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More flights please! By Cathy Elelman A SOCIAL media campaign group is pressing for increased flights between UK airports and Almeria. The Campaign for Almeria Airport Frequent Flights particularly wants more flights to the provincial airport from UK destinations currently not served or which lost flights after the collapse of Monarch. The Facebook action group was the brainchild of Daniel Northover. “I launched the campaign as a result of the ongoing inconvenience in getting to Almeria outside the summer months,” Daniel told the Euro Weekly News. Daniel relocated to Liverpool three years ago with his partner Orlando. He has been a regular visitor to Almeria to see family who live in the province, flying out of Manchester. “When I moved here, there were regular flights to Almeria throughout the year,” Daniel said. “However, with the collapse of Monarch, we lost a good chunk of services and had none over the winter. “We hoped that a new airline would take the routes as they always seemed well subscribed, but nothing seems to have happened and no information provided about their status,” Daniel continued. This has left Daniel and Orlando having to make al-
HASSLE: Daniel and Orlando are frustrated by the lack of flights between the UK and Almeria outside peak holiday times. ternative arrangements to get here, usually a flight to Alicante, often an overnight hotel stay, shuttle buses, lifts from friends or taxis, “which eat into our time and increase the cost of the travel.” Daniel realised he wasn’t the only one frustrated by the lack of UK-Almeria services. “A number of people I met wanted more flights and from additional destinations, so creating a campaign seemed to be the best way of furthering that aim and at least getting answers about what is happening and if anyone is just sitting on the routes.” He also believes that now
is a good time to have launched the initiative, especially after reading an article in the EWN that the province was looking to promote itself as a winter holiday destination to a number of countries in northern Europe, including the UK. “Obviously there’s some political will to increase flights, and now would be a good time to capitalise on that interest.” The action campaign highlights the shortage of UKAlmeria connections outside peak holiday times and to airports outside the southeast of England, but Daniel points out there is demand
Expat sex abuse arrest N AT I O N A L P O L I C E i n S p a i n h a v e arrested a suspected paedophile in Albox wanted in the UK in connection with 53 incidents of sexual abuse over a more than 40-year period. A police statement said the fugitive is believed to have sexually abused
family members aged between five and 16 between 1956 and 2000. Close collaboration between the Spanish police and the British National Crime Agency led to the location and arrest of the man near his Albox home.
for more flights across the board, commenting, “I think many of us would like to see improved services to all regions within the UK, and I think we, as a group, only reflect the tip of the iceberg.” It is still early days for the group, but it is attracting a steady influx of interested travellers and there are plans to contact politicians, public authorities, airport authorities and airlines.
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THE second phase of restorations on the old mineral loading platform known as the Cable Ingles in front of Almeria Port will start in summer and take 15 months to complete, the works costing €2.2 million.
Less attacks THE number of attacks on staff in the province’s hospitals and medical centres dropped f ro m 8 3 i n 2 0 1 8 t o 7 0 last year, although in the Poniente area the number of incidents increased from six to 11.
Cheap ride BUS tickets in Almeria are the second cheapest of any Andalucian provincial capital, beaten only by Jaen, at an average of €1.05 per trip, according to a Cuponation study of prices in the main Spanish cities.
Drug case GUARDIA CIVIL arreste d a 4 2 - y e a r- o l d m a n from Aguadulce after a search of his vehicle led to the discovery of eight kilos of marihuana in a suitcase on the back seat of his car.
DRUG RAID: Police found an indoor marihuana plantation and drug sale operation and 114 illegal connections to the power supply (left), seizing marihuana, cocaine, cash and weapons (right). MORE than 50 police officers and 20 Endesa electricity technicians took part in a raid in the Pescaderia area of Almeria City. The action resulted in the dismantling of an indoor marihuana plantation and drug sale operation, the disconnection of illegal electricity connections to more than 100 properties, and three arrests. Police launched investiga-
tions into a suspected marihuana, hashish and cocaine salespoint in the area at the beginning of November. They believed the operation was run by one particular family which had another two nearby properties, one which they lived in and used to store the drugs, and one for a sophisticated marihuana plantation setup. Their enquiries led to the
GUARDIA CIVIL detained a woman believed to have tried to steal from a pair of foreign tourists in Vera. The tourists contacted the Guardia to report the attempted robbery, giving them a description of the woman and her vehicle. Officers tracked the car down a short time later at the entrance to a supermarket in Mojacar, with two men and two women inside. Checking their identity, it turned out the four had a record for similar crimes. A court summons for one
identification of the individuals responsible for maintaining the plantation and overseeing drug sales. Police reported it was a highly organised group with a complete growing and sales infrastructure. During the raid officers seized 142 marihuana plants, 1,500 grams of hashish, 10 grams of cocaine, 2.5 grams of marihuana, €2,220 in cash, a gun, ammunition and knives.
At the same time, the power company technicians discovered 99 direct connections to the electricity supply which were not registered on meters and a further 16 double connections. Police held the three detainees of Spanish and Moroccan nationality on charges of illegal ownership of arms, crimes against public health and power supply fraud.
Thief targeting foreign tourists detained woman, identified as CD, had been issued for thefts in Moraira in Alicante and Alcobendas in Madrid. The Guardia said it was probable they were an or-
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Investing in history FOUR projects aimed at preserving the province’s heritage are set to receive funding from the Development and Culture Ministry. The ministry will pay 70 per cent of the more than €600,000 cost of restoration works on the Almeria City cathedral tower, 30 per cent of the approximately €433,000 cost of renovating and updating Cuevas del Almanzora’s Marques de los Velez castle amphitheatre, 71 per cent of the close to €390,000 budget for restoring the castle in San Juan de los Terreros and 70 per cent of the nearly €370,000 earmarked for phase one of the restoration of the Muslim-Hispanic fortification in Tabernas.
Assault charges A 30-YEAR OLD man is under arrest for forcing his way into a house in Adra, stealing €4,000, then trying to sexually assault the victim when she attempted to stop him getting away.
ganised gang which moved around the country, committing crimes and then moving on quickly before they could be caught and arrested. Their normal modus operandi is to pick on the elderly or people with reduced mobility, approaching them on a pretext like asking directions to a hospital or health centre, or even making them believe they have friends in common. The woman who actually does the thieving then hugs the victim, at the same time pocketing an item of jewellery.
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THE number of workplace accidents in Almeria resulting in time off sick rose 3.5 per cent last year to 8,370, according to findings from the Workplace Risk Provincial Commission; in the industrial sector the increase was 12.5 per cent, and in construction 11.2 per cent.
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ONLY around seven litres of rain per square metre fell in the province between December and the middle of March, making it the second driest winter on record. The driest recorded winter was 2016 when rainfall was just five litres per square metre.
Shaky ground THE earth trembled in Almeria in the early hours of last Thursday. First was a tremor of 1.9 on the R i c h t e r Sc a l e to th e south-east of La Mojonera, then a couple of hours later there was another earth movement of the same magnitude just north of Velez-Rubio.
Drugs cop AN em e rg e n c y c a l l o u t to a house fire in Almeria ended with the arrest of a woman on drugs c h a rg e s wh e n p o lice found 91 marihuana plants and equipment typically used for indoor drug plantations in a room, along with an illegal connection to the power supply.
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THE average temperature in Almeria has increased by nearly two degrees over the last half century, according to an Observatorio de Sostenibilidad study. The report shows the average annual temperature in the province in 1970 was 17.96 degrees, but by 2018 this had risen to 19.69 degrees.
ALMERIA airport passenger numbers were up 9.4 per cent in February on the same month last year to just over 38,000. The biggest growth was in the number of passengers taking flights to and from Belgium, with a nearly 50 per cent increase on February 2019.
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Health & Beauty GOING GREEN: Garajonay National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Looking lush THIS woodland on the otherwise volcanic and arid Canary Islands comes as the world celebrates International Forest Day today (Thursday). The Garajonay National Park covers an area of 40-square-kilometre La Gomera. Its name comes from the Garajonay rock formation, the highest point on La Gomera at 1,487 metres. Woodlands covers around 70 per cent of the Garajonay National Park. It is considered the best example of Canarian laurisilva. Laurisilva refers to a type of sub-
tropical forest that covered almost all of southern Europe during the Tertiary geological period between 66 million and 2.6 million years ago. Although it is named as one woodland, Garajonay is made up of several varieties of forest. Humid areas in valleys to the north are home to the richest and most complex forests, while higher altitudes remain the preserve of hardier types of foliage. The woodland is home to the Canary laurel, Laurus novocanariensis, which grows between three and 20
Immigrant boat arrest ALMERIA police arrested a Senagalese man for trying to bring immigrants into Spain illegally after a rubber dinghy with 48 Sub-Saharans on board was spotted by a cargo ship and intercepted in the Alboran Sea. Officers identified the 25-year-old as the boat’s skipper from interviews with the 48 on board. The immigrants said he had warned them during the 10-hour crossing from Morocco that if they were rescued to tell police they had all taken
turns manning the tiller and keeping an eye on the compass. Police also reported each immigrant has paid around €2,500 to make the crossing on the seven-metre long dinghy. Police charged the detainee with a crime against the rights of foreign citizens. So far this year National Police in Almeria have arrested eight individuals on the same charges and have dealt with 32 boats, assisting more than 1,300 people.
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metres high. Slope laurisilva can be found on the park’s peaks. The name Garajonay not only refers to the rock formation but also to folklore about ill-fated lovers Gara and Jonay. Legend has it they took their own lives after circumstances prevented them from getting together. A network of 18 footpaths covers the National Park which is visited by almost 450,000 tourists every year. It was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986.
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Gang of thieves caught GUARDIA CIVIL made six arrests as part of an investigation into more than 20 house break-ins in Turre, Vera and Los Gallardos. Guardia launched operation Turgal in December. Investigations indicated the gang did a recce of an area and possible targets, noting occupants’ movements and breaking-in when they went out. It also became clear the thieves picked first-floor properties with balconies on which doors had been left partly ajar, the robbers climb-
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ing up and getting in, taking jewellery and other small items so they could make a quick getaway. Working in collaboration with Turre and Los Gallardos Local Police, Guardia kept a close eye on areas which were being targeted, especially over the Christmas and New Year period. The Guardia also stressed the important part public collaboration had played in the operation, which eventually resulted in the identification of the suspects and arrests.
The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1758 of the Euro Weekly News Costa de Almería edition, including 108 local stories.
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Preventing flooding FLOOD prevention works are underway in the naturist area of Vera Playa. Vera Finance Councillor Alberto Clemente said the €113,000 of rainwater channelling measures “are going to resolve the continuous flooding problems which the area suffers in the rainy months, especially in the autumn.” The fact that most streets have no incline, a lack of storm drains and the volume of rainwater which can flow down from the Pueblo Salinas area make the naturist zone prone to accumulations of water in downpours, which gets into basements and leaves streets impassable. The company CODEUR is responsible for carrying out the works, with a threemonth completion date. Works have also started near the Galasa offices, another area of the municipality where flooding is a common problem when there is a lot of rain. Gutters are being cleaned up and improvements are being made to the road surfaces. In addition, two 400-litre capacity storm tanks are being installed. The water collected in the giant tanks will be reused for irrigation and for cleaning. “This situation occurs every year, three or four times, which compels the council to carry out cleaning work, to repair surfaces, and in short to return public roads to their
RECYCLING: Rainwater collected in the giant tanks will be used for irrigation and cleaning. original condition,” Vera mayor Feliz Lopez commented. He also referred to the damage to private property and the nuisance the flooding represents for local residents, remarking that the local authority has to take action every time there is torrential rain, at some considerable expense.
Lopez referred to the ‘current government team’s commitment to providing a definitive solution,’ stating, “hence we have allocated an important share of the budget to eliminating this problem which every year affects a large number of residents, and which results in large outlays from the municipal coffers.”
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Prime suspect GUARDIA CIVIL have identified a suspect in a house break-in case. The burglary from a property in the Atochares area of Nijar occurred at the end of October. The thief forced open the front door, getting away with jewellery, a camera and €500 in cash. A couple of months later, the victim reported she had happened across one of the bracelets stolen from her home at a party in San Isidro; she spotted it on the wrist of another guest, an inscription on the item proving it was hers. Having identified the woman wearing the bracelet, the Guardia then identified the person she had got it from, now considered a prime suspect in the burglary investigation.
Drug indigestion A MAN who ingested more than 200 capsules of hashish found himself under arrest after disembarking from a ferry at Almeria Port. G u a r d i a C i v i l o ff i c e r s were carrying out routine checks of passengers and vehicles coming off the ferry from Melilla when they noticed a man looking nervous and sweating. Their suspicions raised, once the man had identified his luggage, the officers asked him if he would voluntarily undergo an X-ray of his stomach. He agreed and was taken to a hospital in El Toyo, where the X-ray revealed his digestive system was packed with foreign bodies. Eventually his body expelled no less than 216 capsules of hash weighing more than 1.5 kilos in total.
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SIMPLE: The local council said the initiative is an easy way for local residents to help worthy causes.
Big-hearted gesture VERA Council has installed a giant heart-shaped container in the entrance to the multiple uses centre in Plaza Mayor for donating plastic caps, which will be recycled to raise money for worthy causes. “This initiative came up due to the concerns of many local residents who want to
NEWS EXTRA Brexit meeting THERE will be a Brexit information meeting with the Spanish government’s Director General of Integration and Co-ordination of General Affairs in the EU, J Pascual Marco, at the Mojacar Parador on Monday at 12pm.
France bid A DELEGATION from Almeria Provincial Council attended the Salon Mondial du Tourisme fair in Paris last week to establish contacts with French tour operators and travel agents to promote the Costa Almeria as a holiday destination.
Big bust GUARDIA CIVIL seized over 3,200 marihuana plants in a major operation related to illegal indoor plantations; more than 70 officers searched 12 properties in the Los Canos area of Vicar.
collaborate with good causes but don’t know how,” explained Citizen Participation Councillor Francisca Garcia. “We thought this was one of the easiest ways, everyone is able to participate by donating plastic caps which we all use in our daily lives. What’s more, by recycling and making use of these plas-
tic caps we are contributing to the care of our environment.” The container has been designed in the shape of a heart to match the municipal Vera, heart of the Levante logo, the creation of well-known designer Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, and to resemble a jigsaw puzzle to underline the message ‘you put the last piece.’
Crime drama shoot THE crew and cast of Dutch crime drama ‘Stanley Hillis’ were in Almeria for four days to shoot scenes for the series based on the life of the Amsterdam-born bank robber. Filming began in the Almahilla mountains and Almeria City on Friday, moving on to Bedar on Saturday, a shop on Mojacar Playa’s main coastal drag on Sunday, and the Mojacar to Carboneras and Rodalquilar to San Jose roads on Monday.
Seeking cultural interest status HUERCAL-OVERA is seeking regional Cultural Interest status for the municipality’s Cuatro Torres building. The move was agreed at a council plenary meeting with the votes in favour of the Popular Party and the Socialist Party, and now HuercalOvera mayor Domingo Fernandez has registered the request with the Andalucia regional government’s Culture Delegation. The mayor met with the Junta de Andalucia’s Development, Infrastructure, Plan-
ning, Culture and Heritage Deputy, Eloisa Cabrera, to discuss a number of matters, among them the Cuatro Torres. Fernandez drew the delegate’s attention to the importance of the building as one of the most emblematic in the municipality, but which is in an increasing state of disrepair and in need of maintenance works. He reported the delegate had shown understanding for the municipality’s general interests.
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NEWS EXTRA Barbies at the ready HUERCAL-OVERA Council has installed a barbecue in the Almajalejo recreation area as part of a series of improvements to the area, including a new access path, the mayor saying the decision was a response to residents’ requests.
In progress WORKS have started on resurfacing and replacing paving and installing LED street lighting and new sewage pipes on Calle Las Maravillas in Cuevas del Almanzora, and on water supply infrastructure in other streets.
Bike trial THE La Mojaquera/Sierra Cabrera Extreme 75km mountain bike race attracted 400 riders, Club Primaflor Mondraker Raci, CC’s Jesus del Nero first in the men’s category and Club Albox Bike, CD’s Julieta Escudero first in the women’s.
THE Dames in Turre celebrated International Women’s Day indulging in some serious retail therapy at the new shopping centre in Almeria City. In all, 48 Dames members and friends went along for the trip, which included a buffet lunch in a Cabo de Gata hotel. The lucky raffle winner on the day was Margaret Sprake, the proceeds raised to be donated to a local charity. The Dames in Turre’s next meeting will be on Monday at 11am in the Hostal Rural in Turre. New guests are always welcome, the Dames being a friendship group which raises money for local worthy causes.
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DAY OUT: In all, 48 Dames members and friends went along for the trip. For more information contact Dames in Turre Chair-
VERA Council is backing the work of a local association assisting immigrant families living in the municipality who find themselves in straitened circumstances. The local authority signed a collaboration agreement with the Huancavilca del Amazonas Ecuadorian Bolivian Association (HUDEA), under which it is providing an €8,000 subsidy for the HUDEA ACTUA 2019 programme aimed at families struggling to find money for basics and to fully integrate into local society and working life. HUDEA is a private, non-profit associa-
man Carol Pazdzierski on 950 099 932 or Membership Sec-
Council backs good cause tion, which in recent years has taken on responsibility for managing food donations from the Almeria Food Bank, which is overseen by the European Federation of Food Banks. It receives deliveries of food throughout the year, and is involved with the various food collection campaigns in the area. Based in Vera, the association has branch-
retary Eileen McGill on 652 298 072.
es in other areas including Los Gallardos and Antas, and ensures around 1,300 families in need across the region benefit from food donations. The association also organises classes in new technologies for the immigrant population, and runs sports workshops and activities to build links between different sections of the community. Vera mayor Felix Lopez said the local authority had decided to award the subsidy so HUDEA ‘is able to continue with future programmes to improve the quality of life of immigrants living in our municipality.’
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NEWS EXTRA New track and pitch ALMERIA Provincial Council will build an athletics track and rugby pitch at the Legion’s Alvarez de Sotomayor base in Viator; the €1.1 million facilities will be for the use of all provincial clubs and associations.
Dig report EXPERTS working on Vera’s Cerro del Espiritu Santo archaeological project reported the first phase has been completed; the hill was the site of the original town of Bayra, levelled by an earthquake in 1518.
Red day THE Paseo de Almeria in the provincial capital was a sea of red last Saturday as the setting for the fifth day of the tomato event to promote the regional agriculture sector and raise money for charity.
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Tribute to centenarians HUERCAL-OVERA mayor Domingo Fernandez has paid tribute to the municipality’s oldest residents, 102-year-old Ana Maria Gomez and 101year-old Isabel Casacales. Visiting the two ladies in their care homes last week, where he presented them both with gifts, the mayor described Ana Maria and Isabel as ‘part of Huercal-Overa’s history.’ Commenting on how much he had enjoyed hearing stories about their lives, he said the two centenarians are ‘an example for life with a great deal of wisdom.’ Fernandez also spoke about the importance of the municipality’s elderly population, re-
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CENTENARIAN: Ana Maria Gomez has reached the grand old age of 102. marking: “They have worked hard and made sacrifices to
make Huercal-Overa the town it is today, and we owe them
DAMES IN SPAIN marked International Women’s Day with a special lunch at a Mojacar Playa hotel, where they were joined by Mojacar mayor Rosa Maria Cano and Immigration Councillor Maria Luisa Perez. Dames president Myra Holmes thanked the mayor and the councillor for attending the event, and spoke briefly about the role of women in society. Dames in Spain was formed more than 30 years ago, and today has over 60 members, mainly British expatriates.
so much. They are an example to us all.”
Throughout the year the group organises activities to raise money for local causes, among them the Red Cross, cancer and Alzheimer associations. Mojacar Council has collaborated with the Dames on various fundraisers, and many local businesses also lend their support donating items for raffles. Last year, Dames in Spain donated to MACS cancer support group, Stepping Stones carers and Equinac, a non-profit association which rescues and protects marine fauna.
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Park life ADRA mayor Manuel Cortes has announced a €500,000 plan for transforming the municipality’s public parks and leisure areas, measures including extending playgrounds, replacing equipment, adding new features in play areas and creating workout areas for adults. Also planned is the creation of open-air areas for staging cultural and sporting activities. The project will be 80 per cent funded by the European Regional Development Plan and 20 per cent by the local council under the Adra City 2020 Integrated and Sustainable Urban Development Strategy.
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Bandido Runners growing THE Mojacar-based El Bandido Runners is growing, founder Kevin Rowe reports, but he’s keen for the club to expand further. “We need more members and more recognition to get our group ParkRun affiliated status,” Kevin says. The club meets every Saturday and Wednesday morning at 9am at the far end of the Mojacar Playa seafront promenade. There is also now the El Bandido Ciclistas group. Anyone interested in joining either the El Bandido running or cycling groups can contact Kevin at ironmankev08@gmail.com. See the El Bandido Facebook page for more information.
NEW FACES: The club has gained members, but is looking for more to join them.
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Wacky Races revving up PREPARATIONS are well underway for Wacky Races Villaricos 2019, expected to be another highly successful day. The team members - Mark, Carol, Cristina, Jerry, Roy and Ian - have this year put more emphasis on fun for young people and encouraging participants to don fancy dress and decorate vehicles. There will be bouncy castles, dance groups, flamenco and the Fantasia carnival dance group, as well as Villaricos school’s
own group. There will also be stalls and a grand raffle with two prizes of a week’s holiday and a dozen other goodies up for grabs. Last year’s event raised a record amount - over €1,450 which was distributed to various local beneficiaries, including a resident raising money for an operation overseas, and Wacky Races Villaricos again made a major contribution to the purchase of equipment for Villaricos school. In November, Wacky Races Villaricos was recognised for its work with the school and the Parent’s Association (AMPA), the team winning an award for collaboration with the northern Almeria education service. The team stressed its contributions are possible thanks to the involvement of local businesses and people. Anyone interested in sponsoring, contributing, entering a team or providing entertainment on the day can contact Wacky Races Villaricos on its Facebook page wackyracesvil laricos, via email at wack yraces2017@gmail.com, or by calling the secretary on 950 467 590 or the organiser on 634 368 243. Wacky Races 2019 will be on April 27 from 11.30am to 4pm.
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House fire death A 38-YEAR-OLD woman has died in a fire at a second floor flat in Lepe, Huelva. The 112 emergency services received several calls from neighbours shortly before 1.30am on Tuesday morning. On arrival, police officers could not enter the property because of the volume of smoke. Firefighters managed to gain entry and found the body of the deceased on the floor. The Guardia Civil has opened an investigation into the cause of the fire, and the woman’s body was taken to the Forensic Anatomical Institute of Huelva for a post-mortem to be carried out.
Woman dies after fall in high heels By Tara Rippin A BRITISH GP died after she fell down the stairs wearing extremely high heels following a holiday night out in Central Spain. According to reports, Dr Susan Allanby, 66, was found in a pool of blood by husband Dr Charles Allanby, 63, after hearing a ‘thump’ at their renovated holiday home in Algora. An inquest in Cardiff where the couple are from heard a post-mortem revealed the cause of death was a traumatic head and neck injury. The coroner recorded a conclusion of death by accident contributed to by alcohol after toxicology reports found 317mg per decilitre of alcohol in Dr Allanby’s blood. The legal driving limit is 80. The inquest heard the couple, both GPs at Clifton Surgery in Roath who
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DOCTORS: Susan and Charles Allanby were holidaying in Spain when the fatal accident occurred. planned to move to Spain permanently, had been on a night out with friends in January 2018. The deceased mother of four is said to have been ‘dancing and very animated’ during the evening, before leaving with her husband at around 1am.
Her husband told the inquest he had never seen her wear such high heels before, and that a few minutes after they had returned home, he heard a noise and found Dr Allanby lying in a pool of blood after suffering fatal injuries from a fall down six stairs.
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Electric shock treatment SPAIN’S central government has halted an electric shock experiment on violent prisoners designed to stop aggression. The study, which had been taking place at Huelva Prison since 2016, was carried out on 41 inmates and saw their brains supplied with a 1.5 milliamp electric current for 15 minutes a day. Of the 41 inmates in the study, 18 were convicted murderers and researchers hoped to find out more about aggression and violent behaviour. The experiment’s second phase was due to begin this month, however Spain’s government said it w a n t e d t o l o o k i n t o t h e t re a t m e n t m o re b e f o re granting permission. The research had been taking place in Spain, Germany and Mexico, and Andres Molero, one of the experiment’s researchers, claimed it was not invasive. He added all inmates had volunteered for the experiment and measures had been taken to rule out those with neurological diseases.
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SHOCK DEATHS: The family reportedly lived in a squat in Godella.
Child deaths shock Spain By Sally Underwood POLICE have arrested two parents in Godella, Valencia, accused of murdering their young children. The couple’s five-month-old and three-anda-half-year-old children were allegedly found half-buried near the family’s home where they were last seen last Wednesday. According to media reports, the parents have given contra-
dictory statements about what happened to the pair, with the father reportedly claiming their mother had drowned them. Spanish media have suggested the couple could suffer from mental health problems and that the mother had claimed her son had been possessed by the devil. The Guardia Civil said they are not yet certain what caused the children’s deaths but explained a post mortem is due to take place soon.
DECISION: Franco (inset) will be re-interred at Mingorrubio. THE Spanish government has announced the remains of General Franco will be transferred from his resting place in the Valley of the Fallen to a cemetery in El Pardo on June 10. He will be re-interred at Mingorrubio where his wife, Carmen Polo, is buried, and which is known as the last resting place of presidents, ministers and artists.
Vice president of the government Carmen Calvo, announced the news following a Council of Ministers meeting, saying: “This decision must be complied with by any government, unless it changes the procedures,” a reference to the upcoming general election. Calvo added that the date had been chosen to ensure the politically contentious move
would not happen during the elections. It also allows time for Franco’s family to complete judicial proceedings; they have taken the government to court to oppose the exhumation of Spain’s late dictator. The date can be delayed should the Supreme Court require more time to reach a decision.
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PUBLIC APPEAL: Police have said they need to locate the pair as soon as possible.
Boy missing with father POLICE have issued an urgent public appeal in Spain and the UK to locate a missing eight-year-old Bristol boy believed to be with his Spanish father. The pa ir ha ve not be e n seen since Saturday, March 2 after his father failed to return the boy home following a pre-arranged visit. Angelo Jurado-Marmole-
jo lives full-time with his m ot her i n t he Whi t ehal l area of Bristol. Raf ael Cabel l o, 43, a Spanish national, is now in breach of a court order and police enquiries are under way to locate him and Angelo. Avon and Somerset police have said: “We do not have any concerns for their wel-
fare, but we need to locate them as soon as possible.” Mr Cabello is described as white, 5ft 6ins/7ins, slim, with black hair. Angel o i s descr i bed as whi t e, aged ei ght , wi t h short wavy dark brown hair, dark brown eyes, 4ft 6ins and last seen wearing a red coat and car r yi ng a bl ue rucksack.
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RUN OVER: The vehicle eventually came to rest after smashing into a derelict building. A MALE lorry driver has died after being hit by his own vehicle which started to move while he was outside the cab. The tragic accident happened at 10.39am on Monday in Sevares, Piloña in Asturias. The lorry, which was carrying a full load of timber started to move, for unknown reasons, running over the driver.
It continued down a hill before coming to rest against an abandoned building. A Canine Rescue Unit was brought in to make sure that no-one was trapped in the rubble. An investigation into the accident is underway and experts will inspect the brakes on the vehicle.
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Borrell on Brexit SPAIN’S Foreign Minister has warned against an ‘eternal Brexit,’ as a delay to the withdrawal date became more likely this week. Josep Borrell said problems were being caused by Britain currently having one foot in and one foot out of the bloc after MPs have repeatedly blocked the proposed Withdrawal Agreement. “Let’s be logical, it does not seem that an agreement different to the current one can be found. Therefore Britain has to modify some of its initial plans,” Borrel said. “We already know what Britain does not want, we would like to know what it wants,” he added. The Foreign Minister added he would support the withdrawal date, currently set for Friday March 29, being pushed back but for no longer than two to three weeks. British officials have floated Saturday June 1 as a possible new date. “It would be ideal, frankly, for the British parliament to accept Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal. That would eliminate doubts and we could grant a purely technical extension to implement the agreement, otherwise I’m afraid this is going to take longer than necessary,” Borrell said.
Deal in doubt By Joe Gerrard A DELAY to Brexit appeared increasingly likely this week after the speaker of the British Parliament said the government could not hold a new vote without substantial deal changes. John Bercow said on Monday that he would not allow the government to put the proposed Withdrawal Agreement to a House of Commons vote in its current form. The third meaningful vote due to be held on Tuesday was ‘substantially’ the same as the one where MPs rejected British prime minister Theresa May’s proposed deal a week previously, the speaker added. The Commons agreed to rule out a no-deal Brexit ‘under any circumstances,’ and also backed a delay to Brexit in principle. That is May’s only option unless she can secure changes to the Withdrawal Agreement and get MPs’ approval in the eight days until Brexit day on Friday March 29. Bercow’s intervention comes as
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BREXIT EXTRA ‘Unhealthy’ influence SNP lawmaker Gavin Newlands has said the influence exercised by the 10 Northern Irish DUP MPs over the government and Brexit process is ‘incredibly unhealthy’ as they continue to prop up the minority Conservative government in Parliament.
Unity push
SETBACKS: May now faces seeking a Brexit delay after Bercow’s (inset) intervention. Brexit minister Kwasi Kwarteng said May would write to European Council president Donald Tusk to ask for a delay to the withdrawal date. The prime minister would then return to parliament to ask for lawmakers’ approval if Tusk lends his backing to the plan, Kwarteng added. Meanwhile, the European Council has agreed a raft of measures cover-
ing a no-deal Brexit in case an extension is not possible. Brussels officials said the legislative acts covered British nationals living in EU member states and protected the rights of EU27 nationals in Britain. Flights to and from Britain as well as road freight and passenger traffic and fishing were also covered on the condition that Britain implements similar arrangements, the Council said.
BRITAIN’S Church of England has said it is encouraging parishes to hold ‘cafestyle’ meetings on the weekend of March 30, days after the scheduled Brexit date to promote unity and to pray for the country and its future.
Trade deal TRADE between Britain and Iceland and Norway looks set to continue as normal in a nodeal Brexit after officials struck a pact which preserves existing tariff arrangements and quotas on farming and fishing goods.
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Religious education figures MORE than eight out of 10 students in Extremadura choose to study religious education, according to new figures. The subject, which is optional in some Spanish schools, is taught to 77.6 per cent of primary schoolchildren in Castilla y Leon, while 81.6 per cent of pupils in Cataluña do not study the topic. Secondary school age children studied religion less, at 77 per cent in Extremadura and 70 per cent in Castilla y Leon. In Cataluña 89.9 per cent of pupils this age opted not to learn about the subject. According to the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, data from the year 2016 to 2017 showed overall 64.5 per cent of Spain’s primary schoolchildren received Catholic education, 34.5 per cent did not learn about religion at all, and 0.9 per cent learnt about a different religion.
POLLUTION PLAN: Officials want to cut the number of cars on Barcelona’s roads.
City car ban plan
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: The majority of children do not learn the subject in Cataluña.
VEHICLES that produce the most emissions could be banned from parts of Barcelona from 2020 under new council plans. Council officials are planning to create a low-emissions zone that would cover 95 square kilometres, almost the entire city and four neighbouring towns. Estimates from Barcelona City Council forecast that about 50,000 vehicles would be taken off the city’s roads under the plan, around 7 per cent of the current total. Barcelona mayor Ada Colau said pollution was probably the biggest problem facing the
city. Officials are planning to create a system where drivers would have to apply for a sticker to enter the low-emissions zone. These would be issued by Spain’s General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) that would assess vehicles on their emissions, denying passes to the worst polluters. The plans follow the introduction of a similar scheme in Madrid in November. Carbon dioxide emissions have fallen by 14.2 per cent since it was launched, according to a study from the capital’s Technical University.
Plastic recycling progress THE amount of plastic waste recycled in Spain has now surpassed the amount sent to landfill sites, according to a new report. The pro-recycling Cicloplast group and National As-
sociation of Plastic Recyclers (ANARPLA) found 41 per cent, more than 1 million tons, of all plastic waste thrown away in 2017 was recycled. About 39 per cent went to landfill sites and 20 per cent
was used for energy recovery out of a total of 2.4 million tons of waste. Cicloplast said Spain was now on target to surpass EU plastic recycling targets of 50 per cent by 2025 and 55 per cent by 2030.
Temperatures cool SPAIN’S unseasonably high spring has taken a dip as temperatures fell by 14 degrees in one day in some areas. In Alcoi, Alicante, the thermostat plummeted to 8.4 degrees on Monday, compared to 22.6 the day before. The State Meteoro-
logical Agency (AEMET) said rain was expected in eastern Cantabria and the Pyrenees before making its way further south. The Balearics and eastern Andalucia are expected to be cloudy and wet, while the Pyrenees are anticipating snow.
Atlantic snow A SPANISH journalist has published a book on how cocaine came to Europe via the Atlantic. The book, Snow on the Atlantic, shows how Galicia in north west Spain has always been an entrance point for cargo, attracting smugglers
throughout the centuries. Nacho Carretero reveals how the region began to attract a thriving illegal market in hashish and cocaine, using its geographical location to become like Mexico for importing drugs to a continent. The writer said: “It be-
came normal to think and talk about evading the authorities, to respect… a capo who had nothing to do with lawful state agencies, and to earn fast money… It was more or less the norm to break the law. It was just the way things were.”
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FAMILY TRIP: Marta and Daniel will travel the world with their three children.
Around the world in six years Cyber security scare
DEMOCRACY THREAT: Spain’s government is concerned about false information online.
By Tara Rippin SPAIN’S National Security Department is said to be creating a special unit to identify false information and cyber threats ahead of the country’s elections in April and May. According to Spanish media, the department is concerned about the potential for a campaign of ‘fake news’ from Russia’s intelligence services ahead of the Spanish general election on April 28, and the local,
regional and European elections on May 26. The National Encryption Centre is reportedly working with the government to monitor the internet and help collect and process data before removing false information. According to a Eurobarometer study, 80 per cent of Spaniards are concerned about the threat of fake news and its potential to harm democracy.
A SPANISH family have left their Madrid home and embarked on a six-year journey around the world in a camper van. Having travelled regularly as a couple, Marta Bruyel, 38, and Daniel Gimeno, 42, decided to pack up belongings and their three small children, aged between one and six, and hit the road. According to Spanish press, they left every-
thing behind in December to spend two years touring the Americas, before a further two years travelling through Asia. The family then plan to move on to Africa for the remainder of the world tour in their eight square metre camper. The eldest two children are home schooled by Marta while Daniel looks after the youngest. The parents said they ‘value the education which isn’t found in textbooks, such as communication skills and lessons learned while travelling.’
Swinging 60’s A NEW Spanish television show will tell the story of three characters who are fighting to start a revolutionary record company in Spain in the 60’s. The drama will show the difficulties of working in a creative industry in Francoist Spain when conservative values still reigned. Starring Guiomar Puerta, Carlos Cuevas and Ivan Marcos, the series is produced by Atresmedia Television in collaboration with Bambu Producciones, and will air on Antena 3.
Gas prices fall THE price of butane cylinders has fallen by 4.87 per cent, bringing the price to €13.86 per 12.5 kilo canister. The price drop is the second of the year, falling by 71 cents for the next two months and making the gas 10 cents and 0.72 per cent cheaper than dur-
ing the same period last year. Butane prices are reviewed every two months and last fell in January. In May, the Ministry for Ecological Transition will revise the prices again, taking into account the price of raw materials, exchanges rates and marketing costs.
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Distraction theft warning MOTORISTS are being warned of the return of a scam targeting people on the Costa del Sol. In the latest incident an elderly woman, who was alone in her car, was waiting to pull out onto the Mijas Road near Fuengirola, when another car pulled up with three occupants. One of the three got out and pointed at the victim’s front tyre. She got out to look, at which point an-
BEWARE: Thieves can be quick.
Alleged smuggler in hiding
ONE of the largest suspected drug traffickers in the Campo de Gibraltar has announced he is to disappear ‘for a while’ blaming police pressure for making his life unbearable. Abdellah El Haj, has been on remand accused of drug trafficking, money laundering and membership of an organised gang since November 2017 on €80,000 bail and obliged to report to court on a daily basis. At the time of going to press he had not appeared for three days. But he had sent a letter to Europa Sur newspaper moaning about the close attention he has been receiving from police.
other man snatched her handbag from the car before the three made their escape in a white car. This sort of distraction theft occurs all around Spain, and frequently involves tourists in hire cars b e i n g t a rg e t e d b y p e o p l e pointing out imaginary problems with their vehicles. Police advice is to remain in your car and call 112 if you have any suspicions.
In it he said: ‘I communicate my decision to disappear for a while, because I am truly afraid for my integrity and that of my family. All this is due to the enormous police pressure to which I am being subjected, which in recent times has become unbearable, preventing me from leading a normal life.’ He added that his family was harassed and his emotional stability had seriously deteriorated and that he needs medical help. Police are now searching for Abdellah, and he will be brought before the court on his apprehension.
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Tourism spend call SPAIN needs to double the resources it puts into tourism if it wants to keep the sector growing in the face of a slowdown from the major markets like the UK and Germany. This is the message sent by major industry figure Gabriel Escarrer, president of the Exceltur pressure group and CEO of Melia hotels. He warned that investment has been stagnant for years at 0.25 per cent of GDP, when the sector provides more than 10 per cent of national wealth. That is why Exeltur has asked for more political and economic attention. While the sector was showing annual growth of up to 5 per cent in recent years, that figure dropped to 2 per cent in 2018, with this year forecast to see a rise of 1.7 per cent.
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Extradited man guilty of murder JACK STEVENS, a 19year-old British man extradited from Spain to the UK has been found guilty of murder. The man was arrested in Spain on August 24, 2017 on suspicion of killing 27year-old Nashon Esbrand in the doorway of a house on Mitchinson Road, Islington, London. An operation by the Met Police, National Crime Agency and Spanish police tracked Stevens down to Spain where he was arrested under a European Arrest Wa r r a n t a n d r e t u r n e d t o England for trial. He will be sentenced tomorrow (Friday) while three others; Dillon Zambon, 21, from Islington, Jhon Berhane, 19, from north London and a 17y e a r- o l d f r o m I s l i n g t o n were sentenced last year in connection with the killing.
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Playing the game ONLINE gambling in Spain is in the midst of an explosion, with the sector turning over €17.349 billion in 2018. This was 30.5 per
SUPPLY WARNING: Around 500 medicinal brands are believed to be affected.
Medicine ‘shortage’ THERE are shortages of 500 medicines including the second highest selling drug in Spain, according to the country’s medicines agency. The Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) said the aspirin Adiro, which is often used by elderly people recovering from strokes, was currently experiencing supply problems. Around 18.5 million units of Adiro are sold in Spain every year, ac-
cording to industry data. The warning comes as shortages are affecting an estimated 500 medicinal brands sold in Spain. These include Terbasmin, Fluidasa, Primperan and Dalsy, with the shortages affecting around 1 per cent of the 30,000 brands sold in Spanish pharmacies according to government figures.
cent more than the €13.298 billion spent on online gaming the previous year, according to the General Directorate of Game Management (DGOJ).
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EWN Facebook page soars past 30,000 fans THE Euro Weekly News’ Facebook page has climbed past 30,000 ‘likes’ this week as the EWN in print, online and social media continues to enjoy rapid growth in 2019. The EWN team work around the clock, seven days a week to ensure that our fast-growing social media community is provided with the latest, most accurate news from an English-language news site in Spain. While other sites may engage in sensationalist headlines to gain clicks our readers prefer us to deliver the news as it is. And that’s just one of the reasons why advertisers choose our print and online packages to reach out to customers with maximum reach for their budget. In the past year alone our Facebook likes have grown by a massive 6,000 new fans and now we have new targets in our sights.
We generally post more than twice as many news updates to our Facebook page as other smaller newspapers and with double the engagement rate. And we have almost double the number of followers as a fortnightly publication based on the Costa del Sol. One smaller paper still claims it is Spain‘s number one expat newspaper and ‘second in the world,’ but their claim is from 2016 and involved just a small sample of people that were polled by a UK marketing group - and the awards have not been run since. On our website and our Facebook page we encourage readers to enter into the debate on hot topics and engage and comment on our posts with the best of them also appearing in print every week. Unusually in the English-language news publishing sphere in Spain we allow our readers to review our Face-
book page and we’re proud to enjoy a rating of 4.6 out of 5 - based on the opinion of 401 people. Ask yourself why other titles that claim to rival the EWN do not allow reviews on their page. What could they be hiding? Instead some publications refuse to show a rating, and instead rely on dubious stats from tools like Alexa. To quote influential social media blogger Shane Barker: “You’ll also find that Alexa rankings aren’t too important for these reasons: • Alexa only takes into account data received from users of their toolbar, so the results may be quite relative. Not everyone has the toolbar installed. There are millions of websites that may never receive a good rank despite having a lot of traffic. • As previously mentioned, Alexa can be manipulated. Online traffic da-
LEADERS: No-one can rival the EWN. ta can be influenced to a significant extent. The results may not be as accurate as desired if some publishers and webmasters decide to manipulate the tool.
• Alexa doesn’t separately rank subdomains and subpages within a domain. It only calculates the traffic for the top-level domain, which may result in a few inaccuracies.”
The Euro Weekly News avoids flawed tools and relies instead on what you – our readers and clients - actually say about us. We think that is the best way.
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St Patrick’s comes to Spain by Euro Weekly News editorial team across the regions THE Euro Weekly News team spent Sunday at some of Spain’s most popular tourist destinations and probably the country’s biggest parade in celebration of St Patrick’s Day. On the Costa Del Sol, the festivities started with a service in honour of St Patrick at the Inmaculada de Concepcion Church in Arroyo de la Miel. The ceremony was followed by live Irish music and other activities carried out at the Mezquita Square. In La Cala de Mijas revellers spent the day enjoying multiple themed performances and activities carried out by the local town hall/tourist office and Irish pub Biddy Mulligans. And Marbella’s Paseo Maritimo hosted a festival of live music, including Spanish bands. Tom’s Irish Bar in Los Boliches put on free food and a singer for the evening. And music group White Lamb performed live at La Teteria Hierbabuena in Malaga. Meanwhile, in Costa Blanca, Cabo Roig hosted what is possibly Spain’s biggest St Patrick’s Day parade, a truly spectacular visual display. And in Benidorm, the New Town was awash with colour as crowds dressed up and enjoyed an array of music and activities, courtesy of local bars. The Emerald Isle, La
BIDDY MULLIGANS: Crowds enjoyed a day of performances and activities in La Cala de Mijas.
REVELLERS: George and Trish Smith, Gayle Walton and Ronnie Deuvert at The Trinity Bar in Cabo Roig. CREDIT: Euro Weekly News/Barry Duke
COLOUR: Benidorm celebrates in fancy style. SALTY DOG: Customers Paul Clark and Paul Ditchfield in Mojacar Playa. Florida located on the Orihuela Costa, was at the centre of the festive fun, surrounded by stalls around the sides of the complex. And there was more live music at The Salty Dog in Almeria, and The Irish Rover in Mojacar Playa.
TOM’S IRISH BAR: Barmaids Niamh O’Mullane, Lisa Mernock and Karen Garcia.
THEMED FUN: St Patrick’s Day festivities at The Emerald Isle.
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Two Brits accused over missing woman A GROUP campaigning to find missing Agnese Klavina, a Latvian woman last seen in Marbella in 2014, has confirmed that the trial of those accused of kidnapping her started on Monday at Malaga Provincial Court. Ahead of the start of proceedings the group said: “Dearest family and friends. With the trial due to commence in Malaga we just wanted to thank everyone for their continued support over the years. “Your thoughts, wishes and prayers have been an enormous comfort and inspiration and we thank you so so much. Thanks to all of you who assisted us along this hard and emotional journey to this point and a sincere thank you to those who helped and donated also. “This is our time to show that Spanish justice can pre-
AGNESE KLAVINA: Was last seen in Puerto Banus in September 2014. vail and that an innocent woman’s life will not be cast aside and forgotten. “Thank you all.” The Find Agnese Klavina group has also set up a GoFundMe (see link below) page to raise €5,000 to cover legal costs for the trial. Prosecutors announced they would seek 12-year jail sentences for Capper, 40, and Porter, 36, if they are found guilty at the trial. They are accused of unlawful detention in connection with the disappearance of Agnese Klavina in the Puerto Banus area of Marbella. Siene Ousmane, a doorman who worked at the nightclub where Agnes was last seen is also due to stand
trial in connection with her disappearance. He is accused of holding the door of the car that she was bundled into closed to stop her from fleeing. Agnes, aged 30 at the time, was last seen leaving a well-known Marbella nightclub on September 6, 2014. CCTV footage showed two people bungling her into a car at around 6am. She has not been seen since. Capper and Porter were both arrested and charged in connection with her disappearance in May 2016, following an 18-month investigation. Both men have said they left the club with her but deny the charges. Investigators believe
Patent applications up A TOTAL of 1,776 patent applications were filed in Spain in 2018, an increase of 6 per cent on 2017 and the highest figure for six years data shows. European Patent Office (EPO) figures show the growth rate for Spain was higher than the continental average of 3.8 per cent. More than a third of all Spanish applications were filed from Cataluña. About 21 per cent came from the Madrid Region, with 12.5 per cent filed from the Basque Country. The number of Spanish patent applications made up 1 per cent of the 174,317 total filed to the EPO in 2018.
Agnes may now be dead. Her body has never been found. Supporters of the campaign have sent messages to the group. Alanna Pugh wrote: ‘My heart goes out to her family and friends please god they get justice xxxxx’ ‘Praying for Justice for Agnese. RIP ❤ ’ wrote Martin Brown. Joan Lee said: ‘I have followed this tragic story about Agnese and hope the family get some closure and healing...’ https://www.facebook.com /agneseklavinamissingper son/ https://www.gofundme.co m/justice-for-agnese
Buggy fire FIREFIGHTERS were called out in Valladolid City on Saturday after a buggy caught fire outside a home, according to emergency services. Firefighters arrived to f i nd t he bur nt r em ai ns of the vehicle outside a home on Bar r i o España. They were called out at around 5.30pm. Local Police said the fire is believed to have started accidentally. No one was injured, emergency services said.
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THE WEEK IN POLITICS By Joe Gerrard ELECTIONS in Spain continue to approach as parties not only vie for seats at a national and European level but also compete for control of local and regional authorities. Local and regional elections are due to take place in Spain on Sunday May 26, the same day as European elections. On a regional level Spain’s political parties are seeking to win seats in 12 out of Spain’s 17 autonomous communities. Voters will not go to the polls in Andalucia, the Basque Country, Cataluña or Galicia due to elections having being held in those regions less than four years ago. The Valencia Region’s electorate are due to be balloted on Sunday April 28, the same day as the national poll. Voters will be asked to send representatives to the regional assemblies of the 12 autonomous communities holding elections. Those authorities have
Going local
ELECTIONS: Voters will elect local and regional representatives on May 26. varying levels of power but typically run schools, health systems and manage regional services such as transport and refuse collection. Spain’s ruling political party at a national level, the leftleaning Partido Socialista (PSOE), is defending five of the regional authorities up for election. The conservative Partido
Popular (PP) is defending four, with the remaining three in the Canary Islands, Cantabria and Navarra held by regional parties. The PP will be looking to replicate its success in Andalucia in December. That election saw it unseat PSOE for the first time in Andalucia in Spain’s democratic history after striking a pact with the
centrist Ciudadanos and the far-right Vox. Locally, all of Spain’s councils and its 38 provincial deputations will be voted on. Town and city councils manage local services including refuse collection, street lighting and small-scale public works projects including street renovations. Smaller political parties including single-issue or regionally-specific groups tend to do better at a local level where the duopoly of PSOE and PP is not as strong. Provincial deputations sit between local councils and regional authorities and are tasked with managing some public services such as transport and working to support economic activity. There are no provincial deputations in Asturias, the Madrid Region, Murcia and La Rioja due to those regions having only one province.
Profile: PP WITH a general election looming on Sunday April 28, we are profiling each of the political parties vying for victory in the vote. The conservative Partido Popular (PP) is one of Spain’s two dominant political parties. It is currently the official opposition to the ruling left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) in the Cortes. The party was created following the rebranding of its predecessor, the Alianza Popular (AP) in 1989. The AP itself was founded by former ministers from dictator Francisco Franco’s regime in an effort to maintain his core agenda of defending traditional, Catholic Spain. The party has since undertaken a long march towards the centre-right, absorbing smaller Christian and liberal parties. Its platform is now broadly pro-business while also continuing to claim the mantle of the defenders of traditional Spanish values on the family, faith and other social issues. Current party leader Pablo Casado was elected in July. His victory was seen as a swing to the right for the party and he has pledged to curb immigration and restrict abortion for women if the PP takes power. Poll tracker: Partido Socialista (PSOE): 27.3 per cent, 115 seats Partido Popular (PP): 20.7 per cent, 84 seats Ciudadanos: 15.4 per cent, 55 seats Vox: 12.5 per cent, 35 seats Result: PSOE largest party, no overall control.
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Ancient evidence of migration
HOUSE FIRES: A new report revealed the most and least expensive areas for fire damage.
Fire damage costs revealed AN insurance group has released figures revealing the average damage costs of fires throughout Spain. The Insurance Business Association (UNESPA) revealed Salamanca’s fires cost the least, at €499 for an average household blaze; 71 per cent lower than the national average. The report showed insurance payouts for fires in Las Rozas, Madrid reached €11,684,
as well as €7,074 in Alcala de Guadaira, Sevilla. Damage from house fires in Barcelona was slightly less expensive to fix, at €4,930 in Manresa. The cheapest areas were Valladolid at an average of €692 and San Sebastian de los Reyes, Madrid, at €714. In total, insurers spend around €525 million each year repairing fire damage.
NATO: Spain lags on defence spending SPAIN is among the NATO members which spends the least on defence as a proportion of economic output (GDP), according to estimates from the organisation. NATO found Spain spent the equivalent of 0.93 per cent on their defence budgets in 2018. Belgium spent the same proportion, and both countries came ahead of Montenegro which recently joined the alliance. The US spent the
equivalent of 3.39 per cent of its GDP while Britain, Poland, Latvia, Greece and Estonia spent around 1.5 per cent. It comes as NATO’s European members agreed to raise defence spending to 2 per cent of GDP by 2024. The pledge came in response to calls from the Trump administration in the US for other NATO members to shoulder more of the burden for funding NATO’s collective military capabilities.
SCIENISTS studying DNA from Bronze Age burial sites in the Pyrenees have found migration from Central Europe changed the genes of those living in Spain at the time. The research, published in Science journal, saw migrants cross the mountain range over a period of 400 years, existing the genetic profile of the male inhabitants there before. Researchers said they are unsure whether the change was due to violence, but found DNA showed migration from as far away as Russia to Spain. The study is the most extensive of its kind, tracing more than 8,000 years of history across Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and Gibraltar.
€3m for controversial party SPAIN’S ultra-right Vox party has allegedly received nearly €3 million in public finds despite a tough stance on subsidies. T h e r i g h t - w i n g g ro u p h a d p re v i o u s l y c a m paigned for cuts to government funding, but now receives aid since gaining 12 seats in the Andalucian parliament last year. Among the public funds received are salaries for each of its Andalucian representatives, with total subsidies coming to more than €2.9 million. Vo x h a s re p o r t e d l y n o t re j e c t e d t h e f u n d s , claiming there are larger priorities for them to deal with.
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*Official information for British people moving to and living in Spain, including Brexit guidance, residency, healthcare and driving, can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-spain The site contains current, official information, and was last updated on January 29. *Information about EU exit, including the article 50 process, negotiations and announcements about policy changes as a result of Brexit is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/brexit Topics covered range from preparing your business for when the UK leaves the EU to living in Europe after Brexit. *Another useful government led site is ‘Prepare for EU Exit’ which contains information about how to prepare and the steps that may need to be taken by individuals and businesses. This includes everything from passports, driving licences and flying within the EU to banking and selling online. To see more, visit: https://euexit.campaign.gov.uk/ *The implications of a ‘no deal’ scenario are outlined at the dedicated government website: https://www.gov.uk/search?q=no+deal+scenario While leaving the EU with a deal remains the government’s top priority, it must plan for every eventuality, including a ‘no deal.’ As such the guidance explains the rights of UK nationals in the EU to benefits and pensions, advice for pet travel, the impact on the regulation of medicines and medical devices, amongst other issues. *The Spanish government has launched a dedicated ‘Prepared for Brexit’ website which provides information for residents and businesses alike, not only about the implications but also contingency measures that are being adopted at both national and international levels. The site is in English. http://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/lang/en/brexit/Paginas/index.aspx?fbclid=I wAR3X5YV5IjNeP5MqUy4cxSiD4POiAfXT6o4QD1z96s0sfcLMHEoSY KVFsdM *For those covered under the Spanish social security system, there is advice on requesting or renewing a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) on the official home page: https://sede.seg-social.gob.es (The Spanish government’s dedicated social security website in English).
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GERMANY WIND turbines, solar panels and other renewable energy sources contributed 64.8 per cent to Germany’s net power production between March 4 and 10, a new record renewables share which has been attributed to recent strong winds.
Clean energy
Bomb threats A SUSPECTED neo-Nazi extremist or extremists are responsible for a series of bomb threats across Germany in recent weeks. More than 100 threatening emails have been sent to politicians, journalists, public figures and institutions signed using neo-Nazi terminology.
RECORD: Highest renewable energy share to date.
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Self-drive buses
SWEDEN wants to tighten security requirements for mobile operators and suppliers of telecoms equipment, the minister for digital development has confirmed, amid global concerns about Chinese firms’ role in supplying sensitive network gear.
SWEDISH lorry maker Scania will collaborate with Nobina, the largest public transport operator in the Nordic countries, to commence trials of autonomous buses on regular routes in the Stockholm area. The pioneering self-drive buses will be the first of its kind in Europe.
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Hoax fine
Bear review
A 20-YEAR-OLD defendant found guilty of making hoax calls threatening bombings at railway stations, Charleroi airport and a Brussels court in 2016 has been fined €380,000, according to prosecutors in the Belgian capital.
NORWAY’S government has put a plan to reintroduce bears into the Nordland region under review after breeding in other parts of the country led to complaints from farmers that livestock was being killed by the predators.
Jobs threat
Health scheme
MORE than 42,000 jobs throughout Belgium would be placed in jeopardy if Britain leaves the EU without a deal on Friday March 29, according to the country’s Federation of Enterprises (FEB) who added it was ‘essential’ to avoid such an outcome.
A GOVERNMENT scheme to allow seriously ill patients to have access to one ‘contact doctor’ does not fit into the schedules of hospitals, cancer clinic head Stein Sundstrom has claimed after one patient met about 60 different staff members.
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Five held
HUNDREDS of measures agreed by the Dutch government, environmental groups and business to tackle climate change may still mean that the Netherlands falls short of targets to reduce emissions according to the PBL assessment agency and CPB think tank.
POLICE in the Flevoland town of Urk have arrested five suspects aged between 14 and 21 in connection with an attack on the home of a family of Moroccan heritage during troubles involving around 100 youths last week.
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Ship fears
THE financial watchdog has instructed a Danish branch of Swedish bank SEB to obtain additional information on customers deemed to be a high money-laundering risk. The Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) claims the branch’s risk of being misused is normal to high.
THE head of a French regional maritime authority has warned that an Italian cargo ship which sank around 260 kilometres off the Atlantic coast of his country was carrying 45 containers of ‘dangerous material’ which posed a pollution risk last week.
Offshore wind THE Social Democratic Party has called for two large offshore wind farms to be constructed, in addition to three mandated in the country’s 2018 Energy Agreement.
Booze plan FRANCE’S Interior Minister Christophe Castaner has approved plans to fit the vehicles of drivers convicted of drink driving with breathalysers to allow them to continue driving following a year-long trial in seven departments.
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CABIFY, a transport app that lets you move around the city comfortably and safely with your private car and driver, is now operating in Cartagena and Murcia. From last week, anyone in the cities of Cartagena and Murcia can now use the Cabify app, order a car to collect them and within minutes one of the drivers in the area will arrive to take them where they want to go. The system is operative in many other major cities in Spain including Barcelona, Madrid, Malaga, Sevilla, Valencia, Alicante and A Coruña, as well as in Latin America and Portugal. Cabify carries out trips to Corvera Airport, is available for individuals or businessmen and journeys can be paid by card in advance or by cash upon arrival. For more details, you can search for Cabify on Google and download the app onto your
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Inland areas’ ageing populations NATIONAL STATISTICS INSTITUTE figures show 46,592 people in Alicante Province - 2.53 per cent of the population - are over 85. This percentage falls to below 2.3 per cent in the Vega Baja and Baix Vinalopo but rises inland, giv-
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With six editions on the Spanish Costas and Mallorca we cover the main expat areas of Spain - take a look at what is happening around our regions. ver was left unharmed. The Marbella se queja page which photographed the incident said: ‘This is why you have to have a mayor who is a doctor. She witnessed an accident on Ricardo Soriano and helped the victim while the health services came.’ Muñoz attended the woman for around half an hour before an ambulance arrived.
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Driving them cuckoo R E S I D E N T S i n To r r e d e l M a r are complaining a Guinea fowl is driving them ‘crazy’ after making noise for the past week. Locals are now asking for help capturing the animal, which is not common in Spain but is increasingly being raised for meat. R e s i d e n t s o f C a l l e Va l d e peñas said the adult Guinea fowl has been making noise throughout the neighbourhood. One local, Miguel Angel Roman, told Spanish media: “It is a very annoying sound, we have been hearing it for a week, at different times and in different places, because it moves around both day and night.” He claimed residents had tried unsuccessfully to capture the bird, which is native to Africa, and are now asking for
ing l’Alcoioa 3 per cent and El Comtat 3.62 per cent. These areas have the longestlived populations in the province and in the El Comtat town of Beniarres, 78 of its 1,118 inhabitants are over 85, practically 7 per cent of the total. Most Beniarres residents work in Muro, eight kilometres away, but the young tend to move away owing to the lack of opportunity. “We worry about that as much as the lack of services,” admitted Beniarres mayor Francisco Selles.
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CAUSING HAVOC: A Guinea fowl (stock picture) has reportedly been causing sleepless nights.
“Because there are fewer of us and many are very elderly, it becomes difficult to provide adequate services for the local population,” he said.
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Mayor aids crash victim THE mayor of Marbella Angeles Muñoz gave first aid to a woman
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following a motorcycle accident on one of the city’s main thoroughfares on Monday. Muñoz, who was a doctor before entering politics, attended the woman following the accident on Marbella’s Avenida Ricardo Soriano. The mayor was passing through the area when the woman, who was travelling on the back of the vehicle, came off after a crash with a car. The motorcycle fell on the woman’s leg, injuring her ankle while the dri-
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A SEA turtle which was nursed back to good health at Palma Aquarium before being released has reappeared after months without emitting any signal from an electronic device placed inside its shell. Named Lasi, the turtle was discovered by a fisherman in the waters of Cabrera last March. It was having difficulty submerging and was soon transferred to the Marine Fauna Recovery Centre of the Palma Aquarium. After a few days at the centre Lasi was released on the beach of s’Armarador, Santanyi, on March 26 last year, with a device which offers real-time immersion position and depth data through a connection via satellite. Signals were received until November, and then there was nothing until February 21, when the female turtle was recorded between Cabrera and the Algerian coast. Between March 26, 2018 and February 12, Lasi travelled 9,066 km, an average of 35.2 km per day.
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More space in store… A POLICY of closing smaller stores in favour of large commercial centre premises has seen Zara grow its total sales floor area in Spain by 50 per cent in just five years. The average size of a Zara store has gone up from 1,452sqm to 2,184sqm in that period as smaller neighbourhood shops have been closed, with investment being put into flagship-style stores instead. This has meant the pace of net openings has slowed to a trickle - just 15 last year.
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Pernod’s wine sale
High cost of subsidy changes THE then Spanish government’s decision to arbitrarily and retrospect i v e l y c h a n g e r e n e w a b l e e n e rg y subsidy regulations is getting more and more expensive. In a bid to tackle a mounting bill for subsidies generous allowances were slashed, almost crippling the industry overnight. This led to many companies pulling out of the sector - and plenty of them are demanding compensation for money spent on abandoned projects. Now US company Nextera Energy has won a case at Ciadi - the
By Dilip Kuner World Bank’s arbitration court - and is claiming €291 million in compensation from the Spanish government. The company had investments in two solar thermal plants in Extremadura with a capacity of 49.9 megawatts, where it had planned to invest more than €600 million. But the changes to already agreed subsidies made the schemes unprofitable so the group closed its subsidiary in Spain at a cost of €263 million.
The court decided that the government ‘failed to give fair and equitable treatment in the protection of business expectations to obtain a return on investment and development of plants.’ This is just one case that has been heard, with Spain facing another 31 arbitration actions. It recently lost a case brought by RREEF Infrastructure, with a compensation award being calculated at the moment. So far five cases have gone against the country, which has refused to pay. Instead it is seeking to have the cases annulled.
O N E o f S p a i n ’s b e s t k n o w n wine brands could be put up for sale by its French owners, Pernod Ricard SA. The company is considering the future of its wine division, which includes the Campo Viejo Label as well as Australia’s Jacobs Creek. The unit has annual sales of around $500 million but is a relatively low-growth part of P e r n o d , w h i c h i s t h e w o r l d ’s second largest distillery business. Company insiders say no final decision has yet been made.
Job cuts plan at VW plants
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Port pledge for Motril THE new Junta de Andalucia regional government has pledged to boost t h e r e g i o n ’s e c o n o m y b y setting up a working group to develop and improve the port of Motril, a major gateway for goods into Granada Province.
Well paid CUTS: VW plant in Spain. GERMAN car giant Volkswagen, which has major factories in Spain, has announced it is to cut between 5,000 and 7,000 jobs to help fund a move to electric cars. VW brand’s chief operating officer Ralf Brandstaetter said the positions would go by 2023 as it chases cost savings. The plan is to cut staff by not replacing those who re-
tire over the period. Chief financial officer Arno Antlitz said. That the plan would help “finance our investments and satisfy our objectives for the electric era.” Across the whole group, Volkswagen will invest €44 billion into ‘future mobility’ such as electric cars and automatic driving in the next five years.
INDITEX, president Pablo Isla was paid €7.78 million gross in 2018, 18.5 per cent more than in 2017, while his boss Armancio Ortega will get more than €1.62 billion in dividends this year.
AI promise PRIME MINISTER Pedro Sanchez pledged to bring in a national strategy on Artificial Intelligence (AI) when he spoke at a workshop in Granada, saying related technologies are some of the main drivers of growth.
Counting the Brexit cost BREXIT will cost Spanish industry at least €2.6 billion a year, mainly in the automotive and agrifood sectors, according to a leaked report by consulting firm Oliver Wyman. According to the company Spain will be the sixth most affected European country, with Cataluña and Valencia the most affected regions in the country, reported El Mundo Spanish newspaper.
The international consultancy firm based its calculations on damage to exports. In Europe Germany is the most affected country with an annual downturn in trade of €9.4 billion. It is followed by the Netherlands (€ 4.4 billion), Belgium and France (€ 3.9 billion each), with Italy slightly ahead of Spain at €2.6 billion.
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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT DID you honestly think that this bunch of privileged ‘Club Westminster’ layabouts actually cared about what you thought? Ha! The only thing this disgraceful array of arrogant Parliamentarians truly hold dear is who you vote for - not what. If this lot had existed in the days of Cromwell, most of them would by now either be in the Tower or having their necks stretched in the market square. I actually lost respect for our esteemed politicians many years ago, on discovering that people we all blindly placed on pedestals - should actually be standing in the dock! When I was young and fancy free, and doing the Chelsea and Kensington ‘rounds,’ the only parties that most of them cared about were those that catered for everything below the waistline. At one such soiree I clearly recall one of the honourable members coming up to me, sweating profusely from his ingestion of ‘uppers,’ clad in nothing but a string vest and begging me to take over his latest bedtime ‘romp,’ as he ‘couldn’t carry on any longer.’ The next day he was representing his London constituency at Prime Ministers questions! Even if those days of 60’s debauchery are now behind them, I have no delusions about our so-called government representatives. The only thing most of them represent is them-
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HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT: The Palace of Westminster. selves. Power and feathering their own nests are all they really care about, and remaining in the EU is their best way of achieving it. They also can’t bear to think of their fellow cronies in the European old boys club continuing without them. These Westminster wasters are also extremely reticent to take on the challenges of the
worldwide markets. Something that would take them out of the comfort zones of Westminster clubland, get them off their Saville row and Gucci clad behinds and, heaven forbid, do some actual work. Blinded by their own arrogance, they also of course fail to realise that come the next elections, when they are all sidling around, begging
for your votes and pretending they are going to represent your interest, this recent utter betrayal and undisputable revelation of their true colours, will (hopefully) not be forgotten! Look out for a whole new party emerging out of the present chaos. But don’t hold yer breath. ‘New Labour’ was meant to be a whole fresh start, and look where they got us!’ I’m also extremely wary of the Lisbon treaty, a positively horrendous agreement to which all EU members, including the UK are already committed. Google it. It makes extremely disquieting reading, and its lurking just around yet another shadowy political corner. Good luck all. As a final word and in light of the recent horrendous massacre in New Zealand. Would it not have been a better idea for London mayor Khan to have deployed more police outside the churches for fear of reprisal - instead of the hundreds he immediately called up to guard the Mosques? And where did all those police suddenly appear from? I thought there was a glut of knife crimes because the police were sorely depleted. Just asking. Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@ gmail.com
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It just doesn’t feel right in, apologised profusely when I confronted him to explain how difficult his parking there made it for me to get my wheelchair in and out of my car. He even thanked me Views of a Grumpy Old Man for pointing this out to him and promised that in future he would be more considerate! THIS week has been pretty weird and it’s By now I was in uncharted territory - I got me very worried. hadn’t felt grumpy in days. I felt like it was It started innocently enough when I a conspiracy - where were all the annoyingcalled Vodafone and, surprise, surprise they ly stupid people? Has someone put somecouldn’t give me the information I was askthing in the water? Am I mellowing as I aping for because their computer system was proach a major birthday this year? down. But then, about 20 minutes later, The sun is shining, I’m off to Gibraltar to they called me back with all the informaenjoy a few days of snooker and my daughtion I had requested. They were really nice ter surprised us by announcing she will be and very helpful. visiting for a few days. Even my troubleThis is unheard of! The next day I had to some neighbour has been keeping out of go to a big DIY store that did some renovamy way! Mrs S even asked me if I felt altion work for us recently. I was ready, right as ‘I didn’t seem myself.’ primed and prepped for the confrontation I Drivers have let me out instead of pushwas sure was about to happen - but no, they ing their way in front of me, cyclists have were fantastic. Really helpful and very acbeen in single file and nobody has jumped commodating - sorted out the things I had onto a single zebra crossing from behind a concerns about and it was all very quick parked vehicle all week! and easy - I’d allocated a morning for I have no idea what’s going on but I something that ended up taking half an don’t like it – it just doesn’t feel right! hour. Hopefully I’ll be back to my old self very I haven’t had one wobbly table whenever soon and feeling right as rain or, at the very we’ve eaten out and even the motorbike least as grumpy as usual, because I’m realowner, who was parked so he was enly struggling with all these new feelings. croaching on the disabled bay I was parked mikesenker@gmail.com.
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Behind THE MUSIC V L James | vljcomms@gmail.com | Facebook: @vljamesinfo I’M not sure if it’s because there are not many great new albums around at the moment or if it is because there is a real appetite for nostalgia, but Coventry’s original Two Tone sensations have hit the No 1 spot in the album charts again… nearly 40 years after they last hit the No 1 spot with their brilliant album Encore. Since the band’s reunion tour in 2009 (the 30th anniversary of Too Much Too Young hitting No 1), fans old and new have been entertained by regular tours. Being the band they are, they were never going to record again unless they thought they had something to say, something relevant to what’s going on today. Well, they certainly had something to say. We might have hoped the anti-racist sentiments wouldn’t have still been necessary
The Specials: What an encore! Source: Wikimedia Commons
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THE SPECIALS: Performing in Montreal. after all these years, but sadly they seem even more relevant today. Terry Hall’s distinctive delivery of a lyrical social commentary is as compelling as it has ever been. Original members Terry
Hall, Horace Panter and Lynval Golding are not prepared to wallow in past glories, they still have something to say. And they have said it brilliantly!
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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
WE’VE all heard the phrase ‘Let them eat cake,’ coined allegedly by Marie Antoinette before the French Revolution. Well, apparently, she didn’t! Indeed, she was quite generous to charitable causes, intelligent and wouldn’t have said something so inflammatory. Which made me wonder which other sayings simply don’t stand up to scrutiny… ‘Ne’er cast a clout till May be out.’ In other words, don’t break out the barbie until Theresa May’s got her deal? This May, next May, May 2030? Murphy’s Law (‘if anything can go wrong, it will go wrong and at the worst possible moment’) is also way off the mark. For instance, ripping off a shirt button or breaking a shoelace when in a rush is probably down to the extra stress you’re under. Likewise: ‘Healthy as a horse.’
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Myths, rumours and some very tall tales Any horse owner will tell you that a horse is like an Italian sports car. If it can break down, it will. ‘Lightning never strikes in the same place twice.’ Rubbish! Lightning strikes repeatedly wherever the surface offers points of conductivity - and where the conditions produce lots of thunderstorms. ‘Cracking your knuckles gives you arthritis.’ Most medical studies have found no link whatsoever between this annoying habit and arthritis. The cracking sound isn’t bones being mangled out of
shape, but the release of pockets of gas from between joints. However, long periods of knuckle-cracking may contribute to lesser grip strength. So best pack it in! Basically, these sayings are straight out of the ‘I saw you coming’ school of coffee table books and not meant to be taken literally. A bit like those nightmares in which you’re about to sit an exam but can’t because you’re astride a horse naked except for wellies... Or you’re about to plunge over a cliff edge into an abyss. Help! Are we back to ‘Ne’er cast a clout till (Theresa) May IS out’? 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.no ra-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 Can he change the system? Two years ago, I purchased an apartment in Mallorca. I have now discovered that my small single bedroom apartment is being charged community fees at the same amount as a large three-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment. I have checked my deeds and they clearly say I pay community fees per square metre. The administrator tells me that all apartments must pay equal community fees whether they are one-bedroom or a four-bedroom penthouse. He says that, in order to change this, all owners must unanimously agree. This cannot be right. My title deed says my community fee is based on my square metres. I have ceased payments in protest. E W (Baleares)
Standardly, community fees are David Searl charged according to the You and the Law size of the flat, just as it in Spain says in your title deed. A very few communities have voted to charge all units the same and this is legal, as your administrator says. However, the system is clearly unfair to you. One owner who feels his interests are harmed can go to court and ask the judge to order the system changed. The stoppage of payment will not help. E.W. (Baleares) Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
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Cassandra Nash A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene
THE central portion of the Partido Popular is cheesed off with Pablo Casado’s decision to lurch further to the Right to entice back defectors who have listened to Vox’s siren song. The central portion of Ciudadanos - theoretically most of the party - is cheesed off with Albert Rivera’s lurch to the Right and his acceptance of Vox in Andalucia while vetoing the PSOE. And the PSOE? The PSOE needs to woo everyone and not only the diehards who have always voted PSOE regardless. Above all it needs to woo back the PSOE’s once-considerable support from the Centre. Pedro Sanchez, the Moncloa’s current tenant, is more beloved by the card-carrying militants who twice gave him the primaries than the territorial barons who gave him the bird. But the Centre - the PSOE’s and everyone else’s - is there for Sanchez to mop up and it is the Centre, especially the undecided Centre, that decides elections. Theirs are the votes that all parties need and Casado and Rivera ignore them at their peril because they will push them into Sanchez’s arms.
Black joke THE irony of it! Not long ago, Spain was proclaimed as the healthiest country in the
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Centring on the Centre Yes me no yesses THE PDeCat’s (Catalan independence party) National Committee recently met to decide its election strategy. This entails making life as difficult as possible for everyone concerned, including those in their own party who want nonconflictive independence and some kind of understanding with the other parties. Its list of candidates for the General Election on April 28 underline Carles Puigdemont’s rejection of dialogue and his decision to go all out for conflict. As someone once said of GW Bush in the run-up to the Iraq invasion, he’s not going to take yes for an answer.
CONFLICT: Carles Puidemont rejects dialogue.
world, thanks mainly to virgin extra olive oil and its 85.8 year average life expectancy, according to a Forbes.com online report.
Then an OECD survey goes and finds that only 6.4 per cent of the Spanish are happy with their lives, compared with the Finns who top the list.
Spain is credited as the cradle of black humour and what else could you expect in a country where the population is condemned to live longer than everyone else and be bloody miserable at the same time.
CUP runneth out ANTI-SYSTEM party CUP announced that it will not present candidates in next month’s election. This is not a priority CUP, said party spokeswoman Mireia Boya: “The necessary conditions do not exist to present a groundbreaking and transforming candidature in Madrid.” It’s tempting to respond with ‘Chicken!’ because CUP held PDeCat to ransom when its votes were needed to install Artur Mas as regional president in 2016. Mas’s head its price and PDeCat could come up with no-one better than Girona’s mayor, Carles Puigdemont. CUP had as much to do with pushing the Procesas PDeCat, ERC or the pro-independence organisations Omnium and ANC. The party has a great deal to answer for, because it foisted Carles Puigdemont not only Cataluña, but the rest of Spain, too.
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12:00pm Good Morning Dagenham 12:45pm Dom on the Spot 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 Money for Nothing 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 EastEnders 9:00pm DIY SOS 10:00pm Stabbed: Britain's Knife Crime Crisis 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm Regional News and Weather 11:35pm Question Time 12:35am This Week
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8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Top of the Pops 9:00pm The Crusades 10:00pm Stonehenge: A Timewatch Guide 11:00pm Blackadder Goes Forth 11:30pm Blackadder Goes Forth 12:00am Blackadder Goes Forth 12:30am Top of the Pops 1:00am The Incredible Story of Marie Antoinette's Watch with Nicholas Parsons 2:00am Cornwall's Native Poet 3:00am Capability Brown's Unfinished Garden 4:00am Amsterdam: An Art Lovers' Guide
11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Tonight 9:00pm Emmerdale Tracy's suspicions are raised. Aaron and Doug plan a gesture. Rishi hides a development. 9:30pm Australia with Julia Bradbury 10:00pm Fraud: How They Steal Your Bank Account 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm Harry's Heroes: The Full English 1:05am Football Genius
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Frasier Frasier Frasier Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Ramsay's Hotel Hell Undercover Boss USA Channel 4 News Come Dine with Me Find it, Fix it, Flog it Countdown A Place in the Sun Escape to the Chateau: DIY Four in a Bed Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Ugly House to Lovely House with George Clarke 60 Days on the Streets 24 Hours in Police Custody Married at First Sight
9:55am Shimmer and Shine 10:05am The Secret Life of Puppies 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm The Nightmare Nanny 5:00pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Alaska: A Year in the Wild 9:00pm Secrets of Your Supermarket Food 10:00pm Mega Volcano: Draining the Pacific 11:00pm The Sex Business 12:00amDie Hard with a Vengeance
11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Good Morning Dagenham 12:45pm Dom on the Spot 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 Money for Nothing 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 A Question of Sport 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm MasterChef 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm Regional News and Weather 11:35pmIron Man 3
7:30am Good Morning Dagenham 8:15am Money for Nothing 9:00am Antiques Roadshow 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 The Great British Year 3:45pm Talking Pictures 4:30pm Rio Conchos 6:15pm Put Your Money 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 8:00pm Mastermind 8:30pm David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities 9:00pm Great British Menu 9:30pm Gardeners' World 10:00pm Australia: Earth's Magical Kingdom 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight 12:00am Weather
8:00pm World News Today The day's leading stories. 8:30pm Top of the Pops 9:00pm Kenny Rogers Documentary chronicling Rogers' career and the golden era of country music he helped usher in. 10:00pm The Secret Science of Pop 11:00pm Duran Duran: There's Something You Should Know 12:00am Glam Rock at the BBC 1:00am Top of the Pops 1:30am Sings Neil Diamond 2:00am Kenny Rogers Documentary chronicling Rogers' career and the golden era of country music he helped usher in. 3:00am Arena
7:00am World of Sport 7:15am The Chase 8:15am The Avengers 9:20am Kojak 10:25am Quincy, M.E. 11:30am Minder 12:40pmThe Professionals 1:45pm Snooker 5:30pm The Professionals 6:35pm The Sweeney Police drama series. 7:45pm Snooker 11:15pmThe Dirty Dozen Classic action movie. 12:15am FYI Daily Latest news from the world of entertainment. 12:20amThe Dirty Dozen Classic action movie. 2:20am River Monsters
7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 7:30am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 8:30am Live European Tour Golf 11:30am Match Centre 12:00pmMatch Centre 1:00pm Sky Sports News 1:45pm Live Valspar Featured Groups 3:30pm Football 6:30pm Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Sky Sports News at 6 8:00pm Sky Sports Tonight 8:30pm Football 11:00pmLive PGA Tour Golf 12:00am Live NBA: Denver @ Washington 2:30am Sky Sports News All the news from the Premier League and beyond. 3:00am Sky Sports News
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9:20am Floogals 9:35am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:55am Shimmer and Shine 10:05am The Secret Life of Puppies 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Twisted Sisters 5:00pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Alaska: A Year in the Wild 9:00pm There's a Croc in My Kitchen 10:00pm Eamonn and Ruth: In Search of George Clooney 11:00pm Meghan and Harry: Inside the Palace
World of Sport The Chase The Avengers Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Professionals Snooker The Professionals The Sweeney Snooker The Contender After two wins, the Blue Team plants the idea of sweeping the Gold Team. 12:35amThe Conjuring 1:35am FYI Daily Latest news from the world of entertainment. 1:40am The Conjuring 2:50am Better Late Than Never 3:40am ITV4 Nightscreen
7:30am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 8:30am Live European Tour Golf 11:30am Football Centre 12:00pm Football Centre 1:00pm Football Centre 1:45pm Live Valspar Featured Groups 6:00pm Football Bulgaria host Montenegro in Sofia in Group A qualification for the UEFA Euro 2020. 8:00pm Sky Sports Tonight 8:30pm One2eleven Former France midfielder Robert Pires who played 79 times for his country gives his #one2eleven. 8:40pm Football 10:45pm Live PGA Tour Golf 12:00am Football
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7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Mary Berry's Quick Cooking 1:00pm Football Focus 1:30pm Money for Nothing 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather 2:15pm Gymnastics: World Cup 2019 5:00pm Escape to the Country 6:00pm Impossible Celebrities 6:50pm BBC News 7:00pm Regional News 7:05pm Weather 7:10pm Pointless: The Good, the Bad and the Bloopers 7:50pm Catchpoint 8:20pm All Together Now 9:25pm Casualty 10:15pm All Round to Mrs Brown's 11:15pm BBC News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Little Fockers 1:05am Weather for the Week Ahead
9:00am Top Class 9:30am The Dog Ate My Homework 10:00am Deadly on a Mission: Pole to Pole 10:30am Nature's Microworlds 11:00am Natural World 12:00pm Homes Under the Hammer 1:00pm Rick Stein's Long Weekends 2:00pm Nigellissima 2:30pm Talking Pictures 3:05pm The 39 Steps 4:30pm Nature's Great Events 5:30pm Pilgrimage: The Road to Santiago 6:30pm James May's Cars of the People 7:30pm The Great British Sewing Bee 8:30pm Race Across the World 9:30pm Dad's Army 10:00pm A United Kingdom 11:45pm Live at the Apollo 12:15am Pose 1:30am Passion 3:10am This is BBC Two
8:00pm The Inca: Masters of the CloudsThe Inca: Masters of the Clouds 9:00pm Hunters of the South Seas 10:00pmI Remember You 11:40pmTop of the Pops Studio performances, videos, celebrity interviews and archive footage of classic hits. 12:10am Top of the Pops 12:40am Sisters in Country 1:40am Black Music Legends of the 1980s 2:40am Tap America: How a Nation Found Its Feet 4:00am The Inca: Masters of the Clouds
7:00am King of Queens 7:25am King of Queens 7:50am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:15am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:40am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:05am Frasier 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am The Big Bang Theory 11:25am The Big Bang Theory 11:50am The Simpsons 12:20pm The Simpsons 12:50pm Four in a Bed 3:00pm Four in a Bed 3:30pm A Place in the Sun 4:30pm Sun, Sea and Brides to be 5:35pm Location, Location, Location 6:35pm The Secret Life of the Zoo 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Great Canal Journeys 9:00pm Warcraft 11:25pm The Take 1:15am The Cabin in the Woods
7:00am Milkshake! 11:00am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:15am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:25am Beverly Hills Ninja 1:10pm Friends 1:40pm Friends 2:10pm Friends 2:40pm Friends 3:10pm Friends 3:45pm Gallagher Live Rugby 6:15pm The Yorkshire Vet 7:10pm The Yorkshire Vet 8:05pm Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson 8:55pm 5 News 9:00pm Elizabeth: Our Queen-Wife, Mother, Monarch 10:50pm The Royal Family at War 12:05am Meghan and Harry: Inside the Palace
10:00am BBC News 11:00am The Andrew Marr Show 12:00pm Sunday Politics 12:30pm Walks of Life 1:30pm Homes Under the Hammer 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Songs of Praise 2:50pm Lifeline 3:00pm Bargain Hunt 4:00pm Money for Nothing 4:45pm Escape to the Country 5:45pm Pointless 6:35pm BBC News 6:50pm Regional News 6:55pm Weather 7:00pm Countryfile 8:00pm Antiques Roadshow 9:00pm Blue Planet Live 10:00pm Baptiste 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
7:20am A to Z of TV Gardening 8:05am Great British Garden Revival 9:05am The Edible Garden 9:35am Gardeners' World 10:05am Countryfile 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm The Hairy Bikers' Chicken and Egg 1:30pm My Mediterranean with Adrian Chiles 2:30pm Gymnastics 4:00pm Figure Skating 6:00pm World's Busiest Cities 7:00pm Australia: Earth's Magical Kingdom 8:00pm Inside the Factory 9:00pm Dragons' Den 10:00pm Race Across the World 11:00pm The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan 12:00am White Gold 12:30amThe Reluctant Fundamentalist
8:00pm The Marvellous World of Roald Dahl 9:00pm From Andy Pandy to Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's TV 10:00pm Deep Ocean 10:50pm Arena Award-winning arts documentary strand. 11:00pm The Believers are But Brothers 12:00am Rich Hall's Working for the American Dream 1:30am David Cassidy: The Last Session 3:00am Barneys, Books and Bust Ups: 50 Years of the Booker Prize 4:00am From Andy Pandy to Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's TV
7:20am The Big Bang Theory 7:40am The Simpsons 8:35am Frasier 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm Jamie's Quick and Easy Food 2:00pm Jamie's Quick and Easy Food 2:30pm The Simpsons 3:00pm The Simpsons 3:30pm Doctor Dolittle 5:15pm A Place in the Sun 6:15pm The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Escape to the Chateau 9:00pm Egypt's Valley of the Kings Uncovered 10:00pm Traitors 11:00pm 999: What's Your Emergency? 11:55pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 1:00am Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back 1:55am Ride Upon the Storm
10:55am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:05am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:20am Make You Laugh Out Loud 11:40am Police Interceptors 1:40pm Friends 4:10pm Winter in Alaska: A Year in the Wild 5:05pm Spring in Alaska: A Year in the Wild 6:05pm Summer in Alaska: A Year in the Wild 7:05pm Autumn in Alaska: A Year in the Wild 8:00pm World's Most Luxurious Cruise Ship 8:55pm 5 News 9:00pm Britain's Favourite Crisps 11:00pmBlack Hawk Down
8:05am Mr. Bean: The Animated Series 8:20am Mr. Bean: The Animated Series 8:30am Scrambled! 8:35am The Tom and Jerry Show 8:50am The Powerpuff Girls 9:10am Toonmarty 9:30am Robozuna 10:05am Teen Titans Go! 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Saturday Morning with James Martin 12:40pm Ainsley's Caribbean Kitchen 1:40pm ITV Lunchtime News 1:50pm On Her Majesty's Secret Service 4:35pm Tipping Point 5:35pm The Chase 6:40pm ITV Evening News 7:00pm Regional News and Weather 7:05pm Info not available 9:00pm The Voice UK 11:00pm The Jonathan Ross Show 12:05am ITV News
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7:00am Live European Tour Golf 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 8:30am European Tour Golf 12:00pm Info not available 12:30pm Football Walsall meet Barnsley at the Banks's Stadium in Sky Bet League 1. 3:00pm Football 5:00pm Info not available 5:55pm Football 8:00pm Live Fight Night 12:00am Sky Sports News All the news from the Premier League and beyond. 12:30am Football New York Red Bulls host Orlando City at Red Bull Arena in Major League Soccer. 2:35am One2eleven 3:00am Sky Sports News
8:50am The Bagel and Becky Show 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 Australia with Julia Bradbury 2:00pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:15pm The Voice UK 4:10pm Diamonds are Forever 6:30pm ITV Evening News 6:50pm Regional News and Weather 7:00pm Info not available 9:00pm Info not available 11:00pm ITV News 11:15pm Joanna Lumley's India 12:15am The Bay 1:10am Jackpot247
7:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:10am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:35am You've Been Framed! 8:00am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:40am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:45pm BGT: Top 10 Comedy Corkers 1:50pm Celebrity Catchphrase 2:50pm You've Been Framed! 3:20pm Dr. Seuss' the Lorax 4:20pm FYI Daily 4:25pm Dr. Seuss' the Lorax 5:05pm Happy Feet Two 6:05pm FYI Daily 6:10pm Happy Feet Two 7:10pm Shrek 8:10pm FYI Daily 8:15pm Shrek 9:00pm Rock of Ages 10:00pm FYI Daily 10:05pmRock of Ages 11:20pm Family Guy 12:50am American Dad!
7:00am Rising Damp 7:25am George and Mildred 7:50am George and Mildred 8:20am Heartbeat 9:20am Heartbeat 10:20am Britain's Favourite Dogs: Top 100 11:25am Agatha Christie's Marple 1:25pm Agatha Christie's Marple 3:25pm A Touch of Frost 5:40pm A Touch of Frost 7:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 9:00pm Vera 11:00pm Grantchester 12:00am Grantchester 1:00am Wire in the Blood 2:50am Agatha Christie's Poirot 3:40am Classic Emmerdale 4:10am Classic Emmerdale 4:35am Classic Emmerdale 5:00am Classic Emmerdale 5:30am Classic Emmerdale
7:15am The Car Chasers 7:45am World Superbike Highlights 8:50am The Return of Sherlock Holmes 9:55am The Return of Sherlock Holmes 11:00am Kojak 12:05pm Columbo: A Deadly State Mind 1:45pm Snooker Action from Llandudno. 5:30pm Mr. Bean 6:40pm River Monsters 7:10pm River Monsters 7:45pm Snooker 11:30pm Van Helsing 12:30am FYI Daily The latest news from the world of entertainment. 12:35amVan Helsing
7:00am Live European Tour Golf 8:00am Total Goals 8:30am European Tour Golf 12:00pm Sky Sports News 12:30pm Live Rugby Union: French Top 14 Rugby Union: Round 2:15pm Info not available 2:30pm Football 5:30pm Football 8:15pm Football 10:45pm Live PGA Tour Golf 12:00am Live LPGA Golf 1:30am Sky Sports News 2:00am Sky Sports News 3:00am Sky Sports News 4:00am Sky Sports News All the news from the Premier League and beyond. 5:00am Sky Sports News
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TUESDAY - 26 MARCH
MONDAY - 25 MARCH 3:15pm Pitching In 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Money for Nothing 5:30pm Blue Planet UK 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Fake Britain 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm Warren 10:30pm This Time with Alan Partridge 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Fleabag
5:30pm Going Back Giving Back 6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 7:30pm Britain in Bloom 8:00pm The Chronicles of Mourne 8:30pm Only Connect 9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm Mary Berry's Quick Cooking 10:00pmExpenses: The Scandal That Changed Britain 11:00pmThe Mash Report 11:30pmNewsnight
8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Handmade in Japan 9:00pm Coast 10:00pmInfo not available 11:00pmStoryville Documentary series. 12:30am The No.5 War 1:55am Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA Waldemar Januszczak examines the golden age of American art. 2:55am The Real Doctor Zhivago
3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm Escape to the Chateau DIY 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Landlords From Hell - Dispatches 9:30pm Food Unwrapped 10:00pm24 Hours in Police Custody 11:00pmWomen Who Kill 12:00am Mums Make Porn
3:15pm My Ex is Watching 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 9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pmAround the World by Train with Tony Robinson 11:00pmTraffic Cops: Under Siege 12:05am Rise of the Krays
4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Money for Nothing 5:30pm Blue Planet UK 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 MasterChef 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Eating with My Ex 12:05am Ugly Me: My Life with Body Dysmorphia
2:45pm The Manor Reborn 3:45pm Street Auction 4:30pm Shark 5:30pm Going Back Giving Back 6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 7:30pm Britain in Bloom 8:00pm Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm Inside the Factory 10:00pm The Great British 11:00pm Road to Brexit 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather
8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Handmade in Japan 9:00pm The Art of Japanese Life 10:00pmThe Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story 11:00pmPQ 17: An Arctic Convoy Disaster 12:00am Don Mccullin: Looking for England 1:00am England's Reformation: Three Books That Changed a Nation
2:05pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm Escape to the Chateau DIY 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer 10:15pmDerry Girls 10:45pmHome 11:20pmGogglebox 12:20am First Dates
3:15pmBuried Secrets 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm A Year in the Wild Spring in Yorkshire. 9:00pmThe Yorkshire Vet 10:15pmLondon: 2000 Years of History 11:15pmFritzl-the Monster: 10 Years on 12:30am Tortured to Death: Murdering the Nanny 1:25am Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!
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3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm Take Me Out 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm You've Been Framed! 10:00pmFamily Guy 10:30pmAmerican Dad! 11:00pmTimewasters 11:30pmFamily Guy
11:30am Agatha Christie's Marple 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Agatha Christie's Marple 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Endeavour 11:00pmScott and Bailey
9:05am Quincy, M.E. 10:15am Minder 11:20am The Sweeney 12:25pmThe Professionals 1:30pm The Avengers 2:35pm Kojak 3:40pm Quincy, M.E. 4:45pm Minder 5:50pm The Professionals 6:50pm The Sweeney 7:55pm The Chase 9:00pm River Monsters 10:00pmCar Crash Britain Caught on Camera 11:00pmThe Contender 12:15am Rocky III
9:15am Great Sporting Moments 9:30am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Football Centre 12:00pmFootball Centre 1:00pm Football Centre 2:00pm Sky Sports News 3:00pm Football 5:00pm Sky Sports News 6:00pm Football 8:00pm Sky Sports Tonight 8:30pm Info not available 8:40pm Football 10:45pmInfo not available 12:00am Sky Sports News
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12:15pmYou've Been Framed! 1:45pm BGT: Top 10 Astonishing Acts Stars 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 10:00pmShaun of the Dead 11:00pmFYI Daily 11:05pmShaun of the Dead
2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Agatha Christie's Marple 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Larry Grayson: Shut That Door! 11:00pmDCI Banks 12:00am DCI Banks
7:25am The Avengers 8:15am Kojak 9:05am Quincy, M.E. 10:15am Minder 11:20am The Sweeney 12:25pmThe Professionals 1:30pm The Avengers 2:35pm Kojak 3:40pm Quincy, M.E. 4:45pm Minder 5:50pm The Professionals 6:55pm The Sweeney 8:00pm The Chase 9:00pm Info not available 10:00pmBenidorm 11:00pmHigh Plains Drifter
11:00am Sky Sports News 12:00pmSky Sports News 12:30pmSportswomen 1:00pm Sky Sports News 2:00pm Sky Sports News 3:00pm Sky Sports News 4:00pm Sky Sports News 5:00pm Sky Sports News 6:00pm Football 8:00pm Football 11:30pmSky Sports News at Ten Round up of all the day's sports news. 12:00am Sky Sports News
7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:30am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Heartbeat 9:00am Murder, She Wrote 10:05am Judge Judy 10:35am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:30am Agatha Christie's Marple 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Agatha Christie's Marple 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 11:10pmVera 1:10am Law and Order: UK
7:00am The Car Chasers 7:25am The Avengers 8:15am Kojak 9:05am Quincy, M.E. 10:15am Minder 11:20am The Sweeney 12:25pmThe Professionals 1:30pm The Avengers 2:35pm Kojak 3:35pm Quincy, M.E. 4:40pm Minder 5:50pm The Professionals 6:50pm The Sweeney 8:00pm The Chase 9:00pm The Motorbike Show 10:00pmBenidorm 11:00pmUnder Siege 12:05am FYI Daily 12:10am Under Siege 1:10am Starsky and Hutch 2:10am FYI Daily 2:15am Starsky and Hutch 3:15am The Car Chasers US reality show. 3:40am ITV4 Nightscreen Text-based information service.
6:00am Sky Sports News 7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 7:30am Rugby Gold 7:40am Live ANZ Netball 9:15am Great Sporting Moments 9:30am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Sky Sports News 12:00pm Sky Sports News 1:00pm Sky Sports News 3:00pm My Icon 3:15pm Live PGA Tour Featured Groups 7:00pm Live WGC-Dell Technologies Matchplay 8:00pm Live Premier League Darts 11:30pm Live WGC-Dell Technologies Matchplay 1:00am Sky Sports News 2:00am Sky Sports News
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Judge Rinder Tenable Tipping Point The Chase Regional News and Weather ITV Evening News Euro 2020 Qualifier Live ITV News at Ten and Weather Regional News and Weather Euro 2020 Qualifier Highlights
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Tenable Tipping Point The Chase Regional News and Weather ITV Evening News Emmerdale Info not available ITV News at Ten and Weather Regional News and Weather Fraud: How They Steal Your Bank Account
WEDNESDAY - 27 MARCH 10:15am Murder, Mystery and My Family 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm The Sheriffs are Coming 12:45pm Dom on the Spot 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Pitching In 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Money for Nothing 5:30pm Blue Planet UK 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 9:00pm Blue Planet Live 10:00pm MasterChef 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star
8:15am Money for Nothing 9:00am Mary Berry's Quick Cooking 9:30am Great Canadian Railroad Journeys 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pmBBC Newsroom Live 12:15pmPolitics Live 2:05pm Eggheads 2:35pm Lifeline 2:45pm The Manor Reborn 3:45pm Street Auction 4:30pm Shark 5:30pm Going Back Giving Back 6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 7:30pm Britain in Bloom 8:00pm Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm Great British Menu 10:00pmMotherfatherson 11:00pmWhite Gold
8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Handmade in Japan 9:00pm The Mekong River with Sue Perkins 10:00pmThe Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story 11:00pmWho Should We Let in? Ian Hislop on the First Great Immigration Row 12:00am Hull's Headscarf Heroes 1:00am How to be a Surrealist with Philippa Perry 2:00am Make! Craft Britain 3:00am Romancing the Stone: The Golden Ages of British Sculpture 4:00am Don Mccullin: Looking for England
8:45am Frasier 9:10am Frasier 9:40am Frasier 10:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:40am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:10am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:05pmUndercover Boss USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 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 Escape to the Chateau DIY 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Supervet 10:00pmMarried at First Sight
6:10am HouseBusters 6:35am Wildlife SOS 7:00am Milkshake! 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pmNightmare Neighbour Next Door 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 Perfect Life, Perfect Lies 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm A Year in the Wild 9:00pm GPs Behind Closed Doors 10:00pm Critical Condition 11:00pm30 Inches Tall and Turning 18 12:05am Too Fat to Work 1:05am Police Interceptors
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 Regional News and Weather 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Regional News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Britain's Brightest Family 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pmThe Bay 11:00pmITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pmRegional News and Weather 11:45pmPeston
9:00am Emmerdale 9:55am You've Been Framed! 10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:20am Superstore 11:50am Superstore 12:15pmYou've Been Framed! 1:15pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You've Been Framed: Gold 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Rock of Ages 10:00pmFYI Daily 10:05pmRock of Ages 11:20pmFamily Guy
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Brexit driven?
WE received a letter from Hacienda which we understood but couldn’t grasp what was wrong with our 2017 tax return, so we took it to our Spanish tax advisor. They are looking into it for us but as far as we are concerned all of our affairs are transparent and above the radar. The worrying thing about this is that our Advisors office has a large multi-national client base, but have 30 such letters to investigate and without exception all were received by British clients. The numbers are also unprecedented. They are aware of German, Belgian and French who use the in-house lawyer who have never submitted a tax return whether resident or non-resident. Regardless of status, no other nationality has contacted them in connection with a similar letter. The conversation made us think of the visit to our local post office to collect this letter which was one of a significant pile of identical envelopes. Our village is small and has a number of British expat residents. From the size of the envelope pile we suspect most if not all have a letter from the Hacienda waiting for them. We cannot avoid the conclusion that Brits are being targeted. Even our Advisors office has said they feel it is Brexit driven. It would be interesting to know just how many Brits are affected. Please withhold my name if printed. Name supplied
Driver warning I JUST wanted to warn you of the latest scam aimed at drivers, especially if female and driving alone. An elderly friend was stationary and just about to pull out onto Mijas road. A car came along, stopped and one of its three occupants got out and pointed to her front tyre. She got out to look and very quickly another man took her handbag from her car. She was very shocked. It was a white car with three occupants. Please take care and stop for nobody. Name supplied
Drought doubt I READ with interest ‘Irrigation guarantees’ in last week’s Axarquia edition. I understand that occasional water shortages and interrupted services are to be expected when we live in a hot, arid climate, but the drought problems in La Viñuela seem to get worse every year. It was only the heavy rainfall last spring and autumn which seemed to prevent a serious problem and I very much hope the Junta de Andalucia agree to the meetings mentioned in the article to discuss solutions. Agnes Cavendish (Mrs)
RECYCLING: Put discarded cards and stamps to good use.
New use for old I WOULE like any organisation which has a use for used postage stamps and / or used greetings cards to contact me. They are, of course, free. Best regards.
OUR VIEW
Teaching a lesson THOUSANDS of school pupils in Spain, Britain and across the world walked out of their classrooms on Friday to teach adults a lesson about our planet. The students were taking part in school strikes for climate change in walkouts dubbed Fridays for Future. Their efforts were inspired by 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg. She is up for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for her role as fountainhead of the movement. The activists’ message is clear: why should we go to school to prepare for a future that looks likely to be seriously jeopardised by climate change caused by adults? The pupils are overwhelmingly backed by scientific evidence which has shown for years that inaction on climate change spells global catastrophe. Their questioning of whether it is worth studying for a future which will see mass extinctions, catastrophic weather and rising sea levels if nothing is done is entirely reasonable. Not only is their cause sound, but the pupils are reclaiming a spirit of activism, hope and idealism that often gets smothered by adult conservatism, cynicism and apathy. This saying attributed to Native American Chief Seattle seems appropriate: ‘We do not inherit the world from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.’ As Thunberg herself said, if adults really claim to love their children more than anything why would they allow their tomorrow to be destroyed for today’s corporate greed?
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Bloody fight breaks out on Ryanair flight Ryanair have such a fast turnaround for their aircraft that the gate staff cannot possibly check passengers to see if they are fit to fly or if they have had too much alcohol. It’s time the CAA stepped in to penalise airlines who allow drunken passengers to board aircraft. John McLean I wonder if any alcohol was involved?
Angus It is time airlines formed up and banned these idiots from all flights - everywhere - forever. PM Funny. The only issue we have had in North America with alcohol and planes was a British passenger last year. Don’t think it is the alcohol that is the problem. Rhea Rouw Horrendous, the airlines are suffering from their greed of money, when will they realise that alcohol and flying don’t go together? No wonder our countrymen have such a bad name abroad, bet Europe will be glad to get rid of us. Gill Reynolds
ANIMAL CRUELTY CLAIMS: Mijas council and donkey owners to meet They say things will change and nothing ever does. The mafia that control the donkeys make too much money as it is now, why should they change and pay out to improve the
COMMENTS FROM EWN ONLINE conditions of their animals? The hooves were supposed to be checked by a vet periodically, but the state of their hooves means probably the vet hasn’t been paid for the last visits and has stopped coming. I have lived outside the village for 15 years and other than a shaded area nothing has changed and I’m ashamed to say it, nothing will. People stop riding the donkeys and horses, stop paying money because you are the ones that can stop this cruelty, not us who live here because they don’t want to listen to us and even intimidate people that protest. ONLY YOU CAN STOP THE ABUSE! Julie Packwood We last visited Mijas several years ago and have not returned after we were so shocked and upset at the disgusting treatment of the poor donkeys. Having read some months ago action was at last being taken to improve their lot, we booked a holiday near Mijas Pueblo for July this year. Please, please keep the pressure up to help these poor animals. Ideally, the whole wretched business would stop, but we realise that people’s livelihoods are at stake, so at least persuade the owners to show some compassion and treat their donkeys in a responsible way. As for the tourists, they must bear some responsibility; there is absolutely no need to use donkeys to see the beautiful village, maybe they could be kept just for a novelty ride for small children. Stephen Thomas
EXCLUSIVE: Brit expat outraged by cat poisoning deaths in Spain APDA Policías por los Animales (cops for animals) published a protocol how to act in case of poisoning on their Facebook. And it’s advisable to report every case, otherwise authorities will never take action. Sorry for what happened. MiMiga
CRUISING: Passenger numbers up in Spain but ships down Really optimal for the environment…
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Brits in Benidorm wreck hotel room and get banned from flight home And you wonder why the Spanish don’t like us???? REALLY?? Tristan Barnaby
BREXIT: Brits could pay €60 for EU travel after Spain blocks fee waiver over Gibraltar Guess many Brits won’t be holidaying in Spain any more… Florida next year it is then. Too late to change this year so I will enjoy La Zenia just in case it is the last time. Justmyview
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Trivia from around the world was driving for Red Bull, he revealed that he usually wore lucky coins tucked into the laces of his boots. * Some 54,250 tennis balls are used during the championships period at Wimbledon. * The average lifespan of a baseball in the Major League is just seven pitches. * Grenade throwing used to be an official competitive sport in China. * In ice hockey, players believe they will win a game if they tap the goalie on his shin pads before a game.
didn’t take in the first three World Cups because of a rift with the football federation FIFA. The first World Cup took place in July 1930, in Uruguay. * Michael Jordan’s nickname in high school was magic, after Magic Johnson. * There are no official rules about how many dimples a golf ball can have, but most feature between 300 and 500. * When Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel
* Anne, Princess Royal, did not have to undergo gender verification at the 1976 Olympics due to royal courtesy. * The phrase about winning something ‘hands down’ originally referred to a jockey who won a race without whipping his horse or pulling back the reins. * China did not win an Olympic medal until 1984. However, at the 2008 Beijing games, the Chinese won 100 medals. * Despite invitations, England
This being a family oriented week, much of it may be spent getting together with relatives and going over old times. Perhaps you are compiling a photo album for older members of the family or vice versa.
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At the first modern Olympics, winners were awarded silver medals. Currently, the gold medals are 93 per cent silver and 6 per cent copper, leaving 1 per cent for the highly prized gold finish.
Being asked to take on a new and demanding task this week may see you wishing that you had been less visible. However, don't think of the hard work involved but rather the brilliant outcome. You will be popular.
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An exciting invitation may set tongues wagging and make a loved one jealous. You, meanwhile, are quite bemused by the whole thing. What comes out of this week is that you are of considerable value to others. The mere thought of you not being around sends ripples through your social circle.
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An interest in technology is not something new to you. What is great, though, is that the penny has suddenly dropped. This week sees you understanding more and wanting to know more. This is good for both your work and social life.
An urge to get moving must mean that spring is round the corner. Certainly, you are questioning where you want to be in the months ahead. A house move or work placement may be on your mind. At what seems to be an unsettled time, decisions need to be made and worked towards.
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Be aware that not everyone is willing to work as hard as you. When approached by someone wanting you to trust them, be sure of their motives. Do what you feel is right but remain firmly in control, especially financially. It may not be the time to make a particular move, although others think that it is. There's no problem with discussing things and talking them through. Keep up your healthy habits because you need lots of energy, especially at the weekend.
LEO (July 24 - August 23) Social demands are made, but
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try to shuffle them to the weekend. Be diplomatic or someone close could become irritated. Keep an eye on the small print because something fundamental may have changed in a long-standing arrangement. Suddenly, at the weekend, you are thrust into the limelight.
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Be aware that leopards do not change their spots, they merely hide them. Those who demand your trust need a cool checking out and don't be afraid to say 'no' as and when necessary. Finances are well aspected this week with a new idea proving both worthwhile in terms of your time and profitable.
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Career and home are in disharmony but a bit of compromise soon sorts things out. You don't like playing the 'bad guy', but honesty is also important to you. Speaking your mind can be liberating although, initially, you may see it as a nuisance and embarrassing. A meeting at the weekend is both confusing and disarming.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Someone with a larger-than-life imagination makes you smile but that was not their intention. Try to be diplomatic and steer them in a different direction. Some feelings of loneliness will not be assuaged by working more. Perhaps it is time to consider taking on a pet or giving a current pet more attention.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Sometimes, you find it hard to do things just for the pure enjoyment of it. Realise that not everything has to have a purpose or a profit. Look round this week and seek out something that will please your senses and bring a smile to your lips. Make this a week when you live for the moment and give full rein to your imagination.
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Contact with a less than ideal situation makes you realise just how lucky you are. It has been clear that the weeks are changeable and your situation at the moment far from settled. Pity those whose day-to-day life is completely predictable. As someone who values an element of challenge, it is enjoyable to know that unexpected times are ahead.
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Across 7 Let nine off when showing mercy (7) 9 Some trouble, as extending contract (5) 10 Unpredictable fellow sheltering rodent (7) 11 A male representative (5) 12 Vehicles begin transporting male sheep (5) 14 Keep us confined in a bad spot (7) 16 Quietly begrudge gift (7) 18 Churchmen from the Andes? (5) 20 Cook in the right oven (5) 22 Accept torn veil held by busy worker (7) 24 Dodge back out of crowded avenue (5) 25 Square head on wild Alpine dog (7) Down 1 British capital held by vigilant prince (6) 2 Additional pay for a sincere sort (8) 3 Most appropriate wager about son (4) 4 Leeds can change if purified (8) 5 Frenchman took food to a companion (4) 6 Out to change the bonnet (4,2) 8 Marks made by parasites (5) 13 Paste applied round very small plant (8)
15 Fellow who's learned what's not relevant (8) 16 Package from redhead in wrong place (6) 17 VAT, as for instruments (5)
Code Breaker
19 Takes stock in haste also (6) 21 The first person mentioned in Nostradamus's predictions (4) 23 Storyteller in the billiard hall (4)
Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 17 represents L and 25 represents C, so fill in L every time the figure 17 appears and C every time the figure 25 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 Morally pure (6) 4 Two items of the same kind (4) 8 Lasting (9) 9 Wild mountain goat (4) 10 Marked by intense agitation or emotion (6) 13 Brief sleep (6) 15 Costly (4) 18 Reproduce or make an exact copy of (9) 19 Naked (4) 20 Standing (6) Down 1 Of or relating to the heart (7)
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Across 1 Wardrobe (for clothing) (7) 5 Ganso (ave) (5) 8 Seguro (7) 9 Listas (5) 10 Western (side, part) (5) 11 Reservar (7) 12 Goats (6) 14 Cemento (6) 17 Milagro (7) 19 Key (typewriter/piano) (5) 22 Miser (5) 23 Alfombras (7) 24 Pala (para cavar) (5) 25 Superficie (7)
2 More than enough in size, scope or capacity (5) 3 Revolve (4) 5 Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude (5) 6/18 Busy side road during rush hour (3,3) 7 Glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust (5) 11 Inquisitive (7) 12 Lowest point (5) 14 Moderately warm (5) 16 Throw out (5) 17 Lure (4) 18 See 6
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
Down 1 Wide (street, river, trousers) (5) 2 Yeguas (5) 3 Royalty (7) 4 Dueños (de casas, coches, perros) (6) 5 Vendavales (vientos fuertes) (5) 6 Observar (7) 7 El más fácil (7) 12 Brújula (7) 13 Hut (7) 15 To stretch (7) 16 Vallas (6) 18 Cerca (5) 20 Cream (for face, shoes etc) (5) 21 Nave (de iglesia) (5)
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The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (ASSURE) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
ASSURE (10) BIOTIC BUREAU EERILY ELAPSE FORBID MARKER PODIUM PRESET PRESTO PROMPT QUEASY SERMON SQUALL STORED STURDY TARTAR WALNUT WORKUP
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Victim 2 Potent 3 Matrix 4 Watery 5 Crease 6 Arrear 7 Screen 8 Meteor 9 Pretty 10 Camera 11 Pastor 12 Trauma 13 Teeter 14 Stayed 15 Fourth 16 Result 17 Moiety 18 Hither 19 Shifty.
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.
Kakuro
How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case R) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.
TARGET: • Average: 23 • Good: 32
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TARGET:
• Very good: 45 • Excellent: 59
SCORING: 4 letters: 1 point 7 letters: 5 points 5 letters: 2 points 8 or more letters: 6 letters: 3 points 11 points
Average: 6 Good: 8 Very good: 12
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Excellent: 15
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION acre care cart cere cert crag gear grit race rage rate rete rice rite tare tart tear tier tire tree trig aerie agree cager caret carte cater ceria cigar citer crate eager eagre eater egret erect erica grace grate great greet irate react recta recti retie tater terce tetra tiger titer titre trace tract trait treat trice trite attire cagier create gaiter getter recite target tercet tierce tragic triage cattier cigaret citrate iterate aigrette CIGARETTE
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QUICK Across: 1 Dyspepsia, 7 Error, 8 Rules, 9/19 Pay cut, 10 Tangle, 14 Insane, 15 Inn, 18 Occur, 20 Aroma, 21 Takeaways.
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Down: 1 Deep, 2 Surpass, 3 Earn, 4 Scream, 5 All, 6 Busted, 11 Gondola, 12 Kimono, 13 Anorak, 16 Data, 17 Bans.
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Across:
Across:
1 Code, 3 Bitterns, 9 Set fair, 10 Minor, 11 Audit, 12 Earner, 14 Taster, 16 Plasma, 19 Tackle, 21 Sofia, 24 Dense, 25 Granite, 26 Landseer, 27 Ohms.
1 Nursery, 5 Charm, 8 Valve, 9 Liebres, 10 Next, 11 Corregir, 13 Afraid, 15 Reason, 18 Sin parar, 19 Over, 22 Ranuras, 23 Agree, 24 Besos, 25 Redondo.
Down:
Down:
1 Casualty, 2 Dated, 4 Israel, 5 Tamer, 6 Runners, 7 Sari, 8 Sartre, 13 Managers, 15 Shannon, 17 Lascar, 18 Meagre, 20 Keels, 22 Faith, 23 Idol.
1 Noventa, 2 Relax, 3 Even, 4 Yellow, 5 Cherries, 6 Abrigos, 7 Miser, 12 Milagros, 14 Riñones, 16 Noruego, 17 Cansar, 18 Scrub, 20 Varón, 21 Land.
App of the week Brain puzzle DRAG N MERGE is a new brain training puzzle game. Just drag the block onto another one with the same number and merge them into a bigger number. It promises to entertain for minutes or hours and you can also challenge your friends by achievement using the leader board. It’s free to play and wifi is not necessary.
QUIZ: NURSES 1. According to the Beatles’ 1967 number one hit single Penny Lane, what was the pretty nurse selling from a tray? 2. Born in Chicago in September 1931, and originally named Franceska Mitizi Marlene de Charney von Gerber, which actress starred as navy nurse Nellie Forbush in the 1958 film version of South Pacific? 3. In BBC television sitcom Open All Hours, what was the name of the nurse, played by actress Lynda Baron? 4. In which long-running BBC medical drama has actor Derek Thompson play the part of (senior) charge nurse Charlie Fairhead for over 30 years? 5. In which novel by Charles Dickens, first published as a serial in 1843–1844, did the dissolute, sloppy and generally drunk Sarah Gamp first appear? 6. Living in warm shallow waters on both coasts of North America and South America and from south-east Asia to Australia, by what more familiar name is the Ginglymostoma cirratum better known?
7. What was the name of the English nurse who was executed by a German firing squad in October 1915, for aiding the escape of British soldiers in Belgium? 8. Which English nurse, best remembered for her work during the Crimean War, was nicknamed the Lady with the Lamp? 9. Which famous English comedy actress played the part of the no-nonsense matron in the 1959 film Carry On Nurse? 10. With which sport would you principally associate Seymour Nurse, who was born in Barbados in 1933? Not a lot of people know that… former nurse Ellen Church, who died in 1965 aged 60, was, in May 1930, the world's first female flight attendant (airline stewardess)
Answers: 1. POPPIES, 2. MITZI GAYNOR, 3. GLADYS EMMANUEL (she was played by Sheila Brennan in the pilot), 4. STATE ENROLLED NURSE, 4. CASUALTY, 5. MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT, 6. NURSE SHARK, 7. EDITH CAVELL, 8. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, 9. HATTIE JACQUES (she also played the same role in Carry On Doctor, Carry On Again Doctor, Carry On Camping and Carry On Matron), 10. CRICKET
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WYOMING game warden Joe Pickett encounters bad behaviour on his own turf only to have the FBI and the DOJ ask him to stand down in the latest novel from #1 New York Times-bestselling author C J Box. Pickett has his job back, after his last adventure in The Disappeared, but the bad news is that he’s discovered a drone is killing wildlife. And the drone belongs to a mysterious and wealthy man whose son is dating Pickett’s daughter, Lucy. When he tries to lay down the rules for the drone operator, he’s asked by the FBI and the DOJ to stand down, which only makes him more suspicious. Meanwhile, bodies are piling up in and around Pickett’s district in shocking numbers. He begins to fear that a pack of four vicious killers working on behalf of the Sinaloa cartel known as the Wolf Pack has arrived. Their target seems to be the mystery man and everyone - including Pickett - who is associated with him.
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*Antoine Griezmann, Football; March 21, 27 creator of virtual visual band Gorillaz, and The French footballer made his professional debut joined the Guinness Book of World Records in 2009 with Real Sociedad and joined his national due to the group’s unprecedented success as a team in 2014. After five years with Real Sociedad, virtual band. *Tommy Hilfiger, *Fashion designer; March he joined Atletico Madrid in 2014, where he remains. He won the 2018 World Cup with France. 24, 67 Elton John. *Rick Harrison, Reality star; March 22, 53 The fashion designer is known for his iconic Harrison co-owned the World Famous Gold & Silver American brand. He began his career at 18 reworking jeans Pawn Shop. He became a household name after he starred and selling them to local stores. Hilfiger has appeared in several reality shows, including American Idol. on the History Channel’s Pawn Stars and released his own memoir, Best Seller Licence to Pawn. *Elton John, Singer; March 25, 71 *Damon Albarn, Rock singer; March 23, 50 The rock and roll legend has sold over 250 million albums English singer-songwriter Albarn is best known as the lead in a career that’s spanned over 50 years. He is best known for such hit songs as Rocket Man, Tiny Dancer, Bennie singer of alternative rock band Blur. He is also the co-
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.
and the Jets and Candle in the Wind. John performed at Princess Diana’s funeral at Westminster Abbey in 1997 and he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1998. *Diana Ross, Singer; March 26, 74 The Motown singer hit the big time as a member of The Supremes and later won a Golden Globe for her role as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues in 1972. She also starred in the 1978 film The Wiz with Michael Jackson. *Quentin Tarantino, Director; March 27, 55 The provocative director, producer, and screenwriter first received acclaim for his 1990’s crime films Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown. He later went on to direct the action films Kill Bill: Volume 1, Kill Bill: Volume 2, Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained.
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630 - True cross Emperor Heraclius returns the True Cross, one of the holiest Christian relics, to Jerusalem. 1199 - King’s death Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France, dying on April 6. 1306 - Throne Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scots. 1513 - First voyage Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reaches the northern end of the Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida. 1655 - Sky’s the limit Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens. 1794 - New navy The United States government establishes a permanent navy and authorises the building of six frigates. 1871 - Africa trek Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek across Africa to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone. 1888 - Kick off In England, the Football League, the world’s oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time. 1964 - Fatal tremors The Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful recorded in North American history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes South central Alaska, killing 125 people. 2017 – Westminster attack A terrorist attack in London near the Houses of Parliament leaves four people dead and at least 50 injured after a car is driven into pedestrians.
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AS a puppy, Bella finds her way into the arms of Lucas, a young man who gives her a good home. When Bella becomes separated from Lucas, she soon finds herself on an epic, 400-mile journey to reunite with her beloved owner. Along the way, the lost but spirited dog touches the lives of an orphaned mountain lion, a down-on-his-luck veteran and some friendly strangers who happen to cross her path.
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By Sally Underwood WE all know we should keep a frequent eye on our health, whether it is to monitor existing conditions or ward against potential problems. Among the most frequently-heard health advice we may have come across the phrase, ‘know your numbers.’ This motto is often used to refer to cholesterol or blood sugar figures, but there are in fact a series of numbers it is helpful to keep a check on. Many Spanish pharmacies offer quick and cheap tests, often with results while you wait. So which are some of the most common tests and what can they tell us? First up is cholesterol, which can lead to heart attack or stroke if too much of the ‘bad’ type accrues in the body. There are two types of this waxy substance; low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and high-density lipoproteins (HDL).
PHARMACY TESTS: Many Spanish pharmacies offer tests to keep an eye on overall health. LDLs are considered bad as they can collect in the arteries, eventually causing blockages, whereas HDL can actually carry cholesterol away from the body to be processed in the
liver. The British Heart Foundation recommends a combined total of four millimoles per litre of blood or less for those at high risk of some diseases.
Next is glycated haemoglobin, w hic h in di cat es aver age bl ood s uga r level f or t he l ast t wo or three months and can help indicate pre-diabetes, as well as types I and
II diabetes. Also important in indicating risk of fatty liver disease and pancreatitis is knowing your triglyceride levels. These chemicals are a type of fat found in the blood and can raise risk of coronary heart disease, particularly in women. For men, a PSA test can indicate healthy prostate function. PSA is a protein produced by both cancerous and non-cancerous tissue in the prostate and testing its levels can help with early detection of any issues such as an enlarged or inflamed prostate and prostate cancer. For men and women, monitor your kidneys with uric acid and creatinine tests, both of which can help give an insight into how well they are functioning. Finally, keep a frequent eye on blood pressure using a home machine or one in a pharmacy or doctor ’s surgery to make sure levels stay within a healthy range.
Hay fever help THE warmer weather might feel great, but the sudden increase in flower growth and pollen levels can make life tough for those who suffer from hay fever. This condition which can be caused by various allergens, including pollen, can result in a runny nose, watering eyes, coughing, and itching. Alongside over the counter or prescription medications there are also a few things you can do yourself to help lessen symptoms. One simple and cheap tip is to use a small amount of Vaseline - or any other non-irritating but sticky balm- around the nostrils and (very carefully) under the eyes to trap pollen before it reaches you. Some people also recommend using a small amount of beeswax in the same way. Similarly, try to wear sunglasses as much as possible while outdoors to prevent pollen reaching the eyes, and keep hair off the face as the pollen that accumulates in it can make its way to your nose and mouth. Finally, once back indoors, jump in the shower and change clothes to avoid bringing more pollen in with you.
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Turn up the volume BOTH men and women can at some point suffer from hair that looks and feels limp or flat. Often, the more we try to remedy the situation with shampoos, conditioners and other products, the more we end up weighing our hair down even more, quashing any volume we did have. Luckily in most cases loss of hair volume can be resolved quickly and simply, beginning by clearing any product build up from the hair. Use a gentle clarifying shampoo to get rid of anything flattening hair and dulling its natural shine. Phyto’s Clarifying Detox Shampoo (currently €12.60 for 125ml, www.mirafarma.es) promises to purify hair without stripping it, creating a blank canvas for subsequent products. Next, choose a hydrating but light conditioner and serum and concentrate both through
the mid-lengths and ends, not near the roots. Once hair is dry, use a volumising texture spray such as IGK’s Beach Club (€16.55 for 60ml, www.sepho ra.es), which promises to add overall volume. Spray it in sections for a subtle lift, or for full on volume upturn hair and spray it throughout. To create subtle beach waves and help hair appear instantly fuller, separate hair into sections before twisting and spraying. For shorter hair styles or for men’s hair, try a texturising pomade such as R+CO’s Dart Pomade Stick (£18/€21.12 for 14g, www.cult beauty.co.uk) to help sculpt hair. Finally, tame any frizz without reducing volume by warming a lightweight product such as natural brand Rahua’s Smoothing Hair Balm (€30 for 17g, www.rahua.eu) between hands and gently running over lengths.
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Intermittent fasting Kate Broadhead Health and Lifestyle coach OK so it’s not for everyone, but having a fast can be an excellent way of resetting your body and has even been shown to boost your immune system, and improve mental clarity and concentration levels. I’m not talking fasting for a week but with lent in full swing, why not try a 24-hour fast? This is basically having an evening meal and not eating until your evening meal the next day. The beauty of this is that for a huge chunk of the fast, you are asleep! This is where the term ‘breakfast’ comes from. The first meal of the day which essentially breaks a short fast whilst sleeping. During the fast you consume plenty of water, herbal teas - but not green tea as this can accelerate metabolism which is no good on an empty stomach - and black coffee. For the meal which breaks your
RESET: Fasting can be an effective way to reset your system. fast, make sure that it is not too large and well balanced. Ideal foods would be fish or lean meat with some vegetables. You will probably find you are not as famished as you expect to be! Take a note of the scale before and after too. You may just be pleasantly
surprised! Visit Kate’s successful Facebook group on www.facebook.com/groups/ carbcyclingforbeginners or follow on Instagram @carbcyclingqueen. For personal coaching please email her on ccforbeginners@hotmail.com.
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TECH FOR THE TIMID IT used to be said you were nobody if you didn’t have your own internet site. Now you haven’t made it if you don’t have a blog. Guilty as charged, m’lud. Though in fairness the typical blogger is considerably shorter in the tooth than this writer, has been known to back over a cliff when taking a selfie for a blogpost, and constantly posts pictures of today’s latest meal, perish the thought. Yet here’s the 2019 revelation: there are loads of bloggers out there earning a comfy €20,000 or more for every musing they post. That it’s a brave new world which the older among us don’t quite get, is illustrated by a simple statistic: the world’s leading bloggers earn more, infinitely more, than the world’s leading CEOs. How did that happen, and were we looking elsewhere when it did? For the less tech-savvy, ‘blog’ is a contraction of ‘web-log’: a regularly updated website or web
Mind-boggling blogging Following the money - but Terence Kennedy isn’t there (yet)…
generated by the most popular of them can now be breathtaking. A year or so ago the Huffington Post blog was pulling in more than €12 million a month, TechCrunch €2.5 million and poor old Perez Hilton a mere €500,000. At the bottom of the scale, Englishman Gerard Fletcher blogged regularly in mindnumbing detail about the buses on his local route. To his surprise and
page, typically one run by an individual or small group, written in an informal or conversational style. Sort of like a newspaper column, except bloggers can earn thousands per blog while this one might just buy breakfast. Blogging evolved in the 1990’s from postings on the early bulletin boards and forums. Written originally in the style of online diaries, the (advertising) income
probably everyone else’s, his blog got 500 followers. Even cats are in on the act. Internet star Grumpy Cat from Arizona has more than 13 million followers and was worth an estimated €88 million last time I looked. That’s a lot of Whiskas. Strike the right chord with your blog and you could graduate to becoming an ‘influencer’ - someone whose ‘followers’ will rush out to buy virtually any product you are paid to promote. Get 30,000 followers and agencies will pay you up to €1,000 per post to push, say, a beauty product. When TV reality star Kylie Jenner endorses cosmetics she trousers over €1 million. A week. Which all makes those of us still plugging away doggedly in print simply wonder if, like the sweet young thing who said sex was a pain in the neck, the response is: ‘You’re doing it wrong.’
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It’s a blog’s life WHY wouldn’t you start your own blog? The barriers are easier than getting into print: none. All you need is a computer, free software and something to say. Though that’s optional, judging by the vacuous quality of so many blogs out there. WordPress is by far the world’s most-used and free website creation tool, with nearly 100-million users, but Blogger and semi-social-network Tumblr are hugely popular. All offer free ‘hosting’ (the technical infrastructure needed to get and keep your words of wisdom online), but serious bloggers will pay for their own domains. Then just write your heart out, press Publish, and wait for the response. Or not - given that there are ‘only’ an estimated 80 million new blogs posted every month. Perhaps don’t hold your breath.
The future of our planet By David Worboys WE live in dangerous times. There are two massive challenges to the future of our planet; the preservation of the environment, and the survival of humanity. The self-inflicted damage perpetrated by Earth’s inhabitants has never reached this level before. Most disasters are man-made. These include war, subjugation, deprivation and persecution, to which we must now add cyber warfare, terrorism, and... the future of procreation. Likewise, many natural disasters are the result of human negligence, resulting in climate change. The question is which will come first? Will it be the destruction of our planet or of humanity itself? The ultimate long-term danger could be the extinction of our species through confusion over sex. Today, every species can be identified as either male or female; with the sole exception of humans.
FUTURE: Ever-changing planet. Since I was in my teens, there have been a number of significant and welcome reforms in attitudes towards sex and ‘minorities.’ From the 50’s to the present, fundamental changes in attitudes include the Wolfenden Report, Germaine Greer, the use of ‘Ms’ (for Miss/Mrs), Elton John and now transgender. Since the 60’s, millions of men, young and middle-aged, have be-
come more feminine and women more masculine in mannerisms, activity and appearance. Until recently such men were content to wear women’s style of clothing, jewellery, make-up and hairstyles, while many women started adopting men’s hats and suits and ‘short back and sides’ haircuts. They have now started to experiment with their minds and bodies.
The result is an ever-increasing number of humans whose sex is uncertain. Will the sexes be largely indistinguishable in 100 years from now? It is widely reported that young people are less interested in sex than their parents were, before the revolution in mobile gadgetry and the obsession with social media. It may seem far-fetched to imagine our planet populated by humans
whose gender is unclear. In 2019 almost every human is clearly male or female. However, changes can accelerate once they gain momentum, and in 100 years a fundamentally different way of life can evolve. Only a few years ago people in the western world mocked concepts such as yoga, veganism, spiritual awareness and self-healing. Thirty years ago, the ideas of smartphones, robots, driverless cars or a man and his husband as parents of children were inconceivable. One hundred years ago in 1919, intensive farming was unheard of, and the fastest means of human travel was on horseback at less than 50km/hr. Just 50 years later, the crew of Apollo 11 travelled at about 40,000km/hr to the moon, and billions of animals are subjected to unimaginable cruelty. Such radical changes can occur within 100 years. Surely then, it is not mere fantasy that the planet’s population will by the year 2119, be divided into more than one gender.
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A FAMILY TREAT: Can be cooked over a fire or under the grill.
Malai Chicken Kebabs WHETHER you are planning on cooking over a fire, or decide to use the grill, these mild flavoured kebabs are a treat for all the family and certainly go down well here at Olive Tree Farm. The chicken is best left for a few hours or even overnight in the marinade if you can, so the flavours develop. It is a north west Indian dish and the word for Malai means cream, although I tend to use yoghurt which works perfectly. Use the finest grater for the ginger and garlic. Serves 4-6. Ingredients 500g chicken breast cut into 3cm chunks Salt and black pepper 8 bamboo skewers (soak in cool water to stop them burning) 1 red pepper 1 yellow pepper 2 tablespoons melted butter For the Marinade 150 ml of thick cream (I use Greek yoghurt) 3 cardamom pods (split and lightly crush the seeds) 2-3 cm of fresh ginger grated 2 large garlic cloves - grated 1 tsp garam masala powder
OLIVE TREE FARM was set up about four years ago with the intention of achieving a level of self sufficiency. We have poultry for meat and eggs, goats for milk, rabbits and small pigs for meat and harvest our 70 olive trees each year for oil. We also grow a variety of fruits and vegetables.
1 tsp ground cumin A half a teaspoon turmeric powder 2 mild green chillies - Remove seeds and chop finely Method Put all the marinade ingredients in a bowl along with a sprinkle of salt and a few twists of black pepper and mix through. Drop the cubed chicken into a freezer bag, add the marinade to the bag and remove as much air as you can from the bag before sealing. Give it a good squeeze around to make sure the chicken is all properly coated and leave to stand in the fridge until you are ready. Remove the seeds from the red and yellow peppers and cut into cubes, into similar sizes as the chicken. Thread the marinated chicken, and
red and yellow peppers onto the soaked skewers, alternating as you go along. If you are cooking under the grill, lightly oil a baking sheet and place the skewers on it. Grill for around 10 minutes, basting with the melted butter and turning them so all sides are slightly coloured and the chicken is cooked through. If you are cooking over a fire, make sure the fire has burned down, so you don’t end up with burnt chicken on the outside and raw in the middle, keep your eye on them and turn and baste with the butter until cooked, which should take about 8 minutes. I served them with rice, but, are nice served on a bed of lettuce along with a yoghurt raita and some fresh bread as a light lunch.
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It boasts extensive outside seating and dining areas overlooking the beach, as well as a delightful indoor dining room looking straight out onto the sea. The excellently priced special event menus feature not only starters, mains and desserts, but also welcome cocktails, wine, beer and coffee. The Neptuno regularly puts on live music at midday or early evenings, and especially on public holidays and fiestas, accompanied by special barbecue offers. Look out too for the siesta menu at Easter and in summer, when the restaurant serves meals without interruption. Whatever the occasion, the Neptuno really is an all-round treat. Neptuno Mojacar Paseo del Mediterraneo 62E, Playa del Descargador, Mojacar Playa Tel: 950 475 844 / 616 005 387 info@neptunomojacar.com www.neptunomojacar.com
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SIMNEL CAKE: Which is commonly decorated with 11 marzipan balls.
Mothering Celebrating all mums Sunday tradition
MOTHER’S DAY is celebrated in many countries round the world, but not all on the same day. In many parts of Europe M o t h e r ’s D a y i s i n M a y : the special day for Spanish mothers is the first Sunday in the month, while for mothers in countries including Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Italy and t h e N e t h e r l a n d s i t ’s t h e second Sunday in May. But i n t h e UK a n d Ireland, M o t h e r ’s Da y, als o known as Mothering Sunday, falls on the fourth Sunday of Lent, three weeks before Easter Sunday, and so usually in the second half of March or early April. Modern British and Irish M o t h e r ’s D a y p r o b a b l y
means pampering mums a little bit: making them breakfast in bed, taking t h e m o u t f o r d i n n e r, a n d buying them a little something special. Children proudly present their mums with cards they’ve made for them at school and do their best to last the whole day on their best behaviour. T h e o r i g i n s o f M o t h e ring Sunday are more religion-related, and are commonly believed to date back to Medieval times when poor families had to pack children as young as 10 off to work. The youngsters were given one day off to go home and worship at the church in which they were
baptised, or their ‘Mother Church.’ The ‘going-amothering’ tradition meant they could also visit their families, taking their mothers flowers they picked on their way home and a special Simnel cake. Move on several centuries, when many people worked in service in the homes of the wealthy or as apprentices, and the focus of the day shifted from honouring Mother Church to honouring actual mums. Servants got a rare chance to go back to the towns and villages where they grew up and spend time with their loved ones. They would often take their mothers a gift of food and perhaps an item
of hand-me-down clothing from their employers. Curiously, by the early 20th century Mothering Sunday had become somewhat of a non-event. Vica r ’s d a u g h t e r C o n s t a n c e Penswick-Smith was having none of it and made it a personal mission to save t h e d a y. S h e f o u n d e d t h e Society for the Observance of Mothering Sund a y, s e t t i n g o u t h e r a i m s in her book The Revival of Mothering Sunday. Her perseverance paid o f f , a n d M o t h e r ’s D a y made a comeback, albeit with a strong focus on celebrating motherhood rather than PenswickS m i t h ’s r a t h e r m o r e r e l i gious vision of the event.
CHOCOLATE is probably the first thing we think of when it comes to Mother’s Day sweet treats, but for a real taste of Mothering Sunday tradition it should be Simnel cake. Essentially a light fruit cake, in the past a Simnel cake was baked to celebrate the reunion of families on this one particular Sunday during Lent, when Lenten vows of refraining from eating meat, sweet or rich foods were relaxed just a little. There is more than one version of the cake, but typically it is covered with a layer of marzipan or almond paste, with another layer running through the centre and baked into it. Reflecting the religious overtones of the event, the cake is commonly decorated with 11 marzipan balls to represent the disciples, except Judas. As to why it’s called a Simnel cake, a likely explanation is that it comes from the word for a fine wheat flour usually used for baking a cake.
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Pause to confront doubts IN case you hadn’t noticed, we’re now in the season of Lent, the time when Christians traditionally reflect on their lives, considering what habits, passions or other influences should be dropped. This period is very much based on the time, when following his baptism, Jesus spent 40 days alone in a wild and uninhabitable area, preparing for his future ministry, when we’re told ‘the Devil came, tempting him.’ Three specific temptations are recorded, the first being that he should turn stones into bread to allay his hunger after having eaten nothing for 40 days. But in fact, as I read the Biblical account of that incident, I can’t help but think there was another, far more subtle temptation being pressed upon him, and one which we so often share: the temptation of doubt. So, Satan prefaced these temptations with ‘If you are the Son of God...,’ and I can just imagine the emphasis placed on that word ‘if.’ I’m sure there’d have been a distinct sneer there, implying ‘do you really believe that? - O come on then and
prove it!’ He used that same tactic right at the beginning when tempting Eve to eat the forbidden fruit, with ‘So God said you could eat everything in the Garden, did he?’ And he still uses that same approach today, regularly sowing seeds of doubt with words like ‘You don’t really believe all that rubbish about God, do you?’ or ‘If God’s so loving, then why is there so much suffering in the world?’ How often we’re all tempted to doubt God; to be made to feel that faith is stupid or irrational, and then, just as in the temptations of Jesus, we usually find that this doubt is quickly followed by a secondary attack, suggesting we look after our own interests; live for the moment and blow the consequences! But Jesus had no doubt as to his heritage, so had no need to prove himself, which is why Satan failed in all his attacks. And the same can be true for us, if we can face our doubts praying to God to confirm and strengthen our faith, then Satan’s power over us will be severely diminished.
Duncan Burr is Licensed Lay Reader for the Anglican Chaplaincy of Costa Almeria and Costa Calida (further detail available at www.mojacarchurch.org) and may be contacted at d.burr@albox-online.net
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Did you register your property purchase? THERE are many steps required to buying a property in Spain and it’s always best to ensure that you know what you are doing, buying and how to go about it. Taking each step with the help of a lawyer is always advisable, particularly if you are not fluent in Spanish and you are not familiar with the ins and outs of purchasing a property in this country. Once you have signed on the dotted line, handed over the cash and paid all the taxes and fees that need to be paid, there is still one more legality that must be attended to before you can finally put your feet up and relax in your new home. And that’s registering your purchase at your nearest property registry office. Although this action is voluntary, it is recommended to everyone who buys a property as it could save you a lot of hassle and stress in the future if you are faced with any type of problem. Doing this is a must if you want to safeguard your purchase and especially if you ever need to prove
REGISTRATION: It is important that each buyer registers his or her property purchase with the Property Registry office as soon as possible. that the house you have just bought is legally yours. Registering the purchase will act as a guarantee of protection if your name has been logged as the owner. Although signing the title deeds or ‘escritura’ will automatically name you as the new owner of the property, if you don’t register this change with the property registry
office straightaway, you could find that other charges or fees, which would rank ahead of your ownership rights, could be added against the property while it still appears on the Registro list in the name of the previous owner. In the worst-case scenario, you could end up having to sell the property you have just bought in
order to repay a debt that wasn’t yours! You will also need to register your property purchase at the Registro if you are looking to take out a mortgage. This will not be possible otherwise. It is also important to ensure that you register the purchase immediately for the following reasons: • To be considered as the only and true owner of the property • Protection against the seller’s creditors • Will be legally protected in any court case if the property’s ownership is in doubt or under discussion. For example, if two people buy the same property - unknowingly, of course, it doesn’t matter which of them purchased the property first, it is the one who registers the property first that will have priority over its ownership rights. It is also important to have your property registered in your name if you are planning to sell it in the future. Anyone that is seriously considering buying it from you
will go to the registry office specifically to check that the house is in fact in your name and that there are no outstanding debts allocated to it. If you have not registered the property, it may be a struggle to sell it. If you have purchased a property with your spouse, for example, and this figures on the title deeds but then when you go to sell it and your spouse no longer figures as one of the owners, if they have passed away, unless this has also been registered (presenting a death certificate or will is not enough, the sale of the property will then be stalled until the transfer of ownership to the living spouse (which should have already been done) has gone through. So, as you can see, registering the purchase of your new property with the correct office as soon as the sale has gone through is extremely important and a necessity that could save you a lot of legal problems and hassle. As with most legalities in Spain, it is better to be safe than sorry.
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The group of friends back at school THE Almanzora Group of Friends has gone back to school again. Back in February members of the group first went t o t h e C E I P Vi rg e n d e l Saliente primary school in Albox to read to the children in English and to get them to join in English nursery songs, which they now do twice a week. In fact it has proved so popular that the Velazquez primary school in Albox also asked the group to come in and read to the children in their school, which got underway last Thursday. The members now need to expand their team. If you are interested in taking part contact the group at almanzorafriends@gmail. com or on 634 343 147 during opening hours (Monday to Friday 10am to 1pm).
STORY TIME: Almanzora Group of Friends member Lynne Bowes with the Velazquez children on the first day.
Investment in healthy lifestyle THE Almeria Council President was in Maria last week to visit different works projects benefitting from provincial government funding. Accompanied by Maria mayor Francisco Martinez and Deputy Mayor Jose Antonio Alcaina, Javier A Garcia went to see how works are progressing on an outdoor fitness park. Located next to the municipal day centre, the fitness park will have a circuit of different apparatus and artificial grass, and is aimed at the elderly in particular. They then dropped in to chat to participants in a workshop for pensioners. The provincial council is backing the so-called ageing workshops for municipalities with less than 20,000 inhabitants initiative; the workshops include adapted yoga, theatre, painting and dance, all aimed at this age group and increasing their self-sufficiency. The provincial administration is also funding expansion of the cemetery.
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Special family service THE A n g l i c a n C h u r ch at Llanos d e l Pe r a l wi l l b e having a special family service on Sunday March 31 at 11am to celebrate and give thanks for mothers as part of Mothering Sunday. There will be an opportunity to put a mother’s name on the c h u r c h ’s Tr e e o f Thanksgiving, posies will be given out, and the whole service wi l l b e g e a r ed to children and families joining tog e t h e r t o c e l e b ra te this very special day. The c h u r c h e x t e n d s a welcome to everyone, and every lady will be presented with a posy from the children. Teas, cakes and coffees will be available after the service to share in the friendship. The church is located five minutes up the road from La Vida, in t h e c e n t r e o f th e village.
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Council accusations CANTORIA Council has announced it could take the provincial government to court, accusing its Development Department of delays on works in the municipality to the benefit of larger towns. A statement issued by Cantoria local authority claims that of 11 projects which should have been started in the municipality in the current four-year period, only four have been carried out, adding that they are the ones with the lowest budget. “It is clear the provincial council is not a public instrument to help the smallest towns,” the Cantoria local administration statement maintains. The mayor, Puri Sanchez, goes as far as accusing provincial Development Deputy Oscar Liria of ‘not acting impartially,’ saying what makes it worse is that he is originally from the region. Among the projects which according to Cantoria Council should have been started by
CLAIMS: Cantoria mayor Puri Sanchez accused provincial Development Deputy Oscar Liria of ‘not acting impartially.’ now, are repaving and installing lighting in Calle Estacion and works on the viewing point in Calle Alamicos. The statement goes on to say that the council has asked the municipal legal services to evaluate the situation, quoting the mayor as saying that the move is due to “The
latest information which has appeared about the way in which the provincial institution has been used to benefit a town like Roquetas de Mar, for works which multiply by five which promised in our town for a period of four years, is more than sufficient to suspect.”
Sanchez added: “That in addition all these actions have been suspended before the election period, while announcing the launch of others programmed much later, is a provocation which simply forces action, including through legal channels if necessary.”
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Search on for missing man THE search is on for a 59-year-old man from Cantoria who went missing on March 7. The SOS Desaparecidos association for missing people has put out a call on Twitter to help find Jose Antonio Linares Lopez, saying he needs urgent medical attention. The post specifies that he is 1.6 metres tall, has blue eyes, straight blonde hair and is partially bald with a thin face. Jose Antonio was wearing dark blue jeans and a black jacket when he was last seen.
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Double purpose playground
Church anniversary
THE new-look, colourful playground in Maria’s Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza infant and primary school has a double purpose. Not only was the aim to put a smile on the children’s faces, the playground is also now kitted out for fun recreation activities, like the traditional hopscotch and noughts and crosses. To keep children active there is also a climbing wall, with cork flooring for safety reasons.
Bid to attract tour groups PROMOTING the Almanzora Valley as an ideal location for tour groups was the main aim of the Turismo Almanzora business association’s meeting with tour operators and travel agencies last week. The day of talks was organised by the Almeria Chamber of Commerce at the Aguadulce Exhibition Palace as part of the International Promotion Plan (PIP) to internationalise the province’s small and medium-sized businesses.
COWBOYS AND IRISH: The Outlaw Posse and organiser Ellen Green get into the spirit.
Age Support fundraising success THE Age Support Almanzora Cowboy Ceilidh raised a very handsome €500, which will help fund the work of ASA volunteers in the community. A cross between a barn dance and a St Patrick’s Day traditional Irish-style get-together, with line dancing also thrown into the mix, the event held at La Parilla in Albox proved to be huge fun. The organiser Ellen Green (helped by husband Stan), had worked hard to make the room cowboy-themed, complete with hay bales and bunting, to get everyone into the spirit. Guests were welcomed by Lana Highaoffer with her tomahawk and by Les Desperado Stuart.
Calamity Lynn Murrell was a superb caller, giving directions to a number of dances. The Outlaw Posse, who provided the music, included two wonderful fiddlers: Sammie ‘Oakley’ and Jesse’s sister Jeannie ‘James.’ They were aided and abetted by Howard ‘Kelly,’ Shaun the man with no name - Faulkner, Jim ‘Fingers’ Mackie, all led by Geoff ‘the kid’ Murrell. There were games involving balloons and hobby horses in the interval, and plenty of laughs all evening. Psychic guidance offered by Jaqui was a popular addition to the event. Hannah and Louiza provided cowboy tucker and the restaurant staff were great hosts.
ALMERIA Provincial Council and Velez-Rubio local authority have come together to mark the 250th anniversary of the municipality’s Encarnacion Church, setting out an ambitious programme of events throughout the year to celebrate the milestone. Provincial Culture Deputy Antonio Jesus Rodriguez and Velez-Rubio Culture Councillor Concepcion Perez unveiled the details last week, stressing it was a programme aimed at both residents and tourists. Activities will include workshops, baroque music concerts, theatre, a storytelling and painting competitions, exhibitions and conferences. The biggest event will be on October 6, when there will be a recreation of the inauguration of the church. The Culture Deputy congratulated the municipality for its efforts to protect its history, culture and traditions, commenting, “The passion of the Council and the whole of civil society for this commemoration is clear.”
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Chance to say thanks THE young man from Olula de Rio who was prevented from leaving Taiwan for six months after he was involved in a traffic accident in which a woman died has had a chance to thank the Government Subdelegate in person for his part in helping get him back to Spain. Accompanied by his father, Alvaro Carrion met with Subdelegate in Almeria Manuel de
la Fuente in the provincial capital last week, telling him he was grateful for his efforts alongside the Spanish Embassy in the Philippines to find a resolution to his case. Alvaro had been on a twoweek trip to Taiwan for investigations related to his doctorate in marine geology. He rented a moped for a day out with friends and collided with an elderly lady on a bicycle,
who subsequently lost her life. A court decided to take away his passport until there was a decision on the case. Alvaro launched a campaign to raise the €50,000 which would enable him to reach a financial agreement with the woman’s family. Spanish press reported that in the end he paid the family €41,000, and a court subsequently ruled he was free to leave the country.
VITAL: Fines Mayor Rodrigo Sanchez said works under way in the municipality are important for local businesses.
Square set to be social hub A NEW square under construction in Fines is set to become a social hub. Plaza San Esteban in the so-called Sector F expansion area of the municipality will be fitted out with different zones aimed at families, with garden areas and seating. At the same time, the local authority and the provincial government are, under the Rural Employment Development Programme, building
Street overhaul THE provincial government is investing some €600,000 in overhauls on streets and lanes in Velez-Rubio. Resurfacing works are being carried out on 11 streets in the town itself and on three nearby lanes in order to improve traffic safety and circulation, and to better protect underground infrastructure like water pipes and power and telephone cables. Further road works are being carried out under the Rural Employment Development Programme, which is co-financed by the national, regional and provincial administrations. Almeria Council President Javier A Garcia was in Velez-Rubio last week to see the works progressing, and to meet with Mayor Miguel Martinez-Carlon.
premises for the use of municipal associations and groups. Provincial Council President Javier A Garcia paid a recent visit to the works, accompanied by Fines mayor Rodrigo Sanchez. “The works we are carrying out in the municipality are thanks to the Provincial Council,” the mayor commented. Sanchez said the premises
for associations would “give more life to our town,” adding that the Sector F works “are vital for our companies and for the area surrounding our pavillion.” This was Garcia’s first official visit to Fines since taking over as provincial council head. He described the municipality as “enterprising and brave, reflecting the values which have made our province great.”
GRATEFUL: The Government Sub-delegation in Almeria played an important part in making it possible for Alvaro Carrion to leave Taiwan.
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AS the last supersonic age closed with the final abandonment of the Aerospatiale Concorde in 2003, Texas billionaire Robert Bass was ready to step forward and commence an effort to resume supersonic transport for the private individual. The company he founded and funded is named Aerion Supersonic and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada, USA. The company was founded in 2003 to develop new and efficient aerodynamic technologies for supersonic flight. Aerion revealed its AS2 12 passenger business jet design in 2014. After many twists and turns this amazing story is advancing towards its climax with the announcement in October 2018 that Aerion and GE Aviation had unveiled the GE Affinity TM engine, the first supersonic engine in more than 50 years. Then in February 2019 Boeing and Aerion Supersonic announced a partnership. As part of this partnership Boeing made a significant investment in Aerion to accelerate technology development and aircraft design, ‘and unlock supersonic travel for new markets.’ Flying at 1,610 kilometres per hour, the Boeing - Aerion AS2 aircraft could become the symbol of private and business travels, with the capability of transporting 12 passen-
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AERION AS2: Stretch out on the couch at the speed of sound. gers from New York to London in little more than three hours. The first flight is planned for 2023 and final certification in 2025. A market of 100 AS2s is anticipated, as is a premium price
above the current sub sonic business aircraft manufactured by companies like Embraer, Gulfstream and Dassault or indeed their ‘heavy’ cousins from Airbus and Boeing. Potential customers may be expected to be
already in discussions to reserve their slots on the production line. “Aerion is the industry leader mapping out a successful, sustainable return to supersonic flight,” said Tom Vice, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Aerion. “The AS2 is the launch point for the future of regulatory-compliant and efficient supersonic flight. Together with Boeing, we’re creating a faster, more connected future with tremendous possibilities for enhancing humanity’s productivity and potential.” Boeing NeXt works with industry partners and regulatory agencies to lead the responsible introduction of a new mobility ecosystem. The division’s portfolio includes prototyping activities and programmes that will shape the future of urban, regional and global mobility. These programmes include autonomous air vehicles and passenger-carrying hypersonic aircraft. Nothing worth doing ever really proceeds in a straight line the Aerion effort looks like it is ready to roll. The needle-sharp nose of a passenger supersonic aircraft the AS2 is approaching its runway and readying for takeoff. Readying to transport the wealthy and the urgent at high speed and in some luxury London to New York in just three hours.
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According to cars.com, the Ferrari 458 Spider is the most crashed car in the world on a pro rata basis.
Fastest production Seat ever SEAT has upgraded its Leon with the new Leon CUPRA R ST special edition which is the fastest production car ever made by the Spanish manufacturers. The Leon Cupra ST will reach 250kph, with it sprinting to 100kph in just 4.9 seconds. An optional after sales tuning package boosts power from 296 bhp to 365 bhp and brings the sprint time down to 4.5 seconds pretty impressive for what is after all an estate car. Its two-litre turbo charged four cylinder engine is allied to four wheel drive to ensure you can make the best use of all that power, giving a smooth ride and snappy handling. In order to improve cornering speed and handling performance, new uprights have been added to the front axle that modifies the negative camber (2º);
the rear negative camber is also at 2º. The performance is matched by the distinctive CUPRA sound from the quad exhaust pipes at the rear of the vehicle giving drivers a sound as well as a visceral experience from behind the steering wheel. At first glance the Leon CUPRA R ST stands out from the competition with what Seat calls a ‘compelling’ exterior design. The newly developed lateral air intakes have been given a copper colour treatment that may not be to everyone’s taste, but is distinctive. Extensive use of carbon fibre helps with performance and is evident in the front diffusers and other aesthetic features. Antonino Labate, director of Strategy, Business Development and Operations of CUPRA, said: “The Leon CUPRA R ST represents our ability to
make unique, exciting cars with the most advanced technology ready for the most demanding and diverse of drivers.”
HOT: Leon Cupra R ST will hit 250kph.
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Infiniti withdraws from Spain PRODUCTION STARTED: New BMW 7 is rolling off the line.
New BMW 7 series on the way BMW enthusiasts don’t have long to wait for the news 7-series sedan - production of the latest model has started at the Dingolfing plant in Bavaria. It is three-and-a-half years since the sixth generation of the car was launched, but never a company to rest on its laurels BMW has given its top model a thorough revision to give it ‘greater presence.’ For the first time in a BMW Group vehicle, a plug-in hybrid will be available with a sixcylinder engine. In the BMW 745e/745Le (combined fuel consumption: 2.3 - 2.1 l/100 km / 2.3 - 2.2 l/100 km) a 286 horsepower six-cylinder inline
engine is combined with a 113 horsepower electric engine, for a total system output of 394 horsepower. The new BMW 7 Series is also the first BMW Group vehicle with a fourth-generation battery. The latest battery-cell technology gives the luxury sedan an all-electric driving range of up to 58 kilometres, ensures local emission-free driving and is virtually silent. The battery installed in the BMW 745e / 745Le is manufactured in Dingolfing, just a few kilometres away, at the Competence Centre for edrive Production (compo-
nent plant 02.20). Ilka Horstmeier, Director of BMW Group Plant Dingolfing, said: “The BMW 7 Series has defined our identity at this site for over 40 years. We are proud that BMW’s top model, the new BMW 7 Series Sedan, will also be built here in Dingolfing. Our goal as the brand’s primary plant for the luxury class is to ensure that every vehicle our experienced and competent team puts on the roads guarantees excellent quality.” To ensure high quality standards are fulfilled from the very first vehicle, complex components underwent virtual testing
for fit accuracy prior to the start of production. Since production of the first 7 Series began in 1977, more than 1.9 million BMW 7 Series cars have been built in Dingolfing. From the very beginning, the global market was crucial to the success of the luxury sedan. The BMW 7 Series is easily the number-one export from the plant in Lower Bavaria. Last year, over 90 per cent of all units produced were exported. The Chinese market plays an especially important role for the model: In 2018, 44 per cent of global sales were delivered to customers in China.
MOTORISTS in Spain who fancy buying one of Nissan’s up-market Infiniti Motor Company cars will have to get a move on. The company has just announced a restructuring plan that will see it abandon the western European market in 2020. Instead the brand will focus on its biggest growth markets of North America and China, while ongoing operations in eastern Europe, Middle East and Asia, which continue to grow, will be unaffected. As part of the plan, Infiniti will electrify its portfolio from 2021 onward, discontinue diesel offerings and focus its resources on its biggest opportunities. The company will place more focus on its SUV lineup in North America, bring five new vehicles to China over the next five years, work to improve quality of sales and residual value, and realise more synergies with Nissan Motor Company. This is all part of Infiniti’s vision to become a top challenger brand in the premium segment, says the company. In anticipation of its planned withdrawal from western Europe in early 2020, the company says it is working to find alternative opportunities for any employees who would be affected, consulting with employee representatives where necessary and identifying opportunities for transition and training support where appropriate. Once this is complete, Infiniti will work with its retailers to conclude end of franchise agreements, providing the support and services necessary to ensure a smooth transition. Infiniti retail operations are to remain operational until a tailored transition plan is put in place for continued aftersales services, including vehicle servicing, maintenance and warranty repairs.
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REVIEW by Tim Saunders WHEN the Hyundai i30 is delivered I am pleasantly surprised. I had been expecting a plain and functional five-door hatchback. But instead I am looking at the Fastback, a much more exciting proposition. Its sleek lines make it a vehicle to admire from the design perspective. The striking front is impressive if similar to a growing number of cars these days. The rear has hints of Mercedes about it… and Aston Martin without the hefty price tags. The i30 Fastback clearly has a talented designer. The result should be a Lexus beating sports saloon that is very pleasing on the eye and really does create a double take, especially for those who have previously ignored the virtues of a Hyundai. This family car surprises at every turn and probably the biggest achievement is the fact that it is powered by a tiddly little one-litre petrol engine, which promises low emissions. Through turbo charging, the engineers have cleverly squeezed almost
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Hyundai i30 - a very pleasant surprise FAMILY CAR: But child seats may be a problem.
120bhp out of it to give more oomph than much bigger engined vehicles. Build quality seems a bit on the flimsy side. For instance, when shutting one of the rear doors there is still a fair amount of give after it is closed. While I’m on this subject I notice that the paint finish isn’t as sharp as it should be
Facts at a glance Model: Hyundai i30 Premium 1.0 T-GDi 120PS Top speed: 190kph 0-100kph: 11.1secs Power: 118bhp Economy: 4.9l/100km
Model tested is UK-specification and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets.
around the boot rubber. My biggest gripe though is the positioning of the three seatbelt points in the rear. Bear in mind that I am the owner of an ageing Ford Fiesta and I regularly travel with three cumbersome car seats in the back without a problem. Therefore, I do not anticipate any problems in fitting the same three car seats in
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more modern vehicles. The Hyundai is a considerably larger car. But oh dear, oh dear. The positioning of the belt buckle slots means that I must have wasted over an hour of my time during the course of the test fiddling around fitting the car seats for my two daughters. Because Henry’s is a slightly wider Cosatto seat it covers both slots for Harriett’s and Heidi’s car seats. I dread every time we all return to the car because I know that my fingers are really going to hurt as I have to forcibly lift Henry’s seat up to allow for Harriett and Heidi to be strapped in. I have had some problems with other new cars but never to this extent. The boot is large enough for the family’s luggage and has good amounts of storage space. The black cloth seats are comfortable and so is the ride. Overall it feels sporty and quite low to the ground. The six-speed manual box can be a little too notchy on occasions. It can be a slow car but if revved hard it does deliver a smile especially with the raspy note of the exhaust, which gets louder the harder it’s driven. Here is a car for a family of four without any car seats.
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ONE of the more interesting developments in motoring away from the well-known car manufacturers has been taking place in Spain. Cyan Racing, formerly named Polestar, has just completed a comprehensive development programme of the 528-hp Lynk & Co 03 Cyan Concept on the roads of Spain. Lynk & Co is a Chinese-Swedish automotive brand owned by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group. Founded in 2016, its cars are positioned between those of the Geely brand and Swedish brand Volvo, which was-
New concept on Spanish roads bought by Geely in 2010. “This car is a development platform for future production performance road cars based on Lynk & Co technology,” said Henrik Fries, Head of Automotive R&D at Cyan Racing. “We have done this journey before with the Volvo S60 and V60 Polestar in combination with our previous motorsport programme with Volvo Cars and Polestar. To build a road car
based on the Lynk & Co 03 World Touring Car Cup race car is an exciting and important step forward for our future programmes.” The Lynk & Co 03 Cyan Concept is Cyan Racing’s interpretation of a race car for the road, utilising the same technology as the Lynk & Co 03 TCR race cars that Cyan Racing will compete with. “While this concept might be a bit extreme, we have learned that in
order to explore the true characteristics of a car you need to push it to its maximum and that is just what we are doing right now with this car,” said Thed Björk, racing and development driver for Cyan Racing. “We strive to find the optimal balance between responsiveness and performance in combination with predictable, balanced and safe behaviour. This is the same base phi-
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losophy as when we develop race cars. I love driving this car as much as my race car.” The concept road car is equipped with a 528-hp two-litre turbo charged Lynk & Co engine, the same base engine as used in the Lynk & Co 03 production road car. The engine development of Cyan Racing is headed by the same team that have produced engines like the 2017 World Championship-winning 1.6 litre Volvo engine and the awardwinning V8 Volvo engine for the Australian V8 Supercars programme of Cyan Racing.
SPORTY: The Lynk & Co 03 Cyan Concept was tested in Spain.
Credit: Cyan Racing
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La Liga Review
Puma deal CREDIT: FC Barcelona Facebook
Barca are the champions in waiting THE La Liga title race is all but over after a hat trick from Barcelona’s Lionel Messi on Sunday against Real Betis. Barca went into the game knowing that second placed Atletico Madrid had slipped up away at Athletic Club on Saturday. And they kept their game tight and were clinical in attack, notching up a 4-1 win at the Estadio Benito Villamarin. Argentine Messi once again put on a class performance grabbing two first half goals before securing a hat trick with a brilliant chip over Pau Lopez in the 85th minute. Luis Suarez scored a wonderful solo goal leaving several Betis players in his wake. Betis grabbed a late goal
CELEBRATION: Barcelona’s Messi and Suarez ensure a 4-1 win over Real Betis. back through Loren Moron to at least put the club on the scoreline. And Barca will be hoping for a similar result when they visit the stadium on May 25
for the Copa del Rey final against Valencia. Sunday’s result gives Barca a 10 point advantage at the top of La Liga Santander, meaning they can focus on
the Champions League. There are 10 match days left in the Spanish league, but it barely matters at the top. Elsewhere Valencia drew 0-0 with Getafe CF.
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And in the second division RCD Mallorca beat Las Palmas 2-1 while neither Almeria nor Granada could hit the back of the net for a 0-0 draw.
LA LIGA has signed a new ball deal with Puma, spelling the end of a 23-year partnership with Nike. Puma will take over as the league’s ball manufacturer for the 2019-2020 campaign as part of a mega money three season agreement to produce all balls for the Spanish top flight. This brings to a close one of the longest collaborations in European sport. La Liga bosses have not confirmed the reasons behind the deal, or any financial details. Puma also recently announced it will be producing the kits for La Liga side Valencia for the next three seasons after they ended their deal with Adidas.
CREDIT: Atletico de Madrid Facebook
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Historic attendance
INVESTIGATION: The fire broke out on March 14. PACKED: Wanda Metropolitano stadium. A RECORD number of spectators watched the La Liga Iberdrola top-of-thetable clash between women’s football teams Atletico Madrid and Barcelona at the weekend. Barca were handed new hope of winning the league after they closed the gap at the top with a 2-0 win away to leaders Atletico Madrid, in front of 60,739 at the Wanda Metropolitano - a record for a women’s football match at club level.
The club posted on their Facebook page: ‘Historical record attendance in a female club match, thank you fans for making it possible. Atletico de Madrid Femenino showed a lot of strength, we’ll keep working until the end.’ Asisat Oshoala and Toni Duggan got on the score sheet for the Catalans as they pulled themselves to within three points of Atletico’s tally of 66. The current league leaders started well in the
first 30 minutes with Meseguer and Kaci setting the tempo. But Barcelona soon picked up pace and it was a more even contest as halftime approached. It was the visitors who dominated the second half though straight after the break. Oshoala opened the scoring on 65 minutes as she got on the end of a corner to silence the Wanda, and with 10 minutes to go Duggan put Barca two up.
Race blaze probe MOTOGP organisers have pointed to an electrical short-circuit as being the likely cause of a blaze at a racing circuit in Spain that wiped out 23 electric racing motorbikes. The blaze in a newly built paddock at the Circuito de Jerez-Angel Nieto racetrack at around 11.45pm on March 14 was tackled by fire crews for almost seven hours, but they could not salvage the battery-powered racing bikes. It is believed the canvas and plastic of the tent contributed to the rapid spread of fire which was attended by five crews pumping 60,000 litres of water. Race organisers have now released their initial findings after the fire in the E-paddock
at Jerez de la Frontera. A statement said: ‘Although we are awaiting the official conclusion of the investigation by Local Police, initial evidence regarding the cause of the fire at the E-paddock of the FIM Enel MotoE™ World Cup at the Circuito de Jerez-Angel Nieto seems to point to a short circuit as the main cause of the incident. ‘The source of the short circuit has yet to be identified but, once the fire broke out, it ignited the high-density battery which is part of the high-performance charger used at MotoE™ events. ‘The motorbikes were not connected to the charging infrastructure at the time the fire began.’
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SPANISH tennis player Garbiñe Muguruza ranks 24th in the 25 most famous female athletes in the world in a list of 800 of the biggest names in sport, compiled by media group ESPN, which produces cable television, satellite and radio channels related to sport.
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Aguilon Golf The Ladies’ and Gents’ Pairs Championship Members Report CABRERA LBC hosted The Ladies’ Pairs and The Gents’ Pairs Club Championship between February 24 and March 10. The Gents’ Final was contested between Peter Marriott and Dave Walters against Austin Crilly and Bob Craig. Sadly for Peter and Dave they lost to two inform players at the moment 2011. The Ladies’ Pairs final was between Janet Jackson and Sylvia Byrne against Sandra Marriott and Penny Craig (last year’s win-
ners). Again sadly for Janet and Sylvia it was very similar to the Gents’ final as they could not compete with Sandra’s and Pen-
ny’s current form and lost 18-8 The club issued many congratulations to Austin, Bob, Sandra and Penny, as well as to the or-
ganiser, umpires and the many members who went along to watch two very good finals in glorious weather.
CHAMPS: Winners (from the left) Sandra, Penny, Bob and Austin.
IN to March and the trousers are being replaced by shorts, and by coincidence or not the players scoring has improved with the sun on their backs. Wednesday March 6 - Monthly Medal On a blustery day making scoring difficult there was a deserved winner, coming in with a one under par gross score and both second and third under par nett. 1st Glyn Ombler 70-3 = 67 2nd Bob Tagg 84-16 = 68 3rd Norman Whibley 79-9 = 70 Two’s: Norman Whibley x 2 8th and 14th, Norman Ridgway 8th, Roy Bishop 12th, Peter Death, Louis Long, Dave Sharp 14th, Peter Ayres 17th. Wednesday March 13 - Campbell Lamont Qualifier The penultimate qualifier produced some very good scoring as qualification draws near. In fact most of the field came in with respectable cards and a runaway winner. 1st Paul Mailly 41 pts 2nd Norman Ridgway 39 pts 3rd Derrick Stephenson 37 pts on a card play off Two’s: Keith Travis 3rd, Matt Mattacola, Bernie O’Brien 8th Karyn Esposito, Sandra Hooker x 2 12th and 14th, Rabbe Thun 12th, Mick Siggers 14th For further information see the Aguilon Golf website at aguilonmembersclub.com.