and is earmarked for the city’s Sustainable and Integrated Urban Development Strategy (EDUSI).

Mayor, Toni Perez, said that the council has written a ‘Manual of Procedure’, which will guide the development of

projects to make Benidorm a ‘sustainable city’.

The €10 million is a substantial contribution to the cost of EDUSI, which is budgeted to be €34 million to be spent by 2023.

The measures are focused on improving access to information technology (ICT), reducing CO2 emissions, environmental protection and better efficiency in the use of resources, as well as the fight against inequality and poverty.

SUSTAINABLE: Money will be spent to make city more efficient.

Hotel fire injures woman A FIRE which broke out in a hotel in Benidorm left one woman slightly hurt as a result of the effects of smoke inhalation as she tried to put out the flames.

The cause of the fire is being investigated, but it’s understood that it broke out at midday in the rubbish collection area in the hotel on Calle Esperanto.

Two firefighting units arrived at the scene to put out the fire which had already been attacked by staff with fire extinguishers. There was no need to evacuate the building of guests.

Kidnapped for €30 OFFICERS of the Guardia Civil have arrested a 42year-old Spanish national in Benidorm accused of allegedly kidnapping a woman. The incident happened at 8am on Sunday morning as the 60-yearold went to mass in Ibi. According to reports, she noticed a man in a car looking at her. All of a sudden, the man got out of the vehicle, grabbed her, bundled her into the car, and sped off with her trapped in the gap between the seats.

She managed to escape from her ordeal 10 kilometres away, but not before the man had taken the €30 she had with her.

The kidnapper was identified thanks to CCTV footage and the number plate being taken by local people who heard the woman’s screams during the struggle.

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Don’t bin it MEMBERS of the regional government’s recycling team will be visiting Alfaz’s open-air market at 10am tomorrow (Friday) and later travel through the town’s streets. Using bicycles with receptacles for unwanted electronic items, the team will explain to the public the importance of recycling and not throwing small electronic items away with household rubbish.

Set to face the rain WHEN recent rain brought flood warnings, Alfaz Town Hall put the municipality’s emergency procedures in place.

Stream beds, gullies, storm drains, surface water collectors and municipally-owned land had already been cleared, by municipal employees as well as the Hidraqua water company and SAV, the concessionary responsible for street cleaning and rubbish disposal.

These operations reduce the risk of the flash floods that despite the Marina Baja’s ongoing drought regularly occur during the autumn and winter rains.

The Albir beach, the centre of Alfaz, urbanisations includ-

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WELL-PREPARED: Clearing Alfaz’s storm drains. ing Jardin de Alfaz, San Rafael and Belmonte as well as several streets in the town’s inland and coastal are all priorities, although the same precautions and preparations are carried throughout the municipality, explained Technical Services

councillor Oscar Perez.

Alfaz is also one of only five of the Costa Blanca municipalities that have acted on the Generalitat’s requirement for cities, towns and villages with known flood risk to submit a formal Municipal Plan of Action.

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Web festival THE fourth edition of FIDEWA, Alfaz’s International Festival of Webseries, begins today, (Thursday). Thirtyfour series that are shown exclusively on the internet will be competing for a total of €8,000 in prizes.

Local vocab ONLY half of Valencian Community schools will have streams taught in Spanish during the 20182019 academic year, while there are now 70 municipalities in the region where this option no longer exists.

Yellow peril MORE than 20 yellow ribbons expressing solidarity for remanded separatist politicians in Cataluña were tied overnight to railings outside the Estacion del Norte in Valencia, and removed overnight by the police.

Big find A 1.20-METRE vertebra recently excavated in Morella, (Castellon) belonged to a long-necked herbivore dinosaur that was 20 metres long and weighed 50 tons, the largest fossil of this kind ever found in the Iberian peninsula.

Wait for it A TOTAL of 1,670 students have been allocated a place at Alicante University but not in their chosen subject. They have until September 30 to switch, if and when vacancies arise in their chosen field.

Nice rice THE regional government is officially supporting World Paella Day, a joint initiative promoted by the Valencia Tourist Board and Valencia City Hall which will be celebrated for the first time this year on September 20.

Dripping, not gushing THE regional government’s Agriculture department will pay half of the €200,000 cost of drip-irrigation in several Altea neighbourhoods.

This will now replace the traditional but wasteful system of flooding plots of agricultural land still used by more than 100 smallholders in the Cap Negret, La Pila, Quintanes, Mandem and Benimiussa districts.

These neighbourhoods were excluded from the original project to modernise irrigation methods when the drip system was first introduced to Altea’s rural areas in 2004. The areas in question all border the River Algar, and at that time were included in the huge Puentes de Algar development that was later annulled by the

ALBIR BEACH: Excellent water this summer.

Analyses speak for themselves

IRRIGATION CHANNEL: Traditional but wastes water.

Supreme Court. Installation, (supervised by Beatriz Soriano from the Generalitat’s Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries department) is due to begin within days and should be completed during the first three months of 2019.

OFFICIAL analyses of the Raco de l’Albir beach seawater pronounced it ‘excellent’.

With the results of weekly tests by the Environment department’s General Directorate of Waters in his hand, town hall spokesman Toni Such denounced opposition party smears.

Mayte Huerta, president of the local Partido Popular party was manipulating and twisting the information on the social media by showing only half of a document from last July,

Such maintained.

“Clearly this does not correspond to what she is saying and which we understand she is doing with the unhealthy idea of creating public alarm,” Such said.

“We are unsure whether she wants to create media interest that she cannot obtain with her own ideas, effort and work.

Or it could simply be due to her particular way of doing politics which is nothing other than constant mudslinging in the hope that something sticks.”

It was extremely easy to defame and slander and sow doubts on the social media “where Sra Huerta merrily launches her lies,” ‘Such’ pointed out.

“We cannot allow these to continue to circulate and to put minds at rest we state categorically that the quality of the Raco de l’Albir beach is excellent. I’m not the one saying that but the General Directorate of Waters and the results of the tests speak for themselves,” Such said.

“There’s nothing else to say.”

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NEWS Old rite ALFAZ residents crowded the Church Square to hear the ‘Copletes a la Verge dels Dolors’ ancient sung couplets, preceded by an introductory poem. The 49 couplets were followed by two Acts of Contrition and the event ended with traditional dances begun by the Fiesta’s queen and her attendants who were later joined by the public.

On the right track ALFAZ’S railway station is to have an Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system.

The region’s rail operator FGV is spending €514,386 on installing the latest technology, Alfaz’s mayor Vicente Arques revealed.

This system checks that the speed of a train is compatible with the permitted speed limit that is allowed by signalling, and activates an emergency brake to stop the train when it is not.

“This will bring more punctuality and safety to the service,” Arques said, and is a necessary step for the eventual electrification of the single-track Line nine between Benidorm and Denia.

Until now Alfaz station has had no automatic signals or safety mechanisms apart from the stop/go lights at the adjoining level crossing.

FGV is now finalising the contract for the station’s signalling, power supply and communications system which, including the ATP installation, has an initial budget of €1.4 million.

Back to school for all

THE first day of the school year commenced with 2,100 pupils returning to, or starting at, Alfaz’s state schools.

“Classes began normally without any notable incidents,” said the town’s Education councillor Isabel Muñoz.

The Raco de l’Albir and Santisimo Cristo del Buen Acierto schools both have new classrooms and now have a teacherALL parties on Altea Council voted unanimously in favour of creating a Women’s Committee.

Equality councillor Vicente Perez explained that this was the first step towards creating the 20182022 Municipal Plan for Equality between women and men, a priority for her department.

to-pupil ratio of 18 for the very youngest pupils who are only two years of age.

“Five children of two have started at each school and we are expecting more to enrol little by little,” the councillor said.

The town hall hopes to increase the number of classrooms for two-year-olds in time for 2019-2020, she added: “This

year we already have 10 children on the waiting list.”

Alfaz Town Hall has met the €15,000 cost of bringing both of the classrooms destined for the very youngest pupils in line with the requirements of the regional government’s education authorities.

This was carried out by employees from the technical services department during the summer holidays, Muñoz said.

Women to the fore “It aims to be a body that develops effective equality policies via the participation of women in decisionmaking,” Perez said.

Perez explained that the Women’s Committee will focus on equality policies and “respect for Awareness, Education and Citizens’

Participation.”

It will issue mandatory reports, make proposals and suggestions linked to gender-equality, Perez confirmed.

“The Equality Commission will also encourage the participation of the local population and

especially the participation and coordination of local associations in the sphere of gender-equality, promoting a fluid relationship with the town hall,” the councillor added.

“I believe that creating this Women’s Committee will provide the town hall with a very positive viewpoint,” Perez concluded.

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Ready to face the worst CALPE has had a Flood Emergency Plan in place since 2015.

It was prepared by Aguas de Calpe and since its creation has been used to monitor weather conditions and natural phenomena.

The plan is based on the European Parliament’s Directive 2007/60/CE as well as another from the European Commission that was passed in October 2007.

Both establish guidelines on evaluating, mapping and reducing the risk of flooding.

At present Aguas de Calpe is revising the Emergency Plan and adapting it to the latest technological tools that have been introduced to sewage and drainage systems. These incorporate a greater degree of security and limit the scope of human error in interpreting and managing information emergency levels in real time.

FLOOD PLAN: No repetition of flooding in 2007 and other years.

Aguas de Calpe monitors weather conditions in real time.

Aguas de Calpe and the town hall have taken another step in dealing with situations of risk and are working together on the Municipal Plan of Action (PAM) required of all Valencian Community towns where flooding is likely to occur.

Back to the past CESAR SANCHEZ recently visited the Pobla d’Ifac, Calpe’s mediaeval settlement.

Calpe mayor as well as president of the provincial council, the Diputacion, Sanchez visited the archaeological site to see first-hand the latest finds during the summer excavations.

These included a new building outside the west wall which archaeologists believe dates from the late 14th century.

He was accompanied by the head of the Diputacion’s Culture and Education department Cesar Augusto Asencia, and the archaeologist Jose Alberto Cortes from MARQ, the Alicante Province archaeological museum, who also directed the Pobla d’Ifach dig.

“This new building confirms the importance of the mediaeval settlement and the riches that are still to be discovered,” Sanchez said.

“We continue promoting our cultural and historical heritage as one of Calpe’s assets and this, together with the Banys de la Reina, could become a principal tourist at-

traction,” he continued.

“Our objective is to create a Pobla d’Ifac interpretation centre, a permanent space that will be located inside the Penyal d’Ifac national park which will make known all these discoveries.”

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Halloween horror at health centre A 20-YEAR-OLD charged with biting off part of another youth’s earlobe stands trial this week at the Alicante High Court.

He is also accused of striking and breaking the wrist of the doctor who attended the injured man at Calpe health centre.

According to witnesses, two ‘very agitated’ young men who were arguing entered the health centre on Halloween night last year.

One was bleeding profusely after he was attacked by the other youth who mistook the girl in his car for his own girlfriend. He allegedly wrenched open the car door, punching and hitting the other male be-

fore biting off part of his earlobe.

On entering the health centre, he broke a computer at the reception desk and attacked the duty doctor, breaking his wrist.

Another member of staff ran to the nearby Guardia Civil headquarters for help although

it took several officers to subdue him, after which he was admitted to Denia psychiatric unit on a judge’s orders.

Accused of causing bodily harm and attacking a health professional he now faces a 12year prison term if found guilty.

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TEULADA-MORAIRA footballer Marcos Blasco, who plays for Union Deportiva Alzira, debuted in the national juvenile category, winning against favourites, Valencia CF. The young Teulada-Moraira player made a good start to the season in a match watched by Valencia CF’s director general Mateu Alemany and Pedro Cortes, former president and current delegate to the national side.

Blue zone parking A great grape success phased out TEULADA-MORAIRA mayor Carlos Linares has begun the necessary procedures to end paid parking in the town.

In the course of a meeting with local residents s ome months a go, Linares promised to eliminate the ORA Blue Zone system.

The tow n ha ll’s c ontract with Estacionamientos y Servicios, the concessionary company that operated the scheme ex-

pires in December, follow ing w hic h pa rking will be free.

Although there will be no charge for parking it will be regulated, municipal sources confirmed, a nd the tow n ha ll mus t now c ons ide r pos s ible formulas once the Blue Zone no longer exists.

Any decision will first be preceded by consultations and debates with loc a l re s ide nts , the s a me sources said.

THE Teulada-Moraira Auditorium recently hosted Muscatus, the first international gastronomic competition featuring Alexandria grapes.

This is the variety used to produce the local muscatel wine and the first prize went to Juan Manuel Jimenez from the La Taberna del Gourmet restaurant in Alicante City.

Alexandria grapes were the hero of every dish in the competition held in the gardens of the Auditorium for the eight finalists and their assistants.

The other contestants were Joan Gil from Restaurante Aretxondo in Galdacano (Vizcaya), Chema Soler from La Gastro (Madrid), Victor Soriano from Namua Gastronomic (Valencia), Aron Menendez from The Beach House Bistro (Javea), Sergio

MUSCATEL GRAPES: Local speciality.

Box from Restaurante La Perla (Javea), Bruno Ruiiz from Aticcook (Denia) and Alex Talavera from Restaurant Samar (Moraira).

Winner Jimenez prepared “Grapes in marinade with mackerel, almonds and Hojiblanca olive oil.”

Second place went to Sergio Box who created Textures of Muscatel with Molluscs.

It was an intense weekend for the Teulada-Moraira Auditorium and the Dolia gastronomy and wine event.

Above the call of duty THE Teulada-Moraira policeman who risked his life to save a Brit clinging to a buoy was recommended for an award.

As previously reported in the Euro Weekly News, the Emergency Services received a call from a woman resident who could hear cries for help coming from the sea near Moraira’s Club Nautico.

The Local Police’s maritime unit set out to look for the person in distress and found a young Briton clinging to a buoy 400 metres away from the yacht club.

Without thinking twice, Antonio Ivars Llobell jumped into the water to go to the aid of the young man who had clearly drunk too much and was by then suffering from the cold and low blood sugar.

Once stabilised he was taken to the Teulada-Moraira health centre and later transferred to Denia Hospital.

The local town hall has now voted to ask the regional government to decorate Ivars Llobell for bravery in carrying out the rescue.

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Rentals hitch THREE months after the Valencian Community’s Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Law came into effect, the president of the Marina Alta Business Circle criticised new legislation for registering holiday apartments and villas. In the absence of information and specific norms, each town hall had to set its own conditions, making it ‘impossible’ to register new properties.

Make a start IT is now possible to enrol for the Third Startup Seminar, Connecta I Emprem, which will be held at the Teulada-Moraira Auditorium on September 29. Guest speakers include Ann Hiatt, a Google coaching executive.

Young cook CHILDREN were not forgotten in the recent Dolia event as Mara, a 10-year-old from Alicante and a finalist in the last edition of MasterChef Junior demonstrated how to prepare fish, her favourite food.

Walk it THE fourth Alzheimer’s Charity Walk takes place on Sunday, September 23, leaving the Castle Esplanade in Moraira at 9.30am and covering 5.2 kilometres. Register until September 20, more information on 965 740 158, Extension 1202.

No-go TRAFFIC will continue to be barred from Calle Dr Calatayud in Moraira between 5pm and 7am each day until October 14. Vehicles may unload between 7am and 1pm except on Saturdays, Sundays and official holidays.

Helping startups to make a start MUNICIPAL support for startups in 2018 will assist 10 new local businesses created between November 2017 and October 2018.

The official announcement, which has now been published in the Official Alicante Province Bulletin, aims to generate employment in Teulada-Moraira by providing economic help that will reduce the cost of setting up a business venture.

This comes in the form of a non-repayable subsidy of €500 per firm for a maximum of 10 startups for which the town hall has allocated a total of €5,000.

To be eligible for a subsidy it is necessary to have begun a business in Teulada-Moraira between November 1, 2017 and October 31 this year.

All those interested in applying for one of the grants can request an entry form on the Teulada-Moraira website. More information is available at the Local Development Agency Creama Teulada-Moraira in Avenida Madrid 15, Edificio Espai La Senieta in Moraira until 2pm on October 31.

Prepared to cope LIKE all coastal towns at present, Teulada has prepared for the autumn rains by clearing storm drains and gutters.

As it does each year as summer comes to an end, the municipal services company Teumo has been working throughout Teulada’s town centre as well as in Moraira.

This has prepared the town for the ‘gota fria’ cold fronts that are a regular Costa Blanca occurrence, explained General Services councillor Raul Llobell, who stressed that it was vital to be well-prepared and ready to prevent possible flooding.

Singalong TEULADA’S Dolçainers i Tabalaters pipe and drum group, El Falco, invite the public to attend the traditional ‘Cantada a la fresca,’ in honour of the Divina Pastora in Plaza de la Iglesia on Saturday, September 22.

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FOLLOWING the meeting with Consul Sarah-Jane Morris and representatives from HM Revenue and Customs regarding tax requirements for expatriates, the town hall announced that there will be another meeting with the Consul in November, to discuss Brexit. The time and venue will be announced as soon as possible.

Tomatoes turned into heroes DOLIA: Superchefs with their tomato dishes.

FOUR Michelin-starred chefs converged on TeuladaMoraira for the Dolia Wine and Food event at the Auditorium.

Rafa Soler, Alberto Ferruz, Nazario Cano and Juanfra Valiente gave a cooking demonstration, drawing attention to the characteristics that the Mediterranean endows on local produce on the coast and inland.

Tomatoes were chosen as the heroes of their demonstrations and the four chefs, each with his own personality and style, combined their individual talents and links with the

region to convey the essence of the Marina Alta.

They produced a gastronomic narrative expressed in dishes that showed the multitude of possibilities that tomatoes bring to the kitchen, preparing them in liquid and solid forms as well as in brine, fermented, dried or converted into foam.

Rafa Soler turned to tradition and his roots, combining the Mediterranean with global culinary concepts to convey his understanding of life and cooking.

Alberto Ferruz created a symbiosis between the heart,

passion and popular ancestral cooking united with an avantgarde fusion of the sea and the land.

Nazario Cano used the sea for his inspiration, with a creation that combined iodine and strong marine flavours, playing with textures and bringing then to unknown extremes by constructing a sea tomato.

Juanfra Valiente took the audience on a sensory journey, starting with the pure flavour of tradition and using his almost magic avant-garde culinary techniques to develop a sequence of tomatoes.

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UNLIKE Ondara and Pedreguer, Javea will not have free schooling for two-yearolds.

Javea’s Education councillor Montse Villaverde explained that the regional government subsidies announced for the 2018-2019 school year will not apply to the town’s escoleta which does not meet all the Generalitat’s requirements.

“Bear in mind that the municipal nursery school was built 25 years ago,” Villaverde said.

“The toilets are not inside the classroom and for this reason the escoleta is not included in the new subsidies offered by the Generalitat.”

The councillor added that her department hoped either to build a new centre or to adapt the existing nursery school to the new regulations.

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GRAULL SCHOOL: Regional government paid a visit.

Regarding the deteriorated Graull school, Villaverde confirmed that a ‘totally new’ school will be built. Plans are now being drawn up, she added, and the Education department was studying where the pupils should be rehoused during construction.

No decision has yet been taken although they will be located inside the town, the councillor said. Possible sites for the prefab classrooms include the car park near the bus station or the plot of municipal land in front of the Trenc d’Alba school, she revealed.

‘Shared patroness’ Bar fire suggestion JAVEA’S Loreto fiestas ended, as always, with a procession honouring the Virgen de Loreto.

The statue was carried through the streets of the Duanes district by the Penyeta Roja association, which has been doing so for the last 25 years.

On the statue’s return to the Loreto church, the parish priest Fr Fernando Maño announced ‘a concern’ that he shared with Fr Salvador Torrent, parish priest of Javea’s San Bartolome church.

Both feel that the Virgen de Loreto should be named as the official and canonical patron of Javea. But that, Fr Maño added, could only be achieved with the support of the local population.

The priest revealed the town’s two parishes have been working for some time to ‘create bridges of unity’ since they belong to the

same town. Fr Maño stressed that both he and Fr Torrent would like the Virgen de Loreto to be the patroness of all Javea and not only the Duanes district.

He thanked Fr Torrent as well as the Local Police for their hard work in organising the celebrations, together with the Fiestas Committee which he described as the ‘heart of the fiestas’ and also the mayorales.

AT the he ight of the Loreto fiestas in Javea, flames spread though the kitchen of a bar in C a lle Le pa nto a fte r a deep fryer caught fire.

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Collaboration agreements renewed THE town hall continued renewing its collaboration agreements with local clubs and associations.

Javea’s mayor Jose Chulvi authorised €14,062 for the Escola de Pintura Mediterranea, a group that promotes art amongst the young as well as adults with painting classes and organises exhibition.

The town hall has also renewed its agreement with the Club Nautica and has allocated €5,750 for the areas of the yacht club’s activities.

California dreamin’ for girls THREE pupils from Javea’s Maria Inmaculada school received a citation from the United States’ Congress.

Amelia Gonzalez, Ines Mut, Andrea Escortell, and two teachers Rosa Maria Bosch and Pepa Ribes were congratulated

by Ro Khanna, congressman for the 17th District of California.

The Javea pupils and their teachers represented Europe in the Technovation Challenge 2018 in San Francisco, a competition that encourages girls aged between 10 and 18 to take an interest in science, technology and entrepreneurship.

‘This citation is presented to Team Join Us Spain in recognition of outstanding work building a mobile application to solve a community problem and a business plan to bring it to the world,’ the document declared.

SILICON VALLEY: The party visited Google offices.

The app was developed to prevent Javea’s senior citizens from feeling lonely by putting them in touch with young people, producing a cultural and generational interchange. The project also included a business plan to guarantee its future.

More than 19,000 girls worldwide took part in Technovation 2018, building apps and

starting businesses designed to help to solve problems in their communities.

While the Javea party were in California they were invited to visit leading Silicon Valley businesses including Google and Nvidia, where they took part in workshops and work groups led by pioneers in the technological field.

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JAVEA was recently featured in two television programmes on the Viajar channel and En el Punto de Mira (Viewpoint) on Channel 4.

The former homed in on Javea during its Mediterranean Luxury programme and for 25 minutes explored the town centre and its beaches.

There were close-ups of Les Planes windmills and one of the famous villas that routinely appears in national and international architectural and interior decorating magazines that is now on the market for €11 million.

Both the programme on the Viajar channel and En el Punto

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Behind the blue door

LA BARRACA: Fishermen’s houses still there. de Mira lingered over the Barraca beach and the fishermen’s houses there and in particular the one with a blue door, reportedly one of the most-viewed images on Instagram.

Although figures were not available for the Viajar programme, the Channel Four programme was seen by 998,000 viewers and had a 7.5 per cent share of the audience.

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Internet con REGULATIONS: Calls for stricter guidelines on the use of electric scooters.

A YOUNG woman from Denia is accused of scamming 11 people via the web.

The 25-year-old allegedly advertised items on wellknown sales pages at very competitive prices. The ‘victims,’ from nine locations across Spain, are said to have paid the full amount but the items were never despatched

According to a police press report, the investigation was launched after a complaint was made in 2016. The swindled buyer advanced money for the shipment which never arrived.

The tactics are said to have been ‘very similar in all cases.’

The culprit, who has since been arrested, waited until an agreement had been made through a

‘chat’ facility on the sales page, and then alleged she was ‘in a bad economic situation’ and asked for the money in advance.

Officers combined the information from all cases which led them to identify and locate the suspect, who is said to have numerous police records.

A court date is to be set.

Fatal accident A MAN has died after falling off an electric scooter.

It’s reported the 60-year-old was travelling in Niembro on Sunday after heavy rain when he apparently ‘lost control’ and came off his scooter, hitting his head on concrete steps.

According to the Local Police of Llanes who are investigating, the deceased was not wearing a helmet. The source added that ‘although the cause of the fatal accident is still unknown, one of the possibilities considered is that he lost control of his electric scooter because of the water accumulated in the road.’

This is the apparently the second known death of this kind in Spain. A five-year-old boy was killed after his scooter collided with a bus in Badajoz. Mobility and transport experts claim the regulations on which the use of these scooters is based have ‘very confusing,’ scarce or even non-existent guidelines.

Madrid recently approved a new ruling that generally prohibits their use on pavements and spaces exclusively reserved for pedestrians.

The councillor of Mobility, Giuseppe Grezzi, has promised to accelerate a similar move in Valencia.

WEB SCAM: Victims across Spain conned by Denia woman.

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According to the Spanish High Court, therefore, the prohibition on restrictions and capital movements, provided in Article 56CE, is applicable to movements not only among member countries of the European Union, but also in relation to third countries.

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Double drama A MOTHER and her baby foal are said to be doing well after a dramatic birth last week which saw the newborn tumbling into a lake at Valencia’s Bioparc, as visitors watched on.

Spectators were fortunate enough to witness the animal giving birth in the replica savannah area where they live.

The baby appeared to be perfectly healthy but soon after, having become separated from the umbilical cord, fell into the water nearby.

Taking a backseat until then, letting nature do its own thing, gamekeepers quickly stepped in and a rescue mission began to save the newborn.

A team of two were quickly able to remove the baby from the water where it was returned to it’s mother who began cleaning her new addition.

A watching crowd ap-

plauded the efforts of both the new mum and the park staff for ensuring a ‘happy ending.’

To mark World Animal Day (October 4) the bioparc is staging its sixth Can-rrera event on September 30. The annual charity race, teams of owners and their dogs competing against each other, was inspired by the work of the Association of Defense and Animal Protection (ARCADYS).

The aim is to raise awareness and engage society animal welfare while stressing the responsibility involved in having a pet.

It costs €6 to take part in the race, and the proceeds will go to Project Rhino Dog Squad, a project which forms and trains teams of dogs and their trainers to protect the endangered species against the threat of poachers.

Visit bioparcvalencia.es to find out more.

HOTEL HORROR: Police are asking guests for information on the incident.

Brit stabbed in hotel attack A BRITISH man is in critical condition in hospital after being stabbed six times while on holiday in Magaluf.

The incident happened at around 2am on Sunday after a row erupted among a group of British tourists at the TRH Magaluf hotel.

Four people have been arrested by the Guardia Civil and are being held at Calvia police station.

Although the victim’s identity

has not been revealed, reports suggest he is 31 years old and from Scotland.

It is believed that the man suffered stab wounds to his back, abdomen and buttocks, but managed to run away from the scene with his brother.

They barricaded themselves in t h e i r h o t e l r o o m u n t i l t h e e m e rgency services arrived, and the injured man was taken to the Son Espases hospital.

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Remedy needed for hospital IN the latest incident at Villajoyosa hospital a false ceiling collapsed in the changing room adjoining an operating theatre.

No-one was injured but scheduled operations were put on hold and four of the eight operating theatres closed and isolated until all dust had been eliminated.

Days earlier three air-conditioning units broke down simultaneously, obliging medical staff and patients to endure 30C temperatures.

The installation was beyond repair, engineers said, and all operations except emergencies were cancelled for two days while the hospital awaited delivery of the portable units which will provide air-conditioning until the management puts the contract for a new system out to tender.

The ceiling is thought to have collapsed owing to a combination of old plaster and vibrations produced over the years by air-conditioning ducts, prompting hospital unions to claim this was another symptom of the hospital’s bad state of repair after decades of inadequate upkeep.

The plaster ceiling of a third-floor corridor in the main building collapsed last February, and months earlier a laboratory was affected in a similar incident.

The regional government’s Health department has now ordered ‘an exhaustive inspection’ of all the hospital’s false ceilings.

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RIVER ALGAR: A new irrigation system will link the riverbed to nearby farms.

Water works THE Valencian Government has given the green light to expansion works on a drip irrigation system which will benefit more than 100 small farmers.

Financed by the Ministry of Agriculture, the â‚Ź200,000 scheme will begin in the next few days scheduled for completion by March next year.

Areas which will be affected include Quintanes, Mandem, Benimussa, La Pi-

la and Cap Negret.

These villages, next to a riverbank, were excluded in 2004 from the initial project to modernise the irrigation system of Altea.

The plans involved linking up with the urbanisation Los Puentes del Algar, an urban project that was annulled a few years later by a Supreme Court ruling.

The forthcoming works will be supervised by Beatrix

Soriano, a technician from the Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, and the technical director of the project, Juan Marcos Cano.

A spokesman said the project will be carried out in a staggered way, and once finished, the new irrigation system will enter into full service adjoining the aforementioned areas with the Algar river bed.

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FREED: Firefighters had to release a woman from the wreckage of her car.

TWO people have been trapped in their car after an accident in Albufereta.

According to reports, the crash took place just after 8am on Monday morning when a car going towards Alicante on the Avenida de la Condomina hit another for reasons unknown.

The impact was such that the front car was turned onto its side, trapping a 32-year-old woman inside.

There was also a young child in the car who rescuers were able to release through one of the windows, and it’s understood that being in a child restraint was a major factor in avoiding any injuries.

Getting the child’s mother out proved more difficult. Nine firefighters called to the scene worked with a number of specialist tools to cut through the damaged car to reach her; an

operation that took more than half an hour.

Once released, she was taken to the local hospital for further treatment. Her child accompanied her, and was admitted purely for observation.

Both cars were taken away by towing vehicles, and the driver of the other vehicle involved who was hit from behind was both uninjured and returned a negative alcohol test.

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Crackdown on crime

PRESENCE: The number of National Police officers was reinforced in Alicante during the summer months.

By Tara Rippin AROUND 1,000 people were arrested in Alicante during ‘operation summer.’

From July to the end of August, 700 arrests for possession of weapons or narcotics substances, with the majority of the remainder being made up of assaults, thefts and robberies.

According to the National Police of Alicante, ‘operation summer ’ ended with ‘satisfactory results’ and ‘fulfilled its main purpose of ensuring citizen security

during the holiday period.’

The initiative involved reinforcing the number of officers on the streets and integrating special units such as cavalry, helicopters and canine resources.

Specialists in Deactivating Explosive Artifacts (Tedax) and the Clandestine Immigration Response Brigade (Bric), were also on standby.

In total, 121 police officers were assigned to the province of Alicante.

Points were also established where police presence

A TOTAL of 252 drivers were brought before the courts in August for crimes against road safety on Valencia roads.

This represents a third more arrests for breaking motoring laws than in July.

Most of the offences, 179, were for driving whilst under the influence of alcohol.

Figures released by the Guardia Civil Trafico confirmed an increase of 33.3 per cent in criminal behaviour had been detected in the region compared to the same month last year.

Specifically, during August, the traffic group of the Guardia Civil in the region brought to court 73 motorists for driving without a permit or licence while the remainder were drink drivers.

By province, in Valencia itself, a total of 88 drivers were found to be driving in a drunken state and 31 without paperwork.

In Alicante, 69 drivers were arrested for getting behind the wheel whilst intoxicated and 31 were found to be missing the necessary documentation.

was permanent, especially in areas of high tourist concentration, such as beaches, airport or port, ‘thus achieving a reduction in the number of robberies with respect to the same period last year,’ according to a police statement.

Night services were extended with up to 60 officers from the Response Operative Groups of the Central and Northern District Police Stations, as well as 30 more from the Motorcycle Group of the Prevention and Reaction Unit (UPR).

Traffic offences

ON THE UP: Hike in driving offences on last month.

And in Castellon, 22 drunk drivers were dealt with and 11 for driving without permission and paperwork.

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National Park is hiking royalty AS part of celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Picos de Europa National Park in northern Spain, the Spanish Royal family went for a hike in the beautiful surroundings of Enol lake last weekend. The lake is in the Cantabrian mountains of Asturias, a rugged and

stunning region that lines the northern coast, close to Santander.

It was also the first official trip that 12-year-old Leonor, Princess of Asturias, was making as heir to the Spanish throne. She was joined by her parents King Felipe and Queen Letizia, and her 11-year-old younger sister In-

EWN 43 ROYAL RAMBLE: The Royals met scouts and young mountaineers during the visit.

fanta Sofia. The Picos de Europa was the first national park in Spain and is known for its rocky trails and dramatic scenery.

The park has a rich wildlife including bears, wolves and deer, and was awarded the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve designation in 2002.

Attacker tears off ear lobe A YOUNG man accused of biting off part of his victim’s ear in Calpe argued in court that he could not remember anything because he was drunk.

But the Office of the Prosecutor stood by the initial petition for 12 years in prison, on the grounds that it had been proven he had committed two crimes of injury and assault against a doctor and a warden.

The incident took place November 1 of last year, when the suspect, Miguel BG, who is in custody, saw a couple in a car in the parking lot of a nightclub in Calpe and apparently confused the girl with his own girlfriend.

Both females are blonde and were both wearing a black dress. After opening the door of the vehicle, he allegedly kicked and punched the driver and tore off a part of his right ear lobe.

At the Third Section Court

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By Tara Rippin

CALPE HEALTH CENTRE: Police officers were brought in to calm and detain the suspect after alleged attacks on staff. bouring town of Benissa.

But the court heard that once at the clinic, the detained allegedly threatened to kill a guard on duty, confirmed by the security warden himself in court, and hit the emergency doctor who sustained a fractured wrist

of the Audiencia of Alicante, the accused said he had been to a beer festival and was ‘under the influence of alcohol.’ As a result he said he had no memory of the events.

But the victim, who knew his attacker because he was a co-worker of his girlfriend, relayed in detail how he perceived the attack.

He claims that after biting his ear, Miguel BG stopped suddenly, as though he was ‘reconsidering’ his actions and asked for forgiveness.

The accused then apparently got into the car and insisted on accompanying the driver to the health centre in Calpe for treatment, although he had intended to go to the neigh-

among other injuries.

The doctor told the court that the accused repeatedly shouted ‘I’m going to kill you’ while punching him as he tried to protect himself.

Police were called and the defendant was finally brought under control and arrested.

The young man who lost part of his ear, has apparently needed psychological treatment as a result of the attack.

At the end of Monday’s hearing, the defendant, who faces having to pay at least €100,000 in compensation, apologised to the victims.

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Wood project

Race row

BUILDERS have fitted the final beam to a skyscraper in Brumunddal built from wood which is 18 storeys high, 85.4 metres tall, is the world’s tallest timber tower and is due to be full completely next March.

POLITICIANS and media figures in Belgium have weighed in on a debate about race relations in the country after Cecile Djunga, a weather presenter, claimed a viewer told her she looked ‘too black’ to appear on television.

Pollution bid OFFICIALS in Norway have begun seeking to buy credits on the g l o b a l c a r b o n m a r k e t t o o ff s e t fossil fuel emissions ahead of a looming pollution target deadline in 2030, according to government sources working on climate plans.

NGO appeal PROSECUTORS have dropped

Costs rising HIGH RISE: The timber tower is the world’s tallest. charges against a human rights organisation in connection with the case of Loai Deeb, a former vice president of the Global Network for Rights and Development accused of laundering money through the NGO.

Expert search POLICE in Norway have begun investigating the case of a Dutch cybersecurity expert linked to the WikiLeaks investigative site who was last seen last month checking out of a hotel in Bodoe in the Arctic Circle.

G ERMANY

Rally doubts THE head of Germany’s domestic intelligence services has said he doubts a video of right-wing extremists

chasing foreign nationals during antimigrant protests in Chemnitz is authentic due to there being ‘no reliable’ information the incident took place.

Off track PLANS from Germany and France to merge Alstom and Siemens in a bid to create a global rail company to rival that of China has hit the buffers after

Spain opened a probe of the firms’ alleged membership of a cartel.

Figures down EXPORTS and industrial output both fell in Germany during July due to the United States slapping protectionist tariffs on the country’s goods and because of issues in the car industry over new environmental rules according to an ING economist.

NETHERLANDS

S WEDEN

Children sent

Fake wave

MARK HARBERS, the Dutch migration minister, said he and other officials were working with the Armenian government to arrange for the deportation of two children to the country this week following a ruling from the Council of State.

ONE in three articles shared on Twitter on Sweden’s election last Sunday were from ‘fake news’ sites according to the Oxford Internet Institute who added the ratio was similar in the United States before the 2016 Presidential vote.

Envoys back

Account shuts

TURKEY and The Netherlands have both sent ambassadors to each others’ capitals in an effort to normalise relations after Dutch authorities banned Istanbul officials from campaigning among the Turkish community during elections in 2017.

A SOCIAL MEDIA account which was run by a different Swede each week since 2011 is set to close, with more than 196,000 posts made on the Curators of Sweden project’s Twitter page and about 146,000 followers garnered.

Climate claim

Migrant rules

A REPORT from the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency has stated the country’s emissions levels are too high for it to meet climate targets which are causing farms to come close to their full productive capacity.

RULES from Sweden’s Migration Board are causing many university students, academics and researchers to leave the country and in some cases, such as that of PhD student Parisian Rabieifar, in the middle of long-running experiments.

New app PLEK, a Dutch technology start-up firm, is hoping to compete with Microsoft, Slack and WhatsApp with an encrypted chat hosted outside of the jurisdiction of United States intelligence agencies thereby ensuring users’ privacy, the company said.

Jobless fall THE number of people seeking work in Belgium fell last month according to the Employment Ministry who said the number of under 25 year olds out of work was at the lowest level for Augst since 1990.

Death probe PROSECUTORS for Belgium have begun investigating the death of Bruno Charles De Cooman, a businessman from the country, whose body was found at the bottom of a building in Moscow after a suspected fall.

D ENMARK

Money probe

Attack backing BERLIN has said it has ‘full confidence’ in the assessments of British intelligence services after two Russian citizens were charged in absentia over the alleged poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury.

THE cost of living in Belgium has risen by almost 39 per cent since the start of the millennium according to figures from European Union statisticians, about 1.5 per cent above the average for the rest of the bloc.

EUROPEAN PRESS

Jail review A 62-YEAR-OLD looks set to be cleared of drowning a man in a bathtub in Solna in 2009 ahead of an appeal ruling which follows his serving eight years of a 15-year prison sentence.

DANSKE BANK, Denmark’s biggest lender, has found that almost €26 billion of Russian and ex-Soviet money was laundered in its Estonian branch in 2013 alone after regulators in that country ruled cash had been parked in the Danish bank’s vaults.

Quota rise THE Treasury of Denmark is set to pay an extra €27 million in European Union coffers next year following a quota rise from the current almost €2.4 billion to more than €2.6 billion according next year’s draft Finance Act.

Wreck find DIVERS with Jutland’s Sea War museum have found the shipwreck of a German transport vessel sunk while en route to Norway on September 2, 1940 during the Second World War following an extensive search.

Credit cards DENMARK saw the third highest rise in the rate of credit card fraud in Europe during 2017, jumping to almost €13.3 million in stolen cash during that time according to figures from Euromonitor International.

F RANCE

Officer held AUTHORITIES in Paris have arrested a suspect who is believed to have been a commander of forces in Liberia’s Civil War in the 1990’s as part of an investigation into war crimes including alleged torture and cannibalism.

Booze cruise THOUSANDS of people guzzled wine and took to the streets in a town in Bordeaux for the Marathon du Medoc last Saturday, with the race having seen competitors plied with drink along the way.

Royal visit THE heir to the Japanese throne Crown Prince Naruhito arrived in France last week for a nine-day long goodwill visit which is due to see him visit Lyon, Santenay, Grenoble and a French-Japanese institute in Paris.

Fraud charges A SENIOR associate of the far-right Front National has been charged with embezzlement in connection with an investigation into the party over its alleged misuse of European Union subsidies which the party has been trying to reclaim.

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Online launch PREMIUM goods supermarket chain Sanchez Romero has entered the e-commerce.

The company, with nine stores in Madrid, is initially offering an online delivery service in 35 postal codes within the city. And has teamed up with Correos for speedy dispatch.

The company aims to cash in on online sales of fresh products by offering customers the possibility to select different formats, cuts and maturations of products.

It currently offers 7,000 products in total online.

13 - 19 September 2018 Total authorised by Spain’s Council of Ministers recently to be spent on conservation and operational contracts on roads in Valencia, Valladolid, Madrid, Salamanca and Toledo.

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Evaluate footprint

Signs of slowdown THE economy of the eurozone and the European Union grew again by 0.4 per cent in the seco n d q u a r t e r o f t h e y e a r, i n l i n e with the start of the year, according to Eurostat.

These figures confirm the slowdown in the European economy, since they remain below the rates recorded in 2017 when the GDP of the Euro rose by 0.6 per cent in the first three months and 0.7 per cent in the following three.

Compared to the same quarter

by Tara Rippin of last year, the GDP of the eurozone and the EU grew by 2.1 per cent in the second quarter, while in the next two it had risen 2.4 per cent and 2.3 per cent respectively.

With the emphasis remaining on the second quarter of the year, the countries that have seen the highest growth have been Malta (1.9 per cent), Estonia and Romania (both 1.4 per cent), while the lowest rates have been registered in

Denmark, Greece, France and Italy (all 0.2 per cent).

Spain, although it has not led the growth of the region, has been slightly above the average with a rate of 0.4 per cent.

In the second quarter of this year, the final consumption expenditure of households rose by 0.2 per cent in the eurozone and by 0.3 per cent in the EU, after registering both areas a progression of 0.5 per cent in the three previous months.

LARGE companies in Spain will be forced to evaluate their carbon footprint and undertake measures to reduce it, as well as create ‘green labels’ which provide that information to society as part of The Climate Change Law. The Minister for the Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera, last week called on the bigger listed companies to be involved in the fight against climate change, which will mobilise €100,000 million in Spain by 2030 only in renewable energy efficiency.

Endesa electrifies the competition

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Bye Barca THE exodus of companies from Cataluña since the political crisis has continued, with 595 businesses leaving in the last three months.

This represents an increase of 234 per cent from the same period last year.

Problem poll ON THE CHARGE: Endesa is muscling in on the market.

ENDESA, the largest electric utility company in Spain, is making plans to carry out a massive deployment of vehicle recharging posts throughout the country.

In a direct challenge to those offered by oil giants Repsol and Cepsa, Endesa will be rolling out 4,000 electric stations.

The company has established an ambitious and wide-ranging network of agreements with household names like Decathlon, Carrefour, McDonald’s to make

installations in their car parks.

Endesa’s contracts include the four largest car park companies in Spain: Saba, controlled by La Caixa; Empark, owned by Macquarie; Indigo, under Ardian; and Parkia, owned by First State.

Hotel chains Ibis and Holiday Inn are also involved, along with the Quiron hospital.

Between January and August of this year, 8,157 electric vehicles and 3,574 plug-in hybrids were sold in Spain.

IN a recent survey of 1,000 people, six out of 10 Spaniards believe the S o c i a l i s t g o v e r n m e n t ’s policy on employment, the economy and immigration, has been negative, while most believe unemployment is the most serious problem.

Tech reboot B B VA h a s r e s t o r e d t h e service of its digital banking system in Spain after s u ff e r i n g t e c h n i c a l p r o b lems on its app and website. The breakdown did not affect any of the b a n k ’s b r a n c h e s o r c a s h machines.

Alvarez defends Popular choice THE CEO of Santander has appeared before Spain’s Congressional Research Committee on the financial crisis to defend the purchase of Popular.

Jose Antonia Alvarez claimed that the move had saved the state between €28 billion and €36 billion, in terms of the money it would have had to invest to save Popular.

Mr Alvarez attributed Popular’s problems to its low profitability which made it impossible to raise the capital necessary to avoid a takeover.

He also warned the government against introducing new taxes into the financial sector, stating that Spain faces competition from large international banks whose tax burden is lower.

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FEATURE

Government directed assassinations?

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT ALL governments are not only capable, but often only too ready to use assassination as a means to a favourable end. Motives of course may differ. This latest effort, which was obviously the work of the Russian hierarchy and perpetrated as a warning to like-minded defectors, is not an exception.

‘Accidents,’ that conveniently solve political or embarrassing internal scandal issues have been around since the Neanderthals. And the British government are no slouches at it either.

All the ‘holier than thou’ shock and horror reaction to this latest Novichok attack is simply because it was perpetrated on British soil by a foreign country. Morally the UK hasn’t a leg to stand on. It is my firm belief that, even during my relatively short existence, I have witnessed at least three, glaringly obvious ‘removals’ of fellow human beings, who one way or another posed a threat to the establishment.

The first was the apparent ‘suicide’ of Stephen Ward during the Perfumo trial of the 60’s. This man was as deeply involved in that whole squalid affair as it was possible to be and so were others, whose names never came to the surface. Ward simply couldn’t believe

APPARENT SUICIDES: Dr Kelly who ended his life in a field and Jill Dando (inset) who was shot on the doorstep of her home. that he was to be sentenced the next day and that even his refusal to divulge the names of others involved (who were heavily rumoured to be royalty!) was not going to save him.

Without doubt, he was going to enter the court the following day and shop the lot. But he never made it did he? That night he managed to ‘commit suicide’! Just Google up the

footage of his body being taken from his apartment. No nurses or medics accompanied that stretcher. He was surrounded and hustled out very quickly, by men in suits! Two more recent events also took some swallowing.

One was the apparent suicide of the unfortunate Dr Kelly, who allegedly managed to voluntarily end his life in a field, after threatening

to blow the whistle on Blair’s so-called ‘sexed up’ blatant lies about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. A number of other scientists who worked in the same Porton Down defence establishment have also met questionable deaths since his bizarre demise.

Another was the shooting of Jill Dando on the steps of her home in 1999. Jill Dando was the leading anchor of BBC TV’s Crimewatch and was, at the time, preparing to release explosive details of a leading paedophile ring she had been investigating. Her rather convenient, still unsolved murder, did of course put an end to this investigation and the subsequent unmasking of any high-profile individuals who may have been involved in it. Judges, politicians, police, pop singers? Who knows? Not us minions for sure.

And with the elite of the country prepared to go to any lengths to protect their rear ends, we probably never will.

Many thanks for all of last week’s mail.

However, to the one sad individual, that turned a small spelling error into a three-act play, (I really do know the difference between emphasise and empathise) all I can say is get a life!

Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

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10:30am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 11:30am Cycling: La Vuelta a Espana Highlights 12:35pm Football Rivalries 12:45pm Storage Wars 1:10pm Storage Wars 1:40pm Storage Wars 2:10pm Storage Wars 2:40pm Storage Wars 3:05pm Storage Wars 3:35pm Storage Wars 4:05pm Silverstone Classic 5:05pm Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure 6:10pm FYI Daily 6:15pm Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure 6:55pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 8:00pm Cycling: La Vuelta a España Highlights 9:00pm River Monsters 9:30pm River Monsters 10:00pm Rambo III 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pm Rambo III 12:10am Platoon 1:15am FYI Daily 1:20am Platoon

7:00am Conan the Barbarian 9:15am Final Score: Special 9:45am Legion 11:30am Fast and Furious 8 2:00pm Thor: Ragnarok 4:15pm Conan the Barbarian 6:30pm Fast and Furious 8 9:00pm Thor: Ragnarok 11:25pm Legion 1:15am Sudden Death 3:15am Death Warrant

6:30am Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Special Sky Movies takes a behind-the-scenes look at the latest trip into JK Rowling's wizarding world.

7:00am Never Steady, Never Still 9:00am The Ballad of Lefty Brown 11:00am The Oddsockeaters 12:35pm Final Score: Special 1:05pm Final Score 3:00pm Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express 5:00pm Top Ten Show, the 2018 5:20pm The Disaster Artist 7:20pm The Oddsockeaters 9:00pm Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express 11:00pm Final Score 12:50am My Friend Dahmer 2:45am Psych: the Movie 4:35am Final Score

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7:00am Breakfast 9:35am Match of the Day 11:00am The Andrew Marr Show 12:00pm Sunday Politics 12:30pm Sunday Morning Live 1:30pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Still Open All Hours 2:45pm Hold the Sunset 3:15pm Escape to the Country 3:45pm Lifeline 3:55pm Points of View 4:10pm Songs of Praise 4:45pm Fake or Fortune?

5:45pm Shop Well for Less 6:45pm Pointless 7:35pm BBC News 7:50pm Regional News 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm Countryfile 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm Bodyguard 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 2 12:30am The Devil's Double

7:05am Around the World in 80 Gardens 8:05am Gardeners' World 9:05am Countryfile 10:00am The Beechgrove Garden 10:30am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:00pm Great British Menu 12:30pm Great British Menu 1:00pm Great British Menu 1:30pm Rowing: World Championships 2018 3:00pm Triathlon World : Gold Coast Highlights 4:30pm Flog It! 5:20pm Money for Nothing 6:05pm Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats 7:05pm Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 9:00pm Dragons' Den 10:00pm King Arthur's Britain: The Truth Unearthed 11:00pm Mock the Week 11:30pm No Activity 11:55pm No Activity 12:20am The Mighty Redcar 1:05am American Justice

8:00pm The Last Night of the Proms From Around the UK 9:30pm Tate Liverpool at 30 10:00pm James May: The People's Car 11:00pm Storyville Documentary which combines astonishing footage from Saigon in April 1975 with contemporary reflections from those who were there.

12:40am The Last Explorers Archaeologist and writer Neil Oliver follows in the footsteps of four Scottish explorers.

1:40am Pappano's Classical Voices 2:40am Whoever Heard of a Black Artist? Britain's Hidden Art History 3:40am James May: The People's Car

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The Good Karma Hospital Hospital drama series set in southern India.

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Moonraker Action starring Roger Moore and Lois Chiles, 1979.

FYI Daily The latest news from the world of entertainment.

Moonraker Cycling: La Vuelta a Espana Highlights A showpiece finish on the streets of Madrid for the final stage of the Vuelta.

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

NON-LEAGUE football club Clapton wears a shirt with the colours of the Republican flag, the three-pointed star of the International Brigade and Dolores Ibarruri’s slogan unprophetic battlecry ‘No pasaran’ (They shall not pass).

Clapton is a far cry from Guadalajara or Teruel but the team chose the shirt from a selection of 16.

“I wanted to make something that marked the importance of the sacrifice of those who fought against fascism,” the shirt’s designer.

Instead of selling an expected 250 shirts, there are orders for thousands more because it is a sell-out in Spain.

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Red, yellow and purple and for what he contributed to the Transition in his younger days and his son Felipe is giving a thankless task his best shot but the Spanish are not genuinely monarchist.

There is general media interest in what Letizia or the Infantas are wearing and everyone loves a touch of royal scandal but there is still something about the colours of the Republican flag that provokes a stab of pre-Franco nostalgia.

Or there was until the unilateral declaration of the Catalan republic on October 27 when Carles Puigdemont went and gave Republicanism a bad name.

Boxing clever SCOTTISH First Minister Nicola Sturgeon

Help from above PABLO IGLESIAS and Irene Montero are now the parents of twins, but the boys Manuel and Leo arrived ahead of schedule in July at 26 weeks.

The couple - supremo and sub-supremo of the Podemos party - recently issued a statement, thanking the Gregorio Marañon hospital in Madrid for the care the babies have received and are receiving there.

who was enthusiastically planning a Cataluña visit is cooling off.

This has cheesed Scottish nationalists who like to see parallels with Cataluña but they can look for them until they are blue in the face and under their kilts but the similarities are few.

Cataluña has never suffered under the Spanish in the same way that Scotland suffered centuries ago under the English unless you count Franco’s repression, which was felt all over Spain and was even more savage in some of the country’s other regions.

Not that Sturgeon is cooling off about Scottish independence. Instead she’s boxing clever because if that happens, Scotland would have to apply straight away to rejoin the European Union.

The last thing Edinburgh wants is a future

Although the couples are republicans, the communique said, the King and Queen asked after the twins “and all our political rivals frequently wanted to know how they were” they said.

“We are atheists but will explain to our children that our friends who are believers prayed for us. The Virgen del Transito, Santa Rosa de Vi t e r b o a n d S a n t a M a r i a L i b e r a t r i c e w e r e asked for help (and one never knows...).”

Indeed one does not, which is why Santiago Carrillo, leader of the Spanish Communist Party between 1960 and 1982 happily described himself as a ‘god-fearing atheist.’

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Spanish veto that would result from cosying up to the Catalan separatists for the benefit of the pro-independence vote.

Wrong target SPAIN’S Minister of Labour Magdalena Valerio described the newly-created prostitutes’ trade union OTRA as an own-goal.

“This is one of the biggest upsets of my political life,” she fumed, and plans to annul the legalisation.

Prostitution is supposed to be the oldest profession and unfortunately pimping is the second-oldest. Valerio should instead devote her energies to eradicating that and the peopletrafficking and drugs trade it involves.

PABLO IGLESIAS: Now father of twins.

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7:15am An Island Parish 7:45am The World's Most Photographed 8:15am Antiques Road Trip 9:00am Fake or Fortune?

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8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm National Treasures of Wales 9:00pm South Pacific 10:00pm Oceans Apart: Art and the Pacific with James Fox 11:00pm Handmade in the Pacific 11:30pm Iolo's Brecon Beacons Iolo Williams explores the Brecon Beacons over the seasons.

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Nick Horne The Rich Pick Freelance correspondent, London, England ULYSSE-NARDIN made time pieces to aid navigation to the world’s navies. Though Swiss and so landlocked, the founders conceived that they could and would manufacture trusted maritime chronometers.

By the 1870’s more than 50 navies and global trading fleets were esteemed customers of the Swiss manufacturer. Ulysse-Nardin supplied both Imperial Navies, Russia and Japan, in the Russo Japanese war of 1905. In modern times the maritime heritage of innovation horological development lives on.

Ulysse-Nardin’s most recent spectacular, launched just two weeks ago, is the Free Floating Executive Tourbillon ‘Free Wheel.’

The ‘Free Wheel’ turns the traditional watch inside out displaying the brand new movement UN-176 to the eye.

Beneath a box domed sapphire glass the Free Floating components appear to defy gravity, the dial’s tourbillon bridges and the seven-day power reserve indicator at four o’clock which are boomerang shaped, look like they are floating, as do the elegant drive trains and the hour and minute indicators.

The case back is of sapphire too, however there is nothing to see. Where traditional watches would show components here, all the extraordinary components are visible on

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Spoilt for choice the face of the watch.

The watch comes in two versions, white gold and rose gold, happily neither is a limited edition, this watch is a full blown production. A contemporary sized dial of 44 mm the 18-carat rose gold version is in dark stone carved from a slab of slate, while the 18-carat white gold has a sleek black honeycomb grid and is the foundation setting off the exquisite components beneath their sapphire dome. Strap this extraordinary and imposing timepiece to your wrist with a carbon leather matte alligator strap, a soft and silky material smooth to the touch.

Take your pick, the Free Wheel Rose Gold is priced at CH96,0000 and the Free Wheel white gold at CH99,000.

‘Expressive and sumptuous the UlysseNardin ‘Free wheel’ in 18-carat rose gold.’

‘Stylish and extraordinary the Ulysse-Nardin ‘Free Wheel’ 18-carat white gold.’

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YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE - YOUR OPINION Letters should be emailed to yoursay@euroweeklynews.com or make your comments on our website: www.euroweeklynews.com THANKS Leapy for your Article on PM May’s visit to Africa. As a British Civil Engineer, I worked in South Africa for more than 40 years and like the majority of ‘whites’ was pleased to see the end of apartheid and even voted for the ANC in the first democratic election in 1994.

South Africa WAS a First World Country with a well-developed infrastructure including power, water supply and treatment, modern roads designed and built in the 1970’s which make the N340 here on the Costa del Sol look like a farm track for use by cattle, to say nothing of the visual intrusion caused by the multitude of rusting advertising hoardings which litter both sides of the carriageway.

In SA there were many hospitals caring for all races including Groote Schuur, famous for the first heart transplant and Baragwanath in Johannesburg, the third largest in the world. Industry and cuttingedge mining technology were competently managed by professionally qualified staff and, to my knowledge, no person was promoted to a position without the necessary experience. Today sadly, this is no longer the case - your political orientation is the only factor.

No doubt the lefty-liberal bleeding-heart PC brigade will jump on me and play the race-card for daring to suggest that SA is

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South African debate Pension conditions

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DEAR Editor, The Spanish government has raised pensions by 0.25 per cent and if you receive IPREM of €7,519.59 / annum, this means the increase is less than €20 this year.

Now in order to receive a Bono Social of 25 per cent discount on your electricity bill, new conditions come into force on October 8, 2018.

• You have to be registered at your town hall and have DNI doc • Your total pension (UK and Spanish) must be less than 1.5 x IPREM = (€11,280) • You must use less than 1,680 KWh / annum This is a killer requirement, since being a Yorkshireman, I am extremely frugal with electric and my electricity statement with graphs shows I used 3,467 KWh / annum.

In my case during the winter here Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar and

going the way of its northern neighbour, Zimbabwe which once had profitable

DO YOU QUALIFY?: Check it out.

April I used three times the average to keep warm.

My conclusion is that for pensioners (Spanish and English) to qualify for Bono Social, this figure of 1,680 KWh / annum plucked out of the air, should be doubled at least.

Anyway, once you have applied and check out the six pages of form filling, you may well be deterred from completing your Solicitud Del Bono Social.

Don’t worry - Be Happy !

Brian Johnston, Benalmadena Costa

commercial farms exporting around the world but now only has subsistence farm-

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ing producing barely enough to feed the populace.

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OPINION: The British are failing to integrate in Spain…

I assume this article has been written to be deliberately controversial and is not the true beliefs of the author - nobody could get things that wrong or be that stupid surely????

Colin There’s way too much truthful stuff in there. If it upsets expats, then they need to take a long hard look at themselves. I speak more Spanish than most expats and I have a) never lived in Spain b) never studied Spanish I can’t believe such moronic comments as ‘see just how we are being kicked out of our own country.’

Rick We have an expression in Spain… ‘La verdad duele’ …

Jose

Benidorm Facebook group races to rescue of five Brit girls stuck in Spain The newspapers both here and the UK have heavily criticised Brits living abroad! They need to read this story and be proud of the help and support these girls have received. Well done to everyone!

Lynne

Please Africa, do not think China is your saviour because they are like a plague of locusts which will eat their way through the Continent devouring everything in their path using their own labour and leaving the local inhabitants with nothing but debt and inferior, not so cheap, Chinese clothing.

Regards, Richard Beames

Comments from EWN online Facebook group well done, great support for those ladies, give yourselves a big clap on the back.

Michael

Unions agree to Ryanair strike across five European countries including Spain No idea how they’re still in business or why anyone actually chooses to fly with them...

Karon I never book Ryanair but it’s come with our holiday, can’t believe it.

Mags

ORANGE ALERT: Severe weather warnings in Spain updated for TOMORROW Bring it on!! Nothing in Pinar de Campoverde yet!

Stephen

Had some heavy rain on way to airport for about 10 mins then nothing x Lydia

SHOCKING VIDEO: Man repeatedly gored at bullrunning festival in Spain More power to the animals! Hope they win the fight at the end of the day…

Felipe It’s time this ridiculous ‘macho’ atrocity was ended. For those who have no compassion for the animals at least it will stop silly idiots hurting themselves.

Annie

WATCH: Ryanair passenger stands on seat and rants in Arabic and Spanish midflight ‘Following a search and a police caution he was released.’ Really?? Having caused enormous concern to all the passengers who presumably were worried he was about to commit an act of terror?

John

DEAR Sirs Re article on the Padron (Issue 1731).

The information was wrong when it said those staying in Spain over three months must register on the padron. The padron is the list of people who are resident in the town.

Whilst some municipalities have for many years encouraged holiday home owners to register, and thus obtain discounts on their town hall taxes, it is and was contrary to the law.

That is demonstrated by a person, say resident in Madrid, who spends more than three months a year in their holiday home on Costa Del Sol. They must register on the padron in Madrid. He/she cannot also register on the padron in the town where his/her holiday home is. Doing so would give them two votes in local and national elections and two municipalities would be getting subsidies for them.

A person who lives in Spain (thus the three month and the 183 days rules do not apply) is required to register on the padron in the town where they live. If from another country, EU or non EU, they must register on the EU Citizens’ Register as resident in Spain (or if a non EU citizen have ‘Residencia’). Residents are taxable on their worldwide income and, if their total wealth exceeds one million euros, subject to Patrimonio Tax. I know some town halls still permit non-residents to register, but they act as if in ignorance of the fact they are not resident in Spain, leaving the citizen who unlawfully registers at fault.

Unfortunately the padron system for financing municipalities was fine when the vast majority of the population were residents. However, since the increase in foreign owners the system increasingly fails to work. In some municipalities around 50 per cent of properties are owned by nonresidents, encouraging town halls to ‘dishonesty’ register non-resident home owners on their padron, so they will receive subsidies from provincial, regional and government authorities, in order to have sufficient income to run the town.

Julian Ward, Volunteer worker with National Police for 20 years

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Someone you believed had lost interest in you suddenly surfaces. You may be unsure of how to react, so save judgment.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) A need to listen to your innermost feelings and needs has perhaps been overlooked.

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Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come.”

Serena Williams, tennis player

Your opinion of someone is in the process of changing. It is not through any particular action of theirs towards you, rather it is a feeling that you should not be involved with their business.

Trusting our instincts is something that we do not do enough.

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Time is of the essence when pursuing a pet project this week.

Having been given the opportunity to go ahead with a plan, do not waste time. Some opportunities do not come twice so be sure to show your enthusiasm.

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why and maybe believe that you do. However, be sure to get all the facts. Asking outright questions of the person involved is your best chance of getting the right answers.

Someone may urge you to ‘read between the lines’ but it is hardly necessary.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) With so much energy around you, it will be hard to concentrate on business matters. Finances, however, do require your attention and a brief period of scrutiny will show you why.

Someone close may be spending too much or undermining the situation by making big plans.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Nostalgia overtakes you and an urge to look back into the past is strong. Perhaps you are thinking of tracing your family tree. It may be that you have received a letter or phone call that aroused your curiosity. Whatever it is, do be aware that any decisions made this week could have farreaching effects, for the good as well as the ‘not so good’.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) When you start to worry too much about things, it is time to take a step back. Senseless worrying is when you really cannot do anything to change the situation. Take into account how, in the past, worrying has affected your well-being. Maybe it is time to walk away and take another path entirely. Some may not be happy about this. You must come first now.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) This is a creative week and one in which you seek to find your talents. For some time now you have toyed with the idea of joining a club or group. This will enhance your social life and bring you laughter. Although your confidence has been a little lower than usual, you have the chance to impress someone important to you.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Life can get complicated at this time of the year and you may feel pulled in more than one direction. You are perfectly entitled to change your mind about an arrangement. Those who try to make you feel guilty may be thinking only of themselves, and what does that tell you?

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Cryptic Across 1 Playing with sword in castle (7) 5 Outer garments from a production of Tosca (5) 8 Up the stakes for more pay (5) 9 Sprinkle on feline inside, rest disperse (7) 10 Support new settler (7) 11 Panic encountered in business career (5) 12 Cared about a group of activists (5) 14 Outsiders changed Italy (5) 19 Works hard on oil in back street (5) 21 Wrong serums I suspect (7) 23 I posed a problem being fat (7) 24 Cleaned out horrible stink (5) 25 Pitchers were transported south (5) 26 Odd seaside complaint (7) Down 1 Thaw somehow envelops empty room, generating friendliness (6) 2 The sound in a piano is exhilarating (5) 3 Around lake there's poor protection (7) 4 Rewrote resort schedule (6) 5 Unrefined credit on a ship (5) 6 To appeal to a tart, act flustered (7) 7 Setter wandering in the road (6) 13 Getting in twice into rough sea is

stupid (7) 15 A Russian leader takes it easy, then stops all together (7) 16 Flammable gas found in bottle then explodes (6)

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17 Doesn't change Belgian port (6) 18 Plant leaf, half of it for an insect (6) 20 Places one vessel inside another (5) 22 One business area for Mediterranean resort (5)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 11 represents W and 21 represents D, so fill in W every time the figure 11 appears and D every time the figure 21 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

Across 1 Fortified military post (8) 8 Timepiece (5) 9 Viper (5) 10 Slightly open (4) 11 Remove or make invisible (6) 13 Talkative person (6) 15 Long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds (4) 18 Depart (5) 19 Same in appearance or character (5) 20 Tragedy (8)

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Across 1 Recibo (7) 5 Petirrojo (5) 8 Champú (7) 9 Playing card (5) 10 Son-in-law (5) 11 Evitar (7) 12 Bolsillo (6) 14 Bishop (6) 17 To shiver (7) 19 Acantilado (5) 22 Robo (5) 23 Plum (7) 24 Mirar fijamente (5) 25 Estaciones (partes del año) (7)

Down 2 Fragrance (5) 3 Garden tool (4) 4 Made afraid (6) 5 Gentle poke with the elbow (5) 6 Highly imaginative but unlikely (10) 7 Having eight angles (10) 12 Touch or stroke gently or lovingly (6) 14 Injure with hot liquid or steam (5) 16 Of first importance (5) 17 Worn, torn or waste scraps of cloth (4)

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

Down 1 Oxidado (5) 2 Silla (5) 3 Mejorar (7) 4 Trunk (of elephant) (6) 5 Enjuagar (de ropa) (5) 6 Calderas (7) 7 Our (7) 12 Potatoes (7) 13 Bark (of tree) (7) 15 Calf (animal) (7) 16 Precios (6) 18 Título (5) 20 Unharmed (5) 21 Banderas (de países, ciudades) (5)

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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 (ANSWER) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

ALUMNI ANSWER (10) BOUNCY CACTUS DIATOM DIESEL EMBODY EYEFUL FUNNEL HAGGLE JUMBLE LEADEN MEADOW NUTRIA POLLEN SASHAY SCHISM SUBMIT SWISHY

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Bewail 2 Impale 3 Twisty 4 Ramrod 5 Trauma 6 Debtor 7 Impute 8 Blurry 9 Stripe 10 Tarpon 11 Waffle 12 Penmen 13 Puffin 14 Twenty 15 Almond 16 Baffle 17 Teller 18 Dialog 19 Lagoon.

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Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules?

• The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’.

They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

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

• No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice.

• No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

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

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

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TARGET: • Average: 18 • Good: 25

• Very good: 35 • Excellent: 46

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

Average: 10 Good: 14 Very good: 20

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Excellent: 26

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able alar alba alee aloe alto bale belt blat blot bola bole bolt earl late leer lobe lore oral rale real reel role tael tala tale teal tole abler alate alert altar alter areal baler betel blare blear bleat bloat elate labor later lobar ratel rebel roble tabla table ablate aboral aortal arable areola boatel boreal elater lobate oblate relate treble areolae bloater earlobe eatable ratable retable areolate rateable tearable ELABORATE

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

QUICK Across: 1 Polar bear, 5 Young, 7 Cider, 9 Shin, 10 Regret, 12 Anorak, 13 Liar, 15 Dense, 16 Logic, 18 Extrovert.

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Down: 1/17 Pay cut, 2 Rage, 3 Exceed, 4 Curator, 6 Unicorn, 8 Darling, 9 Slander, 11 Latest, 14 Alto.

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Across:

Across:

1 Mocha, 4 Selects, 8 Sort out, 9 Sable, 10 Coasters, 11 Bait, 13 Cannes, 14 Valets, 17 Also, 19 Caterers, 22 Chase, 23 Sheathe, 24 Sprints, 25 Scale.

1 Eagles, 4 Arctic, 9 Chispas, 10 Barco, 11 Spoon, 12 Iceland, 13 Ordenadores, 18 Castaño, 20 Golpe, 22 Arado, 23 At least, 24 Eneldo, 25 Govern.

Down: 1 Music, 2 Certain, 3 Apostles, 4 Satire, 5 Lost, 6 Cobra, 7 Sleuths, 12 Nameless, 13 Chances, 15 Electra, 16 Causes, 18 Stair, 20 Sieve, 21 Bean.

Down:

1 En casa, 2 Grifo, 3 Expense, 5 Roble, 6 Terrace, 7 Cloudy, 8 Aspiradoras, 14 Rescate, 15 Orgullo, 16 Scrape, 17 Peatón, 19 Aloud, 21 Leave.

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QUIZ: A QUESTION OF HOTELS 1. How many episodes of the famous BBC2 sitcom Fawlty Towers were made?

2. In which 1980 horror film did Jack Nicholson play Jack Torrance, the off-season caretaker of the Overlook Hotel?

3. In which country was the 2011 British comedy-drama film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel principally set?

4. The songs New Kid in Town, Life In The Fast Lane, Wasted Time and Victim of Love all featured on which Eagles’ album, originally released in December 1976?

5. ‘Well, since my baby left me, I found a new place to dwell’ is the first line of which 1956 Elvis Presley hit single?

6. Which 1984 Booker Prize-winning novel by English writer Anita Brookner centres on Edith Hope, a romance novelist who is staying in a hotel on the shores of Lake Geneva?

7. Which evangelical Christian association founded in Wisconsin in 1899 is responsible for leaving bibles in

hotel rooms?

8. Which luxury hotel located in the Strand in central London that opened in August 1889, was built by the impresario Richard D’Oyly Carte with profits from his Gilbert and Sullivan opera productions?

9. Which Native American tribe purchased the Hard Rock Cafe chain of cafes, hotels and casinos, as well as its extensive collection of rock and roll memorabilia, from the Rank Group for $965 million December 2006?

10. Who was the author of the 1965 best-selling novel Hotel? His other books include Airport (1968), Wheels (1971), The Moneychangers (1975) and Overload (1979).

Not a lot of people know that… according to the Guinness Book of World Records, the oldest hotel in operation is the Nisiyama Onsen Keiunkan in Yamanashi, Japan. The hotel, first opened in AD 707 has been operated by the same family for 46 generations.

Answers: 1. 12 (two series of six episodes each), 2. THE SHINING, 3. INDIA, 4.

HOTEL CALIFORNIA, 5.

HEARTBREAK HOTEL, 6. HOTEL DU LAC, 7. GIDEONS INTERNATIONAL (GIDEONS SOCIETY), 8. SAVOY HOTEL, 9. SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA (accept SEMINOLE), 10.

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in Vadnagar in the country, he ran a tea stall as a teenager and he was the longest-serving Chief Minister in Gujarat history.

• Patrick Schwarzenegger, Model; September 18, 25 The son of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was born in Los Angeles in the United States and co-founded the Project 360 charity with his father aged 15. He has since had a role in the film Grown Ups 2 and has featured in the music video for Ariana Grande’s Right There.

• Twiggy, Model; September 19, 69 The model was born Leslie Lawson in London in England and was known for her petite looks which led to her getting the name Twiggy. She also popularised the ‘bob’ haircut for girls and later went on to feature in Marks and Spencer adverts.

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• Stella McCartney, Designer; September 13, Carr studied political science at university and 47 after leaving he briefly worked in the Shell oil The fashion designer and daughter of Beatles bass company’s marketing department before player and singer Paul McCartney was born in breaking into comedy. He has since gone on to London in England and travelled the world with host the Eight out of 10 Cats TV panel show. her musician father while growing up. She • Amy Poehler, Actor; September 16, 47 designed her first jacket when she was 13 years The comic actor has impersonated Hillary Twiggy. old and went on to be a successful fashionista.

Clinton, featured on Saturday Night Live and • Andrew Lincoln, Actor; September 14, 45 won a Golden Globe for playing Leslie Knope in Lincoln landed his first major film role in the rom com the TV sitcom Parks and Recreation. Born in Newton, Love Actually in 2003. Born in London in England, he Massachusetts in the United States, she studied at Boston later played Rick in the TV series The Walking Dead. His College. portrayal led him to be nominated for a Critics’ Choice • Narendra Modi, Prime Minister, September 17, 68 Modi became India’s Prime Minister in 2014 and was Television Award for Best Drama Actor in 2013. previously the Chief Minister of the state of Gujarat. Born • Jimmy Carr, Comedian; September 15, 46

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This week in history

D A RI NG jo u r n eys around the world help to open our minds. They can lead to great insights but can also leave us vulnerab l e a n d o f te n m e a n w e have to rely on someone we’ve never met to lend a helping hand.

From the Calais Jungle m i g ra n t c a m p to the A m az o n , f r o m L a n d’s End to the Gobi Desert or from New Guinea to Iran, every journey has a story to tell us.

They reveal to us how people we have never met before, or could just as w e l l h a v e wa lk e d p a st , choose to help out. Their selflessness helps us to g r o w a n d se e a wo rl d f i l l e d with lo v e r a ther than fear.

Several short stories on the themes of travel and charity from Sarah Outen, B e n e d ic t Alle n , Ed S t a ffo r d and Al H u m p h r e y s f e a tu r e i n The Kin d n e ss of Strangers.

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681 - Pope sanction The Catholic Sixth Ecumenical Council decides to posthumously excommunicate Pope Honorius I due to his beliefs concerning the divinity of Jesus Christ.

1176 - Army ambush The forces of the Byzantine Empire are attacked by Seljuk Turks in a surprise raid at Myriokephalon in modern day Turkey. It would mark the last attempt by the Byzantines to reclaim Anatolia from the Turks.

1541 - Religion reform The theologian John Calvin returns to Geneva in Switzerland after three years in exile to work on his theories on Christianity which would become known as Calvinism.

His beliefs would have extensive influence on Protestant thought.

1739 - Treaty made Belgrade, in modern day Serbia, is handed over to the Ottomann Empire by the Habsburg Holy Roman Empire following the signing of a peace treaty named after the city. The Treaty ended the Austro Russian-Turkish War. 1752 - New calendar The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar and skips forward 11 days from September 3 to September 14 which is still in use today.

1868 - Revolution begins La Gloriosa, or the Glorious Revolution, begins in Spain.

Queen Isabella II is forced into exile and the First Spanish Republic is established two years later.

1916 - Battle first Tanks, or landships as they are known in 1916, are used for the first time in the Battle of the Somme.

2007 - Bank run Savers begin queuing up to pull their cash out of the bank Northern Rock in Britain. It is the first bank run in the country for 150 years.

IT is July 1976 and a flight travelling from Tel-Aviv to Paris has just been hijacked by a group including Wilfried Bose (Daniel Bruhl) and Brigitte Kuhlmann (Rosamund Pike). The pilot has been forced to touch down in Entebbe, Uganda and all Jewish passengers on board have been ransomed in exchange for the release of terrorists in Israeli prisons.

Israel’s government attempts to resolve the dispute diplomatically.

Their efforts come to nought. After that they decide to send in Israeli special forces in Entebbe.

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by Adam Whalley-Lewis LET’S start this week with a triplet of thank you messages. Firstly, thank you for the TV emails, I love reading them and will try to get around to looking at all of your suggestions.

Just for the record and in particular in reply to Susan447 in Costa Blanca North, no the picture isn’t me, I think it’s an emoji-typething…

Secondly, thank you to new pals Pam and John who I met in Gibraltar, via a much delayed flight to the UK and my lovely other half, for the email about their viewing habits, more on that below and finally, thank you to my wonderful parents who celebrate 50 years of marriage this week, love to you both.

How are you getting on watching the Bodyguard and Vanity Fair? They are both grabbing the ratings back in the UK. I’m still not convinced about Vanity, but the Bodyguard is an absolute winner. Told you it would be.

A sure sign that Christmas can’t be too far away (yes, Christmas, not The Holidays, we don’t live in Florida) is the start of Strictly Come Dancing, or Strictly as we will call it.

I say start, more of a limp into the new season last weekend and then a two week break.

Strictonites will love it, I like the music, but

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GOGGLEBOX: A few new faces as well as some of the regulars. let’s wait and see if the dancing is up to scratch.

Not necessarily connecting to Christmas, Gogglebox is back on Channel 4, Fridays and via catch up. There are a few new faces but I’m pleased to say some of the regulars remain. I’m really pleased that Giles, Mary and their wonderful thatched cottage are back -

wouldn’t you just love to see around the rest of their home, rather than just their TV corner - can you imagine what their taste in pillows and throws is like?

The two London based all-about-town girls seem to be fun, but maybe they should watch a little bit more TV and eat a little bit less popcorn, just a thought? Whilst we are in Goggle-

land, where did Channel 4 find the two friends from South Shields, you know, fake tan, portrait of The Queen and statue of The Madonna all in the same room?

You might remember that my brother lives on the north east coast in Shields and he doesn’t have any sort of tan or any regal pictures. I will come back to you on the statue point, need to be careful on that one.

I need to mention X Factor. Sorry, but I do.

Did you see Robbie steal Andy’s thunder and self promote his own song? I’m a Robbie fan, but he didn’t need to belt out Angels and push Andy to the side. We know Mr Williams is amazing, but surely the contestant should have been given centre stage?

So, to Pam and John’s TV choices. It’s probably Pam’s choice if I’m honest, but what choices they are. You will need to hunt down Succession, probably via a Dish or something similar. This is a US drama focused on the Roy family and their media empire. Jerry Hall should look away at this point.

Fans of James Patterson’s Murder Games should look out for Instinct, again via satellite.

Expect a gritty police drama which focuses on being realistic and which gets procedure and process spot on.

Happy Viewing.

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Researchers examined nearly 10,000 American adults, aged 40 to 81 years old, during an eight-year period. Their physical activity and cardiovascular fitness were recorded weekly via a treadmill test.

Of those participants, 128 new cases of glaucoma were diagnosed. It was found participants who met physical activity guidelines, 150 minutes activity per week, had a 50 per cent lower risk of glaucoma than those considered completely sedentary.

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Cucumber: beautiful inside and out THE humble cucumber is a summer must have offering a number of health and beauty benefits as well as helping to beat the heat.

The vegetable is made up of 95 per cent water and is therefore incredibly hydrating with the added bonus of helping to detoxify the body.

It can even treat bad breath.

During long, sweaty days and punishing heat, it’s important to take care of your diet and while certain foods can ensure you stay cool from the inside, others may end up aggravating your body and increasing your body heat.

Cucumber is one of the rec-

ommended daily additions to the plate, cleaning the body internally and keeping skin healthy and beautiful on the outside.

With its high water content, the veggie is an effective system cleanser that can expel waste products.

While it’s doing its work on the inside, it can be put to use on the outside, too. It’s no secret that cucumber soothes and refreshes the skin.

When applied to the face, the juice can make skin look refreshed. It is especially great for people with dry skin.

Slices have been used in many beauty treatments, and

are particularly effective in reducing dark circles and treating puffiness around the eyes. You can even put grated cucumber on your face for a fresh skin.

Simply put them on your eyes for eight to 10 minutes daily.

Not as many people know this, but cucumber helps in reducing excess heat in the stomach, which is a primary cause of bad breath. Just holding a piece of cucumber in your mouth can kill the bacteria that cause stinky breath.

And while the green vegetable, available all year round, is a complete beauty food, it is not just great for the skin, but also for the nails and

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hair. It can help in reducing tanning and the silica in the vegetable can promote hair growth and make your nails stronger.

It also promotes weight loss.

High in fibre and low in calories, the cucumber is a great snacking option for people wanting to reduce weight.

And, owing to its high potassium, magnesium and fibre levels, it is effective in controlling blood pressure.

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WHILE most sources claim that gluten is safe for everyone except those who have coeliac disease, some health experts believe it is harmful for most people.

And while everybody seems to be talking about it, do we really know what gluten is and how it can affect our health.

It is actually a family of proteins found in grains like wheat, rye, spelt and barley.

Of all of these grains, wheat is the most commonly consumed.

The two main proteins in gluten are glutenin and gliadin. The latter is responsible for most of the negative health effects.

When flour is mixed with water, the gluten proteins form a sticky network that has a glue-like consistency.

This makes the dough elastic, and gives bread the ability to rise when baked. It also provides a chewy, satisfying texture.

It’s not surprising then that the name glu-ten is derived from this glue-like property of wet dough.

Most people tolerate gluten,

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INTOLERANT: Wheat is the most commonly consumed grain. but it can cause problems for people with certain health conditions, including coeliac

disease, gluten sensitivity and wheat allergy among others.

Coeliac disease, (also spelled as celiac), is the most severe form of gluten intoler-

ance and affects less than 1 per cent of the population. It is an auto-immune disorder,

and involves the body treating gluten as a foreign invader.

The immune system attacks the gluten, as well as the lining of the gut.

This in turn damages the gut wall, and may cause nutrient deficiencies, such as anaemia, severe digestive issues and an increased risk of other diseases.

The most common symptoms of coeliac disease are digestive discomfort, tissue damage in the small intestines, bloating, diarrhoea, constipation, headache, tiredness, skin rashes, depression, weight loss and foul-smelling faeces.

However, some people with coeliac disease do not have digestive symptoms, but may have other symptoms like tiredness or anaemia, making it harder to diagnose.

There are many people who do not test positive for coeliac disease, but still react negatively to gluten, a condition called non-coeliac gluten sensitivity.

Some experts believe this isn’t a real condition. They think the adverse effects are imaginary or caused by substances other than gluten.

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It’s now or never John Mencis is Elvis.

YOU don’t have to travel to Gracelands to feel close to the King as Spanish tribute John Mencis who has been playing Elvis for more than 20 years will be appearing at the Benidorm Palace on Sunday October 28.

His symphonic tribute to the King of Rock and Roll sees him bring his full show which includes more

CLASSICAL music fans in l’Alfas del Pi are in for a treat in October when the town hosts the 28th Mozartmania Festival.

Tickets for each of the four concerts are priced at just €5 but as an incentive to attend all, there is a season

than 40 musicians to perform in Benidorm.

Originally from Toledo, Jose Juan Mencía has been playing around Spain and the rest of Europe with his band which consists of Paco Benitez (bass guitar), Juanan Rubio (guitar, Serg i o Ve n t u r a ( p i a n o ) , Á l varo Muñoz (drummer), Alicia Santos and Annie Brasal Hebrail (backing

singers).

For special occasions, he performs with the JM band and the much larger symphony orchestra as well as two four-piece choirs, The Heavens (male) and The Sweet Carolines (female).

This concert is by no means the first time that he has appeared in the City but this performance at the Benidorm Palace will con-

centrate on Elvis in the 1 9 7 0 ’s a s a m a z i n g l y, t h e King has been dead for almost as long as he was alive.

Tickets for the gig which starts at 9.30pm cost €20, €25 and €32 from the venue online and considering how popular Elvis continues to be, it is likely that the show will be oversubscribed, so book early.

wegian pianist Geir Botnen.

Saturday October 13, sees the appearance of the Elplerdemavida Ensemble, a trio from Valencia.

Saturday October 20 is the closing concert featuring the Prazak Quartet and L Sello from the Czech Republic.

A truly international festival ticket costing €15 which means you effectively get to see one concert free.

Each performance which starts at 8pm will be held at the Auditorium in the Cultural Centre in the town and the programme will be as

Eat Well

to Live Well

by Andrew Harding LAST week I completed my discussion about macro-minerals. This week I want to discuss micro-minerals, these minerals have less than a five gram presence in the average human body.

Iron: Is the most abundant micro-mineral and is needed in red blood cells that transport oxygen and carbon dioxide in and out of the body. Meat, fish, poultry and enriched cereals and grains are the main sources.

Copper: Is needed for the absorption of iron and the production of melanin to protect the skin from sunburn. Nuts, seeds and seafood are good sources.

Zinc: Is required to produce RNA and DNA (the genetic material in the body’s cells) and aid the immune system and wound healing. Sources include; oysters, red meat and whole grains.

Iodine: Used to produce thyroxine which regulates human metabolism.

Consumption of iodised salt, prawns, tuna will fulfil dietary requirement.

Fluoride: Protects the teeth by making the enamel more able to resist tooth decay. The best source is fluoridated tap water consumed by an expectant mother

follows: Saturday October 6, the inaugural concert by the Philharmonic Orchestra Martini and Soler of Valencia.

Thursday October 11, a piano concert featuring Nor-

Spanish greenorange chicken

SEASONAL: Orange chicken. from day one of pregnancy, this will confer these benefits to the child. Too much will create unsightly yellow bands on the teeth, so it is important to check if the local water supply is fluoridated or not and check with your dentist if supplements are necessary.

I will discuss the other four next week.

This week’s recipe is seasonal, using a fruit that is normally discarded now marmalade is no longer fashionable. It is the unripe and bitter Seville orange which is sweet when green.

Spanish Green-Orange Chicken Serves 4 4 chicken breast halves, no skin, cubed 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 large onion, chopped

4 large garlic cloves, chopped 1 cup dry white wine 2 bitter orange tree leaves, torn 1 large can tomatoes 1 chicken stock cube, crumbled 6 mushrooms, sliced Zest and juice of two whole green, Seville oranges Salt and black pepper, to taste 1. Place chicken and olive oil in a pan.

2. Fry the chicken on a medium heat until sealed on all sides.

3. Add the onion and fry for two minutes, stirring constantly.

4. Add the garlic and stir for another minute.

5. Add the wine and orange tree leaves, simmer until the odour of alcohol has disappeared.

6. Add the tomatoes, their juice, the chicken stock cube and stir until the stock has dissolved.

7. Continue to simmer until the sauce has reduced by about a third.

8. Add the mushrooms and simmer for 10 minutes more.

9. Add the zest and juice from the bitter oranges, stir, take off the heat.

10. Season.

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However a whole year has passed and its here again.

The sixth Annual Palace Variety Show which takes Place on Sunday September 23 and is sponsored by Spain Property Shop.

This year ’s show stars Sam Bailey, the 2013 winner of X Factor. You’ll remember her as the exprison warden with the big voice who blew our minds with her renditions of Skyscraper and Listen.

Headlining alongside Sam will be Jake Quickenden, also from the 2014 series of X Factor, but more recently known for his appearance on ‘Im A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.’ Not forgetting of course that he is also this year ’s Dancing On Ice Champion.

Also starring with them is the returning comedy legend Jimmy Cricket, who entertained so well at The Palace Variety Show 2015 alongside Stacy Solomon and Chesney Hawkes.

The Palace Variety Show is an annual fundraiser which takes

place at The Benidorm Palace. In the past it has raised funds for Help4Heroes and Elche Children¡s Home. This year all profits will be donated equally to the Royal British Legion and the AECC Cancer Charity, both of which will be there helping on the night alongside Maria and The Pink Ladies and Pink Panthers.

Last year’s show was hit a little bit with the downfall of Monarch Airways.

Many people had bought tickets for the show but got stranded and were unable to come.

The show was a smash hit though and saw the amazing Sonia own the stage. Starring alongside the very controversial Honey G. Previous shows have included Gareth Gates, Katrina & the Waves, Crissy Rock, Ray Quinn and Mick Miller, to name a few. This year the organisers promise to blow all previous shows out of the water..

Other artistes on the night will include local stars like James Macdonald, Benidorm’s most glamorous singing drag

artiste. Nigel Birchill for all you Elvis fans and young singing superstar Dan Davy.

The Amazing Fusion Show will be there featuring Stevie Spit, Nikki G, Kylie Burgazzi, Jay, Jaz Markwick and dancers from La Sal De Torrevieja who will dazzle once more in some incredible Las Vegas style costumes.

Also joining us on stage will be Footwork Dance Studio with Al Joel as this year’s welcome artiste.

The organisers say this year’s show will be so special. It will have a slight military theme. This is a salute to the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. So keep the date free and remember Sunday September 23, 2018.

Doors open at 7.00pm.

Show starts at 8.00pm.

Tickets are €25 for Standard or €50 for VIP which includes front of house seats. Chicken or Fish & Chips. Also entry to the secret after show party.

Tickets are available from the box office 965 851 660.

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Holidays from hell, and that’s just the airport!

Nora Johnson

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

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

RECENTLY we’ve been bombarded with a flurry of reports from consumer watchdog ‘Which?’ that basically confirm how nervewracking flying’s become!

According to one survey, flight times have been quietly padded out by up to 30 minutes by major airlines (British Airways, Ryanair etc) to ensure they don’t arrive late and thereby avoid compensation for delays.

According to another report, Luton’s won the title of Britain’s worst airport for the third year in a row. What an achievement.

Well done Luton!

Passenger activity at airports fundamentally boils down to three things: departing, arriving and waiting. Airport passengers are a captive audience, with disposable income, time on their hands, and literally nowhere else to go. So is it surprising airports are scrupulously designed to make you spend your hard-earned cash?

Well, they might think those wretched ‘serpentine’ duty free shops smelling like a tart’s parlour you’re forced to traipse through after security are inclined to make you spend, certainly not with me or anyone I know. After the invariably long, often irri-

DREAMBOAT OR DREAMBOARD: No budget at airport for passengers. tating experience at security, the first thing I want to do is find somewhere quiet to sit down and recover.

Airport shops also baffle me. A suitcase?

I’ve just checked mine in so why do I want to buy one now that undoubtedly won’t be permitted on the plane? Booze is often cheaper at the destination and chocolates often cost up to 50 per cent more than locally.

And who buys all those emergency ties and underwear?

Oh, and I left off: the security checks that on one occasion lasted as long as the flight; the dreadful, overpriced terminal food; the sense that every official involved in the process is trying to catch you out and send you to the back of an ever-growing queue; the bag-drop cattle-like queues; IT glitches; the poor signage; the car parking rip-off charges; the wait for the lack-of-courtesy bus.

The mindless consumerism of terminal shopping, (plus interminable flight delays) is to calm and peace of mind what Trump is to feminism!

OK, rant over. Next scandal, please!

Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘The Girl in the Woods,’ ‘The Girl in the Red Dress,’ ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.norajohnson.net) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.99;£0.99) and iBookstore. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity. columnists@euroweeklynews.com

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LEGALLY SPEAKING

Can community ban lets?

Last week we held our community AGM. On the published agenda was the question: should we allow touristic lets, YES or NO? We heard arguments from both sides and the item was put to the vote and the result was NO. Some of those who voted YES became upset and said they did not accept the vote. Then our administrator said that we had been too hasty in our decision and that in a month, we should bring the item back at an extraordinary general meeting, even though we had more than three weeks notice that this was a agenda item. Can they really attempt to reverse the vote?

D C (Mallorca) Yes they can.

David Searl However, the You and the Law real question here is in Spain whether the community in fact has the power to prohibit short-term touristic rentals. Unless the community’s original Statutes state that tourist rentals are prohibited, or may be prohibited by majority vote, the community does not have the legal power to prohibit such rentals. The original Statutes can only be modified by unanimous vote, which does not seem likely in this case.

Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.

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House prices continue to rise THE price of housing in Spain rose by 2.6 per cent in the second quarter of the year over the previous three months.

This was the biggest increase by quarter in the last three years, according to data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE).

Driving the rise was the cost

of new housing, which rose 5.7 per cent between April and June. Since January, the prices of new and used housing have increased by an average of 6.8 per cent.

In the second quarter of 2018, all the Autonomous Communities plus the cities of Ceuta and Melilla registered

GOING UP: Madrid experiencing a housing boom.

rises in the price of housing year-on-year.

The most pronounced increases in prices were in Madrid (+10.1 per cent), CataluĂąa (+9.3 per cent), Ceuta (+8.6 per cent) and the Balearic Islands (+8.4 per cent). Prices rose least in Castilla-La Mancha (+1.5 per

cent), Extremadura (+2.2 per cent) and Murcia (+2.6 per cent).

Likewise, quarter-on-quarter, housing prices also rose in all Autonomous Communities.

The greatest increases were seen in CataluĂąa, Cantabria and Comunidad de Madrid,

with increases of 3.7 per cent, 3.3 per cent and 3.3 per cent, respectively.

Galicia (+0.7 per cent),

Principado de Asturias (+0.9 per cent) and Region de Murcia (+1 per cent) registered the lowest quarterly increases.

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The documents I need to sell a property‌ NOW is a good time to sell your property - in fact September is a traditional time for houses and apartments to be put on the market in Spain.

A return to routine in September after the long summer holiday helps when it comes to gathering all the correct paperwork and showing potential buyers around.

But without a doubt the main reason for doing so is that most flats are sold in the last months of the year, so September is the start of the busiest time of year for sales.

However, if you decide to sell your house, whether it is a single-family home or a flat in a residential building, you need to know the formalities that need to be carried out.

These come in two ways - technical reports - for which you will need an engineer or surveyor, and documentation. We recommend you use the services of a lawyer or real estate professional to advise and smooth the way, but here we give you a brief guide to what you need.

Energy certificate It is a legal requirement to have an Energy Efficiency Certificate, which is necessary before putting the property up for sale. Whether you advertise it online, in a

Before applying for it, you can check to see if you already have a licence and if it is valid or expired. Depending on the age of the property, it is possible that you still have the first occupation licence.

Whether it is first or second occupancy, if it is valid you can use it and, if you do not find it, you can ask for a duplicate.

If it has expired you will have to renew it with a new report. In that case, the technician will take care of everything but it will be the council that will decide whether to grant it to you.

If you do not have a licence, you will have to talk to a technician as you will probably need a legalisation of the property, which could complicate the sale process.

real estate agency or through posters stuck on lamp posts, you must show the energy rating of the house.

Obtaining the energy certificate is quite fast and inexpensive. Once the energy surveyor visits the property you should have your rating and proof of registration with your autonomous community in just a few days.

However, depending on where the house is located, the delivery of the physical certificate can take up to three months, but don’t worry! If you already have the rating and the proof of registration you can advertise and even sell your house if you find a buyer before the certificate arrives.

Certificate of habitability The certificate of habitability, or licence of first or second occupation, is the document that the town hall grants you after verifying the habitability of your home. In order to obtain it, you will need a technical report drawn up by a professional.

Any other documents needed?

The deed of the property The statutes of the community of owners A certificate that states you are up to date with your IBI (council tax) payment.

Last paid invoices for services like electricity, water, gas.

SOLD: But what about the paperwork?

This list is for guidance only and is not meant to be exhaustive. We strongly recommend you use the services of a lawyer or real estate professional.

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WHEN it comes to high end property, exclusive streets in Madrid, Barcelona and Benahavis (Malaga) are at the top of the market with average asking prices touching €6 million.

Leading the streets with the most expensive homes in Spain is the Camino del Sur, located in the Madrid urbanisation of La Moraleja, Alcobendas, where owners ask an average of €5,987,000 for one of the luxury villas.

In second place in the ranking is the Paseo de la Marquesa viuda de Aldama, also in the urbanisation of La Moraleja, with an average price of €5,963,323, somewhat higher than the Avenida del Tibidabo, in the upper part of Barcelona, which occupies third place.

Above the €5 million mark are the Coto Zagaleta (€5,729,500) and Los Monteros (€5,448,000) urbanisations in Malaga, as well as

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The priciest streets in Spain the Encinas de Pozuelo de Alarcon street (€5,022,000) in Madrid. They are followed by two avenues in Sant Andreu de Llavaneres in Barcelona: Supermaresme (€4,528,781) and Rocaferrera (€4,404,000).

The Madrid town of Pozuelo de Alarcon is home to the seventh most expensive street: Avenida de los Lagos (in the exclusive development of La Finca) has homes with an average price of €4,358,300.

The list of the 10 most expensive is completed with the only address of the Balearic Islands: Calle Es Cubells in the Ibizan municipality of Sant Josep

LA MORALEJA: Home to the two most expensive streets in Spain.

de Sa Talaia at an average €3,725,714.

The study carried out by Idealista is completed with the most exclusive streets of each of the 17 Spanish autonomous communities. In addition to the communities with streets in the top 10 positions, three more autonomous regions have addresses where average prices exceed half a million

Euros: Valencian Community (€2,148,611), Euskadi (€1,547,500) and the Canary Islands (€1,117,083).

The cheapest is Extremadura, where its most expensive street has an average price of €299,709 followed by La Rioja (€469,583) and Castilla y León (€486,181).

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Be clear about the contract RENTING is big business, but whether you are letting out a property in Spain, or you are the tenant who is going to move in, it is vital you understand what you are signing in the lease.

Clear and simple language is important, but it should be a complete text, so it is always advisable to have it written by a specialised bilingual lawyer or with the help of an official translator.

The rights and responsibilities of each party must be clear, because what is written is as important as what is left to the interpretation of the Spanish Urban Leasing Law (LAU).

The rental agreement for a property must be treated with the utmost care so that all parties are satisfied.

Just as a landlord wants all the guarantees to be at peace with the person they are renting to, the tenant needs to be sure of what rights he or she has and who pays for what.

To achieve this, it is important to draw up a rental contract, including the duration and its extensions, plus the details of the deposit and who is responsible for the community costs and repairs of the house.

CONTRACT: Time spent with the legalities can help with future relations between landlord and tenant.

The basic clauses that must be put in a lease agreement are the identification of both parties, name, address and ID number of the landlord and the tenant.

The full address and registration details of the property, location of the community of homeowners or whether it is rented fully furnished or not must be included.

The term of the lease is essential. How long the duration and extensions of the lease are, if they are agreed to be longer than the minimum established by the LAU, plus

the right of withdrawal from the contract and compensation in this case (this appears in Article 11 of the LAU). Rent conditions and guarantees need to established, for example, the deadlines and methods of paying of the rent. Don’t forget to include the form to update the rent each year, the deposit or deposits that have been made and what happens in case of non-payment.

Remember to clarify what the service costs are and who will pay each one, such as electricity, gas, water, municipal taxes, the IBI property tax and home insurance costs.

The contract must also include the works that are the responsibility of the landlord, focussing on the habitability of the home, and those of the tenant (such as minor repairs, maintenance and damage caused by the use of the flat). Here, the landlord may include some special condition of conservation of some part of the house.

Finally, don't forget to either authorise or forbid the subletting of the property, whether or not pets are allowed and other specific permissions and prohibitions relating to the lease of the house.

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TECH FOR THE TIMID WHAT’S almost the most expensive liquid you can buy? Champagne? Not even close. Rocket fuel? Hardly.

It’s actually none of the above.

It’s printer ink.

Forget human blood at a cheap €350 a litre - raise it to €1,500 for that precious inkjet fluid and the only thing remotely close is Chanel No 5. Which doesn’t come in black.

All this is why actual inkjet printers can be cheap-as-chips and may even be sold at less than it costs to make them.

Did I get a bargain with my €45 printer-scanner-copier? You betcha until I put new ink cartridges into it the other day at €50 a pop. In thriftier times I was a dab hand at refilling ink cartridges myself, despite the unsettling effect on visitors of a household littered with used syringes. These days your cartridge may well have a microchip on-board to block such DIY workarounds.

So which should you buy: a bar-

Prints of thieves

3D or not 3D

Do not scan and print this article, cautions Terence Kennedy

3D PRINTERS: Really have come a long way. gain-basement inkjet printer followed by its lifetime of liquid gold refills every couple of hundred sheets, or dipping deeper for a laser printer with a cartridge good for several thousand?

They work very differently. An inkjet sprays minute bubbles of ink through microscopic nozzles. Laser printers use a toner cartridge filled

with fine powder and a heated fuser. Each system has its strengths and weaknesses.

One rule of thumb might help: buy an inkjet for sporadic home use and/or if you print the odd item in colour, but a laser for the heavierduty office or that ageing familymember whose stubborn insistence on printing every e-mail makes him

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PRO: Ink-jets are cheap to buy, do a reasonable job with colour, can print on all sorts of stuff including fabric if you really must, and won’t break the bank when they finally spray their last.

CON: The ink costs several limbs, prints are susceptible to water damage, they’re slow, and they have limited paper-trays for big jobs.

PRO: Lasers by contrast, are fast, produce laser-sharp (duh!) text and graphics, generally print at a lower cost per sheet, and can easily handle high-volume jobs.

CON: Photo output ain’t great, they’re fussy about paper types, they take time to warm-up, the initial cost is higher and trust me, toner leaks are a nightmare.

Whichever you choose, bear in mind one infallible rule: never let a printer know you’re in a hurry.

That’s when you realise they have just three main parts: the case, the jammed paper tray and the blinking red light.

3D printers are the latest evolution in gadgets we didn’t know we couldn’t do without.

Now you can pay about four times as much for another printer which won’t print when you absolutely need it.

Prices have dropped at breathtaking speed, in direct contrast to the time taken to actually 3D-print anything, which is painful beyond belief.

A halfway decent 3D printer can now be had for upwards of €200, and they pop up in the most unlikely places - like my local DIY superstore whose staff will print a new (plastic) part for your obsolete vacuum cleaner or other no-more-spares appliance, as long as there’s enough of the old part to scan.

The ultimate 3D-printing dream? A 3D printer which will print another 3D printer.

Are you a psychopath?

Mike Senker In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man AFTER 30 odd years of being together and three years of her tidying up my articles, I am proud to announce Mrs S today officially became Mrs Grumpy after nearly starting World War Three in the post office.

Well, a very English, Berkshire brought up version of a world war. So here’s why Mrs Grumpy kicked off and how she did it. She wanted to pay an electric bill - not even ours I might add. Endesa was mobbed so we decided to go to the post office where there was the standard one person serving and there was just one person being served.

Mrs S was next to be served. After 15 minutes waiting and a bit of eyebrow raising exchange with the man who was now next to be served after Mrs S, Patti felt she had no choice but to begin the ‘tut’ combined with a ‘huff’ combination. This is the standard British way of signalling one’s discontent to anyone who might be interested.

After this elicited no response whatsoever from the lady being served or from the woman serving her, Patti went full blown into the demonic waving of the said electric bill swiftly followed by the adoption of the classic

war pose - hands on hips whilst continuing to tut and huff - this is no mean feat!

What was really annoying was that the customer was filling out forms and putting addresses on envelopes and, of course, what she should have done was go to one side to do that so other people could be served, and then come back when her admin was completed. I personally never understand why people don’t speak up - I would have said, ‘excuse me love - pop over there and do that,’ but Mrs S seemingly prefers the mime method of communication.

The bottom line is no-one took any notice of my wife’s valiant attempts to move things along, even though the fellow Brit behind her had joined in the huffing and tutting therefore making a two pronged attack. So 30 minutes later, with a queue now snaking out of the door, our friend’s electric bill was duly paid and Mrs S was feeling murderous.

Whilst I talked her down in the car we decided that people here in Spain who work in banks, post offices, utility companies etc must have to undergo a psychological evaluation before they are taken on to ensure they are a psychopath. That’s the only sure way of maintaining the lack of empathy, lack of guilt and lack of eye contact. It’s an art - shallow emotional response traits found in all these workers plus in all psychopaths. mikesenker@gmail.com

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The dazzling destroyer VISUALLY impressive, the dragonfly is also an airborne warrior chomping its way through unwanted mosquitoes and gnats.

And with smart planning and a bit of luck, you can create a habitat to bring the brightly coloured creatures zooming, hovering and darting across your landscape.

One planning strategy is to build a water source such as a small pond. Dragonflies, whose ancestors are among the Earth’s oldest insects, are aquatic insects that need a freshwater environment to breed.

The second is to provide a food source. A garden with a diversity of plants will serve that need because the flowers will

attract a variety of tiny insects on which the dragonflies can feed.

The aerial predators feast on the tiniest of insects which we rarely see but certainly feel. In fact their appetite for mosquitoes and their fast-flying ambush acrobatics while hunting have apparently earned them the nickname mosquito hawk’.

Where luck comes into play is if you don’t have a pond or other water feature in your garden. In that case, you can still attract dragonflies if you’re fortunate enough to be near a water source that will serve as a breeding area for them.

Dragonflies can travel up to a mile in search of food, so ‘near’ isn’t that far. Alternatively, a

large bird bath may be an attractive magnet.

And where you have dragonflies, you have damselflies doubling the fight power against the dreaded bloodsuckers.

Ponds or water features are important in attracting breeding dragonflies and damselflies because both species lay their eggs in water. This begins with an aquatic stage that’s usually the longest period of their life.

Dragonflies in their immature stage, for instance, are called nymphs and live in a pond or stream for an average of eight months.

Mosquito dunks, containing Bti (Bacillis thuringienis isrealensis), can be purchased

from garden centres and placed in the water source. They dissolve over 30 days, slowly releasing the bio-control agent which the mosquito larvae will eat. The toxin kills them, and black fly larvae, but not other insects such as dragonflies.

Because the dunks are selective and biodegradable, they are considered environmentally safe.

MAGNET: Garden ponds and other water sources attract dragonflies.

WARRIOR: Beautiful and beneficial.

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FEATURE: Create a centrepiece using freshly laundered towels.

FROM storage to accessories, tiles and artwork, there’s a wealth of ways you can transform a bathroom without spending weeks or a fortune.

Making a feature of laundered towels can have a big impact. Narrow shelves fitted in the corner lend themselves perfectly, while a small basket positioned nearby is perfect for rolled up flannels.

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while you’re showering or taking a bath. Reed diffusers, which can last for up to four weeks, are great decorative pieces in their own right and will also fill the room with a beautiful fragrance.

A chrome bath rack is great for keeping special bathroom soaps and essentials on display, and can transform a plain bath into a feature piece. Wooden versions are just as stylish and practical.

When picking toiletries for the bathroom, think about the colour of the packaging. Toiletry products are every bit as important as other accessories in the room. A great tip is to buy luxury products and then decant inexpensive products into them.

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Mix with some enamel signs to give your space an eclectic

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Place the baskets under the sink or near to the bath, so that loo rolls and bath towels are always within easy reach.

Putting an arrangement of cut flowers in your bathroom will bring a natural, elegant feel, which is perfect for relaxing your mood. Pop in a vase that matches your colour scheme and you’ll have an easy update in no time.

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HOME & GARDENS ACCIDENTS at this time of year are not uncommon. Time and weather make doing jobs around the house more appealing and practical.

But as with most things worth doing, preparation and attention to detail is key.

Many DIYers lack the training and experience to safely use all the equipment required to undertake home improvements.

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But there are steps you can take to be aware of potential hazards and reduce the risk of injury to yourself and others.

Splinters and pieces of debris can find their way into the skin, particularly into any open cuts or wounds. This can result in bacteria developing, which could cause an infection.

Inhaling dust can be detrimental to general health, particularly with regard to the lungs.

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Plan and protect to avoid DIY disasters

PRECAUTIONS: Gloves, goggles or dust masks should be used to prevent DIY injuries. paint pot or spillage. It therefore makes sense to plan the positioning of all the equipment being used, so that it does not become an obstruction. And spills should be cleared up immediately to prevent people from slipping and falling.

Knives and other sharp implements apparently cause 20,000 accidents every year, the result of poor handling of

knives and tools such as scalpels, as well as failing to plan carefully or wearing gloves.

Figures show 70 people lose their lives every year because of DIY accidents. People are fatally hurt because of inexperience, poor planning, failing to use the correct tools, and a lack of personal protective equipment.

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Around 3,500 people are hurt every year as the result of using a screwdriver. Even the most seemingly innocuous DIY tools can be dangerous if they are in the wrong hands.

LADDER LESSONS: Fifty people are fatally injured in the UK each year as a direct result of ladder use.

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HERE are some fun and interesting dog facts. See how much trivia you know about man’s best friend. Did you know…

• A dog’s heart beats between 70 and 120 times a minute, compared with a human heart which beats 70 to 80 times a minute.

• A dog’s normal body temperature is 100.5 to 102.5 degrees Fahrenheit.

• A female carries her young about 60 days before the puppies are born.

• According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the smallest dog on record was a Yorkshire Terrier in Great Britain who, at the age of two, weighed just four ounces.

• The longest lived dog, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, was an Australian Cattle Dog, named Bluey, who lived to be 29.

• An adult dog has 42 teeth.

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‘Did you know?’ - Fun stuff for dog lovers • It is a myth that dogs are colour blind. They can actually see in colour, just not as vividly as humans. It is akin to our vision at dusk.

• If never spayed or neutered, a female dog, her mate, and their puppies could produce over 66,000 dogs in six years!

• The only sweat glands a dog has are between the paw pads.

• In 1957, Laika became the first living being in space via an earth satellite.

• The world’s smartest dogs are thought to be (1) the border collie, (2) the poodle, and (3) the golden retriever.

• Chocolate contains a substance known as theobromine (similar to caffeine) which can kill dogs or at the very least make them violently ill.

• Dogs’ sense of hearing is more than 10 times more acute than a human’s.

• More than one in three American families own a dog.

• Dogs don’t like rain because

the sound is amplified and hurts their very sensitive ears.

• The 10 most popular dogs (AKC, 2007) are in order: Labrador Retriever, Yorkshire Terrier, German Shepherd, Golden Retriever, Beagle, Boxer, Dachshund, Poodle, Shih Tzu, and Bulldog.

• Dogs were the first animals domesticated by people.

• A greyhound can run as fast as 45 miles an hour.

• Spaying/neutering your dog before the age of six months can help prevent cancer in your dog.

• Puppies acquire a full mouth of permanent teeth between four and seven months old.

• Small dogs live the longest.

Toy breeds live up to 16 years or more. Larger dogs average is seven - 12 years. Veterinary medicine has extended this estimate by about three years.

However, some breeds, such as Tibetan terriers live as long as 20 years.

• Eighty per cent of dog owners buy their dog a present for holidays and birthdays. More than half of them sign letters and cards from themselves and their pets.

• The dog name ‘Fido’ is from Latin and means ‘fidelity.’

• The US has the highest dog population in the world.

• Most pet owners (94 per cent) say their pet makes them smile more than once a day.

• Dogs are mentioned 14 times in the Bible.

• It has been established that people who own pets live longer, have less stress, and have fewer heart attacks.

• All dogs can be traced back 40 million years ago to a weasel-like animal called the Miacis which dwelled in trees and dens. The Miacis later evolved into the Tomarctus, a direct forebearer of

the genus canis, which includes the wolf and jackal as well as the dog.

• Seventy per cent of people sign their pet’s name on greeting cards and 58 per cent include their pets in fam-

ily and holiday portraits, according to a survey done by the American Animal Hospital Association.

• A dog’s whiskers are touchsensitive hairs called vibrissae.

They are found on the muzzle, above the eyes and below the jaws, and can actually sense tiny changes in airflow.

• The origin of amputating a dog’s tail may go back to the Roman writer Lucius Columella’s (AD 4-70) assertion that tail docking prevented rabies.

• Dogs can smell about 1,000 times better than humans.

While humans have five million smell-detecting cells, dogs have more than 220 million.

The part of the brain that interprets smell is also four times larger in dogs than in humans.

MASTERMIND: Know your dog.

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KEEPING energetic pets well exercised is important for their health and well-being If you’ve ever owned a fit and agile dog you will know that they are happy when they can run around and exercise on a regular basis. This is particularly important for breeds that need to be active like Alsatians, Boxers, Greyhounds, Labradors, Retrievers, Rottweilers, Weimaraners; the list goes on. When you go away for a trip it is vital to maintain routines. A resident house-sitter can ensure that your dogs are cared for in the way you want with an exercise routine shared ahead of time.

How we work HouseSitMatch is a house-sitting network where new members register online. We ID check everyone to ensure we know who you are, and in addition sitters are police checked.

We charge for membership to ensure that there is a commitment from both parties and that we can afford to manage our network online professionally.

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I simply can’t fault any aspect of the service offered by Hous eSitMatch and am so grateful to Lamia and her team for all the help they have given me over the past couple of years Review by Ann, Mijas Costa, Spain How you benefit as a home and pet owner Our membership offers access to a secure network helping you find suitable sitters. We hide your contact details and address.

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The first car radio was introduced in 1922 and cost a whopping $200. Several safety agencies sought to have it banned as a distraction.

Volvo takes on airlines with its latest concept VOLVO’S latest concept car imagines a self-driving ‘pod’ which will let drivers and passengers work, play and relax and forget about all that tedious driving.

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VOLVO 360C: The latest in self-driving cars.

concept capitalises on the freedom in design afforded by the absence of a steering wheel and a combustion engine, providing the ability to reimagine the traditional placement of passengers in rows of two or three.”

This means that the space freed up can be reconfigured for one of four potential uses of autonomous driving ve-

hicles - a sleeping environment, mobile office, living room and entertainment space - which all reimagine the way people travel.

According to Volvo, the 360c represents a potentially lucrative competitor to short-haul air travel, focusing on shorter routes where the distance between origin and destina-

tion is around 300 kilometres.

For example, within the United States over 740 million travellers embarked on domestic flights last year and America’s domestic air travel industry is worth billions of dollars in revenue.

Several busy domestic air routes, such as New York to Washington DC, Houston to Dallas and Los Angeles to San Diego, are more time-consuming by air than by car when including things such as travel to the airport, security checks and waiting times.

“Domestic air travel sounds great when you buy your ticket, but it really isn’t. The 360c represents what could be a whole new take on the industry,”

said Mårten Levenstam, senior vice president of corporate strategy at Volvo Cars. “The sleeping cabin allows you to enjoy premium comfort and peaceful travel through the night and wake up refreshed at your destination. It could enable us to compete with the world’s leading aircraft makers.”

“When the Wright brothers took to the skies in 1903, they did not have a clue about what modern air travel would look like,” said Mårten Levenstam. “We do not know what the future of autonomous drive will hold, but it will have a profound impact on how people travel, how we design our cities and how we use infrastructure.”

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Take a look at SEAT’s new SUV WITH SEAT due to officially launch its new SUV the Tarraco on Tuesday in Tarragona the Euro Weekly News can give you a sneak preview.

Stefan Ilijevic, head of Predevelopment, Patents and Innovation at SEAT, took to the wheel

to give the car its first (public) road test, albeit in camouflage to try to hide its lines.

He gave us his impressions of what is now the biggest member of the SEAT range.

After turning on the ignition and putting it through its first

few bends Stefan commented that: “The feeling at the wheel of the new SEAT Tarraco is impressive. It’s very dynamic and makes you feel safe at the same time.”

The car can seat up to seven passengers and has a 760-litre luggage compartment. It gives the driver ‘a great feeling of size and spaciousness,’ added the engineer.

To see how it fares away from the tarmac Stefan headed for an off-road course prior to its international presentation.

He said: “It handles rocky mountainous terrain with a slope of up to 70 per cent with ease,” while driving down a very steep incline.

“Its all-wheel drive seems to have no limits. Right now the car is braking by itself,” adds Stefan.

Next he threw the Tarraco round some very tight curves to see how it handled. “It has been designed to successfully tackle lateral tilts of 85 per cent.

“On this kind of terrain it conveys a feeling of sturdiness and safety,” says Stefan.

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Premier League Preview

Zidane looks for a big club signed a new five-year contract with the club.

Maguire had been courted by Manchester United and was one of England’s key players at the World Cup. But the fans’ favourite said: “Ever since I came to this club, I’ve always reiterated how good they (Leicester) have been to me.”

The Foxes will face Bournemouth on Saturday looking to bounce back from their defeat by Liverpool last time out.

Liverpool also tied up a key player on a five-year deal, as captain Jordan Henderson committed his future to the table toppers.

The Reds have a tricky away tie at Spurs on Saturday, before their first Champions League group game against Paris Saint Germain on Wednesday.

Other fixtures after will see Everton host West Ham, Southampton face Brighton, and Newcastle entertain Arsenal.

La Liga Preview

Modric the great Credit: lukamodric10/Twitter

WHILE Spain basks in its victory over England last weekend, its clubs are gearing up for their first match after the international break.

The window between domestic games has allowed a gust of gossip to blow and Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos believes teammate Luka Modric deserves to beat Cristiano Ronaldo to FIFA’s Best Men’s Player award.

It is also believed that Uruguayan defender Jose Luis Rodriguez, 21, is close to signing for Real.

Los Blancos will face Athletic Bilbao in the late kickoff on Saturday hoping to continue their impressive unbeaten start and keep the pressure on league leaders Barcelona.

Meanwhile, Girona have accepted a proposal to play a regular-season game against Barcelona in the United States as part of the promotion of the league there.

The first El Clasico of the season will see Barcelona host Real Madrid at the Nou Camp on October 28, as recently

confirmed by La Liga president Javier Tabas.

Before that though, Barca will travel to eighth placed Real Sociedad on Saturday.

Sevilla has suffered a blow as France international Maxime Gonalons is expected to miss at least six weeks of action after breaking his leg in training.

The midfielder only joined on loan from Roma in August after Steven N’Zonzi moved the other way.

Sevilla will hope to continue their promising early season form at home to Getafe on Sunday.

Other fixtures will see struggling Valencia host Real Betis, Espanyol entertain Levante, and Alaves travel to Real Valladolid.

STELLAR YEAR: The World Cup’s best player Luka Modric could be in line for more awards.

JOB HUNTING: Zidane would be the first choice target for many clubs.

Great North Run: Farah storms to fifth win BRITAIN’S Mo Farah won a record fifth Great North Run on Sunday in Newcastle.

Farah clocked 59 minutes and 26 seconds for his fifth win in a row in the race, with New Zealand’s Jake Robertson 31 seconds back in second.

Farah narrowly missed out on his half marathon personal best - which he set in winning his second title in 2015 - after fading inside the final 200 metres.

He had pulled well clear of Robertson with about two miles to go, and Belgium’s Bashir Abdi came home in third.

London Marathon champion Vivian Cheruiyot from Kenya won the women’s race for a second time in three years.

Briton David Weir set a new course record to win the men’s wheelchair race for the seventh time, with Pole Martyna Snopek taking the women’s race.

Credit: @Great_Run/Twitter

WITH the international break last weekend, it is all quiet on the premier league front.

But that has not stopped the gossip from swirling around in the meantime.

Zinedine Zidane is eyeing a return to management and is reportedly a target for Manchester United should Jose Mourinho leave.

Zidane guided Real Madrid to a third successive Champions League crown in May and recently said: “I am sure that I will coach again before long.”

Mourinho is in an uncertain position with apparent bust ups with vice-chairman Ed Woodward and midfielder Paul Pogba, as well as two defeats already this season.

Manchester United will travel to Watford on Saturday hoping to inject some momentum into their campaign.

Former Chelsea midfield linchpin Claude Makelele believes it will be difficult for Blues manager Maurizio Sarri to win the title in his first season, but is expecting big things from the Italian in the long-term.

In fact, Makelele believes Sarri “has the capacity to make history for Chelsea again.”

Sarri arrived from Serie A side Napoli in the off-season and has overseen a flawless four wins on the bounce so far.

Chelsea will host Cardiff City on Saturday, who have a more indifferent total of two points from their four games.

Leicester City defender Harry Maguire has

SIMPLY THE BEST: Mo Farah has dominated the race in recent years.

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AMERICAN BEAUTY: Djokovic shows off his New York spoils.

Djokovic wins third US Open NOVAK DJOKOVIC produced an imperious display to beat Juan Martin del Potro in the US Open final and win his 14th Grand Slam title.

The 31-year-old Serb won 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 to earn his third victory in New York and equal American great Pete Sampras’ haul of major trophies.

Djokovic, who won Wimbledon in July, will climb to fourth in the world rankings after successive Grand Slam victories.

Although the Serb only started to make inroads into Del Potro’s serve in the eighth game of the match, he clinically took his first break point as the Argentine blinked first.

The second set could have gone either way with some blistering baseline exchanges, and was the longest set in the tournament at 95 minutes.

Djokovic had lost five previous finals at Flushing Meadows but he was determined to make amends and his bullish defence and unrivalled athleticism saw him break in the

fourth game.

Del Potro however, was not in the mood to roll over and broke straight back, but Djokovic was equally unmoving and seized on mistakes from his opponent to

strike again.

After three hours and 16 minutes Djokovic completed the job with an unstoppable overhead smash, and collapsed on the court in celebration.

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13 - 19 September 2018 JAPAN is celebrating its first ever Grand Slam tennis win after Naomi Osaka’s US Open triumph over Serena Williams 6-2 6-4 at Flushing Meadows. The match was overshadowd by a Williams meltdown at the umpire after receiving several penalties.

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Fans back Raikkonen Spain edge England MORE than 20,000 Kimi Raikkonen fans have signed an online petition urging Ferrari to keep the Finnish Formula One driver for another year rather than replace him with rookie Charles Leclerc.

The petition, on change.org, argued that rep l a c i n g t h e 3 8 - y e a r- o l d was ‘not justifiable’ and that the team needed him to keep the balance alongside four times world champion Sebastian Vettel.

“Kimi has also outperformed Vettel a number of times proving he is back on form, and his drive in

at Wembley EXIT BOUND: Raikkonen is likely to have no shortage of offers.

Monza just adds more credibility to that,” argued petition organiser Christy John.

The petition is highly unlikely to have any influence on matters, with Ferrari believed to have already made their decision to replace the 2007 world champion with their 20year-old Monegasque protégé who debuted for Sauber this season.

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e ff e c t i s e x p e c t e d s o o n , with the championship next heading to Singapore.

Nicknamed ‘The Iceman’ for his often glacial d e m e a n o u r, d o u r n a t u r e and dislike of media engagements, Raikkonen has endeared himself to many fans who see him as a throwback to a bygone era.

He is the oldest driver in the sport but has returned to close to his best form this year.

ENGLAND’S Nations League campaign opened with defeat as they were beaten 2-1

by Spain in their first match since the World Cup. Marcus Rashford gave England the perfect start with an 11th minute strike from Luke Shaw’s pinpoint pass but Spain responded with an almost instant equaliser thanks to Saul Niguez’s low finish.

Rodrigo Moreno then took advantage of poor marking at a free-kick to score the winner from close range after 32 minutes.

England suffered a blow just after halftime when Shaw was taken off on a stretcher with a head injury following an accidental collision with Dani Carvajal, but they rallied late on and could have earned a draw.

David de Gea, who saved brilliantly from Rashford’s header in the first half, denied his Manchester United teammate again with a low save from close range.

England were also furious that Dutch referee ruled out an injury-time finish from substitute Danny Welbeck after Spain’s keeper spilled the ball under pressure from

HARRY HUMBLED: It was a learning experience for the captain and his young team. the striker.

England were left to reflect on their first competitive defeat at Wembley since they lost a Euro 2008 qualifier to Croatia in November 2007, a run stretching for 24 games.