Euro Weekly News - Costa del Sol 31 Jan - 6 Feb 2019 Issue 1752

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31 Jan - 6 Feb 2019

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Brexit backing

By Joe Gerrard

BRITAIN’S Prime Minister is seeking changes to her and the EU’s draft Brexit deal after Parliament backed her in votes on Tuesday while Brussels said renegotiations were not an option.

Theresa May told MPs the government would “redouble” its efforts to extract further concessions from the EU on the Northern Irish backstop.

The House of Commons backed her but called for a nodeal scenario to be taken off the table and for the backstop to be replaced.

Changing the agreement would not be easy because of Brussels’ “limited appetite” for renegotiation, May said. She has until February 14, the day until the next vote on her deal in Parliament, to secure changes.

May said: “This House has made clear what it needs to ap-

CHANGE BID: May is set to go back to Brussels. (file photo)

prove a withdrawal agreement.”

The Prime Minister held talks with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn yesterday (Wednesday). Corbyn said her

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handling of the situation had so far been “shambolic.”

Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, said the bloc was united around the existing agreement.

A GROUP of feminists in Marbella has called on the city’s mayor to investigate claims that lawyers are encouraging women to make false gender violence accusations to get on welfare.

Marbella Feminists said they have written to Mayor Angeles Muñoz asking her to look into the claims. They are being made by Local Police officers on social media, the group claimed.

“We have sent a letter calling for the accusations to be investigated. If they are false then we want the name of the Local Police to be cleared up, since

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EU Council President Donald Tusk said: “The backstop is part of the withdrawal agreement, and the withdrawal agreement is not open for renegotiation.”

it seems unfair to us that officers who dedicate themselves heart and soul should be tarnished by such statements,” Marbella Feminists said.

The full weight of the law should be brought down on any lawyer that was telling women to make such claims if it is true, the group added.

“We will not allow any unethical association to stain the name of the women’s movement. We intend to meet with the National Police Commissioner to explain our concern and also to thank him for the work police do for our protection and security.”

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NEWS EXTRA Hospital worries A TRADE UNION representing medical staff has said the Andalucian Health Service (SAS) may be in the process of ‘dismantling’ Torremolinos’ Hospital Maritimo following services being moved from the centre over the past few years.

New flight BUDGET airline Ryanair has announced a new route from Cardiff to Malaga Airport which is set to begin flying from June 3, with the flight set to run three times a week until September.

Priest dies THE former head of the Diocese of Malaga, Fernando Sebastian Aguilar has died at the age of 89 of a stroke, with the priest having worked his way up the hierarchy of the Catholic Church to cardinal during his ministry.

BUST: Officers found drugs, fake weapons and cash.

Drug raids NATIONAL POLICE officers have arrested three women aged between 24 and 40 in raids at Fuengirola flats which uncovered stashes of drugs, mock-up weapons and cash.

Fuengirola’s First Court of Instruction ordered searches at the three apartments after launching a probe into claims that drugs were being sold from them.

Officers seized 37 pre-prepared doses of cocaine and 19 grams of it raw, two of

heroin and 11 grams of hashish. Police also found a gun and 32 blank rounds of ammunition, a fake revolver and €620 in cash.

Investigators suspect the occupiers of the flats have been squatting there illegally.

The owners are foreign nationals who have not lived there for some years, officers said in a statement.

The suspects have been arrested and charged in connection with the raids, with proceedings now due to go to court.

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Headteacher assault A SCHOOL in Malaga City has suspended an 11-year-old pupil who allegedly kicked his headteacher in the groin while waiting for his mother.

The Hans Christian Andersen school pupil, was waiting at the centre, in the La Union area of Malaga City, at the end of the day when the assault took place.

The 11-year-old kicked, punched and scratched the

headteacher who then tried to restrain him to stop him from leaving.

The boy then kicked the staff member in the groin, according to a complaint filed after the incident.

The headteacher has since contacted the National Association of Teaching Professionals (ANPE) trade union.

The case has been passed onto education inspectors.

Grill thefts THE manager of a drainage company has called for help from the public after 172 cast iron drainage grills were stolen in Marbella and nearby towns since November.

Carlos Corral has asked for anyone who sees thieves attempting to make off with the grills to take a picture if possible to help identify the culprits. The cost of replacing grills totals €200 each, meaning around €34,400 will have to be spent replacing the 172 stolen, Corral said.

Walking football A LOCAL Walking Football team is set to take on England’s Over 60’s national side ahead of an international game against Gibraltar on February 9 at the Victoria Stadium.

Walking Football Spain will face England International on February 8. It comes ahead of the Walking Football World Cup in Paris in May.

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Hospital organs

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MARBELLA’S Costa del Sol Hospital received a total of 33 organs from donations last year, leaving it with 20 kidneys, five livers, four hearts and four lungs. Hospital data showed the number of people who donated organs rose from five in 2005 to 11 in 2018, with 108 multidonations registered since 2002.

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Migrant find

OFFICERS with the National Police have arrested 10 men and two women in La Linea in connection with a drugs smuggling ring which allegedly used drones to help with trafficking. Police said drones were used to monitor beaches ahead of landings and the gang moved around €5m in hashish in recent months.

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POLICE have launched an investigation into the disappearance of a 23-year-old Norwegian woman who has lived in Fuengirola since 2017. The woman, last seen in Madrid at the weekend, is 1.55 metres tall, has bleached long, blonde hair and is of normal build. Her family said her disappearance was out of character.

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GUARDIA CIVIL officers were called to the port of Algeciras after several migrants were found stowed away inside a container ship which arrived from Edinburgh. Port workers found the migrants hidden inside containers on the vessel and the Guardia Civil has since taken over the investigation which is ongoing.

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WILD: Doñana National Park is home to more than 100 bird species.

Natural beauty THIS picture of a flamingo taking flight was shot in southwest Spain’s Doñana National Park which will be in the spotlight on Saturday when the world marks World Wetlands Day. The National Park lies in the Andalucian province of Huelva and also crosses into Cadiz and Sevilla. It covers an area of 543 square kilometres, 135 of which are protected.

Doñana is in the Guadalquivir River delta which flows into the Atlantic Ocean, creating its many marshes

and wetlands. Its level of biodiversity is one of a kind in Europe. The National Park is home to a myriad of animal species including fallow deer, Spanish red deer, wild boars, European badgers and the endangered Iberian lynx.

There are also several bird species that live or migrate there from Africa, including flamingos, mallards, Egyptian vultures and the endangered Spanish imperial eagle.

Doñana was established as a nature

reserve in 1969 when the Spanish government and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) bought parts of its marshland. It became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994.

The National Park attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. But it has also come under threat from farming and irrigation.

A holding dam at the Los Frailes mine burst and released acidic water into the Guadalquivir in 1998. It cost an estimated €240 million to clean up.

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Airport claim A TRADE UNION has claimed the rights of around 100 workers at several catering companies in Malaga Airport are being violated. The CSIF union alleged staff in one company were paid 10 days late in one case and added several violations had already been reported to Spain’s Labour Inspectorate.

Two held NATIONAL POLICE officers have arrested a male and female suspect in Malaga City in connection with alleged unlicensed plastic surgery.

Investigators began probing the case after receiving several complaints, including one from a plastic surgery association, and officers said hundreds of people could have been affected by the operations.

Tourism survey HOLIDAYMAKERS came to the Costa del Sol mainly for the sun, the beach and culture, according to a tourism board survey on trends from last year.

Costa del Sol Tourism’s report showed nine in every 10 people who came to the region came for a holiday.

The weather and the beach were the top two reasons for coming to the region, followed by its cultural offering and its cuisine.

Costa del Sol Tourism’s report found visitors were typically aged around 50. Malaga City, Ronda and Mijas were among the most popular towns to visit.

About 37 per cent of those who came to the coast last year said it was their first time visiting. Around 70 per cent of overall visitors said they would return within the next three years. Almost all visitors, 98.1 per cent, said they would recommend the Costa del Sol for a holiday.

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Officer crash trial A MALAGA court has jailed a former Guardia Civil officer for one and a half years after finding him guilty of causing and fleeing from an accident while driving drunk.

The sixth criminal court ruled the defendant knew about what to do in the case of accidents due to his work for the police.

The crash injured three other people.

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road near Mijas when he crashed into a car and a moped after drinking in May 2014.

Officers called out to the scene found the defendant there and told him he had to stay until more arrived.

The defendant instead got into his vehicle in an effort to avoid alcohol and drugs tests, the court heard.

The court has banned the defendant from driving for a total of eight years.

The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1751 of the Euro Weekly News Costa del Sol edition, including 149 local stories.

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Helping out the homeless RED CROSS volunteers in Malaga Province helped a total of 1,111 homeless people in 2018, according to the charity.

Volunteers worked to help those on the streets in towns across the Costa del Sol including Benalmadena, Fuengirola, Marbella and Torremolinos, and also helped homeless people in Malaga City, the charity said.

The Red Cross said homeless people faced physical and mental challenges while living on the streets. “They can suffer serious violations of their rights including privacy and personal security, among others,” the charity said.

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HELPING HAND: Volunteers worked with the homeless. homelessness programme, said women on the streets faced an especially desperate situation.

“They face greater threats of violence, abuse and discrimina-

tion,” Echevarria said.

Volunteers handed out hot drinks, food and cleaning products to homeless people as part of their efforts to help them.

Age Care gathering A CHARITY which serves elderly English speakers put on talks with the Citizens Advice Bureau at their weekly coffee morning on Thursday.

Age Care hosted Citizen Advice Spain founder Myra Azzopardi for the talks at the International Baptist Church in Calahonda. Azzopardi covered a number of topics in the meeting including residency status for British people in Spain, the

Padron, pensions and Brexit.

She gave information about the differences between permanent and non-permanent residency, and information on driving licences. Azzopardi told those at the meeting there was no maximum driving age in Spain.

Age Care President Syd Weldon and Welfare Leader Lesley Berridge presented a donation to Azzopardi for Citizens Advice.

They also provided shelter for people who were sleeping rough and worked with them for more than 4,000 hours in 2018, the Red Cross said.

Brexit meeting BRITAIN’S Consul for southern Spain was joined by the mayor of Benalmadena and the members of an expatriate advocacy group for a meeting on Brexit last Thursday.

Charmaine Arbouin, Victor Navas and members of the Brexpats in Spain group held the meeting at Benalmadena Town Hall. It was put on to give British residents a chance to ask questions about how Brexit would affect them. Navas said the concerns of British residents were among the council’s top priorities. “We are at your disposal to deal with possible negative consequences of Brexit,” Navas said.

Housing first FUENGIROLA’S mayor welcomed two elderly residents into their new council house this week, the first to be housed under a new scheme to help older people with limited means.

Ana Mula handed over the keys to the house to Joaquina and Mira Esther.

The scheme is designed so elderly people can share houses and live as roommates.

Mula said the occasion was a ‘special and rewarding’ one.

“We launched this scheme after helping a person in similar circumstances to Joaquina and Maria. That lady told us she could not afford a rental because her income was so small,” the mayor said.

Francisco Jose Martin, Fuengirola Council’s housing spokesperson, said officials hope to offer up to 12 places under the scheme soon.

That’s a wrap TWO charities raised €7,200 for children with a genetic skin condition in December, through a gift-wrapping stand in Marbella’s La Cañada shopping centre.

FNAC and DEBRA returned for the fifth consecutive year to raise money for children with Epidermolysis bullosa (EB).

Volunteers set up an information stand to tell the public more about living with the condition.

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NEWS EXTRA Business start-ups FUENGIROLA’S mayor Ana Mula has said a total of 855 new businesses were registered last year, an average of 2.3 a day, adding it was a boost to the local economy, commerce and jobs.

Budget date CARLOS CONDE, Malaga City Council’s finance spokesperson, said plans for this year’s budget have not yet been signed off and will not be drawn up until the end of February at the earliest.

Rail fire FOUR trains on the Costa del Sol’s Cercanias suburban rail line were cancelled on Thursday after a fire broke out between the stations of Los Prados and Torremolinos at 7.10pm before being put out at around 7.50pm.

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Rocker rip off AN Estepona rock musician has claimed a music crowdfunding site ripped him off after being paid a fraction of several thousands of Euros in fan donations.

Danny Vaughn, formerly of Tyketto and currently with Ultimate Eagles, decided to use Pledge Music to raise €19,550 to record his Myths, Legends and Lies album. He was due to receive €10,000, with the rest going to Pledge Music as commission, but he received €5,750. Vaughn said: “If you are thinking of donating on Pledge Music then don’t. Do not send Pledge Music one more penny.”

Benji Rogers, founder of Pledge Music, said in a statement he was convinced company executives were committed to fixing the artist payment system.

HONOURED: Peires (seated) met with Maldonado at Mijas Town Hall.

Mijas officials recognise CLC MIJAS officials have praised a Costa del Sol resort and hotel firm for its contribution to the local community in a meeting at the town hall last week.

Chairman and founder of CLC World Roy Peires met with Mayor Juan Carlos Maldonado, with the former signing the town’s Honour Book.

Councillors recognised him and the company for its contribution to local jobs,

economic growth and society through its Fundacion CLC World charity.

Pe ire s s a id: “ I be lie ve w e ha ve to give ba c k to the c ommunity a nd I’m happy to work with the people of Mijas.”

Maldonado said: “Peires is the most important businessperson in Mijas because of his understanding of our greatest economic asset, tourism.”

Sport capital pitch THE mayor of Malaga City unveiled upcoming sports events at Madrid’s International Tourism Fair (FITUR) last week, ahead of the city becoming the European Capital of Sport next year.

F r a n c i s c o d e l a To r r e said the Marathon of Malaga, the Revolution on Ice and Cirque du S o l e i l ’s K o o z a s h o w e d the city was becoming a ‘benchmark’ for European sports.

Two held over car chase LOCAL POLICE officers in Mijas arrested two suspects in connection with a high-speed car chase through the town’s streets on Friday.

Officers said the car they were chasing travelled down the wrong lane of the A-7 motorway for 10 kilometres after it had sped through La Cala de Mijas. It passed around 30 cars but there were no crashes.

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Body found on beach is missing British man DNA testing has confirmed a body found in Costa del Sol in October is that of British man, Roger Hanks, 73, who disappeared two weeks earlier, after Malaga’s flash floods.

Concerned locals reported Roger missing after the heavy rains struck the province between Octo-

NEWS EXTRA New theatre director STAGE director Lluis Pasqual has joined actor Antonio Banderas’ new Teatro del Soho Caixibank in Malaga City and is set to take up his post this autumn which he said he is ‘very excited’ about.

Drugs bust NATIONAL POLICE officers have arrested a 24-yearold suspect in connection with a drugs trafficking probe which saw officers seize 14.6 kilograms of hashish allegedly hidden in a sports bag in a car in Benalmadena.

Street works WORKERS in Estepona have completed refurbishments on Calle Valencia which saw them improve water and sewage infrastructure, pavements, lighting, as well as telephone and power lines as part of the Garden of the Costa del Sol scheme.

Road officers MARBELLA’S mayor Angeles Muñoz has said the city’s council will hire 30 traffic wardens and 24 new Local Police officers before the summer as part of this year’s public employment offering.

Priest held A COURT has remanded a priest in custody after police arrested him in connection with raids on two homes in Malaga City which uncovered more than 3,000 child pornography files.

ber 9 and 10, and a search mission was launched.

Guardia Civil officers, Local Police, Civil Protection teams and volunteers were joined by specialist search dogs and volunteers, but failed to find any trace of the pensioner.

H o w e v e r, o n O c t o b e r 2 3 , t h e corpse of a man in an ‘advanced state of decomposition’ was found on a beach in Casares during a patrol by the Guardia Civil of Manilva.

After carrying out DNA profiling with relatives, it has been con-

firmed the body belongs to Robert, who was carried away during the flooding of the Pereila River.

He is believed to have lived in a shelter on the riverbank.

Roger ’s family have been notified and are making plans for his cremation.

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CONFIRMED: Body found is missing Roger Hanks.

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‘Negligent manslaughter’ investigation into Julen case A COURT in Malaga has opened a negligent manslaughter investigation into the death of two-year-old Julen who was killed when he fell down a well.

According to Spanish media, officials will examine two leads; whether the owner of the land Julen died on, or the man who bored the hole, Antonio Sanchez, were negligent, and how Julen came to be buried under large quantities of soil after his fall.

The negligent manslaughter charge carries a sentence of one to four years in prison for serious cases, or a fine in more minor instances. Anyone found to be at fault could also be liable for compensation to Julen’s parents, as well as for the costs of the rescue operation, thought to be millions of Euros.

After the Guardia Civil’s Nature Protection Service (SEPRONA) confirmed the hole Julen fell down had been bored without the neces-

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CRIMINAL CHARGES: Officials are investigating why the borehole (pictured) was uncovered. sary permissions, police say they will focus their investigation on whether Antonio Sanchez attempted to seal the well as he claims, and whether the land’s owner removed any covering.

The second arm of the investigation will use witness accounts from those present when Julen fell, including his parents, his father’s

cousin, the owner of the land, and two walkers who came to the family’s aid.

Officials say these statements could uncover how Julen came to be buried under around 70 centimetres of soil and rocks after his fall, leading rescuers to incorrectly believe the boy was trapped two-thirds of the way down the borehole.

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After finding a build-up of soil, workers initially believed Julen was trapped at a blockage around 72metres down the well they thought measured 110-metres. Fears any attempts to rescue the child from above could lead to more harm to him prompted experts to build a second hole and connecting tunnel, taking almost two weeks.

GUARDIA CIVIL officers have found the body of a 45-year-old man in a well in Andalucia days after the rem ai ns of t wo- year- ol d Jul en wer e found.

Emergency services were alerted to the corpse after police were told the man had taken his dog for a walk and had not returned home at around noon on Sunday.

Officers were then despatched to Vi l l anueva de Tr abuco, i n Mal aga Pr ovi nce, af t er bei ng cal l ed out at about 11.10pm.

Guardia Civil underwater specialists found the corpse inside the well at around 2.50am on Monday. An investigation has since been launched into the find.

Separately, firefighters in Galicia have rescued a 61-year-old woman with the symptoms of hypothermia after she became trapped in a well.

One firefighter had to be lowered into the well, in the Salcedo area of Pont ever da, t o pul l out t he t r apped woman. She was stuck in the well with water up to her waist, emergency services said.

Medical personnel treated her at the scene after she was pulled free.

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By Julie Day GUARDIA CIVIL have praised an expat who rushed to the aid of an elderly British couple who were caught in a gas explosion.

Without the swift actions of John Frank and his Norwegian friend Roger the consequences of the frightening Monday afternoon incident could have been much worse, say police.

The victims, both in their 70’s, were seriously injured due to the gas explosion in their bungalow.

According to the Provincial Fire Brigade, it is likely that an accumulation of butane gas in the kitchen caused the accident, and as the couple had only just purchased two new gas bottles, this theory is well supported.

The impact of the 2.30pm explosion was so strong that it caused the windows and doors at the back of the property to blow out and shatter, with the frames crumpling at the same time.

First on the scene were neighbour John and Roger, who were at home at the time. “On hearing the explosion, we rushed round to Shirley and Brian’s,” said John. “The first thing we saw was Shirley, who suffers from dementia, just standing there in the middle of the room in shock. Her clothes were all burnt and had fallen off and her body was totally black. She looked like a zombie from a film and had suffered particularly serious burns to her legs.

“Brian, who’s got cancer, was covered in glass and blood.”

Roger immediately called the emergency services, who after several minutes of questions about the incident, sent Torrevieja firefighters, Local Police, Guardia Civil and ambulance services round to the bungalow, which is located in Calle Segovia in the La Mata area of Torrevieja.

In the meantime, after turning off the gas and electricity, John and Frank proceeded to fill buckets with water and managed to put out the clumps of fire that were dotted about the kitchen and front room.

The couple’s 12-year-old Westie also suffered serious burns and is now recovering after being treated by the Clínica Veterinaria San Antón in

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QUICK WORK: John rushed to the scene.

Guardamar. “Sammie, the dog, looked like burnt toast,” said John, “so we put him in the shower and cleaned him up before he was taken away to be treated.”

After the emergency medical team checked Shirley and Brian over, they were rushed to Torrevieja Hospital and from there to the Burns Department at the General Hospital in Alicante.

Thankfully, Shirley and Brian are going to be fine and will be returning home within a few days, Frank and John told the EWN shortly after visiting the couple in hospital on Tuesday afternoon.

The impact of the 2.30pm explosion was so strong that it caused the windows and doors at the back of the property to blow out and shatter, with the frames crumpling at the same time.

First on the scene were neighbour John and Roger, who were at home at the time. “On hearing the explosion, we rushed round to Shirley and Brian’s,” said John. “The first thing we saw was Shirley, who suffers from dementia, just standing there in the middle of the room in shock. Her clothes were all burnt and had fallen off and her body was totally black. She looked like a zombie from a film and had suffered particularly serious burns to her legs.

“Brian, who’s got cancer, was covered in

glass and blood.”

Roger immediately called the emergency services, who after several minutes of questions about the incident, sent Torrevieja firefighters, Local Police, Guardia Civil and ambulance services round to the bungalow, which is located in Calle Segovia in the La Mata area of Torrevieja.

In the meantime, after turning off the gas and electricity, John and Frank proceeded to fill buckets with water and managed to put out the clumps of fire that were dotted about the kitchen and front room.

The couple’s 12-year-old Westie also suffered serious burns and is now recovering after being treated by the Clínica Veterinaria San Antón in Guardamar. “Sammie, the dog, looked like burnt toast,” said John, “so we put him in the shower and cleaned him up before he was taken away to be treated.”

After the emergency medical team checked Shirley and Brian over, they were rushed to Torrevieja Hospital and from there to the Burns Department at the General Hospital in Alicante.

Thankfully, Shirley and Brian are going to be fine and will be returning home within a few days, Frank and John told the EWN shortly after visiting the couple in hospital on Tuesday afternoon.

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Suspect bailed A JUDGE has agreed to the release on bail of 38 year-old man arrested in connection with the disappearance and death of Moustapha El Karchaoui, last seen in Sa Pobla last August.

According to reports, Cristofol TP left Palma Prison following 12 days in cust ody af t er payi ng I nca Cour t €3,000 bail.

Guardia Civil officers with trained sniffer dogs searched land belonging to the suspect, located between Muro and Can Picafort, over the course of three days last week.

A police source revealed they were searching for the body of the missing 26 year-old and said there are ‘numerous incriminating indications’ that could implicate Cristofol.

But no corpse was found, and the defendant has continually ‘flatly denied any involvement’ in the disappearance of Moustapha El Karchaoui.

Killed by ‘parked’ car A WOMAN died after being mowed down by her own car while talking to a friend on her mobile phone.

Police believe the 54-year-old may have forgotten to put her handbrake on after parking outside her home in Alicante, and it rolled down a sloping drive and ran over her. The person on the other end of the phone alerted emergency services at around 1pm on Monday. According to Alicante Local Pol i ce, t he deceased wom an’s f r i end heard ‘a loud cry’ and rushed around to the house, where she found the car on top of her friend.

On arrival at the property between Verdegas and Cañadadel Fenollar, firefighters tried to revive the victim, but she was declared dead at the scene.

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Little girl, 3, cancer free after treatment in Barcelona

by Tara Rippin A TODDLER is reportedly free from a rare and aggressive form of cancer after her parents sold their home and sought celebrity help to fund pioneering treatment in Barcelona.

Ka’iulani Forbes, three, was diagnosed with ganglio-neuroblastoma two years ago, and after exhausting all treatment options in her home country, New Zealand, parents Moana and Manihera, began looking overseas for hope.

They believed Ka’iulani’s only chance of survival was to travel across the world and take part in a clinical trial in Barcelona, at a cost of €265,000.

BRAVE: Ka’iulani Forbes received groundbreaking treatment in Barcelona.

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Top jobs for women deal SPAIN and Morocco have signed a pact which commits both countries to get more women into leading

civil service roles.

Meritxell Batet, Spain’s Territories Minister, signed the deal with her Moroccan

opposite number Mohamed Benabdelkader.

The deal states that both Spain and Morocco will

work to get women into higher roles of responsibility in public services over the next five years.

The only obstacle was raising the cash, so the Forbes’ sold their home in Hamilton, and launched an appeal to help save their daughter’s life.

A DJ, Dom Harvey, from The Edge radio station in New Zealand, immediately got on board, running five marathons in five days and giving the family’s plight continual airtime.

The combined efforts paid off and the target was reached, allowing the family to travel to Barcelona, aware that there was only a 20 per cent chance the trial would get Ka’iulani into remission.

They stayed in Spain for four months, and on returning to New Zealand, appeared on The Edge last week to share their great news with listeners, revealing that ‘basically, she’s out of the woods.’

Dad, Manihera, said doctors in Barcelona explained the tumours would stay in her body, but they expect them to ‘stay dead’ while Ka’iulani grows.

As she gets older, the rest of her body should grow around the tumours.

The family continue to raise funds and awareness about child cancer.

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Lowest rate for energy THE wholesale price for electricity in Spain stood at €61.04 last Thursday, the lowest of leading European countries including Britain, France and Germany due to record wind energy generation.

Food funds SPAIN has contributed some €4.1m to the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) over the past year, with the money to be spent on providing humanitarian help to vulnerable people worldwide.

Study leader STUDENTS taking part in the EU’s Erasmus Plus study abroad programme opt for Spain more than any other in the scheme according to data, with the universities of Granada, Valancia and Madrid Complutense the most popular.

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Stole from granddad for holiday in Ibiza A TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD man from Liverpool has been jailed for stealing £4,500 from his granddad to pay for a holiday in Ibiza.

Brett Bridgen reportedly used online banking to send money into his personal account the day before travelling to the Spanish island.

The offender appeared at Liverpool Crown Court last week and received a 17-month jail sentence.

Prosecutor, Jamie Baxter, said that the accused had visited his granddad, 73, at his home in Cheshire, on April 24, 2016 claiming he was owed a birthday present and was planning to fly to Ibiza the next day.

Two days later the victim received a call from the fraud action department reporting that thousands of pounds had been transferred between a savings account and a current account before being sent to Bridgen’s bank account, without authorisation.

According to British press reports, the offender has been jailed in the past for stealing from his grandfather.

Liverpool Crown Court was told that

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Child kidnapping probe begins FIVE members of a gang accused of kidnapping migrant children from shelter homes in Spain and demanding ransoms from their families in Morocco have been arrested.

The Guardia Civil believes the Spanish and Moroccan men, aged between 27 and 36, have kidnapped at least 20 children.

During raids on two properties in Puerto Real, in Cadiz, officers found a young person who had been reported missing

from a nearby migrant centre.

According to reports, the gang allegedly approached the youngsters offering to help them gain residency permits.

But instead, they kept them prisoner in squalid conditions before transporting them across the country, according to a boy taken from a facility for unaccompanied migrant children in La Linea de La Concepcion.

The organisation contacted relatives in Morocco demanding ransoms of up to €500.

Awards galore IBIZA: Brett Bridgen (inset) stole money to fund his holiday abroad.

Bridgen’s grandfather has since found it difficult to sleep at night and to trust people as his relationships within the family had been strained.

Judge Brian Cummings reportedly said the offence was the ‘most personal kind of fraud’ and that it has caused a ‘serious detrimental impact

on the victim.’

Paul Wood, defending, described Bridgen as being at a low point in his life when he committed the fraud.

He was given a 13-month sentence for fraud and a four-month sentence for committing an offence while on bail.

MADRID-based company Exclusivas Latinoamericanas ELA, SL introduced its Excelencias Awards in 2005 and these recognise excellence in different areas related to tourism, gastronomy and culture in Iberian-America.

This year, at the FITUR exhibition, no less than 36 awards were made to organisations based in Spain, United States, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Colombia, Paraguay, Chile, El Salvador, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Cuba and Mexico.

The company produces a number of publications on behalf of various tourist offices throughout Latin America.

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Nobu Marbella launched its winter Omakase menu Nobu Restaurant, located in Puente Romano Marbella, has launched its winter Omakase Menu.

Omakase means in Japanese ‘I’ll leave it up to you’ and refers to chef’s selection.

The dishes include legends from Nobu Style cuisine; the appetizers consist of three choices: Salmon ‘New Style’ Sashimi, White Fish Dry Miso or Sashimi Salad Matsuhisa.

The main course cannot be without Black Cod Miso and as the sweet treat, there is the classic Green Tea Tartlet.

Nobu Restaurant & Lounge, the first Nobu opened in Spain, is located in the centre of Puente Romano’s lively ‘La Plaza.’ The famous and unique gastronomy hub offers a variety of restaurants and cocktail bars. Through diversity and innovation it attracts outgoing and passionate guests from all round the world.

Winter Omakase menu is served for dinner between Sunday and Thursday.

Price is €45 per person.

For reservations please write dine-marbella@nobuhotels.com or call Tel (+34) 952 778 686

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BREXIT BRIEF

Migration plan and disunity BRITAIN’S Home Secretary has unveiled the government’s back-up plans for EU citizens living in and coming to the country in a no-deal scenario.

Sajid Javid said EU migrants coming into Britain after Friday, March 29 would be allowed to stay for up to three years in the event of a nodeal.

That arrangement covers an interim period, with EU citizens then having to apply under a European Temporary Leave to Remain scheme once free movement ends.

Britain’s immigration system is then set to transition to a ‘skills-based’ model in 2021, which EU citizens will have to go through to remain in the country.

The announcement comes as separate research showed Britain has become a more divided country politically since the 2016 referendum. A total of 69 per cent of respondents to the Edelman Trust poll said they were ‘angrier’ about the state of British politics and society since the referendum.

Around 65 per cent said they thought Britain was on the wrong track, with the pollsters saying it showed Britain was becoming a ‘disunited Kingdom.’

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Beyond leave day

By Joe Gerrard HEALTHCARE for British citizens in Spain and a possible exodus of expatriates from the country have emerged as issues this week as the March leave date looms.

Uncertainty continues to grow over how - and even if - Britain will leave the EU with a deal on Friday, March 29.

The NHS has released information on what it expects to happen to healthcare for British travellers in Spain in the event of a no-deal.

The Health Service said the access to healthcare was likely to change and European Health Insurance Cards (EHICs) would be valid until March 29.

Government officials are attempting to strike deals on no-deal health arrangements, the NHS said. Health officials have called on expatriates to register with Spanish authorities to guarantee their access to doctors and cover themselves for a no-deal scenario.

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Medicine over food MATT HANCOCK, Britain’s Health Secretary, has told a parliamentary committee that securing the supply of medicines should be prioritised over food shipments in a nodeal Brexit.

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BE PREPARED: Uncertainty over Brexit continues.

The Convenio Especial ‘pay in’ health insurance scheme is set to be available to expatriates who have been registered with their town halls for more than a year.

Separately, a leaked government memo has forecast that anything up to 250,000 British expatriates could return from the continent within two years of Britain leaving the EU without a deal.

BuzzFeed News reported that officials are concerned their ar-

rival could strain Britain’s health and welfare system.

Whitehall officials are currently preparing contingency plans to ensure returning expatriates could access welfare, the report added.

The official message continues to remain the same. Regardless of what happens on Friday, March 29 expatriates should make sure they are legal in Spain to protect themselves against a possible no-deal outcome.

A BRITISH Ministry of Defence agency has told staff they may be redeployed in the event of a no-deal Brexit to help the government cope, according to a memo seen by British media.

‘Plan C’ CONSERVATIVE MPs on opposite sides of the Brexit debate have thrashed out a ‘Plan C’ which would extend the transition period for another year while redrafting the backstop, with EU officials dismissing it as unworkable.

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Public spending figures NEW figures show Spain invested 0.25 per cent of GDP on public aid in 2017, making it the third lowest-spending country in the EU. Data compiled by the European Commission showed Spain joined Ireland and Italy in spending the least on public services, including agriculture, exports, social support, and development.

The figures, which did not take into account s p e n d i n g o n S p a i n ’s r a i l w a y s , s a w a t o t a l o f €3,642 million spent on state aid in 2017, with €743 million invested in export, and €695 million put into social support.

Among the EU countries investing more in their public sector is the UK (0.36).

Diamond theft A PRISONER in Valencia has been convicted for his part in the ‘biggest theft in history.’

One member of a gang accused of stealing €63 million of diamonds was sentenced to up to seven years in prison by a court in the Netherlands after being arrested in Valencia Province two years ago.

He is one of six sentenced involved in the robbery in 2005.

The main suspect, Errol HV, was handed a seven-year sentence, while a getaway driver, Marlon D, received six years.

Senior officer faces charges SPAIN’S National Court has ruled that a former senior police officer facing corruption charges must hand over his passport.

Judge Manuel Garcia Castellon ruled that Eugenio Pino must hand in travel documents and must appear before the court every 15 days.

The ruling comes as authorities continue to probe allegations of embezzlement, bribery, and administrative offences in connection with Pino and businessman Jose Manuel Villarejo. The case continues.

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Circus animal ban for Madrid

UNJUSTIFIED: The use of wild animals (inset) in circuses.

TRAVELLING circuses featuring wild animals look set to be banned in Madrid City.

The city council has approved an amendment to animal welfare by-laws acknowledging that circus facilities do not meet the ‘physiological, mental and social condition needs of animals’ or respect animal welfare.

The decision is based on a recommendation by the European Veterinary Federation (FVE), adopted in June 2016, which warns the needs of ani-

mals ‘cannot be met in a travelling circus, especially with regard to accommodation and the possibility of expressing natural behaviours.’

It adds the use of ‘wild animals is unjustified’ and has ‘little or no educational, conservationist or economic value’ while at the same time ‘violating’ the universal declaration of animal rights in 1987.

This states that every wild animal has the right to live free in its own natural environment.

Prior to approving the

amendment, the city council carried out an online public consultation and met with representatives from several animal protection associations.

The move must now be ratified by the Plenary in March or April.

The use of wild animals in circuses is already prohibited in the provinces of Valencia, Murcia, Galicia, Cataluña, Cueta, La Rioja and the Balearic Islands.

The majority of Madrid municipalities have also outlawed the practice.

Military history SPAIN’S King Felipe has met with military historians for a presentation of a new collection of books on the country’s armed forces.

King Felipe met with representatives from the Spanish Military History Commission for the presentation of the nine-volume Mili-

tary History of Spain.

A total of 170 people worked on the books, including 51 military officers, 26 academics and other armed forces personnel.

The work covers military history from prehistory to the present.

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Two dead and one injured A BRITISH woman seriously hurt in a car crash in Almeria woke from a coma to be told her husband had died in the collision.

The hire car in which the Scottish couple were travelling, with another passenger, collided with a lorry on the A-332 in Cuevas de Almanzora, fatally wounding the two men.

Christine Revil (68), was moved to the Inmaculada Regional Hospital after the crash, the same hospital in which her husband Phil, also 68, died.

The second passenger who was killed has not been

named.

Christine’s cousin, Jim Burnside, told British press that she had been notified after coming out of a coma. He said the situation is ‘horrific,’ adding that ‘they just want to get out to Spain to be with her.’

The couple, originally from Coatbridge, had reportedly been travelling through France and Spain when the collision took place at 3pm on January 20.

Emergency services received calls from several witnesses reporting a collision between a car and a lorry that was transporting fruit.

DEATH CRASH: Two men were fatally wounded.

Bank boss trial THE trial into Rodrigo Rato, the former head of a major Spanish bank accused of fraud, will resume on Monday following a three-week break after the prosecutor fell ill.

Rodrigo Rato, currently serving a

four-and-a-half year sentence for misusing funds when he was boss of both Caja Madrid and Bankia between 2010 and 2012, led the financial giant Bankia when it was floated on the stock market in 2011.

He joins 34 other individuals and clients accused of misleading investors, many of whom lost money.

Rato, 69, faces five years in prison if found guilty of falsifying financial reports.

DISPUTE: Spain has long claimed sovereignty over Gibraltar.

Decolonisation of Gibraltar call SPAIN has called on the EU to include references to the ‘decolonisation’ of Gibraltar in future EU laws in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to British media reports.

A Daily Telegraph report based on leaked documents claimed Spanish officials had attempted to put a footnote into draft EU legislation on visa-free travel in a no-deal scenario.

The text of the footnote would commit the EU to recognising that a dispute exists between Spain and Britain on sovereignty over Gibraltar if adopted.

The footnote would also state that the British enclave is registered on the

UN’s Non Self-Governing Territories list. Territories on the list are those that have not yet gained full independence, according to the UN. The draft EU document listed all of Britain’s overseas territories with Gibraltar marked and a reference to the footnote.

Gibraltar officials said the Spanish push for the footnote in the document would have no practical effect.

EU sources said Spain was attempting to demonstrate its power and leverage on Gibraltar as Britain’s withdrawal from the EU on Friday March 29 draws closer, according to The Telegraph.

Fake marriages POLICE in Cuenca, central Spain, have brought down a gang allegedly arranging 30 fake marriages between Asian nationals and EU citizens to acquire residency.

National Police arrested seven people thought to be responsible for bringing in women from the EU who would pretend to be married to Asian citizens and help them live in Europe legally.

The reported head of the group, an Indian citizen living in Cuenca, also expanded his criminal ring into Motilla del Palancar, where he recruited another man to help.

The group are suspected of charging between €12,500 and €15,000 for their crimes.

Chemical reaction MORE than 40 slaughterhouse workers suffered itchy throat and eyes after having a reaction to a ‘toxic chemical mixture.’

Firefighters ventilated the abattoir in Osona in central Cataluña, while a dozen ambulances dealt with those affected by the fumes given off when sodium hypochlorite and iron chloride were combined.

Ghost plane in Madrid IF you have ever wanted your very own jet airliner yo u m a y so o n h a v e your chance.

Bos se s a t Ma d r i d ’s Barajas Airport have put into motion the process to auction off a McDonnell Do u g l a s MD 8 7 medium-range commercial je t t h a t h a s st o o d abandoned at the airport since 2010.

Tho u g h t t o b e wo r th around €1.1 million no one actually knows who owns it, with staff calling it the ‘ghost plane.’

A p u b l i c n o t i c e h as been placed in the official st a t e g a z e t t e o f Spain, the Boletín Oficial del Estado, asking for anyone with information t o c o m e f o r ward within three months before it is sold.

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Used rather than new

Goya Awards

WHEN the British originally bought in to the Spanish lifestyle, they tended to purchase new properties but latest results show they now prefer to buy secondhand.

There was a minor drop in British spending following the Brexit decision but 2018 figures suggest that the ‘Brits’ are back and buying, more so than the French and Germans.

In fairness the numbers are far fewer than in the heyday of 2007 at the time of the crash but with more than 10,000 properties purchased in 2018 this is actually more than 2006.

What may be worrying for the Spanish developers is that so few people are purchasing new properties as opposed to those that have been previously occupied.

The reasons are many but the most obvious are that following the crash, new

SPANISH stars from the world of cinema are set to gather in Sevilla City this Saturday for the 33rd edition of the Goya Awards.

Political thriller El Reino (The Kingdom) has racked up 13 nominations, including for Best Film.

Lead actors Antonio de la Torre and Monico Lopez have been nominated in the Best Actor and Best Actress category while Rodrigo Sorogoyen has been put forward for Best Director.

Todos Lo Saben (Everybody Knows), featuring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem has also been nominated for best film. Romance Carmen y Lola (Carmen and Lola) and documentary Entres Dos Aguas (Between Two Waters) have also been nominated.

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SEAFRONT APARTMENTS: Still popular with Brits. building almost ceased immediately and some people did lose significant sums of money if developers ceased to trade whilst prices of pre-owned property dropped meaning that there appeared to be some major bargains on offer.

Prices are now on the rise and developers of new builds are ensuring that their potential clients are protected against future problems and this is reinforced by new banking and property laws. As property prices rise, so do rentals,

which give decent returns for investment and encourage people to return to purchase in Spain.

There is no question that the property market is recovering and the British continue to be part of that recovery.

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Fire at hostess club A WOMAN died after a blaze at a hostess club in Salam a nc a .

The victim was initially found unc o n s c i o u s i n a ro o m on the ground floor at Club Messalina at 7.30am, last Frid a y, b u t d i e d s h o r t ly afterwards of suspected smoke inhalat i o n.

There were no other i nj ur i e s.

The Guardia Civil has launched an investigation into t h e c a u s e o f t h e f i re at the venue in Miranda de Azan, which was also attended by three Salamanca fire eng i n e s a n d t h re e a m bulan c e s.

THE European Commission has announced it will take Spain to court over environmental concerns about the Doñana National Park in Andalucia.

The body claims Spain is not

EXPEDITION ANNIVERSARY: Events are being planned to mark the Victoria and four other ships’ voyage.

500 years since historic voyage THE Foreign Ministers of Spain and Portugal have said the countries will jointly commemorate 500 years since the first round the world voyage.

Josep Borrell, of Spain, and Portugal’s Augusto Santos Silva said anniversary celebrations for the voyage would take place

A problem adequately protecting this wetland, named a World Heritage Site. A letter states: ‘The diversion of large amounts of water both for agriculture and for the

over three years.

Spain’s Juan Sebastian Elcano and Portuguese sailor Fernando de Magallanes undertook their voyage in 1519. Only Elcando, who captained the Victoria, made it back to Europe alive.

Borrell and Silva said they

needs of local tourists is depleting the water table. ’ The EC claims the water used from Doñana to grow strawberries and other fruits is causing an environmental problem.

would call on UNESCO to make the route of the voyage a World Heritage Site. The ministers also called on their opposite numbers in countries along the route to join their efforts.

Spanish and Portuguese embassies in those countries, which include the Phillippines, Argentina and Chile, are set to be instructed on plans for local events to mark the anniversary.

Juan Sebastian Elcano and Fernando de Magallanes set sail from southern Spain in 1519 for an expedition to the Philippines via South America’s Cape Horn.

A total of 241 men on five ships took part in the voyage.

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Exclusive preview: Bargain Loving Brits THI S Thur sday, f ans of popul ar ser i es Bargai n Lovi ng Br i t s i n t he Sun wi l l be i nt r oduced t o a whol e r af t of char act er s trying to carve out a new life in Spain.

Episode four, airing on Channel 5 at 8pm UK time, will see audiences meet Jill Newman-Rogers, who runs ARCH horse rescue, and f ol l ow her as she r aces around dealing with cases of equine cruelty and neglect.

This week, Jill will check up on Askar a, a hor se whi ch has been at t acked and suffered an extensive f aci al i nj ur y. Expensi ve nose surgery is needed, but the charity does not have the finances to pay upfront.

Will generous Britons dig deep and raise the necessary funds?

The Euro Weekly News exclusively caught up with Jill to discuss the charity’s work. Jill said although the episode had not yet aired, si nce f i l m i ng began l ast

summer, ‘it has been an excellent year for rehoming.’

She added: “Around 99 per cent of horses we take i n ar e cr uel t y cases or abandoned and unidentified. We are very grateful to those who take them in.”

Jill told the Euro Weekly News: “We cer t ai nl y al ways need donations, however, as well as volunteers for both our charity shop and the horse shelter.”

I n t he sam e epi sode, viewers are introduced to Andy Wai nwr i ght f r om Not t i ngham , who r uns a second-hand furniture business and m ust m ake €2,000 a week to pay all the bills and keep his business afloat.

Al so hopi ng t o m ake a new l i f e f or hi m sel f t hi s episode is West-Midlander Vince Neale, trying to live the dream and open a bar in t he sun. Vi nce r uns i nt o trouble early on however, af t er i t em erges he m ust f ur ni sh t he ent i r e pl ace himself before opening.

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Internet use up INTERNET providers fitted just under 200,000 fibre connections to Spanish households last November, according to new figures.

The increase brings the number of homes with an active internet connection to 8.4 million.

Of connections across Spain, 46.5 per cent belong to Spanish communications giant Telefonica, who installed 6,700 lines last November.

According to the figures released by Spain’s markets regulator, the CNMC, company Masmovil fitted the most connections in November, as it had for the previous two years.

The retailer added 50,800 lines, followed by Vodafone with 6,500, and Orange at 2,500.

Ceremony marks Holocaust Day SPANISH survivors of Nazi concentration camps were among those invited to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day in Madrid on Friday.

Mexico’s former president Carlos Salinas also attended the ceremony at the Spanish Senate.

The politician was invited by the Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain. Friday’s ceremony marked Holocaust Memorial Day which took place the following Sunday.

Spain’s Foreign Minister Josep Borrell and Dolores Delgado, the country’s Justice Minister, also attended the ceremony.

Borrell said the ceremony was held to mark the deaths of ‘millions’ at the hands of the Nazis.

“May those dark memories inspire us to avoid the paths that must not be revisited,” Borrell said.

“Wickedness dwells in the depths of the human soul. The only weapons to combat it are intelligence, knowledge and education,”

HOLOCAUST REMEMBERED: Ceremony took place in Spanish Senate. the Foreign Minister added.

Delgado said the day was also a time to remember other crimes against humanity throughout history.

“It happened and it could happen again. It could happen anywhere. This is the essence of what we have to say,” Delgado said, quoting Holocaust survivor Primo Levi.

Documents relating to the Spanish Jewish community were destroyed after the Second

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World War. But one unearthed in 2010 showed the regime of Francisco Franco had drawn up a list of some 6,000 Jews that it intended to send to Nazi concentration camps.

There are other cases of Jews fleeing persecution through Spain to Portugal and out of Europe. Many Spanish people who fled the country after Franco took power in 1939 later ended up in concentration camps.

D R O N E S a re t o b e used to monitor speed limits and othe r ro a d o f f e n c e s i n Spain.

Together with new radars, the 11 drones will allow the Directorate General of Tr a f f i c ( D G T ) t o a c h i e v e a b ro a d e r control over Spanish ro a d s , w i t h t h e a i m of reducing accident rates.

T h e d ro n e s w e re successfully tested over the Christmas p e r i o d , c a n b e a i rborne for two hours a n d h a v e a p e r f o rmance radius of 500 metres.

They don’t have a real-time speed camera, so they will only be used to monitor t r a f f i c a n d re c o r d any criminal action using 13-megapixel cameras.

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Hunter dies saving dogs A M A N h a s d ro w n e d a f t e r t r y i n g t o s a v e h i s dogs from drowning in a pond in Huesca, northeast Spain.

Police found the 64-year-old’s body and those of several dead dogs floating in the water in rural Ripoll after the alarm was raised when the hunter did not return home.

Officers believe the man either fell into the pond while trying to help his animals - who are believed to have accessed the site through a hole in the fence - or gone into the water voluntarily to try to help them to shore.

EXPERTS believe a 10-tonne common fin whale, which died on Mallorca’s Cala Millor beach at around 4am on Sunday, may have been weakened by an infection before being struck by a boat.

The 15-metre long mammal showed signs of severe weight loss and severe external wounds.

Luis Parpal, leading the team of professionals carrying out a post mortem, told Spanish press that early indications suggest an infection, ‘toxicological or biological, it’s still unknown, had weakened the specimen, leaving it adrift’ and that ‘a boat later hit the whale causing the wounds.’

Parpal, manager of the Official Association of Pharmacists of the Balearic Islands (COFIB), explained the team wants to find out if there is an infection that affects cetaceans in general that could rule out toxicology caused by plastic or microbiology interference.

While a technician from the Palma Aquarium pointed out that lately there are ‘more cases of death than normal,’ particularly in the northern part of Spain.

As such, the findings of the

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POST MORTEM: The beached whale may have had an infection and been hit by a boat. post-mortem will be shared with centres across the country to try to determine the cause of the rise in strandings of this marine species.

An emergency tent was installed on the beach and a large plastic canvas placed around the dead whale while the examination was carried

out, and security forces were on site to protect the scene.

It is hoped scientists will be able to complete their investigation this week.

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Iconic Spanish designer dies

ICON: Elio Berhanyer.

ONE of the greatest names in Spanish fashion, designer Elio Berhanyer, has died at his home aged 89.

The Cordoba fashion icon created more than 100 collections and more than 22,000 costumes throughout his career spanning more than half a century, and his designs dressed the likes of Ava Gardner, Cyd Charisse and Queen Sofia.

In fact, Iberia Airlines commissioned Berhanyer to design its official air steward uniforms in 1972.

As well as clothing, his empire included perfumes and cosmetics.

In 2002, the designer was decorated for his work and his contribution to the world of fashion with the Gold Medal for Merit of Fine Arts.

And Berhanyer was also awarded the National Fashion Design Award in 2011, granted by the Ministry of Culture, for being a ‘self-made designer, tireless and self-taught worker whose passion and dedication stand out.’ His ‘capacity for innovation and footprint as a reference of Spanish fashion in the international arena’ was also praised.

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By Joe Gerrard SPAIN’S Supreme Court has summoned the country’s former Prime Minister to appear as a witness in the upcoming trial of Catalan politicians over the 2017 independence push.

The court’s Criminal Chamber called on Mariano Rajoy to give his testimony after he was included in several documents submitted by prosecutors and defence lawyers. The trial for the 12 Catalan defendants is set to open on Tuesday.

Former Secretary of State Jose Antonio Nieto, Guardia Civil colonel Diego Perez de los Cobos Orihuel, and ex-delegate of the government in Cataluña Enric Millo have also been called.

Former Catalan president Artur Mas is also due to appear as a witness, alongside two of exregional head Carles Puigdemont’s former advisors. Defence lawyers asked the court to take a testimony from Puigdemont via videolink but

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CALLED: Rajoy (inset) oversaw the imposing of direct rule on Cataluña. that request was turned down due to him remaining wanted in connection with the case.

The court has also said the defendants may speak in Catalan if they wish, with their testimonies translated afterwards by official interpreters. Mariano was Prime Minister when Cataluña held its independence referendum in October 2017 and when the region declared independence from Spain.

He oversaw the activating of Article 155, the constitutional mechanism used to suspend Cataluña’s regional government and impose direct rule from Madrid.

FOR the second year running, Spanish factories saw a drop in the production of motor vehicles to 2,819,565 according to ANFAC, the Spanish Association of Vehicle Manufacturers.

This is 1 per cent less than the 2017 total which itself was 1.5 per cent down on 2016 and the main fall is in

the production of passenger cars.

The decision to phase out diesel products saw the most dramatic drop to 32 per cent of all new vehicles as compared to 40 per cent the previous year and there is little doubt that this fall in diesel figures will continue with hybrids and electric cars be-

Compo order A COURT in San Sebastian has ordered budget airline Ryanair to pay a total of €1,869 plus interest in compensation to two passengers affected by cabin crew strikes in July. The plaintiffs were returning to the UK after a summer holiday in Spain, and were delayed three days.

coming more popular.

The one area of good news for the Spanish manufacturers is that production of SUVs and light commercial vehicles increased, but there is some fear that poor trading patterns in the latter part of 2018 may see a further slow-down this year.

Exports are also down slightly, but the best European markets are holding their own and sales to parts of North and South Africa are encouraging.

Overall, sales to North and South America as well as Asia have also fallen quite significantly, so the fact that overall production is down by just 1 per cent is considered a reasonably good result.

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Venezuela crisis

EVERY two years the European Commission publishes a report on the cost of energy needs across the Union, and Spain is listed as the fifth most expensive country for electricity consumers and sixth for gas.

Interestingly, those same figures also show that the cost to industry for electricity is much lower than in many other countries and Spain sits in just 14th place, as tax is a much lower percentage than that charged to households.

Although prices fell by 3 per cent in 2017, latest news suggests it has reached record levels in January 2019 here in Spain due to colder weather, less winds, export of power to France and higher raw fuel costs, so it is now likely the government will have to take action to try to change the rules concerning calculation of price and possibly even reduce the tax.

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By Joe Gerrard SPAIN, the EU and the US have called for Venezuela’s leader to hold elections after an opposition figure declared himself acting president while the country’s political and economic crisis deepens.

Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez joined figures including British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt in calling for Nicolas Maduro to call a national vote. Opposition leader Juan Guaido would be recognised as the country’s legitimate president if elections did not go ahead, Sanchez and others added.

“We do not seek to install or remove governments, we want democracy and free elections in Venezuela,” Sanchez said.

It comes as Maduro has faced allegations of electoral fraud and is increasingly seen as a dictator. Critics claim the regime’s economic policies have impoverished the country, with

POWER STRUGGLE: Spain’s PM spoke to Maduro’s opponent Guaido (inset). around 3.3 million Venezuelans having fled since 2015.

Pablo Casado, leader of Spain’s conservative Partido Popular, and

head of the centrist Ciudadanos Albert Rivera, have both called on Madrid to recognise Guaido.

The news come as the US, Canada and a host of Latin American countries recognised Guaido as the legitimate leader of Venezuela.

The EU has called for a peaceful resolution to the crisis, while Bolivia, China, Russia and Turkey continue to back Maduro.

Maduro and his supporters claim the US and other countries are attempting to engineer a coup.

Nicolas Maduro took over as Venezuela’s president following the death of revolutionary leader Hugo Chavez in 2013.

Falling oil prices and US sanctions have plunged the country’s already fragile economy deeper into crisis and Maduro has tightened his grip on power since. Some opposition groups are banned, activists have been arrested and police have cracked down on anti-government demonstrations.

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Bill scam NATIONAL POLICE have warned people in Spain that scammers are sending out fake electricity bill emails in a bid to steal bank details.

Officers said the scam has seen emails made to look like those from Endesa sent to internet users telling them they have paid bills twice.

The email claims there has been an incorrect accounting estimate and invites the receiver to claim a refund of €636.30.

Police have told anyone who receives the email not to follow its instructions as it is a ‘phishing scam.’

Cultural jewel SPAIN’S national museum, the Prado, celebrates its 200th anniversary this year, and boasts three million visitors annually.

Hailed as the country’s ‘cultural jewel,’ the building was commissioned by King Charles III in the 1780’s and is now home to one of Europe’s finest painting collections.

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Women’s strike call A S PA N I S H t r a d e u n i o n has approved a motion at its conference, calling on female workers to stage walk outs on March 8 to mark International Women’s Day. The General Confederation of Labour (CGT) union passed the motion at a conference in Merida in Extremadura. It comes almost one year after women across Spain went on strike to mark International Women’s Day. This year ’s strike is set to see participants call for an end to gender inequality in the workplace and in w i d e r s o c i e t y, t h e u n i o n said in a statement.

It is set to be held for 24 hours across all sectors of the Spanish economy, CGT added.

‘CGT makes an appeal to the whole of society to support the General Strike next March 8,’ the union said.

Other unions including the General Union of

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Tackling fake medicines PHARMACIES across Spain are set to adopt a new system which helps to verify medicines against a national list of prescriptions next Saturday.

The new system was brought in after the EU passed new rules aimed to tackle counterfeit medicine.

It has been trialled successfully in Logroño in La Rioja.

Maria Angeles Figuerola, director of the new SEVeM system, said: “The new system will create even more guarantees of safety for patients.”

Property prices strong

STRIKE CALL: Millions are estimated to have taken part in demonstrations last year.

Workers (UGT) and Worker ’s Commission (CCOO) have also called on their members to stage two-hour strikes throughout March 8. Union leaders are re-

portedly looking into calling for a full general strike.

T h e Wo m e n ’s S t r i k e o f 2018 saw around 5.3 million protesters take part in

cities across Spain, according to union estimates.

Their demands included an end to workplace inequality and to gender-violence.

ACCORDING to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Spanish Statistical Office (INE) house prices in Spain continued to rise during 2018.

Main areas of rises are Madrid, Mallorca and Barcelona with cheap properties still available in old and neglected blocks. Rental income is rising and investment companies believe Spain offers a good opportunity for buyers.

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Health tourism PEOPLE who travelled to Spain for medical treatment and other services brought around €500 million into the country last year, according to the head of an industry group.

Spaincare’s president David Medina said he expected the amount brought in by so-called health tourism to double in the coming years.

He was speaking as the group, which represents health tourism providers across Spain, exhibited its services at the International Tourism Festival (FITUR) in Madrid last week.

Health tourism includes medical treatment and services as well as spas and other experiences.

The sector has grown by an average of 20 per cent globally in the last few years.

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Number of Brits in Spain falls RECOVERED: The reliefs date from the Visigothic era.

Artefacts return TWO artefacts dating from Spain’s Visigothic period have been returned to the Spanish Embassy in London almost 15 years after they were stolen in Castilla y Leon.

Spanish diplomats, Guardia Civil officers, experts from the Museum of Burgos and London Metropolitan Police were on hand when a Dutch researcher returned the two stone carvings last week. They were stolen

from Quintanilla de las Viñas in Burgos Province in July 2004.

The reliefs, which depict two religious figures were found in the hands of a buyer in Britain who purchased them in good faith without knowing they had been stolen.

The carvings were found with the help of the Dutch researcher. Spanish police officers, officials and archaeologists were sent over to Britain hours

after they were found. The reliefs were due to arrive back in Spain this week.

Researchers are now due to check the artefacts to see if they need restoration work. The carvings measure 35x54x30 centimetres and weigh around 35 kilograms each.

They once decorated the nave church hermitage of Our Lady of the Vineyards which dates back to the seventh century.

THERE are almost 241,000 British citizens living in Spain, down from a peak of almost 400,000 in 2011 according to new National Institute of Statistics (INE) data from 2018.

INE figures showed there has been a gradual decline in the number of British nationals living in Spain since 2012. The figures are based on towns’ municipal registers, the Padron.

The decline became more rapid in 2013 and has continued since in a trend which is reflected in data for citizens from other EU countries.

The British remain the fourth-largest group of foreign nationals in Spain. Moroccans are the largest group with about 825,000, followed by Romanians with almost 600,000 and Ecuadorians with more than 400,000.

The amount of Venezuelan nationals increased by 22 per cent in 2018 compared the previous year, the largest rise of any foreign group.

Foreign nationals are estimated to make up between 13 and 14 per cent of Spain’s total population.

They accounted for about 3 per cent about 20 years ago.

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Asylum applications break records THE number of people who applied for asylum status in Spain stood at around 55,600 last year, the highest amount since records began according to UN data.

Figures from the UN’s High Commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) showed Venezuelan applicants made up around 40 per cent of the total, with about 20,000 applications made. That is almost double the amount made in 2017.

Colombian applications came second with 8,700, about 20 per cent of the total. Syrians came third, making up around 5 per cent of the total with around 2,500 applications.

The number of applications from Syrians fell compared to 2017 when it stood at around 4,200.

The UNHCR estimated that there would be around 78,500 applications placed this year, according to current trends.

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Spain attracts hotel investment INVESTMENT in Spanish Hotels reached €4.86 billion in 2018, second only to the UK in the whole of Europe according to a report by Christie & Co which was previewed at FITUR in Madrid.

The FITUR show which ran for five days is the largest and most important annual travel exhibition in Spain and attracts representatives of all of the major Spanish holiday destinations as well as exhibitors from around the world.

The report was delivered by Inmaculada Ranera, general director of the company’s Spanish and Portuguese office and detailed the fact that the bulk of investment came from US-based companies, followed closely by Spanish organisations and

THE Spanish Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism publishes regular details of the cost of fuel on its Geoportal Gasolineras website.

The latest information shows that there is a vast disparity between prices in different regions with the cheapest petrol costing

STRONG INVESTMENT: Inmaculada Ranera reveals the report.

comprised mainly of investment companies and hotel groups.

The bulk of investment was fo-

Fuel prices

cused on holiday destinations such as the Canary Islands, Balearics and to a lesser extent Costa del Sol, al-

€1.06 per litre (compared to up to €1.308 in some parts of the country) and diesel at €1.019 (compared to €1.25).

The cheapest fuel is generally found in service stations in Cataluña although there are also good prices in parts of Huesca and Tarragona.

though Madrid, Sevilla and Barcelona also saw good volumes of money spent.

Violent robbery A KNIFE-WIELDING robber who managed to flee a petrol station in Mallorca having grabbed the cash register, after a struggle with the cashier, was run over by a well-meaning member of the public.

The suspect, who is being sought by police, reportedly got up and escaped, empty handed on a bicycle.

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Baby’s life saved by ‘heroic’ police officers

by Tara Rippin TWO police officers are being hailed heroes after saving the life of a 14-month-old baby who was unconscious and had stopped breathing in Cordoba.

The Lucena-Cabra National Police officers carried out the Heimlich manoeuvre on the child, before she was transferred to a nearby hospi-

tal. According to a police statement, they were patrolling Lucena when the occupants of a car asked for their help.

Several people got out of the vehicle carrying ‘an unconscious baby in their arms’ and officers confirmed the girl’s eyes were closed and she wasn’t reacting to stimuli.

After ‘verifying the absence of pulse and breathing’ they

began the Heimlich manoeuvre realising she had obstructed airways. The officers managed to get the child breathing and kept her stable until emergency services arrived.

A National Police source praised the performance, pointing out it was ‘fast and effective, managing to save the baby’s life,’ who after several hours in hospital was discharged in ‘perfect condition.’

Writer prison remarks AN association representing writers in Spain has accused an international literature group of ‘distorting reality’ after the latter said Spain had imprisoned authors for their work.

The Association of Spanish Writers (ACE) said no one was imprisoned in the country over their writing and that it protected freedom of expression, as required to under EU law.

It came after PEN International called on Spanish authorities to drop charges against

Jordi Sanchez and Jordi Cuixart. Both are currently in detention ahead of trials on Catalan independence in February.

“Time and again, PEN has defended writers regardless of the position they have taken. We believe this case is no different,” the organisation said.

Sanchez was a member of the Catalan regional assembly and a pro-independence activist. Cuixart was a businessman and activist.

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PM addresses Davos forum SPAIN’S Prime Minister has told attendees at the World Economic Forum that the level of global inequality is ‘unacceptable’ and that it is fuelling the rise in populism.

Pedro Sanchez told those gathered in Davos, Switzerland economics was not an end in itself and it had to meet people’s needs.

World leaders and businesspeople needed to remember the ‘mistakes’ that were made during the last financial crisis which had cost the global economy 10 years, the Prime Minister added.

“Inequality is destroying our societies. Populism is al-

ready the main challenge for democracy and if we had not forgotten that the economy should serve the people, maybe it would not have grown to its current level,” Sanchez said.

“The neoliberal economic model offers a hostile world for those who do not belong to the elite,” the Prime Minister added.

The World Economic Forum takes place in Davos every year. It sees politicians, businesspeople and academics gather for talks and meetings on economic, business and financial policy.

GROWING OLD: Asturias is the oldest region on average in Spain.

Activist arrest row A PRO-WESTERN Sahara group has criticised Spain for deporting an activist from the Canary Islands who is now in prison in Morocco for ‘illegal political activities.’

The Polisario Front, which supports the liberation of the Western Sahara from Moroccan rule, claimed Spanish police arrested Husein Bachir Brahim after he arrived in Lanzarote earlier this month. He was fleeing persecution in Morocco, the group added.

Spanish police failed to bring Bramin before the courts after his arrest, the Polisario Front claimed. Officers have yet to comment.

Oldest regions THE average age of people in Asturias is about 48 years old, making it the oldest region by that measure in Spain according to new National Institute for Statistics (INE) data.

INE figures from 2018 show the average age overall for Spain was 43. The youngest part of Spain is the African enclave of Melilla with an average age of 35.

Asturias was followed by Castilla y Leon with an average age of 47.3,

Galicia 47.1, the Basque Country 45, and Aragon, 44.

The youngest regions after Melilla were the African enclave of Ceuta with an average age of 37, Murcia with 40, the Balearic Islands with 41 and the Canary Islands, 41.9.

The average age in Andalucia was almost 41.6, while in Valencia it stood at 42. INE data showed the overall average age for Spain has

been rising since the 1990’s.

The average age stood at 39.2 in 1998 before rising to 40 in 2001, 31 in 2010 and 42 in 2014.

I t c o m e s a s o ff i c i a l f i g u r e s showed that 179,794 babies were born in Spain during the first half of 2018, the lowest since records began in 1941.

A decline in the number of births and people living longer has contributed to a rise in the average age.

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Tax burdens

‘Golden visa’ concerns THE European Commission (EC) has said that member states offering passports and citizenship to wealthy foreigners under so-called ‘Golden Visa’ schemes are encouraging an influx of criminal applicants.

The EC’s report on the schemes stated that they could encourage money laundering, corruption, tax evasion and pose security risks.

Spain is among the EU countries that issue Golden Visas.

Vera Jourova, the EC’S Justice Commissioner, said the bloc wanted to see more transparency from countries that have launched such schemes.

“There should be no weak link in the EU, where you could shop around for the most lenient scheme,” Jourova said.

Dimitris Avrampoloulos, the EC’s Migration and Citizenship Commissioner, said that legally living in the EU came with rights and privileges that should not be abused.

Britain, France, Ireland and Portugal are also among the EU member states that have adopted Golden Visa schemes.

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THE amount paid in taxes in Spain is equivalent to around 23.2 per cent of average disposable income, with the Balearic Islands’ burden the highest of Spain’s regions.

Government figures showed that a taxpayer earning €24,999 a year would pay a total of €5,812.51 in taxes. The figure includes income tax payments as well as indirect levies such as VAT (IVA in Spanish).

The amount people in the Balearic Islands pay in taxes is €7,064.51 on an average income of €25,772.

Melilla had the lowest proportional tax burden with 9.62 per cent, followed by Navarra with 14.86 per cent and the Canary Islands with 18.55 per cent.

ENFORCEMENT CALL: The rules cover ruddy ducks and other invasive species.

Invasive species THE European Commission (EC) has give Spain and eight other member states two months to enforce new EU rules on non-native ‘invasive’ animals, birds and plants.

The new rules require member states to take measures to curb the num-

ber of invasive species. Invasive species are defined as those which live outside their natural habit, spread rapidly and outnumber native animals, plants and birds.

There are estimated to be around 168 invasive species in Spain, accord-

ing to government estimates. These include the ruddy duck, the zebra mussel and red swamp crayfish.

The EC called on Spain, Czech Republic, Cyprus, France, Greece, Ireland, Poland and Portugal to comply with the rules.

Book readers rise THE number of people who read books regularly in Spain grew to 61.8 per cent of the population last year, according to a publishing industry body.

The Spanish Federation of Publishers Guilds of Spain (FGEE) said their data showed the amount of people who read books digitally grew to almost 23.2 per cent of the total.

But almost 40 per cent

of those surveyed said the amount of reading they did was little to none.

Culture Minister Jose Guirao said the increase was welcome, but much remains to be done.

Miguel Barrero, head of FGEE, said the data on people who did not read showed Spain was a ‘problem country’ in terms of accessing culture.

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FEATURE

Conflict of interest with the administrator MOST communities are happy to pay a professional administrator to manage their community affairs. However the financial crisis which started some 10 years ago meant many communities wanted to reduce running costs where they could and many started with their community administrator.

Consequently the charges which some administrators offered tumbled dramatically but unfortunately so did the level of professionalism and service.

To retain existing clients and attract new ones these administration companies suddenly offered what can only be described as ridiculously reduced prices, understandably many communities took advantage of these cheaper offers but as is often said ‘if it’s cheap, there’s a reason,’ and unfortunately for some communities this proved to be a false economy followed by a dramatic reduction in the quality of service.

Offering cheaper prices generally requires a reduction in overheads, administrators appeared which were now purely internet based while others to achieve cutbacks employed fewer staff and so could not provide the same level of service as a more traditional well-staffed high street office.

In some cases overhead reductions were to such an extent that new administrators failed to have - and still do not have - public liability insurance and are not registered with, and consequently not regulated by, the official College of Administrators in Malaga.

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However, even reduced overheads have to be paid so the real income must come from somewhere else. It is simple enough, cheap companies will first offer a greatly reduced administration fee but will agree with the community that all services apart from the ones expressly established in the contract will be paid for separately.

In this way the administrator can charge for things which are normally included in a service management fee. For example, collecting a new community minute book, calls to the town hall, overseeing even minor repair works, holding an EGM, in fact anything and everything they can. The result, the fees are now even higher than before.

In addition, the cheap administrator will often try to provide services through their own companies or through companies with whom they share a common interest or a family connection. Once the new administrators are in this position, they earn their money not only through their administration fee but through related issues like cleaning the community pool, maintenance, repairs, gardening and so on.

Consequently a conflict of interest develops between what is good for the community and what is good for the administrator.

This conflict of interest is the core of the problem. It often leads to resentment and mistrust between the community and its administration and so a downward spiral begins.

As the worst of the crisis starts to pass, more communities have realised that changing their administrator to save a little money was probably, at least for some, a mistake and are now returning to the more traditional companies.

Companies who charge a professional management fee, maintain adequate levels of competent staff and have no need to deal with companies and suppliers with whom there is a conflict of interest.

In conclusion, communities of owners would do well to take stock and look into the relationship with their current administrators. To check if the access to the administrator is readily available and straight forward. To see if the administrator has an in-depth and up-to-date working knowledge of Spanish community law and is legally registered and therefore enjoys the professional support of the College of Administrators.

That they have proper public liability insurance covering situations which could arise within the community or between the community and the actions of an adminstrator.

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THE WEEK IN POLITICS

Touching nerves THE two largest parties in Spain’s parliament spent Monday hurling accusations against each other on Catalan independence and the far-right.

Dolors Montserrat, of the conservative Partido Popular (PP), accused the prime minister of ‘betrayal’ over his overtures to Cataluña’s pro-independence regional government.

Meanwhile, the left-leaning Partido Socialista’s (PSOE) Jose Zaragoza said the PP was feeding the ‘monster’ of the far-right.

The exchanges touched raw nerves for both the left and the right of Spanish politics. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s decision to attempt to negotiate with Catalan leader Quim Torra since taking power in June has provided ample ammunition for the PP. The party has been able to spin Sanchez’s talks as a sign

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TRADING BLOWS: Congress witnessed bitter exchanges this week. that he is neglecting the integrity of the Spanish nation. The prime minister has long argued his approach is designed to diffuse tensions which have been high in the region since the 2017 independence push.

Sanchez has had to lean on small regionalist parties in Congress, including those from Cataluña, in order to pass key legislation since PSOE took power in June.

The prime minister cannot afford therefore to alienate those parties. His government would be paralysed in parliament if they refused to back PSOE, as recent wrangling over the 2019 budget shows.

The PP’s accusations of Sanchez secretly supporting the breakup of Spain may be a cheap shot. But it is true current circumstances have presented a golden opportunity for pro-

Catalan groups to extract further concessions from Madrid on self-rule.

The reference to the ‘monster’ of the far-right comes as the PP and centrist Ciudadanos secured the support of Vox to help form their new coalition in Andalucia.

The PP and Ciudadanos claimed their actions were necessary but many on the left feel they have shown their true colours.

The decision to support Vox poses problems for both. Ciudadanos will now have to square its progressive circle with its willingness to work with reactionary political forces in order to gain power.

Vox’s aid may have helped the PP topple PSOE in what has typically been a key stronghold.

But working with them legitimises them as an electoral option, with the two in direct competition for the right-wing vote.

Obstacle course THE leader of the centrist Ciudadanos has said his party could work with the ruling left-leaning Partido Socialista but added Spain’s prime minister was an ‘obstacle.’

Albert Rivera said Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez had ‘muddled’national politics with his strategy of dialogue with pro-independence groups in Cataluña.

The leader of Ciudadanos also accused Sanchez of working for his own interests and not for the good of Spain.

“Sanchez has become an impediment that has muddled national politics which has become polarised and has encouraged separatist groups,” Rivera said.

Ciudadanos and PSOE have a chequered history but there seems to be a basis for an alliance on paper.

Ciudadanos pitches itself as a progressive pro-market alternative to the conservative Partido Popular (PP) while PSOE has championed liberal social causes and is socialist in name only.

But Ciudadanos’ recent history does not bear this out. The party has often aligned itself with the PP on a national level, helping to return former prime minister Mariano Rajoy to power in 2016.

Rivera’s comments will also raise eyebrows in Andalucia where Ciudadanos recently entered into a coalition with the PP with the help of the far-right Vox. Poll tracker: Partido Socialista (PSOE): 22.3 per cent, 98 seats Partido Popular (PP): 21.5 per cent, 89 seats Ciudadanos: 19.8 per cent, 67 seats Unidos Podemos: 14.8 per cent, 51 seats Result: PSOE largest party, no overall control.

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FRANCE FRENCH president Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel signed the Treaty of Aachen last week designed to deepen ties between France and Germany on security, the economy and digital policy 56 years after the historic Elysee Accord.

New treaty

Tax gains THE richest 1 per cent of people in France are set to see their incomes rise by 2.3 per cent due to tax cuts which come into effect this year, according to findings from the country’s Institute of Public Policy (IPP).

PACT: The deal deepens Franco-German ties.

BELGIUM

Space deal

Attack service

BELGIUM has signed a pact with Luxembourg committing both to work together on the exploitation and use of resources extracted in space in a bid to be in the race to the stars ‘from the start,’ Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said.

AROUND 100 people gathered in Dendermonde last week for a ceremony to mark 10 years since Kim De Gelder carried out a mass killing at a nursery in the region, killing two babies and 54-year-old nurse Marita Blindeman and injuring 13 others.

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GERMANY

Migrant data

Reform call

AROUND 3,500 people sought asylum in Denmark last year, according to figures from the country’s Immigration and Integration Ministry which showed the amount was similar to 2017 and that most came from Eritrea, Syria and Georgia.

GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on attendees gathered at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland to defend multilateral institutions while calling for reform to prevent them from breaking apart.

First team

US trip

DENMARK is set to have its first national e-football team which will compete internationally, with the first games set to be against Norway, Sweden and Finland on Saturday, Danish football association head Kenneth Reeh has said.

HEIKO MAAS, Germany’s Foreign Minister, said he would seek ‘new co-operation’ with the US before leaving for a visit to the country last week as German officials attempt to strengthen trans-Atlantic ties.

NETHERLANDS

Climate claim

Visa call

EMISSIONS in the Netherlands look set to fall by about 21 per cent from 1990 levels, less than official targets of 25 per cent according to government research commissioned after an appeal court ruled it had a legal duty to meet pollution goals.

THE European Commission (EC) has called on the Netherlands and 22 other countries to halt ‘golden visa’ schemes which see papers granted to wealthy foreigners in exchange for payments over concerns they could be linked to criminal funds.

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SWEDEN

Death probe

Port strike

A LACK of collaboration between doctors led to the death of a woman in her 60’s after she became infected with flesh-eating bacteria at Flekkefjord’s Sorlandet hospital, an investigation from Norway’s Board of Health has concluded.

A TOTAL of 15 ports in Sweden were affected by the walkout of around 1,000 workers called after the Swedish Dockworkers’ Union failed to reach a deal with harbour bosses over collective bargaining.

U-boat plan

Train crash

NORWAY’S Coastal Administration has opened bidding for companies to help map the wreck of a Second World War German U-boat which lies 150 metres below the sea off the island of Fedje.

A MAN in his 30’s has died after being taken to hospital last week when a train crashed into his car in the Kalmar region of Sweden, according to local officials.

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A ROQUETAS de Mar man is under arrest after Guardia Civil spotted him dumping three bags of marihuana after he got held up in a traffic jam following an accident.

Guardia patrols had been called out to the incident involving several vehicles and leaving a number of people requiring medical attention on the A-7 dual-carriageway in El Ejido.

While officers were alerting drivers to the situation and trying to keep traffic moving, they saw a man get out of a car about 200 metres away, open the boot, drop three large bags on the hard shoulder, then get back into his vehicle and start up the engine.

Suspicious, when the vehicle got level with officers they pulled it over and identified the driver, while other Guardia picked up the bags. They turned out to contain 10 kilos of the drug.

COSTA BLANCA NORTH

Off-duty shooting incident A SAN VICENTE Local Police officer accidentally shot himself in the thigh while off-duty.

He was in a physiotherapy clinic when, for reasons now under investigation, the gun went off.

He immediately contacted the emergency services and was taken to hospital in an

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We also had the support of a couple of Local Police and Almuñecar Guardia Civil.”

Police are yet to announce if anyone was injured in the incident or whether other residents living in the Torrecuevas neighbourhood were forced to leave their home.

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Land for sale THE town hall of Orihuela has announced that it is planning to auction a number of plots of land within the municipality in order to raise approximately €12 million, which is set to be spent on various projects.

In a press conference, Mayor Emilio Bascuñana said that around 40 new projects, at a cost of €5.5 million, are in the pipeline, and will be paid from the sale of municipal land assets - or in other words, from the sale of plots located on the Orihuela Costa.

NEW PLOTS: Orihuela Town Hall is looking for plots of land The task of finding suitable to auction. plots to sell has been given to the councillor for Heritage, Rafael Almagro, with the plots municipal land through auction. Three of the of land due to be auctioned in a plots are located in Los Almendricos (PAU-26), matter of just a few weeks. while the other two are in Sector E-2 El Last year, the town hall managed to raise a Barranco. total of €14.3 million after selling five plots of

ambulance.

T h e o ff i c e r, w h o i s a l s o a firearm training instructor, was described by the San Vicente police commissioner as ‘very experienced and meticulous.’

According to police sources, he still had his gun with him as he would have been late for his physiotherapy appointment if he had stopped to leave it at home.

He was also unable to explain how the gun was fired, the same sources revealed, but

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The gun is now in the keeping of the Guardia Civil who are investigating the incident.

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Paint store blaze FIREMEN in Almuñecar spent more than an hour battling flames which gutted a painting

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workshop in Torrecuevas.

The incident occurred after a fire broke out in the basement of a house in the neighbourhood.

Emergency services received calls from residents who spotted smoke coming from the building. Three members of the Almuñecar fire brigade worked to extinguish the blaze while flammable chemicals in the workshop hindered their efforts.

A spokesman for the service said: “The task was not easy

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FIERCE winds which hit Palma from Sunday night and Monday morning left a trail of damage and kept firefighters busy around the clock.

At least 10 incidents were recorded with the majority involving fallen trees.

Fortunately there were no injuries, though a motorist had a lucky escape when a branch fell on his car in the Real de Secar area on Sunday night.

Firefighters were earlier despatched to Calle Can Estada after huge gusts had blown a tree into nearby telephone cables, where it was being supported precariously.

The emergency team evacuated and made the area safe.

And around 6am on Monday morning, several members of the public reported large tiles were falling from a building in Calle Sant Vicenc Ferrer into the road below.

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France-Spain pipe setback SPAIN’S market regulator has rejected the first phase of a planned gas pipeline between the two countries saying it does not serve market needs.

The National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC) and France both rejected part-one of the Midcat project.

Midcat is set to cost €3 billion in total and it would span from Spain to France through Cataluña if built.

The CNMC said Spain should continue to work towards greater integration into the European energy network.

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31 January - 6 February 2019 The total number of Spanish firms which made it into Brand Finance’s latest annual list of the 500 most valuable global companies which were CaixaBank, Zara, Santander, BBVA, Movistar, El Corte Ingles, Repsol and Iberdrola.

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business & legal

Santander set to cut offices

Company policy concerns THREE of the largest companies in Spain have said they are concerned over what they said was a lack of legal certainty, surrounding economic policies the government has proposed.

Electricity provider Iberdrola, the BBVA bank and telecommunications firm Telefonica said planned tax hikes on investments and the increase of the minimum wage to €900 were causes for concern.

It comes after government ministers announced a range of policies which also include new levies on digital companies and currency exchanges.

Begoña Garcia-Rodriguez, head of

By Joe Gerrard Iberdrola’s fiscal department, said analysts and investors were already asking about the impact of the plans.

Plans to tax earnings from dividends which came from companies abroad were ‘bad news,’ Garcia-Rodriguez said.

Jose Maria Vallejo, the head of global tax at BBVA, said new levies and tax hikes would cause Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to fall and financing costs to rise. The planned rates would also hit company balance sheets, Vallejo added.

Iñigo Fernandez de Mesa, head of the economic committee of the Spanish Con-

federation of Business Organisations (CEOE), said: “Right now, companies and individuals do not know what they have to pay and they are not investing.”

Silvia Ropas Ribas, deputy head of the government’s Directorate General of Taxes (DGT), said ministers would continue looking at how new rates would be applied before they are enforced.

The government’s tax plans come as part of its 2019 budget which Finance Minister Maria Jesus Montero formally presented to parliament earlier this month.

Taxes have been raised to help fund planned increases in government spending.

SPANISH bank Santander has said it is going to close 140 of its British branches and cut 1,270 jobs due to the rise in online banking.

The bank is set to talk with unions over the closures.The bank’s British arm said branch transactions had fallen by 23 per cent during the last three years as the use of its online service has grown.

Susan Allen, head of retail banking at Santander UK, said: “The way clients relate to the bank has changed dramatically in recent years.”

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HQs move regions A TOTAL of 2,359 companies moved their headquarters out of Cataluña to other Spanish regions last year amidst ongoing uncertainty resulting from the 2017 independence referendum and declaration, according to Registrar data.

Stays fall FUND: Cabify offered to fund the sector.

C A B I F Y m a d e a n o ff e r t o Spain’s Development Ministry to create a taxi fund in response to protests from drivers, but the offer was not accepted.

The ride-hailing platform wanted to make the offer to ‘reassure’ the sector, according to company founder Juan de Antonio. It was designed to help taxi drivers integrate into the ride-hailing sector.

The fund would have seen

Cabify pay five cents in the Euro for every kilometre that one of its cars travelled.

The company estimated it could have raised some €400 million in one year.

It could have raised an estimated €1 billion if applied to other ride-hailing applications, the firm added.

De Antonio said the company had already introduced a similar fund in eight LatinAmerican countries.

OVERNIGHT stays in Spanish hotels fell by 0.1 per cent in 2018, the first since 2012, with declines of 0.6 per cent among Spanish holidaymakers and 0.4 per cent from foreigners according to data from the National Institute of Statistics.

New director THE Michelin factory in Va l l a d o l i d i s s e t t o s e e Bruno Arias Perez, formerly of the firm’s plant in Vitoria, take over from Mariano Arconada Calvo tomorrow (Friday), the company has announced.

Minister levy assurance SPAIN’S finance minister has said companies will theoretically be able to deduct their contributions for the new digital tax announced as part of the 2019 budget, from future corporate levy payments.

Maria Jesus Montero said during a visit to the Spanish Confederation of Business Organisations (CEOE) that deductions could be made ‘in principle.’ She added the government was looking into

how the new levy could be combined with existing corporate taxes.

Montero said the government wanted to be sure there were no misunderstandings on the part of business if and when the new tax comes into force.

The new levy, dubbed the ‘Google Tax,’ taxes companies 3 per cent on online advertising, brokerage and the sale of data and metadata.

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6,329.12 15,325.14 41,680.52 15,389.09 6,206.42 4,712.29 6,762.74 7,960.25 5,573.44 27,157.73 5,550.90 6,621.19 6,608.64 4,761.25 39,025.32 7,596.04 7,040.64 40,313.45 29,314.26 100,401.56 84,966.37 31,852.96 49,727.61 4,215.10 16,469.93 5,323.65 6,153.05 6,226.50 5,847.20 6,841.54 6,506.69 5,199.71 6,566.13 4,389.04 5,634.20 6,942.94 12,427.15 4,593.40 11,594.74 20,694.15 5,035.16 4,565.42 22,025.57 7,134.18 5,435.18 46,454.94 5,460.56 36,606.35 3,640.78 11,015.72 8,931.24

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A ghostly visitation LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT WELL, I’ve just appeared in a haunted hotel. No not as an apparition (yeah, yeah!) Just as this old, boring pop-singing mortal I’m afraid.

The hotel in question is situated in the depths of the beautiful, but somewhat foreboding New Forest. It’s called the Foxlease.

Parts of this imposing edifice date back to the 16th century and it abounds with stories of unexplained noises and apparitions, which over the years have manifested both to its staff and residents alike.

All right, all right, I can hear the snorts of derision from here. No, this is not some establishment trying to sell rooms on the backs of paranormal spirits created by some dubious PR exercise.

On the contrary, because the main core of their business is centred on Guides, Scouts, and schools whose students take camping holidays and ‘outward bound’ courses in the summer, they are trying to keep the whole thing as quiet as possible.

As a spiritualist and staunch believer in such things, I was more than a little interested to find out as much as I could about their numerous supernatural experiences.

SCARY: Would you have the courage to stay the night?

Subsequently, on further investigation of the hotel I found that a number of the restricted areas (purposely not used as guest accommodation!), were extremely spooky indeed.

In fact, while I was there, the landlord took a small party on a guided tour of these areas. Within a few minutes, one young lady rushed back into the lounge, and shaking noticeably, told me she was frightened to even walk down one of the corridors! The staff and landlord were actually extremely ‘matter of fact’ and quite nonchalant

about the whole situation. An acceptance I had not actually experienced before, and did indeed lend a whole new authenticity to their ghostly claims and stories.

Apparently none of them lock their bedroom doors at night, they explained this was a precaution enabling them to escape in a hurry should they feel the need! All had heard the noise of footsteps and children talking and crying. The landlord told me last summer he was having a drink with a friend in the garden, when the friend sud-

denly froze and went deathly white. When he asked him what the matter was, he said he’d just seen a woman walk out through the wall of the hotel!

Apparently, a few years ago, without them naming the hotel, Channel Five’s TV paranormal ‘Ghostbusters’ spent a few nights filming there.

They later reported, in their opinion, there were eight ghostly ‘guests’ residing on the premises.

Sometime later the landlord invited the Royal Navy paranormal squad (yep they really do exist, mainly to investigate reports of ship haunting) to look in to their claims. This team had no connection or links with the TV series, but lo and behold, after their overnight stay, they too reported they had detected eight spirits in the hotel! Whoooooo!

Well be that as it may, and having actually seen a (never forgotten) manifestation at the age of four, I am not a sceptic and my mind is always totally open to all things both spiritual and mortal.

I have to confess however, despite their kind invitation, we declined their offer to stay the night!

Have a good week and try to take strength from the inspiring words of the great Rumi, who told us. ‘You are not a drop in the ocean; you are an ocean in the drop.’

Keep the faith, Love, Leapy. Leapylee2002@gmail.com.

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School Talk

Promoting student well-being

By Catherine Davies, Head of Secondary and Sixth form at Laude San Pedro International College OVER the course of their education, children spend over 13,000 hours at school.

With such a huge amount of time spent in the classroom, schools provide an ideal environment for promoting good emotional well-being and identifying early behaviour changes. The social and emotional skills, knowledge and behaviours which young people learn in the classroom can help them to build resilience and set the pattern for how they will manage their future well-being.

Children’s welfare significantly impacts successful learning at school and as teachers we need to be actively aware of the part we play in ensuring our students see school as a happy, safe and supportive environment. One way in which we can do this is to promote some small methods which have been found to create lasting, positive changes.

Supporting young people to build emotional resilience can help them cope with and bounce back from adversity which everyone will face at some point in their lives. Schools must play a key role in ensuring the relevant support networks are in place and are freely available, forming part of everyday school life.

In my experience, schools which support students’ development in communicating effectively, negotiating conflict, practicing empathy, as-

CATHERINE DAVIES: Building positive relationships.

sisting in understanding their own skills and abilities, managing their emotions and behaviour and other social and emotional skills, can lead to better academic and life outcomes.

International students can sometimes feel isolated and lonely, as they lack the complex vocabulary and linguistic nuances to navigate tricky situations. Therefore, it is imperative teachers build positive relationships whereby they interact with students in a healthy, nurturing and supportive manner and ensure students feel comfortable to discuss any problems they may experience.

While our ultimate goal is to promote academic success in each of our students, it requires much more than that to help them grow into independent, resilient young people who will become an asset to the community they will live and work in. The onus is on both schools and families to provide the necessary framework and support to enable our children to flourish.

Professional profile: With over two decades of Education experience, Catherine Davies has been the headteacher of an international school in Spain prior to joining Laude San Pedro International College in January.

Catherine will be delighted to meet you on Laude’s next open morning on February 18.

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It all adds up

HE prospect of doing a large amount of exercise can sometimes be off-putting, and the more we avoid it, the guiltier we feel, creating a cycle where exercise can seem like a chore rather than something to be enjoyed.

But one scientist says that instead of focusing on creating large goals and then feeling bad if we don’t achieve them, we should actually just take small steps towards fitting a little more activity into things we naturally do every day.

Michelle Segar, a psychologist and director of the University of Michigan Sport, Health and Activity Research and Policy Centre, told American radio station NPR, that we place too much importance on thinking of exercise as an organised activity which must involve the gym, running, Spandex, or sweating. Segar explains that literally every time we move our bodies we are benefiting our health, whether that movement constitutes tradi-

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150 minutes of moderately intense exercise is recommended.

tional forms of exercise or not.

She says: “The research does now show that basically all movement counts, and anything is better than nothing,” adding, “I’ve been astounded that even up until today, very educated people don't know don’t believe - that walking actually ‘counts’ as valid exercise.”

Loretta DiPietro, exercise research scientist at George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health, told the same station that scientists measure how an activity affects our body using the value MET (metabolic equivalent). She explains this

means that any and all activity has a rating, and some routine tasks we perform on a near daily basis without considering them exercise have a higher MET value than some workouts.

DiPietro says exercise that is moderate to intense will have a value of between three and six METs, both of which are covered by mopping (3.5 METs), or slowly climbing the stairs (four METs). Climbing the stairs fast uses nine METs, more than line dancing at eight.

And given that we are told to take in 150 minutes of moderately intense exercise a week, it is easy to see how normal activities could easily add up.

DiPietro says this means instead of focusing on increasing levels of organised exercise, if you are unlikely to actually stick to this it may be better to just slightly increase the level of activities we already perform. This could mean taking the stairs instead of the lift or parking further away when shopping.

STAIR WALKING: Scientists say this could be as good as other exercise.

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Quarter of antibiotics ‘unnecessary’

By Sally Underwood ANTIBIOTICS - once prescribed freely for even minor infections - are increasingly being given out less frequently due to concerns we are becoming resistant to them.

Even so, a recent study found that in 2016 one in six patients was still given antibiotics they did not need.

Researchers at the University of Michigan looked at antibiotic prescriptions for privately insured Americans and found that 23 per cent were unnecessary, and 28 per cent were given without diagnosis, while only 36 per

One in 10 children received an unnecessary prescription. cent were possibly necessary, and even fewer - 8 per cent were absolutely necessary.

The data also showed that one in 10 children had received an unnecessary prescription in 2016.

Kao-Ping Chua, lead author of the study, warned that the study may still underestimate the full extent of the problem, and that overuse of antibiotics may one day

make even the mildest of infections impossible to treat.

Dr Chua, who is a researcher and paediatrician at the University of Michigan C S Mott Children’s Hospital and the U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, explained: “Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest threats to public health in the world, and the large number of antibiotics that providers prescribe for patients are a major driver of resistance.”

The expert added: “Providers urgently need to eliminate prescribing that is not needed, both for the sake of their patients and society.”

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Surprisingly good for you

By Sally Underwood WE all know some foods are better for us than others, and most of us try to stick mainly to a diet of products which support our health, spurning some of our favourites in the quest to look after ourselves.

But did you know that some of the foods we might think of as being traditionally ‘bad,’ may in fact contain surprising health benefits?

There is in fact a whole host of food and drinks we may be unnecessarily depriving ourselves of when in fact - eaten in moderation - they can actually be good for us. On the other hand, there are also supposedly ‘good’ products which may be harmful.

The humble potato, a staple part of many meals, has been much criticised in recent years for its high carbohydrate - and sometimes fat content. And while this may be warranted in the case of potatoes served in the form of French fries, crisps or mash, prepared healthily

Even chocolate can hold surprising health benefits. potatoes can form part of a nutritious, balanced diet.

Baked, boiled, or even roasted, they can leave us feeling fuller for longer, cutting down on the amount of other foods we consume.

Potatoes also contain good levels of antioxidants, fibre, vitamin C, vitamin B6, potassium, and manganese.

Whole milk is another product we tend to avoid out of concerns over its fat content.

In fact, some experts believe whole milk contains more vitamin D and Omega 3 oils than skimmed and semiskimmed varieties. Similarly, cheese often receives a bad reputation, but also contains large quantities of calcium, as well as some amount of almost every vitamin and min-

eral your body needs to function well.

Even chocolate can hold surprising health benefits.

Dark chocolate is thought to contain high levels of antioxidants - the chemicals which help to fight off cancer-causing ones - higher levels than found in even super foods like blueberries.

The same benefits do not apply to milk or white chocolate, however, so these are best avoided.

And finally, a look at a supposedly healthy product which can actually cause more harm than good: fruit juice. While we have been for years told that orange juice and other ‘health’ drinks can improve immunity or health, scientists say fruit-based drinks in fact contain high levels of sugar and very few nutritional benefits.

So if you do feel like a juice, it is important to make sure it is 100 per cent natural with no added ingredients, and even then only consume in moderation.

NOT BAD: Experts say some ‘bad’ foods could actually be healthy.

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By Sally Underwood THE concept of having something made just for us has always felt like the height of luxury; whether it’s a suit, kitchen, pair of shoes of piece of furniture, bespoke products feel like the ultimate indulgence.

And it seems the beauty industry has caught onto this sentiment, with multiple companies now offering bespoke or custom-made products.

These businesses claim you can take the guess work out of whether a product will suit you or work for your hair or skin by creating it to your exact specifications. Theoretically, this in turn will cut down on the amount of money spent on products which end up resigned to the back of the cup-

board when they do not fulfil their claims.

The range on offer spans mascaras, make-up palettes, and even shampoos, beginning with Function of Beauty, a USbased company which creates shampoos and conditioners to order.

Whether you have always struggled to find the ‘perfect’ shampoo for your hair, or your favourite has been discontinued and you cannot find an equivalent anywhere, Function of Beauty claims to have the answer by providing a service where you are a short quiz away from a completely custom-made shampoo and con-

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Bespoke beauty CUSTOM MADE: Function of Beauty allows you to create your own shampoo.

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T h e company will even print your name on the side of the bottle, as well as allowing you to choose the colour and scent, and filling the formula with ingredients specifically designed to deal with the information you give them about your hair and scalp type and hair concerns.

While Function of Beauty does not currently ship to Spain, the company says it

hopes to, ‘in the not too distant future.’ Meanwhile, it does deliver to UK addresses and can be ordered online at www.func tionofbeauty.com from €31.50 for a set of two 473ml bottles.

Another company offering the bespoke experience is Eyeko, which allows customers to create their own mascara, using a combination of a chosen formula - whether you are looking for length, curl, definition, or a more natural look - alongside your preferred shape of mas-

cara wand. Priced from €26.25, you can create your bespoke mascara online from www.eye ko.co.uk.

If you don’t want to go down the full tailor-made route, however, you can still enjoy the custom experience with engraving services offered by major brand Lancome, which allows you to engrave a name or other word onto many of their perfumes, lipsticks, glosses, or foundations online at www.lancome.co.uk.

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And now, new, lower prices, as well as discounts for over65’s, make this stunning gym even more accessible to everyone.

This international facility, with between 50 and 60 per cent of exercisers coming from around other parts of the world, regularly hosts its popular body combat and body pump classes, as well as exclusively offering Epic Cross - a cross-training class - on its beautiful 350 square metre terrace.

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Opening in mid-April is also the Epic Cafe, where you can complete a day of fitness with a protein drink, healthy smoothie, or meal to help you towards your goals.

Or if you just feel like a well-earned rest after a class, why not simply enjoy a premium coffee as you take in the building’s beautiful beach views.

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Beauty on a budget D

ECEMBER can leave us all feeling the pinch a little.

After the yearly round of presents, parties, and plane tickets, we can all feel like we need to cut back a little on spending.

But is it possible to save money and continue to use highquality hair, body and face products? Happily, the answer is yes.

From face masks, bath salts, hand creams and moisturisers, making your own beauty products at home can be an extremely low-cost and effective way to take care of yourself even when the coffers are less than full.

For a multi-purpose product which you can take everywhere, melt down beeswax (available in most health food shops and online) in a double boiler, before adding between 20 and 30 drops of orange essential oil.

Next, add around a tablespoon of sunflower oil and pour the

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mixture into a small pot.

Allow the mixture to cool for an hour or two, and afterwards use the balm for everything from a cuticle cream and lip

salve to a treatment for split ends. You can customise the balm to include your favourite scent by using alternative essential oils such as lavender,

peppermint, rose, or lemon.

Just be sure to steer clear of harsher oils such as eucalyptus, tea tree or cinnamon which may not be gentle on the skin.

For a cheap alternative to a shop-bought body scrub, why not combine one of Spain’s best exports - olive oil - with sea salt and essential oils for a moisturising and effective product.

Mix equal parts of the oil and salt in a kilner jar and add around 30 drops of your chosen scent. Just make sure to take care in the bath or shower as this scrub can get slippery.

If you usually use a body moisturiser, make a DIY alternative using jojoba, apricot kernel or argan oil, and combine them with between 10 and 15 drops of essential oil. Pour the mixture into a spray bottle for a quick way to keep your skin healthy and hydrated during the winter months. Just avoid citrus oils as these can make skin more sensitive to the sun.

Finally, make your own face mask by mixing honey with equal parts mashed avocado and apply for 10 minutes, for a boost of hydration.

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It was only recently the endocannabinoid system (ECS) was discovered in the human body, all mammals have it. The phytocannabinoids in the cannabis plant interact with our endocannabinoid system acting like the lock and the key.

We also have CB1 and CB2

receptors throughout our body, which interact with cannabinoids in the hemp and cannabis plant causing a reaction. As these naturally infiltrate our system it helps us to restore balance to the mind and body taking us into homeostasis.

Full spectrum hemp and CBD products come in the form of tinctures, capsules, creams, vapes, supposatories and edibles. They can help reduce symptoms such as chronic pain, inflammation, PTSD, PMT, insomnia and asthma, to name just a few.

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Get the glow N

O longer just good for our bodies, vitamin C is now one of the hottest products offering to give us glowing, firm skin.

While we all know vitamin C is good for us on the inside by improving our immune systems, a new host of vitamin C-enriched skin care products promise an array of benefits, helping us to look healthy on the outside too.

This natural ingredient contains a chemical, LAscorbic Acid (LAA), thought to contain high levels of antioxidants which can protect us from free-radical damage, including UV rays, smoke, and pollution.

This in turn may help to slow down some of the ageing we experience

caused by environmental factors, and could be particularly beneficial for those living in sunnier countries, including Spain.

The benefits don’t stop there, however, as there is some evidence to suggest products using vitamin C can actually reverse some signs of ageing.

Experts claim the chemical can help lighten dark spots, such as those left over after sun damage, as well as inhibiting melanin production - the chemical responsible for hyperpigmentation - preventing further dark spots from forming.

Scientists also believe vitamin C may help to boost collagen levels in the skin, creating a plumper, firmer effect, and helping to reverse the look of fine lines and

Use a daily SPF of at least Factor 30 to protect your skin. wrinkles. It is thought vitamin C achieves this by increasing cell turnover ensuring newer cells are always at the surface of the skin and sloughing away old ones, which may even help to fade scars.

There is a large variety of vitamin C skin care products available, and before choosing one, it is important to take some factors into consideration.

The active chemical in most of these formulas, LAscorbic Acid, is unstable when exposed to sunlight, meaning your product may cease to be

effective after several weeks if not stored properly.

This means choosing a product ideally packaged in brown or blue glass, which helps to keep out UV rays and protect your product.

Next, it is important to think about what concentration of LAA you would like to use. Higher concentrations of around 15 to 20 per cent are most effective but can cause sensitivity in some people, so it may be best to start off with a lower concentration, around 10 per cent.

Finally, as ever, don’t forget to protect your skin by using a daily SPF of at least Factor 30 to protect your skin from further damage.

VITAMIN C: Products may help to reverse some ageing.

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WHILE winter may feel like a time for cosying up indoors, and generally trying to keep as warm as possible, exercising in colder weather may actually offer a variety of benefits.

A well-being phenomenon practised in Scandinavia for hundreds of years, now experts say running, swimming, or performing other types of exercise in the cold could be highly beneficial for your health. One main benefit is that your body burns more calories when it

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Feel the brrrr-n moves in the cold. This is because your metabolism speeds up, helping to burn off fat and any extra calories.

Another popular perk of exercising in the cold is

20 minutes of brisk swimming can burn around 200 calories.

that it improves your stamina and endurance. This is because your heart, lungs, and circulatory system are forced to work harder than in warmer temperatures, improving your overall health.

In turn, this can also

help to increase your immune system, as well as other health problems.

The benefits don’t just stop with your physical health, though, as exercising in the cold has been shown to improve our mental health, too.

Scientists believe exercising outside in winter can help prevent Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), by taking in more sun and reducing depression. It also gives our bodies a welcome dose of vitamin D. Any form of exercise also raises our endorphin (feel-good) hormones, raising our mood, but being in the cold also stimulates a hormone responsible for relaxing us.

While temperatures in Spain are unlikely to plummet to those found in northern European coun-

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tries, it is still possible to incorporate some cold weather exercise into your daily life.

If you have a swimming pool, consider taking a dip even without heating.

Twenty minutes of brisk laps will not only burn around 200 calories but experts believe bathing in cold water can also improve blood circulation, immune system, skin tone, and even help us sleep better.

If running or walking is more your thing, why not head out earlier than normal, before the sun has had time to warm up the air properly.

You could even consider carrying out some light stretching exercises such as weight-lifting outside in the cooler weather.

As with any form of exercise, however, never overexert yourself and always speak to a doctor before embarking on any new regime.

COLD COMFORT: Exercising in the cold may offer many health benefits.

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FEW things are more frustrating for a runner than shin splints. They’re painful, restrict your movement and training and seem difficult to treat.

What are Shin Splints?

This is a useful ‘catch all’ term for pain in the leg below the knee. But true shin splints are when you have pain only on the inner part of the shin.

Although the pain often starts intermittently, running and walking may quickly become extremely painful.

If you are getting pain in your shins in a different place or only in one tender spot, there might be something else going on so always get checked by a qualified professional.

What causes Shin Splints?

Too much too soon or overtraining Bad shoes - shoes that are too worn, don’t have good shock absorption or good arch support.

Running on sand or a poorly cambered road places lopsided strain on the foot, shin, knee, thigh, hip... remember your body is connected!

Tight calf muscles and poor hip movement.

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Over pronation / low arch when running - as the foot collapses it twists the shin and causes strain on one side.

So what should I do to stop the pain?

Ease back on your training schedule - you need to let the muscle inflammation calm down before you will be pain free. So only train to mild discomfort.

Check your shoes - are

they badly worn in one spot on the heel? Have they got a good arch support and good cushion in the heel? If not it’s time to invest in a pair that do!

Get assessed - you need to

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be reviewed from your toes to your hips and everywhere in between while you are walking and running to understand where the issues are when you move.

Get some treatment - myofascial and deep tissue work with some electrotherapy can reduce the inflammation and relax the muscles and tendons in the hip, thigh, calf and foot - remember they are all connected!

Get support - kinesiotaping (or other brands!) can help support and train the muscles while you are recovering. Support the foot as well to reduce inflammation.

Review your training schedule - you might need to alter your distance, frequency or add in other exercises for a while.

Stop them coming back - a proper pair of insoles in your running shoes will support your arch and heel and stop the foot collapsing and twisting as you run. This prevents your shin splints returning.

Always get fitted by a qualified professional, something from the pharmacy won’t give you the level of support you need for high impact sports.

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Dr Pisano is an expert in hair restoration surgery and has used research grants to work on head and neck surgery, accumulating in total more than 10 years of experience in microsurgery.

In his effort to constantly improve his techniques and modernise the technology at his clinic, Dr Pisano frequently attends conferences organised by the ISHRS, the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery, of

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Doorstep beauty WHILE many of us already turn to Amazon for our books, DVDs, music, and more, now this retail giant may soon become our first port of call for beauty products too.

This month, the online store launched its own make-up line under the brand ‘find,’ with products costing between €8 and €17, and a range which covers eye shadows, mascaras, highlighters, lip sticks, and even nail polishes.

To check out the line, visit https://www.amazon.es/ b?ie=UTF8&node=16063459031.

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A to Z guide HANKS to enormous leaps forward in technology, today’s beauty products contain more active, powerful, and advanced ingredients than ever, promising us skin that is younger, firmer, and healthier.

But with so many chemical names out there - from ceramides and peptides, to retinols and AHAs - how do we know what these ingredients are and how they are meant to benefit us?

Luckily, the Euro Weekly News has put together a guide to some of the most commonly-used antiageing chemicals so you know exactly what is going on your skin.

AHAs: Also known as ‘Alpha Hydroxy Acids,’ these common skin care ingredients are a range of gentle, and mostly naturally occurring, exfoliating chemicals.

Derived from foods such as apples, sugar, or milk, these prod-

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ucts ‘gobble up,’ rather than slough off dead skin cells, revealing newer layers underneath, and helping to reduce dark spots, prevent blemishes, get rid of scarring, and provide an allover glow.

Ceramides: These are moisturising chemicals found naturally in our skin and are responsible for holding cells together, as well as providing a protective layer.

Used topically in skincare products, ceramides aim to replace lost moisture and reinforce our skin’s barrier.

Vitamin C: This natural ingredient contains a chemical, LAscorbic Acid (LAA), thought to contain high levels of antioxidants which can protect us from free-radical damage, and even reversing some signs of ageing, such as dark spots. Vitamin C may also help to boost collagen levels in the skin, creating a plumper, firmer effect.

Vitamin E: Another common

chemical, vitamin E is thought to be a powerful antioxidant which could prevent damage from reducing UV damage to the skin, shown to contribute to wrinkles, hyperpigmentation, and loss of firmness.

Peptides: These are small types of protein thought to be responsible for telling our bodies to create production of elastin; the chemical which helps our skin retain its ‘bounce’ and heal itself.

Included in skincare products, peptides are said to be able to help the body produce more collagen.

Retinol: An active form of vitamin A, retinol is thought to be the king of skincare ingredients, and is one of the very few consistently shown to actually be able to reverse some signs of ageing.This chemical is a powerful exfoliant which increases cell turnover and can assist with wrinkles, scars, sun damage, and dark circles.

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The role of carbs in exercise Kate Broadhead Health and Lifestyle coach NOW I agree that carbs aren’t great, generally speaking, when trying to lose weight. However, they still have a vital role to play in exercise.

When we exercise, especially intensively such as performing cardio, High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) or a full-on weights session, our body requires fuel and energy to sustain this.

This fuel comes from protein which helps to repair muscle, and carbs which our body draws on for energy.

To exercise and not supply our body with this, will lead to storing fat we have eaten, for energy. The result?

Fatigue, injury, and certainly not weight loss.

That doesn’t mean go to the gym and binge on toast when you get home! It means, eating complex carbs. Green vegetables, wholegrain rice, lentils, quinoa, pasta, sweet

potatoes, all with a healthy supply of meat or fish for the protein.

The most effective exercise to make part of your weekly routine, is simply 15 minutes of HIIT on a moderate or high-carb day.

The interval nature of this keeps your metabolic rate higher for longer, even more than if you went for a longer run at a steady, even pace.

Even better, everyone can fit this in, even in your living room! YouTube have some great and easy to follow videos, simply type into the search, ‘HIIT at home.’

Tomorrow (Friday) I fly to the UK to embark on a 15-mile/24-kilometre hill run for charity, titled ‘It’s grim up North’ and I will certainly be carbloading for the event as otherwise I will not have enough fuel to keep me going!

Come back next week to find out if I survive the monstrous trek!

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Health myths laid bare W

E have all been given the same health advice so many times - ‘eat five a day,’ ‘walk 10,000 steps,’ ‘drink alcohol in moderation’ ; we could be forgiven for thinking we know all there is about how to keep ourselves fit.

But now some research suggests that many of the most commonly-touted wellness sayings may not be all they seem.

Take, for example, the advice to drink between

six and eight glasses of water a day. This guidance is regularly dispensed in newspapers and magazines, but may not actually be correct.

It is thought this recommendation comes from either a 1945 medical study, or from a book published by nutritionist Dr Frederick Stare in 1974.

While both original sources point out much of the hydration humans need comes from food sources and other beverages than water, this information seems to have been lost in translation over the years, leading many of us to think we are not looking after ourselves unless we take in around two litres a WATER MYTH: Scientists believe we actually get a significant day. proportion of our water from food.

Some latest re-

search suggests we should do not need to worry so much about the source of our fluids, however, claiming around 20 per cent of the hydration we need comes from food. Scientists also claim many other beverages, including tea and coffee even caffeinated versions - can count towards our fluid needs.

Scientists across the world have also failed to agree on what constitutes reasonable levels of alcohol consumption. While many experts share the view that there is no guaranteed ‘safe’ minimum - since alcohol consumption is linked to a variety of diseases - the maximum number of weekly units recommended by different countries varies enormously.

A 2013 study at the University of Sussex found a, ‘remarkable lack of agreement,’ in allowances, such as the difference between the UK, which recommend no more than 14 units a week, and Spain, where men are allowed a suggested maximum of four drinks a day, and women two.

The same study claimed to avoid confusion, there should be ‘internationally agreed standard definitions of alcohol units and consumption guidelines.’

Finally, we frequently hear we should be walking 10,000 steps daily to stay healthy. Again, this ‘fact’ has an interesting origin, actually starting off life as part of a Japanese advertising concept to get people excited about the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

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In this context, Dr Wehmeyer’s vision is to make the patient’s smile appear fresh, healthy and vital through the harmonious balance of healthy teeth combined with a beautiful shape and colour. Furthermore, many of his patients want more, because a beautiful smile also needs a beautiful frame. Dr Wehmeyer, however, confines himself to his profession as a dentist and will therefore be exclusively working in the dental sector.

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Making it work NO SWEAT: Some make-up can be beneficial for the skin.

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E all know that working up a good sweat is good for our hearts, minds, and overall health.

Not only that, but exercise can also help us achieve many of the results we are promised by our skin care; from a glowing complexion and improved skin tone, to clearing out impurities for flawless skin.

While working out can be a natural way to improving the look of our complexion, that doesn’t mean some people don’t prefer to maintain some level of make-up coverage while exercising.

But which products can we wear while sweating which won’t clog our pores, run, or come off during a strenuous session?

Skincare and make-up have advanced significantly since the days when products were filled with silicones or other heavy materials

which didn’t interact well with sweat.

Starting with foundation, if you prefer a little coverage over all the face, stick to a product which is both lightweight and oil-free. This is a good idea even if you normally have dry skin, as oil-based or moisturising foundations will sit on top of pores, preventing sweat from leaving your body freely, and potentially resulting in spots or skin irritation.

To treat your skin at the same time as benefiting from light coverage, why not try a beauty balm cream? These products typically cross over between skincare and make-up, providing hydrating, anti-ageing benefits, combined with a slight tint.

If you normally wear blusher it may be best to skip this step if you will be sweating heavily, as most blushers - whether cream or powder - may also block your pores.

If a cheek colour is non-negotiable, however, mineral or gel-based alternatives will provide a lighter solution.

Mascaras have come a long way from the days when ‘waterproof’ either meant a product which left marks when confronted with light rain, or was so powerful it was very difficult to take off.

Newer formulas are more sophisticated, hardwearing and easy to remove with the right cleanser.

These make great products for exercise as they shouldn’t run or sting your eyes when you sweat.

Finally, if you normally finish your make-up with a lip colour, tinted lip balm may make the perfect alternative while you exercise, creating a natural look while preventing moisture loss from your delicate lips due to sweat, rain, or cold air.

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Breaking Views Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist.

To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson

OF all the self-improvement obsessions which have gripped the UK this month - like ‘Veganuary,’ ‘dry January’ and ‘clothes sobriety’ (a respite from retail therapy) - none seems to have gripped more than the first one, the worship of the plant-based diet, veganism.

But please can we stop talking about it so much? Yes, it’s on the rise, however, and in the past four years the number of vegans in the UK has quadrupled to 600,000, with many more signing up to ‘Veganuary.’

But let’s get to the meat (sorry, couldn’t resist) of the issue. The problem with veganism (and vegetarianism, for that matter) is it seems to turn what simply amounts to a food choice, into basically, a religion.

One which apparently requires its adherents to try to make converts of the rest of us in a humour-free, hectoring fashion with about as much warmth and brio as a dinner party jointly hosted by Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May. My other ‘beef’ is why do vegans try to imitate meat, fish or dairy products? An imitation burger will always compare unfavourably with a decent meat one. They should be developing their own cuisine, with

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The unstoppable rise of veganism VEGANISM: Are we obsessed with becoming vegans? the vegetarian cuisines of India, China and south-east Asia a good place to start.

As veganism grows and McDonald’s offers vegan Happy Meals, even naysayers like Gordon Ramsay, who once said if his children ever went vegetarian he’d electrocute them, offered a Veganuary menu. (Well, business is business.)

However, another big trend is, apparently, flexitarian; people who eat meat, fish and dairy but want to cut back or try vegan/veggie food. A bit like the chap who decided he was trans-vegan so he could virtue signal all day but still have a nice bit of steak in the evening. But each to their own.

Take my dog, for instance, who is lactose and gluten-intolerant but loves chips. Only kidding! As for me, I’m off to have my eggs, bacon, black pudding, sausages and fried bread (all cooked in delicious duck fat) breakfast. What more could anyone want?

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How to cancel insurance?

I would like to cancel my medical insurance at the end of 2019. When exactly do I have to cancel it? Can I do it now, or must I wait until December 2019?

Attached is a text from the insurance company which I do not understand very well.

HK (Costa del Sol)

The i nsurance company’s t ext David Searl says just what you think You and the Law in Spain it does. You must cancel your policy in writing at least a month in advance. If your insurance office is near you, my advice is to deliver your written notice personally and discuss it with your agent or broker. In addition, inform your bank in writing not to pay the insurance bill. Just in case. It is surprising how often the insurance company sends the bill and the bank pays it, even when they are properly informed. Do this in November.

Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.

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Did You Hear About the Morgans?

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Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Shipwrecked The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Coach Trip: Road to Barcelona The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Shipwrecked This Means War The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

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6:55am ITV2 Nightscreen 7:00am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:35am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:35pm The Voice UK 2:10pm You've Been Framed!

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Teleshopping Shopping from home.

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1:10am Cape Fear 2:40am The Sweeney 3:35am World of Sport 3:50am ITV4 Nightscreen 4:00am Teleshopping

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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 Hello Kitty: Love Me, Love My Cats 90 Cats and Counting: Cat Crazies Garfield Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Britain's Favourite Sweets 5 News Weekend Britain's Parking Hell Digging Up Britain's Past Secrets of the Royal Servants Diana: 7 Days That Shook the Windsors Paul Burrell: In Therapy

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Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie 7:00am Braven 8:40am Doom 10:30am The Green Hornet 12:35pm The Dark Tower 2:15pm Gone in 60 Seconds 4:15pm X-Men Origins: Wolverine 6:10pm Black Panther 8:30pm Ready Player One 11:00pm The Incredible Hulk

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The Hidden World of How to Train Your Dragon Groundhog Day Groundhog Day Groundhog Day Groundhog Day Groundhog Day Groundhog Day Groundhog Day Groundhog Day Groundhog Day Groundhog Day Groundhog Day

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Still strutting their stuff!

I’VE written here before about some of the strange musical phenomena which punctuated my school days.

In 1981, I was taken aback by the arrival in England of The Stray Cats. The spectacularly coiffured retro rockers who took the 1950’s sound of Sun Studio Rockabilly, added a dash of punk attitude and styling, and for a brief period, added something different and pure to the charts.

Formed in Massapequa, New York in 1979 by guitarist and singer Brian Setzer, double bass player Lee Rock and drummer Slim Jim Phantom, the trio quickly picked up a substantial following across New York.

STRAY CATS: On tour.

On a trip to England to play a few gigs they met rock ‘n’ roller and producer Dave Edmunds who offered to produce their first album. The eponymous Stray Cats was released in 1981.

Three hit singles from the album, Runaway Boys, Rock This

Town and Stray Cat Strut cemented their popularity.

This year marks the band’s 40th anniversary and they have just announced a European tour.

Music fans who want to see Rock n Roll in its purest form should try and catch them.

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Telly making me grumpy Mike Senker In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man AS my readers know by now, Mrs S and I like a bit of telly. Currently there are two shows making me grumpy: The Voice and The Greatest Dancer.

It’s not the content, but the judges, and not actually the judges themselves, but their clothes. The shows have been on for three weeks now and in every episode they are wearing the same clobber.

Now, either they stink, or all the episodes are filmed on the same day. If so, at least give them a few changes of clothing because it’s really getting on my nerves.

How hard can it be to have a few shirts around for the blokes and some frocks for the ladies? I mean, for goodness sake, make an effort to make me believe it’s just not churned out on one day.

Here’s another one the PC brigade have come up with. In movies where the storyline features a disabled person they say the part should only be played by a genuinely disabled person. I am registered 66 per cent disabled so I am allowed an opinion on this. Here it is.

Don’t talk nonsense - if there is a disabled actor who fits the role then fine, and if not, then use any actor who can do the part justice and make the movie as realistic as possible.

Eddie Redmayne, Al Pacino, Daniel DayLewis, Tom Hanks and Leo DiCaprio - to name just a few - have all done it, done it well and in a sympathetic way.

Who are we to say that Sean Penn has no right to portray someone with a disability?

That’s his job - to portray people who he is not - and he’s pretty good at it too. That’s what actors do! It’s getting ridiculous.

Let’s take advertising. Does every painkiller ad have to be played by someone with a headache? What about the Maltesers ad where two secretaries are chatting - here’s an exclusive - they are really actors!

Oh and here’s something I’m sure is going to shock you: the meerkat compare insurance ads don’t actually feature real meerkats!

Of course, there are some brilliant actors with disabilities or learning difficulties who play great parts like Liz Carr in Silent Witness, RJ Mitte from Breaking Bad and Liam Bairstow from Coronation Street.

On that subject, I’m trying to get hold of David Walliams as I am the real Andy Pipkin from Little Britain, because although I use a wheelchair, I can get up and walk and I want them to use me in the show in future.

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SPAIN is brimming with spectacular spots for a sojourn, but you knew that anyway didn’t you?

You probably also know that wine culture is very close to Spaniards’ hearts, and in fact anyone living in Spain. There’s good reason for it as Spain has the largest area of cultivated vineyards in the entire world.

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If you like a bit of sparkle, you’ve probably long enjoyed Spain’s splendid, home-grown, Catalan Cava. Why not take in 500 years of history and the architectural and natural splendour of the oldest Cava producer, Codorniu.

Visit the labyrinth of underground cellars and the Cathedral of Cava. It is recognised as a National Monument and has a variety of tour op-

Catalan Cava or robust Rioja?

Spain’s spectacular sojourns PANORAMIC VIEW: Montserrat Monastery.

tions to suit everyone.

Or opt for the mountains and enjoy the vista at artisan, organic Cava producers Llopart. Close to the rocky outcrop of Montserrat which

dominates the cava towns, why not explore the remarkable 1,000-yearold Benedictine monastery of Santa Maria de Montserrat, panoramic views and scenic walks accompa-

nied by Catalan fare for lunch and an afternoon tasting some of the best Cava the Penedes region has to offer.

How about must-see Bodegas in lush La Rioja? Bodegas Ysios is architecturally one of the most stunning winery buildings to visit. Designed by celebrated architect Santiago Calatrava, it mirrors the rolling Sierra de Cantabria Mountains which serve as its backdrop.

Or try the family-owned winery Eguren Ugarte, located near the old town of Laguardia. Opt for a tasting tour, or a full underground cellar experience where winery patrons store their personal collections of precious wines.

For a truly unique location, head for Marques De Riscal, at the world famous Tajo de Ronda. The winery building is originally a convent dat-

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by Nicole King THE other night I went to bed with a migraine. I lay there wondering why.

I suddenly remembered something I’d heard a long time ago about dehydration being the first thing to think of at the first sign of a headache.

Then I thought of a post I recently received from a friend, on a medical study regarding the effects of dehydration.

Even with this in mind, I tried to ignore the pain and fall asleep by reliving and giving thanks for my day, which had started at 5.45am. I began to realise with all the running around greeting the guests and hours of interviews for next week’s Marbella Now TV, then returning to the office for countless more hours before I thankfully flopped into bed, I hadn’t really drunk much water.

Although I do drink tea and coffee during the day, I have to admit I don’t drink water like I used to; I’m not often thirsty as such.

According to medical studies apparently this has to do directly with

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To your good health!

STAY HYDRATED: Drinking water regularly keeps your body in good health. my age, as people over 50 stop feeling the need to drink liquids, which can actually lead to serious consequences.

If not treated quickly, dehydration can affect the whole body; it can give cause to sudden mental confusion, a drop in blood pressure, increase in

heart palpitations, angina (pains in the chest) and even death, so it’s important we’re aware of the signs to detect if we or someone else is noticeably rejecting fluids or not drinking enough.

It’s ironic that we start to forget to drink liquids when we need it most

with as little as 50 per cent of water retention in our organs and cells due to the natural ageing process, but logical as to why our bodies are going to need constant replenishing.

I wasn’t delighted to think that being in my 50’s means I am considered to be elderly and at risk of dehy-

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dration and I don’t feel any the worse usually for not drinking much water, but again the post I read did say we will not feel the damage being done at the time, just suffer the consequences in the long term.

I also understand that we often mistake being thirsty with being hungry; probably very much my case!

Drinking more water is actually proving harder to do than one would have thought as there are no natural reminders to do so and as I say, I’m obviously typical for my age, and I’m not thirsty.

I’ve decided to start carrying a one-and-a-half litre bottle around with me and ensure I’ve finished it before going to bed. For those who are even more elderly than me, a few reminders may be in order to ensure they are drinking liquids at least every couple of hours to maintain a hydrated body, particularly during the sweltering summer months and if they live alone.

I’m grateful for having received this information and trust I’ll feel all the better for it. I hope my passing it on to you may also contribute to your good health!

Hugs and happiness, Nicole. @marbellanowtv www.rtvmarbellanow.com.

Doctor Who kicks off series 12 filming in South Africa Gill are filming thanks to the c a s t o f Wa l s h ’s o t h e r s h o w, The Chase.

His chasers revealed while a c c e p t i n g a N a t i o n a l Te l e v i s i o n Aw a r d o n J a n u a r y 2 2 , that Bradley couldn’t be with them because he was busy working on Doctor Who in South Africa!

Doctor Who previously used South Africa to double for the American Deep South in the 13th Doctor adventure ‘Rosa,’ which saw the TARDIS family trying to preserve a historic moment in the American civil rights movement from a time meddler.

Richard Shanley THAT faint sound you’re hearing might just be the TARDIS rematerialising because Doctor Who has officially started filming series 12!

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DOCTOR WHO: The cast is currently filming in South Africa.

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TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) With a mind as sharp as a needle, you spin through the week, weaving your own charming spell. A bit of extra confidence works wonders for your mood. Something that you read sets you thinking about doing some writing or creating something artistic, perhaps even a musical.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Although energy is not high, there is the need to have some kind of challenge. With the brain active, it is an ideal time to plot and plan your next moves.

Maybe something that has been delayed might now be advanced.

You find it hard to choose between opportunities. The road ahead is open. Keeping things simple is best.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) The imagination stirs and the heart races at a suggestion this week. Your strong intuition tells you it is the right thing to do.

You are a constant friend, but such an adventure may mean an absence from someone close.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Reading the small print or being sure what is offered in a personal encounter is most important this week. Leave nothing to chance or you could be out of pocket. When discussing the future with someone close, you are expected to take the lead.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Being over-generous with cash midweek could see you making a poor move. Perhaps someone needs to be more hardworking or perhaps less of a spendthrift.

Propping up a bad habit would be doing them no favours.

There are doubts in your mind about a family holiday.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) A suggestion made by you recently did not seem to be taken seriously. This week, however, negotiations could be opened.

Circumstances change and it may seem someone gave up too early.

Bide your time and even hold your tongue when someone in a strong position spouts rubbish.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Confidence in a close relationship should be maintained. Possibly someone who envies your position would like to see discord. A matter of spiritual or religious faith is questioned, but the answer comes more clearly and sharply than you would have thought. In discussions with yourself (sometimes the best kind) answers come easily.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) An emotional cut-off from the past is not as bad as anticipated. Indeed, it confirms in your mind who you are and what your place in the world is.

Inherited traits knit easily with your present life and bring contentment. All that you want to change at the moment are certain things round you that have been outgrown.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) An investment made recently is built upon and brings peace of mind. Finances do need consideration but more in the long than the short-term. Much is happening in the background that does not require your attention but, all the same, be aware. Life may be like a game of chess, but this week if you turn your back an opponent may cheat.

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Cryptic Across 1 Gloomy elk crossing river (6) 4 Austrian composer of Harlem Shuffle (6) 9 Curse a small company in a surge (7) 10 Frank is not attractive (5) 11 Harvest in Lancashire, apparently (4) 12 Not a positive denial (8) 14 Complete western part of golf course (5) 16 Left on the side of a shelf (5) 20 Various butcher stores feature in ad (8) 21 Pastry dish left in cooler (4) 24 Easterner is back among articles (5) 25 Italian city designed for romance?

(7) 26 Revolver for an artist? (6) 27 Master of Italy gets a scare, perhaps (6) Down 1 Unhappiness of skinflint with ponytail (6) 2 South American city, and yes, German red wine (5) 3 Tender god of love turns up (4) 5 A paper edited before editor turned up (8) 6 Badly aligned in front (7) 7 Untidy diners should be washed with water (6) 8 Characters in a magazine were more up-to-date (5)

13 Enforce changes around Lithuanian capital, European city (8) 15 Has a row, being more rash (7) 17 Empty tin placed in barrel (6) 18 Juicy fruit, penny apiece (5)

Code Breaker

19 Not just a peacekeepers' festival (6) 22 The pride of British rugby (5) 23 Greek goddess is part of the Ram constellation (4)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 1 represents T and 10 represents G, so fill in T every time the figure 1 appears and G every time the figure 10 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 Refund of some fraction of the amount paid (6) 4 Bypass (4) 8 Savagely violent man or animal (5) 9 Another time (5) 10 Writing desk (10) 13 Ardent follower (10) 17 Abnormally fat (5) 18 Snow leopard (5) 19 Piece of music for one person (4) 20 Act upon (6)

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE

Across 1 To empty (out) (6) 5 Cadenas (6) 8 Respuestas (a preguntas, en examen, test) (7) 9 Wave (4) 10 Capaz (4) 11 Sunrise (8) 12 Enviar (4) 13 Quién (3) 14 Carbón (4) 16 Arriba (8) 20 Lion (4) 21 Turnip (4) 22 Regalo (7) 23 To lie (6)

Down 1 Loose flowing garment (4) 2 Melancholic music (5) 3/18 Commence a game of golf (3,3) 5 Yellowish brown colour (5) 6 Weigh in the mind (6) 7 Cause to be firmly attached (6) 11 Destroyed physically or morally (6) 12 Widely known and esteemed (6) 14 Perfection (5) 15 Thick, closely-spaced, compact (5) 16 Amount owed by one person to another (4) 18 See 3

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

24 Fever (6) Down 2 Wire (metal) (7) 3 En cambio (7) 4 Wheel (5) 5 Chestnut (7) 6 Encima de (5) 7 Nobody (5) 13 Susurrar (7) 14 Colegio (7) 15 To bet (gamble) (7) 17 Toll (on road, bridge) (5) 18 Trucha (5) 19 Estante (5)

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BEYOND GLOOMY HUNGRY ICEBOX (10) INTONE LARYNX MOMENT OBLIGE PATROL POPLIN PRIORY PRISSY SENIOR SHAGGY SLEUTH SNIVEL SPRUCE VOYAGE YOGURT

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Campus 2 Lignum 3 Hymnal 4 Thirty 5 Swampy 6 Waylay 7 Latter 8 Fleshy 9 Grater 10 Twelve 11 Famine 12 Teller 13 Fallen 14 Oxygen 15 Vandal 16 Tanned 17 Inland 18 Infant 19 Syndic.

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

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

They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

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

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

• No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

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How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case 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: 28 • Good: 39

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

TARGET:

• Very good: 55 • Excellent: 72

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

Average: 10 Good: 14 Very good: 20

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Excellent: 26

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION beer bore born bred burn deer doer dour drub erne euro nerd redo reed rend robe rode rube rudd rude rued rune bored borne bourn brede breed drone enure erode odder orbed reded robed round udder under bedder bender bonder bourne burden burned droned endure enrobe enured eroded nodder redbud redden redone undoer bounder endured enrobed rebound redound rounded underdo burdened REBOUNDED

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QUICK Across: 1 Brass, 3 Sharp, 6/18 Tai chi, 8 Regatta, 9 Steal, 10 Fees, 13 Avid, 14 Latte, 17 Evasive, 19 Sleet, 20 Twice.

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Down: 1 Bets, 2 Stream, 3 Saga, 4 Authentic, 5 Praise, 7 Intricate, 11 Cadets, 12 Latest, 15 Mist, 16 Dire.

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Across:

Across:

1 Lack, 3 Contests, 9 Terrain, 10 Gorge, 11 Liszt, 12 Titled, 14 Strand, 16 Grange, 19 Glared, 21 Truce, 24 Spill, 25 Service, 26 Enduring, 27 Bent.

1 Pack, 3 Campaign, 9 Afilado, 10 Bison, 11 Flour, 12 Clever, 14 Riddle, 16 Abades, 19 Biblia, 21 Sobre, 24 Erizo, 25 Emerald, 26 Ansiedad, 27 Deer.

Down:

Down:

1 Littlest, 2 Cords, 4 Ornate, 5 Tight, 6 Surgeon, 7 Seek, 8 Wanton, 13 Vehement, 15 Rallied, 17 Retort, 18 Odds-on, 20 Ruler, 22 Unite, 23 Isle.

1 Platform, 2 Chico, 4 At once, 5 Pobre, 6 Instead, 7 None, 8 Barrel, 13 Ascender, 15 Daisies, 17 Basket, 18 Bañera, 20 Loose, 22 Brave, 23 Cena.

App of the week Swipe of finger TENKYU is a new app which requires users to roll a ball through a 3D world to reach the goal while collecting gems and moving up the levels.

Carefully manoeuvre through stages, or meet your doom. At the swipe of a finger you can tilt the stage and roll the ball. But you have to be careful not to tilt too much, it’s game over if the ball falls.

QUIZ: HEART TO HEART 1. Because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, which king of England was known as Cœur de Lion or the Lionheart?

2. In L Frank Baum’s children’s novel The Wizard of Oz, first published in 1900, which of the characters was searching for a heart?

3. In which year did cardiac surgeon Christiaan Barnard perform the world’s first human-to-human heart transplant at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa?

4. Octopuses have how many hearts?

5. The professional football club Heart of Midlothian, more commonly known as Hearts, is based which city?

6. What is the name of the United States military decoration awarded in the name of the president to those

wounded or killed while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the US military?

7. What name is given to the branch of medicine that deals with diseases and abnormalities of the heart?

8. Which 1949 British black comedy film, featured Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood, Valerie Hobson and Alec Guinness, who played nine characters?

9. Which American undergarment manufacturer first produced its famous Cross Your Heart bra in 1954?

10. Which duo wrote Cilla Black’s first UK number one hit single Anyone Who Had a Heart (1964)?

Not a lot of people know that... the average adult heart beats 72 times a minute; 100,000 times a day; 3,600,000 times a year and 2.5 billion times during a lifetime

Answers: 1, RICHARD I, 2. TIN WOODMAN (accept TIN MAN), 3. 1967, 4.

THREE (a systemic heart that circulates blood round the body and two branchial hearts that pump it through each of the two gills), 5.

EDINBURGH (Gorgie), 6. PURPLE HEART, 7. CARDIOLOGY, 8. KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS, 9.

PLAYTEX, 10. BURT BACHARACH AND HAL DAVID

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WHEN Jessica Farris signs up for a psychology study conducted by the mysterious Dr Shields, she thinks all she’ll have to do is answer a few questions, collect her money, and leave.

But as the questions grow more and more intense and invasive and the sessions become outings where Jess is told what to wear and how to act, she begins to feel as though Dr Shields may know what she’s thinking… and what she’s hiding.

As Jess’s paranoia grows, it becomes clear that she can no longer trust what in her life is real, and what is one of Dr Shields’ manipulative experiments. Caught in a web of deceit and jealousy, Jess quickly learns that some obsessions can be deadly.

From the authors of the blockbuster bestseller The Wife Between Us this new novel is about doubt, passion, and how much you can trust someone.

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• Justin Timberlake, Pop singer; January 31, 37 famous British sitcoms, Only Fools and Horses Pop star and actor who first gained notoriety as a and played Detective Inspector Jack Frost on member of the boy band NSYNC. After the band ITV’s A Touch of Frost. He spent six years broke up, he launched a solo career that has training as an electrician before pursuing acting.

• Amal Clooney, Lawyer; February 3, 40 included the #1 singles Sexy Back and My Love.

As an actor, he has played prominent roles in such David Jason.

Wife of Hollywood star, George Clooney, she is films as The Social Network and Bad Teacher. a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers and her • Michael C Hall, TV actor; February 1, 47 notable clients include Julian Assange, founder of Hall became a phenomenon as Dexter Morgan on the WikiLeaks, and former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Clooney is also an activist and author.

Showtime series Dexter. The role earned him a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He first • Alice Cooper, Rock singer; February 4, 70 gained recognition on the hit HBO series Six Feet Under.

The rock singer released the hits School’s Out and • David Jason, TV actor; February 2, 78 Eighteen, and gained fame for album Billion Dollar Babies in 1973. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of A national treasure, Jason starred in one of the most

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

Fame in 2011. Cooper was nominated for a Grammy Award for Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn) in 1997.

• Cristiano Ronaldo, Footballer; February 5 One of the world’s best footballers, he rose to fame as a forward for Real Madrid after being bought from Manchester United in 2009. He became captain of the Portuguese national team in 2008 and received the Ballon d’Or as the European Footballer of the Year in 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017. In 2018, he signed with Juventus.

• Ashleigh Butler, Reality star; February 6 Best known for winning the reality series Britain’s Got Talent following a dance performance with her mixedbreed dog, Pudsey, the television phenomenon later hosted a reality series called Who Let the Dogs Out?

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60 - First day The earliest date for which the day of the week is known. A graffito in Pompeii identifies a day in this week as a ‘dies Solis’ (Sunday), but in modern reckoning, it would have been a Wednesday.

211 - Emperor dies Roman Emperor, Septimius Severus, dies at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against Caledonians.

1141 - Battle of Lincoln King Stephen is captured by forces loyal to Empress Matilda and commanded by Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester.

1349 - Black death By this week, at least 200 people a day are being buried in London from the Black Death.

1587 - Execution Queen Elizabeth I of England signs death warrant for her cousin, Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots.

1870 - Equal rights The 15th Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing the right of citizens to vote, regardless of race or colour.

1943 - Big defeat German troops surrender at Stalingrad, marking the first big defeat of Hitler’s armies in the Second World War. During the Battle of Stalingrad, 160,000 Germans were killed.

2003 - Space shuttle Sixteen minutes before it is scheduled to land, the Space Shuttle Columbia breaks apart in flight over west Texas, killing all seven of its crew.

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WHEN 90-year-old Earl Stone loses everything he loves, can he use ill-gotten gains to win it back before the DEA, or the cartel, takes him down?

Written by Nick Schenk and directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, The Mule (2018) was inspired by a New York Times article ‘The Sinaloa Cartel’s 90-Year Old Drug Mule’ by Sam Dolnick. The Mule uses true events to frame a much more compelling story.

Bucking the current trend of emotionally monochrome dramas, this film is a rich tapestry of triumph and tragedy, humour and sadness, and guilt and forgiveness.

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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.

More questions than answers Reader John Hare in Almeria Province has taken issue with the EWN over its coverage of the PGOU master plan that helps to make homes legal in Zurgena.

HAVING attended the PGOU meeting, it was good to think that quite a high number of Zurgena residents may eventually, in time, get legal status for their property.

However, having sat through the whole meeting, seen the article in the Euro Weekly News, I must take issue over some of what I heard and have read. The main reason for my suspicion is the status of some of the land as on the plan shown at the meeting, seems to be clearly wrong and contravenes one of the strictest parts of the LOUA planning laws. That is: Article 46. Non Urbanisable Land (Suelo No Urbanizable) Section i. “It presents real risks of erosion, slippage, landslide, flood or other natural risks.” Many properties have already been affected by flooding and some have lost land into the ramblas (gulley). There are even cases where the villas are very close to crumbling edges and look dodgy to say the least.

Such examples, I would have thought, must be non-urbanisable yet shown on the provided plan as Non Consolidated Urban. I therefore think it is misleading to the community to make quotes such as ‘approval of the PGOU in its entirety’ and ‘all properties shown as urban consolidated, urban not consolidated and urbanisable will become urban consolidated, in other words fully legal.’

If the council intends to issue more building licences on such land in the future, surely, this could be very misleading and costly to unsuspecting buyers.

Ultimately we need honesty and transparency from the council.

John Hare

Tyre help wanted I SEE that Spain wants to use tyres for future roads. We have lots of tyres, we are looking for a company that wants to purchase them for recycling. Can any of your readers help?

Rob (full name supplied)

Doggy query I WOULD like to know if you could please tell me the location of the Dog Rescue Centre run by Jo and Jan which is featured in the Bargain Brits Channel 4 programme. I would like to give them some support if possible. Thank you.

John Corry Editor’s note: Jo and Jan of Animals in Distress (AID) in Coin (Malaga) can

PROBLEMS: Land may not be suitable for being built on. be contacted at animalsindistress2007@ya hoo.co.uk / www.animals-in-distress.eu.

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YOU should remember 50 per cent of the population is male, 50 per cent of the population is against the law of gender violence, and what you are trying is the Marxist practice of oppressed oppressor. What an unjust woman!

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OPINION & COMMENT

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Rest in peace WE were sad to learn that the remains of Julen, the twoyear-old boy who fell down a well in Andalucia’s Malaga Province, were found on Saturday.

Post-mortem tests have now begun on his body, with the results due in about two weeks. Coroners and forensic experts said the two-year-old probably free fell 71 metres down the bore hole in Totalan.

Sunday saw hundreds of mourners gather at Malaga City’s San Juan Cemetery for Julen’s funeral. Parents Jose Rosello and Victoria Garcia were joined by government officials and those who took part in rescue efforts for the ceremony.

The death of Julen is tragic, made all the more so by the fact the two-year-old’s parents lost another son in 2017.

The search for Julen saw the local community rally round to lend its efforts in hope of reaching him alive.

Their efforts were in vain but in the tragedy we saw how the desire to put aside daily concerns to help those in jeopardy can push people to heroic lengths. Those efforts captured the imagination of our readers, Spain and large parts of the world.

The death has also cast light on the wider issue of illegal wells in Spain. The Ministry of Agriculture estimates there could be as many as 510,000 throughout the country.

But for now we join our readers who commented in the hundreds on our coverage to say: ‘Rest in peace’ to Julen.

Now we want to hear your views.

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Two-year-old had ‘clean fall’ down 71m hole From what the autopsy has revealed ‘Julen’ had a ‘clean fall’ 71 metres - not 110 as originally mentioned. He landed on earth that filled up the lower part of the well and there was no water. He wouldn’t have drowned, but most definitely that fall would have killed him instantly.

You may wonder why a stranger in the UK is writing this?

I’ve no one to talk to - and Julen has been on my mind since the accident. It helps me - as i hope it does you too - to know he didn’t suffer.

I send my love to all. God bless.

Mary Hey Mary, Writing to you from IL, USA. I’ve been heartbroken since first hearing about the boy who fell down the borehole. I checked his update every few minutes on Google, hoping for a success. I think about Julen every day since I have a three-yearold daughter. It is definitely a sad discovery and hope to get closure from his autopsy, as I hope he did not suffer. If you want to talk I’m here. Sending love from the USA. Danijela It has been on my mind too Mary. It does help to think he didn’t suffer, I hope it will bring some comfort to his parents and family, if not now, perhaps in the future. May he rest in peace.

Fiona

COMMENTS FROM EWN ONLINE ful that he is out of that place, and thanks to those wonderful people that were willing to risk there lives for little Julen, safe with Jesus, will always remember him, and may God bless you all, and comfort you at this most painful time.

Ann I prayed and cried out for the family, I thought about him every day, I am so sorry for your loss, may he dwell in the house of the lord, he is now an angel along with his brother.

Lord bless all the workers who continually to fight day and night to bring precious Julen home. May God bless his family and heal them in this time of loss.

Lynda Thank goodness to have found Julen and brought him out!

Terrible tragedy, but the people working on this did wonderfully and were very brave. Just hope Julen didn’t suffer bless his little heart. My condolences and love to his parents.

XXXXX Mary

Dead body of two-year-old Julen found in Totalan well

EU’s ‘Golden visa’ offered to wealthy foreigners could encourage criminal applicants

My heart goes out to his parents and family, so sad, so grate-

Given the number and type of rich people who’ve taken ad-

vantage of these visas where I live, I think the EU has a valid point.

Annie Suprise, suprise! Are politicians mad or stupid? Of course it will attract the dubious, but it’s money in the bank.

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Here’s the proof… Court document backs EWN owner Always good to see truth and honesty triumphing over lies and deceit. My heartiest congratulations to the Euesdens on their significant victory.

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How to check if your passport is valid after Brexit If you find it is not valid, just jump into the back of a lorry, or a small inflatable boat. The ferry service will ensure you get there safely.

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British bar owner ordered to remove Union Jack flags or face heavy fine in Benidorm Can you imagine the cries of racism that would fill social media if British authorities ordered a Spanish flag to be taken down?

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For the keen golfer, Fairways has no less than 16 golf courses within a 25-

kilometre radius. Commonly known as the ‘Costa del Golf,’ you will never be far away from a new challenge on the golf course.

Located just an eight-minute drive from the popular village of La Cala de Mijas with its bustling atmosphere, Fairways is also just down the road from La Mairena and Elviria, both of which offer up a host of great bars and restaurants.

Glamorous Marbella is only minutes further afield, while busy Fuengirola is just a 20-minute drive away, and Malaga

just 40 minutes.

With current prices starting from €285,000, owning an apartment at Fairways might be closer to reality than you may first imagine.

The building licence is due any time with a build start date by the end of March 2019 and completion date of Q3, 2020.

For further information or to book a viewing, please call (0034) 637 008 455 or e mail fairways@startgroup.com or search us on Facebook for regular updates.

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

REMEMBER Harold Wilson and George Brown, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, or even further back, K and B? Political duos rarely last, as it happened in Spain too, with Felipe Gonzalez and Alfonso Guerra, so Pablo Iglesias and Iñigo Errejon were an estrangement waiting to happen.

Errejon was one of Podemos’ founders, but the rot had set long before 2017 when Iglesias’ partner Irene Montero eclipsed Errejon by taking over as party spokesman and the party’s second in command.

The split is likely to be less helpful than the Podemos hierarchy might hope, because the considerable number of voters who did not take to party supremo Pablo Iglesias were rather taken with Errejon.

Podemos came out of nowhere, arriving with flash and a bang and a wallop by winning five seats in the European parliament in the May 2015 elections.

That’s the trouble with arriving in a blaze of glory as fireworks so often turn out to be damp squibs. Are you listening Santiago Abascal?

Out-of-joint nose MADRID mayor Manuela Carmena is an independent backed by Mas Madrid while Iñigo Errejon has left his parliamentary seat but insists that he still belongs to Podemos.

Meanwhile, he has nailed his colours to Carmena’s mast to campaign with Mas Madrid for the Madrid Community presidency, instead of Podemos as originally planned.

Errejon for community president? A lot of people would like to see him put Iglesias’ nose out of joint and he might manage both.

An ill-wind THE PSOE has the jitters, fearing that Podemos’s imminent shipwreck won’t do it any favours come May and the municipal and regional elections.

At present, Podemos shores up PSOE town and city halls all over Spain and Pedro Sanchez expected more of the same this time round.

What’s the problem? Hardcore supporters will still vote Podemos while outside Madrid they’ll only have the PSOE to turn to, just as pre-Vox right-wingers only had the PP to vote for. The Iglesias-Errejon split could be just what Sanchez needs.

FORMER PRIME MINISTER: Harold Wilson.

The anointed one AT the Partido Popular’s recent Madrid conference the former president Mariano Rajoy made only a fleeting appearance.

He also demonstrated his opinion of Pablo Casado by not staying around long enough for a family photo with Jose Maria Aznar which would formally anoint the present PP as a worthy successor.

On leaving politics after losing the vote of no confidence at the end of May, Rajoy said, “I will be loyal” ; a pointed but elegant dig at Aznar who had named him as his successor in 2003.

Aznar was not loyal to Rajoy, criticising him for being insufficiently forceful and ditching his honorary presidency of the Partido Popular in 2016.

Much of that was pique because Rajoy did his own thing, not Aznar’s, so it will be interesting to see how Casado rubs along with Aznar although since the former is further to the Right than Rajoy ever was, everything should be fine and dandy. Until Casado spreads his wings, that is.

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TECH FOR THE TIMID IMAGINE the distress message from a friend last month, stranded on a Greek island without her passport, her money and her phone. Could I, would I, head for the nearest Western Union to help?

Except I had been having coffee with her that very morning. Half a world away from the Greek Islands.

Hacking is what happens to other people. As the Mafia tried to teach Hugh Grant to say in ‘Mickey Blue Eyes’: ‘Fuhgeddabahtid!’

Stealing our friend’s previous phone had unleashed the bad dudes on her data, hence the spurious message to everyone in her contacts list. Nobody responded, which either says a lot about how scam-savvy we all are, or perhaps she needs better friends.

Being hacked can change your life, as the 2013 movie ‘Identity Thief’ portrayed so graphically. The hero is ruined financially, loses his job, is falsely identified as a drug dealer, and is arrested for missing a court date for a crime he didn’t commit, all from online identity theft.

Hollywood hyperbole? Again: ‘fuhgeddabahtid.’ Better still, mosey

Barry Duke IN the space of a week, first as a passenger in a taxi and then on a bus, I heard the respective drivers swearing like fishwives after they’d come within inches of what could have been two serious prangs.

In both instances - in the same week that Prince Philip, 97, crashed his Land Rover - the cars which had caused the near-collisions had UK licence plates and elderly drivers.

Most of what the bus driver yelled was incomprehensible to me.

But I got the gist of what he shouted: ‘Foreign drivers are s*&t!’

The taxi driver ’s tirade, on the other hand, was in English and he told me foreign drivers were the bane of his life. ‘The problem is they are far too old and have no idea what they’re doing.’ Then, suddenly realising he may have offended me, he asked whether I drove.

I replied that I gave up because I suffer glaucoma, a condition which has robbed me of my peripheral vision. So I decided the responsible thing to do was to pack in motorcycles and cars.

But I agreed that far too many

Have you been hacked?

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over to the instructions alongside to check safely and easily whether your own e-mail accounts are secure, just for starters.

I just did and alarmingly, two of the three e-mail accounts I use have been compromised, one of them by three different sets of hackers.

How does that happen? Let me not

name the ways, there are simply far too many and increasing by the day.

One of the most recent, if you’ve ever stayed at a Marriott hotel anywhere in the world, in November they admitted ‘losing’ 500 million customer records to hackers. Oops.

Yahoo had a breathtaking one billion accounts compromised in 2016.

LinkedIn released 165 million account-holders’ data into the wild. Sony, Tumblr and Evernote have all been breached and the list goes on. And on.

‘Sextortion’ is the newest twist in this never-ending story. Hackers with stolen passwords ambush their victims, showing the passwords as ‘proof’ they have records of porn site visits, which they will release to family and friends if ransoms are not paid.

According to the ‘Have I been pwned’ website (see alongside), my own far less salacious data went public thanks to breaches of Dropbox, an online ‘spambot’ in Holland, and a South African cinema club I joined in another life.

As the site specifies, the stolen data includes my birth date, my e-mail address, my gender, my name, my passwords, my phone numbers, my physical address and my spoken languages.

All that seems missing is my underwear size. At least until M&S gets hacked.

Time to surrender the wheels?

BARRY: On a friend’s Harley.

have reached an age which makes them a danger to themselves and others.

For decades, I tore around the streets of London on a variety of motorbikes without getting turned into flying mince by incompetent drivers, but when I moved to Brighton, all that changed.

Very soon I learned the roads of Sussex were full of pensioners mainly driving Volvos, and they only ever looked into their rear view mirrors to check whether they were wearing their cloth caps and spectacles.

On one occasion, a Volvo ahead of me stopped without warning. The driver then threw the car into reverse, and crashed into me.

Amazingly he angrily accused me of rear-ending him! The old geezer quickly backed down when a witness confirmed not only was I stationary when I was hit, but that I was sounding my horn. Turned out

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Being ‘pwned’ (pronounced ‘poned’ but your mileage may differ) is a streetwise corruption of being perfectly ‘owned.’

Hence the name of the definitive site, ‘Have I been pwned’ (https://haveibeen pwned.com). Enter your address, press search, and brace for dismay.

Of my three current addresses, only one is still sacrosanct, the other has starred in no fewer than three infamous dumps, and the third in ‘just’ one. Ouch.

Obviously the service only searches among known data dumps from breaches; there’s no guarantee your info isn’t also lurking out there somewhere else, quietly ticking like the proverbial time bomb.

Have a nice day!

the driver was practically stone deaf.

But British drivers in Spain are often heard loudly complaining that Spanish drivers are the ones who are rubbish. This from freelance writer Sandra Piddock: ‘Your average Spaniard is very laid back and never in a hurry; unless he’s behind the wheel.

‘He’ll overtake anyone who isn’t going fast enough for him, which means just about everybody else on the road. What’s really annoying is the way the Spanish signal their intentions. They don’t, and you have to play Mystic Meg and guess where they’re heading.

‘The average Spaniard is so full of his own importance behind the wheel he expects everyone to know what he’s doing and where he’s going. If you don’t guess right, it’s your fault, not his.’

I’m fine not owning a vehicle in Spain because bus and train fares are dirt cheap, and taxis charge fair prices, so my annual outlay on transport is minimal.

But not everyone thinks public transport is a good thing. A moronic Tory politician once told me in all seriousness that if London were to ban buses, car drivers would get around the city far faster than they do.

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SHAKIRA has announced ‘the break is over’ as she hits the gym after spending Christmas with Barcelona football star partner, Gerard Pique, and their two children. The stunning singer, 41, boasts an incredible figure, but has vowed to put everything into looking nothing short of spectacular in her upcoming tour, dates of which have yet to be released.

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Celeb packed coach tours Spain and Tattoo Fixers’ Paisley Billings with controversial Celebrity Big Brother contestant and former Emmerdale star Roxanne Pallett The show has so far seen the celebrities stop off at Barcelona, paddleboard on the famous gay resort of Sitges and sea kayak in Tarragona.

While in Tortosa they tried their hands at a survival master class, wakeboarding, before reaching the festival town of Benicassim, where it was another adrenaline fuelled competitive day with go-karting followed by sky gliding.

The coach parked up in Valencia for two days to give the VIP passengers time to enjoy the sights and give paella making a go, before it was time to drive on to Denia for a bit of wine tasting, and on to Altea this week for a spot of fly boarding.

ROXANNE PALLETT: Former Emmerdale star.

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VIEWERS are lapping up the rows and the laughs dished out by E4’s Celebrity Coach Trip as the bus makes its way across Spain, seeing famous faces voted off and getting on each episode.

It’s been six years since the celeb version was screened. The non-celeb show has been running since 2005, but the VIP spin-off only ran from 2010 to 2012, until now.

Everyone’s favourite coach driver Brendan Sheerin is back at the wheel of the starriest bus on the continent, but who has he been driving/chauffeuring around?

The line-up of pairs include; Strictly Come Dancing pros James and Ola Jordan, singers Mutya Buena and Lisa Maffia, reality star Charlotte Crosby and boyfriend Joshua Ritche, and Made In Chelsea’s Sam Thompson and James Dunmore.

Also boarding the bus are TOWIE’s Bobby Norris with Celebs Go Dating love expert Nadia Essex, rapper Big Narstie, X Factor duo Jedward, Union J stars Jaymi and JJ,

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THE next two weekends can promise even more music than usual at JoysLive, the nightclub on the front line of Puerto

Banus.

A really great singer and performer from Italy Gigliola Scatola (better known as Gio Box), re-

turns for two nights tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday to perform her special brand of music which encompasses every style from Rock to Pop via Electro and Reggae.

When not touring, she spends much of her time in the Canary Islands, but always manages to t r a v e l t o B a n u s t o e n t e rtain fans at Joys Live.

The following Friday and Saturday see another favourite, American born Damon Robinson returning to JoysLive on Friday February 8 and Saturday February 9.

Having attended university in Mexico and becoming fluent in Spanish, he decided to settle in Spa in in 1997 a nd ha s played in a number of successful groups before making the final in La Voz Spain.

Now a dedicated solo

Credit: Gio Box

Two great musical weekends artist, he devotes a great deal of time and money to develop the musical skills of local children and adults in his home town of Guadix in Granada.

Wi t h a v o i c e t h a t i s ideal for both Motown classics and Acid Jazz, Damon always proves a popular performer at Joys.

D o n ’t f o rg e t t h a t t h e r e will be a large number of the regular JoysLive musical crew performing each night and as usual, entry is free of charge.

GIO BOX: The Italian Powerhouse.

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ALWAYS alert to the expectations of customers, La Sala in Banus introduced its Green Menu last year which offers a range of Vegetarian and Vegan dishes and has now added six delicious Scandinavian light meals.

Knowing that there is a large Scandinavian population across the Costa del Sol as well as an increasing number of customers who wish to eat light and healthy, this new Scandinavian Corner in the A La Carte menu is bound to be popular.

The new offering includes key signature dishes such as Salmon Gravlax (similar to Smoked Salmon but it is marinated in sugar, salt and dill and is only dry cured, never smoked) and Skagen Toast (a tasty mixture of shrimp mixed with crème fraiche accompanied by avocado salad, salmon roe and red onion).

Also on the menu are Marinated Herrings, Rare Roast Beef (with potatoes and horseradish), Grilled Marinated Salmon (with dill potatoes and salad) and the last of the new dishes is a fantas-

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New Scandinavian option at La Sala in Banus

NORDIC BEST: Shrimp salad on left and Skagen toast on right. tic Open Shrimp Sandwich (accompanied by hard-boiled egg, salad, mayonnaise and salmon roe on either white or rye bread).

Working with the finest produce,

these new dishes are healthy, simple, natural and honest. They are curated from the staple produce found on the land and are best enjoyed for either lunch or a light evening dinner.

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Echoes of The 60’s IT was just five years ago that Mark Connor and Ron Howells came up with the idea of Echoes of the 60’s with the aim of bringing the music of an incredible decade to a wide audience.

The pair recognised that a female voice was needed and they invited Michelle Daniels (who still performs as part of the popular Abba tribute Voulez Vous) to join the group.

Since then the show has gone from strength to strength and over the years has been performed all over Europe, performing to audiences in Spain, Denmark, France, Italy, Portugal, Morocco, and the UK. For their latest appearance at the Salon Varietes in Fuengirola which spans three nights, tomorrow (Friday) to Sunday, they have added dancers and backing singers to offer a fantastic show with costume changes, state of the art lighting and sound, and a massive video screen showing original

footage of the artistes painstakingly lip-synced to the show.

Importantly, however, all of the vocals are completely live and there is no miming.

Throughout the show there are costume changes and the music will either take you right back to the era that you remember or will introduce you to an amazing array of sounds which changed and shaped a generation.

A huge amount of audience participation is a big part of the show and members of the audience are actively encouraged to take part, either from their seat or on stage or the dance floor.

There is a lot of comedy in the show as well and it is certainly suitable for any audience.

Visit www.salonvarietesthe atre.com to book, call the Box Office on 952 474 542 between 11am and 2.30pm or buy your tickets in person one hour before any show.

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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 cooks a beautiful winter dish of slow cooked oxtail with truffled potato.

The perfect dish to fall asleep over!

Steven Saunders FMCGB The Little Geranium La Cala de Mijas & Marbella

www.thelittlegeranium.com IN Spain this fantastic dish is called Rabo de toro (tail of the bull, or cow nowadays). Over the years it has become one of the most popular cuts of meat, very much on trend with chefs like me that like using the souvide machine or slow cooking unusual cuts of meat. It is one of those dishes that is widely appreciated all over the world, but it hailed from Cordoba on our doorstep!

Its tradition began around the 16th century when most women had to reinvent their cooking skills in order to cook for large numbers of people. Since they were allowed to take the tails from the bulls killed in the bull fights, this type of food became extremely popular. Soon rabo de toro turned from the poor food into an elegant and

Ingredients for 4/6 THE recipe for this popular dish can vary enourmously and as you can imagine my version is not totally common! I add foie gras for creamy luxury, but it’s not essential and I also use good red wine and add locally grown seasonal vegetables, so you could add what you like here.

For the stew 2 kilos oxtails, cut into 5cm pieces approx.

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 2 teaspoons of Maldon salt 2 teaspoons of black fresh ground pepper 2 large Spanish onions, chopped 4 Spanish tomatoes, chopped 2 celery stalks, chopped coarsely (save leaves for garnish) 1 large parsnip peeled and cut into chunks 1 large carrot, chopped into chunks 4 cloves of garlic, cloves crushed 2 sprigs of fresh thyme 2 bottles full bodied good quality red wine, such as Rioja 400ml of good beef stock or a rich stock made from beef gravy

TRADITIONAL SPANISH: Oxtail stew with potatoes. aristocratic dish, like most poor food! Although found all over the world especially in places like South America, the Spanish have the dish perfect in my opinion. The rich gravy flavoured from the tender meat cooking on the bone, creates the most amazing flavours. Oxtail is a gelatin rich meat which helps it keep moist whilst it slow cooks and adds all that rich thickness and sticky texture.

I remember cooking Rabo de toro a few years ago for a group of friends for a dinner party at home. I got started before lunchtime to prepare in advance. I opened at least three bottles of good red wine to cook it in and obviously sampled them first!

The first wine was an amazing Barolo from Italy and after a few glasses I reluctantly gave the

rest up for the stew. The second bottle was a French burgundy and that too was great and so I took a couple of glasses. The third bottle was a Spanish Rioja reserva and after a large glass of this beautiful smooth red I started to feel a bit dizzy and very tired and so I put the stew in the oven on a low heat and sat down on the sofa.

I fell asleep and when my friends turned up for dinner at 8pm I had been asleep for almost eighthours! Oh my god the stew!! I rushed to the oven with my friends laughing out loud and looked in the pan. To my surprise the oxtail had cooked to the most tender delicious meat absorbing all the red wine and the stock, the flavours were amazing. I served it up with truffled mash and everyone said it was the best oxtail they had ever eaten. Falling asleep had done me a favour albeit the recipe I was looking at had only called for four hours cooking.

From that day on I have always made it the same way. I drink some of the wine, put the rest in the stew, put the stew in the oven and then fall asleep. It’s such a treat to wake up to this delicious meal as long as you set the alarm!

I served this dish up in my Geranium in La Cala this week and regulars Mike and Mary (foodies) were so delighted that they left me a great TripAdvisor review and begged me to cook it more often.

Rabo de toro, foie gras, truffled potato granules 2 bay leaves 2 whole pieces of star anise To finish the dish ½ bottle tawny port (to finish the sauce) Mashed potato (enough for 4/6 portions) 125g unsalted butter cut into small cubes 200ml thick cream 1 tablespoon of truffle oil 1 tablespoon of truffle pieces Maldon salt ½ a small fresh Foie liver, cut into 4/6 small pieces (optional) Method Like making any stew, the oxtail pieces are seared in a deep thick bottomed sauce pan in a little olive oil and seasoned with the salt and pepper.

When they start to colour up, add the tomatoes, vegetables and garlic and stir well in. When the pan is re-

ally hot and the pieces of oxtail are a nice light brown colour add the first bottle of wine and the star anise, the bay leaves and the thyme.

Now add the beef stock and stir it all in well. Make sure the meat is totally submerged in the liquids.

Put in a pre-heated oven at 180ºc uncovered and cook fast to get the stew moving for about 10 mins.

Now reduce the heat to 120ºc and top it up the stew pot with more red wine until full and cover the stew pot with a lid or tin foil. Now it’s time to fall asleep. Set the alarm for seven hours later!

Time to wake up! After seven hours, check the stew. It should have absorbed nearly all the wine and stock, if not then keep cooking slowly for another hour. When the sauce is thick and the meat is tender and falling away easily from the bone then the stew is done.

Now remove the pieces of oxtail and the vegetables and star anise etc and pass the remaining sauce

DELICIOUS MEAL: A tenderly cooked rabo de toro dish.

through a fine sieve into a clean saucepan. Add the port and reduce until thick (usually 10/15 mins Put the oxtail pieces back into the fresh pan (into the new reduced sauce) and simmer on low heat until needed. Serve with creamy truffle mash.

Truffle mash Heat the cream and add a good tablespoon of truffle oil to the cream.

Warm the mashed potato and add the warm cream and the truffle pieces and then gradually add the butter and beat it all in using a plastic spoon or spatula until light creamy (like the consistency of thick cream) Season and taste.

The final presentation Serve at least two pieces of oxtail per person each on some creamy mash which you have pulled over the plate so that it’s not too dense.

Fry the foie in a hot pan with no oil or anything else until golden then sear quickly on the other side. Place the cooked foie on top of the oxtail with a few micro cresses or herbs or even the celery leaves and serve.

Serve with plenty of sauce spooned over and sit back and watch the expression on your guests’ faces!

You can email Steven your questions or enquiries to: steven@thelittlegeranium.com.

Steven Saunders FMCGB - The Little Geranium, La Cala de Mijas & Marbella. www.thelittlegeranium.com

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Any condition. Immediate cash settlement. For more information call into Anthony’s Antiques and Jewellers shops, extensive premises at C/Ramon y Cajal 40, Fuengirola. Mobile 609 529 633. Telephone 952 588 795.

(201522)

ARCHITECTS PROJECTS, constructions, new buildings, extensions, reforms, licences, legalisations, interior design. 680 700 430 (277250)

AWNINGS ACE OF SHADES - All colours available. Urbanisations catered for, electric and manual operation; also recovery service available, largest selection of colours and designs on the coast. Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / in fo@aceofshades.design (101730)

SOLAR BLINDS SOLAR BLINDS ES Ideal for large glazed areas to reflect heat / glare and stop furniture fading and still keep the view. SAVE HEAT IN THE WINTER to improve your living environment. ian@solar shadetinting.com Tel Ian 958 496 571 / 644 546 176 (256591)

BOATS PUERTO BANUS – Moorings for rent. 8, 12 & 15 metres. 662 379 483 (276083) PUERTO BANUS – Moorings wanted to buy. 0032 473 815 789

BOILERS BOILERS. Gas, electric, Solar. Installations & servicing. Gas certificates for gas boilers.

Excellent quality. Over 22 years on the Coast. www.envirocarespain.c om info@envirocares pain.com 952 663 141 / 670 409 759

BUILDING SERVICES

HOUSE CLEARANCE SPECIALISTS, FULL OR PART CLEARANCE. ALL FURNITURE WANTED, WE PAY MORE. TEL 634 324 914 OR EMAIL hou seclearanceman@hot mail.com (279484)

METALWORK

THE WAREHOUSE – We buy a Single item to a Full House Clearance – 602 610 103 (276498)

BUSINESS FOR SALE BUILDING SERVICES SWINGLES CASAS SL. For all your building needs.

Visit www.swingles casas.com for more details or call 952 428 067 / 666 960 262 (258056) JIM’S HOME IMPROVEMENTS. bathrooms / kitchen reforms, repairs, plumbing, carpentry, painting, tiling, maintenance. Give us a call no job too small.

692 207 799 / 645 559 423 (281332) CONCRETE – OZBUILD. The specialists of printed concrete. Reseals, Brickwork, Tiling, Plastering, Reforms. 16 Years in Spain. Competitive Prices, Quality Finish. 952 426 074/606 745 920 www.ozbuildspain.com (279160) GENERAL BUILDER. Tiling, plastering, painting, electrician, plumber, carpentry. Reasonable prices.

635 913 885 (References available) (277904) BUILDING and Renovations.

Masterbuild Spain. Refurbishments, bathrooms, kitchens, tiling. All trade work undertaken by professional workmanship.

Fully guaranteed. Free quotations. 952 663 141 www.masterbuild spain.com (281338)

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BUY & SELL

RENOVATION, reforms, construction, new properties, extensions, pool works, licences, interior design. 629 532 695 www.edaintegral.com (277157)

NEW REJAS, GATES, Carports & Fencing, repairs & alterations. Work Guaranteed. Reliable. 14yrs on Coast. Steve the Welder.

Call/Whatsapp 655 040 648 (282603)

BLINDS

BLINDS, awnings, mosquito screens, curtains, vast choice. All areas covered. Coast and inland.

655 825 931 (280561)

ANTIQUES

BOOKS

SMALL Garden furniture shop between Estepona /San Pedro. Low price, low rent. Perfect family business. Aircon. Call George 669 331 280 (278098)

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

SUPERPOOL est. 1985.

Pool tables, boxing and mini-vending machines on profit share, also new/second hand domestic tables and accessories. Tel 629 530 233 - www.superpool spain.com (278052) ALHAURIN FURNITURE EMPORIUM Buyers & Sellers of quality furniture.

Top prices paid. 675 357 575 (281330) KOI CARP (up to 40cm) and other outdoor pond fish for sale. Estepona. 691 959 698 (282948)

CAMPER/CARAVAN

CASHBACK on your house/commercial. Payback only when you sell.

Quick/easy. Min 20k. 617 333 777 (278948)

BUY & SELL DECLUTTER, cash paid for small/medium furniture, antiques, decanters, brass, copper, golf clubs & other ornaments. Howard 608 121 817 (276603) www.euroweeklynews.com

CARS FOR SALE

CAMPER VANS, CARAVANS, MOBILE HOMES, BOATS AND ALL PLANT, DIGGERS, DUMPERS, MOTORBIKES, CARS AND COMMERCIALS WANTED. BEST PRICE PAID, CASH TODAY, ANY REGISTRATION WITH OR WITHOUT PAPERS. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 (253107)

CAR HIRE ALH RENT A CAR – SHORT & LONG-TERM RENTALS FROM €9.90 A DAY. INSURANCE INCLUDED IN OUR P R I C E S . www.alhrentacar.com TLF: 638 846 909 or reservasalhrentacar@g mail.com (278376)

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CARAVANS PARKING, STORAGE & SALES. Caravans - Motorhomes - Boats - Cars and Vans etc. Short / long term - Safe & secure, drop off & collections. Excellent rates, discount for long term, 5 mins from Fuengirola.

Established 25 years. www.eurodog.es / in fo@eurodog.es 679 786 669 / 606 101 807 (257556)

FOR SALE UK CARAVAN 3 Berth, 18ft, full awning, kitchen, shower, flush cassette WC. CRIS Registered. Good Condition. €2,500. 617 673 879 (282778)

CARPENTERS CARPENTER cabinet maker, Irish. Available for all types of property maintenance, plumbing, painting, electrical, kitchens and bathrooms renovated etc., 30 years experience, very reliable. Tel: 952 441 955 / 677 087 575 (277284) KITCHEN, Bedroom and Bathroom refurbishments by www.complete-carpen try.com 952 196 457 or 696 064 019. Facebook: The Irish Carpenter (276006)

PROPERTY MAINTENANCE MR-MAINTENANCE – For ALL your Property needs.

No Job Too Small – Contact 647 460 155.

(282294)

CARS WANTED CAMPER VANS, CARAVANS, MOBILE HOMES, BOATS AND ALL PLANT, DIGGERS, DUMPERS, MOTORBIKES, CARS AND COMMERCIALS WANTED. BEST PRICE PAID, CASH TODAY, ANY REGISTRATION WITH OR WITHOUT PAPERS. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 (253107)

CHIMNEY SERVICES CHIMNEY SWEEP. Clean reliable professional. All types, special price for more than one. Chris 608 337 497(279225) APEX CHIMNEY SERVICES, professional chimney sweeping and smoke testing. NACS Qualified.

Clean and efficient Tel: Bob 696 320 202 (256040)

CHURCH SERVICES BENALMADENA Elim Family Fellowship. Sundays 11am. Elimfamilyfellow ship.com or call 951 912 525 or 952 446 627

CLASSES

DAMP PROOFING DR DAMP leaking roofs, damp walls, all mould cured. All work guaranteed. Call 689 515 558 (276245) DAMP PROOFING. www.electro-os.com. in fo@electro-os.com. 958 656 560 / 619 666 363 (281216)

PLASTERING PLASTERING, rendering, dry lining, coving. Fitted Kitchens, Bathrooms and Bedrooms. All work guaranteed. 689 515 558 (276245) www.euroweeklynews.com

CALAHONDA LANGUAGE CENTRE. Established 1987. New beginner’s Spanish course starts 14th January. Maximum 5 students per group for guaranteed results. Other levels and private classes available. Enrol now. Also Translations undertaken calahondalanguage @gmail.com Tel: 952 931 176 (276497)

CLEANING SERVICES ADVANCED Cleaning Services. Professional carpet, upholstery cleaning, 27 years’ experience, wet/dry clean. HONEST, reliable service 678 808 837 / 952 669 701 or email ac servs@outlook.com (253107)

CLEANING SERVICES

DAMP PROOFING

RUGS fitted carpets, upholstery including leather cleaned on site 685 524 921 (253107) OVEN CLEANING, domestic, commercial, complete fittings, let professional do hard dirty work. From 40€.

611 283 162 oven cleaningcostadelsol.com (258467) STARLIGHT CLEANING SERVICES. All types of cleaning. Any size of property. All Areas. Residential & Holiday Lets. 682 636 451 www.starlightspain.com (279483) HAVE your windows, doors & glass professionally cleaned at affordable prices from just €15. Call/WhatsApp Chris 603 630 049 (282247) PROFESSIONAL Carpet And Upholstery Cleaning, 27 Years Experience, Wet/Dry Clean. Honest, Reliable. 678 808 837, 952 669 701, acservs@out look.com (252581)

COMPUTERS PC DOCTOR under new management!!! Computer Sales & Repairs, Web development & Support. We come to wherever YOU are – Home or Business. 952 591 071 www.electron box.net Paseo Jesus Santos Rein 11, Fuengirola COMPUTER & LAPTOP problems solved! Error messages fixed, viruses removed. Computers & Laptops upgraded and repaired. Laptop sales, New and Refurbished. Also oneto-one training. Experienced, reliable service, Paul, 630 652 338/952 493 859 (282278) PC & LAPTOP SOLUTIONS Windows.Apple.iPhone.Android Efficient Guaranteed Service Marbella.Estepona.

Sotogrande Home-Office call 689666888 ifixrp@gmail.com RICHARD

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ELECTRICIAN

CLASSIFIEDS FURNITURE

LIT ELECTRICIANS for all your Electrical & maintenance needs no job too small for a FREE Quote.

Call Craig on 604 106 414 or Ben 622 911 177 (282957)

DECORATORS RAINBOW Pinturas. English, professional painters & decorators. All aspects of interior & exterior work. Also kitchen/ furniture spraying.

Call / WhatsApp: Daniel 628 066 08. www.rainbowpin turas.com (279078)

DOMESTIC APP REPAIRS DOMESTIC Appliance repairs - washing machines, fridges, cookers, ovens, water heaters, gas / electric, professionally repaired. Christian 608 337 497 REPAIRS to Washing Machines-Dish WashersOvens-Fridges. Call Garry Goodman 673 344 212.

English Service Technician.

35 years’ experience.

DRAINAGE BLOCKED DRAINS? Leak detection, CCTV survey, root removal, Tel 952 568 414 / 661 910 772 / drain spain.com (257090) CLEARFLOW – Unblocking, CCTV inspection, repair and installation.

Tel: 630 200 600 / 952 885 661. Facebook: DesatorosClearflow

ELECTRICIAN ELECTRICIAN Exclusively Marbella and Estepona Richard on 687 352 358 or email richi@europe.com All installations & maintenance.

Surge Protection, Garden Lights, Upgrades, Boletins.

(277617)

DANCE CLASSES

FLOOR POLISHING MARBLE FLOOR (2.50€/m2) WHY PAY MORE. WE CLEAN, CRYSTALLISE, SEAL THEN POLISH YOUR MARBLE TO HIGH GLOSS, NON-SLIP. PROFESSIONAL GUARANTEED, FAST SERVICE. 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE. ALSO REPAIRS DAMAGES TO MARBLE, CLEAN AND SEAL TERRACOTTA TERRACES, COVERS ALL COSTA DEL SOL. TEL: 671 244 683 (259400) MARBLE POLISHING, CRYSTALLIZING, LASTING, HIGH SHINE. REGRINDING, RESTORATION OF SALTY, DEAD FLOORS. RELIABLE. 27 YRS EXPERIENCE. REFS AVAILABLE. CYRIL. 634 455 064 (279112) MARBLE FLOORS polished high shine non-slip.

Fast Service Reliable, family run business. TERRACOTTA CLEANED and sealed. No job too small.

Cleansol 10am – 10pm 7 days all areas. 952 930 861 / 607 610 578 Discount code: EWN 1 CLEAN (206437)

FUNERALS

ALHAURIN FURNITURE Emporium. Buyers and sellers of quality furniture. We buy from a small item to full clearances. Top prices paid.

697 511 071 (253107) THE WAREHOUSE – We buy a Single item to a Full House Clearance – 602 610 103 (253107) FURNITURE wanted, same day collection, also house clearance and removals. 675 357 575 (281330)

GARDENING PROFESSIONAL garden services from Fuengirola to Estepona. All aspects of gardening and full maintenance and landscaping, free quotes, competitive prices. Contact Andrew 600 259 981 Andrew@garden-pro fessionals.com (279802) GARDENING SERVICES and other related jobs in your garden. Ricardo 637 160 129 www.ri cardogardens.es Torremolinos to Marbella (278689) GARDEN design, maintenance, home-staging. Free quotation. Scandinavian Quality. Phone Magnus +34 643 435 695 (Whatsapp) (282763)

IRRIGATION IRIS-IRRIGATION and landscapes. New Installations and problem-solving.

Turf (supply and laying).

Garden constructions. Tree surgeon. Clearing and maintenance. 676 747 521 (257539)

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CLASSIFIEDS GATES E L E C T R I C Gates/Garage Doors.

Intercoms/access control systems and replacement remotes. New installs and repairs. For all your electric gate and garage door requirements call us on 605 356 469/952 786 178. The Garage Door Co & 2 Way Gates. tgdc@hotmail.co.uk www.thegaragedoorcom pany.es (259432)

GATE REPAIRS E L E C T R I C GATE/GARAGE DOOR automation repaired. Free, no obligation quotation.

Call Colin - 636 394 641

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CHIROPRACTOR FUENGIROLA, Myofascial Release. J. Schaegen, Specialised in treating neck, back & extremity disorders, 30 years in Practice. 652 291 224 www.body work.es (276149)

DENTISTS ENGLISH SPEAKING DENTIST in Fuengirola & Nueva Andalucia. Specialising in Zircon crowns, bridges etc. FREE check up! drvisky@hotmail.com.

689 887 019 (278675)

HOT TUBS/SPAS HOT TUBS, new, used, bought, sold, hired. Also move & repairs. 691 973 131 / 952 793 398

GLASS CURTAIN repairs, specialist in replacement of discoloured plastic strips that act as a seal between the glass panels. Call Julian 655 825 931 (276609)

ALHAURIN FURNITURE EMPORIUM furniture wanted, same day collection, also house clearance and removals. 675 357 575

INSURANCE

HEALTH & BEAUTY

BEAUTY TREATMENTS BOTOX AND FILLERS From €95. Covers the Costa del Sol and inland. www.beautiful marbella.es 609 347 086. (276478)

INSURANCE

ROBERT James Hair replacement. For FREE consultation call 952 574 075 / 602 668 649 (282760)

MASSAGE SAYAN MASSAGE. Your best traditional & tantric massage for ladies and gentlemen. 952 586 339 608 977 260 www.masajessayan.es

HEATING SERVICES FIRES gas or wood burners. Envirocarespain since 1996. All areas. Quality guaranteed. 952 663 141 670 409 759 www.enviro c a r e s p a i n . c o m info@envirocarespain.c om (281338)

LAWYERS

LOANS LOANS AVAILABLE on all types of paintings, jeweler, watches, silver etc.

Any condition. Immediate cash settlement. For more information call into Anthony’s Antiques & Jewelers shops extensive premises at C/Ramon y Cajal 40, Fuengirola. Mobile 609 529 633. Tel: 952 588 795 (SE) (201522)

LOCKSMITHS MOTOR INSURANCE. For the most competitive quotes in English call Linea Directa on 902 123 153, you could save as much as 30% and you can transfer your existing no claims bonus. Call Linea Directa on 902 123 153 for motor insurance with a human voice in English from Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm and save money now!

EU INSURANCE DIRECT. Best prices, best service, best cover for all your Insurance needs. TEL 951 080 118 or 952 830 843 LSM INSURANCE. No fat singing blokes or trumpeting telephone´s, just professional service at the best prices for all your insurance needs including car, household, commercial, life, health and travel.

Tel 952 578 008 or www.lsminsurance.biz f or a quotation (278681)

INTERNET GET YOUR business noticed online! Make sure that expats in Spain can find your product, service, restaurant, bar or shop.

Contact Spain’s newest and brightest online directory TODAY. Call 951 386

GENTLEMAN, financially secure, good health, good sense of humour, 61yrs young, WLTM lady, 4065yrs between Estepona to Malaga for travel, friendship & romance. 694 462 376 (282754) GENTLEMAN (submissive) wltm a dominant male aged around 60+ for regular fun of a very comprehensive and intimate nature, few boundaries, no fees, your venue. games man_36@yahoo.co.uk (282949)

THE WAREHOUSE – We buy a Single item to a Full House Clearance – 602 610 103 (253107)

GENERAL SERVICES

GLASS CURTAINS

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HOUSE CLEARANCES

HAIRDRESSERS PC PROBLEMS? Translation Work! Call Embla Services. +34 699 735 315 (282751)

31 January - 6 February 2019

LOCKSMITH emergency / appointment.

Doors opened without damage, locks changed, patio doors and windows secured, 24 hour honest, fast and reliable service. Call Paul 657 466 803 (248853) ENGLISH 24/7 LOCKSMITH/SAFE ENGINEERS. EST 2004. CALL DAREN OR MICK 952 660 233 / 667 668 673 / 636 770 865 WWW.SE CURITYOFSPAIN.COM (278429)

MASSAGE CARIBBEAN and Asian lady, gives full body massage, clean atmosphere and very professional in san pedro near Banus. 652 069 930 (282193) THAI MASSAGE and Oriental Techniques, Quiromassage, access consciousness, face lifting… 682 359 525 (282532)

MEETING POINT RETIRED active lady WLTM a similar lady to meet up for social outings, shopping, etc Call 656 381 952 (282608)

MISCELLANEOUS WOODY´S LOS BOLICHES. Greeting Cards, mail to and from the UK. Worldwide courier and Passport renewals. All adverts taken for the Euro Weekly News- display or classified. Open 9.00-2.00PM (Monday to Friday). Special hours apply August and Xmas. One street behind the Confortel, just off Plaza San Rafael, Los Boliches, on C/Poeta Salvador Rueda 93.

Tel: 952 471 877 (95705)

MOBILITY SENIORWORLD - MOBILITY scooters, wheelchairs, stairlifts, nursing beds, rise ´n´ recline chairs and a large range of daily living aids for sale or hire. Visit our showroom in Los Boliches - or call on 952 663 131 or 670 964 181 for advice & best prices. (279180) www.MobilitySpain.com The Mobility Wizards S.L. For all your mobility needs: Repairs, Rentals, Sales and Insurance. Call: 633 127 901/ 622 832 954. (278557)

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MORTGAGES FLUENT FINANCE Abroad. Are you looking to release equity in your home here in Spain?

Need to pay IBI, Community Fees, Taxes, but don’t have the cash available now to do this.

Do you want to sell your property for what it is worth but don’t have the ability/time frame due to cash constraints? Do you want an alternative to the Banks who are costly and slow? Call us now on 691 179 445 / 952 961 952 or email ronald@flu entfinanceabroad.com Come and visit us in our San Pedro office (281207)

MOSQUITO SCREENS MOSQUITO screens, sliding, pulldown, pleated colours call Mosquito Nick 647 072 861 (281384) (T1) ACE OF SHADES - Don’t let the bugs get you!

Available in enrollable, slider and pleated.

Large choice of colours including wood effect.

Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / info@aceof shades.design MOSQUITO Screens for windows, doors and a high-quality sliding patio door screen. All finishes available. Quick service. All areas covered. Call Julian 655 825 931 (276610)

MOTORING

CAR SERVICES AUTOMATIC gearbox specialist. Transmatic.

All models including classic cars, serviced, repaired and reconditioned. Also, 4x4 transfer boxes and power steering Call/fax 952 796 166 / 952 805 804 email: transmat ic2005@yahoo.com. www.transmatic.es BRITISH MECHANIC Mijas Costa. Experienced & Reliable. 605 407 369 ITV SERVICE from €45.

Pre-inspection, Door to Door delivery & Final Pass, for a quote call Doug 604 354 114 (282568)

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SELLING YOUR SPANISH CAR? PHONE Bill Brady for the best cash price. Stay safe and phone Bill on 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com MASSIVE SAVINGS AT BILL BRADY CARS has been established on the Costa del Sol since 1986, in which time he has helped thousands of expatriates to buy or sell their quality used Spanish cars and also keeping all the documentation simple so you understand all that is going on (which is important). You can contact Bill direct on 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 or billbrady cars.com (257838) NEW YEAR BARGAIN PRICE AUTOMATIC / Diesel Hyundai I-40 2012 Like new one private owner full service history and lots of extras looks and drives like cars double the price. WAS €13,995 NOW €12,995 952 838 842 /608 950 221 bill bradycars.com (257838) NEW YEAR BARGAIN PRICE AUTOMATIC Seven seater Peugeot 5008 Sport Line 1.6 Inj. 2011 One private owner 43’000 Klm. (27’000 Mls) Full service history, panoramic sun roof, sat-nav, sensors and lots more great buy WAS 12’995€, NOW 11,995€ 952838842 608950221 bill bradycars.com

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31 January - 6 February 2019 NEW YEAR BARGAIN PRICES! JAGUAR XE. R-Sport 2.0. D. 2016 Automatic 6’000 Klm. (3’700 Mls) Health orces this sale bought from Salamanca Marbella keys still in plastic bags, this car cost 45’000 € LOOK at this massive saving WAS 27’995€ NOW 26’995€ 952 838 842 608 950 221 billbradycars.com

NEW YEAR BARGAIN PRICES Chevrolet Captiva 7 Seater 2.2 Diesel 4X2 2011 (2012 Model) From private owner Sat-Nav, parking camera, sensors, bluetooth and lots more must be the best value for money around for a top quality jeep its only 9’995€ 952 838 842/ 608 950 221 bill bradycars.com

lometeres. 390,000 kl New Engine Fitted 30,000 KL ago. Must be seen €11.750 Tel: 695 559 939.

NEW YEAR BARGAIN PRICES! AS NEW (Special Order) Automatic / Diesel Seat Alhambra Seven seats. Nov 2016 Only 8,000 Klm. (5’000 Mls) Touch electric side doors, Apple touch and sat-nav, sensors all round front back sides etc. Climate control, cruise control, parking cámera privy glass, lots more to many to list here, a perfect family M.P.V. Save a fortune on a top quality family car remember this is not ex-rent or lease cost 35,000 € Was selling for 27,995€ NOW ITS ONLY 25,995€ 952 838 842 608 950 221 bill bradycars.com

NEW YEAR BARGAIN PRICES 4X4 Automatic / Diesel SSangyong Rexton 2.7 Ltr. 2009 With service history 99’000 Klm. (62’000 Mls) Metallic Black/ Black leather electric seats, bluetooth, dod guard and lots more extras fantastic value for money its only 7’995€ 952 838 842 /608 950 221 billbradycars.com

2008 Mercedes E63 AMG, Full Spec in Silver with Black Leather, only 90,00 KL awsome car must be seen € 23,950. Tel: 695 559 939.

NEW YEAR BARGAIN PRICES! PEUGEOT 208 Blue HDI 1.6, 5 Door 2015 bought and full service history from Peugeot one private owner sat-nav, reverse camera, cruise control, lots of extras and its only 8,995€ 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 bill bradycars.com NEW YEAR BARGAIN PRICES! Nissan Juke 4X2, 2017 Inj. 6 Speed manual one private owner only 14’000 Klm. (8’000 Mls.) Bought and serviced by Nissan (not ex-rental) This is a massive saving at only 13’995€ 952838842 608950221 bill bradycars.com.

ONE private owner and only 36’000 Klm. (22’000 Mls) Citroen C-3 Picasso 1.4 Ijn. Nov. 2011 Bought and serviced by Citroen Fuengirola and always garaged, This is a very scarce MPV. Look at this fantastic price its only 7’995€ 952 838 842 /608 950 221 bill bradycars.com.

2007 TRANSIT CONNECT in good all round condition. Electric Windows, Air Con. One local owner. €2,995 Tel: 695 559 939 (254317) 2011 FIAT DOBLO 1.3 CDTi DIESEL. Very economical. Only 135,000klm.

In very good condition throughout. One local owner. €4,995. Tel: 695 559 939 (254317) 2007 Range Rover 2.7 HSE Sport, Diesel in excellant condition throughout 20inch wheels in Magenta, with cream leather High Ki-

2007 Mercedes 320 ML Disel New Model Right Hand Drive On Spanish plates in Silver New Tyres and ITV 130,000 Miles. Lots of Extras €8,450. Tel: 695 559 939.

2012 Ford Transit Connect, Endurotec 210,00 KL in very good condition thoughout, Air Con, side door, new ITV €4,995. Tel: 695 559 939.

COLLECTORS Car 1994 Mercedes E220 Convertable Left Hand Drive 1 owner from new 5 speed manual Electric roof with Air Con, only 140,00 KL in Silver with black Leather must be seen these cars are only appreciating in Value €9,750. Tel: 695 559 939.

2006 Kia Serento 4 x 4 Left Hand Drive Spanish PLates 2.5 Diesel in Excellent condition thoughout Light Metalic Blue with Grey Leather. Alloys, Air Con also New Tyes and New Itv €5,995 includes Transfer.

Tel: 695 559 939.

2007 Citroen Picasso Right Hand Drive on Spanish PLates, 1.6 HDI Diesel.

One owner from New, Top of the Range, New ITV, Ecellent condition thoughout €2,995. Tel: 695 559 939.

CHEAP diesel 2001 Mercedes E300 Automatic Spanish Car, Runs and Drives Perfectly in silver, Low KL, Needs a bit of Tidying, €1,995. Tel: 695 559 939.

AUTOMATIC 2002 Chrysler Tratos 2.5 only 90,000 KL Spanish Left Hand Drive, New ITV in very good condition throughout only €1,495 Tel: 695 559 939.

CLASSIC MERCEDES 190 E 2.0 Petrol, rare 4 speed manual 1991, Spanish car, in very good condition throughout. These cars are increasing in Value, only €2,995. Tel: 695 559 939 (254317)

SALE ROBERTSON CARS NEW SHAPE FORD FIESTA 1.25 TREND 2015 ONLY 63,000KMS. APPROX. 40,000MILES SILVER ,5 DOOR, MANUAL. PRIVATE OWNER LEAVING SPAIN. WAS......7,995 EUROS...NOW....6,995 EUROS. TEL.952 832 173.......608 658 785. SEE PHOTOS. WWW.ROBERT SONCARS-SPAIN.COM SALE ROBERTSON CARS 2017 DIESEL HYUNDAI Xi20 only 13,000kms. Yes 13,000kms WHITE 5 DOOR HIGH SEATING POSITION GREAT FOR BAD KNEES OR BACKS, 5 DOOR HATCHBACK. STILL SMELLS LIKE NEW SAVE WAS...11,995 EUROS ...NOW ....11,750 EUROS. TEL . 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 WWW.ROBERT SONCARS-SPAIN.COM SALES ROBERTSON CARS 4X2 NISSAN JUKE 1.6 2012 ONLY40,000KMS.APPROX.25,000MILES.IMMACULATE CONDITION INSIDE AND OUT WHITE, 5 DOOR, TOW BAR, CLIMATE CONTROL, ELECTRIC WINDOWS/ LOCKING. WAS.......10,995 EUROS..NOW..9,995 EUROS TEL.952 832 173/ 608 658 785 WWW.ROBERT SONCARS-SPAIN.COM SALES ROBERTSON CARS AUTOMATIC/ DIESEL MERCEDES A180 2008 ONLY 6 4 , 0 0 0 K M S . A P PROX.40,000MILES 5 DOOR HATCHBACK IMMACULATE CONDITION MIDNIGHT BLUE.CLIMATE CONTROL ELECTRIC LOCKING/WINDOWS,ITV TILL OCT 2019. YOU WILL NOT SEE ANOTHER IN THIS CONDITION.........6,995 EUROS. TEL. 952 832 173/608 658 785 WWW.ROBERTSONCARSSPAIN.COM SALES ROBERTSON CARS. DIESEL SKODA FABIA 2012 1.6 ONLY 24,000KMS. YES APPROX 15.000MILES, STRIKING IN BLACK WITH WHITE ROOF, WHEELS AND MIRRORS, AIRCONDITION. 5 DOOR, HATCHBACK, FABULOUS CONDITION WAS...8,995 EUROS ...NOW..7,500 ONO.EUROS. TEL 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 WWW.ROBERTSONCARS-SPAIN.COM CABRIOLET RENAULT Megane 1.9 DCI, 2008, New ITV. Price €4.350. Tel 608 180 900

CLASSIFIEDS CLASSIC Mercedes 500SL, 1992. L/H/D SPANISH PLATES. BLACK/BLACK INTERIOR. 170,000KM. GOOD COND, NEW ITV, F.S.H. WAS €9,550 FOR QUICK SALE NOW €8,000.

TEL 952 113 481 - 620 249 232 (277760) KIA Ceed 1.6 auto, petrol, RHD, Spanish plates, 2011, only 23000 km. Black, lovely condition, long ITV, only 3995€. Tlf 602 533 508 (282910) AUDI A3 CONVERTIBLE black, automatic, petrol 2 litre, TFSI, Audi FSH, 162,000kms, 2008.Immaculate condition. Selling due to relocating. ITV until September 2019. Lady owner.

Benalmadena €11,500 ONO 650 148 945 (282956)

INSURANCE WE ARE currently the market leader in our country in the sale of direct car, motorbike, home and company fleet insurance. Since we started out in 1995, our philosophy has always been to offer an excellent service with the best prices in the market. For the most competitive quotes in English, call Linea Directa on 902 123 309. (200726) EU INSURANCE DIRECT. Best prices, best service, best cover for all your Insurance needs. TEL 951 080 118 or 952 830 843

MECHANICS MOBILE MECHANIC will come to your home or work. Servicing, repairs, ITVs & diagnostics. Call Mick on 617 553 072 (277922) BRITISH MECHANIC Mijas Costa. Experienced & Reliable. 605 407 369 (259167)

REPAIRS ENGLISH bodyshop, fully equipped, Mijas Costa. No Job Too Small.

952 667 074 (279183) BRITISH MECHANIC Mijas Costa. Experienced & Reliable. 605 407 369 (259167)

CLASSIFIEDS WANTED

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COURSES INTERNATIONAL SKIPPER LICENCE: Courses held in English and starts soon. RYA VHF and Radar Courses. 636 444 929

CARS, VANS, ANY REGISTRATION, INSTANT CASH, FINANCE/EMBARGO UK OR SPANISH 685 524 921

PEST CONTROL

CARS, VANS UK OR SPANISH BOUGHT FOR CASH. FREE COLLECTION IN SPAIN/UK. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 OR 952 669 701 (253107) WANTED CARS AND VANS, FREE COLLECTION, SAME DAY 685 524 921.

CAR, VANS BOUGHT WITH/WITHOUT PAPERS. CASH WAITING 678 808 837.

WANTED all cars, vans and anything interesting also classic cars, bikes, etc, with or without paperwork considered, same day decision, cash waiting, 653 777 073. (254317) WANTED, wanted, wanted!! All cars, all years, all models… from exotic to classic. Spanish, English, Dutch plated. Call us on 951 977 329 or 606 647 597. (281326) ALL CARS / Commercials wanted, any age, any condition. Cash. Buyer collects. Transfer included.

605 109 796 (282565)

MOTORING

COCKROACHES, ANTS, insects, fleas, mice, rats, wasps, termite specialists.

Fumigations, bars, restaurants, houses, etc. Sanitary department officially registered certificates. Guarantee. Serving the coast since 1985. Only legal English owned pest control company on the coast. If you want the best then phone N.P.S. Nigel 606 008 940 (277244)

PETS YOUNG DOMESTICATED cats rescued from the killing station need kind homes.

Fully vaccinated and neutered. We will also deliver to England for a donation to the charity. Please give one of these beautiful cats a home so we can save more from death. Can be seen without obligation at Cat and Dog World Kennels.

Tel. 630 197 435 (246764)

PETS LOW COST NEUTERING 630 197 435 (Eng) / 644 374 139 (Spanish) (279084)

CHARITIES ACE CHARITY ‘El Refugio’ in La Cala de Mijas is a registered charity. We have on average 275 dogs in our care and we receive no help from the Town Hall or the Andalucian government. We desperately need foster homes and adoptants for our many dogs, especially the small ones and puppies who do not do well in a big shelter. We are grateful for any help offered, including donations of food and blankets. Visiting times are from 13.00 to 15.00 and you can always turn up or make an appointment by calling Denise on 669 018 736. Our website is www.ace-charity.org where you can view all the dogs in our care. (93320) ADANA THE ANIMAL SHELTER IN ESTEPONA. We always need volunteers to walk and socialise with our dogs and help with cleaning. We also need good homes for our animals that you can see on www.adana.es. Kennels open every day 10-1.30, Camino de Casares, near Parque de los Pedregales, Estepona. (5 minutes from the Poligono) For more information call 952 113 467, available from 10.00am until 14.00pm.

(93319) SEPE the horse and donkey charity is open to the public at weekends from 10.00 to 5.00. Volunteers are much needed in all departments and are welcome at anytime. For our riding for the disabled classes, we are also in need of extra helpers. We are nationally registered by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior (164640) but only with your support can we give the equine a voice. If you can just commit to 2 or 3 euros a month it will really help make a difference. You can find us at Lauro Golf Equestrian Centre, Alqueria, Alhaurin de la Torre. Tel. 608 258 950 info@sepeonline.net www.sepeonline.net (93321)

31 January - 6 February 2019 AT SOS ANIMAL REFUGE we have dogs, young and old looking for homes.

Some of our dogs have been with us for some time and would love to find a cosy spot to curl up in and a knee on which to rest their heads. If you have room in your heart and home we would love to hear from you. We do not put our dogs to sleep - no matter how old, they are safe with us. For day to day needs and to pay for veterinary care, we much appreciate the support we receive. We desperately need items to sell on our market stall to help raise funds and are happy to come and collect. So if you are having a clear-out, please contact us on 605 227 155. If you would like to know more about re-homing, please call 653 257 875. Visit our website www.sos-ani mals.org or please phone Sandy on 952 385 923 or 666 814 056 if you would like to make a donation or help in any way.

ARCH - Andalusian Rescue Centre for Horses welcomes visitors and volunteers to our stables every day from 9-11am. Come along and help out, or sponsor or adopt one of our horses, donkeys or ponies. We always need help with fund raising to look after the abandoned and abused animals. Our aim is to rescue, rehabilitate and re-home. We are a small friendly team - why not join us. Find us in Alhaurin el Grande, behind the Venta Miralmonte on the road from Alhaurin to Coin, (A404), Urb. Viña Borrego, follow the yellow signs. Charity registered with the Junta de Andalusia No 8448. www.horse rescuespain.org or info@horserescue spain.org or archres cue@yahoo.co.uk Tel 656 935 613 or 659 408 664 Our Charity shop is located in Calle Melendez Pelayo, just off Calle Gerald Brenan, Alhaurin el Grande.

Tel: Liz 600 651 007. We always need volunteers and stock for the shop. We can also arrange collection.

KENNELS CAT & DOG World Kennels and Cattery. 952 112 978 / 630 197 435. www.cat-and-dogworld.com (279084)

EURODOG Boarding Kennels & Cattery. Under new ownership by animal loving family.

Large kennels and exercise yards, fully licensed and sanitary approved. Safe, secure and caring environment. Inspections welcome anytime. 5 minutes from Fuengirola 679 786 669 / 952 464 947 / www.eurodog.es (242538)

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PETCARE PET HOTEL. Alhaurin el Grande. Holiday accommodation for dogs and cats. Heated/Air-conditioned kennels available.

Tel: 952 112 284 / 685 400 216 www.petcares pain.com. Find us on Facebook at Petcare Spain.

(278403) LAGUNA KENNELS AND CATTERY. Your pets lovingly cared for by English mother and daughter.

Near Coin. lagunaken nels@hotmail.com. Tel 952 112 021 / 606 838 983. (280597) WWW.STEFANIESKENNELS.COM Excellent Kennel & Cattery facilities Est. 1986 Viewing most Welcome 952 790 943 (282111)

PET TRANSPORT ACCOMPANY your pets to their new home. Fully licensed pet transport service. Denise www.petch auffeur.eu 952 197 187 / 696 233 848 info @petchauffeur.eu (276821) PET TRANSPORTATION by road.

Fully DEFRA/OCA/TRACES compliant. Complete service by professional licensed kennels. 630 197 435 www.cat-and-dogworld.com (241623)

PLUMBING PLUMBING & repairs /descales, water heaters supplied and fitted same day. Will travel as Benalmadena based. NO job to small. Call Glen 669 073 773. (281331) PLUMBING. Leak detection & blocked drains. Tel 952 568 414 / 661 910 772 / drainspain.com (257090)

PRINTERS SIGNAGE, LED, 3D Corporate lettering, Solar check films, full CNC Cutting Service, Large format Flatbed printing, Poster, Menu boards, Interior Decoration for Homes and offices. Real Estate Boards, Roller Banners, Business Cards, Flyers. We cover the coast. 951 310 395 or 952 906 121 info@eye print.es (259024) C R E A T I V E MARBELLA Your friendly local printers. Luxury Printing, Copying, Binding, Branded Merchandise and Clothing, Menus, Bespoke Gifts, Wedding Accessories. Located in Poligono Industrial Nueva Campana 27 - 952 810 831 www.creativemarbe lla.es or follow us on Facebook (278561)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES MALAGA EXPAT CONSULTING - Paperwork Assistance, (NIE, Residencia, Driving Licence Renewal, Car Transfer, Doctor Registrations, Translation, Property Rental License and more), Relocation Advice.

Outstanding service at competitive rates. Call Irina Saltmarsh 687 733 743 www.malagaex pat.com (276483)

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PROPERTY FOR SALE W W W . I N M O A N DALUZ.COM is always looking for realistically priced inland properties to sell to our interested buyers. Tel 952 491 609 / 685 514 835 (258053) W W W . I N M O A N DALUZ.COM. Bargain inland properties for all budgets, fincas, village homes, apartments and villas. Legal building plots. 952 491 609 / 685 514 835 (258053)

PROPERTY WANTED SELLING UP?? Why not give us a call and let us give you an honest and realistic valuation of your property. List with us and let us take the stress out of selling your home. No sale, no fee!! English agent on the ball with clients waiting. Please call 685 524 921. (253107) WE HAVE clients actively looking for villas, townhouses & apartments from Torremolinos to Calahonda. Call Joe 626 864 683 (276690)

PROPERTY MAINTENANCE STARLIGHT PROPERTY. All Areas. Residential & Holiday Lets. 689 819 592 www.starlight-spain.com

REMOVALS/STORAGE

NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY TO LET 15 CUBIC metre van returning to the UK 14th February. Space available each way. Tel. 639 928 090 (258054) EUROPE SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combi trans.es (277262)

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PROPERTY TO LET

MOVING MATTERS SL – removals and storage. Local or to and from the UK/Ireland/Portugal and across Europe. Over 16 years’ experience. For free quotation Tel 951 311 118. www.movingmatters.eu (277259) LOCAL & International Removals Regular Schedules 952 816 582 move@frein ternational.com (257824)

PROPERTY MAINTENANCE by professionals. For all your needs: Gardening, Cleaning, Pool Maintenance, etc…

100% client satisfaction. Call Javier now 654 353 522 – 640 626 675

LONG TERM RENTALS AVAILABLE and also wanted. Super prices, no commission.

Apartments, townhouses, villas, fincas, shops, offices, bars, restaurants. Coast & inland. Tlf 679 111 522

PROFESSIONAL LOCAL REMOVALS AT AFFORDABLE RATES. 1/2 DAY FROM €90. FULL DAY FROM €175. WE ALSO PROVIDE A FORTNIGHTLY DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE TO UK AND EUROPE (INCL SCOTLAND). WORLDWIDE SHIPPING TO USA, AUSTRALIA, ETC AND FULL STORAGE FACILITIES. TEL (0034) 952 578 507 OR (0034) 637 892 278 / EMAIL garymoveit@yahoo.co. uk (276485)

USA SPECIALIST Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combitrans.es (277262) STORAGE SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combi trans.es (277262) LOCAL and INTERNATIONAL SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combitrans.es (277262)

HIGH TOP VAN going from Spain to UK and return.

Reliable Service. Call Graham 620 353 594 for details. E-Mail vgcasacol or@gmail.com (277901)) JDS EURO TRANSPORT & REMOVALS - Regular trips throughout Europe. Contact Julian 00 44 7884 908 929/00 34 637 066 114 See Facebook Page for recommendations SPAIN UK - UK Spain, 15 years established. Part / full loads Storage. Pet transport / travel with your pets spainukukspain @gmail.com 637 980 655 (282779)

REMOVALS & STORAGE

MOVE IT MASTERS UKSPAIN-UK. Over 30 years experience. Guaranteed lowest prices. Storage & kennelling available Tel or Whatsapp: 660 030 107 (282612)

MAN AND VAN MAN & LARGE VAN, 100% reliable, Removals, Clearances. Ikea collection & assembly. 20€ per hour.

Tel: 622 020 856 (246758) MOVEIT-STOREIT.COM Tel David 696 810 618 (2559433) BIG VAN (Removals) UKEurope. Always on time.

100% reliable €25 PH 633 277 270 (279080) 2 MEN, Van €30 p hour.

House Clearances & Storage. 651 081 610 (276419) HANDYMAN & VAN – Small removals, clearances. Ikea collection & assembly. Experienced & reliable. €20 hourly – 603 257 612

STORAGE STORAGE Marbella Dry Secure 952 816 582 move@freinternation al.com (257824) STORAGE lowest price guaranteed. Packaging materials Self-Storage Marbella 952 811 311 (278691) moveit-storeit.com Tel David 696 810 618 (259433)

ROLLER SHUTTERS

CLASSIFIEDS SITUATIONS VACANT

ACE OF SHADES - PERSIANA (security shutter) electric and manual, various colours available including wood effect, we also offer a repair service.

Make your home more secure! Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / in fo@aceofshades.design (101730) ROLLER shutter repairs, 7 days a week, conversion from manual to motorised, new installations. All areas covered. Coast and inland.

655 825 931 (280561)

SERVICES

CARPENTRY CARPENTER cabinet maker, Irish. Property maintenance, plumbing, painting, electrical, kitchens. Bathrooms renovated etc. 30 years’ experience. Very reliable. 677 087 575 (277284)

FURNITURE FRENCH POLISHING REPAIRS, restoration etc. restore your valuable furniture to its former glory. Tel 647 579 519 / 952 499 944

SEWING SERVICES CURTAINS, Blinds, Upholstery, Soft furnishings made to measure, wide range fabrics and foam 672 800 887 judein spain@hotmail.com

TAKE Care of your Career as a live in Carer in the UK. If you have good written/spoken English with a British or EU passport you can earn from £1134 - £1344 for 2 weeks. Contact Sandra Field on 658 965 204 or email s.field@consultus care.com (282731) WE are currently looking for an English qualified Science teacher to teach Key Stage 3, 4 and A-levels.

Please send you CV to in fo@bic-benal.com or contact 952 561 666 (282798)

SOFT FURNISHINGS SIGN & DESIGN EYEPRINT – 951 310 395 (259024) SHOP signs, vehicle signs, banners, window signs, 603 464 582, www.signd sign.es (257068)

SITUATIONS VACANT EXPERIENCED chef/cook Torremolinos area required. For busy bar restaurant. Good rates of pay. Contact Paddy or Andy 615 340 906

CURTAINS, blinds, cushions and much more. Free estimates and home visits.

Tel 657 369 343 or rosan nacarmella@hotmail.com (257839)

SOLAR SOLAR Hot Water Systems. Quality Guaranteed. All Areas, Envirocarespain since 1996.

952 663 141 670 409 759. www.envirocares pain.com info@enviro c a r e s p a i n . c o m (281338)

CLASSIFIEDS SOLAR SOLAR BLINDS ES Ideal For Large Glazed Areas To Reflect Heat / Glare And Stop Furniture Fading And Still Keep The View. Save Heat In The Winter Too Improve Your Living Environment. ian@solarshade tinting.com Tel Ian 958 496 571 / 644 546 176

SPORT GOLF SHARE Las Brisas €18000. Offers 617 333 777

SWIMMING POOLS

www.euroweeklynews.com SWIMMING POOLS POOL HEATERS, covers and rollers. Quality inatallations. Free quotations.

All areas covered. Over 20 years’ experience. EnviroCare. 952 663 141/670 409 759 www.enviro carespain.com (281338) JUSTPOOLS.ES 8x4m pool 90€ inc. 10x5m pool 100€ inc. Re-grout 8x4 500€ inc Full liability insurance. 952 472 476 / 619 636 586

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Family Matters? Sales? Sport?

Protect From Evil? Feel Like You Cannot Go On? Etc. Mr Syla has a rapid solution within 24h result – Tel. 663 483 489

POOL MAINTENANCE, repairs, friendly, reliable service. Estepona, Malaga, inland re-grouts, heaters.

678 791 495 / 951 295 699 www.sparklenripple.net (257044)

WESTARPOOLS. Pool construction, renovation, repairs and heating. 619 246 372 / www.westar pools.com (277920)

SITUATIONS VACANT

OFFICIAL TRANSLATIONS. All languages. 952 789 204. Mobile 654 613 094. sanpedrotransla tions@gmail.com (279016) TRANSLATOR - Many years experience - Available to accompany you on medical visits & other everyday appointments within the Alicante to Javea area. Contact Sue 629 455 435

UPHOLSTERY

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TRANSLATOR

ADVANCED Cleaning Services. Professional carpet and upholstery cleaning, 28 years’ experience, wet/dry clean. Honest, reliable. 678 808 837 / 952 669 701 ac servs@outlook.com UPHOLSTERY including leather cleaned also carpets. 685 524 921 CARPETS AND SOFAS cleaned. Reliable, fast service. Family run. Cleansol 952 930 861 / 607 610 578. 10am - 10pm 7 days, all areas Discount Code: EWN 1 CLEAN (206437) RUGS FITTED CARPETS, Upholstery Including Leather Cleaned On Site 685 524 921 (252581)

WASHING MACHINES TV & SATELLITE REPAIRS – TV’s, Plasmas, LCD’s, Digi – Boxes, Video, Hi-Fi and microwaves. Free estimates, can collect. 35 years’ experience. John 952 491 723 or 600 706 201 (281211)

WASHING Machine Repairs by qualified Engineers.For a rapid response call Melec Costa 952 493 426/627 120 352

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WINDOWS P.P.S – PVC Door & Windows.

Persianas & Glass Curtains. All supplied & fitted. Good Quality, Reliable & Reasonable rates. Damp Proofing also carried out 631 571 108

WINDOW TINTING MOBILE SERVICE. ITV Legal. Solar Reflective tint for glass curtains, balconies, yachts. Stop fading, heat & glare. 958 496 571 – 644 546 176 ian@solarshadetinting.com

XXX RELAXATION Please note that in Spain there is NO legislation banning adverts in this section. Neither regional nor national governments are able to pass such a law due to rules governing freedom of publication and printing.

READERS OF A SENSITIVE DISPOSITION MAY FIND SOME OF THE ADVERTISEMENTS IN THIS SECTION OFFENSIVE.

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FUENGIROLA. Oriental young, beautiful & sexy Japaneses girls. Complete services. Pleasure always guaranteed.

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“ Porsche anniversaries GERMAN car maker Porsche is celebrating the birthdays of three of its classic models: the 917, 914 and the younger Panamera.

Both the 917 and 914 are celebrating 50 years of being on the road this y e a r, w h i l e t h e Panamera has reached its 10th birthday.

Porsche said it was committed to making the history of its company tangible. Events have been planned at the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany and others are set to take place across the world.

Technicians at the Porsche Museum have been working to restore the first 917 ever built, to mark the occasion.

AROUND 35 per cent of the world’s population drives on the left-hand side of the road, with countries including Britain, Australia and Mozambique among those opting for left-hand roads.

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BIRTHDAY: The first 917 is being restored for its 50th anniversary.

They have been working for years to return it to the condition the car was in when it made its world debut in 1969.

The 917 premiered at the Geneva Motor Show in 1969 and it won the first of 19 gold medals

i n t w o t y p e s , o n e w i t h a f o u rcylinder engine and another with six cylinders.

The Porsche Panamera was the company’s first four-door saloon car and it was premiered in Shanghai in 2009.

It featured a number of technical innovations never included in a luxury series Porsche car.

A special exhibition has been organised at the Porsche Museum to mark 10 years since it made its debut.

BMW’s newest 7-Series

new BMW kidney grille and a 50-millimetre taller front end, giving it a striking look.

The rear end has also been extensively redesigned. The company said the design included integral exhaust tailpipes with l a rg e r c h r o m e s u r r o u n d s and rear apron contours which adopted the design of the front intake trim.

Buyers of the 7-Series have a range of engines to choose from, and all meet the Euro 6d-TEMP exhaust standard. These include V8 and V12 engines and there are also hybrid versions of the car available.

BMW has taken steps to include more automated driving features including steering, lane control, parking and reversing assistants.

The company said the 7Series also featured its Intelligent Personal Assistant which acts a digital co-pilot and onboard car expert.

at the Le Mans 24 Hours race a year later.

The 914 was first presented at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt, Germany in 1 9 6 9 . I t w a s G e r m a n y ’s f i r s t mid-engine sports car and came

GERMAN car maker BMW has unveiled the newest model in its 7-Series which the company said would take its luxury car offering to ‘unprecedented’ levels.

The BMW 7-Series is now set to hit showrooms after it was unveiled in Shanghai.

It features a new exterior design giving it greater presence and precision as well as new interior elements, the company said.

U w e D r e h e r, h e a d o f brand communications at B M W, s a i d t h e c a r w a s ‘self-assured.’

“The new BMW 7Series

UNPRECENTED: The new 7-Series takes luxury to the next level.

embodies the way of life of a target group who follows its aims and ideas in a self-

determined and independent manner regardless of any external obstacles,” Dreher said.

The car comes equipped with a

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by Nick Fletcher DACIA sent a shock wave through the car industry back in 2012 when it launched its Duster, an attractively styled SUV priced at €11,322 (£9,995), and undercutting rivals by huge amounts.

Seven years on, the Duster is well established and the entry model still costs €11,322 (£9,995).

Dacia, part of the giant Renault Group, uses well-proven petrol and diesel engines and Duster models also come with a choice of two or four-wheel drive and depending on model, with manual or automatic gearboxes.

Entry-level versions are very sparsely equipped, though air-conditioning and powered front windows are standard.

Most buyers will opt for mid-range models which offer more standard equipment yet are still comparatively low in price.

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Dacia Duster Comfort SHOCK WAVE: The Duster undercuts its rivals by huge amounts.

mid-range Duster Comfort with two-wheel drive and a 1.5-litre diesel engine, costs €17,438 (£15,395).

Standard features include alloy wheels, air conditioning, cruise control with speed limiter, touch-screen infotainment with Bluetooth and connectivity features, sat-nav, rear view camera and parking sensors.

An outstanding specification

STATS PANEL Model: Dacia Duster Comfort Engine: 1.5-litre diesel Transmission: 5-speed manual Performance: 0-100kph 10.2 seconds, top speed 178kph (111mph) Economy: 22.6kpl (64mpg) Emissions: 115g/km

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

for the price.

The Duster has cool and classy styling with a distinctive front grille and the cabin has been revised and upgraded to give it a smarter look.

The seats have also been improved to provide more comfort. The car seats four with adequate room for front and rear occupants and you can squeeze in a fifth if neces-

sary. Boot space is good at 445 litres, boosted to a substantial 1,623 litres by folding the rear seats, giving the Duster top marks for practicality.

The 1.5-litre 113hp diesel unit is smooth and relatively quiet and delivers a 0-100kph time of 10.2 seconds and a top speed of 178kph (111mph), fairly typical of class standards.

Emissions are low at 115g/km and average fuel economy excellent at 22.6kpl (64mpg).

The firm ride quality is not quite as comfortable as some SUVs but the overall handling is assured, with composed cornering and good steering feedback.

It is hard to significantly fault the Duster; it offers tremendous value for money right across the range, and second-hand values are very strong too, emphasising the impact this model has made in the flourishing SUV sector.

New ‘sportyFrench’ Renault TWINGO FRENCH car maker Renault has launched the latest limited run of the TWINGO model, with the company having teamed up with Le Coq Sportif to give it a sporty feel.

The TWINGO comes fully equipped with high-end features including the company’s EASY LINK 7 multimedia system, automatic air conditioning and a parking assistant.

It also features rain and luminosity sensors and a reversing camera as part of the parking system.

Renault said the car was designed to easily weave its way through city streets

and urban roads.

“The New Renault TWINGO remains an unequal partner for urban adventures,” the company said.

R en au lt s a id the TWINGO’s red, white and blue colour scheme was part o f w h a t g av e th e c a r its ‘chic, sporty-French’ look.

T h e ca r als o b ea rs th e Le Co q S p o rtif lo g o o n t he right side of its exterior.

The interior continues the sporty theme with Le Coq Sportif branding on the door sills, floor mats, dashboard and gearstick.

The latter features ‘TWINGO by Le Coq

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Sportif ’ engraved on an aluminium plate.

The latest model of the TWINGO is available with either the SCe 75 or TCe 95 engine.

Buyers can also choose between a manual or automatic clutch, the latter of which combines responsiveness, smooth operation and reduced fuel consumption.

Renault said it chose to partner with Le Coq Sportif because of the two’s shared

outlook for their products.

“A taste for competition and commitment to the excellence and quality of our products: Renault and Le Coq Sportif share the same values.

“This partnership, initiated during Formula 1, has been extended and is now taking the form of a car with a singular and elegant design,” Renault said.

COLLABORATION: The TWINGO comes with Le Coq Sportif design features.

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ALREADY the holder of a number of Spanish football records, Barcelona’s win over Girona on Sunday edged superstar Lionel Messi even closer to yet another milestone.

Taking into account the 0-2 victory, the Argentine, 31, has now won 328 matches in 437 appearances in La Liga, overtaking Raul Gonzales, who notched up 327 out of 550.

Just six more victories will see Messi match the all-time record, held by Real Madrid legend Casillas with 334 wins.

The Barca favourite holds the record for the most goals scored (50) in a single league campaign in 2011/2012, and is the highest scorer in the history of La Liga.

While Nelson Semedo opened the score sheet on Sunday, banging home his first goal of the season, Messi himself guaranteed the points with a second inside the last 20 minutes.

Atletico also celebrated a 2-0 victory when they took on Getafe on Saturday, keeping them hot on the heels of leaders Barcelona.

Antoine Griezmann and Saul Niguez scored for Diego Simeone’s side, while Getafe had Djene Dakonam and Leandro Cabrera sent off, both for two bookable of-

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Messi on target for record wins

MESSI: On the road to breaking another Spanish football record.

Djokovic defeats Nadal

La Liga Review

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Morata’s return

VICTOR: Djokovic (right) beat Nadal (left) in Australia. kept Nadal off the court for 129 days and his place in the Open was not certain before the tournament began.

“I have been playing against a player that was at the highest level possible,” Nadal said.

“With the way he was hitting, maybe it was difficult to beat him even if I was at my 100 per cent.

“It has been a positive two weeks. The only thing that I probably need is time and more matches,” the 32year-old added.

Djokovc scored eight aces to Nadal’s three and won 80 per cent first serves compared to 51 from the 32year-old.

The Serbian player won five break points and 33 receiving points, scoring 89 points in total. Nadal did not win any break points or tie breaks, and bagged 13 receiving points and a total of 53 points.

Djokovic won 18 games to Nadal’s eight.

EIGHTEEN months after leaving Real Madrid for Chelsea, striker Alvaro Morata l ooks set t o r et ur n t o La Li ga on loan to Atletico Madrid.

The 26- yearold told press at the weekend that he had passed a medical and is ‘looking forward’ to returning to Spain, adding ‘I’ve spent days waiting for this.’

In 2017, Morata signed a five-year contract when he joined Chelsea, and has made 47 Premier League appearances, scoring 16 goals.

He began his career at Atletico, second in the division, before signing for city rivals Real. k toc ers utt Sh IT: ED CR

SERBIAN tennis player Novak Djokovic has bested Spanish rival Rafael Nadal in the final of the Australian Open, securing victory in Melbourne just over two hours.

Djokovic, 31, beat 32year-old Nadal by 6-3, 6-2 and 6-3 on Sunday, his biggest margin of any of his victories.

It is the third consecutive win for Djovovic in seven months, having previously taken home titles at Wimbledon and New York.

Djokovic said the match was truly perfect. Going up against the Mallorcan Nadal made the match important but amazing, he added.

“The ultimate clay-court challenge is to win against Nadal,” Djovokic said.

“I don’t want to sound arrogant, but I always believe in myself.”

Nadal said the way Djokovic played was ‘unbelievable’ but added he had not been able to go the extra mile.

Injuries had previously

fences.

Atletico have lost just once in the 20 league games this season.

Meanwhile Real Madrid won convincingly, 2-4, against Espanyol adding weight to their claim that their recovery is fact, not fluke.

Los Blancos kicked off the goal scoring with Benzema finding the net after four minutes for his first of two goals, followed quickly with another from Ramos. Baptistao put one in for Espanyol, before Welshman Bale scored within two minutes of coming on after 24 days injured. Espanyol’s second was provided by Rosales.

Valencia took a comfortable three points, beating Villarreal 3-0, scoring goals four minutes either side of the game and one just into the second half.

In the second division, RCD Mallorca drew 1-1 when they took on Cadiz on Saturday, as did Elche when they met CD Numancia. Neither Malaga nor opponents Tenerife could hit the back of the net, and Almeria suffered a 0-1 defeat at the hands of CA Osasuna.

The former won five games in a row to the latter’s one, while winning 56 service points and 13 service games to Nadal’s 40 and eight.

MORATA: On loan for 18 months.

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WINNERS: Alonso (centre) and his team won at Daytona.

Golf program marks a decade of support THE ‘Pro Spain Team Program,’ made up of 21 elite golfers, is celebrating 10 years of support for professional Spanish golf.

For a decade, the program has been training and helping players during their first years in the professional field.

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team to get behind the wheel of the Number 10 Cadillac.

He began at eighth position.

Unfazed by the rain, Alonso was able to gain time and averaged around two seconds per lap faster than his opponents before teammate Kobayashi took over.

Alonso braked skilfully on his return, with the track having gotten wetter as the day went on. The 37-year-old went head-to-head with Brazilian Felipe Nasr and came out on top before driving to victory.

The win comes after Alonso won the Le Mans 24 Hour race with Toyota in May. He now has his sights on the 500 Miles of Indianapolis with McLaren.

Alonso is a two-time Formula 1 world champion, having bagged the title in 2005 and 2006.

OUT OF ACTION: Carolina Marin faces six months recovering from an operation.

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SPANISH motor racing driver Fernando Alonso and his teammates won the Daytona 24 Hours race in the US at the weekend amidst rain that made driving difficult.

Alonso and teammates Kamui Kobayashi, Jordan Taylor and Roger van der Zande secured victory in the competition which was cut short by 11 minutes due to bad weather.

Alonso said he was “very proud” of what the team had achieved.

“The race itself was very, very difficult. Conditions were changing all the time,” Alonso said.

“The conditions were complicated although not so much for us. Others with so much water would have been much worse,” the driver added.

The 37-year-old, from Asturias, was the first of the

CREDIT: Fernando Alonso, via Twitter

Alonso and teammates win at Daytona

World champion ruptures ligament A KNEE injury has put Spain’s Olympic, World and European badminton champion, Carolina Marino, out of action for up to six months.

The 25-year-old ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament during Sunday’s Indonesia Masters Final.

She was forced to retire in the opening game of the women’s singles final in Jakarta, gifting India’s Saina Nehwal the title.

According to the Spanish badminton federation, Marin underwent surgery this week and will shortly begin rehab for an injury which typi-

cally requires a recovery period of at least six months.

This means she faces a race against time to be fit to defend her title at the world championships in Basel, Switzerland in August.

Last year, Marin became the first female badminton player to win three World Championship titles. She has also won four European titles.

Remaining positive, she Tweeted: ‘Time to be ready for the hardest battle, but I have no doubts that I’ll be back stronger. Sometimes things like this happen… thanks for all your messages.’