Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 21 - 27 Feb 2019 Issue 1755

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21 - 27 February 2019

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Turn to page 2» ‘HELP BRING DAD HOME’: Keith Arrowsmith (inset) suffered a lung infection while on holiday in Benidorm at Christmas.

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NEWS EXTRA Taekwondo ‘best club’ FINESTRAT’S Taekwondo club has been awarded the title of ‘Best Club’ in the Valencia Community, after a competition held in Castellon. Many of the club’s young players also received individual awards.

Smoked out A 52-YEAR-OLD woman was treated for smoke inhalation when firefighters were called to a blaze in her Benidorm home.

The woman had also suffered bruising to her leg, but was otherwise unharmed.

Day out AROUND 260 children from La Nucia were treated to a day out at the theatre, when they were taken to watch a play about a dragon wanting to kidnap children and cut down a forest, aimed at raising environmental awareness.

No waiting lists ALTHOUGH already significantly shorter than in the UK, the regional Partido Popular is to include a clause in their election manifesto which guarantees by law, the option to choose your own medical centre in the event of delays in procedures.

The President of the Partido Popular in the Valencia Community (PPCV), Isabel Bonig, made the announcement this week as part of their election campaign, proposing the elimination of waiting lists, ‘guaranteeing, by law, the choice

of health centre if the patient exceeds a number of days.’

The proposal was made following an agreement with the representatives of medical unions and professional associations representing medical staff in the region, who approved the plan after Bonig criti-

cised a “total and absolute improvisation in the Valencia healthcare program which has caused waiting lists to increase for 8,500 people since the current legislature began, with 66,488 people now waiting for treatment.”

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Crushing argument A MAN from Teulada was recovering in Denia Hospital, after he was hit by a car and crushed against a wall following an argument with a neighbour.

According to witnesses, the pair had fallen out in a local bar prior to the incident,

and though things seemed to have calmed down, one of the men entered his car and seemingly deliberately hit the victim, embedding him against a wall. The men, both said to be in their 40’s, are known to have a long-standing disagreement.

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Plea to help fund sick dad’s flight From Front page »

By Mark Nolan THE daughter of a stranded hospital-bound Brit in Benidorm has made a desperate plea for help to get her dad home.

Keith Arrowsmith, from Wrexham, is seriously ill in a Spanish hospital after suffering a lung infection while on holiday in Benidorm at Christmas.

Mr Arrowsmith was due to fly back to the UK on January 8, but was taken ill the day before and was placed in an induced coma in intensive care, and his family given the news nobody ever wants to hear, that they should ‘prepare for the worst.’

Keith’s daughter, Donna Arrowsmith, has launched an online fundraising campaign to raise £15,000 to get him home to continue his care. She said of her father: “He had a serious lung infection, low oxygen levels and carbon dioxide in his blood. My dad was in a coma for nearly four weeks which has led to muscle wastage and he cannot move or walk and still remains on a ventilator in his neck and still in the intensive care unit.

Donna explained: “Due to a slight mistake with insurance they have refused to pay out,” but the family are desperate to get him home.

More worrying, Donna says: “The Spanish government won’t fund his treatment much longer as he’s not a Spanish resident.

“My dad is getting really depressed being away from home and away from his kids and six grandkids, and we haven’t seen him for nearly nine weeks.” She added: “Please help bring my dad home.”

If you can help, you can donate to the Go Fund Me page via this article on our website, euroweeklynews.com.

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Rubble rescue

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TWO women managed to hold onto the handrail of a staircase until firefighters could rescue them from the rubble when a building collapsed in the centre of Valencia on Friday. Luckily, nobody was injured in the incident, al t h o u g h so m e p eo p le were also trapped on the upper floors.

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GANDIA’S animal wardens have reported that in January they collected a total of 28 animals that had been lost or abandoned in the municipality, all of which are now seeking a forever home.

They also sterilised and returned 15 cats to their local colony.

Tow and go CARS towed away in Denia will soon be taken to a property owned by the town hall, following the local government’s approval of a building purchase worth almost €1 million.

The building is the one currently in use, but it is presently rented by the town hall.

Copping out THE Local Police office in Benissa is often closed as the municipality is running out of officers to staff it.

The town hall has blamed staffing restrictions, and says that the area is still covered by a 24-hour patrol.

Judging equality SOME 300 students from l’Alfàs del Pi have participated in a competition to design a poster which the town hall will use to promote International Women’s Day. The winner will be announced on March 4 before going on display around the municipality.

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THREE people were injured when a car crashed into the trailer of a lorry which had crossed over into the opposite lane in the early hours of Friday morning in Novelda. The two men, aged 29 and 38, were treated for their injuries, and a third for smoke inhalation and all were transferred to Elda hospital.

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ALCOY Town Hall has opened the tender process for interested parties to apply to run a new kiosk situated in the municipal park, known as La Glorieta. Bids are invited to the tune of just under €10,000, plus costs, for a continual operation at this prime location.

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ENIGMATIC: Basque is thought to predate most European languages.

Unique language THE sign in this picture is written in Basque, one of Spain’s most unique and enigmatic languages which will be a talking point today (Thursday) as the world celebrates linguistic diversity.

Basque and other regional dialects are celebrated every February 21 on International Mother Language Day. The day promotes multilingualism, the speaking of more than one language by a person or community.

Basque is an ‘isolated’ language, meaning it cannot be traced to others currently in use or that have died out.

Spanish, as well as the Asturian, Catalan, Galician and Valencian, all have their roots in Latin and also have Arabic influences.

Basque is thought to have developed before the spread of Indo-European languages across Europe and Asia which spawned the modern languages spoken in those areas today. Exact details of its origins and development are unknown.

The first Basque book, a collection of poems called the Linguae Vasconum Primitiae, was published in 1545.

The use of Basque was suppressed

Brotherly love A 54-YEAR-OLD Spanish man was arrested by the National Police, after allegedly withdrawing cash from his brother’s bank account in Benidorm.

The suspect is alleged to have taken advantage of his ‘great physical resemblance’ to his brother, and fraudulently withdrew the money without initial suspicion.

The perpetrator is alleged to have entered the bank and engaged with staff in conversation, assuming the identity of his brother, even quoting the

identity number of his sibling when questioned.

Having checked the balance of his account, the man then successfully withdrew €6,000 in cash.

It was only when his brother noticed the missing money, prompting the bank to check their CCTV footage, that the alleged crime was uncovered.

By the time the police were alerted, the man had already fled Benidorm, but an observant patrol officer recognised him in a vehicle a week later.

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by the regime of former dictator Francisco Franco but it has resurged since Spain became a democracy in 1978.

There are around 750,000 native Basque speakers and a further roughly 1,185,500 can understand the language but have little to no command of it, according to a 2016 study.

There are five dialects in modern Basque: Biscayan, Gipuzkoan, Upper Navarrese, Navarro-Lapurdian and Souletin. Euskal Herria, the words on the sign pictured, means Basque Country.

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Paying the price A COURT in Valencia has condemned the parents of two female children to pay compensation to a third child for taking a nude photograph in the locker rooms.

The girls were involved in the Levante UD girl’s football team and were all under 13 at the time of the incident in 2016.

The parents of the girl photographed filed a complaint against the parents of the other two, claiming €7,000 for moral damages.

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was photographed by the two girls when they showered in the locker room, and the image was subsequently shared on a social network.

The child reported the matter to the coach and the girls were punished with a playing ban, despite saying the image was accidental, as they were taking a ‘selfie’ and the victim just happened to be in the background.

The judge didn’t believe the defence and the parents had to pay €3,000 plus legal costs.

The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1754 of the Euro Weekly News Costa Blanca North edition, including 174 local stories.

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Brussels to investigate Pirate Island

By Mark Nolan THE closure of restaurant l’Illano on Benidorm’s emblematic ‘Pirate Island’ is to be investigated by the European Parliament.

The restaurant, located in a municipal building, has been serving the visitors for some 60 years, but didn’t have the necessary operating licence and was shut down by the town hall in October of last year.

An appeal was filed by the owners, but that appeal failed as the town hall say they are unable to issue the licence, as the island falls within the demarcation of coastal land where it is impossible to obtain licences for such a purpose.

The Esquerra Unida del Pais Valencia (EUPV) political group has reported that the Europe Parliament are to investigate why the situation has been allowed to

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TROUBLED ISLAND: The illegal restaurant has been open for 60 years. continue for so long, with no action having been taken before last year, particularly in terms of environmental protection.

The EUPV stress that for “more than 40 years, neither the regional, municipal or state governments have seemed interested

in putting an end to an obviously illegal activity.”

Although the EUPV applaud the final revocation of the licence, and a fine for illegal dumping, they see this as a ‘sticking plaster’ for a bigger problem, and want all those re-

sponsible throughout the history of the natural abuse to be brought to task, urging the central government to “solve the problem definitively, with decisive steps to protect the environment and heritage of each and everyone.”

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ON THE RUN: Police in the UK want to speak to Leon Cullen.

Fugitive spotted POLICE in Cheshire, UK, have widened their search for a fugitive, asking their Spanish colleagues for help, after he was allegedly spotted in Benidorm.

Leon Cullen is wanted for questioning by the police after a Warringtonbased drugs and guns operation was dismantled by investigators.

The police believed that Anthony Cullen ran the operation, fronted by a seemingly legitimate business, Future Press Ltd, assisted by his brother Leon, who is believed to have escaped to Spain.

During the case, Liverpool Crown Court heard that the brothers ‘used fear to rule the streets of their home town, and ran a drugs business on a scale which competed with powerful gangs from Liverpool and Manchester.’

Leon is believed to have been seen in Benidorm, driving around the town in ‘a big Audi,’ prompting investigators to ask the Spanish authorities for assistance, something incidentally which will become more difficult post-Brexit.

Karting blaze A FIRE ripped through the kitchen of the restaurant located at a karting venue in Benidorm this week.

The track is located in the popular nightclub area, but there were no injuries from the blaze which caused damage to 50 square metres of the site. Intense smoke forced roads to close in the area.

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NEWS EXTRA Excited doggies THE La Nucia canine agility group has begun laying down their plans for the future dog agility centre which is to be built in the Ciutat Esportiva Camilo Cano.

Women free THREE women who were forced into prostitution in Benidorm have been freed by officers of the National Police. The operation culminated with the arrest of four alleged members of a criminal organisation dedicated to the sexual exploitation of women from Colombia and Venezuela.

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OFFICERS from the National Police arrested a young man for allegedly selling cocaine, hashish and marihuana from his Benidorm home, where a search also found a Local Police uniform, investigators say.

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Improving Finestrat FINESTRAT Town Hall is holding a reforestation day on Saturday at the Font del Moli recreational area.

The event is being held in collaboration with the Leroy Merlin DIY store and will coincide with similar events taking place in six other areas of the country, including Madrid.

Trees will be planted and nesting boxes installed, with everyone - especially families - invited to take part and do their bit.

You must register to take part, which can be done via the town hall, and a bus transfer to the site from the Leroy Merlin store at Finestrat will be provided, along with lunch, all for free.

THE council of l’Alfas del Pi h a s a p p ro v e d t h e a p p l i c a t i o n for subsidy from the central government for a budget of €147,255 to go towards three rural road improvement plans.

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cent of the total amount required on Calles Sierra Bernia, del Pinar and Foia Blanca, for repairing pavements, cleaning and clearing ditches and drains, and resurfacing, as well as new signs.

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Baby cell ‘scammer’ in court THE National Court is hearing a case dating back to 2012, which allegedly saw 349 couples defrauded by a scam involving the collection and preservation of umbilical cord samples.

The defendant, RC, a resident of Alcoy, allegedly attracted his victims by offering the collection of the umbilical cord samples and blood of the newborn babies, which would then be stored in a specialist location and be available should the child or other family member, suffer from a disease treatable by cyrogenised stem cells.

The defendant claimed to have been working for an established and recognised company in the field, but in reality he had been fired, and was still using his professional credibility as part of the scam.

The man had set up his own business and created a network of laboratories and companies which would provide ‘credible’ services, but the reality was it was nothing more than a scam, for which the victims paid around €2,000 to take part.

The prosecution is asking for nine years in prison for the man and compensation to the families.

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Father facing abandonment charges BETTER PROTECTED: The grant will help improve the natural environment.

Altea’s green grant ALTEA has been given more than €50,000 in grants to help protect the green areas of the municipality.

The funding has been given by the provincial government in Alicante, and composes of €40,000 towards protecting and improving the environmentally-rich areas, and just under €13,000 to help fire prevention and extinction.

The bulk of the funding is set to go towards forestry work in Pinus halepensis, and Quercus rotundifolia reserve, removing dead trees and roots, and replanting the weakened areas in order to eliminate erosion and improve

nesting by installing boxes for the animals to use.

As for fire prevention, some 1.24 hectares of land will be protected by the creation of perimeter firewalls, consisting of the removal of the shrubbery and trees which can cause difficulties in extinction, and cause fires to spread faster, thus increasing the danger of the extinction of a fire.

The fire prevention plan will also create a barrier with the roads through the municipality, and provide an evacuation route to facilitate the easy escape of people in the event of a serious incident.

T H E f a t h e r o f a n i n e - y e a r- o l d g i r l i s f a c i n g c h a rg e s o f h a v i n g a b a n d o n e d h i s d a u g h t e r, w h e n h e l e f t h e r i n t h e street so that he could enter a gambling establishment in the town of Algemesi.

A Local Police patrol saw the girl sitting on the pavement outside the venue a little after midnight, and concerned for her safety, they stopped to check on her identity and welfare.

The child told the officers that she was waiting for her father, aged 33, and uncle who were inside the establishment. An officer went inside and identified the father playing on the machines, and displaying clear signs of having consumed alcohol.

Still interested in the welfare of the child, the officers sought to locate her mother, who arrived and took her into her care.

The police have reported the situation to both the mun i c i p a l d e p a r t m e n t o f S o c i a l S e r v i c e s a n d t h e O ff i c e o f the Children’s Prosecutor to analyse whether the behaviour of the father derives any type of criminal offence.

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Mayor dies in house fire A SHOCKWAVE has hit the town of Castellonet de la Conquesta - a municipality in the region of Safor in the Valencian Community just to the west of Gandia - after the local mayor died in a fire in his home.

Rafael Sjöblom, died in a late-night fire in an apartment located in Calle Guardamar, Gandia, with firefighters dispatched from both Gandia and Oliva to tackle the blaze in the five-storey building.

The fire consortium reports that there were two women in the house, aged 78 and 39, and a girl of nine; the wife, daughter and granddaughter of the deceased. All were transferred to the Francisco de Borja Hospital, where they were treated.

The shock has hit the local town hard, where Sjöblom was first elected mayor in 2003, representing the Partido Popular.

The 170 inhabitants of the town are now in mourning, along with his political colleagues, with the regional leader of the PP, Guillermo Barber, lamenting the loss of a person who he said: “Worked tirelessly for his municipality and the neighbours who trusted him. Today the PP family is in mourning and plunged into an immense sadness.”

WATCH OUT: The new camera system covers the entire municipality.

Watching over La Nucia RESIDENTS and visitors to La Nucia can feel a little safer, after almost €2 million has been invested in updating the security cameras and monitoring system in the area.

A total of 220 cameras have been installed, including replacing some which have been in operation since 2007, providing what the town hall now say is ‘total coverage’ of the municipality.

The total investment in the scheme has been €1,857,000 and it puts La

Nucia at the forefront of camera surveillance systems and traffic control, as it is the first municipality in the region to have adopted the system.

The Local Police are c u r r e n t l y u n d e rg o i n g a training schedule so they know the system which will support them in their daily protection and enforcement duties, and covers all nine roundabouts, the industrial estate, and every entry and exit point to the municipality, so no vehicle can pass through

the area without being recorded, thus reducing the possibility of criminals operating into or from the area by road.

La Nucia was a pioneer in the installation of the traffic control and surveillance camera system in 2007, being one of the first municipalities to install it, resulting in a reduction in crime of 50 per cent.

It is hoped this update will also have a similar positive impact on making the area safer for all.

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OFFICERS from the Guardia Civil in Oliva have arrested a young Russian couple - a man aged 30 and woman aged 31 - for allegedly creating a fake profile of a woman on social media with the intention or recruiting partners for sexual exploits, resulting in the sexual harassment of the victim.

Faking it!

Operation ‘First Seks’ began in the wake of the victim’s complaint, reporting that an unknown person had gone on a well-known dating website and posted an advertisement stating their name and telephone number, and as a result, she had received numerous requests through

WhatsApp, some of which were described as being from men, naked, and of a highly explicit nature.

The investigators discovered that the man had used his partner ’s old phone to obtain contact details, and used the information for the purpose of creating the fake

profiles and disseminating sexually explicit imagery.

The man was immediately arrested at the marital home located in Gandia, as the alleged perpetrator of a crime of harassment or harassment committed through the Internet.

The man admitted to being attracted to older women and had a high sexual need; therefore, in order to satisfy his lust he created the fake profile.

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NEWS EXTRA Hotel gamble THE Benidorm Hotel Association, HOSBEC, has warned that occupation was down 10.2 per cent in 2018, as a direct result of illegal rental platforms. However, the use of campsites increased by 8 per cent in the same period.

Green fingered THANKS to over half a million euros in investment, 24 unemployed people in La Nucia have embarked on a year-long training course in gardening and forestry, giving them key skills to help them obtain employment after the course ends.

School’s out

FAKE DATES: The woman who was arrested was later released.

SOME 230 children in La Nucia have signed up for free after-school activities organised by the Education Department, with activities such as chess, Valencian handball and psychomotricity.

BEST WISHES: Everyone gathered to wish Peggy (inset) many happy returns.

Happy birthday Peggy STAFF and residents of Ciudad Patricia came together for a special occasion when they wished Peggy Nutt a happy 101st birthday. Barry ‘The Swingman’ provided entertainment, with everyone singing and dancing as Peggy’s good health was toasted with sangria.

She has been a resident of the Senior Resort, where people live in their own apartments and take advantage of lifestyle and medical services in Benidorm, for 33 years.

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NEWS EXTRA Cities of romance MADRID, Granada and Barcelona were the three most popular destinations for couples on Valentine’s Day, according to the Hotels.com website which found Sevilla, Valencia, Cordoba and Benidorm were also popular.

Farm funds THE European Commission has asked Spain to pay €1.9 million towards an EU farm subsidy programme to help fund projects in the Canary Islands, with Brussels asking 11 other member states for contributions.

Combat deal SPAIN’S state-owned shipbuilder Navatia has agreed to create a new joint venture with the Saudi Arabian Military Industries firm (SAMI) to adapt combat management systems for the Middle Eastern country’s warships.

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Spanish Navy orders Gibraltar boats around A SPANISH armoured patrol boat ordered commercial vessels to leave Spanish territorial waters, the Gibraltar government claimed. “ Yo u a r e v i o l a t i n g t h e r i g h t t o innocent passage,” they were told, although they were in British waters.

In a recording of the exchange, a crew member aboard one of the boats can be heard pointing this out to the Tornado, the Spanish vessel.

“We are not adrift, we are at anchor now,” he says.

The ships, Ivor Accord and Great Victor, were told to remain where they were by the Gibraltar Port Authority and a Gibraltar government statement announced that the Royal Navy deployed a launch and a rigid-hulled inflatable boat to the scene.

After being challenged by the Royal Navy, the Spanish warship ‘sailed slowly along the Gibraltar coast’ with its weapons uncovered

GIBRALTAR HARBOUR: Spanish Navy ordered 2 ships to leave the territorial waters. and manned, the statement continued.

“There is only nuisance value to these foolish games played by those who don’t accept unimpeachable British sovereignty over the

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waters around Gibraltar,” a Gibraltar government spokesman said afterwards. “It seems there are still some in the Spanish Navy who think they can flout international law,” he added.

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Chihuahuas rescued from breeders POLICE in Meco (Madrid) dismantled a puppy farm following a tip-off.

An anonymous caller was concerned for the dogs’ welfare but also reported neighbours were increasingly bothered by the smell and constant barking.

The puppy farm advertised its services online, announcing that it had 20 years’ experience in breeding Chihuahuas, and also offered pet care products, Inspecting the breeders’ property, police found the owners operated without any type of permit and were not licensed to house or rear animals, although they had been selling dogs ‘for years’ according to neighbours.

There were also constant comings and goings of people visiting the house with pet carriers, they said.

The police took charge of 12 Chihuahuas which had been shut inside six carriers, and the investigation is ongoing to determine whether the breeders should be charged with animal abuse.

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Contortionist burglar’s horoscope fail in Spain A GANG whose leader consulted the horoscope to choose the right days for burglaries didn’t predict their imminent arrest by police.

The four-strong group specialised in burgling bars with their contortionist leader using his skills to gain entry through narrow spaces.

Despite making full use of the signs of the Zodiac and living in a hut in the middle of a forest, the 55-year-old Romanian gang leader couldn’t hide from the Catalan Mossos d’Esquadra police.

They tracked him down to the Barcelona municipality of Sentmenat where they arrested him along with two

Spanish men aged 46 and 26 and a 24year-old Venezuelan.

They are suspected of 20 burglaries, 15 of them in Barcelona. An investigation began in October after a burglary in Barcelona. Investigators realised that the method used by the perpetrators matched several other incidents. The

Hotel blaze EMERGENCY services evacuated 143 hotel guests after a fire broke out in the early hours.

Firefighters were called to the blaze at the Bahia Hotel in Vigo at around 00.45am last Thursday.

National Police, Local Police and Civil Protection volunteers were also mobilised.

Several people were treated at the scene by health workers, including a firefighter and a policeman, after the fire started in an area used to store furniture, but there were no serious injuries.

Some guests returned to the hotel afterwards and others were relocated to other hotels in Vigo.

Case full of ‘human bones’ AN elderly couple on the Costa del Sol had the shock of their lives when they discovered a suitcase full of bones in Fuengirola.

They were clearing out a

storage room of their property when they made the grisly discovery.

The bones have now been sent to the Institute of Legal Medicine for analysis while the

National Police are investigating the origin of the suitcase.

One theory is that it could belong to a medical student, although other hypotheses have not been ruled out.

gang selected bars which could be entered by making holes from an adjacent stairway without being discovered by neighbours.

The leader then used his contortionist skills to squeeze through the small holes made. The gang members would first watch the premises to find out the

schedule and routes used by the owners and staff of the targeted bars.

Before committing the burglary the group leader consulted the horoscope to choose the best day to act.

Police tracked the leader to his hut, where they found a notebook detailing results of other surveillance operations.

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POLICE have arrested a group of four men labelled ‘the most active burglars in northern Spain.’

The Guardia Civil in Oviedo, northeast Spain, detained the men under ‘operation Mexico,’ after they were suspected of carrying out more than 30 crimes.

The accused, aged between 25 and 35, allegedly targeted houses in rural areas, often in the middle of the night.

The group are said to have smashed through doors or windows before stealing cash and jewellery, leaving behind any other items too difficult to hide.

Police claimed they identified the group after residents of the towns of Soto del Barco and Caseras reported seeing a grey Citroen Xsara, as well as several people walking around

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Spain’s ‘most active’ thieves

Summer concerts for Woody Allen WOODY ALLEN visits Spain for three concerts in his role as a jazz clarinetist, not film director, in June.

Accompanied by the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz band, he plays in Bilbao on June 16, Barcelona on June 18 and Madrid on June 20.

According to advance publicity, Allen’s concerts will follow their usual improvised formula without a playlist, although he and the band will play 20th century classics associated with Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechert, Johnny Dodds and George Lewis.

Allen, who was last in Spain in 2014

when he played at Barcelona’s Liceu theatre, has played with the New Orleans Jazz Band for the last 36 years.

This latest visit coincides with Allen’s fall from grace after the MeToo movement resuscitated old accusations from his exwife Mia Farrow who insisted during their divorce proceedings that he had abused Dylan Farrow, one of their adopted daughters.

The courts dismissed the claims in 1993 and Allen has maintained in interviews that he supports MeToo and considers that he should be the movement’s ‘poster boy.’

Women work harder than men

PROLIFIC THIEVES: The group allegedly used hidden tools (inset) to burgle houses in Soto del Barco. houses in a suspicious manner. Officers said they later located the vehicle, finding

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a hammer, tools and jewellery found hidden on the underside of the car.

M A N Y w ome n w ill nod their heads in agreement to the findings of a s urve y which suggests their extra time spent working at home is w orth more tha n €100 billion.

A c c ording to the s tudy undertaken by Analysts Financieros Internacionales

( Af i ) , wor ki ng wom en spend on average four-and-a -half hours a day looking after the home and family as opposed to men who only spend two hours a day undertaking the same type of work.

In addition, it found that in the event of a problem at

home or with the children then it is women rather than m en who t ake t i m e off t o resolve the difficulty and in a num ber of cases, t hey are forced to consider parttime rather than full-time work in order to be availabl e t o deal wi t h f am i l y matters.

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NEWS EXTRA Top 15 for radars SPAIN is in the top 15 countries in Europe for the amount of speed radars on its roads, according to figures from Statistica which showed there was a total of 1,738 or 3.4 per 1,000 square kilometres.

Wage call THE UGT trade union has said that Spanish economic growth is high enough and inflation low enough to allow for wage rises of more than 2 per cent in line with agreements between themselves and companies.

Bird app AN app which lists some 563 Spanish bird series has been relaunched with new features including the location of the best watching spots, with the Spanish Ornithological Society’s Birds of Spain available free for iPhones and Androids.

Race claims HUNDREDS of protesters from Spain’s Chinese community gathered at BBVA’s Madrid office to demonstrate against the mass closure of some acounts which they claimed was racist, but which the bank said was done to comply with money laundering rules.

Green taxes ENVIRONMENTAL tax receipts made up 5.4 per cent of the government’s total tax and social contributions revenue in 2017, below the EU average of 6.1 per cent according to the latest data from the bloc’s Eurostat agency.

Big spenders THE Spanish spend the highest amount on Valentine’s Day of any country in Europe at an average of €122 per person, ahead of France with €118, Italy, €117, Germany, €92 and Britain, €54, according to a Packlink study.

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Landslide derailment probe A CATALAN court has placed two workers from Spain’s ADIF railway infrastructure body under investigation in connection with a landslide onto tracks which killed one and injured 49 in November.

The Fourth Court of Instruction in Terrassa, Barcelona Province, is reportedly still waiting for

evidence related to the November 20 derailment in Vacarisses. The court is due to receive data from the train’s black box and other reports before deciding on how to proceed.

An ADIF spokesperson refused to comment on the investigation as it remains ongoing.

The derailment took place after a landslide hit four of the train’s six carriages, pushing off the tracks and killing a 36-year-old passenger.

ADIF technicians inspected the area the day before, but declared it safe. The investigation continues.

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New power link A SPANISH and Moroccan power company have agreed to lay a new electricity cable between the two countries.

Red Electrica and ONEE have commissioned a study into the project which is due to present its findings in 2026.

The cable will be the third between Spain and Morocco, with the first laid in 1997 and the second in 2006.

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Asylum request backlog NGO warns thousands of outstanding applications

by Joe Gerrard SPANISH immigration officials processed around a quarter of the more than 54,000 asylum applications it received in 2018, with an NGO claiming the system is facing collapse.

The Spanish Commission for Refugee Aid (CEAR) said almost 12,000 applications had been processed so far, with 78,710 said to be outstanding including those from 2018.

Officials approved 24 per cent of the asylum requests processed, according to official data. Germany and Greece both accept around half of their asylum requests.

MOUNTING DELAYS: CEAR said asylum application delays were unnecessary.

Estrella Galan, head of CEAR, said the government needed to act help speed up the process and end unnecessary delays. The backlog was creat-

ing a negative image of Spain, the CEAR director added.

“We are one of the worst countries in Europe for processing requests, which leads peo-

ple to wonder if we are a country of refuge,” Galan said.

Government data shows Venezuelans fleeing ongoing political and economic crises in the Latin American country were the largest single group of asylum seekers at around 19,000. They were followed by Colombians with 8,650 and Syrians with 2,775.

Galan said. “At a time when the deaths of people who want to reach our country are counted by the hundred, Spain is failing to open legal channels for entry which reduce the chance that people will risk their lives or put themselves in the hands of traffickers to get here.”

Latest wine route member TORO has become the latest Spanish town to be added to the country’s official association of wine producing areas.

The town, in Zamora Province, Castilla y Leon, joined the Spanish Association of Wine Cities after the group approved its

bid at a meeting on Friday. Toro has joined its Wine Routes list which another 29 towns and cities are members of.

More than 600 towns and 2,000 companies are members of the association.

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THE head of the UN’s terrorism body has visited Spain to discuss the importance of the role of victims of attacks in society.

Vladimir Voronkov, Under Secretary General of the UN’s Counter-Terrorism Office, spoke with Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell during the visit on Thursday.

Counter-terror meeting It comes ahead of the Global Counter-terrorism Forum which is set to take place in Malaga City in March.

Voronkov also met with Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Fer-

n a n d o Va l e n z u e l a t o d i s c u s s h o w t o better protect the victims of terror attacks.

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f i g h t i n g a g a i n s t t e r ro r i s m a n d t o working towards world peace and stab i l i t y. M a d r i d w i l l c o n t i n u e t o c o n tribute funds to the UN’s Counter-Terrorism Office, the sources added.

Spain has faced terror attacks from the Basque nationalist ETA group and 14 people died in Barcelona after one took place there in 2017.

Gibraltar Neanderthal find A TEAM of scientists from Gibraltar have said they have found what they believe is a 29,000-year-old Neanderthal footprint on The Rock.

The researchers, from the Gibraltar National Museum, found the footprint at the Catalan Bay sand dune on the east side of the British territory.

They worked with scientists from Spain, Portugal and Japan on the find as part of a 10-year-long project which uncovered footprints from several other ancient animals.

Gibraltar National Museum said the site would be one of only two in the world with

DISCOVERY: Researchers believe the prints belonged to a Neanderthal. such footprints if they are confirmed as belonging to a Neanderthal. The others are at the Vartop Cave in Romania.

“Scientists have found the footprint of a young human, between 106 and 126 centimetres in height, possibly

Neanderthal, which dates to around 29,000 years ago,” the museum said.

Footprints believed to belong to Red Deer, Ibex, Aurochs, Leopards and StraightTusk Elephants had also been found there, researchers added.

John Cortes, Gibraltar ’s Minister for Heritage, said the research was extraordinary and provided an incredible insight into The Rock’s past.

Neanderthals inhabited much of Europe and parts of the Middle East and Asia from 400,000 years ago until their extinction which began around 40,000 years ago.

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Serious cyber attacks A TOTAL of 102 serious cyber attacks were launched against Spanish entities, according to data from the country’s intelligence agency.

General Felix Sanz Roldan, director of the National Intelligence Centre (CNI), told lawmakers there were a total of 38,000 cyber incidents last year.

A fraction of them, 102, posed a serious risk, with one attack taking place every three to four days on average, the director added.

“The serious ones which affect critical infrastructure or government departments are what we really have to dedicate our efforts to,” Sanz Roldan said.

The CNI have evidence that a total of

4,000 incidents occurred last month, but it is unclear how many of these were deemed serious.

Sanz Roldan said industrial espionage was one of the most common types of cyber attacks launched last year.

One Spanish infrastructure company had its plans for a proposed motorway abroad stolen and presented by another company at a lower price, the director added.

Sanz Roldan called for a specific budget to be granted to tackle cyber attacks.

The CNI currently allocates money to countering the attacks from its €300 million general budget.

Infrastructure spending falls SPAIN spent more than €5.4 billion on roads, railways and other infrastructure in 2018, just over a third of what it spent in 2010 according to government data.

Figures showed the state spent more than €14.3 billion

on infrastructure in 2010. The current ruling left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) government planned to increase infrastructure spending by almost 40 per cent, around €2.2 billion, in its budget which was rejected by lawmakers.

Figures showed around 50 per cent of the total infrastructure budget was spent on railways in 2018.

Almost 20 per cent was spent on roads, while 8 per cent went towards maritime links.

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Depopulation rally

DROPPING: Several Spanish towns have seen their populations fall.

GROUPS campaigning for regions where the population has fallen, have said they will stage a protest in Madrid on March 31 to call for government action on the issue.

A total of 14 groups from provinces across Spain are set to demonstrate in Madrid’s Plaza de Colon. The rally has been dubbed the Revolt of Empty Spain, with Aragon’s The Other Guadalajara and Castilla-La Mancha’s Paisanos de Sanco among those set to take part.

The groups said in a joint statement they would protest against a lack of investment and what they claimed was the ‘progressive dis-

mantling’ of residents’ basic rights.

The Other Guadalajara said: “What has been invested so far, and how it has been invested, has not resulted in the reversal of the trend towards zero inhabitants which we are on.”

It comes as National Institute for Statistics (INE) figures showed there were 1,360 towns with less than 101 residents as of January, up from 1,319 at the start of 2018. The equivalent figure was 1,036 10 years ago.

Territories Minister Meritxell Batet previously said that depopulation is the ‘biggest challenge’ facing Spain.

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SPAIN looks set to become a major player when it comes to the best theme parks in Europe after revealing designs on the scale of Disney Land.

Project Elysium City, earmarked for Catilblanco, Extremadura, will boast a huge theme park, separate water park, 18-hole golf course and four hotels with casinos.

There will also be a 40,000 capacity stadium, a marina, shops, residential housing and

even a high speed train station.

Building work is expected to start before the end of the year, with a view to opening the first phase of the ‘smart city’ in 2023.

It is estimated more than four million visitors will flock to the theme park for the unveiling.

The second phase is expected to open in 2028, adding more luxury hotels and a Formula One track.

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STADIUM. Designed by US firm Cora Alpha, there will be a focus on efficiency and sustainability.

The smart city will have green coffee carts, and feature solar powered street infrastructure, smarts lights, furniture and bus shelters.

Founder and chairman, John Cora, told

Travel and Leisure that ‘it will be a smart city from ground up, but the core will be the entrainment pieces, a Disney-level major theme park and an adventure water park that’s unlike typical water parks. The goal is to have it be a place where you want to work, live and play.’

Great ball of fire Official: Catalan vote like rape A METEORITE has been spotted over the skies of northern Spain, according to astronomers.

Jose Angel Docobo, director of the University of Santiago’s Ramon Maria Aller Observatory, said the space debris was visible over Galicia for about three seconds. It flew over the region before landing in the Bay of Biscay, the astronomer added.

The meteorite could also be seen from Asturias and Cantabria and some claimed to have seen it in Castilla y Leon.

THE Secretary for State for Global Spain has backtracked from comments likening the 2017 Catalan independence referendum to rape made in an interview with British media.

Irene Lozano told Sky News rape and the vote were

comparable because of a lack of permission in both cases.

“Sex is not forbidden and voting is not prohibited, but you can’t do it forcefully.

You have to have permission to do it, otherwise its rape,” Lozano said.

Lozano later said she did

not choose the best comparison when talking about the vote.

“I tried to explain the difference between doing things with or without the consent of those affected. The referendum was held with the agreement of half of

Cataluña and has left it divided,” Lozano said on Twitter.

The Catalan referendum was held after Spain’s Supreme Court ruled it violated the country’s Constitution and was therefore illegal.

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No-deal measures SPANISH government officials are continuing to draw up measures to protect the rights of British expatriates and Spanish citizens in Britain in a no-deal Brexit scenario before elections.

Officials with the Treasury and Development, Health and Labour Ministries are drawing up plans to be approved ahead of the dissolution of the Cortes on Tuesday March 5.

Government sources said they were aiming to preserve existing arrangements for both British and Spanish citizens living in either country in the event of a no-deal withdrawal.

Officials are assuming that London will offer similar guarantees to Spanish people living in Britain. Some measures have already been agreed between London and Madrid separately from ongoing EU Brexit talks.

Officials are aiming to ensure that Spanish workers and pensioners in Britain will continue to receive welfare payments in the event of a nodeal. Spain is set to pay unemployment benefits to its citizens who are living in Britain and can prove they have worked there for at least 12 months. Pensioners are due to continue receiving payments as normal.

Deal wrangling

By Joe Gerrard BRITISH government officials have continued talks with the EU in a bid to change the current Withdrawal Agreement as Westminster politicians seek to influence the final outcome.

Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay travelled to Brussels on Monday for talks with EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier.

Department for Exiting the EU sources said the meeting was productive, but that Brussels remained sceptical about proposed alternatives to the Northern Irish backstop.

The mechanism designed to prevent a hard border falling between Northern Ireland and the Republic if future talks break down, continues to be a sticking point for some MPs. Sources said the EU was doubtful that the alternative arrangements proposed, including a basic free trade deal with technological solutions to avoid customs checks, were not viable.

Meanwhile, Labour leader Jeremy

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BREXIT EXTRA Car plant closure HONDA has announced it plans to close its Swindon factory in 2022, leading to the loss of around 3,500 jobs, with some workers blaming Brexit, while the company is believed to be concerned about future EU exports.

Food pledge TALKS: Barclay met with Barnier this week.

Corbyn again called on Prime Minister Theresa May to look again at his alternative Brexit plan to break parliamentary deadlock.

Labour’s plan would see Britain remain in a permanent customs union with the EU. May had previously ruled that option out, over concerns it could prevent Britain striking trade deals independent of the bloc.

Corbyn’s call comes as four government ministers called on May to stop using the threat of a no-deal

withdrawal as a bargaining chip in EU negotiations.

Business Secretary Greg Clark, Scottish Secretary David Mundell, Justice Secretary David Gauke and Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd said a no-deal should be ruled, giving businesses certainty.

Separately, European Commission (EC) President Jean-Claude Juncker said no-one would oppose extending Britain’s membership of the EU to secure more time for talks.

ENVIRONMENT Secretary Michael Gove said he will not allow food standards to be lowered to secure post-Brexit trade deals, after concerns the US could make Britain lift an EU ban on chlorinated chicken.

MPs leave SEVEN Labour MPs left to form The Independent Group of MPs, over Jeremy Corbyn’s stance on Brexit, while deputy leader Tom Watson said it should change direction or risk a deepening split.

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€8 billion cuts loom

THEY DON’T!: Fewer people are tying the knot.

Less marriages in Spain FEWER people tie the knot in Spain than in most countries in Europe, according to figures released on Valentine’s Day. Data published by community statistics office Eurostat, reveals that Spain was the sixth member state with the least weddings in 2017, with just 3.7 per 1,000 people.

The EU average was 4.3.

According to the office, the marriage rate in Europe has been plummeting since the 1960’s, from 7.8 unions per 1,000 inhabitants in 1965 to today’s figures.

Countries where people are even less inclined to get married are Slovenia (3.1), Italy and Luxembourg (both with 3.2), Portugal (3.3) and France (3.5).

At the opposite end of the scale, Lithuanians celebrated 7.5 marital bonds for every 1,000 inhabitants during the year, and Romanians 7.3.

Meanwhile, the divorce rate has grown in the last few decades, going from on average 0.8 per thousand people in 1965, to 1.9.

In Spain, the divorce figure is 2.1.

CUTS: Montero faces having to find billions in savings.

SPAIN faces having to slash government spending by some €8 billion to meet EU deficit rules, after lawmakers blocked budget proposals in Congress.

The Independent Authority for Fiscal Stability and the Bank of Spain both forecast rises in the gap between the amount of money the government makes, and what it spends.

The EU has said eurozone governments will be required to

bring deficits down to 0.65 per cent of GDP this year and in 2020.

Finance Minister Maria Jesus Montero said the government was seeking new ways to comply with EU spending rules after the budget was effectively voted down.

“Without new budgets, the deficit will vary between 2.2 per cent and 2.4 per cent, figures which are outside parame-

ters set by Brussels,” Montero said.

“Now we will have to see what we can do to prevent the deficit from rising to that level,” she added.

The ruling left-leaning Partido Socialista’s (PSOE) budget proposed raising taxes, including on multinational technology firms, in order to cover the deficit and planned spending rises.

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BALEARES’ regional parliament voted to ban all diesel vehicles after 2025.

This will be followed by a 2035 veto on petrol vehicles under the region’s Climate Change and Energy Transition Law approved

with the votes of left-wing parties.

Some, but not all points were opposed by Ciudadanos and the Partido Popular, with the latter party accusing the authority of imposing damaging restric-

tions for the local economy.

The party called for the law to be withdrawn, echoing a letter from Jose Maria Marin Quemada, president of the National Markets and Competition Committee (CNMC), whom spokespeo-

ple for the left-wing parties accused of interfering.

“Being the first is always risky, but we cannot allow ourselves the luxury of wasting more time,” replied Marc Pons, who heads the Territory, Energy and Transport Department.

Sustainable energy ‘could and should be’ another attraction for Baleares’ tourism, Pons declared.

Together with the eventual fossil fuel ban, the law incorporates new obligations for generating renewable energy.

Solar panels must be installed in new car parks with an area of more than 1,000 square metres as well as existing car parks of more than 1,500 square metres.

Solar panels will also be required for new buildings of more than 1,000 square metres and older buildings which are restored.

The climate change law also contemplates the gradual shutdown of oil-fired and coal-fired power stations in Es Murterar (Mallorca), Mahon and Formentera after which the Islands will depend on self-generated power from renewable sources and an underwater cable connection with the mainland.

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WIND POWER: Renewable resources cost.

Energy suppliers don’t like freeze TWO of the largest suppliers of energy in Spain, Endesa and EDP, are appealing against an ongoing freeze on parts of electricity bills charged to consumers.

They argue that the freeze on the section of the bill which covers the cost of distribution as well as subsidies for renewable energy is unfair, as it does not take into account the investments that these two giants have made since 2015.

With renewable energy in particular, initial production costs are high because of the

machinery and hardware required, and the companies believe that as the freeze (on what is effectively 40 per cent of the average bill) has been in place for five years, that the High Court needs to consider whether it is fair, especially if they are to continue with their current levels of investment.

In 2017, Endesa declared profits of €1.46 billion whilst EDP revealed its profits for that year were €246 million.

The 2018 figures should be available by the end of February.

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Cleared by sex tapes A 27-YEAR-OLD man who was accused of assaulting his partner, has been acquitted of a charge after a court in Spain was shown homemade porn videos in his defence.

The young man’s partner, 24, had denounced him for physical and sexual assault; crimes which could carry a 20-year prison sentence.

But he was cleared of sexual assault by a court in Gran Canaria in Spain’s Canary Islands, after it was shown five sex tapes which showed the couple had consensual sex.

The physical assault case is still open after the man admitted to kicking his partner during a discussion after the act.

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EU ‘opportunities’ THERE is a demand for ‘more Spain’ in the EU and the country has a great opportunity to be front and centre in the bloc going forward, analysts have said.

A report from the Royal Elcano Institute of International and Strategic Studies stated that Spain should know how to take advantage of opportunities within the EU. The country has a ‘great responsibility’ to push for a greater role within the bloc, the Spain in The World in 2019: Perspectives and Challenges report added.

Researchers at the Institute said: “There is a great demand for more Spain. Spain must assume it is one of the largest and most diplomatic countries in the EU and must assume its responsibilities.”

Ignacio Molina, of the Institute, said Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell could be an ‘excellent’ High Representative for EU foreign policy.

Federico Steinberg, an economic analyst with the Institute, said political instability caused by government’s budget being rejected and April’s election would not be detrimental to Spain’s long-term growth.

The rise of populist parties on both the left and the right on the back of internal and external issues such as Brexit was a cause for concern, Steinberg said.

RESPONSIBILITIES: The Institute said Spain should position itself as a leader in the EU.

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Royal trip KING FELIPE VI and Queen Letizia of Spain completed a two-day official visit in Morocco last week.

The couple, guests of King Mohammed VI, arrived late Wednesday afternoon at Rabat airport, and were greeted by the Moroccan royal family before heading to the royal palace for an official ceremony.

The two kings reportedly used the visit to sign bilateral agreements.

Felipe and Letizia had postponed a planned trip to Morocco several times since they last visited the North African country in July 2014.

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New surrogate baby rules SPAIN’S government has brought in new rules requiring babies born outside the country from surrogate pregnancies, to have DNA tests proving they have Spanish fathers.

The new measures, from the Ministry of Justice, follow developments in the surrogacy industry which required an update to 2010

rules, according to official sources.

Alberto Diaz, of the Surrobaby agency, said the new rules merely made what was typically done before a full legal requirement. It comes after the Spanish Consulate in Kiev rejected applications from five families to register babies.

Nuclear Council appointments SPAIN’S government has decided to shake up an agency which regulates the nuclear sector with a series of new appointments.

Ministers approved the appointment of four new officials to the Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) on Friday. Three have been proposed by the ruling left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) and one has been put forward by the leftist Podemos.

Those put forward include atomic physics professor Elvira Romera Gutierrez, PSOE’s energy spokesperson in Congress Pilar Lucio Carrasco and industrial engineer Josep Maria Serena i Sender.

Francisco Castejon, of the Ecologists in Action environmental campaign group, was put forward by Podemos.

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Venezuela aid

By Joe Gerrard SPAIN has said it will send aid worth at least €2 million to Venezuela to deal with the effects of a crisis which has brought it close to collapse.

The Spanish Agency for International Co-operation and Development (AECID) said the aid would be spent mainly on food and medical supplies. The agency added the total amount of aid sent since 2017 would stand at around €6 million by the end of this year.

“The principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence need to be respected in Venezuela,” AECID said.

It comes after years of political and economic turmoil in the Latin American country which culminated in opposition and National Assembly leader Juan Guaido declaring himself interim president. He was later

HELP: Political and economic strife has rocked Venezuela. backed by Spain, the US and other countries.

That move set him against sitting President Nicolas Maduro. The successor to revolutionary leader Hugo Chavez has tightened his

grip on power since taking office in 2013 with police crackdowns on protests and the arrest of opposition figures.

At least three million people have fled the country

since 2015 in one of the largest mass migrations in the continent’s history. The country has faced falling oil prices and increased sanctions which have weakened its already fragile economy.

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Carlos Baos We can help you.

IN today’s article we want to consider the recent decision made by the Spanish Supreme Court regarding expenses and costs claus-

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Claim for mortgage loan expenses es included in mortgage loan deeds.

Amongst others, it is important to be aware of the court decision 49/2019 of January 23, 2019, which states:

The latest Supreme Court decision Absolute nullification of the expenses clause The Supreme Court confirmed this type of clause which banks include in mortgage loans, where it is stated that all expenses and costs - whatever they may be must be paid by clients, is abusive and therefore null and void.

This has been found, as such a clause obliges consumers to pay all expenses, even those which by law should be for the account of the bank.

In addition, we conclude these charges are not transparent, as the bank will not have explained to the consumer the amount that such expenses are or could be.

Thus, the Supreme Court not only confirms they are abusive, null and void, but confirms that the nullification is total, which means the entire clause must be

removed from the contract.

Be aware however, even if the clause is totally null and void, it does not imply that all expenses must be paid by the bank, and once the clause is removed, each party must pay what is indicated as their responsibility in accordance with existing law.

Notary expenses The Supreme Court basically says they must be paid 50/50 since both parties are involved in signing the deed, the client in the loan and the bank in the mortgage.

We believe this is incorrect, as the client simply wants a loan and does not ask the bank to go to the notary, but it is the wish of banks to place the matter before a notary, which then allows the bank to register the mortgage as a guarantee for the repayment of the loan. We therefore contest that the entire

cost should be paid by the banks as they are the party requiring notarial intervention.

The expenses of management The Supreme Court says the use of the agency to process the registration of the mortgage loan deed benefits the two parties; in principle the cost must be split equally.

We however suspect (with all due respect), the Supreme Court judges must have never signed a mortgage loan, since the agency dealing with the registration of the loan is not chosen by the customer, it is always imposed by the bank, and it is the bank who is interested in the registration of the mortgage in guarantee of the loan against the property. Therefore, we argue such costs should be paid for by the banks.

Registration expenses relating

to a mortgage loan must be paid by the bank according to the Supreme Court. Tip: If you are going to ask for a mortgage loan, we advise you put in writing to the bank that you do not want to go to a notary and you prefer to sign a private contract. If they demand to go to the notary, say that as it is their wish to arrange for such registration, they should pay all costs.

Undoubtedly your bank will refuse, but if they do so in writing, you can prove these expenses must be paid by the bank as the bank has forced you to go to the notary and use their agency.

If you have paid all expenses of your mortgage loan, we encourage you to claim. Contact us and we will help you.

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

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AIRLINE COLLAPSE: Flybmi cancels all flights BRITISH regional airline Flybmi has announced it has cancelled all its flights and filed for administration.

An airline spokesman blamed ‘various difficulties,’ including an increase in fuel and carbon costs, but also the ‘uncertainty’ created by the Brexit process.

The Secretary General of the British Airline Pilots Association Brian Strutton described it as ‘devastating news’ for the airline employees.

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The airline blamed ‘various difficulties.’

The East Midlands based airline operated flights to 25 European cities.

The airline advised affected passengers to contact their travel agents or insurance and credit card companies.

Guard on sex charge OFFICERS from the Mossos d’Esquadra arrested a security guard who works at the bus station in Lleida on suspicion of the sexual assault of a minor.

He is alleged to have sexually assaulted a young woman, aged around 16 years, in the public toilets at the bus station.

The incident was allegedly witnessed by a friend of the girl who disturbed them and thus prevented the act continuing.

The security guard was arrested and brought before the courts where he was released with charges pending.

LOCKED UP: Arrests were made in several areas in the south of Spain.

Mafia gang arrested A CALABRIAN mafia ga ng, know n a s the ‘Ndrangheta,’ who planned to settle in Spain, have been arrested following an operation by the National Police.

The operation has been two years in the running, and followed the first arrest which was in October 2016 in Italy.

The aim of the gang, acc ording to the polic e re ports, was to establish a

permanent link in the south of Spain with their operation in Ita ly, in orde r to tra ns port a nd dis tribute drugs between both countries, camouflaging the merchandise among the legal cargo transported by lorries that covered that route on a weekly basis.

The c ulmina tion of the operation was as a result of the combined efforts of the Spanish National Police and

the Italian Polizia Di Stato, coor di nat ed by t he Ant i Mafia Prosecutor ’s Office of Florence.

The members of the gr oup spr ead t hem sel ves wi del y t hr oughout t he provinces of Granada and Jaen i n or der t o m ake i t more difficult to identify

and pin them down.

The operation resulted in the arrest of 25 people, of whom four are members of the Ndrangheta, according to the National Police in a statement. The officers also sei zed 200 ki l os of nar cotics that were ready to be sent from Spain to Italy.

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New fighter jet deal SPAIN has joined with France and Germany on a project to build the next generation of European fighter jets.

S p a n i s h D e f e n c e M i n i s t e r M a rg a r i t a Robles signed up to the project on Thursday during a meeting with her French and German counterparts Florence Parly and Ursula von der Leyen respectively.

It comes after Spain first made moves to join the programme, known as the New Generation Weapons Systems (NGWS), in December.

Robles said Spain was joining the project on equal terms with France and Germany. It was an opportunity to modernise Spain’s air force, the defence minister added.

The aircraft set to be designed is due to replace Eurofighters and F-18s currently in service in the Spanish air force and in those of other European countries.

G o v e r n m e n t o ff i c i a l s e s t i m a t e b e i n g part of the project will cost about €25 million over the next two years.

Body art nation SPAIN is officially a tattoo-loving country, sitting in sixth place in the world for people sporting body art.

The popularity is attributed to elite footballers and their fascination with tattoos.

A report published by multinational market consultancy Dali, has compiled a global ranking of the countries where tattooing is most popular.

This is based on a survey of 9,054 people via the internet in 18 countries. Top of the table is Italy.

A spokesperson for Dali said ‘if you look at the players of the Italian football teams which played in the last stages of the Champions League, it is not surprising.’

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mentioned former Sevilla player Diego Perotti, who is now at AS Roma. He sports a large tattoo on his neck, as well as his arms.

Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos is also a huge lover of the skin coverings.

TATTOO LOVER: Former Sevilla player Diego Perotti, now at AS Roma.

New facial recognition cash points ONE of Spain’s largest banks has become the first in the world to introduce cash points which allow withdrawals with facial recognition technology rather than PIN numbers.

CaixaBank launched the new cash machines on Thursday. They are designed to give depositors a better service and improve security, the bank said.

The system was developed with technology companies Fujitsu and FacePhi. A camera in the cash machines scans 16,000 points on the depositor’s face to verify if they are the account holder.

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Safety at sea agreement SPAIN has become the 11th country to join the United Nation’s International Marine Organisation’s Cape Town Agreement which proposes to regulate fishing vessel safety.

It was drafted in 2012, but in order to come into force, 22 countries representing a total of 3,600 fishing boats longer than 24 metres, have to sign up.

Spain’s addition to the agreement adds 393 vessels to the total count, bringing it to 1,413.

It has also agreed to co-host a conference with the IMO, provi-

sionally earmarked for October 21 to 23, in Torremolinos, on illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.

There are currently few international rules which govern the safety of the estimated 40 million workers on vessels in the fishing industry.

The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, in 1974, covers commercial shipping, including cargo and passenger ships. But a number of exemptions for fishing vessels has left a regulatory gap.

IMO Secretary-General, Kitack Lim, said in a statement: “We have to have an effective international regime to address fishing vessel safety - and reduce fatalities in one of the most dangerous professions in the world.”

Belgium, the Congo, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Saint Kitts and Nevis and South Africa have also subscribed.

The agreement will come into force 12 months after 22 countries have subscribed and the 3,600 vessel target is reached.

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USEFUL LINKS THE United Kingdom will leave the European Union on March 29, 2019, resulting in a number of significant changes which will affect individuals and businesses.

To stay abreast of the Brexit progress and its implications, there are a number of websites, recommended or written by the British government, which are updated as new information becomes available.

*Official information for British people moving to and living in Spain, including Brexit guidance, residency, healthcare and driving, can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-spain The site contains current, official information, and was last updated on January 29. *Information about EU exit, including the article 50 process, negotiations and announcements about policy changes as a result of Brexit is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/brexit Topics covered range from preparing your business for when the UK leaves the EU to living in Europe after Brexit. *Another useful government led site is ‘Prepare for EU Exit’ which contains information about how to prepare and the steps that may need to be taken by individuals and businesses.

This includes everything from passports, driving licences and flying within the EU to banking and selling online.

To see more, visit: https://euexit.campaign.gov.uk/ *The implications of a ‘no deal’ scenario are outlined at the dedicated government website: https://www.gov.uk/search?q=no+deal+scenario While leaving the EU with a deal remains the government’s top priority, it must plan for every eventuality, including a ‘no deal.’ As such the guidance explains the rights of UK nationals in the EU to benefits and pensions, advice for pet travel, the impact on the regulation of medicines and medical devices, amongst other issues. *The Spanish government has launched a dedicated ‘Prepared for Brexit’ website which provides information for residents and businesses alike, not only about the implications but also contingency measures that are being adopted at both national and international levels. The site is in English. http://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/lang/en/brexit/Paginas/index.aspx?fbclid=I wAR3X5YV5IjNeP5MqUy4cxSiD4POiAfXT6o4QD1z96s0sfcLMHEoSY KVFsdM *For those covered under the Spanish social security system, there is advice on requesting or renewing a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) on the official home page: https://sede.seg-social.gob.es (The Spanish government’s dedicated social security website in English).

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Airport booze ban call

KILLED: Robbers fired at Sergio Santamaria while he was in his car.

Spanish entrepreneur shot dead in Venezuela FOUR masked men shot dead a Spanish businessman and injured his chauffeur as they attempted to steal his car in Venezuela.

According to the Spanish press, Sergio Santamaria from Burgos, was travelling on the Lara-Sulia motorway in Simon Bolivar, when the car was intercepted by the gang.

The driver tried to manoeuvre the car away from the car thieves, who then opened fire on the vehicle.

Santamaria, 79, was

shot in the hip and leg, and the driver in the head.

Despite being injured, the chauffeur drove to the nearest hospital where the entrepreneur underwent an emergency operation as the bullet had reached his stomach.

But the father of three died two days later on February 10. He emigrated at the age of 16 from his home town of Celadilla Sotobrin and married a Chilean woman.

The driver ’s wounds are not believed to be lifethreatening.

TOURISM bosses and police have called for a ban on alcohol sales at airports and on flights to Spain to put an end to ‘drunken tourism.’

UK and Spanish travel trade leaders met in Mallorca to try and tackle the problem which has led to negative press for the holiday hotspot island.

Among some of the measures proposed was that passengers shouldn’t be allowed to walk down the drinks aisles in the duty-free shops as part of a campaign to get young people away from linking holidays with getting drunk.

One police chief addressed the meeting saying: “We have already banned smoking. People can’t light up for three hours when flying from the UK to Spain so why do they have to drink? What are we waiting for?

“Alcohol should be banned on flights and at airports. The only thing you see is the selling of alcohol at Palma airport, it’s a shopping centre where alcohol is sold.”

The seminar was held under the ‘Chatham House rules’ which allows

BOOZE BAN?: UK and Spanish travel trade leaders met to try and tackle the ‘drunken tourism’ problem. participants to speak freely without revealing their identity or facing any repercussions.

The Palma meeting also aimed to

clear up confusion over whether it was the jurisdiction of the Spanish or UK police to deal with in-flight incidents involving drunken behaviour.

EU blocks Puigdemont event Youth unemployment THE head of the European Parliament has refused to authorise a planned event featuring former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and his successor over security concerns.

A spokesperson for Antonio Tajan said the event, organised

by Flemish nationalist MEP R a lph Pa c ke t, pos e d a high public orde r ris k a t the EU Parliament building in Brussels.

“The analysis has concluded

that the threat to security posed by the event could not be controlled by Parliament security,” the spokesperson added.

Puigdemont was due to appear alongside current Catalan President Quim Torra for a conference on the ongoing trial of those charged in connection with the region’s 2017 interdependence push.

Puigdemont fled to Belgium after also being charged and has lived there since.

call THE head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said Spain and other EU countries should make hiring staff easier, and invest in innovation to tackle youth unemployment.

Christine Lagarde said reforms were needed to ensure wages and employment levels in Spain, Greece, Italy and Portugal caught up with richer EU countries.

“The continent’s next generation, which is still suffering from the economic scars of the global financial crisis, is searching for quality jobs and a stable future,” Lagarde said.

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THE WEEK IN POLITICS

By Joe Gerrard SPAIN’S political parties have placed themselves on a campaign footing following the prime minister’s announcement that a snap election would take place on Sunday April 28.

Pedro Sanchez, of the governing left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) set events in motion on Friday.

The prime minister said his government’s achievements had strengthened democracy and improved conditions for Spanish workers during its eight months in office.

Sanchez also fired the opening shots of what is likely to become a long and bitter struggle.

He accused the opposition conservative Partido Popular (PP) and centrist Ciudadanos of sinking PSOE’s budget for political gain.

The parties claimed Sanchez’s decision to court the support for regional parties including pro-Catalan independence groups was a ploy to remain in power at the expense of Spanish unity.

Opening gambits

RALLYING: Sanchez and other leaders have begun canvassing.

Events have moved briskly since Friday’s announcement and political parties have now launched their election campaigns.

Sanchez pitched himself and PSOE up as a progressive and moderate alternative to the ‘confrontation and tension’ of right-wing parties. He spent the weekend shoring up the party faithful at rally stops in Andalucia and Extremadura.

Meanwhile, PP leader Pablo Casado has cast his election bid as a ‘contract with Spain’ and promised to improve public services while also lowering taxes.

“The Sanchez government is the most extreme and damaging in recent decades. We will not allow our country to be changed without the permission of Spanish voters,” Casado said.

Ciudadanos leader Albert

Rivera said his party would put an end to 40 years of bipartisanship and nationalism if it took power. His party has already ruled out working with PSOE after the election.

“We have to create a new constitutional and liberal government for Spain,” he said.

Irene Montero, a senior figure with the leftist Podemos, said her party would work to invest more in healthcare and education and accused self-styled patriotic parties of large-scale corruption.

Ortega Smith, of the far-right Vox, said his party wanted to reform electoral law. Party leader Santiago Abascol said the party would put an end to Sanchez’s ‘treacherous’ government.

Current polling suggests PSOE would be the largest party if a vote was held imminently, but that they would fall far short of an overall majority in the Cortes.

Motion details SPAIN’S prime minister has shed new light on his efforts to oust his predecessor Mariano Rajoy through a no confidence motion in a new book.

Excerpts covering June’s motion of censure from Pedro Sanchez’s Manual de Resistencia (Manual of Resistance in English) have been published in Spanish media. Sanchez is the first Spanish prime minister to pen a book while in office.

Sanchez wrote the Gurtel ruling, which saw several highranking members of the conservative Partido Popular (PP) implicated in a ‘kickbacks for contracts’ scheme, which was the last straw for him.

“The wave of public opinion was unanimous; it was necessary to put an end to that situation, assume political responsibilities and change the pace of Spanish politics,” the prime minister wrote. Sanchez, head of the then opposition left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE), also had strong words for centrist Ciudadanos leader Albert Rivera.

Sanchez claimed Rivera first refused to speak to him directly about the motion, before accusing the PSOE leader of not informing him of his plan.

“After refusing to see me, he accuses me of not having called him; the kind of behaviour which makes people unreliable,” Sanchez wrote.

Poll tracker: Partido Socialista (PSOE): 24.3 per cent, 106 seats Partido Popular (PP): 18.6 per cent, 73 seats Ciudadanos: 18.7 per cent, 65 seats Unidos Podemos: 15.2 per cent, 41 seats Result: PSOE largest party, no overall control.

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Set in concrete concrete supplied by two different plants that reserved all their output for the Delfin Tower foundations.

“It was a complex job,” site construction manager, Samuel Rodriguez said.

“The foundation slab is on the second basement level, six metres below the water table and bearing in mind that the building is close to the shore, it was necessary to dry out the terrain with four pumps and build perimeter walls to keep the water out,” Rodriguez explained.

Photo credit: Benidorm town hall

FOUNDATIONS have been laid for the Delfin Tower on the front line of Benidorm’s La Cala.

The building with 44 luxury apartments on 22 floors will be 98 metres high and the foundations have required 3,700 tons of concrete.

This was poured over 160,000 kilos of steel gridwork to create the 2.2-metre slab that will support the building.

Calle Aigues had to be closed to traffic to accommodate the 15 lorries that each completed more than 12 journeys to transport

TREE DAY: Children planted native species.

Planting for the future PUPILS from the Aitana and Miguel Hernandez primary schools planted trees as Benidorm celebrated its 16th edition of Tree Day. More than 100 children went up to the Boscdels Xiquets (Children’s Wood) located on land in the Foiadel Ca area on the outskirts of Benidorm which belongs to

publicly-owned Valencian Community Themed Projects (SPTCV).

They were visited by the local mayor, Toni Perez, accompanied by councillors who looked on as the pupils planted 240 native shrubs and trees.

All were suited to the Alicante climate and included

mallow, mastic, Cartagena cypress and carobs.

“Tree Day is a fundamental activity in raising the awareness of society and, above all, the young,” Perez said who thanked SPTCV for its cooperation and stressing the need to use water as “a scarce commodity.”

Tread carefully please APPROXIMATELY 250 small palm trees were added to planted areas routinely invaded by pedestrians along the Poniente beach promenade.

“We chose palms to enhance the Paseo and discourage people from walking over them,” said

Benidorm councillor Jose Ramon Gonzalez de Zarate. “Last year we planted 3,000 rosemary bushes. Some remain but others didn’t take root because they were trampled down by people who ignored the gaps provided when crossing.”

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Get to know the local birds ALTEA is celebrating World Wetlands Day by focusing on the River Algar and its waterfowl.

The town hall’s Environment Department headed by Beatriu Nomdedeu, with the co-operation of the Sierra Helada National Park, is organising a visit to the River Algar this Sunday.

Nomdedeu extended an invitation to families to take part in the excursion to learn more about the birds and the richness of the wildlife which inhabit the River Algar - officially protected as wetlands - and the immediate surrounding areas.

The outing sets out at 10am from the car park where the open-air market is held on Tuesdays, and participants are advised to carry binoculars if they have them, so they can see the birds close up.

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RIVER ALGAR: Ducks are only a few of its inhabitants.

It is necessary to register for the excursion on the Sierra Helada National Park’s

website serragelada@gva.es while more information is available on 629 321 248.

Fourth Monday date THE U3A Marina Baixa holds its general meetings on the fourth Monday of each month at the Casa de Cultura Auditorium in Alfaz.

The next meeting will be held next Monday. Doors

open at 10am and the desks close at 10.50am for a p r o m p t 11 . 0 0 a m s t a r t , s o please come early to sign in and get a seat.

The General Meetings are always held on the fourth Monday of the month, and

anybody who has not heard about the U3A before and would like to join, is assured of a very warm welcome.

Vi s i t the website www.u3amarinabaixa.com to find out more information, and there is also a Facebook page.

Those persons without internet access should contact t h e U 3 A s e c r e t a r y, J o a n Flint, on 965 861 226 or mobile 663 637 167 for more information.

Dance as art DUTCH ar t i st Moni que Neyzen returns to the Fundacion Klein-Shreuder in Alfaz where El Espiritu de la Danza - an exhibition of her sculptures and drawings - can be visited from this Saturday until March 12.

Those who are interested in a conducted tour with the ar t i st , can cont act her on monique@neyzen.nl or by telephone at +31 618 095 287.

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The jury’s out Photo credit: Alfaz town hall

AS in previous years, pupils at the L’Arabi High School have designed posters for International Women’s Day on March 8.

This year more than 300 pupils from all years have taken part, and the jury has now viewed all their designs and will announce the winners on March 4 when the posters are put on display.

The competition aims to stress to Alfaz’s young people, the importance of equality, and to put an end to concepts of traditional

EQUALITY POSTER: So many to choose from.

Historic mill becomes public property ACTING mayor Imma Orozco announced that Altea Town Hall has bought the Moli dels Moros watermill.

The structure is of medieval

roles and stereotypes, exp l a i n e d A l f a z ’s E q u a l i t y councillor Genova Tent.

The jury was composed of councillors from all of the political parties on Alfaz Council - PSPV-PSOE, Ciudadanos, Canviem Entre Tots and the Partido Popular - as well as representatives from local associations, who will base their choices on the posters’ message as well as artistic merit.

- perhaps earlier - origin, and the town hall has carried out previous restorations to prevent the ruined mill from collapsing.

Orozco explained that the

Not a pipe dream ALFAZ Council plans to renew the water pipes in Calle Baldo and Calle La Creu.

The town hall will apply for a grant from the Diputacion Provincial Council to cover the €44,244 cost, announced Urban Development councillor Toni Such.

At present the polyethylene water pipes which takes the domestic supply to properties to both these streets in central Alfas, are very deteriorated and cause leaks on a daily basis when there are dramatic variations in the temperature, Such said.

The pipes in both streets branch off from the principal water pipe in Calle Federico Lorca, and at present are not linked to Avenida del Pais Valencia, the councillor added.

Once new pipes are installed they will connect to both, bringing better service while improving the quality of the water.

town hall decided to purchase the building as it was the only way the council could continue to invest public money in restoring it.

The €76,028 cost was included in the town hall’s 2018 Budget following an inspection by a surveyor who specialises in estimating the value of buildings with a history.

The municipal archaeologist also stipulated the restoration should make clear how the mill functioned, as this will be open to the public once work has finished.

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Calpe Photo credit: Calpe town hall

Ana Sala takes over CALPE’S mayor Cesar Sanchez signed a municipal decree designating Ana Sala as his deputy or Primer Teniente.

This means in Sanchez’s absence, Sala now takes over from Manuel J Cabrera who occupied this position until recently, and who now goes down a step to Segundo Teniente.

Existing Tenientes below this position remain as they did when the council was sworn in on June 15, 2015 after the municipal elections that year. Sanchez, who is also president of the Diputacion Provincial Council, announced some time ago that he did not intend to run in next May’s elections and a short time back named Sala as his successor at the head of the Partido Popular electoral list.

Now that she has been named deputy mayor, this practically puts all municipal power in Sala’s hands, insiders said, in a strategy designed to put the PP’s mayoral candidate in the spotlight during the three-month lead up to the municipal poll.

POTENTIAL SUCCESSOR: Ana Sala will run for mayor in May.

Tomb shock REMAINS were allegedly removed from 18 niches in Calpe’s cemetery to make way for new interments, although all those concerned were entitled to remain there for a century.

According to sources quoted in the local media, the exhumations began in 2000, principally affecting burials of foreign nationals between 1960 and 1980.

A puddle of something nasty RESIDENTS living on the Rafol urbanisation complained of sewage on a nearby plot of land.

They have reported the spillage to the town hall, and i n a par t y com m uni que, Si Se Puede Cal p (SSPC) explained that the sewage appeared in a zone where vegetation was cleared and trees were pruned and felled.

‘Everything suggests that the sewage spills are not new but went unnoticed until now,’ the document maintained.

The stagnant water was producing a bad smell, the SSPC continued:’These are habitual in the area, but residents always assumed this was caused by the nearness of Calpe’s waste treatment plant.’

The communique went on to reveal that the spills originated in a subterranean compartment containing ‘many valves’ and pipes flowing directly onto the cleared plot of land.

‘The trapdoor giving access is open and not padlocked,’ the SSPC said.

Rafol residents and the party have told the town hall’s Environment Department about the situation.

The department has now contacted Aguas de Calpe, the company responsible for the town’s domestic water supply as well as its main drainage system, and awaits a response.

Land taken for N-332 bridge BUILDING a footbridge over the busy and dangerous N-332 in Calpe is involving compulsory purchase.

The national government in Madrid approved the project earlier this y e a r, and A l i c a n t e P r o v i n c e ’s O f ficial Bulletin has now made public details of t h e ‘ u rg e n t ’ c o m p u l s o r y purchase of the necessary land on either side of the road.

The Roads department

of the Ministry of Public Wo r k s g a v e a t i m e l i m i t o f 2 0 w o r k i n g d a y s d u ring which members of the public affected by the expropriation may consult the details at the Demarcacion de Carr e t e r a s o ff i c e s i n Va l e n cia City or the Unidad de Carreteras in Alicante.

These are also available on the Ministry of P u b l i c Wo r k s ( M i n i s t e r i o d e F o m e n t o ) w w w. f o mento.gob.es website.

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Calpe Historic learning

CASA NOVA: Mansion-fortress university department.

THE historic Casa Nova in Calpe is now Alicante University’s 12th off-campus department.

Deputy mayor Ana Sala a n d u n i v e r s i t y ’s r e c t o r Manuel Palomar signed the formal agreement accompanied by the centre’s secretary general Esther Algarra and vice-rector of the Culture, Sport and Languages departments, Carles Cortes.

“Having a department in Calpe is an extraordinary opportunity which will allow us to extend our activities and contents both territ o r i a l l y a n d s o c i a l l y, ” Palomar said.

“It is very important that Calpe should identify the needs arising from its particular characteristics,” the rector continued.

“From these we can best define the nature of the activities which should be

developed inside the municipality so that these have an impact on its social and economic fabric.”

Casa Nova, the emblematic 16th century mansionfortress acquired and rehabilitated by the town hall, is now a base for academic, cultural and social activities programmed by Alicante University.

Together with the Campus for Entrepreneurial Excellence, the university will be housed in a spacious building on several floors with abundant space for teaching, investigation and cultural needs.

“Calpe is finally a university town,” Ana Sala said with satisfaction.

“This agreement means that we shall have a stable year-round programme enabling us to develop activities which benefit the entire population.”

‘Hostile’ motorhome by-laws slated ONE of Spain’s principal motorhome associations has included Calpe in its list of hostile towns.

Calpe’s Compromis party alerted the town hall that the Plataforma de Autocaravanas Autonoma (PACA) has sent out warning emails to 44,000 motorhome owners in France, Holland and Italy.

These condemn by-laws which bar the vehicles from pa rking on loc a l s tre e ts ove rnight, a move w hic h Compromis opposed at the time.

“Do not visit this municipality and don’t generate profits for its businesses

while the town hall continues to discriminate against motorhomes and campervans,” the PACA emails advised members.

The list of towns which PACA regards as hostile is not particularly long, and as

well as Calpe, includes Benidorm, Valdemoro (Madrid) and Velez-Malaga.

The FEAA state federation of motorhome users has criticised the Calpe by-law, together with the local Compromis and PSOE parties.

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THE regional government pledged to put an end to the prefabs used in some state schools and overcrowding in others. The Education Department has already spent €25 million on building or extending Marina Alta schools and pledged another €7 million for centres in Jalon, La Jara, Denia, Rafol and Ondara.

Photo credits: Vall de Pop U3A

Photo Credit Club rural.

Xalo

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More protection against ‘tree Ebola’ PESTICIDES to combat Xylella Fastidiosa have finally arrived, 19 months after the first cases were confirmed in Alicante Province.

They will be distributed in 61 municipalities to protect almond groves against ‘tree Ebola.’

The first cases appeared in Baleares, but months later the bacterium reached Alicante Province, where the first cases were found in the Marina Baja town of Guadalest.

The deadly bacterium eventually dries and kills infected trees, and the Generalitat

is distributing the pesticide which should halt the disease.

In the Vall de Pop, this affects Jalon and Alcalali as well as Marina Alta towns including Lliber, Parcent, Calpe, Benissa, Javea, Denia, Teulada-Moraira and Benitachell.

The regional government’s Agriculture has been obliged to comply with European Union directives which have proved unpopular amongst growers as these involve felling and shredding trees in the worst-affected areas.

U3A BAKEOFF: Cakes for the Charity Fund and (inset) author Jana Petken.

Coffee, cakes and a royal cheese sandwich U3A Vall de Pop members were recently treated to premeeting coffee and cakes.

The fabulous array of home baking to be sold in aid of the Goodwill Team’s Charity Fund was greeted with oohs and aahs and shot off the table.

Cakes still waiting for a home before the General Assembly started were auctioned

by Elaine Horton, raising

€185, which added to other donations received that day brought a total of €232.

As well as coffee and cakes, the U3A Vall de Pop has enjoyed a talk from author Jana Petken, a Denia resident for almost 50 years.

Jana joined the Royal Navy in 1976 but later transferred to the Regulating School, which offered an introduction to se-

curity and policing within the Navy.

This led to an offer for something very different close protection to a Saudi princess - and after this she worked in protection with Prince Andrew, who once made her a cheese sandwich.

But there still wasn’t enough travelling to satisfy Jana’s soul, and she joined British Airways in 1995 until a neck injury grounded her permanently.

However, she found that typing helped her to regain the use of damaged nerves and the muscles in her arms and hands so she typed and typed and wrote Guardian of Secrets.

Her new path as a self-publishing author of historical novels was set, and since then Jana has won multiple awards, one announced in the US the day before she spoke to the U3A. She is currently working on screenplays from her books and is waiting for the right offer to make a film up to her exacting standards.

For further information on U3A Vall del Pop check the http://u3avalldelpop.com website.

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NEW SEASON: Full programme from now until June.

New Auditorium programme TEULADA-MORAIRA’S Auditorium commenced its new season with Madame Butterfly.

This is followed on Sunday by a concert from the ADDA Orquesta Simfonica, and resident conductor Jose Vicent.

The new programme was pre s e nte d by C a rlos Lina re s , pre s ide nt of the Fundacion Auditorio Teulada -M ora ira , a nd dire c tor Maite Serrat.

In the eight years following the Auditorium’s inauguration they have compiled different types of productions and performances, incl udi ng som e f r om l ocal

groups and associations.

“They play a fundamental part in Teulada-Moraira’s culture and patrimony, and it is a privilege to showcase them,” Serrat said.

U3A Annual General Meeting THE next monthly meeting for the MorairaTeulada U3A will be held on March 4.

The venue is the Salon GL in Avenida Mediterraneo, Teulada, just below the Bar Mediterraneo.

Doors open at 9.30am for existing members wishing to renew their membership and the formal meeting commences at 10.30am.

As this is the Annual General Meeting, new members’ applications will be not accepted on this day. More details of the exact location of Salon GL and available parking places can be found on the website.

Those attending are welcome to renew their

membership, join groups, find out about travel and cultural events or simply meet up with friends for coffee.

All memberships being renewed will be at the full fee of €10.

Once the formal business has started at 10.30am, the renewals and travel information desks will be closed.

There will not be a speaker at this meeting, due to the election of officers and committee members.

Details of all events and information about U3A Moraira-Teulada can be found on the www.u3amoraira-teulada.org website.

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THE Teulada-Moraira Fishing Club recently held the 20th and last match of the season on the Jucar ’s E2 section.

Weather conditions were exceptionally good with bright sunshine reflected off the smooth surface of the river, a day for up-inthe-water fishing.

With 103 points in the bag, Vic Wills was unassailab l e b u t a d r a ma tic conclusion to the season

was likely.

And so it proved and at the end of the match the same three members - Graham Sewell, Steve Hartwell and Frank Povey were all ranked second in the league table with 93 points.

For further information about the club, please contact Frank Povey on 966 490 338 or email frank.povey@btopen world.com or call Ray Craig on 966 492 083.

PORTITXOLET has a new look following a recent tidy-up.

The walls bordering the wooden steps have been repainted, new lighting was installed as well as attention to the garden area.

As reported recently in the Euro Weekly News, more than 300 seedlings belonging to the threatened Medicago arborea species in both the Portitxolet and Cala Llebeig zones have been planted.

“We want to give prominence to Portitxolet, a spot that is both privileged and special,” said Teulada-Moraira’s General Services councillor, Raul Llobell.

The councillor also drew attention to the vandalism that persists in the area, explaining that the tidying, and particularly providing better illumination for

Photo credit: Teulada-Moraira town hall

Winter league Beauty spot worth looking after draws to a close

PORTITXOLET: Revamp and (inset) better-illuminated at night.

Portitxolet, was aimed at eradicating this type of behaviour.

“This is somewhere that we should

look after and conserve to ensure that it continues to be a beautiful corner to admire Moraira from,” Llobell said.

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General Plan meets opposition JAVEA’S General Structural Plan (PGE), now on public display, has not met with unanimous approval.

The Javea Institute of Oceanographic Research (IROX) is fighting to ensure that the Pesqueres are given official protection as soon as possible.

These tracks along the cliffs were traditionally used to reach outcrops of rock or flimsy platforms from where, in more frugal times, it was possible to fish and augment a family’s food or earnings.

The presence of cliff top villas is blocking some tracks while others are in bad condition and IROX has appealed against the PGE for failing to

give sufficient protection to ‘a unique legacy.’

Rosa Cardona, the Partido Popular’s mayoral candidate in May’s municipal elections, is equally unhappy with the PGE, claiming that it halts the possibility of obtaining new amenities on urban land.

“In June 2017 the public had their first opportunity of viewing the PGE,” she said. “But that plan has nothing to do with the one that is currently on public view, so we are clear that two general plans were prepared for Javea. One, playing to the gallery, was exhibited for 90 days, but another the one that we really wanted to see - has only been displayed for 20 days.”

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Attention for Moorish remains

HARD WORK: Labour of love for Amux volunteers.

MEMBERS of the Amics del Museu de Xabia (AMUX) cultural association recently turned the t o w n ’s a t t e n t i o n t o t h e Capçades site.

This was excavated more than 30 years ago, revealing the base of a small rectangular tower built from rubble masonry and lime mortar as well as adjoining drystone structures.

The ruins, built between the 12th and 13th centuries and located in the Puerta Fenicia urbanisation, were declared an Asset of Cultural Interest (BIC) in 1996.

The AMUX volunteers, under the supervision of Javea’s Soler Blasco Museum, cleared away the vegetation and rubbish that were partly hiding the remains.

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vestiges of Javea’s Moorish past and there are plans to include them in the town’s cultural and heritage routes.

Go for a Sunday run THE 30th edition of Javea’s Volta a Peu race will be run this Sunday.

The 10-kilometre race along the front line of the beach, practically all on the flat, always attracts huge numbers and is the first race of the year that earns points for the Marina Alta’s Circuit a Peu. There are all types of categories, including children from two years onwards, and there will be a commemorative t-shirt for the first 1,600 runners past the finishing line.

You can register on the www.somesport. com website until 2pm tomorrow (Friday).

Trying out flamenco SEVENTY members of the Javea’s U3A Spanish Culture and Cuisine group recently enjoyed lunch and flamenco in Parcent.

The star was none other than group leader Angela Chantry who, with other U3A members, joined the professionals on stage for a fascinating finale.

It was a fitting end to a great day, with the added bonus of great views of the almond blossom en route to the venue.

Angela and Tony Dearie, the group’s co-leader are planning future Spanish Culture and Cuisine events, including a trip to the Mar Menor and Lorca in Murcia.

For more information about the U3A visit www.u3ajavea.org for more details.

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DONATION: U3A’s Pam Rowlinson receives a donation of €300 from James Carnichan.

PAM ROWLINSON from U3A Denia received a donation of €300 raised on the Burns’ Night celebration.

The haggis was piped in by Jim Carnichan in full regalia, while Mairead Huurman presented the haggis, which was

addressed by Peter Syme in the words of Robbie Burns.

As well as poetry readings, songs, speeches and country dancing before and after dinner, there was also a singalong with a number of Scottish songs including Scotland

Roses are red and so are prawns ALMOST 50 kilos of Denia’s prized red prawns were sold during the municipal market’s Saint Valentine’s Day special.

At the bargain price of €2.50 for six prawns and either a beer or a glass or wine, the stallholders were sold out within three hours although the promotion continued for a further two days.

Even the organisers were surprised at the success and had not expected the avalanche which turned up to take advantage of the offer, they admitted afterwards.

Denia Town Hall’s Markets Department was behind the Saint Valentine’s Day initiative aimed at ‘lovers of Denia’s red prawns’ instead of the classic red roses.

“It’s been spectacular, crazy,” stallholder Paula Febrer told the Spanish media afterwards. “We didn’t notice it with the fish, though.

“People just came for the prawns,” she said, but added the initiative was aimed at publicising this section of the market and encouraging client loyalty.

the Brave and Donald where’s your troosers performed by the Jukaholics ukulele band.

The evening also raised €300 which will be put towards a summer event for the residents of the Children’s Home in Denia.

More open space THE site of the old health centre in Marques de Campo, is now municipal property.

It was acquired by the town hall last December and although it is destined for public use, its future role has still to be decided.

Before then however, the terrain is being modified to prevent water from accumulating on the 900sqm plot of land every time it rains, and it has been surfaced with a layer of sand.

In the meantime, five benches and litter bins will be installed there, as well as an access ramp.

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Cocaine haul at sea A DRUGS network has been smuggling cocaine into Spain on cargo ships, police revealed after a 15-month investigation.

A ship carrying a 3.3-ton consignment of cocaine with a â‚Ź100 million street value was recently intercepted almost 288 kilometres off the Portuguese coast and escorted into Setubal harbour.

Here, the Guardia Civil and National Police officers, together with officials from tax authority Hacienda who planned the joint operation, were waiting for the Panama-registered ship.

It was flying no flag when it was intercepted, but eight of the 11 seamen who were arrested were Ukrainian, one was Georgian, one Dutch and another French.

Sources close to the investigation later explained that the crew were no more than subcontractors, engaged to transport the cocaine.

The operation was launched in November 2017 following an interchange of information between Spanish units that fight the drugs trade and organised crime.

These indicated that at least once a year an international network was bringing huge quantities of South American cocaine into Spain aboard a cargo ship and later transferred the drugs to smaller, faster and less conspicuous boats.

The ship had been watched throughout its journey and investigators decided to strike while it was still some distance from the coast and before the cocaine could be offloaded.

Spanish Amazon series TECHNOLOGY firm Amazon is set to film two new series set in Spain.

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La Templanza (The Te m p e r a n c e i n E n g lish), a Spanish Amazon Prime Original series, is also set t o b e m a d e t h i s y e a r.

The series, based on a novel about a romance set in the 1 8 6 0 ’s , i s d u e t o b e available in more than 200 countries after its release.

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Benefits of the Padron

By Mark Nolan IT is sometimes considered nothing more than an administrative bind, but there are many positive reasons why we should all make sure that we are on one key local register; the padron at the town hall.

The padron is the municipal register which aims to give a true overview of the people who reside in a town. It is a mandatory requirement, but also ensures sufficient funding for all public services.

It is also essential for foreign residents wanting to make their status entirely legal and above board in Spain, and, depending on your local town hall, gets extra benefits for those on the register. These can include discounts at sports centres, pensioners’ days out, and even free bus travel.

By registering on the padron we advise the local council that we are living in the property under their administration. This then ensures they provide such necessary services as waste collection, for example, and policing.

The town halls submit the information on their records to the central

GET REGISTERED: Being on the Padron can have additional benefits. government, which then ensures funding is provided for the correct number of people living in the area.

However, the information goes even deeper than that. Every town and municipality in Spain has a status, and that

status is derived from the number of people officially living there, derived from the data provided by the padron.

A town with more than 100,000 residents is classed differently to one with fewer registered on the padron.

That status is then reflected in such matters as the total number of councillors who sit in authority, whether national resources such as the Guardia Civil can be allocated to the area, and more importantly, the overall budget

from central government.

Local taxes are collected by the town halls and invested in services which ensure the running of the municipality, but these funds are not enough to cover all services, and so are supplemented by the regional and national governments, regional authorities being responsible for education, for example.

Although we can understand that towns of differing populations should be treated differently based on the total population figures, the actual amount of funding differs based not only on the population number, but also per capita, and so, as in our example of a town with more than 100,000 people, the actual investment from the national government increases based on the total population, and then is higher per person for larger towns.

The padron should be updated periodically; this is an almost automatic process for those involved in such activities as registering for schools, but should be done by everyone in order to ensure that the correct funding is provided and ensured for all local services.

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AI in school first

AI OFFER: L’Horitzo students will be the first in Spain to have AI lessons.

A SECONDARY school in Cataluña is set to become the first in Spain to teach its pupils about artificial intelligence (AI).

L’Horitzo school in Barcelona, is due to teach the subject to third and fourth year pupils, from this year.

Marc Oliveras, director of l’Horitzo, said there was no precedent in Spain for teaching AI to school students.

“If we do not offer the knowledge

of AI to our students, we are not preparing them for the current reality of the world, not to mention the future,” Oliveras said.

The school plans to task students with creating a project based on their studies of AI. The lessons are also designed to teach pupils how to manage data.

Josep Curto, an expert in AI who works with the school, said working with AI would throw up questions re-

lated to philosophy and ethics for students. It would also give them new maths and programming knowledge, Curto added.

Any machine able to perceive its environment and act to maximise its chances of achieving goals is said to possess artificial intelligence.

AI is now used extensively in fields including healthcare, the creative industries, advertising and economics and finance, among others.

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‘White van, black money’ claim AT the last count 2,408,841 vans were registered in Spain, the second highest number in the European Union, and most are white.

Not only does Spain have an inordinate number of white vans, but the country also has 3.2 million self-employed workers prompting tax officials, economists and sociologists amongst others to maintain that the two statistics are linked.

A white van is often a symbol of the black economy which accounted for a quarter of Spain’s €1,207 billion Gross Interior Product (PIB) last year, according to the last report from Gestha, the trade union which represents em-

ployees of Spain’s tax authority Hacienda.

Gestha’s claim roughly corresponds to the International Monetary Fund 22 per cent estimate, and both figures outstrip Germany’s 7 per cent and France’s 10 per cent. “Tax control does not work as well here as it does in other countries,” admitted Gestha’s president, Carlos Cruzado in a Spanish media interview.

“According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OCDE) there is an inspector for every 2,500 taxpayers, compared with an average of 800 for OCDE member countries.”

Hate crime arrest BARCELONA police arrested a woman who insulted and lashed out at another client in a fast-food restaurant.

A witness called the Emergency Services to report the incident, and the regional police, the Mossos d’Esquadra, were sent to the restaurant in the Ronda Universitat neighbourhood to investigate. After finding that one of the women had attacked the other because she was black, they arrested her and charged her with committing a hate crime.

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BELGIUM UN officials have called on Belgium to apologise for its conquest and enslavement of the Congo in the 19th century after the country’s Africa Museum reopened and was criticised for failing to properly address the country’s colonial legacy.

Colony call

General strike PUBLIC transport including flights and trains were brought to a halt last week as Belgium’s main trade unions called a 24-hour strike to protest a two-year 0.8 per cent wage growth cap and working hours.

APOLOGY: The museum has faced criticism.

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Child evictions

Murder trial

A TOTAL of 448 children were affected by 247 evictions throughout Sweden in 2018, according to government data which showed the figure rose by 36 compared to the previous year.

A COURT in Vanersborg has jailed a defendant for 18 years after finding him guilty of stabbing his wife to death in front of their child in their Mellerud apartment in July 2018, with psychologists having determined he is not mentally ill.

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Attacks rise

Torture probe

FRENCH Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said that anti-Semitism has spread through France ‘like poison’ after vandals chopped down a tree last week which had been planted in memory of a Jewish man tortured to death in 2006.

OFFICERS with Germany’s investigative police force have arrested two suspects aged 56 and 42 in Berlin and Rhineland-Palatinate in connection with allegations of torture and murder at the hands of the Syrian secret service.

Group fury

Mission extends

SEVERAL male French journalists have been suspended from their publications after it emerged they were members of the League of LOL Facebook group which harassed female colleagues with posts that included their heads superimposed onto pornography actors.

GERMAN government ministers have decided to extend the country’s military operation in Afghanistan for another year amidst concerns that the US is preparing to withdraw from the country following talks held in Qatar and Russia.

NETHERLANDS

DNA ruling

Casino plan

A ROTTERDAM court has ruled children conceived with sperm from a Barendrecht fertility clinic can check their DNA against Doctor Jan Karbaat’s, the centre’s former manager who is thought to have fathered at least 47 children through the centre, before further hearings.

PLANS to sell off the state-owned Holland Casino group have been shelved until at least 2020 after Dutch Justice Minister Sander Dekker cancelled a Senate vote on the sale due to the number of objections.

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Made to chose

Food leaders

NORWEGIAN foreign policy commentator Asle Toje has said that politicians in Oslo are underestimating a growing rift within NATO during US President Donald Trump’s time in office and added his country may have to chose between the US and Europe.

DANES consume the largest amount of organic food as a proportion of total food consumption of any country in the world, according to the Agriculture FiBL institute which found 13.3 per cent of total sales were organic.

One held POLICE in Bergen have arrested one suspect in connection with the stabbing of a 30-year-old man in the town who was in hospital in a stable condition last week while another remained at large last week.

Life expectancy THE average age of death in Denmark stood at 79 for men and almost 83 for women at the end of 2018, the first time since the early 1990’s that life expectancy did not increase year-on-year according to the country’s statistics office.

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D R I V E R S i n Ve r a n o w h a v e the option of using their mobiles to pay for parking in blue zones thanks to a new free app.

Speaking at the presentation of the El Parking app last week, Vera mayor Felix Lopez said the council is “backing the most advanced public parking system on the market, with the aim of modernising and adapting the municipality with new digital tools to make our residents’ and visitors’ lives easier.”

The mayor said the app will save drivers time as they won’t have to look for a parking meter or worry about having change. Other advantages of the new system he said are that it lets users know when the parking ticket runs out, and gives easy access to invoices and receipts.

Vera Council has launched a campaign to inform residents and visitors about the innovation, publishing and distributing leaflets and putting up informative stickers on parking ticket machines.

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Ten years in jail A 64-YEAR-OLD woman who killed her husband, aged 73, because he was suffering from A l z h e i m e r ’s , h a s b e e n s e n tenced to 10 years in prison by the Provincial Court of Alicante.

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Guardia Civil and fire brigade mountain rescuers lifted the man out of the ravine on a stretcher before then putting him in a helicopter and airlifting him to an ambulance.

The helicopter had difficultly landing due to the weather and location. It landed nearby to where he fell before taking the 23-year-old to Costa del Sol Hospital in Marbella.

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Sacred Heart to leave Lluc THE Missionaries of the Sacred Heart are to leave the Lluc Sanctuary after 128 years as custodians of the spiritual centre of Mallorca.

Known as the ‘coritos,’ the congregation has now dwindled to just six priests aged 73 and over.

This has apparently made their functions ‘untenable,’ and last month the decision was made to return the Lluc Sanctuary building to the Bishopric of Mallorca, which also owns the Blavets school, various restaurants and the car park.

The Bishopric has expressed ‘surprise and pain’ at the announcement, but assured that the Lluc will LLUC SANCTUARY: Spiritual centre of Mallorca. continue to be the island's spiritual heart, as it has been since the 13th century.

After the Cathedral, Lluc is The exit of the ‘cositos’ will not be the second most visited religious site in immediate. The transition is expected to take Mallorca, and the Bishopric wants it to remain place within six months to a year. a place of pilgrimage.

The trial had to be held for a second time after the first jury rejected the agreement made to reduce the 17-year sentence requested by the Public Prosecutor’s Office to just nine years on the grounds of mental illness.

The defence lawyer stated that the woman had killed her husband in an act of desperation after years of looking after family members that were dep e n d e n t o n h e r, a l l o f w h i c h caused her to enter into deep

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The woman claimed that her husband no longer recognised her and that after killing him, she would have committed suicide herself so as not to be a burden on their two children, who both defended their mother throughout the whole trial.

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23-year-old man to hospital on Sunday after rescuing him from a ravine he fell down while walking in the Istan area.

Guardia Civil and Local Police officers, firefighters, medical personnel and Civil Protection volunteers were sent to the Arroyo de las Piedras area after being called out at 3pm.

A passerby found the man lying at the bottom of the ravine unable to get out on his own.

He had injured his ankle and head in the fall, emergency

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P R O S E C U TO R S i n M a l a g a are asking for 25 years in prison for a man accused of stabbing his partner to death a year ago in La Viñuela.

The woman was found dead with multiple stab wounds after she had allegedly been in a romantic relationship with the man for around four months.

Lawyers accuse the man of ‘repeatedly,’ stabbing his victim ‘with an evident desire to end her life.’

Prosecutors also allege the injuries the woman sustained, ‘increased the victim’s suffering,’ as the mortal blows were only struck ‘towards the end of the attack.’ They claimed she had 45 puncture wounds, 13 cuts, and 47 ‘stabbing and gouging wounds.’ These were located on various parts of the woman’s body, including her abdomen, back, limbs, chest, and face.

According to the Guardia Civil, the victim’s son said he later saw the accused leave her house at around 6pm.

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Bank: bubble not brewing AN economist at the BBVA bank has said the property market is not entering bubble territory and added rising prices were an adjustment following the last crisis.

Miguel Cardoso, of BBVA Research, said rising prices were part of a cyclical recovery process following a “very significant” reduction in prices in the wake of the 2008 recession.

“There is no property bubble but there is a process of adjustment which is normal for a sector that saw prices fall a lot during the crisis,” Cardoso said.

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Santander-IBM tech agreement

Work contract concerns SPAIN has the highest proportion of people employed for six months or less compared with 18 European countries, according to the UN’s work agency which said such contracts harm workers.

Figures from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the EU’s Eurostat statistics office showed around 60 per cent of Spanish temporary contracts in 2017 employed workers for six months or less. Germany had the lowest proportional amount at about 10 per cent.

The ILO said the rising use of temporary contracts was making workers

By Joe Gerrard feel more financially insecure and impacting negatively on their careers.

“Evidence suggests that poverty rates grow as the duration of contracts gets shorter,” the ILO said in its report on the data.

The report found the total number of workers employed on temporary contracts grew to 26.8 per cent of the entire labour force in 2017, the highest proportion since 2008.

More than 85 per cent of Spanish workers employed on temporary contracts were in that situation because

they were unable to find full time jobs, the report added.

Around 85 per cent of temporary staff in Germany worked on those terms by choice.

A total of 34 per cent of women working on part-time contracts did so to spend more time with their families compared to 16 per cent of men.

The ILO found wages in the 52 countries studied always grew below 2 per cent from 2000, slowing further to 1.2 per cent in 2016 and 0.8 per cent in 2018. Real wages fell in both Spain and Italy in recent years, the report stated.

SPANISH bank Santander has signed a deal worth €620 million with computer company IBM to boost its digital transformation plan over the next five years. David Soto, general director of IBM for Santander, said the deal was designed to help the bank comply with regulatory and security needs and develop new ways of serving customers.

IBM said: “The agreement will help Santander evolve towards an open, flexible and modern technological environment.”

Santander currently spends around €2 billion a year on improving technology.

Eurozone GDP growth slows

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Worker ruling A SOCIAL court in Madrid has ruled that delivery company Glovo must reinstate a worker who was dismissed for striking after finding that they should have been classed as a full time employee and not a freelance autonomous one.

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SLOWDOWN: Eurozone GDP grew in 2018 THE eurozone’s combined gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 1.8 per cent in 2018, the lowest level since 2014 according to EU data.

Figures from the EU’s Eurostat statistics office showed eurozone output grew by 0.2 per cent in the final three months of last year compared to the previous quarter. GDP grew by 2.4 per cent in 2017.

There was a growth of 1.2

per cent year-on-year from the fourth quarter of 2017 to that of 2018, data showed.

Employment grew by 0.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year and by 1.4 per cent during the whole of 2018.

The European Commission (EC) has forecast a 1.3 per cent growth for this year, followed by 1.6 per cent in 2020.

EUROPEAN supermarkets Carrefour, Lidl and Sonae are all considering launching bids to take over part or all of Spanish store chain Dia which continues to face fin a n c i a l d i ff i c u l t i e s a n d a b u y o u t o ff e r f r o m i n v e s t ment company Letterone.

Bank offer SPANISH bank Sabadell has joined Santander and Caixa b a n k i n o ff e r i n g b o n d s i n t h e i r h i g h s t r e e t o ff i c e s which would see buyers receive 0.7 per cent in interest for three years if they pay at least €1,000.

Hispasat stake sale deal ROAD management company Abertis has reached a deal with energy firm Red Electrica to sell its almost 89.7 per cent stake in satellite maker Hispasat for €949 million. The sale was made with the agreement of the current government. It now awaits approval from competition watchdogs in Spain and Portugal, according to company sources.

Jordi Sevilla, president of Red Electrica, said the

deal was good for the company. “We have closed the deal with a lower price than Abertis requested,” Sevilla said. Hispasat said the deal allowed them to expand their communications offering and opened the door for expansion into Latin America.

Italian firms ACS and Atlantia, which own Abertis, are reportedly planning to use the money from the deal to pay off debts.

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Land Securities Group 884.10 Legal & General Group 266.30 Lloyds Banking Group ORD 58.49 London Stock Exchange Grp 4,655.50 Micro Focus International 1,708.75 Marks & Spencer Group 284.75 Mondi 1,894.00 Melrose 172.90 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 235.98 National Grid 838.85 NMC Health 2,765.00 Next 4,718.50 Ocado Group 901.70 Paddy Power Betfair 6,192.50 Prudential 1,537.25 Persimmon 2,403.00 Pearson 915.60 Reckitt Benckiser Group 6,121.00 Royal Bank of Scotland Group 250.90 Royal Dutch Shell 2,421.50 Royal Dutch Shell 2,437.50 RELX 1,704.25 Rio Tinto 4,405.00 Rightmove 478.95 Rolls-Royce Group 963.10 RSA Insurance Group 535.80 Rentokil Initial 350.45 Sainsbury (J) 284.60 Schroders 2,703.00 Sage Group (The) 658.30 Segro 643.40 Smurfit Kappa Group 2,329.00 Standard Life Aberdeen 235.98 Smith (DS) 351.15 Smiths Group 1,485.50 Scottish Mortgage Invstmnt Trst 498.90 Smith & Nephew 1,449.75 Spirax-Sarco Engineering 6,695.00 SSE 1,199.00 Standard Chartered 635.00 St James's Place 948.20 Severn Trent 1,939.25 Tesco 222.20 TUI AG 821.60 Taylor Wimpey 164.05 Unilever 4,230.00 United Utilities Group 814.20 Vodafone Group 141.51 John Wood Group 526.10 WPP Group 846.30 Whitbread 4,936.00

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MEXICO’S Cemex construction company has offered to relocate almost all 188 workers who faced job losses after the closure of two Spanish factories.

The firm reached an agreement with trade unions under its employment regulation file (ERE) issued after the closures of plants in Mallorca and Almeria Province were announced.

The company said it was restructuring its Spanish operation in order to make it viable in the long term.

The deal is set to see workers offered the chance to move to plants in the provinces of Alicante, Valencia, Toledo, Tarragona and Zaragoza.

Cemex has also agreed to pay €900 per year in compensation to affected workers as part of a wider social support plan.

The closures came amidst a fall in demand for construction materials reported by the Oficemen cement manufacturing association. They also come ahead of new EU emissions regulations due to come into force in 2020.

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New energy rules SPAIN’S National Commission of Markets and C o mp etitio n (C N M C ) watchdog has drawn up 13 new regulations for th e e n erg y s ec tor a fte r lawmakers approved the creation of more rules last week.

CNMC is planning to introduce new rules on the calculation of energy transfer and distribution c o s ts , th e o pe ra tion of the wholesale electricity market and the manageme n t o f n atura l ga s movements.

It c o mes a s the C ongress of Deputies approved a government decree granting the CNMC new powers to supervise e n erg y ma rke ts w hic h have broadened the scope of its remit. Its ability to sanction firms has also been strengthened.

The CNMC said it was aiming to submit its proposals for new energy

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EXPANDING POWERS: The CNMC has proposed a raft of new energy regulations. regulations to lawmakers by the s umme r w ith a view to bringing them into force next year.

The decree which ex-

pa nde d the C N M C’s powers was designed to bring the regulator into line with EU rules which require internal energy

market watchdogs to be completely independent.

It is set to see the CNMC oversee the payment, storage and distribution of electricity and natural gas throughout Spain and the internal markets for both.

The new rules propose standards for compensation methods for firms in t he i nt er nal m ar ket , as well as remunerations.

Prices and tolls are set t o be appr oved by t he CNMC after it has approved methodologies, according to the regulator.

The CNMC was created in 2013 as the successor to the National Competition Commission. It regulates all markets to prevent them from being monopolised and supervises energy, electronics and communication, rail and ai r por t pr i ces and postal services.

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Stock index performance S PA I N ’ S I B E X 3 5 s t o c k market index stayed below 9,000 points last week, after the failure of the governm e n t ’s b u d g e t s t o g e t through the Congress of Deputies caused speculation about a snap general election, increasing uncertainty.

Head bonus C A R L O S TO R R E S , t h e president of the BBVA bank, is set to ask for bonus payments of almost €5.5 million this year, if the company meets its 2019 targets, as it continues to deal with f a l l o u t f r o m t h e Vi l l a r e j o spying scandal.

Train deal THE CAF Spanish train maker has joined a consortium of firms which have been contracted to build a new fleet of trains for New South Wales’ rail network in Australia, in a deal which is worth more than €500 million.

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT AS the copy for this column has to be presented some days before publication, by the time you read this, the whole unsavoury ‘Jihad bride’ episode could be resolved.

However, I couldn’t allow the only subject which has actually managed to push Brexit off the front pages to pass by without sticking in my own three penny’th.

Let’s get one thing absolutely clear. The only reason for the entire furore surrounding this ungrateful piece of pathetic humanity is the fact that the bunch of psychopaths she chose to show her allegiance to, actually lost the battle.

Had they won, she would now be sitting in some Daesh caliphate, living the life of Riley as a baby factory for future Daesh terrorists.

Unfortunately, for her and her murderous associates, this didn’t happen. As usual it is the British government who are initially responsible for this whole disgraceful episode (which also includes the hundreds of traitorous toerags now wheedling their way back into the UK under the utterly ridiculous and intelligence insulting excuses that they ‘only went for humanitarian reasons’).

If, at the outset of this conflict, MPs had faced their responsibilities and passed firm legislation, clearly ruling that all those who decide to take sides with enemies of the UK and

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Let’s be clear…

LINKED: Daesh recruits returning from Syria to the UK. its allies should automatically rescind their passports and be stripped of their UK citizenship, the problem would not exist.

Instead, because of their usual dithering, the country now finds itself in a grey area, which will probably cost the British taxpayer millions and as usual, feather the nests of all those bloodsucking human rights lawyers, who are

undoubtedly already rubbing their greedy hands in gleeful anticipation.

This despicable bunch of Daesh supporters are traitors. They pose an ongoing threat to the culture and safety of British citizens. They have committed acts of treason, an offence which was up to a few years ago still punishable by death in the UK.

Pity the law was rescinded, perhaps they would have thought twice about returning if the outcome of a trial could result in them dangling at the end of a rope! And (natch!) the whole situation has brought out the snowflakes in positively blizzard proportions.

Well I’ve only one question for these particular naive numbskulls. What will they say to the relatives of the loved ones and victims of any future attack perpetrated by either the ‘returners’ or those they have subsequently managed to radicalise with their warped doctrines?

Will they take part of the responsibility? Of course they won’t.

Well have no doubt, should they succeed, these pathetic ‘do-gooders’ who would sacrifice the country to anyone with a convenient sob story, will be partially responsible and frankly this ol’ boy wouldn’t like to have anything of that ilk on his conscience.

Just like to mention I was privileged to travel in the cab of a London tube train the whole length of the Northern line today. Thanks Henry, it was a real blast!

Keep the faith, Love, Leapy.

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Drone but not forgotten

The eagle has grounded

Gatwick chaos a taste of what’s to come, predicts Terence Kennedy DRONE used to be what a visiting neighbour did if we weren’t quick enough to bar the doors and hide.

Now there are an estimated 1.2 million of the things in America alone (the gadgets, not the people.

Although…). And Europe’s not far behind.

Name one parliamentarian who actually has hands-on experience with these increasingly ubiquitous gadgets and I’ll happily concede that the disruption inflicted on 140,000 Gatwick passengers at Christmas was just a once-off. Yeah, right.

When a typically tech-dunce US senator actually had to ask Mark Zuckerberg how Facebook made money (‘We sell ads, Senator’), it’s a pretty safe bet we’re headed for an infestation of uncontrolled drone activity long before legislators actually grasp what it’s all about.

European officials are certainly worried, but in Spain for one you still need no licence to do pretty much anything with your buzzy new toy; as long as you keep it be-

low 120 metres, fly it no further than 500 metres away, stay eight kilometres from airports, and keep at least 150 metres from buildings generally.

Number of specific inspectors dedicated to enforcing these rules: zero.

Sales are set to double annually worldwide, and certainly many will be used for entirely legitimate purposes. David Attenborough’s magnificent Dynasties series relied

heavily on drones, construction sites use them for safety, farmers inspect their land, mapping has been simplified, drones delivered 5,000 units of blood in Rwanda in 2017, and last year they’re said to have saved no fewer than 133 lives.

The photographic industry is the biggest professional purchaser, followed closely by estate agents (yes really).

By 2025, the global drone industry is predicted to be worth a breath-

taking €72 billion, and Amazon is among the major retailers trialling how to drop its packages on us.

Well not precisely, but you get the idea.

Yet Gatwick was a wake-up call, amid an almost universal incredulity that one malevolent hobbyist, perchance a pimply teenager in a fetid bedroom, could inflict such devastation on one of the world’s busiest travel hubs. And get away with it, as this was being written.

There have already been scores of global reports of aircraft elsewhere diverting or even suffering near-collisions with drones, a frightening thought when a €100 gadget could bring down a Boeing or an Airbus with virtual impunity.

There’s the ultimate celebrity nightmare: paparazzi with drones.

Or the epidemic of drones now dropping contraband into prisons.

Right now I’m off to break it gently to my neighbour: she just wasted her money installing a two-metre fence to sunbathe au naturel.

UNLIKE the gadgets themselves, hobbyist drone prices certainly don’t go sky-high.

Indeed less than €100 gets you your own wasp-like starter drone to amaze your friends and irritate your neighbours.

A really good drone comes in at about four times that, while professional models reach a couple of grand. A mid-range drone can capture 4K video footage with ease, but most can only stay aloft for 15 or 20 minutes before their batteries give out.

As for official anti-drone measures, such as above airports, the pioneering Dutch have now given up on what they hoped would be the world’s first really effective drone-disruptors; trained eagles.

Their risk of injury on engagement was simply too high. Or perhaps it was all just too ‘talon’ order…

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Nora Johnson

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

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

LOOK away now if you are of a nervous disposition. Do you know your pomegranate molasses from your kefir, your harslevelu from your pulled jackfruit?

Well, if you’ve only just finished stockpiling the fridge with all that, now a new health fad has popped up; vinegar-based drinks. They’re supposed to reduce cholesterol, support the immune system, promote digestion and even help lose weight. Victoria Beckham reportedly enjoys a daily shot of apple cider vinegar, which maybe explains the facial expression?

Fad diets are designed to fail, otherwise the industry would vanish. The solutions are simple, but they require discipline and self-control.

As regards healthy eating, there’s no art to it, no science, nothing but simple common sense and a little knowledge. Restrict salt intake, avoid anything containing processed or refined sugars and reduce carbohydrate consumption favouring more vegetables, beans, nuts, lean meat, chicken and fish. Basically, no desserts other than fresh fruits. Simples! Just add - gulp - a bout of brisk exercise daily.

As for food trends I’d like to see the back of, first up is the hipster obsession with communal tables; if I want to sit with other people, I’ll bloody well bring them myself! And pop-up

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Food trends & fad diets: overcooked and overegged hipster restaurants whose crusade is to convince you that Uzbek cuisine is something you’ve been missing out on all your life (Plov, anyone?)

And I can’t wait for this no-bookings trend to be over. A 90minute wait is essentially saying ‘We don’t give a toss about families, or anyone with a train to catch or a movie to see.’

And don’t get me started on never-ending, no-choice tasting menus, with dishes as local and seasonal as a polar bear in a bikini.

With news of the return of ‘Crackerjack’ on TV and ‘Only Fools and Horses: The Musical,’ I’m not going even further and demanding a return to early closing days and the reintroduction of the Austin Allegro.

But sometimes,

I think I’ve been abducted in my sleep and, on awakening, find myself on the planet Vacuousa orbiting the star Stupidopia.

Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘The Girl in the Woods,’ ‘The Girl in the Red Dress,’ ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.norajohnson.net) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.99; £0.99) and iBookstore.

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VICTORIA BECKHAM: Enjoys a daily shot of apple cider vinegar.

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LEGALLY SPEAKING Who owns the roof? - Part 2 I am the President of a community with 23 apartments. The units include penthouses (‘aticos’) with roof terraces, normal flats with small terraces, and one, on the roof over the garage, has a small garden.

We have had rainwater leakages from the roof terraces, damaging several flats.

The owner of the flat over the garage has placed a small hut in the garden area with a washing machine inside. He has drilled a hole through the garage roof for his piping. All this was done without any permission from the community. There is endless discussion among the owners about who owns the terrace areas. We need a document based on facts. Is it possible for you to make such a document?

KB (Costa Blanca) Yo u a l re a d y h a v e t h i s d o c u - David Searl m e n t . I t i s c a l l e d y o u r You and the Law Titulo Constitutivo and it in Spain is the original charter of your Community of Property Owners. By the terms of Article 5 of the Law of Horizontal Property, this charter sets out all the information you want for each property.

Ask your administrator to give you a copy. Remember that terraces, gardens and anything outside the building walls is the responsibility of the community.

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

AS the trial started of 12 members of Cataluña’s former regional government, protesters were out in force.

‘Self-determination is not a crime’ proclaimed a banner outside Madrid’s Supreme Court. But it is if it involves a Unilateral Declaration of Independence like Cataluña’s on October 27 in 2017.

And it is if half the population doesn’t want it. And the bother, bile and brouhaha over the Northern Ireland backstop should be enough to conclude that dragging Cataluña into a similar quagmire would be criminally silly.

The millionaire bungler IT’S impossible to separate retired police chief Jose Villarejo’s name from the headlines.

We now learn that in 2005 Villarejo supposedly agreed to remove some bothersome documents from Deloitte’s Madrid offices in Edificio Windsor for Francisco Gonzalez, BBVA bank president until recently.

Villarejo allegedly arranged for a convenient fire to break out on the 21st floor, but unfortunately although the Deloitte docu-

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Crime and silliness ments disappeared, the entire 32-storey building burned down.

As other occasions suggest - stealing the Barcenas papers, for instance - Villarejo’s henchmen were often bunglers. Makes you wonder how anyone wanted to make use of his services, or how he managed to amass all those millions he has salted away.

Facts of political life WITHOUT the May 31 Vote of No Confidence, Spain’s current president Pedro Sanchez will still be the PSOE secretary general and nothing else.

Pablo Casado would still be Mariano Rajoy’s Communications Vice-Secretary, not leader of the Partido Popular.

Admittedly, Albert Rivera and Ciudadanos would still be top of the intended-vote heap, which explains his current dissatisfaction with anything he didn’t think of first.

But all this happened without demonstrations or flag-waving inside parliament.

That’s where politics belong, not rabble rousing in the streets.

Who’ll hold the baby?

PABLO CASADO with his dubious Master’s degree was an indifferent student whom they said struggled for his BA in law.

Unsurprising, given that the Partido Popular leader has failed to analyse statistics demonstrating that the availability of abortion has no bearing on a low birth rate.

A recent online debate revealed that most Spanish couples would like to have two children. Instead, the country has the lowest birth rate in Europe. Why? Because most married women, or women in a relationship, have to work in order to pay a mortgage or unrealistically high rents.

Women get 16 weeks maternity leave and few benefits once they become mothers. So

few, that those brave enough to bring babies into the world who don’t have doting grandparents to turn to, must either stop work - financially inviable - or spend most of their wages on childcare.

The women who want more children but can’t afford to, don’t have abortions, Sr POPULATION DECLINE: Spain has the lowest Casado, because they take care birth rate in Europe. not to get pregnant. contenedor en Madrid; Baby’s body found in a Coinciding with Casado’s paternalistic beMadrid rubbish container.’ lief that more children now mean better penIf that happens with liberal abortion laws, sions later, this headline appeared in the Spanwhat would happen without them? ish media: ‘Hallan el cadaver de un bebe en un

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Bergerac rebooted…

Nakedly anti-Brexit

Richard Shanley THE programme, which ran for nine series from 1981 until 1991, starred John Nettles as detective sergeant Jim Bergerac who later became a private investigator.

Based on the island of Jersey, the BBC show is being revived

by Artists Studio, backed by Endemol Shine UK and Jerseybased Westward Studios.

They are presenting it as a commission for Paramount Network International’s channels outside the US. However, there has been no indication as to who will play the famous detective.

Nettles himself went onto play a police detective in another crime show, Midsomer Murders.

The Bergerac remake will be updated for the modern day, with

NO, Rachel Johnson did not expose her breasts on Sky News last Thursday night, she was wearing a ‘boob tube.’

The ex-Celebrity Big Brother housemate and journalist (and sister to Tory MP Boris Johnson) was presenting topical news show ‘The Pledge,’ when she decided to pay tribute to Victoria Bateman, the naked anti-Brexit campaigner who went on Good Morning Britain earlier this week.

JOHN NETTLES: As Bergerac in the early days. ‘contemporary stories of the week’ and a ‘strong serial spine,’

said Gub Neal, Artists Studio’s executive producer.

Pension or tension?

Mike Senker In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man INTERESTING to see company bosses could face up to seven years in prison if they mismanage employee pension schemes, says Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd.

She wants a new offence of ‘wilfully or recklessly’ mismanaging funds. That’s great news isn’t it? But hold on a minute; in my opinion, and many others, the biggest mismanagers of pensions are the British government themselves.

How many women were expecting to receive their pensions at the age of 60, only to be told it would not be happening until they were 66 thereby nicking approximately 60 grand off them each?

It seems to me that 1950’s women have been used as a cash cow. Indeed, a previous chancellor said changing the pension age for women was the easiest way of saving money.

Surely it would have been easier to increase the pension age of men and women starting their working life who would have plenty of time to make pension arrange-

ments, unlike the women now suffering the effects of two pension acts in the middle of their working lives. I agree it’s a great idea to keep an eye on rogue companies and their crooked bosses but to me the words pot, kettle and black spring to mind.

I was listening to TRE the other day and that wonderful lady Myra from the Citizens Advice Bureau. They were chatting about Brexit, and as usual, she was giving brilliant advice.

What intrigued me was the last caller of the day. This was a bloke who had lived in Spain for the last 25 years, and in his own words, was ‘completely under the radar.’

He has never paid any tax, never declared any income, worked for cash and wasn’t on the Padron. Now, don’t get me wrong, if that is the way he wants to conduct his life out here, good luck to him.

I’m just fascinated that he called in and declared all this and asked what was going to happen to him. I don’t work for CAB but I’ll tell you what’s going to happen to you mate... nothing.

You will still get away with paying nothing to the government because they will be too busy going after the people who filled in form 720 and are being terrorised by the Hacienda looking for their share, which they said they would never do!

mikesenker@gmail.com.

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8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Top of the Pops Performances by the Jesus and Mary Chain, Starship, Labi Siffre, Level 42, Spear of Destiny, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Jones, Madonna and Duran Duran.

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9:20am Floogals 9:40am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:55am Shimmer and Shine 10:05am The Secret Life of Puppies 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm The Mentor 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Spending Secrets of the Royals 9:00pm Secret Scotland 10:00pm Posh Hotels with Sally and Nigel 11:00pm M&S: 135 Years of Quality 12:00am Top of the Box 95: TV's Most Controversial Year

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Barry Duke I HAVE no idea who Otto T Goat Jr is, or where this Christian lives, but he certainly got my dander up when he recently posted an offensive remark on my Freethinker website.

He wrote ‘homosexuality doesn’t serve any necessary or desirable purpose. We discourage behaviour which spreads disease.’

He was commenting on a piece I posted about British sexologist, Havelock Ellis (1859-1939) whose research was decades ahead of his time.

For example, in his 1897 book Sexual Inversion he wrote that same-sex desires were just a natural expression of the sexual instinct and homosexuality was a common biological manifestation in human beings and animals alike.

In responding to Goat, I suggested that at least one benefit of homosexuality may be to limit population growth. I cited a 2010 Huffington Post report which pointed out that the natural world was on the brink of demise largely

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What have the gays ever done for us?

ALAN TURING: Recognised as a humanist in Uganda. because of over-population, and it asked: ‘Why shouldn’t homosexuality be seen as providing a viable option to over-population?’

I could have gone on to demonstrate that throughout history, gays have made enormous contributions to the betterment of humanity in a variety of fields, but I knew that would be pointless be-

cause one cannot engage intelligently with blinkered fools whose brains have been turned to oatmeal by religion.

C o i n c i d e n t a l l y, i n t h e s a m e week I was delighted to learn that a gay man who played a key role in bringing an early end to the Second World War - Alan Turing is about to be recognised at a hu-

manist secondary school in Kanunga, Uganda.

The school - which excludes all religion from its curriculum and encourages critical thinking among its pupils - is currently being helped by the US-based Brighter Brains Institute to raise money for an Alan Turing science laboratory.

I assume most readers will be aware that Turing, an atheist, was the British scientist, who during the Second World War, cracked the German Enigma codes. His work is widely believed to have led to the war ending earlier than expected.

But, far from thanking him for his invaluable contribution, the British authorities persecuted him for being gay. He was convicted of ‘gross indecency’ and committed suicide in 1954.

The laboratory will complement two other Brighter Brains classrooms named after prominent British atheists; Richard Dawkins

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and the late Christopher Hitchens.

The man behind the scheme to promote freethinking among Ugandan schoolchildren is Robert Magara, Executive Director at Kanungu Humanist Association, who ditched his Christian faith after reading Professor Dawkins’ The God Delusion.

Uganda, like many other African countries, is infested with foreign Christian missionaries, and needs more people like Magara to spread the message that progress can never be accomplished by promoting superstition, which serves only to fracture societies and engender intolerance.

It was only recently that Uganda was contemplating introducing the death penalty for homosexuality, and I wrote a piece about a British evangelist from St Neots who had travelled to the country to support a proposed ‘Kill the Gays’ bill.

Paul Shinners flatly denied having been involved in a Christian rally supporting the bill, and threatened to sue me for causing his Cornerstone Cafe to close due to demonstrations which followed my exposé. He went very quiet when a video surfaced showing him addressing the rally, and one can only hope he keeps his hateful mouth shut from now on.

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SATURDAY TV

7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Nigellissima 1:00pm Football Focus 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather 2:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:45pm Six Nations Rugby Union 5:15pm Six Nations Rugby Union 8:00pm BBC News 8:05pm Regional News 8:09pm Weather 8:10pm The Greatest Dancer 9:35pm Casualty 10:30pm Would I Lie to You? 11:00pm BBC News 11:15pm Weather The latest weather information.

11:20pm Match of the Day Highlights and reaction to all of the latest football action.

12:30am Man Like Mobeen 12:55am Dom Hemingway 2:25am Weather for the Week Ahead

8:15am Wild & Weird 8:30am All Over the Workplace 9:00am Top Class 9:30am The Dog Ate My Homework 10:00am Deadly on a Mission: Pole to Pole 10:30am Nature's Microworlds 11:00am Walrus: Two Tonne Tusker 12:00pm Homes Under the Hammer 1:00pm Rick Stein's Long Weekends 2:00pm Talking Pictures 2:45pm The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 5:25pm Final Score 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Back in Time for School 8:00pm The Great British Sewing Bee 9:00pm River Walks 9:30pm Dad's Army 10:00pm La La Land 12:00am Mayans M.C. 1:00am Mayans M.C.

8:00pm Yellowstone Kate Humble, Patrick Ayree and experts follow the changing seasons at Yellowstone National Park during 2016.

9:00pm Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities 10:00pm Trapped 10:50pm Trapped 11:45pm Top of the Pops 12:15am Top of the Pops Performances by the Jesus and Mary Chain, Starship, Labi Siffre, Level 42, Spear of Destiny, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Jones, Madonna and Duran Duran.

12:50am Yellowstone 1:50am Secret Knowledge 2:20am The Defiant Ones 3:00am The Defiant Ones 3:40am Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities

7:10am King of Queens 7:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:25am Frasier 9:40am The Big Bang Theory 10:05am The Big Bang Theory 10:35am The Big Bang Theory 11:00am The Simpsons 11:30am The Simpsons 12:00pm The Simpsons 12:25pm The Simpsons 12:55pm Four in a Bed 1:30pm Four in a Bed 2:00pm Four in a Bed 2:30pm Four in a Bed 3:00pm Four in a Bed 3:30pm A Place in the Sun 4:35pm Sun, Sea and Brides to be 5:35pm Location, Location, Location 6:35pm The Secret Life of the Zoo 7:35pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Secret History 9:00pm The Fantastic Four 11:00pm The Boss 1:00am Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

7:00am Milkshake!

10:55am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:30amSweet Home Alabama 1:30pm Friends Sitcom based on the lives, loves, and laughs of six young friends living in Manhattan.

4:30pm Are We Done Yet? 6:20pm More Kids Than Cash 7:15pm More Kids Than Cash 8:00pm 5 News The latest news coverage.

8:05pm Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly 9:00pm Edwardian Britain in Colour 10:00pm Catherine v Ann: Henry VIII's Wives at War 11:55pm Comedy Gold: The Great Entertainers 1:25am Make You Laugh Out Loud

7:00am Young and Hungry 8:20am Don't Tell the Bride 9:25am Don't Tell the Bride 10:30am Baby Daddy 11:00am Baby Daddy 11:30am The Goldbergs 12:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 12:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1:00pm Young Sheldon 1:30pm Young Sheldon 2:00pm Young Sheldon 2:30pm Rio 4:15pm The Big Bang Theory 4:45pm The Big Bang Theory 5:10pm The Big Bang Theory 5:40pm The Big Bang Theory 6:10pm The Big Bang Theory 6:40pm The Big Bang Theory 7:05pm The Big Bang Theory 7:35pm The Big Bang Theory 8:05pm The Big Bang Theory 8:30pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pmNow You See Me 12:15am Gogglebox 1:20am Gogglebox 2:25am First Dates

Sky Sports News Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Cricket 12:30pm Football Burnley entertain Tottenham Hotspur at Turf Moor in the Premier League.

4:15pm Live Super Rugby An all-South Africa clash as Stormers meet Lions at DHL Newlands in week two of Super Rugby.

6:00pm EFL Greatest Games 6:15pm Football 9:00pm Live WGC - Mexico Championship 12:00am Sky Sports News 1:00am Sky Sports News All the news from the Premier League and beyond.

2:00am Sky Sports News All the news from the Premier League and beyond.

3:00am Sky Sports News 4:00am Sky Sports News

8:50am The Powerpuff Girls 9:10am Toonmarty 9:30am Ultimate Spider-Man v the Sinister Six 10:05am Teen Titans Go! 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Saturday Morning with James Martin 12:45pm Ainsley's Caribbean Kitchen 1:45pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:00pm Dancing on Ice 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm ITV Evening News 6:15pm Regional News and Weather 6:30pm You've Been Framed!

7:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 8:00pm Small Fortune 9:00pm The Voice UK 10:25pm Through the Keyhole 11:25pm Info not available 11:50pm ITV News 12:05am The Brit Awards 2019

7:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:25am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:00am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:25pm The Voice UK 2:00pm You've Been Framed!

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3:35pm Nanny McPhee 4:35pm FYI Daily 4:40pm Nanny McPhee 5:40pm Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 6:45pm FYI Daily 6:50pm Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 8:20pm Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens 9:20pm FYI Daily 9:25pm Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens 11:00pm Family Guy 11:30pm Family Guy 12:00am Family Guy

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7:00am The Protectors 7:25am The Professionals 8:20am The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 9:15am The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 10:30am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 11:30am The Sweeney 12:30pm Columbo 2:30pm ITV Racing: Live from Kempton 5:00pm The Car Chasers 5:30pm The Car Chasers 6:00pm The Car Chasers 6:25pm The Car Chasers 7:00pm The Big Fight Build Up - Degale v Eubank Jr 8:00pm The Big Fish Off 9:00pm River Monsters 10:05pm Enemy of the State 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pm Enemy of the State 12:40am The Usual Suspects 2:10am FYI Daily 2:15am The Usual Suspects 2:50am Minder 4:00am Teleshopping

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8:30am The Little Vampire 10:10am Woody Woodpecker 12:00pmUnlovable 1:30pm Ocean's Eight 3:30pm Serenity: Special A special look at the latest Sky Movies Original Film - a noir thriller with Matthew McConaughey.

4:00pm Life of the Party Back-to-school comedy about a down-on-her-luck fortysomething who decides to finish her degree - at the same college as her daughter.

5:50pm The Little Vampire Children's horror fantasy.

7:20pm Woody Woodpecker 9:00pm Ocean's Eight 11:00pm Life of the Party 12:50am Victor Crowley 2:20am Bad Samaritan

7:00am EFL Greatest Games 8:00am Carabao Cup Highlights 8:30am Carabao Cup Highlights 9:00am Carabao Cup Highlights 9:30am Carabao Cup Highlights 10:00am Carabao Cup Highlights 11:00am Live - Soccer Am 12:30pm SPFL Matters 1:00pm Gillette Soccer Saturday: Build-Up 4:15pm Gillette Soccer Saturday: Live Scores 6:15pm Football 9:00pm EFL Goals: Championship 10:00pm EFL 11:00pm EFL Goals: Championship 12:00am Football's Greatest 12:30am Football's Greatest 1:00am EFL Goals: Championship 2:00am Football Countdowns 2:30am Football Countdowns 3:00am SPFL Greatest Games

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Royal Stories Judge Judy Rising Damp Rising Damp George and Mildred George and Mildred Brief Encounter Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders Midsomer Barton is celebrating Oak Apple Week when a mother is found drowned.

Agatha Christie's Poirot Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders Mysterious lights are seen in the sky over famous UFO hotspot Cooper Hill.

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Rough Stuff Deep Blue Sea The Dark Knight Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 4:25pm The Incredible Hulk 6:25pm Avengers: Infinity War 9:00pm The Dark Knight 11:35pmStar Trek 1:45am The Last Castle

10:20am Oscars 2019: Nominations Special 10:40amBean 12:20pm The House 2:00pm Pitch Perfect 3 3:40pm Any Which Way You Can 5:40pm Bean 7:20pm The House 9:00pm Pitch Perfect 3 10:40pmThink Like a Man 12:50amThink Like a Man Too 2:45am Team America: World Police

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3:20am This is BBC Two 6:55am I Was Monty's Double 8:35am The Edible Garden 9:05am Monty Don's Japanese Gardens 10:05am Countryfile 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm The Hairy Bikers' Chicken and Egg 1:30pm Best Bakes Ever 2:00pm Talking Pictures 2:35pm Black Narcissus 4:10pm Walrus: Two Tonne Tusker 5:00pm Earth's Natural Wonders 6:00pm Mountain: Life at the Extreme 7:00pm Six Nations Rugby Union 8:00pm The 15 Billion Pound Railway 9:00pm Top Gear 10:00pm Africa with Ade Adepitan 11:00pm Eight Go Rallying: The Road to Saigon 12:00am Top Gear: Extra Gear

8:00pm Britain's Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues Historian Sam Willis travels the open roads, the high seas and urban alleyways to explore criminal underworld of Britain in the 17th and 18th centuries.

9:00pm Mark Kermode's Oscar Winners: A Secrets of Cinema Special 10:00pm Pappano's Greatest Arias 11:00pm Marguerite 1:00am Info not available 3:00am The Lost Libraries of Timbuktu 4:00am Pappano's Greatest Arias Antonio Pappano, conductor and music director of the Royal Opera House, shares his favourite arias.

6:40am Jamie's Comfort Food 6:55am King of Queens 7:20am King of Queens 7:45am The Big Bang Theory 8:10am The Big Bang Theory 8:35am Frasier 9:00am Frasier 9:25am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Simpsons 2:00pm The Simpsons 2:30pm The Simpsons 3:00pm The Simpsons 3:30pm Monster Trucks 5:35pm Rio 2 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Escape to the Chateau 9:00pm George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 10:00pm Traitors 11:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 11:55pm 24 Hours to Hell and Back 12:55am Ride Upon the Storm 2:05am Dark Night

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7:00am Sky Sports News 8:00am Total Goals 9:00am Cricket The fourth day of the second Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka in Port Elizabeth.

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George and Mildred Heartbeat Heartbeat Love Your Garden Carry on Doctor Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders Agatha Christie's Poirot Midsomer Murders The Durrells The Durrells Grantchester Six-part drama series set in 1953 and adapted from the series of novels by James Runcie.

Grantchester Wire in the Blood Drama series based on the novel by Val McDermid.

Agatha Christie's Poirot Classic Emmerdale Classic Emmerdale Classic Emmerdale Classic Emmerdale Classic Emmerdale

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Batman: The Killing Joke 9:10am Pacific Rim Uprising 11:10am The Dark Knight Rises 2:00pm Star Trek 4:10pm The Patriot 7:00pm Pacific Rim Uprising 9:00pm The Dark Knight Rises 11:45pm Die Hard 2:00am Con Air

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Evolution My Blind Brother Airplane!

Mr Bean's Holiday Meet the Fockers She's Out of My League 4:25pm Father Figures 6:25pm Mr Bean's Holiday 8:00pm Meet the Fockers 10:00pm She's Out of My League 11:50pm Father Figures 1:50am White Chicks

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The Little Vampire Woody Woodpecker Life of the Party Gloves Off Ocean's Eight The Little Vampire Children's horror fantasy.

Woody Woodpecker Life of the Party Ocean's Eight Gloves Off Serenity: Special Bad Samaritan Victor Crowley The survivors of a plane crash come up against a resurrected Victor Crowley in his swamp home.

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The Nautilus chronometer Nick Horne’s

Rich Pick

Freelance correspondent, London, England EACH year in the first quarter of the year, a crop of new timepieces, watches and clocks appear.

All represent collaborations of great talents. Individuals and teams of artists, engineers and designers across a spectrum of specialties who present the results of their work.

This year as every year, a singular and unique creation has appeared, and is named the Nautilus.

Described as a horological sculpture fusing design and astronomical timekeeping, the Nautilus is striking visually, a monumental sculpture weighing in at 105 kilos overall.

An international team came together to craft and create the Nautilus. Drawing inspiration both from the sea - the shell of the Nautilus mollusc and from the medieval mathematician Fibonacci and his description of the Fibonacci spiral. The curve of the form follows the golden ratio with the curvature of the spiral formed in crystal spirals out from the intricate clock face.

The word Nautilus is derived from the Latin form of the ancient Greek ναυτίλος (nautilos) meaning sailor. The species nautilus, a type of mollusc, has survived for literally millions of years. The Sea, Nature and pure mathematics are represented in the proportions of this timepiece.

The collaborators in this unique project comprised Winch Design, one of Britain’s most renowned superyacht design studios and creative Director and founder Andrew Winch, Thomas Mercer Chronometers established in London in 1858; a name closely associated with the marine chronometer and led by Alessandro Quintavalle, together with the world renowned Crystal Caviar of the Czech Republic led by founder Marek Landa.

Andrew Winch explained: “It has been a great privilege to collaborate with Thomas Mercer on this unique timepiece. Time remains to me the ultimate luxury, and Nautilus not only embodies this, but also reflects Winch Design’s commitment to precision, expertise and beauty, but above all our love of the ocean.”

The monumental piece is a sculpture of fine Bohemian crystal: a signature of Crystal Caviar.

A kiln cast glass sculpture created in the Czech Republic; measuring 82x61x15 centimetres and weighs 105 kilos including the steel base and chronometer movement, was crafted by the hands of impeccably skilled artisans.

During the design process, the material for the sculpture was modified and moved from carved timber to crystal. Crystal brought light and transparency to the clock, its deep and complex blue hues create an illusion of gazing through the ocean itself. Commented Marek Landa: “We are

delighted to be involved with such prestigious houses as Winch Design and Thomas Mercer.

“The shell of the Nautilus is an incredible piece of art, and it’s a privilege to lend our expertise to make this dream a reality. “ With its fantastic colours and reflections, Bohemian crystal is also the prefect material to enhance the Nautilus’ incredibly sophisticated movement, and actually transform this object THE NAUTILUS: On into an horological sculpview Via ture.

Montenapoleone The third member of the Milan this spring. triumvirate is Italian Alessanand perfect proportion, the Nautilus trandro Quintavalle, Thomas THOMAS scends the boundaries of clockmaking, Mercer’s managing director MERCER: Worldelevating itself to the class of horological who added: “It is truly an hoclass quality. sculpture.” nour to collaborate again with The Nautilus is conceived as the ultia name such as Winch Demate statement piece for superyacht, villa or sign. Following on from the incomparable Classis palace. Intended to be shown off and admired. marine chronometer, we are proud to broaden our Lose all sense of time as you gaze into the blue horizons and launch the Nautilus, a masterpiece crystal, this masterpiece will be displayed at the drawing from Winch Design’s unique expertise in flagship shop of Pisa Orologeria on Via Monteinterior design and their holistic approach comnapoleone, Milan, Italy. prising yachts, residences and aircrafts.

Nick Horne, London, England.

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The Car Chasers The Avengers Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals The Avengers Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Professionals The Sweeney The Chase River Monsters Jaws Steven Spielberg's scary chiller about a coastal community plagued by a killer shark.

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7:00am Woody Woodpecker 8:45am Gloves Off 10:35am The Little Vampire Children's horror fantasy.

12:15pm Ocean's Eight 2:15pm The Devil's Doorway 3:35pm Bad Samaritan Horror thriller about a petty crook who stumbles upon the gruesome kidnap plot of a wealthy sadist.

5:35pm Woody Woodpecker 7:10pm Gloves Off 9:00pm Ocean's Eight 11:00pm Siren 12:30am Victor Crowley The survivors of a plane crash come up against a resurrected Victor Crowley in his swamp home.

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The Car Chasers The Avengers Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals The Avengers Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Professionals The Sweeney The Chase Bad Move Bad Move Benidorm Comedy.

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Training Day Car Crash Global Lethal Weapon Riggs and Murtaugh investigate the death of a surfer.

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W I T H r e g a r d s t o L e a p y L e e ’s views on Brexit. As a Swede for 78 years I have always loved Britain and I cannot accept that the UK is leaving Europe!

A s f a r a s I k n o w, t h e U K h a s been a member with full authority to say yes or no to every decision in the EU. Now some monglers (sic) have installed a referendum with no clear alternatives but Stay or Leave.

Leave means that you do not want to be a part of Europe! And that the UK does not want to take responsibility for the future of Europe! That is not what I thought of your nation!

We have not yet seen the end of the soap opera that is going on in the UK Parliament, but it does not give me a feeling of firmness and United Strength.

Monty Pyton made some Silly Walks, but I did not expect this from you!

Tommie Tellander

Spot on I HAVE just read Leapy Lee’s article in the Euro Weekly News (Issue 1754). It was ‘spot on.’

I do hope you are correct and there is a shift in views. I think Britain will be Great again!

Sue Fewster

Barking mad!

IT’S time that they brought in a law against dogs that constantly bark.

Owners need to keep their dogs in check or fines should be put in place or have their dogs confiscated.

I believe some parts of France are bringing this law into place.

I’m sure there are lots of complaints but nothing gets done, perhaps Spain needs this law.

Julia Pecchia

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Street art

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Silly walk, silly Brexit

ALWAYS POPULAR: Crowds will be missing a treat.

Unfair rules I WOULD just like to state how angry I am about the upcoming International Feria in Fuengirola starting on April 30. The ‘British’ caseta is hosting The Beatles, Queen and The Police, but not the David Bowie Tribute... the reason?... I have been told it is because the band members aren’t Spanish.Apparently the requirement is there have to be two Spanish band members. Excuse me, Bowie is a British legend but not allowed to play as there’s only one Spanish band member. I am totally disgusted. Thank you for doing myself and a lot of followers out of five nights of entertainment!

GG

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A COSTA BLANCA town’s decision to hold a street art competition shows that graffiti once thought to blight local areas can be viewed as a legitimate creative outlet.

Torrevieja’s Urban Design Competition is due to see 20 street artists compete for hefty cash prizes with their designs sprayed across the town.

The competition follows a broader trend in Spain and across the world which has come to embrace what was once considered wanton vandalism as the art of the streets.

Graffiti and murals gained respectability thanks to Banksy and other high-profile artists. But their subject matter shows the works are more than just potential attractions for visitors.

Street art at its best can provide an insight into the concerns and views of people whose opinions are often marginalised or not heard in the wider public sphere.

Street art comes in a variety of forms, from simple statements to works such as Banksy’s that act as a commentary on wider society.

It has also been used, as the case of Torrevieja shows, to help revitalise areas where economic and social decline has bred discontent which often finds expression in graffiti.

Street art acts almost as a diary tracking the thoughts and feelings of those who create it. The fact works stand publicly for all to see, rather than being tucked away in an art gallery, makes them part of the collective human experience we all share.

Now we want to hear your views.

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Ryanair plane from UK diverted to Madrid Yet another drunk passenger on a plane causing havoc. The authorities keep wringing their hands and bleating on about safety being their Number 1 priority yet they continue to do absolutely nothing when it comes to encouraging alcohol consumption in airports, which results in irresponsible passengers necking a skinful before they fly and then finding themselves clearly unable to manage their emotions when drunk. All airport facilities should have strict limits on how much drink each person is served, or better still, ban alcohol from airports altogether. But they won’t do that because it would impact their profits, which are their real Number 1 priority.

Angus

Star sign obsessed contortionist robber didn’t see arrest coming A 55-year-old contortionist? Once he is out of prison he should get a job in a circus. Mind you, it sounds as though all he did was slip through a hole so maybe not that much contortion was involved.

Angus “Clairvoyant wins Lottery” is also a headline you never read PM

COMMENTS FROM EWN ONLINE SOUNDS LIKE HOTEL LOBBYISTS TO ME…

Richard A problem endemic along the coast, Torrox Costa has just as many parked next to the river. Mostly German registered.

John Can someone explain what the problem is ? They park there over the winter and move on in the spring. Almost no one else wants to park there at this time of year, and in any event the space is large enough for many hundreds of cars and motorhomes.

PM

WATCH: Passenger strips completely NAKED after missing his Ryanair flight in Spain What barefaced cheek!

Angus

Residents complain about number of motorhomes Tell the motor home occupants that the height barriers are going to be replaced and give them 24 hrs to move or be blocked in, then ticket everyone that does not move.

John

Spanish entrepreneur shot dead by masked gang in Venezuela Maduros colectivos strike again.

Lee

On-call emergency ambulance issued with fine on Costa Blanca We have an underground parking complex of garages, and four or five times every day a car parks in front of the entrance gate and nips off to do some shopping or have a coffee, knowing they won’t face anything more than an angry resident sounding a horn. They just shrug as though it wasn’t their fault there was nowhere to park before driving off unpunished. So to then see an ambulance trying to drop off a patient with heart problems, get a ticket because another car was blocking its access seems hard to comprehend; perhaps the result of a jobsworth with a deficiency in common sense.

Angus It really is a joke!! In Spain, you can double park anywhere, park on a pedestrian crossing, on a roundabout, at the traffic lights, at a crossroads, and yes we have seen all this. What are the police doing? They are fining people for driving a bit faster than they should, and telling them to stay one and a half metres from cyclists, even though they ride four abreast and sometimes really with no regard to any other traffic.

Renato Spain to get massive new ‘intelligent’ city, theme park and water adventure park. Great, that needs to be avoided like the plague. There are real serious concerns about the safety of 5G technology. Anything that is smart will track and monitor. Great, let’s go and get our brains fried while our every move is monitored. Might as well get chopped while we are at it. 1984 here we come.

Naimah

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*** If the earth were flat, water would cover everything in a layer two miles deep. *** ‘Snow rollers’ are rare, large snowballs formed naturally as chunks of snow are blown by wind. *** On April 4, 1986, Bangladesh was hit by the biggest hailstones ever recorded - 1 kg - killing 92 people. *** The world’s windiest place is Port Martin, Antarctica, with an average wind speed of 40 mph.

11 metres. *** The air located around a lightning bolt is heated to around 30,000°C. This is five times hotter than the surface of the sun. *** The country most affected by tornadoes is the USA which endures on average 1,200 tornadoes every year. *** The naming of hurricanes and tropical storms officially began in 1953.

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AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) When you are at home this week I would like you to consider how you view your surroundings. This is a good week to make changes and have discussions about future directions. It is assumed that those close are happy with the status quo, but this may not be the case. The things which you find irksome may also irritate them. Ask in a tactful and gentle way and you will be surprised at the outcome.

Pat yourself on the back for all of your efforts of recent weeks.

Looking back just a few months, would you have thought so much progress could be made? Because of your efforts, home life is enhanced and you are more appreciated. Give yourself a break at the weekend and do something with a loved one that you have not done together for some time. Think of the great times you had and relive them to warm your heart.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Rarely has your mind been as sharp as it is at the moment. There have been some awkward and downright bad periods in the recent past, but this week everything falls into place.

Why, you wonder, have you worried so much about things which could not be changed? With this clarity of vision, the future seems so much brighter. Use your talents and advantages to the full in this sparkling seven days and beyond.

SOLAR ECLIPSE: Can be viewed using nature’s very own trees.

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When it isn't possible to change something, often it is just as effective to rearrange it. That is the solution which comes to you this week.

Instead of being frustrated at a delay, try changing the conditions or times. This may mean that you save money or delay a payment to your advantage. We all have set ideas, whatever our age or circumstances.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) When we have long-standing friendships, these are often taken for granted and yet often we could make so much more of them. How long is it since you had a really deep conversation with your closest friends? What has changed in their attitudes and fortunes over the years? How could you help each

other to make better progress?

Working together brings so much more forward movement and satisfaction.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Consider what is the most important thing to you at the moment? Is it wealth or social position? Your work, or how it may be possible to afford that new conservatory are minor considerations compared with your greatest asset which is your health.

This week, then, is all about boosting this valuable commodity and building its future. Worry, stress, overwork should be words not in your vocabulary.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) As the saying goes, ‘no one ever said it would be easy’. In the past few months you have found this to be true. Hard work is not alien to you, but there is a point where you want to shout ‘enough’. It may be that business or home life needs some rearranging, or that someone is moving job and the routine is severely disrupted.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) As a home-loving Libran, you are torn between making changes to your surroundings and getting some cash in on the business side. Apparently, it is not possible to do both because energy levels fluctuate. I have a proposition for you. Get business out of the way during the week and plan home activities for the weekend.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) There is so much in you that is determined and looking forward to a fresh start, but something that you are trying to get rid of, or give up, may be giving you more trouble than anticipated. Some things have to be done alone, or so you think, but others have gone through this before you so they are able to give support.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Is playing the waiting game really to your advantage? Your Sagittarian character naturally leads you to be optimistic, and why not? Even so, it won't hurt to hurry someone along rather than having them go at their own pace. Bear in mind that, in letting someone get away with sloppiness, you are doing them no favours at all.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) The enthusiasm of your bright Capricorn mind is also capable of making you restless. There are mixed feelings about being at or near home this week, with thoughts of more progress being possible elsewhere. Your need to make things better for those round you may not make you money but it can bring great joy. Give of your time and talents generously.

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Cryptic Across 1 It would be remiss to name these mean persons (6) 4 Causes rush in Civil Service (6) 9 Rodents shared bedroom and freezer (7) 10 Bet earnings on first in race (5) 11 Look at Mississippi, it appears (5) 12 Nautical rope seen in endless land and yard (7) 13 Retailer, inexperienced and more corpulent, say (11) 18 One shooting fish? (7) 20 Musical passage will return in a fortnight (5) 22 Dance in a state of uncertainty (5) 23 Everyone bent round first game (7) 24 Humble fashions start trend (6) 25 Grownups seen last month in sad confusion (6) Down 1 Possibly amused a jellyfish (6) 2 Start of a game of tennis, wait (5) 3 New edition half read, is girl to finish? (7) 5 Disagreement over a new tree (5) 6 Avenger moved to impress deeply (7) 7 Good man went by bike or by foot (6) 8 Brewing beer, gin? Tell militant (11)

14 Cunning dreamer got more guns (7) 15 Old hand English duke failed to mention (7) 16 Place of refuge in a greasy lumberroom (6)

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17 Animals to knock out, unfortunately (6) 19 Phosphorus is put on many bits of land (5) 21 Follow the path (5)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 2 represents C and 4 represents D, so fill in C every time the figure 2 appears and D every time the figure 4 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 Capable of moving or bending freely (6) 4 Falls behind (4) 7 Middle Eastern country (5) 8 At or in the front (5) 10 Having a voracious appetite (6) 12 See 11 Down 14 Say further (3) 15 Produced by cross-breeding (6) 18 Dog-like African creature (5) 19 Make fit or suitable (5) 20 Female equine animal (4) 21 Medicine or treatment for a disease or injury (6)

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE

Across 1 Peine (4) 3 Pumpkin (8) 9 Plum (7) 10 Alarma (5) 11 Tal vez (5) 12 To cry (weep) (6) 14 Ochenta (6) 16 Navy (ships) (6) 19 Drawing 21 Flea (5) 24 Lila (5) 25 Más delgado (7) 26 Cakes (8) 27 Those (f) (4)

Down 1 Band or scarf worn round the waist or over the shoulder (4) 2 Game bird (9) 3 Go away from a place (5) 5 Happening without warning or in a short space of time (6) 6 Averse to work (4) 9 Do away with (9) 11/12 Solidified carbon dioxide (3,3) 13 Violent and needless disturbance (6) 15 Humorous or malicious deception (4) 16 Strong flame that burns brightly (5) 17 Remain (4)

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

Down 1 Pepino (8) 2 Misericordia (5) 4 Kind (nice) (6) 5 Down (physical movement) (5) 6 Air hostess (7) 7 Ejército (4) 8 Cemento (6) 13 Words (8) 15 Crickets (7) 17 Reparación (6) 18 Botella (6) 20 Tío (pariente) (5) 22 Pulmones (5) 23 Palmada (4)

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The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (NOBODY) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

BAMBOO BLONDE BRONZE CANDLE DREAMY DUGOUT DYEING EDGING GRUBBY INDIGO INLAND LAYMEN MUMBLE NOBODY (10) ONRUSH REGAIN TRAVEL TRIUNE VAGARY

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Stroll 2 Choice 3 Dreamt 4 Myrtle 5 Squirm 6 Corbel 7 Custom 8 Abacus 9 Joyous 10 Squint 11 Karate 12 Mutton 13 Pickle 14 Smudge 15 Proton 16 Motley 17 Jaunty 18 Surety 19 Layout.

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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 E) 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: 18 • Good: 25

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

TARGET:

• Very good: 36 • Excellent: 46

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

Average: 4 Good: 6 Very good: 9

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Excellent: 11

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION able ague bale beau bell blue gale glue hale heal hell huge leal lube luge algae bagel bugle bulge gable gleba label legal beluga ullage haulage LAUGHABLE

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QUICK Across: 1 Tarpaulin, 7 Rinse, 8 Diner, 9/15 Lie low, 10 Reggae, 14 Beggar, 18 Inept, 20 Occur, 21 Assertive.

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Down: 1 Torn, 2 Ranking, 3 Apex, 4 Lodger, 5 Nun, 6 Barber, 11 Gnocchi, 12 Oblige, 13 Cactus, 16 Boar, 17 Free, 19 Era.

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Across:

Across:

7 Hoarse, 8 Abates, 9 Maze, 10 Aconites, 11 Schemes, 13 Foray, 15 Andes, 17 Parades, 20 Vicarage, 21 Shot, 23 Severe, 24 Evenly.

1 Candado, 5 Combs, 8 Surtido, 9 Marea, 10 Steep, 11 Enojado, 12 String, 14 Upload, 17 Escoger, 19 Asnos, 22 Tinta, 23 Not even, 24 Rooms, 25 Hermoso.

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Down:

1 Goya, 2 Breeze, 3 Delayed, 4 Baron, 5 Casino, 6 Delegate, 12 Consider, 14 Tapered, 16 Erased, 18 Austen, 19 Babel, 22 Oily.

1 Cosas, 2 Nurse, 3 Avispon, 4 Oponer, 5 Campo, 6 Mercado, 7 Seafood, 12 Shelter, 13 Recinto, 15 Plaster, 16 Branch, 18 Glass, 20 Novio, 21 Santo.

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QUIZ: SAME LETTER The answers all start and finish with the same letter – A 1. A Horse with No Name in 1972 was which band’s only UK Top 10 hit single?

2. Edmonton is the capital of which prairie province in western Canada, which is bounded on the south by the US and on the west by the Rocky Mountains?

3. What is the name of the fortified Moorish palace, which was built between 1248 and 1354 near Granada in Spain?

4. What name is given to an extreme or irrational fear of open or public places?

5. What name is given to the part of mathematics in which letters and other general symbols are used to represent numbers and quantities in formulae and equations?

6. What word can mean both ‘a type of heavy heat-retaining stove or range used for cooking and heating’ and ‘the title for a civil or military leader, especially in Turkey’?

7. Which ‘magic word’ was a 1982 UK number two hit single for the Steve Miller Band?

8. Which city is the capital of Ethiopia?

9. Which houseplant completes the title of a song made famous by (Dame) Gracie Fields: It’s the Biggest ********** in the World?

10. Which Russian-born dancer is best remembered for highly acclaimed solo dance The Dying Swan, which was created for her by Michel Fokine in 1905?

Not a lot of people know that… thought to have been first used in 1954, ‘affluenza’ is a psychological malaise supposedly affecting young wealthy people, symptoms of which include a lack of motivation, feelings of guilt, and a sense of isolation.

Answers: 1. AMERICA, 2. ALBERTA, 3.

ALHAMBRA, 4. AGORAPHOBIA, 5. ALGEBRA, 6. AGA, 7.

ABRACADABRA, 8. ADDIS ABABA, 9. ASPIDISTRA, 10.

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*Michael McIntyre, Comedian; February 21, *Francesca Simon, Children’s author; 42 February 23, 63 The English stand-up comedian won the Best Live Children’s novelist Simon penned the popular Stand-up Award at the 2009 British Comedy Horrid Henry book series. Her Horrid Henry titles include Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Awards. In 2010, he released his autobiography, Life and Laughing: My Story. Other credits include Drew Barrymore. Fairy and Horrid Henry’s Stinkbomb. She won an award-winning television show, Michael The Children’s Book of the Year Award in 2008 McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow. for Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman. *Drew Barrymore, Movie actress; February 22, 43 *Floyd Mayweather, Boxer; February 24, 41 The champion boxer has won 15 world titles and became Barrymore gained fame for her roles in ET, Mad Love and Charlie’s Angels. She won a Screen Actors Guild Award in known for his brash personality. He improved his career 2010 for her portrayal of Little Edie in Grey Gardens, and record to 48 wins and no losses after defeating Manny starred in Scream, Never Been Kissed, and Blended. In Pacquiao in what was deemed the ‘Fight of the Century’ in May 2015. He retired in 2017 with a record of 50-0.

2017, she began starring in Netflix’s Santa Clarita Diet.

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.

*John Doe, Punk singer; February 25, 65 Doe co-founded the Los Angeles based punk band X and has also worked as an actor, most notably in the role of Jeff Parker on the sci-fi series Roswell. *Michael Bolton, Rock singer; February 26, 65 The Grammy Award-winning recording artist specialises in love ballads like When a Man Loves a Woman and How Am I Supposed to Live Without You. Before fame, he was in the band Blackjack, and toured with Ozzy Osbourne. *Kate Mara, Movie actress; February 26, 35 Mara played Zoe Barnes on the Netflix series House of Cards. She has also played prominent roles in the films Fantastic Four, Brokeback Mountain, Shooter, The Open Road, Transcendence, and The Martian.

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Solution WING SING SINK SICK SACK BACK or WING RING RANG

IN the first novel in Marlon James’s Dark Star trilogy, myth, fantasy, and history come together to explore what happens when a mercenary is hired to find a missing child.

Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter. He ‘has a nose,’ people say. Engaged to track down a mysterious boy who disappeared three years earlier, Tracker breaks his own rule of always working alone when he finds himself part of a group that comes together to search for the boy.

The band is a hodgepodge, full of unusual characters with secrets of their own, including a shape-shifting man-animal known as Leopard.

As Tracker follows the boy’s scent from one ancient city to another; into dense forests and across deep rivers, he and the band are set upon by creatures intent on destroying them. As he struggles to survive, Tracker starts to wonder: Who, really, is this boy? Why do so many people want to keep Tracker from finding him?

This week in history

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837 - Famous comet The 15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet, the only naked-eye comet that might appear twice in a human lifetime, only visible every 7576 years.

1233 - Jin war The Mongols capture Kaifeng, the capital of the Jin dynasty, after besieging it for months.

1455 - Gutenberg Inventor Johannes Gutenberg prints his first Bible.

1616 - Earth notion Galileo Galilei is formally banned by the Roman Catholic Church from teaching or defending the view the earth orbits the sun.

1739 - Dick Turpin At York Castle, the outlaw Dick Turpin is identified by his former schoolteacher. Turpin had been using the name Richard Palmer.

1797 - Invasion A force of 1,400 French soldiers invades Britain at Fishguard in support of the Society of United Irishmen. They are defeated by 500 British reservists.

1819 - Old province Spanish minister Do Luis de Onis and US Secretary of State John Quincy Adams sign the Florida Purchase Treaty, in which Spain agrees to cede the remainder of its old province of Florida to the United States.

1997 - Sheep tale Scottish scientist Ian Wilmut and colleagues announce an adult sheep has been successfully cloned. Dolly was the first mammal to have been cloned from an adult cell.

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COLETTE is based on the true story of a feminist icon.

When country girl Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (Keira Knightly) marries a charismatic egomaniac named Willy (Dominic West), he unlocks the door to the tantalizing artistic world of the Paris literacy scene.

With her creative appetite sparked, Willy has Colette write novels under his name, which make him famous and elevates them both to the high life.

But the lack of recognition begins to gnaw at Colette and their marriage starts to internally combust, fuelled by Willy's infidelities and her growing interest in women.

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by Sally Underwood WE have all heard many times that the key to good health is moderation, regular exercise, and a good varied diet.

But while this advice will certainly help us take care of ourselves, it can sometimes make getting healthy feel like a full-time pursuit.

Luckily, there is a whole multitude of things we can do to look after ourselves which use up less time than it takes for the kettle to boil.

These simple tips each take less than a minute, but could help you to feel better in the short-term, as well as promoting better quality of life in the long-term as well.

One very quick but crucial health tip is to always remember to apply sunscreen to the tops of ears. While we should all be wearing an SPF every day - particularly living in Spain - most people forget to protect this vulnerable area.

This is a common place for skin cancer to develop, making it espe-

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cially important to take the extra few seconds to do this.

N e x t , w e c a n a l l i m p ro v e o u r overall health by flossing daily. A report from 2011 found that older adults who never flossed, had a 30 per cent higher risk of dying than those who did so daily.

F l o s s i n g c a n h e l p p re v e n t g u m disease; a common but major health issue which is linked to other serious illnesses, including heart disease, strokes, and diabetes.

Another simple habit to get into is to stretch fully, and regularly.

Animal-lovers will be used to the sight of their cats and dogs doing t h i s o f t e n , a n d f o r g o o d re a s o n ; s t re t c h i n g re l e a s e s t e n s i o n , i m p ro v e s c i rc u l a t i o n , a n d i m p ro v e s f l e x i b i l i t y, m a k i n g y o u m o re re silient to injury.

Simple hygiene tips which take seconds can also save lives.

These common practices are more important now - during flu season than ever, and mean we should be

washing our hands more regularly a n d f o r l o n g e r. I t i s a l s o v i t a l t o maintain hygiene levels at home, which means washing bedding and towels more regularly than normal, and replacing kitchen sponges frequently.

If you hate the idea of waste, or are trying to cut down on your plastics use, why not try microwaving your sponges in a bowl of warm s o a p y w a t e r ? T h i s h a c k e n s u re s clean, hygienic sponges without the need to replace them.

And finally, don’t forget to regularly take a moment to check your body for any lumps or changes.

Simple, at-home breast or testicular examination saves lives and is always worth making time for.

FAST TRACK: Stretching can offer a quick way to improve health.

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At Derma Clinic Spain we have the best experience with the American brand Silhouette. Silhouette threads will lift the skin and stimulate collagen production. The threads contain a number of tiny ‘cones’ which are adept at grabbing tissue. This allows the threads to gather more skin, producing a more noticeable lift to the cheeks and jowls. Silhouette threads are designed to create fairly long-lasting results and patients can expect to enjoy the impact of their lifting for one to three years.

At Derma Clinic Spain we have a great offer of 50 per cent discount for the Silhouette thread lift at just €499.

Make your appointment for a free consultation with the doctor.

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WORKING in close collaboration with the brain, the eyes allow us to perceive the environment around us in ways which are not comparable to other organs. And each one of us perceives the environment in a very different and personal way to another.

Personal preferences, experience and memory play a key role in what we perceive. It seems that we receive about 80 per cent of our perceptions through our eyes.

Furthermore, it is often said that the eyes are the mirror of the soul, and with good reason; they also reflect our feelings, if we are sad, stressed, tired, etc. This can even influence the quality of our vision.

Therefore, it is extremely important to protect and take good care of our eyes. In other words, we should regularly get them checked out by a specialist. At Optica Audifonos Signes, we always help you look after your eyes and strive to find the best products for them. We are the exclusive stockists of Zeiss lenses in the Calpe area.

As the world’s leading manufacturer of precision optics, Zeiss combines technical expertise and innovative ideas turning them into exceptional visual experiences. Prepare to be astounded by solutions which are much more than just lenses! All their lenses have ultraviolet filters to fully protect

Kate Broadhead Health and Lifestyle coach MANY people believe that eating well, eating clean and eating to lose weight comes at a price. It’s cheaper to buy processed foods and ready meals for convenience. Not true!

Eating well and maintaining or losing weight can be affordable if you do it right. It is not essential to spend a fortune on organic quinoa and exotic meat, fruit and vegetables from specialist retailers.

Certainly in Spain we have access to a wealth of incredible fruit and vegetables, which are even cheaper if we use the fruterias rather than the larger more expensive supermarket chains. Use the butchers for meat. Try to buy in bulk and freeze in portions.

A good healthy diet is a simple one.

Processed foods should never be in the equation. Use natural sweeteners such as honey and dates. Switch baking with wheat flour for almond or coconut flour.

Use healthy fats like extra virgin olive oil and coconut oil for cooking. One jar of coconut oil lasts forever!

The beauty of carb cycling is that the way you eat, focusses on the most simple of everyday staples. Focus on cooking in batches. Make meals which can last for

the eyes and are digitally manufactured.

Optica Audifonos Signes also employs the most highly trained professionals. The manager of the Calpe store, Isabel Signes, is a doctor from the University of Valencia as well as an associate professor there as well.

We also deal in hearing aids for our customers and have products which use the new Marvel technology. The Marvel hearing aids are without batteries making them more comfortable to wear and longer lasting.

Love at first sound. With Marvel, we’ve pushed the boundaries of hearing technology to create a solution which delivers excellent sound quality, is easy to use and provides a true sense of well-being.

From the first fit and every day thereafter, Marvel delivers a ‘love at first sound’ listening experience.

Featuring the latest technology in one marvellous hearing aid, it connects directly to smartphones, TVs and a variety of everyday electronics.

If you are interested in any of our Zeiss lenses or Marvel hearing aids, why not pop into our store in Calpe for a visit. Or if you just require an eye test, a hearing check-up or a test for glaucoma, simply give us a call and book an appointment.

Optica Audifonos Signes is offering a free eye or hearing test for customers who bring in this article.

On e EVERY so often, a skincare ingredient which has gone largely unnoticed for years will gain attention and become the hot new thing.

This is doubly-true for squalane - a fatty molecule found naturally in our skin cells and replicated using olive extracts - which is emerging as one of the musthave ingredients of the year.

This liquid seals in moisture in the skin, preventing it from drying out, as well as providing antioxidant protection, which shields us from the harmful effects of pollution and other free-radicals.

Even better, because squalene has a molecular make-up similar to that found in our skin cells, it is readily-absorbed, meaning no greasy finish and is suitable for most skin types.

For a touch of luxury, why not try the exquisitelycoloured Lapis Facial Oil

Eat well for less

KEEP IT SIMPLE: Don’t break the bank to lose weight. three days. Be creative with herbs and spices.

A fantastic documentary called ‘The Magic Pill’ is widely available to see on YouTube. It discusses the way we eat in the most simplest of forms and helps to understand the food groups. Watch it.

If you are interested in learning more

about how to carb cycle for your personal weight loss, email Kate at ccforbegin ners@hotmail.com.

Visit Kate’s successful Facebook group on www.facebook.com/groups/car bcy clingforbeginners.

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everyone’s lips from Herbivore (€22.91 for 8ml from www.revolvecloth ing.es), created using natural ingredients and never tested on animals.

This soothing and hydrating product gets its deepb l u e h u e f r o m B l u e Ta n s y oil, which promises to reduce redness.

Combined with squalane, Jojoba, Jasmine Sambac, and Kukui nut oil, this product can be used morning or night, as well as before make-up.

The brand’s Orchid Facial Oil also contains squalane, as well as orchid extract and camellia seed oil, and promises to infuse skin with, ‘dewy hydration and g l o w. ’ I t i s a v a i l a b l e a t €21.15 from www.revolve clothing.es.

Alternatively, check out B y b i ’s 1 % B a k u c h i o l + Olive Squalane (£12/€13.69 for 15ml, from www.bybi.com).

This 100 per cent natural and vegan product combines bakuchiol - a plantbased alternative to retinol - with squalane to create an oil which claims to hydrate and firm skin when used at night.

Or for a low-cost introduction to the trend, try T h e O r d i n a r y ’s 1 0 0 % Plant-Derived Squalane (€6.45 for 30ml from www.lookfantastic.es).

The product, which is cruelty-free as well as vegan, and formulated without alcohol or silicones, can even be used to add shine to hair, according to its makers.

Finally, if you take looking after the skin on your body as seriously as your facial skincare then one brand, Esker, has created a body oil taking advantage of the nourishing, anti-ageing effects of Squalane.

Av a i l a b l e a t € 8 9 f o r 2 5 0 m l f r o m w w w. n e t a porter.com, this oil was created to moisturise the skin a l l o v e r t h e b o d y, u s i n g a blend of pure antioxidantrich carrot seed (which nourishes and reduces the appearance of ageing),

squalane, evening primrose, and jojoba.

This vegan product is also free from parabens and sulphates, as well as being suitable for all skin types.

HOT INGREDIENT: Squalane is gaining popularity in products like Herbivore’s Lapis Facial Oil (inset).

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Pricey hits Impossibly glamorous the Sol

TANNED and toned beauties and hunks have not yet landed on Mallorca for this season’s offering of Love Island, but the show is already hitting the headlines, and not in a good way.

British comedian Russell Howard has hit out at the ITV2 dating programme, accusing the show of ‘promoting superficial values’ and encouraging young people to ‘obsess’ over their appearance.

Speaking during a recording of his TV series ‘The Russell Howard Hour’ he DANI DYER: Won last year’s Love Island with Jack Fincham.

said that the show is nothing but a ‘world of impossible glamour’ and is basically ‘I got boobies, I got muscles. Is Brexit a cabbage?’

Filming of the fifth series will start in the next couple of months as hopeful contestants set up home in the famous luxury villa in Sant Llorenc des Cardassar. Last year was won by Dani Dyer and Jack Fincham, who have since gone on to live out their relationship on TV and social media.

Spain’s belleza Elsa STUNNING Spanish actress Elsa Pataky has gushed about her idyllic life in Australia with actor husband Chris Hemsworth and their children; while admitting there is no place like home.

The Fast and Furious and Thor stars are raising their children in another country to give them a ‘quieter life,’ but said ‘there is nothing as meaningful as keeping in touch with her Spanish roots’ which Elsa said is a top priority in the family household.

Talking to Hola magazine, Elsa said she does this by ‘surrounding them with Spaniards’ adding that she is ‘going to try to visit Spain every summer, so they know it and experience its culture… and never lose their roots.’

ROOTS: Elsa keeps Spain alive in her family’s Australian home.

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KATIE PRICE has treated the family to a Spanish break, to film emotional scenes with her terminally-ill mum Amy, 67, for her reality show ‘My Crazy Life. ‘ They are reportedly staying at a luxury villa in Malaga as a way of ‘capturing precious moments.’

A source told The Sun Online that ‘Katie MOVING TRIP: The former wants to make the most of the time her glamour model with mum mum has left, so it’s a sort of ‘bucket list’ Amy. trip.’

While the former glamour model was busy with the cameras, boyfriend Kris Boyson and step-father Paul were making the most of the Malaga villa and pool.

The personal fitness trainer, 29, headed straight to the bar after arriving on the Costa del Sol, indulging in an afternoon of boozing with Paul.

Back at the villa’s private pool, he stripped off to dive in, showing off his ripped physique, and sharing a video of himself with the caption ‘too many beers,’ claimRIPPED: Kris Boyson enjoys ing the water was freezing cold. showing off his physique.

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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 makes a mess in the kitchen with meringue!

Messing around with Eton!

Steven Saunders FMCGB The Little Geranium La Cala de Mijas & Marbella www.thelittlegeranium.com ETON MESS is a traditional English dessert dating back to the late eighteen hundreds originating from Eton College.

It was served at the Eton schools’ annual cricket matches and became famous when the English people discovered that they loved it and then related it to all things that anEnglish summer should be - whipped cream, fresh strawberries and good tennis or cricket!

Now chefs love evolving recipes, Heston Blumenthal said that he couldn’t and wouldn’t change Eton Mess and concluded that although it looks messy that is where the tradition lies.

I like Heston and his work but I saw this as a challenge and so I went home and started messing about with meringues. I tried many different ways

of serving them with cream and summer fruits to make them more attractive.

Then I remembered my days at The Savoy in London where I had spent my training and I used to pipe Duchess Potatoes by the tray load for parties in the Lancaster suite.

On one occasion I had piped over a thousand for an event hosted by Frank Sinatra and on another occasion a similar amount for the Queen Mother’s birthday party and it came to mind when I was holding the piping bag filled with the meringue mix!

So I piped a tray of duchess-looking meringue nests standing tall and cooked them really slowly at 100c for about two hours.

When I felt them they were hard on the outside as they should be, but they weren’t cooked on the inside and so I scooped the inside out and discarded it thinking, back to the drawing board!

Then it came to me, fill the gap (the scooped out meringue) with the fruit and cream and you will have a perfect looking meringue all neat and tidy, quite beautiful and then serve it at the table so

FAVOURITE: Steven and Michele love Eton Mess.

the guest admires your work and then smash it in front of them and there you have Eton Mess!

You can evolve it even more by making a huge meringue duchess nest for say four or more people and then add liquid nitrogen. When smashed in front of the guest it will add theatre, creating the wow factor, chilling the fruit and adding vapor.

Now serve it as mushed up meringue with fruit and cream like the boys do at Eton and guess what… no wow factor!

Heston is evolving and improving it but not really changing our lovely Eton Mess.

As always when I have spent hours in my kitchen playing, all the good results end up on the Geranium menu and although it’s a little early for summer fruits the Spanish raspberries I am getting are delicious and so I have been using them and the result has been great.

My restaurant guests are loving the dessert so much that El Torreon restaurant (on the playa in La Cala) where I am also involved, wants it on the menu too!

Eton Mess H AV E a p l a y w i t h t h i s r e c i p e this weekend and impress your partner with your cooking and presentation skills. It’s easy to make, pretty fool proof and damn tasty!

Ingredients for meringue (recipe below for four but makes at least eight nests) 160g of egg white 160g of caster sugar 160g of icing sugar Method for meringues Preheat the oven to 100°C or lowest gas mark setting Whisk the egg whites until very stiff then gradually add the caster sugar. Beat until incorporated, then finally add the icing sugar and whisk until combined. Place in a piping bag and pipe large domes onto a baking

tray lined with parchment paper Place the meringues in the oven for approx two hours, or until the outer shell is firm.

Whilst still warm, scoop out all of the soft meringue inside and discard so you are left with just the shells For the raspberry sauce 2 punnets raspberries Approx 50ml of sugar stock syrup (100g sugar/50g water in saucepan until sugar dissolves) Method for sauce Blend a punnet of raspberries into a purée with the sugar syrup and pass through a fine sieve to remove the seeds For the filling 1 punnetof raspberries 250ml of fresh thick cream, lightly whipped

1 tablespoon of the raspberry sauce (above) To a s s e m b l e t h e E t o n Messes, slice the raspberries in half then gently fold into the cream. Fill the meringue shells with the raspberry cream and then place them on a bed of raspberry sauce and serve N o t e : Yo u c a n f r e e z e some raspberries and then lightly crush them and sprinkle over the meringues.

PERFECTLY FORMED: Just ready to smash!

You can email Steven any questions on steven@thelittlegeranium.com Winner of Best Contemporary International Restaurant 2018 - Costa Del Sol • www.thelittlegeranium.com

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Comic trip YOUNG people of both Finestrat and La Nucia will be able to take a trip to a Barcelona comic event in April, thanks to collaboration between their town councils.

The trip isn’t only open to residents however, although there is a cheaper price if you are registered on the municipal padrón, and includes travel to the event, entry, and accommodation in a shared room in a hostel, complete with breakfast.

For the reassurance of the parents, it also includes travel insurance.

The town halls say that they have arranged the trip in response to requests from the young people in the respective towns, and the collaboration makes it easier to ensure that the price can be competitive, whilst also providing the opportunity to meet new friends.

Finestrat’s councillor, Amelia Mayor, presented the plan with her La Nucia coun-

terpart, M ª Jesús Jumilla, e x plaining that, “if you like the world of comics, we would like to invite you to take this opportunity to visit the Saló Internacional.”

In the April event in Barcelona there will be 180 exhibitors sharing a staggering 50,000 square metres of exhibition space, with 32 international guests, as well as countless attendees dressing up as their favourite characters, allowing ‘Cosplayers’ to show off their costume making skills.

COSPLAY: Dress up or You can of course go not, the choice is yours. it alone, but if you want more information on the organised trip contact the Finestrat or La Nucia Town youth department at either Hall, before March 15.

Ready to play THERE’S going to be a shootout in Villajoyosa in March, b u t lu ck ily it w ill b e in the form of a virtua l ba ttle , as the town’s youth council has organised a games console event.

The event is aimed at young people aged 12 to 35, and will not only feature console games, but also real ‘toys’ such as Scalextric.

T h e ev en t is s et t o ta ke pla c e on M a rc h 30, s o you’ve got plenty of time to practise ‘flossing,’ and who knows, you could walk away victorious with the title of Champion Gamer.

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Advertising Feature DAVID’S FISH AND CHIPS is a family-run restaurant and takeaway business which serves fresh, homecooked meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Established in Moraira, the cosy air-conditioned restaurant, with two outside terraces, has been run by Kim and her wonderful team for 11 years.

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HOME-MADE: David’s Fish and Chips is the home of home-cooked food.

For those who like to eat early, they can opt for the Early-Bird Special, which is served every evening between 4pm and 6pm. For just €7, you can enjoy a yummy meal of cod, chips, mushy peas, bread and butter and a small drink.

If your eye catches one of the

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Poetic women wanted WOMEN of La Nucia are invite d to ta ke pa rt in a writing competition which comes from the heart, where your poe ms c a n be published if they’re not utter tosh, because the winning e ntrie s c a n w in loa ds of dosh!

O ka y, s o ma ybe our a ttempts are not up to the require d s ta nda rd, but if you’re interested in writing, and you’re a female, then you are invited to take part in the ninth Poetry Competition for Women of La Nucia, which is now open to entrants.

Time is short though, as

you only have until March 1 to submit your original and unpublished work, but with €150 up for gra bs for first prize, it’s well worth a try.

U nlike our a tte mpt though, your poems must be submitted in Spanish or Valencian, but the good news, is that it’s open to women of any age, so long as you reside in Spain.

The te c hnic a l re quire ments are that your poem must be unpublished, have a maximum length of 35 verses, be written with double spacing on the single side of A4 paper, and you can get

more information by emailing igualdad@lanucia.es.

The winners will be announced on Mar ch 5 at

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It was 120 years ago this month that a motorcycle accident in Exeter, Devon (England) would claim the life of George Morgan, the first ever recorded motorcycle fatality.

Vehicle information sheets

By Mark Nolan SPANISH documentation may be a daunting prospect to many of us to consider, but when it comes to motoring, the Director General of Traffic (DGT), is trying to make things easier by providing information in a variety of languages, including English.

The only slight problem is that you have to have a little bit of an understanding of Spanish in order to find it.

The DGT provide a wealth of information about driving on their website, dgt.es. If you go to their front page, look down the page, under the scrolling banner, until you see the word, ‘Tramites.’

The website is constantly evolving, but currently, the second option in the list is named ‘Hojas informativas de Tramites.’ Click on that sentence.

Once the page has loaded, you will see a list of languages, and at the bottom, the word ‘Ingles.’ Click on this word (or any of the other languages if

you prefer French or German for example).

Having clicked on your choice of language, for which we are going to assume is English, you are now presented with another list, in Spanish, which is again, constantly growing.

There are some key phrases to look out for, the most important forms you might need, but feel free to look around, click them and save them all if you wish; they are all free, and they all have guidance notes so you know what to fill in, and the process for each procedure. The most important forms you are likely to need, we think, are: Cambio titularidad vehiculo: Change of vehicle ownership.

Baja temporal. Alta del vehiculo en baja temporal: Temporary deregistration of a vehicle.

Baja definitiva por traslado de vehiculo a otro pais: Definitive deregistration of the vehicle due to transfer to another country.

Informe del vehiculo: Vehicle re-

port (important for checking the history of a vehicle before buying it).

Duplicados y renovaciones del permiso de circulacion: Duplicates or renewals.

Baja definitiva: Definitive deregistration.

There are other information sheets and as you look around the website you might find other information in English too, including a very informative section explaining how to oppose a traffic fine if you genuinely weren’t the driver at the time, but we can deal with that another time; for now it’s for you to get downloading and learning.

FORMS: Download as much information as you need.

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ROAD TEST

by Nick Fletcher SUZUKI’S revised Vitara comes with new engines, styling upgrades, added levels of equipment and safety features, and with a starting price of just €19,424 (£16,999) it stakes a strong claim to be the best value SUV in the class.

A new front-end design gives the Vitara a more eyecatching upmarket look, and an upgraded interior underlines its credentials as a significant contender in a sector bursting with compelling rivals.

The Vitara comes in three trim levels and manual and automatic gearboxes are available, along with four-wheeldrive on some models. There is a 1.0-litre three-cylinder Boosterjet engine and a 1.4-litre fourcylinder turbocharged unit both petrol - and my test model had the 1.0-litre unit which offers 110hp and six-speed auto gearbox.

The 0-100kph time is 12.5 seconds, top speed 179kph (111mph), average fuel figure 17.5kpl (49.5mpg) and emissions are 129g/km.

Suzuki Vitara SZT CONTENDER: A strong claim to be the best value SUV in its class.

This version is priced at €23,253 (£20,349).

On the move, the Vitara feels agile, with precise steering feedback, and the auto gearbox has a wide ratio to help give quick response from low speeds.

It also has four driving modes including Sport and

STATS PANEL Model: Suzuki Vitara SZT Engine: 1.0-litre turbo-petrol Transmission: 6-speed automatic Performance: 0-100kph 12.5 seconds, top speed 179kph (111mph) Economy: 17.5kpl (49.5mpg) Emissions: 129g/km

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

Snow, and a limited-slip differential provides more grip on mud, sand or ice.

Revised suspension delivers a nice blend of firmness for cornering stability with supple ride comfort.

The cabin has good head and legroom and the 375-litre boot is more than adequate for normal needs.

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The dashboard is a clean, simple user-friendly design with large twin dials in front of the driver, and a central touchscreen for main functions, plus switches on the steering wheel.

Trim materials have been improved, and look smarter and more durable.

Vitara equipment levels are very good, with Bluetooth and climate control on even the entry version.

My mid-range SZT model has plenty of features including sat-nav, digital radio, smartphone connectivity, alloy wheels, roof rails, chrome detailing, auto headlights and rear parking camera. Safety kit includes seven airbags and LED daytime running lights.

My lingering memory of the Vitara is what good value it is.

While some mainstream rivals may have a little extra equipment and perhaps more badge image, they usually cost considerably more, and these days, perhaps more than ever, genuine value for money is what potential buyers are seeking.

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The show of shows ONE of Spain’s most prestigious annual motor shows, Automobile Barcelona, has received special recognition from the organisers of the Car of the Year award ceremony.

M a rking the c e nte na ry c e le bra tions of the B a rc e lona s how, c urre nt president Enrique Lacalle c olle c te d the a w a rd from the organisers of the ceremony in M a drid. La c a lle thanked the ceremony and said in its centennial edition ‘Automobile Barcelona will offer everyone the chance to take a walk through history, discover the latest developments in a key industry for Spain, and be surprised by technological innovations which will transform the mobility of our lives in the not-too-distant future.’

A utomobile B a rc e lona will take place between Saturday May 11 - Sunday M a y 19 a t the Fira de Barcelona in Montjuïc, celebrating the event for the

CLASSIC STYLE, The first show in 1919.

40t h t i m e, havi ng showcased the industry’s novelties for the last 100 years.

The first show under the name was held in September 1919 at the Palacio de Bellas Artes. A total of 58 exhibitors attended, highl i ght i ng Spani sh br ands Hispano-Suiza, a SwizzSpanish collaboration which also manufactured aircraft engines for the First World War, and Elizalde, a company also involved in aircraft engine production, later absor bed i nt o t he Dai m l er-

Benz AG group.

Al t hough t he or i gi nal idea was to make the event annual, something which took decades to achieve, the second edition didn’t take pl ace unt i l 1922 when 33,410 visitors attended the event, including King Alfonso XIII, also a motoring enthusiast.

It was declared an official event by the King a year later, when 413 exhi bi t or s showcased their products to an ever-increasing 50,000 visitors.

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Premier Review

LA LIGA leaders moved seven points clear at the top after a narrow 1-0 win over Real Vallidad at the weekend, while Real Madrid lost 2-1 to Girona to fall to third behind Atletico Madrid.

Just last week Lionel Messi was described as ‘not 100 per cent’ after a thigh problem, and though he looked in better shape on Saturday, he was certainly not back to his spectacular self.

Several passes went astray and a few shots by the normally accurate forward were high or wide of goal.

All the same, the Argentine scored Barcelona’s only goal, driving home a first-half penalty, before missing a second. Barca will be hoping Messi’s mojo returns before Champion League action on Tuesday against Olympique Lyonnais.

Recent weeks of promise and a spectacular 3-1 win over Atletico Madrid two weeks ago were forgotten as Los Blancos suffered a disastrous defeat by Girona on Sunday, leaving them nine points from the top.

Coach Santiago Solari rotated

Match dates LA LIGA may scrap Friday and Monday night matches as part of negotiations with the Spanish FA, according to national paper, Diario Sport.

The two organisations have long-standing disagreements over a number of administrational issues, with league chief Javier Tebas eager to spread matches out across the weekend for TV purposes.

But in the past, these two time slots have proven hugely unpopular with Spanish football fans and supporters of Rayo Vallecano and Alaves are among those who have staged protests.

The move would take effect from next season onwards. as part of an agreement between the two organisations focused on how top-level Spanish football should be structured.

CREDIT: @SergioRamos

Barca extend lead after narrow win

WIN: Real Madrid victorious with goals from Casemiro, Ramos and Bale. his side for the visit of Girona, who are struggling near the bottom of the table, and Brazilian defender Marcelo returned to the starting line-up.

The left-back has been overtaken by Madrid youth product Sergio Reguilon this season, and was continually challenged by Girona winger Portu, who hit the crossbar and escaped Marcelo’s clutches to net the winning goal.

And while Atletico Madrid took three points, they only just scraped past Rayo Vallenco,

19th, with a late Antoine Griezmann goal.

Elsewhere, Valencia had to settle for a 0-0 draw against Espanyol.

In the second division, several teams picked up three points apiece after RCD Mallorca secured a 3-0 defeat over Lugo, Almeria beat Reus 1-0 and Malaga celebrated a 1-0 win over Rayo Majadahonda.

This weekend RCS Mallorca will face Tenerife, Almeria will host Cordoba, Malaga take on Deportivo and Elcho visit Lugo.

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FERRARI’S Formula 1 team began its pre-season efforts on Monday following shake ups among members including the replacement of director Maurizio Arrivabene with Mattia Binotto at the start of this year.

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Davis Cup revamp another stage of the journey to the November Finals.

“Now that the teams know their opponents the anticipation can really build to what will be a spectacular event in November,” Haggerty said.

Changes to the tournament come after the Kosmos company signed a 25-year deal to run it. The firm is backed by investors including Barcelona FC footballer Lionel Messi.

Haggerty said the new format was a complete game changer for the sport.

“Our vision is to create a major season-ending finale that will be a festival of tennis and entertainment, featuring the world’s greatest players representing their nations to decide the Davis Cup champions,” the

ALL CHANGE: The Davis Cup Finals return with a new format this year.

IFT president said.

The new format is set to see the Davis Cup Finals played using a ‘round robin’ format followed by quarter final knockouts.

The IFT said each tie would consist of two singles and one doubles over the best of three

sets. The 16 World Cup nations would automatically qualify for the Finals, with two more nations also selected to play.

Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal said players should give the new format a chance.

“I loved the previous Davis Cup but it no longer suited the

times. With the old format, the best players in the world did not usually compete, which is bad,” he said.

Lleton Hewitt, captain of the Australian team, said he thought the changes were “ridiculous.”

“I think it really hurts the Davis Cup. In terms of structure

and format in going into the Finals I don’t agree at all with it,” Hewitt said.

The Davis Cup began in 1900, with the most recent changes before those introduced this year being made in 1981 when the World Group was created.

Recovery continues SPANISH badminton champion Carolina Marin has returned to her training regime after injuring her knee in January.

Marin shared videos and pictures on social media showing her practising shots while walking on crutches.

It comes after she ruptured the cruciate ligament in her knee during the final of the Indonesian Masters Tournament on Sunday January 27 and underwent surgery on January 29.

She was back training six days later.

Marin, 25, from Huelva Province, said her goal to win the gold at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020 kept her motivated and keen to get back on the court.

CREDIT: Carolina Marin, via Twitter

FIXTURES have been drawn for the finals of November’s Davis Cup in Madrid, with tennis players and pundits weighing in on its new format.

Spain, Croatia and Russia have all been selected to play in Group B of the revamped tournament. It is due to take place at Madrid’s La Caja Majica from Monday November 18 to Sunday November 24.

Group A features France, Serbia and Japan, Group C Argentina, Germany and Chile, Group D Belgium, Australia and Colombia, Group E Britain, Kazakhstan and the Netherlands and Group F the US, Italy and Canada.

David Haggerty, president of the International Tennis Federation (IFT), said the draw marked

MOVING FORWARD: Marin has returned to training “What makes me train is the desire to do what I enjoy doing.

Otherwise it would be impossible,” Marin said.

“It’s a new challenge, we do different things and what motivates us is to travel on new paths to achieve the same goal,” the athlete added.

Marin’s routine has so far seen her arrive for training at 8.30am on crutches before leaving between 6pm and 7pm.

The 25-year-old said she burst into tears when her coach Fernando Rivas told her she

had broken the ligament in her knee.

“I broke down because I knew that this meant being away from competitions for several months. I am very competitive and being outside of things does not get you anywhere.

“As soon as I left hospital I told myself that I had to be patient. That is not one of my strong points either, but you have to develop. Look, there is another positive from this,” she said.