Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 28 February - 6 March 2019 Issue 1756

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NEWS EXTRA Lucky for some IT was a lucky weekend for somebody in Javea, as National Lottery ticket number 12,541 won first prize, with three localities across Valencia sharing the winnings, including the capital itself, Carlet and Javea.

Art Benissa RESIDENTS of Benissa w e re g i v e n a n u n u s u a l treat this week, as they were given explanations and samples of Ecuadorian art through a socio-productive co-operative run through the town hall.

Cycle safe CYCLING between Benidorm and La Nucia is soon to become a little b e t t e r, a s a n i m p ro v e ment programme is being implemented on the cycle paths linking the two towns.

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Helicopters used in urban planning battle

By Mark Nolan OFFICERS from the environmental protection group of the Guardia Civil, SEPRONA, have used helicopters to carry out inspections for possible urban and regional planning irregularities.

In total, 22 people were arrested, facing administrative sanctions from as little as €300 to half a million in one case, following the inspections carried out over recent months across the province, including in locations such as Hondon de los Frailes, Confrides, Benifato, Villajoyosa, Pilar de la Horadada, Callosa d’en Sarria, Orihuela, San Vicente del Raspeig, Petrer and the city of Alicante.

The first stages of the investigations were carried out by helicopters belonging to the corps, when 31 properties were identified as requiring further investigation. Stage two saw officers monitoring the activities

CREDIT: Guardia Civil and Interior Ministry.

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AERIAL VIEW: Helicopters were used in the first stages. at the target premises, and the final stage was to conduct a thorough inspection on the ground, before presenting files to the courts for infractions against the environment, including laws protecting land classified as protected under the Natura 2000 network, namely Sites of Community Importance (SCI) and Special

Protection areas for Birds (SPAB).

The courts will analyse each case on individual merit, with fines the least painful outcome, as those more serious infractions will find the properties demolished and the land having to be returned to its original state, at the expense of the property owner.

TWO men, said to be of foreign nationality, were arrested following a stabbing incident in the so-called ‘English area’ of Benidorm.

The two men began arguing and fighting between themselves on Avenida Mallorca, but as staff from local venues tried to calm the situation, one of them took out a knife wounding one of the workers.

According to the police reports, several people tried to intervene and one of them managed to remove the knife from the assailant, meanwhile the second fighter then also pulled out a knife and tried to attack those who had tried to stop the brawl.

The first attacker fled the scene, attacking a seemingly uninvolved person on Calle Gerona; that person also suffering knife wounds.

Finally, another group of workers managed to intercept him and both groups kept hold of the pair, in different locations, until the arrival of the police.

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THE BIG PICTURE Nº 55

THE regional Secretary of Tourism, Francesc Colomer, has taken a different approach in promot i n g B e n i d o r m as a tourist destination, not by highlighting the benefits to families, but by showcasing the values of the town as a convention base, able t o su p p o r t c orp o rate groups of any size.

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Moving forward

M U N I C I PA L b r i g a d e s i n l’Alfàs del Pi have spent the last two months removing and destroying nests of processionary caterpillars in the area. Despite warnings that killing the creatures will significantly reduce the number of butterflies, the second biggest pollinator after bees, these warnings have seemingly gone unheard.

Trip to Manga DENIA Town Hall is arranging an organised trip for the younger enthusiasts in the town to take a trip to Alicante in April in order to visit one of the most popular comic b o o k e v e n t s i n t h e c o u n t r y, the Saló del Manga, which is centred around the Japanese art form.

Fresher water LAST week, the municipal workers in La Nucia set about completing the annual cleaning of the portable drinking water tanks situated around the town.

All six of the major water tanks were cleaned, at a cost of €25,000, set into the supplier’s budget.

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THE crime rate in La Nucia in 2018 stood at 33.27 per cent, which is 11 points below the provincial average of 44.30 per cent. La Nucia is considered one of the safest municipalities, figures that will improve in 2019 with the new system of surveillance cameras and traffic control.

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ALICANTE will soon have a new tram line, Line 5, which will run from Plaza del Mar to San Juan Beach, and operate between June and September.

President Ximo Puig said that the i n v e st m e n t , a ro u n d , €600,000 in total, is all about, “moving forward.”

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REGIONAL CENTRE: Sevilla City is the capital of Andalucia.

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Focal point SEVILLA CITY is home to some of the most impressive landmarks in Spain and it will be the focal point of festivities to mark Andalucia ’s reg io n al holida y toda y (Thursday).

Sevilla City is the capital of Andalucia. It is home to the Catedral de Santa Maria de la Sede (Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See in English, pictured) as well as the region’s Junta and parliament.

The Mosque-turned Cathedral lies at the heart of a city which has not

only been central to Andalucian history, but also to that of Spain itself.

The area was first settled by the Phoenicians. It was later conquered by the Romans, Visigoths and then the Moors who left their mark on the city with the Giralda, now the Cathedral’s bell tower.

King Ferdinand III of Castilla captured the city in 1247. A golden age followed, fuelled by lucrative tra de links w ith the A me ric a s which made it one of the most important cities in Spain.

A potted history THE National Police has dismantled a major marihuana drugs farm in Denia, valued at around €200,000 on the illicit market.

Almost 500 plants were being cultivated in the hydroponic crop, weighing in at around 40 kilos, all being nurtured through an internal network of lamps which were connected to an illegal electricity supply, thus adding to the charge sheet.

Two men were detained in the raid, both Spanish nationals aged 36 and 60,

accused of crimes against public health and electricity fraud.

The complex operation used 40 high-powered halogen lamps, two large fans, five filters used to disguise the smell, 15 smaller fans, three extractors and numerous other items including a sophisticated irrigation system.

The investigation began last year when investigators were made aware of the premises, their patience paying off and resulting in the arrests of the two men.

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A devastating plague in 1649 and the loss of American trade to other cities began centuries of decline before the arrival of the IberoAmerican Expo in 1929. The Plaza de España, now one of the city’s best-known landmarks, was built for the Expo.

Sevilla City was named the Andalucian capital on June 30, 1982, a little more than a year after Andalucia was granted its Statute of Autonomy which is celebrated today.

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FOLLOWING the tragic death of toddler Julen when he fell down a well in the municipality of Totalan, the Villajoyosa Town Hall has been taking action to ensure such a tragedy couldn’t happen again.

Engineers from the council have been going around the area and have sealed up two wells which they believe posed a danger.

The wells, specifically located at rio Amadorio and Partida Ran Callosa, both of which were unused, have been sealed by the techni-

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cians following an appeal through the town hall’s plenary sessions by the councillor for Technical Services, Pascal Amigo.

Furthermore, the town hall has extended an appeal asking, “all residents of La Vila to collaborate to send us, both in Technical Services and the Local Police, any information about possible open wells in the municipality in order to act and avoid possible risks, such as injuries or entrapments,” Amigo said.

The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1755 of the Euro Weekly News Costa Blanca North edition, including 168 local stories.

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28 February - 6 March 2019 THANKS to the prompt intervention of a Local Police officer in Finestrat, the life of a toddler was saved.

The police were alerted to the emergency whilst they were carrying out a routine checkpoint in the historic centre of the town.

The panicking mother pleaded for help, and so officers immediately attended and discovered the one-yearold baby unconscious, unresponsive and showing signs of asphyxiation.

The officers called the 112 emergency co-ordination centre who put them in direct contact with an emergency doctor who then guided them through the emergency revival process, ultimately resulting in the Heimlich manoeuvre being performed by officer Miguel Selles.

The police officer continued to care for the baby, who was now reviving, until a paramedic unit arrived to take him, conscious, to Villajoyosa Hospital, where he was kept in as a precaution, but reported to be in good condition.

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LIFE SAVER: Officer Selles congratulated by the mayor of Finestrat, Juan Francisco Perez. gratulated officer Selles, saying: “This type of action falls within the professionalism and vocation of public service of our Local Police.

“This does not detract from

his intervention, because it is essential to remain calm, be quick and follow with rigor the indications of doctors, as our officer did until the SAMU arrived, thus avoiding

a greater evil.

“Therefore, my congratulations go to Miguel and by extension to the entire body of the Local Police of Finestrat.”

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FREE RIDE: Just plug and go!

Free electricity: For cars!

IT is two months since the first electric charging point went live in La Nucia, with three charging stations now available to plug into.

There’s even more good news though, as for their first year of being operational, they will be free of charge to use. That means you have just 10 months to get your free electricity top-ups. The idea of offering free charging is to encourage residents to switch from combustible fuel models to electric or hybrids.

The campaign was financially supported by a grant from the Regional Institute of Business Competitiveness, the IVACE in Valencia, who paid around two-thirds of the €35,000 bill for their installation.

Electrified dog fine THE courts in Valencia have condemned the town hall of Pobla de Farnals, a small municipality to the north of Valencia, to pay compensation to the owner of a dog who was electrocuted by a faulty street light.

The town hall must pay the owner the sum of €7,585 in compensation, when the dog was killed after touching the lamppost which was in a bad state of repair.

A spokesperson said they would not appeal the ruling, and have in fact already paid the compensation following the tragic event, stating they are ‘really, very sorry,’ for what happened.

Heavy rain had resulted in a puddle around the post, and as the electrical system was so deteriorated, it made contact with the water which in turn electrocuted the dog.

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NEWS EXTRA Snow bother AROUND 49 young people from Denia took to the slopes on Sunday in an event organised by the town hall giving them a supervised insight into winter sports such as skiing, snowboarding and even the chance to ride a sleigh.

Rent plea BENIDORM Town Hall continues to defend its decision to stand by the closure of the restaurant on Pirate Island, explaining how the premises was costing the tax payer €150,000 per year in rent.

Sail shades EIGHT multicoloured ‘sail shades’ have been installed in play parks around the municipality, in order to give better protection against the sun to those playing in the facilities.

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New police chief for Valencia THE Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, has appointed Jorge Zurita Bayona as the new Chief of the National Police for the Valencia region.

Zurita Bayona obtained his first assignment in 1979 as an inspector, and carried out duties of responsibility in different police areas in the Barcelona police station, scientific police, training, as well as operative and advisory tasks to the operational deputy general director and the general director of the police.

In the year 2000 he rose to the category of commissar and held different management positions in the police station of Cartagena (Murcia), in the Training and Improvement Division and in the police headquarters of Western Andalucia.

Between 2007 and 2017 he developed a professional ac-

CREDIT: Guardia Civil / Interior Ministry

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YOU CAN RUN: But you can’t hide from these routine checkpoints.

Drugs stash find TAKING CHARGE: The new police chief with an extensive background. tivity in the Secretary of State for Security, where among other functions, he directed and managed the Comprehensive Monitoring System in cases of gender violence. In April 2017, he was appointed Chief of Police of Castilla y Leon, a position he held until today.

The new head of the police

for Valencia is a Doctor in Psychology and Higher Diploma in Criminology and has extensive training in police, management and planning courses. He has participated as a teacher in different universities and has carried out training activities, lectures and conferences related to violence against women.

OFFICERS from the Guardia Civil have arrested the driver of a vehicle who was found to be carrying a large quantity of hashish.

The man was stopped at a routine checkpoint, one of a series developed to control some of the most popular inroads to Spain, in the Sagunto area.

The officers found that the vehicle had a false bottom and inside they discovered 70kg of hashish.

With little satisfactory reason for the location of the drugs, the officers proceeded to arrest the 48-year-old man, of Moroccan nationality, on suspicion of drug trafficking.

The officers seized the drugs, along with €540 in cash, three mobile phones, and the vehicle.

The man was presented to the courts in Sagunto to be dealt with.

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Carnival of colours THIS year, the carnival celebrations at l’Alfas del Pi are set to be the most colourful and glamorous ever, after the success of a make-up workshop organised through the town hall.

Every place offered on the workshop by the youth department was taken up by a local looking to expand their artistic flair, and be able to splash the festivities with more colour than anyone may have yet experienced.

The event was fully supported by the council for youth, who held the workshops in the centre normally reserved for the more senior citizens of the town, so this year keep a sharp eye out, as both the young, and young at heart are likely to dazzle.

ON TOP OF HIS WORLD: Vicente Climent (inset) has seen 3,500 shows at Benidorm Palace.

By Mark Nolan HAVING first opened its doors in 1977, the world-famous Benidorm Palace is set to welcome its 16 millionth customer.

Offering a unique experience in the area, it was in July 1977, that the first spectacle was performed on the stage of the variety club, where patrons are treated to a night out like no other, a fantastic and flamboyant show, with a meal accompaniment, meaning everything you could want for a funpacked evening is served up to you, by a dedicated team who want to make sure your evening is as special as their’s.

Despite the fact the venue has a capacity for 1,600 people, there is always plenty of room at the tables to

Sixteen million visits enjoy your meal and view the show, but it is that capacity which has allowed the management to calculate their success, and how they are on the brink of welcom-

Hamming it up IF you noticed more ham than usual being served in the restaurants of Alfas del Pi this week, it might have been because the local merchants association organised a training course and competition to choose the best company and individual in the meat fineslicing sector The course, organised by the Asociacion de Comerciantes y Empresarios de l’Alfas del Pi (COEMPA), was aimed at all those who wanted to learn or improve the technique of cutting ham, as it is a skilled practice which requires patience and skill to perfect.

COEMPA represents more than 130 businesses in the municipality and was formed in 2008 with the aim of improving a consistency of service throughout all sectors.

ing guest number 16 million. According to Vicente Climent, the owner: “I’ve done the maths, and 42 years of continuous operation with a capacity of 1,600

spectators tells me we are very close to 16 million tourists received at this time.”

He added: “About 3,500 shows have premiered in the room, featuring such delights as Brazilian ballet, renowned national and international artists, and has even hosted several Spanish song festivals, galas and the election of Miss Spain, not forgetting the appearance in the ITV comedy TV show Benidorm, or the appearance of Rudolf Nureyef.”

Renovated in 2005, the hall now specialises in all kinds of musical shows, dances of all persuasions, acrobatics, magic and humour, and is set to make the summer of 2019 a very special one for all, but especially if you are that lucky 16 millionth visitor.

Finestrat festival FINESTRAT Town Hall has declared Sunday, March 3, as the ‘Finestrat Sport Festival’ day, which will bring all kinds of sporting disciplines together at the La Foia centre.

The aim is to not only offer the chance to showcase the sort of facilities on offer in the municipality, but also provide a fun day when families can get together and enjoy healthy activities as one.

All clubs and individuals are invited, in the hope that the town hall can

FINESTRAT: Offering sports for all. show the provincial council how the community needs support for more sports equipment and facilities, making the municipality accessible to all.

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Hope springs in Alfas IN preparation for the spring rains, the town hall at of l’Alfàs del Pi have unanimously approved the implementation of a flood prevention, replacing the system which has been in place since 2012.

The plan takes into account areas at a higher risk of flooding, and will include preventative measures, such as ensuring

water escape routes are cleared, and plans to deal effectively with emergencies on any level.

It is a regional requirement that municipalities subject to the risk of flooding have such a plan in place, and so this final draft with be sent to the Valencia government for approval.

Will Benidorm feel the BREXIT bust?

By Mark Nolan HOTELIERS in Benidorm can only conclude it is Brexit uncertainty that is responsible for a significant drop already in the number of summer holidays booked for the 2019 season.

Despite the fact the Brits have had no trouble travelling to countries outside of Europe before, the hoteliers can see no other reason for the decline, which have seen summer bookings made in January fall by 15 per cent, with 9,000 fewer bookings compared to last year, according to Hosbec.

In a statement, they say, ‘If until now tourism and Benidorm and the Costa Blanca in particular escaped the Brexit crisis... the rejection of the agreement with

BENIDORM: Or bust? the European Union has taken its toll on the tourist bookings in general, and uncertainty has settled in for the summer season of 2019.’

The ‘most worrisome’ part, according to the statement, ‘is the reduction in bookings made in January,’ one of the strongest months of the year, with about 46,000 packages sold compared to 54,000 in January 2018, representing a reduction of about 15 per cent.

There are others who see this as nothing more than a temporary imbalance, and with the FITUR tourism event still resulting in a positive opinion towards Spain as a holiday destination, despite any Brexit concerns, and Alicante-Elche airport expecting a 5 per cent increase in supply, optimists hope bookings will now start to come in from now and over Easter, another traditional time for summer holiday bookings.

ALL AGREED: The February meeting.

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€100,000 in fake notes OFFICERS from the Guardia Civil have arrested two men in Novelda, as suspects of the crimes of counterfeiting currency, drug trafficking and belonging to a criminal group.

During a raid on the property belonging to the men, the officers seized €100,000 in counterfeit notes, €2,150 in legal tender, and 30 grammes of cocaine, as well as various types of narcotics.

The officers were involved in a routine checkpoint in the area and came across the vehicle which raised their suspicions. The two men, identified as Spanish nationals aged 43 and 46, were searched at the scene, and taken for further investigation to the Guardia Civil barracks in Novelda.

As well as other officers being involved in the search, a dog was also drafted in, finding

€100,000 in cash hidden in the vehicle, in €500 notes, which was later identified as counterfeit.

On account of the findings, the officers requested a search of the homes of the two detainees, located in the town of Pinoso, Alicante, where they also seized 30 grammes of cocaine in rock, marihuana, hashish, and substances for cutting cocaine, as well as tools for weighing and packaging of the drug, and several state-of-the-art mobile terminals and another vehicle.

The two detainees, who are charged with the crimes of belonging to a criminal group, forgery of currency and another against public health (drug trafficking), have already been made available to the judicial authority who remanded them into prison.

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Vehicle sales gangs investigated OFFICERS from the Guardia Civil in Castellon are investigating three people for fraud, in a case involving the sale of vehicles in Benicassim.

The gang are suspected of purchasing a number of vehicles valued at around €10,500, but only paying €1,000 before selling them on to a third person for €10,000.

The officers became aware of the scam when one of the victims reported having responded to a flyer left on the windscreen of their car, offering €10,500 for the sale of the vehicle, but that they only received the €1,000 deposit.

The Guardia Civil investigated and found three people engaged in the purchase and sale of second-hand vehicles, falsifying documents, of both the vehicle and legal owner, in order to commit the criminal acts.

CREDIT: Guardia Civil and Interior Ministry.

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INVESTIGATED: Three people are under investigation for vehicle sales fraud.

Once the original process was identified, the investigators then found that the vehicles were subsequently passed on to another person in the town of Alcora, for the

value of €10,000.

All of the people identified in the scam had previous convictions for similar offences and were brought before the courts.

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Kitchen explosion AN explosion in the kitchen of a fourth-floor apartment in a block in Alicante forced the evacuation of the building, but luckily there were no injuries in the subsequent blaze.

Green shoots MORE than a hundred volunteers from all over the province participated in the reforestation day held at Font del Moli de Finestrat, as featured last week, coinciding with similar activities across Spain.

Good feeding THE Rotary Club at Javea has celebrated 114 years of helping the community by donating food parcels of rice and milk to the Cruz Roja.

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NEWS EXTRA Wind power increases A TOTAL of 23,484 megawatts of power was generated by wind turbines in Spain in 2018, an increase of 392mw or almost 1.7 per cent on 2017 levels according to the Spanish Wind Energy Association (AEE).

Flu cases THE amount of flu cases in Spain stood at 158.1 per 100,000 inhabitants from February 11 to 17, according to the Carlos III Health Institute which showed a decline in infections which peaked in January.

Fruit threat SHARP swings in temperatures in Huelva Province are damaging strawberry crops there, the Phytosanitary Alert and Information Network of Andalucia (RAIF) said, adding large amounts of fruit had been thrown away as a result.

Brit Benidorm holiday death THE son of an 81-year-old British woman claimed a holiday company failed to give proper support to her after she fell from a wheelchair in Benidorm and died days later.

Craig Deegan, son of Christine O’Hagan, told B ritis h med ia h is mo the r broke her hip and fractured her skull after falling from her wheelchair in January.

She fell the day before she was due to return to Britain and died at around 6.30am on February 1.

Deegan said staff on the TUI customer helpline were unable to help his m o t h e r a n d t h e f a m i l y, telling them there was no one available to speak Spanish.

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Not-so-funny money TWO unconnected prosecutions for trying to pass counterfeit notes reach the Castellon High Court this week.

The first case involves a man who in 2017 paid for drinks in a bar in the capital, Castellon de la Plana, with a forged €20 note. He tried to repeat the operation with another false €20 note the following night, but was detained and now faces a seven-year prison sentence.

The following day sees the trial of three men who in 2015 answered a Castellon small ad, offering a €250 iPhone which they paid for with five counterfeit €50 notes.

Each now faces a sentence of two-and-a-half years if found guilty.

Pollution-free cars by 2040

CLAIMS: Mrs O’Hagan was pronounced dead at around 6.30am on February 1. said: “Our thoughts are with the friends and family of Ms O’Hagan at this v e r y s a d t i m e . We a r e i n

direct contact with her family to address their concerns and offer our support.”

SPAIN’S Ecology and Energy Minister has drawn up plans to make all new cars emissionfree by 2040 to help make the country carbon neutral by the middle of this century.

Teresa Ribera’s plans come as EU countries were required to send their proposals for combating climate change to Brussels last week.

The minister said there was no reason to delay a debate about how to cut pollution in

Spain. “I am convinced that this would be approved regardless of who is in government, and that it would have broad support from all Spaniards and political groups,” Ribera said.

The measures were announced less than two weeks before the Cortes dissolves ahead of a snap general election on Sunday April 28.

They are unlikely to be approved before voters go to the polls.

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Vatican backs Franco move THE Vatican has written to the Spanish government confirming that it will not oppose their plans to move the body of Spain’s former dictator Francisco Franco from a Catholic mausoleum.

A spokesperson for the Holy See said its Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin wrote to Spanish deputy prime minister Carmen Calvo to repeat the church’s position on the exhumation.

The ruling left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) made the exhumation of Franco from the Valley of the Fallen one of its flagship policies after tak-

VATICAN BACKING: Franco (inset) is buried in the Valley of the Fallen. ing power in June.

It comes as the government formally approved the move at a cabinet meeting last month.

Franco’s family are set to choose the new burial site of the former dictator, with their proposal to inter his remains in Madrid’s Almundena Cathedral ruled out by the government.

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New ocean group SPAIN has created its first Oceanographic Observation Committee (CEOO) which is set to co-ordinate the country’s monitoring of surrounding seas.

CEOO is made up of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), the country’s Port Authority, the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) and eight regional entities.

The University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, one of the institutions involved, said: “There has not been an organisation in Spain to co-ordinate ocean observation across the whole field.”

Gaming measures A NEW law has been passed in the western Spanish region of Extremadura which regulates for the first time, the distance between gambling venues and schools.

The new regulations mean no bookmaker or casino can be opened less than 300 metres from a school or college and a minimum of 250 metres from another gambling outlet. But political parties Podemos and PP have argued the decree law is ‘too late,’ as it will not be ‘retroactive’ and therefore will not affect the 114 betting shops and casinos which already exist in 38 Extremadura localities.

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Something fishy going on SPAIN’S Guardia Civil have dismantled a huge contraband operation centring on prized bluefin tuna.

Seventy-nine people accused of making an annual profit of €25 million in black money have now been arrested in 12 provinces.

According to the online publication, El Confidencial, the Guardia Civil found that the criminal network introduced an annual 1,250 tons of tuna into Spain, plus another 2,500 tons on forged documentation. These figures are a conservative estimate, revealed officers from

TORCHED: The blaze broke out in Cantabria (file photo).

Wildfire arrest GUARDIA CIVIL officers in Cantabria have arrested the head of a Civil Protection volunteer group in connection with a wildfire which torched more than 150 hectares of forest and scrubland.

Cesar Garcia, the mayor of Ramales de la Victoria where the fire took place, said the 26year-old would be suspended following his arrest.

A court has since charged and bailed the suspect who denied

any wrongdoing.

The fires began on the night of February 17 to 18 in the Sierra de la Alcomba. They burned for five days and members of the Military Emergency Unit were sent to help put them out.

Guardia Civil’s Central Environmental Operations Unit (UCOMA).

Tuna caught by boats from Spain, France, Malta, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Libya amongst others who exceeded their quotas, were provided with forged documents proving that it was fattened in Maltese fish farms.

Malta’s director general of Fisheries, Andreina Fenech Farrugia was sacked earlier this month following an earlier El Confidencial investigation which revealed she was taking money from the tuna smuggling network.

Exorcised woman dies A STUDENT who was subjected to exorcisms as a teenager was found unconscious at her university residence and later died in hospital after consuming unidentified tablets.

Health sources told Spanish press the 22-year-old from Burgos, who was studying in Salamanca, passed away hours after being discovered unresponsive. They revealed that the ‘first signs’ suggest the young woman’s death on Monday was the result of a deadly intake of tablets.

It has now been reported by Diario de Burgos that the Archdiocese of Burgos confirmed the deceased was exorcised a number of times in Valladolid between 2013 and 2014, at the request of her parents, following an alleged suicide attempt. It has not been confirmed whether or not the young woman intended to take her own life.

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FACEBOOK is the most used social network in Spain, excluding WhatsApp, with 24 million profiles.

This places the platform ahead of Instagram with 15 million accounts and Twitter with

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4.9 million. The first two both gained an extra two million users last year, while Twitter remained about the same. The data reveals that 25 million Spaniards have a presence in some form of social network.

POLLUTION CALL: Heat deaths could spike due to pollution.

Heat death warning AROUND 12,000 people could die every year from excessive heat by 2050, up from about 1,400 currently, unless action is taken on climate change according to a health expert.

Julio Diaz, of the Carlos III Health Institute, said the death toll could rack up around €50 billion in social and economic costs.

He was speaking at a meeting organised by the Health and Ecology Ministries on the impact of pollution where he urged officials to act on climate change.

“We must act to help protect those at risk, such as pregnant women, with preventative plans,” Diaz said.

Maria Luisa Carcedo, Spain’s Health Minister, said the issue of pollution was a “priority” for health officials.

“If we do not address this issue and do not consider pollution detrimental to health, the situation will get worse,” Carcedo said.

Air pollution also leads to increases in deaths from heart and lung diseases, more babies being born underweight and premature, Carcedo added.

It comes as the most recent data from the European Environment Agency showed there were around 38,600 premature deaths caused by air pollution in Spain in 2015.

Young scientists SPANISH government ministers approved the creation of the country’s first academy for young scientists on Friday.

Plans for the Young Academy of Spain include giving representation to scientists under 40.

The academy is set to give young researchers a means to publish their work.

Recent data showed more than 12,000 Spanish scientists have left the country to work abroad since 2010.

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S PA N I S H ro b o t s a re s e t t o branch out into food and drink when the country’s first ever restaurant run entirely by machines opens in Madrid this year.

T h e o p e n i n g o f t h e ro b o t re s t a u r a n t f o l l o w s s i m i l a r moves in Japan, China and the

Robot restaurant US. Robots are currently used in more than 500 restaurants across the world, according to

Food by Robots and Reimagine Food founder Marius Robles.

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by Joe Gerrard A GROUP of 176 Syrian refugees have arrived in Spain from Jordan, the first arrivals from that country under a European resettlement programme according to an NGO. Refugee NGO ACCEM said it would take in 14 of the arrivals, nine of whom are children. Their resettlement follows the arrival of 173 refugees from Turkey in January under the Refugee Resettlement Programme which was first agreed in 2015.

ACCEM said the resettlements were taking place due to Jordan and Turkey not being able to guarantee the refugees’ asylum.

“Resettlement is a safe haven for refugees. ACCEM continues

have a ‘decisive’ influence on the restaurant industry in the coming years.

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The use of robots would become more widespread as the technology gets cheaper but the creative side of cooking is hard to automate, Robles added.

He was speaking at the Hospitality Innovation Planet Horeca Professional Expo.

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WELCOMED: The refugees were previously in Jordan.

to defend the provision of safe routes so that refugees can find a safe place to protect themselves from war, violence and persecution from those who have been forced to flee,” the NGO said.

There are 89 refugees per every 1,000 people living in Jordan, the second highest proportion in the world according to the latest data from the UN. More than 660,000 out of more than 750,000 of refugees in Jordan are Syrian.

An estimated 5.6 million people have fled Syria since the start of the country’s civil war in 2011.

Separately, the Spanish Commission for Refugee Aid (CEAR) said only 320 of the 4,860 2018 applications for asylum from people in Central America had been resolved.

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EU blocks far-right event THE head of the European Parliament has blocked an event organised by extreme-right and neo-fascist groups in Brussels.

Antonio Tajani pulled Monday’s event, called The Future of the True Patriotic Forces in Spain for Unity and Freedom, on the previous Thursday. The extremeright Democracia Nacional party and the neo-fascist Falange organised the event.

Tajani said he made the decision to ensure security and order were maintained and to protect the ‘dignity’ of the European Parliament. Democracia Nacional said: “Despite the veto of the European Parliament president of our freedom of expression, pushed by a separatist tatrum, our party will still hold the event in Brussels.

The decision was taken after Spanish MEPs from the leftist Izquierda Unida (IU) and proCatalan independence parties

PULLED: The groups were due to meet at the EU Parliament. wrote to Tajani calling for him to stop it from taking place.

MEPs also noted Spain’s Supreme Court jailed Pedro Chaparro, Democracia Nacional’s president, for his part in an attack on the Catalan Blan-

querna Cultural Centre in Madrid in 2013.

It comes after Tajani blocked an event where former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont was due to appear citing security concerns.

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Five things you may not realise about UK inheritance tax As inheritance tax revenue continues to soar for the UK Treasury year-by-year, it seems more families are getting caught in the net. For expatriates, it can be especially difficult to know where you stand with UK inheritance tax. With rates at 40%, it pays to understand your position and what you can do to minimise exposure for your heirs.

1. You could still be UKdomiciled Even after many years of living abroad, you could still be considered UK-domiciled, bringing you into the firing line for inheritance tax. This could be the case, for example, if you still hold UK assets or show intentions to return one day.

While it is possible to adopt a domicile of choice in Spain by severing all ties with the UK, domicile law is extremely complex and you need to keep up-to-date with changing rules.

For the best outcome here, seek specialist, personalised guidance.

By Brett Hanson, Partner, Blevins Franks 2. It affects UK assets and potentially your worldwide estate For UK domiciles, UK inheritance tax applies to your worldwide estate.

Even if you are not UKdomiciled, any British assets attract UK inheritance tax, now including UK residential property owned through a corporate structure (‘enveloped’).

3. A new relief was recently introduced…

Previously the only available inheritance tax relief was a

£325,000 nil-rate band (£650,000 for couples). But since April 2017, the ‘residential nil-rate band’ or ‘family home allowance’ has provided extra relief when passing on a main home to direct descendants.

Starting at £100,000, the tax-free threshold rises each year until it reaches £175,000 in 2020/21. It will then track inflation. As with the standard allowance, you can transfer any unused balance to your spouse/civil partner, making a total potential threshold for a couple of £1 million by 2020/21.

4. …but it has limitations To be eligible for the allowance, the property must be recognised as your main home you must have lived in it at some point. It is only available on one property that is passed directly to children or grandchildren. Homes owned indirectly through certain trusts, for example, may not qualify.

Working for equality SPAIN’S Secretary of State for Sports has said her country is seeking to promote equality among athletes in Latin American while at a summit in Uruguay.

Maria Jose Rienda said her and officials from Latin American countries had discussed getting more women into sports at the summit. The push would take place under the Ibero-American sports Committee, Rienda added.

The Secretary of State said she hoped the committee would be able to promote the values of equality in sport.

Rienda, who is also head of the High Council of Sports, said equality in sports would lead them to becoming more reflective of society as a whole.

Gang plan SPAIN’S Interior Ministry has released n e w g u i d e l i n e s f o r t a c k l i n g o rg a n i s e d c r i m e w h i c h i n c l u d e t a rg e t i n g t h e e c o nomic and financial structure of gangs.

Ministry officials said their National Strategy against Organised and Serious Crime for 2019 to 2023 updated previous guidelines drawn up in 2011.

Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said the new guidelines allowed police to adapt to changes in gangs’ strate-

gies and organisation.

“Organised crime has one of the largest negative impacts on modern society due to its transnational character, its flexibility and ability to adapt to obtain illicit earnings,” the minister said.

The guidelines are designed to help police hinder the activities of gangs and curb the creation of new ones. They also provide a new framework for international co-operation.

Estates worth over £2 million have a lower threshold, and those valued over £2.25 million (in the 2018/19 tax year) are not eligible at all. Note that your entire estate is counted here, not just property.

5. Your home could tip you over the threshold Residential property accounts for more than a third of a typical estate liable for inheritance tax. As house prices have risen, so has the number of estates that fall outside the tax-free thresholds - and the amount payable. If, for example, combined assets exceed the £2.4 million value threshold for the property relief in 2020/21, the £175,000 allowance could be replaced by a £70,000 inheritance tax bill.

Additionally, the standard relief - frozen at £325,000 since 2009 - has not kept pace with inflation in the way that the value of property or other assets has.

However, there are ways to mitigate UK inheritance tax.

Expatriates can use Spanishcompliant investment structures or trust arrangements, for example, or acquire a domicile of choice overseas. An adviser with specialist, cross-border expertise can help you establish your domicile status and how UK inheritance tax interacts with Spanish gift and succession tax.

With good estate planning, you can structure your wealth to take advantage of all reliefs available and ensure your legacy ends up in the right hands without leaving your heirs an unnecessarily large tax bill.

Tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; individuals should seek personalised advice.

Keep up to date on the financial issues that may affect you on the Blevins Franks news page at www.blevinsfranks.com.

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Court challenge A BRITISH expatriate pro-Remain group’s head said she is ‘very disappointed’ after Britain’s High Court refused an appeal over Leave groups breaking electoral spending rules during the 2016 referendum campaign.

Sue Wilson, head of Bremain, said hearings at the Court of Appeal had shown there was a need to review the 2016 referendum result.

Wilson is the lead claimant of the UK in EU Challenge, a legal appeal launched with backing from expatriates in Spain, France and Italy.

“We still believe another referendum is likely and hopefully this will be conducted in a fair, legal and honest manner under increased scrutiny,” Wilson said. The Court of Appeal’s Lord Justice Hickinbottom and Lord Justice Haddon-Cave ruled in favour of an earlier decision not to permit an appeal.

The court heard from Jessica Simor QC, acting on behalf of the claimants, that it was unreasonable for Prime Minister Theresa May to proceed with Article 50. It comes after an Electoral Commission referred Leave campaigns to police after finding they spent more than the legal limit during the 2016 campaign.

Month to go

By Joe Gerrard EU officials said recent meetings with Britain’s prime minister have been constructive, while concern over a no-deal Brexit continued to plague Westminster politicians ahead of Withdrawal Day a month tomorrow (Friday).

A spokesperson for European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said ‘good progress’ was made in talks with Theresa May in Egypt. They met on the sidelines of an EU League of Arab States summit in Sharm El Sheik which ended on Monday.

Separately, Spain’s Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said officials in Brussels were drawing up a Brexit Accord to convince British MPs to back the Withdrawal Agreement.

The document is a legal text which offers assurances on the Northern Irish backstop, a sticking point for many British politicians. But it did not mean the EU would renegotiate the Brexit deal itself, Borrell said.

It comes as the resignations of

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BREXIT EXTRA Medicine planning BRITAIN’S government has set up a hub in Belgium to stockpile medical supplies to ensure no shortages in the NHS if Britain leaves the EU without a deal on March 29.

Flight waits

CLOCK TICKING: May and Juncker have met for talks.

Conservative MPs Anna Soubry, Heidi Allen and Sarah Wollaston and their defection to the new Independent Group rocked May’s party last week.

All left in protest over the government’s handling of Britain’s departure from the EU, and have pledged to back parliamentary efforts to rule out a no-deal.

A further three Conservatives, Margot James, Richard Harrington and Claire Perry, have also threatened

to quit the party unless a no-deal is ruled out. They and others have called for Brexit to be delayed if MPs reject May’s deal.

Opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said his party would now back a second referendum if the deal is voted down. It came as Parliament debated Britain’s exit strategy going forward yesterday (Wednesday).

May has said she will once again put her deal to Parliament on Tuesday March 12.

HOLIDAYMAKERS travelling from Britain to Spain could be made to wait five hours or more at airports in a no-deal Brexit scenario, according to a study from consumer group Which? adding Alicante would likely see the longest delays.

Study funds SPAIN’S Secretary General of Universities Jose Manuel Pingarron has called for calm after other EU countries told Erasmus students to consider studying in countries other than Britain due to uncertainty over funding in a no-deal scenario.

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Health centre fire BLAZE: Staff and patients were evacuated.

FIREFIGHTERS and police evacuated more than 100 people from a health centre following an electrical fire.

The blaze started in a false

ceiling near a computer room of the centre in the Los Angeles neighbourhood of Alicante City. Staff and patients were evacuated, with no one injured.

Emergency services were alerted when those at the centre began to smell burning. Electricians have been called in to investigate the cause of the fire.

Man’s fatal fall A MAN died when he fell while climbing from window to window at an apartment block on the Costa del Sol after forgetting his keys - according to a witness.

Emergency services were alerted to the 45year-old man’s fall by a neighbour in Mijas,

Malaga, on Friday morning.

Health workers could only confirm his death.

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Problems with the co-owner of a property in Spain Carlos Baos We can help you.

DEAR lawyer, I inherited a property from my father in Spain. Now, I own half of a house in Javea (Costa Blanca) which is shared with his second wife. Unfortunately, my relationship with the wife of my late father and co-owner of the property is so bad that she does not allow me access to the property and she refuses to sell it. She tells me there is no legal opportunity open to me to resolve this situation until such time as she passes away, and that I cannot force her to sell it. Is there anything that I can do to resolve this situation? Thank you for your answer.

Dear Reader, Thank you very much for your enquiry. Quite properly, we cannot give you specific legal advice without studying your case in depth.

In general terms however, we can say that when there is a condominium (joint control) or coownership of a property, any of the owners are able to apply and request for the division of the property held in common or in a condominium.

In your case that will apply, unless your late father’s wife has a right which allows her to have exclusive use of the property, or that the settlement allows her to avoid the division or termination of the joint ownership.

This is reflected in Article 400 of the Spanish Civil Code, which states: ‘No co-owner should be obliged to remain in the community. Each of them should at any time be able to request that the property in common should be divided.’

In your case, if the property that you have in the community is not divisible, which is often the situation, (since the town planning regulations usually do not allow the division of real estate, except in some cases), then any of the co-owners who are in the condominium may request the sale of the property and the distribution of the proceeds obtained, as set out in Article 404 of the Spanish Civil Code, which says: ‘When the property

is essentially indivisible, and the co-owners are not able to agree that it be kept by one after compensating the others, it will be sold and the proceeds shared.’

As we always indicate in these cases, the best course of action for all of the parties is to try to come to an agreement, as far as the possession of the property and also as regards the sale of it, directly or through estate agents.

If it is not possible, you may need to request division of the common property and the condominium, through a legal action known as actio communi dividundo, asking the court to order the termination of the joint ownership, and assuming that the property may not be divisi-

ble, it will then be sold in a public auction through the court.

In this type of matter, it is essential to prove the refusal of the other party to reach an agreement and terminate the co-ownership, in order to justify that it is their attitude which forces you to initiate the court proceedings, and you can then also attempt to claim in court the costs and expenses of the legal proceedings.

If you are in this situation and you have problems with the coowner of a property or if you are in a condominium, contact us and we will help you.

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

Carlos Baos (Lawyer) Email carlosbaos@white-baos.com C/Diana 19, 2º D, 03700 Denia (Alicante) Spain Tel. +34 966-426-185 Fax +34 965-784-471 Please Like Us: https://www.facebook.com/WhiteBaosAbogadosLawyers

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New weapons inspections SPAIN is set to approve a new weapons inspection regime to track arms to their final destination to stop them being used improperly.

The Commerce Ministry introduced the inspections amidst concerns over the use of arms exported to Saudi Arabia in the Yemeni Civil War. The new system, similar to that used

by Germany and Switzerland, is also designed to prevent the use of exported weapons by terror groups.

Xiana Mendez, Secretary of State for Commerce, said the new system would not be limited to any type of weapon or one country.

“We do not want to put additional obstacles in the way of defence exports, but

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NEW SYSTEM: The inspections come amidst concern over the use of arms in Yemen.

Dead dad’s permit POLICE in Spain are investigating a man, who it is claimed used his father’s disabled parking badge; despite his dad having passed away ‘years ago.’

Authorities in Valladolid say the man used the card to park in spaces which were reserved for people with disabilities. The offence could carry a fine of €200.

The man also faces charges for the falsification of documents.

we do want to provide guarantees about the use of arms,” Mendez said.

The new system is set to see military personnel and weapons experts track weapons through Spain’s diplomatic envoys to the country where they have been exported to.

The system, due to be approved before the April 28 general election, also gives Madrid the power to revoke export licences to countries which refuse to allow inspections.

The reforms follow Defence Minister Magarita Roble’s decision to halt the sale of hundreds of bombs to Saudi Arabia last year over concerns weapons were causing civilian causalities. The sale of the bombs was later allowed to go ahead.

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FIGHT: Passengers disrupted flight.

A RYANAIR flight from Glasgow (Prestwick) to Malaga was diverted after a fight between two passengers.

According to a statement given to the Glasgow Evening Times by a passenger of flight FR655, the brawl started when one of the ‘trouble-making passengers’ started to disturb a group of women in a hen party.

The same passenger said that the ‘two men were trading punches in a full fist fight in

the aisle.’ The cabin crew allegedly had to ask the passengers for help.

The witness claims ‘the back of the plane was in absolute chaos’ and that ‘one drunk man was still causing a scene and resisting 20 minutes later.’

The airline was forced to divert the aircraft to Madrid to offload one of the ‘problematic’ passengers, who was met

by Spanish police.

Ryanair issued a statement which said: ‘The flight from Glasgow Prestwick to Malaga diverted to Madrid and the crew requested police assistance upon arrival after a passenger became disruptive inflight.

‘The aircraft landed normally and police removed and detained an individual before the aircraft continued to Malaga.

‘This is now a matter for local police.’

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Body in food containers A SON was arrested by Spain’s National Police after officers found the body of a dismembered woman in her home in Salamanca.

Police officers went to the address to investigate after reports were made by the woman’s friend who hadn’t seen her in over a month.

Once inside the home the woman’s dismembered body was found inside plastic food containers.

THREE men have been jailed for up to 15 years for sexually assaulting a woman, aged 18 at the time.

A 29-year-old identified as Ricardo, who reportedly had a sexual relationship with the victim previously, took her to his flat in Collado-Villalba near Madrid, with two other

ARRESTED: The victim’s son.

Officers arrested the victim’s son. According to sources reported by Spanish press, the

Gang sex assault men in March 2015.

As reported in the Spanish

son admitted to eating parts of his dismembered mother and also feeding them to his dog.

press, the court heard he forced her to give him and his two friends oral sex despite being aware she didn’t want to.

Ricardo and one of the men, Martin, were jailed for 15 years, and the third defendant, Miguel Angel, was sentenced to 14 years.

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Safe to cross A PEDESTRIAN crossing which has been dubbed ‘possibly the safest in the world’ on social media can be found in Spain.

Not only does the road come to an abrupt dead end immediately after the crossing, but it is also protected by bollards on the approach.

The ultra-safe crossing can be found in Elba on the Costa Blanca, and if anybody has the misfortune to be hit on the crossing, they must be the unluckiest person in the world!

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SAFEST CROSSING IN THE WORLD?: In Elba on Spain’s Costa Blanca. Inset: The ‘stop’ sign in the Canary Islands.

The road revelation comes in the same week as the most unlikely ‘stop’ sign was revealed in Firgas

i n Gr an Canar i a, wher e a palm tree blocks the road between the metre-high letters and the stop line.

Allen movie in Spain FILMMAKER Woody Allen looks set to start shooting his latest movie in Spain this summer, with producers scouting locations in the Basque city of San Sebastian.

The actor, writer and director has teamed up with Spanish production company Me-

diapro, having previously worked with the firm on the Spain-set romcom Vicky Cristina Barcelona, starring Penelope Cruz.

He also partnered with Mediapro on his highest grossing film to date, Midnight in Paris.

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Expats Guide to

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Ins and out of the Padron Living in Spain can bring with it an array of issues which may not have been encountered when living in the UK. There are lots of things to consider, and we are here to help try to make the transition and life in Spain a little easier by compiling a series of helpful facts and figures relating to a variety of topics.

IN simple words, the padron is a local certificate that you are given when you register at your town hall. In Spanish it is called ‘certificado de empadronamiento,’ and helps compile a list of those people who live in a municipality.

The padron is used by the government and local authorities to keep a ‘head count’ on how many people live in the area, and as such receive financial assistance in the form of subsidies and grants from provincial, regional and central authorities for the provision of services.

Anyone who lives for more than six months in Spain is required to register on the padron. However, the certificate itself only lasts for a limited period of time, and must be renewed. A handy website is: www.spanishsolutions.net/of ficial-documents-in-spain/padron To register on the padron you need: Your passport, Your NIE or residence certificate, The deeds to your house or a copy of your rental agreement, A recent utility bill in your name.

To add someone onto your padron, as it must contain all occupants, you will need: • Title deeds of the property, • The passports of both parties, and copies, • A utility bill, • Both certificates of residence, • Rental agreement (if renting and not residing with owner).

Since you need the padron certificate to become a Spanish resident, but you cannot give the padron office your residency until you apply for it, the padron offices usually give a set period to return and present your Spanish residency. In the Alicante Province, for example, it’s three months. To find out more, visit: www.gov.uk/guidance-requirements-in-spain.

Padron holders have the right to vote in local elections.

Residents who can demonstrate a specified time on the padron, can also receive benefits or a cash grant when getting married to another resident, or could qualify for financial assistance for any children born in Spain.

The traffic department of Spain, require a padron to register a car in your own name, to import a car from another country, to qualify for a Spanish driver’s licence, and in some cases to purchase mobile phones or electrical goods.

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Deals to control migration SPAIN has made deals with two African countries to help improve cross-border co-operation on irregular migration.

Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said Spain and Ghana had agreed to help each other control migratory flows.

Madrid and Rabat have also struck a deal which will allow Spanish coastguards to dock in Morocco and leave migrants picked up in the Mediterranean

there, government sources said.

Grande-Marlaska said the agreement with Ghana came as Spain aims to strike similar deals with other subSaharan African countries.

Interior Ministry officials are due to hold meetings with their counterparts from Gambia, Guinea and Cote d’Ivoire in the coming months.

Spanish government sources said their agreement with Morocco would allow coastguards

to assist the North African country’s navy with migrant rescues.

Spain’s government is aiming to cut the number of irregular migrant arrivals by half after Interior Ministry figures showed almost 64,300 came to the country in 2018, breaking previous records.

It comes as Fabrice Laggeri, director of the EU’s Frontex border agency, said the continent was no longer facing crisis

NEW PACTS: The deals are designed to control migrant flows.

Customer shootout POLICE are looking for a man in Vigo who shot at a waiter when told the bar was closing. Although in early hours of the morning, the man went to his car and returned with a gold-coloured pistol which he fired at the façade. The bullet shattered the security-glass windows while alarmed clients inside the bar hid under the tables.

Though the bullet missed the waiter he was injured by flying glass and required medical attention.

levels of arrivals like those seen in 2015.

“We can see that there is pressure, but we no longer have a pressing crisis of irregular migrant arrivals,” Laggeri said.

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Venezuela envoy A REPRESENTATIVE of Venezuela’s self-declared interim president has met with officials from Spain’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, according to government sources.

Antonio Ecarri, who represents Venezuelan National Assembly President Juan Guaido, met with Secretary of State for Latin America Juan Pablo de Laiglesia this week.

It comes as Spain recognised Guaido as interim president of Venezuela last month as political and economic crises deepen in the Latin American country.

Guiado has set himself up against sitting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who has presided over a rise in crackdowns on political opposition to his revolution Bolivarian regime.

Falling oil prices and US sanctions have pushed Venezeula’s already fragile economy deeper into crisis, leading Guaido to declare himself interim president in January.

Countries including Spain, the US and Britain have backed Guaido, with Maduro claiming foreign powers are attempting to engineer a coup.

Fruity facts SPAIN has the most fruit plantations in the European Union, with 422,809 hectares which represents a third of the total.

According to data released last week by Eurostat, relating to 2017, almost 1.3 million hectares of land in the EU was covered with fruit trees.

Apple orchards account for a little over a third of the total, followed in scale by orange groves, peach plantations, satsumas and clementines, pear trees, apricots and lemon groves.

Italy is home to 22 per cent of fruit production, while 13 per cent of fruit plantations are in Poland.

AN investigation has been opened following the death of a 46-year-old woman after eating out at a Michelin starred restaurant.

T h e w o m a n ’s h u s b a n d and 12-year-old son were a l s o t a k e n i l l s u ff e r i n g from vomiting and diarrhoea according to health officials in Valencia.

The Ministry of Health is probing the cause of the death and 10 other cases at the RIFF restaurant, with those people now recovering.

Health minister Ana Barcelo said a first inspection has been made in the restaurant and that everything seemed normal. Tests now are being carried out on food there.

Local media reported the diners had eaten a dish of rice and mushrooms, part of a tasting menu, before being taken ill.

B e r n d H K n ö l l e r, t h e German owner of the restaurant which features in the Michelin and Repsol good food guides, said in a statement he collaborated with Valencian Health Au-

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DEATH PROBE: The 46-year-old woman died after eating out at a top restaurant in Spain. (File photo). thorities as soon as he knew of the death.

“From the first investigations and inspections carried out, it was found that the restaurant com-

plies with all health regulations while awaiting the results of the tests carried out.

“I want to convey my deep regret for what hap-

pened, hoping that soon all these facts can be clarified,” Knöller said.

The restaurant remains closed as the investigation continues.

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‘Fake’ cancer drug

BOW AND ARROW: Professional archers would target the wild boar herds.

DRUG WARNING: The medication is being sold in Europe (file photo).

A FAKE drug made to look like cancer medication is being sold in Europe and the Americas, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned.

The WHO said the fake drug was being sold in packaging similar to iclusig. The medication, which contains ponatinib, was developed to fight types of leukaemia.

The fake medication has no active ingredient other than paracetamol and is highly dangerous, WHO officials said.

Michael Deats, leader of the vigilance group on fake medicines at WHO in Geneva, told

The Guardian it is not uncommon to come across false or ineffective ‘cancer drugs’.

Several types of fraudulent products have been reported, including those used for breast, prostate and leukaemia cancer, Deats added.

The fake drugs are allegedly being marketed in English in packs of 15mg and 45 mg. They appear similar to those distributed on Britain’s NHS. Switzerland’s health authorities alerted the WHO after a wholesaler there reported the drug. WHO Laboratory tests later showed the pills were fake.

Wild boar cull AUTHORITIES in Spain are planning to use professional archers to shoot herds of wild boar that are apparently becoming increasingly common in urban areas.

The controversial bow and arrow measure is being considered in Lugo and the regional government has not ruled out extending the plan to other parts of Galicia in the north of the country.

Hunting the wild boar would be comple-

mentary to trapping the beasts in cages on known routes that they take in the urban areas.

The shoots would be carried out at night and the archers would be accompanied by members of the police force.

The wild boar have been blamed for the destruction of landscaped areas in the city and have also been cited as the cause of road traffic accidents.

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PARK WITH A VIEW: Tamarind Park reopened after being remodelled.

Better use of water LA CALA’S Tamarind Park has re-opened to the public.

“Previously we have taken action in the immediate area, but not the park itself despite its privileged position on the Poniente beach,” said Benidorm mayor Toni Perez.

“Transforming the park was absolutely necessary, owing to its location in an area much-visited by tourists as well as residents and because its infrastructure was obsolete,” the mayor added. Remodelling the park, planting new species

and renewing irrigation methods cost €44,522, said Perez. The new drip irrigation and sprinkler system is more sustainable, thanks to programming which makes it more efficient and rationalises the use of water, the mayor said.

Not exactly Match of the Day THE drivers of three coaches taking Celtic supporters from Benidorm to Valencia City refused to drive them home.

The Scottish side was playing in a European Championship match against Valencia and the drivers claimed their passengers ignored the alcohol ban, insulted them and ‘made obscene gestures’ throughout the journey.

The drivers lodged a formal report with the police and drove empty buses back to Benidorm.

Following the match, which Valencia won 1-0, a Celtic supporter was arrested for disturbing the peace and failing to obey a police officer in Gran Via Marques del Turia in the city centre.

Six other Celtic followers aged between 20 and 48 had been arrested before the match after a confrontation with the police outside a Marques del Turia pub and at Valencia’s railway station.

One was found to be carrying cocaine and crystal meth, police sources revealed.

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F URTH E R e x c a v a t io n s planne d f o r t h e Vi l l a R o mana open air museum in Albir are due to start in early May. An archaeological team w ill b e wo r k i n g o n th e s outher n se c t i o n o f th e baths and the remains of the residen t i a l z o n e o f w h at w ould o n c e h a v e b e e n a n extensive complex.

Toni Such, director general of the Generalitat’s Local Administration and Esteban Vallejo, the regional government’s delegate to Alicante recently visited the Villa Romana, accompanied by the Al f a z ’s m a y o r Vicente Arques and councillors Mayte Garcia and Rocio Guijarro.

“In 2 0 11 we b e g a n b y converting the baths into an open-air museum,” said Alfaz’s municipal archaeologist. “In 2015 we extended the visitable zone to the villa’s principle buildings and now hope to include the living areas.”

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VILLA ROMANA: Toni Such, Esteban Vallejo, Vicente Arques and councillors.

R es to rin g th e M o li d e l Manec watermill will also begin at this time. Built in the 17th century and driven b y th e P o lo p w a te r tha t

Women’s Day ALTEA’S Equality councillor Vicente Perez announced that the town has prepared a full programme to commemorate International Women’s Day on March 8. This will include workshops for adults, activities for children, walks, talks, documentaries and exhibitions as well as events organised by the Red Cross and Anemoma, the Marina Baja’s cancer support group.

Rain won’t stop play THE Diputacion provincial council is providing €100,000 towards covering the sports ground’s multipurpose court.

Alfaz Town Hall will pay the remainder of the €200,000 total cost and work is due to begin next May. Providing the court with bad weather protection concludes improvements to Alfaz’s sports complex that have been carried out over the last year and which included repairs to the racquet ball court, the athletics tracks and replacing the natural turf on the football pitch.

flowed along the 20-kilometre Sequia Mare irrigation channel this was badly affected by the storms of January 2017.

The €500,000 cost of the two projects will be split between Alfaz Town Hall and finance from the European Regional Development

Fund ( FEDER) whi ch i s channelled through the Generalitat’s 2014-2010 conservation programme for cultural and heritage assets.

Prepared for flooding ALFAZ Council unanimously approved the town’s obligatory Flood Risk Action Plan guaranteeing a rapid, efficient and coordinated response when needed.

Replacing the present Action Plan approved in 2012, this lists Alfaz zones where flooding is a risk and specifies the preventive measures that each requires.

The Action Plan also details procedures for informing and alerting the local population, explained town hall spokesman Toni such.

The recently-approved document incorporates the new methods and resources now available to the public and private sectors, while updating the chain of command as well as the organisational and operational structure.

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Town hall’s AP-7 plans ALTEA’s mayor Jaume Llinares recently visited the Ministry of Public Work to discuss another AP-7 motorway connection for the town.

He was accompanied by Imma Orozco and Roque Ferrer - respective councillors for Urban Development and Infrastructures - at a meeting with the director general of Highways, Javier Herrero.

“During this meeting we proposed a southern AP-7 link as set out in our General Development Plan (PGOU) and the Improved AP-7 Connectivity document,” Llinares said.

Imma Orozco revealed that the Ministry had been receptive when she, Llinares and Ferrer submitted the ‘very important’ request of annulling the existing N-332 by-pass scheme.

Orozco explained that all political groups on the town council opposed the by-pass plans as they stood, based on the cost and because they

were ‘an assault’ on local land.

There were other options, especially the southern AP-7 connection, which were less harmful to the environment, Orozco said.

“This possibility is even more viable bearing in mind that the AP-7 tolls are expected to be lifted by the end of the year,” the councillor

pointed out.

The Highways director general informed the Altea delegation that the Ministry and the Generalitat have been discussing more proposed AP-7 connections, including Altea’s.

Herrero also promised to study ways of annulling the years’ old by-pass plans and look for other alternatives.

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MADRID TRIP: Roque Ferrer, Jaume Llinares and Imma Orozco.

Tradition of hospitality ALTEA recently held the last of its Hospitality Seminars.

This final session also reflected Altea’s designation of Valencian Cultural Capital, explained the town hall’s Tourism councillor Ana Alvado.

Entitled ‘The cultural value of Mediterranean hospitality’ the event was attended by the Generalit a t ’s To u r i s m chief, Francesc Colomer, and focused on the co-existence of the different cultures that left their mark on the community over the centuries.

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Non-emergencies can wait CALPE health centre hopes to eradicate ‘bad habits’ amongst patients who use Emergencies instead of making an appointment.

Until now one of the centre’s primary care doctors has been on call for emergencies instead of attending his usual surgery.

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Everyone wins

LINE-UP: Charity Shop of Calpe volunteers THE Charity Shop of Calpe had another outstanding year in 2018, donating more than €21,000 to local charities.

Donations included €5,000 for Caritas and the Food Bank, plus more than €2,000 to the Gargasindi school, Calpe children’s home and the Maite Boronat centre.

Over 16 years of trading the shop has donated over €300,000, thanks to the loyal customers who buy from the shop, those who donate items

they no longer need and the Shop’s hard-working volunteers who give their time freely.

The New Year and onset of spring is a great time to start clearing out wardrobes, cupboards and storerooms, the Charity Shop pointed out.

“If you bring us your quality, unwanted items, then everyone’s a winner.”

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JEC COSTA BLANCA, the Jaguar Enthusiasts’ Club, recently visited the Jalon Valley to admire the almond blossom, which is now in full bloom, before lunching at an Alcalali restaurant where one of the car parks was set aside for the club members to line up their 23 much-admired Jaguars.

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Xalo Pool’s new lease of life JALON’S Sports Department is spending €83,000 on the dressing rooms at the municipal pool.

The outlay will also cover remodelling the showers in the Polideportivo’s small sports hall in the complex.

Work is now going ahead on the deteriorated dressing rooms, as these were built more than 30 years ago and some of the construction materials which included wood - were not sufficiently water-resistant.

The showers and toilets are also being converted to make them completely accessible to those with mobility problems.

“Four years ago we wanted to give a new lease of life to the swimming

pool,” Jalon’s Sports councillor Alex Segui said.

“We have achieved this by building a n e w c h i l d r e n ’s p o o l a n d t h e n r e forming the big pool, and now we are renovating the dressing rooms and providing accessibility.”

T h e s m a l l s p o r t s h a l l a t J a l o n ’s Polideportivo, which also houses the climbing wall, the tatami and gymnasium, is used by several local sports associations, and the showers there were also in need of an update, Segui said.

All of the planned renovations should be finished by the spring, before the swimming pool reopens to the public, he confirmed.

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WALKING GROUP: Good exercise and wonderful views.

Good weather for walking THE cool, bright weather is ideal for hill walking without getting too hot, and with clear views of wonderful scenery.

The U3A Vall de Pop Monday Group is now entering its second year, while the Thursday Group is now in its fifth

year. Paul and Jan currently have 48 active members between the two groups, of whom 23 live here and 25 are non-resident.

Although most are from the UK, there are also Dutch and German members.

Members are welcome to walk on either day or both, but only if the walk limit of 16 is not exceeded.

Both days seem to be equally popular, and there are usually between 12 and 16 on each walk.

This number is small enough for everyone to know each other, but large enough to be able to mix and match during the five to six-hour walks.

If there are more than 16 wanting to walk, Paul makes a reserve list or suggests walking on the other day, but priority will be given to regular walkers.

Numbers are often high during January, but drop off again in February, possibly because everyone wants to get fit after Christmas or because there are more non-residents at this time, looking for a little sun after the grey skies of winter elsewhere in Europe.

Readers who are interested in the opportunity to get out and about whilst enjoying the views, should contact Paul at the paulleniston@hotmail.com email address.

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MANY of Teulada-Moraira’s Local Police officers have stopped doing overtime and are working to rule.

They claim they are protesting at ‘the lack of seriousness’ shown by Teulada-Moraira Town Hall, owing to promises which they claim were not met.

They also maintain they were not paid for overtime

‘Overtime is overdue’ call they had to work during the town’s ‘numerous’ fiestas, and as the local force is understaffed, the situation has become untenable.

“For four years this town hall has been making promises, and changes to those promises, only carrying out offers of improvements to cover infinite

shifts during the fiestas,” the officers claimed in a document which 14 of them had signed.

The statement went on to explain that they felt they were ‘manipulated and misled’ and claimed that in the latest ‘laughable’ episode, officers were notified that those who were owed overtime had been

paid in December, This was not true, the statement claimed. ‘Enough is enough!’ it continued.

“As soon as we receive authorisation we shall demonstrate in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, inviting all workers who are in the same situation and like us, remain silent more through good manners than patience.”

SANTI GOMEZ represented Teulada-Moraira’s Alere-Dolia project at the Second Mediterranean Lifestyle Gastronomic Meeting in Alicante City.

Maestro ice-cream maker Gomez was present on the Valencian Community’s stand for the gastronomiccultural event, furthering the town’s mission to publicise the potential of the local muscatel grapes.

Gomez was accompanied by Jose Miguel Piñero who created the crockery - specially designed for the occasion - used during his demonstration.

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LANDMARK: German students of architecture visited the Teulada-Moraira Auditorium.

A GROUP of 36 German students of architecture and their teachers recently visited the Teulada-Moraira Auditorium.

They attend Hochschule Bochum University’s School of Architecture, located in Germany’s Ruhr region, and they were captivated by the auditorium’s design, its setting and luminosity.

The group are touring the Valencian Community to see first-hand the region’s great

architectural installations and infrastructure. These included the Auditorium, as one of their lecturers was familiar with the work of its architect, Francisco Mangado.

The students were able to explore the entire Auditorium installation, which was inaugurated in March 2011, photographing both the interior and exterior.

They and their teachers were full of praise, not only for the building’s architectur-

al value and the concrete structure’s clean lines, but also its views over the Mediterranean and the design which provides only indirect light for the exhibition room.

The visit concluded outside the Auditorium so that the students could take in the Teulada-Moraira landscape and the symbolism of the building’s blue ceramic trencadis tiles which are so often seen on the domes of Spain’s Mediterranean churches.

Say it with flowers THE Marina Alta Costa Blanca Floral Club holds its latest demonstration at La Senieta function room in Moraira, today (Thursday).

Doors open at 2pm and close at 2.45pm, with a €5 entrance fee for members and €8 for visitors. Exhibits are raffled at the end of the afternoon.

On her first visit to the club, Sally Hardy is giving a demonstration entitled ‘Any dream will do.’Sally has been an area demonstrator for 22 years, a national teacher since 2016, and is vice-chair of contemporary design group, Phoenix Design.

She also chairs the Southern Demonstrators

Group at area and national level and competed twice at Chelsea, winning a silver and a bronze medal. She also helped to arrange flowers at Westminster Abbey on two occasions.

The Marina Alta Costa Blanca Floral Club is making its second donation of money raised from the Christmas raffle, which will go to the Centro de Acogida in Pedreguer.

For further information, ring Lynn on 966 405 426 or visit the www.marinaaltafloral club.com website, or follow the club on Facebook.

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Opera season TEULADA-MORAIRA Auditorium’s 2019 opera cycle began with Opera 2001’s recent production of Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, with soloists, orchestra and chorus from Hirosaki (Japan) under the music direction of Martin Mazik and stage direction by Roberta Matelli. The cycle continues after the summer break with another Opera 2001 production, La Traviatta by Verdi, in October.

Another hat in the ring TEULADA-MORAIRA resident Rosa Vila will be the Compromis party’s mayoral candidate.

Vila defends the idea that rights are not a favour and obligations are not voluntary, the party said on announcing Vila’s candidacy. “She believes she is a caring and considerate person who, at the age of 61, has decided to serve the town where she was born and where she lives,” Compromis continued.

“Conscious of the challenge she has accepted, her aim is to restore hope to the population and this she will do with enthusiasm, effort and humility.”

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Tidy-up for municipal land OVER the last two months, Te u l a d a - M o r a i r a To w n Hall has cleared and maintained 10 plots of municipally-owned land.

Healthy trees have been pruned while others which were dead or likely to fall were felled, as the town hall continued with its conservation policies.

We e d s a n d o v e rg r o w n vegetation were removed and then taken for processing as compost.

At the same time, the Senillar marsh and the Font de l’Horta river path also received attention during

RIVER PATH: Teulada-Moraira looking its best. the municipal programme, which received a €12,600 allocation from the town

hall Budget.

Teulada-Moraira’s Environment Department also

notified the owners of 62 plots of land which needed to be cleared, with vegeta-

tion and deadfalls removed.

Thirty-nine of these proceedings had been resolved by the end of the year, the department revealed.

Principally this was necessary to reduce the risk of fire, and to avoid plagues of insects and vermin, but it was also aimed at preventing a negative visual impact.

All of these activities were necessary to ensure that Teulada-Moraira continued to look its best, Environment councillor Nieves Rodriguez said.

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JAVEA’S Sant Bertomeu church, built in the 14th century, awaits repairs and restoration.

There are leaks in the interior when it rains and Sant Bertomeu’s parish priest Fr Salvador Torrent, worried at the church’s increasing deterioration, has decided to go ahead with restoration. The plans have been drafted with only permission from the regional government as well as funding needed before work can start.

Meanwhile, the architect who will be in charge of the restoration once work starts has recommended tethering an exterior gargoyle to the stonework to prevent it from crashing to the ground.

Dare to cross

CV-734: ‘Longer journeys’ claim.

IMPROVEMENTS to the CV-734 between Javea and Gata included a seven-kilometre continuous central line. Carried out by Generalitat’s Public Works Department, the new markings were unpopular with residents living in the area.

If they obeyed the Highway Code and did not cross the line, some would have had to drive up to 12 kilometres to reach their homes, they complained.

After Javea’s mayor Jose Chulvi and Services councillor Kika Mata contacted the Generalitat, the Public Works Department added sections of broken lines enabling residents to enter or leave roads giving access to their homes.

According to the Partido Popular Opposition party, some still maintain their journeys are longer than they need to be.

It has also been pointed out that there is no break in the continuous line in front of Javea’s only factory, Pons Quimicas.

This is one of the few local businesses not directly or indirectly linked to tourism and lorries constantly entering and leaving the factory must use one of the breaks before or after the factory The Centro Hipico Javea is similarly affected and drivers leaving the installations must now drive towards Gata.

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Hippy paradise lost PROTECCION CIVIL volunteers, assisted by two blacksmiths, broke up an abandoned van in the Rebaldi zone.

It was located some weeks ago by the Xabia Neta entre tots group who were taking part in one of their periodic clean-up operations on public land.

The group posted a photo of the van, which hippies had once used as home, on their Facebook page showing old mattresses and piles of rubbish which they had to clear away.

Since then Proteccion Civil and the blacksmiths have moved in to dismantle and break up the vehicle, keeping special watch to ensure that sparks from circular saws and other electrical equipment did not start a fire.

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Group info THE Denia Rock Choir performed in La Xara for the Parkinson’s Group, which has an international membership of over 30. They meet each month to chat over coffee and discuss developments in Parkinson’s treatment and also have guest speakers and organise days out. For further information contact their co-ordinator, Pat Lee Paton (mobile 634 301 677).

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Prawns were a hit THE municipal market’s three-day special of half-a-dozen red Denia prawns plus a drink for €2.50 was a sell-out. The market’s fish stalls sold 172 kilos of pre-boiled prawns to more than 1,300 people.

“Many people visited the fish section for the first time, while others who have not been there since extensive work was carried out, could see the results,” said Markets councillor, Javier Scotto.

By promoting the market, the town hall intends to focus on the stallholders’ professionalism, traditions and quality products, continued Scotto, announcing in June the meat stalls will introduce al figatell, meatballs of minced pork, kidneys and liver.

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SELL-OUT: Queues for Denia’s prized red prawns.

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School spending SPAIN spends 23.7 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on its state school system, the 10th highest level in the world according to a new ranking.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s report showed Spain came ahead of Britain, the Netherlands, the US and New Zealand.

The latter four ’s spending on education was below the OECD average of 20 per cent.

France topped the ranking with spending equal to 31.2 per cent of GDP. It was followed by Belgium, Finland, Denmark and Italy, which all spent more than 28 per cent.

TWO suspected members of a gang known as the ‘death patrol’ have been arrested by police in Barcelona after warnings were received that a murder was soon to take place in Malaga Province.

The criminal group of Swedish citizens of Somali origin have reportedly been linked to drug trafficking, money laundering and settlement of accounts, and also crimes carried out in Stockholm.

‘Operation Dajir ’ has now been closed after the second part of the operation - led by the Guardia Civil and the Guardia Urbana ended with new arrests of two individuals in Barcelona, allegedly hiding out in the country after fleeing from Sweden.

One of the gang’s leaders - wanted for multiple crimes - was arrested in the area of Las Ramblas, after the tipoff from Swedish police.

The other detainee, considered ‘very dangerous,’ was reportedly part of a criminal group of assassins believed to be respon-

Gang ‘planned murders’

ARRESTS: Suspected members of the ‘death patrol’ are detained. sible for multiple murders related to drug trafficking in Sweden.

The arrested individuals were moving around Spain using fake documents and constantly changing their

place of residence to avoid being caught.

The Spanish National Court has initiated the transfer of the offenders to Swedish authorities.

The investigation was

carried out by the Judicial Police Organic Units following commands from the Guardia Civil of Malaga and Barcelona in collaboration with the Guardia Urbana of Barcelona.

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Olive tariff call SPAIN’S Commerce Minister has called on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to help protect its olive industry after the US hiked import duties.

Reyes Maroto said Madrid had appealed to the WTO following the US’ increase of tariffs on black olives.

The goods are among those US President Donald Trump has slapped higher import taxes on, as part of his protectionist economic policy.

The tariffs were introduced to protect US industries and jobs, but critics claim they have disrupted global trade.

Maroto said the olive tariffs had already had a big impact on the industry in Spain, particularly in Sevilla Province.

The Spanish Association of Exporters and Producers of Table Olives (Asemesa) said the sector lost €23.8 million in earnings from exports to the US from January to November last year.

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Weapons workshop raid POLICE officers in the south of Spain have dismantled a crime ring that was allegedly supplying modified firearms to narcos in the Campo de Gibraltar.

The Guardia Civil raided two clandestine workshops and arrested 10 people and seized 20 firearms and more than 12,400 cartridges.

More than 100 silencers, â‚Ź31,520 in cash and two vehicles were also seized along with smoke grenades and night vision equipment.

Operation Navero-Sherry was carried out in the provinces of Sevilla, Cadiz, Cordoba, Madrid and Valencia.

Investigators revealed that they believed the weapons had been smuggled into Spain by car from other countries.

WEAPONS WORKSHOPS: Armed police raid premises in Spain.

It is claimed that the crime group sold the weapons with state-of-the-art silencers manufactured in a metal machining company in the province of Madrid.

The arrested now face possible charges of firearms trafficking, illegal possession of firearms, trafficking of am-

munition, smuggling, robbery with force and trafficking of drugs.

More than 300 people have been arrested for arms trafficking in the Campo de Gibraltar area in the last five years with more than 3,150 firearms and 346,700 cartridges seized.

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THE WEEK IN POLITICS

By Joe Gerrard ATTENTION is increasingly turning to the bumper election months of April and May, with parties preparing to fight over councils, parliament and everything in between.

The task for the mainstream left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) and conservative Partido Popular (PP) will be to show they are still the leading forces on the political scene.

For others, such as the insurgent far-right Vox, the votes are a chance to make further inroads into Spanish institutions.

Young parties such as the centrist Ciudadanos and leftist Podemos will be hoping to build on previous gains. On the flipside they may have to try to hold onto what they already have.

The balance of power in local councils, provincial authorities, regional assemblies, the Cortes Generales and the European Parliament are all at stake.

Gearing up

HIGH STAKES: Control of Congress is up for grabs.

April 28’s general election is two months away as of today (Thursday). What happens in the meantime could lead to tectonic shifts in Spain’s political terrain.

Current opinion polls give the ruling PSOE a slim lead over the opposition PP. According to one from GAD3 for the ABC newspaper, the former would win 122 seats to the latter’s 97 (see poll tracker).

Neither comes close to the 176 seats needed to form an absolute majority in the Congress of Deputies lower house.

Both would still fall short if they agreed to work with their natural allies, Podemos in the case of PSOE and Ciudadanos for the PP. Rightwing parties could come within spitting distance of power if they copy and paste their arrangement in Andalucia onto the Cortes.

A coalition between the PP and Ciudadanos with Vox’s backing clinched them a majority in the Andalucian Parliament after December’s elections.

The GAD3 poll gave Vox 23 seats, meaning the three together would fall a handful of seats short of a majority.

But that could pose problems for Ciudadanos, whose progressive image risks being tarnished by its association with the anti-immigration and eurosceptic Vox. The only chance that Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has of staying on is if he works with smaller, regional parties after the election.

Gains would leave him more wiggle room, but essentially in the same position as he is now. His potential future partners sank his budget, sparking the election in the first place.

Pact vote MEMBERS of a leftist party are set to be balloted on whether to continue working with their allies after the united front between them has come under increased strain.

Izquierda Unida (IU) is due to hold the vote on whether to continue under an umbrella group with Podemos, including whether to continue pooling their election candidates.

The result is due on Tuesday March 12, three days before the deadline to register coalitions with Spain’s Electoral Board.

It follows a rupture in IU-Podemos pacts in Navarra, Murcia and Asturias for regional elections on Sunday May 26.

A breakdown of the leftist united front could lead to a split in the leftwing vote which could hand victory to rival parties.

The IU’s decision to ballot its members on the pact follows disappointing results for the alliance’s incarnation in southern Spain, Adelante Andalucia. The December 2 regional election saw the group lose three seats and receive 5.6 per cent less than Podemos’ and IU’s combined total compared to 2015.

A continuation of the pact would make electoral sense, but December’s result may lead IU members to call time on it.

Poll tracker: Partido Socialista (PSOE): 28.9 per cent, 122 seats Partido Popular (PP): 23.2 per cent, 97 seats Ciudadanos: 16 per cent, 53 seats Unidos Podemos: 14.4 per cent, 29 seats Result: PSOE largest party, no overall control.

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FRANCE THOUSANDS of protestors took to the streets of cities across France last week to rally against a rise in anti-Semitic attacks as a group of French lawmakers proposed criminalising opposition to a Jewish state, or antiZionism.

Attack rallies

Drugs trial THE trial of nine defendants accused of smuggling hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from the Caribbean to the French Riviera has opened in Aix-en-Provence, with prosecutors seeking prison sentences of up to 30 years for some of them.

CONCERNS: Protests were held in France.

SWEDEN

Family row

Law change

HUNGARY’S ambassador to Sweden has been called in for meetings with the Foreign Ministry in Stockholm to diffuse a row over Hungary’s new policy to encourage couples to have more children which ‘reeked’ of the 1930’s, one Swedish official said.

SWEDEN’S Social Affairs Minister Lena Hallengren has proposed changing disability laws to recognise that breathing and feeding are basic needs, so that people who struggle with both become legally entitled to receive help.

BELGIUM

GERMANY

Protest arrests

Arms ruling

POLICE in Limburg have arrested three Green Party European Parliament Members (MEPs) along with 11 other activists in connection with a protest held at the Kleine-Brogel airbase against the stockpiling of American-made nuclear bombs there.

A STUTTGART court has handed down suspended jail sentences of 17 and 22 months for two former employees of the Heckler & Koch weapons maker after finding them guilty of illegally selling more than 4,500 assault rifles to several Mexican states.

Strike impact

Cancer test

ONE of Belgium’s largest trade unions has said companies should be aware that general strikes held earlier this month were a ‘key event,’ with the FGTB adding future pay talks should be taken seriously to avoid further industrial action.

SCIENTISTS at Heidelberg University Hospital have developed a new blood test able to detect breast cancer in women’s blood before it becomes visible to current scanning technology, lead researcher Professor Christof Sohn said.

NETHERLANDS

Church ‘slavery’

Assault trial

DUTCH parliament members have debated findings from an official inquiry into allegations the Catholic Sisters of the Good Shepherd used around 15,000 women and girls for forced labour between 1860 and 1987, with some claiming the government knew about it.

A UTRECHT court has cleared the owner of a Hilversum ice cream parlour of assault after hearing she hit a youth with a mop when a group of young people hurled abuse at her in the presence of her twoyear-old son.

NORWAY

DENMARK

Body probe

Race coming

POLICE officers in Harstad have launched a probe after the body of a woman in her 50’s was found in the Berseng area of the town last Thursday morning, with investigators treating her death as suspicious.

THE Tour de France bicycle race is set to visit Denmark in 2021, according to Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen who said the news was a ‘dream come true’ that had come from years of hard work.

Abuse verdict

Four jailed

A COURT in Bergen has jailed a 48-year-old defendant from Hordaland for 16 years after finding him guilty of paying a Filipino woman to make her three-year-old daughter perform sex acts on her three-month-old brother which the man watched on his computer.

A COPENHAGEN court has jailed three men for one year and nine months and another for one and a half years after finding them guilty for throwing petrol bombs at the Turkish Embassy in the Danish capital in March last year.

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BY JENNIFER CUNNINGHAM I DIDN’T think there would be even more chaos in the UK, but there is. With only a few weeks to go, some very desperate and disillusioned MPs are leaving both Labour and Conservative to form a new alliance. At the time of writing, there are no ex-Ministers with experience with them so far, but I am sure this will change.

It would appear the UK is hurtling towards a No-Deal scenario, and the implications have already started to happen. For example, the car industry, as predicted, is already moving their operations to elsewhere. This is not fear factor, this is now becoming fact and sadly I think it is the tip of the iceberg.

Meanwhile, we can only watch with dismay and get our paperwork, vehicles and healthcare in place, to enable us to live far more quietly and legally in Spain.

I understand that there is still an exodus of expats going back to the UK (whatever for?) for a variety of reasons, both personal and

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A little of everything Brexit related. I sincerely hope they are not making a mistake, because returning is always a little difficult, especially if you have sold your house and purchased another one in the UK. Apart from that, the prices of houses in Spain are increasing in price and trying to rent, especially where I live in Javea, is becoming harder and harder. There are many other nationalities coming to live in Spain and they are keeping the agents fairly busy, but I am sure they are missing the influx of British at the moment.

However, I feel quite confident, that if they manage to sell their house in the UK, there will be an increase in the British moving to Spain over the next few months.

If my company can help in any way, with taxation, healthcare, Residencia, Modulo 720, indeed anything that helps you put your house in order, and of course, insurance, so you can enjoy your life in Spain, please contact us.

With Brexit you will need to obtain your Residencia if remain-

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Take care in selecting the company as you will probably need to use the private health cover over the years, and you do need to have access to a good selection of English-speaking doctors, consultants and hospitals. It is definitely not just about price and you could be in for quite a few shocks. You will also need a good backup service in English, we can provide exactly that for you. We are here to help you.

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ham Nurses, that provides hospice care in the home. Unfortunately, it is only in one area down south, Torrevieja region, as I had to make the choice between the charity and my business as there was not enough of me to go around.

One lady who helped me start and establish the charity, by working tirelessly on special fundraising evenings and events, was Sue Reader. Since leaving my charity, she did endless fundraising events for other charities. I was very shocked to hear that Sue had recently, unexpectedly passed away. I had some very good times with Sue and a lot of laughs. My thoughts and condolences are with her family at this sad time. Thanks to her hard work and dedication, the charity has helped hundreds of patients die in their homes with their families around them.

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PROTECTING victims of genderbased violence was the central focus of a workshop hosted by Mojacar Local Police.

Officers working with the VioGen monitoring and protection programme were joined by Government Sub-delegation Gender Violence Unit head Raquel Contreras, Mojacar councillor for Public Safety Emmanual Aguero and by members of the Guardia Civil.

The annual workshop focused on the work being carried out in Mojacar on risk level assessment and follow up on victims and any children involved. The overall aim is to offer increased protection and assistance.

VioGen is a comprehensive system for monitoring gender violence cases created by the Interior Ministry’s Secretary of State for Security in 2007.

The Mojacar Local Police Unit is the only one in Andalucia with the training to deal with all levels of gender-based violence and was the first in Almeria Province to create a specialised gender-violence unit.

The officers’ work in this field earned them the Andalucia regional government’s Menina Award

COSTA BLANCA SOUTH

Homeowners denounced A TOTAL of 22 Alicante Province homeowners have been denounced by officers from the Guardia Civil environmental protection group, SEPRONA, for urban and regional

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Wreck of 2,000-year-old ship A ROMAN ship dating back to the first or second century has been discovered by underwater archaeologists at the bottom of the sea in Mallorca.

The wreck, from the High Empire era, was transporting construction materials and is the first recorded vessel found with this type of cargo on the island.

In a statement, Consell de Mallorca vice president, Francesc Miralles, said: “These works are an opportunity to learn more about history, and the authority is committed to ensuring the integrity of these sites against the risk of pillaging.”

CERAMICS: Ceramics found at a Roman ship wreck site.

The discovery was made thanks to the work of the Underwater Archaeological wooden examples of naval architecture.

Charter of Mallorca investigating the waters The findings have been added to the between Cala Castell cove and Pollensa port. charter of Mallorca which manages, During the search, the team also located a researches and conserves underwater second modern period vessel with preserved cultural heritage.

planning irregularities.

In s p e c ti o n s across the province were carried out using helicopters, with 31 properties being identified for further investigation.

Through the inspections, officers established whether the land was being used for its correct purpose, environmental laws were being adhered to and correct licences and permits were in place.

During the search, it was discovered that many of the proper-

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The areas affected include Hondon de los Frailes, Pilar de la Horadada, Orihuela, Petrer and Alicante City among others.

Each case will be analysed separately, with owners facing fines of between €500 and €500,000.

Seprona has warned prospective property and land buyers to ensure they check the classification of the land they are building on first.

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Bridge fall death A DRIVER in his 50’s has died after his car veered off a bridge and fell at least 50 metres near Marbella.

Emergency services including police officers, firefighters and medical personnel were sent to the bridge on the A-7 motorway outside Istan after several witnesses told them of the fall.

Personnel began looking for the

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A WOMAN in Axarquia has been accused of trying to throw her child into a ditch with running water.

The alleged incident took place in Velez-Malaga when a 33-yearold woman is said to have tried to toss her 15-day-old baby into a gulley on the side of a road next to the El Ingenio shopping centre.

Police said a patrol car saw the group walking along the side of a main road together before the accused turned to her partner with an aggressive attitude, forcing the boyfriend to call on the woman’s parents to intervene.

Her parents reportedly later told police their daughter then held her baby by the feet and tried to throw her into a ditch.

Police said: “The grandparents of the baby, upon arrival, managed to prevent this and then officers arrived to take control of the situation and take the young mother into custody.”

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man’s car which had fallen off the bridge into a green area full of bushes near the mouth of the River Verde.

Firefighters were able to get into the vehicle, but the driver was dead by the time they pulled his body from the car.

Initial police inquiries suggest the man was driving from Cadiz to Malaga when he lost control of his car and veered off the road at kilometre 177.

He is believed to have been a foreign businessman who worked in Marbella’s Puerto Banus, but this has not been confirmed.

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Cash set for railway plan SPAIN’S Development Minister has proposed spending almost €16.9 billion to finish a cross-border railway line due to run into Portugal and France.

Jose Luis Abalos said almost €13.5 billion of the funds would go towards laying new tracks for the Atlantic Corridor. A further almost €3 billion would be spent on upgrading existing lines, the minister added.

The amounts floated show the ‘enormous magnitude’ of the project, needed to modernise a rail network which risks becoming obsolete, Abalos said.

€33.8 billion

28 February - 6 March 2019 The size of Spain’s trade deficit in 2018, according to data from the Industry and Trade Ministry which showed the figure rose by 36.8 per cent compared to the previous year.

FINANCE

business & legal

Telefonica profit rise

Government green bonds SPAIN’S prime minister has announced plans to spend €47 billion on tackling climate change, with some of the money set to come from new ‘green bonds.’

Pedro Sanchez said the spending package aimed to make Spain carbon neutral by 2050. It came as part of a raft of new measures proposed to tackle climate change, but approval is unlikely due to the snap election on Sunday April 28.

Sanchez said the proposals, which are seen as a statement of intent on policy if he wins the election, were necessary and achievable.

“Ecological transition will be achieved with consensus and co-operation and by

By Joe Gerrard listening. As always, we will implement measures with the agreement of companies and workers’ representatives,” the prime minister said.

Government sources said the green bonds would allow spending in renewable energy to be financed by investors.

The introduction of such bonds would signal to investors that the government is committed to environmental sustainability, the sources added.

The bonds are part of measures which officials said would generate business opportunities worth more than €200 bil-

lion during the next decade if they are passed.

Around €47 billion of that would come from local, regional, national and EU investment, government sources said.

Government forecasts claimed efforts to move the economy towards green energy would increase Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by between €19.3 and €25.1 billion from 2021 to 2030.

Officials said the proposals would help to reduce Spain’s dependence on imported fossil fuels to meet energy demands.

Spain imports about 74 per cent of its energy, 20 percentage points above the EU average.

MADRID-BASED telecommunications company Telefonica made more than €3.3 billion in net profit in 2018, an increase of 6.3 per cent on the previous year.

News of the increase sent company shares rising in value by 0.8 per cent. The company has confirmed that dividends of 20 cents per share will be paid in June and December 2019.

This year’s remuneration policy is set to remain at 40 cents per share. Telefonica president Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete said the company’s profit making was ‘solid and consistent.’

Power firms contract fine SPANISH regulators have slapped fines totalling €70,000 on two power companies after finding they broke rules on contracts for new customers.

The National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC) ruled Iberdrola Clientes and EDP Energia breached regulations on customers changing their suppliers.

Iberdrola Clientes committed four infrac-

tions and EDP Energia one, with the offences classed as minor by regulators. They fined Iberdrola €40,000 and EDP Energia €30,000.

The CNMC said: “Electricity and gas providers must comply with the requirements established by law when entering into contracts, especially when dealing with vulnerable customers.”

Regulators said Iberdrola Clientes failed to have documents covering customers who wanted to swap suppliers.

The CNMC acted against EDP Energia after one customer complained about a supplier change without their consent.

PENALTY: CNMC fined Iberdrola €40,000.

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Services growth COMPANIES in Spain’s service sector saw an average increase in turnover of 6.1 per cent in 2018, the fifth year of growth in a row and the second highest jump in 12 years according to National Institute of Statistics (INE) figures.

Firm buyout RUSSIAN investor Mikhail Friman has presented a bid to buy Spanish supermarket chain Dia for 67 cents a share to the National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC) regulator.

New centres A TOTAL of 17 new shopping centres are set to open in Spain by 2021, according to the Association of Centres and Commercial Parks (AECC) which said they would increase the total area covered by such places by around 650,000 square metres.

Spain productivity fall THE productivity of the Spanish economy fell by 4.5 per cent from 1995 to 2017, while that of the eurozone rose by 1.4 per cent, according to a new study.

The BBVA Foundation and Valencian Institute of Economic Research’s (IVIE) study found declines happened both through pre-recession years of growth and during the crisis from 2008 onwards.

Spanish productivity only began to pick up in

2014 during the post-recession recovery. It grew by 2.7 per cent from 2014 to 2017, the study showed.

The report said: “The low results achieved by the Spanish economy in terms of productivity affects its ability to converge to the per capita income levels of the most developed countries.”

The report called for more investment in research and development and education.

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Passionate about free speech

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT AS most of you are well aware, both I, and of course the EWN, are extremely passionate advocators of free speech. ‘I may not agree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it’ - an’ all that.

This policy has led, over many years of scribble, to earn me in some quarters the title of Mr Marmite! Well, be that as it may, I will continue to write what I think and truly feel, until I either keel over or this great publication orders me to desist.

Which brings me to this week’s gripe. It concerns the report that last week a 19year-old Ukip student was suspended from his university for declaring, during an open debate on immigration, that he ‘didn’t think immigrants should automatically have access to a free NHS.’ He also stated that he would ‘never eat at Subway because they sold Halal meat,’ which he branded as ‘barbaric.’

The University of Central Lancashire accused him of making ‘offensive and inappropriate comments’ and suspended him for the rest of the academic year.

Well, to my mind, while actually being denied a large chunk of his education for what was basically his right of free speech

RIGHTS: Everyone has a right to free speech. is, irrespective of his views, bad enough; it was however the rest of the statement that I found most disturbing. The university spokes ‘person’ then went on to declare that the young man could return to his studies in September, providing he signs a ‘good conduct agreement’ and... wait for it.... Takes a ‘diversity training course’!

Now if a statement like that doesn’t send shivers up the spine nothing will. This whole directive positively reeks of indoctrination and blackmail; Orwell’s 1984 and Red Chinese brainwashing techniques also come to mind.

What they are almost unbelievably telling this young man is, come around to

our way of thinking and we’ll give you your life back! Well I think it’s a disgrace and undoubted denial of his human rights.

And while we’re about it, I could actually suggest many thousands of potential customers who would qualify for a ‘diversity training course.’

Unfortunately, I can’t see any government having the courage to implement any ruling of this nature. Ah well, it’s obviously only for those who don’t have the resources to ‘bite back.’

On a lighter, but still somewhat serious note; just as a matter of interest, I recently took the online official test for British citizenship. Result? Just about scraped through! I actually found some of the questions more than a touch difficult. If all the successful applicants for citizenship in the UK were able to answer even 50 per cent of these test questions, I promise to eat every word I’ve ever scribed - Just saying! Try it yourself. I’ll be interested in the results.

Will you be accepted, or have to go back where you came from? Just Google up ‘British Citizen test.’ Good luck.

Keep the faith Love Leapy. Leapylee2002@gmail.com

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Dreaming of electric sheep

Terminal boredom

There’s a (n)app for that, says serial insomniac Terence Kennedy BACK in the day, I thought I could game the exam system with a muchtouted new technology: sleep-learning.

A tape recorder (remember them?) with a timer, squawked a continuous loop of my study material through a desperately uncomfortable speaker under my pillow.

What I got out of it other than a bruised ear, was massive sleep deprivation and trouble staying awake for the actual exam. Any actual learning was probably from having to recite the material onto the tape in the first place.

Sleep-learning quickly fell into disrepute when researchers announced it was ‘impractical and probably impossible.’ But today like millions of others, I still rely on bedtime technology; now to actually get me to sleep and never mind the Valium.

Brits who haven’t managed to nod off by 00.48 UK time often swear by the poetically soporific ‘shipping forecast’ to dust their eyelids.

My own remedy is much simpler

and more flexible: smartphone by the bedside, preloaded with BBC podcasts, and one comfortable earphone. Dry-as-dust history analysis ‘In Our Time’ is a guaranteed Horlicks; the hilarious ‘News Quiz’ absolutely isn’t.

Extreme aficionados go one step further, downloading ‘the world’s most boring podcasts’ to do the trick; from monotonous recitations of that least-read famous book, James Joyce’s

‘Ulysses,’ to tide tables delivered with no inflection, to ‘Game of Drones’ (yes, really), to two people you don’t know and don’t care about discussing their relationship at excruciating length.

Of course the object of the exercise is to stop the onset of the mindclutter which can haunt us all in the wee small hours when no amount of sheep-counting works.

There is another approach for the hard-of-sleeping: white noise, a syn-

thetic noise source for sound masking.

Hit the Google or Apple store and there are dozens of white-noise-type apps - many free - and if you prefer something less hissy than white noise itself, take your choice falling asleep to the clacking of a railway carriage, a purring cat, the gentle pitter-patter of rain on the roof, or even the rumble and whine of an airliner cabin, but without the chicken or beef.

Sleep inducement apart, these apps are a blessing in another way; a boon to those of us who can’t concentrate in noisy spaces.

Driven to distraction by your colleague’s whine, the crackle of a nearby TV or the ceaseless song of the Hoover?

Grab a decent pair of isolating over-ear headphones and work obliviously instead to anything from Metallica to Beethoven’s Tenth.

Which does indeed exist by the way, though even Ludwig’s staunchest fans wish it didn’t.

THE astonishingly popular American ‘Sleep with Me’ is unlike any podcast you’ve ever heard.

Each episode is designed to get more boring the longer you listen, a sort of interestingness decrescendo. And it must be working, given it gets nearly three million downloads a month.

In a recent episode, its deadpan presenter describes in mind-numbing, droning detail, how to build a birdhouse; for one hour and 17 minutes.

Other topics shuffle from children’s fairy stories as told by an entirely disinterested parent, to no-holds-barred descriptions of the narrator’s latest holiday. And lest you might feel you’ve missed a gem, there are currently 738 of the darn things to download.

Good night, sleep tight, and make sure the earphones don’t bite.

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

AN a c t i v i st wh o w as v ery a c tiv e in Barcelona during the unauthorised October 1 referendum was injured by a rubber bullet.

The activist explained to an investigating judge that he threw a metal barrier at a National Police van without intending to hurt anyone, but was shot in the eye for his pains.

He only wanted to stop them preventing the referendum, he insisted. That’s as maybe, but what is so interesting about this c a se i s h i s n a me; Ro g e r E s p a ñ o l.

Wonder how he feels about that?

A matter of principle WHAT goes around doesn’t always come around.

Albert Rivera’s party Ciudadanos announced that it will not make pacts with the PSOE socialists following the April 28 general election, a complete turnaround from March 2016 when Rivera tried to form a government with Pedro Sanchez.

The still-president retaliated by saying that Cs would rather make alliances with the extreme-right than social democrats

Namesake and who’s to say he’s wrong?

Seeing power within his grasp following a General Election without a clear majority fo r a nyone w ould c e rta inly bring Rivera’s more flexible side to the fore.

Ciudadanos embraced the far, far, farthest right in Andalucia last December by accepting the Partido Popular’s alliance with Vox, and that’s what they could do in two months’ time.

A star is born PEDRO SANCHEZ failed to get his 2019 Budget through, but the parliamentary debate turned all eyes on Finance Minister Maria Jesus Montero.

The PSOE government might have lost the vote, but it certainly won the debate, thanks to her.

Montero is increasingly seen not just as a minister, but a possible president although it’s too late to do anything about that now.

But as April 28 looms, it’s a depressing thought for the PSOE that the only thing their presidential candidate, the incumbent Pedro Sanchez, has ever won - apart from matches in his basketball playing days as a student - are the party’s 2014 and 2017 primaries.

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Not today, thanks SANDRINE MOREL, Le Monde’s Madrid correspondent is covering the trial of separatist Catalan politicians, accused of rebellion, sedition and misappropriation of public funds.

She pointed out that the separatists believe international help will assist them in obt ai ni ng t he suppor t t hey f ai l ed t o achieve with the October 1 referendum.

Morel then went on to say that outside Spain their arguments that the Madrid hearing is a political trial wins them scant sympathy as they’ve been saying that for too long now.

Long before October 1, the separatists failed to receive the backing they believed they deserved when the then regional president Artur Mas did the rounds, drumming up support for an independent Cataluña.

He was shown the door everywhere except in a couple of places with unpronounceable names and obscure locations on world maps.

Cataluña isn’t going to get more international support than it has now, and as the separatists’ novelty value wears off, foreign correspondents are faced with a three-month dose of indigestible Spanish court procedures.

Never mind; Madrid has some splendid restaurants, bars and cafes to compensate for the tedium.

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

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

THE 1960’s children’s TV show ‘Stingray’ (remember that?) always began with the promise: ‘Anything could happen in the next half-hour!’

What was true of science fiction over 50 years ago appears to apply to modern British politics today. A deal is done, but it isn’t. This groundhog day ‘deal’ pattern is now well established; a deal must be done this week, or possibly next week, or maybe the one after.

In fact, Theresa May’s entire negotiating strategy seems to boil down to this: the UK is standing on a window ledge, threatening to jump. And if the EU27 don’t give her everything she desperately hopes will satisfy Boris and Jacob (Rees-Mogg), then the UK will jump.

The threat is that the UK’s severely injured body will damage the EU27’s immaculately tarmacked car park, below. And a lot of, err, mess for the EU27 to clear up. UK politics has become so irrational, hasn’t it? ‘Brexit means Brexit,’ ‘They need us more than we need them,’ ‘Easiest trade deal in history.’ It’s as though everyone’s got political dementia.

Meanwhile, Mrs May is constantly back and forth petitioning the heads of the EU27 for Irish backstop concessions to avoid a hard border. What next, a petition to the Pope to be

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St Theresa of groundhog day; or Brexit DEAL OR NO DEAL: Theresa May is hoping for a good outcome after negotiations. made St Theresa? Whichever party anyone supports or whether they voted Leave or Remain, is there anyone happy with this poker game the government’s seemingly bent on playing?

Not that Corbyn could do much better than what Mrs May (hamstrung by Rees-Moggs’ group and the Neolithic DUP) has accomplished (or not). Since her government assumed power, our currency’s devalued, car manufacturing’s on the skids, the property market’s faltering, research establishments are leaving Britain, some companies part-vacating the UK to establish subsidiaries and personnel in Europe and numerous restaurants closing

down because nobody can afford the bills. (But whether or not Mrs May’s much vaunted ‘deal’ does succeed, maybe best to stockpile Marmite and a few other essentials just in case!)

P.S. Wonder if the Irish PM is in touch with Trump on how to build a border wall?

Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘The Girl in the Woods’, ‘The Girl in the Red Dress’, ‘No Way Back’, ‘Landscape of Lies’, ‘Retribution’, ‘Soul Stealer’, ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.net) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.99;£0.99) and iBookstore. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.

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LEGALLY SPEAKING Do they pay wealth tax?

We were encouraged by your advice in an earlier column that we should not be paying Spanish wealth tax after paying it for many years. However, our tax consultant tells us we are still required to pay these taxes every year.

We have paid again this year as we were unsure on conflicting views. We own a property in Spain and use it for holidays. Could you offer any clarification on wealth tax?

RAO (Email) Perhaps you are confusing wealth David Searl You and the Law tax with other taxes. A in Spain non-resident property owner is liable for three taxes on his Spanish property.

1) The Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles. This IBI is the annual municipal real-estate tax, often known as the ‘rates.’

2) The non-resident property owner’s imputed income tax. A small percentage of your value is attributed to you as imaginary income, and you are then charged a real tax of 19 per cent.

3) Finally, there is the Impuesto sobre el Patrimonio, or wealth tax. If your property is in Andalucia, you have an exemption of €700,000. If you and your wife each own half of your property, you have €1.4 million of exemption.

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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No added sugar Mike Senker In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man I AM always pleased to receive your emails about my articles. In fact, over the years, I’ve had a few hundred and most of them I reply to and nearly all of them are positive or jokey.

One person regularly sends me poems.

Of course, all the emails have an address so I can just hit reply and that’s it. But this week someone decided to send the owner of EWN a letter telling them how sick I am.

I don’t think they were referring to my aches and pains. I think they meant I am sick in the head. They then went on to insult the owner for giving me space to rant.

This, of course, was because I had a go at that crook Trump.

The thing which fascinated me was the fact that the letter was anonymous. There was no name, no signature, and no date, nothing. It was just a piece of paper with their rant on it.

So, in their world, they can anonymously say what they like, and to be honest, it was a bit weird and rambly, but I can’t or shouldn’t be allowed to have my column

any more because they are a Trump devotee and I hit a nerve.

So my friend; next time be a big boy or girl and put your name to it then we can discuss things like adults. The world we live in now is full of keyboard warriors who hide behind made-up handles on social media and I’m sure it upsets some people, but not me!

I have diabetes and I am always trying to work out what I can and can’t eat. I know that eating chocolate and sweets is a no-no.

What I find confusing are items which have ‘no added sugar.’ The term means that the manufacturer has added no sugar to the product.

But certain products labelled ‘no added sugar’ contain a large amount of natural sugar (canned fruit is one example) and/or other carbohydrates.

Many products labelled ‘no added sugar’ contain artificial sweeteners. Manufacturers can use the term ‘sugar-free’ if the product has less than 0.5 grammes of sugar per serving. But keep in mind that as your servings go up, so does the sugar.

For example, three servings of sugar-free jelly will contain 1.5 grammes of sugar.

Perhaps most important, remember a product may be low in sugar but still very high in other carbohydrates. All very confusing!

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7:30am Escape to the Country 8:15am Best House in Town 9:00am River Walks 9:30am Great Canadian Railway Journeys 10:00am BBC News at 9 10:30am Athletics 3:00pm An Island Parish 3:30pm A Taste of Britain 4:15pm Natural World 5:15pm Wild Burma: Nature's Lost Kingdom 6:15pm Antiques Road Trip 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Athletics 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight Analysis of the day's events, presented by Kirsty Wark.

12:00am Weather The latest weather information.

12:05amLa La Land 2:00am Better Things

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Barry Duke IT was a small repair job which I’d been promising myself for months to do, but never got round to it. The square plastic surround of a light switch in our apartment developed a crack, and all it needed was a dab of superglue to mend it.

Finally, last week I decided to take a minute off to do the repair.

That’s when disaster struck. I spilled the contents of a tiny bottle all over my hands, and reflexively clenched them into fists. Panic set in immediately when I realised my fingers had become firmly stuck to my palms. Dumb, dumb, dumb!

It took all my strength to prise them loose, and it was agony. Then, to my horror, I saw that both hands and two rings - one my white gold wedding band - were smothered in a white residue. Worse, my fingers would only half extend, because the glue in the joints had firmly set.

When soap and scalding hot water failed to remove the stuff, I tried everything from WD40 lubricating oil, to oven cleaner to get it off.

Nothing worked. So I turned to the Internet in search of a solution

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SUPERGLUE INVENTOR: Harry Coover was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. to my predicament. Apparently the only product which will remove superglue is acetone (acetona in Spanish), which is used as a nail polish remover.

As neither my husband nor I use nail polish, there was none in the apartment. So with gritted teeth I began scrubbing my hands with a metal pot scourer until they started

to bleed.

The following day, for under €2, I got the acetone. It worked a treat and even restored my rings to the shininess they had when I first got them.

Later, to my intense annoyance, I discovered on another site that I didn’t actually need acetone. Mayonnaise, apparently, does the job

just as well, and there’s never a shortage of the stuff in our fridge.

I learned this, when after the glue boo-boo, I Googled ‘superglue accidents’ and could hardly believe how many instances have been recorded of people doing awful things, either accidentally or on purpose, with the substance.

One person, on a site called ‘Su-

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perglue Accidents’ wrote: ‘Our three-year-old daughter glued our pet cat’s paws to the carpet so that he would stay! Thank goodness it simply took a few snips of the scissors to free Smokey.’

Medical sites report that the worst accidents occur when people get superglue in their eyes while attempting to open a tube, but there are other sites which actually offer ideas of how to use the substance to perform pranks such as putting the substance on toilet seats and door knobs.

There are even sites which suggest using superglue as a revenge weapon. Suggestions range from gluing a person’s butt cheeks together when they are asleep, to pasting a computer mouse or mobile phone to a desk Factoid: Superglue was first marketed in 1958 a few years after it was invented by an American called Harry Wesley Coover Jr, who worked for the Eastman Kodak company. In 2010 he was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by President Barack Obama. He tenaciously stuck to life until 2011, when he died, aged 94.

‘Faith is to the human, what sand is to the ostrich’ - Lenny Bruce

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Brexit: Deal or no-deal, what does it mean for travellers?

Christina Sharp GLOBELINK INTERNATIONAL christina@globelink.co.uk.

AS we motor full-throttle towards March 29, 2019, even those who’ve miraculously escaped Brexit discussions find themselves embroiled in how daily life might be impacted after Britain leaves the EU. So just what will Brexit mean for travel and holidays?

Right now, it’s business as usual if you’re travelling before March 29. If you’re travelling after this date, both the UK government and Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) state that it’s OK to do so.

Their premise is ‘deal or no-deal,’ flights will still operate between the UK and EU, and a visa won’t be required for short-term travel.

The sad fact remains that until we know what’s finalised, it’s all ‘ifs and buts’ for now.

However, here’s a round-up of

travel Brexit questions answered.

Will flights operate?

Yes. In a no-deal situation, the European Commission and UK government agree that UK airlines can still operate between the UK and EU and vice versa. If a deal is reached, then flights will continue unchanged until December 31, 2020.

Will ferries run?

Ferry and cruise services will continue operating, as most rules are international and not EU based.

Will my passport be valid?

If no-deal, the rules for travel will change after Brexit. You’ll need at least six months left on your passport from your date of arrival, if your passport is issued by the UK, Gibraltar, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, or Jersey. This rule doesn’t apply when travelling to Ireland. Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Romania may have different entry requirements, so check first at https://www.gov.uk/foreigntravel-advice.

Will I need a visa to travel to the EU? If the UK leaves with a deal, you

won’t need a visa to travel in the EU until at least December 31, 2020. If no-deal, the rules change after Brexit.

You still won’t need a visa after March 29, 2019 for ‘short stays’ in the Schengen area, or elsewhere in the EU. A short stay is anything up to 90 days in any 180-day period. Check https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-ad vice when travelling to Romania, Croatia, Bulgaria, or Cyprus.

Is my European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) valid?

An EHIC allows EU citizens access to state medical care when travelling in the EU. In the event of a deal, the status quo is maintained and UK citizens’ rights continue until December 31, 2020.

If no-deal, then UK registered EHICs will no longer be valid.

Will my driver’s licence be valid?

Brits living in the EU should exchange their UK licence for a local EU issued licence before March 29, 2019. Otherwise, you may have to take a new driving test in the EU country you’re living in if there’s nodeal. Short-term visitors to Europe might need to obtain an International Driving Permit (IDP) to drive in the EU (apart from Ireland).

Should I buy travel insurance?

The best way to protect yourself against unforeseen holiday mishaps is by getting travel insurance as soon as you book your trip. Check the pre-existing medical conditions terms, especially

given the EHIC situation we might face. Visit https://www.gov.uk/gui dance/uk-nationals-travelling-to-euessential-information for more information. This article is based on information as of Feb 8, 2019 from ABTA and the UK government.

Globelink Travel Insurance: for people living in the EU. Visit www.globelink.co.uk, or call (UK) +44 1353 699 082 or our Spanish link line 966 265 000.

One final word: thanks to one of our readers for pointing out that Marques de Riscal is grown in Álava and not Tajo, and the Serrania in the south.

BREXIT CHAOS: There is still uncertainty regarding the Brexit deal.

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7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Nigellissima 1:00pm Football Focus 2:00pm BBC News; Weather 2:15pm Cycling 4:00pm Bargain Hunt 5:00pm Final Score 6:30pm Impossible Celebrities 7:20pm BBC News 7:30pm BBC London News; Weather 7:40pm Pointless 8:30pm All Together Now 9:40pm Casualty 10:30pm Would I Lie to You? 11:00pm BBC News; Weather 11:20pm Match of the Day 12:45am Man Like Mobeen Sitcom about a reformed drug dealer trying to look after his younger sister.

1:05am Notes on a Scandal

4:45am This is BBC Two 7:45am All Over the Place Asia 8:15am Wild and Weird 8:30am Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom 9:00am Top Class 9:30am The Dog Ate My Homework 10:00am Nature's Microworlds 10:30am Athletics 2:00pm Rick Stein's Long Weekends 3:00pm Food and Drink 3:30pm Escape to the Country 4:30pm Back in Time for School 5:30pm The Great British Sewing Bee 6:30pm Athletics 10:15pm Live at the Apollo 10:45pm Women's Football USA v England.

12:45am Mayans M.C. 1:55am Mayans M.C. 2:50am The Lighthouse 4:25am This is BBC Two

9:00pm Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands 10:00pm Trapped 10:50pm Trapped 11:35pm Top of the Pops 12:10am Top of the Pops 12:40am Soft Cell: Say Hello, Wave Goodbye 1:40am The Girl From Ipanema: Brazil, Bossa Nova and the Beach Katie Derham examines the story behind Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes's song.

2:40am EMI: The Inside Story 3:40am On Camera: Photographers at the BBC The working practices, lives and opinions of some of the greatest photographers of the last 60 years.

7:10am King of Queens 7:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:25am Frasier 9:40am The Big Bang Theory 11:00am The Simpsons 12:55pm Four in a Bed 3:35pm 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 7:30pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

8:00pm Child Genius 9:00pm Independence Day: Resurgence 11:15pmDirty Grandpa 1:15am Sing Street Musical coming-ofage comedy-drama starring Ferdia Walsh-Peelo and Lucy Boynton.

3:05am The Last Leg

7:00am Milkshake!

11:05am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:25am Cruising with Jane McDonald 11:35amDaddy Day Camp 1:20pm Friends 1:50pm Friends 2:20pm Friends 2:45pm Friends 3:15pm Friends 3:45pm Blended 6:00pm Bargain- Loving Brits in the Sun 6:55pm 5 News 7:00pm Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly 8:00pm The Yorkshire Vet 9:00pm Edwardian Britain in Colour 10:00pm Henry VIII's Wives: Divorced, Beheaded, Survived 11:50pm Comedy Gold: Les Dawson and Other Entertainers 1:15am French and Saunders 2:10am High Street TV Teleshopping

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1:05am FYI Daily The latest news from the world of entertainment.

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Woody Woodpecker Serenity Ocean's 8 The First Purge Serenity: Special Serenity Woody Woodpecker Ocean's 8 After getting out of prison Debbie Ocean plots to steal a priceless necklace from New York's prestigious Met Gala. Heist caper.

Serenity The First Purge The hit action-horror series gets an origins story as the government first trials a controversial experiment to legalise all crime for one night.

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Cricket The Windies meet England in the fifth and final ODI in Gros Islet.

Football West Ham United welcome Newcastle United to the London Stadium in the Premier League.

Cricket The Windies meet England in the fifth and final ODI in Gros Islet.

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7:00am Breakfast 9:40am Match of the Day 11:00am The Andrew Marr Show 12:00pm Sunday Politics London 12:30pm The Big Questions 1:30pm Homes Under the Hammer 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Songs of Praise 2:50pm Bargain Hunt 3:50pm Money for Nothing 4:50pm Escape to the Country 5:50pm Pointless 6:35pm BBC News 6:50pm BBC London News; Weather 7:00pm Countryfile 8:00pm Antiques Roadshow 9:00pm Call the Midwife 10:00pm Baptiste 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm BBC London News; Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 2 12:35am The Celebrity

8:35am Countryfile 9:30am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:00am Athletics 2:00pm Live Cycling 5:00pm Inside the Factory 5:55pm Coast 6:25pm Race Across the World 6:30pm Athletics Coverage of the latest athletics championships and tournaments.

9:00pm Top Gear 10:00pm Race Across the World 11:00pm Eight Go Rallying: The Road to Saigon Four teams of celebrities compete in the Endurance Rally Association's Road to Saigon event.

12:00am Top Gear: Extra Gear Spin-off going behind the scenes on the motoring show.

12:25am Insert Name Here 12:55amCafe De Flore

8:00pm Britain's Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues 9:00pm Info not available 10:30pm Faithfull: The Marianne Faithfull Story 11:30pm The Secret World of Haute Couture 12:30am Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace A portrait of the comedian, as told in his own words and featuring home movie footage.

2:00am Britain's Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues 3:00am The Culture Show Alastair Sooke tracks down women involved in the pop art movement of the 1950s and 60s.

4:00am Faithfull: The Marianne Faithfull Story

7:15am The Big Bang Theory 8:30am Frasier 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm Info not available 2:30pm The Simpsons 3:00pm The Simpsons 3:30pm Robin Hood 5:15pm Over the Hedge 7:00pm Channel 4 News 7:30pm Escape to the Chateau 8:30pm Ice Age 10:00pm Traitors 11:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 12:00am Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back 12:55am Ride Upon the Storm 2:00am Good People

7:00am Milkshake!

10:50am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:00am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:15am Make You Laugh Out Loud 11:40am Police Interceptors 12:40pm Friends 1:10pm Friends 1:40pm Friends 2:10pm Friends 2:40pm Friends 3:10pm Rich House, Poor House 4:10pm Rich House, Poor House 5:10pm Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson 6:10pm The Fifth Element 8:25pm 5 News 8:30pm The Man From U.N.C.L.E. 11:00pmDie Hard with a Vengeance 2:15am High Street TV Teleshopping

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7:00am Live LPGA Tour Day four of the HSBC Women's World Championship from the Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore.

9:00am Live European Tour Golf 12:30pm Live Renault Super Sunday 3:00pm Live Renault Super Sunday Fulham host Chelsea at Craven Cottage in the Premier League.

5:00pm Live Renault Super Sunday 8:00pm Live PGA Tour Golf Day four of the Honda Classic from the PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

12:00am Cricket Day five of the first Test as New Zealand take on Bangladesh in Hamilton.

8:20am Mr. Bean: The Animated Series 8:30am Scrambled!

8:35am The Tom and Jerry Show 8:50am Ben 10 9:10am Mr. Bean: The Animated Series 9:30am Project Z 10:05am Teen Titans Go! 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Parveen's Indian Kitchen 11:30am This Morning - On Sunday 12:30pm Ainsley's Caribbean Kitchen 1:35pm ITV Lunchtime News 1:45pm The Voice UK 3:10pm You Only Live Twice 5:25pm ITV Evening News 5:45pm ITV News London 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Dancing on Ice 9:00pm Endeavour 11:00pm ITV News 11:15pm Martin Clunes: Islands of America 12:15am The Junk Food Experiment

7:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:10am You've Been Framed!

7:35am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:15am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:10pm Catchphrase 1:55pm You've Been Framed!

2:25pm Honey 3:25pm FYI Daily 3:30pm Honey Dance-based drama.

4:20pm Spy Kids 3: Game Over Action movie starring Antonio Banderas, 2003.

5:20pm FYI Daily 5:25pm Spy Kids 3: Game Over 6:05pm Minions 7:05pm FYI Daily 7:10pm Minions 7:55pm Clash of the Titans 8:55pm FYI Daily 9:00pm Clash of the Titans 10:00pmIbiza Weekender 11:00pm Family Guy 12:30am American Dad!

7:00am Rising Damp 7:25am Rising Damp 7:50am George and Mildred George and Mildred Roper plan a move to middle class suburbia.

8:25am George and Mildred 8:55am Heartbeat Nostalgic police drama series set in a 1960s Yorkshire village.

10:00am Heartbeat 11:00am Love Your Garden 12:05pm Carry on Behind 1:55pm Midsomer Murders 3:55pm Midsomer Murders 5:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 7:00pm Midsomer Murders 9:00pm The Durrells 10:00pm The Durrells 11:00pm Grantchester 12:00am Grantchester 1:05am Wire in the Blood Drama series based on the novel by Val McDermid.

7:00am Pawn Stars 7:25am World Superbike Highlights 8:25am The Return of Sherlock Holmes 9:35am The Return of Sherlock Holmes 10:45amHow the West Was Won 11:50am FYI Daily 11:55am How the West Was Won 1:45pm Darts 6:00pm The Car Chasers 6:30pm The Car Chasers 7:00pm The Car Chasers 7:25pm The Car Chasers 8:00pm Darts Coverage of the Darts UK Open Championships.

12:00amAmerican History X Gritty drama.

1:05am FYI Daily The latest news from the world of entertainment.

1:10am American History X

8:30am Alien 3 10:30amAlien: Resurrection 12:30pm Ghost in the Shell 2:30pm Ocean's 8 4:30pm The Mummy 6:30pm A Wrinkle in Time 8:30pm Red Sparrow 11:00pmAlien 3 1:00am Alien: Resurrection 3:00am V for Vendetta

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Woody Woodpecker Ocean's 8 Leave No Trace Serenity Serenity: Special A special look at the latest Sky Movies Original Film - a noir thriller with Matthew McConaughey The First Purge The hit action-horror series gets an origins story as the government first trials a controversial experiment to legalise all crime for one night.

Ocean's 8 Leave No Trace Serenity The First Purge Siren Serenity

7:00am EFL Greatest Games 8:00am EFL Goals: League 8:30am EFL Goals: Championship 9:30am Sunday Supplement 11:00am EFL Goals: Championship 12:00pm EFL Goals: League 12:30pm EFL Greatest Games 1:00pm EFL 3:45pm One2eleven 4:00pm EFL 5:00pm SPFL Greatest Games 5:15pm SPFL Greatest Games 5:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 5:45pm SPFL Greatest Games 6:00pm EFL 7:00pm EFL Goals: Championship 8:00pm EFL Goals: League 8:30pm EFL Greatest Games 9:00pm EFL Goals: Championship 10:00pm EFL Goals: League 10:30pm EFL Greatest Games 11:00pm EFL 12:00am Football's Greatest 1:00am Football Years 1:30am Football Years 2:00am Football Countdowns

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8:05am The Money Pit 9:45am Here Comes the Boom 11:35amDumb and Dumber 1:25pm The Stepford Wives 3:05pm Book Club 4:55pm How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 6:55pm Pretty Woman 9:00pm The Stepford Wives 10:40pm Book Club 12:30am 48 Hrs 2:15am Another 48 Hrs

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by Robert Shallis THERE is no other person in the world better qualified at being you than you.

You are unique and have so much potential. Sadly, much of this potential is unexpressed; we tend to disappear into society becoming anonymous, leaving others to break the mould and achieve remarkable things in their lives.

Are others just lucky? Handed better opportunities? We witness new heights and successes being reached, hear amazing stories of people beating the odds and achieving what seems to be the impossible. So, why not us?

Well, we are all capable of achieving incredible things in our lives and the first step is by truly believing you can.

Life is a journey and when we have self-belief, magical things happen.

However, we must accept that mistakes will be made along the way, as of course the path will be fraught with challenges. Everyone makes mistakes and those who say they don’t, probably don’t try anything.

So, how do you start believing in yourself? Firstly, change your philosophy, be the person you want to be by visualising the outcome you want, change

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BELIEVE IN YOURSELF: Your thoughts influence your life. your self-image to one of positivity. We all have a self-image, our imagination is a wonderful thing which you can start to use in a more positive way. Dismiss any reasons why you cannot achieve something and think of the many reasons

why you can. Be persistent with your new self-image as this demonstrates faith in yourself.

Hold a constant positive image of the person you want to become until it becomes habitual. Thinking positively or

negatively are habitual ways of thinking, so be mindful of this. With work, you can change your self-image and change your world. Marcus Aurelius one of the most respected Emperors in Roman history once said ‘a man’s life is

what his thoughts make of it.’

Our self-image has been built up over a lifetime, formed from our successes and failures and the way people react to us. It is our own perception of the type of person we are. If you perceive yourself as a failure, then no amount of positive thinking will work, as it’s not consistent with how you see yourself.

Once you have a consistent healthy self-image you will feel good and be more confident and start to achieve more. So maybe now is the time to make a choice and take a leap of faith.

Work on yourself, as you deserve it as much as anyone. Believe you are capable of much more.

Do not concern yourself about making wrong choices, these are learning opportunities which will steer you, correcting you towards your destination.

Opportunities are all around us and you’ll be amazed at how they will start to present themselves once you see yourself achieving them. We are reflections of our thoughts, and our thoughts create our daily reality. If you can change your thoughts, you can change your life.

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1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One; Weather 2:30pm BBC London News; Weather 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Best House in Town 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six; Weather 7:30pm BBC London News; Weather 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Inside Out London 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm Warren 10:30pm This Time with Alan Partridge 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm Regional News and Weather 11:35pm Fleabag 12:00am Jerk 12:25am Have I Got a Bit More

9:30am The Week in Parliament 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm Think Tank 2:45pm An Island Parish 3:15pm An Island Parish 3:45pm Who Do You Think You Are? 4:45pm The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain 5:15pm Wild Burma: Nature's Lost Kingdom 6:15pm Antiques Road Trip 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great Indian Railway Journeys 8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Only Connect 9:30pm University Challenge 10:00pm Louis Theroux: The Night in Question 11:00pm Cunk on Britain 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am Canvey - The Promised Island

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7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm James Martin's Great British Adventure 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Kyle Files 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm Exposure: Brexit Online Uncovered 12:50am Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

7:20am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:45am Totally Bonkers 8:10am You've Been Framed!

9:00am Emmerdale 9:25am Coronation Street 10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:20am Superstore 11:50am Superstore 12:15pm You've Been Framed!

1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm You've Been Framed Gold!

9:00pm You've Been Framed!

10:00pm Family Guy 11:00pm The Stand Up Sketch Show 11:30pm Family Guy 12:00am American Dad! 12:30am American Dad! 12:55am Timewasters

6:20am Classic Emmerdale 6:50am ITV3 Nightscreen 7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Heartbeat 9:00am Murder, She Wrote 10:00am Judge Judy 10:30am Judge Judy 10:55am Judge Judy 11:25am On the Buses 12:00pm On the Buses 12:30pm Rising Damp 1:05pm George and Mildred 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Midsomer Murders 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Endeavour 11:00pm Scott and Bailey 12:00am Scott and Bailey 1:05am DCI Banks

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Beyond 100 Days On Hannibal's Trail Coast A Very British History The Birth of Empire: The East India Company Citizen Jane Documentary charting Jane Jacobs' effort to stop New York's `master builder" Robert Moses demolishing historic neighbourhoods in pursuit of his modernist vision for the city.

The Search for the Lost Manuscript Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA Into the Wind A Very British History

10:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:10am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:05pm Undercover Boss USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News Channel 4's midday news summary.

1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm A New Life in the Sun 6:00pm Escape to the Chateau: DIY 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Dispatches 9:30pm The Secret Lives of Slim People 10:00pm Famous and Fighting Crime 11:00pm Flights From Hell: Caught on Camera 12:00am Skint Britain: Friends Without Benefits 1:05am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA

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10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 1:10pm 5 News 1:15pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Concrete Evidence: A Fixer Upper Mystery 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm Gallagher Premiership Rugby Highlights 9:00pm Traffic Cops Documentary series about Britain's traffic police.

10:00pm Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson 11:00pmThe Bachelor 12:05am Sex Tape

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7:00am Batman Returns 9:10am T2: Judgement Day 11:45am Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 1:40pm Breaking in 3:15pm Proud Mary 4:50pm Hanna 6:50pm Batman Returns 9:00pm Breaking in 10:30pm Proud Mary 12:05am T2: Judgement Day 2:40am Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

The Car Chasers The Avengers Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals The Avengers Kojak Quincy, M.E. Another investigation for the California coroner.

5:00pm Minder Terry and Arthur are captivated by an Australian girl who claims to be searching for her long-lost boyfriend but what is her real motive?

6:05pm The Professionals 7:10pm The Car Chasers 7:45pm Snooker 11:30pmTraining Day 12:30am FYI Daily 12:35amTraining Day 2:05am The Sweeney

7:20am The Object of My Affection 9:20am My Cousin Vinny 11:30am Frat Pack 1:15pm Pitch Perfect 3:15pm Pitch Perfect 3 5:00pm 10 Things I Hate About You 6:50pm Think Like a Man 9:00pm Pitch Perfect 11:00pm Pitch Perfect 3 12:45am Chips: Law and Disorder 2:40am Brüno

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The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Coach Trip: Road to Barcelona The Big Bang Theory Young Sheldon Celebs Go Dating The Sex Clinic The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Tattoo Fixers Celebs Go Dating First Dates The Sex Clinic The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Rules of Engagement Don't Tell the Bride The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Coach Trip: Road to Barcelona The Big Bang Theory Young Sheldon Celebs Go Dating The Sex Clinic The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

The Tribes of Palos Verdes Leave No Trace Woody Woodpecker Serenity: Special A special look at the latest Sky Movies Original Film - a noir thriller with Matthew McConaughey.

Serenity Fat Camp A jobless and immature twentysomething finds himself learning some life lessons after being forced to work at his uncle's fat camp.

The First Purge Leave No Trace Serenity Fat Camp The First Purge Future World Gloves Off

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Rugby Gold Live ANZ Netball Good Morning Sports Fans Good Morning Sports Fans Football Centre Football Centre Football Centre Sky Sports News Sky Sports News All the news from the Premier League and beyond.

Sky Sports News All the news from the Premier League and beyond.

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EFL Greatest Games Football's Greatest Football Countdowns Football Years Football Years EFL One2eleven One2eleven Football's Greatest EFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games Football Countdowns Football Years EFL One2eleven Football's Greatest EFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games Soccer Am Best Bits One2eleven Football The Debate - Live EFL Greatest Games Football's Greatest Football Years Football Countdowns Football Countdowns SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games One2eleven EFL

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Crimewatch Roadshow Live 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Wanted Down Under 12:45pm A1: Britain's Longest Road 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Shakespeare and Hathaway 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Best House in Town 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Shetland 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Eating with My Ex 12:05am Growing Up Gay 1:05am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:10am BBC News

6:05am The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm James Martin's Great British Adventure 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Call the Cleaners 9:00pm This Time Next Year 10:00pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm In the Line of Fire with Ross Kemp 12:45am Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

1:35am Tenable 2:25am Jackpot247

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Bargain Hunt Best House in Town Great British Menu Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs BBC News at 9 Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Politics Live Super League Show 2019 Ray Mears Goes Walkabout Who Do You Think You Are? Celebrity genealogy series.

The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain Mexico: Earth's Festival of Life Antiques Road Trip Eggheads Great Indian Railway Journeys Saving Lives at Sea Inside the Factory The Great British Sewing Bee The Mash Report Newsnight Weather

8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm On Hannibal's Trail 9:00pm Scotland: Rome's Final Frontier 10:00pm Burma with Simon Reeve 11:00pm Women's Football England v Japan.

1:15am Top of the Pops 2:15am The Man Who Shot Tutankhamun 3:15am The Body Beautiful: Ancient Greeks, Good Looks and Glamour 3:45am Awesome Beauty Lachlan Goudie explores Britain's spectacular industrial landscapes and the artists and artworks inspired by them in a passionate and thought-provoking journey that challenges our national stereotypes.

You've Been Framed!

You've Been Framed!

Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show Superstore Superstore You've Been Framed!

You've Been Framed: Gold Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Take Me Out You've Been Framed!

You've Been Framed!

You've Been Framed!

The Fast and the Furious FYI Daily The Fast and the Furious Family Guy

7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Heartbeat 9:00am Murder, She Wrote 10:00am Judge Judy 10:30am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:25am On the Buses 12:00pm On the Buses 12:35pm Rising Damp 1:05pm George and Mildred 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:50pm Midsomer Murders 6:55pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm DCI Banks 12:00am DCI Banks 1:05am Joe Maddison's War 2:55am ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service.

3:30am Teleshopping Shopping from home.

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Cheers Cheers Cheers Frasier Frasier Frasier Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA Undercover Boss USA Channel 4 News Come Dine with Me Find it, Fix it, Flog it Countdown A Place in the Sun A New Life in the Sun Escape to the Chateau DIY The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer Derry Girls Home Gogglebox First Dates

7:00am Football Rivalries 7:10am The Car Chasers US reality show. Cars are prepared for auction including a 1960 Bonneville, two Camaros, a Chevy C10 and a Formula 400 with a bad paint job.

7:45am The Avengers 8:55am Kojak 9:55am Quincy, M.E. 11:00am Minder 12:00pm The Sweeney 1:05pm The Protectors 1:45pm Snooker 5:30pm The Professionals 6:35pm The Sweeney 7:45pm Snooker 11:30pm Tremors 12:30am FYI Daily 12:35am Tremors 1:30am River Monsters 2:00am The Sweeney 3:00am Lethal Weapon 3:55am ITV4 Nightscreen Text-based information service.

4:00am Teleshopping Shopping from home.

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Great Scientists Nick's Quest Milkshake!

Jeremy Vine Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 5 News Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

Access Home and Away Neighbours Lies Gone Viral Friends Friends 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Wild Britain: Our Wonderous Rivers The Yorkshire Vet London: 2000 Years of History The Bachelor Michael Jackson's Face The Last Hours of Michael Jackson High Street TV Teleshopping Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords

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Catwoman Resident Evil: Apocalypse 10:10am Alien 12:10pm Avatar 2:55pm Atomic Blonde 4:55pm The Bone Collector 7:00pm Sucker Punch 9:00pm Alien 11:00pm The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 1:40am Atomic Blonde

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Operation Petticoat The Bachelors Look Who's Talking Mamma Mia! Father Figures Road-trip comedy about bickering twin brothers who embark on a crosscountry quest to find their real dad.

Fist Fight Think Like a Man Too Mamma Mia! Father Figures Paul Dazed and Confused

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Language lesson IN the article Unique Language (EWN, issue 1755) it is stated that the Spanish language has its roots in Latin...’ and also has Arabic influences.’ And that’s all... Wrong!

Though it was Christianity that put an end to classical Greek culture and the fact that your newspaper is a Christian newspaper, it is not enough reason to exclude the Greek language as one of the most important roots of the Spanish language.

Professor Samuel Gili Gaya wrote that Hellenisms were a traditional and permanent source of the Spanish lexicon and ‘the Romans had in their vocabulary many ancient Greek voices.’

In addition, the Latin writers took as a model the Greek works. There are also less important sources: Tagalog, Hebrew, Aramaic, etc.

As a Spanish writer I would appreciate correcting the mistake made in the pages of your newspaper.

JMF Santana

Parking woe I PARKED in a very quiet road next to an identical van while both van owners were living in an adjacent hotel. I was fined for having a van which I had kitted out for occasional camping, while the other was not! I had not slept in the van for the previous month!

What sort of by-law allows such ridiculous nonsense?

Graham Griffiths

SUNSET: A magnificent sight from my apartment window.

A stunning sky I HAVE to say that Spain has some magnificent natural sights to rival anywhere in the world. On my travels I have seen striking mountains, impressive gorges and stunning forests, but sometimes you really don’t have to move very far, just turn your gaze skywards.

This beautiful sunset picture was taken from the window of my holiday apartment in Avenida Gamonal in Arroyo de la Miel.

David Anderson

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Price of inaction SINCE two-year-old Julen fell down an illegal well to his death in Andalucia in January, Spain has been forced to confront its illegal hole problem.

Wells dug without permission have been shown as not only lethal, but widespread.

The government estimates there could be more than one million across Spain. That is an average of more than 123 for each of Spain’s 8,124 villages, towns and cities.

Provincial and regional authorities have already begun trying to seal off illegal holes to avoid a rerun of Julen’s death.

Three were sealed in Asturias’ capital Oviedo this week and the Junta de Castilla y Leon’s Finance Spokesperson Pilar del Olmo said her authority would spend €100 million doing so. Action comes none too soon. If the government’s estimates are accurate, then it is frighteningly lucky that someone was not hurt or killed sooner, or that more lives have not been claimed.

It goes to show that rules on planning, health and safety, much maligned as restrictive and pedantic, serve a vital function.

Had prospectors followed those rules, tragedy may not have visited Malaga Province and we would be bringing you our view on something else this week.

David Serrano, the owner of the land which harboured the well that claimed Julen’s life, has now been charged in connection with the two-year-old’s death.

Julen’s death is the price of inaction. The cost may mount further if nothing is done to curb illegal wells.

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Costa del Sol entertainer Bunny Lane dies Only recently heard that Bunny was no longer with us. I had many great nights in Bunny’s in Iris where we have an apartment. He and KT and Peter were amazing, was so sad when Bunny’s closed. Sending my condolences to Phil.

Maureen

Spanish universities cancel Erasmus grants before hard Brexit possibility Brexit is going to create a negative impact which is something inevitable. I think Spain should work harder and emphasise how it can attract international students (esp from Asia, Middle-East and even from North America). Spain has one of the top universities in the world and the quality of education and professors are excellent and of high standard.

If the government along with educational professionals introduce more universities that can offer different courses taught in English then I won’t be surprised if they surpass Germany or even France in terms of receiving more international students.

Pupils are crazy to study in Spain because of the food, sports, culture, and even social life, but two things might have been issues for many to change their minds : 1. Language and 2.

Lack of jobs. Think again, it is not too late.

Andrew It hardly matters whether Erasmus is closed for certain to British students. Applicants to these grants from the UK have already faced rejected applications for almost two years following the referendum.

Julie

COMMENTS FROM EWN ONLINE Yup - unfortunately peeps in the UK just didn’t think of the real knock-on effect of their vote. I’m sure there will be another programme hashed out over time, but it’s gonna be a pain for those wanting to study European languages.

Jennifer

Best and worst Spanish supermarkets In the matter of price v quality v availability, Mercadona is hard to beat.

Alan

Corte Ingles is ok, but overpriced, unfortunately.

Francesca

Health expert warns of 12,000 heat deaths a year in Spain without climate change action And they still burn everything on the fields. Every day the Orba Vally is covered in smoke and smog but nobody does anything about it. Just always blame the cars.

Renato

Spain strikes deals with African countries to control migration Good luck to the powers that be on this.

Edgar

Not one mention of Mercadona which I think is the best all round supermarket. Value for money and good quality. Elsewhere you’re mainly paying for popular branded goods where Mercadona’s own brand are perfectly fine!

Nick

Morocco will be very grateful - for the thousands of highly educated migrants who would otherwise have made their way to Britain or Germany who - we are always told - are desperate for their skills !

PM

My supermarket habits have changed since I moved inland as I was a Carrefour girl, sporadically shopping at Supersol and Mercadona , rarely Lidl, and never Aldi. Now I’m inland, and it’s Mercadona, Lidl, Aldi and Dia in that order, Don Market were great but have moved due to a new Carrefour which is okay, but the fresh produce isn’t great... or what I bought wasn’t too good out of the packaging. So it was back to Lidl and Mercadona. I rate Mercadona number 1. El

BREXIT: Brits could pay €60 for EU travel after Spain blocks fee waiver over Gibraltar This is absolutely WONDERFUL news. It’s absolutely IMPERATIVE we are put on the visa-required list. We are far too high-risk a country to be put on the EU’s visa exempt list.

Gayle

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Slow progress on the love front should not see you fretting. At the moment, the priorities are elsewhere. Putting down roots and establishing your position are paramount.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Bring more zip to your life by putting the spotlight on your health. Getting out and about lifts the spirits, while perking up the diet with new foods brightens the system. As energy levels come up this week, be aware of what is happening around you. A chance remark in conversation may bring to light a really great idea for improving your finances. Romance is not exactly sparkling but you have your eye on this area.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) The chance to travel seems exciting but can be made even more so by including a few people who are on your wavelength. So busy have you been on the more mundane aspects of life that the 'big picture' may have faded into the background. An early holiday or weekend break opens the mind and gives impetus to any personal plans. Don't be shy when with members of the opposite sex because they have much to offer you spiritually.

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VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Does someone in the family need your attention? Don't begrudge time spent with them, even if you are busy. Consider what you would want others to do if you were in the same position. After all, you love a challenge so see this as a bit of a juggling act.

Bringing humour into the equation makes such a difference midweek when you wonder where it is all going.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) With your enthusiasm socially at a peak, now is the time to get involved with anything that takes your fancy. A project involving music or painting will give you the chance to make new friends. Children and young people fill your time for a lot of this week and certainly give you a reason to smile. Organising a trip, possibly abroad, brings the chance of romance.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) This week will see more progress on a health issue. Maybe you have recently given up something or taken to the gym. Recent weeks may have conspired to upset your best efforts. It is never too late to make a fresh start, though, especially right now. Someone who gives your confidence a boost also leads you to believe that anything is possible.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Avoid like the plague people who would dampen your spirit. It may not be deliberate but, if you are near repressed or depressed people, it may rub off. Find positive, active people to be near. If you have not started a form of exercise, then now is as good a time as any. Make it group activity if you want more social contacts. When meeting someone new do not dismiss them out of hand.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Romance will find you this week if only you are in the right frame of mind. You may be inclined to refuse social gatherings that hold no prospects for you, but don't close the door on anything. The right kind of companions are sometimes found in the strangest places. It is cosy to stay at home but life is all about progress, not stagnation.

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Across 1 Doctor with little work in the fall (4) 3 Lump of rock broke the radio set (8) 9 Wrestle madly and suffer in heat (7) 10 Bill from Microsoft for supplying Access? (5) 11 Puzzling out some jargon (5) 12 Aprons designed for clergyman (6) 14 Part of flower, extremely sweet, with new name (6) 16 Going up, like US money (6) 19 Small change for a constable (6) 21 The belief is that I am God returning (5) 24 Mysterious characters confused nurse (5) 25 Company chief ordered to get a small house (7) 26 After remaking bed, Doris undressed (8) 27 Refuse in the garden yard (4) Down 1 Show daughter is nearby (8) 2 Once a stormy sea (5) 4 Scratch sweetheart following fight (6) 5 Found idea germinated, showing keen interest (5) 6 Effect of comet crash after half an hour (7) 7 Vessel for someone very attractive (4)

8 In a large book, hospital involved (2,4) 13 Arty gets revised plan (8) 15 Sums worked out, not a sum (7) 17 Seated transport is dignified (6) 18 Some mediocre chefs in nursery (6)

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20 Italian sauce made from ripest oranges (5) 22 For example turns on boy in clearing (5) 23 Poke with end of sharp stick (4)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 3 represents C and 17 represents B, so fill in C every time the figure 3 appears and B every time the figure 17 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 Small handgun (6) 4 Spanish sparkling wine (4) 8 Investigate thoroughly to see if true (5) 9 Identical in quantity (5) 10 Early form of bicycle (10) 13 Strong desire to travel (10) 17 Relating to sound or sound recording (5) 18 Rugged box (5) 19 Arrange or order by classes or categories (4) 20 To pick out from a number by preference (6)

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Across 7 Comportarse (6) 8 Zanahoria (6) 9 Esperanza (4) 10 Transferir (8) 11 Fencing (sport) (7) 13 Rodillas (5) 15 To polish (5) 17 Pañales (7) 20 Skill (8) 21 Cantar (4) 23 Imán (6) 24 Balancín (6)

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Down 1 Young dogs (4) 2 Range (5) 3 Be obliged to pay or repay (3) 5 Light shade of blue (5) 6 Napping (6) 7 Diffusing warmth and friendliness (6) 11 Nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America (6) 12 Perspires (6) 14 Lowest or most unsuccessful point in a situation (5) 15 Frighten (5) 16 Strike repeatedly (4) 18 Stick used in snooker (3)

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

Down 1 Veil (4) 2 Carrera (6) 3 Hora de acostarse (7) 4 To throw (5) 5 Cárcel (6) 6 ¡Ven aquí! (4,4) 12 Cacerola (8) 14 To have a wash (7) 16 Tener la intención de (6) 18 To own (6) 19 Décimo (5) 22 Ordenado (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 (DEPOSE) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

BEAUTY BEHALF CAUCUS DEPOSE (10) ELDEST ENTIRE ESCAPE FRAYED GUNMEN HELMET HOOKUP PELVIS ROTTEN STATUS STORMY STRUNG THWACK TOUCHY WHITEN

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Dreamy 2 Mumble 3 Laymen 4 Bronze 5 Bamboo 6 Vagary 7 Blonde 8 Grubby 9 Regain 10 Nobody 11 Travel 12 Dyeing 13 Dugout 14 Inland 15 Edging 16 Candle 17 Indigo 18 Triune 19 Onrush.

Nonagram

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 N) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.

TARGET: • Average: 23 • Good: 33

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TARGET:

• Very good: 47 • Excellent: 60

SCORING: 4 letters: 1 point 7 letters: 5 points 5 letters: 2 points 8 or more letters: 6 letters: 3 points 11 points

Average: 14 Good: 19 Very good: 27

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Excellent: 35

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION ache acre cafe care chef cure each ecru face fare fear hare hear race rhea urea chafe facer farce reach chafer chaffer CHAUFFEUR

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QUICK Across: 1 Supple, 4 Lags, 7 Syria, 8 Ahead, 10 Greedy, 14 Add, 15 Hybrid, 18 Hyena, 19 Adapt, 20 Mare, 21 Remedy.

CODE BREAKER

Down: 1 Sash, 2 Partridge, 3 Leave, 5 Sudden, 6 Lazy, 9 Eliminate, 11/12 Dry ice, 13 Mayhem, 15 Hoax, 16 Blaze, 17 Stay.

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Across:

Across:

1 Misers, 4 Creeds, 9 Dormice, 10 Wager, 11 Seems, 12 Lanyard, 13 Greengrocer, 18 Snapper, 20 Intro, 22 Limbo, 23 Netball, 24 Modest, 25 Adults.

1 Comb, 3 Calabaza, 9 Ciruela, 10 Alarm, 11 Maybe, 12 Llorar, 14 Eighty, 16 Armada, 19 Dibujo , 21 Pulga, 24 Lilac, 25 Thinner, 26 Pasteles, 27 Esas.

Down:

Down:

1 Medusa, 2 Serve, 3 Reissue, 5 Rowan, 6 Engrave, 7 Strode, 8 Belligerent, 14 Rearmed, 15 Omitted, 16 Asylum, 17 Koalas, 19 Plots, 21 Trail.

1 Cucumber, 2 Mercy, 4 Amable, 5 Abajo, 6 Azafata, 7 Army, 8 Cement, 13 Palabras, 15 Grillos, 17 Repair, 18 Bottle, 20 Uncle, 22 Lungs, 23 Slap.

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QUIZ: HI-DE-HI All the answers begin with either HI or DE 1. Easter Road is the home ground of which Scottish Premiership football club, founded in 1875?

2. Also called ‘belladonna’, which poisonous bushy Eurasian plant has drooping purple flowers and black cherry-like fruit?

3. The songs Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Now You Has Jazz and Well, Did You Evah! all featured in which 1956 American romantic musical comedy film?

4. Israelites, 007 (Shanty Town), It Miek and You Can Get It If You Really Want were all UK hit singles for which Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer-songwriter and musician?

5. What is the name of the American politician, diplomat, lawyer, writer and public speaker who served as the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001?

6. Thought to have been hidden by the Essenes or a similar Jewish sect shortly before the revolt against Roman rule, what name was given to the collection of Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts discovered in pottery storage jars in caves near Qumran between 1947 and 1956?

7. What was the name of the legendary 16th-century North American Indian teacher and chieftain, who was the hero of an 1855 narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?

8. What name is given to the science or technique of dating events, environmental change and archaeological artefacts by using the characteristic patterns of annual growth rings in timber and tree trunks?

9. Which range of high mountains in northern Pakistan and Afghanistan form a westward continuation of the Himalayas?

10. Which desert area that is part of the Mojave Desert in eastern California and southwestern Nevada, contains the lowest point in North America?

Not a lot of people know that... with the filming of the BBC television sitcom Hi-De-Hi initially taking place during spring, Jeffrey Holland (Spike Dixon) spent so much time in the camp swimming pool during production of series one that he was treated for hypothermia.

Answers: 1. HIBERNIAN FC (commonly known as HIBS), 2. DEADLY NIGHTSHADE, 3. HIGH SOCIETY, 4. DESMOND DEKKER, 5. HILLARY CLINTON, 6. DEAD SEA SCROLLS, 7.

HIAWATHA, 8.

DENDROCHRONOLOGY, 9.

HINDU KUSH, 10. DEATH VALLEY

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• Ainsley Harriott, Chef; February 28, 62 went platinum in late 2009, before subsequent This well-loved culinary icon has been a regular on singles and albums went on to make Bieber one British screens since early musical success with an of the best-selling singers of all time. early-nineties hit record, World Party, with the • Jon Bon Jovi, Singer; March 2, 57 The leader of eponymous rock band, Jon Bon Calypso Twins. Formed by Harriott and a school friend, the act went on become regular performers Bon Jovi.

Jovi, the singer has enjoyed success since 1983 on London’s stand-up circuit before Harriott when he founded the group. Since then, the icon became a chef, going on to present Can’t Cook, Won’t has gone on to release 12 studio albums with his band, as Cook, and Ready Steady Cook. well as two solo albums. Bon Jovi has also dipped his toes into the acting world, in Moonlight and Valentino.

• Justin Bieber, Singer; March 1, 25 Newlywed Bieber is a Canadian singer-songwriter • Jessica Biel, Actress; March 3, 37 discovered by talent manager Scooter Braun after Bieber Jessica Claire Timberlake, as she is officially known since posted YouTube videos of himself covering songs. After marrying singer Justin Timberlake in 2012, is a successful American actress who secured roles in television drama signing to RBMG records in 2008, the singer’s first album

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.

series 7th Heaven. She has since gone on to receive Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations for acting.

• Brooklyn Beckham, Instagrammer; March 4, 20 The famous son of parents David and Victoria Beckham, Brooklyn Beckham has since gone on to achieve celebrity status in his own right through a series of modelling contracts, high-profile celebrity girlfriends, and a thriving Instagram account.

• Eva Mendes, Actress; March 5, 43 This successful actress, who has two children with fellow actor Ryan Gosling, began her career in the late 90’s with a series of roles in B films, including Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror. She went on to achieve larger roles in films Training Day, 2 Fast 2 Furious and The Other Guys.

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Solution WIDE WIRE WORE WORD WOAD (LORD) LOAD or WIDE WILE

IN this new novel by author Lucinda Berry, a young couple desperate for a child of their own finally get what they want with unsettling consequences.

Christopher and Hannah, a happily married surgeon and nurse with outwardly perfect lives, are missing a child in their lives until one day Christopher finds Janie, an abandoned six-year-old, at their hospital.

The surgeon forms an instant connection with the child and convinces Hannah to take her in. Janie proves not to be the perfect child, however, increasingly forming a strong bond to Christopher while lashing out against Hannah in increasingly distressing ways.

As Christopher refuses to see Hannah is suffering, and denies Janie is manipulating him, Hannah becomes increasingly isolated from her family.

Already at breaking point, a revelation about Janie’s past may be enough to push Hannah and Christopher over the edge.

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This week in history

The perfect child

• 1692 - Witch hunt In Salem Village in Massachusetts, Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba, an Indian slave from Barbados, are charged with practising witchcraft.

• 1899 - Aspirin out German pharmaceutical company Bayer patents aspirin, using acetylsalicylic acid made from a chemical found in the bark of willow trees, and making the medicine a household name.

• 1932 - Kidnapped In 1932, Charles Lindbergh III, the 20-monthold son of aviation icon Charles Lindbergh, is kidnapped from the family’s home in Hopewell, New Jersey, with the perpetrator leaving a muddy footprint behind.

• 1953 - DNA discovered Cambridge University scientists, James Watson and Francis Crick, discover the chemical structure of DNA, determining it is made of a double-helix structure.

• 1966 - Lennon controversy Musician John Lennon sparks his first major controversy in America five months after giving a quote to an English newspaper saying the Beatles were, ‘Bigger than Jesus.’

• 1987 - Sinking A British ferry leaving Zeebrugge, Belgium, capsized, drowning 188 people, leading to a safety procedure investigation, led by Lord Justice Barry Sheen, which found the ship was lacking the necessary safety mechanisms.

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THIS pre-cursor to Morse is now in its sixth episode and more popular than ever. In this series, it’s 1969, and things seem bleak with Morse - played by Roger Allam - and his crew separated across Oxfordshire. A series of grisly crimes - including the death of a young girl making her way home from school, cut brakes lines, a deadly campaign of gossip and rumour in a picturesque village and a murder at the Bodleian Library - to bring them back together. This season brings Morse’s former adversary, DCI Ronnie Box (Simon Harrison), and his sidekick, DS Alan Jago (Richard Riddell), into the gang, forcing them to work together to battle crime and corruption.

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Looking at diabetes

by Julie Day

THE number of people suffering from diabetes worldwide has risen from 108 million in 1980, to more than 425 million in 2017.

The US has the greatest number of diabetics, at almost 10 per cent of the population, followed by the UK, Canada and China.

Diabetes is now the seventh most common cause of death, and studies say two out of every three people with diabetes will die early from heart disease or a stroke. Traditionally, diabetes generally only affected people over the age of 60, but now it is common to see people in their 30’s and younger with the disease, and the rise in the number of diabetic young children is steadily increasing.

What is diabetes?

In short, diabetes is a defect in the body’s ability to convert blood sugar into energy. In Type 1 diabetes, the pancreas stops producing or is unable to produce enough insulin, a hormone the body needs to regulate blood sugar levels, ensuring they are not too high or too low. Insulin is responsible for delivering the sugar (glucose) from the bloodstream into the liver, muscles, fat and other cells so it can be used for fuel.

In Type 2 diabetes, the body does not respond normally to insulin, and cannot use it effectively. It begins to overproduce the hormone to make up for it, but over time the body can’t produce

CONTROL: Glucose levels must be maintained at a healthy level for diabetes sufferers. enough insulin to maintain blood sugar levels at a normal rate, leading to excessive amounts of glucose in the body which can’t be used.

Symptoms Symptoms of Type 1 diabetes include extreme thirst, frequent and excessive emptying of the bladder, constant hunger, weight loss, mood swings, tiredness, weakness, nausea, wounds which are unable to heal quickly, recurring infections and blurred vision.

The symptoms of Type 2 are similar to those of Type 1, but not as obvious. This often means a late diagnosis of the disease, meaning the patient could have already had it for several years.

Additional symptoms include hunger, especially after just eating, a dry mouth and headaches.

Health problems If diabetes is not treated or controlled it can lead to numerous health conditions including heart

disease, kidney failure, blindness, glaucoma, nerve destruction and amputation of the feet.

Over time, excessive sugar in the blood destroys the body’s blood vessels and nerves, and restricts blood and oxygen flow through the arteries and veins. A reduction of blood flowing to the heart, or a blockage in the arteries, can lead to a heart attack or stroke. Studies show people with diabetes are twice at risk of developing heart or cardiovascular disease than people without diabetes.

Causes of diabetes Research generally shows there is no single cause of diabetes. There are, however, several important contributing factors.

Researchers agree the most common contributing factor of developing diabetes Type 2 is obesity, closely followed by stress.

People with high blood pressure, high levels of LDL cholesterol and a high body mass index

are more at risk, and it has also been found most diabetics are deficient in magnesium and zinc, minerals which aid the body’s ability to use insulin and to heal wounds.

Prevention While traditional doctors advocate the use of pharmaceutical drugs (much to the delight of the pharmaceutical companies who are profiting), studies have also shown supplements and lifestyle changes will help to control, or even reverse, diabetes.

As stress is a major diseaseforming factor; a contributor to many illnesses, not just diabetes, it is vital to eliminate stress from our lives. Patients must control their weight and exercise, such as walking an hour every day and avoiding high glycaemic index foods such as processed carbohydrates and sugar, is essential.

Studies also show magnesium and zinc supplements will help.

Low magnesium levels for example, are associated with insulin resistance, impaired glucose tolerance, and decreased insulin secretion. This means by increasing magnesium levels, the body will become less resistant to insulin and be able to use it properly.

Other minerals and supplements known to aid in the prevention of diabetes include B vitamins, vitamin E, chromium, iodine, cinnamon and coenzyme Q10.

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Treat yourself!

Kate Broadhead Health and Lifestyle coach

Will eyelash extensions destroy my natural lashes?

ARE you thinking about eyelash extensions, but maybe you have experienced or heard of someone who damaged or lost their natural lashes?

What exactly are eyelash extensions?

Not to be confused with other types of false eyelashes which you can buy and put on yourself at home, lash extensions are applied with a semi-permanent adhesive to each of your individual natural lashes by a professional lash artist in a salon. For a good and natural result, you really should see an ‘artist’ to have it, because making your lashes look full and natural at the same time, really is an art.

A real artist will first analyse the shape of your face and eyes, and make a plan of what is the perfect shape for your look. Depending on the volume you want, every lash is either put on one by one, or fans which are made at the moment they are put on. In the market there are also pre-made fans, but these will look thick and unnatural, and they are also heavy for your natural lashes.

The most important thing is that the natural lashes are truly separated from each other, and that the extension does not go too close to the eye.

If this is not done correctly, this is the critical point where people often experience damage of the lashes. If this is not done properly, your eyes will be itchy, and as you scratch your eyes, your natural lash will be drawn out.

Choosing a professional place for lash extensions.

The biggest myth is that lash extensions ruin your own lashes. Assure that your lash artist is certified, and ask what brand they work with.

A lash artist who represents a good brand, will have both an exam and a diploma, and can tell you what the lashes and the adhesive are made of.

The most common extensions come in mink, faux mink, silk and synthetic. You can choose between classical look where one extension is put on every lash - or volume, where several thinner extensions are put on every lash.

Within this spectre, the artist creates what you want. You might have heard of American volume, Russian volume, cat-eye and doll eye... and maybe the best is to show your lash artist a photo of what result you would like, to perfectly customise your lash extensions for you.

Are you thinking of having eyelash extensions, but unsure which eyelash extension style will suit you? At Derma Clinic Spain, our lash artist has an exam from Nova Lash, and long experience with lash extensions.

We want to get the best result possible for your eyes, which is why styling is so important to us!

Call for an appointment on: 674 255 579 Avda. del Albir 161, local 1 674 255 579 www.dermaclinicspain.com Alternatively see our Facebook page facebook.com/DermaClinicSpain

CRAVINGS have a lot to answer for.

They are often the downfall of any weight loss regime and the knock-on effect can be ultimate failure.

Everyone has their weaknesses.

My best friend can’t turn down a family-sized bag of Walkers crisps.

Many people are chocoholics. My weakness is full-on carbs; a baked potato with cheese and butter is pure heaven to me!

So how do we stop cravings from leading us astray? Two things: 1) If you desperately want something, plan it into your day and work the rest of your meals around it. With carb cycling, you have a certain flexibility as no foods are banned, they just have to be eaten in moderation, and to a set limit for your weight.

2) Create guilt-free goodies which contain healthier ingredients, thus allowed to be eaten more freely!

Two of my most popular recipes are peanut butter protein bites and coconut chocolate balls, both of which are made with natural sweeteners and flour alternatives. They also taste great!

by Sally Underwood

SPRING may be here, but the changeable weather can still wreak havoc on dry lips, so why not give them a treat?

Today’s generation of lipsticks are no longer designed simply to offer you the latest colour trends.

Now, naturalfriendly brands are focussing on lip health as well as appearance.

To give yourself a mini mouth makeover at home, first gently massage in a lip scrub. Available from brands such as Herbivore (€15.86 from www.revolvecloth ing.es), whose allnatural exfoliant contains coconut oil, sugar and rose essential oil for a luxurious experience.

Or for a quick fix, mix

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CURB THE CRAVINGS: Switch ingredients for guilt-free treats.

Sweet cravings often occur in the afternoon, a couple of hours after lunch when the fatigue can kick in and you get the ‘crash’ which leads you to make an unhealthy choice.

These sweet snacks are perfect for this as they contain natural energy sources and are perfect with your afternoon coffee! (black of course!)

Milk substitutes are very popular now and are so versatile; if smoothies are your thing, blend almond milk with berries and ice for a delicious filler which tastes way too

good to be healthy! For savoury treats, cheese is welcomed on carb cycling; just be careful to choose a low carb, high fibre cracker to be its partner!

Visit Kate’s successful Facebook group on www.facebook.com/groups/carb cyclingforbeginners or follow on Instagram @carbcyclingqueen For personal coaching please email her on ccforbeginners@hotmail.com.

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CELEBRATE SPRING: Take advantage of the milder weather to pamper yourself. your own scrub from equal parts of brown sugar and honey.

After sloughing off any dry skin, it is time to lock in

moisture with a chemicalfree hydrator, such as a small amount of pure coconut oil.

Now seal the deal by

nourishing your newly-beautified lips while keeping on trend with the latest colours.

The Luxury Lipstick by Rodin (€33.48 from w w w. re v o l v e c l o t h i n g . e s ) contains rose flower wax, argan oil, apricot oil and jasmine oil, all to promote lip health.

The formula is also enriched with neroli oil, lavender flower wax, as well as vitamins C and E to help nourish and soften lips.

Available in eight shades from demure nudes and berries and riotous reds, this product promises to deliver rich, comfortable and highly-pigmented colour with a soft matte finish.

Alternatively, for a hint of colour, check out L’Oreal Paris Lip Sexy Balm Sheers (€6.95 from www.maquil lalia.com). Available in six shades, these balms promise long-lasting hydration with a sheer pop of shade.

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Winter skin special care with Medcare NOT only concerned with your physical health and well-being, the Medcare Aesthetics team want to ensure patients have the opportunity to look as good as they feel.

With all the latest in treatments and technology, Dr Hussain and her capable aesthetics team can provide all manner of nonsurgical anti-ageing treatments. Two of the best treatments are the Rehydration Therapy programme and Medical Resurfacing.

We all can agree that looking after your skin is important all year round, but it benefits greatly from extra TLC during the winter months. The weather is colder and the wind can be harsh which has a tendency to dry the skin, sometimes leaving it feeling more sensitive.

The Rehydration Therapy delivers nutrients directly into the skin, unlike many facial treatments which merely put products onto the top layer of the skin. The nutrientrich, lightweight serum is predominantly hyulauronic acid, plus vitamins, minerals and beneficial protein complexes in a formulation closest to that we produce naturally.

Dr Hussain uses the Teosyal range, which has won awards for its filler products. Rehydration therapy was introduced to Medcare patients by Doctor Hussain in 2018, and has become very popular. Her patients love this treatment due to their skin having a renewed volume and youthful glow. The results are subtle enough that

LOOK GREAT: With the very latest in technology. friends and relatives will notice a change in the face of their loved ones; they may state how well their friend looks! But the change is such a natural one that an aesthetic treatment will not be suspected!

Medical Resurfacing as a skin treatment, has risen vastly in popularity over the past few years due to an increase in accessibility, the relatively low cost compared to surgical treatments, and of course, because it gives superb results. Once considered a treatment only attainable by celebrities, now this miraculous treatment is available for all.

The procedure provides solutions for many skin complaints, from fine lines, wrinkles and hyper-pigmentation to acne scarring. As it essentially creates ‘wounds’ when the micro-needles are passed over

the skin, the skin then naturally repairs itself through an increase in collagen production. The new skin (which has not been damaged by the sun, pollution or age) creates a younger visage, and because it is new it is tighter, hyper-pigmentation is reduced and scars and wrinkles have been reduced.

Medical Resurfacing is one of Medcare’s most popular treatments because patients get such amazing results. Although there is a downtime of around three to seven days with the procedure, when the reddened skin is healing, the patients agree the end result is well worth it!

Mrs W is a fantastic example of success; after just four sessions she saw a marked improvement in her skin, and looked over 10 years younger!

You can book a FREE consultation with Dr Hussain to find out if these or other treatments may be suitable for you.

FREE initial consultations are also available at Medcare for dental examinations with British dentist Tim and with the Cosmetic surgeon Dr Bernabeu. For your appointment please call 966 860 258 or email doctors@medcarespain.com.

BETWEEN festive events, visiting family, and cold temperatures, winter can feel like one of the longest seasons.

So why not celebrate its departure with a well-deserved, home pampering session? Best attempted in the evening when relaxation benefits should result in an uninterrupted night’s sleep, a DIY pampering session can lower stress and restore dehydrated, stressed-out hair and skin.

Begin by running a warm bath - shown to help lower stress hormone levels - containing a favourite oil or scent. Try a specially designed bath soak such as Herbivore’s Soaking Salts (€15.86 for 227g from www.re volveclothing.es). One hundred per cent natural, this relaxing product contains salts to hydrate and soothe skin.

Pure bliss As you soak away your stress, take advantage of half an hour to yourself to pay attention to one of the more neglected areas of the body; the scalp. Dampen hair before gently massaging IGK’s Low Key Cleansing Walnut Scalp Scrub (£31/€35.51 for 147ml) onto the head until the product dissolves, before adding more water for a rich lather. This mini-massage helps you unwind as well as detoxing the scalp of any product build-up, and can be used once a

week in place of shampoo.

Next, apply a hydrating mask such as Instant Coconut Hair Mask (€5.95 for 100ml from www.sephora.es). As it takes effect, treat your body to the same glow-inducing exfoliation and slough off the day with a gentle exfoliator such as Haeckels Exfoliating Vegan Seaweed Block (from £4/€4.59 from www.haeck els.co.uk). Doubling up as a hydrating seaweed soap and specially-made in Margate, England, this block uses peppercorns and crushed coriander seeds to provide a natural scrub.

After rinsing off, snuggle up in something comfortable and treat your skin to a mask. Patchology Flashmasque (from €7.05 from www.revolveclothing.es) is available in four varieties; Hydrate, Illuminate, Soothe, and Milk Peel.

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Get glossy THE sun is coming out, the clocks are not far from springing forward and the wild flowers are out. That can only mean one thing; spring is here.

Spring beauty is all about soft colours, dewy skin and glossy hair. Months of central heating and cold weather can take their toll, leaving us with dry, dull locks in need of some attention.

Regain your hair’s natural gloss with a routine designed to rehydrate and repair damage, beginning with Champu Sublime (€13.79 for 250ml from www.carethy.es) by Barcelona brand Abril et Nature. As the name suggests, this shampoo will help hair look its best with a combination of hydrating oils, hyaluronic acid, and conditioning ingredients.

Next, tackle the problems of loss of moisture and split ends with the IGK Bad & Bougie Amla Oil Deep Repair Conditioner (€29.55 for 236 ml from www.sephora.es).

This concentrated treatment contains vegetable proteins to strengthen hair structure, helping it regain its natural shine. Alternatively, try Rahua’s Classic Conditioner (from €9.75 at www.the cosmetics.com) for a 100 per cent natural hit of hydration.

To seal the deal - once a week and instead of your normal conditioner - protect all of your good work at the same time as adding

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Osteopathic treatment for arthritis

By Heidi Tryland UK Qualified Osteopath

SHINING BRIGHT: Regain hair’s natural shine with products which hydrate. shine, with a topcoat such as IGK’s Expensive. This product works like a top coat after a manicure to seal in shine and moisture and protect colour in the upcoming sunnier months, and is available at €29.55 for 124ml from www.sephora.es.

DO you have an arthritic hip or arthritis in the knee? And having a hip replacement surgery or a new knee is not what you want to do - not yet - and you think you have to live with the pain as long as you can bear it before going into surgery?

Well, you do not necessarily have to.

Osteopaths treat arthritis and can relieve pain. The arthritis is there and will not go away; it is wear and tear, but osteopathic treatment can help reduce the pain and help you move around easier.

Help yourself; stay active and get treatment. There are some simple steps you can take to help yourself. For example, what do you eat? Some food can increase arthritic pain, like tomatoes!

There is a list of other things which I can tell you all about.

Be positive. Remember, many people who have arthritis on their x-rays are symptom free!

TREATMENT: Don’t suffer in silence.

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GAME OF THRONES actress Lena Heady looked worlds away from her evil character Cersei Lannister when she attended Heroes Comic Con in Valencia on Saturday.

Donning a plunging lace top and striped trousers, the 45-year-old

PALS: Celine and Pepe are ‘just friends.’ long battle with cancer.

Pepe Muñoz has been seen by the five-time Grammy award winner’s side for the past two years.

looked relaxed and happy, teaming her sexy camisole with a black shirt, braces and a pair of orange woolly socks.

The natural beauty shunned heavy make-up in favour of a hint of mascara and lip gloss.

Heady has starred in the television hit since the first series, and hinted at the excitement to come from the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones in April.

Heady in Valencia

LENA HEADY: Game of Thrones star.

THE Duchess of York had her arms full of orchids and a suit cover emblazoned with an ‘S’ as she left a hotel in Madrid last week.

But the ex-wife of Princess Andrew, Sarah Ferguson, 59, still managed to greet fans who had gathered to see her.

The brief city break was no doubt welcomed after a hectic few weeks.

She visited Sierra Leone earlier this month with her charity Street Child, which helps children in poverty get an education.

Fergie visited a village and spent time with young pupils in the classroom.

Posting pictures of her visit to her Instagram account, which boasts 169,000 followers, she wrote: ‘Such a privilege to be welcomed so warmly by children at this school in Port Loko, Sierra Leone, which has been helped by my charity.

‘It breaks my heart that 121 million children don’t have a chance to go to school which is why I am here to launch Street Child’s campaign to build or renovate 1,000 schools and give an education to 100,000 children.’

And prior to Sierra Leone, the Duchess let her hair down at a friend’s party in Copenhagen, Germany.

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‘we are friends, we’re best friends’ adding that they hold hands and go out because ‘he is a gentleman.’

The mother-of-three went on to say that she doesn’t mind being papped in public with Muñoz, who is a self-taught illustrator specialising in fashion, ‘because he’s handsome and my best friend.’

But the My Heart Will Go On singer made it clear she is single, pointing out that her husband Rene Angelil just passed’ and admitted there’s another man in her life, ‘but not the man.’

Rene died aged 73 in 2016 after a

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Celine’s Spanish dancer CELINE DION has set the record straight about her relationship with Spanish backing dancer Pepe Muñoz.

Over the last few months, celebrity magazines and tabloid newspapers have been rife with rumours the 34-year-old from Malaga is the megastar’s toyboy.

Headlines including ‘they’re inseparable,’ and ‘Dion and boyfriend leaving restaurant’ have circulated for some time.

But Dion, 50, has put the rumours to bed, telling the Sun

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Last night a DJ saved my life!

ALTHOUGH the headline refers to the words of a famous song, it could be you that’s set to save someone with a broken heart by learning and training to be a DJ, thanks to a workshop organised by Villajoyosa Town Hall.

The department of youth has organised two workshops with a musical theme, with the aim of offering a little bit of information about the cultural history of being a DJ, as well as the chance to produce and perform with local professionals, with local DJ and producer, RD Clot, being on hand throughout the event.

The course, which runs through March and April, is set over four workshops in which the students will receive knowledge about the history of the DJ, in addition to learning about the systems and techniques of mixes that are used in this profession.

During the month of April, the musical production course will be taught, divided into four sessions, in which the students will acquire dexterity on musical creation, synthesizer management and mixing and mastering techniques.

WORKSHOP: With a musical theme.

The cost of each workshop is €20 and the inscriptions can be made through an email to juventud@villajoyosa.com.

Prague comes to Alcalali THE Careline Theatre in Alcalali will be presenting a version of the Trojan War in March, as the Prague Shakespeare Company take to the stage for a two-night performance.

Guy Roberts and his Muses will be appearing for the emotive performance which is set to delight both lovers of the classics and theatregoers alike.

The event will be taking place on March 8 and 9, starting at 8.00pm, performed by the company who will be staying locally in Alcalali.

The story of the Trojan War,

An Iliad, a moving, modern, intense, relatable and entertaining retelling of Homer’s epic poem.

A single, modern day storyteller takes the stage, possibly Homer, possibly one of the many bards who followed in his footsteps. Retelling the classic tale of the Trojan War, specifically the great fighters Achilles and Hector, our storyteller shares his tale with a modern audience.

As a travelling storyteller, he uses poetry, music, humour, and poignant accounts of war to share the experience from the

perspective of a fighting Greek soldier and a poet, a tale he is fated to tell throughout time.

In what is effectively a one man show, save for the presence of two Muses whose purpose is song and music, Roberts, playing our anonymous narrator.

Tickets for Lisa Peterson’s and Denis O’Hare’s deeply moving An Iliad, starring Guy Roberts as the Poet and Jessica Boone and Fanette Ronjat as the Muses, are on sale now via the box office on 605 181 726, or by emailing carelineboxoffice@ gmail.com.

Female footballers CALPE Town Hall has launched an initiative to try to recruit young footballers to their newly formed training schedule for the women’s team.

Training takes place every Monday evening from 6.30pm, with more information available from the sports department at the town hall.

COME ON LADIES: The Calpe football team train on a Monday.

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This week Celebrity Chef from Ready Steady Cook & Fellow Master Chef Steven Saunders, proprietor of The Little Geranium in La Cala cooks us an oriental Tapas lunch!

Tapas time Steven Saunders FMCGB The Little Geranium La Cala de Mijas & Marbella www.thelittlegeranium.com

THE word ‘tapas’ is derived from the Spanish verb tapar, ‘to cover.’

In pre-19th century Spain tapas were served by bodegas (small guest houses) offering meals and rooms for travellers. Since few innkeepers could write and few travellers read, inns offered their guests a sample of the dishes available as a ‘tapa,’ selling a glass of beer or wine covered by a something. Each time they ordered something different would come, so they wouldn’t have to use a menu.

Another popular explanation says that King Alfonso XIII stopped by a tavern in Cadiz where he ordered a cup of wine. The waiter covered the glass with a slice of cured ham before offering it to the king, to protect the wine from the beach sand, as Cádiz is a

windy place. The king, after drinking the wine and eating the tapa, ordered another wine ‘with the cover.’

It is also claimed that tapas originated in the south of Spain during the time of the Spanish Inquisition as a means of publicly identifying Jews who had converted to Christianity. Since tapas often consist of ham or other non-kosher foodstuffs, the reluctance of the converses (converted Jews) to eat whatever tapas dish was offered to them could be taken as an admission that they had not abandoned their Jewish faith, thus tapas were a tool of the Spanish Inquisition!

And so tapas are an important part of Spanish culture and have become a huge part of the Spanish culinary culture for hundreds of years, as significant to Spanish cuisine as paella is. Having now lived in Andalucia for about five years, happily I must add, I have had a variety of good, bad and indifferent tapas. The good was mainly in Cadiz with some Spanish friends, Paula and Vincent, who showed us what tapas

REGULAR GUEST: Lorraine Kelly flies in for her Thai Beef Salad whenever she can. should be. The bad is the deep fried, bought in, reheated and kept luke warm tapas for example with hard deep fried potatoes served with packet mayonnaise, supposed to be bravas.

This is not what tapas should be! At the Geranium I put a twist on tapas and serve the dishes with an Asian influence. This results in dishes like sushi, satay chicken, Thai beef, crispy duck

salad, Vietnamese curry and tempura asparagus and prawns, to name just a few. The reaction over the years has been so positive that we now are frequently fully booked for lunch. It’s like we have two restaurants in one! Lunch is more casual with stylish oriental styled tapas and dinner is ramped up to offer our clients a dining experience, tasting menus, wine pairing, and a bit of dining theatre at the table.

Tapas has become as important to our business as dinner is over the years, attracting many regular clients who have become friends and many famous clients that head our way when they land in Malaga! Tapas don’t have to be Spanish influenced. I like them when they are Spanish, but only when using great ingredients like in Cadiz where I eat fantastic fresh tuna and fresh sardines.

I have created a different take on tapas, also because there are so many Spanish tapas restaurants in our area.

It’s a tasty lighter way to eat and leaves me with flavour sensations and not feeling over full. Tapas is also a great idea for entertaining at home, prepare a few of your favourites and just let your friends get on with it. It’s a less formal way of eating and adds more fun to any occasion.

Another class act for Moraira THE Auditori Teulada-Moraira is proud to showcase yet another world-class act, the internationally acclaimed pianist, Claire Huangci.

Known as a child prodigy of the time, whose extraordinary virtuosity astonished the piano world in her younger life, Claire has grown into a mature artist, who continues to wow critics with her renditions and interpretations of works such as Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert.

The American pianist, who is of Chinese descent, won both the first prize and Mozart prize

at the 2018 Geza Anda Competition, and has succeeded in establishing herself as a highly respected artist.

Claire Huangci began her international career at the age of nine with grants, concert performances and prizes, becoming the youngest participant to receive second prize at the International ARD Music Competition in 2011.

Only in her later teenage years did she finally feel more and more that this instrument was to be her vocation. She received significant input from her

CLAIRE HUANGCI: An acclaimed pianist. teachers Eleanor Sokoloff and Gary Graffman at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia before studying under Arie Vardi at the University of Music, Drama and Media in Hanover. She has assisted Professor Vardi since her graduation in spring 2016.

After the releases of her debut CD with solo works of Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev and her prize-winning double album of Scarlatti sonatas, (German Record Critics‘ Award and Gramophone Editors Choice) she released a celebrating recording of the complete Chopin nocturnes in

spring 2017.

Now, it is the turn of the Costa Blanca to hear this incredible artist in all her glory, as she performs a concert at the Auditori Teulada-Moraira on Wednesday April 17.

Audiences will be treated to Scarlatti : 4 sonatas, Chopin : Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23, Brahms : Hungarian Dances No.1 in G minor and No.2 in D minor and Rachmaninov : Preludes, all in a single concert.

Tickets, priced €18, are on sale from the box office, and the Ayuntamiento de TeuladaMoraira or www.instanticket.es.

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By Julie Day ALTHOUGH made famous worldwide through the tales of the unfortunate and disillusioned Don Quijote, the region of Castile-La Mancha is largely overlooked by the modern tourist. Despite being the third biggest autonomous region in Spain, it is one of the most sparsely populated; yet it is still an area of unspoilt beauty and has plenty to offer all types of visitor. It certainly has a lot more to show than deserted, arid plains and the odd bleak windmill as recounted by Cervantes.

Castile-La Mancha forms the main part of central Spain and is bordered by the provinces of Castilla y León, Aragon, Madrid, Valencia, Murcia, Andalucia and Extremadura. It is divided into five provinces, namely, Toledo, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Ciudad Real and Albacete.

Campo de Montiel is a comarca in the southern part of Castile-La Mancha that sits within the southeast region of Ciudad Real and the southwest part of Albacete. This is a hilly area of natural beauty with great historic and cultural wealth. There are several natural protected parks in this region that are the resting place of

Castile-La Mancha El Campo de Montiel

NATURE PARADISE: The Lagunas de Ruidera is a spot of natural beauty. many migratory birds travelling between Europe and Africa throughout the year. This fundamentally forgotten part of Spain is a paradise for nature lovers and history enthusiasts.

For those wishing to visit this area of Castile-La Mancha, there are a number of locations that should form part of your things-to-do list, and they are outlined below.

Parque Natural de las Lagunas de Ruidera Located within an otherwise parched region of Castile-La Mancha, the wetlands of the Parque Natural de

las Lagunas de Ruidera are an oasis of stunning lakes and diverse flora and fauna. The protected park consists of 15 interconnected turquoisecoloured lakes that stretch for 25 kilometres through the valley of the Alto Guadiana.

Here you will find numerous species of birds including bustards, herons, eagles and many species of duck. During the summer visitors are able to enjoy the waters in the bathing areas and practise sports such as diving, fishing and canoeing.

Alcaraz Alcaraz is an ancient city steeped in history and culture that sits at the foot of the Sierra de Alcaraz. Of particular tourist interest is the Renaissance Plaza Mayor that houses the ‘twin towers’ of Tardón and Trinidad, which have been declared sites of national tourist interest.

The main square is surrounded by narrow streets lined with traditional houses. On the outskirts of the town you will see the castle ruins as well as the remaining arch of what was once a magnificent aqueduct. Other impressive buildings include the San Miguel church and the Santa María Magdalena convent.

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She says she is “delighted” to be teaming up with current joint owner Christine Irving.

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EXPERTISE: Anne-Christine and the Vacation Villas team are on hand to help customers and clients.

a chance to rent out their properties even if it is just for a few weeks, turning their home in the sun into a lucrative asset to help supplement their income.

And if you are looking to sell they can help too. The Costa Blanca property market remains buoyant even as Brexit continues to loom, with no shortage of buyers from continental Europe and elsewhere looking to relocate to Spain.

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The store has ready-cut lengths of timber available; around 130m3 in stock and 45 different sizes of beams, planks or boards, making it amongst the biggest quality selection in the Alicante/Valencia area, or you can have it cut to the size you require at no extra cost.

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IN 1908 for three months, Claude Monet painted Venice, and most of the canvases he painted in those three productive months are now to be found in museums across the world.

Some are held in private collections. One of these celebrated works is ‘Le Palais Ducal.’ Itself one of three painted from the self-same vantage point, a boat in the midst of the Grand Canal.

Claude Monet arrived in Venice on October 1, 1908 where upon he declared the city ‘too beautiful to paint,’ however then proceeded to do just that and painted the enchanted city nearly 30 times.

‘Le Palais Ducal’ has been in a family collection since it was acquired by the textile tycoon Erich Goeritz of Berlin in 1925.

Unseen for nearly four decades, the painting was at last exhibited a year ago in a room dedicated to the Venice series in the National Gallery, London. The occasion a show of ‘Monet and Architecture’ which reviewed Monet’s groundbreaking depiction of the world in which he lived.

Helena Newman, Head of Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern Art commented ahead of the Auction on February 26: “This spellbinding painting is a true masterpiece and among the very greatest that Monet painted during his first and only encounter with

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Claude Monet, certainly Venice. Having remained in the same family collection since 1925, it presents a rare opportunity for collectors from all over the world to acquire a painting of this quality which is fresh to the market.”

The composition is divided, between the

palace’s exterior and its reflection in the water of the Grand Canal. Monet has animated the waters which has the effect of bringing the brick exterior of the palace which is illuminated by a diffuse low light, to life.

In Venice, Claude Monet channelled the artistic

CLAUDE MONET: Le Palais Ducal, oil on canvas, 1908 (est. £20,000,000£30,000,000).

inheritance of JMW Turner and James Abbot McNeill Whistler for whom the city of Venice also held a special significance.

‘Le Palais Ducal’ is not an architectural view or an urban landscape; more a suggestion of a feeling, a summary of what the Serenissima -the serene city - then represented. Henri Matisse once remarked that, “it seemed to [him] that Turner must have been the link between the academic tradition and impressionism.”

‘Le Palais Ducal’ is modern in the manner in which it is painted and most definitely of our age. A century after it was painted, much water has flowed along the Grand Canal; there is barely a person on the planet who has not heard of the serene city at least once, many have visited, and more have seen a view along the Grand Canal.

Sotheby’s estimate a low of £20 million and a high estimate of £30 million.

Certain and uncertain times have come and gone over that period, is there a suggestion of uncertainty in the spread of the estimate for this painting created by Claude Monet at the apotheosis of his art? Are there several enthusiasts waiting to pounce? Time and an auction will tell.

Nick Horne, London, England

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Highest house prices in 10 years S most people are aware, house prices have been gradually rising for the last couple of years, which for those trying to sell their property, is something they have been wanting for years.

According to a study published by the College of Property Registrars in February, figures show during the last quarter of 2018, house prices rose by 8.2 per cent from the previous year; the biggest increase in house prices in the last decade.

The study also revealed since property prices began to recover in 2014, after six years of falling steadily, they have now

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accumulated a growth of 29.78 per cent. In spite of this, house prices are still cheaper now than in 2007 at the height of the property boom; 16 per cent lower than they were back then when they reached their highest.

Property sales Confirming data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the College of Property Registrars pointed out the high number of property purchases which took place in 2018 - a total of 516,680 - making it the first time in 10 years that more than half a million properties were sold in Spain.

Regions By regions, the greatest num-

ber of properties were sold in Andalucia (100.907), followed

by Cataluña (81.577) and the Valencia Region (78,604).

However, the study also revealed that during the last three months of 2018, property purchases slowed down in 39 of the 50 provinces, with more purchases having taken place in the same period in 2007.

Increased lending The rise in property prices also gave way to an increase in the amount of money lent by the banks for new mortgages. During the fourth quarter of last year, banks granted 2.79 per cent more money for new mortgages than they had done in the previ-

ous three months (July to October).

This was the sixth consecutive quarter in which the amount of money banks lent out, went up.

The average amount of credit

year and exceeded 65,400 operations. This figure constitutes 12.64 per cent of all property sales in Spain for 2018.

Despite the uncertainty over Brexit, British buyers continued

GOING UP: House prices are at their highest in 10 years. granted per property loan in the last quarter of 2018 was €129,092, with greater amounts being given only in Madrid (€196,458), the Balearic Islands (€171,977), Cataluña (€149.786) and País Vasco (€148,745).

Foreign buyers The interest shown by foreign purchasers remained stable last

to be the top purchasers of Spanish real estate last year and represent 15.54 per cent of the total of foreign buyers – double that of any other nationality.

Following the Brits were the Germans, with 7.48 per cent of all purchases made by foreign buyers and the French, with 7.39 per cent.

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URING the property boom, which for most seems like a very long time ago, the demand for various types of property was very different to how it is now.

Due to the way in which property prices had risen to extortionate heights, the proliferation of the demand for small houses and apartments of one or two bedrooms was only natural.

House prices were so high that the average family could only afford a property of small dimensions, and anything bigger was way out of their reach.

For example, between 2005 and 2008, almost 80 per cent of properties which were being built consisted of one or two bedrooms, a further 10 per cent were studios; barely 15 per cent were able to boast three bedrooms, and those with four hardly existed.

During the property boom, two-bedroomed properties became the star product on the market, with studios and onebedrooms also faring well.

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Today, the demand is now for a larger property. Everyone wants more living space. And it

has been noted that the profile of the buyer has also changed during this time. The main people buying these larger properties are families who already own a home but who want to buy a bet-

ter one which is also larger in size. These days, the same amount of money will get purchasers a lot more for their money.

Now, there is a much greater

interest from buyers around the ages of 36 - 45, whereas before potential buyers were much younger or much older. These new buyers don’t want to buy their first home; they want to improve on the one they have, or move from rented into a property they themselves own.

During the property boom, it was virtually impossible to sell a large property, however, with today’s prices, the situation has changed.

Professionals in the real-estate sector, even in big cities, have seen how larger properties are literally flying off the shelves. As is often the case nowadays, more and more people are starting to work from home, so not only do buyers require bedrooms to sleep in, but they also need extra room for an office or study.

With regard to new builds currently under construction, their size is reflected in this recent new demand for a larger property. Although new buildings in the centre of large cities are still relatively small, due to the fact that large families choose to live outside of the city, properties on new developments outside of town are much bigger than they used to be.

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Have you heard of Rent to Buy? The key to your first step on the property ladder HAVING bought their ‘Sunset’ business as a going concern in 2017, Mike and Alison soon built a reputation for being a trusted and committed firm in the real estate sector.

Moreover, it was their own personal experience which led them to create a concept which would serve to solve many difficulties for so many people, with the launch of Rent To Buy Spain.

From their offices in Javea, they have been able to serve countless satisfied people since launching this part of the business in May of last year, bridging the gap for new buyers into the property market, and solving the selling woes of many owners who had been trying to sell in a somewhat saturated field.

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MEET THE TEAM: Mike, Alison, Lucy, Jack and Oscar have the property solution for you. rather than having to apply for a mortgage immediately through the banks, and provide a 20 to sometimes 50 per cent deposit, with this scheme, the initial deposit is minimal; around 3 to 10 per cent.

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Blanca South, thanks to the appointment of Lucy Black, the Business Manager who will be looking after clients in the area.

Lucy joins Mike and Alison, as well as Oscar who looks after the Rent to Buy clients in the north, and Jack, the company’s professional Real Estate Manager.

The clients who are already satisfied by the level of service provided by the team are testimony to their success, and now with Lucy on board as well, their professional but personal ethos is set to go even further.

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MOTORING MOTORING FACT FROM March 8 to 10, Madrid’s Cristal Pavilion of the Casa de Campo exhibition site, will roar to the sound of engines and be immersed in the smells of rubber and leather, as for the eighth time the now-famous motorcycle trade show, MotoMadrid 2019, will be held.

The exhibition itself will showcase the products from 35 famous motorbike brands, whilst the satellite pavilion will host a range of live and dynamic activities such as professional stunt rider displays, speed racing and even a minimoto display!

With more than 200 exhibitors and 20,000 square metres of space to explore, spread out over three floors, the event will be overflowing with products and service suppliers for both the professional and amateur biker.

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Van and lorry drivers: Take note MANY people have been confused by the speed limits on Spanish roads, which is why one of the most recent changes to the law sought to create standardisation.

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Last week, Spain joined most countries in the European Union focusing on some of the bigger vehicles which move through the continent’s road network, namely lorries, buses and vans.

Distraction is one of the main causes of incidents involving this type of vehicle, and with 13 per cent of all incidents involving a van and 11 per cent involving a lorry, the importance of campaigns like this is clear.

According to the most recent data published by the European Road Safety Observatory (ERSO), in 2016 approximately 4,000 people died in a traffic incident involving a cargo vehicle of more than 3.5 tonnes, and there were 600 incidents in which a bus was involved.

The average mortality rate in the EU in incidents related to heavy vehicles is 8.1 per million inhabitants, and 1.2 per million inhabitants for bus or coach incidents, which in the case of Spain is 6.1 and 1.4 respectively.

In 2017, vans were involved in 11,150 injury incidents in

which 243 people died. Regarding lorries of more than 3,500kg, they were involved in 6,351 incidents with victims, in which 364 people died.

Since January, the maximum permitted speed on conventional roads is 90 kilometres per hour.

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by Nick Fletcher SMALL hatchbacks are big sellers, and there are a bewildering number available in this crowded market sector which is dominated by Ford and Volkswagen, though there are other strong rivals which have their own plus points; such as the Toyota Yaris.

Yaris has two major advantages over its class rivals: it scores higher than most for reliability, and is also available as a petrolelectric full hybrid, unique in the small car sector.

Prices start at €14,833 (£12,995) for well-equipped entry models, and there are eight different trim levels.

At the top of the range is the Yaris GRS, a distinctive hi-spec hybrid which comes with features such as sports seats and sports steering wheel, black styling accents, larger alloy wheels and stiffer suspension.

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transmission, the GRS has an attractive cachet.

Its smooth acceleration gives a 0-100kph time of 11.8 seconds and top speed of 166kph (103mph). Average fuel economy is 19.8kpl (56mpg) and its emission figure is low at just 89g/km.

Neat and nimble to handle, in city traffic it can be driven on electric power on-

STATS PANEL Model: Toyota Yaris GRS Hybrid Engine: 1.5-litre petrol with electric motor Transmission: Electric CVT Auto Performance: 0-100kph 11.8 seconds, top speed 166kph (103mph) Economy: 19.8kpl (56mpg) Emissions: 89g/km

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

ly. Light steering makes parking an easy process, and on the open road at higher speeds it is very planted on the corners. The firmer suspension on this version is still comfortable on smooth surfaces though it will jolt on potholes.

Standard kit on the GRS is extensive, and includes

air-conditioning, cruise control, rear spoiler, multi-media touch-screen, rear-view camera, front parking sensors and safety features including pre-collision system, lane-departure alert and tyre pressure warning. This version costs €22,641 (£19,835).

The cabin offers good accommodation for four adults and the 286-litre boot is larger than on the previous Yaris model and can expand to 768 litres by folding the rear seats, though the load floor is not flat. The dashboard is laid out in simple straightforward form with wellplaced dials and switches for maximum ease of use.

Yaris is a smart, practical hatchback with nice driving dynamics, and while the GRS version is aimed at a niche sector who perhaps prefer a more sporty image, there are enough other models in the range to please almost everyone.

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ATLETICO MADRID celebrated their first victory over Villarreal since 2015 on Sunday as the returning Alvaro Morata put a perfectly struck left-footed volley into the bottom corner.

Since rejoining his boyhood club in January, he has seen two stunning shots ruled out by the video assistant referee (VAR).

But there was no taking his first goal for Atletico away from him and the Spain international delighted the crowds as he celebrated by making the referee’s VAR signal.

The 2-0 win was secured by a late strike from Saul Nigeuz, moving the club back to within seven points of La Liga leaders Barcelona.

Post-match, Morata,who is on loan from Chelsea, told Spanish sports newspaper AS, that Atletico will not give up in the title race until it is mathematically beyond them.

He said it is “very hard to hurt us” adding that “Barcelona are a great team but we’ll fightu ntil the end, as

CREDIT: Alvaromorata

VAR drama and a Messi masterclass

VICTORY: Alvaro Morata celebrates first goal for Atletico Madrid.

SPANISH motorcycle rider Alex Rins bested rival Maverick Viñales on the second day of the Qatar MotoGP pre-season test on Tuesday.

Rins, who rides for Suzuki, beat Yamaha’s Viñales by 0.057 seconds. Rins’ lap time was 1:54.593 seconds. The victory comes ahead of the Qatar MotoGP Grand Prix on Sunday March 10.

Rins said it was a good result for himself and Suzuki.

Spanish KTM rider Pol Espargaro set a time of 1:57.978 seconds during the first hour of the test. Ducati’s Danilo Petrucci later bested the time with 1:56.247 seconds before clocking 1:55.365 seconds, putting him four-10ths clear of Honda’s Marc Marquez.

Rins began to make his mark about two hours into the car, clocking

FULL THROTTLE: Rins came out on top in Qatar.

Rins on top

long as there are points to play for.”

On the flip side, VAR benefited Real Madrid in their 2-1 win over Levante on Sunday.

Los Blancos have criticised its implementation previously, but are not likely to moan now after both goals came from the penalty spot via VAR, and the second one withstood a review despite an apparent dive from Carlos Casemiro.

Karim Benzema struck a wellplaced determined ball from the spot, and Gareth Bale tucked away the winning penalty after Roger Marti equalised.

But rather than celebrating, the stony faced Welsh forward, who had just come on as a substitute, shrugged off teammates and jogged back to the centre circle.

After the game, manager Santiago Solari insisted Bale was ‘ecstatic’ after scoring, adding that he was ‘thrilled’ with Bale’s performance, which was vital after Nacho was sent off.

Meanwhile, worries about Lionel Messi’s fitness levels were blown away as he put in some mesmerising displays against Sevilla on Saturday.

Before the weekend, he had scored 33 times in 36 appearances against Sevilla, and keeping up the momentum, the Argentine netted a stunning hat-trick and assisted to help his side to come from behind twice in a 4-2 win.

The hat-trick was the 31-yearold’s 50th in an incredible career for both club and country and was his 44th in Barcelona colours.

Barca’s fourth goal came from Luis Suarez in the 93rd minute and Sevilla’s Jesus Navas and Gabriel Mercado also made the scoresheet.

It wasn’t such a great result for Valencia who frustrated fans once again on Sunday away to Leganes.

They took an early lead and looked comfortable, only to concede an 89th minute equaliser.

In the second division, Almeria celebrated a 3-1 win over Cordoba.

a time of 1:55.263 seconds. Petrucci then became the first rider to break the 1:55 barrier with a time of 1:54.953 seconds.

Viñales, who performed well in the first test race on Saturday, set times of 1:54.781 seconds and 1:54.650 seconds.

Rins secured the 1:54.593 win as the test entered its final two hours. He managed a total of 47 laps to Viñales’ 52.

There were five Spanish riders in the top 10 of the test. Rins was followed by Viñales in second, with Marquez coming fifth with 1:55.004 seconds, Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro sixth with 1:55.173 and brother Pol 10th with 1:55.255.

H o n d a ’s J o r g e L o r e n z o c a m e 1 8 t h i n t h e test, clocking a time of 1:55.742 and improving on his result on Saturday by 1.4 seconds . It c om es af t er he m i ssed a t est i n Sepang, Malaysia, due to injury.

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New cup format THE Spanish football federation wants a ‘final four’ format to decide its Super Cup. The cup is currently played in a one-game final between the Spanish league champion and the Copa del Rey winner.

Now, federation president Luis Rubiales wants to include the runner-ups in both competitions.

He told Spanish press the tournament would be played outside of Spain at the beginning of the season, and that the changed format could start as soon as next season.

Rubiales added that the proposal will be made during the federation’s general assembly, but didn’t reveal which country would stage the tournament’s new format.

Last year’s final was played in Tangier, Morocco, and was won by Barcelona who beat Sevilla.

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Position secure S PA N I S H s k e l e t o n r a c e r Ander Mirambell has secured his place in the sport’s 2019 to 2020 World Cup at the final 2018 to 2019 race in Canada despite suffering from back injuries.

Mirambell clocked the 23rd and 25th best time at the Bob and Skeleton World Cup in Calgary on Saturday and Sunday res p e c t i v e l y. I t m a r k e d a comeback for the skeleton racer who earlier scored a time of 5.58, coming bottom of the table.

Mirambell said he had achieved his objective with the result that landed h i m a p l a c e i n t h e Wo r l d Cup. He had had a bad start made worse by back problems, he added.

“I’m now looking for a physio to pamper my back before the World Cup,” he said.

Mirambell clocked 5.32 on his second to last run on the track, seven-10ths behind the fastest time of 4.89.

T h e s k e l e t o n r a c e r ’s back problems came on top of temperatures of minus 17 degrees which caused

McLaren fire MEDICAL personnel at a Cataluña race track treated three members of the McLaren team after a fire broke out in their garage.

McLaren said the fire, at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, was quickly extinguished. The team members were discharged shortly after being taken for treatment, McLaren added.

The blaze came as McLaren and other F1 teams were in Cataluña for a filming day at the race circuit. No damage was found on the team’s car after it was checked.

It comes as McLaren took part in a pre-season test on Tuesday.

TRYING TIME: Mirambell was racing in Canada. blades to stick to the ice.

Mirambell said physiotherapy should get his b a c k r e a d y f o r t h e Wo r l d Cup of the 2019 to 2020 season.

The 2018 to 2019 Skeleton World Cup began with a race in Sigulda in Latvia on December 3. Competitors have since raced in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the US and Canada.

Tw o R u s s ia n s , A lex an-

d e r Tr e t i a k o v a n d E l e n a Nikitina, won the competition overall with 1704 and 1663 points respectively.

B r i t a i n ’s M a r c u s Wy a t t came sixth overall with 1288 points.

It comes ahead of the Wo r l d C h a m p i o n s h i p s i n W h i s t l e r i n C a n a d a ’s British Columbia province which starts on Sunday and ends on Saturday March 9.

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ATHLETE Laura Pintiel beat the record for the under-18 60 metres in Zaragoza on Saturday, clocking a time of 7.5 seconds which is also Raquel Fraguas’ current record for the Aragon region.

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Spain routs Russia THE Spanish women’s rugby team has qualified for the final of the European Championship after beating rivals Russia by 41 points to nil in Madrid on Saturday.

Spain will face either Germany or the Netherlands for the tournament final in Madrid’s Central Stadium on Saturday March 30, depending on which side wins Saturday March 9’s Amsterdam semi-final.

The final will come just over a year after Spain beat the Netherlands 40 points to nil in 2018, winning them the tournament.

Spain scored seven tries to Russia’s zero on Saturday and

also managed three conversions. Maria Garcia scored the Lionesses’ first try within the first five minutes, with Patricia Garcia converting it to put Spain at seven points to nil.

Maria Losada scored the second in the 24th minute, fol-

lowed by Maintane Salinas with the third and Lourdes Alameda with the fourth.

Paula Requena bagged the fifth try, followed by Monica Castelo and Iera Echebarria who scored the last to close the game at 41-nil.

VICTORS: Spain gave no quarter to Russia in Madrid.