Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 20 - 26 September 2018 Issue 1733

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ISSUE NO. 1733

20 - 26 September 2018

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NEWS EXTRA Killed on course SPANISH golfer Celia Barquin Arozamena, 22, from Cantabria, was found dead on the Coldwater Links golf course in Ames, America, and police have charged homeless man Colin Daniel Richard, also 22 with first degree murder.

Left vacant THE Spanish government is planning ‘coercive measures’ against the owners of empty properties by drafting new housing laws in a bid to ‘mobilise’ and free up some of the estimated 3.4 million empty homes in Spain.

Heart attack A PASSENGER travelling on an Alsa bus had to stop the vehicle when the driver lost control after suffering a suspected heart attack, at around 5pm on Tuesday, in El Berron in Siero.

ONE woman is raped somewhere in Spain every six hours on average, according to a report from the country’s Interior Ministry.

There were a total of 788 rapes in Spain from January to June this year. The Interior Ministry’s report showed the rate was a 28.5 per cent increase on levels seen at the same time last year.

The total number of complaints of sexual assaults more broadly stood at 5,731 for the first half of this year.

The same figure for January to June last year was 5,083, an increase of almost 13 per cent.

Yolanda Besteiro, Chairperson of the Federation of the Progressive Women of Spain, said Spanish society often blamed women for attacks rather than perpetrators.

“According to our culture if an attack occurs it is because the woman has not known how to defend herself, or has dressed in a certain way or gotten into the wrong area,” Besteiro said.

“Despite the increase in the number of complaints

Rape data Attack ‘every six hours’ we barely know the tip of the iceberg of the phenomenon of sexual assaults as only around 30 per cent of violations are reported,” she added.

Government statistics have also shown that a total of 950 women have been

killed in gender violence-related incidents since records began in 2003. A total of 26 have died this year, the latest of which was in A Coruña.

Carmen Calvo, Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister and Equality Minister, said she

condemned the A Coruña killing and all those that had taken place in Spain.

“Still some question the urgency of the State Pact against Gender Violence. Do not make politics out of tragedies,” Calvo said.

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partly in reference to criticism from the leader of the conservative Partido Popular (PP) Pablo Casado over the State Pact.

He claimed it suffered from “serious legal defects” and that it may be unconstitutional due to it having been passed without Parliamentary approval. Casado has threatened to take the matter to Spain’s Supreme Court.

‘TRAGEDIES’: Calvo (inset) spoke out over gender violence and protests erupted previously.

CREDIT: Carmen Calvo (inset), Coffee Meets Polished, both via Twitter

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Cold reception for drugs duo NATIONAL POLICE in Benidorm have arrested two people suspected of selling drugs which they stored in a freezer.

The 54-year-old Spaniard and an Italian aged 55 had two kilos of ecstasy stashed in their freezer and were also growing several marihuana plants, according to police reports.

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THE BIG PICTURE Nº 32

Sardines making waves

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THE iconic Villa San Pedro which once adorned the front line of the Playa Poniente in Benidorm has been demolished.

The building, opposite the Parque del Elche (known locally as the Dove Park) will be making way for the first hotel to be built in the urban area in more than a decade.

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A DRIVER has been injured after crashing his car into a wall in Altea at 6.15am on Monday.

Firefighters were called to the scene and removed the driver from the vehicle via the back window. Once stabilised by paramedics, he was taken to the Marina Baixa Hospital in Villajoyosa.

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Weed problem BENIDORM Council has removed 934,000 kilos of seaweed from the resort’s beaches.

Recent st o r m s h a v e b e e n blamed for the problem, which is at its worst for 10 years with only 2013 approaching the figure. The sand scooped up during the clearance operations is removed and deposited back on the beaches.

Property 79-84 Services FISH FRIENDS: Spain has a deep relationship with fish dishes.

TODAY (Thursday) Malaga will host its first ever ‘Fiesta del Espeto’ (Festival of Sardines) on the beaches of La Venus de Marbella, La Salida de San Pedro Alcantara, and Pinomar de Las Chapas.

One of the aims is to help get the dish added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.

Councillor for Culture, Manuel Cardeña announced the initiative last week and emphasised the importance of getting as much public

support for the festival as possible, before Malaga’s bid is officially presented to UNESCO. A range of events will be laid on including a book presentation by a local fish historian, a skewer workshop, and a photography competition.

Spain has a long history of love for the sardine, and it is steeped in many region’s identity and culture.

The Burial of the Sardine in April is a Spanish festival that

Busy clinics MORE than 13,000 people used the Marina Alta’s health centres this summer with many of the clinics open seven days a week to cope with the influx of holidaymakers. Calpe’s La Fossa Clinic alone dealt with 5,400 consultations, split roughly 50/50 between doctor and nursing services.

Events list ALICANTE celebrates the European Week of Mobility 2018, until Sunday, with an extensive programme of activities, including guided tours, prepared courses, Yincanas, workshop, bike tours, and the traditional CicloviaLitoral, which will take place on the final day. Visit www.sem anamovilidadalicante.com to register and find out more.

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Emergency shelter BEDS for 44 homeless people were set up at a care centre in Alicante at the weekend, as the Met office warned of the risk of heavy rains.

The teams of the Department of Social Action, led by the mayor Maria Angeles Goitia, with support from the Local Police, launched the special emergency plan aimed at people without shelter, after the official ‘orange alert’ forecasting heavy rains or ‘cold drop.’

The gymnasium at the Care Centre (CAI) on Doctor Jimenes Diaz Street, was opened to provide a dry place to sleep for 25 people on Saturday night, and 19 overnight Sunday.

Stretchers, sleeping bags and food were provided, together with shower facilities and clothes.

The group of people who used the temporary accommodation are said to have been mainly males of around 40 years of age.

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92-95 parodies a funeral procession and ends with the burning of a large effigy of a sardine.

It is a ceremony that symbolises the burial of the past, allowing society to be reborn and transformed with new vigour.

Unlike most funerals, there are a range of colourful costumes as revellers dance down the streets accompanied by live music, but then it wouldn’t be Spain without that.

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Abused child dies A TODDLER who was admitted to an Alicante hospital with injuries allegedly inflicted by his mother’s partner, has died.

The two-and-a-half year old passed away on Monday night in the Intensive Care Unit of the General Hospital. An autopsy was due to be held.

Last Thursday, National Police officers arrested the child’s mother and partner suspected of abuse after they took the wounded youngster to the town’s University Hospital.

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He was then transferred to Alicante.

Two days later, a duty judge in Elche ordered that the couple, aged 25 and 27, be held in custody without bail for the ‘aggression suffered by the child.’

It is claimed the pair admitted that the man allegedly hit the toddler with a hard punch to the head that left him unconscious.

According to reports, specialists dealt with other injuries which had been sustained prior to the punch.

The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1732 of the Euro Weekly News Costa Blanca North edition, including 177 local stories.

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IN COURT: Toledo (inset) is accused of insulting Christianity.

‘Blasphemy’ case A SPANISH actor accused of insulting the Christian religion has been released without bail after appearing before a court last Thursday.

Willy Toledo, who is also a prominent activist, was brought before the Madrid court after being arrested in the capital the previous day. He had previously twice failed to answer a court summons.

Police detained him in connection with a Facebook post put online last year which defended three women facing similar charges.

Insulting comments against God and the Virgin Mary were also made in the post, according to the complaint filed against him by the Spanish Association of Christian Lawyers.

It is the latest in a series of cases which have seen artists, activists and others prosecuted over comments deemed illegal by the state.

Toledo refused to testify before the court and only signed a pre-prepared legal statement. He later said his right to free speech was being violated.

“Having five articles in the criminal code related to insulting religious sentiments is worthy of a third world country,” he said.

Toledo’s post in July 2017 said Spain was “un-

bearably shameful” for charging the women over a mock religious procession which featured a giant vagina.

He went on to reference God using swear words as well as using those words to comment on “the dogma of the sanctity and virginity of the Virgin Mary.”

He later failed to appear for questioning claiming he had not committed a crime.

The Spanish Association of Christian Lawyers said the remarks ridiculed the Christian deity and the mother of Jesus Christ.

They also accused him of inciting hatred and discrimination after making comments outside the court in which he said “Catholic fundamentalists” should “disappear” from the face of the Earth.

The Association said the case was not a matter of blasphemy, but one of Toledo attacking people’s right to hold religious beliefs.

Javier Bardem, also an actor, defended Toledo and said such prosecutions put Spain at risk of returning to the days of the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.

The case continues with a judge due to rule on whether Toledo will stand trial.

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By Karl Smallman EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Blair Scott, who was found lying motionless at the bottom of a resort swimming pool in Spain, is out of intensive care and sat up in a Spanish hospital eating chicken nuggets.

S p e a k i n g t o t h e E u ro We e k l y N e w s o n Tu e s d a y the family said Blair was ‘doing well.’

His aunt Laura Scott had taken little Blair, who was sedated and on a ven-

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Pool rescue boy ‘doing well’ tilator for several days after his accident last week, his favourite snack of chicken nuggets and chips to lift his spirits and help speed a full recovery.

Blair was reportedly spotted lying motionless at the bottom of a resort swimming pool at the Magic Robin Hood on Spain’s Costa Blanca be-

fore being rescued by two holidaymakers on September 9.

The resort issued a twopage document detailing the events of the accident.

Blair ’s father, Kevin, disputed some of the claims t e l l i n g t h e E u ro We e k l y N e w s , “ We h a v e s e v e r a l witness statements to prove otherwise.”

He continued, “I’m

contacting all of the witnesses. There are several statements online as to what the truth is. My partner was there and lots of people witnessed it.”

A fundraising page has been set up to help raise £2,000 for Blair and his family by Jacqui Perkins, who runs the Facebook group Benidorm & Costa Blanca News & Informa-

Fire raising weather LIGHTNING has caused no less than 61 fires in the Valencian community in August alone.

This is the most recorded in 20 years, ahead of the 47 seen in 2003 and 35 in 2004.

In total more than 22,000 bolts of lightning struck the region last month, with the hot weather being blamed for the strikes

by Spanish Meteorology Agency AEMET. The heat caused a double whammy first of all the parched conditions left scrub and woodland tinder dry, then the thunder storms that followed ignited the vegetation and strong winds fanned the flames.

The Forest Fire Prevention Centres (CPIF) have set up monitoring services, both human and automated.

First of all they log each lightning strike then check to see if any damage was caused. In the event of a fire they can quickly raise the alarm with a precise location.

DANGER: Lightning started 61 fires.

tion Forum. h t t p s : / / w w w. j u s t g i v ing.com/crowdfunding/jac qui-perkins B l a i r ’s f a m i l y i s a l s o being supported by

Benidorm’s British Businesses Association at the request of the British Consulate and their members have made several visits to his bedside.

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Island living LAST summer she was working her tan in the Love Island villa, and 12 months later Georgia Harrison is still enjoying the Spanish sunshine.

The model, 23, flaunted her toned figure in a yellow and black bandeau bikini as she hit the beach in Ibiza.

She left her honey-coloured locks loose and flowing around her shoulders as she frolicked with her pal in the ocean.

SPAIN SIREN: Georgia Harrison.

Right note TOWIE star James Argent, 30, bowled over his on-off girlfriend, Gemma Collins, 37, when he took to the stage and performed a song especially for her on their Mallorca break.

Gemma sat gobsmacked as Arg - after much encouragement from the crowd - belted out a rendition of the Frankie Valli classic Can’t Take My Eyes Off You.

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Cruz control A shop after an op PENELOPE CRUZ is set to wow audiences again in her new psychological thriller Everybody Knows, alongside real-life husband Javier Bardem.

She looked stunning as she arrived for the Madrid premiere of the upcoming mystery drama, showing off her sensational figure in a regal lace black gown teamed with classic black heels.

The acclaimed actress, 44, enhanced her pretty features with smoky kohl liner.

BLACK BEAUTY: Penelope Cruz.

HOLLYWOOD star Antonio Banderas and girlfriend of four years Nicole Kimpel enjoyed a low key day off together as they went shopping in his home city of Madrid.

They often have to jet around the world together, for his filming shoots and her demanding job as a banker.

But Antonio looked relaxed in a blue polo shirt teamed with white shorts and trainers as he carried a large Armani shopping bag.

Nicole matched her man’s casual style in ripped jeans turned up at the ankle, paired with a smart white blazer.

The Dutch blonde layered a tight striped top underneath and added a pair of designer shades.

She has been dating Antonio since 2014, after his 19-year marriage to

SHOP STOP: Antonio Banderas.

Melanie Griffith, 60, ended.

The Spanish acting legend’s latest outing comes after it was revealed that he had three stents implanted to widen the narrowed arteries in his heart.

Queen of the children’s hearts

AS the proud mother to Princesses Leonor 12, and Sofia, 11, Queen Letizia of Spain showed her maternal side as she visited the Baudilio Arce school in Asturias to inaugurate the 2018/2019 academic year.

In adorable scenes the Spanish royal, 45, was swamped by excited young pupils as she arrived at the school on the first day of term.

Her visit came after she and King Felipe joined fellow school run

parents in dropping their own daughters off at the school gates for the start of their new term in Madrid last week.

Known for her effortless elegance, Letizia put on an understated chic display in a casual monochrome ensemble.

Dressed in white jeans and a black and checked blouse, the former journalist made her way through a delighted crowd of children, and later helped them with their drawings in the classroom.

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Women hurt by rampaging bull A BULL smashed its way through a wooden barrier and charged two women to the ground during a bull run in S pa i n , b e f o r e b e in g tracked down and killed.

The a n i m a l b r o k e fre e during the annual bull-running festivities which are held in the village of Arcas

in Cuenca, Spain.

The bull can be seen making a dash for freedom, ploughing into two women bystanders who were unable to avoid the animal.

The two women from the footage are understood to be recovering in the Virgen de la Luz Hospital after being

ESCAPED: The bull ran to freedom at top speed.

aided by paramedics at the scene of the incident.

Neither woman is considered to be in a life-threatening condition.

The bull in the foota ge was the first animal featured in the run and the incident occurred at around 9am on Saturday morning.

Shortly after, the barrier was repaired and the bullrunning festival continued.

Police officers later tracked the bull down to a nearby field after it fled the site of the festival and a dec is ion w a s ma de to s hoot and kill it.

Mayor of Arcas, Joaquin

Gonzal ez Mena, has sai d the incident was a ‘big shock,’ going so far as to describe the events of the weekend as a ‘one in a million circumstance.’

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morning have been protested against by animal rights activists whose presence and voice have been growing at smaller bull-running events like the festivities of Arcas in recent times.

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Naked ‘surfer’ in the streets as it rains in Spain WHEN it rains in Spain while you’re on a hardearned holiday what do you do to amuse yourself?

Well, if you’re in Benidorm and the heavens open leaving deep pools of water in the street it appears you whip off your clothes and slide on your belly through them!

In a video posted on soc ia l me dia by A lic a nte Transfers bystanders can be he a rd c ha nting ‘G e t ‘e m off ’ a s one guy ta ke s the plunge and hurtles down the road.

Dave McQueen who shot the splashing video told the Euro Weekly News, “The man was seen next day - he was covered in bruises.

“He was lucky not to have hurt himself a lot more.”

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Deal or no deal?

IT must be an incredibly difficult time to be a senior British career diplomat as after years of training and postings around the world you realise you are shown to be a simple mouthpiece for a divided government.

British Ambassador to Spain Simon Manley is clearly an intelligent man who has a history of working with Europe in previous roles but now, as the leading diplomat in the EU country with the largest number of resident expatriates and with six months to go before Brexit, there is almost nothing concrete that he can say.

He is reduced to trying to make the fact that neither the British government nor the leaders of the European Union have any real idea of what is going to happen appear as if all is progressing smoothly.

Parts of the Conservative party seem to be more interested in trying to oust Theresa May than to actually unite behind the government to try to get some form of workable arrangement in place before Britain drops out of the EU with no deal at all.

There are a few things that the British government seems to be sure of and one is that in the event of there being no deal, your British passport will have to have at least six month’s life left should you wish to enter any EU member state and that you will in theory only be allowed to stay for three months unless already registered as a resident.

Hopefully, the ‘Chequer’s Deal’ whilst not ideal will at least be accepted by the British and European parliaments and then further negotiations can take place for the benefit of us all.

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NEWS EXTRA Fit for cause THE president of the Alicante Provincial Association of women with breast cancer (APAMM) will hold a masterclass of Zumba on October 19, 10am to 2pm, in the town hall square to mark the International Day Against Breast Cancer.

Last orders SPECIAL surveillance was carried out by Alicante police at the central market and Calle Castaños as part of the council’s operation to strengthen the fight against alcohol consumption on the roads.

Rural roads THE city council of Alicante has spent €2.5 million on the modernisation of communication lines, lighting and road surfaces at Montnegre, Cañada del Fenollar, Moralet, Villafranqueza and the Partida la Vallonga.

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Underwater ambitions VILLAJOYOSA has offered to become a Valencian Community centre for Subaquatic Archaeology.

The municipality hopes to become a headquarters or delegation of the Valencian Community’s S u b aq u a tic A rch ae o lo gy C e ntre (C A C SV ), putting Vilamuseu’s facilities at the regional government’s disposal if the Generalitat supplies the personnel.

One of the region’s most important underwater treasures, the first century Roman galley, the Bou Ferrer, lies one kilometre off the Villajoyosa coast and Vilamuseu is already studying and analysing the history of the huge galley and its cargo.

The next plenary council meeting will debate the motion put forward by Culture councillor Mara Angeles Gualde who will also present a comprehensive report from the director of Vilamuseu, Antonio Espinosa, drawing attention to all the points in Villajoyosa’s favour.

The ‘spacious, accessible and modern’ museum is more than adequate for investigating the part of the region’s patrimony that is hidden under the sea, he will maintain.

As well as Vilamuseu’s ideal qualifications for a subaquatic archaeological centre, Espinosa also indicates that La Vila, is the geographic centre of southern Alicante.

Alicante Province possesses 60 per cent of the Valencian Community’s ports and 80 per cent of i t s di vi ng cl ubs as wel l as 52 per cent of i t s known underwater archaeological sites, he added.

On the ball

THE Breiokablik basketball team from Kopavagur in Iceland is using Alfaz’s Pau Gasol sports complex to prepare for the official competition season.

While in Alfaz the team will play several friendly matches, one of them another Icelandic team that has also chosen the town to prepare for the coming season.

ROMAN GALLEY: Lies one kilometre off the Villajoyosa coast.

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Montgo rocks MORGAN, Kitai, Kuve and Santero y los Muchachos are the first four groups that have been confirmed for the seventh edition of the Montgorock Xabia Festival on May 10 and 11 next year. As always, the festival lineup will be composed entirely of national artists and the organisers will also be promoting all-female groups.

AMADORIO RESERVOIR: Greater capacity if dredged.

It’s a dam problem THE Amadorio and Guadalest reservoirs should be dredged immediately, the Marina Baja Water Consortium maintained.

The consortium sends water to seven of the area’s largest towns and it warned that the dams need to be returned to their intended capacities of 16 cubic hectometres for the Amadorio and 13 for Guadalest.

The consortium needs to store as much water as possible but in the past has had to send water downstream from

both dams to maintain the safety levels set by the Confederacion Hidrografica del Jucar (CHJ) water board.

Between 2014 and 2016 the Marina Baja suffered the worst drought ever known but following torrential rain in December 2016 and January 2017, the reservoirs were obliged to release water.

A huge volume of water flowed out to sea via the River Amadorio in Villajoyosa and the River Algar in Altea as there was no infrastructure for storing it

or channelling it to other areas.

Both reservoirs should be dredged immediately to prevent similar waste in future, the consortium maintained, and Villajoyosa Town Hall has already offered municipal land to store silt removed from the Amadorio.

Meanwhile, the Diputacion provincial council is providing €900,000 to construct two deposits on the outskirts of Benidorm and La Nucia each with a 21,000 cubic metre capacity where excess water can be stored for future use.

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So near and yet so far LA NUCIA added its voice to those calling for a direct connection from the N-332 ring road to Villajoyosa hospital.

Local mayor Bernabe Cano has signed the ‘So near and yet so far’ petition organised by Marina Baja Health Department’s employees committee.

Cano recently met commit-

tee member Juan Ramon Such who explained the campaign and petition.

The N-332 ring road is only 50 metres distant from Villajoyosa hospital, he pointed out.

“Nevertheless there is no direct connection in either direction since the Villajoyosa N-332 ring road

opened in 2005,” said Such, describing the situation as “senseless.”

Signing the petition, Cano pledged his own support and that of La Nucia Town Hall: “Sometimes saving a life can be a question of minutes,” he added.

After collecting signatures for the petition from all over

N-332 PETITION: Bernabe Cano with Juan Ramon Such.

the area served by Villajoyosa hospital, the organisers of the So near and yet so far campaign are seeking support from the Marina Ba-

ja’s 18 municipalities.

With extensions to the hospital soon to begin, they maintain this could include constructing a direct access

from the ring road instead of obliging ambulances, outpatients and visitors to make a lengthy detour on the old N332.

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Spain in EU Gib talks TALKS started this week between Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator and Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, and other key m i n i st e r s r e g a r d in g

Spain’s post-Brexit relationship with the United Kingdom and also the future of Gibraltar.

S p ain w ill p u s h fo r the addition of a specific chap-

ter in any Brexit agreement surrounding longstanding is s ue s ove r ta xe s , s muggling and the environment originating from the British territory.

The ta lks ta ke pla c e ahead of October’s Salzburg Summit during which important members of European governments will gathe r to try a nd ma ke a n agreement over the terms of the UK’s exit from the Europe a n U nion be fore the deadline date of March 29, 2019.

Negotiations this week in Spain will place a heavy focus on the future relationship between the European bloc and the United Kingdom and therefore will involve the Rock of Gibraltar.

H ow e ve r, Spa in is not planning to raise the question of sovereignty during this week’s talks.

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GIBRALTAR: Talks begin over the Rock’s future.

Cooperation, Josep Borrell, has said he does not want the issue of Gibraltar’s sove re ignty to be a s tic king point in reaching an agreement over Brexit.

Borrell has claimed “the issue of sovereignty is not on the table,” as he is more concerned about Gibraltar’s socio-economic conditions tha n the que s tion of the

Rock’s ownership.

Borrell has cited issues such as the Rock’s airport, tobacco, fishing, commuters and customs as his greatest causes for concern and believes waiving, for the mom ent , Spai n’s cl ai m t o Gibraltar is “the first step towards an agreement.”

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Britain is pending regarding Spain’s issues caused by the British territory.

Successful negotiations bet ween t he t wo nat i ons have concl uded af t er si x rounds of talks.

I t i s bel i eved an agr eement has been made regarding smuggling, taxes and wor ker s’ r i ght s i ssues i n Gibraltar.

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More than a wee problem CAMPELLO’S Local Police fo r c e wi l l g e t t o u g h with negligent dog-owners.

With a ‘notable’ number of dogs in the municipality there is an increase in the health a n d h y g i e n e p ro b lems, including fouled footpaths and eroded lampposts.

Strays, abandoned dogs and potentially dangerous breeds were further problems to be tackled, the town hall said.

In coming months, Local Police officers will not only step up controls, but also approach owners in areas popular with dog-walkers.

The aim is to remind dogowners of their responsibilities, particularly regarding breeds officially classed as dangerous, although all pets can al so c a u se m a t e ria l damage, the officers will point out, as their urine is corrod i n g l a m p p o st s an d other street furniture, Although the town hall is planning an awareness campaign, the authorities will

MATERIAL DAMAGE: Owners are expected to clear up after their pets. also fine repeatedly neglig en t o w n ers . S an ctions ra n g e fro m € 6 0 0 fo r n ot clearing up a pet’s excrement, rising to €2,404 for

letting them run loose and re a c hing a prohibitive €15,025 for not insuring or registering a dog that belongs to a potentially dan-

gerous breed.

Abandoning a dog will also be pursued through the c ourts , the tow n ha ll re vealed.

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Street artistprovocateur shows his work WILL COLES is exhibiting his work at the Fundacion Frax in Albir until October 21.

Coles, who was born and grew up in the UK before moving to Australia, is now based in Europe.

He is well-known in the art world for the challenging aspect of his work which has a strong pop and conWILL COLES: ceptual aesthetic. He ‘Challenging’ work. is regarded as one of the world’s principal street artist-provocateurs.

Although most of his disturbing work takes the form of urban art, many pieces can be found in private as well as public collections. Much of it, nonetheless, eventually disappears despite the powerful adhesives that Coles uses for the sculptures which are installed in public places.

There is no mystery, he explains, and the pieces disappear because members of the public take them home.

This is in line with an earlier statement from the artist when he declared that his work is made to be seen “not hidden in commercial galleries.”

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MACKEREL: One of many species tested.

Presence of pollutants FISH eaters in Spain have the highest exposure to chemicals which can affect hormonal levels and the reproductive system.

A team from the Institute of Research Catalan of Aigua, took samples of fish and shellfish from 11 European countries and found a significant presence of compounds known as ‘endocrine disruptors’.

Similarly, the potential risk to the population was evaluated, for which the available data on fish consumption habits in five of the countries and the levels of the pollutants found were crossed.

The findings put Spain most at risk, main-

ly due to the high consumption, followed by Portugal, Italy, Ireland and Belgium.

But members of the public are assured there is no real cause for concern.

Published in the journal Environment International, the survey revealed that the pollutants have made their way into the marine environment and transferred to the organisms that live in it.

A spokeswoman for the Institute of Environmental Diagnosis and Water Studies said that in high concentrations, the chemical substances can represent a risk.

It is therefore important to know the levels

present in the species of sea life that are usually eaten. But she added that the concentrations of contaminants found should not alarm the public or make them change their eating habits.

In total, 65 samples of fish and shellfish from European markets, fish markets and imports were collected and studied. The 12 most popular with consumers were analysed; mackerel, tuna, cod, perch, pangasius, sole, sea bream, plaice, salmon, mussels, prawns and crab. In all cases, the presence of 12 compounds was assessed, both in raw samples and in steam-cooked foods.

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Dodgy cocktails BAGS full of contaminated ingredients used to conjure up cocktails were discovered in drains by Spanish police in Barcelona. Laboratory tests show that some of the stash was found to have traces of E.coli, which is a bacteria from faeces and, when ingested, can cause gastroenteritis. In some cases death.

Officers from the Nature Protection Service (SEPRONA) of the Guardia Civil of Barcelona and the Beaches Unit of the city’s Urban Guard, found the products hidden in public drain and sewers near beaches.

Speaking to Spanish press, Benito Granados of Barcelona police, said , “the ‘added value’ of this operation is that officers now have the scientific confirmation that these products have a bacterium that can be dangerous.” He said E.coli had been found in packages containing ice and mint, commonly used in Mojitos.

Among other ingredients seized was a green powder, with

an unknown composition, that could be used to give flavour and colour to the drink.

Everything recovered was sent to the Department of Chemistry and Environment of the Criminalistics Service of the Guardia Civil for the analysis and preparation of the relevant reports.The results confirmed that these substances ‘can be harmful due to the presence of E.coli bacteria’.

The revelation has prompted greater control measures in Barcelona, a popular holiday hotspot for British tourists.

Police have cracked down on the sale of the drinks from unlicensed vendors and have also arrested 18 suspects involved in the preparation of such cocktails.

Police sources confirmed they were from Romania, Pakistan and India. The shocking findings follow warnings from the National Police in Spain after cocktail ingredients were found in drains in Benidorm last month.

Communications mast must go ALTEA won the first round in its battle to remove a 15-metre communications mast from Avenida Jaime I, the principal shopping street.

Altea’s Urban Development councillor Imma Orozco explained that in December 2016 she reinstated the order to remove the antenna which contravened the town’s General Development Plan (PGOU).

The communications company immediately lodged an objection and Orozco explained that the town hall could only oppose the installation by using urbanistic arguments.

A 2012 law practically gave communications’ companies carte blanche while limiting the powers of town halls, the councillor said. Citing planning regulations, her department told the courts that the 50-metre antenna was four metres higher than any of Avenida Jaume I’s buildings and affected the view of Altea’s ‘Old Town’.

The recent court ruling is not a firm sentence, Orozco admitted. “Lamentably we cannot prevent the installation of antennas but at least as far as we are able we shall control their proliferation with a rigorous application of town planning regulations.”

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Horror assault victim named THE British victim of an alleged gang attack last week on the Costa del Sol has been named by two UK national newspapers as Craig Moran.

Moran suffered from shots, knife cuts and punches after reportedly

being tricked into a meeting.

Police said Moran was ‘kneecapped,’ suffered broken bones in his lower body, and was cut from the corners of his mouth up to his ears, known as the Glasgow or Chelsea smile.

Moran was found after being dumped in a ditch.

Reports in the Spanish media claim that the specialist Unit against Drugs and Organised Crime (UDYCO) has taken over the investigation into the incident.

A fast food giant has announced plans to create 250 new restaurants in Spain

REIGN IN SPAIN: Burger giant to open new restaurants.

BURGER KING boss Jose Cil visited a Barcelona branch where he revealed he intends to significantly add to the 750 established outlets in the country in the near future.

During his stop-off, he greeted staff and reportedly, together with president of the Restaurant Brands Iberia and CEO of Burger King Spain, Gregorio Jimine, offered Whoppers all round.

The Cuban descendant presides over the second largest fast food chain in the world, with 17,000 restaurants in 100 countries, and Spain is already its third largest market.

Today there are said to be 60 per cent more stores than in 2010.

But this is not enough for the burger boss, who wants to grow in emerging markets, in

high traffic areas such as airports, stations and service areas, and in mature markets like Spain.

He is reported to have pledged to ‘reach the 1,000 Burger King in Spain as soon as possible.’

Competitor McDonald’s is said to have about 500 restaurants across the country, but more than 37,000 worldwide.

Officers from UDYCO are understood to be searching for a group of three or four Brits and believe the attack could have been related to a ‘settling of scores.’

Spanish police have not yet made any arrests.

SHOOTING: National Police are now investigating.

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Rabies alert TWO separate incidents in Spain saw a 59-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man seek medical attention after receiving bites from bats infected with rabies.

Only 17 bat attacks have been recorded in Spain since 1987, however, this summer saw two independent attacks at opposite ends of the country just two days apart.

The 59-year-old woman from Valladolid in northern Spain was attacked by a bat when she opened a cupboard door and the animal flew towards her.

In the second instance, two days later, in Huelva in southern Spain, a man received a bat bite when saving the winged creature from his cat.

After both victims sought medical attention they were reported to be in good health.

They received treatment against rabies and their wounds were thoroughly cleaned and vaccinations were administered to prevent the illness from taking hold.

RABID: Beautiful bats can carry deadly diseases.

Wisely, the bite victims decided to take the bats that bit them with them when they sought medical treatment.

Having the animals on hand for a thorough analysis allowed doctors to identify that both bats had European bat Lyssavirus in their systems.

Rufino Alamo, the head of public health information for the Castilla y Leon regional government said the victims were “lucky” and praised the health services on hand for their decisive response to the bites.

Mr Alamo added: “Rabies is deadly in practically all

cases if it develops.”

The last rabies outbreak in Spain occurred in Malaga in 1975 during which two people lost their lives.

Elias Fernando Rodriguez Ferri, a professor of animal health from the University of Leon warned: “If anyone comes into contact with a bat, they risk contracting the virus.

That’s why it’s important not to touch them, dead or alive.”

In the last 20 years, 12 people in Europe have died after receiving rabies from a bat bite and not seeking immediate medical attention.

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Taking a circular route BUSINESS owners, or those planning to start a business are invited to a morning of talks on Tuesday October 2.

The principal theme at the meeting, which begins at 9am at the Escoles Velles Cultural Centre, is the circular economy, an alternative to the traditional linear economy based on ‘make, use, dispose.’

Instead, this new concept attempts to keep resources in use for as long as possible, extracting maximum value while they are in use before recovering and regenerating products and materials at the end of each service life. The talks have been planned so that entrepreneurs can meet others, while cooperating, exchanging ideas and discovering new business formulas based on the circular economy concept.

ISLA PLANA: In Cartagena, Murcia.

Body found in cove T H E life le s s b o d y o f a woman was found floating in a co v e in th e s o u th of Spain on Sunday morning.

The body was found in a c o v e in th e to w n o f Is la P la n a in Ca rta g en a afte r e me rg e n cy s erv ice s re c e iv ed a n a le rt at aro u nd 8.30 am.

The grim discovery was ma d e o ff th e M u elle de l

Maestro Romero beach in Murcia. Initial reports suggest the woman was approximately 55-years-old and of ‘fore ign na tiona lity’ a nd was spending some time at the house of friends while she was on holiday The G ua rdia C ivil ha s opened an investigation to c la rify the c a us e of he r death.

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Cracking a growing market SPANISH farmers are being forced to replace traditional wheat and sunflower fields with almond orchards amid a boom in global demand.

The nut’s well-publicised health benefits have seen a steady surge in its use in its natural form and in milk and flour alternatives.

World almond production has doubled in the last 10 to 12 years, from 600,000 tonnes to 1.2 million tonnes, and consumption has apparently increased at the same rate.

And Spain looks set to harvest more than 61,000 tonnes of almonds during the 2018-19 season, a record amount and a 15 per cent increase over the previous period, according to a national producers’ association.

As the world’s third largest almond producer, behind Australia and America, Spain uses almonds in many traditional desserts such as nougats.

And despite being a major producer of the nut itself, it continues to import vast quantities from California, from where 80 per cent of the

TRANSFORMED: Spain looks set to harvest 15 per cent more almonds this season compared to last. world’s supply originates.

Spanish farmers have been encouraged to grow almonds due to rising prices which went from €3 to €9 per kilo, four to five years ago.

They are currently getting

about €5 per kilo.

As a result, the landscape in the south of the country has been transformed.

An expert on almond farming from Spanish agriculture machinery firm Agrosan, told a

national newspaper that the Guadalquivir valley landscape, in the dry region of Andalucia, had changed so much in recent years that wild boar now come down from the hills to eat almonds.

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Hero Brit looking for compensation A BRITISH holidaymaker has demanded compensation from TUI after the emotional impact of saving the lives of two drowning children spoiled his trip.

The man, Steven Tartt, a 32-year-old father-of-two from Merseyside, was holidaying on the popular Balearic island of Menorca.

Reports suggest that upon seeing two children, a boy, seven and a girl, six, struggling at the bottom of the hotel pool, Mr Tartt dived to the rescue to pull the drowning children out to safety.

However, the heroic act has reportedly taken a toll on Mr Tartt’s mental health and he claims the trauma of the incident ‘affected’ him, causing him to take a week off from work.

In addition to this, Mr Tartt claims the lifeguard on duty at the hotel swimming pool, ‘wasn’t doing his job’ to save the children and that they ‘couldn’t be a***d to move.’

Mr Tartt spoke to the British press blaming holiday provider TUI’s failure to ‘hire capable staff’, for ‘ruining his holiday’.

According to Mr Tartt, TUI has alleged-

TRAUMA: Steven Tartt claims he had nightmares after the incident. ly ruled out compensation, citing that Mr Tartt’s decision to take action was his decision alone.

Mr Tartt says he is suffering nightmares after the incident, during which he is unable to get to the children in time.

TUI has now responded to the allegations with a company spokesman stating: “We’re sure everyone shares our thanks to Mr Tartt for his brave actions.”

Despite not offering monetary compensation to Mr Tartt, TUI say “the most appropriate support we could provide would be to offer free access to our independent partner the Centre for Crisis Psychology (CCP).”

The holiday provider added that the hotel in question took “immediate and appropriate action with the staff member involved.”

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RAISINS: Chef Bruno Ruiz using them with lamb.

Raisins take a bow DENIA Town Hall’s Innovation and Creativity Office dedicated the seventh Menja’t la Marina session at the municipal market to raisins.

The raisin - pansa in Valenciano - is a material, intangible and linguistic heritage combined, declared ethnolinguist Xaro Cabrera and the historian Carles Fuster who are authorities on the Marina Alta towns historic relationship with raisin production.

The Romans were the first

to produce them while the method still used in the Marina Alta is the same process that the Arabs used. “To succeed in its conservation is as important as conserving a gothic cathedral,” Cabrera declared.

“Growing, processing and trading in raisins brought a golden era to Denia during the 19th and 20th centuries when the town developed in an urban, social and economic sense,” she explained.

Although Jesus Pobre is so

small, Fuster emphasised its ‘great merit’ in playing such an important part, having the escalda process of scalding the recently-picked grapes declared as an ‘ intangible Asset of Cultural Interest’.

The chef, Bruno Ruiz took a more tangible line and prepared two dishes - using raisins in front of the market’s clients - combining them with endives and Cabrales blue cheese for one dish and lamb and yoghurt for another.

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VILLAJOYOSA’S Soriano Buforn family has sold its chain of 60 Mas y Mas supermarkets.

For the last 60 years, Mas y Mas has been one of the Valencia region’s most buoyant businesses, with 56 supermarkets and four wholesale outlets that trade under the name of Eurocash.

The company, which last year had a €90

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Mas y Mas rides off into sunset million turnover, has been bought by Fragadis, the Catalan firm that owns Spar supermarkets.

According to a letter received by the president of Mas y Mas’s works committee, Fragadis has pledged to retain ‘each and

every one’ of the chain’s 600 employees in the provinces of Alicante and Castellon.

This was recently confirmed by Fragadis, which declared that managers and members of staff would be retained ‘on the same terms.’

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The new owners also announced that they intended to continue in the same direction as Mas y Mas, using the same brands while maintaining its commercial, administrative and business structure.

The operation now needs permission from Spain’s National Monopolies Commission, (CNMC) and will have to wait for up to 60 days for the go-ahead.

Impaled on sun brolly A BRITISH holidaymaker was impaled on a sun umbrella after falling from the fourth floor of his Ibiza hotel.

The 31-year-old tourist is understood to have plunged

from the balcony of his San Antonio apartment at 10am on Sunday morning.

He suffered severe injuries after the pole of an umbrella pierced his leg.

The unnamed holidaymak-

er was aided by emergency services who sawed off the umbrella pole before rushing him to the Can Misses Hospital on the island.

Reports suggest the British man remains in a serious condition in the hospital.

Spanish police have since launched an investigation into the circumstances of the fall.

The popular Ibiza resort of San Antonio has been the scene of numerous incidents and accidents involving Brits this summer.

PAINFUL: Holidaymaker was seriously hurt.

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Splashing out on a sustainable pool

VOTE CARD: Sanchez may think an election gamble is worthwhile.

BENITACHELL’S modernised municipal swimming pool is more sustainable, energy-efficient and environmentallyfriendly.

The pool has now reopened following a fortnight of nonstop work costing €100,000 that included installing heat-recovery equipment and a new

Sanchez may go to polls SPAIN’S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has raised the possibility of early elections if his minority government reaches a stage where it can no longer pass legislation effectively.

Sanchez said he ousted predecessor Mariano Rajoy of the People’s Party with the support of other groups in Congress that have shown willingness to support some of his proposed bills.

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have no choice but to call an election.

It marks a change of tack from the Prime Minister, who has previously insisted on seeing out the remainder of his term until 2020.

Sanchez is struggling to pass legislation including next year’s budget plan with just 84 Socialist deputies in the 350-seat parliament.

However, he said that he has been talking with allies like the anti-establishment Podemos party.

One way to secure

Podemos’ support could be to raise taxes for high earners, which Sanchez plans to do.

He may have also been boosted by a poll on the weekend that suggested the Socialists have a clear lead over their rivals.

However, Sanchez also needs the support of pro-independence Catalan parties, and while he won’t allow a referendum on secession, he wants to explore ways of allowing more self-government for the region to resolve the dispute.

condensing boiler which, between them, will save an annual 87 tons of carbon dioxide.

The town hall had the double objective of reducing the impact on the environment as well the municipal budget, explained Manolo Segarra, Benitachell’s Environment and Sports Councillor.

The municipal pool will be the first in Spain - and a pioneer in Europe - to have an installation that runs on renewable energy which is 100 per cent sustainable, the councillor added.

The ecological makeover will continue at the beginning of next year when the existing 25 solar panels are replaced.

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Benidorm NEWS Watch out for robbing prostitutes

WARNING: Tourists in Benidorm warned to be careful.

A WARNING has gone out to tourists in Spain following an alleged spate of robberies of jewellery and wallets by ‘stealing and robbing prostitutes’ on the Costa Blanca.

Footage shot by a video blogger, Harry-vlogs-Benidorm, has gone viral with more than 40,000 views within a day.

He told the Euro Weekly News that the video was shot

close to the English ‘guiri’ district in Benidorm next to the tourist police station, which is closed at night.

Harry, a resident for five years, explained how the women try to hug or grab the mostly drunk tourists with the aim of emptying their pockets.

He warned, “Stay as far away from them as possible!

They’re sophisticated and terribly bad... before you know it, your jewellery or wallet has been robbed. They are very bad creatures.”

On his Facebook page where he posted the video he wrote, ‘SHARE THIS WARNING with your Benidorm friends: stealing and robbing prostitutes near the Strip in Benidorm.’

Harry said he has sent the footage to the Local Police and the town hall.

The UK’s Foreign Office travel advice to Spain says: “Thieves often work in a team and tend to target money and passports. Don’t carry all your valuables in one place, and remember to keep a photocopy or scanned copy of your passport somewhere safe.

“Many people have their passports stolen while passing through airports, either on arrival or departure from Spain.

Take extra care to guard passports, money and personal belongings when collecting or checking in luggage at the airport, and on arranging car hire.

“In any emergency, call 112.

To report a crime, visit the nearest National Police or Guardia Civil Station to file a police report (denuncia) or call a dedicated English-speaking police line on +34 902 102 112.

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Local policies win EU jackpot THE national government confirmed that Alfaz will receive €5 million from Brussels.

Alfaz is one of only two Alicante Province towns the other is Benidorm - to benefit from the European Union’s Integrated Sustainable Urban Development Strategies (EDUSI) funds.

The €5 million grant, provisionally allocated last May, was ratified earlier this month.

“This is a tremendous boost for Alfaz, which has again obtained recognition for its sustainable development policies,” declared mayor Vicente Arques.

“The multimillion help will position Alfaz as a health-conscious territory and a European role model,” the mayor said.

“This reaffirms our policies of prioritising intelligent, sustainable, healthful and integrating growth.”

Arques pointed out that before the end of this year, all streetlights will be substituted with LED lighting, a €1 million energy-efficient investment bringing 78 per cent savings.

Town hall spokesman Toni Such drew attention to the councillors who opposed the local government’s decision to apply for the EDUSI cash.

Ciudadanos had backed the application, unlike the non-aligned councillors originally elected for the Partido Popular and those from Canviem entre Tots, the local Podemos party.

“They voted against the initiative with the meanspirited intention of halting Alfaz’s growth and development,” Such said.

Fragmented drama in real time DIRECTOR Alberto Utrera, accompanied by actors Manuel Huedo and Guillermo Campra, presented the digital series, Under the Net. Following the screening during Alfaz’s Fourth International Webseries Festival (FIDEWA), Utrera joined in a talk at the Casa de Cultura auditorium and gave an outline of the series which has been produced by Spain’s state broadcaster RTVE in collaboration with Isla Audiovisual.

Starring Maria de Nati, Angy Fernandez, Guillermo Campra, Pol Monen and Manuel Huedo, the series relates what happens to a group of people whose greatest wishes are granted in exchange for ‘favours.’

How far will they go to appease the mysterious organiser, the Fixer, an enigmatic individual who hides his identity behind a virtual mask? He can only be reached by a video call and although he grants wishes the price he exacts is invariably illegal.

Under the Net (Bajo la Red in Spanish) consists

WISHES GRANTED: Alberto Utrera asks how far people will go. of six 20-minute instalments but the characters will also come to life on the social media in situations that are complementary to the internet episodes.

Each of the fragmented narratives occurring in real time will add to the trans-media universe of storytelling that uses digital technologies, Utrera explained.

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Web Thriller triumphs at Fidewa International Festival, Arques said.

THE first prize of €1,000 and two crossed spoons in Alfaz’s Fidewa Festival went to Si fueras tu (If it were you).

The internet web series was directed by Joaquin Llamas who was congratulated

by Alfaz’s mayor Vicente Arques, who

confirmed the municipality’s support for the audiovisual sector.

The local administration was specifically committed to developing and consolidating the Alfaz’s Fidewa

The winning entry, Si Fueras tu is a thriller aimed at the young, which portrays the life of 17-year-old Alba who moves to an urbanisation with her uncle, hoping to begin a new life.

Don’t dump, recycle instead

ALFAZ is supporting the Generalitat campaign, Recycle your appliances for the third consecutive year.

The initiative sets out to bring home the importance of recycling electronic and electrical goods, as statistics show that up to 80 per cent end up in the general rubbish or on unauthorised tips.

Mounted on tricycles and

bicycles with trailers, the Recicla tus aparatos team visited Alfaz’s open-air market, collecting unwanted technological equipment and explaining why recycling is so important.

In the previous Recicla tus aparatos campaign, the unit recycled more than nine tons of small electronic and electrical items in the

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Valencian Community’s three provinces.

They expect to collect even more this year, a spokesman said.

Electrical and electronic objects should not be thrown away with household rubbish, the Recicla tus aparatos team explained, as they contain substances that are a health and environmental risk.

When an item reaches a recycling point, polluting elements are removed.

Remaining components are put aside for reuse and recycling just one fluorescent tube can prevent polluting 30,000 litres of water.

Alfaz has its own Clean Point in Calle Reina Unido, which is open every day apart from Sunday between 10am and 1pm.

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Safeguards for unbuilt land CALPE mayor Cesar Sanchez rejected calls to declassify 200,000 square metres of land.

This was the first plenary session since Sanchez revealed that he would not seek a third term as mayor, although he confirmed that he would seek re-election as president of the Diputaction, Alicante’s provincial council.

The declassification proposal put forward by the Compromis party to suspend further building on Calpe’s last stretches of open land was not feasible, Sanchez explained.

This could generate “economic and legal responsibilities” the mayor maintained, although he assured the council that he would not put through more development plans during the remainder of his time in office.

“When you’re in government it’s not possible to do things as though you’re in opposition,” Sanchez said.

“Decision-making brings the responsibility of showing rigour and respect for legis-

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lation and existing regulations.”

Instead, the Partido Popular presented an amendment to the Compromis motion, stating that a technical, legal, economic and territorial report would need to be made before any decision could be taken regarding the future of the land.

This would recommend ‘the best option’ as this could compromise the future of the municipality, the amendment stipulated.

No third term for mayor CESAR SANCHEZ will not seek a third term as Calpe’s mayor in next year’s municipal elections.

He announced the decision during a dinner with Partido Popular supporters at Hotel oteHHSuitopia. This tourist complex, currently under regional government scrutiny for exceeding its planning permission limits, is regarded as symbolic of Sanchez’s development policies.

Calpe’s mayor nevertheless hopes to remain at the head of Alicante’s provincial council, the Diputacion.

He has PP backing, party sources revealed and he will be found a place as a councillor, a requisite for the position.

It has yet to be confirmed whether his name will be included in a safe position on the party’s Calpe voting list or if he will stand in Alicante City.

In the past, the Diputacion candidate habitually occupied the second or third place on the Alicante City list although the late Luisa Pastor,

Sanchez’s predecessor at the Diputacion, was mayor of San Vicente.

The decision not to stand as Calpe mayor had been hard to make, Sanchez admitted: “I adore my town,” he said.

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CESAR SANCHEZ: Wants to repeat as Diputacion president

Holiday countdown begins WITH Christmas still three months away, Calpe shopkeepers’ association AEMCO is already preparing its window-dressing competition The association, together with the town hall’s Commerce department and the Consortium for the Recuperacion Economica de la Marina (CREAMA), has published the conditions, which can be consulted on the www.calp.portaldelcom erciante.com website.

Shop windows should be viewable from December 6 until January 6, 2019 and business owners have until December 5 to register.

It costs nothing to enter and the competition, with prizes of €400, €300, €200 and three consolation prizes of €100, is open to all businesses located inside the Calpe boundaries.

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NEWS THE Teulada-Moraira Fishing Club recently held its first match of the winter league.

The anglers fished the River Jucar near Cullera (Valencia) but although the forecast had shown scattered thunderstorms in the area for some days, the weather fortunately held.

“Holding onto a carbon fibre fishing rod in a thunderstorm is not a good idea,” said the club’s Graham Sewell.

Following the draw for pegs (allocated stretches of river) one member was unhappy with his, so Graham Sewell who had drawn the adjacent peg agreed to swap.

This act of kindness was rewarded as Graham had the best day’s fishing of his life, with a total of 58.78 kilos, one of the best catches recorded by the club for many years.

The fresh water fishing club is based in the Moraira area but has members from Calpe all the way to Valencia.

Gone fishing RIVER JUCAR: A favourite with fresh water anglers.

“We are a very friendly club and are always happy to welcome new members,” Graham Sewell said. “Anyone without match fishing experience will be given assistance and advice from our

more experienced members.”

For further information contact Frank Povey on 966 490 338, email frank. povey@btopenworld.com or ring Ray Craig on 966 492 083.

MacMillan Cancer Support events TWENTY PER CENT of t he Kat hm andu I ndi an Restaurant’s takings on the night of September 23 will go t o MacMi l l an Cancer Support.

Readers wishing to attend should ring Sue or Pat Donovan on 689 502 549 or email patandsue63@hotmail.com to confirm numbers and choice of menu.

The €13.95 set menu consists of mixed starters, ice cream or coffee and a choice of main course.

At the revised time of 3pm on Friday September 28, which is MacMillan Cancer Support Day, Sue and Pat Donovan will be holding another afternoon in aid of MacMillan at 4 Calle Gijon, Moraira.

Tapas and drinks will be served at a cost of €10 a head, with live music as well as a raffle at 4pm and an auction at 6pm.

Any tapas, raffle prizes, items for the auction and costume jewellery would be greatly appreciated.

For more information, contact Sue and Pat on 689 502 549 or email patandsue63@ hotmail.com.

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Photographers take to the deep TOMORROW (Friday) sees the inauguration of the 2018 edition of the Open Fotosub Geas.

The three-day event is a ‘must’ for diving and submarine photography fans who will be entering the competition held off the Moraira and Benitachell beaches.

It is now 10 years since the first edition which was entitled Fotosub Amateur, although this status was eliminated three years later owing to the participation of so many professionals seeking material for the Spanish Subaquatic

AMPOLLA BEACH: Nowhere better for diving.

Photography championships.

The Club Geas Valencia

chose the Moraira and Benissa beaches for excellent

Never too late to learn TEULADA-MORAIRA’s Education department announced its FPA programme of Adult Education courses.

The majority of the three-month and yearly courses begin during the second fortnight of October, said Education councillor David Ibanco.

Workshops with one or more sessions include Introduction to Mindfulness, Public Speaking, Dubbing, Cookery, Know the plants where you live and Introduction to the smartphone.

Beginning in November, a Book Circle meets on the first Tuesday of the month in Teulada and the first Wednesday in Moraira.

Annual courses centre on languages and secondary education for adults. There are also language courses which include different levels of Spanish for foreigners as well as French and English.

ADULT EDUCATION: Councillor David Ibanco announced 20182019 courses.

Like all the FPA activities the language courses, which cost €25 for enrolment, with an annual fee of €150 are held in both Moraira and Teulada.

Some activities are free while a charge is made for others, and venues vary but full details are available at the Moraira and Teulada SIT offices, on the fpa@teulada moraira.org website or call 965 740 158 (extension 1506) or 629 138 277.

sports infrastructure, diving clubs and yacht clubs as well their crystalline waters and the varied species inhabiting the seabed.

The non-profitmaking club also gives talks, illustrated with underwater photographs and videos, in the schools of both municipalities where the children can see for themselves the equipment and material that divers use.

The talks also help the children to understand the importance of keeping the sea clean and clear, and they are shown the different types of discarded plastic that cause so much harm to marine life.

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A cat called Fumph Helping patients and families MANY years ago Bob Gordon, chairman of the Costa Blanca Yacht Association, woke to the sound of a cat screaming.

“I followed the noise to a vacant plot 100 metres from my house in Moraira,” he told the Euro Weekly News.

“I saw a black and white stray cat lying on the ground pouring with blood. It turned its head, opened an eye and looked at me.

“That was enough, I ran back to my garage, found a box and went back to the cat. I was only aware of one veterinary practice at that time and I went there and said to the young vet in English, ‘Please do the business’ meaning that he put the cat down.

“About two hours later I received

a phone call from him. ‘Your cat… can collect… he repaired!’

“He wasn’t my cat and I was returning to the UK the following day. What could I do?” Bob Gordon asked all these years later.

“I paid, took him back and put him in a room in the underbuild.

Then I persuaded neighbours to come and feed him.

“Six weeks later I returned with my wife and we could not believe our eyes. This cat was big, looked very fit, was totally socialised, purred and rubbed round your legs,” he recalls.

“My wife immediately said, ‘We take him back to the UK’ and we did. We called him Fumph - don’t ask me why! - and he lived another 12 comfortable years.”

TEULADA-MORAIRA is now halfway through Alzheimer’s Week, the town hall’s initiative to give visibility to the degenerative condition.

The week has been filled with activities, workshops and events commemorating World Alzheimer ’s Awareness Day tomorrow (Friday) and the slogan ‘Feelings without memories.’

The week began with a lecture in the main council chamber by neurologist Jaime San Narciso de la Rosa that was followed by a documentary.

Next day the Espai de la Senieta in Moraira hosted a workshop for family members and carers, with another scheduled for today (Thursday) between 4pm and 8pm.

Information leaflets were distrib-

ALZHEIMER’S WEEK: Sylvia Tatnell, Carmen Mudarra and Carlos Linares. uted during the morning at Teulada market earlier this week followed by a psycho-creative therapy workshop directed by Alicia Costa at the day-care centre in Calle Alicante.

Alzheimer’s Week culminates this

Sunday with the Fourth Alzheimer’s Solidarity March and Sylvia Tatnell, president of the Families with Alzheimer’s Association (AFA), confirmed that all proceeds from the March will go to the association.

Register at at www.somesport.com or at the AFA day-care centre until tomorrow Friday, between 12 noon and 1pm.

Teulada-Moraira mayor Carlos Linares thanked Sylvia Tatnell and Carmen Mudarra, the day-centre director for their presence and hard work.

“Moraira is very proud to have a centre offering special care to patients and their families and TeuladaMoraira will continue supporting AFA’s altruistic endeavours.”

Oktoberfest coming up TEULADA-MORAIRA is preparing for the Oktoberfest on October 5, 6 and 7.

The annual folk festival dates back to a royal wedding in October 1810 when the Bavarian crown prince Ludwig married Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghuasen. The local population celebrated in Munich and the festivities were so popular they were repeated and extended in following years.

Teulada-Moraira’s version will be held in a marquee set up in the Les Sorts car park in Moraira, with the inauguration set for Friday, October 5 at mid-day.

The organisers calculate that Oktoberfest visitors will drink 3,000 litres of beer while sampling a wide range of the typical German food traditionally eaten during the celebrations.

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A call to tread the boards

150TH PRODUCTION: A scene from Poor Yorick last July.

JAVEA PLAYERS have put out the Welcome mat.

They are always happy to welcome new members in whatever capacity and apart from acting there are many opportunities to help backstage.

Anyone who is handy with a needle would also be handy in Wardrobe and an expert with a saw and screwdriver could help by building scenery while finding Props is always a challenge.

Other skills needed include lighting, sound, prompt, singing, acting, general admin, stage

managing, selling programmes, directing and (wo)manning the bar.

There are socials at Halloween, Christmas, Chinese New Year, Horse racing and a long etcetera.

The Javea Players have their own Studio Theatre in Javea and also perform at the Casa de Cultura in Javea Old Town and in Gata de Gorgos.

There is more information on the https://javeaplayers.com/jp/ website or call Membership secretary Cherry Caban on 636 798 109 for a chat.

Electrifying news for drivers JAVEA town will reduce its carbon footprint with charging points for electric cars.

The Contracts department has engaged an expert to draft the project whose first phase envisages setting up charging points in the Portal del Clot car park, the Plaza de la Constitucion and the car park at the port.

Once the plans have been completed, the local government can start installing immediately, covering the cost with the €2.2 million sale of municipal land beside the Fontana canal. Part of this cash will also be used to asphalt the port car park, mu-

nicipal sources revealed.

The charging points for electric vehicles is the second step in the town hall’s bid to reduce fossil fuel pollution, following vehicle tax discounts introduced earlier

this year.

Few owners applied, although seven all-electric and 19 hybrid vehicles received respective reductions of 50 per cent and 75 per cent.

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Restaurant causes indigestion THE town hall, which has been unable to halt the project, is now revising the initial application which, despite opposition from Segundo MontaĂąar residents, has been approved by the regional government and coastal authority, Costas.

The land, which adjoins the shore, was assumed to be public property, as Ley de Costas regulations veto

new houses there apart from properties built before 1988.

But then the owner ap-

plied for permission to build a restaurant, allowed under the 1988 law because it is of public use.

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SEGUNDO MONTANAR: Residents oppose new restaurant.

The application reached the town hall only days before the council approved a motion suspending building licences linked to the drafting of the General Structure Plan (PGE) which would have reclassified the land in question and barred any type of construction.

Meanwhile a lorry and small digger have opened a gap in the wooden fence that surrounds the plot of land and preparations are being made to build an access ramp.

According to the town hall these are the first steps before taking geological soundings to determine the state of the subsoil land before starting to build a restaurant which does not yet have a licence.

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A ROMAN amphora and a pottery jug will soon be on public display at Javea’s Soler Blasco museum.

Dated between the first and third centuries the donations until now belonged to the Segarra family and were recently presented by Josep Segarra Mari to Javea’s Culture councillor Quico Moragues and the municipal archaeologist Joaquim Bolufer.

The amphora, which archaeologists have identified as being produced in Andalucia, was recovered from the seabed in the Ibiza Canal and acquired by the Segarra family in the 40’s.

The jug, which appears to have been made in Ibiza, was found by Josep Segarra Llamas in the Punta de la Fontana area.

Moragues thanked his nephew Josep Segarra Mari for the two latest additions to the museum which since 1987 has received important archaeological, ethnological and art donations

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Family donates treasure

PRESENTATION: Josep Segarra Mari, Quico Moragues and Joaquim Bolufer from the family.

All have come from the collections made during their lifetime by the brothers Josep and Juan Bautista Segarra Llamas.

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A Guide for tourists who want to stop being one TAPAS Tapas are the greatest ambassador of Spanish gastronomy. They are a cultural tradition deeply rooted in our country, that over the years have evolved into a social activity created to share and enjoy the specific cuisine of each region.

Going out to tapas is the most typically Spanish thing you can do during your holidays. It guarantees fun and lively conversation, it encourages you to discover new flavours, meet and share with other people.

Going out for tapas is a social event that brings together some of the best things in life: great conversation, improvisation and good food.

It is said that the origin of tapas dates to medieval times when the wine cups were covered with a slice of bread, usually with a bit of ham or cheese on top, so that the road dust did not get into the cup. Since people in general are very keen to socialise around food, perhaps it is simply that the Spaniards took it one step further.

In Dénia, in the Marina Alta, many delicious tapas are related to the Mediterranean Sea and local products of our area. Ingredients should always be fresh and seasonal, only then can the typical dishes and tapas of the Marina be properly appreciated. We wish to present a few of them below, and leading restuarants to visit to enjoy them:

‘Pulpo Seco’ - Al Forn de les Deveses restaurant This is dried octopus, an exquisite delicacy that needs certain preparation prior to cooking. During a long and careful drying, the whole piece is conditioned, then it is cut into lengths. A strong burst of flame is all that is required to cook, then the octopus is presented cut into thin slices with a splash of extra virgin olive oil. In the Al Forn restaurant you can also taste it with the authentic flavour of the ‘brassa’ grill from a traditional Moorish stone oven. A unique experience that is worth discovering and sharing.

Al Forn de les Deveses Mariana Pineda Square 1, Dénia (Alicante) Telf: 966 111 555/674 003 603

‘Los Salazones’ - Restaurante Primera Linea This is a type of salted/smoked fish and is a delicious snack, made up of a variety of fish: tuna and smoked cod, bonito, Cantabri-

an anchovies, mackerel, roe, mojama, etc. An exquisite selection whose quality is fundamental for the flavours of traditional dishes, requiring little preparation. Restaurant Primer Linea offer guests a gateway to enjoy the gastronomy of Dénia and the Marina Alta. Being situated front line, the restaurant is infused with Mediterranean sea’s odours. The restaurant has a colourful and carefree atmosphere, benefiting from fabulous windows. A special place that brings senses alive to the aroma of the fresh and authentic flavours and food.

Restaurante Primera Linea 36 Mussola Street 03700 Dénia (Alicante) 965 788 612

‘Pescaditos de la bahía’ - Casa Federico Restaurant These are a selection of small fried fish from the bay and are a monument to the palate. Delicious and varied, they have varied textures and flavours that are hidden among the whiting, red mullet and other fresh and succulent small fish.

Casa Federico’s kitchen offers an exquisite selection of ingredients, in a wide variety of starters, with local fish, and traditional meat and classic rice dishes. Their original restaurant model is extremely popular with Spanish and foreigners alike. The food is traditional, recovered and brought into the 21st century, with simplicity, humility and the desire to exceed.

Casa Federico Restaurant Ausias March Street, 22 (Dénia) Phone 965 783 041 03700 Denia (Alicante)

‘Figatells de pulpo de roca’ La Senia Restaurant Figatells are a traditional dish of Marina Alta and La Safor. In their most traditional version, it is made with pork and served on toast bread, making a delicious snack and an illustrious dish of our region. But some chefs have reconverted the recipe, a delicous example of this is in restaurant La Senia with its ‘Figatells de pulpo de roca’ literally translated ‘rock octopus figatell.’ An authentic dish from the restaurant, with a surprising flavour.

Salazones

La Senia Restaurant Tel: 966 432 843 Avda del Cid, 3 o C / Nueva, 28 03700 Denia (Alicante)

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Lib Dems’ dodgy donor charged

AIRPORT LUGGAGE: Baggage handler investigated.

Thieving airport worker A FLIGHT passenger filmed a baggage handler in Spain opening a suitcase, retrieving a speaker and putting it in his pocket.

The witness reportedly caught the act on camera while onboard a Ryanair flight from Ibiza to Madrid, before alerting an air steward.

Police apparently convinced the man to confess before returning the stolen item back to its rightful owner, a teenage boy who was travelling to the Spanish capital

with his mum.

The suspect, who is understood to have been sacked after just three days in the job, now faces trial.

In the footage he can be seen opening the case on a luggage trolley before searching the contents with one hand and putting the red speaker in his left trouser pocket.

The boy’s mother told a Spanish newspaper that she was grateful the police had returned the speaker to her immediately as she had bought it for her son’s birthday.

A CONMAN who donated €2.7 million of stolen funds to the Liberal Democrats has been charged with laundering millions of pounds of dirty money in Spain, aided by his wife.

Prosecutors are working to have Michael Brown, 52, and Sharon Campbell, 59, jailed and fined more than €9 million.

They allege that the amount of hidden, ill-gotten money gathered and spent by the accused is more than €2.9 million.

In addition, prosecutors claim that €40 million of Brown’s funds are still missing more than a decade after his crimes were exposed.

The Lib Dems have repeatedly refused to hand back the €2.7 million of stolen funds he donated in 2005, insisting it was accepted in good faith.

It was the biggest donation in the party’s history, but there are questions as to why it seemed to pass up simple checks.

Brown’s looming trial with his wife of 25 years will be an

DIRTY MONEY: Michael Brown is facing a further prison sentence. embarrassment for the Lib Dems, who started their autumn conference in Brighton on Monday.

The judge-led probe in Mallorca was launched after pressure from anti-corruption investigators around the time Brown was completing a jail term for theft and fraud offences in the UK. The investigating judge agreed to cast a fresh look at whether he laundered money from his illegal activities through assets in Mallorca, in-

cluding property and a string of companies.

A master of disguise, Brown was on the run for more than three years before being held in the Dominican Republic and was returned to the UK to serve over seven years in jail.

Brown was released in January 2016 halfway through his prison sentence and, after probation, moved to Mallorca where he has been living in luxury with his wife Sharon at their €840,000 villa overlooking mountains in Esporles.

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Investing in Spanish properties in the most tax efficient way QUESTION: Dear lawyer, I am a foreigner and I have several real estate properties in Spain. My idea is to buy several more for rental purposes, although I may possibly sell them.

Please advise me of the most cost efficient way to invest, as an individual or should I set up a Spanish company?

Dear reader, Thank you for your enquiry.

First of all, I must say that it is not possible to give advice in general as to which is the most appropriate way to invest in Spain as it depends upon a number of factors, some of which we review below.

Investor’s fiscal residence A fundamental issue when

Carlos Baos We can help you.

establishing an investment strategy in Spain is to know where the investor’s place of residence is. Thus, the taxes payable, for example, Income Tax (for rentals) or capital gain (on a sale), will depend on the tax residence of the taxpayer. But we understand that different residence rates may be contrary to European Law, regarding freedom of movement of capital.

For example, in principle a resident in the European Union, Iceland or Norway will pay less in income tax for the yield obtained by a lease

(rent 19 per cent), than an individual who does not reside within the European Union (24 per cent).

Determine the main objective of the investment Another essential issue is to know what the investor intention may be as the advice will not be the same if the investment objective is to purchase and sell real estate over a short period of time or if it is one that seeks long-term lease or if it needs finance in Spain.

For example, if the investor is not resident in the European Union, in principle he is not allowed to deduct the expenses of the property (which we understand is contrary to the freedom of movement of capital enshrined in European Union law). Therefore, if the idea is to rent many properties, with high expenses (loan

interest, maintenance, taxes, community owner’s fees, etc), it is possible that setting up a company in Spain, (an SL), is a good option.

Other taxes and tax matters to be taken into account In addition to the income tax for rental income, one must take into account, when investing the cost of other taxes such as Wealth Tax, Inheritance Tax, etc as well as the maintenance costs of an SL. Therefore, if you want to invest in Spain, either in one or many real estate properties, and want to know the fiscal and legally appropriate way to do it, contact us and we will help you.

The information provided in this article is not intended to be legal advice, but merely conveys general information related to legal issues.

Carlos Baos (Lawyer) - White & Baos - Tel: +34 966 426 185 - Email: info@white-baos.com - White & Baos 2018 - All Rights Reserved.

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Another Ryanair strike on the cards RYANAIR employees from five countries including Spain - are preparing for a 24-hour strike this month threatening to cause ‘travel chaos’ across Europe.

Labour unions have confirmed that Ryanair employees from Belgium, Italy, Holland, Portugal and Spain plan to go ahead with their strike action on September 28.

Several unions gathered in Brussels for discussions and the 24-hour strike was confirmed as Yves Lambot a CNE delegate declared ‘Discussions continue without results.’

Mr Lambot spoke regarding Ryanair’s proposal to upgrade all staff contracts by 2022, adding: “This is too late for us. We want 2019.”

The strike will involve members for several parts of Ryanair’s operation from pilots to ground staff to cabin crews. All want national contracts for their country of residence and not the Irish contracts currently given to all employees.

Ryanair remains confident the union action will not cause travel chaos despite the action shaping up to be Ryanair ’s biggest ever walkout.

Kenny Jacobs, marketing officer for the

GROUNDED: Ryanair expect a ‘small number’ of flights to be hit. airline has said the labour unions are guilty of “repeated false claims,” which he believes to be “unfounded.”

Ryanair has already promised to ‘pre-advise’ passengers if their flight is due to be affected by the strike action, they anticipate this will be the case for ‘a small number’ of flights.

Recently the airline was forced to deal with a German 24-hour walkout where 150 out of 400 flights were cancelled.

Ryanair CEO, Michael O’Leary rubbished the strike, labelling it a “failure.”

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Earth trembles AN earthquake of magnitude 4.2 was registered in the popular Spanish holiday destination on Sunday, with the epicentre off the coast of Fuengirola in Malaga.

According to sources from the National Geographic Insitute, the earthquake occurred at 8.47pm on Sunday, at a depth of 65 kilometres.

Another, of magnitude 3.1, was felt 11 minutes later, 64 kilometres deep. There were no immediate recordings of material or personal damage and no emergency calls had apparently been made directly afterwards.

TREMORS: The quake could be felt in Fuengirola.

Just off the coast of Malaga, under the Alboran Sea, there is an active fault which produces numerous tremors throughout the year, many of

them barely noticeable. However, it was the source of an earthquake in January 1996 which produced a reading of 6.3.

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Give blood and save lives EVERY day in Spain, dozens of people’s lives are saved by crucial blood donations.

The majority of surgeries, organ transplants and cancer treatments that are performed each day require blood transfusions.

Moreover, despite huge technological advances, the only way for hospitals to obtain this blood is through the generosity of the public.

Those interested in making a donation will be asked to provide some personal and medical information and documentation, to prove their identity.

The process of the blood donation itself lasts only 10 minutes in which 450 ml are collected (equating to 10 per cent of the total blood circulation of an adult person).

It is a completely safe procedure with minimal side effects, and every precaution is taken by medical staff for the health of the donor.

If you want to donate blood in Spain you can do this at your local hospital or health centre, who will be happy to provide all the information.

It can also be done through the Spanish Red Cross (www.donarsangre.org), which operates a number of mobile units specifi-

BIG HEART: Those who donate are helping to save lives. cally for these donations.

For information on organ donation in Andalucia, please visit the website: www.juntadeandalucia.es/temas/salud/ser vicios/donacion-organos.html However, people who lived in Britain from 1980 to 1996 have been asked to check with the donation teams before giving blood.

Some authorities do not accept donations from those who did, due to the outbreak of Creutzfeldt-Jakob (mad cow) disease.

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Anti-social driving campaign

RISKY: Using mobiles while driving reduces attention to the road by 40 per cent.

By Tara Rippin CONTROL and surveillance is being stepped up all week as part of a campaign to prevent distractions at the wheel on Spanish roads.

Up until Monday, the Directorate General of Traffic is reinforcing controls to avoid the use of the mobile while driving, in conjunction with the National Federation Aspaym, an association of people with spinal cord injury and other

physical disabilities.

According to the DGT, in three out of 10 accidents, the common factor is the use of communication devices behind the wheel. In light of this, it is imposing between four and six points to offenders as opposed to the previous three.

Statistics show drivers lose 40 per cent of their attention to the road and surroundings when using mobiles.

A spokesperson said the use of devices ‘produces a risk of

suffering an accident similar to those with an excess of alcohol,’ which quadruple the risk of accidents.

The initiative started this week on the the A-2 and M-115 near Barcelona, overseen by director of the National Road Safety Observatory, Alvaro Gomez Mendez.

And volunteers from Aspaym are supporting the campaign by being on hand to make drivers aware of the consequences of their behaviour.

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Disease alert

THE ruling centre-right coalition in Sweden was initially left with one parliamentary seat more than their left-wing opponents after all the votes were counted following national elections which also saw the far-right Swedish Democrats gain 62 seats.

FOOD safety authorities in Belgium have confirmed African swine fever has been detected in wild boars near the French border in the first recorded cases in the former country since 1985, putting Western Europe on alert for a possible epidemic.

Terror charge

Debt increase

A 22-YEAR-OLD suspect charged in connection with a firebomb attack on a restaurant in Angelholm told police he plotted the strike after becoming convinced the Swedish government was taking part in air strikes in Iraq and Syria, according to prosecutors.

CLOSE CALL: Voters backed the two blocs almost evenly.

One shot

Turned down

A TEENAGE boy was left wounded after being shot several times in a car park near to a school in a hit and run in the Huddinge area last Friday.

THREE artists from Pakistan were denied visas to travel to Sweden due to their salaries being too low, with the organisers of a seminar they were due to attend at the University of Gothenburg ‘disappointed’ at the decision.

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Deal proposal GERMAN officials and others from European Union member states are mulling the setting up of a payment

THE national debt of Belgium, currently more than €450 billion, could jump by an extra €2 billion after the government was forced to bring money owed by the state-owned railway infrastructure firm Infrabel onto Treasury books.

Game probe VIDEOGAME company EA has been placed under criminal investigation by Belgian authorities after the firm decided to leave ‘loot boxes,’ randomly placed items which grant players bonuses, in FIFA 18 flouting a European Union ban brought in over gambling concerns.

Up in court TWO Dutch defendants appeared before justices last week following their extradition from the Netherlands in connection with the murder of police officer Amaury Delrez at Spa while checking a vehicle last month.

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Hearing move

Population up THE number of people living in Germany stood at 82.8 million by the end of last year, an increase of around 270,700 or 0.3 per cent during 2017 according to the Federal Statistics Office.

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system with Iran to help keep business transactions going once United States sanctions come into effect, an economy ministry spokesperson said.

Mine protests RIOT police clashed with environmental activists in the Hambach forest near Cologne after the demonstrators built treehouses over a site earmarked for clearing by the RWE

utility body so that it can be used to mining.

Poster worries AN election poster put out by the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party ahead of Navarian regional elections which calls for ‘Islam-free’ schools has led to some Germans to draw comparisons between it and Nazi propaganda.

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‘Spys’ held

Boat find

AUTHORITIES in the Netherlands expelled two Russians who were suspected of being spies earlier this year over allegations they were planning to hack into at a Swiss laboratory where Novichok nerve agent samples from Salisbury were kept, it has emerged.

POLICE in Norway have found a kayak which they believe belonged to Arjen Kamphuis, 47, a Wikileaks associate who disappeared around four weeks ago from a hotel in Bodo.

Uptake falls A TOTAL of 54 students enrolled to study Dutch at the University of Amsterdam this academic year, a fall of around half in five years amidst fears interest in the language among young people in the Netherlands could be waning.

Deal struck TRADE UNIONS representing police called off strikes planned for last weekend after reaching an agreement with the Ministry of Justice and law enforcement authorities following months of negotiations over pay and conditions.

Phone drive INFRASTRUCTURE minister Cora van Nieuwenhuizen has launched a campaign to discourage drivers from using mobile phones while behind the wheel, called ‘Drive mono.’

Striker sorry NICKLAS BENDTNER, a striker with the Rosenborg football team, has apologised to the club and to fans after admitting to breaking a taxi driver’s jaw during a scuffle which he said was a “very unfortunate episode.”

Drill warning NORWAY’S Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide has said exercises during recent war games in the east of Russia which allegedly featured mock Norwegian targets did not contribute to better relations and only increased tension between the two country.

Jail time TWO Polish defendants aged 27 and 49 have been sentenced to 10 years and nine months and nine years in prison respectively after an Oslo court convicted them of attempting to smuggle around 40 kilos of amphetamine into Norway.

A PPEAL hear i ngs f or Pet er M a dsen who i s ser vi ng a l i f e s e ntence f or t he m ur der of Swedish reporter Kim Wall had to be adjourned last week after a juror collapsed towards the end of the session.

Heat forecast SUNSHINE and warm weather c ould m ake a br i ef r et ur n t o Denmark this week following mild spells last week, according to meteorologists who predicted temperatures of between 20 and 25 degrees.

Missing claims THE whereabouts of almost 2,840 asylum seekers who had their applications for refuge in Denmark rejected remain unknown and some may still be in the country, according to police.

Taxi fines DENMARK’S Supreme Court has ruled that four Uber drivers must pay a fine every time they charge customers for a fare due to them operating illegally, opening the way for all the company’s roughly 1,500 drivers there to also face penalties.

F RANCE

Ram raid A 32-YEAR-OLD suspect has been arrested in connection with the driving of a car into a crowd of people in Nimes just before the start of its annual fair leaving two with slight wounds.

Coming clean THE French government has admitted for the first time that it created a system which led to torture during the war for its former colony Algeria’s independence from 1954 to 1962 which claimed around 1.5 million Algerian lives.

Gift range A NEW line of 56 Elysee Palacebranded items has gone up for sale online which include a mug bearing the face of President Emmanuel Macron priced at €24.50 and leather key rings which will set buyers back by €29.

Vote call PARIS has called for elections to be held in Libya by the end of the year a day after Italy and UN-supported authorities in Tripoli claiming the country was currently too unstable to allow a ballot to go ahead.

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A letter from the British Ambassador

by Simon Manley AS many of you are no doubt aware, this autumn will be an important period in the ongoing Brexit negotiations, leading up to the European Council meeting on Thursday October 18. Ahead of that, you might have seen that the Government has published a series of technical notices on a range of areas, to help businesses and citizens prepare in the unlikely event of a no-deal Brexit.

Firstly, let me reassure you though that the Government does not want, nor does it expect, a no deal outcome in the negotiations. As a result of the significant progress made in negotiations, I remain confident that the UK will agree a positive and ambitious deal with the EU - an outcome that is in the interests of both the UK and the EU, and in the interest of both British and EU citizens.

And of course, we continue to discuss the implementation of the deal agreed last December on the rights of UK citizens current-

ly living in the EU and EU citizens living in the UK, with the Spanish authorities. But as a responsible government, we must prepare for all eventualities, however unlikely.

Hence these technical notices on driving licences, and travelling between the UK and the EU, amongst other subjects.

I appreciate that this is a period of uncertainty and many of you have questions and want more advice for UK nationals living in Spain. We want to help you prepare for all scenarios and further relevant information will continue to be made available on gov.uk over the coming weeks. And both the Embassy and Consulates will continue with the o u trea c h e ve nts tha t w e ha ve pla nne d throughout Spain, with some 20 such events planned between now and the end of the year, and ensure that your questions and concerns are shared with the relevant UK government departments.

In the meantime, please ensure you are correctly registered here in Spain, and stay up to date with the latest news,

by s igning up for e ma i l alerts and visiting the Living in Spain guide on gov.uk, and continue to follow our ‘Brits in Spain’ social media channels, including on Facebook. Both I and our UK in Spain consular teams will continue to share with you what we know, when we know it, to provide you with as much clarity as possible.

AMBASSADOR: Simon Manley.

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WAR GAMES: About 300,000 Russian troops took part in Vostok 2018.

Military drills in Far East RUSSIA and China have taken part in the largest war games from the former country in four decades with last week’s Vostok (East) 2018 drills near two countries’ border. The exercises saw the military test advanced missiles that may be able to avoid radar detection. The projectiles could outperform all foreign equivalents, a Kremlin defence spokesperson claimed.

Activist court ban THE head of a leftist anti-Kremlin party has said a court has banned him from protesting, taking part in political events or leaving the Moscow region for three years. Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov was released from prison this week and said he plans to appeal against the court’s decision.

Probe clears footballer ANTI-DOPING investigators in Spain have concluded that a Russian footballer who plays for a team in the former country did not commit any wrongdoing over alleged doping. De-

nis Cheryshev, a winger for Valencia, previously said he had never used banned substances. He was placed under investigation after his father said he had taken growth hormones to treat an injury.

New sanctions hit A COMPANY in Russia has been hit by new United States (US) economic sanctions which were imposed on its Chinese parent firm and its North Korean Chief Executive. Steven Mnuchin, the US Treasury Secretary, said the measures were designed to stop cash flows to North Korea via businesspeople who ‘hide’ behind front companies.

Poisoning claims MEMBERS of an anti-Kremlin punk rock group have claimed one of their band mates may have been poisoned after he was taken ill last week. Staff at the hospital where Pyotr Verzilov, a Canadian citizen, has been taken said they were waiting for results from an examination before taking further action.

Meme battle THE Russian cybersphere has become awash with memes depicting a political opposition figure taking on a senior security official after the latter challenged him to ‘combat.’ Viktor Zolotov, head of Russia’s National Guard, threw down the gauntlet after Alexei Navalny made a video alleging state corruption. “I promise to turn you into a juicy pounded steak in a few minutes,” Zolotov said. The statement spawned a number of fighting-themed memes.

COMBAT CALL: The internet lampooned Zolotov.

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Dream deal ONLINE travel agency eDreams Odigeo has successfully refinanced its debt through €425 million of guaranteed bonds, due in 2023.

The move enables the company to extend the maturity of its debt to five years and increase flexibility with the National Securities Market Commission.

It will also mean that eDreams will save more than €12 million in annual interest payments, improving cash flow.

The deal is expected to be finalised on September 25.

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Strong exchange

Court to make big call A SPANISH court is to decide within days whether or not to extradite Herve Falciani, a former HSBC analyst who leaked documents alleging widespread tax evasion, to Switzerland.

Mr Falciani was arrested in Madrid in April on his way to a conference on the need to protect whistleblowers, but was released on bail.

He has already been convicted of industrial espionage in Switzerland in absentia for the scandal that be-

by Tara Rippin came known as ‘Swiss Leaks.’

A Swiss court handed him a fiveyear jail sentence in 2015 but the 46year-old has avoided the country since.

The Franco-Italian national worked for the Swiss branch of HSBC and became known as ‘the man who terrifies the rich’ after leaking information in 2008 that alleged HSBC’s Swiss private banking arm helped 79,000 clients evade billions

of euros in taxes.

“Whistle-blowers must be defended, because their information stops such cases from remaining without consequences,” he said after the hearing.

The information that Mr Falciani previously passed to French tax authorities has led to the prosecution of high profile individuals including Emilio Botin, late chairman of Spanish bank Santander, and Arlette Ricci, heir to the Nina Ricci perfume empire.

GLOBAL EXCHANGE, a Spanish company specialising in offering currency exchange services at international airports, has clinched a deal to become the main operator of the service at Istanbul New Airport.

It is the biggest airport contract in the history of the company in what will be the largest airport presence in the world with 40 offices.

The inauguration of the airport, which is currently completing its construction, is scheduled for October 29.

Taxes on the rise

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Home sale BANKIA has put more than 4,300 properties up for sale with discounts of up to 40 per cent, and while 2,900 are homes, the rest include industrial buildings, commercial premises and offices.

Bank boost

TAX REFORM: Ms Montero is looking for ways to raise tax receipts.

THE Spanish government has announced that it will be able to raise €4 billion for the Treasury by raising corporation and fuel tax, as well as a financial transactions tax.

Finance Minister Maria Jesus Montero said those who earn over €150,000 a year will also see their income tax rate rise to 52 per cent, bringing in a further €400 million.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has hinted that he wants to raise Spain’s tax payments as a percentage of GDP from 38 per cent to 46 per cent, in line with the European average.

But opposition party Podemos does not believe that PSOE is doing enough to raise revenues, and believes tax increases for the wider public can be achieved without causing undue hardship.

CHANGES to the international accounting standard mean that the fall in value of Telefonica’s shares during the year will not have a negative effect on the income statements of its main shareholders (BBVA and CaixaBank).

Travel sick THE Mallorcan Barcelo Group aims to raise revenues to expand its hotel empire by putting its trave l d i v i s i o n , Av o r i s R e i n venting Travel, up for sale at a value of €350 million, and is in talks with two private equity funds.

Eurofinsa takes a piece of Isolux ISOLUX, an engineering and construction group that went bankrupt more than a year ago, has sold its production unit to Eurofinsa.

Eurofinsa will use the site to expand its renewable energy network, and will take on 20 workers from Isolux.

The deal was settled for around €150,000, although it also includes the absorption of Isolux’s €1.5 million debt.

It will open the door for Eurofinsa into a renewables industry it has previously had no experience in.

Eurofinsa operations director Raphael Benatar said: “This purchase will allow the company to compete at the highest international level in projects relating to transmission lines, and solar and electric power, among others.”

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PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) COMPANY Anglo American 1,530.10 -14.90 Associated British Foods 2,235.50 -0.50 Admiral Group 2,016.50 -2.50 Ashtead Group 2,368.00 -26.00 Antofagasta 776.80 -7.80 Aviva 477.65 0.25 AstraZeneca 5,596.00 -49.00 BAE Systems 623.50 -2.50 Barclays 171.05 -0.03 British American Tobacco 3,677.25 17.75 Barratt Developments 558.20 1.80 Berkeley Group Holdings (The)3,615.00 4.00 British Land Co 619.00 3.60 BHP Billiton 1,526.70 -3.70 Bunzl 2,426.50 0.50 BP 549.10 -1.30 Burberry Group 2,108.50 -44.50 BT Group 228.53 2.53 Coca-Cola HBC 2,570.00 -28.00 Carnival 4,746.00 42.00 Centrica 145.90 2.60 Compass Group 1,636.75 2.75 Croda International 5,108.00 -38.00 CRH 2,412.50 -17.50 DCC 7,087.50 -27.50 Diageo 2,665.75 -4.75 Direct Line Insurance Group 323.15 0.15 Evraz 484.20 0.50 Experian 1,930.00 -15.00 easyJet 1,424.50 3.50 Ferguson 6,371.50 -10.50 Fresnillo 775.70 -9.50 Glencore 297.95 -3.60 GlaxoSmithKline 1,484.20 0.00 GVC Holdings 1,014.00 -17.00 Hargreaves Lansdown 2,212.00 7.00 Halma 1,401.50 1.50 HSBC Holdings 658.50 0.10 International Conslidtd Airs Grp 685.50 2.50 InterContinental Hotels Grp 4,667.50 -28.50 3i Group 930.40 0.60 Imperial Brands 2,639.50 22.00 Informa 728.00 -6.60 Intertek Group 4,862.00 -33.00 ITV 156.55 -3.25 Just Eat 697.20 -4.60 Johnson Matthey 3,504.00 6.00 Kingfisher 263.20 0.80 Land Securities Group 890.00 2.50 Legal & General Group 252.70 -0.70

% CHG. NET VOL -0.96 21,220.51 -0.02 17,741.42 -0.12 5,804.40 -1.09 11,322.89 -0.99 7,610.81 0.05 18,634.77 -0.87 71,319.69 -0.40 19,508.65 -0.02 29,488.07 0.49 84,673.51 0.32 5,608.92 0.11 4,699.13 0.58 6,014.44 -0.24 32,102.37 0.02 8,055.14 -0.24 109,667.62 -2.07 8,588.83 1.12 22,205.22 -1.08 9,569.17 0.89 9,186.16 1.81 8,148.07 0.17 25,744.61 -0.74 6,719.06 -0.72 20,220.57 -0.39 6,190.96 -0.18 65,213.51 0.05 4,430.25 0.10 6,803.69 -0.77 17,627.73 0.25 5,638.37 -0.16 14,614.60 -1.21 5,846.51 -1.19 42,603.86 0.00 74,186.50 -1.65 6,119.36 0.32 10,269.00 0.11 5,250.50 0.02 130,627.92 0.37 13,614.82 -0.61 8,854.71 0.06 8,916.05 0.84 25,026.06 -0.90 9,394.54 -0.67 7,943.77 -2.03 6,410.46 -0.66 4,795.29 0.17 6,816.25 0.30 5,524.32 0.28 6,569.35 -0.28 15,096.68

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PRICE(P)

Lloyds Banking Group ORD 58.93 London Stock Exchange Grp 4,782.00 Micro Focus International 1,313.00 Marks & Spencer Group 284.05 Mondi 2,113.50 Melrose 220.90 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 256.93 National Grid 799.30 NMC Health 3,565.00 Next 5,368.00 Ocado Group 906.00 Paddy Power Betfair 6,835.00 Prudential 1,696.50 Persimmon 2,385.00 Pearson 846.40 Reckitt Benckiser Group 6,682.00 Royal Bank of Scotland Group 247.15 Royal Dutch Shell 2,469.25 Royal Dutch Shell 2,503.50 RELX 1,579.25 Rio Tinto 3,593.50 Royal Mail 485.10 Rightmove 479.23 Rolls-Royce Group 973.60 Randgold Resources 4,639.50 RSA Insurance Group 608.80 Rentokil Initial 319.50 Sainsbury (J) 321.70 Schroders 3,006.50 Sage Group (The) 582.40 Segro 646.60 Shire 4,513.75 Smurfit Kappa Group 3,029.00 Sky 1,578.00 Standard Life Aberdeen 317.55 Smith (DS) 486.70 Smiths Group 1,571.00 Scottish Mortgage Invstmnt Trst 542.90 Smith & Nephew 1,400.50 SSE 1,104.75 Standard Chartered 613.95 St James's Place 1,093.50 Severn Trent 1,901.00 Tesco 234.30 TUI AG 1,375.00 Taylor Wimpey 170.30 Unilever 4,254.00 United Utilities Group 709.40 Vodafone Group 168.92 WPP Group 1,130.75 Whitbread 4,667.50

CHANGE(P) 0.05 -8.00 -1.00 -0.55 -19.50 0.90 -0.47 8.00 -19.00 18.00 -8.80 -85.00 -9.00 -2.00 9.00 2.00 1.05 -0.25 -4.50 -11.75 -3.00 -0.40 -2.32 -7.60 -15.50 0.20 -0.30 0.50 0.50 -3.40 -0.40 27.25 -29.00 -1.50 -0.85 -1.20 -8.50 -2.50 3.50 20.75 1.85 -6.50 17.00 0.00 -2.00 0.20 -8.50 9.20 1.48 6.25 -17.50

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42,138.92 16,528.74 5,672.64 4,666.54 7,664.32 10,625.00 6,161.61 27,072.34 7,487.26 7,534.63 6,439.40 5,741.37 43,893.64 7,480.33 6,593.70 45,990.94 29,807.24 112,324.28 93,768.26 31,646.90 46,660.32 4,824.00 4,312.48 17,854.71 4,414.00 6,234.91 5,917.10 7,047.74 6,726.43 6,269.19 6,606.10 40,148.89 7,325.13 26,757.24 9,341.67 6,669.05 6,193.90 7,757.28 12,180.33 11,370.33 20,239.20 5,788.17 4,534.20 22,963.70 7,791.69 5,567.07 50,793.31 4,829.13 44,956.37 14,194.90 8,518.86

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US dollar ...............................................................1.16552 Japan yen ..............................................................130.45 Switzerland franc ..............................................1.12394 Denmark kroner...............................................7.45928 Norway kroner ..................................................9.59221 currenciesdirect.com/moraira • Tel: +34 966 265 072 THE ABOVE TABLE USES THE CURRENT INTERBANK EXCHANGE RATES, WHICH AREN’T REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RATE WE OFFER

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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 207,880 109,5600 223,840 359,800 144,900 117,38 47,400 45,99 68,58 82,92 229,24 209,0700 148,33 45,5400 113,5000 139,4900 160,8400 69,98 113,370 83,49 42,9600 83,610 130,01 137,80 265,31 54,55 147,84 94,5900 70,28 109,2600

CHANGE% -0,56% +0,83% -1,14% +1,22% -0,44% +0,93% +0,34% +0,35% -0,49% +0,73% +0,40% -0,18% -0,42% -0,07% -0,02% -0,29% -0,96% -1,20% +0,41% +0,02% +0,26% +0,19% +0,92% +1,68% -0,07% -0,71% +0,14% -0,56% -0,28% -1,27%

CHANGE VOLUME(M) -1,170 121.886,55 0,9000 94.311,27 -2,570 1.081.130,64 4,340 206.728,20 -0,640 86.111,81 1,08 224.974,83 0,160 222.916,61 0,16 195.613,17 -0,34 158.147,61 0,60 351.067,55 0,91 86.532,11 -0,3800 239.319,38 -0,62 135.354,39 -0,0300 212.216,40 -0,0200 381.561,17 -0,4000 374.351,78 -1,5600 124.779,74 -0,85 186.166,77 0,460 871.044,16 0,02 106.933,62 0,1100 251.924,16 0,160 208.081,27 1,18 34.814,88 2,28 110.292,86 -0,18 255.272,00 -0,39 225.397,09 0,21 262.607,87 -0,5300 276.970,43 -0,20 69.746,70 -1,4100 162.436,64 M - MILLION DOLLARS

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PRICE

CHANGE NET / %

Most Advanced Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. $ 4.75 frontdoor, inc. $ 37 Frequency Electronics, Inc. $ 9.20 China Internet Nationwide Financial Services Inc.$ 12.79 ProQR Therapeutics N.V. $ 20.80 Maiden Holdings, Ltd. $ 3.10 Windstream Holdings, Inc. $ 4.85 Ballard Power Systems, Inc. $ 3.78 KalVista Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $ 17.17 REGENXBIO Inc. $ 81.20 Rubius Therapeutics, Inc. $ 22.19

0.90 ▲ 23.38% 7 ▲ 23.33% 1.33 ▲ 16.90% 1.75 ▲ 15.85% 2.35 ▲ 12.74% 0.35 ▲ 12.73% 0.53 ▲ 12.27% 0.41 ▲ 12.17% 1.62 ▲ 10.42% 7.60 ▲ 10.33% 2.04 ▲ 10.12%

Most Declined Altimmune, Inc. RF Industries, Ltd. Opko Health, Inc. IRIDEX Corporation Pinduoduo Inc. DAVIDsTEA Inc. Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. Turtle Beach Corporation VIVUS, Inc. Funko, Inc. Obalon Therapeutics, Inc.

$ 5.45 $ 8.25 $ 3.90 $ 6.69 $ 26.34 $ 2.95 $ 16.52 $ 18.91 $ 5.63 $ 20.98 $ 2.95

2.3508 ▼ 30.14% 2.25 ▼ 21.43% 0.6835 ▼ 14.91% 1.06 ▼ 13.68% 3.62 ▼ 12.08% 0.35 ▼ 10.61% 1.79 ▼ 9.78% 2.02 ▼ 9.65% 0.58 ▼ 9.34% 2.14 ▼ 9.26% 0.30 ▼ 9.23%

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NEWS

Meet Leapy’s dream woman…

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT DREAMS are funny things. Not generally being one who experiences nightmares (unless I’ve had a good old blue cheese late night overdose!) I usually drift off looking forward to what the next few hours of La La land has to offer.

Sometimes I fly. What a buzz that can be. Occasionally I fall gloriously in love. I often find myself negotiating narrow ledges and falling from a great height. In fact, at one time this dream was so frequent that now and again I would allow myself to actually hit the ground, just to see what happened (presumably nothing, as I was still lying in bed unscathed the following morning!).

I’ve had tea with the Queen, talked my way out of some serious trouble and travelled in a spaceship. Well folks all these nocturnal journeys pale in the light of the trip I took the other night. In an experience that was beyond my wildest dreams, (geddit!)

I dreamed I was having an illicit affair with Theresa May! Yeah yeah, I know, I lied about the nightmares right!? Well, be that as it may, there I was, in a packed hall, trying to blend into the background while she ad-

TRUE LOVE: Or maybe the stuff of nightmares! dressed the party conference.

After the meeting we both slipped off to the hotel and... no no, actually I didn’t - it wasn’t that much of a nightmare! To be honest I think the problem was me rising to the occasion. In the circumstances, pretty understandable. Probably took a leaf out of her book, she hasn’t managed to rise to the occa-

sion since she was elected!

The point here is that a couple of Viagras would have got me out of trouble. No pill on earth will save her if Brexit goes (even more) pear shaped. Come back Nigel, all is forgiven.

Dream on Leapy, dream on.

What about that spoiled brat Serena Williams with her unforgivable, wholly petulant outburst

at the US Open last week? This privileged individual, who is actually living the dream, to me showed her true colours when she screamed abuse at the umpire who had quite rightly pulled her up for receiving on court coaching and smashing her racket.

She continued her vitriolic hatred at this (absolutely correct) court official by calling him a liar, a thief and then accusing him of sexism.

Naturally this awful woman was losing her match at the time!

Who knows what unfair disadvantage this outburst created for her unfortunate opponent, whose quiet dignity and to my mind nerves of steel, still enabled her to go on and win the title? (there is a God!) ‘It wasn’t fair, I was standing up for women’s rights,’ bleated the Williams woman to the press the following day.

Well I’ll tell you something girls, females like this are the enemy in your midst, especially those who have become multi-millionaires by simply being female and knocking a ball over a net. Oh, and by the way, this thoroughly nasty piece of work, also accused the artist who depicted her in a brilliant caricature the following day, of being a racist! Why am I not surprised!?

Keep the faith Love Leapy. leapylee2002@gmail.com

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EFL Greatest Games Football Years Football Countdowns EFL One2eleven SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games EFL Goals: Championship Football Countdowns EFL EFL Goals: Championship Football Countdowns One2eleven Football Years Football Countdowns EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games Football Countdowns EFL Matters EFL Goals: Championship Best Championship Goals 2017/18 EFL Matters Football Years Football Countdowns EFL Matters EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games

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10:15am Council House Crackdown 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Dom on the Spot 12:45pm Close Calls: On Camera 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Chase the Case 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Garden Rescue 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm A Question of Sport 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Celebrity MasterChef 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Would I Lie to You? 12:05am The Luke McQueen Pilots 1:05am Killing Eve 1:50am Weather for the Week Ahead

3:15am This is BBC Two 7:15am An Island Parish 7:45am The World's Most Photographed 8:15am Garden Rescue 9:00am Gardeners' World 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm For What It's Worth 2:45pm Food and Drink 3:15pm Who Do You Think You Are? 4:15pm World's Weirdest Events 5:15pm Natural World 6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Celebrity Eggheads 7:45pm The Repair Shop 8:30pm Great British Menu 9:00pm Gardeners' World 10:00pm Ancient Invisible Cities: Istanbul 11:00pm Mock the Week 11:30pm Newsnight 12:05am Front Row Late 12:35am Trust 1:35am Panorama 2:05am Extraordinary Rituals

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

8:30pm Top of the Pops 9:00pm Gregory Porter's Popular Voices 10:00pm Kenny Rogers 11:00pm Can You Feel it How Dance Music Conquered the World 12:00am Tales from the Tourbus 1:00am Top of the Pops Janice Long and Dixie Peach present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 24 April 1986 1:30am Music Moguls: Masters of Pop 2:30am The Byrd Who Flew Alone: The Triumphs and Tragedy of Gene Clark 4:00am Gregory Porter's Popular Voices

8:40am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:05am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05am Frasier 10:35am Frasier 11:05am Undercover Boss USA 12:00pm Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm A New Life in the Sun 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Extreme Cake Makers 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice 10:00pm Gogglebox 11:00pm The Circle 12:05am Rude Tube

4:00am ITV Nightscreen 6:05am The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Island Strait 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Doc Martin 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm The Jonathan Ross Show 12:50am Bad Move 1:15am Jackpot247

9:00am Emmerdale 9:25am Emmerdale 9:55am You've Been Framed! Gold 10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:15am Who's Doing the Dishes?

12:15pm Dress to Impress 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You've Been Framed! Gold 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm You've Been Framed! Gold 8:00pm You've Been Framed! Gold 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Superstore 10:00pm 2 Fast 2 Furious 12:10am Family Guy 12:40am Family Guy

7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:50am Heartbeat 8:55am The Royal 10:00am Judge Judy 10:25am Judge Judy 10:55am Judge Judy 11:20am Agatha Christie's Poirot 1:35pm The Royal 2:35pm Heartbeat 3:40pm Classic Coronation Street 4:15pm Classic Coronation Street 4:45pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Home Fires 10:00pm Grantchester 11:00pm Grantchester 12:00am The Mafia with Trevor McDonald 1:05am Agatha Christie's Poirot 2:55am A Touch of Frost 4:45am A Touch of Frost

4:00am 7:00am 7:15am 8:00am 8:25am 9:20am 10:20am 11:30am 12:35pm 1:40pm 2:40pm 3:50pm 4:55pm 6:00pm 7:05pm 8:05pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:05pm 11:10pm 12:10am 1:10am 1:15am 2:55am 3:40am 4:00am

Teleshopping Football's Greatest The Chase Pawn Stars Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Saint The Avengers Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Saint The Avengers Cash Cowboys Pawn Stars Pawn Stars It's Not Just Cricket Rocky III FYI Daily Rocky III Firefox FYI Daily Firefox Lethal Weapon ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

9:05am 9:25am 9:40am 9:55am 10:05am 10:15am 12:15pm 1:10pm 1:15pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm

10:00pm 11:00pm 12:35am 1:15am

7:25am 9:35am 11:50am 2:30pm 4:55pm 6:45pm 9:00pm 11:30pm 1:15am 3:05am

Paw Patrol Floogals Shimmer and Shine Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Peppa Pig Jeremy Vine Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

5 News Lunchtime NCIS Home and Away Neighbours Trust No One Friends 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Criminals Caught on Camera Britain by Bike with Larry and George Lamb Walking Britain's Lost Railways Big Brother: Live Eviction Big Brother's Bit on the Side Super Casino

Batman The Perfect Storm The Last Samurai Kingsman: The Golden Circle Legion The Perfect Storm Kingsman: The Golden Circle Legion Machete Batman

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

4:25am 6:30am

7:00am 9:00am 10:40am

5:50am 7:45am 8:15am 10:00am

The Grass is Greener Final Score: Special The Cable Guy Robin Hood: Men in Tights 11:50am Norbit 1:40pm The Other Guys 3:35pm Pitch Perfect 3 5:15pm Dumb and Dumber 7:05pm The Other Guys 9:00pm Fist Fight 10:40pm Pitch Perfect 3 12:25am Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

12:50pm 1:20pm 3:15pm 5:15pm 6:50pm 9:00pm 10:50pm 12:50am 2:50am 4:40am

Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Young and Hungry Young and Hungry How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Young and Hungry Young and Hungry Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks All Star Driving School The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Die Hard Friday Night Dinner

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

Modern Life is Rubbish The Oddsockeaters Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express Final Score: Special Daddy's Home 2 Modern Life is Rubbish The Oddsockeaters The Forgiven Daddy's Home 2 Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express Affairs of State Devil's Gate The Wings of Eagles

FRIDAY TV

6:00am 7:00am 7:30am 8:00am 9:00am 9:30am 11:20am 11:30am 7:00pm 8:00pm 11:15pm 11:45pm 12:00am 1:00am 2:00am 5:30am 5:45am

Sky Sports News Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize Good Morning Sports Fans Good Morning Sports Fans Live New Zealand NPC Rugby Rugby Gold Live County Championship Sky Sports News at 6 Football Jd Ringside: The Weigh in Boxing Gold Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Laver Cup Tennis Great Sporting Moment Great Sporting Moment

9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 12:00pm 12:30pm

Football's Greatest EFL Greatest Games Football Years EFL Matters EFL One2eleven SPFL Greatest Games 12:45pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:00pm Football's Greatest 1:30pm Football Countdowns 2:00pm EFL Matters 2:30pm EFL Greatest Games 3:00pm EFL 4:00pm Football's Greatest 4:30pm Football Countdowns 5:00pm One2eleven 6:00pm EFL Matters 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm SPFL Matters 7:30pm EFL Matters 8:00pm Football 11:15pm The Debate - Live 12:15am Championship Season Review 1:15am SPFL Matters

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7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live James Martin presents another menu of mouthwatering recipes, great chefs and celebrity guests.

12:30pm Nigel Slater: Eating Together 1:00pm Football Focus 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather 2:15pm PDC Champions League of Darts 5:30pm Final Score 6:10pm BBC News 6:20pm Regional News 6:23pm Weather 6:25pm Pointless 7:15pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:35pm Casualty 10:25pm Killing Eve 11:10pm BBC News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 1:00am The NFL Show 1:30am Weather for the Week Ahead

9:30am Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom 10:00am Planet Dinosaur 10:30am Elephant Diaries 11:00am The Animal's Guide to Britain 12:00pm Tiger Island: Natural World 1:00pm The Incredible Spice Men 1:30pm Great British Menu 2:00pm Great British Menu 2:30pm Tom Kerridge's Proper Pub Food 3:00pm Homes Under the Hammer 4:00pm Scrappers 4:30pm Saving Lives at Sea 5:30pm Trust Me, I'm a Doctor 6:00pm Monkman and Seagull's Genius Guide to Britain 6:30pm Ancient Invisible Cities: Istanbul 7:30pm PDC Champions League of Darts 11:30pm Performance Live: Hofesh Shechter's Clowns 12:00am Dancer

5:00am This is BBC Four 8:00pm Secrets of Our Living Planet 9:00pm Big Cats 10:00pm Mystery Road An aboriginal detective returns to the Outback to investigate the murder of a teenage girl.

10:55pm Mystery Road An aboriginal detective returns to the Outback to investigate the murder of a teenage girl.

11:50pm Gagging for it 12:50am Top of the Pops Paul Jordan and Steve Wright present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 27 February 1986 1:20am Great Guitar Riffs at the BBC 2:20am Secrets of Our Living Planet 3:20am Big Cats

9:05am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:35am Frasier 10:05am Frasier 10:35am The Big Bang Theory 11:05am The Big Bang Theory 11:35am The Big Bang Theory 12:00pm The Simpsons 12:30pm The Simpsons 1:00pm Come Dine with Me 2:00pm Four in a Bed 2:30pm Four in a Bed 3:00pm Four in a Bed 3:30pm Four in a Bed 4:00pm Four in a Bed 4:30pm A Place in the Sun 5:35pm The People's Vet 6:35pm Escape to the Chateau: DIY 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Britain at Low Tide 9:00pm Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence 10:00pm Gods of Egypt 12:25am 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi 3:00am Experimental 3:55am Hollyoaks Omnibus

8:05am Mr. Bean: The Animated Series 8:15am Mr. Bean: The Animated Series 8:30am Toonmarty 8:40am Toonmarty 8:55am Thunderbirds are Go 9:25am Spy School 9:55am The Haunted Hathaways 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Saturday Morning with James Martin 12:40pm The Island Strait 1:10pm ITV Lunchtime News 1:30pm The X Factor 2:30pm Ninja Warrior UK 3:30pm WOS Wrestling 4:30pm Tipping Point 5:30pm The Chase 6:30pm ITV Evening News 6:45pm Regional News and Weather 6:55pm Info not available 9:30pm The X Factor 10:45pm The Jonathan Ross Show 11:45pm ITV News 12:05am Van Helsing 2:15am Jackpot247

7:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:25am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:00am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:55pm You've Been Framed!

1:25pm You've Been Framed!

1:55pm Spy Kids 3: Game Over 2:55pm FYI Daily 3:00pm Spy Kids 3: Game Over 3:40pm The X Factor 4:45pm Paul Blart: Mall Cop 5:45pm FYI Daily 5:50pm Paul Blart: Mall Cop 6:35pm Battleship 7:45pm FYI Daily 7:50pm Battleship 9:00pm Hellboy II: The Golden Army 10:05pm FYI Daily 10:10pm Hellboy II: The Golden Army 11:20pm Celebrity Juice 12:10am Family Guy 12:35am Family Guy

4:45am 6:30am 7:00am 7:55am 9:35am

7:10am Storage Wars 7:35am Motorsport UK 8:25am World Superbike Highlights 9:30am British Superbike Championship Highlights 10:30am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 11:30am British Touring Car Championship Highlights 1:00pm Pawn Stars 1:30pm Pawn Stars 2:00pm Pawn Stars 2:30pm ITV Racing: Live From Ayr 5:15pm World Cup Top Goalscorers 5:30pm Pawn Stars 6:00pm Pawn Stars 6:25pm Pawn Stars 6:55pm Where Eagles Dare 7:55pm FYI Daily 8:00pm Where Eagles Dare 10:00pm Rocky IV 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm Rocky IV 12:00am Universal Soldier: Regeneration

11:45am 1:55pm 4:05pm

5:55pm 8:00pm 10:00pm 12:00am 2:00am

2:30am 3:00am 3:30am

A Touch of Frost ITV3 Nightscreen Murder, She Wrote Columbo: Short Fuse Agatha Christie's Poirot Agatha Christie's Poirot Agatha Christie's Poirot Carry on Camping Sid Boggle and Bernie Lugg decide to take their girlfriends on a camping holiday.

Lewis Midsomer Murders Endeavour Vera On the Buses Classic sitcom. When Edna the clippie is thrown out of her lodgings, Stan takes her in - and lives to regret it.

On the Buses ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping

5:45am 6:10am 6:35am 7:00am 11:00am 11:35am 12:30pm 1:25pm 2:25pm 3:25pm 4:25pm 5:25pm 6:25pm 7:20pm 8:05pm 9:00pm 9:55pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:05am 1:00am

Wildlife SOS House Doctor The Great Artists Milkshake!

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Wonderful World of Puppies Police Interceptors Police Interceptors Police Interceptors Police Interceptors Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords Rich House, Poor House Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

5 News How the Victorians Built Britain Britain's Greatest Bridges Jack the Ripper Super Casino

5:15am Robin Hood 7:05am The Last Castle 9:30am Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 11:50am Constantine 1:55pm Top Gun 3:50pm Atomic Blonde 5:50pm Alien: Covenant 8:00pm Top Gun 10:00pm Constantine 12:00am Atomic Blonde

6:00am 8:00am 8:30am 10:20am 12:05pm 1:40pm 3:15pm 5:20pm 7:10pm

Our Man Flint Final Score: Special Made of Honour 50 First Dates Liar Liar Zombieland Baywatch Groundhog Day Keeping up with the Joneses 9:00pm Baywatch 11:05pm Zombieland 12:40am Chips: Law and Disorder

SATURDAY TV

10:35am All Star Driving School 11:05am All Star Driving School 11:35am Brooklyn Nine-Nine 12:05pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 12:35pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1:05pm The Goldbergs 1:35pm The Goldbergs 2:05pm The Big Bang Theory 2:35pm The Big Bang Theory 3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm The Great British Bake Off 5:15pm The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice 6:15pm Extreme Cake Makers 6:30pm The Big Bang Theory 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:30pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Die Hard 2 12:25am Gogglebox 1:30am Gogglebox 2:30am Rude Tube

6:00am 7:00am

4:40am The Wings of Eagles 6:30am Monster Family: Special 7:00am The Forgiven 9:10am The Oddsockeaters 10:50am Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express 1:00pm Hostiles 3:30pm Daddy's Home 2 5:20pm The Oddsockeaters 7:00pm Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express 9:00pm Hostiles 11:15pm Daddy's Home 2 Tensions boil over when the dadstepdad double team of Brad Whitaker and Dusty Mayron invite their own fathers over for Christmas 1:05am Devil's Gate 2:45am Modern Life is Rubbish 4:35am Affairs of State

6:00am 6:30am 6:45am 7:00am 7:15am 7:45am 10:30am 11:00am 12:30pm 1:00pm 1:30pm

8:50am 9:00am 10:00am 11:00am 12:30pm

4:15pm 6:15pm

9:00pm 12:30am 1:00am

3:35pm 3:50pm 4:00pm 4:15pm 6:15pm 9:00pm 9:15pm 9:30pm 9:40pm 9:50pm 11:55pm 12:00am 1:00am 3:05am

Sky Sports News Live New Zealand NPC Rugby Otago take on Canterbury at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin in the Mitre 10 Cup. Rugby Archive Good Morning Sports Fans Good Morning Sports Fans Live - Soccer Am Football Fulham meet Watford at Craven Cottage in the Premier League.

Gillette Soccer Saturday Football Queens Park Rangers take on Norwich City at Loftus Road in the Sky Bet Championship.

Live PGA Tour Golf Let Highlights European Tour Highlights

Football's Greatest EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Matters Football SPFL Matters Soccer A.M. SPFL Matters Football Years Live Chinese Super League EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games Gillette Soccer Saturday Gillette Soccer Saturday Football EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games MLS Greatest Games MLS Greatest Games Football MLS Greatest Games EFL Goals: Championship Football EFL Goals: Championship

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7:00am Breakfast 9:30am Match of the Day 11:00am The Andrew Marr Show 12:00pm Sunday Politics 12:30pm Sunday Morning Live 1:30pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Hold the Sunset 2:45pm Hold the Sunset 3:15pm Money for Nothing 4:00pm Points of View 4:15pm Songs of Praise 4:50pm Escape to the Country 5:50pm Shop Well for Less 6:50pm Pointless 7:35pm BBC News 7:50pm Regional News 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm Countryfile 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm Bodyguard 11:15pm BBC News 11:35pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Match of the Day 2 12:45am The Women's Football Show

4:10am This is BBC Two 7:35am Around the World in 80 Gardens 8:35am Gardeners' World 9:35am Countryfile 10:30am The Beechgrove Garden 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm Great British Menu 1:00pm Great British Menu 1:30pm Great British Menu 2:00pm PDC Champions League of Darts 5:30pm World Equestrian Games 6:30pm Grammar Schools: Who Will Get In? 7:30pm PDC Champions League of Darts 11:00pm Mock the Week 11:30pm No Activity 11:55pm No Activity 12:20am The Mighty Redcar 1:05am American Justice 2:05am Question Time 3:05am Holby City 4:00am This is BBC Two

8:00pm The Leeds International Piano Competition 2018 9:30pm What Do Artists Do All Day? Documentary following Sir Antony Gormley and his team in their busy Kings Cross studio.

10:00pm James May: The People's Car 11:00pm Roman Britain: A Timewatch Guide 12:00am Roger Bannister: Everest on the Track 1:00am The Last Explorers 2:00am Treasures of Ancient Greece 3:00am Pappano's Classical Voices 4:00am James May: The People's Car

6:50am Buy it Now 7:15am Motorsport 7:45am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Frasier 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Simpsons 2:00pm The Simpsons 2:25pm Paranorman 4:20pm The Great British Bake Off 5:35pm Location, Location, Location 6:35pm Grand Designs 7:35pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Cruises from Hell 9:00pm Battle of Britain: Model Squadron 10:00pm Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls 11:00pm The Circle 12:00am 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 1:00am Queen and Country 3:05am Mobil 1 the Grid

6:35am The Great Artists 7:00am Milkshake!

11:00am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:20am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35am Make You Laugh Out Loud 12:00pm Police Interceptors 12:55pm Friends 1:25pm Friends 1:55pm Friends 2:25pm Friends 2:55pm Friends 3:25pm Friends 3:55pm Friends 4:25pm Friends 4:55pm Friends 5:20pm Friends 5:50pm Along Came Polly 7:30pm King Kong 10:55pm 5 News 11:00pm Big Brother 12:30am 20 Moments That Rocked Britain 2:15am Super Casino 4:10am Hms Victory: Nelson's Great Warship 5:00am Tribal Teens... Here Comes Trouble

6:00am 7:00am 9:25am 10:35am 12:15pm 12:45pm 1:15pm 1:50pm 2:20pm 2:50pm 3:20pm 3:50pm 4:20pm 4:50pm 5:20pm 5:50pm 6:20pm 6:50pm 7:20pm 7:50pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:35pm 12:05am 12:35am 1:00am 2:10am 2:45am 3:15am

Brooklyn Nine-Nine Hollyoaks Omnibus Don't Tell the Bride Escape From Planet Earth The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine Young Sheldon Young Sheldon The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Back to the Future Part II Krypton The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Tattoo Fixers The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners Krypton

SUNDAY TV

6:00am 7:00am 8:00am 9:00am 10:00am 10:30am 12:00pm 1:30pm

4:30pm 8:00pm

12:00am

2:10am

8:15am Mr. Bean: The Animated Series 8:30am Toonmarty 8:40am Toonmarty 8:55am Thunderbirds are Go 9:25am Spy School 9:55am The Haunted Hathaways 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Cannonball!

11:20am Ninja Warrior UK 12:20pm WOS Wrestling 1:20pm The X Factor 2:35pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:50pm £10k Holiday Home 3:15pm Emmerdale 1918 3:45pm Catchphrase 4:30pm Tenable 5:30pm Tipping Point 6:30pm The Chase 7:30pm ITV Evening News 7:45pm Regional News and Weather 8:00pm 5 Gold Rings 9:00pm The X Factor 10:00pm Vanity Fair 11:05pm The Imitation Game 11:45pm ITV News 12:05am Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure

6:50am ITV2 Nightscreen 7:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:50am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:35am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:30pm You've Been Framed!

2:05pm The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 3:10pm FYI Daily 3:15pm The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 3:55pm The X Factor 5:10pm Despicable Me 6:10pm FYI Daily 6:15pm Despicable Me 7:00pm The Lego Movie 8:05pm FYI Daily 8:10pm The Lego Movie 9:00pm Quantum of Solace 10:00pm FYI Daily 10:05pm Quantum of Solace 11:10pm Family Guy 11:35pm Family Guy 12:05am Family Guy 12:35am American Dad! 1:05am American Dad! 1:35am The Cleveland Show 2:05am Ghosted

3:30am 7:00am 7:45am 8:50am 9:50am 11:55am 1:55pm 3:55pm 5:50pm 8:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am 1:05am 2:05am 3:55am 4:45am 5:35am 5:55am

Teleshopping Murder, She Wrote Heartbeat Heartbeat Agatha Christie's Poirot Agatha Christie's Poirot Agatha Christie's Poirot Columbo Goes to the Guillotine Foyle's War Foyle's War The Good Karma Hospital The Good Karma Hospital Wire in the Blood Wire in the Blood A Touch of Frost Road to Avonlea Road to Avonlea Judge Judy Judge Judy

8:30am 9:25am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 12:30pm 12:55pm 1:20pm 1:50pm 2:20pm 2:50pm

3:50pm 3:55pm

4:40pm 5:40pm 5:45pm 7:50pm 8:50pm 8:55pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:05pm 12:10am 1:10am 1:15am

The Avengers The Avengers Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment FYI Daily Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment Where Eagles Dare FYI Daily Where Eagles Dare Tobruk FYI Daily Tobruk Rocky V FYI Daily Rocky V Source Code FYI Daily Source Code

9:40am Justice League 11:55am Battle: Los Angeles 2:10pm Top Ten Show, the 2018 2:25pm Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge 4:40pm The Dark Knight 7:15pm Transformers: The Last Knight 10:00pm Justice League 12:10am Battle: Los Angeles

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FORMER regional president of the Madrid Communiy Cristina Cifuentes had a Master’s degree-that-never-was in Autonomous Law from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Partido Popular leader Pablo Casado’s degree, also in Autonomous Law, apparently has a similar pedigree.

Pedro Sanchez’s ex-Health minister Carmen Monton, with a Master’s in Inter-disciplinary Gender Studies from the same university, was the next to have her academic record torn to shreds.

Cifuentes and Casado were indifferent students who obtained indifferent Law degrees while Monton studied Medicine and her Master’s degree should have been a walkover.

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Degrees of uncertainty All the same it looks as though she fudged it and resigned in order to spare the government embarrassment rather than face the gossips down.

But isn’t it time for over-generous Rey Juan Carlos University to face the glare of the interrogator’s lamp as well as big-name degreeseekers?

The junior fixer EL PEQUEÑO NICOLAS is on trial and faces a six-year prison term.

Now 24, he was a junior fixer with a spectacular line in deception.

He convinced those twice or three times his age that he was linked to Spain’s intelligence service CNI, former vice-president Soraya

Exit ‘Rajoy’s girl’ SORAYA SAENZ DE SANTAMARIA left politics because Pablo Casado took over the Partido Popular.

Former vice-president of the Spanish government Santamaria was earmarked to succeed Mariano Rajoy, the boss who depended on and trusted her.

But for the first time the Partido Popular held something approaching Primaries and that first taste of free-

Saenz de Santamaria and even, he hinted, royalty.

He was photographed with former ministers and Madrid Regional President Esperanza Aguirre as well as Jose Maria Aznar, inveigling his way into the official reception on the day Felipe VI was installed as king in 2014.

The young and talented conman tripped up when he tried to swindle businessman Francisco Martínez de la Hidalga out of €300,000 by posing as a government representative with a cock and bull story about a property in Guinea.

The police warned De la Hidalga that he was the victim of fraud, and that was the beginning of the end for Nicolas Gomez Iglesias, who was arrested in 2014.

Doutbtless he’s now expecting all those

dom produced Pablo Casado.

The paid-up card-carriers wanted Santamaria but 57 per cent of the delegates they appointed went for Casado instead and inflicted the first big public defeat on ‘Rajoy’s girl’.

For many insiders it was a chance to settle old scores with Santamaria who rarely bothered to oil the party machinery and Casado is the leader that the Partido Popular decided it needs now, free of the linger-

friends in high places come to his aid.

Scar tissue A VIDEO celebrating the Spanish Constitution’s 40th anniversary shows two Civil War combatants chatting to each other.

One is 102 and the other 98 but Podemos supremo Pablo Iglesias complained of the video’s “false equidistance” presumably because one fought for Franco.

So he didn’t like seeing two old men talking about their families and lives on equal terms?

Not everyone has forgiven what happened between 1936 and 1939 and not everyone can forget but opening old wounds only causes more pain.

ing miasma of corruption.

There is no room for Santamaria in Casado’s party, so rather than accept humiliating crumbs from the rich man’s table she’s off to eat better on her own.

Young fogey Pablo Casado is the best thing that could have happened to the PSOE party but whether he’s the best thing that could have happened to the PP remains to be seen.

NEW PASTURES: Soraya Saenz de Santamaria was Rajoy’s favourite.

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by Adam Whalley-Lewis I HOPE everyone is safe following the recent storms and whilst we are in a caring and sharing space, I want to share something with TV Land Readers.

I’ve swapped the vino for a hot chocolate and the air con and fans are taking a well earned break. TV schedules are settling into an autumn pattern and the date for the X-Factor final has been announced, ITV Saturday, December 1 for anyone who might be interested. Can only mean one thing my TV friends, I dare not mention Navidad just yet, right?

Ellie (Mi Cortijo, Casares) emailed in to ask for a little bit more TV News, so here we go Ellie.

TV News this week has to be dominated by the announcement from Netflix that Designated Survivor is coming back for another season next year. About time too. Another term for Mr Sutherland Jnr and his impossibly ill-fitting suits?

Not to be out done, ITV’s The Chase recorded the biggest daytime TV jackpot of £100,000 a couple of weeks ago and I think it was The Governess who the contestants were up against. Well done them.

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

Fans of Big Brother (CH5), I know you are out there, will surely have learned that right before the current launch show, Emma and the team were told the show was to be axed when this series finishes. There has already been an eviction for something tweeted in 2014 by one on the want-to-be contestants (rightly so). Ellis looked like fun too, maybe if she were less racist she would still be there - better still, not racist at all, just a thought.

And finally, who doesn’t love the new John

Lewis, Bohemian Rhapsody advert? It is a classic in the making. Just a thought though, how will the Partnership top this offering for Christmas?

I think the people who schedule Sunday evenings across the major channels need to get together for tapas and work out how not to clash The Bodyguard (BBC1), King Arthur's Britain (BBC2), Vanity Fair (ITV) and Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls (CH4).

These four all aired at the same time on Sun-

day evening. I’m going to side step Bodyguard and Vanity and mention the other two.

If you missed Bodyguard or Vanity, just hang around your local bank cash point looking lost, someone will update you.

So, King Arthur’s Britain: The Truth Unearthed, BBC2 and iPlayer, focused less on The Round Table and a sword in a lake and more on what it was like in Britain during the Dark Ages. The DA covered a period in British history between 400-200BC when our ancestors lost the ability to write, the economy collapsed and Simon Cowell launched Britain’s-pig-farmers-have-got-talent. Made that last bit up. Professor Roberts, Alice to her friends, expertly guided us through a massive new excavation in Cornwall, throwing new light on this dark piece of our history. Well worth tracking down.

The Celebrities on Bear’s Island (Channel 4) could have done with Professor Alice to referee their arguments this week. Last week Roxanne left with something like PTSD linked to a fire and this week a tropical storm hit the Island, the fire went out and James Cracknell finally showed he actually has some emotions, well hidden, but they are there.

Loved it.

Happy Viewing.

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EWN 63

YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE - YOUR OPINION Letters should be emailed to yoursay@euroweeklynews.com or make your comments on our website: www.euroweeklynews.com ALTHOUGH I agree there should be better control over ‘dangerous’ dogs, consigning them to zoos is unkind to any animal, even the best zoos are not the same as freedom.

(Leapy Lee) As an owner of a German Shepherd - one of the first to be designated a dangerous breed - and several other dogs, I would like to point out that there are very few natura l l y v i c i o u s a n i ma ls , a n d some of the smaller ones can be nasty too.

The problem is the owner, in the same way that there are no dangerous cars that don’t have a driver behind the wheel.

Too many people do not know how to train a dog, or understand that little Billy ‘playing with the dog’ may not seem unkind, but pulling e a r s a n d t a i ls ca n b e provocative.

S mal l c h i l d r e n a n d b a b ies should never be left unattended with any animal.

Muzzling is not the answer. Are you all o we d t o d r i v e a v e h icle without a licence? It’s a potentially dangerous vehicle and you have

HAVE YOUR SAY

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Zoos are not the place for dogs! just as if he/she had injured them by negligence with a gun.

Sheila

Think green

Tell the truth

WHY can’t people be a little bit more considerate when throwing away their rubbish? I have seen people drive to the bins and throw their glass, paper and plastic in the normal bins, then drive off straight past the recycling bins!

Is it all that hard to pull up at the correct spot when you are in a car anyway? The problems of plastic getting into the environment have been well documented and it is largely due to this sort of lazy and thoughtless behaviour.

I have seen in the news that a young inventor has come up with a way of scooping up the vast amounts of plastic swirling about in our oceans, but surely it is bet-

to be taught how to be safe to drive.

Anyone who owns or wants to o w n a larg e d o g , s hould be re quired to attend training classes with the animal.

RECYCLING: Think of the future. ter if it is never allowed to get there in the first place.

Come on people, use your heads and think green if we want to live in a clean and pleasant world!

Maggie J

If they are not up to standard to handle a dog with control, then a muz z le for the dog s hould be mandatory until the owner is certified capable.

They should also be made aware

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that a large dog should not be left unattended with children. Should their child or any other child be hurt by the dog, then rather than bla ming t he ani m al t he per son should pay heavy compensation,

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British man knee-capped and tortured in horrific attack Costa del Sol again! Glad I live here in the Costa Blanca.

Sheila F Starting to think we made the right decision leaving there now. The gang violence is getting progressively worse.

Debs LM

Comments from EWN online in south of Spain

So scary that this can happen without any warning.

‘AWAKE AND TALKING’: Leonie C Reveals gran of British Omg that’s awful.

Judy S boy found at bottom of swimming pool in Spain PEAS OFF!: Police con- but he’s still very poor- tinue crackdown on ly ‘Benidorm’s oldest Great, Spanish Doctors are the best. Well Done.

John WR scam’ Got to be pea brained to fall for this scam.

How marvellous. Wish him well.

Linda C

WATCH: Historic town hit without warning by MASSIVE flash flooding

Dean M

UK driving licences ‘may no longer be valid’ in Spain in event of ‘No-

Deal’ Brexit So that applies to Europeans coming to the UK as well? That’ll be interesting and I wonder how the lorry drivers would manage?

Ryan P I changed my UK one for a Spanish licence. It cost €64 and took three months. They gave me a provisional A4 licence. I had to do the medical (very easy). The exchange is called ‘Canje.’

Neil PW That word ‘May’ keeps cropping up in relation to a problem. ‘May’...be we should not rely on ‘May’ any more!

Ron S If that’s true then there are many other places in the world to visit. Spain’s loss.

Lusso P

REIGN IN SPAIN?: Burger King boss plans 250 new restaurants Can’t believe people still eat that JUNK (won’t even call it food). Not surprising the world’s situation today with promoting these establishments…

Felipe

LEAPY LEE says it, others think it. Personally I doubt many Brits l ucky enough t o l i ve i n Spai n would agree with this guy’s anti EU rantings, preferring to enjoy right to reside, health cover etc.

And qui t e why he t hi nks EU employees are nasty and self-serving is beyond me. However, one comment is totally untrue: Euro MEPs are elected so please stop calling them unelected, it’s an untruth.

And as for ‘democracy’ Lee should note that public opinion has changed, sent i m ent now favours Remaining.

Seriously, can’t you get someone better to write a column than this bigoted idiot?

Henry Partridge Editor’s note: While we don’t always agree with Leapy the EWN does believe in his right to air his views.

Parking woes THANKFULLY the summer is over. I can f i nal l y par k m y car within a kilometre of where I live!

Every year in August Fuengirola (Costa del Sol) is packed to the rafters and there is simply no room to move. Leave your parking spot and that’s it - you will be driving round for hours before you can find another.

My point is why don’t the authorities make the town centre a residents only parking zone and set up free or at least very cheap secure park and ride schemes for the tourists?

It would take the pressure off the town centre roads, and I am sure many people would be happy to know they can leave their car in a secure location where it would be looked after.

And the locals would be happy that they can park a bit nearer home.

David Andrews

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FEATURE

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Nick Horne The Rich Pick Freelance correspondent, London, England AN additional luxury feature has arrived for the latest version of the Rolls Royce extended wheel base Phantom. Though what more could possibly be added to the luxurious systems, devices and accoutrements that add up to the most luxurious limousine in production today.

An engine providing silent and immense torque, an external profile that is iconic and instantly recognised. Not only a Wi-Fi hotspot and a bespoke picnic hamper for the day at the races as well as those doors that are sweetly nicknamed ‘suicide’ yet discreetly conceal umbrellas. Where else logically would you keep an umbrella in a motor car?

Revealed at the Chengdu Motor Show, China the ‘Privacy Suite’ for the new and extended wheel base Phantom. The Privacy Suite claims not only to harbour a massive leap forward in sound absorption in a motor car and what appears at first glance to be a massive TV screen dividing the passenger compartment from the front cabin. It is in fact a privacy screen made of an Electrochromic glass.

A glass that will at the nonchalant flick of the switch transform from opaque to transparent and then back again at will. For the really wealthy that crave ‘to be alone’ the Privacy Suite offers further refinements of solitude.

Rear Privacy Curtains will surround the pas-

SERENITY: Travel in your own private suite.

Effortless privacy senger on the remaining sides so that no one can discern who or what is happening in the car as it sweeps effortlessly towards the golf course or the palatial office. Quite possibly the ‘Bespoke Rear Theatre Entertainment System’ has been triggered in the Privacy Suite and two high definition 12-inch monitors associate speakers and sound-systems all linked to the Phantom’s fully connected software.

Controlled from the centre console conveniently situated close to a discreet drinks cabinet. Alone, beneath the Starlight Headliner with the Bespoke Clock silently measuring out the intervals between destinations. A further wondrous refinement, given the occasional need to communicate with the driver.

A convenient large aperture controlled sole-

ly by the passenger allows notes or documents or indeed other objects to be passed between the front and rear cabins. The cost of the Privacy Suite can hardly be significant when placed alongside the original cost of the Phantom. All told perhaps €500,000 if you make an effort. The concept though does demonstrate Rolls Royce Motor Cars dedication to the effortless privacy of the Phantom owners.

FIRST CLASS: Bespoke picnic hamper.

PRIVACY SUITE: Leap forward in sound absorption.

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Cryptic Across 1 Blow on the foot for warmth (4) 3 Disease on farm is shocking (8) 9 Gets off in area with illuminations (7) 10 Albert and I have become animated (5) 11 Could break cover (5) 12 Stays will alter a waist (6) 14 Refuse to accept hard defeat (6) 16 Dawdle, moving around like a duck (6) 19 Eurostar very nearly contains nothing to eat (6) 21 Silent diplomacy includes Italy (5) 24 Beginnings of twisted torso (5) 25 Delay concerning impish chap right away (7) 26 Helped to show donkey is with Edward (8) 27 Consul possibly coming back, partly for bonus (4) Down 1 Poverty to leave a mark on big town (8) 2 Leonard Marx taking silver from the Windy City (5) 4 Italian time American is able to be read (6) 5 In autumn, plough an area in West Africa (5) 6 European leader has two men thrown out (7) 7 Look for adherent of religion,say (4)

8 Blames cold pelts (6) 13 Trek less confusing for flighty hunters (8) 15 Fixed allowances in proportion by points (7) 17 Painter in Hobart is talented (6) 18 Court order last month regarding energy (6)

Code Breaker

20 Takes chances with first really sloppy kiss (5) 22 A slight cold contributing to much illness (5) 23 Killer whale in Windsor Castle (4)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 1 represents G and 14 represents Y, so fill in G every time the figure 1 appears and Y every time the figure 14 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 Not drunk (5) 4 Water in the form of vapour (5) 7 Day immediately before today (9) 8 Wealthy (4) 10 Ferocious (6) 12 Vocalist (6) 13 Shed tears (4) 16 Correction (9) 18 Ski run of compacted snow (5) 19 Head of a city government (5)

English - Spanish

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE

Across 1 To roast (4) 3 Grillos (insectos) (8) 9 Conejos (7) 10 Gum (anatomical) (5) 11 Bald (person, head) (5) 12 Although (6) 14 Olvidar (6) 16 Rough (not smooth) (6) 19 Cremallera (6) 21 Onza (5) 24 Hedgehog (5) 25 Fencing (sport) (7) 26 Tan pronto como (2,4,2) 27 Eyebrow (4)

Down 1 Indian stringed instrument (5) 2 See 17 3 Move fast (4) 4 Affording beautiful vistas (6) 5 Approve (7) 6 Perhaps (5) 9 Own up (7) 11 Interfere with (6) 12 Imprint (5) 14 Earlier in time (5) 15 Appear to be (4) 17/2 Much younger male lover (3,3)

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

Down 1 Reef (8) 2 Tree (5) 4 To tear up (6) 5 Limpiar (5) 6 Plug (electrical) (7) 7 Costra (médico) (4) 8 Moustache (6) 13 Slap (8) 15 Pasas (7) 17 Esponja (para el aseo) (6) 18 Proof (6) 20 Lead (metal) (5) 22 Ruido (5) 23 Scholarship (4)

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.

Nonagram How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case R) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

TARGET: Average: 14 Good: 19

LOTTERY UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

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IRISH LOTTO Saturday September 15

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

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

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CRYPTIC Across:

1 Receipt, 5 Robin, 8 Shampoo, 9 Naipe, 10 Yerno, 11 Prevent, 12 Pocket, 14 Obispo, 17 Tiritar, 19 Cliff, 22 Theft, 23 Ciruela, 24 Stare, 25 Seasons.

1 Windsor, 5 Coats, 8 Raise, 9 Scatter, 10 Trestle, 11 Scare, 12 Cadre, 14 Laity, 19 Toils, 21 Surmise, 23 Adipose, 24 Skint, 25 Ewers, 26 Disease.

Down:

Down:

1 Rusty, 2 Chair, 3 Improve, 4 Trompa, 5 Rinse, 6 Boilers, 7 Nuestro, 12 Patatas, 13 Corteza, 15 Becerra, 16 Prices, 18 Title, 20 Ileso, 21 Flags.

1 Warmth, 2 Noise, 3 Shelter, 4 Roster, 5 Crass, 6 Attract, 7 Street, 13 Asinine, 15 Arrests, 16 Ethane, 17 Ostend, 18 Beetle, 20 Spots, 22 Ibiza.

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Across: 1 Garrison, 8 Clock, 9 Adder, 10 Ajar, 11 Delete, 13 Gasbag, 15 Epic, 18 Leave, 19 Alike, 20 Disaster.

Down: 2 Aroma, 3 Rake, 4 Scared, 5 Nudge, 6 Farfetched, 7 Octangular, 12 Caress, 14 Scald, 16 Prime, 17 Rags.

CODE BREAKER

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19)

relationship needs sorting out now before things get worse.

Cast your net wide this week and be prepared to take advantage of a state of freedom. With high energy and an expansive mind, you are in a good position. Avoid being thrown out of kilter by activities around you. It may be difficult to make real progress at times but that does not mean you are unable to plan.

Having been given a chance to take responsibility at the beginning of the month, you are determined to do your best. Certainly, it is a time to concentrate on any business matters which need attention.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20)

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23)

As the moon shines on you, it is almost possible to feel the light. After a few recent hiccups it is now possible to get down to achieving your heart's desire. Whether that is what you will want at the end of the day is neither here nor there. What matters most to your well-being now is to see some results.

A great light shines on your romantic life. Whether it is meeting up with old chums or a new date, there is electricity in the air for you.

Equally, a business coupling is particularly fruitful and you count your blessings to have gone down a particular path.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) There will be good news regarding an application or legal document.

Following on from that your finances take a turn for the better and this could be long term. Having extra cash is great, but be wary of someone who would like to part you from it. At the weekend, events take a romantic turn but timing may be bad owing to other commitments.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Although you feel more in control as the week comes to an end, do not make the mistake of counting your chickens before they are hatched. If you do, you could end up with egg on your face. Continue to plan to get the best results but bide your time.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Colleagues are far from helpful at the moment and you may even feel that matters are going backwards.

It may be necessary to move away and leave them to haggle among themselves. Perhaps later you may step in and take control of the confusion. If your business life is far from good then it is more than balanced by harmony at home.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Your mind is sharp and it is easy to spot problems before they arise.

Some dispute regarding a trip is disappointing. However, you are not able to please everyone in this instance. A glitch in a close

LEO (July 24 - August 23)

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) The usually flamboyant attitude which is yours at this time of the year is now subdued, but this will not last for too much longer and soon things will be back to normal.

You will be looking to spice up your romantic life and your partner will be only too willing to go along with your suggestions.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) There is a lot going on and sometimes you need to take a step back. A feeling that you have covered some ground before is not unfounded. However, there are certain aspects of your life which need to be revisited. Only in this way are you able to see the real progress that has been made.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Expectations are high. With energy peaking early on, projects gain momentum and there are early results. A suggestion made to a loved one some time ago is now acceptable and there could be some excitement. Rather than setting down hard-and-fast plans, it may be better to be flexible.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Your love life is highlighted and, although you may be suspicious of your good luck, this is a new phase.

Whereas before you had some reason to mistrust you are now able to have confidence. It is a great time to progress your inclinations on the romantic front.

QUIZ: MELLOW FRUITFULNESS 1. Adams Pearmain, Beauty of Bath, Blenheim Orange, Chelmsford Wonder and James Grieve are all British varieties of which fruit?

2. By what other, more common, name is the chinese goosberry now known?

3. Eric Wimp, an ordinary schoolboy turns into which adult superhero, sporting a distinctive cowled blue and yellow outfit complete with a yellow two tailed cape when he eats a certain fruit?

4. The cognac-based liqueur Grand Marnier is principally flavoured with which fruit?

5. The tangelo is a citrus fruit hybrid of a tangerine and a which other fruit?

6. What was the title of Fats Domino’s first and only UK Top 10 hit single, which reached number six in December 1956?

7. Which Irish rock band was formed in Limerick in 1989 by lead singer Niall Quinn, guitarist Noel Hogan, bassist Mike Hogan, and drummer Fergal Lawler? Quinn was replaced as lead singer by Dolores O'Riordan in 1990.

8. Which League One football team are nicknamed the Tangerines?

9. Who wrote the award-wining novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, first published in 1985?

10. Written in 1903, The Cherry Orchard was the last play written by which celebrated Russian playwright?

Not a lot of people know that... the peach, which was once known as a Persian apple, is a symbol of longevity and good luck in China.

Answers: 1. APPLE, 2. KIWI FRUIT (accept KIWI), 3. BANANAMAN, 4. ORANGE, 5. GRAPEFRUIT, 6. BLUEBERRY HILL, 7. THE CRANBERRIES, 8.

BLACKPOOL F C (they are also known as the Seasiders and the ‘Pool), 9. JEANETTE WINTERSON, 10.

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BENEFITS: There are lots of reasons why it is better to sleep on your left side.

WHICH side should you sleep on, left or right? Apparently, the left is better for our health.

Most of us change positions during sleep, but it can apparently make a difference which side you prefer.

Research claims that one position is better than the other for improving the digestive processes. The intestinal transit and the passage of waste from the large intestine to the colon are facilitated by opting to lie to the left. Additionally, stomach acid is prevented from rising to the mouth, which can result in heartburn.

The position is favoured by the heart, too, as it makes it easier for pumping blood to the rest of the body because

Good night’s sleep the aorta vein traces an arched path to the left and on to the abdomen.

A study by the University of Stony Brook, which was published in the Journal of Neuroscience found that tilting to the left is most recommended for the work of the glyphostate system, which gets rid of waste that is present in the nervous system, such as the so-called betaamyloid deposits.

The blood circulation is said to be more fluid because sleeping on the left side releases pressure on the vena

FOETUS: Less pressure on unborn baby.

cava, and blood, with all its components, such as oxygen, finds its way around the body more efficiently.

Many doctors advise pregnant women to adopt this position as it facilitates the flow of blood and nutrients to the placenta. At the same time, the lungs are less compressed and the rest of the organs don’t place excessive weight on the foetus.

Research has shown that the spine is more aligned if you sleep on your left side, which allows the entire muscular system that surrounds the back to rest. But it’s important that the pillow is not too high, nor too low, as that requires greater effort on the part of the neck muscles.

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The pressure is on NEARLY two-thirds of the population are ignoring the simplest step in reducing their risk of stroke, heart attack or heart failure by not knowing their figures. This is the finding of a new national survey

by Blood Pressure UK which this month marked Know Your Numbers Week 2018.

The charity is now calling for all households to purchase a validated blood pressure monitor, with government subsidies for people on low incomes and those most at risk, saving the NHS over £1 billion every year for the 6.5 million people who still remain undiagnosed.

The research found that 26.7 per cent of respondents consider going out with friends and socialising more of a priority than

having their blood pressure taken. What’s more, 14.9 per cent would rather watch TV and a further 10.4 per cent would opt to watch football instead.

Evidently, it appears that high blood pressure, which is apparently one of the most preventable and treatable conditions but remains one of the leading causes of death, is of little concern to the majority.

Of people surveyed 36 per cent are more concerned about other ailments (and the subsequent effects on their health) than knowing their blood pressure numbers, putting themselves at an increased risk of a debilitating stroke and/or heart attack.

When it comes to knowing your blood pressure numbers, 63.7 per cent of people do not

know theirs, with 16.2 per cent thinking a healthy blood pressure reading is 130/80mmHg which implies pre-high blood pressure, compared to an ideal blood pressure reading of 120/80mmHg. Of the 33.7 per cent of people who own a blood pressure monitor, 41.7 per cent still go to their GP more than once a year to be tested, with 26.2 per cent believing they will receive a more accurate reading.

Meanwhile of the 66.3 per cent of people who do not own a blood pressure monitor, just over a quarter say they don’t feel the need to test their blood pressure at all. And 16.6 per cent claim they only trust their GPs to test them.

Almost a third of people think those aged 40 plus

CHECKS: Knowing your blood pressure numbers can help avoid future problems.

should start to worry about their blood pressure, only 19.3 per cent believe those in their 30’s should worry. With unhealthy lifestyles and poor diet contributing to more young people in their 30’s, 40’s and 50’s being diagnosed with hypertension, around one-inthree people in the UK are now living with high blood pressure.

Key risk factors for developing high blood pressure are eating too much salt, not enough fruit and vegetables, being overweight and not taking enough exercise.

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Hidden personal health STICKING your tongue out every morning can reveal a lot about your state of health.

Its size, texture, colour and shape can provide a surprising amount of information, according to an Australian-Chinese medical practitioner.

Waveny Holland claims that a tongue diagnosis, using a chart that corresponds to different parts of the body, can reveal signs of disease and imbalances that we may be oblivious to.

A normal, healthy tongue is normally pinkish or light red in colour, with a slight white coating and neither too thick nor thin, and not flabby or overlapping the teeth.

A puffy tongue can indicate a lack of nutrients and moisture, and a thin one or a tongue without any coating, could hint towards dehydration.

If circulation is restricted, for example during menstruation, it may be purple, according to the expert.

But a pale tongue can suggest a vitamin or mineral deficiency and is more commonly

HEALTHY: Pinkish or light red in colour is normal. seen among those suffering from anaemia.

And yellow colouring or a bump on the top, could be a sign of an infection or bacterial build-up of other imbalances.

While a red tongue (depending on which area of the body this corresponds to on the tongue map) can indicate fever or a rise in body temperature associated with menopause.

Deep cracks in the centre apparently indicate a person is prone to digestive issues, and ulcers can be linked to a deficiency.

While a tongue with ridges on the outside edge is said to indicate fluid retention.

Explaining how the organ relates to different parts of the body, the medical practitioner said the tip of the tongue reflects organs that are higher in the chest, the lungs and heart.

The middle represents organs that are in the centre of the trunk, the liver and gallbladder on the sides and the stomach in the centre.

While the back of the tongue relates to body parts positioned deeper in the trunk, such as the intestines, bladder, and kidneys.

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OM Time on the Costa Blanca THE International Centre for Buddhist Studies (CIDEB) of the Sakya Foundation in Pe-

dreguer has announced its programme of courses, events and retreats for autumn.

From October 11 to 14, which Lama Rinchen Gyaltsen, the resident teacher and director of the centre will along with the psychologist

Jorge Moltó from the society of psychologists Elephant Plena, present Emotional Balance, a theoretical-practical course for people interested in

knowing how emotions work and how to achieve stability emotional.

Starting in November Shantena will teach the course

A session at CIDEB Pedreguer.

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by Andrew Harding AS I promised last week, I will finish my discussion of micro-minerals this week.

Chromium: This is necessary for increasing the effectiveness of the hormone insulin, which regulates blood glucose concentration. Good sources include broccoli, green beans and potatoes.

Manganese: Manganese allows your body to metabolise carbohydrates, fats and amino acids from proteins. This trace mineral is also a necessary part of bone formation. It is found in lentils, pineapple, chick peas and spinach.

Molybdenum: An element incorporated into the enzymes that allow your body to break down amino acids. Legumes, nuts and grains are good dietary sources.

Selenium: Helps control thyroid hormones that regulate all of the body’s metabolic processes. Selenium also functions as an antioxidant, helping to fight free radicals that can cause chronic diseases. Food sources include cereal, grains, nuts, dairy foods and meat.

Here is this week’s recipe: Pan Fried Tuna with a Romesco Sauce Serves 4 4 sprigs thyme, leaves picked off,

Quantum Physics and Buddhism. This physicist and philosopher will review the most recent scientific studies and Buddhist philosophy, explaining theory and practice with guided meditations, on the common idea for science and Buddhism.

Among the other events, there will be the ever popular Open Day as well as individual weekend retreats and on October 31 those interested will be invited to the centre to celebrate the Lha Bab Duchen, or the four main milestones in the life of Buddha.

The weekly opportunities for free meditation sessions and public lectures given by Lama Rinchen Gyaltsen, as well as the weekly Hatha Yoga classes will also continue.

For more information on the centre visit www.parami ta.org.

Tuna: delicious, fresh, light and healthy

TASTY: A balanced diet. stalks discarded 4 tablespoons olive oil 4 tuna steaks, 150-175g each salt and black pepper, freshly ground 4 lemon wedges, to serve 4 tbsp olive oil 50g white bread, diced 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 red chilli, finely diced (or more if you like heat) 6 canned plum tomatoes 100g blanched flaked almonds, toasted 2 small jars of roasted red peppers (drained) juice of 2 lemons, and zest from 1 of them freshly ground salt and black pepper 1. First make the Romesco sauce.

Heat the olive oil in a small, heavy-based frying pan and add the bread, garlic and chilli.

2. Fry gently until the bread begins to brown, constantly stirring.

3. Place the bread mixture in a food processor with the tomatoes, almonds, red peppers, lemon juice and zest.

Process the mixture into a paste and season with the sea salt and freshly ground pepper.

4. Add the thyme to the olive oil and lightly brush over the tuna. Season the fish with sea salt and freshly ground pepper. Reserve any olive oil left over.

5. Heat the pan until very hot, then pan fry the tuna for 3-4 minutes on each side, depending on the thickness of the tuna and whether you want it slightly rare or cooked through.

6. Place on the serving plate with the Romesco sauce on the side. Add a wedge of lemon, drizzle with the reserved, thyme-flavoured oil and serve.

Tip: Toast the almonds in the same pan you cook the tuna.

Tip: I don’t throw away unused bread I blend it into breadcrumbs and then freeze.

Hint: Make multiple quantities of Romesco sauce, defrost and refreeze up to three times.

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6th Variety Show SO it doesn’t seem two minutes since the last Palace Variety Show.

However a whole year has passed and its here again.

The sixth Annual Palace Variety Show which takes Place on Sunday September 23 and is sponsored by Spain Property Shop.

This year ’s show stars Sam Bailey, the 2013 winner of X Factor. You’ll remember her as the exprison warden with the big voice who blew our minds with her renditions of Skyscraper and Listen.

Headlining alongside Sam will be Jake Quickenden, also from the 2014 series of X Factor, but more recently known for his appearance on ‘Im A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.’ Not forgetting of course that he is also this year ’s Dancing On Ice Champion.

Also starring with them is the returning comedy legend Jimmy Cricket, who entertained so well at The Palace Variety Show 2015 alongside Stacy Solomon and Chesney Hawkes.

The Palace Variety Show is an annual fundraiser which takes

place at The Benidorm Palace. In the past it has raised funds for Help4Heroes and Elche Children¡s Home. This year all profits will be donated equally to the Royal British Legion and the AECC Cancer Charity, both of which will be there helping on the night alongside Maria and The Pink Ladies and Pink Panthers.

Last year’s show was hit a little bit with the downfall of Monarch Airways.

Many people had bought tickets for the show but got stranded and were unable to come.

The show was a smash hit though and saw the amazing Sonia own the stage. Starring alongside the very controversial Honey G. Previous shows have included Gareth Gates, Katrina & the Waves, Crissy Rock, Ray Quinn and Mick Miller, to name a few. This year the organisers promise to blow all previous shows out of the water..

Other artistes on the night will include local stars like James Macdonald, Benidorm’s most glamorous singing drag

artiste. Nigel Birchill for all you Elvis fans and young singing superstar Dan Davy.

The Amazing Fusion Show will be there featuring Stevie Spit, Nikki G, Kylie Burgazzi, Jay, Jaz Markwick and dancers from La Sal De Torrevieja who will dazzle once more in some incredible Las Vegas style costumes.

Also joining us on stage will be Footwork Dance Studio with Al Joel as this year’s welcome artiste.

The organisers say this year’s show will be so special. It will have a slight military theme. This is a salute to the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. So keep the date free and remember Sunday September 23, 2018.

Doors open at 7.00pm.

Show starts at 8.00pm.

Tickets are €25 for Standard or €50 for VIP which includes front of house seats. Chicken or Fish & Chips. Also entry to the secret after show party.

Tickets are available from the box office 965 851 660.

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A-students, this really How can he report takes the biscuit water run-off?

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

ANY teachers amongst you out there?

Want to be a really outstanding teacher now that school’s back? Well, how about planning truly inspiring lessons while trying to understand the needs of every single student and passing on a passion for your subject that lasts a lifetime?

Or: simply bribe the class with, err, biscuits?

Researchers found that giving students a treat means they not only evaluate their teachers as better educators but also believe the course itself’s improved. The German study demonstrated that in classes involving chocolate biscuits the teacher was rated about 4 per cent better than in classes without, while the course material was judged 20 per cent better.

Wow! Suggestive digestive? Well that takes the biscuit! Sounds easy in principle but with PC/Generation Snowflake you’d bankrupt yourself buying gluten free, halal, ethically-sourced vegan, low-fat biscuits. And then there’s the risk of invading their safe spaces and the offer of biscuits being seen as a ‘sexual advance’.

BRIBERY: Is not the best way forward.

However, isn’t there a clear conflict of interest with student questionnaires anyway? Lecturers are supposed to be objective and unbiased in their assessment of students but surely there’s a natural tendency for students to give better reviews to lecturers who’ve given them higher marks?

And student ratings in module questionnaires are readily manipulated too even without biscuits. One old trick used by staff is to get students to complete their questionnaires at an early morning session. Generally, only eager, committed students come to these classes - the smarty-pants, more know-it-all ones are still fast asleep!

More seriously, using the results of such questionnaires to decide staff promotion and remuneration is distinctly counter-productive in educational terms.

It provides a major inducement for staff not only to avoid teaching anything ‘hard’ but promotes grade inflation.

Finally, how reassuring to know that Oxbridge students don’t spend all their time protesting about Britain’s colonial past. Oxford has overtaken Cambridge as the university that spends the most on sex toys from Ann Summers: £11,266 (€12,631) to £9,410 (€10,550). Leeds and Manchester were in third and fourth place. Isn’t student life, err, hectic?

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.nora-johnson.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

I live on the first floor of an apartment block and there are mould spots on the inside of a wall.

It appears that the cause is a retractable awning (toldo) belonging to the neighbour, that is always open. When it rains, the water runs against our apartment wall and causes seepage. To whom can I report this problem? The apartment of the neighbour is practically never occupied (holiday home) and belongs to another block of flats.

J M (Costa Blanca) You need to report the David Searl problem to the presiYou and the Law in Spain dent or the administrator of the Community of Property Owners of the apartment block next door.

Even if the owner of the flat is not present, the awning is finally the responsibility of the community because it is attached to the outside of the building. The other community will have an address for the administrator or a location of the president. It would be a good idea to put your problem in writing in Spanish, as well as speaking to someone in charge. If the owner of the flat hears of the problem from his president, this will sound more official than a complaint from a neighbour.

Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.

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Whilst you can often obtain insurance online direct from insurance companies, the use of a knowledgeable broker ensures that they do the work to find the best and most economic insurance for you.

The range of different insurances is significant and it is true to say that an insurer for one type may not be best for another risk, for example some home insurers have very low maximum

SUNBAY: Offers a complete range of insurance. protection for jewellery and precious items whilst others offer a significantly higher coverage for not that large an additional premium.

Monica at SunBay is committed to try to find the very best coverage based on each client’s needs and pocket.

Currently, many expatriates

have to consider health coverage after Brexit and the cost of their funeral which could fall on a relative’s shoulders who may not even be living in Spain.

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rules, regulations and laws here in Spain which is why SunBay has developed Caser Funeral Insurance, an insurance with which you and your family are guaranteed total peace of mind.

Currently expatriate pensioners who are resident in Spain are entitled to obtain an SIP card which gives them access to the Spanish Health System but it is not known whether this will continue once Britain has left the EU and those who are over 65 but do not receive any form of pension are required to pay a significant monthly contribution to the health service.

SunBay is able to offer some very attractive health coverage which not only is reasonably priced but ensures that in many cases long waits to see specialists are a thing of the past.

Although this article has concentrated on two specific types of insurance, SunBay has a very healthy home and car insurance

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OVER the last 10 years, the international market for second ho m e s h a s c h a n g e d drastically, according to a new su r v e y, a n d o wn ers with properties in Spain are now expecting them to reap rewards.

Real estate advisor Savills and HomeAway, claims that today’s buyers are prioritising rental income over the luxury of purchasing exclusively for their own use.

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Homeowners seek a profit of all additional homes are b o u g h t as s o lely renta l properties, compared to 14 per cent in 2000.

A co mp a n y s p o k es ma n said that in a low interest rate environment, investors are seeking out income gene ra tin g a s s e ts . H e a d d e d that buyers are increasingly

looking not jus t to c ove r costs, but to turn a profit.

The findings s ugge s t British second home buyers shop more widely than all other nationalities, with only 24 pe r c e nt of s e c ond homes located in the UK. Spain accounts for 16 per cent of properties owned,

INCOME BOOST: Second homes are now expected to generate additional income.

with the top three location c hoic e s by inte rna tiona l owners being the Algarve (5 per cent), Costa del Sol (4 per cent) and Costa Blanca (4 per cent).

The Spanish, Italian andPortuguese, all countries favoured by holidaymakers, prefer their own countries,

with less than 5 per cent of t hei r addi t i onal hom es bought overseas.

The r esear ch sur veyed

4,300 property owners from across Europe, North Ameri ca and t he r est of t he world.

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Read the small print if you can!

IF your bank tries to penalise you for running foul of their multitude of legal clauses, check the small print.

Not for what it says, but for the actual size of the letters used in the document you signed.

A judge in Sevilla has just annulled a debt of €3,000 because the bank had used print where the letters were just half a millimetre big. It is a little known fact that there is actually a legal minimum size for small print.

The General Law for the Defence of Consumers and Users establishes in article 80 that the requirements of contract clauses must be accessible and legible, and must have a minimum size of 1.5 millimetres.

And this is the argument used by a court of first instance in Sevilla, which has cancelled a debt of €2,989 claimed by a bank from a

client for late payments.

In his case, the letter in which the conditions for financing his credit card had small print three times smaller than stiplulated by law. The judge decided that the conditions were abusive because of their lack of clarity - quite literally.

This particular case may relate to a credit card agreement, but the regulations are thought to apply to all financial legal documents including home insurance and even mortgage agreements.

This is not the first court to invalidate a contract for including an illegible letter, with the Provincial Court of Castellon annulling a similar clause because the letters could only be read with a magnifying glass.

The Banco de España itself pub-

TOO SMALL: There is a minimum size for written clauses. lished a circular in 2012 stipulating that the size of the characters in any financial contract must be at least 1.5 millimetres.

“Contractual documents shall be drafted in a manner that is clear and comprehensible to the customer. In

particular, the size of the lower case may not be less than 1.5 millimetres high. The contract must faithfully reflect all the stipulations necessary for a correct regulation of the relationship between the client and the entity, avoid the use of technical

terms and, if this is not possible, explain their meaning adequately.

“The contract shall not include any concept that is unnecessary or irrelevant for its correct application and interpretation,” explains the financial regulator in the circular.

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Positive signs A STUDY of Spain’s positive economic development is providing the local real estate market with an ‘ongoing tailwind.’

According to research by mortgage bank, Deutsche Hypo, the sectors for office, retail, hotel and logistics real estate are on a growth curve and show signs of maintaining the trend.

It claims Spain’s appeal, especially in the major cities of Madrid and Barcelona, is reflected in high demand for prime commercial real estate. The supply is becoming increasingly scarce, leading to an increase in peak rates.

As a result of competitive tourist numbers, the country is also seeing signs of prosperity in the hotel retail market.

A Deutsche Hypo source said the findings are a positive indication of the future of property take-up in Spain.

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Highest price tag in the country THE most expensive property in Spain is said to be in Palma, and on the market for €65 million.

Villa Solitaire in Son Vida, was designed by the Italian Matteo Thun and boasts outstanding views over Palma Bay. With its eye-watering price tag, it is significantly more expensive than two other properties in Mallorca which have previously been highlighted because of their cost, a mansion in Bonaire, Alcudia, and a country estate with a house in Puigpunyent.

Villa Solitaire is apparently ahead of them both by some €30 million.

The luxurious, modern mansion which occupies 2,300 square metres, has seven bedrooms, six bathrooms and rooftop terrace with open-air cinema.

A gymnasium, parking for six cars, a botanical garden and lift are just some of the other features.

The interior is said to have been designed in harmony with the Mediterranean environment and the exterior’s natural spaces.

As expected, everything is of the highest possible quality.

Villa Solitaire is on the market with the John Taylor real-estate agency.

MOST EXPENSIVE: The creation of Italian designer Matteo Thun.

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Blackstone’s €1bn property deal THE Blackstone fund has bought just over half of real estate company Testa Properties for €984 million.

Banco Santander, BBVA and Merlin Properties agreed to sell shares worth 50.01 per cent for the company which owns more than 10,000 homes for rent.

This values Testa at €1,895 billion. In a press release, Testa reports that ‘shareholders representing more than 99 per cent of the share capital’ received a binding offer to purchase shares. Santander, which has 36.9 per cent of Testa, BBVA, which has 25.24 per cent and Merlin Properties, which has 17 per cent, agreed to sell.

The latter company is disposing of its entire holdings for €321.12 million and BBVA does the same with its 25.24 per cent for €478 million.

Meanwhile, Santander is selling only part of its stake, 7.82 per cent, a package valued at €184.9 million, so that Blackstone completes becomes the controlling shareholder of Testa. Acciona, owner of another 20 per cent of the company, is not involved in the deal.

RENTALS: Company has more than 10,000 rental properties.

Tropic Real Estate Holding, SL, a company managed by Blackstone funds, is buying a total of 66,148,328 Testa shares at a price of €14.33 per share. The first payment will be made next December and the rest will be made in two payments in March and September 2019. At the end of the transaction, only Blackstone (50.01 per cent), Santander (29.8 per cent) and Acciona (20 per cent) will be shareholders of Testa.

Testa is a real estate investment company (socimi) dedicated mainly to residential rentals. It has a portfolio of more than 10,600 homes for rent, with annual revenues of €85 million and an average occupancy rate of 91.4 per cent.

With this transaction, Blackstone is strengthening its position in the Spanish real estate market, in which it has made several deals since its entry in 2013. One of its most important transactions was the purchase of half of Popular’s real estate assets for €5 billion. It currently controls assets in Spain worth around €13 billion.

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TECH FOR THE TIMID FORGET 2012. For all we sad souls hooked on technology, the real date the world was supposed to end was the final midnight of 1999.

The hugely-hyped Millennium Bug made millions for its ‘pest controllers’ worldwide. Power grids would collapse because older computer systems couldn’t handle dates beyond 1999.

Civilisation would implode.

Mea culpa: I was one of those ‘experts’, and I probably made enough from peddling my own alarmist Millennium Bug articles that I didn’t have to work again until, oh I dunno, the following Tuesday.

Was it all much ado about nothing?

After the world threw an astonishing €500 billion - at the ‘problem’, the worst that actually happened was a few HSBC cash dispensers failed, some invalid Australian bus tickets, and shock horror, sundry lottery machines throwing a wobbly in America.

It did all set me wondering just how reliable even the absolute experts’ tech predictions can be, given that by now we were supposed to be getting around in flying cars and letting robots do all

The future is a foreign country “Tech pundits are hopeless at predicting those known unknowns,” says Terence Kennedy.

THE END IS NIGH: It wasn’t. our work. Certainly we’re close enough now to a favourite prediction date, 2020, to make educated guesses on whether some of the most popular predictions might actually happen: the Internet of Things taking over the world, automation in everything from grocery shopping to replacing the poor warehouse sods working for peanuts ‘picking’ our online orders, cryptocurrencies like Bit-

coin going mainstream, blockchain tightening up online security overall, and artificial intelligence, where of course resistance is futile.

But what then? How many of these regularly-aired expert predictions are likely to become reality by 2030, 2040 or even 2050?

• Nanobots plugging our brains directly into the cloud.

• Human reincarnation through Artificial Intelligence.

• Space tourism.

• Self-driving, (flying?) cars.

• Unlimited energy from ocean thermal power.

• Wars unabated (sigh), but fought by robots.

• No more vegetarianism: all meat is synthetic.

• Intercontinental railways.

• Cancer cured.

• Drones mapping every inch of the planet, including the ocean floor.

• No more smartphones; voicebots everywhere.

• Textbooks replaced by virtual reality.

• Hyperloop travel making today’s trains seem like Stephenson’s Rocket.

• All new houses built by 3D printers (the Dutch have already started).

• Virtual telepathy dominating personal communication.

And perhaps the scariest of all: • Half the world’s current jobs will no longer exist by 2050. Including writing this column.

So enjoy it while you can. Please.

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Back to the future A CLAIRVOYANTS’ association once cancelled its meeting ‘due to unforeseen circumstances’.

So what predictive hope is there for the rest of us, especially when an IBM chairman once famously said the world would never need more than four or five computers, and Bill Gates thought the internet was a passing fad?

In 1895 the president of the British Royal Society said heavier-than-air flying machines were a scientific impossibility. The British Post Office dismissed phones as an American novelty not needed in England, ‘where we have more than enough messenger boys.’

Most illuminating of all was the prediction of a leading Oxford academic in 1878. ‘When the current Paris exhibition closes,’ he pontificated, ‘electric light will close with it, and no more will be heard of it.’

Million dollar con!

Mike Senker In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man I DO love a talent show. I always have - all the way back to Hughie Green with Opportunity Knocks, up to today’s stuff like X Factor, Britain’s Got Talent and I even watch America’s Got Talent.

These shows give the chance for someone to get the break they need. I like the answers contestants give when someone on the judges’ panel asks, ‘And what will you do with the million dollar prize money.’ They say they are going to do this or they are going to do that. But the truth is that they are very unlikely to do anything with it as, if like me, you read the small print in the closing seconds of the show, they state that the prize money is paid over 40 years.

Yup, that’s right, you read it correctly - 40 years! Are they taking the Michael or what? Is it a con? Well, in my opinion, it is.

I know they are promised other stuff like a show in Las Vegas. But, if you offer a million dollar prize, give them the prize and be done with it. Over 40 years the prize money is paid as an annuity which works out at about $500 a week less tax which can be increased if it’s added to any other earnings.

Winners are given an option of taking a lump

sum of about $430,000 which is also added to their annual income don’t forget, so after taxes they are left with approximately $200k. That’s still a nice amount but it’s not a million dollars.

If they said the prize money was $200k do they think nobody would turn up for auditions?

Of course they would, because they want to be famous. So just be honest. Why do all these shows have to make out the prizes are better than they are? If they were doing it for the money most could earn more than $25k a year busking and that’s readies which they would probably not declare anyway, or at least not all of it.

It’s like the programme Dragons’ Den. Fewer than 50 per cent of the deals made in the den actually work out but no-one ever tells you that.

Lock her up Do you remember Donald Trump’s mantra re Hillary Clinton? ‘Lock her up! Lock her up!’And then getting his frenzied followers to scream the same. Well, I’ve worked out that the easiest way for that to have actually happened would have been to give her a job as an advisor in his administration. I think we are at eight and still counting that have been nicked or are under investigation.

Next week I might tell you why I’ve got the raving hump about Brexit - or not! Depends what mood I’m in by then!! mikesenker@gmail.com

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Don’t let thieves in while you’re out STATISTICS show that homes in high-visibility areas, like corner plots, are less likely to be broken into.

While those in the middle of blocks or isolated, make better targets, particularly if there is an unguarded area behind the property.

But, inadvertently, we could be all sending our own little indicators that make our home a target to thieves.

According to a leading British building society, 40 per cent of people admit to posting pictures on social media while they are out and about or on holiday, making their house a prime target for anyone with ill intentions.

The advice is to make sure profiles aren’t public and wait to post beach selfies until you are back home.

Your garden or yard could be sending out a message. If you have toys and bikes lying around, the chances are there are expensive game stations inside, an attractive thought for opportunists.

If you normally leave your blinds or curtains open during the day and close them the day you leave for a

SENSOR: A sudden flash of light can deter thieves.

SELFIES: Can be a blatant advertisement that your home is empty while you’re away. period of time, this could be a calling card for burglars that nobody is home.

Remove any cut flowers which are visible if you won’t be in for a few days so that they aren’t left to wilt. If a home looks well-kept from

the outside or through a window, it stands to reason the occupant isn’t going to leave dead flowers in a vase.

If you are going to be away for a long spell and have a lawn, arrange for a friend or neighbour to cut it in

your absence.

Obituaries and announcements in newspapers can tip off thieves that properties are empty on certain dates and even times.

But as well as an alarm system and/or a guard dog, there are ways

to make it look like you’re at home, or protect it while you’re away.

The last thing a burglar wants to do is attract attention, so a sudden flood of light from motion sensor lights can help.

Or invest in remote controlled lighting.

If you’re going to be away for the day, leaving a television or radio on is an idea, but any longer than that could imply the opposite. Fake television devices are available on the market which mimic the flickering of the real deal. They can be programmed to kick in at certain times to be more realistic.

Try leaving a car on the driveway, if you have one. If you need your own, ask a friend or neighbour if they could leave theirs there on occasions.

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Getting horticultural improves well-being IT has been revealed that there is a link between gardening and good mental health.

While there are obvious visual reasons for pot plants and keeping flowers watered getting green-fingered can improve a person’s sense of well-being and reduce feelings of isolation.

And while the pastime can boost levels of physical fitness, gardens also provide a safe environment to help rehabilitate those living with disabilities and mental disorders.

A leading UK-based charity, Thrive, claims gardening improves mental health by providing a sense of purpose and achievement, and by being out in the garden or getting involved in projects, offers the chance to connect with others.

This is turn reduces loneliness and exclusion.

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GARDENING: Having a sense of purpose improves mental health. da For Mental Health only adds strength to this theory.

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An Asperger’s syndrome diagnosis helped highly-acclaimed celebrity, Alan Gardner, forge a successful career out of horticulture.

In addition to designing more than 40 Chelsea Flower Show displays and winning gold medals for his work at Tatton Park, Alan was the star of the Channel 4 TV show The Autistic Gardener. Over four episodes, Alan taught a group of five amateurs, each with a form of autism, to use their unique skills to transform a number of unloved and overgrown gardens.

He explained that people with autism ‘are really good at things, they see things visually in 3D and proved they can produce something very special.’

Small moves to cut costs ENERGY bills can go through the roof, with houses full of devices devouring electricity, even when appearing to be turned off.

Many appliances constantly use energy when not actually switched on or are on standby.

The Energy Saving Trust has outlined how to detect which appliances use the most electricity, and how to save money on bills when leaving your home for any length of time.

Apparently, one of the biggest mistakes homeowners make is leaving devices on standby, which can add an average of €35 a year onto bills.

It is advisable to remove plugs, which also avoids the risk of electrical fires.

Normally forgotten about, Broadband and wifi modems and routers, television sets and telephones all use small amounts of energy when not being used.

According to the Trust, they can actually consume €10 worth of energy a year.

Fridges are one of the biggest consumers of energy, giving off light and constantly remaining cold.

Full fridges use more energy.

So before going away, get rid of unnecessary goods and set the temperature to 3.3 degree Celsius to save costs.

If possible, empty the fridge completely

MONEY SAVER: Pulling out plugs helps cut costs. and turn it off. This will save the most money on energy when the home is empty.

The Trust added that many people leave lights on in their home to deter burglars.

And while this is a great method to keep the home safe, it isn’t friendly to the bank balance when it comes to energy bills.

Where possible, use a timer to turn the lights on and off. This will save money and give more of an impression that the house is occupied.

Another tip is to turn off or reduce the power on your boiler, another energy guzzler and not necessary when the house is empty.

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Neater Pool Safety Fence was set up by Richard Winter and Tony Sim after some friends nearly lost their infant son in the family pool. One moment of distraction nearly lead to a lifetime of regret.

When their friends took the child to Denia Hospital for a check-up, the duty doctor stated: “It is the fifth one I have had this week.” It soon became apparent that there were no laws in Spain concerning pool safety for children, and finding a pool safety fence was a difficult thing. They couldn’t do anything about the first one, but they could do something about the second one, so they sourced a supplier and Neater Pool Guardian was formed, now called Neater Pool Safety Fence.

During the last five years, as you would expect, Richard and Tony have heard many pool related anecdotes, but one customer’s recent experience even made Tony re-evaluate his opinion about the danger of mixing children with pools.

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ONE MOMENT: Of distraction can lead to a lifetime of regret.

The customer was putting his fence up in preparation for the summer and the invasion of the grandchildren. While they were chatting, the customer told Tony that the last time the grandchild visited, while she was being supervised, she saw something in the bottom of the deep end of the pool and just dived in to get it.

Never having been out of her depth before, and still only being a toddler, the child had no idea that she needed to know how to swim in order to get the object from the bottom of the pool! In common with many children at this age, she had no fear and no recognition of danger. Fortunately the child was immediately pulled back up, and suffered no ill effects. “Knowing that she and her brother are capable of that” the customer informed Tony “having a pool fence has given us enormous peace of mind for when we are not using the pool.

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BY way of a change, I thought a little bit of poetry about our four- legged friends would be in order. I hope you enjoy these odes as much as I do…

He waited for his master’s voice He waited for his master’s voice, his friendly little pat Days had been lean for old Tom Dare, not food enough for two But old Tom whispered to his dog, ‘I’ll share along with you,

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Some odes to our four-legged friends come and go Old Rover lies beside the door, half-hidden in the snow I know that old Tom had a friend, a loyal friend, because Today I found old Rover dead, the bone between his paws.

Since Jennie went away from us, there’s been no one to care No one but you to give a thought, for lonely old Tom Dare.’

And so the two of them had shared, if it be feast or fast That morning Rover had a bone - it was their very last.

And there was nothing left for Tom - it didn’t matter so Because he lay upon his bed, and knew that he must go.

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MASTER: Caring for his dog. passed by, as they were pleasure-bound, But none of them took time to see, the faithful, hungry hound Too tired and true to leave his post, he stayed there to the end And folks had said of old Tom Dare, ‘He didn’t have a friend!’

The days have passed, but no one stops, of all that

A birthday poem from the dog You feed me when I’m hungry, You keep water in my dish, You let me sleep on anything, Or in any place I wish.

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I’ve been with you thru oh, so much,

Thru laughter and through tears, I hope you live to be a hundred ...

That’s 700 doggy years.

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Motor vehicle traffic in the UK was at a record high in 2017 as 327.1 billion miles were driven on Great Britain’s roads, a 1.3 per cent increase from the previous year.

KIAS’s new five-door tourer KIA claims that its new Kia ProCeed merges stunning design with the space and versatility of a tourer in a five-door shooting brake body.

Looking at the pictures it does have an interesting design, with plenty of curves although whether it could be described as ‘stunning’ is probably in the eyes of the beholder.

The ProCeed will make its

Kia Pro-cee’d three-door coupé, the ProCeed has been designed, developed and engineered in Europe. A product of Kia’s European design, product development and R&D teams in Frankfurt, Germany, the ProCeed will be manu-

public debut at the 2018 Paris Motor Show, before going on sale exclusively to European drivers at the beginning of 2019.

Emilio Herrera, Chief Operating Officer for Kia Motors Europe, said: “The ProCeed is a car that represents everything Kia stands for.

This beautiful shooting brake body offers drivers an unmatched combination of de-

NEW MODEL: Manufacturer says its ProCeed is ‘stunning.’ sign, space and versatility, representing a unique proposition in the mid-size family car segment.

“Engineered on European roads, for European drivers, the ProCeed will be engaging to drive. Built in Europe, to

the highest standards of production, it also offers owners the reassurance of Kia’s unique seven-year, 100,000-mile warranty.”

Carrying the name over from the second-generation

factured at the brand’s Žilina production facility in Slovakia. It will be built alongside the Kia Ceed and CeedSportswagon, first introduced

earlier this year.

Matching the design and engineering which renders it the sportiest iteration of the new Ceed model family, the Kia ProCeed will be available exclusively as a ‘GT-Line’ or high-performance GT model.

Herrera added: “As part of the expanded Ceed model family, the ProCeed will play a significant role in Kia’s ongoing European growth.

More than 1.3 million examples of the Ceed family have been sold in Europe since 2006, making it one of our best-selling models alongside the Sportage. The ProCeed widens the appeal of the Ceed range even further.”

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UK driving licence threat THE UK government has warned that UK driving licences ‘may no longer be valid’ in the EU if a ‘no deal’ Brexit comes to pass.

March 29, 2019 could be the deadline for drivers to use

a UK driving licence in countries like Spain.

When the UK leaves the EU, Brits on holiday in Spain could be forced to use an international driving permit (IDP) in

Europe.

Obtaining an IDP is a current standard requirement for drivers in some cases when travelling by car outside of Europe.

Purchasing an IDP is at present a relatively simple procedure.

They can be found in most post offices in the UK for the price of £5.50. However, this too is set to change, From January 31, 2019, international driving permits will only be obtainable from the government, details regarding price and issue points are yet to be revealed.

The government has also announced that the once simple exchange of a British driving licence to that of another EU country will likely not be possible following Brexit.

The AA President Edmund King has bemoaned this fresh ‘burden’ to British motorists with hopes to drive in Europe after Brexit.

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Hazard gives Cardiff the blues Credit: @ChelseaFC/Twitter

HAZARD WARNING: The Belgian was at his mercurial best against Cardiff.

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Barca bite back

Real had won their first three games of the BARCELONA scored two goals in three secseason before this draw, and will hope to stay ond-half minutes to come from behind and beat in touch with Barca when they face Espanyol Real Sociedad to maintain their 100 per cent on Saturday, while Athletic Bilbao will face start to the La Liga season.

Real Betis on Sunday.

The champions trailed after 12 minutes when Teenager Borja Garces scored a 94th minute they failed to clear a free-kick and Aritz Elusequaliser for Atletico Madrid against Eibar to tondo lashed in. prevent his side losing a second game in a row.

But Luis Suarez scrambled the Atletico had missed a number of chances ball home in the 63rd minute and looked to be heading for defeat after Sergi before Ousmane Dembele conEnrich scrambled in an 87th minute verted from a corner. goal for the visitors.

The win for Ernesto But Borja, 19, came on as a Valverde’s side is their fourth from second-half substitute to claim four games this season and keeps a point for his team who have them top of the table. only won one of their opening Barcelona will host Girona on Sunday, four league matches. while Real Sociedad will travel to They will try to get back to Huesca on Friday. winning ways at Getafe on Substitute Isco rescued a point for Real Saturday, while Eibar will Madrid as their winning start to the host Leganes. season came to an end in a 1-1 draw Other fixtures will see against Athletic Bilbao.

Levante host Sevilla, Celta Iker Muniain had put Vigo travel to Girona and Eduardo Berizzo’s AthVillarreal entertain Valencia. letic ahead on 32 minutes after Real failed STRIKING BACK: to clear their lines.

Dembele helped But less than three Barcelona win after minutes after coming on, Isco converted trailing early on.

Gareth Bale’s cross to earn Los Blancos Credit: @ChampionsLeague/Twitter a point.

Man City in a 3-0 win over Fulham, as the defending champions maintained their unbeaten start to the season.

David Silva’s half volley stretched their lead before Raheem Sterling tapped in from Sergio Aguero’s low cross shortly after half-time.

A fourth win of the season keeps City within touching distance of unbeaten leaders Liverpool and Chelsea.

They will travel to Cardiff on Saturday and Fulham will host Watford.

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho said Romelu Lukaku epitomised his team’s performance as they edged a spirited game against Watford 2-1.

United scored twice in three first-half minutes as Lukaku diverted Ashley Young’s cross in via his chest, before Chris Smalling fired home Marouane Fellaini’s knock-down.

Watford pulled a goal back midway through the second half, through Andre Gray, and despite a red card for Nemanja Matic, they could not find a way to equalise.

United will host Wolves on Saturday, while Watford will face Fulham.

Other fixtures this weekend will see Arsenal entertain Everton, Bournemouth travel to Burnley, and Leicester host Huddersfield.

Alvarez edges Golovkin in thriller SAUL ‘CANELO’ ALVAREZ claimed the WBC and WBA world middleweight titles by inflicting a first career defeat on Gennady Golovkin with a gripping points win in their Las Vegas rematch.

The Mexican claimed a frenetic final round on two of the three scorecards which was critical in preventing a repeat of the draw they shared 364 days earlier at the same T-Mobile Arena venue.

It gave him a narrow 114-114 115-113 115-113 majority decision to edge a contest in which both

men were cut and where each showed why they are among the finest fighters in the sport.

Golovkin, whose first defeat comes in his 40th bout, left the ring immediately without conducting an interview as his rival - fighting for the first time since serving a six months drugs ban - celebrated.

The two warriors embraced before each raised their hands. But the cards prompted Mexican celebration on the country’s Independence weekend.

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CHELSEA manager Maurizio Sarri said Eden Hazard may be the best player in Europe after the Belgian scored a hattrick in a 4-1 demolition of Cardiff.

Hazard scored twice in seven minutes before half-time, after Sol Bamba volleyed home for the visitors, as the Blues went top of the league.

He scored his third with a late penalty after Bamba brought down Willian, who added the Blues’ fourth from long range.

Chelsea will head to the London stadium to face West Ham on Sunday, while Cardiff will entertain Man City on Saturday.

Liverpool beat Tottenham 2-1 to win a fifth straight league game at the start of the season for the first time since 1990.

Georginio Wijnaldum scored his first away league goal for the Reds with a technology assisted header, and after half-time Roberto Firminho doubled their lead by pouncing on the ball after it hit the post.

Erik Lamela pulled one back for Spurs deep into stoppage time but it was too late and Liverpool’s victory was fully deserved in a typically energetic display.

Liverpool will next host Southampton on Saturday, while Tottenham will travel to Brighton.

Leroy Sane opened the scoring for

PUNCH DRUNK: Neither fighter gave an inch on the night.

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SIMON YATES won the Vuelta a Espana to complete a clean sweep of British victories in this year’s cycling Grand Tours.

The 26-year-old Michelton-Scott rider crossed the line safely in Madrid on Sunday to secure his first Grand Tour, with Spain’s Enric Mas second and Colombia’s Miguel Angel Lopez third.

Britons Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas won the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France respectively this year.

Elia Viviani claimed the 100km final stage of the Vuelta in a bunch sprint.

In a chaotic run-in, the Italian edged out world champion Peter Sagan and Giacomo Nizzolo for his third stage win of the race.

British riders have now won nine of the past 20 Grand Tours, a run that started when Sir Bradley Wiggins became the first Briton to win a Grand Tour with victory in the 2012 Tour de France.

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Cycling: Yates makes it three for Britain

WHEEL PROGRESS: The win marks Simon Yates’ finest career achievement so far.

Only twice before have riders from the same country won all three races in the same season, but this is the first time it has been done by different cyclists.

Yates’ victory will also be the fifth Grand Tour triumph

in a row for Britain, with Froome having also won last year’s Tour and Vuelta.

“I put the hard work in, I persisted with the training and everything else that goes with it and now we’re here,” said Yates.

Kipchoge runs into history KENYA’S Eliud Kipchoge smashed the marathon record by clocking a time of 2:01:39 in Berlin.

The 33-year-old took nearly one minute 20 seconds off the previous best, which was set by compatriot Dennis Kimetto when he ran 2:02:57 in Berlin in 2014.

“I lack words to describe this day,” said Kipchoge.

“I am really grateful and happy to smash the world record.”

The women’s race was won

by Gladys Cherono of Kenya in 2:18:11.

Kipchoge won the London Marathon for a third time earlier this year and is the Olympic champion over the distance.

“I ran my own race, I trusted my trainers, my programme and my coach,” he added.

In 2017, Kipchoge missed out on becoming the first athlete to run under two hours

for the marathon by 26 seconds.

The Kenyan clocked 2:00:25 but because pace-

makers who could swap in and out of the run were used, the time was not recognised as a world record.

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20 - 26 September 2018 THE Rugby Football Union will reintroduce contracts for their England women’s 15-a-side players to make them fully professional. There will be 28 full-time deals from January 1, along with seven elite player squad agreements.

CAMERON NORRIE gave Great Britain a 3-1 victory in their Davis Cup tie against Uzbekistan by winning his singles match against Sanjar Fayziev in Glasgow on Sunday.

The British number two, who lost his opening singles match on Friday despite having had a match point in the third set, triumphed 6-2 6-2 6-0.

Victory in the tie ensures Britain will be seeded in the revamped Davis Cup when it starts in February.

Fayziev was a late replacement for world number 60 Denis Istomin.

Norrie said: “It’s an extremely proud moment, the

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Great Britain serve

NETTING VICTORY: The British Davis Cup team is building confidence. crowd were awesome.

Britain started the day with a 2-1 lead after Jamie Murray and Dom Inglot came from behind to win their doubles match on Saturday against Istomin and Fayziev.

Norrie’s victory at the Emi-

rates Arena meant there was no need to play the scheduled fifth rubber between Dan Evans and Jurabek Karimov.

The Davis Cup will change to an 18-team event season finale in 2019, rendering the tie effectively meaningless.

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Hamilton has victory formula MERCEDES driver Lewis Hamilton cruised to victory in the Singapore Grand Prix to strengthen his hold on this year ’s World Championship.

Hamilton’s brilliantly controlled drive from a pole position was helped by the latest in a series of questionable strategy calls from Ferrari.

It dropped Hamilton’s title rival Sebastian Vettel from second to third behind Max Verstappen, throwing away a position the German had earned by overtaking the Red Bull driver on the first lap.

While Vettel was left to question his team once again this season. Hamilton’s only worrying moment was caused by back markers at about two-thirds distance.

Haas driver Romain Grosjean and Williams’ Sergey Sirotkin ignored the closing Hamilton in the heat of their battle for position, and cost him his five-second advantage over Verstappen.

BIG LEAP: Hamilton has taken another big stride towards the title.

Hamilton had to fend off an attack from Verstappen into turn seven as a result, which he just managed to do, and Grosjean was later given a five-second penalty for his misdemeanour.

Hamilton’s victory, with Vettel third behind Verstappen, extended the Briton’s advantage over the German in the championship to 40 points with six races and a maximum of 150 points remaining.

“We are going from strength to strength in terms of our understanding of the car,” said the Briton.

“But it is not the end.”