Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 3 - 9 January 2019 Issue 1748

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ISSUE NO. 1748

3 - 9 January 2019

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MOST-WANTED: Arrested while holidaying in Benidorm.

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NEWS EXTRA Female captain A GENDER row has erupted following proposals by the carnival group Navarros of San Vicente del Raspeig, for a woman to be captain of the Christians’ side, reserved until now for men, during the Moors and Christians’ parade.

Vest row THE police and firemen’s union SPPLB has criticised Alcoy Council for failing to buy bulletproof vests for the Local Police service, despite the force being on ‘terrorism alert’ and adequate cash having been set aside in the 2018 budgets.

Pot history THE new Orba Fang Museum was open throughout December to school pupils from across the Marina Alta and neighbouring districts, who learnt and experienced the history of clay and pottery.

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PRIME SITE: An early Calpe urbanisation.

All happy about swap THE owners of part of the Banys de la Reina have ceded the archaeological site in exchange for building land.

This solution enabling the town hall to recover the Roman remains was put forward some time ago, but the plot of municipal land in Calle Teulada was earmarked for constructions destined exclusively

for public use.

This problem has now been solved as the land, currently used as a public car park, has been reclassified in a one-off modification to the General Urban Development plan.

The Calle Teulada site will be used to build a hotel, town hall sources revealed, as well as municipal offices in line with

the stipulations of the PGOU. The agreement also leaves the town hall free to concentrate on the Roman remains that cover a period between the second and seventh centuries AD. The site contains a group of luxurious villas, notable for their architectural design, black-andwhite mosaics and imported marble.

No hiding place JAMES CONNORS, on the run for robbery and extortion, was arrested while holidaying with his family in Benidorm.

The 43-year-old, born in Dublin but operating in the UK, was on a Crimestoppers Most Wanted list and taken into custody following a joint operation after Spain’s National Police received a tip-off from Britain’s National Crime Agency.

He is now in Madrid, awaiting extradition to the UK. According to a communique from the National Police, Connors headed a group which specialised in high-value break-ins and distraction burglaries across the UK. Connors’ group also targeted and threat-

ened ‘citizens from Eastern countries and their families’ as a way of making fast, easy money.

The investigation was complex, the police said, owing to their professionalism and their victims’ reluctance to talk.

The UK authorities declined to confirm if the man arrested in Benidorm was the same James Connors sought by the police in 2016, along with James Patrick Connors and John Connors.

Crimestoppers, describing them as conning vulnerable and trusting individuals, offered a £2,000 reward for the arrest of each man at the time.

“It’s actually disgusting to think how many people they’ve targeted.”

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Live long and prosper

THE BIG PICTURE Nº 47

LIFE expectancy in the Valencian Community is amongst the highest in Europe, with an average 85.1 years for women and 79.5 years for men. Of the region’s largest cities, Elche has the lon g e st e x p e c t a n c y fo r males who can expect to live until they are 76.98.

Festive fat VALENCIA region residents put on a n a v e r a g e f i v e k ilo s over the Christmas period, revealed the Valencian Community’s College of Dieticians and Nutritionists.

They take practically no exercise and eat too much calorieladen food, afterwards embarking on crash diets that endanger their h e a l t h , a sp o k e s ma n said.

Inland crash A MAN and a woman were involved in a head-on collision between their vehicles, a van and a c a r, i n B a n y e r es . T h e woman received first aid at the scene, but the van-driver had to be cut free by specialist firefighters and was admitted to hospital.

New wheels VILLAJOYOSA is spending €300,000 on eight new vehicles for the Local Police as well as the E n v i r o n m e n t , S o c ia l Welfare and Maintenance departments. The Environment department and Local Police cars will be leased as this is more economically viable for much-used vehicles, the town hall said.

CARNIVAL: La Vijanera takes place in Cantabria.

Ancient fiesta THIS photograph captures costumed revellers in northern Spain enjoying one of the country’s most ancient fiestas which is due to kick off this Sunday.

La Vijanera takes place in the town of Silio in Cantabria. It is the first of Europe’s carnivals to take place every year.

The festival sees participants don costumes themed around animals and nature. These include the Los Zarramacos who dress in sheepskins, wear

weevil hats and carry jingle bells which hark back to devices used in ancient times to ward off evil spirits.

La Vijanera also sees people playing around 60 different characters.

Each has its own costume and symbolism and characters include El Oso (The Bear), El Hungaro (The Hungarian), El Viejo (The Old Man) and Bruja (Witch).

These characters and other festival goers gather in Silio’s town centre after their procession and read verses

Night of peace GANDIA’S Local Police broke up four fights and dealt with seven complaints about noise on Christmas Eve and the preceding day. Officers also needed to activate anti-gender violence procedures after a man attacked his partner with a glass bottle during an argument in the street.

Slow train PASSENGERS on the Line 9 Benido r m - De n i a t r e n e t in creased by 22 per cent in 2018 even though the Calpe-Denia section is currently substituted by a bus service during modernisat i o n wo r k . Du e to b e comple t e d t h i s y e a r, 2 0 2 0 is now considered ‘more realistic,’ rail operator FGV sources revealed.

Boat people keep arriving FORMERLY pateras - the boats bringing immigrants from North Africa rarely made the crossing in winter.

Now they arrive year-round and the authorities were alerted after an empty boat was recently found in Raco del Conill cove in Villajoyosa.

Four of its occupants were located and transferred to the National Police station in Benidorm, where they received assistance from the Red Cross.

Forty-eight hours later seven

North African males were detained separately in Teulada-Moraira between 1.30am and 10.30am.

None could produce identity papers and one of them claimed to be a minor, police sources said later, also revealing that they almost certainly reached the coast in an empty boat found that morning at the El Portet beach in Moraira.

Six of the men were taken to the National Police in Benidorm while the minor was transferred to Denia.

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which pay homage to the events of the previous year.

The fiesta ends first with La Preña, the birth of the New Year. The Bear character then takes centre stage, with a mock killing of the character symbolising the triumph of good over evil.

La Vijanera is believed to have begun before the arrival of the Romans in Spain and some claim it is linked with Celtic celebrations of the Winter Solstice.

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Let off the homework hook FOR the first time a Spanish law limits homework for pupils at state schools.

The regional government’s Children’s Right and Guarantees Law recommends that during compulsory education between six and 16, teachers should ensure that most ‘learning activities’ in the syllabus are carried out during school hours.

The new law recommends that any schoolwork that has to be done at home does not interfere with their right to leisure, sport and par-

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ticipation in family and social life.

Schools should instead contribute to their pupils’ right to develop through leisure and sport.

Alicante Province parents associations applauded the new law.

“Homework is discriminatory and depends on the child’s environment,” said the president of the Gabriel Miro association.

“There are parents who spend each evening doing their offspring’s homework, but they are deceiving themselves and their children,” he added.

The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1747 of the Euro Weekly News Costa Blanca North edition, including 157 local stories.

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Another spy in the sky BENIDORM Town Hall has acquired a new drone for the Local Police and is introducing a by-law controlling their use.

The force now has two drones, bringing improved public safety with wider surveillance as the €48,000 device will be able to fly for two-and-a-half hours within a radius of five kilometres.

The new zone is equipped with a thermo graphic camera and another with a 30x zoom which will be invaluable in emergencies and rescue operations, particularly at night, said Public Safety councillor Lorenzo Martinez.

“As well as surveillance of Benidorm’s coast, countryside and urbanisations, the drones will provide backup for town planning, environmental and historic heritage issues as well as fire preven-

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Nicki Burgess ACQUISITION: Benidorm mayor inspects a drone earlier this year. tion. This technology is evolving each day,” Martinez added.

“The drones have brought substantial support to the force’s operational capacity and are giving magnificent results that encourage us to carry on exploring their pos-

sibilities and applications,” the councillor said.

“We have not limited ourselves to acquiring the drone,” he continued. “We have also created a by-law to regulate the use of unmanned aerial vehicles piloted by remote control.”

The Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) participated in drafting the new regulations under the direction of Israel Quintanilla. The bylaw will include a clause detailing the Local Police’s use of air space and another to cover their training.

Health fears for remanded politician EDUARDO ZAPLANA, remanded in Picassent prison since May, spent Christmas isolated in Valencia’s La Fe hospital.

Accused of bribery, money-laundering, perverting the course of justice, misappropriation of public funds, Zaplana - former mayor of Benidorm, ex-president of the Valencian Community and ex-Employment minister - has leukaemia.

The 62-year-old ex-politician has had the disease since 2016 when he received a bone marrow transplant.

Repeated requests for his release on bail have been turned down by the courts, which maintain that imprisonment would have no effect on his condition.

According to Spanish media sources, the head of La Fe’s Haematology department thinks otherwise, and warned judges that Zaplana’s condition has worsened in hospital.

Zaplana currently attends La Fe at twoweekly intervals for treatment and tests, but hospital sources revealed that his pro-

longed stay over Christmas was necessary to prevent the recent deterioration in his health ‘from becoming irreversible.’

Zaplana’s wife, Rosa Barcelo, who is also under investigation, recently made public a communiqué from Zaplana protesting his innocence.

He failed to understand why he had been remanded for so long, as he did not intend to flee the country, he said. Nor was there any possibility that he would destroy incriminating evidence, Zaplana insisted.

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Rain came at right time THE Marina Baja is off to a good start with a guaranteed water supply for 2019.

At its last General Meeting, the Marina Baja Water consortium that serves Alfaz, Altea, Benidorm, Finestrat, Polop, La Nucia and Villajoyosa, confirmed that there would be no problems with the domestic supply or irrigation water for agricultural areas.

Rain last September and December raised the water levels in the Guadalest and Amadorio reservoirs and replenished aquifers.

The Marina Baja received as much rain during the last four months of the year as in the previous 18 months, leading the Water Consortium technicians to conclude that the cycle was gradually changing after three years of severe drought that only began to remit in 2017.

“There is a possibility the rainfall patterns will remain at this level next year,” the Consortium said.

Its experts did not rule out the possibility it may be necessary to buy water from outside the area although they felt this was unlikely.

Not only have Guadalest and Amadorio reservoirs improved their levels, but the Algar, Polop and to a lesser extent Beniarda, are also recovering, the Consortium announced.

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€35M dream!

Towering hotel confirmed A GIANT €35 million hotel is to be built near La Fossa beach, Calpe, dominating the skyline as the area’s tallest building.

According to Spanish media reports, the twin-towered hotel will have over 600 rooms (including 14 suites), across 30 floors.

It is likely to exceed the height of the Suitopia hotel, but will reportedly match it at the very least.

AR Hotels & Resorts have announced the four-star pro-

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JANUARY ED: 1696 ject, which it says will provide 2,000 jobs for the local area, while building work continues for three years.

Once complete, it is expected to create 1,000 fulltime jobs.

The building will have 14 convention rooms as well as a garden and pool.

SKYLINE: The new hotel will reportedly be Calpe’s tallest.

The company are hoping to pick up custom throughout the year, regardless of the season, through business conventions. Calpe’s local authority incentivise the building of four and five star hotels in the area.

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manages five hotels and 17 tourist apartment complexes, according to Spanish media.

Calpe already has some 13 hotels - according to the popular website booking. com which will compete with the new hotel. Its name is not yet known.

More opportunities for languages THE Valencian Community will open seven new Official Language Schools ready for the 2018-19 academic year.

Four are to be located in Valencia, two in Castellon and one in San Vicente, providing another 4,000 places, of which 2,030 will be for English lessons and 530 for Valenciano for teachers. The two new schools in Valencia City will include Dutch, Finnish and Polish, announced

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The Elche school will also be offering Japanese.

These additions bring the total number of language schools to 24 and are part of the regional government’s plans to encourage the population to learn languages by providing more opportunities, Marza said.

There are also plans to extend the offer with an online Official Language School.

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Big outlay for Line 1 RAIL operator FGV will spend €3 million on the Barranc d’Aigues bridge in Campello.

The existing metal structure will be replaced with another that incorporates cement sleepers, with further work carried out on the supports and substructure. Safety and signalling will also be brought up to date, FGV said.

The viaduct crosses the deep Aigues gully on the TRAM’s Line 1 between Alicante City and Benidorm. Replacing it, which is due to start next May, will take seven months to complete and is likely to entail cuts to the Line 1 service.

The project enters into the operator’s programme of safety and quality improvements throughout the TRAM network, FGV said.

The metal viaduct was built between 1912 and 1914 during the first phase of the 92.7 kilometre narrow gauge line between Alicante and Denia.

JANUARY ED: 1697 The initial Alicante/Altea section was inaugurated in October 1914 and the Altea/Denia section opened in June 1915.

The new viaduct will be visually ‘respectful’, said sources at Campello Town Hall, with an impact no different from the existing structure’s.

Repairs of €105,802 are also scheduled for the tunnel through the Lloma de Reixes hill that adjoins the viaduct and which, like much of Alicante Province’s infrastructure, was affected by the January 2017 storms.

The slopes of the bluff will be stabilised and covered with protective netting to prevent landslips and a wall added, while studies will be carried out on installing a mechanised ventilation system inside the tunnel.

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€260m real estate blowout

Home improvement A N A lic a nte -ba s e d c ons truc tion firm is ta king a ‘strategic bet’ on Benidorm.

Headquartered in Torrevieja, the TM Real Estate G roup is to inve s t €260 million in the coastal resort tow n, w ith a round 1,200 new homes to be built over the coming decade.

The news comes after the company acquired 165,000 s qua re me tre s of te rra in from rival Bahia Alicante.

Stretching from the InTempo building to the Poseidon Playa Hotel, the plot c ove rs the a re a be tw e e n avenidas Vicente Perez Devesa and Armada Española.

PRIME LOCATION: Over 1,000 new homes will be built.

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TM Real Estate becomes a major player in Benidorm with the purchase, and intends to begin construction of 275 homes on a 33,500

squar e m et r e pl ot behi nd the Poseidon Playa ‘shortly.’

A company official said these should be complete by Semana Santa in 2020, after which a series of two-year pl ans, each set t o cr eat e around 800 jobs, will see t he r em ai ni ng space filled.

At l east 15,000 squar e metres has been earmarked for public facilities, with around 2,700 square metres set asi de f or com m er ci al use.

Around 50 per cent of the new properties will be sold to international buyers.

Wife planned husband’s death THE widow of Antonio Navarro, murdered in Valencia City last August, was accused of planning his death with a lover.

The 26-year-old nurse known as Maje and Salvador, a male nurse who worked with her, are now remanded. Navarro, a 36year-old civil engineer from Novelda, was killed in the underground car park at his home in Calle Calamocha.

National Police investigators concluded that his death caused by eight stab wounds to the chest and heart, was not a spontaneous attack by a mugger surprised as he robbed the victim’s car. Despite a broken window, nothing was missing from the ve-

JANUARY ED: 1698 hicle, prompting the police to consider other motives.

They found traces of blood that did not match the victim’s DNA, suggesting that the supposed killer was also wounded during the attack. They drew a blank after checking Valencia City hospitals, clinics and health centres although the blood sample later clinched the case.

The crime was carried out by someone who knew the victim’s daily routine, decided investigators. They had begun to suspect Maje and Salvador although by then she was in a relationship with another man and the couple denied that they were having an affair. Novelda sources now claim that Navarro had wanted to call off their September 2016 marriage, but Maje persuaded him to go ahead.

Homicide Unit officers recently took her and Salva in for questioning, charging them on the strength of tapped conversations and his DNA which matched the second sample of blood found at the murder scene.

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FINESTRAT POOL: Juan Francisco Perez and Tomas Selles visit the site.

Improvements go swimmingly FINESTRAT’S municipal swimming pool, built more than 30 years ago, is being brought up to date.

The open-air pool in the Partida del Fondo district was practically obsolete, said Finestrat’s mayor Juan Francisco Perez who visited the site with Public Works and Services councillor Tomas Selles “We are spending €180,000 on modernising the pool and bringing it into line with current regulations that will enable us to add to the activities we offer at present,” Perez explained.

The depth will be reduced from 1.5 to 1.20 me-

tres at the pool’s shallow end, and from 2.30 to 1.87 metres at the deep end. An overflow channel is to be added to the perimeter and all pool machinery will be renewed.

The cost will be met entirely by Finestrat Town Hall and work should be completed within five months in time for the start of the summer season, Perez said. Improvements are also due to begin at the La Foia sports complex and include pumptrack circuits for mountain bikes, skating and skateboarding as well as a court for the Valencian ballgame, pilota.

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Star plea THE ‘muscles from Brussels,’ Belgian actor JeanClaude Van Damme, has leapt into action for the Benitachell film, Rural Cops.

Van Damme, star of Timecop and Universal Soldier, appears in a video that asks for crowdfunding that will enable filmmaker Paco Soto to finish his latest movie.

More than 200 Benitachell residents of all nationalities appeared as extras alongside well-known Spanish actors in the short film shot last September to promote the full-length version.

JANUARY ED: 1699 “Anybody can become a backer for €5 but you can’t put a price on being able to count on Van Damme’s support,” Paco Soto said.

Rural Cops takes place in the fictional resort of Torretatxell where members of the Local Police are called on to carry out all kinds of services in a screenplay that combines action with humour and features a number of local landmarks.

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Town hall tries again APPROXIMATELY 8,000sqm of municipal land on Paradis beach in Villajoyosa is on the market again. The town hall hopes to sell it for €3.185m, 15 per cent less than the €3.747m asking price when there were no takers in October 2016.

The land was acquired in 2013, following an agreement with the Taylor Wimpey when Jaime Lloret and the Partido Popular were in charge at the town hall. As well as ceding the Calle Cervantes plot, Taylor Wimpey paid €1.85 million in cash and built a promenade along the Paradis beach.

In exchange, the town hall authorised an increase in the permitted construction limit when Taylor Wimpey put up apartments on the site of the former BBVA bank.

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Lights, camera, action and cash NINETY-FIVE productions were filmed in Benidorm last year, a 12 per cent increase on 2016.

There were only 15 days last year when a television programme, video or advertising spot was not being shot on a Benidorm beach or street, announced Rosa Llorca, who is in charge of the town’s Film Office.

The long-running British television series returned for a 10th season and there was a twoweek stint for the French series, Ad Vitam.

Award-winning French director Romain Gavras also spent five weeks in the resort, on location for his next full-length film,

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RECORD YEAR: Rosa Llorca and Benidorm mayor Toni Perez.

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RG02. An advertisement for sunglasses featuring British cycling champion Mark Cavendish used the Sierra Helada as a setting while Audi, Mercedes, Citroen chose the national

Stag do shame Pre-wedding parties unwelcome HENS and stags are facing a cull in Benidorm, as the resort hits back

against rowdy pre-wedding boozeups.

park as well as the Poniente Beach promenade, the Film Office revealed. The H&M clothing chain and El Corte Ingles also returned to Benidorm for two campaigns.

There were more than 150 contracts for local companies as well as work for 75 technicians and approximately 3,000 extras, Llorca said. Benidorm’s hotel and catering trade also benefited as executives, directors, production crews and actors accounted for 8,700 overnight stays, spending €3 million on accommodation and meals.

Better still, Rosa Llorca said, each of those 95 productions provided publicity for the resort “at zero cost.”

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Hotels and venues are growing increasingly wary of single-sex groups, with the town fighting to shake off its image of debauched excess.

Tour operators claim hotels are deterring large groups by pumping up prices and enforcing a minimum stay period.

Some businesses have reportedly banned groups they suspect of being stag or hen parties entirely, after growing tired of drunken antics.

That has led travel agents to suggest alternative destinations to the pre-wedding hotspot.

H o w e v e r, t h e E v e n t a Group told The Daily Record while hen bookings were down 25 per cent on 2016, stags were up 17 per cent.

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F I N E S T R AT c o u p l e S o l and Angel want to know if their newborn son died or was a ‘stolen baby.’

Sol, who already had two children, needed an emergency Caesarean and gave birth in what is now Alicante General Hospital on December 26, 1982.

Her baby, whom she and Angel named Ismael, died 10 days later. He weighed 1.4 kilos at birth and died due to heart failure, doctors told the couple.

Ismael was the second baby that Sol lost that year, the following premature birth of another son, again by Caesarean, who died soon afterwards.

In 2014 the couple be-

FEBRUARY ED: 1701 gan to suspect that Ismael could have been given in adoption after seeing a television programme a b o u t A l i c a n t e C i t y ’s ‘stolen babies.’

They were never shown Ismael’s body but told that h e h a d s u ff e r e d a n d i t would be best not to see him, Sol said.

The hospital also insisted on arranging his burial in a common grave in Alicante City cemetery but although the death was recorded in the Civil Reg-

ister, there was no death certificate.

Sol and Angel lodged an official complaint that was passed on to Madrid in 2 0 1 5 a n d t h e m o t h e r ’s DNA has been entered on a national database.

Alicante cemetery has since turned down the couple’s request to open the common grave to seek a DNA match, explaining that they would need a court order.

Undeterred, Angel called on any male born in December 1982 with doubts about his origins, to contact the Guardia Civil. “Until it’s proved to t h e c o n t r a r y, m y s o n i s still alive,” he declared.

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Could Ismael still be alive?

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SOUNDPROOFING: A good night’s sleep for Calle de la Font.

Keep the noise down!

CALLOSA Town Hall is soundproofing the pumping station in Calle de la Font.

Residents living nearby have c ompla ine d tha t the noise i s keeping them awake as the machinery comes into action at night, bringing water from the Font Major.

This supplements the town’s domestic water that comes from the Margeve and Onaer wells, explained Callosa’s mayor, Josep Saval.

The additional water is vital to ensure a steady supply and the town hall has spent €11,066 on soundproofing the pumpi ng house so t hat t he noise does not exceed the permitted nighttime levels.

“With this combination we are also making savings on energy bills, which makes the infrastructure doubly important,” Saval said.

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A FEARLESS dog saved its owners lives after a fire broke out at their Costa Blanca home.

Tania, 22, who owns Lola, an eight-year-old German shepherd, told Spanish media: “Lola started scratching at the bedroom door.

She woke me up and when I went to open the door, I saw that the room was full of black smoke.

“She saved us, for sure. If Lola hadn’t warned us, the fire would

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Tania lives in a flat on Avenida Mediterraneo in Javea - above the Masia de la Sal restaurant which her family runs - with her 27year-old partner.

Help for gender-violence victims BENIDORM’S Local Police is to have a two-member unit on call at all times to prevent and monitor gender violence.

The unit will work closely with the National Police, announced Public Safety councillor Lorenzo Martinez following approval from members of the Local Public Safety Committee.

“This unit demonstrates our commitment to the Integrated Gender-based Violence System that we signed up to,” Martinez said.

The u n i t ’s m e m b e r s w ill b e s p e c ia lly trained and will deal exclusively with gender vio l e n c e , t h e c o u n cillo r c o n tin u e d .

“ The y w ill be on c a ll 24 hours a day, seven days a week, whether or not it’s their week for working or resting.”

The re w ill a ls o be he lp for the children of victims and awareness talks in schools.

As well as the National Police, the unit will work closely with staff from the town hall’s Equality department who are assigned to gender violence victims, Lorenzo said.

“This unit will bring improved communication and coordination, especially as regards restraining orders and court rulings,” said Equality councillor Paquita Ripoll.

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3 - 9 January 2019 The fire reportedly started in the living room, where Lola sleeps, when the TV caught alight. The couple called the emergency services immediately, who swiftly arrived and put out the flames.

Although the walls of the flat were blackened by the smoke, the fire was relatively small and caused minimal damage, which Tania said was all thanks to Lola

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warning them about the blaze straight away.

“She scratches the door on other nights because she wants to come inside. I usually open it and let her come in. Thankfully she did the same thing that morning,” she revealed.

Tania’s family adopted Lola when she was a puppy and had been the only one left from the litter that hadn’t found a home.

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Will to win EWN scoops national award

THE Euro Weekly News has bagged a national press association award for the second year in a row.

It comes after Spain’s leading English-language weekly newspaper picked up the Professional Trajectory Award at the 2018 Spanish Periodical Association (AEEPP) Awards.

According to the organisers, the award is won by a company ‘for its successes and outstanding professional journey.’

The jury featured Jose Manuel Velasco, president of Global Alliance, the international confederation of PR and communication management associations, and Miguel Justribo, Corporate Communication Director of Telepizza Spain, among others.

Other winners included national daily newspaper El Español, Spanish news website El Diario, and American streaming giant Netflix.

The association said in a statement: “We want to recognise the Euro Weekly - the leading English newspaper - as an invaluable information resource for the foreign community living on our coasts.”

The AEEPP Awards event is now in its 12th year and is considered to be among the most prestigious press awards in Spain.

The AEEPP comprises around 100 publishing firms which together produce more than 900 titles

MARCH ED: 1704 covering both online and printed media, with an estimated annual readership of almost 130 million.

EWN publishers Michel and Steven Euesden were on hand to collect the award at the glittering gala event, which took place in the auditorium of the famous Royal Post Office building in Spanish capital Madrid.

After collecting the award, a delighted Michel said: “The EWN Media Group is a family of people who work day and night throughout the year with dedication and passion.

“We are so honoured to have received this award from the AEEPP. “As a team we work hard and believe in the future of all printed and digital publications.

“We would like to give thanks to our wonderful clients and readers.

“But in the main this award is for a team that has given everything over the last year, and we must also recognise their partners, as anyone in the world who works in print will understand.

“A massive congratulations to everyone.”

‘HONOURED’: EWN publishers Michel and Steven Euesden (centre) accept their award.

Reluctance to go with the flow THE Amadorio dam in Villajoyosa is currently releasing water although it is only 40 per cent full.

The decision to open the sluice gates came from the Confederacion Hidrografica del Jucar (CHJ) which controls all waterways and bodies of water in the Jucar basin.

It did so following an inrush of water after recent rain and snow, complying with Plan Hidrologico Nacional (PHN) environmental flow directives designed to protect the ecosystems of Spanish rivers.

The move was criticised by the Marina Baja Water Consortium and agricultural grow-

MARCH ED: 1704 ers belonging to the Comunidad de Regantes de La Vila irrigation group. Both the Amadorio and Guadalest rivers are typical Mediterranean ramblas that dry up in summer and have an abundant flow only after heavy rain.

Their respective dams are fed artificially, explained the Consortium’s Jaime Berenguer: “Opening the sluice gates does not make sense.”

He has been trying for the

last three years for an amendment to the PNH regulations, he said. “They are imposing the same environmental flow that is stipulated for rivers in the north of Spain,” Berenguer complained. The area’s two most important rivers should not be compared with those in other parts of Spain, he insisted.The Regantes were no happier, according to their director, Pedro Alemany, as members are obliged to pay for recycled water while watching ‘clean’ water run out to sea. “The CHJ is releasing water in line with the law, but we are in total disagreement with the regulations.”

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Deadly tree bug devastates One injured in chip shop ‘explosion’ inland economy MARCH

FIREFIGHTERS and police are probing an ‘explosion’ at Dave’s Chippy in Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca.

There are reports of one person having minor injuries after a gas bottle is believed to have ‘exploded.’

The popular chip shop is located in the resort’s Avenida de Cuenca.

It adjoins Calle Ibiza, in Benidorm, the area that went into lockdown this morning after a suspected gas leak.

It is not known if the incidents are linked, but there were gas bottles lined up on the pavement at the scene of the chip shop blast.

All the bars that were closed in Calle Ibiza earlier have now reopened.

This follows a suspected gas leak which was reported in the popular Costa Blanca holiday hotspot resulting in the temporary closure of several bars.

The incident was reported in

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All bars in the vicinity were closed and people were told to avoid the area.

‘EXPLOSION’: Gas bottles outside Dave’s Chippy.

Expat ‘rapist’ held SPANISH police have arrested a wanted British man in Alicante City, convicted of five rapes in the UK, who was found living in a van and using a fake identity.

The unnamed wanted man was convicted of five rape charges on two victims in the 1980’s, including one on a 15-

MARCH ED: 1706 year-old girl and he faces a life sentence.

The British authorities issued a European Arrest War-

rant in 2016 and last July officers in Spain were tipped off that he was living somewhere on the country’s eastern coast.

Spanish police said the man was arrested in Alicante City on the Costa Blanca after he had used a fake identity to contact his relatives in the UK on social media.

THE Marina Baja village of Tarbena wants to be classed as a disaster area.

The regional government’s policies for eradicating the tree-killing Xylella Fastidiosa from Alicante Province will extinguish nearly all almondgrowing in the municipality.

The council has just learnt infected almond trees have been found on seven more parcels of land in addition to the 16 already confirmed. According to EU directives adopted by the Generalitat (regional government), all trees within a radius of 100 metres must be felled and destroyed wherever Xylella Fastidiosa has been detected.

The effect on Tarbena’s scenery, environment and economy will be ‘catastrophic,’ warned the document which urged the Consell, the

MARCH ED: 1705 Generalitat’s Cabinet, to declare villages like Tarbena disaster areas, making available official subsidies and grants. Practically none of Tarbena’s 600 residents earn a living exclusively from the now-devastated almond groves and the village depends largely on tourism.

This is the time of the year when visitors flock to the area to admire the almond blossom but Tarbena has until now attracted rural tourism and weekend excursionists year-round.

The locals and town hall fear that few will want to see a scarred, blighted landscape.

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Crypto crackdown A UKRANIAN man arrested in Playa de San Juan earlier this month was allegedly responsible for stealing more than €800 million from 40 different countries. Known as Denis K, the 34-year-old, who was arrested at his home in Alicante Province earlier this month, is believed to be one of the world’s most notorious hackers and the ‘brains’ behind a group of cybercriminals allegedly responsible for hundreds of cyber attacks across the world.

Since the group reportedly began operating in 2013, the group allegedly had access to virtually all banks in Russia as well as those in Belarus, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Taiwan. According to reports, Denis K, along with three other member of the group, was responsible for infecting banks’ computer systems remotely and remaining undetected.

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Bitcoin bandit’s billion dollar haul

RRESTED: The man, known as Denis K. was arrested at his home in Playa de San Juan

APRIL ED: 1708 The group would send the banks’ employees emails containing malicious attachments and once the employee opened the attached file, the hackers

would be able to access and take control of the banks’ critical systems.

Once they were in the system, the hackers would then reportedly have control of that bank’s ATM system, able to deposit money from the machines to lower level ‘mules’ as they pleased, obtaining an estimated €1.2 million on average each

attack. When the group attacked Spain in early 2017, they are alleged to have attacked several ATMs located in the centre of Madrid, making fraudulent transactions worth an estimated €500,000.

To avoid detection, it is believed that Denis K’s alleged stolen money was transferred into bitcoins, of which he had an estimated 15,000 at the time of his arrest, valued at close to €100 million.

He would then allegedly use financial platforms in Gibraltar and the United Kingdom to load prepaid cards with the cryptocurrency and in turn use those cards in Spain to purchase different goods and services.

He was eventually arrested after Spanish National Police collaborated with both the FBI and Interpol in a complex operation that spanned more than three years.

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TRAGIC Scot Kirsty Maxwell may have been the victim of mistaken identity, it has been claimed.

The 27-year-old plummeted to her death from a 10th floor apartment balcony in Benidorm in April last year.

Her family feared that she may have been fleeing a sex attack when she fell, but an unnamed source has now claimed that she may have been mistaken for a mystery hotel guest who has yet to be traced.

According to UK media reports, the unknown woman was staying a few rooms along from the balcony room where Kirsty plunged to her death, but despite a public appeal to find the woman, led by Kirsty’s husband Adam in August, she is yet to come forward.

The source told British media: “We know there was this girl staying in room 10A.

APRIL ED: 1709 “She wasn’t interviewed by police and still hasn’t come forward despite huge appeals for her. There is the possibility that Kirsty was mistaken for this woman.”

The fears reportedly came after former police officer David Swindle, who has been looking into the incident on behalf of Kirsty’s family, spoke of his concerns that CCTV clips from the hotel may have been erased.

He told British media: “We’ve been asking the owners My Pretty Payma for access to the hotel and CCTV footage but they’ve not been cooperative at all.

“There are strong indications video footage may have been destroyed.”

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Airport numbers soar THE Alicante-Elche Airport that serves Spain’s Costa B la nc a ha s re c orde d 957,857 passengers in the month of March.

By nationality the United K ingdom w a s top of the table with 364,969 passenge rs ; follow e d by Spa in (132,058), the Netherlands (67,644), Norway (65,166), Germany (56,444) and Belgium with 50,454 passengers.

The Alicante-Elche Airport ma na ge d a tota l of 6,734 flights in M a rc h, w hic h re pre s e nts a n increase of 4.7 per cent over the same month of the previous year.

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ALICANTE-ELCHE AIRPORT: Passenger numbers increase.

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Everybody wants Ikea AT a recent plenary meeting, San Vicente’s mayor Jesus Villar was asked if he has had meetings with Ikea.

Villar, according to those present, hesitated momentarily and said he would answer at the next plenary meeting.

Plans for an Ikea in Alicante City’s Rabasa area were thwarted last year on planning issues, but the Swedish multinational is allegedly still interested in opening an Alicante branch.

AlicanteProvince is still keen

to welcome the household megastore and other municipalities including Elche have subsequently put themselves forward. When finally answering, Villar admitted that he had been in touch with lawyers representing Ikea, but explained there had been no direct contact with the company.

“The representatives were interested in the old cement works. Since then there have been no more contacts,” the mayor said.

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months of the year, the airpor t saw a t ot al of 2,375,523 passengers pass

through its terminal - up 4.2 per cent on the same period last year.

Angels walking the streets BENIDORM’S British Businesses Association (BBBA) hopes to put volunteers on the resort’s streets to help British tourists.

‘Street Angels’ would cover the Rincon de Loix area with its concentration of pubs, bars and discos catering for a mainly British clientele, explained BBBA president Karen Maling Cowles.

Carrying water and basic first aid kits and wearing high-visibility vests with a ‘Street Wise’ logo, the volunteers would help disorientated visitors and the victims of muggings or theft.

The last thing the BBBA would want is to hinder or substitute the work of t he pol i ce or par amedics, its president insisted.

The association has already spoken to the British consulate whose representatives expressed interest in the initiative.

There have also been meetings with the town hall, tour operators and the Costa Blanca hoteliers’ association, Hosbec, detailing a project

APRIL ED: 1711 that would improve Benidorm’s image.

D e s p i t e t h e S AT E o f fice that assists foreign tourists in their own language, the BBBA revealed that some tourists say they would never return to Benidorm, owing to an absence of help in some situations.

“If a British visitor had a problem and we helped, they would go home with another impression. We want families to return,” Maling Cowles said.

Existing security bodies are a principal drawback for the town hall, however.

“Crime rates demonstrate that Benidorm is a very safe town,” municipal sources said.

“The town hall is all in favour of civic associations that help the public and carry out projects, but not those which adopt roles corresponding to the State security bodies.”

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THIS is the adorable moment that a baby gorilla was captured on camera as it hung loose at a Spanish zoo. The atease ape was snapped by Bosnian photographer Dusica Paripovic, 32, during a visit to Bioparc Valencia.

The zoo has maintained a population of critically endangered western gorillas since 2007, and the group started breeding in 2012. Named Mbeli, the youngster pictured here will be a year old this summer.

Duscia said: “The baby gorillas are so adorable and expressive.

They play with twigs or whatever they can find, they stumble and fall, they playfully wrestle with other gorillas.

“When you photograph animals, you never know if you are going to get any good photos. They will not stand in the best light for you or give you the best angle. “But when I saw this baby gorilla yawning, I knew there had to be at least one good photo there. I was excited.”

She added: “Animals are my favourite subject to photograph - it’s challenging and fun. They are unpredictable, fast, can’t be posed and there’s no need for retouching.”

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GOING APE: The young primate unleashes an almighty yawn.

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Shock alert for British residents DENIA hospital has recommended against prescribing metamizole for British and Scandinavian patients.

Commonly used as a painkiller, to relieve spasms or bring down a high temperature, it is marketed here as Nolotil and Novalgine amongst other brand names.

Denia hospital has now issued an internal memo to its doctors as well as staff at Marina Alta primary care centres, warning that patients from Northern Europe could be at greater risk from agranulocytosis, a sharp fall in white blood cells.

This could have ‘grave consequences,’ the hospital warned, as 30 per cent of these cases can result in death, although pharmaceutical companies claim that this occurs once in every 10,000 patients.

The hospital has now asked the Generalitat’s Health department for records going

MAY ED: 1713 back four years, to enable its Pharmacy and Preventive Medicine services to determine whether this adverse effect is higher than usual amongst Britons and Scandinavians owing to a genetic tendency.

Although metamizole is routinely prescribed in Spain, Portugal, Italy and other European countries, the drug is banned in the UK and the US because the risks and side effects of the drug are considered to outweigh its benefits, especially as other options are available.

The Denia Hospital investigation is the result of an alert received from an Alicantebased legal and medical translator who has extensive contacts amongst the expatriate community.

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‘Nice try you tool!’ Brit suspect held KA LANCASHIRE lad, who says he’s never been abroad, has set up a fundraising page so he can go on holiday to Spain.

Aiden Dugdale, 19, asked on his Facebook page: ‘Why can people on benefits go on all in-

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clusive five-star hotel holidays abroad and I can barely afford a night out in Burnley???’

He then announced: ‘I have created a page so people can help pay for a holiday.’ With a target of £1,000 he has since raised more than a quarter of the money.

Roxanne Marie Nadin donated a fiver and said: ‘Proper made me smile this, good on ya I hope you raise your target???’

And an anonymous donor chipped in another £3 and wished Aiden ‘good luck.’

Amjad Ali donated £2 and said: ‘There you go... this will get you a bus to station!’ But, after the story went viral, another anonymous person has stumped up a whopping £100 with the message: ‘Have a great time, be nice to everyone and enjoy life.’

However, the Burnley lad has come in for some stick on social media.

A BRITISH man on the run for armed robbery and known to have at least 75 false identities has been held on the Costa del Sol. The still-unnamed suspect was detained in glamorous Marbella on a European Arrest Warrant after being stopped by a Spanish National Police patrol just after 2am.

And when he handed over his fake identification it became clear he was being hunted by UK investigators after being accused of raiding a series of armoured vehicles using illegal weapons and explosives.

He was cuffed and charged with presenting false documents on the spot but reportedly offered the officers €500 to let him go, resulting in an additional bribery rap. A judge in Madrid ruled via video link that he be remanded in custody ahead of extradition proceedings. It comes after one of Britain’s most-wanted criminals - 41-year-old Stephen Lawrence murder suspect Jamie Acourt was last week held in Barcelona on drug trafficking charges.

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MOST WANTED: Anticlockwise from top left, Jonathon Kelly, Mark Acklom, Dominic McInally, Shane O’Brien and Sarah Panitzke.

MAY ED: 1715 He had allegedly changed his name after going on the run and is believed to have spent the last 18 months in Spain, moving between the Catalan capital and the Costa del Sol. A false passport bearing the name Simon Alfonzo was reportedly seized after he tried to pass himself off as an Italian tourist, but he is not challenging his extradition to the UK.

He became the 81st fugitive to be caught by Operation Captura, a joint venture between Spanish police, the National Crime Agency (NCA) and Crimestoppers, with the crackdown forcing criminals to go to extreme measures to avoid investigators.

NCA head of international operations Steve Reynolds told UK media: “Areas like Costa Blanca and Costa del Sol are the most popular with British holidaymakers and fugitives. “It’s been known for people to have plastic surgery after faces have been in the papers and on TV.”

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Taking a pop! seeking anything more than A RURAL Spanish village has that.” According to residents, laid claim to inventing soft drink local entrepreneurs Enrique Coca Cola.

Ortiz, Ricardo Sanz and The American beverage is Bautista Aparici opened the widely reported to have been distillery 138 years ago, with concocted as a medicine by the municipality already on the map for its pharmacist John Pemberton in the late 19th cenliqueurs and American vines, which continue to tury, before he sold the recipe and trading rights be cultivated in the area and sold to La Rioja and to business tycoon and company founder Asa other wine-producing regions. An Griggs Candler.

1892 document signed by But 79-year-old Juan Juan MiMaria Cristina of Austria, reco, who owns the Ayelo disgent of Spain, named the distillery in Aielo de Malferit, tillery as royal supplier, allowValencia, believes he owns a ing it to use the official crest. notebook containing the original Señor Aparici was in charge secret recipe to Kola-coca. of sales, travelling internationalAnd the council of the village, ly with a suitcase of samples, which has a population of 4,706 and rumour has it that he visited and lies around 40 minutes inland Philadelphia in 1885, a year befrom the Costa Blanca, has just fore Pemberton began marketing written to the giant multinational Coca-Cola in his home city of Atasking for permission to make the lanta, Georgia. connection public, although the Juan - who bought the distillery evidence is far from concrete. in 1971 - says the only difference “Everything points to this bebetween Kola-coca and Coca-Coing the case,” argues Mayor Jose la is that in the former, coca leaves Luis Pinter. “Our aim is to get Coand kola nuts were mixed with soca-Cola to acknowledge the proda, while in the latter fresh ject so the town will get water was used. recognition. We’re not A label for Kola-coca liqueur, which the distillery still makes today.

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TRAPPED: Three people had to be rescued from their car.

‘Worst storm in 16 years’ MORE than 1,020 litres of water fell in just a few hours in Valencia causing floods across the region.

According to reports three people had to be rescued by firefighters after getting trapped in their car in Alginet.

Elsewhere the Segura

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State weather agency

Aemet said the last time it rained so heavily in June was in 2002.

Emergency services are working to clear roads that have been affected by the downpour.

Footage uploaded onto social media showed hailstones falling in Onda.

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Water torture A BRITISH mum who almost lost her leg after a waterslide accident saw the limb infected with flesh-eating bugs is suing a Benidorm hotel.

Helen Priestly, 42, cut her leg in two places and was twice forced to have surgery.

And the mother-of-one from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, has filed charges against the hotel for its ‘death trap’ chute as she battles to get it shut down.

She said: “The slide I was on is a potential death trap. It’s only a matter of time before an adult or child is seriously injured on it.”

The incident came after she forked out more than €950 on a four-star break in the Costa Blanca resort with husband Leon, 40, and 15-year-old daughter Danielle.

Helen rode on the slide without knowing that some-

JUNE ED: 1719 one had broken their leg on it earlier the same day.

She explained: “I didn’t stand a chance really as the gap to go through wasn’t really big enough to get through.

“The water current was really strong and it slammed me into the opening. I was in agony.”

After fighting against the flow to get off the attraction she realised how badly she was hurt.

“I started nearly passing out from the shock and blood loss.

I had a big massive hole in my leg like an indent,” she added.

An ambulance took her to a private hospital where medics x-rayed the leg and put her on

an IV drip before letting her go.

The hotel refused to cover the cost of a wheelchair, leaving the family to pay, and they were not visited by a rep for two days.

She continued: “I was in constant pain but they wouldn’t help us at all from then on. I was in intense pain and couldn’t wait to get home.”

But things took a turn for the worse six weeks after they arrived home, when she was admitted to the Rochdale Infirmary in massive pain before being diagnosed with necrotising fasciitis, commonly known as flesh-eating disease.

She said: “A cloudy, milky liquid was pouring out of my leg, it was disgusting.

“One time I woke up and my bed was soaking from all the liquid and it was so bad

the nurse thought I had spilled a glass of water on the sheets.

“But as the poisons were gone I felt a bit better.”

Doctors then performed two emergency operations in a bid to save the leg after a transfer to Royal Oldham Hospital, where she was admitted to the high dependency unit.

She added: “I actually felt better and had a cup of tea.

But then the doctors looked at my leg and said I might lose my leg and told my husband and daughter I could also die.

“I was hysterical I couldn’t believe all this had come from a water slide. It was like something out of a horror film.

“There were massive holes and gaping wounds in my legs and you could see the bone.”

An official from travel operator Jet2 said: “The health and safety of our customers is ex-

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‘I WAS HYSTERICAL’: Doctors told Helen she could lose her leg or even die. tremely important to us, we are exploring Helen’s claim fully.

“As this is part of an ongoing legal process, we are unable to comment further at this

time.” Helen’s legal representative Paul Stevens added: “It defies belief if the same slide that severely injured Helen is open and still causing injuries.”

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Beer we go England fans flood Benidorm ENGLAND fans have been hailed even though riot police were called in after they flooded the streets of Benidorm in the wake of the Three Lions’ historic World Cup win.

It comes after shocking video footage posted online showed one group surrounding a car and slamming their hands down on its bonnet while chanting “football’s coming home.”

One shirtless reveller rolls headfirst onto the vehicle, landing on his back and smashing the windscreen before sprinting into the crowd as onlookers burst into laughter.

But the driver later posted on Facebook to explain that kindhearted bystanders did a whipround just after the incident.

Spaniard Ramon Mendiri explained how “two English woman started collecting money” to help pay for the damages, with one man contribut-

KANE-ING IT: A barechested fan broke a windscreen before sprinting away.

JULY ED: 1721 ing €50. “They later found me again and gave me €135 that they had collected,” he continued. The identity of the man who jumped onto his car remains unconfirmed, but Ramon

added: “Evidently not all English people are the same, a thousand thank yous.”

In other clips riot police clutching large plastic shields march towards the celebrating fans, while a line of cars is seen trying to negotiate the throng as they spill into the road.

The 6-1 win over Panama was the first time England have scored more than four goals in a single game at a major tournament.

It followed England’s first win against Tunisia also triggered an impromptu street party in Benidorm, with one video showing a bouncing group passing a mobility scooter above their heads while chanting and clapping their hands.

But social media groups praised the generally fun atmosphere, with “just a few idiots” to blame for the unruly behaviour.

FONTS D’ALGAR: More staff for the summer season.

Preparing for the rush AS the summer season gets underway, more staff have been engaged at the Fonts d’Algar in Callosa.

The 1.5-kilome tre seque nc e of na tura l pool s a nd c a s c a de s fe d by i cy m ount ai n springs at the source of the River Algar is located three kilometres outside the town.

The Fonts receives thousands of visitors year round but as well as the lifeguards who are always on duty, the town hall has taken on nine more people to attend to maintenance and the two ticket offices.

Callosa Town Hall also reminded visitors that food may only be taken into the picnic area but can be left in free lockers at the entrance to the Fonts. This measure has been introduced to protect the natural environment and guarantee that the paths, pools and cascades remain clean and tidy, the Tourism department explained.

Meanwhile, the Algar Tourism office will be open from Monday to Sunday each week throughout the summer season between 9.30am-2pm and 3.30pm6pm.

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Tourism boom IT looks like being another bumper year for Denia’s tourism industry.

O c c u p a n c y f i g u re s for the first half of July repeat last year’s excellent figures and in the case of campsites exceeds them.

Hotels have enjoyed 80 per cent occupancy figures - better than the forecast 65 per cent to 70 per cent.

As far as apartments are concerned, tourism accommodation has seen 70 per cent occupancy, the same as the same period of last year.

For the t o w n ’s tourism industry the high demand for holiday apartments is good news as this type of accommodation is where most tourists stay.

The D e n i a ’s D e p a r t m e n t o f To u r i s m f i g u re s a l s o s h o w t h a t campsites were 61 per cent full, compared to just 55 per cent in 2017.

Advance bookings for the second half of July show hotel occupancy of 73 per cent, with the Department of Tourism predicting it will reach 90 per cent.

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18-MONTH ORDEAL: Suspect Felix Steven Manrique Gomez (left), and Patricia Aguilar leaves the property where she was being held with her newborn baby.

Sex cult raid Missing teen found in the Amazon A SPANISH teenager who went missing last year ago has been rescued from a satanic sect in the Amazon rainforest.

Patricia Aguilar, 19, vanished from her home in Alicante on the Costa Blanca 18 months ago, but she has now been found in central Peru.

Investigators have also held Peruvian Felix Steven Manrique Gomez, 35, a former trainee electrician suspected of heading the Gnosis cult which kept three women as sexual slaves.

According to the victim’s relatives, she was lured to the South American country

by Gomez through social media.

They say he targets emotionally unstable girls promising to save them from the end of the world, urging them to leave their families as soon as they turned 18.

Referring to himself as ‘Prince Gurdjeff,’ he reportedly considers himself to be a messenger from God sent to Earth ahead of the planet’s imminent destruction, which he announced in a se-

JULY ED: 1723 ries of online clips posted under false names.

He used a text-reading software to disguise his voice with a Spanish accent.

The suspect also claims he has been chosen to repopulate the world in the wake of the Apocalypse and needed to build up a harem of women.

In another ploy he offered victims cosmetic treatments, writing: “Attention tablet girls. During this year and the next I will provide natural treatments according to each case, you can grow breasts and hips up to three sizes. Free, complete discretion, the treatment is largely personal. Flat-chested girls from Latin America…Write to me if you are interested.”

A source close to the case revealed he ‘began screaming to be taken to a hairdresser’ when charged with human trafficking at a local police station, adding: “He

is a special person who takes care of his image, and he knew that this was going to go out in the media, that is why he took an interest in getting a shave and wearing dress clothes. He takes care of that, because he is still luring [women] on social media.”

Patricia was found five hours after the arrest at a private property where she was looking after her onemonth-old baby and four other children aged between four and 10, all fathered by Manrique and suffering from malnutrition according to detectives.

She has now been reunited with her family after her father Alberto travelled to Peru.

“It was a psychological kidnapping,” he told Spanish media.

Non-profit support group SOS Desaparecidos, which has been supporting the family, revealed in a tweet her parents ‘have been knocking on doors on land, sea and air to get Patricia out of the nightmare of human trafficking.’

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Squatter misery AN aggressive squatter has subjected a community to a four-year campaign of fear and squalor.

Residents of Las Vistas in Lomas De Cabo Roig, said they have tried in vain to have the ‘violent’ and ‘disruptive’ man removed through the courts, and claim he was arrested last year, only to break back into the empty property days later.

Witnesses to the arrest of the unwelcome guest, thought to be in his 40’s and suffering with mental health issues, said he was brandishing knives and a machete before a dozen police officers detained him.

Speaking exclusively to Euro Weekly News, neighbour and retired police officer John Wakenshaw, aged 57, said: “All day long he is gesticulating and shouting. I barricaded myself in last week after seeing his ladder near my balcony. You just don’t know what he is going to do.”

SQUALOR: The stinking rubbish is attracting vermin and (inset) the man was last year held by police.

AUGUST ED: 1726 Problems also include mountains of rubbish and dozens of noisy animals inside the property.

Mr Wakenshaw, who

bought his home in 2007, said: “I have to sleep with earplugs in.”

Numerous complaints have apparently been made to Orihuela Town Hall and officials, but to no avail.

Community committee member Nick Langan, who owns a holiday home in the area, added: “Vermin have

been spotted in the grounds and the stench emanating from the area is unbearable.”

The property, a possible repossession, is thought to be owned by SAREB, a Spanish government-owned company set up to manage assets. It is not known if the firm has instigated any new eviction proceedings.

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Tattoo fury A BRITISH expatriate has hit out at claims his stag party paid to tattoo his name on a homeless man’s face in Benidorm.

Jamie Blake, 37, also revealed he had split up with his bride-to-be ahead of the event but decided to go ahead with it anyway.

The alleged incident sparked outrage after he and around 30 of his friends had partied in a string of bars during a night out.

But photos of a man believed to be Polish and named Tomek having ‘Jamie Blake, North Shields, NE28’ inked on his forehead later emerged after he reportedly bumped into the group.

Although he was smiling and making a peace sign in the pictures, the tattoo could not be finished because he was in so much pain.

Posted on Facebook by the parlour, they were quickly deleted after being slammed

AUGUST ED: 1726 by furious social media users who branded the scene “barbaric” and accused the business of a “shocking lack of ethics.”

But Jamie, who works in Benidorm after moving from North Shields, claims he was not involved in the incident and says the victim is not even homeless.

He told UK media: “I was not there at the time. There was a big group of around 30 of us drinking in the bar.

“There was a group of Irish lads there as well and Tomek. He isn’t homeless, he lives with my friend and works on the strip. I got drunk and was asked to leave the bar. I was not in the tattoo parlour and as far as I know he was not paid money.”

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Faeces shut beaches TH R EE C os ta B la nc a be a c he s w e re s hut to bathers at the height of the holida y s e a s on a fte r ra w s e w a ge w a s found to be contaminating the water.

The red flag was flying from lifeguard masts, not to warn swimmers of stormy waters or strong currents, but be c a us e of the he a lth hazard posed by faecal matter bobbing in the sea.

The cause of the contamination at Moraira’s popular Portet beach is not known.

Routine hygiene tests had shown up the problem and le d to the re d fla g be ing flown to ban swimming.

It remained flying until further tests could confirm the c onta mina tion ha d cleared.

At Pego’s Molinell beach bathing was banned in the river that runs into the sea at that point. High levels of bacteria were found, indicating sewage was contaminating the water.

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AUGUST ED: 1727 ci al s st i l l al l owed swi m ming in the sea, saying the pr obl em appear ed t o be confined to the fresh water.

Heading up the coast to Val enci a, heavy r ai n was the culprit at Pinedo beach where swimming had also been banned.

A sudden downpour overwhelmed the town’s waterworks, causing raw sewage to be flushed through the r ai nwat er pi pes and out to sea.

This is because Valencia uses the same pipes for both r aw sewage and rainwater, so a sudden increase in flow can be m or e t han the waterworks can deal with, leading to faecal matter being washed directly to the sea.

CLOSED: Sewage caused bathing to be banned at Moraira.

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Carlos Baos We can help you.

DEAR Clients and Friends, It seems like it was yesterday when the deadline for submitting your non-

Farewell to 2018 resident tax returns was so far away and yet the holiday season has suddenly arrived.

We hope to have met our clients’ expectations when de a ling w ith the ir ma rria ge s a nd divorc e s in Spain and we would also take this opportunity to congratulate those clients, from different countries, who sold, purchased or exchanged their properties through our firm and kindly took our a dvic e about the importance of ha ving a Spa nis h Will dra fte d w he n be ing a n ow ne r of a prope rty in Spain.

The year 2018 has been a ye a r of hope for a ll thos e pe ople w ho los t the ir mone y s ome time ago buying properties in Spain off-plan that were never completed. Fortunately, we have been able

to get many clients their money back.

It was also a year of success for many people affected by illegal mortgage floor and costs clauses, and multicurrency mortgages, a s w e ha ve be e n a ble to help many get their money back.

Sadly some clients and friends passed away during this ye a r a nd our c ondolences go out to their surviving spouses, children and family; again in these cases we have assisted the heirs as rapidly as possible when dealing with their inheritance both in Spain and the UK. This was a year when we were able to reclaim inheritance tax for non-resident heirs, not just for EU resi-

dent s but i n som e cases those ones living outside the European Union. Previously they were not able to enjoy the same tax benefits as t hose r esi dent i n Spain.

On a happier note we can tell you that we have litigated successfully in court in relation to many differing legal matters including tenancy disputes, claims against builders, contesting a Will and claims against the tax office.

Finally we would like to t hank al l our cl i ent s and f r i ends, who one way or another, dealt with us during the year and wish them and their families a prosper ous New Year and a 2019 full of happiness.

The White & Baos Team

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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Terror attack fears PASSENGERS on a train in Valencia City centre feared a terrorist attack when a group of robed men with a megaphone declared the carriage was full of sinners who were going to die and burn in hell.

The nine German men are said to part of an evangelical group, and also carried a large cross and pamphlets during the frightening rant.

They have since been arrested on charges of public disorder and bail has been set at €12,000. A statement from the police and the Metrovalencia control service confirmed ‘the volume and content of the proclamations generated panic reactions among some passengers, who thought it was a terrorist attack.’ After two stops passengers were seen pushing their way out of the carriage and running away via the internal video circuit.

Shortly afterwards, the driver stopped the convoy and the men were arrested.

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THE number of tourists paying a visit to Spain’s cultural sites and attractions has risen by 23 per cent this summer compared to last year, according to a study.

The total number of holidaymakers who arrived in Spain was about 8.5 million during June, according to the latest statistics from tourism officials.

Data showed that those holidaying in Spain still tended to opt for beach holidays in areas such as the Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca.

The figures also showed the share of tourists taking in the country’s culture offering was rising as a share of the total, according to the Weekenddesk website’s study.

The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao in the Basque County was one of the most popular.

The gallery displays modern and contemporary art and is also famous for its avant-garde architecture.

Visits to aquariums, zoos and areas such as national parks have risen by 20 per cent so far this summer in comparison to the same time last year. The

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GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM: One of the most popular attractions in Bilbao.

AUGUST ED: 1728 Cabarceno Nature Park in Cantabria was the most popular of its type of attraction.

Data analysts said statistics from Cantabria and elsewhere in the north of Spain showed growth in off-beach holidays in those areas.

Figures also showed beach tourism continued to grow dur-

ing June in comparison to last year. The number of travellers expected to travel to the Costa del Sol between June and September numbers more than seven million, a 1.5 per cent increase on summer 2017.

Elias Bendodo, the head of the Costa del Sol tourist board, said the authority estimated tourists would bring an extra €7.4 billion to the region’s economy. The southern destination is currently the most popular with tourists out of those in Spain.

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Literally shifting tons of seaweed AFTER two weeks of intensive night-time onslaughts, 3,500 tons of seaweed have been cleared from Denia’s beaches.

The Posidonia or Neptune Grass was washed up during storms and high seas earlier this month and the beachcleaning concessionary company has had to use diggers to shift 233 lorryloads of the seaweed over the last two weeks.

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SEPTEMBER ED: 1730 Environmentalists recommend leaving the banks of accumulated seaweed at the water ’s edge on Costa Blanca beaches during the winter months where they act as a natural barrier against erosion.

This is not an option during the high season and after a fortnight of non-stop work each night, the beaches are clear once more and the shoreline unobstructed.

On the last night alone, the beach cleaning removed 150 tons from the Marineta Cassiana, Les Rotes and l’Almadrava beaches and announced that the service has resumed as normal, using the normal equipment.

SEAWEED ONSLAUGHT: Working through the night.

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CLEAN BEACHES: Back to normal.

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Not flying so high PASSENGER numbers for the last weekend of August have been released and show a slight drop compared to last year’s figures.

Between Friday and Monday, a total of 224,533 used the AlicanteElche Airport and a decrease of 0.7 per cent (around 2,000 passengers less) and confirmed the slowing down of air traffic for the area. One of the reasons is believed to be due

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SLOWING DOWN: Passenger trends on the way down at Alicante-Elche Airport.

to the recovery of the Mediterranean’s competitors such as Turkey, Tunisia and Egypt, as well as special offers coming out of the Balearic Islands.

The data for the accepted end of the high summer tourist season confirm the downward trend across the tourism sector after a spectacular five years of growth. Alicante-Elche Airport closed

2017 with 13.7 million passengers and a year-on-year increase of 11 per cent... figures that will be almost impossible to achieve in the remaining months of this year. For July, the airport regis-

tered a decrease of 2.1 per cent compared to the same period in 2017, but still managed to reach 1.6 million and kept its spot as Nº5 in Spain in terms of passenger traffic.

Gang held over string of robberies FOUR conmen who robbed homes in the Alicante region posing as employees of an electricity company have been arrested.

Aged between 40 and 53 years old, and local to the area, the detainees are accused of burglary, seven thefts, receiving stolen goods, fraud and of belonging to a criminal group responsible for acts committed in the towns of Castellón de la Plana, Valladolid, Tobarra and Villarrobledo.

SEPTEMBER ED: 1731 The Specialised Crime Group (UDEV) of the National Police Force of Alicante and the Investigation Team of the Civil Guard of Hellín (Albacete) have been investigating the incidents since November 2017.

The operation was launched after the Guardia Civil of To-

STOLEN GOODS: Items have been recovered. barra received a report of ‘a theft with force’ in which the culprits pretended to work for

an electricity company to get into a house, where they stole jewellery and money.

They then noticed similarities in other offences, in which members of the criminal group made numerous, random telephone calls posing as employees of both electricity and gas companies in order to arrange appointments for an alleged review of facilities.

Dressed in various uniforms, they allegedly arrived at the properties, normally owned by an elderly resident, distracted the homeowner before searching for items to

steal. Two thefts in Valladolid, a crime of fraud and one of larceny in Castellón de la Plana, four crimes of larceny in Villarrobledo and a robbery with force in Tobarra have been clarified by officers.

Investigations are continuing to trace stolen jewellery and other items.

The proceedings conducted by both bodies along with the detainees, have been presented to the Alicante Court of Instruction.

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Dogs sniff out drugs Fire raising weather A 40-YEAR-OLD man is being h e l d a f t e r p o lic e found drugs stashed in adapted cosmetic bottles in his car.

Police became suspicious after seeing ‘strange movements’ in a vehicle parked outside a leisure centre in Alicante. Sources say a young woman then got out of the vehicle, and seemed in a hurry to get away.

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

The driver was said to be

CHEMISTS in the Alicante region claim they are having supply problems with 382 drugs, a figure they say is unusually high. And the majority of them are common medications which are widely used. For example, Adiro is the country’s second most used drugs and is taken to control thrombosis by reducing the risk of blood clots, particularly in those who have suffered angina, heart attacks or a stroke. They are also prescribed for patients who have undergone heart surgery.

But pharmacists reportedly can’t get hold of 100 and 300 milligram tablets. A production cut at the Bayer plant in Leverkusen, Germany is to blame for particular shortage, accord-

SEPTEMBER ED: 1732 a ‘high state of nervousness,’ according to the police and began making ‘incongruous excuses for what h ap p e n ed a n d th e large amount of money he had.’

Suspecting that a ‘drug p as s ’ c o u ld h a v e ta ke n place, officers called in the Canine Section to check the car.

The girl was allegedly in possession of amphetamine

and police suspect she was moving the drugs for the detained.

Inside the car, police dogs detected several bottles of c os me tic s tha t ha d be e n adapted to create two bottoms, concealing a variety of s ubs ta nc e s , inc luding ‘speed,’ ecstasy, ketamine, MDMDA and hashish.

Toxicological analysis of the driver found him to be under the influence of coc a ine a nd me tha mphe ta mines. He was arrested, acc us e d of a lle ge dly committing a crime against public health.

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DANGER: Lightning started 61 fires.

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.

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SHORTAGE: Pharmacists are unable to get commonly used drugs.

ing to the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products.

The pharmaceutical producer has apologised for any inconvenience the production problem may have caused and ‘is making every effort to restore the regular supply of the affected product’.

Pain killer Nolotil, is also out of stock in 575 milligram capsules and the injectable form.

The drug is banned in the UK and America and is being investigated by the medicines regulator after concerns were raised that northern Europeans may be particularly at risk of side effects. President of the Association of Pharmacists of Alicante,

Fe Ballestero, said that while most of the drugs in short supply can be substituted with generics, it’s not a simple swap, patients have to go back to their doctors to have their prescriptions changed.

And as in the case of flecainide, which is used to control abnormal fast rhythms of the heart, there are not always replacement drugs.

Other contributing factors for the supply issues include a shortage of raw materials, problems in production plants, errors in the instructions or in the packaging. But pharmacists blame low drug process imposed by the Spanish Ministry of Health, which leads to laboratories committing their production to other countries where the prices of the same drugs are higher.

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Fears that River Seco could dry up AGRICULTURAL growers will soon receive recycled water that until now was discharged into the River Seco.

They have been asking for this water since the San Juan treatment plant opened in 2011 but a pipeline linking it to the Pantanet irrigation deposit in Muchamiel was omitted from the original plans.

The regional government’s Agriculture and Environment department has now put construction of a €1.6 million pipeline out to tender, prompting Campello Town Hall to ask the Institute of Coastal Ecology for help. San Juan and Muchamiel growers consider that the San Juan water has been wasted for the last seven years but Campello Town Hall points out that this water has transformed the lower reaches of River Seco.

Campello’s Environment department is asking the Institute to assess how much water is needed to prevent the

OCTOBER ED: 1736 river and its banks from reverting to their former arid state.

It will also approach the Confederacion Hidrografica del Jucar, which controls the area’s waterways and rivers, asking for an environmental flow to maintain the existing ecosystem.

Although the treatment plant functions at half-capacity, approximately five million litres of water flow down the lower section of the Rio Seco to the sea each day.

Previously as dry as its name, the river now supports wildlife and 47 species of birds and Campello Town Hall wants assurance that there will be enough water to ensure that they are not affected once the pipeline is built.

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THE number of suspected child abuse cases reported to police

by Alicante’s health departments has risen by 87 per cent in two years.

Official government statistics show that in the last year, medical personnel in the province alerted the authorities to 270 occasions where they were concerned there may have been mistreatment of children in their homes.

In 2016 there were 233 referrals and in 2015, staff reported 198 suspected incidents.

Vice president of the health council, Monica Oltra, said that this is just an indicator of a bigger problem, adding that ‘child maltreatment remains a hidden reality’ and that the ‘real number of children who suffer abuse in their homes remains unknown.’

The Ministry of Education does not have a breakdown of statistics to show how many referrals are made by concerned teachers.

And while the Department of Equality does not have figures relating to the number of children who have been taken away from their parents because of abuse, it confirmed girls under

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CHILD ABUSE: Monica Oltra (inset) believes the real number remains unknown.

OCTOBER ED: 1735 five are most at risk.

A report in 2017 showed there were more cases of abuse against girls than boys, that most incidents occur in towns and cities, and half of the victims come from families who

are not at social risk.

A spokesperson for the province of the Spanish Association of Paediatrics said that when health personnel are confronted with an obvious case of ill-treatment, a child with bruises or broken bones, the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the police are immediately notified.

Parents’ guardianship is automatically withdrawn to safeguard the child.

With regards to a suspicion of mistreatment which is due to negligence, medical staff contact the health centre’s social worker, who then transfers the case to social services.

Last week we reported the case of a two-year-old who allegedly died at the hands of his mother’s partner and a 15month-old baby who was found to have cocaine and cannabis in his system.

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Record cruise passengers in Alicante

TOURISTS: Brittania P&O cruised into Alicante on Tuesday morning carrying 3,000 passengers.

TWO cruise liners with 4,000 passengers on board moored in Alicante on Tuesday.

The Prinsedam-Holland America Line and Brittania P&O arrived early in the morning, with tourists spending a total of 17 hours at the resort.

According to the Department of Commerce, by the end of October, some 10,000

OCTOBER ED: 1737 tourists will have passed through the port of Alicante this month. And by the end of the year, the figure is expected to surpass 100,000, topping last year’s 86,400 visitors.

Before October 31, the arrival of the ship Aidacara-Aida Cruises is expected to moor, carrying 1,000 passengers, together with the Koningsdam-Holland America Line transporting 2,000 holidaymakers.

A further two liners are scheduled to dock in Alicante before November, with a further 3,000 tourists.

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Benidorm NEWS REMODELLING Benidorm’s Avenida del Mediterraneo means that the fiestas’ mascletas m u st b e h e l d e ls e where.

A mascleta is a deafening daytime fireworks display, with five programmed for the town’s fiestas between November 11 and 14.

For decades these have been held in the Avenida del Mediterraneo adjoining the Plaza Triangula, but Fiestas councillor Jesus Carrobles confirm e d t h a t a n ew location will be found this year.

The mascletas that the Fiestas Committee has scheduled for this year’s celebrations, as well as a colourful night-time display on the evening of November 13, will move to Avenida Jaime I, between Avenida Panama and Av e n i d a Ni c a r a g u a , Carrobles revealed.

“We had to study which streets offered the conditions needed for this kind of pyrotechnical spectacle,” he

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DAYTIME FIREWORKS: Mascleta in Avenida del Mediterraneo. said. “The decision is neither unilateral, nor is it definite,” he added. “We have simply looked for a viable alternative to guarantee the celebrations and events that are of such interest to the festeros, residents and visitors.”

Following Carrobles’ announcement, the president

of the Fiestas Committee Francisco Marin, said that a lthough the public w e re us e d to the Ave nida de l Mediterraneo, he was satisfied with the choice of location.

“The technical aspect will improve considerably,” he said. “Jaime I is much wider with better visibility.”

Police keep the peace A CRACKDOWN by Benidorm police produced five arrests in two days in the resort’s nightlife districts.

The operation involving 40 officers was the outcome of a meeting between the town’s National Police and Local Police chiefs and the town hall’s Public Safety department.

D r u g t r a ff i c k e r s , m u g gers and petty thieves who rob tourists were in their sights as well as individuals wanted by the police or immigrants in an irregular situation.

Police were also on hand to prevent fights

ED: 1740 from breaking out in the early hours of the morning.

A simultaneous drugs swoop on three nightspots to deter drug-dealing resulted in proceedings against 20 people for possession.

After identifying more than 100 people, police arrested five, one of whom was wanted for questioning in two law courts.

Benidorm’s Public Safety councillor Lorenzo

Martinez explained that the meeting last month established procedures which will be followed throughout the winter.

The objective was to ‘improve the perception of law and order in the bar and pub zones’ while preventing theft and drug dealing in these areas.

“These operations enter into our commitment towards the public, hotels, campsites, holiday apartments and tour operators,” Martinez said, emphasising the dedication and coordination of both police forces. “They brought the results we hoped for.”

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More at home in A & E Photo by Alfaz town hall

THE €4,000 cost of the decor at the Marina Baja hospital’s new Paediatric Emergencies unit was met by Alfaz Council.

This includes a mural by students from Miguel Hernandez University’s Fine Arts School, which Alfaz’s mayor Vicente Arques and Health councillor Marisa Cortes recently inspected when they visited the unit.

“We hope this will make the children’s stay in Emergencies more agreeable and help them to feel more at home,” Arques said He and Cortes were accompanied by Villajoyosa mayor Andreu Verdu and hospital manager, Rosa Louis Cereceda, who explained that the hos-

PAEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES: Vicente Arques, Andreu Verdu, Marisa Cortes and Rosa Louis Cerecedo.

ED: 1699 pital had finally achieved its goal of a separate paediatric A & E unit.

The children will no longer have to share the same area as adults and could be treated in surroundings more in keeping with their ages, which also helped to reduce their stress levels, Louis Cereceda said.

ED: 1704 BIRD IS THE WORD: Luis Miguel Morant and the Alfas del Pi Pigeon Keeping Society.

ALFAS DEL PI will host the Regional Pigeon Racing

Championship next month, in which pigeons from all

across the provinces of Alicante and Valencia will compete.

A total of eight trials will be held from March 3 and until March 30. Releases of the pigeons will take place every Tuesday and Saturday from 5pm to 7.30pm. The total quota permitted for the participants will be 95 racing pigeons.

Apart from the prizes specified for the winners, the participation in this event will allow up to the first 15 pigeons the possibility of qualifying to participate in the Valencia and Spain Pigeon Racing Championship finals.

Pigeon racing involves releasing specially trained pigeons, which are supposed to return to their homes over a carefully calculated distance.

The time it takes the bird to cover the set distance is measured, along with its rate of travel, and compared with all the other pigeons competing to conclude which returned home the fastest.

Local sports councillor, Luis Miguel Morant, recently attended an event to present the upcoming competition organised by the town’s Pigeon Keeping Society.

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Local policies win EU jackpot ED: 1733 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 mean-spirited intention of halting Alfaz’s growth and development,” Such said.

‘There is no need for social alarm’ IN the wake of a scabies outbreak at Villajoyosa hospital, another case was recently discovered in Altea.

The town hall immediately contacted the Marina Baja Health authority and launched established procedures to prevent the disease from spreading, while putting the local population’s minds at rest.

It was possible to take immediate action as a local mother, whose daughter belongs to Altea’s rhythmic gymnastics team, notified the town hall as soon as it was confirmed that she had contracted scabies, explained Sports councillor Pere Barberr.

ED: 1741 Teachers at the girl’s school and instructors at the municipal sports schools as well as anyone who has had contact with the infected girl, believed to be aged between 12 and 14, was advised to take preventive measures, Barber continued.

It is not yet known whether the child’s case is connected to the outbreak - now under control - at Villajoyosa hospital where four patients and 25 members of staff were affected on the Orthopaedic and General Medicine wards.

“This is not a serious illness,” Altea’s Health councillor Diego Martinez said. “It is easily treated and there is no need for social alarm.”

Rhythmic gym classes and other sports activities were continuing as usual, Pere Barber added.

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Calpe Wartime sub sinking explained DURING the Second World Wa r, t w o R A F a i r c r a f t based in Gibraltar sank a Nazi submarine nine nautical miles (16.6 kilometres) off Ifach.

Thirty-six of the U-77’s crew died, two disappeared and nine were picked up by a local fishing boat.

Television director Fernando Navarrete has investigated the incident for the last 10 years, twice travelling to Germany to interview survivors and now believes he has enough material for an ambitious documentary reconstructing the U-Boat’s last 24 hours.

He has pledged to make the story as real as possible and hopes to clarify unanswered questions in the programme which should air at the end of this year.

The Ministry of Defence has cooperated with the

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U-77: Sank off Calpe 74 years ago. project and a Spanish navy ship controlled maritime traffic to ensure the safety of the divers as they filmed new footage of the submarine.

The incident fascinated Calpe residents at the time and later, giving rise to rumours that the U-Boat was

ED: 1724 OPPOSITION councillors in Calpe want six commemorative plaques naming Eduardo Zaplana to be removed.

The local government is so far resisting calls to expunge the memory of the man who was president of the Valencian Community from 1995 until 2002 and Jose Maria Aznar ’s Minister of Labour until 2004. He was also the national government’s spokesman between 2003 and 2004.

Zaplana was arrested and remanded last May, accused of salting away €10.5 million in commissions on government contracts during his time as Generalitat president.

Calpe councillors belonging to the PSOE, Compromis and Si se Puede Calpe parties requested that the plaques honour-

loaded with gold ingots that belonged to Rommel or even Hitler.

The sinking was hushed up by the Franco regime at the time although a meeting was arranged in 2004 when some of the survivors were able to meet their rescuers once more.

Ex-president retains honours ing the ‘Most Honourable’ ex-president should be taken down.

The Partido Popular and Gent de Calp coalition that controls the town hall has refused.

Zaplana, who is being treated for leukaemia while in prison, has not yet been tried or sentenced, the local government argued. A plenary council meeting vote has not prospered, as eight councillors voted to eliminate the plaques but 10 voted to retain them.

“Spain’s Transparency Law passed in 2015 states that plaques, awards and other honours that mention public figures involved as defendants in court cases should be removed only once they have been found guilty,” a town hall spokesman said.

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FISH FARM: More cages planned for Calpe coast.

AN A th e n s- b a se d f i r m is reapplying for permission to create a huge fish farm off Calpe.

The original 2012 proposal was twice rejected by the regional government’s Environm e n t i n 2 0 1 4 a n d again in March this year.

The c o m p a n y h o p e d to create a 47-hectare installation by extending two already-e x i st i n g se r i e s o f cages and multiplying production of seabass and gilthead bream by seven.

The scheme was opposed by local politicians and local residents, owing to its impact on the environment, tourism and the traditional

fishing industry.

T h e co mp a n y h a s n ow mo d ified th e s c h eme to minimise its adverse effects and obtain regional government approval.

The application has since appeared in the Generalitat Valenciana’s Official Publication, DOGV, described as a ‘project to extend the installation of floating cages for organic fish-farming in Mediterranean waters’ off Calpe.

S e c re ta ry o f th e Ca lpe Fishing Guild, Santos Pastor, revealed that the fish farm would occupy a different zone from the original site.

This w ould be loc a te d near the Altea boundary, reducing its impact on the environment without affecting beaches, tourism or professional fishing, Pastor said.

The a uthors of the ne w plan stress that the company ‘has no intention of harming the Roca de Toix,’ an important enclave for marine life but a lthough s ma lle r than the 2012 proposal, the extension would be ‘important.’

Town hall officials find fewer reasons for opposing the revised project, Pastor explained, ‘but that does not mean that their support is guaranteed.’

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Chelsea winner on the Marina Alta THE Marina Alta Floral Club proudly start 2018 with an open demonstration from celebrated UK Floral and Garden Designer and 2015 winner of the ‘Great Chelsea Garden Challenge’ Sean Murray on Tuesday January 23 at the Salon de Actos, La Senieta, Moraira.

Spa c e s a re filling fa s t with Chelsea Flower Show lovers, gardeners and floral artists alike all looking forward to an afternoon with the artist.

Doors open at 2.15pm and close at 2.50pm before Sean takes centre stage at 3pm.

Entrance costs €8.

The club expresses its

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ED: 1697 ALL SMILES: Shaun Murray. greatest thanks to the Paichi Garden Centre in Moraira for sponsoring the raffle prizes for this exciting afternoon.

Iron rations in hospital A TEULADA-MORAIRA resident complained after finding a shard of metal inside a hamburger served at Alicante General Hospital.

“We’ve been at the hospital for a week where my son has had an operation,” the mother wrote in the social media.

“The doctors and nurses have been wonderful, but today I was very angry when I found that one of the two hamburgers he was given for lunch had a piece of metal inside it,” she said.

“It seems incredible that we are pay to have a quality public health service, and that should include patients’ food while they are in hospital. Luckily neither my son nor any other child swallowed that piece of metal.”

The woman has now complained to the hospital, urging the management to be more careful with patients’ food.

When asked by the local Spanish media to comment on the hamburger’s contents the regional Health department replied that it was investigating the matter and those responsible “would be asked for explanations.”

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Sean will also lead the monthly demonstration for the club two days later on Thursday January 25, again at

the Salon de Actos, entitled ‘Hortus Expostus.’

Doors open at 2.00pm and close at 2.50pm.

Flowers are supplied again by the Paichi Garden Centre and all exhibits will be raffled at the end of the afternoon.

As always, members and non-members alike are very much welcomed - entrance costs €5 for members and €8 for visitors.

For further information contact Pat on 622 921 812 or Tina on 965 833 197 or visit the club’s website www.mari naaltafloralclub.com. You can also follow Marina Alta Costa Blanca Floral Club on Facebook.

Signed, sealed and postmarked ED: 1715 AS well as the usual postmark, mail franked in Teulada-Moraira now shows the profiles of two local landmarks.

T h e C a s t i l l o To w e r o n Moraira’s seafront and an outline of the gothic walls i n Te u l a d a ’s O l d Q u a r t e r will now travel the world on envelopes and postc a r d s , s a i d Te u l a d a M o r a i r a ’s m a y o r C a r l o s Linares when the postmarks were presented to the public.

He was accompanied by Pepe Ivars, president of C a l p e ’s I f a c F i l a t e l i c o s

Association, together with the postmasters from the Correos branches in M o r a i r a a n d Te u l a d a a n d representatives from local cultural associations.

The two designs are the towns’ first illustrated postmarks although all franked mail will continue to include the date and name of the town.

As the municipality has two post offices it has been possible to incorporate two designs, promoting Teulada’s Old Quarter a s w e l l a s M o r a i r a ’s Castillo, pointed out Linares as he thanked local philatelic associations and Correos for their input.

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Big brother treatment for councillor PARTIDO POPULAR councillor Raul Dalmau complained that he has been harassed for months by several Local Police officers.

Memes, some offensive, had appeared on WhatsApp but he was spurred into action by a photograph of his home.

He is being intimidated and blackmailed, Dalmau maintained.

Dalmau is responsible for Human Resources, Urban Development and Organisation at TeuladaMoraira Town Hall and he confirmed to the Spanish media that he had passed on details of all the ‘rumours and montages,’ to the Guardia Civil.

He preferred not to make declarations and was prepared to say only that he was tired of being continually followed and for this reason had drawn attention to the persecution in the social media.

He was not afraid of the ‘detectives, minions or whatever they wanted to call themelves,’ he said.

The ‘montage’ to which he referred accused him of using a municipal vehicle to go to his home located on a road that connects the centre of Teulada with the urbanisations. Obviously, when on official business, he could legitimately stop off to pick up something up from his home, Dalmau pointed out.

Revamp for three local streets ED: 1739 WITH the tourist season over, the town hall has now started work on remodelling three Moraira roads.

Avenida del Portet, Calle Denia and Juan XXIII in Moraira’s Old Town are getting the €350,000 makeover approved in December 2017, which is expected to take five months to complete.

Pavements will be replaced to comply with accessibility regulations and the three roads will be resurfaced.

Beforehand, the wiring for street lights will be moved underground, and infrastructure provided for the future when all low tension telephone cables are removed from the surface.

The oldest sections of water pipes will be replaced and plants added to the three streets.

The town hall emphasised that Avenida del Portet would remain open to traffic, although at some stages it was likely that one lane would have to be closed and parking restrictions applied.

This would not be the case with Calle Denia and Calle Juan XXII, whose characteristics meant that they would need to be closed throughout the road works, said Raul Llobell, councillor responsible for TeuladaMoraira’s roads.

Llobell admitted that there had been little investment in this part of Moraira for some time and the town hall’s intention was to improve the area and give it the attention it deserved.

This applied to promoting both the businesses in the area and improving the well-being of Moraira residents, Llobell said, apologising in advance for the disruption that the roadworks would cause, but which was nevertheless necessary.

A tribute to constant movement THE winner of Teulada-Moraira’s Moscatel de Alejandría Dolia/Muscatus cookery contest took away more than money.

Dolia, Teulada-Moraira’s own brand, is a fusion of gastronomy, the arts and music and as well as the €1,500 c a s h priz e the a w a rd brought with it a trophy by sculptor Quico Torres.

Using Krion Porcelanosa, Torres explained that the sculpture was born from the letter D, the first letter of Dolia.

With this as a starting point, the artist imitated the typical movements of this area, of the waves and seaweed together with the constant movement found in the kitchen.

“Through the unending movement of the Mediterranean and its light we see the

combination of the spoon and the fish,” Torres continued.

The Krion that the sculptor uses is manufactured by Porcelanosa and is a compact mineral of great purity whose dazzling whiteness takes on a life of its own, he said.

Torres is a perennial Dolia contributor and in the past has taken the project to Fitur, the tourism trade fair hel d i n Madr i d, wher e he and Manuel Alonso, the Michelin-starred chef from Daimus, maintained a ‘dialogue’ for the public.

Torres and Alonso also teamed up in the past with dancer-choreographer Igor Yebra f or a wor kshop com bi ni ng scul pt ur e, cooking and dance at the Teulada-Moraira Auditorium.

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Lawman and lawyer combined CHIEF INSPECTOR NAVARRO of Teulada-Moraira’s Local Police force is finalising his Law studies.

A l r e a d y a g r a d u a t e i n Wo r k S c i e n c e s and with a Diploma in Soc i a l Wo r k f r o m A l i c a n t e University, Navarro is specialising in Administrative Disciplinary Law. Once qualified, he and colleagues in the National Police and Guardia Civil who are studying the same course will be equipped to instruct, represent or defend colleagues on internal disciplinary issues.

Until June next year, Navarro will be

travelling once a month during his free time to Madrid to study and analyse this little-known field with the reduced group who are experts and lecturers in the subject.

Police regulations require a qualified lawyer to be present during disciplinary proceedings and it was this, together with his own personal experiences, that drew him to this branch of the Law, Navarro said.

Quoted in the local Spanish press, he also referred to the ‘administrative barbarities’ that often occur during disciplinary proceedings in the public sector.

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Top marks for PhD Photo credit: Albert Kok

POSIDONIA: Vital to marine environment A RECENT report maintained that moored boats are less harmful to underwater Neptune Grass than previously believed.

This seaweed - Posidonia oceanica - is vital to local marine life and Moraira’s underwater meadows have

special protection.

Now the boating and yachting sectors maintain that pleasure craft anchoring in Marina Alta bays and coves are less harmful than environmentalists claim.

Seventy-one per cent are under 10 metres long and 91 per

cent are less than 13 metres, having practically no impact on Neptune Grass.

Outfall from wastewater treatment plants has a more negative effect on the Marina Alta’s marine life in general and Posidonia oceanica in particular, the sector declared.

AITOR ORTEGA MARTINEZ, a 27-year-old from Teulada was awarded Summa cum Laude after defending his doctoral thesis.

As well as the Alicante University doctorate in Chemistry he also received an international doctorate certification following three months’ study in Italy.

Both Aitor’s defence and thesis were presented in English

ED: 1714 under the supervision of his doctoral adviser, Carmen Najero Domingo.

Together with his research team Aitor created new ways of synthesising oxindoles, a family of molecules used to combat diseases that include cancer, di-

abetes and cerebral sclerosis.

Aitor, who is the co-author of research articles published in international magazines, will continue to work as an investigator at Alicante University.

Teulada-Moraira mayor Carlos Linares congratulated Aitor for the magnificent result which, he said, demonstrated the effort and dedication he had put into studies that were so important to society.

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Dodgy mussels withdrawn Photo by Javea Ayuntamiento

Museum receives another donation ED: 1739 THE Soler Blasco Museum has received a special toga that was worn by one of Javea’s last ‘maceros’.

The piece belonged to Jose Torres Cheli (also known as Pepe Segarra), an official who walked before the dignitary on ceremonial occasions, carrying a mace that represented the dignitary’s authority.

Known in Valencian culture as a ‘gramalla’, the toga is crafted from red damask material and was donated by Jose’s children just before Christmas.

The museum is open Tuesday - Friday, 10.00am - 1.00pm and 5.00pm - 8.00pm and on Saturdays and Sundays, 10.00am 1.00pm.

IN ACTION: Jose Torres Cheli in the toga in 1954.

THIRTY-NINE people were taken ill after eating pre-cooked frozen mussels at a Javea hotel.

They are now recovering satisfactorily although when Spain’s Consumer Affairs, Food Safety and Nutrition Agency first announced the food poisoning cases, it admitted that it did not rule out further cases.

This prediction was borne out the following day when another 12 people were diagnosed after eating them in a Gandia hotel.

Prepared by Estrella Polar, they were distributed in the Valencian Community and Navarra, but have been withdrawn from sale, the Agency

confirmed.

The affected consignment is labelled Mejillon media concha super, bearing the serial number 010DOP-18 with a 1/2020 best-before date and 19/1/2018 manufacture date. The Agency recommended that anyone who had bought this product should not eat it.

The Agency learnt of the food poisoning cases after they were notified by the Valencian Community Health authorities and patients’ analyses later revealed that they were affected by a norovirus. The cooked mussels came from Galicia and further analysis revealed the presence of norovirus GI and GII.

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NEWS VISITS to the Cova Tallada are to be restricted to prevent further deterioration.

The sea cave, located in northern Javea adjoining the Denia boundary, belongs to the Montgo national park whose board of governors have decided to limit the number of visitors.

The move follows a technical report from the regional government’s Environment department which concluded that the excessive increase in visitors has modified the ecosystem.

Amongst other things, experts found that declining conditions inside the cave are affecting organisms living on and in the rocks, while the seawater has an oily film of suntan lotion.

With around 700 people visiting the Cova Tallada each day at the height of the summer season, conditions inside the cave have worsened noticeably over the last two or three years.

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Cave visits drastically cut Photo credit: Werner Wilmes

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ED: 1721 COVA TALLADA: Can get up to 700 visits a day.

ment department report spurred the Montgo governors into action.

Only 71 people can enter the Cova Tallada at one time, regardless of whether they reach it by the landward path or the sea. Visits will be limited to 90 minutes, compared with tourists’ current four hour average, and the Montgo foresees a total of 355 people entering the cave each day.

The Montgo park office, together with the Javea and Denia Tourism offices, have instructions to stop issuing tickets once the quota has been filled and it is likely that a charge will be made for admission.

Beach barrier is no barrier BUSINESS owners dependent on the Granadella beach for their trade are happy with this year’s traffic restrictions.

At first sight these appear to be the same as those applied last year, but

ED: 1727 a restaurateur explained that there were several differences: “The improvements have

been very positive as far as tourist access is concerned,” he said, “in these first few weeks we’ve noticed a change compared with 2017.

“This was the first year that access to the beach had been limited and it was not good for trade,” he explained. “It was a sudden decision which affected us all as many people stayed a w a y, b e l i e v i n g i t w a s closed.

“This year the barrier is left up until all the parking spaces are taken and this appears to be motivating beachgoers,” the restaurateur continued, “as some days the road remains open to traffic until 11.30 or 12 noon.”

Once the barrier comes down, swimmers and sunbathers can still reach Granadella free of charge on the tourist train (trenet) or they can get down to the beach on the bus from the La Guardia park where there is a car park for their own vehicles.

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What really characterises Marina Alta cuisine most is the quality of the product, its freshness. All ingredients must be fresh or seasonal, because only then can the nature of our dishes be duly appreciated.

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One example restaurant that encompasses all of the aforementioned is restaurant Ca Pepa Teresa, on Calle Loreto 23, located in the heart of Calle Loreto. It is a perfect place to enjoy the culinary tradition of the Marina Alta. There you will find paellas, stews, meats, fish and a constant hallmark: the daily purchase of the best fresh produce in the traditional food markets of the area. Conditions that other s i m i l a r r e s t a u r a n t s l i k e E l s To m a s s e t s (C/Loreto 35), share.

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What clearly denotes a respect for their product and a love for work well done. La

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ED: 1738 D*NA brought €1 million to Denia, which the town hall hopes to repeat next year.

Michelin-starred Quique Dacosta, the gastronomic festival’s creator, is undecided, as he originally intended the event, first organised in 2017, to be two-yearly.

It was so well-received that a further edition was held this year on September 29 and 30.

Twenty thousand people toured stalls on the Marineta Cassiana promenade, listening as leading chefs revealed their se-

D*NA: Visitors filled hotels and ate 21,600 tapas each day. crets and described their favourite ingredients.

Visitors ate 21,600 tapas each day, and filled hotels during the two-day festival, with an eco-

nomic impact of around €1 million.

Logically, the town hall hopes for another next year, but Dacosta is undecided.

He does not want standards to drop, sources said, as the secret of D*na’s success was quality, and he feared that staging a gastronomic festival each year could remove some of its shine.

He stressed that the participation of local restaurateurs and local agricultural growers was fundamental to a festival that gave craftspeople, the fishing industry and the town’s hospitality trade a shop window to display their wares to the world.

It was important to make clear that Denia’s status as a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy was not accidental, and there were many people working behind the scenes, Dacosta said.

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DENIA recently hosted the regional Forum on hate crime and discrimination.

The two-day seminar was organised by Denia’s Public Safety and Mobility department in collaboration with the Valencian Observatory against LGTBIphobia and the Diversitat Association.

The Forum’s target audience were the country’s police forces, judges, public prosecutors, lawyers and social services professionals, together with specialist groups and collectives.

Topics discussed included judicial action against hate crime, and the help which the AntiLGTBIphobia Observatories provides for victims in Valencia, Madrid and Cataluña.

The two days of talks and discussions included a round table with the participation of police experts in the fight against racism, xenophobia, hatred of the poor, LGTBIphobia and other expressions of discriminatory violence.

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FUNDRAISER: Home, but not entirely dry.

It all went swimmingly FOUR swimmers covered the 40 kilometres between Alicante City and Benidorm’s beach to help two brothers with Menkes Syndrome.

The men, from the Guardia Civil, National Police, Local Police and fire service, undertook the sponsored swim to raise money to buy a chair with hoist for Francisco and Daniel, who are affected by a progressive deterioration of the nervous system.

The four men set out at night from the Postiguet beach in Alicante City, swimming in hour-long relays until they reached the Poniente beach in Benidorm.

Taking less time than expected, they arrived to applause from Francisco and Daniel, their families and friends, Ana Pellicer and Jose Ramon Gonzalez as well as Maria Agripina Fernandez, president of Asmibe Benidorm’s association for those with disabilities.

While waiting for the four swimmers to arrive, members of the public took part in sponsored mini-swims of 300 and 500 metres but before the men set out, a spokesman explained that thanks to the generosity of sponsors, they had already raised enough money to buy the chair before setting out from El Postiguet.

“All the money they raised this morning will be donated to Asmibe and Villajoyosa-based Ahedysia,” he said.

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Scabies scare at hospital THE outbreak of scabies at the Marina Baja hospital in Villajoyosa is under control, the health authorities announced. Hospital sources nevertheless added that the outbreak could not be pronounced eradicated until two weeks had passed with no new cases reported.

At present 29 cases have been diagnosed amongst four patients and 25 hospital staff. Although scabies is not a serious condition, the health authorities explained that it is ‘very uncomfortable’ owing to the intense itching, rash and sores that accompany the infestation.

They are now investigating how the highly contagious skin condition entered the hospital. It has an incubation period of between one and three weeks and is usually transmitted through skin-

NOVEMBER ED: 1740 to-skin contact or via clothing, bedding or towels belonging to an infected person. The first case was diagnosed in October, Rosa Louis Cereceda, the manager of Villajoyosa hospital confirmed. Scabies outbreaks were ‘relatively common’ and she revealed that it was recently detected in two hospitals outside the Valencian Community. Referring to the origin of the outbreak, hospital sources disclosed that the first case registered inside Villajoyosa hospital was diagnosed in a patient from a residence for the elderly who was admitted to the Orthopaedic department.

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Nine caught with fake goods O FFICE R S f r o m t h e A lica n te Guardia Civil have arrested nine people in Benidorm and Albir, connected wi t h t h e sa le o f fak e goods.

The six men and three women were detained as part of an ongoing investigation into counterfeit products, which has been going on for some time, and concentrated in both markets and shops in the area.

The latest raids have seized almost 1,000 fake items that have been valued at €400,000.

As in previously reported cases, the Guardia Civil were alerted to the possible illegal practices after complaints were filed by genuine well-known brands, whose sales are continually affected by these fake products.

The first of the operations took place in Albir market where a number of watches, bags and belts carrying designer labels, which included Breitling, Rolex, Gucci, S warov sk i , L e v i 's, N o rth F ac e ,

Club strips credit cards Photo credit: Guardia Civil

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COMPLAINTS: Guardia Civil officers acted after the ‘real’ companies alerted them to fake goods on sale.

DECEMBER ED: 1743 NBA and Louis Vuitton, were on sale for significantly lower prices.

As a result, four men - an Argentinian and three Senegalese - were arrested.

The second series of raids concentrated on five establishments in the c e ntre of B e nidorm, a fte r representatives from Michael Kors and The North Face had contacted

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the authorities suspecting fakes w e re on sal e car r yi ng t hei r names.

In this case, five people - four Chinese nationals and one Indian were arrested after fake products totalling a street value of €28,390 were discovered.

DECEMBER ED: 1744 NATIONAL POLICE in Benidorm have arrested four people in connection with alleged credit card fraud in a strip club. According to reports, they took more than €53,000 from more than 20 customers who used their credit cards to pay for their drinks in the venue. Those detained are the owner of the club and three employees. It is understood the nine others are also being sought by the police, including the alleged ringleaders, and are believed to be in Poland.

Reports of the possible credit card misuse first came to light within weeks of the club opening in April, and since then there have been a trickle of cases with customers reporting excess charges on their statements after attending the club.

It appears that every time drinks were purchased using the cards, an extra 0 was added, so that customers ended up paying 10 times more than expected.

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Hunt shooting accident A MAN has been killed by his own gun during a hunting accident in La Nucia. According to reports the man - whose name age and nationality hasn’t been released at this stage - was killed after he had stumbled over some stones or bushes when hunting in Urbanisation Bello Horizonte and as he fell, his shotgun went off, fatally shooting him in the chest.

Teams of paramedics from the Basic Life Support (SVB) and the Urgent Medical Care Service (SAMU) were called to the scene - as well as members of the Guardia Civil - but all they could do was confirm his death.

Witnesses say that the shooting took place in an area of abandoned vineyards that have been converted into hunting ground, and his body was discovered in an old greenhouse. The dead man was seen in the area some hours before his death, accompanied by his dogs.

‘Illegal’ contracts detected ACCESS: Extra passport checkpoints installed in the Alicante-Elche Airport.

PASSENGERS arriving and departing at Alicante-Elche Airport will quickly notice that it’s undergoing yet another programme of works.

On this occasion, the aim is to improve the overall flow of travellers - especially through security and passport checks - and to this extent there will be an extra seven points, taking the total to 24 checkpoints.

In addition, all X-ray machines will be renewed and there will be a special access point which will enable faster processing for families with children.

At a total cost of €7 million, the project will see around 1,300m2 of space dedicated to security at the airport, and will require some of the present shopping areas to be moved elsewhere.

It is expected there will be slight dis-

ruption while the work is carried out, but plans are already in place to reduce this to the absolute minimum.

There will also be a new 21st century state-of-the-art technology installed to monitor hand luggage which will be carried out automatically, using X-ray scanners to transfer it elsewhere if they need a more thorough check of the contents.

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THE new government team on Poble Nou de Benitachell Council has detected a number of illegal contracts and has every intention to regularise them. According to reports, when they took over the running of the municipality they found several alleged practices that do not comply with the public sector law on contracts. A source said that ‘it is being systematically broken.’

Mayor, Miguel Angel Garcia, has been very concerned about what has appeared to be going on in the past in connection with the way tenders and contracts have been arranged; some of the procedures are understood to be either outdated or even non-existent.

“I would not be exaggerating if I said that some of the procedures are chaotic and illegal,” said Mayor Garcia.

In an attempt to address the situation, the mayor has brought in a team of legal experts to assess the problem.

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NORWAY PRINCE WILLIAM and Kate Middleton visited Oslo to stay at the Royal Palace on the invitation of King Harald and Queen Sonja, visiting local beauty spots and meeting children, business people and soldiers during a whistle-stop tour.

Royal jaunt

Safety first THE Norwegian Public Roads Administration has allegedly ordered 800 reflective vests to give to rental car companies in order to protect tourists that stop to take photographs while driving.

CROWN JEWELS: THE Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in Oslo.

BELGIUM

Royal honour

Waste statue

PRINCESS ASTRID was named an ‘Illustrious Visitor’ of the Argentinian capital of Buenos Aires after visiting the city as part of a Belgian trade mission, with the honour handed out to high profile travellers.

A SCULPTURE of a whale made out of around 4.5 tonnes of plastic waste pulled from the ocean has appeared in the harbour of Bruges, with the artwork created for the city’s 2018 Triennial.

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Death stats

Aide trouble

THE amount of people who died from cardiovascular disease in Sweden made up 34 per cent of the 92,000 people who passed away last year, meaning the heart and artery condition is the nation’s biggest killer according to official health data.

PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron has faced criticism after his office suspended a worker who was caught hitting a May Day protester in Paris and did not notify authorities, with Alexandre Benalla given permission to attend the march as an observer.

Cancer study

STIs ‘rising’

WOMEN who undergo screenings were 60 per cent less likely to die from breast cancer, according to a study based on data from more than 50,000 women from Dalarna County conducted by Britain’s Queen Mary University.

HEALTH officials have told the French public to use contraception and get screenings for sexually transmitted inflections after data showed cases of Chlamydia and gonorrhoea had tripled between 2012 and 2016 with more than 267,000 affected.

NETHERLANDS

Name protest

Troop claims

ACTIVISTS throughout the Netherlands have honoured prominent women including mathematician Ada Lovelace and resistance fighter Maria Anne Tellegen by renaming streets after them following research which showed about 88 per cent of roads were named after men.

A GROUP of soldiers under investigation for alleged humiliation, assault, abuse and threatening behaviour towards three of their comrades have accused those who made the claims of defaming them and making false reports, their lawyer said.

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Holy boat

Drones bought

A PRIVATE religious organisation has said it is set to spend more than €1 million on building a ‘boat church’ in Copenhagen harbour which would become the country’s first floating house of worship if it is built.

THE German military has agreed to lease Israeli missile-armed reconnaissance drones in a nine-year deal worth some €500 million, with aerospace firm Airbus signing the deal on behalf of the Defence Ministry for the Heron TP unmanned aircraft.

Scooter launch A UNITED STATES company has shipped 200 electric scooters to Copenhagen for use by the general public who will be able to pick them up, ride them and drop them off at designated points in the capital.

Growth stats THE Central Bank of Germany has said economic growth is not likely to be as strong this year as it was in 2017, with the 2.5 per cent GDP rise forecast last December revised down to 2 per cent.

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Top doctor for warwounded IRAQ’S Ministry of Defence will send severely wounded soldiers to Alicante for treatment.

Dr Jorge Alio, the professor who heads the Ophthalmology department at Elche’s Miguel Hernandez University (UMH), recently travelled to Baghdad, at the invitation of the country’s Ministry of Defence.

While there he examined soldiers and saw x-rays of their injuries caused by shrapnel and bullets which will require complex surgery and reconstruction work.

He also visited the Light of their Eyes children’s hospital, which was founded to cover the basic health and educational needs of parentless children, and with which Dr Alio also plans to collaborate.

Dr Alio is renowned for his work with the use of stem cells to cure advanced thinning of the cornea and is the first Spanish doctor to win the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Life Achievement Honour award.

ALMERIA

Tourism accessible to all MAKING Almeria City’s tourist attractions accessible to visitors with disabilities is the aim of the Inclusive Tourism Table, made up of local authority and social organisation representatives.

Meeting for the first time at the end of December, the representatives agreed to analyse the

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A SECURITY guard has been arrested in connection with the looting of homes in a housing estate in Marbella where he works.

The 46-year-old Spanish man was reportedly caught inside a house ‘for no apparent reason’ after activating a central alarm which National Police responded to.

STASH: Police recovered goods at the security guard’s According to sources, the detainee home. stole the keys for at least four houses from the community janitor and used his position as a night security guard to enter the homes, allegedly stealing cash, luxury watches, jewellery and a laptop computer.

The stolen goods, found at the accused’s house, were subsequently recognised by the legitimate owner.

The inquiries revealed that the security guard had taken the keys to the houses behind the back of the concierge, who had detected in recent days changes of location of them.

The suspect is already under investigation in relation to a theft from a DIY and construction department store in September.

strengths and weaknesses of the city’s tourist resources in terms of accessibility, on the basis of which proposals for changes and projects can be made.

City Promotion councillor Carolina Lafita said the city has already made advances, among them having a fully accessible tourist office, but stressed that to advance further it was important to be working alongside the social collectives working in the functional diversity field.

Lafita underlined the potential

benefits to trade, commenting, “Inclusive tourism is also an economic opportunity, as 130 million people in Europe demand accessible tourism, hence it is of great interest to offer inclusive tourism products.”

AXARQUIA

Man ‘burns ex-wife’s house’ A GERMAN man has been arrest-

ed for allegedly setting light to his ex-wife’s house in La Cala del Moral.

No one was harmed in the incident and the middle-aged man now faces charges of criminal damage and domestic abuse after he reportedly set light to the rural property near Rincon de la Victoria.

According to one publication, police found the man after neighbours reported seeing flames coming from the building where a woman lived with her child. Nei-

ther was in when the incident occurred, however.

Workers from the Provincial Fire Brigade, Local Police, health services, and Armed Institute attended the scene, with firefighters smothering the flames. The woman was treated at the scene for anxiety.

Police eventually located and arrested the man after he allegedly fled the scene.

MALLORCA

Authentic bars under threat TRADITIONAL bars are slowly ‘disappearing’ in Palma as modern businesses cater for a different type of clientele and costs force closures.

In 2010, there were just over 4,000 bars on the islands, but this number began to fall to around 3,400 at the start of this year.

Last year there was an increase for the first time in seven years, but with a notable change from traditional to more modern, particularly in the centre of Palma and coastal areas.

The Mallorca Restaurants’ Association claims the trend is towards the ‘disappearance’ of the traditional bar and members have highlighted the higher cost of labour following the latest ‘collective agreement’ for the hospitality sector.

The agreement will see a 17 per cent salary increase whether the establishment is a hotel or a bar.

Villages have seen the closure of bars which once served as community centres.

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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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THE percentage of Spain’s gross domestic product to be reinvested into public projects including schools, hospitals and the environment this year, 40 per cent less than the average since 1995, according to the European Commission.

FINANCE

business & legal

Golden opening sparks new rush

Brits abroad tip the scales BRITISH holidaymakers over-tip by almost €10 a day, according to a new study.

And the excessive gratuities - typically amounting to €134 over a 14day break - are being blamed on a failure to master local etiquette.

Among 3,000 sun-seekers quizzed

by UK price comparison website comparethemarket.com, which carried out the research, more than one third admitted to lacking confidence when it comes to tipping abroad.

But while one quarter generously over-tipped on purpose, more than

one in 10 revealed they had been confronted by an irate local in the wake of a blunder.

Chris King, a travel expert at the online portal, said: “Heading on holiday should be a real highlight for everyone in need of a well-deserved break.

“However, it seems millions of Brits are frequently getting themselves tied up in currency conundrums and it’s costing them their sanity.”

He added: “We hope our latest fact-checking tool will help out

A CANADIAN gold and copperproducing firm is to reopen a Spanish mine.

Nuria Menendez, managing director of Orovalle, Toronto-based Orvana Minerals’ Spanish subsidiary said that the company is planning to start work at the Carles gold mine in Salas, Asturias, after a favourable exploratory survey.

The site is situated in the Rio Narcea gold belt, a historic deposit first discovered by the Romans 2,000 years ago, previously mined between 1997 and 2006 with over 1,000,000 ounces of the precious mineral extracted.

Brits abroad so they can check out the do’s and don’ts before they jet off - saving their blushes in the process.”

The website has created a series of tools and guides to help tourists tip the right amount after researchers found that four in 10 claimed it adds stress to their trip.

Less than a third of Britons knew you should leave a 10 per cent tip in Turkish restaurants, with only 16 per cent aware the same amount should be handed over to taxi drivers in South Africa.

Amazon staff clash with police in strike

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SPANISH clothing giant Inditex, which owns Zara among other brands, has revealed that net profit soared to €3.37 billion in 2017, placing the group ahead of long-term Swedish rival H&M, which posted returns of €1.6 billion.

Samba style PRIME SUSPECTS: Trade unions accused officers of attacking protestors.

A THREE-DAY strike by Amazon warehouse employees in Madrid has descended into violence.

Timed to coincide with the e-commerce giant’s Prime Day summer promotion, the industrial action saw police in riot gear charging picket lines on grounds they were blocking traffic, trade union officials said.

At least two protesters were arrested during the rally over

working conditions, with one demonstrator reportedly losing teeth after being hit in the face with a truncheon.

A photo shared on social media by Alberto Rodriguez, a member of Spain’s Congress of Deputies, appeared to show a blood-stained shirt outside the company’s warehouse in San Fernando de Henares.

The image was captioned: “This is the respect that Amazon Spain has for its workers.”

SPANISH energy firm gas Natural Fenosa will sink €95 million into two solar energy projects in Minas Gerais, Brazil, after snapping them up from rival Canadian Solar, with the plants set to become operational before the end of the year.

Anti-social SPAIN’S data protection agency, AEPD, has slapped Facebook and WhatsApp with €300,000 fines for processing and sharing users’ personal data without their consent, with the former currently appealing an earlier €1.2 million sanction for the same offence.

Octopus market squids in SPANISH diners are up in arms over the soaring price of octopus.

The delicacy has become increasingly expensive recently and is currently selling wholesale for up to €10.25, a 26 per cent jump from last year and 45 per cent more than in 2016, according to industry data.

In the north of Spain, depleted stocks and re-

duced quotas have seen demand outstrip supply, whereas in Mediterranean provinces catches have remained similar while the market has grown.

And the predicament has reportedly seen suppliers and restaurateurs turn to foreign octopus to make up the deficit, with much of the tentacle treat served in eateries now sourced from Morocco, Mauritania and Portugal.

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PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) COMPANY Anglo American 1,760.20 46.00 Associated British Foods 2,071.00 30.00 Admiral Group 2,022.00 37.00 Ashtead Group 1,638.00 51.50 Antofagasta 792.20 33.20 Aviva 375.90 11.30 AstraZeneca 5,831.50 111.50 BAE Systems 461.10 6.10 Barclays 149.78 3.70 British American Tobacco 2,597.50 135.00 Barratt Developments 453.85 7.85 BHP GROUP PLC ORD $0.50 1,649.20 37.80 Berkeley Group Holdings 3,386.50 31.50 British Land Co 532.40 6.80 Bunzl 2,353.50 34.50 BP 505.15 19.30 Burberry Group 1,722.50 54.50 BT Group 239.20 5.70 Coca-Cola HBC 2,437.50 45.50 Carnival 3,738.00 71.00 Centrica 134.75 4.75 Compass Group 1,642.00 25.00 Croda International 4,658.50 65.50 CRH 2,089.00 81.00 DCC 5,892.50 142.50 Diageo 2,786.50 20.50 Direct Line Insurance Group 317.10 5.20 Evraz 484.90 17.20 Experian 1,875.00 32.00 easyJet 1,102.00 30.50 Ferguson 4,953.25 91.75 Fresnillo 864.90 -2.30 Glencore 292.70 10.55 GlaxoSmithKline 1,503.20 27.20 GVC Holdings 672.00 -5.50 Hikma Pharmaceuticals 1,687.25 12.25 Hargreaves Lansdown 1,828.25 41.25 Halma 1,340.00 23.00 HSBC Holdings 646.40 8.40 Hiscox 1,612.50 66.50 International Consldtd Airs Grp 613.40 7.60 InterContinental Hotels Grp 4,140.00 111.00 3i Group 790.60 18.20 Imperial Brands 2,369.50 59.50 Informa 625.50 12.10 Intertek Group 4,773.00 41.00 ITV 124.55 1.70 Johnson Matthey 2,788.00 45.00 Kingfisher 208.80 3.40 Land Securities Group 801.70 9.90

% CHG. NET VOL 2.68 24,434.07 1.47 16,466.82 1.86 5,759.22 3.25 7,850.57 4.37 7,608.84 3.10 14,521.35 1.95 75,514.65 1.34 14,427.43 2.53 25,073.31 5.48 57,780.06 1.76 4,510.22 2.35 34,581.85 0.94 4,332.33 1.29 5,140.62 1.49 7,972.94 3.97 100,576.55 3.27 6,872.00 2.44 24,149.93 1.90 8,871.48 1.94 7,089.42 3.65 7,681.56 1.55 25,866.02 1.43 6,113.50 4.03 16,581.40 2.48 5,678.82 0.74 67,614.33 1.67 4,320.25 3.68 6,727.79 1.74 16,955.68 2.85 4,365.32 1.89 11,327.14 -0.27 6,153.06 3.74 40,313.41 1.84 74,288.94 -0.81 3,892.71 0.73 4,098.71 2.31 8,537.74 1.75 5,049.28 1.32 129,621.16 4.30 4,474.82 1.25 11,860.20 2.76 7,745.01 2.36 7,357.58 2.58 22,145.77 1.97 7,852.70 0.87 7,650.03 1.38 5,049.88 1.64 5,358.94 1.66 4,377.95 1.25 5,995.46

COMPANY

PRICE(P)

Legal & General Group 231.95 Lloyds Banking Group ORD 51.01 London Stock Exchange Grp 4,075.50 Micro Focus International 1,350.50 Marks & Spencer Group 247.10 Mondi 1,625.00 Melrose 159.88 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 215.45 National Grid 770.40 NMC Health 2,732.00 Next 4,040.50 Ocado Group 767.70 Paddy Power Betfair 6,385.00 Prudential 1,391.25 Persimmon 1,918.50 Pearson 941.70 Reckitt Benckiser Group 6,079.00 Royal Bank of Scotland Group 213.20 Royal Dutch Shell 2,306.50 Royal Dutch Shell 2,327.50 RELX 1,614.25 Rio Tinto 3,785.50 Rightmove 428.68 Rolls-Royce Group 817.00 Randgold Resources 6,675.00 RSA Insurance Group 510.70 Rentokil Initial 326.25 Sainsbury (J) 265.25 Schroders 2,453.00 Sage Group (The) 601.40 Segro 586.70 Smurfit Kappa Group 2,100.00 Standard Life Aberdeen 258.08 Smith (DS) 299.20 Smiths Group 1,375.75 Scottish Mortgage Invstmnt Trst 465.18 Smith & Nephew 1,451.00 Spirax-Sarco Engineering 6,137.50 SSE 1,064.50 Standard Chartered 599.80 St James's Place 943.50 Severn Trent 1,821.75 Tesco 193.43 TUI AG 1,121.50 Taylor Wimpey 135.40 Unilever 4,136.50 United Utilities Group 736.20 Vodafone Group 155.72 John Wood Group 513.20 WPP Group 858.70 Whitbread 4,540.00

CHANGE(P) 8.25 0.98 92.50 42.00 4.70 32.50 4.13 0.85 21.70 38.00 21.50 17.90 165.00 47.25 36.50 26.30 49.00 7.10 57.00 59.00 32.75 73.50 1.43 8.20 15.00 14.00 7.25 4.35 58.00 14.40 1.50 42.00 7.68 7.00 25.75 11.28 26.00 92.50 32.00 18.10 29.50 51.75 3.88 27.50 2.35 56.50 17.80 4.20 23.80 28.50 65.00

% CHG.

NET VOL

3.69 1.96 2.32 3.21 1.94 2.04 2.65 0.40 2.90 1.41 0.53 2.39 2.65 3.52 1.94 2.87 0.81 3.44 2.53 2.60 2.07 1.98 0.33 1.01 0.23 2.82 2.27 1.67 2.42 2.45 0.26 2.04 3.07 2.40 1.91 2.49 1.82 1.53 3.10 3.11 3.23 2.92 2.05 2.51 1.77 1.38 2.48 2.77 4.86 3.43 1.45

13,506.75 36,246.48 13,606.02 5,799.57 4,003.79 5,997.04 7,654.18 5,149.24 26,458.85 5,667.50 5,606.97 5,341.79 4,970.78 35,458.54 6,008.20 7,249.91 43,594.63 24,819.92 101,676.25 85,809.10 31,403.34 48,628.23 3,810.61 15,184.62 6,162.44 5,142.88 6,064.57 5,810.27 5,510.43 6,153.45 6,101.29 4,948.26 6,359.79 4,056.24 5,410.49 6,453.37 12,602.07 4,468.26 11,091.74 19,590.07 4,952.36 4,310.43 18,607.64 6,640.35 4,418.59 48,663.46 4,987.33 41,281.76 3,449.95 10,725.48 8,300.41

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COMPANY AMERICAN EXPRESS APPLE BOEING CATERPILLAR CHEVRON TEXACO CISCO SYSTEMS COCA-COLA EXXON MOBIL GOLDMAN SACH HOME DEPOT IBM INTEL JOHNSON & JOHNSON JP MORGAN CHASE MCDONALDS MERCK MICROSOFT NIKE PFIZER PROCTER & GAMBLE ST. PAUL TRV UNITED TECHNOLOGIES UNITEDHEALTH VERIZON VISA CLASS A WALGREENS BOOTS WAL-MART WALT DISNEY 3M

PRICE 94,680 156,150 317,140 126,670 109,320 42,910 47,530 68,940 165,410 170,320 113,780 46,360 127,410 97,040 175,710 75,380 101,180 73,670 42,850 92,020 118,670 105,760 245,970 55,150 132,010 68,360 91,590 106,520 190,700

CHANGE% CHANGE 0,90 0,84 0,00 0,00 1,02 3,21 1,53 1,91 1,80 1,93 0,00 0,00 1,26 0,59 0,44 0,30 1,52 2,48 1,21 2,04 2,15 2,39 0,00 0,00 0,55 0,70 1,13 1,08 0,97 1,68 1,86 1,38 0,00 0,00 0,90 0,66 1,56 0,66 2,14 1,93 1,28 1,50 -0,24 -0,25 1,08 2,62 1,30 0,71 1,37 1,78 0,00 0,00 1,31 1,18 0,65 0,69 2,38 4,44

VOLUME(M) 1.150.145 36.298 954.593 1.216.096 2.942.599 204 5.786.509 7.034.467 1.047.635 1.269.008 1.497.337 608 3.421.831 6.090.850 1.185.078 5.477.959 16.427 3.170.795 8.948.792 3.584.702 532.312 1.825.694 1.256.919 5.375.232 2.602.424 312 2.137.816 1.704.496 926.864

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Most Advanced Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc Erytech Pharma S.A. Chiasma, Inc. Mustang Bio, Inc. Ever-Glory International Group, Inc. YRC Worldwide, Inc. Amyris, Inc. Zealand Pharma A/S Scholar Rock Holding Corporation Principia Biopharma Inc. Spero Therapeutics, Inc.

$ 2.45 $ 6.94 $ 2.63 $ 2.83 $4 $ 3.03 $ 3.46 $ 13.46 $ 23.73 $ 28.86 $ 6.41

0.71 ▲ 40.80% 1.40 ▲ 25.27% 0.51 ▲ 24.06% 0.53 ▲ 23.04% 0.60 ▲ 17.65% 0.37 ▲ 13.91% 0.39 ▲ 12.70% 1.44 ▲ 11.98% 2.47 ▲ 11.62% 2.96 ▲ 11.43% 0.65 ▲ 11.28%

$ 6.59 $ 11.08 $ 21.52 $ 3.38 $ 7.25 $6 $ 4.20 $ 27.76 $ 6.09 $ 2.45 $ 5.76

1.72 ▼ 20.70% 2.81 ▼ 20.23% 3.28 ▼ 13.23% 0.47 ▼ 12.21% 0.97 ▼ 11.80% 0.80 ▼ 11.76% 0.54 ▼ 11.39% 3.49 ▼ 11.17% 0.75 ▼ 10.96% 0.30 ▼ 10.91% 0.68 ▼ 10.56%

Most Declined Uxin Limited Replimune Group, Inc. Level One Bancorp, Inc. Conifer Holdings, Inc. Kodiak Sciences Inc Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd. Yangtze River Port and Logistics Limited Autolus Therapeutics plc Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. Gridsum Holding Inc. Syros Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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Brexit keeps pound volatile as 2018 draws to an end Ask the expert Peter Loveday Contact me at euroweekly@currenciesdirect.com

S TAYI NG o n t o p of th e late s t currency news can help you time your transfers more effect i v e l y, s o f i n d o u t w h a t y o u should be looking out for over the next couple of weeks…

Latest currency news The final few weeks of 2018 witnessed their fair share of c u r r e n c y v o l a t i l i t y, w i t h t h e latest Brexit developments taking a toll on the pound and the euro finding support from Italian news.

Over the past month GBP/EUR has fallen from €1.13 to €1.10 while the GBP/USD exchange rate has slipped from $1.28 to $1.26.

What’s been happening?

VOLATILE: The final few weeks of 2018 witnessed their fair share of currency volatility.

M u c h o f t h e p o u n d ’s r e c e n t weakness has been caused by PM Theresa May delaying the parliamentary vote on her Brexit deal.

Although Sterling recouped some of its losses after May survived a vote of no confidence, the renewed focus on a no-deal Brexit kept the currency under pressure.

However, losses against the

euro were less pronounced than elsewhere as a surprise contraction in German GDP in the third quarter weighed on the euro.

Indications that economic output in the Eurozone as a whole is faltering also saw the euro dip against the US dollar.

That being said, the euro did gain some support from the news that the EU and Italy

have finally come to an agreement over the Italian budget.

Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for a fourth time in December and indicated that further rate hikes could be on the cards next year.

What do you need to look out for?

Things have started to slow up in the build up to Christ-

mas, but the pound will remain highly sensitive to Brexit developments over the coming m o n t h , w i t h t h e U K ’s e x i t from the EU now less than 100 days away.

The euro, meanwhile, may prove more reliant on data, with the single currency potentially softening if the Euroz o n e ’s e c o s t a t s c o n t i n u e t o point to a slowdown in the fourth quarter.

T h e E C B ’s e c o n o m i c b u l letin will also be of interest. A dovish tone from the ECB would be euro-negative.

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Doesn’t bear thinking about

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT I MUST confess to find the ongoing saga of the Arabian princess who tried to flee the United Arab Emirates and was allegedly captured at sea in March, yet another interesting example of Mid East hierarchy running roughshod over international laws.

The death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has still to be explained. So far that particular murderous act has followed the predictions I made a few columns ago - ie a long ‘investigation,’ followed by the arrest of so-called rogue operators who will subsequently be put on public trial.

This latest act of alleged kidnapping and piracy does I’m afraid not bode too happy an outcome for the young lady in question. The family she has now been forcibly reunited with has already announced they have doubts as to her emotional stability and mental state.

Be that as it may, it is certainly a predictable statement and no doubt forerunner to the blanket of secrecy that will undoubtedly be pulled down over this whole sorry affair, as the Princess is brought firmly back into the family ‘fold.’

This event did bring home to me one of the risks I found myself running during my far off ‘Arabian days.’ At the time I had no idea of the gravity of the situation that I found myself in, or in fact the danger and repercussions that could have

SLIM CHANCE: ‘Justice’ for Khashoggi following a predictable route. befallen the dusky young beauty I had become acquainted with.

At the time I was becoming quite successful in Saudi and had my own spacious apartment, cute little Datsun 280 ZX and a nice few quid buried in the garden! I was the proud possessor of a new telephone landline and was basically riding the

crest, as they say.

I had begun to receive a number of phone calls that consisted mainly of female giggles and ‘how are you’s’ in what was obviously an Arabian accent.

Anyway to cut a long one short, the calls ultimately became more personal and interesting and

naturally the ol’ boy finally got around to inviting her over. I was certainly aware that we couldn’t be seen in public, but figured it was all still a bit of harmless fun, and hopefully a few frolics to boot!

She subsequently arrived one day accompanied by her Ethiopian maid and companion. Obviously upper crust, she told me she was in fact a Princess from an extremely well-known Saudi family.

They stayed about an hour, which included much giggling and coy exchanges until they finally left with promises to call again one day.

That day never arrived. In fact I never heard from her again. (Sorry to disappoint!) It was only much later that I realised that what had been to me a spot of silly fun and games had been unbelievably dangerous for the young lady in question, and could in fact have led to extremely severe punishments that could have included death by stoning.

Lord only knows what could have been the ol’ boy’s fate. Doesn’t even bear thinking about. One time I can assure you I was delighted not to have had my wicked way. And you can take that to the bank.

Good luck Princess Latifa, our thoughts are with you and all the other oppressed females who reside in these countries.

A very happy New Year to all.

Keep the faith. Love, Leapy.

Leapy Lee’s opinions are his own and are not necessarily representative of those of the publishers, advertisers or sponsors.

TECH FOR THE TIMID TOO much e-mail is not a technical problem. It’s a people problem. You can’t fix people, but you can fix your e-mail.

Particularly when, like my friend recently, your Inbox is struggling under the sludge of thousands of e-mails. Yes I know, she should have created a selection of nice pretty folders and dragged each e-mail into one, but perhaps she preferred to have a life.

You could of course just leave your e-mail overload where it is.

That nice Google company gives us 15 gigabytes of e-mail storage free, which would hold, oh I dunno, several squillion e-mails. But good luck trying to find the specific one you want one day.

In principle you don’t have to go through all your thousands of e-mails one by one for the mother of all spring-cleans. You can in fact delete the lot with just a couple of clicks - if you really want to. Beware.

Let’s first be clear on one vital

Aiming for ‘Inbox Zero’ January’s a good time to declare e-mail bankruptcy, suggests Terence Kennedy

OVERLOAD: Nail that mail. bit of e-mail housekeeping: savvy e-mail users don’t work with their e-mail directly in the Gmail (or other provider ’s) website. It’s clunky, it’s inflexible, and it gives you little control.

It is a far, far better thing that you do to install an actual dedicated e-mail program (called a ‘client’ in the jargon), and access your e-mail that way. The added advantage is that the website still

keeps all your e-mails archived in reserve, in case things ever go wrong on your own computer.

There are plenty of (free) e-mail programs available for the taking.

Thunderbird is a classic, Windows comes with the very basic Mail app, or you can move up a rung to Outlook for more features. Other popular programs are Mailbird Lite, eM Client, Opera Mail and Incredimail.

Another tip if you’re facing a giant clean-up is the possibility of moving to a ‘universal’ e-mail address.

If you’re simply using the one your ISP provides, you’ll lose it when you move or switch providers and you’ll have to start again from scratch. But if you u s e G m a i l ( o r Ya h o o , G M X Mail, Zoho Mail, Apple’s iCloud or even the rather mysterious Elude beloved of people paranoid about their privacy) - you c a n k e e p i t f o r l i f e . Yo u r s , o r perhaps just the life of the company providing it.

So: install your dedicated e-mail program, route all your e-mail to it, create specific folders below the Inbox (family, friends, enemies, junk, Nigerian princes, your call), then drag and drop whole batches of e-mails into their appropriate folders. Job done and a happy 2019 to you too.

Hotmail ain’t cool DID you know that if you still have a Hotmail address, some of the folks you deal with online will automatically assume that you are (a lot) older, you’re not very tech-literate, and according to one UK car insurer, you’re more likely to crash.

Hotmail ‘retired’ in 2013 - time to move on gramps.

If you don’t want the ubiquitous Gmail, Yahoo now offers anyone a free account, with 1,000 gigabytes of storage. Will that do nicely, given Yahoo’s insistence that this ‘can handle 6,000 years of inbox usage for the average user’?

And remember: these days, one’s not enough. Use a main e-mail address for trusted friends, family and business, and a secondary one for all those merchants you just know are going to spam you.

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Jaw-jaw, not war-war

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

PEDRO SANCHEZ’S pre-Christmas foray into Cataluña opened the door to more dialogue with its pro-independence government.

The Partido Popular, Ciudanos and Vox are naturally hopping mad while welcoming the excuse to call Sanchez a traitor.

That’s how the Spanish nationalists see it, but the 50 per cent of Catalans who don’t want independence would presumably prefer Churchill’s jaw-jaw to the war-war Casado and Rivera have set their hearts on.

Long memories IS the success of extreme right wing Vox in Andalucia’s regional elections a mirage?

The period between 1939 and 1975 is still present in many minds. There are still people around with a relative who was executed or imprisoned after the Civil War. There are still homosexuals who remember having to hide their sexual preferences.

There are still women for whom contraception was inaccessible and who remember the backstreet abortionists.

A large proportion of the local population is thankful for Spain’s Constitution and pres-

CONSULAR MATTERS

ence in Europe.

Come the May 26 elections, how many of them are going to vote for a party that would reverse everything achieved over the last 44 years?

Just imagine THE Prestige oil spill polluted 1,600 kilometres of coastline between north Portugal and the south of France.

A tank burst on the structurally unsound 26-year-old ship during a storm on November 13, 2002. It was carrying 77,000 of fuel oil and sank 210 kilometres off Galicia on November 19.

Against the advice of the Prestige’s captain Apostolos Mangouras, the Interior minister Mariano Rajoy ordered the stricken ship to put out to sea instead of making for a port where the oil spill would have been disastrous, but could have been contained.

The Prestige case reached the La Coruña High Court in 2012 and Mangouras received a two-year prison term for environmental crime.

A London insurance company and the

ship’s owners were told to pay €1.5 billion compensation in sentence, now confirmed by Spain’s Supreme Court.

Rajoy initially made light of the oil spilling from the Prestige, which he compared to ‘four strands resembling plasticine.’

His gift for minimising catastrophe foreshadowed his dismissal of PP corruption as ‘isolated cases’ in May 2018 on the eve of the Gurtel sentences and his own political demise.

Not so much understatement as a total absence of imagination.

Help from above ANOTHER former minister of the Interior, Jorge Fernandez Diaz once pinned the police Medal of Merit on a statue of the Virgin Mary.

During the economic crisis he told journalists that Santa Teresa would ‘intercede on Spain’s behalf.’ Fernandez Diaz goes to Mass each day and spends retreats in the monastery at the Valle de Los Caidos where Franco still lies in state.

Yet between 2012 and 2016 he knowingly used public money to undermine the government’s opponents. For two years, Interior

PIOUS: Jorge Fernandez Diaz is no saint. paid Luis Barcenas’s chauffeur €2,000 a month to spy on his boss while its minions tried to steal the former Partido Popular treasurer’s incriminating notes and evidence.

Fernandez Diaz is undeniably pious. But a saint he ain’t.

Take care in the sun

Marisa Moreno is the Danish Consul on the Costa del Sol. As an international lawyer, she has a wealth of knowledge and experience on many matters which affect expats of all nationalities.

THE video of a choir of Danes in swimsuits sunburned was undoubtedly the coolest marketing campaign designed to raise awareness of the importance of preventing the excesses of overexposure to the sun.

The creator of this campaign deserved his wages for the next five years, at least. This campaign promoted by the prestigious and powerful Danish Cancer Society was the beginning of my relationship with the campaign that the Western Costa del Sol Health District and the Costa del Sol Hospital of Marbella have developed over the last 10 years under the direction of my now good friend, Dr Magdalena de Troya, Head of the Dermatology Service of that Hospital.

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PLEASED TO HELP: Marisa (centre) at the official ceremony. able to people living anywhere in Spain.

My especially pale skin made me aware at an early age of the adverse effects that solar overexposure can have and this made me enjoy the sun in a much more sensible way.

So I was very happy when following the Danish campaign video, the

doctor and the coordinator of the Sanitary District, Nuria Delgado, contacted me to request the help of the Consulate.

Magdalena, Nuria and I worked on the project which was without a doubt very interesting, and also gratifying on a personal level.

Dr Magdalena de Troya has led

a team which has developed and promoted healthy habits regarding exposure to the sun and getting local town halls to provide information for their bathers, lifeguards and beach workers (wear sunglasses, hats, shirts, avoid prolonged exposure to the sun etc) and have their own ser-

vices for the prevention of the effects of overexposure (the installation of shaded areas, sunscreen cream dispensers and ‘sun lights’ that warn of the level of radiation, among other things).

With the collaboration of the Consulate, open days were held at the Hospital which the Danish Social Security has in Benalmadena Pueblo (Montebello) where dozens of diagnoses were made for visitors and patients. I hope that this can be an example followed by other regions such as the Costa Blanca and the Balearic islands.

I attended the official closing ceremony of the 10-year campaign and there I had the opportunity to find out the scope and importance of its results.

We have answered the cry for help from those Danes burnt by the sun and we hope we have raised awareness and helped some of them at least, but in the same vein as the video itself, we have also enjoyed ourselves. What more could you want?

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Parents at fault Mike Senker In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man BEFORE I start this, I have to say that I like children. Well, let me qualify this, I like well-behaved children. The ones I’m not too fond of are the ones that are allowed to do what they like, when they like, where they like, with parents that do not give a monkeys what inconvenience it causes others. Come to think of it it’s not the children that tick me off; it’s the parents that let two-plus-year-olds run round a restaurant screaming at each other.

The parents sit there totally oblivious of the noise. I’m not saying that they shouldn’t be having fun. They should be, but not at the expense of the other punters. Then all of a sudden, they decide they have had enough and start yelling at the child which then starts the poor little so and so crying and screaming and then mum or dad start shouting even more. Then the idle threats start. ‘If you don’t stop I’m sending you on the next plane back to England!’

You can almost see the child thinking ‘No you aren’t! I’m five ... you have to

come up with something more believable than that ... but in meantime I’ll just carry on screaming.’

I was in a supermarket recently and there was a woman with a five or six-year-old child and he was kicking off like a thing possessed and she was totally ignoring him. Obviously she had read somewhere that this is the correct way to deal with this situation but I have to tell you, even though I’m no expert, it’s not! At that point a woman walked up to her and said: “Excuse me, can you control your child or at least stop and ask him what’s wrong.”

Well, all of a sudden it became quite apparent where this small person developed his temper because his mum went berserk at this woman telling her, in no uncertain terms, to mind her own business. But what did happen was the child, all of a sudden, stopped screaming to watch his mum take over the tantrum. I walked off and left them all but having a full blown punch up.

My last plea is to the passengers on aircraft. It is not acceptable to let your little precious constantly kick the back of my seat and yes I will turn round and I will ask you to get them to stop and no it’s not their fault or mine, it’s YOURS! mikesenker@gmail.com.

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A VISITING friend staying with us on the Costa Blanca has asked why leading supermarkets here do not have a special check-out for pensioners?

It seems in Singapore, where she lives, there are special check-outs marked for pensioner shoppers only, with benches so that while waiting they can sit down.

In addition an assistant is on hand to help put purchased items in shopping bags.

I am not aware if these exist anywhere in Spain, though I am sure other EWN readers will know.

With the number of elderly shoppers and retired people here, it seems like a good idea.

Having said that, they did not feature in supermarkets in the UK either when I lived there.

N Button, Torrevieja (Alicante)

A big thank you I JUST want to say thank you to all that follow our work and a special BIG THANK YOU to those of you that are sponsoring and donating to help the animals we rescue. Your contributions are helping so many animals, especially our long term dogs as some have a regular vet bill.

Just lately we have built two fenced play runs, one of which has a second-hand caravan, which will be the sleeping quarters for our special long term cases.

We have also rented a warehouse and land next to our shelter and erected an extra five indoor pens so that we can help more animals as well as extra space outside for dogs to have more freedom during the day.

My wife and I thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your kind support and wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

José Safont Ruiz President Animals in Distress, Coin (Malaga)

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Views expressed and opinions given are not necessarily those of the EWN publishers. No responsibility is accepted for accuracy of information, errors, omissions or statements.

Why not special check-outs?

Green clean I READ the recent STERLING WORK: article about volunVolunteers cleaned teers cleaning up up Fuengirola beach.

Fuengirola’s beach (Costa del Sol Issue 1746) and I just want to show my support and admiration for them.

If my back wasn’t so bad I would be out there doing my bit too.

It’s so important to treat this planet with respect and it pains me to think of all the marine life suffering because of the selfishness and foolishness of humans.

Everyone at the Plastic Free Seas Foundation is doing wonderful work and I hope this kind of initiative is rolled out across the world.

Just a few hours of work can gather up a ton of harmful waste, and then all the volunteers should treat themselves to a well-earned ‘cerveza’!

APPARENTLY Spanish grandparents spend an average of six hours a day with their grandchildren.

This does not go down well with some academics. In the past a report worried that this may be too much for the elderly and that they should have a right to say ‘no I need a rest.’

This is a slightly offline message in Spain, as the extended family is one of the great joys of Spanish culture.

It is a facet of life that seems to be increasingly lost in some other European countries as the Nanny State encroaches ever further into our lives.

The willingness for families to rally round and help out when needed is a huge boon to society as a whole, and also to the State, which then doesn’t need to pay up for a huge array of social services including childcare.

Those grandparents who do help with childcare make a huge difference to their children. Times are tough and wherever possible many families in Spain have to have both parents working to make ends meet. Often they cannot afford childcare and that is where the grandparents come in.

They selflessly pitch in and help out. The suspicion of the report is that they may be exploited by their unscrupulous offspring looking for an easy life.

But the report forgets the quid pro quo - those grandparents will themselves be looked after by their children when they need help. That is as it should be. Families should stick together.

Now we want to hear your views.

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Spanish navy criticised over manoeuvre Bet the Royal Navy were trembling. Spain should save money spent on fuel when their contributions to EU go up when we leave!

John Are the Spanish really that stupid?

Joe

COMMENTS FROM EWN ONLINE

Police officer receives backlash for shooting dog in Spain

WATCH: Protests and clashes in Cataluña as PM Pedro Sanchez and ministers meet in Barcelona

The police use deadly force and kill a beautiful dog protecting her master. She showed she has more courage and love than these police officers, it’s so heart breaking.

Jason

Riots in France, Cataluña problems will never go away, permanent tension and protest against the government in Spain, suppose we are better out of it .

John

How the **** did he became a Cop? Don’t know how to handle a dog without killing it or injuring it?

Uday

DOG SHOT: Farmer guns down dog that allegedly attacked his sheep

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MAY I take this opportunity to thank you for your help and support in publishing most of my Masonic articles detailing money raised and donated to worthy causes over the past year. I hope for your continued support over the next year.

May I also wish you the very best New Year.

WBro William G Turne Provincial Grand Lodge of Valencia Masons

Well done and a very happy Christmas followed by a successful 2019. Onward and upwards.

Michael

Spanish terrorist, responsible for the Atocha Massacre, to be extradited after 24 years on the run Why would any sane person release him on probation?

PM

Now let’s see the dog’s owner being charged with dangerous dogs.

John

Rescue ship Open Arms sets sail for Spain with 311 migrants aboard after being refused entry

by Italy If Libya is deemed to be unsafe, why not put them ashore in Algeria or Tunisia or Morocco. These charities are nothing more then ferries involved in the trafficking of human beings.

The UN has successfully repatriated over 15,000 from Libya but you won’t find that reported in the main stream media.

United Nations’ International Organisation for Migration (IOM) report which you can find on Facebook.com/IOMLibya/.

And you are of course free to ‘moderate’ this post if it offends your editorial stance. The facts however speak for themselves.

PM Rescued off the Libyan coast??? Return them straight back to Libya.

Renato Today 300 - what will Spain do when tens of thousands have arrived and yet still keep coming. This is not a sustainable solution for any country let alone the relatively poor ones in southern Europe.

Annie Most do not want to stay in southern Europe, but make their way north, hoping to get to London. No one is sure why ?

PM

Court rules to protect bullfighting as a cultural institution in Spain’s Balearic Islands Ah yes. The ‘National Cultural Heritage’ argument. Like slavery, and garrotting, and wife-beating, and executing Communists?

PM

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7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Heartbeat 8:55am The Royal 10:00am Lewis 12:00pm On the Buses 12:30pm On the Buses 1:05pm Rising Damp 1:35pm The Royal 2:40pm Heartbeat 3:40pm Classic Coronation Street 4:15pm Classic Coronation Street 4:45pm Midsomer Murders 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Endeavour 11:00pm Endeavour 1:05am Vera 2:55am The Secret Life of Cats 3:45am Michael Flatley: A Night to Remember 4:40am Road to Avonlea 5:35am Road to Avonlea

7:00am 7:45am 8:40am 9:35am 10:40am 11:40am 12:45pm 1:45pm 2:50pm 3:50pm 4:50pm 5:55pm 6:55pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:05pm 11:10pm

11:50pm 1:00am 1:05am 2:05am 3:00am 3:50am 4:00am

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King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Frasier Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA Undercover Boss USA Channel 4 News Come Dine with Me Find it, Fix it, Flog it Countdown A Place in the Sun The Secret Life of the Zoo Couples Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast Big Fat Quiz of Everything The Counsellor

9:20am Paw Patrol 9:50am Digby Dragon 10:00am The Secret Life of Puppies 10:05am The Secret Life of Puppies 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm The Yorkshire Vet 2:15pm Criminals Make You Laugh Out Loud 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm A Life of Deception 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm The Yorkshire Vet 7:50pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Animals After Dark 9:00pm Celebrity 5 Go Camping 10:00pm Jane McDonald: Cruising Down Under 11:15pm Victoria Wood: Her Life as Seen on TV 12:15am Victoria Wood Live 2:00am Teleshopping

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

Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine Young Sheldon Young Sheldon The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Young Sheldon Young Sheldon The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Young Sheldon The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory X-Men: The Last Stand 12:05am The Big Bang Theory 12:35am The Big Bang Theory 1:05am Naked Attraction

4:30am

The Chase The Avengers Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals The Avengers Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Professionals The Sweeney The Chase: Celebrity Special The Chase: The Bloopers Passenger 57 FYI Daily Passenger 57 Action starring Wesley Snipes and Bruce Payne, 1992.

The Usual Suspects FYI Daily The Usual Suspects The Sweeney Minder ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

10:50am King Arthur: Legend of the Sword 1:00pm X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2:50pm Avengers: Infinity War 5:25pm Salt 7:10pm Ghost in the Shell 9:00pm Avengers: Infinity War 11:30pm Die Hard 1:45am S.W.A.T.

4:50am 6:30am 7:00am 9:00am 11:00am 1:00pm 3:00pm 5:00pm 5:15pm 7:10pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 1:00am 2:50am 4:40am

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Game Night American Pie: The Wedding 5:00pm Top Ten Show, the 2018 5:15pm Sweet Home Alabama 7:15pm Chips: Law and Disorder 9:00pm Game Night 10:45pm American Pie: The Wedding 12:30am Hot Tub Time Machine

Thoroughbreds Moana: Special Ferdinand Life Itself A Wrinkle in Time Pacific Rim Uprising Life Itself Life Itself: Special Ferdinand Rampage Life Itself Pacific Rim Uprising Rampage Thoroughbreds Tully Charlize Theron stars as a struggling mother of three who forms a unique bond with her new nanny. Comedydrama from the writer-director team of Juno and Young Adult.

Live NBA: Houston @ Golden State 7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitezise 7:30am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitezise 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:30am Cricket 5:00pm Football Centre 6:00pm Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Sky Sports News at 6 8:00pm Live Star Sixes Soccer 11:00pm Sky Sports News at Ten 12:00am Live PGA Tour Golf Day two of the Sentry Tournament of Champions, held in Kapalua, Hawaii.

2:00am Live NBA: Dallas @ Boston 4:30am Cricket

EFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games 1:45pm SPFL Greatest Games 2:00pm Football Countdowns 2:30pm Football Countdowns 3:00pm Football Years 3:30pm Football Years 4:00pm EFL 5:00pm One2eleven 5:15pm One2eleven 5:30pm Football's Greatest 6:00pm EFL Greatest Games 6:15pm EFL Greatest Games 6:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 6:45pm SPFL Greatest Games 7:00pm Football Countdowns 7:30pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 8:00pm Live Star Sixes Soccer 11:00pm EFL 1:00am Football Years

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Silent Witness series 22 cast and stories, including guest star Samantha Womack Richard Shanley NOW that we’ve got all that Christmas cheer out of our system, it’s time to talk about the B B C ’s l o n g - r u n n i n g m i s e r y fest Silent Witness. Five new two-part stories are coming in early 2019, bringing all the murder, deceit and washed-out colour grading you could want.

Here are details on the first two stories. Emilia Fox, David Caves, Richard Lintern and the iconic Liz Carr are all back, plus a host of guest stars have been lined up for the new run t o o . We ’ l l g o t h r o u g h t h e m story by story. The first story, ‘ Tw o S p i r i t s , ’ f o c u s e s o n t h e t r a n s c o m m u n i t y, a s a t r a n s man is murdered and a trans

SILENT WITNESS: Five new two-part stories are set to hit your screens early in 2019.

Behind THE MUSIC V L James | vljcomms@gmail.com | Facebook: @vljamesinfo

Thank you for the music AS with every year, 2018 saw us lose many talented musicians, singers and writers.

Sometimes you find out someone who touched your life with a performance or a record has died by looking at one of the many lists published at this time of year.

They had even been deemed not famous enough any more to merit many column inches in the media or I had simply missed the news that day.

While looking into this column I have only just found out that Matt ‘Guitar’ Murphy had died this year. Yes, within the world of Blues, Murphy was well-known as a guitarist with some of the legends of the genre but to my generation, the generation that kept hiring The Blues Brothers from their local video shop, he was simply part of The Blues Brothers.

We will always remember his reaction when Jake and Elwood walk into his soul food joint and order four fried chicken and a coke and some dry white toast.

Of course, his wife was played by Aretha Franklin, probably the biggest talent we lost this year. I will be saying more on Aretha next week.

PASSED AWAY: Guitar legend Matt Murphy.

activist is kidnapped. Gavin & Stacey star Andrew Knott, Waterloo Road’s Heather Peace, The Bank Job’s Johann Myers a n d L o s t i n A u s t e n ’s J e m i m a Rooper make appearances.

Story number two, ‘Lift Up Yo u r H e a r t s , ’ s e e s a t e e n a g e boy die in a meth lab explosion, prompting his inspirational head teacher Noah Taylor to confront the drug dealers p r e y i n g o n h i s c o m m u n i t y.

Guest stars include former EastEnders star Samantha Wo m a c k , B l a c k M i r r o r a c t o r Dan Li, The Crouches actress Jo Martin, Patient Zero’s Hara Ya n n a s a n d K r y p t o n ’s C o l i n Salmon (who appeared in S i l e n t Wi t n e s s ’ v e r y f i r s t s e r i e s ! ) . S i l e n t Wi t n e s s r e t u r n s with its first two episodes on Tu e s d a y, J a n u a r y 8 a n d Wednesday, January 9 at 10pm (CET) on BBC One.

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BBC News Breakfast Saturday Kitchen Tom Kerridge's Fresh Start Football Focus BBC News Bargain Hunt Escape to the Country Money for Nothing Final Score Celebrity Mastermind BBC News BBC London News Pointless Michael Mcintyre's Big Show The Greatest Dancer Casualty BBC News Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights The NFL Show Flying Blind Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News

7:45am All Over the Place 8:15am Wild and Weird 2 8:30am All Over the Workplace 9:00am Show Me What You're Made of 9:30am The Dog Ate My Homework 10:00am Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds 11:00am One Million Snake Bites 12:00pm Homes Under the Hammer 1:00pm A Cook Abroad: Rachel Khoo's Malaysia 2:00pm The Lady Vanishes 3:30pm Talking Pictures 4:15pm Snow Wolf Family and Me 5:15pm Back in Time for School 6:15pm Catch Me If You Can 8:30pm Dad's Army 9:00pm Cities: Nature's New Wild 10:00pm QI XL 10:45pm I, Daniel Blake 12:25am Safe Haven

5:00am This is BBC Four 8:00pm Hidden Kingdoms 9:00pm Wild Arabia Few places on earth evoke more mystery and romance than Arabia.

10:00pm Black Lake 10:45pm Black Lake 11:30pm Licence to Thrill: Paul Hollywood Meets Aston Martin 12:30am Top of the Pops: The Story of 1987 1:30am Top of the Pops 1987: Big Hits 2:30am Wild Arabia Few places on earth evoke more mystery and romance than Arabia.

3:30am Hidden Kingdoms

9:10am The Bagel and Becky Show 9:30am Ultimate Spider-Man v the Sinister Six 9:55am Scrambled! Record Breakers 2 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Saturday Morning with James Martin 12:40pm James Martin's American Adventure 1:35pm Jeremy Wade's Mighty Rivers 2:05pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:10pm Step Up 4:10pm Tipping Point 5:10pm ITV Evening News 5:25pm ITV News London 5:35pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 6:35pm Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 9:00pm The Voice UK 10:35pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

11:35pm ITV News 11:50pm First Blood 1:35am Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

1:15pm Celebrity Catchphrase 2:15pm You've Been Framed!

3:15pm Babe 2: Pig in the City 4:15pm FYI Daily 4:20pm Babe 2: Pig in the City 5:05pm What a Girl Wants 6:10pm FYI Daily 6:15pm What a Girl Wants 7:15pm Liar Liar 8:15pm FYI Daily 8:20pm Liar Liar 9:00pm Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 10:05pm FYI Daily 10:10pm Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 11:45pm Family Guy 12:15am Family Guy 12:40am American Dad! 1:10am American Dad! 1:40am Hellboy II: The Golden Army 2:45am FYI Daily

7:25am Murder, She Wrote 8:15am Agatha Christie's Poirot 9:25am Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express 12:00pm Midsomer Murders The very first case in the mystery series.

2:00pm Midsomer Murders 4:00pm Midsomer Murders 6:00pm Agatha Christie's Marple 8:00pm Agatha Christie's Marple 10:00pm Midsomer Murders 12:00am Vera Detective drama based on characters created by crime writer Ann Cleeves.

2:00am Rising Damp Pilot episode of the sitcom which first introduced the lascivious landlord Rigsby.

2:30am Rising Damp 3:00am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping

2:35am 7:00am 11:00am 12:30pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 2:15pm 3:15pm 4:15pm 5:00pm 6:20pm 6:50pm 7:00pm 7:10pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:10pm 11:00pm 11:20pm 1:00am 1:30am 2:55am 3:00am

7:55am 8:25am 8:50am 9:10am 9:35am 10:05am 10:35am 11:05am 11:35am 12:00pm 12:30pm 1:00pm 2:20pm 2:50pm 3:25pm 3:55pm 4:25pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 9:00pm 11:35pm 2:10am 3:05am

Frasier Frasier The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Great New Year's Bake Off Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed A Place in the Sun The Secret Life of the Zoo Channel 4 News Britain's Wildest Weather 2018 Star Trek: Into Darkness True Lies The Crystal Maze Hollyoaks Omnibus

10:30am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 11:30am Pawn Stars 12:00pm Pawn Stars 12:30pm Pawn Stars 1:00pm Pawn Stars 1:30pm Pawn Stars 1:55pm Pawn Stars 2:30pm ITV Racing: Live from Sandown 5:00pm River Monsters 5:30pm River Monsters 6:00pm Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 7:05pm FYI Daily 7:10pm Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 8:15pm Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment 9:15pm FYI Daily 9:20pm Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment 10:00pm The Blues Brothers 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm The Blues Brothers 12:45am An Audience with Billy Connolly 1:55am The Sweeney

9:45am 9:55am 10:15am 10:30am 10:45am 11:00am 11:15am 11:30am 11:45am 12:40pm 1:40pm 2:40pm 4:50pm 5:50pm 5:55pm 7:55pm 8:00pm

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Wissper Pirata and Capitano Paw Patrol Shane the Chef Floogals Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Britain's Greatest Bridges Police Interceptors Police Interceptors Police Interceptors Pan Oliver!

5 News Oliver!

5 News Weekend Tony Robinson's Time Travels Documentary series.

Digging Up Britain's Past Cutty Sark: 150 Years of War and Speed Adolf and Eva Bog Bodies: Secrets Revealed

11:20am Maze Runner: The Death Cure 1:45pm Ready Player One 4:10pm Captain America The Winter Soldier 6:30pm Maze Runner: The Death Cure 9:00pm Ready Player One 11:20pm Rampage 1:10am The Running Man 2:55am Red Heat

8:40am 10:20am 11:55am 1:35pm 3:40pm 5:40pm 7:20pm 9:00pm 11:05pm 1:05am

Happy Gilmore My Blind Brother Bean Pretty Woman American Pie: Reunion Planes, Trains and Automobiles Bean Pretty Woman American Pie: Reunion Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

SATURDAY TV

6:25am Melissa and Joey 7:00am Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas 7:25am Baby Daddy 7:50am Baby Daddy 8:20am Baby Daddy 8:50am Baby Daddy 9:25am Melissa and Joey 9:55am Melissa and Joey 10:30am Melissa and Joey 11:00am Melissa and Joey 11:30am The Goldbergs 12:00pm The Goldbergs 12:30pm The Goldbergs 1:00pm The Goldbergs 1:30pm The Goldbergs 2:00pm The Goldbergs 2:30pm Young Sheldon 3:00pm Young Sheldon 3:30pm Young Sheldon 4:00pm Young Sheldon 4:30pm Young Sheldon 5:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm The Other Woman 12:05am Gogglebox 1:10am Gogglebox 2:15am Rude Tube 3:25am Tattoo Fixers 4:15am Gogglebox

7:00am Cricket 10:00am Cricket 11:45am Live Netball Superleague 1:45pm Live Netball Superleague 3:45pm Live Netball Superleague 5:45pm Live Netball Superleague 7:45pm Live Netball Superleague 9:45pm My Icon 10:00pm Live NFL Wildcard Game A match from the Wild Card round of the NFL play-offs.

2:00am Live NFL Wildcard Game A match from the Wild Card round of the NFL play-offs.

7:00am Life Itself: Special A special look at the latest Sky Movies Original Film - a multi-generational tale of life, loss and love starring Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Olivia Cooke and Antonio Banderas.

7:15am A Wrinkle in Time 9:10am Ferdinand 11:00am Life Itself 1:00pm Life Itself: Special 1:20pm Pacific Rim Uprising 3:15pm Truth or Dare 5:10pm Ferdinand 7:00pm Pacific Rim Uprising 9:00pm Life Itself 11:00pm Truth or Dare 12:45am Wildling 2:30am Life Itself 4:30am Life Itself: Special 4:45am Thoroughbreds

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

EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games Football's Greatest Football's Greatest Football Countdowns Football Countdowns EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games Live - Soccer Am Football's Greatest Star Sixes Soccer Live Star Sixes Soccer EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games Carabao Cup Highlights Carabao Cup Highlights Star Sixes Soccer EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games Football's Greatest Football Years Football Years

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7:00am Breakfast 9:20am Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights 11:00am The Andrew Marr Show 12:00pm The Big Questions 1:00pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:15pm Songs of Praise 2:50pm Escape to the Country 3:35pm Spy in the Snow 4:35pm A Question of Sport 5:05pm F.A. Cup 7:35pm BBC News 7:50pm BBC London News 8:00pm Countryfile 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm Les Misérables 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm BBC London News 11:30pm Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights 12:30am The Women's Football Show 1:05am Entrapment 2:50am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:55am BBC News

7:25am Hue and Cry 8:45am Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein 9:15am The Instant Gardener 10:00am Countryfile 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm Mary Berry Cooks 1:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Northern Exposure 2:00pm Talking Pictures 2:40pm In Which We Serve 4:35pm Snow Wolf Family and Me 5:35pm Flog It! 6:15pm Ski Sunday 7:00pm The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway 8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Dragons' Den 10:00pm Cities: Nature's New Wild 11:00pm Semi-Detached 11:20pm Insert Name Here 11:50pm While We're Young 1:25am Countryfile 2:20am Holby City 3:20am This is BBC Two

8:00pm The Eagle Has Landed 10:10pm A Very British Deterrent 11:10pm How to Build...A Nuclear Submarine 12:10am Blackadder Goes Forth 12:40am Blackadder Goes Forth 1:10am Treasures of the Indus Series telling the story of the Indian subcontinent through the treasures of three very different people, places and dynasties that have shaped the modern Indian world.

2:10am Return to Betjemanland 3:10am A Very British Deterrent

6:20am Come Dine with Me 7:15am Everybody Loves Raymond 7:40am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:05am Frasier 8:35am Frasier 9:00am The Simpsons 9:30am The Simpsons 10:00am The Simpsons 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Simpsons 2:00pm The Simpsons 2:30pm The Simpsons 3:00pm The Simpsons 3:30pm Shark Tale 5:20pm Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm World's Weirdest Homes 9:00pm George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 10:00pm SAS: Who Dares Wins 11:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 12:00am Tin Star 1:00am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:55am Big Eyes

11:00am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:15am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:30am Animals Make You Laugh Out Loud 12:20pm Friends 12:50pm Friends 1:20pm Friends 1:55pm Friends 2:20pm Friends 2:50pm Friends 3:20pm Friends 3:55pm Friends 4:20pm Disney's Snow Dogs 5:20pm 5 News 5:25pm Disney's Snow Dogs 6:15pm The Wonderful World of Puppies 7:10pm Britain's Favourite Chocolate Bar 8:55pm 5 News Weekend 9:00pm Kate v Meghan: Princesses at War 10:00pm Do the Right Thing with Eamonn and Ruth 11:00pm The James Corden Story 12:35am The Last Days of George Michael

6:15am Baby Daddy 7:00am Hollyoaks Omnibus 9:20am Escape From Planet Earth 11:00am The Goldbergs 11:30am The Goldbergs 12:00pm The Goldbergs 12:30pm The Goldbergs 1:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine Peralta and Diaz adjust to their new lives behind bars but are coping in very different ways.

1:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2:00pm Tooth Fairy 4:00pm The Big Bang Theory 4:30pm The Big Bang Theory 5:00pm The Big Bang Theory 5:30pm The Big Bang Theory 6:00pm The Big Bang Theory 6:30pm The Big Bang Theory 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Titanic 11:50pm Gogglebox 12:55am Gogglebox 2:00am The Big Bang Theory 2:30am The Big Bang Theory 3:00am Rude Tube 4:00am Rude(Ish) Tube

6:00am Sky Sports News 7:00am Sky Sports News 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:30am Cricket Day four of the second Test between South Africa and Pakistan in Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town.

5:00pm Rugby Union A match from the French Top 14.

6:45pm My Icon 7:00pm Live NFL Wildcard Game 10:30pm Live NFL Wildcard Game 2:00am Live PGA Tour Golf Day four of the Sentry Tournament of Champions, held in Kapalua, Hawaii.

4:00am Sky Sports News 5:00am Sky Sports News

8:05am Mr. Bean: The Animated Series 8:20am Mr. Bean: The Animated Series 8:30am Horrid Henry 8:45am Horrid Henry 9:00am The Bagel and Becky Show 9:10am The Bagel and Becky Show 9:30am Ultimate Spider-Man v the Sinister Six 9:55am Spy School 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Ninja Warrior UK 11:30am Big Star's Bigger Star 12:30pm The Voice UK 2:05pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:20pm The Incredible Hulk 4:25pm Tipping Point 5:25pm ITV Evening News 5:45pm ITV News London 6:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 7:00pm Dancing on Ice 9:00pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

10:00pm Manhunt 11:00pm ITV News 11:15pm Bridesmaids

7:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:25am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:25am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:50pm You've Been Framed!

2:50pm The Voice UK 4:30pm Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 5:30pm FYI Daily 5:35pm Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 7:15pm Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 8:15pm FYI Daily 8:20pm Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 10:00pm Ibiza Weekender 11:00pm Family Guy 11:30pm Family Guy 12:00am Family Guy 12:30am American Dad! 12:55am American Dad! 1:25am The Cleveland Show 1:50am Piranha 2:50am FYI Daily 2:55am Piranha

7:00am Lewis 8:40am Heartbeat 9:40am Heartbeat The long-running series comes to a close in this final episode.

10:40am The Queen's Garden 11:45am The Secret Garden 1:50pm Agatha Christie's Marple 3:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 5:00pm Lewis 7:00pm Midsomer Murders 9:00pm The Royal Variety Performance 2018 11:30pm Birds of a Feather 12:05am Birds of a Feather Essex-based sitcom about Dorien, Tracey and Sharon.

12:35am Land of the Midnight Sun 1:40am Wire in the Blood 2:40am Wire in the Blood 3:35am Lewis 5:15am Murder, She Wrote

9:05am 9:35am 10:05am 10:35am 11:00am 11:30am 11:55am 12:25pm 12:50pm 2:25pm 4:00pm 4:35pm 5:10pm

8:10am 10:25am 11:55am 2:15pm

4:45am 6:30am 7:00am 7:20am 9:20am 11:15am 1:05pm 1:20pm 3:20pm 5:00pm 7:00pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 12:35am 2:20am

6:30am 7:00am 7:15am 7:30am 7:45am 8:00am

6:10pm 6:15pm 7:20pm

8:25pm 8:30pm

9:10pm 10:10pm 10:15pm 11:00pm 12:00am 12:05am

Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Columbo Columbo Mr. Bean Mr. Bean Dirty Rotten Scoundrels FYI Daily Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment FYI Daily Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment Jaws 4: The Revenge FYI Daily Jaws 4: The Revenge Se7en FYI Daily Se7en

4:30pm 6:45pm 9:00pm 11:20pm 1:35am 3:10am

4:40am 6:30am 8:35am 10:35am 12:35pm 2:10pm 4:00pm 5:45pm 7:25pm 9:00pm 10:45pm 12:30am

Thor: Ragnarok The Jurassic Games Fast and Furious 8 Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge Battleship Thor: Ragnarok Fast and Furious 8 The Perfect Storm Red Sonja Universal Soldier

The Truth About Lies Patch Adams Nine to Five Tootsie Mr Bean's Holiday Blockers Bad Teacher Beetlejuice Mr Bean's Holiday Blockers Bad Teacher Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 2:00am Little Man

Thoroughbreds Aquaman: Special Life Itself: Special Life Itself Pacific Rim Uprising Ferdinand Life Itself: Special Life Itself 10x10 A Wrinkle in Time Pacific Rim Uprising Life Itself 10x10 Truth or Dare Tully Charlize Theron stars as a struggling mother of three who forms a unique bond with her new nanny.

4:00am Proud Mary 5:35am A Wrinkle in Time

8:30am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 12:00pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 3:45pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 12:00am 12:15am 12:30am 1:00am

Football Years EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Goals: League One and League Two Football Countdowns Football's Greatest Football Countdowns EFL Goals: League One and League Two Sunday Supplement Star Sixes Soccer EFL Goals: League One and League Two EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games One2eleven One2eleven Live Star Sixes Soccer Carabao Cup Highlights Carabao Cup Highlights Star Sixes Soccer EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games Football's Greatest Football Years

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Rip Off Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Wanted Down Under 12:45pm Caught Red Handed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Father Brown 4:00pm I Escaped to the Country 4:45pm The Farmers' Country Showdown 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 Match of the Day Live: Wolverhampton Wanderers v Liverpool 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm BBC London News 11:45pm Have I Got a Bit More Old News for You 12:30am Graham Norton's Good Story Guide

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's Crime Stories 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 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 Britain's Busiest Motorway 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Manhunt 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm Bradley Walsh: When Dummies Took Over the World 12:45am Bradley Walsh and Son: Breaking Dad

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A close encounter of the Brexit kind

Breaking Views Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist.

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WHAT with Brexit, the drones, groans and can’t-get-homes Gatwick ‘miscommunication’ fiasco, you could be forgiven for missing all the recent ‘mis-speaking.’

First off, Lewis Hamilton’s description of his home town Stevenage as ‘the slums’ angered many people, not least most of its residents. Well, with Stevenage, what you see is what you get. An honest town in that respect.

New town, post-war families working hard.

No slum. Not the middle-class wannabee of Welwyn Garden City, but no slum. And Lewis, albeit brilliant world champion racing driver, knows that. Though I’m sure he’d have liked it to have been because it would have made his ‘down with the boyz’ street talk so much more convincing.

Basically, Lewis doesn’t stop and think before he speaks. But then, do our politicians?

Just recently, we had Corbyn’s ‘stupid woman’ gaffe aimed at Theresa May followed by innumerable oh-yes-he-did and oh-no-he-didn’t panto-politics claims he actually said ‘stupid people.’Yeah, right.

But this mis-speaking isn’t confined to British politics. Consider Hillary Clinton and the countless times she ‘mis-speaks’ about being in places where she clearly wasn’t. Under

STEVENAGE: A beautiful sight.

INSET: Lewis Hamilton. sniper fire in Bosnia. Under bomb fire in Belfast. Always sounds so thrilling - like something out of a Tom Clancy novel. Problem is, it does come out of a Tom Clancy novel. Pure alien fiction (on a level with that early chatter of alien-operated UFO drones at Gatwick.)

Then there’s Sarah Palin (remember her?) who, amongst other claims, swore she could ‘see Russia from Alaska.’And, nearer home, Malaga bureaucrats who threaten to fine householders for repairing cracks (yes, cracks!) in garden walls without a permit when there are complete, unlicensed villas in the surrounding campo.

Yes, mis-speaking is a bit like the norovirus: it’s everywhere now. Which reminds me of the

magistrate who, before sentencing, asked the accused if he had anything to say. ‘*uck all’ came the reply. Turning to her colleague on the bench the magistrate repeated: ‘What did he say? ‘*uck all,’ said the colleague. ‘Really,’ said the magistrate. ‘I’m sure I saw his lips move.’

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LEGALLY SPEAKING

Are they insured?

We purchased a top floor apartment which includes a roof terrace for our use only. We have insured the apartment for what we paid for it. This amount is higher than the IBI and it does not seem to include the roof terrace. We have emailed the community administrator to confirm that the roof terrace is included in the community’s building insurance but they have not replied yet. Should we have also included the President in the email to get a reply?

Can we request a copy of the community building insurance to prove that our roof terrace is insured?

A B (Costa Blanca)

Standardly the roof terrace is David Searl You and the Law not really your property. in Spain It is reserved for your exclusive use, but the community is finally responsible for any problems. That is why it is not listed as part of your purchase. Yes, you can request a copy of the insurance to see just what is covered by building insurance and what you need to cover separately.

Even efficient administrators are seldom very good at answering questions so I suggest you go directly through your president.

Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.

Is avoiding animal produce a gay thing?

Barry Duke WHEN I was living in London, a neighbour asked me the daftest question I’d ever heard: ‘What do gay people eat?’

As soon as Hilary’s words came out her mouth, and she saw my eyebrows escalate to a hairline I no longer have, she realised how stupid they sounded.

In a fluster she explained that what she meant to find out was whether homosexuals were more inclined to veganism or vegetarianism than heterosexuals.

I didn’t have an answer to that question, but afterwards I did some research and discovered that a greater percentage of the LGBT community appeared more inclined to embrace veganism or vegetarianism than their ‘straight’ counterparts.

The memory of that conversation surfaced last week when I was listening to a London radio station, LBC, where a heated phone-in was raging over what the presenter called ‘vegan

GAY VEGANS: Marchers at a Toronto Pride event urge onlookers to go vegan. terrorism.’ The discussion arose out of various reports that butchers in France, and turkey farmers in the UK were being targeted by vegans or vegetarians. Some reported receiving death threats from these fanatics.

While some who phoned in were supportive of these tactics, most deplored them, and rightly so. We simply cannot allow zealots to dictate what we can and cannot eat.

Is there a gay element among this growing band of food fascists? I really have no idea, but a piece published last year in Diva magazine declared that compassion is a well-known trait among LGBT folk, and that the vegans and vegetarians among them simply choose to eschew animal products.

Compassionate people don’t go on rampages and issue death threats, so I’m inclined to believe that, if gays

were among the ‘terrorists’ that made headlines, they would have been in a tiny minority.

But the Diva piece, written by Josie Le Vay, left no doubt that veganism and vegetarianism is growing dramatically in LGBT communities.

Le Vay wrote: ‘Gay vegans are everywhere. It’s actually got to the point where I presume gay people I meet are vegan … I’ve seen multiple

vegan cafes with Pride flags … Most of the girls I’ve dated have been vegan or at least veggie.

‘If we look at our beloved LGBT+ celebs, you’ll be surprised (or completely unsurprised) to know that many are in fact vegan themselves.

Ellen Page, Jane Lynch, Simon Amstell, oh, and the mother of all gays, Ellen Degeneres.’

She then conducted a Facebook poll that indicated that 66.4 per cent of vegans or vegetarians were gay.

I am not one of them. But as a lifelong carnivore I do, wherever possible, make sure that the meat I eat is ethically sourced and humanely slaughtered. For this reason I flatly refuse to eat animals that are cruelly killed according to religious rites: kosher or halal.

So opposed was I to such ritual killings that, 10 years ago, I gave up my favourite dining out habit: eating in curry houses. I did so because virtually all of them displayed halal notices. Instead I began preparing my own curries, and continue to do so to this day. And, without meaning to boast, I can say they are every bit as good, if not better, than any I ate in a restaurant.

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CANCER (June 22 - July 23) A vivid star pattern portends a frantic personal and social diary. Ensure that any tight planning is carefully handled, especially if you hope to fit in everything you would like to say. Don't allow Monday or Wednesday's tensions to spoil opportunities for settling something important.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Pave the way for any ambitious schemes you may have, rather than actually

starting them. With your ruler the Sun eclipsing your kindred fire sign, determined Aries, you are now more likely to get the support and affection you need from the powers that be or someone who thinks the world of you.

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VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Even if the opposite to what you want happens, it could prove useful. One clue to this week's planetary crossword puzzle is ‘What word could also mean success?’ Check it out, and make it work for you.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) The solar eclipse in your opposite sign of Aries intensifies your willpower.

Before you say 'go', find out where you stand. It might pay you to leave things be for a little longer to see if things begin to change.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) The planets mobilise your streak of Scorpio daring, but don't stretch your limits. Your most effective weapon against personal and workrelated pitfalls is your ability to be objective. Your desire to make specific situations and conversations work needs to be combined with your faith that they will work. Even if a different approach is required, try it and see.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) The main gist of the solar eclipse in fiery Aries and the link between plucky Mars and your ruler friendly Jupiter will stir surprises. Whether you create the right atmosphere all round depends on how you interpret other people's views.

Stick to crisp, simple but sensitively tuned answers, then no one can accuse you of not trying.

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Cryptic Across 1 Middle East location: a place for thieves? (4) 3 Leaves home, being calm at last, moving is great (8) 9 Idle act destroyed fortress (7) 10 Suburb lad easily conceals knife (5) 11 Hair treatment provided by barber in Seville (5) 12 Puts up a secret entanglement (6) 14 Watch your heart (6) 16 Nut about to regret being incorrect (6) 19 It's dead simple if Alec goes off (6) 21 Slice the turkey with five in mind (5) 24 Thoughts of comical aside (5) 25 Camera I developed in the States (7) 26 Uncertainty can point us to think in French (8) 27 Lake in former estate (4) Down 1 Current copper rate is correct (8) 2 Taken food from downbeat Englishmen (5) 4 Organise university lie-in instead (2,4) 5 Decide about black Russian bread (5) 6 Judas formed art trio (7) 7 Uses fabricated charges (4) 8 Stick plug in this place (6) 13 Demote Queen's English

ambassador (8) 15 Gossips outside the French holiday accommodation (7) 17 Nicholas and Edward get arrested (6) 18 Gongs for damsel in distress (6)

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20 An edition for the children (5) 22 Shoving her about in river (5) 23 Embrace in Newark is sensual (4)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 1 represents K and 12 represents W, so fill in K every time the figure 1 appears and W every time the figure 12 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 Ahead in development (8) 8 Conceals (5) 9 Natural talent (5) 10 Have a requirement for (4) 11 Discover (6) 13 Put before (6) 15 Catch sight of (4) 18 Small oval fruit (5) 19 Once more (5) 20 Informal photograph (8)

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Across 1 To go (7) 5 Tenedores (5) 8 Smaller (in size) (5) 9 Pareja (compañero) (7) 10 Thread (5) 11 Journey (5) 12 These (5) 14 Caterpillar (5) 19 Bamboo (5) 21 Anchor (5) 23 Justicia (7) 24 Mareas (5) 25 Estrellas (5) 26 Atrasos (financiero) (7)

Down 2 Avoid (5) 3 In addition (4) 4 Beverage (6) 5 Adult male duck (5) 6 Annoying (10) 7 Imitation diamond used in cheap jewellery (10) 12 Film theatre (6) 14 State of extreme happiness (5) 16 Large keyboard instrument (5) 17 Knocks gently (4)

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

Down 1 Spoiled (pampered) (6) 2 Grooves (in wood, metal etc) (7) 3 Cuernos (5) 4 Repetir (6) 5 Para siempre (7) 6 Income (5) 7 Pantalla (cine) (6) 13 Kidney beans (7) 15 Abuelo (7) 16 Bees (6) 17 Pair (6) 18 Blouses (6) 20 Fly (insect) (5) 22 To quote (writer, line, passage, source) (5)

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

ATTEST CHEESE FIRSTS (10) FIXATE HEATER INFEST MARROW MARTIN PARIAH PITMAN RECENT REDACT RENTAL RETAIN SCREAM SERENE SPREAD TEETER TRACER

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Creaky 2 Seaman 3 Remand 4 Fungal 5 Medial 6 Efface 7 Frugal 8 Infirm 9 Laurel 10 Family 11 Differ 12 Blurry 13 Hairdo 14 Eureka 15 Ablate 16 Forced 17 Latter 18 Fourth 19 Filter.

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

They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

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

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

• No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

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

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

TARGET: • Average: 23 • Good: 32

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• Very good: 46 • Excellent: 59

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

Average: 5 Good: 7 Very good: 10

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QUICK Across: 1 News, 3 King, 5 Toy, 7 Stress, 9 Oven, 10 Orient, 11 Hug, 12 Hope, 14 Ice, 16 Mime, 17 Lovely, 18 Awe.

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Down: 2 Walnuts, 4 Scrooge, 6 Youth, 8 Spiritual, 11 Ham, 13 Pie, 15 Elves.

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1 Spruce, 4 Roasts, 9 Explain, 10 Elate, 11 Thyme, 12 Resolve, 13 Considerate, 18 Bramble, 20 Verse, 22 Alike, 23 Turnips, 24 Ninety, 25 Tenner.

7 Oropel, 8 Amazed, 9 Leno, 10 Greeting, 11 Worship, 13 Sleep, 15 Acebo, 17 Milagro, 20 Escarcha, 21 Cosy, 23 Wonder, 24 Lovely.

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1 Sweets, 2 Reply, 3 Clarets, 5 Opens, 6 Shallot, 7 Stewed, 8 Ingredients, 14 Oration, 15 Reverie, 16 Obtain, 17 Teaser, 19 Bleat, 21 Reign.

1 Tree, 2 Aprons, 3 Alegría, 4 Camel, 5 Pastel, 6 Reindeer, 12 Occasion, 14 Miracle, 16 Brandy, 18 Alcove, 19 Scarf, 22 Sale.

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QUIZ: THAT WAS 2018 THAT WAS (PART 1) 1. Which Danish player beat Simona Halep 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 to win the 2018 Australian Open Women's Tennis championship, her first Grand Slam title, in January?

2. David Beckham launched a Major League Soccer (MLS) team in which US city in January?

3. Which online news and social networking service reported its first quarterly profit as a public company in February?

4. Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in as president of which country in February?

5. The world’s oldest message in a bottle was found in Western Australia in March; it had been thrown from the German ship Paula how many years earlier: (a) 152 years (b) 132 years or (b) 112 years?

6. What is the name of the founder of Amazon who Forbes announced as the world’s richest person for the first time at $112 billion in March?

7. Where, in Australia, did the 21st Commonwealth Games take place in April?

8. In April, which animated sitcom surpassed Gunsmoke’s 635-episode count to have the highest episode count of any

series on US television?

9. Which Welshman won his third World Snooker Championship by beating John Higgins 18-16 in final in May? 10. Which country won the 2018 Eurovision song contest in May? 11. What is the name of the Spanish prime minister who was forced out of office by a no-confidence vote in parliament filed by socialist leader Pedro Sánchez in June?

12. What is the name of President Trump’s spokesperson who was asked to leave the Red Hen Restaurant in Lexington, Virginia in June over her support of the president’s policies?

Not a lot of people know that… 12 camels were disqualified from the King Abdulaziz Camel Beauty Contest in Saudi Arabia in January after their owners used Botox on their lips and in June a special pedestrian lane was introduced in Xi’an, China, just for ‘phubbers’, slow-walking smartphone users.

Answers: 1. CAROLINE WOZNIACKI, 2.

MIAMI (Club Internacional de Fútbol Miami, referred to as Inter Miami CF or Inter Miami), 3. TWITTER, 4.

SOUTH AFRICA, 5. B - 132 YEARS (June 12, 1886), 6. JEFF BEZOS, 7.

GOLD COAST, 8. THE SIMPSONS, 9. MARK WILLIAMS, 10. ISRAEL (Toy performed by Netta), 11.

MARIANO RAJOY, 12. SARAH SANDERS

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• Mel Gibson, Actor; January 3, 63 a permanent fixture on the BBC’s Strictly Come This well-known actor and filmmaker has taken Dancing judging panel. on some of the most iconic roles in American • Bradley Cooper, Actor; January 5, 44 cinema, including Max Rockatansky in the Mad This multiple Academy Award nominee first gained fame in American television show Alias, Max action series, as well as Martin Riggs in the Lethal Weapon film series. Despite being known before breaking out into big screen recognition Bradley Cooper. for his Australian connections, Gibson was born in 2009 film The Hangover. Two sequels later in New York, moving to Sydney when he was 12. and Cooper is still going strong, with blockbusters • Craig Revel Horwood, Dancer; January 4, 54 including Guardians of the Galaxy, and Avengers: Infinity War. His most recent project, a remake of the classic Everyone’s favourite love-to-hate Strictly Come Dancing judge, Revel Horwood has choreographed musical A star is Born, saw the actor also take on the role some of the best-known musicals around the world. The of director.

Australian-British dancer has choreographed West Side • Eddie Redmayne, Actor; January 6, 37 Former Etonian Eddie Redmayne followed a school Story, Calamity Jane, Beautiful and Damned, and is now

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career where he was in the same class as Prince William by breaking into the acting circuit in the West End theatres, and later, small guest television appearances. He first worked in films in 2006, before finding major fame and winning an Academy Award for 2014 film The Theory of Everything, exploring the life of renowned scientists Stephen Hawking.

• Nicholas Cage, Actor; January 7, 55 This eclectic actor has starred in comedies, thrillers, children’s films, and dramas, beginning his film career with 1983 film Valley Girl. Cage has since gone on to appear in classic films Peggy Sue Got Married, Moonstruck, and City of Angels, earning himself two Academy Award nominations along the way.

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WHEN renowned archaeologist Richard Mathis learns his daughter, Bella, has gone missing, he is back on the first available plane from Crete to America.

Within two days, the scientist is found dead. His young assistant, Angela Chase, is left to pick up the pieces, devastated by the loss of her friend and colleague. Angela determines to find Bella, whose own lonely upbringing reminds her of her own, and finds the girl may have made dangerous connections.

Angela Chase, who was born Laurel Springfield, spends her own career unearthing truths from the past, but finds her carefully constructed identity unravel as she searches for Bella.

As she hones in on the truth about the young girl’s disappearance, will Angela find Bella before it is too late?

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by Leslie Archer, uncovers how a shared tragedy can bring two women together.

This week in history

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• 1066 - King crowned Harold II is crowned King of England following the death of Edward the Confessor.

• 1521 - No church German priest Martin Luther is excommunicated from the Catholic Church by Pope Leo X after criticising its policies.

• 1924 - King Tut British archaeologist Howard Carter uncovers the greatest treasure in the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamen near Luxor, Egypt, after two years of searching; the mummy of the emperor.

• 1945 - Kamikaze pilots Japanese pilots received their first orders to become kamikaze fighters, meaning, ‘divine wind,’ in Japanese, and perform a suicidal blitz in the last months of the Second World War. • 1968 - Prague Spring Czechoslovakia moves away from the Russian rule towards more liberal reforms, after Antonin Novotny, its Stalinist ruler, is succeeded as first secretary by Alexander Dubcek, a liberal Slovak.

• 1975 - Communists Phuoc Binh, around 60 miles north of Saigon in Vietnam, becomes the first provincial capital to fall to the communists since three years before.

• 1999 - First Euro The Euro debuts for the first time in the corporate and investment markets, uniting Europe with a common currency for the first time since Charlemagne’s reign in the ninth century.

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BBC series Mrs Wilson explores the question of how well we ever know the ones we love.

Set in London in the 1940’s and 1960’s, and India in the 1930’s, the three-part drama follows the true story of Alison Wilson, grandmother of Golden Globe winning actress Ruth Wilson, who thinks she has the perfect marriage until the death of her husband, Alec, throws up some unpleasant truths.

When a stranger turns up on Alison’s doorstep claiming that she too was married to Alec, and is the real Mrs Wilson, Alison sets out to prove her marriage was real and she was the true love of Alec’s life, but instead uncovers disturbing truths about the man she thought she knew.

Starring Alison’s own granddaughter, successful actress Ruth Wilson, Mrs Wilson is a tale of deceit, love, and identity.

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Let’s dance WITH Strictly Come Dancing as popular as ever, more and more people are taking up dancing. And researchers in Japan have found older people who take up the hobby are less likely to lose their independence.

A team of scientists tracked a group of more than 1,000 women aged between 75 and 84 and found those who dance were less likely to need help with everyday tasks such as bathing. They also found dancing was more effective than other forms of exercise in helping with independence, compared to jogging, cycling, and golf.

The study, carried out at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology and published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science, found that dancing, ‘is a more useful exercise for maintaining brain structure and balance in older adults’ ability to walk, strength and flexibility exercise.’

Lead author Dr Yosuke Osu-

ka said: “Although it is unclear why dancing alone reduced the risk of ADL [activities associated with daily living] disability, dancing requires not only balance, strength, and endurance ability, but also cognitive ability - adaptability and concentration to move according to the music and partner, artistry for graceful and fluid motion, and memory for choreography.”

The study’s authors concluded: ‘Participation in dancing was significantly and independently associated with a reduced risk of incident ADL disability among older Japanese women.’

Researchers studied the women over eight years, during which time they participated in a range of exercises, indulging martial arts and tai chi. Dancing was found to improve both endurance and strength, whilst also adding a mental challenge element which scientists think may help with everyday tasks.

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women who dance are 73 per cent less likely to need help with routine tasks, such as dressing, bathing and eating.

Dr Yosuke said: “Dancing should be a useful exercise for maintaining functional capacity in this population.

This finding may encourage participation in dancing among the older population.”

During the research, older women were asked to take part in 16 exercise types, including hiking, ball games, bowling, aqua exercise and yoga. All members of the study group lived independently at the beginning of the eight years, and none had difficulties with daily tasks, but roughly one in eight developed problems.

Scientists compared exercises, and found dancing reduced women’s risk of needing help with daily activities, including walking, eating, bathing, dressing and using the bathroom.

DANCING: Older women benefited from dance.

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Post party SOS Reduce the appearance of facial ageing, wrinkles, scar tissue, stretch marks with a Dermapen treatment!

THE Dermapen is the latest in pen needling technology, a motorised instrument that uses a disposable needle tip to create small ‘wounds’ in your skin. But don’t worry - it’s not painful. Superficial treatment levels are tolerable with nothing more than some topical numbing gel.

When a person hurts themselves, the skin will generally initiate skin repair by stimulating growth factors that will, in turn, lead to the generation of collagen and elastin.

Therefore, when the punctures are made using the Dermapen, the skin will treat the punctures as wounds and therefore initiate healing. This means that micro-needling tends to trick the skin to produce collagen and elastin to promote ‘healing’ and the effect will be a rejuvenated skin. We also put a rich serum on, containing vitamins, minerals and amino acids. This is to give the new born cells the best cocktail to develop in.

Dermapen is used mostly for face wrinkles, scars, stretch marks and facial lines. For wrinkles and face lines, basically, the produced collagen and elastin will cause the skin to thicken and also tighten, leaving the skin looking youthful.

Generally, Dermapen has been effective and quite advantageous over other skin treatment procedures.

This has seen to it that its popularity keeps growing by the day.

At Derma Clinic Spain, our team of medical professionals take pride in providing expert care to help you achieve a healthy, natural, rejuvenated appearance.

If you’re interested in learning more about DermaPen Micro-Needling or any of our other skin rejuvenation treatments, please give us a call.

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THE festive season is great; catching up with family, indulging in our favourite foods, and generally having a good time.

But alongside any feelings of discomfort you may experience from too much food or alcohol, can be evidence of overindulgence shown on your skin and hair.

Our skin, hair and nails are a good barometer of health and are very quick to show when we having been looking after ourselves as much as normal.

This can present itself in the form of hair that is dry and unmanageable at the mid-length and ends but greasy at the root. Or skin that has lost its healthy colour and may look dry or flaky. We may even break out in more spots than normal.

The best changes always take place from the inside out, and we can undo a lot of damage caused after having eating unhealthy food or drinking more alcohol than normal by cutting back on the food and drinks which are worst for us.

Most people naturally cut back a little in January, slowly returning to their old eating habits, or even embarking on a drastic new regime, such as giving up alcohol for the month.

Upping your intake of water is the first priority whether you

OVERSTRESSED: Look after your skin, hair and nails after the busy season.

are concerned about your hair, nails, or skin, as dehydration is the cause behind many beauty complaints.

Festive over-indulgence coupled with central heating or log fires means many of us are dehydrated without necessarily knowing it.

Next, load up on the fruits and vegetables which pack the most health punch. These include berries, which contain vitamins which help with skin elasticity, as well as healthy

oils such as olive oil and those found in mackerel and salmon. These will help to support the skin’s structure.

Another essential is protein.

This helps us create keratin, the building blocks which make up our skin, hair and nails. Healthy sources of protein include white meat, such as chicken and turkey, fish, and seafood.

In the meantime, you can fake your way to a post-Christmas glow by hydrating from the outside.

This means an intensive hair mask once a week to mois-

turise strands and seal the cuticles, leaving a glossy shine and preventing split ends. If your hair has truly taken a battering over the festive season, a trim will help restore the look of health.

For the skin on your face and body, make sure to moisturise regularly, as well as using a gentle exfoliant once a week to slough off the dead cells contributing to a lacklustre appearance. Finally, for your nails, treat them by massaging a small amount of oil into the cuticles and surrounding skin, followed by a hand cream to prevent any flakiness.

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Cliched as it may sound, your health is too important to push to one side.

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M e d c a r e ’s G P p r a c t i c e h a s launched the innovative ‘DO SOMETHING’ campaign this month. Whereas normally there is one fully comprehensive health check available, now patients can choose between three checks, dependent on their health concerns and budget, but at least they can all DO SOMETHING! The Health Check initiative has been one of Medcare’s most popular campaigns since the clinic began providing GP services to expats over a decade ago.

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Christmas is traditionally a joyful season, when smiling and

Incredible shrinking pores AS we age, the amount of collagen and elastin we have keeping our skin springy decreases and our skin sags slightly, leaving us with pores which appear larger.

And while there is nothing that can change the size of your pores, there is plenty that you can do to make them appear smaller.

Firstly, while you cannot pysyically shrink your pores, a build-up of dirt and sebum in them can certainly have the opposite effect so start your skincare routine every day by gently cleansing. Using an oil-based cleanser will work well for most skin types as oil actually attracts oil which means these cleansers are a very effective way of ridding your skin of any grease without using stripping detergents.

The latest oil-based cleansers use emollients which turn milky on contact with water, allowing the product to dive deep into your pores and bring out any dirt too, preventing blackheads.

Next, use a gentle exfoliator to slough off dead skin cells which can make pores look more prominent. Dead skin

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Ensure that at every stage you are gentle with your skin, however, as being overly-aggressive with any products can cause permanent damage to the

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Retinoid products (ones containing vitamin A) naturally exfoliate the skin without using any beads or scrubs and increase cell turnover, making the pores appear smaller.

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CELEBRITIES • BEST OF THE YEAR

Braak in the sun!

Work of art!

BEACH READY: Annalise Braakensiek.

HER 16-year marriage to stockbroker Danny Goldberg ended in April.

But Australian model Annalise Braakensiek showed she’s letting things hang loose as she soaked up the rays on holiday in Barcelona.

The 45-year-old bombshell sent temperatures soaring after whipping off her bikini top before posting a saucy snap on Instagram captioned in Spanish: ‘A very magical and fun day.’

Photo credit Instagram/Annalise Braakensiek

Beach ready FORMER The Only Way Is Essex star Ferne Mccann has been living it up in Marbella.

The 27-year-old posted a series of snaps to social media as she flaunted her washboard abs in a series of racy swimsuits. Ferne gave birth to daughter Sunday in November, and recently said of her post-baby body: “My body shape has changed completely. I’m not totally ripped but my thighs have shrunk.”

RED HOT MAMA: Ferne in Marbella.

SHE is expecting her third child with Real Madrid and Spain footballer Sergio Ramos.

And TV presenter Pilar Rubio, 39, showed she is game for a laugh after cheekily painting her bump to resemble politically incorrect South Park character Eric Cartman.

The beauty captioned the shot: “Today we came up with a few ideas so that pregnant women can disguise themselves at carnivals.

This is my favourite!”

HOT MAMA: Pilar Rubio and (right) her decorated bump.

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This week Celebrity Chef from Ready Steady Cook &Fellow Master Chef Steven Saunders, proprietor of The Little Geranium in La Cala shares some New Year diet tips for a lighter and alternative way of eating after Christmas!

A Beginners guide to a low carb Keto diet Steven Saunders FMCGB The Little Geranium La Cala de Mijas & Marbella

www.thelittlegeranium.com I’VE been writing for newspapers and magazines since I was about 26. I have written for all the catering journals and magazines like OK, Hello and now Euro Weekly News (by far the best one!) Almost every New Year I write about being healthy because, let’s face it, we wake up on New Year’s Day feeling dreadful and realising that we have eaten and drank enough to last the whole year!

We want and need to make some changes to our diet, eat less junkfood, smoke less, drink less and then by March we will have forgotten about it all! But you can and should be able to sustain it as long as you don’t feel the cravings. Out of all the diets and fads (and I’ve tried them all!) the best one by far is the Keto diet.

The name ‘keto’ in a ketogenic diet comes from the fact that it allows the body to produce small fuel mole-

cules called ‘ketones.’ This is an alternative fuel source for the body, used when blood sugar (glucose) is in short supply. The liver produces ketones from fat.

These ketones then serve as a fuel source throughout the body and ketones are produced if you eat very few carbs and moderate amounts of protein (excess protein can also be converted to blood sugar).

It’s a diet that is safe for everyone unless you are taking medication for diabetes, high blood pressure or you are breast feeding. (Consult your doctor first if that is the case.)

On a ketogenic diet, your entire body switches its fuel supply to run mostly on fat, burning fat 24-7.

When insulin levels become very low, fat burning can increase dramatically. This is great if you’re trying to lose weight, but there are also other benefits, such as less hunger and a steady supply of energy. I have really found this diet to be the best ever! For more information on this fantastic safe and logical diet go to www.dietdoc tor.com/low-carb/keto So what can I eat on this diet?

• Lots of fish and seafood • Cheese • Eggs • Natural fat like olive oil, butter, coconut oil, avocado oil

• Meat • Vegetables that grow above the ground especially leafy green vegetables • Berries like strawberries, blackcurrants, blueberries • Tea, coffee with no sugar, water, wine in moderation, some diet drinks What shall I avoid?

• Bread unless made with almond flour • Potatoes • Pasta • Sweet candy • Chocolate bars • Rice and grains • Most fruits other than some berries • Fizzy drinks and beer • Condiments like ketchup, brown sauce • Energy drinks, smoothies, orange juice Some of these changes may take getting used to but they are not dramatic and I find that I can switch over pretty easily. Personally I drink wine and diet coke and sparkling water and I have taught myself to ignore the more carby foods but that doesn’t meant that from time to time you can’t eat the odd carb. So on a Sunday when the restaurant is closed I usually cook a roast meal with roasted potatoes and some of the more carby root veggies. To be honest I don’t miss them much

and I don’t feel ‘wow thank god for potatoes.’ On the contrary, and so if it works for me it should work for you too!

At The Little Geranium we are just about to introduce a healthy menu section, it will be based around the Keto diet plan. If you need help or advice feel free to pop in and see me!

Here are some food swaps to kick off the Keto plan gently: 1. Swap milk chocolate for dark chocolate ideally sugar free(a minimum 80 per cent cocoa solids) 2. Swap fruit yoghurts for natural Greek yoghurt and add fresh raspberries 3. Swap cheese and biscuits for cheese with an apple or with olives or celery 4. Swap crisps and sugary nuts for whole brazil nuts or macadamia nuts 5. Swap white rice and all grains for cauliflower rice 6. Swap potatoes for cauliflower hash browns or cheesy cauliflower 7. Swap below the ground root veg for above the ground green leafy vegetables 8. Swap sweets and cakes for some fresh raspberries or blackberries 9. Swap bread for bread made with only almond flour 10. Swap flour totally for almond flour that way you can still eat pizza etc!

Make your own Almond Flour Simply buy peeled whole almonds (or peel them yourself by blanching them in boiling water and removing the skins). Blend in a food processor until fine and pass through a sieve. You can add yeast, but don’t add sugar!

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Movie music magic A KEY part of blockbusting movies has always been the score.

SPECTACLE: The FSO put on a superb show.

For t hose who l ove t he music just as much as the actual pictures a treat is in store in Alicante with the arrival of the Film Symphony Or chest r a ( FSO) , which this season is showcasi ng t he wor ks of John Williams.

This is being billed as the most ambitious tribute ever paid to the ‘greatest composer of al l t i m e: John Wi l l i am s.’ Mor e t han 30 soundt r acks, and over f our hour s of m usi c make for an unforgettable concert, As al ways, t he FSO brings its ‘quality guarantee’ to the tour, which aims to ‘bring symphonic music to a wide audience, uniting culture, art and spectacle under the umbrella of that most universal of passions: cinema.’

Since September the FSO has been performed at cities across Spain (with first-time performances in nine cities

- Jer ez, Ll ei da, Gi j ón, Logr oño and Al becet e, am ong ot her s) . Thi s t our will also see the FSO perform in Portugal for the first time in its history, with a special concert in Lisbon and another in Porto.

It will be in Alicante City at the ADDA - Auditorio de la Diputación de Alicante – on Sunday, Januar y 13 at 7pm.

John Williams is widely r egar ded as t he bi ggest name in cinema music, having worked on soundtracks like Jurassic Park, JFK, The Patriot, Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Har r y Pot t er, am ongst m any ot her s He has also made major musical contributions outside of the world of cinema, composing for television, for concert pieces, as well as m usi c f or t he Ol ym pi c Gam es i n Los Angel es (1984), Seoul (1988), Atlanta (1996) and Salt Lake City (2002).

Catch some Flamenco THERE are two more chances to catch top quality folk music and dance as part of the Panorama Flamenco series at the Teatro Talia in Valencia City.

The next performance will be on January 15 when Gema Moneo and Diego del Morao will star in a Flamenco showfeaturing dance, ‘cante,’ percussion and Spanish guitar. Then on February 12 Daniel de Francisco will take centre stage.

Shows start at 8pm with tickets from €13.

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by Sally Underwood BRITISH expatriates are still flocking to the Spanish Costas despite Brexit, it has emerged.

A study by the International Federation of Real Estate Professions (FIABCI) reported that the number of homes sold to non-Spanish in Alicante Province rocketed to 6,352 in the second quarter of 2018.

This figure represents a 15 per cent rise on the same period in the year before, according to the Valencian College of Notaries, and published by Idealista.com. Britons are the

most likely to buy a property on the Costa Blanca, followed by the Swedish, Belgians, Germans, French, Norwegians, Russians, and Dutch.

Overall, 44 per cent of second homes on the Costa Blanca, Costa del Sol and Balearic Islands are owned by expatriates. Meanwhile, foreign buyers represent 15 per cent of all property purchases in Spain.

Amongst the Spanish, residents of Madrid are most likely to want a second property on the Costa Blanca, with more residents of the capital

THE number of mortgages granted in Spain rose by 20.4 per cent in 2018.

In October, 30,356 were registered, an increase of more than 20 per cent on the previous period the year before.

By the same month, nearly 300,000 mortgages had been granted across Spain, an increase of 10.7 per cent on

buying in Alicante Province than anywhere else in Spain.

According to the Real Estate Trust Index, produced by real estate agency Solvia, this popularity is important for the health of the local property market in Alicante.

For anyone who still has any nagging doubts about investing in Spanish property after Brexit, professionals at Yer Realty are urging expatriates not to worry, saying, “the market is staying stable and the worst is over.”

While Spain’s property market did take a dip in the

the number granted between January and October 2017. Experts say they think 2018 may turn out to have the highest figures since 2011.

Meanwhile, the amount of capital lent in mortgages increased proportionally with the increase in number granted, with the amount going up by

Lending boom 25.9 per cent. The figure has increased in 17 of the last 18 months, reflecting

New housing laws CHANGES to housing laws proposed last week by the Spanish central government have now come into effect.

Under the new laws, the period of rental contracts has been increased from three years to five. Also, if neither party gives notice not to renew a contract within its last six months it will automatically be renewed for another three years rather than the current one year.

The government has also created legislation preventing landlords from asking for more than two months’ worth of rent as a deposit, except in the case of long-term lets.

Additionally, the costs of any real estate management and of formalising the contract will be borne by the property owner, as long as they are a legal entity, and unless any expenses incurred were directly initiated by the tenant.

The government has also said, as long as there is a rental agreement in place, improvement works can be carried out to a property with a new con-

RENTAL LAWS: Changes have come into force. tract being created.

Meanwhile, landlords now have new rights to claim their property back under several circumstances without having to expressly include this in a rental agreement.

A tenant will also be allowed to leave the contract at any time after the first six months, giving their landlord 30 days’ notice, and any compensation will be agreed.

Additional rights have also been included in the new law for particularly vulnerable peo-

last quarter of 2017 in the months after Brexit negotiations began, the market strengthened again in 2018, and real estate sales have, ‘fully stabilised,’ according to Idealista.com. They add: ‘In fact, compared to the first quarter of last year, property sales have increased by 10.9 per cent.’

Yer Realty says it is partly interest from foreign buyers which keeps Spain’s markets so strong, particularly on the Costa Blanca, commenting, ‘the British have been the international buyers who have

ple. A rented housing law has been amended to mean that social services can now intervene in the eviction of a vulnerable tenant, even if a court order has been given, until that person can be found a suitable alternative.

Social services will also work in closer contact with the court system to adopt measures to protect families on lower-incomes, as well those with larger family responsibilities, offering greater legal protection to both landlords and tenants.

PROPERTY BOOM: Market continues to thrive on Spanish coasts. been most loyal to the Costa Blanca for years, and in fact they are the international customers with the greatest pur-

the boom in the property market.

During October this year, the average mortgage granted was €126,926, at an interest rate of 2.63 per cent over a 24-year term. Meanwhile, 60.4 per cent of mortgages were offered out at a variable rate, compared to 39.6 per cent at fixed rate.

chasing power in the real estate market in the region for percentage of all sales in Alicante.’

During the first 10 months of 2018, the overall amount of borrowed capital increased by 16.6 per cent during January to October the previous year.

Experts believe if the trend continues as it has done, there will be between 335,000 and 345,000 mortgages handed out in 2018.

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New Porsche touring car GERMAN car maker Porsche has unveiled a new touring model which it said was designed for maximum driving pleasure.

The Porsche 718 T is based on the design of the 1968 911 T and is available in the company’s Boxster and Cayman ranges.

The company said in a statement that its ‘T’ touring models were synonymous with driving pleasure.

“The 718 T will be most at home on winding country roads, offering the joy of dynamic driving as its ultimate goal,” Porsche said.

“The two-seater accommodates this philosophy through a pared down range of features,” the company added.

The 718 T features 51-centimetre alloy wheels, the PASM sports chassis, a six-speed gearbox, Porsche Torque Vectoring (PTV) and Porsche dual-clutch transmission. It is powered by a 220 kilowatt four-

cylinder engine which is capable of delivering top speeds of 275 kilometres per hour.

The interior includes sports seats with the 718 logo embroidered on the headrest.

The Porsche Communication Management (PCM) entertainment system has been removed, but buyers can opt to have it fitted free of charge.

The Boxster version comes as a coupe while the Cayman has a standard roof.

ON TOUR: The 718 T is most at home on winding country roads.

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NOT only do today’s senior executives have to deal with the many pressures of running business, but choosing a company car can be equally taxing.

In recent times three fine luxury saloons have been launched by Mercedes, BMW and most recently, Audi, making it quite a head scratcher to pick a winner.

But for those who simply can’t decide, there is always the dependable Jaguar XF. As with its rivals, you get a choice of petrol or diesel engines, two of each, in the XF’s case, in varying states of tune and with either one or two turbos or a supercharger attached.

The range stretches from a 161bhp 2.0-litre diesel right up to a 375bhp 3.0-litre supercharged petrol V6 in the XF S. All but the latter can be had in one of three versions: entry-level Prestige, aggressive-looking R-Sport or luxurious Portfolio.

All are automatic, while the majority of engines are offered with the option of four-wheel drive. Notable by

Jaguar XF: Class is permanent

CAR ROYALTY: Many buy Jaguars on reputation and looks. its absence, mind you, is any form of hybrid, plug-in or otherwise.

Inside, the Jaguar XF certainly manages to feel opu-

lent, from the thin sliver of wood encircling you to the fluted leather on the seats.

Like all modern Jaguars, the XF is let down a little by

its infotainment set-up too, which is a little fiddly and dated looking.

There’s a decent amount of space up front too, and in

the back there’s more than enough for two large adults.

The boot’s one of the biggest in its class too, although it isn’t the most us-

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able thanks to an oddlyshaped floor that slopes up toward the front of the car, making it harder to stack large loads.

Also, when you start the engine there is a rather invasive hum, and a considerable vibration through your seat.

However, the chassis rides fluently and irons out larger undulations, settling into a relaxed lope on the motorway.

The steering is beautifully judged: fast without feeling snappy, smooth without impacting on feel, light but without feeling remote.

Out of every corner you blast, faster and faster, squeezing on the throttle each time and allowing the traction to carry you away.

For all its rattle and hum, this big diesel engine is certainly punchy, serving up huge globs of torque right where you want them.

Overall, this is still a likeable enough alternative to the luxury car norm and one that, if you’re willing to live with its flaws, will put a big grin on your face every time you take the long way home.

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ROAD TEST

by Nick Fletcher SINCE its launch in the early 1990’s, the Renault Clio sales to t a l h a s t o p p e d 1 2 million, making it one of the most popular hatchbacks in motoring history. And the latest version seems set to continue that success.

With a recently revised line-up, Clio is available is three trim levels - Play, Iconic and GT Line - and with a choice of petrol and diesel engines, with prices startin g at €15,132 (£13,600).

The entry level Play model is we l l e q u i p p e d w ith black alloy wheels, digital radio, Bluetooth and USB and AUX ports, smartphone application allowing access to sat-nav, cruise control, air conditioning, keyless entry and d a y t i m e r u n n in g lights.

The m i d - r a n g e I c o n ic adds other features including rear parking sensors, sat-nav a n d m u l t i m ed ia touchscreen, while the topof-the-range GT Line gets a sportie r l o o k i n c l u d in g

Renault Clio Play REVISED LINE-UP: Available in three trim levels.

chrome rear diffuser and exh au s t, s id e s k irts , L ED headlights, automatic headlights and wipers, automatic climate control.

My featured model is the C lio P la y w ith a th ree cylinder 0.9 litre 90 hp turbo-petrol engine and costs € 1 5 , 6 8 3 (£ 1 4 , 0 9 5 ). This p erk y u n it o ffe rs a top s p ee d o f 1 7 7 k p h (110

STATS PANEL Model: Renault Clio Play Engine: 0.9 litre turbo-petrol Transmission: 5-speed manual Performance: 0-100 kph 12 seconds, top speed 177 kph (110 mph) Economy: 20 kpl (56.5 mpg) Emissions: 113 g/km

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

mph), a 0-100 kph time of 12 seconds, and good average fuel economy of 20 kpl (56.5 mpg). Emissions are 113 g/km.

Renault have always been st r ong on vi sual st yl i ng, producing cars with plenty of character and appeal, and the latest Clio is no exception. Its strong flowing l i nes, bol d f r ont end and

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large dominant grille badge make an immediate impression. Inside, the cabin has a sporty appearance with an eye-catching curvy dashboard. Rear seat occupants get a l i t t l e m or e l eg and headroom than most rivals in the class, and the boot is qui t e subst ant i al at 300 l i t r es, expandabl e t o 1,146 litres by folding the rear seats.

Underway, the Clio is quite responsive and seems quicker than its 12-second 0-100 kph time suggests. Handl i ng i s ver y good, with well-weighted st eer i ng and a neat combination of corneri ng com posur e and r i de com f or t t hanks i n par t t o slightly softer dampers. It has a neat and nimble feel which provides driver reassurance and enjoyment.

The hatchback sector is a cr owded pl ace and whi l e the Clio isn’t the quickest or the most economical in the class, it offers a more stylish image and an element of sporty cachet that most rivals cannot match,

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Champions League Final

Bale shows Real class

MAY ED: 1717 WONDER STRIKE: Gareth Bale’s stunning goal set up Real Madrid’s win.

GARETH BALE scored one of European football’s great goals as Real Madrid beat Liverpool 3-1 to win their third successive Champions League title.

Jurgen Klopp’s side suffered a huge blow with only half an hour played, as star player Mohamed Salah collided with Sergio Ramos and got his arm caught underneath him as they fell to ground.

The incident led to Salah being stretchered off with a dislocated shoulder and he is now a doubt for the World Cup with Egypt.

Liverpool keeper Loris Karius endured a game from one of his worst nightmares, gifting Karim Benzema the opening goal shortly after half time with a rushed pass out of hand.

The Reds recovered from the calamity to equalise through Sadio Mane, bef o r e B a l e c a m e o ff t h e bench to score a spectacular overhead kick and put Real 2-1 up after 64 minutes.

There was to be no comeback from a shell-

shocked Liverpool this time, and Karius’ misery was complete when he fumbled Bale’s speculative 30-yard shot into the net in what should have been a routine save.

The result sealed Real’s record 13th win in the competition, and their fourth in

five seasons to give coach Zinedine Zidane his third triumph in three years.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has now lost his third successive final since arriving at Anfield, having s u ff e r e d d e f e a t s i n t h e League Cup and Europa League finals of 2016.

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R BEST OF THE YEA MICHAEL SCHUMACHER’S 19-year-old son Mick, has claimed his maiden Formula 3 victory on the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, 26 years after the legendary German driver, won his first F1 title there.

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LEWIS HAMILTON has won his fifth F1 World Championship, making him the joint second most successful driver of all time.

The 33-year-old becomes only the third man in history to win five world titles and draws level with Argentinian legend Juan Manuel Fangio.

Only the peerless Michael Schumacher stands ahead of him with seven titles, and that total will be the Briton’s next target.

Hamilton needed only to finish seventh at Sunday’s Mexican Grand Prix to become champion, even if Sebastian Vettel had won.

However, the German Ferrari driver could only manage second place behind the dominant Max Verstappen, despite

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Hamilton wins fifth F1 title OCTOBER ED: 1739 a strong and determined race.

Hamilton battled tyre problems throughout a difficult race, but his finishing position of fourth was more than enough to reach his memorable milestone.

At the end of the race, Hamilton celebrated in the traditional way with a series of ‘doughnut’ spins in the track’s stadium section before waving to the capacity 135,000 crowd.

“To complete this, when Fangio has done it with Mercedes, it is an incredible moment,” Hamilton said.

“It was a horrible race, I was just trying to bring the car home.”

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FAMOUS FIVE: Hamilton celebrates his superb fifth title.

Vettel broke off from his post-race interview to congratulate his rival, as the two men showed their respect for each other after another intense battle.

Vettel said: “They did a superb job all year - we need to stand there and accept that.”