Euro Weekly News - Costa de Almeria 13 - 19 September 2018 Issue 1732

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13 - 19 September 2018

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Taking the fight to cancer

By Tom Woods PREPARATIONS are on track so that by 2019 Torrecardenas hospital will have new cuttingedge technology which will enable it to provide high quality cancer treatment services.

At the moment, around 1,000 patients in Almeria have to go to the Virgen de las Nieves hospital in Granada to undergo diagnostic tests.

The hospital has state-ofthe-art PET-TAC equipment which proves a hybrid of Computerised Tomography (CT) Positron Emission tomography (PET) scanning.

The technology has revolutionised cancer treatment and the Minister of Health of the Junta de Andalucia, Marina Alvarez Benito, has announced that Torrecardenas hospital will be receiving its

new cases of cancer and later reappearances of it.

According to data from the Ministry of Health, Torrecardenas hospital has seen an increase in oncology cases by 3.7 per cent during the first half of 2018.

Health professionals have carried out more than 23,500 oncological consultations, 11,777 radiotherapy treatments and 5,602 chemotherapy treatments.

Alongside the new cuttingedge scanner, the hospital will also be improving other oncology facilities, as well as communication systems between departments.

LIFE SAVER: The new equipment will revolutionise cancer treatment in Almeria. own €1.2 million PET-TAC machine.

It is an investment that has been approved by the Junta and is part of its Comprehen-

sive Oncology Plan.

There are currently five PET-CT fitted hospitals in Sevilla, Granada, Cordoba, Cadiz, and Malaga.

The new scanning equipment for Torrecardenas hospital has been funded jointly by the Junta de Andalucia and the Amancio Ortega Foundation,

Fugitive felon found

OFFICERS of the National Police in Almeria have arrested a fugitive who was the subject of a European Arrest Warrant (EAW) for allegedly kidnapping a former drug trafficking partner.

The order was issued in France and the suspect is facing a prison sentence of five years for crimes of kidnapping, hostage taking and illegal detention.

The detainee fled to Spain after al-

ready being convicted of the crime, but was soon arrested and taken to the Algeciras police station for further checks, where the EAW was discovered.

Montpelier’s Court of Appeal revealed that the suspect had threatened,

beaten and kidnapped a former colleague of his, and only released him after receiving an assurance that he would receive €25,000.

It is believed that the kidnap was motivated by a previous failed drug trafficking operation.

and they are also financing a software update of the old equipment.

It will transform the hospital’s ability to diagnose both

The suspect’s previous conviction also required him to pay €75,000 in damages, and he has been placed at the disposal of Almeria’s Court of Instruction.

The National Police in Almeria have arrested 12 criminals so far this year who have had European and International Arrest Warrants issued against them.

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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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Life support ACCORDING to figures published by the Institute of Cartography and Statistics of Andalucia, every two days a person commits suicide in Almeria Province. This amounts to double the number of driving fatalities, and the vast majority are men.

It has led psychiatrists to urge for greater awareness of mental health and for this historically taboo issue to be discussed openly.

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Saint marches in

Farm felon THE Guardia Civil has arrested a man in Nijar on the charge of stealing a €12,000 tractor as well as a motorcycle. An investigation began when the tractor’s owner filed a complaint, and police tracked down a warehouse which contained the machines without legitimate licence plates. The tractor was stolen in January, while the motorbike went missing in 2014.

Migrant find FOUR Moroccan men have been arrested in Albuñol by the Guardia Civil for allegedly trafficking 22 immigrants in four vehicles from Malaga to Almeria. The immigrants are all Moroccan and comprised 18 men, two women and two children.

Police discovered they had arrived on a beach in Manilva, and they have now been handed to the National Police of Motril.

Wondrous film THE Hollywood blockbuster sequel Wonder Woman 1984, featuring lead actress Gal Gadot, is now filming in Almeria City. The iconic Alcazaba fort is believed to be the centrepoint of the action, and several streets have been temporarily deployed for the scenes.With the film due to premier in November 2019, its predecessor was the highest grossing superhero movie of all time.

Street talk THE PSOE in Almeria Council have begun a tour of the districts in the capital, speaking to residents in an attempt to collect their concerns for action. They have started in the Cabo de Gata and have already discussed a range of issues including bus ticket prices, green area conservation, telecommunication cables, garbage collection and cleaning.

Ship shape THE president of the port authority of Almeria, Carmen Ortiz, has paid a visit to the Azamara Pursuit cruise ship, where she met the captain and gave him a plaque to commemorate its first stop in the province. The luxury tourist ship was renovated in March and Ms Ortiz was given a tour of its high quality facilities.

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

Search underway POLICE have expanded the search for a Spanish Legionnaire wanted in connection with the death of his 35-year-old partner to cover the whole of Spain.

Officers have been surveying airports and harbours as they continue to trace Jose Luis Gallego Sanchez, the chief suspect in the police probe into the death of Eva Bou. Bou was found dead in her home in Borriol in the Valencia Region’s Castellon Province last Friday.

Gallego Sanchez has since been reported missing and officers fear he may attempt to leave the country.

A total of 30 women have been killed in Spain by their partners or ex-partners in cases of gender violence so far this year.

If Gallego Sanchez is found to be responsible for Bou’s death it would mark the first case of gender violence in the province so far this year. The investigation continues.

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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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Forbidden fruit THE Guardia Civil of Almeria has arrested four people for allegedly trafficking marijuana which was hidden in fruit and vegetables.

Officers seized 53 kilograms of the drug from several vehicles as part of their ‘Kentma’ operation.

The raid is part of a concerted crackdown in the province on the cultivation, processing and distribution of narcotics.

An investigation began after police became suspicious that one of the suspects was deploying his lor-

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ry company for a criminal organisation. A lorry owned by him was then intercepted and found to be full of fruit and vegetables which concealed tightly packed packages of marihuana.

Police inquiries led them to establish several lorries containing narcotics were being driven by members of a criminal network to the UK, where the value is greater.

However, in some instances the drivers had no knowledge of their illegal cargo.

The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1731 of the Euro Weekly News Costa de Almería edition, including 102 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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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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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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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.

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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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

Funding call for reforms 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.

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-

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.

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

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Arms sale back on

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 before 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

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Weapons will be sent to Saudis to save ship deal

RETHINK: Riyadh has ordered five ships from Navatia. now be examined, the spokesperson added.

Xiana Mendez, Spain’s Commerce Secretary, said the government would not jeopardise the Navatia contract.

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

The earlier cancellation fol-

lowed 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 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.

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.

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Anthem copy claims

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.

COVER SONG: Spain’s anthem may have been written by a Moor.

by Joe Gerrard SPAIN’S national anthem may have been based on a song composed in Andalucia during its time under Moorish rule, according to a video posted on social media.

The video, posted by La Plataforma, plays the Marcha Real before then playing another piece which according to some sources was written by the Moor Ibn Bayyah, or Avempace.

Carlos Sanchez, a Twitter

user who shared the video, wrote on the site: ‘I just discovered that the Spanish anthem is a copy of an Andalucian song and I’m freaking out.’

Some users commented saying the song and the anthem bore little resemblance to each other. Others said it was another example of Spain’s borrowing from other cultures to create the country’s national identity.

“The flag was taken from the Catalan navy, the chotis

dance is German, the Bourbon royal family are French and according to a study ‘Castilian’ comes from Catalan,” Twitter user Zontar el Gran i Casamajor said.

Avempace’s composition, named Nuba al-Istihlal, is a nubah, a type of classical music written in Andalucia during the Moorish era to accompany the singing of poems.

It would be the world’s oldest song used as an official national anthem if the claims are true.

Avempace was born in Zaragoza in the 11th century what was then the Islamic territory of Al-Andalus which covered much of the Iberian Peninsula. He composed music and was also involved in astronomy, physics, philosophy, medicine, botany and poetry.

The Moors were a group of Muslims from North Africa and Arabia who ruled much of Spain and Portugal from 711 to 1492. They also had territories in Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and Malta in the Medieval era.

The Moors built both the Mezquita in Cordoba and the Alhambra in Granada. They fell from power in the late 15th century following the Reconquista.

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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 Gerald Turner, 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.

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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 m a n s u ff e r e d s t a b wounds to his back, abdomen and buttocks, but managed to run away from the scene with his brother.

They barricaded themselves in their hotel 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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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 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 har-

REFORMS: Migrants can now access Spain’s health system without charge. monise 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 immi-

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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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STREET TALK

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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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 Assembly (ANC).

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.

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.’

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NEWS

Minister masters storm

By Joe Gerrard

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.

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.

DEGREE CLAIMS: Monton denies any wrongdoing.

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B ELGIUM

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.

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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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ACCUSED: Two Russian citizens have been charged over the Salisbury incident.

Kremlin denies poison claims MOSCOW has denied that Russia was involved in any way in the poisoning of a former spy from the country and his daughter in Britain.

It comes as British authorities charged Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov in absentia for attempted murder in connection with the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury.

Opposition ‘attacks’ MEMBERS of an opposition party running in upcoming local elections have claimed they have been assaulted and their cars have been torched.

Sergei Balabayev, from Yaroslavl and of Parnas, was kicked and punched by a masked assailant according to claims from his party. Parnas have blamed the attack on the team of rival Roman Slonin, of the ruling United Russia party.

War games ‘defensive’ MILITARY officials in Russia have said war games which began this week were defensive in nature. Valery Gerasimov, the chief of Russia’s general staff, said the Vostok-2018 manoeuvres were not directed against other

countries. The exercises are the biggest Russian drills in almost four decades.

Climate warning KREMLIN environment officials have published a report claiming Russia could face epidemics, droughts, mass flooding and famines in the coming years due to climate change. The 900-page document, from the Environment Ministry, stated humans had pumped ‘unprecedented’ levels of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and also forecast forest fires and monsoons.

Lending cost call PRIME MINISTER Dmitry Medvedev said the costing of lending for Russians should fall in comments on monetary policy made ahead of a Central Bank meeting tomorrow (Friday). Bank officials, who work independently of the government, are set to discuss whether or not to raise interest rates in the face of a weak ruble and slow economic growth.

Move u-turn AN outspoken pro-Kremlin pop star made headlines in Russia after backtracking on social media posts which suggested she was emigrating to Europe. Yulia Samoylova, who has performed in the Eurovision Song Contest twice, said a video in which she said she was leaving the country was designed to raise awareness of difficulties faced by the disabled in Russia. The singer has been wheelchair-bound since childhood.

NO GO: Samoylova posted from a Moscow airport.

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STAT OF WEEK €291.23 million

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.

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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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Lloyds Banking Group ORD 59.06 London Stock Exchange Grp 4,668.50 Micro Focus International 1,289.00 Marks & Spencer Group 292.90 Mondi 2,082.00 Melrose 223.70 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 265.83 National Grid 805.10 NMC Health 3,684.00 Next 5,421.00 Ocado Group 979.90 Paddy Power Betfair 6,870.00 Prudential 1,680.75 Persimmon 2,362.50 Pearson 891.90 Reckitt Benckiser Group 6,446.00 Royal Bank of Scotland Grp 247.25 Royal Dutch Shell 2,446.00 Royal Dutch Shell 2,483.25 RELX 1,667.25 Rio Tinto 3,513.50 Royal Mail 471.10 Rightmove 479.78 Rolls-Royce Group 965.20 Randgold Resources 4,783.50 RSA Insurance Group 614.10 Rentokil Initial 320.15 Sainsbury (J) 317.40 Schroders 2,968.00 Sage Group (The) 578.70 Segro 648.40 Shire 4,281.50 Smurfit Kappa Group 3,182.00 Sky 1,545.50 Standard Life Aberdeen 315.40 Smith (DS) 486.20 Smiths Group 1,578.50 Scottish Mortgage Invstmnt Trst 530.75 Smith & Nephew 1,377.00 SSE 1,246.50 Standard Chartered 620.90 St James's Place 1,100.00 Severn Trent 1,952.75 Tesco 238.85 TUI AG 1,330.00 Taylor Wimpey 165.88 Unilever 4,246.50 United Utilities Group 721.90 Vodafone Group 166.42 WPP Group 1,165.75 Whitbread 4,698.50

CHANGE(P) 0.32 24.50 2.50 -0.50 0.00 -2.50 3.93 0.20 -6.00 -27.00 2.30 35.00 -0.25 -6.50 -4.90 -10.00 2.25 2.50 4.25 15.75 4.00 3.50 1.78 -4.80 14.50 -0.30 -0.35 -1.50 2.00 -2.90 -3.00 -3.00 -8.00 -4.50 1.70 1.40 9.00 -0.25 -7.00 -6.00 1.40 -1.00 -1.75 -0.05 -4.50 0.08 1.50 2.90 1.16 0.75 -11.50

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0.54 0.53 0.19 -0.17 0.00 -1.11 1.50 0.02 -0.16 -0.50 0.24 0.51 -0.01 -0.27 -0.55 -0.15 0.92 0.10 0.17 0.95 0.11 0.75 0.37 -0.49 0.30 -0.05 -0.11 -0.47 0.07 -0.50 -0.46 -0.07 -0.25 -0.29 0.54 0.29 0.57 -0.05 -0.51 -0.48 0.23 -0.09 -0.09 -0.02 -0.34 0.05 0.04 0.40 0.70 0.06 -0.24

42,615.51 16,232.84 5,562.57 4,830.64 7,763.47 11,173.99 6,195.94 27,537.93 7,574.71 7,668.73 6,969.96 5,647.01 44,075.07 7,556.15 6,998.29 45,757.66 29,891.58 112,544.37 93,655.90 17,572.22 46,518.58 4,662.00 4,344.08 18,213.67 4,616.05 6,312.95 5,913.41 7,045.54 6,778.41 6,184.59 6,583.84 39,613.88 7,576.58 26,516.50 9,433.47 6,705.99 6,286.93 7,702.41 11,843.69 12,877.91 20,562.54 5,946.97 4,626.66 23,492.50 7,944.41 5,504.81 50,240.33 4,934.15 43,812.96 14,440.95 8,630.88

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COMPANY 3M AMERICAN EXPRESS APPLE BOEING CO CATERPILLAR CHEVRON CISCO SYSTEMS COCA-COLA DOWDUPONT EXXON MOBIL GOLDMAN SACHS HOME DEPOT IBM INTEL CORP J.P.MORGAN CHASE JOHNSON & JOHNSON MC DONALD'S CORP MERCK AND CO. NEW MICROSOFT NIKE PFIZER PROCTER AND GAMBLE TRAVELERS CIES UNITED TECHNOLOGIE UNITEDHEALTH GROUP VERIZON COMMS VISA WAL-MART STORES WALGREENS BOOTS WALT DISNEY CO

PRICE 212,570 106,0800 221,300 349,280 141,320 114,60 47,050 45,72 70,00 81,83 233,91 206,2300 145,45 46,4500 114,3200 137,3200 163,9000 69,67 108,210 80,30 42,2000 81,910 130,09 132,01 268,28 54,00 143,20 95,8300 68,19 110,9700

CHANGE% CHANGE VOLUME(M) -0,08% -0,170 124.749,22 +0,65% 0,6800 91.392,30 -0,81% -1,800 1.069.442,21 -0,57% -1,990 200.802,15 -0,18% -0,250 83.996,01 -0,55% -0,63 219.590,46 -0,49% -0,230 221.317,63 -0,11% -0,05 194.401,09 -0,11% -0,08 161.516,38 +1,70% 1,37 346.452,70 -0,26% -0,61 88.348,16 +0,17% 0,3400 236.024,27 -0,64% -0,94 132.775,82 -1,71% -0,8100 216.596,80 +0,19% 0,2200 384.485,14 +0,33% 0,4500 368.798,48 +0,10% 0,1600 127.192,48 +0,42% 0,29 185.368,91 -0,49% -0,530 831.398,86 -0,12% -0,10 102.823,25 +1,01% 0,4200 247.556,88 -0,90% -0,740 203.966,69 -1,87% -2,48 34.828,27 -1,13% -1,51 105.628,32 -0,51% -1,37 258.116,11 -0,53% -0,29 223.165,84 -0,90% -1,30 254.541,84 -0,64% -0,6200 282.867,94 +0,24% 0,16 67.672,56 +0,64% 0,7100 165.069,06 M - MILLION DOLLARS

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Most Advanced Okta, Inc. MCBC Holdings, Inc. Shiloh Industries, Inc. Scholar Rock Holding Corporation Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Five Below, Inc. Zealand Pharma A/S RigNet, Inc. Zscaler, Inc. Nightstar Therapeutics plc Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

$ 71.92 $ 34.57 $ 10.08 $ 22.95 $ 14.81 $ 130.89 $ 16.06 $ 21.05 $ 46.05 $ 24.80 $ 36.63

11.72 ▲ 19.47% 4.86 ▲ 16.36% 1.33 ▲ 15.20% 2.79 ▲ 13.84% 1.79 ▲ 13.75% 15.38 ▲ 13.31% 1.69 ▲ 11.76% 2 ▲ 10.50% 4.18 ▲ 9.98% 2.20 ▲ 9.73% 3.15 ▲ 9.41%

$ 14.972 $ 4.5835 $ 7.83 $ 10.24 $ 2.575 $ 10.77 $ 19.26 $ 4.55 $ 7.05 $ 2.01 $ 34.40

5.278 ▼ 26.06% 1.0065 ▼ 18.01% 1.66 ▼ 17.49% 1.92 ▼ 15.79% 0.475 ▼ 15.57% 1.74 ▼ 13.91% 2.46 ▼ 11.33% 0.55 ▼ 10.78% 0.80 ▼ 10.19% 0.22 ▼ 9.87% 3.65 ▼ 9.59%

Most Declined Mercantil Bank Holding Corporation Opko Health, Inc. Aurora Mobile Limited Clementia Pharmaceuticals Inc. Maiden Holdings, Ltd. ChemoCentryx, Inc. Domo, Inc. Affimed N.V. Aduro Biotech, Inc. Gemphire Therapeutics Inc. Freshpet, Inc.

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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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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?

LETTERS FROM CANARIES

By Barbara Belt barbarabelt@gmail.com THE Canarian summer season’s winding down, hooray. It’s been a good one, with lots of visitors from the other islands and the mainland enjoying the usual round of fiestas, romerias, bailes and beaches.

This summer’s novelty has been the large number of camper vans parked up wherever they can get away with it, fruit of our wonderful 75 per cent resident travel discount. Taking just a car on any of the 29, inter and intra-island Canarian ferry routes was disproportionally expensive before.

Incredibly, it was far cheaper to fly to Europe than to go by ferry from one of the western isles (Tenerife, La Gomera, El Hierro, La Palma) to one of the eastern (Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, La Graciosa) and pricey to even pop across to nearer neighbours. So nobody had campers.

Now they do, lovely new ones predominating amongst the home-converted vans and hippy buses. Congratulations camper sales teams everywhere, who must be so happy they can hardly count.

As is traditional, this fairly obvious development has taken the islands by surprise. Nobody really wanted it. I mean, come on! Who do they think they are just driving in here all self-contained with beds and kitchens?

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.

The summer season is winding down

SUMMER SEASON: It’s been a good one, with lots of visitors.

So, of course no provision was made and our tourists on wheels must fend for themselves with where to get away with parking, or dumping rubbish, or filling up with fresh water or, worryingly, where to dump waste tank black water.

Adding to the holiday challenge is the Guardia Civil’s interestingly random behaviour.

Where it was OK to park last week isn’t this, and vice versa.

It’ll all sort itself in the fullness of time. The traditional, prescribed period of regulation scrapping must first take place between political parties, stuck as they are in permanent combat mode. Forward progress is tortuously slow.

I left my last (ever, I hope) public council meeting needing several stiff drinks, totally disgusted by the nitpicking rancour, vindictiveness and hopeless obstructionism displayed. I felt very sorry for the poor bugger

trying to whip the whole circus into line and, by extension, all island politicians, though not those who’ve used the nest-feathering opportunities such discord affords.

But that’s another story.

On the news front, 12 yachts left Huelva on September 1 in the 700 nautical mile, annual Regatta Colombina to La Gomera, commemorating the first stage of Columbus’ 1492 journey to the New World, while eastern province news is of Dark Tourism, the very latest in niche tourism, involving visits to tragedy sites. (It’s true!) Gran Canaria is proud to offer not only: ‘Heartbreaking cries, provoking a profound sadness’ at its Casa del Niño de Zárate, to those so inclined, but also: ‘Terrifying glimpses of rusty wheelchairs appearing in a bathroom mirror’ at the long closed San Martín Hospital.

I won’t mention that Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas heralded much tragedy and, thus, future Dark Tourism potential for the New World. The conclusion that tragedy’s good for tourism confirms all my misgivings about it.

Links to further info: • Maps: http://mapasmercadocultural.com/en/mapas-2018-presentation.

• Tips: https://www.lornoar.com/copie-de-epk (Lornoar from Cameroon); http://kukai.info/es/topa (Spanish dance group Kukai Dantza).

• Favourite: https://soundcloud.com/trokerofficial (Troker, from Mexico).

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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.

All thanks and gratitude towards Juan Carlos

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...).”

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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.

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.’

Your Belgian estate agent at the coast!

PABLO IGLESIAS: Now father of twins.

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Prints of thieves

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-

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

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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

eligible for the Dead Trees Society.

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.

Gogglebox, Goggle-who?

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 let’s wait and see if the dancing is

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GOGGLEBOX: A few new faces as well as some of the regulars. 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 Goggleland, 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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FEATURE

Corners of Spain

Guadalupe - the Royal Monastery at the heart of Spanish history

MONASTERY: Has been named as a UN World Heritage Site. RIGHT: The quaint cobbled streets.

by Dilip Kuner SET in the heart of the region of Extremadura about an hour ’s drive from the historic Renaissance town of Caceres, the pretty village of Guadalupe is a remarkable destination in its own right.

While its cobbled streets are lined with striking buildings that show the evidence of many centuries of history, the reason people come from far and wide is to see the magnificent building right at its centre the Sanctuary-Monastery of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Founded by King Alfonso XI of Castille in the 14th century, it is a truly exceptional edifice that has been added to and lavishly embellished down the years. In fact it regarded so highlythat it has been named as a UN World Heritage Site.

It became Spain’s Royal Monastery, where the great

and good gathered amidst some of the most magnificent religious art and exquisite gold, and silverware.

This was not simply a religious house, for it was at the heart of power. It was here that the Catholic Monarchs, Isabella and Ferdinand, granted Christopher Columbus an audience that would eventually lead to the discovery of the Americas.

Exceptional blend Architecturally, it is an exceptional blend of differing styles. The 14th-15th century Mudejar church and cloister is particularly fine, with its intricate façade setting a striking tone.

The interior nave and two side aisles are notable for their fine vaulting and feature richly ornamented altars and tombs.

The sacristy is renowned for a series of paintings by Zurbarán and magnificent

wall paintings that seem to leap out from the plain canvas of the architecture itself. It was built between 1638 and 1647 and provides a contrast to the earlier periods.

Moving through the sacristy the Chapel of Santa Catalina of Alejandria is home to some imposing tombs that date to the 17th century. It is also packed with reliquaries and exquisite works of art.

Entering into the Camarin de la Vigen you will find an octagonal room decorated in baroque style. Head up the stairs and the star of the show awaits - Guadalupe’s famous black Madonna.

Here a monk takes over from the usual guide to present the statue to and bless visitors.

The statuette is richly clothed and in her arms holds a baby Jesus - also black.

It is the most emblematic

symbol of the monastery - and for many Catholics the most holy part of the visit.

Eat in the cloisters Perhaps unusually for such an important building, visitors have a chance to stay here too. The old ‘guests’ quarters’ have been turned into a hotel where it is possible to live amongst surroundings familiar to the great and the good of Spanish society down the centuries.

Even if you are not staying, it is possible to dine at the hotel restaurant, sitting in a corner of the cloisters, or sip a drink at the well-appointed bar.

Just across the road is the much pricier Parador de Turismo, itself situated in an historic 15th century building the Hospital of San Juan

Bautista (St John the Baptist).

Here weary pilgrims could rest after their long journey and receive treatment for their ills. It was also a school of medicine where many of the doctors destined for the Royal Court were trained.

Now travellers can rest after a hard day’s sightseeing, or eat the finest quality local dishes.

Elsewhere in the village you will find the Tres Caños fountain in the Plaza de Santa Maria. It was here that the first Indians brought back to Spain by Columbus (on his second journey) were baptised.

In an annex to the Parador building is the Colegio de Infantes (College of Infantes), where students learned grammar, singing and theology.

Calle Mayor is at the centre of a network of cobbled streets lined with traditional homes that have wooden balconies, porticoes and porches.

Many have been turned into restaurants to cater for the needs of visitors, as well as the ubiquitous gift shops.

Slightly further from the centre the 15th century Hermitage of the Shrine is worth a visit as is the College of Grammar.

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FEATURE

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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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.

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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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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)

Code Breaker

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.

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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:

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

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

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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• 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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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.

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.

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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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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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 recommended daily additions to the plate, cleaning the body internally and keeping skin healthy

and beautiful on the outside.

Wi t h i t s h i g h w a t e r c o n t e n t , the veggie is an effective system cleanser that can expel waste products.

W h i l e i t ’s d o i n g i t s w o r k o n 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 part i c u l a r l y e ff e c t i v e i n r e d u c i n g dark circles and treating puffin e s s a r o u n d t h e e y e s . Yo u c a n even put grated cucumber on your face for a fresh skin. Simply put them on your eyes for

BEAUTY BENEFITS: Cucumber can also be grated and applied to skin. 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 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.

Simple but effective WE are constantly bombarded with the latest fads, quick step ways to achieve the perfect body, and super foods and new pills to keep us slim.

But simple diet changes, exercise, sleep and stress management hold the keys to men’s health at any age, according to a public health institute in America.

The Centres for Disease Control (CDC) claims there are some basic but very important things men should do regularly to stay in good health.

The biggest is to start exercising. Men, while not ruling out ROUTINE: ‘sleep hygiene’ is vital to healthy women, need at least two-and-abody and mind. half hours a week of moderate-intensity regular, sound sleep) is also recommended. aerobic activity, like a brisk walk.

This includes keeping a regular bedtime, limitIn addition, they should also focus on doing ing daytime naps to 30 minutes, avoiding alcostrength training that works all major muscle hol and spicy foods too close to sleep, ventilatgroups at least twice per week. ing the bedroom and exercising earlier in the But the workouts don’t have to happen all at day. once. The health experts advise spreading activEveryone faces stress sometimes, but when it ities out during the week, and break it into becomes overwhelming, it can have serious efsmaller chunks of time during the day. fects on a man’s health. Try some simple steps Consuming a healthy diet and maintaining a to beat stress and don’t be afraid to ask for help healthy weight are important in reducing the if you are feeling overwhelmed or depressed. risk of heart disease, diabetes and other signifiAt home, keep caffeine intake to a minimum, cant health problems. Follow some common avoid nicotine and excess alcohol, exercise sense nutrition tips, like reducing salt intake, when stomach feels knotted, spend a few mineating more fruits and vegetables and eliminatutes breathing deeply or try relaxation teching junk food will contribute to a healthier body. niques.

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A future in exercise PHYSICAL activity, even just the bare minimum, may lessen glaucoma risk and its threat of vision loss.

A new study suggests simply meeting physical activity guidelines could reduce the risk of developing glaucoma by up to 50 per cent or more. Glaucoma is a group of eye disorders that progressively damage the optic nerve and cause irreversible vision loss.

Although it can’t be cured it may be managed with early intervention.

It’s unknown exactly what causes glaucoma and researchers strive to understand whether lifestyle factors can affect its development. So the research from Iowa State University and the University of South Carolina has been welcomed.

Researchers examined nearly 10,000 American adults, aged 40 to 81 years old, during an eight-year period.

HEALTH & BEAUTY 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.

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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-

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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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IN FASHION: Posing in front of the dresses.

Beauty in Vera RUNNING until September 30 is an interesting review of the fashion that was worn by the Queens and their ladies at the Fiestas in Vera from 1984 to 1987.

The opening ceremony saw a number of the original participants pose with their dresses to show an interesting side to the event which is not often seen. The exhibition also includes photographs of those who took part in those Fiestas and is being held at the Convento de la Victoria in the town.

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The Fab Four and the King of Pop SOME of the greatest popular musicians of all time are no longer with us, but as their music continues to live on, so there are various shows which allow audiences to enjoy their favourites.

The autumn season at the Padilla Municipal Auditorium in Almeria City has two exceptional shows which pay homage, firstly to The Beatles and then Michael Jackson.

The Symphonic Beatles, All you Need is Love is a show that brings together 30 great musicians made up of a four-piece band and a small symphony orchestra with many musicians who have played on the international stage.

This is not just a tribute but is a complete show with fantastic images and video shots which

GREAT MUSIC: All You Need is Love. highlights two important things, The Beatles and Live Music and premiered in Roquetas de Mar. A joint venture between Slovak and Spanish producers, some of the band members come from Slovakia whilst the orchestra is made up of Spanish professional musicians.

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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

on October 11 are priced at €24 and €28 and may be obtained from the Auditorium box office.

Then, on November 3 and 4, with two nightly performances, Forever, the show dedicated to the King of Pop comes to Almeria with some serious praise with one quote stating, ‘The best show in the world about

Michael Jackson,’ said the Jackson Family Foundation when its President and Mr Joseph Jackson, Michael’s father, saw it in Sevilla in 2010.

Theatres in Spain, Europe and America have enjoyed full houses for this Spanish produced special that has conquered audiences around the world.

Forever 2018 returns with an important scenic and audio visual content coupled with a very high artistic quality promising the best voices, musicians and dancers.

The King of Pop is still alive in music and here is the chance to relive all of his greatest performances.

Tickets for these shows are priced at €28 and €35 and can also be obtained from the box office.

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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THE most popular and important fair in Huercal-Overa was first created in 1818 as a livestock and farming show but only lasted for 15 years due to the cost and the lack of drinking water for the animals.

When new water facilities were introduced to the town in 1882, it was decided to resurrect the event and it has been running annually in October ever since.

Today, it is very much like similar fairs around the country, but it does pride itself on the number of people who attend as well as some of the great acts it attracts to the town to perform for the visitors.

Although it is still a little early to give details of all of the attractions, it can be confirmed that musician Antoni Arco who is currently touring his second album Abril will

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Out in May, but Abril to be heard in October

ARCO: Know how to excite an audience. be performing at the fair on Thursday October 18 with his backing band.

He was a leading member of El Puchero del Hortelano for more than a decade and during that time, the band toured Latin America, Canada

and Europe before they split in 2015.

In 2016, he released his first solo album Uno under the name ARCO and he plays a mix of traditional Spanish folk but with a rock influence.

The Magic Flute ACCLAIMED musician and conductor, Martin Mázik is touring parts of Spain with his Opera 2001 troupe which will be appearing at the Padilla Municipal Auditorium in Almeria City to perform their version of The Magic Flute by Mozart.

Whilst the music and libretto are true to the original, with the voices singing in German (with subtitles promised), the staging is very modern and according to costume designer and set director Alfredo Troisi, “This production of The Magic Flute is a pure fantasy. It is freely inspired by the Stargate series, with a setting that blends ancient Egypt with elements of science fiction.”

The performance will be presented on November 9 at 9pm with tickets costing from €30.

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Debts slashed CANTORIA has managed to cut its municipal debt in half in the past three years.

For the first time in many years the council now owes banks less than €1 million. Council bosses estimate that the debt will now be even lower than the €968,000 quoted as that figure is from December 31, 2017 - the last official data available. This was a reduction from the €1.656 million debt pile at the start of the council’s term of office three years ago.

As well as reducing bank debt, another €400,000 owed to suppliers has been paid off.

Some of the unpaid bills dated as far back as 2012. A €200,000 debt to social security and tax authorities has also been cleared.

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Mena faces expenses probe FORMER mayor of Albox Rogelio Mena will appear before a court accused of spending more than €2,000 of public money on travel and private meals.

Mena, who had to leave office in 2016 after he was banned from public office for two years and six months for denying information to the opposition, is being prosecuted for alleged crimes of prevarication and misappropriation of public funds.

He is now due to appear at Almeria’s Criminal Court 1 on October 10.

This new trial comes after Mena said he was asking for his period of suspension to be formally ended as he had served the ban.

But now the Public Prosecutor’s Office has indicated it will be asking for him to be jailed for 18 months, and for him to be banned from public office

QUIZ: Mena will be questioned by court. for a further eight years. A fine of €20 a day for eight months is also being asked for.

According to the prosecutor’s account, the former mayor, who took office in 2003, took the decision, which he did not document in writing, to ‘make certain trips for activities outside his public charge, charging the expenses arising

therefrom, accommodation and meals as the case may be, to the account of the municipal coffers.’

The prosecutor alleges that Mena was aware that what he was doing was ‘irregular.’ He added that some of the trips paid for by the council were for trade union functions rather than town hall business.

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President pays a visit PRESIDENT of the Junta de Andalucia, Susana Díaz, has visited Garrucha’s health centre to see the result of major improvements.

The regional government’s health department spent €500,000 to double the centre’s size and number of consultations available.

The expansion of the centre has provided new services, including physiotherapy and obstetric and gynaecological nursing services.

The ground floor of the centre now houses the adult clinical area, with five family medicine and five nursing consultation rooms, with individualised waiting rooms, a room for cytology and another for minor surgery. This floor also houses the emergency and physiotherapy areas and the staff lounge area.

The rehabilitation and physiotherapy zone has a useful surface of about 120 square metres. It has a consultation room, a rehabilitation room, two electrotherapy rooms, as well as a waiting room and changing

IMPROVED: SUSANA Díaz visited Garuccha health centre. rooms and toilets.

For its part, the first floor houses the health education room, which is also used as a meeting room and the paediatrics area, with two consultations, two bathrooms, waiting rooms and a breastfeeding area.

The Garrucha health centre staff is made up of five family doctors, two paediatricians, five nurses, two doctors for the support service, a liaison nurse, a nursing assistant, two administrative assistants, five drivers, as well as a midwife and a social worker, shared with the health centre of Vera.

In the last year, the team has dealt with more than 39,000 family medicine consultations,

6,223 paediatrics and 30,868 nursing appointments, as well as more than 28,500 emergencies and 6,000 home care visits.

In recent years, the regional department of health has opted to expand and improve the primary care network in order to improve its accessibility. Since 2012, 15 new centres or extensions of existing primary care centres have been started in the province of Almeria, with a total investment of €12.8 million: Los Gallardos, Abrucena, Canjáyar, Gádor, Vega de Acá (Almería), Las Norias (El Ejido), Llano del Espino (Albox), Fines, El Viso, Vera, La Mojonera, San Isidro (Níjar), Antas, Arboleas and Garrucha.

Workshops to work wonders THE Junta de Almeria’s Ministry of Employment is funding five employment workshops in schools across Arboleas, Roquetas de Mar and Huercal-Overa.

It is the first of several planned workshop projects in the province, hoping to improve the prospects of hundreds of unemployed young people.

The youngsters are under 25 years of age and will receive training in relation to gardening and nursery school teaching.

Students will receive a certificate of professionalism on completion of the training, which is recognised by the European Union.

Delegate for Employment, Miguel Angel Tortosa Lopez said: “This is the first of 13 employment workshop projects financed by the Ministry of Employment.

“It will benefit 205 people in the province, thanks to an investment of €3.3 million across 10 localities.

“The workshops last one year and also enable students to get hands on work experience.”

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Tomb in virtual reality revamp Renewed church welcomes pilgrims MIGUEL ANGEL VAZQUEZ, Minister of Culture of the Junta de Andalucia, has presented an application providing a virtual reality recreation of the interior space of a tomb in Cuevas de Almanzora.

The tomb is part of the Archaeological Enclave of Villaricos, and Mr Vazquez visited the site on Monday.

He explained that the tomb had been cleaned in preparation for public tours, but also to ensure that the virtual reality experience is as good as it can be.

A mobile app will show visitors a new insight into its geometry, its characteristics and its layout.

TOMB AIDER: Villaricos is moving with the times.

Mr Vazquez explored the app, which was developed by the STRESd company, on a tablet.

He was advised and informed by the app’s technicians, as well as officials from the Territorial Delegation.

Mr Vazquez said: “We now have a very effective

tool to get the utmost out of heritage sites like this, and another step in our commitment to the tomb’s conservation.

“It is also a way of incorporating new technologies for cultural purposes, which will serve to improve our research too.”

Big ban for ex-mayor

A L M E RIA’S Prosecutor’s office has requested a 10-year ban for Socialist politician Jose Garcia Navarro, for allegedly employing 12 people on temporary contracts without going through due process.

The former mayor of Albox between 2007 and 2013 created numerous roles for people in the council without following any protocols.

M r Navarro is accused of exploiting his privileged position to hire staff across a range of departments including sports, administration, firefighting and maintenance.

None of the criteria of need, merit and ability were met, and prosecutors said that despite the temporary category of the contracts, many of the staff were still working in May.

THOUSANDS of people from all over Almeria Province have flocked to the El Saliente church in the first ceremony since renovation works to the paving and parking area surrounding it.

Angeles Martinez and Guillermo Casquet, representatives of the Diputacion de Almeria, were in attendance and praised the great tradition of ‘La Pequeñica.’

They congratulated the mass of pilgrims who had made the devotional journey to the former monastery.

Mr Casquet said: “The Diputacion has always been on the side of the faithful of ‘El Saliente’ because it supports the customs of all the regions. “‘La Pequeñica’ gathers thousands of pilgrims from Levante, Almanzora and Los Velez every year, and our investment has improved their access in getting here.”

The provincial road AL-7100 has also been remodelled to help drivers, as well as other RESIDENTS of Cuevas del Almanzora are being given a vote on choosing a new flag to represent their town.

They have until September 28 to choose one of the options on offer. The town was first given permission to have a municipal coat of arms on September 5, 1958.

PILGRIM PROGRESS: The church grounds have been completely restored. smaller roads.

The works are part of an agreement that the Diputacion has with the Bishopric of Almeria to invest in religious buildings and the cultural heritage of the region.

Flag vote Mayor Antonio Fernandez said “Cuevas del Almanzora will live a historic moment with the election of the flag that will represent our city, a decvision made by all our citizens, so

I invite all neighbors to participate in this important decision.”

All persons registered in the municipality over the age of 18 can vote at the town hall’s Citizen’s attention point or online at https://goo.gl/forms/a5eaWK rvpVxSNGND3.

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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.

There is nothing new in such a concept of course, but what sets the Swedish manufacturer’s idea apart is that it is aimed at taking on air travel.

The big plus of the 360c concept is that by making your own way to your long distance destination you avoid all the hassle and stress of airport security, hours of queuing and waiting, and noisy, cramped airliners.

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Electric power for 16,000km trip CAMOUFLAGED: New model will be officially unveiled on Tuesday.

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. In addition, the new model is equipped with two new driver assistants. One is the Rollover Assist, which automatically unlocks the doors, turns off the engine and activates an emergency call in the hypothetical case of a rollover.

After completing the off-road portion of the test, Stefan changed to ‘sport’ mode. Thanks to this system the car provides an extremely versatile range of driving capabilities: “You can use it in the mountains at the weekend and drive just as comfortably around the city,” explained the engineer.

With the car’s adaptive suspension setup (DCC), “you get the dynamic feeling of a car that can also take you on long journeys”, he concludes.

These and other details of the SEAT Tarraco will be made public at its international presentation in Tarragona, the day when the company is officially adding a new model to complete its SUV offensive which began in 2016.

AN adventurer has just driven 16,000 kilometres to Japan in three months in an effort to prove that electric cars are not suitable for long journeys.

And now polar explorer Marek Kaminski is set to drive his Nissan LEAF all the way back from Tokyo to Poland.

Marek’s eco-friendly trip took him from Zakopane, Poland through eight countries over two continents and a host of varying driving conditions, passing through Lithuania, Belarus, Russia, Mongolia, China and South Korea on his way to the finishing point in Tokyo.

According to Nissan: “The no trace left behind mantra of the #NoTraceExpedition demonstrates the feasibility of zero-emission travel by electric car, and sets the example for explorers wanting to visit the world’s furthest corners without damaging the environment.”

Among Marek’s adventures, detours along dirt tracks in Mongolia and some inventive charging solutions in Russia were notable highlights.

The new Nissan LEAF with a new 40 kWh battery yielding a combined driving cycle range of 270 km under the new, real world-reflective WLTP emissions and economy framework, the LEAF offers customers an assured and dynamic driving experience.

EXPLORER: Kaminski pledged to not leave a trace of pollution.

Marek said: “For me, this journey is not just about reaching my destination - it is also about making a simple, brilliant change to be more sustainable.

“The LEAF gave me the opportunity to stick to my pledge and travel without a trace, so I hope this is a step on the journey towards sustainable mobility.”

Gareth Dunsmore, Electric Vehicle Director, Nissan Europe, added: “We believed that his journey demonstrates how, by using an electric vehicle, people can drive huge distances in comfort whilst positively influencing the environment, and Marek has achieved just that.

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13 - 19 September 2018

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by Nick Fletcher SOME drivers would like an MPV because of its seven seat capacity, but find the overall size of the vehicle too large, and some would like an SUV but find its seating capacity too small. Luckily there is an alternative - the Nissan X-Trail.

The X-Trail meets both needs - it has SUV styling but is also available with seven seats, comes in 2WD or 4WD form, petrol or diesel engines and prices start at €28,562 (£25,590).

Four-wheel-drive models are very versatile - in normal conditions they send all the power to the front wheels, but if sensors detect a slippery surface, power is sent to the rear wheels as well. And if ground conditions are more demanding, you can lock the system in 4WD for better grip.

Cabin space is very good though not of course as roomy as a proper MPV. However, while the third row of seats is primarily designed

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Nissan X-Trail Tekna X-TRAIL: A rugged look.

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Model: Nissan X-Trail Tekna Engine: 1.6 litre petrol Tranmission: 6-speed manual Performance: 0-100 kph 9.7 seconds, top speed 200 kph (124 mph) Economy: 15.6 kpl (44.1 mpg) Emissions: 149 g/km

Model tested was UK-specification and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets.

for use by children, adults can be accommodated because you can slide the middle row of seats forward to create more leg-room. Boot space is good even with seven people on board - 565 litres.

And with all seats folded down you get a van-like 1,996 litres.

X-Trail has a more rugged look than most SUVs and all grades get alloy wheels, cruise control, air conditioning, a CD player and DAB radio among standard kit though most people will go for the mid-range Acenta trim. It adds a lot more kit including dual-zone climate control and even a powered panoramic sunroof.

My test model was an upper-spec Tekna with 1.6 litre petrol engine and six-speed manual gearbox. Top speed is 200 kph (124 mph), the 0-100 kph 9.7 seconds and emissions 149 g/km. Fuel econo-

my is 15.6 kpl (44.1 mpg).

Standard kit includes touchscreen with sat-nav, larger alloy wheels, chrome detailing, front and rear parking sensors, a bird’s-eyeview camera system, intelligent Park Assist, hands-free powered tailgate, plus extra safety features.

It also has two rows of heated seats and an upgraded audio system. This version, in seven-seat form and with pearlescent paint, costs €36,559 (£32,755).

The Tekna suspension setup is supple so you get a comfortable ride and decent cornering composure. The steering feel is quite light which makes the car easy to handle in urban driving. The manual gearshift is not as slick as some, but perfectly functional.

While there are rivals in the class which may be more economical or offer lower emissions, few can match the XTrail for its overall family-friendly practicality.

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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.

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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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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.