Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 30 May - 5 June 2019 Issue 1769

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Turn to page 2 for full story» STAYING ON: Popular Partido’s mayor of Alicante, Luis Barcala, rallies prior to vote which saw his party take the most seats.

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NEWS EXTRA Speak Spanish TWO Alicante policemen have been denounced to the city authorities because they demanded a man, they had stopped regarding a traffic offence, answer them in Spanish, rather than in Valenciano.

Pension news GOVERNMENT figures released showed the average pension paid in Valencia was €1,039.64 per month. Although there has been a rise, this was still €98 below the national average. The Basque region paid pensioners the most.

Drug raid NATIONAL POLICE officers dismantled a marihuana plantation in Finestrat. Apparently this house had 538 plants growing. The two occupants fought police on their arrest with one trying to escape on foot.

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It’s back to business as usual SOME surprises, a few disappointments and in many cases ‘business as usual’ for the Valencian Community’s political parties.

The Partido Popular remains in control of Alicante City, Compromis’ Joan Ribo stays on as Valencia City mayor and Castellon will again have a PSOE mayor.

All three parties will have to resort to pacts and agreements to retain power and in Alicante City Luis Barcala must turn to the far-Right Vox party.

Podemos left the picture in Valencia City and in other municipalities where it still has representation but usually fewer councillors.

Compromis, the Left-wing Valencian nationalist party did well, and considerably better than in the general election.

Vox enters some town halls where it can tip the balance towards the PP. Elsewhere, the PSOE retains control of Elche but loses it in Torrevieja and Santa Pola, which return to the PP. In Benidorm Toni Perez (PP) will again be mayor.

There is no uncertainty for PSOE candidates Vicent Grimalt and Jose Chulvi who return to their respective town halls of Denia and Javea.

RESULTS: Valencia City mayor Joan Ribo (right) is staying on.

Alfaz once again voted convincingly PSOE and Altea for Compromis.

Ciudadanos failed to overtake the Partido Popular whose good showing or prospects of pacts - in Alicante Province means that it will again control the provincial council, the Diputacion.

All eyes were on the small town of

Lliber where Cesar Sanchez, former mayor of Calpe and now an MP in the national parliament was given a safe PP seat. This will enable him, if regulations permit, to repeat as president of the Diputacion.

In Calpe, Sanchez’s successor Ana Sala had an easy victory but in another PP stronghold, Teulada-Moraira, Cs

will decide whether the party’s candidate Raul Llobell is sworn in as mayor.

Despite doing less well than it hoped, Cs holds the key to many town halls throughout the region and particularly in Alicante Province where it remains to be seen if Albert Rivera’s veto on post-general election pacts with the PSOE still holds good.

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A 43-YEAR-OLD Spanish man has been arrested for allegedly breaking into three fast food outlets belonging to the same franchise and stealing the charity donation boxes in each. Apparently the man was identified with the help of the forensic scientists, and the case continues.

Youth demo THE youth climate change l o b b y, u n d e r t h e b a n n e r o f ‘Fridays For Future’ held a demonstration in Valencia last F r i d a y, d e m a n d i n g t h a t t h e Generalitat declare a state of e m e rg e n c y i n r e s p e c t o f t h e climate and to adopt ecofriendly policies. Reportedly the majority of the parties have responded positively to the demand.

Day off ACROSS Spain, last Saturday was a day of reflection, which means that no electioneering was allowed on that day, the day before voting in the municipal and European elections. Fortunately, for those involved, this coincided with the ‘Copa del Rey,’ the Spanish football final.

Ford grant THE Valencian Government has given the go ahead to a grant of €9.3 million to car company Ford for the sustainable investment in the manufacture of the new ‘Kuga’ and the development of a pilot plug-in hybrid. The aim of the financial support is to position the local plant as the best in Europe.

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ONE of the leaders of the local PP party, the conservative González Pons, has been critical of the local Spanish media in its alleged lack of attention to the European elections. Pons claim that prior to the elections a number of unnamed publications have been focusing their reports on the local, municipal and regional elections.

USING the slogan ‘Give every child a moustache,’ Caixa bank is asking for financial donations to the food banks with the objective of providing every child at risk of social exclusion through poverty in the area, with at least three litres of milk per month.

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Letters 67 Time Out 75-78 Health & Beauty VOLCANIC: The Canary Islands’ Tenerife is home to Mount Teide.

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Islands day THIS picture of one of the Canary Islands’ best-known volcanoes comes as the Spanish archipelago celebrates its regional holiday today (Thursday), May 30.

Tenerife’s Mount Teide is almost 3,720 metres high when measured from sea level. If measured from the ocean floor it is about 7,500 metres tall, making it the highest volcano in the world from base to peak outside of Hawaii.

Teide National Park which surrounds the volcano was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007.

The islands take their name from the Latin Canariae Insulae, which means Islands of the Dogs. The Canary Islands’ flag bears two dogs on its crest.

The Canary Islands is made up of Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro. There are also six smaller islands including La Graciosa which is home to 658 people.

The islands’ geography is diverse but is famously volcanic.

The archipelago was settled by Berbers from North Africa who became known as Guanches. Spain be-

Drugs secreted SUSPICIOUS National Police officers stopped a car being driven around Benidorm only to find that the two male occupants were known to have 40 previous convictions between them.

The criminal activity related predominantly to drug offences, including drug trafficking.

On pulling over the car, officers reportedly found the men to be in possession of small amounts of cocaine.

However, their suspicions were aroused by the men’s behaviour

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and ‘nervousness when talking’ to the officers and the two suspects were taken to the local hospital in Villajoyosa, where they underwent X-rays.

According to sources, one of the detained was subsequently found to have 65 grams of cocaine and almost 20 grams of heroin hidden inside condoms secreted in his ‘bodily cavity.’

The man was detained in hospital and charged with drug offences pending a court appearance.

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gan making inroads into the islands from 1402 and achieved complete control when the then Kingdom of Castile subdued Tenerife and La Palma.

Cash crops including sugar cane and tobacco were introduced to the islands, boosting their wealth.

The Canary Islands were granted their Statute of Autonomy in 1982.

The archipelago is the only one of Spain’s autonomous communities to have two capitals, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

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Formula 1 trial IN the trial of the former President of the Valencian Generalitat Francisco Camps, the former councillor Mario Flores and 14 others over ‘financial irregularities’ in the construction of the Valencian Formula One circuit, the examining Magistrates have refused an application by the Prosecutor and eight of the defendants to dismiss the matter and ‘file the case.’

The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office had brought the original charges of embezzlement, trespass and falsehood, but has now argued that there was no criminality and no financial losses were incurred to the Generalitat.

The Magistrate was reportedly critical of the Prosecutor’s application and handling of the matter and also made mention that the Central Government had advanced the local government body almost €90 million and that almost €46 million must be repaid when the area is urbanised.

The case continues.

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Mountain rescues VALENCIA Province’s mountain rescue teams were in action last Saturday, after calls to two separate incidents.

The first incident took place around midday on Saturday, when the Emergency services received a call that a 30-yearold climber had fallen and was injured in the area of Picayo Redó in Algimia de Alfara, near Valencia.

The man, who had fallen from a height of six metres from a path, had to be rescued by helicopter, which then took him to an ambulance. After being stabilised, he was transferred to Sagunt Hospital in Valencia.

About an hour later, a 50year-old climber was injured when he fell several metres, whilst climbing in the Serra Grossa Mountain range close to the city of Alicante.

An ambulance unit had to rescue the mountaineer who had sustained a fracture in his right ankle in the fall. He was reportedly taken to San Juan Hospital in Alicante.

Festival death THE 23-year-old son of a Benidorm bar owner has died after he became separated from his family at a British music festival.

Isaac Powner’s body was found at around 9.30pm on a road near the Middlesbrough suburb of Marton where Radio 1’s Big Weekend was being held on Saturday. The 23-year-old is suspected of taking his own life but an inquest is set to be held to confirm the reason for his death.

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HEARTBROKEN’: Powner died after being separated from his family.

since flown back to Britain to identify his son’s body.

Gemma Braithwaite, the 23year-old’s step-sister, told British media he had everything to live for. “We are all completely heartbroken by this and it shows you just never know what’s going on behind those smiles,” Braithwaite said.

Powner’s family have set up a GoFundMe page to raise about €2,830 to pay for his funeral. To donate go to: https://www.just giving.com/crowdfunding/jamiebraithwaite.

Illegal medicines seized IN Valencia, National Police officers raided premises and seized 20 million doses of apparently fake prescription medicines, for distribution both domestically and internationally to places as diverse as Mexico and China.

Police have calculated that the haul could have reaped the criminals a profit of approximately €80 million. Apparently the drugs were posted for sale on social media sites.

During the 12 raids in and around Valencia, the

police discovered a marihuana plantation of 120 plants and apart from the medicines, police seized €45,000 in cash, a revolver with ammunition, four vehicles, a motorcycle, numerous documents and a number of different electronic devices.

The officers detained 10 people for crimes of criminal organisation, against public health (illegal trafficking of fake medicines and drug trafficking), money laundering and illegal possession of weapons.

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Armed robbery TWO men are being hunted by police in La Nucia after an armed robbery at a pizzeria.

The robbery occurred at just before 11pm on Sunday evening when two men pulled up on a motorcycle outside Charlie Pizzeria on Avinguda of the Marina Baixa de la Nucia.

One of them reportedly entered the restaurant, brandishing a pistol and demanded money.

There were two people in the restaurant at the time, a member of staff and a customer. It has not been revealed how much, if anything, they got away with. After the robbery, the robbers escaped on a dark coloured 125cc motorcycle.

The main suspect is described as having dark skin and was wearing a multicoloured crash helmet, a black jacket, jeans and motorcycle gloves.

If you saw anything or can assist in the identification of these men, please contact the National Police on 112.

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Traffickers arrested NATIONAL POLICE officers from Benidorm have arrested two drug traffickers who were wanted on international warrants.

The first, a Serbian national, 45, was wanted in Bosnia for trafficking two kilos of cocaine into the country. This man was identified in a routine roadblock.

The second, a Dutch national, 58, was revealed to be staying in a hotel in the city and was later arrested. He is reportedly wanted for trafficking over 12 kilos of the drug in Brazil.

The men will appear in the Central Court where their extradition will be considered.

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CRACKDOWN: Benidorm wants to curb rowdy behaviour.

Benidorm mulls boozy tourist ban AUTHORITIES in Benidorm are reportedly considering drawing up a blacklist of rowdy tourists that could be sent to local bars, nightclubs and restaurants following a spike in unruly behaviour.

Staff at venues in the city would be able to check the names of tourists acting drunkenly and disorderly against those on the list.

It would feature the names, nationalities and passports of tourists deemed too unruly for venues, according to reports.

It comes after a popular bar in the city was

forced to close after a spate of incidents and complaints over tourists causing problems after drinking.

It also follows several measures taken by Benidorm authorities in recent years including deploying British police officers on its streets during the peak summer season to curb anti-social behaviour. British tourists also sparked controversy following anti-social behaviour in the city during the World Cup which saw police clad in riot gear deployed on its streets.

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School burglary THREE men have been arrested after they were caught in the act of burgling a school in the Valencia region.

The suspects were seen entering the school premises. The officers took up a position, which was apparently their only exit route and when they came out, carrying bin liners full of property, two of them were arrested. The third took flight over some roof tops, but was later found nearby. Amongst the property recovered was €2,000, meant to fund a school trip.

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PARTY TIME: Tens of thousands thronged the streets.

It’s taken 11 years VALENCIA was transformed into a sea of cheering humanity illuminated by flares to a soundtrack of blaring car horns as the region went wild when its team won football’s Copa del Rey. As the final whistle blew on a 2-1 victory over Barcelona, the whole of the region erupted and the party began. Tens of thousands thronged the streets of Valencia City, while even in the smallest, tranquil Valencian villages fireworks were set off, car horns were loudly sounded, people were cheering in the streets and social media went mad.

Valencia had not won this trophy for 11 years.

Halfway through the season, the Valencian team was in poor form and just four points away from

relegation. But all the gloom that had been enveloping the club in its centenary season was blown away as the team hit form. It eventually finished fourth in a Champions League spot and then Saturday’s triumph in the cup put the icing on the cake of a memorable season. Sunday afternoon saw the party continue with the team being paraded through the city on an open-topped bus, as the Valencians celebrated their heroes.

The red carpet was rolled out by politicians keen to get in on the act, with official receptions held for the team at the Basilica, the Palau de la Generalitat and the Valencia Town Hall, where 12,000 fans crowded in front of the building to see the players. See sports pages for a cup report.

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Foodie delights I N Va l e n c i a a n e w m a r k e t , M e r cabañal’s, will be opening tomorrow (Friday), May 31 at 12 noon.

An outdoor space of 1,200 square metres, just 30 metres from the sea, this urban market, located in the heart of El Cabanyal-Canyamelar area of Valencia C i t y, h o u s e s f o u r d i ff e r e n t a r e a s : E l Bar, La Freiduria, El Ultramarinos, La Paraeta and Pizza Lab, each with a different offering.

Also in the city, The Valencian Institute of Modern Art (IVAM) has its own restaurant, Mascaraque, which now also opens at night on weekends.

Its chef, José Luis Mascaraque, has created an exclusive menu which fuses the notion of the French cuisine nouvelle with the most traditional Spanish ingredients and styled food.

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VIOLENCE erupted in Sevilla the night before last Saturday’s Copa del Rey between CF Valencia and Barcelona, when a faction of Barcelona’s fans, known as ‘boixos nois’ reportedly went on the rampage. The group of ‘ultra’ fans are believed

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Olde time lunch MEMBERS of CHUMS, a small registered charity based in Benidorm and Albir, met with La Nucia Social Services to go shopping for €777 worth of food for La Nucia Food Bank.

A charity spokesperson said CHUMS feels lucky to have such generous members who make it possible to make these contributions.

The charity has been going for just under four years and has raised just over €16,500 in that time.

Its next event is D-Day celebrations at Showboat, Benidorm on Thursday, June 6, with lunch and a singsong of all the old songs to remember the sacrifices which were made in those demanding times.

If you would like to attend the event or would like more information, call Marilyn on 965 864 394.

to have been connected to violence in the past and were apparently trying to find local Sevilla fans.

The ‘fans’ were armed with sticks and blunt objects and according to sources caused considerable criminal damage in the

Seville suburb of Nervion.

Twenty-three Barcelona ‘ultra’ fans were arrested and remained in custody to ensure nonattendance at the match. Five police officers are believed to have been hurt, but their injuries are not thought to be serious.

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Iglesias’ paternity suit THE paternity suit involving Julio Iglesias, the internationally renowned singer, is again expected to go before the courts in Valencia this week.

The matter has been

heard three times before, but this time Javier Sánchez-Santos, who

claims he is Iglesias’ son, will reportedly be producing DNA evidence to sup-

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port his claim, which apparently shows a 99.99 per cent probability of this man being Iglesias’ son.

The DNA was apparently collected from rubbish disc a r d e d f r o m t h e s i n g e r ’s house by a Miami-based private detective and analysed by a laboratory in Zaragoza.

Iglesias has ruled out taking a DNA test at this time, but his lawyer has suggested that he would if the matter continues to trial.

There are expected to be legal arguments, firstly as to whether this matter should be before the courts again, given that it has previously been judged and as to the legality of obtaining evidence in such a way and its subsequent admissibility in court.

The singer has not been summoned to appear and if he does, has been assured that his evidence will be heard behind closed doors to protect his privacy.

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Smoke inhalation AN occupant returned home on Monday evening to find his house in the Las Marinas area of Denia on fire.

The blaze was discovered at 9pm by the 70-year-old German man who lived in the house with his wife. He reportedly tried to extinguish the fire himself, but in the process suffered smoke inhalation and had to be taken to hospital.

Local firemen attended and after tackling the blaze for two hours, managed to put out the blaze.

Childhood obesity THE Valencian Society of Pediatrics (SVP) has released a statement directly linking childhood obesity with spending more time sedentary, using mobile phones or other devices. The paediatricians also stressed the value of children having a healthy diet and the combination of the two should encourage children to lead a healthier lifestyle.

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In the ecological red SPAIN is now an environmental debtor after consuming more resources than the ecosystem can regenerate in a year a s f r o m Tu e s d a y (May 28), according to two NGOs. The Wo r l d Wi l d life Fund’s (WWF) and Global Footprint Network’s ‘eco-

logical budgeting’ for Spain and Europe found more water, soil and clean air has been used than can be replaced annually.

N o w th at S p ain h a s passed its ‘Day of Overcapacity’ it is running on environmental credit, the NGOs said. Spain’s Day of Over-

Live round training A SHIP with Britain’s Royal Navy was approached by a Spanish patrol boat after it began firing live rounds off Gibraltar as part of a training exercise.

Spain’s SPS Audaz patrol boat came near to HMS Sabre after the latter began its planned routine exercise. The incident occurred outside British Gibraltar territorial waters last Saturday.

A Ministry of Defence spokesperson told Gibraltarian media the Royal Navy’s squadron in the British enclave had asserted its right to exercise in international waters. Both vessels remained at a safe distance throughout the training, the spokesperson added.

capacity came 18 days after the EU average on Friday May 10.

The NGOs’ report found tha t if e ve ry pe rs on on Ea rth c ons ume d a s muc h energy as the average Spanis h pe rs on, 2.3 pla ne ts would be needed to fuel the demand for resources.

Cocaine extradition request PROSECUTORS have called on a Nicaraguan woman to be deported from Spain in connection with a €720 cocaine haul found in Asturias.

Prosecutors claimed the woman was found with almost 4.2 grams of cocaine in Langreo in 2018. They have called for her to be deported from Spain and prevented from returning for eight years if found guilty. The case continues.

BOWING OUT: Former monarch Juan Carlos (centre, right) leaves public life in June.

Juan Carlos to retire SPAIN’S King Emeritus Juan Carlos has announced he will retire from public life next month.

The former monarch’s announcement that he would retire from official duties on Saturday comes four years after he abdicated and Spain’s current King Felipe succeeded him.

Juan Carlos came to power following the death of former dictator Francisco Franco in 1975. He became Spain’s head of state and oversaw its transition to democracy which was completed with the adoption of the country’s Constitution in 1978. The former monarch appeared on

Spanish television in 1981 to denounce an attempted coup by Guardia Civil officers and called on Spanish citizens to back their democratic government. Juan Carlos then took a step back from the business of government, adopting a more ceremonial role similar to a British monarch. He courted controversy later in his reign, first with an outburst directed at former Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez at an IberoAmerican Summit in 2007.

He also faced criticism after it emerged he had injured himself on an elephant hunting trip in Botswana in 2012.

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Rise in drink drive convictions THERE has been a 10 per cent rise in convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs in just one year.

According to figures from Spain’s Attorney General’s Office there were 56,173 convictions for the offences in 2018, compared with 51,085 in 2017.

This was 21 per cent of all convictions for any kind of crime. Highlighting the danger of the offence is the fact that more than 40 per cent of drivers who died in traffic accidents on Spanish roads had consumed alcohol or drugs.

Pere Navarro, head of the DGT national traffic authority, is now planning to being in more road-

side checks rather than bring in harsher penalties.

Speaking to Spanish newspaper El Pais he said: “It’s not clear to me that the solution lies in higher penalties. At some point we might have to do it, but we don’t support it.”

The number of roadside checks carried out has declined markedly after deep cuts in public spending. In 2013 Guardia Civil tested 6.4 million drivers for alcohol. By 2017 this number had fallen to 5.18 million. Last year, a total of 89,264 people were convicted of all driving offences, an 8.9 per cent rise over 2017. Road fatalities in the other hand fell to 1,180 last year, compared with 1,198 in 2017.

Cheaper than children D O G S in Spa in now outnumber children under 15.

The country has 13 million registered pets and 6.2 million under-15’s, Armando Solis, president of the Spanish Pet Identification Network (REIAC), said.

Ninety-three per cent of pets are dogs, 6 per cent are cats and the remainder rabbits. “People live longer and they are more alone,” explained Solis who said the number of pets would continue to increase.

Most registered pets live in cities where the number of people living alone - and not only the elderly - has also increased, he said.

Animals involve less responsi bi l i t y and expense t han chi l dr en, but enabl e their owners to lavish maternal and paternal feelings on them, experts said. “It is difficult to bring up a family in cities because these are hostile to children,” said sociologist Miriam Fernandez Nevados.

Iraq mission SPANISH troops have begun training troops in Iraq despite other countries pulling soldiers out over security concerns.

Spai n’s Def ence Staff (EMAD) said the 16th Canaries Brigade had ar r i ved i n Besmayah as part of Operation Resolute Suppor t . Mor e t han 550 Spani sh t r oops ar e cur r ent l y depl oyed there.

The count r y has been ravaged by conf l i ct si nce t he US, Britain and Spain invaded it and toppled dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003.

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By Sally Underwood EXPATRIATES are beginning t o o u t n u m b e r th e amount of Spanish living in some areas of Spain.

The two most popular areas for Britons to retire to, Andalu c i a a n d Va l e n c ia , have seen a combined total of 780,000 expatriates set up home.

The three provinces with the hi g h e st n u m b e r o f Britons are Alicante, Mala-

ga and Almeria, with around 130,000 UK expatriates living between them.

In s o me o f th e s e a re a s th e n u mb er o f Britis h is higher than the number of S p an is h , fo r e x amp le in Poble Nou de Benitachell, Alicante.

This coastal town has a British international school which caters to 60 per cent of the foreign population there, while the number of expatriates is half the over-

all number of residents.

In inland Andalucia, the hillside town of Benahavis, between Marbella and Estepona, sees 64 per cent of re s ide nts c oming from a broa d; the ma jority of those from the UK. Similarly, Daya Vieja in A lic a nte hous e s 430 fore igne rs , 60 pe r c e nt of whom are British, while in Lliber, Alicante, 70 per cent of the roughly 1,000 residents are expatriates.

Huge blaze consumes ‘ghetto’ A LARGE fire has devastated one of the largest and most populated camps in Spain.

Lepe, in Huelva, houses around 600 people, mostly immigrant day labourers hired for strawberry picking.

The dense community of shacks and temporary houses was mostly destroyed by a four-hour blaze which broke out at around 2.35am.

According to Spanish media, the fire was caused b y a st o v e wh ich h ad n o t b e e n

turned off, leaving the residents to find new homes after properties and possessions were destroyed.

The huts, which were built using plastics, cardboard and wood found on the street, had formed a community, where immigrants had lived and worked together.

Fire sources said the lack of garbage disposal facilities in the shanty town had made rubbish accumulate, which added to the quick spreading of the fire.

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Desperate act POLICE allegedly found migrants hidden inside glove boxes and boots of cars trying to cross into Europe.

Officers from the Guardia Civil shared photographs of the migrants after reportedly finding three men within three hours on Saturday at the border with Morocco and Spanish enclave Melilla.

One man in his 20’s was found smuggled into a small space behind a car’s dashboard at Beni-Enzar, Morocco.

Another migrant was found wedged into an engine compartment, while a third was smuggled behind a car’s rear seats.

The three, including a 15-year-old girl and two men aged 20 and 21, were taken for medical treatment after being released from

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TERRIBLE CONDITIONS: Police took the migrants for medical attention. their surroundings.

Officers said the migrants showed signs of disorientation, suffocation, and joint pain after travel-

ling in ‘terrible conditions.’

Three Moroccan men aged 19, 30 and 31 have been arrested on suspicion of people smuggling.

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THE WEEK IN POLITICS

By Joe Gerrard

Poll tracker (EU elections): Partido Socialista (PSOE): 32.1 per cent, 20 seats Partido Popular (PP): 20.1 per cent, 12 seats Ciudadanos: 12.2 per cent, seven seats Unidos Podemos: 10.1 per cent, three seats Vox: 6.2 per cent, five seats

SPANISH political parties have been taking stock of their results in local, regional and EU elections held on Sunday (May 26).

A swing towards the left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) in all three elections mirrors the results of April’s snap general election. But the vote continued to be fragmented between several parties, further undermining Spain’s traditionally two-party system.

Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he was proud of his party’s showing in the EU ballot.

He called on other parties not to strike deals with the far-right Vox at a local and regional level.

Locally PSOE’s results were broadly positive with the party picking up seats in councils, including ones traditionally dominated by the conservative Partido Popular (PP).

But the party and others on the left were dealt a blow in the Spanish capital and elsewhere.

The left-leaning city-focused Mas Madrid, which held the position of mayor with Manuela Carmena, lost one seat leaving it with 19 while the centrist Ciudadanos

Taking stock

RESULTS: Sanchez said he was proud of his party’s performance. and far-right Vox made gains.

This leaves the city open to being governed by a triple alliance of the right similar to that which took power in Andalucia following elections there in December.

Regionally PSOE was the

largest party in 10 of the 12 autonomous communities which held votes on Sunday.

But the party only won an absolute majority in Castilla-La Mancha and Extremadura. It will have to strike deals with others

unless parties on the right can cobble together enough seats to take control of administrations.

Commentators have interpreted PSOE’s bagging of 20 seats in the European Parliament as a sign that Spain bucked the EUwide trend towards more eurosceptic and far-right parties being elected.

Vox, previously tipped to make a big breakthrough in both Sunday’s elections and the general ballot held in April, won three seats. The PP appeared to have recovered some ground compared to the heavy blow voters dealt the party in the general elections. The PP won 12 seats in the European Parliament, five seats ahead of the centrist Ciudadanos.

Coalition talks at all levels of Spanish politics have since begun. Meetings between Sanchez and other party leads will be back on after the prime minister decided hold off from discussions until after last Sunday’s vote.

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PROBE: FMC was found to have bribed Spanish doctors.

Medical bribery A GERMAN dialysis company has admitted to paying millions in bribes to secure business deals with doctors in Spain and across the world.

The US’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) found corruption was visible in Fresenius Medical Care (FMC) from the early 2000s, but nothing was done to address it.

The SEC was tasked with probing the claims made about FMC. FMC said it had co-operated fully with the investigation.

The investigation found the company had bribed doctors in Spain, Turkey, China, Serbia, Bosnia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and in several West African countries.

“Employees made improper payments through a variety of schemes including through the use of false consulting contracts, the forgery of documents and channelling bribes through external intermediaries,” the SEC said.

“Senior management actively thwarted enforcement efforts. The improper conduct continued for years,” the regulator added.

The SEC’s probe found FMC paid for Spanish doctors to go to international medical conferences and on holidays, funded their projects and bought them gifts to secure deals. The company spent almost €2.7 million in Spain alone, the SEC found.

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BREXIT BRIEF Election results THE dominance of Brexit in British politics has made itself felt in European elections which saw the Conservatives and Labour haemorrhage votes to pro-leave and remain parties.

Results released from Sunday night to Monday showed the pro-leave Brexit Party, led by former UKIP leader Nigel Farage, took 29 seats in the European Parliament. They won 31.6 per cent of the vote.

The Liberal Democrats, who campaigned on a staunchly pro-remain platform, came second with 20.3 per cent of the vote. The party now has 16 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), up from one before the vote.

The Green Party increased its share of MEPs from three to seven, overtaking the Conservatives and pushing them into fifth place.

Brexit cost Labour 10 MEPs. The party’s total number of seats fell by half after the vote which saw them finish third.

The Conservatives, who previously had 19 seats in the parliament, were left with four MEPs after the vote. Winners of the 2014 European election UKIP lost all 24 of their MEPs. Conservative leader Theresa May and Labour head Jeremy Corbyn both blamed their parties’ poor performance on Brexit.

May said: “It shows the importance of finding a Brexit deal.”

Bowing out

By Joe Gerrard BRITAIN’S prime minister has announced she will quit as leader of the Conservatives, paving the way for her successor to resolve Brexit which remains at an impasse.

Theresa May addressed Britain from outside Downing Street on Friday. She said her failure to take Britain out of the EU was a matter of ‘deep regret’ for her.

“I will shortly leave the job it has been the honour of my life to hold,” May said.

The prime minister, who formerly stands down from the Conservative leadership on Friday June 7, said Brexit was the ‘biggest challenge’ that any British government has faced during peacetime.

She called for all sides to compromise as she prepares to pass on her office, and the Brexit mantle she has carried since 2016, to her successor.

LEAVING: May quits as Tory leader in June.

Brexit brought Theresa May to power and has now being her undoing. Her premiership, which began optimistically with a

promise to make a ‘success’ of EU withdrawal, was dogged by Britain’s looming EU exit until she announced her own exit on Friday.

The spectre of uncertainty now haunts Brexit. The issue, which has remained deadlocked in parliament throughout the year, will define the contest to succeed May. About 10 Conservatives have since entered the race, including former Foreign Secretary and archBrexiteer Boris Johnson and exBrexit Secretary Dominic Raab.

Whoever succeeds May will have to decide whether to work with Parliament as it stands, or to gamble on a general election to shore up the Conservative’s position.

They could also choose to hold a second referendum, but will have until the scheduled leave date of Thursday October 31 to decide.

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BREXIT EXTRA Call to hold referendum BRITAIN should hold a second Brexit referendum so the country can ‘reconsider’ its position, says Spanish Confederation of Hotels and Tourist Accommodation’s president Joan Molas, amidst concerns over the impact on tourism industry revenues.

Clarity plea FRENCH president Emmanuel Macron called for Britain to give ‘swift clarification’ on the Brexit situation while praising Prime Minister Theresa May’s courage following her announcement she would step down in June.

Firm move ONLINE gambling company Bet365 has announced plans to build a presence in Malta and scale back current operations in Gibraltar, authorities in the British enclave saying Brexit led to the decision.

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‘Mistaken identity’ claim MOROCCO has accused the Spanish television channel, La Cuatro, of airing a documentary it described as a setup.

A Punto de Mira programme broadcast earlier this month featured a Moroccan portrayed as the ‘Pablo Escobar of Morocco,’ earning €180,000 a year selling a drug manufactured with tranquillisers obtained from the Spanish health system.

According to the Moroccan

authorities, the so-called drug dealer was a car-parking valet who leads a modest and blameless existence in Tangiers where he lives with his mother.

Al Yaoum lied because he was told to do so in return for 2,000 dirhams, the Tangiers police concluded after questioning him.

A Moroccan newspaper claimed afterwards that the Spanish documentary makers

Tourism growth forecast AROUND 25.5 million tourists are expected to visit Spain from April to June this year, 8.9 per cent higher than the same time last year according to government figures.

The Tourism Ministry’s forecasts included predictions that spending from tourists would rise by 9.3 per cent year-on-year during the second quarter of this year. Ministry officials said their forecasts showed the industry was regaining momentum.

worked from a pre-written script and did not apply for reporting authorisation, entering Morocco as tourists, not journalists.

Production company Unicorn refuted the claims and declared that at no moment was the reporting faked.

“We know that we told the uncomfortable truth, but we didn’t pay anybody and it wasn’t a setup,” the company said. “It’s possible to traffic medication and be a valet parker.”

Mediaset, who owns La Cuatro, has since analysed the images of the so-called ‘Escobar’ and Akhbar Al Yaoum, and found that the person who was arrested is not the same person who appeared in the documentary.

Accused of dishonesty A FORMER Spanish Ambassador to Venezuela has appeared in court with four others accused of laundering €4.5 million taken from PDVSA, a state petroleum company headquartered in Caracas.

According to the prosecution, Raul Morodo, his son Alejo and his wife along with a Venezuelan couple entered into an improper agreement, supposedly with

PDVSA, to give advice which was never forthcoming.

It is also alleged payment only started after Morodo had left office and the money was channelled back to him via a complex route including a number of Latin American countries and Panama.

The defendants have been released, but had to surrender their passports.

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Pennies from Heaven THE Catholic Church in Spain has announced that it contributed €1.38 billion to the Spanish economy in 2016 following a recent study undertaken by the Conferencia Episcopal Española.

With some 23,000 parishes within the country it employs large numbers of men and women (64,925) who are tax payers and also supports those in need through Caritas and other charitable operations.

It estimates that for every direct employee the Church has on its books, a further 0.27 jobs (17,529) are created mainly within the sectors of health, education, professional services and property repair.

Another area which raises a large amount of money for communities across the country revolves around weddings and communions with large amounts spent on gifts, outfits and celebrations.

Record police reinforcements THE Spanish government has drawn up plans to reinforce ports on the country’s southern

coast with around 21,000 police officers ahead of increased traffic to and from Morocco this

Depopulated provinces MORE than half of the people born in four Spanish provinces now live elsewhere, according to figures from the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

The Castilla y Leon provinces of Soria and Avila, Aragon’s Teruel Province and Cuenca Province in Castilla-La Mancha are home to less than half of the people born there.

Castilla y Leon’s provinces of Zamora, Segovia and Palencia have also seen a high proportion of people who were born there, leaving.

The figures come as parts of Spain continue to struggle with depopulation and its effects.

Former Territories Minister Meritxell Batet previously said the issue was the ‘biggest challenge’ facing the country.

summer. The number of reinforcements is the highest amount set aside for the police’s annual Operation Crossing the Strait.

The police put on the operation every year when Spanish families travel by car to Morocco for holidays and when Moroccans arrive in Spain for the summer.

Around 734,240 vehicles passed through Spanish harbours after arriving from or departing to the North African country last year, according to Spain’s Port Authority.

The vehicles carried more than 3.2 million people.

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Live round training A SHIP with Britain’s Royal Navy was approached by a Spanish patrol boat after it began firing live rounds off Gibraltar as part of a training exercise.

Spain’s SPS Audaz patrol boat came near to HMS Sabre after the latter began its planned routine exercise. The incident occurred outside British

Gibraltar territorial waters last Saturday.

A Ministry of Defence spokesperson told Gibraltarian media the Royal Navy’s squadron in the British enclave had asserted its right to exercise in international waters. Both vessels remained at a safe distance throughout the training, the spokesperson added.

Bird haven vAN updated list has revealed that Spain now has 622 bird species, up 53 from the last survey in 2012.

The list shows all bird species which have been spotted in Spain since 1800 and shows how new arrivals have helped Spain become home to the second highest number of avian species in Europe.

Some of these arrivals have been deliberately introduced, while others are escaped pets or have simply made Spain their home due to changing environmental conditions.

GAMBLING REVIEW: Francisco Fernandez Marugan (centre).

Odds on new laws IN a series of tweets from the Office of the Defensor Del Pueblo, acting Ombudsman Francisco Fernandez Marugan has called for a review on the legality of advertising gambling in Spain.

He considers that as the market has expanded dramatically in the past few

years with gross income rising to nearly €700 million in 2018, that it is dangerous and not being properly policed.

Suggestions include a complete ban on advertising except for the lotteries run by the State and charity for the blind ONCE, failing that a ban on advertising on

TV during children’s programmes and the prohibition of the use of celebrities in any form of advert.

In addition, it is recommended that studies are undertaken as to the effect on those who may be addicted to gambling and to offer assistance and advice to those involved.

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Medical bribery A GERMAN dialysis company has admitted to paying millions in bribes to secure business deals with doctors in Spain and across the world. The US’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) found corruption was visible in Fresenius Medical Care (FMC) from the early 2000s but nothing was done to address it. The SEC was tasked with probing the claims made about FMC. FMC said it had co-operated fully with the investigation.

The investigation found the company had bribed doctors in Spain, Turkey, China, Serbia, Bosnia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and in several West African countries.

“Employees made improper payments through a variety of schemes including through the use of false consulting contracts, the forgery of documents and channelling bribes through external intermediaries,” the SEC said.

“Senior management actively thwarted enforcement efforts. The improper conduct continued for years,” the regulator added.

The SEC’s probe found FMC paid for Spanish doctors to go to international medical conferences and on holidays, funded their projects and bought them gifts to secure deals. The company spent almost €2.7 million in Spain alone, the SEC found.

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Borehole concerns OFFICIALS are warning there are around 500,000 poorly constructed water wells across Spain.

The Higher Council of Colleges of Mining Engineers said many of these sites are illegal, in poor condition, and pose a risk due to bad management. The body also warned a lack of personnel made applying for legal permits for these holes ‘long and arduous.’ It added: ‘It is necessary to correct and eliminate the serious threat that the abandoned holes pose, as Seprona [the Guardia Civil’s environmental arm] is currently monitoring very effectively.’ The group said the work is ‘very urgent.’

In January, the issue of water prospecting holes opened up a debate after two-year-old Julen fell and died at the bottom of a 71-metre well in Totalan.

Nun killing NIEVES SANCHO, the 77-year-old Spanish missionary recently murdered in Central Africa, ‘had her throat cut, but wasn’t decapitated,’ according to her family.

Her brother believes that Nieves must have been the victim of a gang of robbers. Mother-General of the French convent which Nieves belonged to in the Central African Republic said: “In the morning, they all ate together after Holy Mass.

“Later that day, she went home after dinner and no one knows what happened from then on.”

Nieves’ neighbour claims that he found her door open and the inside wrecked, but she was nowhere to be seen. It was not until later that night they found her body in the jungle, hidden in the bushes.

The missionary’s funeral was held last Tuesday in Africa to fulfill her wish to ‘be buried in Africa’ as ‘life in Europe made no sense to her.’

Nieves, who was from the city of Burgos, had lived there for 23 years.

This murder comes just a week after that of 60-year-old missionary Fernando Hernandez in Western Africa.

STILL RAINY: Areas of norther Spain still saw high levels of rainfall.

Spain’s rainfall ‘drops by 12 per cent’

by Sally Underwood SPAIN received 12 per cent less rainfall between October 2018 and May 2019 than normal.

According to the country’s meteorological society, AEMET, Spain saw 444 litres of rain per square metre, compared to the normal fig-

ure of 507 litres per square metre.

Between May 15 and May 21, the north of Spain registered high rain levels, with 10 litres per square metre across the whole area, and 40 litres in Asturias, Cantabria, the Basque Country, Navarra, and the Sierra de Guadarrama.

In some isolated parts of Cantabria there were more than 100 litres per square metres, while the highest levels were seen in Fuenterrabia, at 175 litres per square metre. After May 22, Spain saw almost no rain, except in the Castellon and the north of the Canary Islands.

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POLICE have struck a hard blow against Mallorca’s prostituting mafias.

Agents of the UCRIF (Central Unit for Illegal Immigration Networks and Documentary Falsifications) have arrested 12 people during an operation against human trafficking. The operation started when National Police broke into a brothel in Palma’s Calle Joan Alcover. According to sources close to the investigation, the ‘club’ is known to be one of the most important and active in Mallorca when it comes to prostitution.

Some 25 officers from the UCRIF and the UPR (Prevention and Reaction Unit) entered the building and managed to free eight women who had been forced into prostitution.

Police say the club was the base for many transsexuals and women to carry out their illegal sexual activities, often against their will.

All of them were advertised through internet sites such as tele travesti.com, thousand advertisements and passion.com.

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Prostitutes freed

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Unkind sons to lose out THE Supreme Court in Madrid confirmed that a mother from Vizcaya had been entitled to disinherit two of her sons.

The woman cut two of her three sons out of her will owing to what the tribunal recognised as the sons’ ‘contempt and neglect’ during her lifetime.

The Supreme Court ratified an earlier verdict from the High Court in Vizcaya, which had in

turn upheld a verdict from a lower court.

There was no justification for the behaviour of the two sons, which the court described as ‘attributable only to themselves.’

Their mother had been subjected to psychological abuse for many years, particularly in the later years of her life when she was in ill-health, the judges ruled.

Deadly crossing RAIDS: National Police raided numerous properties (file photo).

Among those arrested are the alleged two ringleaders of the suspected criminal ring.

A series of searches were carried out at numerous other addresses in the days following the initial raid. A large number of women and transsexuals engaged in prostitution

were discovered.

The police have confirmed that the women and transsexuals found in the brothel on Calle Joan Alcover were engaged in prostitution against their will. The women came to the Islands from Brazil having been deceived with the promise of a job.

THE Western Mediterranean migration route between North Africa and Spain is now the second deadliest in the world, according to a UN body.

The UN’s International Organisation for Migration (IOM) found a total of 159 people have died or disappeared while taking the route this year.

The route between North Africa and Spain came second to the Central Mediterranean route running from Libya to Europe.

A total of 248 people have died or gone missing on that route so far this year, according to the IOM’s Missing Migrants report.

The number of deaths and disappearances on the Western Mediterranean route made up 16 per cent of the 987 total across global routes this year, the report showed.

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Donating blood in Spain Illegal waste exports WASTE MATERIAL: The minister with an earlier discovery.

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

In Spain, Blood Components and Services are provided by 17 Regional Blood Transfusion Services. Despite their autonomous operations management, every regional service is fully incorporated into a unique and common Public National Health System, supplying a cohesive blood transfusion care to all citizens, residents, and visitors in Spain based on 100 per cent voluntary and non-remunerated blood donation. For more general information, visit www.msps.es.

Anyone who has lived continuously in the UK between 1980 and 1996 (a minimum of one year) will not be able to donate blood in Spain due to the risk of transmitting mad cow disease. Similarly, there are restrictions if you have received a blood transfer in the UK. However, each region may have different rules about donation. Call the donation helpline on 935 573 500. Alternatively, visit www.donorsang.gencat.cat to find out if you are eligible.

If you are eligible, you can give blood at your local hospital, or via the Spanish Red Cross (Cruz Roja) at one of their clinics, or in one of their mobile units. You can check dates and locations by visiting www.donarsangre.org.

A donor card is not necessary to give blood. On the first visit you will have to provide DNI, NIE, passport or a driving licence. If you are already registered in the Blood Bank, you only need a donor card or a document with your name and surname.

AFTER China closed the doors to the importation of waste material, it has been diverted to other parts of Asia and recently Malaysia seized large volumes of illegal plastic waste sent from Spain.

According to Greenpeace, in 2018, Spain was the eighth largest exporter of waste to Malaysia and much of this was sent by clandestine methods with the content of

containers not being properly described.

The Minister of the Environment in that country, Madam Yeo Bee Yin recently revealed that no less than 24 containers full of plastic waste which cannot be recycled was seized in Selangor State and as they have been imported in breach of a United Nations Treaty, all will be returned to Spain in due course.

Drones do the dirty work THE Guardia Civil are concerned that a drone could be used in a prison escape.

The Ministry of the Interior ordered an enquiry after an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) dropped drugs and a mobile phone into Alhaurin

de la Torre (Malaga) prison last September.

Some drones can carry up to 100 kilos and sources revealed that the authorities believe a prisoner could be airlifted to freedom this way, Air traffic regulations ban

The process of blood donation takes just 10 minutes in which 450 ml are collected (equating to 10 per cent of the total blood circulation of an adult person).

Landfill fire risk

Despite huge technological advances, the only way for hospitals to obtain blood is through the generosity of the public. The blood is carefully screened for disease to make sure it is safe.

THE Environmental Prosecutor’s Office has warned more than a hundred landfills pose a serious fire risk in Spain.

O ffic ia ls a re urging pol i t i ci ans t o act af t er i t emerged the high number of landfill sites pose a risk of forest fires this summer. So far this year, forest blazes have destroyed 32,155 hectares of land, while a total of 4,483 fires have been registered, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. The fiscal co-ordinator of Environment and Urbanism, Antonio Vercher, has sent all provincial prosecutors a list of landfills, power lines and recreational areas with high risk of catching fire.

He also called on officials to warn all ‘local authorities, owners, and companies carrying out the activity’ landfills pose a risk so they ‘adopt the appropriate measures.’ The study into landfills, carried out each year by the Security Forces and Corps each year, showed 118 landfills in 2018.

After a tattoo, you must wait four months to be eligible to donate.

After surgery, the exclusion period will depend on the type of intervention. After minor surgical procedures, you cannot donate blood for seven days or until you are fully recovered. After undergoing major surgery, you will not be able to donate blood for four months.

The rarest blood type is AB, present in 1 per cent of Caucasians, according to research by the America Red Cross.

Blood transfusions are carried out daily in Spanish hospitals with more than 6,200 patients being given them, of whom almost a quarter are fighting cancer and a similar figure receiving transfusions during or after surgery.

Spain has around two million donors in total, but needs closer to four million.

This information is for guidance only, and should not be taken as legal advice.

If in any doubt, seek professional help.

drones from entering protected airspace, including prisons, and Alhaurin staff told investigators that a drone flew over the complex the previous day, but they did not recall seeing it drop a package.

That day Guardia Civil officers found a crashed drone in an avocado plantation adjoining the prison although the Ministry stressed there was no evidence linking the drone to the drugs or mobile.

The Alhaurin de la Torre incident was not isolated.

Prison staff reported in January 2017 that a drone had flown over Teixiero (La Coruña) prison without incident.

Another drone was spotted in January when it flew over La Moraleja prison in Dueñas (Palencia) while prisoners were out in the patios.

An immediate search confirmed that nothing was dropped, but although the Guardia Civil combed the area outside the prison, they failed to locate the drone’s pilot.

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Buying or selling a property Responsibility for cost of notary and other fees

QUESTION: We intend to purchase a property in the Valencian Community, probably in the area of Pedreguer, Denia, Javea, etc, and we have received contradictory legal advice on who should pay the expenses and fees of the Spanish notary in relation to the deed of sale.

Some advisors and estate agents have informed us that these expenses are the legal responsibility of the purchasers; others say that such fees must be paid by the sellers and we have also been told they must be paid on a 50/50 basis.

Could you confirm what the situation is and who is responsible for the costs?

ANSWER: Spanish law Firstly, we should point out the Spanish Civil Code (Cc) in article 1455 has the following observation as to who must pay expenses of the granting of the deed of sale; The expenses of granting of deeds shall be borne by the seller and the cost of the first copy and any subsequent copies will be borne by the buyer, unless otherwise agreed.

Therefore, legally and according to the Spanish Cc, the person responsible for payment of the notary’s fees is generally the seller, but the first and subsequent copies are for the account of the buyers, as it is the buyer who requires the main copy to allow for the regis-

tration of the sale in the corresponding land registry. In practice this means approximately 65 per cent of the total cost should be paid by the seller and 35 per cent by the buyer. But as article 1455 points out, this percentage of expenses entered into between parties can vary if buyer and seller agree otherwise.

General practice in the reviewed area Although the code is clear and indicates who should pay, in practice it is usual for fees be paid in accordance with habits or practices in the area. For example, the custom in Denia, Pedreguer and Javea is that fees are normally paid by the buyer. Yet in Valencia they

are paid by the seller, and in other places it is normal to pay 50/50. It is possible therefore, though the law says one thing, you receive different information as it changes according to property location.

Purchase from a developer Although, as we have indicated, the parties can agree on what they deem appropriate in relation to notary expenses, in the case of a purchase in which the seller is a professional promoter or developer and the buyer is a consumer, if the contract forces the buyer (classed as a general consumer) to pay the notarial fees of the deed, it may be interpreted as an abusive clause.

As such, this requirement could be nullified as it imposes on the con-

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sumer an expense which should legally be the seller’s responsibility, but this position is debatable, since Article 1455 Cc says a different option may be agreed between the parties. It could also be claimed it is an abusive clause based on a lack of transparency.

In any case, although the civil code legally attributes the expenses, we recommend clients who wish to buy or sell a property should be aware of the code and what is practice in the area where it is located in order to agree who will pay the expenses in order to avoid misunderstandings.

If nothing is agreed in the purchase contract, or if fees will be paid according to the law, then expenses should be paid in accordance with article 1455 Cc and the majority of expenses will be the responsibility of the seller. If you need legal advice on selling or buying a property in Spain, expenses etc, contact us and we will help you.

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

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

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Spain slammed for torture THE UN Human Rights Committee has found that suspected ETA terrorist Gorka Lupiañez was tortured by Guardia Civil following his arrest in 2007.

Now the committee is urging Spain to ‘guarantee justice,’ and pay Lupiañez compensation. He is currently in jail having been sentenced to 50 years last April for kidnapping a family and other crimes.

It is also calling on Spain to put an end to incommunicado detention, ‘which creates a context more conducive to torture.’

Lupiañez - who in 2009 was sentenced to 11 years in prison for belonging to an armed gang, illegal possession of weapons and the continued crime of falsifying an official document - denounced the Spanish State to the United Nations Committee in June 2015.

According to his testimony, officers of the Guardia Civil arrested him in Berriz (Basque Country) when they found that

MISTREATMENT: UN says Spain allowed torture of suspect. he was armed with a revolver. In his account, the ETA member said he was subjected to ill treatment and torture for eight days, both in the barracks in La Salve (Bilbao) and in the General Directorate of the Guardia Civil in Madrid.

In his testimony, Lupiañez said he was beaten, had plastic bags put over his head, was deprived of sleep and subjected to death threats and other abuse. The

Guardia Civil denied the allegations.

The ETA member initially took his case to the European Court of Human Rights, which decided ‘not to admit’ his claim.

The committee said that it expects Spain to inform it within 180 days of the measures it will take in response to its Views, in accordance with the International Covenant on Civil Rights.

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Fraught diplomatic relations VENEZUELA urged Spain to withdraw recognition of Juan Guaido and admit that it had acted rashly.

Juan Guaido, president of Venezuela’s National Assembly was recognised as the country’s president by the US, Canada and most of Western Europe, including Spain earlier this year.

Speaking from Venezuela’s embassy in Madrid, ambassador Mario Isea condemned the absence of any ‘official

indication’ of modification

by Pedro Sanchez’s government.

“The decision was based on incorrect information,” maintained Isea, who lamented that countries like Spain could issue an ultimatum ordering ‘a democratic government’ to hold elections.

The ambassador then suggested future changes in diplomatic relations arising from the composition of Spain’s new parliament.

Earthquake study A NEW catalogue describes the geological effects of the 50 largest earthquakes to have happened in Spain since 4,000 BC to the present day.

The work of the Spanish Geological Association (AEQUA) highlights the first earthquake recorded in the country, in the Cueva del Toro de Antequera in Malaga, between 4,200 and 3,700 BC. Among the other earthquakes included is the one which happened in 1829 in Torrevieja, Alicante and caused 900 deaths.

The catalogue offers photographs and diagrams of the effects of each earthquake.

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Climate emergency call

by Joe Gerrard SPAIN should declare a ‘state of climate emergency’ and act immediately to combat climate change, 26 NGOs and campaign groups have said.

Ecologists in Action, Extinction Rebellion Spain and Fridays for Future were among those who made the call. It comes as the world marked Biodiversity Day on May 22.

They said Spain should follow the example of Britain’s Parliament which voted to declare a climate emergency earlier this month. Mario Rodriguez, of Greenpeace Spain, said ‘climate legislatures’ should be formed after this

‘CRISIS’: The groups have called for a climate emergency to be declared.

NATIONAL POLICE have arrested 17 people in connection with a scheme which arranged 186 false d o m e s t i c p a r t n e r s h i p s a n d m a rriages of convenience between Spanish and South American citizens in Malaga City.

T h e p e o p l e i n v o l v e d c h a rg e d

‘Fake marriage’ probe €2,000 to process the paperwork in order for South American citizens to obtain Spanish residence cards.

Police have investigated who

they claim to be the administrators and the manager.

T h e m a n a g e r, a 6 2 - y e a r- o l d Spanish man who passed himself

Sunday’s elections. “We must take courageous measures in the next four years to avoid problems in Spain,” Rodriguez said.

The groups have said they will stage ‘quick and forceful’ protests until the Spanish government meets their demands.

Thousands of Spanish school pupils joined hundreds of thousands around the world in walking out of classes to call for action on climate change. The Fridays for Future movement which coordinates the school strikes was one of the groups who made the call for a climate emergency to be declared.

off as a lawyer, has been arrested for alleged document forgery and crimes against Spain’s welfare system.

The group created a fictional companyto forge documents such as employment contracts, police claimed.

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Tragic death on flight TRAGEDY struck a Ryanair flight when a Bri t i sh wom an aged 58 di ed of a heart at t ack as t he plane waited to take of f at Pal m a’s Son Sant Joan airport.

Passengers were di sem barked f rom the plane, which was due t o f l y t o Edi nburgh at 12.10pm l ast Wednesday, t o gi ve SAMU em ergency medics access to the patient.

Despi t e t hei r ef f ort s t he l i f e of t he victim could not be saved.

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EXPENSIVE PARKINGS: Barcelona, Madrid and Valencia parking costs around €1.78 for 48 minutes.

Parking charges SPAIN’S parking spaces are becoming smaller and more expensive, according to a new report.

The Organisation of Consumers and Users (OCU) investigated more than 230 car parks in 27 Spanish cities, both privately and publicly-owned, as well as those of shopping centres, airports and stations.

It found one in every three parking spaces is now too narrow for modern car dimensions, yet ‘prices have not stopped rising at a rate which doubles that of inflation in the last decade.’ Barcelona, Madrid and Valencia top the rankings of the most expensive public car parks, with an average price of €1.78 for 48 minutes.

The cheapest is in Salamanca, 60 cents for the same amount of time.

Online book ranking A RECENT study showed many readers are switching to online books. According to the 2019 Digital Report, the number of Internet users in Spain has grown by four million during the last year.

Around 93 per cent of the population are now online, spending an average of five hours and 18 minutes a day on the Internet through a device.

Sex abuse parents jailed TWO parents in Valladolid have been jailed for 10 years and one day for abusing their three-month-old baby in August 2017.

Prosecutors initially requested 14 years each for crimes of sexual abuse and using the child to make pornographic material.

A medical examination of the child also showed she had suffered from cocaine poisoning.

The parents are prevented from contacting the girl for 19 years, as well as being disqualified from working with children for 15 years.

They have also lost custody of the child, will have to participate in sex education programmes and must pay the girl €20,000 in compensation.

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Spain’s most popular names

by Sally Underwood ANTONIO and Maria Carmen still top Spain’s list of common popular names, according to latest figures.

The National Institute of Statistics revealed the news after analysing its 2017 and 2018 data.

For 2017, Lucas and Luca were the most popular names for babies, while the name Antonio was still the most common male name, with a total of 678,425 Antonios registered as living in Spain.

This was followed by Jose at 594,144, Manuel at 590,965, Francisco at 498,934, and David at 365,196.

For women, Maria Carmen was the most common name, at 656,276, followed by Maria at

POPULAR NAMES: The National Institute of Statistics revealed Spain’s most common names.

291,563, Carmen at 276,682, Josefa at 273,319, and Ana Maria at 266,967.

The average age of those named Antonio is 55.9 years old, while for Maria Carmens the average age is

57 years old.

For young men aged an average of 27 years old, the most popular name is Daniel, while for women aged 28.4 years old the name is Laura.

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SPANISH health authorities have announced plans to crack down on prescription opioid abuse.

The Health Ministry and regional governments will create a group ‘to evaluate and improve the use of opioids, particularly when delivered in forms which pose a greater risk of addiction.’

An increase in use to potent opioids, including fentanyl - a drug 100 times more powerful than morphine - has caused Spain’s health authorities to question how readily these prescriptions should be given out.

According to the Spanish Medicine Agency (Aemps), use of the drug increased by 79 per cent between 2010 and 2017.

‘Murder plot’ arrests CATALAN police have arrested three Colombian men in their early 20’s in connection with an alleged murder plot in Barcelona.

A court in Barcelona has remanded one suspect in

custody and has bailed the other two.

An investigation into a fight outside a Barcelona nightclub earlier this year, which resulted in one person seriously injured,

led the police to uncover the plan.

Police had left the investigation open in order to find more people involved in the brawl after having previously arrested one suspect.

Officers tapped the suspects’ phones and

claimed they were planning to murder one of the people involved in the fight with whom they had had disagreements ever since.

One of them was about to buy a weapon to commit the murder, officers alleged.

The case continues.

Top of the low pay rank SPAIN has been named as the OECD country with the worst income rates for those aged under 30.

According to a recent report, 49 per cent those in employment between the ages of 15 and 29 are on ‘low wages,’ classed as pay less than two-thirds the country’s medium salary.

The new figures show a decline in wage quality for young people, with Spain going from number 16 in the OECD chart to first place for youth low wages this year.

Experts also warned Spain has a high percentage of qualified young people who are underpaid, leading to a ‘talent drain’ with workers choosing to move abroad for work.

The numbers of qualified, underpaid young workers has risen by 20.8 per cent since 2006.

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Bacteria deaths BACTERIA which has become resistant to antibiotics could kill more than 26,000 people in Spain this year, a medical body has claimed The Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC) said the threat of multi-resis-

tant bacteria was one of the biggest facing the country’s health system.

SEIMC’s data forecast a 62 per cent rise in infection rates compared to 2018 which could affect an estimated 221,958 people.

The number of deaths

which multi-resistant bacteria could cause would be 22 times higher than all those killed in Spanish road accidents, according to SEIMC. It comes as concerns over bacteria being able to mutate to resist antibiotics continue around the world.

Pension increase Eurovision error THE average pension in Galicia rose in May to €839.

The 5 per cent increase from the same period the previous year still sees Galicia have the second lowest increase in Spain.

The only region with a lower pension inc re a s e w a s Extre ma dura, at €823.61 a month, while Galicia’s rates are still around €150 lower than the national average of €990.

The region with the highest pension is the Basque Country at €1,231 a month.

The average Galician benefit rates for a permanent disability pension is €875.37, compared to €972.46 across Spain.

For orphans the figure is €398.93, compared to €404.46 across Spain.

SPAIN’S Eurovision entrant, Miki, was given six points less at the event’s final due to a computer error, it has emerged.

According to Spanish media, Miki was not given the six points Spain received from Belarus, although he still finished in 22nd position, with 54 points.

The European Broadcasting Union, the body responsible for the event, have reviewed the scores given after this year stopping the tradition of scores being read out live by different countries.

The new computer system used was flawed however, it has been claimed, and points were not distributed correctly, although it is thought not to have affected the overall rankings.

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NATURAL PARK: Cabo de Gata in Almeria topped TripAdvisor’s Spain list.

Best in Spain TRAVEL comparison website TripAdvisor has announced 52 of the most popular parts of Spain for travellers.

The country, which is the second most visited in the world, boasts several natural and cultural heritage sites which made it onto the list.

In first place, and in Andalucia, is the Cabo de Gata Natural Park in Almeria, which is the largest protected area on the Mediterranean coast. The area provides a large variety of flora and fauna, as well as beaches, hidden coves and volcanic cliffs.

Secondly was Playa Victoria in Cadiz, offering three kilometres of beach, while in third place was the Cathedral Mosque of Cordoba.

This World Heritage Site boasts 1,300 columns supporting 365 coloured arches, and is considered one of the most important monuments in Spain.

Also featured on the list were the Alhambra, one of Spain’s most visited sites and a Cultural Heritage of Humanity site, as well as the Doñana National Park in Huelva, and the Jaen Arab Baths.

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Benidorm NEWS Influencing Millennials THE Visit Benidorm Foundation recently welcomed four Spanish influencers to the town.

The quartet from different parts of Spain saw firsthand what Benidorm can offer the country’s Millennials.

Between them, the four participants of the Millenials Blogtrip, Javier Tudela, Marina Romero, Luna Serrat and Marta Soriano have more than 600,000 followers on Instagram alone.

They were introduced to Benidorm’s beaches, its coves, sports facilities, leisure activities and the local gastronomy.

Spain and the UK are Benidorm’s best customers, but the resort hopes to attract young Spanish people who are looking for fun and new experiences, and, constantly

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INFLUENCERS: More than 600,000 followers on Instagram alone. connected to the social media, can share their exploits while promoting the town.

Paint the town pink BENIDORM has just celebrated its Pink Weekend although in fact it began on the previous Thursday.

The main event of the weekend, which is regarded as a trailer for the Gay Pride event in September, centred on the Sunset Party which was held at sundown in the Castillo.

This was followed by another another celebration with music from the 90’s which continued into the night.

The 3,000 people who took part in the four days of this year’s Pink Weekend were a clear indication of the event’s prominence in the LGBT calendar, said its organiser Santos Torres.

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Lucky 13th BENIDORM is now the 13th most Instagrammed place in Europe, with 1.1 million appearances.

Favourite locations inside the town include the Tossal, the outcrop in La Cala, and the Cross which crowns the Sierra Helada at the far end of the Levante beach. The Castillo, between the resort’s Levante and Poniente beaches is another much-chosen backdrop for a selfie leaning against its white balustrades, together with the Is-

land, and the Sierra Helada cliffs. The town also features indirectly in photos and selfies taken in its hotels, skyscrapers and holiday apartments which are seen by the millions worldwide with an Instagram account.

Once reliant on advertising campaigns and word-of-mouth recommendations, the resort is receiving the kind of publicity from the social media which money cannot buy, tourism sources said.

No change at town hall TONI PEREZ, Benidorm mayor before last Sunday’s local elections returns to the town hall with an overall majority.

Not only was his party the Partido Popular the most-voted, but with 13 councillors - five more than

before - Perez will not have to seek pacts with any other party. There are now just two other parties on the council, the PSOE socialists and Ciudadanos, unlike 2015 when Compromis, the Liberales and Ciudadanos por Benidorm also won seats.

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Big plans for better roads SPEAKING shortly before the municipal elections, Alfaz mayor Vicente Arques outlined plans for improving Albir communications.

Three projects to improve road links between Alfaz and its beach area have received approval from the national government in Madrid, Arques said.

Principal amongst these is a road connecting the Alfaz roundabout on the N332 with the secondary road which links Albir and Benidorm.

The €830,000 cost will be added to the Valencia region’s 2019-2020 allocation from the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER), Arques explained.

“If all goes according to plan, this should be in use by the second half of next year,” he said.

An €800,000 pedestrian footbridge over the N-332,

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THREE PROJECTS: Vicente Arques talks to the Press. which will be financed by FEDER funds, has also received Ministry approval.

Arques also revealed that

Council bans sulphur A LT E A To w n H a l l h a s o u t l a w e d t h e s u l p h u r powder sprinkled on pavements and facades to deter dogs from urinating.

“Sulphur is a dangerous product and a health hazard if it is in contact with the skin or when i n h a l e d , ” w a r n e d I n f r a s t r u c t u re a n d P u b l i c Works councillor Roque Ferrer.

He added that contrary to popular belief, there was no scientific proof that sulphur discourages pets from cocking their legs.

Ferrer also quoted a 2013 by-law which prohibits ‘throwing, pouring or leaving solid or liquid products’ in public places ‘especially those that are dangerous.’

“Both pet owners and the householders who use sulphur need to take other hygiene measures,” the councillor said.

the Ministry of Public Works is committed to obtaining permission for a roundabout where Cami de

la Mar and Avenida de l’Albir meet on the N-332 at what is popularly known as the Macdonalds crossroad.

A perfect combination MORE than 50 people took part in the Caminata Verde (Green Walk) organised by Alfaz’s Sports and Environment Department.

The eight-kilometre route took in 10 of Alfaz’s catalogue of 35 exceptional trees, including the Foia Brell carob, which at 800 years old is believed to be longest-lived in the Valencian Commnity.

The Caminata Verde walkers also saw the carob at the old Moli de Manec, a tree which is almost five centuries old and the massive olive at Carbonera which is estimated to be 900 years old.

“This activity is a perfect combination of culture, leisure, sport and the environment,” municipal sources explained.

Taps won’t run dry THE Marina Baja Water Consortium confirmed that the area’s tap and irrigation supplies are guaranteed for 2019.

Alfaz’s mayor, Vicente Arques, and Urban Development councillor Toni Such attended the latest board meeting, presided by Cesar Sanchez, who also heads Alicante’s provincial council, the Diputacion.

Thanks to rain last April the artesian wells in Algar, Polop and southern Aitana have returned to optimum levels while the Beniarda aquifer has partly recovered.

Reserves at the Guadalest and Amadorio reservoirs have also improved and they now have respective capacities of 53 per cent and 45 per cent, the board meeting heard.

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DEBATE: Paco Lloret and Angela Tecles flanked by candidates.

Candidates’ candid opinions REPRESENTATIVES from the eight parties standing in last Sunday’s elections took part in a Radio Altea debate four days beforehand.

The debate was also livestreamed on the municipality’s YouTube channel in a first for the local broadcaster.

Moderated by Radio Altea’s Paco Lloret, accompanied by Angela Tecles, the debate at the Palau Altea was open to the public and attended by 200 people.

According to a Radio Altea analysis, the debate was viewed live by 700 people on mobiles, 140 via their computers and another 100 on smart televisions with a YouTube audience of more than 1,200.

As well as radio listeners, approximately 200 people heard the debate on a mobile phone while more than 100 people downloaded it as a podcast. The debate was a big day for the Radio Altea team, which this year celebrates its

25th anniversary.

As well as those who were upfront during the debate, many more were working be-

hind the scenes, including the radio station’s technical chief Toni Alos assisted by Jacint Gomez.

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Staying safe on Facebook THERE were 43 renewals and a welcome for six new members at the last general meeting of the Calpe U3A. This was followed by a talk from Gemma Broad of Telitec who told the audience how to

stay safe on Facebook and pointed out the various options for settings.

She explained how to unfriend or even block a person on Facebook and gave details of the Messenger service for contacting friends worldwide.

After the talk, Gemma showed people how to sign in with a strong password and also had a printed start-up guide for Facebook and offered to send the information by email.

The Calpe U3A Travel Team had been busy booking holidays and day trips, but warned that there were only a few spaces left for the Tabarca trip, costing €30 per person for the coach trip to Alicante and boat crossing to the island.

The next holiday will be a visit to Sevilla from Sunday, November 3, to Wednesday, November 6, which costs €260 per person, half-board at Hotel Don Paco.

For more information about

FACEBOOK HINTS: Calpe U3A’s Verity Waddell and Gemma Broad. both, contact Kerry on trav el@u3acalpe.org.

The next Calpe U3A meeting will be held at the Sol

Ifach hotel on Thursday, June 20. Doors open at 10am for signing in and renewals and the meeting starts at 11am.

An unfriendly embrace A GIRL of 19 and her 27-year-old male accomplice were arrested in Calpe after stealing an elderly tourist’s €100,000 Rolex.

In an increasingly-familiar scenario, the young woman approached her victim and began stroking his arm.

When her target, a Dutch national, tried to break free she pulled off his watch and ran off with it to a waiting car.

The same couple later attempted the same trick in Benissa although this time the girl had to flee empty-handed to the waiting car.

Thanks to the description from their would-be victim, the Guardia Civil later located the couple in Calpe where they were arrested two days later.

Although the watch was not recovered, they were released after being charged.

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is brought to you by T H O U S A N D S v i s i t e d C a l p e ’s F i r a c a l p 2019, the annual four-day gastronomic and trade fair which this year included a charity haircut.

Hairdressers from 15 salons who charged €8 a time, took part in the event and raised a total of €1,080, all of which went to the Gargasindi School and the Maite Boronat Occupational Centre.

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Haircuts for charity

HAIRCUTS: All money raised went to two local schools.

Virgin land can remain unsullied CALPE can retain its remaining undeveloped land without having to compensate owners.

According to a report from the municipal Technical Service Department, there will be no financial repercussions if the town hall rezones 300,000 square metres of building land in the Garduix, Feliiu and Rafol districts.

This will facilitate plans to protect the land following a proposal from the Compromis party in 2018, although the town hall warned at the time this could cost millions in compensation payouts.

T h e c o u n c i l v o t e d t o r e q u e s t a t e c h n i c a l s e rvices estimate of how much would be involved following Compromis spokesman Ximo Perles’ call to save the land from development.

The council proposal was approved just one day before a development company presented plans for the area, but since the land was the subject of a potential protection order, the application could not be processed.

The Technical Services’s findings were ready last November although the local government has only now revealed these to the Opposition parties on the council.

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Jalon - Orba Valley Xalo NEWS

A very British town LLIBER in the Jalon Valley has one of the highest proportions of registered foreign residents in Spain.

The town has a registered population of 1,051, of whom 729 were born outside Spain, placing it near the top of the list of Spanish municipalities where foreign residents outnumber the Spanish.

Seventy per cent of these are from the UK, followed by Germans who account for 17.59 per cent of Lliber ’s population.

Colourful skills to be shared AT the Vall del Pop U3A’s recent Open Day, groups demonstrated the skills they can pass on to members.

Four of the most colourful were the Yarn and Thread group whose main meeting is held at the Cappuccino Bar in Orba where they discuss current projects and offer guidance in making articles which range from bed coverings to waistcoats.

The Mosaics group meets one Monday a month at Casa Alamo in Alcalali where they bring their pro-

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SEWING BEE: Yarn and Thread group’s creations. jects and receive guidance in completing wall tiles,

table decorations and even ceramic-covered bottles.

Sugar Craft meets once a fortnight at Mary Woods’s house in Alcalali where Mary demonstrates cake decoration and helps members prepare their own designs.

The Card Making group meets once a fortnight at the Pensionistas in Jalon where card designs and personalised cards are put together.

Further information about the U3A Vall del Pop, visit the http://u3avalldelpop.com website.

Gold medals for local wines TWO Jalon wines won gold medals at FENAVIN, the recent National Wine Fair held in Ciudad Real.

Bahia de Denia (2018) took the gold medal in the white wine category and the Riu Rau mistela won another gold for the best sweet wine.

There was also a special mention for the bodega’s oenologist Sergio Balaguer.

FENAVIN is one of the wine industry’s most important trade fairs attended by more than 2,000 bodegas and co-operatives which produce Protected Designation of Origin wine.

The 18,100 buyers who visited the fair included 4,200 from more than 100 countries.

The FENAVIN medals were the latest in a long list of awards which Bodegas Jalon has won in recent seasons with Bahia de Denia winning the prestigious Wine Challenge in London, a Gold Medal in the Muscats du Monde 2017 in France and the 2015 Premio Diamante Internacional in Spain.

The Bodega’s Bahia de Denia, the most recognised and awarded, is a varietal wine made from 100 per cent Alexandria muscatel grapes while the Riu Rau mistela is a limited edition pudding wine.

June outing THE Vall del Pop U3A is organising a day out in Alicante City on June 23 to enjoy the fun and atmosphere of the yearly Hogueras fire fiestas, leaving the Rastro car park in Jalon at 9.30am.

Tickets for the coach trip, which cost €8 will be on sale at the next General Meeting.

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Tale of two expeditions

BENIARRES: Reservoir is popular with anglers.

THE Teulada-Moraira Fishing Club recently held summer season matches on the River Jucar and the Beniarres reservoir.

The River Jucar match, the 10th of the season, took place in excellent conditions with a stiff upriver breeze and water temperature up to 22 degrees.

Thirty-nine fish were caught, the largest weighing in a 3.55 kilos caught by Richard Aldridge.

The second of the club’s Beniarres matches produced a mixed bag of results for the six members who took part, and catches ranged from the 17 fish caught by Lawrie Drain down to Malcom Hunt’s four.

The reservoir water level is a little low, but still healthily high compared to previous years.

Early morning conditions, with water temperature of 19 degrees, were near perfect,

but slightly spoiled by a late easterly breeze making bites,

which were very light, extremely tricky to read.

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RESIDENTS had to leave their h o m e s a f t e r d e n s e smok e f i l l e d a Mo ra ira apartment building.

The Local Police evacuated the building in Avenida de Madrid as a precaution after fire broke out in the electrical board of a first floor apartment.

F ir e f i g h t e r s f r o m th e

Benissa brigade soon had th e b laz e u n d er c o n trol and residents could return o n ce th e b u ild in g w a s aired.

Consortium of Provincial Fire Brigade sources later revealed that the fire started during work carried o u t in th e affec te d apartment.

Best-loved brands on the doorstep OVERSEAS SUPERMARKETS opened Moraira Express earlier this week.

Eager to expand its ever-growing number of stores, the chain is now present in Avenida de la Paz, 18, in Moraira.

The Overseas team distributed ice cream and ice lollies to eager customers on the morning of the opening and from now on they will be able take advantage of the chain’s ‘Seven-day deals’ and regular promotions on favourite foods and drinks.

For over 20 years the British chain has been sourcing fresh, frozen and grocery products from some of the most popular household brands and supermarkets, allowing customers to enjoy the food they love with the ease and convenience which everybody looks for.

The stores stock everything from Iceland’s freezer essentials to the Waitrose own-label range, and from cleaning must-

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Fire soon controlled

OVERSEAS SUPERMARKETS: A familiar sight along the Costas. haves to Tetley’s teabags.

Moraira now has everything under the sun, under one roof with new lines constantly added to the Overseas’ catalogue which will offer shoppers even more choice.

Overseas Supermarkets can be found all along the Costas - including Javea, Benissa and Benidorm this side of Alicante City - all the way down to Sotogrande on the Costa del Sol. There are also branches in the Canary Islands as well as Portugal.

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A true lawman MANUEL NAVARRO, Chief Inspector of Teulada-Moraira’s Local Police obtained the equivalent of a first-class degree in his Law finals.

Navarro, who specialised in Common Administrative Procedures in Public Administrations, paid special thanks to his tutor, Antonio Cots, a Supreme court judge for his technical support and advice which contributed to his success in such a complex field.

Choirs sing for charity TOMORROW ( Friday) May 31, several Marina Alta choirs hold a charity concert at 8.30pm in the Teulada-Moraira Auditorium.

The event has been organised by the Rotary Club of Denia in conjunction with the Javea and Benissa-Teulada clubs.

The Benissenca Choir from Benissa, the Choir Cadenza (Denia) the Choir of the Rafol d’Almunia Rectory, plus the Denia, Teulada and Javea Conservatoires as well as the polyphonic group Ars Nova, also from Denia, will all be taking part in the recital.

The €11 tickets can be purchased at the Teulada-Moraira Auditorium and also at www.au ditoriteuladamoraira.es or Instanticket at https://entradas.in stanticket.es/auditori-teula da/public/janto/.

During the interval there will be wine tasting from Bodegas Guiterrez de la Vega, accompanied by cocas de Cidonach served by students of the Raque Paya School in Denia.

The event hopes to raise funds for a multi-sensorial classroom at Denia’s Occupational Centre in La Jara for those with functional diversity.

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THE ninth Amics del Kayak L’Ampolla-Granadella canoe crossing sets out this Saturday, at 9am.

There will be three support boats during the 22-kilometre excursion which is not a race and costs €35, including breakfast and lunch. Participants meet at 8.30am and more information is available from the www.amicsdelka yak.net website.

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L’AMPOLLA BEACH: Canoe excursions.

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PILGRIMAGE: Fiestas end at the Font Santa.

Saint, nymph and a goddess AS always, TeuladaMoraira’s fiestas in honour of San Vicente Ferrer ended with the traditional pilgrimage to the Font Santa.

It was well attended as usual, with residents old and new reliving the town’s links with its history at the chapel, which dates from the 19th century although an Ermita has stood there since the 15th century.

San Vicente Ferrer is regarded in Teulada-Moraira as a local saint although he was born in Valencia in 1350, entered the Dominican order at the age of 19 and was ordained a priest in 1379 in Barcelona.

It is claimed that before his death in 1419 the saint performed several miracles

and travelled to England, Scotland, Ireland, Aragon, Castile, France, Switzerland, and Italy, preaching the gospel.

He also converted many Jews, but allegedly contributed to the anti-Semitism which became rampant in Europe.

The saint supposedly produced the spring which still trickles inside the Font Santa when his sister Constanza, who lived in Teulada, became thirsty when they were walking nearby.

Some legends link the Font Santa to the Roman goddess Diana, and only 100 metres away is another spring dedicated to La Jana where a nymph, La Joanaina, appears on St John’s night in June.

A sense of proportion APPROXIMATELY 119,000 Marina Alta residents were entitled to vote in last Sunday’s local elections.

The majority were Spanish but 22,000 of the voters 18.5 per cent - were born outside Spain and these enfranchised Marina Alta residents accounted for a third of all foreign voters living in Alicante Province.

Teulada-Moraira has a registered population of 10,700 and 8,003 people had the right to vote. Of these, 3,700 were non-Spanish, giving the town the second-highest number - and proportion - of foreign voters in the area.

First place went to Calpe where 5,500 of the 7,700 residents who were entitled to vote came from outside Spain, more than any other Marina Alta town.

In the area’s largest municipality, Denia, 27,000 people had the right to vote, but only 1,700 were foreign residents while 2,700 of Javea’s 13,000 voters were non-Spanish.

Inversely, there were 5,400 Spanish people from the Marina Alta now living outside the country who could vote in Sunday’s elections, most of them from Denia.

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Chill out at Chillers AFTER 23 years on the road travelling through the various regions of Spain, Steven and Michel Euesden have once again gone back to grass roots to see clients and readers to obtain their input on how to continue the success of the EWN for another 20 years!

In some ways times have changed we are no longer the young couple with the big white fluffy dog - but the older couple with the three demanding but adorable small dogs. They travel with us everywhere.

We now have advanced technology, but our ethos is the same we will come to see you, our client, when and where suits you.

We have no clock, as our time is what we give to ensure the best campaign for our clients.

So as you can imagine, working

away from home ‘we eat on the hoof’ as the saying goes, and have eaten the finest food to the most rustic. However we have to mention Chillers bar in Moraira - the passion, dedication and love for this business is simply outstanding.

The gorgeous Rosalyn, with her soft gentle tones, very gently sold us into two magnificent bowls of salad.

One was with chicken and tomatoes and a hint of chilli, the other a tuna steak on the plancha served with a green salad and lime dressing - along with a glass of wine - for €13.

Rosalyn’s husband Chris prepared the most exquisite tapas which were huge, but without doubt mouth wateringly delicious.

This dream team most definitely

CHILLERS BAR: The place to stop off at. alyn and Chris, for such a wonderful experience.

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From the EWN guys, back on the road again!

DISHES: Fine, rustic food.

TASTY: Ingredients for a successful business. has all of the ingredients for a hugely successful, long-term business. If you

are on the road and have a little time for a refreshment, Chillers is the place to call.

Definitely a place to be visited when time is a commodity we have to spare - thank you to you both, Ros-

info@chillersmoraira.com www.chillersmoraira.com Paseo Senillar 17 Moraira Tel: 657 484 247

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NEWS

AN empty boat which presumably brought in migrants from North Africa was found on the Cala de Ambolo beach.

The patera, which bore Arabic writing, is the first which is known to have reached the Marina Alta area so far this year and police are now looking for its occupants.

Specsavers save a client JOHN visited Specsavers O ptic a s in J a ve a for a routine e ye te s t w hic h proved to be anything but that.

He was shocked to discover that the test revealed that he had very high blood pre s s ure in the e ye a nd c ha nge s in the optic nerve.

These two red flags led optometrist Louise Stone to refer him for suspected glaucoma, but also suggested he had further tests on a growth on his eyelid.

This turned out to be cancerous.

“I am so pleased I decid-

Photor credit: Specsavers

Migrant boat

HAPPY ENDING: John with Specsavers’ Louise Stone. ed to visit Specsavers as I would never have known if

they hadn’t identified it.”

John received a letter to

take to his doctor who referred him to Denia Hospit al wher e t hey di agnosed glaucoma.

They also confirmed that t he gr owt h on hi s eyel i d was a basal cell carcinoma, which they removed, and operated on a drooping eyelid.

He was also prescribed drops for the glaucoma which he uses twice a day.

“They were wonderful at t he hospi t al , m ovi ng so quickly to diagnose, operate and provide me with medication to save my sight. I was delighted with the treatment I received,” John said.

Two years on he returned to Specsavers in Javea for another routine eye test and to share his story with the team.

During the comprehensive test they were able to report that the drops were working and everything was looking good.

Due to this experience, the Specsavers team in Javea and Cal pe now offer free eye tests with heal t h checks and check sunglasses to ensure they have the necessary UV protection.

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Photo credit: PP Javea

All joined up

PRIMER MUNTANYER: Improved connections needed.

DURING the run up to the municipal elections, the local Partido Popular stressed the need for connections inside the town.

“We are committed to linking and revitalising Javea’s three centres,” said the party’s mayoral candidate Rosa Cardona.

It was necessary to develop the Paseo del Montañar with the Port and the Arenal areas, creating a space which was integrated into the landscape.

This project was previously approved by Costas, the Ministry of the Environment department responsible for the coastline, but it was never carried out and was - Cardona said - another project which the current

town council ‘stuffed away in a drawer.’

The project was sustainable and would maintain services while creating a pathway along the seafront, she maintained.

Linking Javea’s town centres was one of her party’s principal aims, Cardona added.

It would provide continuity and improve accessibility while offering an image of a Montañar pathway free of traffic, but accessible and safe.

“We also want to make a connection between the historic centre and the port which passes through Thiviers,” the PP candidate declared.

Quite some journey NEXT Tuesday, Huw Griffiths leads Xabia Book Circle on a journey - a return journey for many -with Geoffrey Chaucer’s amazing characters.

‘Here,’ said the poet John Dryden, ‘is God’s plenty.’

He was referring to Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, a riot of brilliant short stories, vivid characters and

gentle satire, all in language which is less hard to understand than most of us might remember.

Along the way, there will be many people to meet, in particularly the extraordinary Pardoner, a character who might seem quite familiar. “Don’t be surprised if he reminds you of anyone,” Huw said.

As always, the Book Circle meets in Xabia Social Centre, near the car park in the Plaza de la Constitucion Española at 6.30pm for a 6.45pm start.

New members are always welcome and for more information contact Nina Davies on 965 791 782 or email ninamdavies@ya hoo.co.uk.

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Dining Out success JAVEA U3A’s Dining Out group’s latest event was to a recentlyopened local restaurant.

Group leaders Mallory and Christine Glover received glowing feedback from the 60-plus members who attended and were congratulated for organising the evening.

For details of future Javea U3A Dining Out events, visit the www.u3ajavea.com website.

U3A EVENT: Members of the Dining Out group.

Photo credit: Ian Rogerson U3A

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DENIA and Els Poblets will share the cost of solving the Girona rivermouth problem.

The two town halls will construct a €20,000 barrier of river stones to prevent seaweed from building up and clogging the mouth each time there is a storm. The confined river water then stagnates, producing a stench which Denia and Els Poblets residents on each side of the rivermouth are obliged to live with.

The stone barrier was proposed in June 2018 at a meeting between both town halls and the Confederacion Hidrografica del Jucar (CHJ) which is responsible for all waterways

Photo credit: Joanbanjo

Keeping seaweed out

RIVER GIRONA: Build-up of seaweed after every storm. in the Jucar basin.

Since neither the CHJ nor the coastal authority Costas have shown signs of wanting to

finance the project, Vicent Grimalt and Salvador Sendra, Denia and Els Poblets mayors respectively, have decided to take

Celebration turns to disaster A 25-YEAR-OLD from Jesus Pobre was seriously injured as he celebrated Valencia CF’s Copa del Rey cup final victory.

The side’s hoped-for but unexpected victory over Barcelona was celebrated with euphoria and - inevitably in the Valencia region - fireworks.

The Jesus Pobre man let off a rocket, but instead of shooting upwards it exploded in-

Take it down ELECTION day went off without incidents in Denia, despite one formal complaint from the PSPV-PSOE. They pointed out that the Ciudadanos party had failed to remove two posters from outside the polling station at the Llebeig primary school.

On voting day, the law calls for all campaign material to be removed from the immediate areas of polling stations, the socialists said.

What was more, a spokesman added, there was an agreement amongst Denia’s political parties that all posters should have been removed except for those in Calle Marques de Campo.

side the tubing where he had placed it, turning the metal into shrapnel.

He was taken with serious lung injuries to Denia Hospital where he was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit after an emergency operation.

His condition was stable, the hospital announced, but doctors continued to monitor his progress closely.

True natives A FLOCK of sheep are now grazing in Denia on a plot of wasteland adjoining the CdT tourism centre. They belong to the Guirra breed, the Valencia region’s only native sheep and once as prized for their wool as their meat although with only 5,000 remaining, the species is now considered in danger of extinction.

More help needed THE Intersindical Salut union called for more orderlies at Denia Hospital.

According to the union, the proportion of orderlies to beds in hospitals in neighbouring areas was twice as high, and sometimes more.

“Orderlies are often unseen, but are indispensable for the smooth running of a hospital,” a spokesperson said.

matters into their own hands.

During their latest meeting the two mayors pointed out that the river bed is at present free of seaweed after the river swept away this and other vegetation at the rivermouth following the last heavy rainfall.

“We must act as soon as possible so that there are no more episodes like those we always see after a storm,” Grimalt said.

It was also something of an experiment, Grimalt and Sendra admitted.

“We’ll have to see if it does what it’s supposed to and stops the seaweed from entering the river,” they said.

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FRANCE

Garden plan PARIS mayor Anne Hidalgo has unveiled plans worth €72 million to convert the Pont d’Iena bridge between the Eiffel Tower and Trocadero Square into a ‘green corridor’ as part of a wider push to pedestrianise parts of the French capital.

Rape claims SEVERAL former workers of the French NGO Elise Care have accused the organisation’s founder of covering up allegations of rape and sexual assault levelled against its head of mission in Iraq where it was working with

GREEN: The bridge may change. religious minorities persecuted and abused by Daesh.

NORWAY

Salmon deaths

School survey

ALGAE has killed at least eight million salmon by attaching itself to their gills and suffocating them across Norwegian fish farms in recent weeks meaning about half the country’s expected sales growth has been wiped out, according to its Seafood Council.

ONE in every five Norwegian schools provide pupils with a poor learning environment and produce poor results, according to a new Ministry of Education survey which showed centres in Finnmark, Troms, Nordland and Oslo were performing below average.

DENMARK

BELGIUM

Female soldiers

Prostitute fines

DANISH Defence Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen proposed creating a special department to prepare women who want to enter the country’s special forces and said he wanted the proportion of females employed in his department to increase from the current 7 per cent.

FOUR out five fines handed down to prostitutes for soliciting passers-by by tapping on brothel windows, making sexual gestures or calling out to them are dismissed in Ghent, Mayor Mathias De Clercq confirmed while calling the findings ‘frustrating.’

Pay inequality

Car ‘theft’ probe

THE wealthiest people in Denmark now earn 11 per cent of all income, according to figures from the think tank Kraka and the Deloitte consultancy which showed their share of earnings had risen from 7 per cent in the early 1990s.

BELGIAN prosecutors investigating a gang allegedly involved in large-scale vehicle trafficking claimed a worker at the Federal Bureau for Mobility and Transport may have helped to launder those stolen as the case continues.

SWEDEN

Wait of years

Abortion fall

FOREIGN workers who have applications for permanent residency rejected could face years of waiting before they are allowed to return to Sweden to re-apply, according to new guidelines from the country’s Migration Agency.

THE number of Swedish women who have terminated their pregnancies has fallen by around half, according to figures from the National Board of Health and Welfare which showed the rate of abortions for women aged between 15 and 19 was 11 per 1,000 girls.

NETHERLANDS

GERMANY

Debate claim

Dispute aid

A TELEVISED debate between the Netherlands’ centre-right Prime Minister Mark Rutte and farright Forum for Democracy (FvD) leader Thierry Baudet amounted to ‘horse trading’ on rightwing issues rather than addressing climate change and other concerns, the DeGoedeZaak group said.

GERMANY is set to send a high-level envoy to Iran in an effort to diffuse tensions between Tehran and Washington after Berlin’s Foreign Ministry said there was a ‘high chance’ the situation in the Persian Gulf could escalate.

Drugs bust A DUTCH boat seized more than 1,600kgs of cocaine in the Caribbean in a joint operation between the Royal Netherlands Navy and the US Coast Guard, with the Netherlands’ Ministry of Defence saying operations remain ongoing.

Fuel penalty APPLIANCE company Bosch has been fined €90 million as part of the wider ‘Dieselgate’ scandal which has engulfed the German car industry since it emerged Volkswagen had made software to alter the results of emissions tests in its vehicles.

FINANCE

Most respected Spanish firms

FASHION company Inditex and the Mercadona supermarket are the two most respected companies in Spain, according to a new ranking.

Merco Empresas y Lideres’ table placed oil company Repsol third and the Santander bank fourth. Inditex founders Amancio Ortega and Juan Riog and manager Pablo Isla joined Santander president Ana Botin as the most respected business leaders, according to the same ranking.

The table was created by analysing more than 47,550 responses to a survey, 25 company evaluations and about 200 factors.

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The fall of Spanish industrial turnover in March compared to the previous month, according to the latest sector index which found year-on-year growth of 1.4 per cent.

ECB eurozone growth concerns THE slowdown in eurozone growth is worse than expected, the European Central Bank has said, while Spanish output remains stable.

Members of the central bank’s Governing Council said during their last monetary policy meeting in April that a ‘persistence of uncertainties’ continued to threaten growth prospects.

Brexit, vulnerabilities in emerging markets and the ongoing trade war between the US, China and the EU were among the uncertainties, bank officials said.

The bank decided to revise down economic output (Gross Domestic

By Joe Gerrard Product, GDP) growth forecasts from the 1.7 per cent predicted in December to 1.1 per cent.

The bank’s warning comes as Spain’s central bank said in March that it expected GDP to have grown by 0.6 per cent during the first quarter of 2019.

The Bank of Spain found the country’s GDP growth was being boosted by improved household and business investment.

Spending increases planned by the left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) if it can form a coalition and

pass its draft budget would also boost growth, the bank said.

A fall in house sales and ongoing political uncertainty proved to be drags on growth in the first quarter.

The fact that Holy Week fell in April this year is also believed to have had an impact on growth figures.

Consumers spent 24 per cent more during the holiday this year compared to the last two, according to the Cetelem Seasonal Obersvatory.

The value of Spanish GDP stood at around €1.2 trillion at the end of 2018, according to figures from the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

Santander plans job relocations SPANISH bank Santander is planning to offer relocations to more than 3,700 workers affected by branch cuts.

The bank struck a deal with unions which would also see some workers offered early retirement or redundancies.

Relocations were offered after Santander announced plans to close up to 1,150 branches, 26 per cent of those in Spain.

The move comes as Santander continues to restructure its business after taking over the Popular bank. Santander bought the bank after Popular’s depositors withdrew money en masse in 2017.

BUSINESS EXTRA

Region plans first rent controls CATALUÑA is set to become the first Spanish region to cap rent increases after two of its governing parties agreed to adopt the measure.

New regulations stop landlords from increasing rents by more than 10 per cent of the average in areas of high demand for property. Some homes will be eligible for increases of a further 5 per cent.

The Junts per Cataluyna (JxCat) and Esquerra Re-

publicana de Cataluyna (ERC), who govern the region as part of a wider pro-independence coalition, agreed to implement the controls.

The measures are designed to stop rent rates being pushed higher by rising demand, particularly for holiday rentals. Industry figures including Barcelona’s Chamber of Urban Property claimed it could drive away investment, limiting new property building.

Record profit SPANISH airline Volotea made a total of €13.6 million in pre-tax profits during 2018, 63 per cent more than the previous year and the best in the firm’s history according to its own figures.

Fashion sales OVERSEAS sales for the Spanish fashion industry fell during the first quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2018, according to sector data which showed they dropped by 21 per cent in Britain.

Job losses MORE than 5,470 workers in the Spanish banking industry were dismissed in 2018, according to the Bank of Spain which found there were 181,999 employees in banks at the start of this year compared to 187,472 12 months previously.

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23,320

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0,66

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0,52

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32.924.222

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2,109

0,33

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22,860

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6,594

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20,490

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0,69

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0,60

0,15

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0,51

0,12

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29,400

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2,52

0,26

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19,085

0,05

0,01

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2,31

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OECD on jobs automation THE amount of jobs at risk from the rise of automation in Spain is the third highest of all members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

The international body said some 30 per cent of low-income jobs and 15 per cent of high earning posts could be automated out of existence in the near future.

The rise of machines doing human labour is set to affect different industries unequally, according to the OECD. “Certain jobs will disappear, but above all the nature of many jobs will change,” the OECD said.

It said skilled workers stood to benefit as their jobs would become easier while low-skilled workers could see their roles automated and themselves out of work.

Spain should encourage firms to re-train workers to make the automation process as profitable and inclusive as possible, the body said.

The OECD added Spanish productivity continued to be low compared to other countries. Productivity refers to the amount of wealth generated per hour worked on average.

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Dia set for change A PRIVATE equity company has completed its takeover of the struggling Spanish supermarket chain Dia, with its new owners already making changes.

LetterOne, owned by Russian tycoon Mikhail Fridman, took over almost 70 per cent of the company with Santander backing it as its main creditor.

Karl-Heinz Holland has been appointed the new CEO of Dia and Stephan DuCharme has been made its president. The former replaces previous chief executive Borja de la Cierva.

The changes at the top of Dia have all been communicated to Spain’s National Securities and Markets Commission (CNMV) regulator.

Karl-Heinz Holland takes up the post of CEO after previously serving in the same post at Lidl from 2008 to 2014.

“I believe in this company and I am committed to carry-

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Spanish bank reputation ALMOST 70 per cent of Spanish people view banks as ‘lousy or bad,’ making the industry the one with the worst reputation, with the LLYC’s Reputational Relevance report finding consumers see firms as lacking ‘social sensitivity.’

Share sale SPANISH pharmaceutical firm Pharma Mar has sold all of its shares in cleaning products maker Zelnova Zeltia to Allentia Invest and Safoles for €33.4 million because it wants to concentrate on its core medicinal operation, according to company sources.

LOOKING AHEAD: Dia is under new ownership. ing out the important measures which the future holds for us and I ask our employees, franchisees, suppliers and clients to place their support in us,” he said.

Holland’s appointment has been interpreted as LetterOne signalling that it wants Dia to begin growing again. Lidl went from a 4.3

per cent market share to 4.9 per cent in 2018.

Dia is now set to examine its corporate strategy and find a way to compete with Spanish supermarket stalwarts including Mercadona.

It will also be seeking to boost earnings after losing €352 million in 2018 and €144 million in the first

quarter of this year.

Plans are reportedly afoot to revamp Dia’s store format and to make the company more efficient to claw back some of its losses.

Dia currently has 6,087 stores, 45 per cent of which it directly owns while the remaining 55 per cent are franchises.

Tech stock TECHNOLOGICAL solutions company Amper Group has bought 100 per cent of the stock of Formecal, who makes precision machine parts for the manufacturing and aeronautics sector, for €7.5 million.

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT FOR reasons I find difficult to understand, I have to date, shied away from the issues which beleaguer South Africa. I really don’t know why.

Possibly it’s because I have my hands (and heart) preoccupied with enough of the vitriol and differences of opinion which surround the Immigrant and Islamist problems, and subsequently felt yet another can of worms emerging into the daylight and landing on the ol’ boy’s page may just be a bit much to handle!

Well, I’m afraid the shocking and despicable event which occurred last week has finally made me reach for the tin opener. What’s he ranting on about now? I hear you say. Oh, you hadn’t heard?

Well there’s a surprise. Not like the UK media to keep such a despicable act of this nature under wraps. Ha! Well I’ll tell you.

Last week a young South African municipal councillor Annette Kennealy was brutally murdered on the smallholding she owned in Louis Trichard, SA. Annette was an outspoken and tireless advocator of white farmer’s rights. Always aware of the danger she evoked she found it necessary to constantly carry a gun! (Nice!). Unfortunately, the firearm was not protection enough and she was discovered in her home, brutally bludgeoned to death with a pipe and a hammer.

Before the usual suspects begin wingeing on about my knowledge on the subject, I can tell you

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Problems remain

STRIFE: South Africa continues to struggle with its colonial legacy. that I have always loved Africa. Visiting this beautiful continent many times I have experienced both Rhodesia and later, Zimbabwe.

I also stayed in South Africa during and after apartheid and twice toured the country with two number one records in the late 60’s. I have witnessed the empty shelves in the supermarkets of Victoria after the inauguration of Mugabe and expe-

rienced black locals slide up to me whispering that ‘it was much better under Mr Smith’!

Well, before the snowflakes begin muttering empty antiquated sentiments and quoting 200-yearold events, I can tell you that the white inequality which prevailed in those dark days was NOTHING compared with what is happening there now.

In what can only be described as genocide, the

white populace, especially the farmers, are slowly but surely being wiped out. Throughout SA antiwhite propaganda is being broadcast far and wide every day.

Those who manage to hold on to their properties, including friends of mine, live surrounded by walls and barbed wire with dogs roaming and guns permanently at hand. Those less lucky are begging in the streets (where they are often kicked to death) while others with families are moved into ‘white squatter camps’ where they live in filth and squalor, with up to 100 to a bedroom and shared kitchen.

Helpless white parents wander the streets unable to find work and watch their children go hungry, begging for bread and dying. And the West watches this despicable regime sink into an abyss of evil rapacity and bloodlust - even against their own - and does precisely nothing.

Shame on us all. Especially those in the West who continue to support its vile leaders. A bunch of tyrannical murderers who continue to wipe out those who simply happen to be of a different colour.

Oops, sorry. Doesn’t it count the other way around!?

Keep the faith, Love, Leapy leapylee2002@hotmail.com.

Leapy Lee’s opinions are his own and are not necessarily representative of those of the publishers, advertisers or sponsors.

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The menu concentrates on the food of Algeria and the Maghreb, where dishes which are fantastically spiced are expertly made with love and tradition.

The menu includes the Couscous and Tajines and other specialities like Hummus, Chuleta de Cordero al Horno (Lamb chops, baked in the oven) and Salchichas caseras (Home-made sausages).

For those of you who are unfamiliar with food like a tajine, this is a dish, which like the Spanish dish paella and the French Marmite is named after the pot in which it is cooked.

A tajine is a uniquely-shaped pot with a conical lid, designed, apparently, so that the steam recirculates keeping the ingredients, particularly the meat, moist and succulent.

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KECH 21: The menu concentrates on dishes that are fantastically spiced and expertly made with love and tradition.

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Of course, these ingredients are then spiced, but unlike Asian cui-

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

SPAIN’S newly-constituted parliament has not yet invested a president but it does have four MPs on remand.

The fate of the Catalan politicians involved in the Proces intended to lead to an independent republic will not be known until their Lordships announce their verdict until next September.

So unless there is a change of official heart Oriol Junqueras, Jordi Turull, Josep Rull and Jordi Sánchez who were elected last month to the national parliament for pro-independence parties will remain remanded on charges of sedition, rebellion and misappropriation of public funds.

The Catalan separatists have been peddling their sob story outside Spain to anybody willing to listen to, with mutterings not long ago in the German Bundestag.

There is immense irritation inside Spain amongst all but separatists when Junqueras and Co are referred to as political prisoners.

Soto del Real where the four are banged up is no gulag but whichever way you look at it, those four are imprisoned because of their politics.

Misappropriation of public funds has been around for quite some time, but archaic accusations of sedition and rebellion assures them of unmerited sympathy and has the undesired effect of making them look like political prisoners.

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Vocabulary and sympathy Doing favours THE separatist parties in the Catalan parliament did a favour to Miquel Iceta, the leader of the PSC-PSOE socialists in Cataluña, by vetoing him as Speaker of the Senate.

They did Pedro Sanchez a favour, too. Their refusal was parliamentary bad manners, but not to worry. Had they backed the nomination, Sanchez would never have heard the end of it

amid accusations from the PP, Ciudadanos and naturally - Vox, of being in thrall to the separatists and an enemy of Spain.

Dialogue v Negotiation CAYETANA ALVAREZ DE TOLEDO’S full name is much longer than that as she is a marchioness, although it would be unfair to link this to her far-right doctrines.

Predictably she was scathing about the outpourings of affection and praise for the late Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba.

She particularly scorned his role in disbanding ETA, which she dismissed as negotiation. Naturally, when her mentor Jose Maria Aznar’s government had contact with the Basque terrorists, that was dialogue, wasn’t it, Cayetana.

Distraction technique AMANCIO ORTEGA is one of the world’s richest men, thanks to Zara and the Inditex empire.

He is also a philanthropist who has provided €320 million for state hospitals so they may acquire cancer-treatment equipment.

A nice gesture, earning applause and plaudits but Pablo Iglesias declared that “a democracy does not accept handouts from multimillionaires.”

Iglesias should have said multi-billionaires, but he isn’t far far wrong when he says that if the wealthy paid their taxes in Spain, donations would not be needed for the country’s hospitals.

Ortega was accused in the past of implementing ‘aggressive’ tax avoidance strategies, raising the question of whether Inditex pays taxes where its real economic activity takes place.

Once Ortega began distributing his largesse it was unworthy, but possibly accurate, to suspect this was either conscience money or a philanthropic version of the pickpocket’s ‘distraction’ technique.

MULTIBILLIONAIRE: Amancio Ortega owns the Inditex empire.

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Purge the pager It’s not a sin to love cassettes, suggests Terence Kennedy

THE lifespan of new technologies is often shorter than a fruit-fly’s.

So which country would you think is the most stubborn at letting go of the old stuff?

Here’s a clue: if you thought electronic pagers, or beepers, died a decade ago, you obviously haven’t had any recent dealings with Britain’s embattled National Health Service, the NHS. They’re still using 130,000 of the things, around 10 per cent of all those running worldwide, at a cost of some €7 million a year.

And they’re feeding 8,000 fax machines (remember them?).

So entrenched is Britain’s healthcare Luddism that ‘axe the fax, purge the pager’ was actually introduced into law a while back.

Not that the NHS is alone in its ‘obsophilia.’

A technophobic friend who was steadily shedding contacts as all around moved from letters to email, devised the worst of all worlds: his correspondents have to e-mail his business partner, who

prints the e-mail to paper and faxes it to him. He types and faxes his reply to the partner, who must run it through OCR (optical character recognition) in order to e-mail it onwards. Oh dear.

Make no mistake, I love old tech, and the computer museum in Britain’s Bletchley Park is still high on my bucket list, definitely ahead of the barbed wire museum

in Kansas. I reach raptures of reminiscence when I hear that painful scrape and screech of a 90’s modem.

But I have two VHS video machines in the attic, alongside an overflowing of audio cassettes, a uselessness of shortwave radios, two film cameras even the charity shop doesn’t want, and and and…

Radio shows I presented in an

ancient life are lost forever. In practice. In principle they’re all on a stack of reel-to-reel tapes, irretrievable.

And let’s not even mention all that data so many of us still have (or in reality don’t have) on floppy disks. Drafted the novel of the century on WordStar back in the day, perchance? Tough tittles, gone forever.

A credit to Microsoft Word that it does at least still read WordPerfect files from long, long ago.

Equally lucky are fans of those early Nintendo GameBoy devices astonishingly, nostalgia for the 90’s original has now spurred a retro version able to play all the old games.

Yes I miss my trusty Sony Walkman, but I absolutely wouldn’t swap its wow and flutter, muffle and hiss and a tendency to chew up cassettes for lunch, for the crystal clarity of a modern MP3 player.

Fax me if you agree; my pager’s on the blink.

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Back to the future SURPRISINGLY, some tech really was better in The Good Old Days.

There’s a huge resale market for vintage valve amplifiers, still said to offer rounder, fuller audio than their transistorised successors. Serious photographers swear by the richness of film over digital.

I was one of the first to ditch my typewriter for a Brother electronic machine which printed its output on thermal paper - until I lost months of work when the print faded fast.

Word processing on an early Amstrad, I quickly met my match trying to print an envelope. Frustration mounted as the wasted envelopes piled up.

My distinctly low-tech partner had finally had enough of the technotantrums: ‘For pity’s sake just write the damn thing by hand!’ Now why didn’t I think of that?

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WHILE like most people I was not certain that Theresa May had shown she was the person to unite her party and country on a Brexit deal, I was still moved by her emotional resignation speech.

I cannot imagine the pressures of being prime minister, both from her own backbenchers, the opposition, press, and even some of her Cabinet. At least Mrs May seemed like she genuinely believed she was trying to do the best thing for the country, even if no one else shared her views on what sort of Brexit we should have.

I only hope the next prime minister will have the same commitment to their country.

Laurence Hill

Saving a species DEAR editor, I read your article about the project to save the Iberian Lynx from extinction in last week’s paper (Issue 1768) and it made me very happy to read that something is being done to try and save this precious animal belonging to the Iberian Peninsula.

As we are currently experiencing the worst spate of species becoming extinct in a very long time, it is so important that we all realise how important it is to take action to try to stop it.

I know extinction is a natural phenomenon, but unlike in the past, when extinctions were caused by natural events, the current crisis is almost entirely caused by us humans.

Though this project may be a drop in the ocean with regards to tackling the problem, it is a step in the right direction.

Chloe Johnson

Three conversations DEAR Editor I am learning Spanish and if I say so myself, not doing too bad. I can chat happily with my Spanish neighbours, converse with my doctor in Spanish and generally, apart from my English accent have little problems, apart from one.

The problem I have is how you can listen to three conversations at once, in any language, let alone Spanish.

And yet the Spanish, particularly the ladies manage to have this ability.

I was in a café the other day and there were four Spanish ladies at the next table, I saw and heard all four of them speaking at the same time. I had to have a small operation, the two nurses were wheeling me into the theatre with the doctor and all three of them were questioning me, at the same time, about whether I had eaten anything that morning.

Help!

Alex Mansell

OUR VIEW Adios, Theresa

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A genuine belief We need fireworks DEAR Ed I have decided that in my next life, I want to come back as a firework manufacturer in Spain.

The Spanish must let off more fireworks per person than anywhere else in the World.

‘There’s a wedding, we need fireworks’; ‘A fiesta, oh we’ve got to have fireworks and we won’t just let them off at night, no, that’s too easy, I know, let’s wake everyone up in the morning with more fireworks, big, loud bangers’; ‘I know let’s celebrate the end of winter and not only will we let off tons off fireworks on the main night, but we can let off

FIREWORKS: A display for every occasion. bangers at two o’clock in the afternoon every day for a month before as well’; ‘New Year’s Eve? I know let’s let off some fireworks.’

And so it goes on, prob-

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ably the only time that they do not let off fireworks is November 5!

I wonder how much the Spanish spend on fireworks each year?

BRITAIN’S prime minister has become Brexit’s latest casualty. Theresa May’s resignation announcement on Friday comes almost three years after the result of the 2016 referendum dealt a lethal blow to her predecessor David Cameron’s premiership.

May, who sided with Remain during the referendum, entered Number 10 Downing Street on a wave of pro-Brexit sentiment in her Conservative party.

‘Brexit means Brexit’ she vowed at the time, and she was going to make a success of it.

Almost three years later the country watched as May said her failure to do so was a matter of ‘deep regret.’

Theresa May will, for better or worse, go down in history as Britain’s Brexit prime minister. The issue will, more than any other success of scandal, come to define her time in power.

The deadlock which brought May low proved her government, parliament and Britain remains deeply divided over the biggest constitutional change made since it entered the then Common Market in 1973.

Vote after vote showed there was no majority in the House of Commons for her deal, or for the options laid out buffetstyle after its failure. Cross-party talks between the Conservatives and Labour opposition also proved fruitless.

May’s successor faces having to cobble a majority from a fragmented parliament together to pass either the current deal or a new version.

For the sake of Britain and the fate of expatriates living here, May’s successor has to achieve what she could not.

Now we want to hear your views.

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PSOE makes gains in Spain and Europe AS most people know, this election did not use the UK’s almost unique ‘First Past the Post’ system. That’s what’s used in a General Election. The BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg has calculated if it had been a General Election using that system, there would be NO Conservative MPs in the UK Parliament at all! WOW! But before all the Brexit Party members get too excited about forming the next government, the arithmetic shows the Pro-Brexit parties got only 34.9 per cent of the vote when added together. The Pro-Remain parties added together got 40.4 per cent. The hopelessly split Tories and Labour would count as ‘Don’t Knows’ under current circumstances of course - and they got demolished. Roll on the next General Election!

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British Prime Minister Theresa May announces resignation from

COMMENTS FROM EWN ONLINE Conservative leadership in June It’s a matter of ‘deep regret’ that she didn’t resign sooner.

She’s gone down but unfortunately due to her poor leadership, she has dragged the country down with her. Maybe now the UK can start to become a world leader again.

Ian

Vast RBL support for British exservice personnel in Spain We have the RBL here in France too, they were very good to me after my husband (ex RN) passed away... I am sure many people are not aware of the help they can

receive, glad to see this article.

Sian

Migrants found in ‘terrible conditions’ trying to reach Spain As privileged immigrants, we are very lucky we’ve never had to do anything like that.

Julie

Left-leaning PSOE make history in Balearics election after becoming largest party in regional assembly Stability is needed and hopefully this election will keep the country on course for the next few years.

Geoffrey

EWN online this week POLL OF THE WEEK ‘Following elections to the European Parliament on Sunday, do you think the results were good for Britain, Spain and Europe?’

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IS your property without an electrical supply and you are relying solely on a generator? Or maybe you have to get by on a limited electrical power from the grid? If this sounds like your situation, Solar Sky Spain may be able to help.

Solar Sky Spain is a solar electrical power systems specialist based in Pinoso, Alicante, which covers the Valencia, Murcia and Almeria regions. They can offer a professionally installed solution, which could save you a substantial amount of money.

The company designs and installs solar and electrical systems for homes which have not been provided with a power supply, or homes which have a limited supply (Limited Potencia contract) and suffer from frequent nuisance power interruptions.

Installing solar is now easier than ever. The New Royal Decree brings Spain into line with the EU, Viz EU citizens have the right to generate, consume, store and sell electricity without placing punitive taxes and fees on them. With a focus on self-consumption, the legislation has simplified the registration of new power generations, community renewable energy projects, and has eliminated taxes associated with Solar Energy (so called ‘sun tax’).

Solar electric can be installed to houses connected to the electrical supply, and a correctly designed and installed solar system can significantly reduce your electrical power costs and in some types of instalments, provide emergency power in the event of a mains interruption.

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AS holidays approach, it’s worth remembering thousands of luggage items go missing in transit every year. Luckily, most airlines get it back to you within 48 hours. But what happens in the meantime?

Stay ever-ready with our 12 hand luggage essentials guide and avoid untold stress if your baggage decides to go on a little trip all of its own…

1) Travel documents Keep essentials in easily accessible compartments/folders. Include passport, visa, boarding pass, insurance, hotel, car hire. Carry printed copies of bookings, in case your mobile dies or goes missing!

2) Valuables Carry cash, cards and valuables (including spectacles, prescription). Don’t risk loss, theft of precious items, so leave the crown jewels at home! Don’t keep cash/cards in one place. Split it between you and travel companions for added security.

BE READY: For anything when you travel, including the essentials to stay hydrated.

3) Prescribed medication Carry enough medication for at least two days in case checked luggage goes walkies. Carry your prescription and keep medication in original packaging to comply with security requirements.

You’re permitted essential medicines of more than 100ml in hand luggage as long as you have supporting documentation from your doctor,

or the prescription.

4) First aid kit Painkillers, indigestion tablets, anti-diarrhoea, sickness tablets, allergy medication, plasters, bandages, antiseptic etc. Carry in a clear travel/toiletry bag. It’ll avoid simple ailments stopping you in your tracks.

5) Toiletries Basic travel-size items, like toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, razor. Keep

within 100ml liquid regulations. Carry anything else you can’t live without, like favourite make-up (you may not find your preferred brand locally, or it could cost you five times more!).

6) Spare clothes Trust me, this saves serious hassle if your luggage vanishes. Choose light, compact items. It’s amazing how small you can fold/roll shorts/ trousers and a top. Ladies - include a shawl and tie it to your bag handle to double-up as a blanket on the flight, or while travelling.

7) Snacks It pays to take food in case of unexpected delays (which may happen once boarded) and saves shelling-out airport prices. Critical if travelling with old or young travellers with special requirements. Carry chewing gum to help with ear popping and as an instant breath freshener.

8) Water Opt for a refillable water bottle.

Silicone is reinforced and folds up to save space. Most airports have water fountains past security.

9) Mobile phone/tablet Stay connected and occupied during the journey. Remember earbuds/ earphones.

10) Portable charger/adaptor Choose light, compact, powerful chargers to avoid stress of battery failure on the move.

11) Pen and paper Yes it’s old-style, but always useful and takes up no room!

12) Travel insurance We would say that wouldn’t we?

It’s a must and comes into its own if your luggage is delayed. Most comprehensive policies cover Baggage Delay, and Globelink is no exception.

Baggage is usually considered ‘delayed’ if you don’t have it after 12 hours. Baggage Delay covers purchase of essential items until your luggage arrives, like clothing, medication and toiletries. Get confirmation of delays from your carrier and keep receipts to claim.

Email me any other top tips to add to our Guide and we will share them next time!

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

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Fancy a starring role in a novel?

Nora Johnson

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

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

AS a writer, I’m often asked where do characters in novels spring from? Well, like people who make sausages, writers who create characters would sometimes rather their readers didn’t know exactly what’s involved in the production process. Sometimes it is not quite as edifying as you’d think!

Most writers I know keep a kind of ‘filing cabinet’ in the back of their heads of people they’ve met that they dip into for ideas.

Sometimes it’ll be the way someone talks breathlessly, lisping, repeating themselves (for instance, ‘I am clear that...’ As in: I am clear that Brexit means Brexit.’ Remind you of anyone? Maybe best not to go down that path). Or a physical tic - jaw clenching, chin scratching, nail biting (Oops! That you, too?).

Writers are quite leech-like. Virtually everyone I’ve met (who’ll all remain nameless to protect the guilty) has ended up in my novels somewhere. Nobody’s safe!

As for plot, it may be something totally inconsequential like a funny story or anecdote overheard on a bus, train, in the park. Or personal experience. Soul Stealer, for instance, not only delves into the secretive, shadowy world of identity theft, betrayal and revenge

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LEGALLY SPEAKING Who pays the water bill?

I am about to rent an apartment which has a community pool and in my contract it says that I have to pay the water bills. My friend who rents an apartment with a pool in another block doesn’t pay any water bills, so I wonder what the legal position is please?

P W (Costa del Sol)

but also mirrors real-life events. Years ago, I worked for David Elias, an internationally successful businessman, and attended lavish parties on his private yacht (pap shot and ending up on the pages of Tatler!). I later learned he’d died in the Far East. I felt sad but, that was that. Or, so I thought.

Next I read the Serious Fraud Office was investigating after reports of his Reggie-Perrin-style ‘death’ might be ‘premature’ following ‘inconsistencies’ in the death certificate.

It’s also claimed by creditors (he allegedly owed £100m+) he’d undergone cosmetic surgery to re-invent himself: a new identity in a new life somewhere. (And no, Crime Stop-

pers, I’ve no idea where he is either!)

Which brings me on to that old chestnut and scourge of all novelists: writer’s block.

I’m reminded of (Raymond) Chandler’s Law: ‘When in doubt, have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand.’ Good grief!

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

Worst kind of parent Mike Senker In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man BACK when I was bad at school, which was quite often, the school punished me then would inform my parents who would also punish me. Now what happens is the school threatens to punish the naughty kid and the parents threatens to sue the school.

There are serious cases of tails wagging the dogs these days.

In a recent incident someone’s little precious had been told off by a teacher, the parents decided to completely take the word of their child and without trying to make any contact with the school or said teacher, decided to have a vent about the teacher on Facebook. In my opinion that makes them look like one of the worst kind of parents - the obnoxious, overbearing, helicopter parent (one that’s permanently hovering over their child).

The kind of parent no-one wants at a sports event because they’re always arguing with the referees or having a go about the coaches. The kind of parent whose kid can get away with murder (or at least with-

out ever picking up a pencil in class or completing their homework) because that kid knows he doesn’t have to do anything he doesn’t want to. I used to be a kid myself. Here’s one thing I know about them: sometimes they misunderstand or misrepresent, and sometimes they flat out lie. I think a bit more discipline at home and school might be needed to solve some of the problems we are seeing at the moment.

Just a few words on the Europa League final - it’s a football match which is being played on May 29 between two London clubs - Arsenal and Chelsea. Where’s it being played? Well Azerbaijan’s capital Baku, of course. What makes it even worse is that one of Arsenal’s star players is being left out of the team because no one can guarantee Armenian Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s safety because of the hatred between Armenia and Azerbaijan. I’m not a***d about the history of all this but in my opinion if he doesn’t go neither of the teams should go - end of.

If one of my mates was left out of something because of his race or religion I wouldn’t go either. Just tell them to do one and play the final at Wembley and done with. At least all the fans can get there without having to remortgage their house for tickets, flights and hotels! Sorted!

mikesenker@gmail.com.

S t a n d a r d l y, rental c o n - David Searl tracts state that the ten- You and the Law in Spain ant pays the electric and water bills, whether it is a house or an apartment. Sometimes the contract says the tenant pays the community fees as well.

Most apartments have individual water meters but some buildings have one communal meter and charge the owners a calculated fee. Perhaps this is your friend’s situation. Or perhaps the owner has factored the water bill into his rental charge.

One way or another, you can be sure that your friend is paying for his water. The communal pool has a separate meter paid out of community fees.

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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by Robert Shallis I DECIDED to write an article on worrying after having a discussion with a family member who has become so accustomed to worrying, he even worries that he has nothing to worry about.

We often hear people say ‘stop worrying, it won’t make any difference.’

This is a very misleading statement because worry ‘does’ make a difference.

It makes a difference in our ability to cope with the very thing we are worrying about.

The word ‘worry’ is derived from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning ‘to choke or strangle.’ This is exactly what we do to ourselves when we worry, we choke the very joy out of being and living the way we should. Our rational thinking is diminished and our fears take over and dominate. It is a subtle yet destructive way of destroying our hopes and dreams, paralysing us and preventing us from progressing in life.

Worry is a negative use of our imagination and over 90 per cent of what we worry about is irrelevant. Many of our worries are based on past events which cannot be changed, or future events which will never happen. The remain-

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Worry, does it make any difference?

A LITTLE WORRY: Isn’t a bad thing as it pushes some people to take assertive action, but chronic, persistent worry can be dangerous.

ing worries are therefore usually manageable if they are not blown out of proportion.

Worry can stem from a lack of confidence due to a lack of knowledge and understanding; insight is important. We also often hear people say ‘I’m a born worrier.’ Again, this statement is unfounded. We were not born worriers.

We have simply acquired a habit of worrying. Excessive worrying can fur-

ther lead to anxiety, this is worry spiralled out of control. The phrase ‘worrying yourself sick,’ is a statement certainly worth noting.

A little worry isn’t a bad thing as it pushes some people to take assertive action, but it’s chronic persistent worry which can be dangerous, and as mentioned, can actually lead to sickness.

Our imagination is a wonderful gift, but if we use it in the wrong way and

let negative thoughts dominate our minds we are allowing it to create our daily reality. The more we feed the worry habit, the more it grows and eventually becomes part of our personality with most of our thoughts going straight into that worry channel which we have created, reinforcing it each time.

So how do we break the worry habit? Firstly, believe that the habit can

be broken. Remember, it’s just a habit like any other formed habit.

Worry is irrational thinking, so whenever you start to worry, take that worry and think rationally, break it down, understand exactly what that worry entails and what you can actually do about it. Discard the habitual negative thought for just a moment and replace it with a positive outcome. Just imagine the opposite! You’ll find the reality of the problem is so much smaller than you initially thought, and it can be easily handled.

To reconfirm that worry is a state of mind; I invite you to partake in an exercise. Write down a list of your current worries on a piece of paper then place that paper into a sealed envelope. After a month, open the envelope and look at your list of worries. You will find that most of them will have solved themselves and no longer need to be worried about.

It takes as much energy to think of a positive outcome as it does for a negative one; make the decision now, and change your habit to one which serves you, rather than depletes you.

Your mind is like a garden, tend it well and it will show its true beauty.

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YOUR STARS FOR NEXT 7 DAYS AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) You are looking to having everything your own way, which may not be entirely out of the question. The only sticking point could be that you are not even willing to be sharp with someone who has been far from straight with you. Be prepared to trip over a loose end later if you do not tie it up now.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) So far as your work or business life is concerned, those in authority may seek to see things done their way. Where they seem to pay lip service to your needs, that is all it is… talk. Be clear that you want action and that you will not give in easily. Humour will not help.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Putting yourself first is necessary at the moment.

There is so much happening this week that you may be tempted to run yourself ragged trying to do it all yourself. It is possible to persuade others to give a hand and, although it may seem too much trouble at the time, you will reap the benefits in the longer term.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) You should bear in mind that you are the best one to decide what you want, when you want it and how you will go about getting it. Others may offer you short cuts, but is that really going to deliver the goods? I think not.

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LEO (July 24 - August 23) What you truly want in life is now becoming clear to you. Not for you the fuzzy ideas of the past. Now, you realise that, if you do not give a strong lead, then others will lead you. To avoid going backwards now you must be determined and clear.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) With your self-confidence on a high note, you are ready to sing the song of your future. There will be highs and lows but that is what makes life interesting and exciting. Do not now avoid changes for the sake of peace.

What is exciting and balanced this week is where your future lies.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Where you see things failing to go your way, it may seem that others are being unfair. It is unlikely to be that simple.

Perhaps, by being too easygoing and friendly, you have given the impression of not being particularly caring. State your case and change the tune.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Judgement may be impaired this week and it would be advisable to get second and even third opinions. In much the same way that you sometimes have an instinctive feel for things and situations, you now have this sensation about a certain person. An unbiased and imaginative opinion scatters your stress.

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TIME

Across 1 Look at the sphere in the socket (7) 5 Run away from antelopes (5) 8 Hospital doctors bury bridge partners (7) 9 Woman bites end off eclair and chews it (5) 10 Drinks supplied after end of short stories (5) 11 Allow entry in parliament, it legislates (7) 12 Shape made by tipsy cleric (6) 14 Reds to revolt in this county? (6) 17 Charged article? Carbon copy, not new (7) 19 Fibre used in ropes is all-purpose (5) 22 Guard ignoring Southern door (5) 23 To want that is right, though comparatively broke? (7) 24 Catch some veterans retreating (5) 25 A symbol of authority must involve respect (7) Down 1 Order somewhat unpredictable (5) 2 Let ox out with praise (5) 3 A looser mix for spray can (7) 4 Fifty is 10? Pay attention! (6) 5 Was once on the stage to be precise (5) 6 Old buccaneers ignoring right drugs (7) 7 First lady taking break on mountain (7)

12 Features of the moon rock at first put in boxes (7) 13 Cheese used in apricot tart (7) 15 Offensive outside broadcast location (7) 16 Handsome young man said no,

Code Breaker

unfortunately (6) 18 Pigpen the French way (5) 20 Move the work period (5) 21 Big lager spilt (5)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 11 represents F and 19 represents Q, so fill in F every time the figure 11 appears and Q every time the figure 19 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 Meet at a point (5) 4 Subject to harsh criticism (5) 7 Bring to an end (9) 8 Ready for harvest (4) 10 Hunting dogs (6) 12 US sweet biscuit (6) 13 Move around (4) 16 Serving no useful purpose (9) 18 Be afraid of (5) 19 Showing signs of wear and tear (5)

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE

Down 1 Cry or shout of approval (5) 2 See 17 3 Certain (4) 4 Member of a ship's crew (6) 5 Opposed to (7) 6 Sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid (5) 9 Commit to undertake or give (7) 11 Endowed with talent or talents (6) 12 Roman god of love (5) 14 Prepared (5) 15 Clean or organised (4) 17/2 Not participate in (3,3)

The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.

Down Across 7 Ant (7) 1 Fantasmas (6) 9 Águila (5) 2 Loan (8) 10 Sospechoso (comportamiento) (7) 3 Ratones (4) 11 Corazón (5) 4 Mecánico (8) 5 Water (4) 12 Mirar fijamente (5) 14 To know (someone) (7) 6 To lie (6) 16 Esponjas (7) 8 Desván (5) 13 Dieciocho (8) 18 Patata frita (de bolsa) (5) 20 Yate (5) 15 To gossip (8) 16 El más tímido (6) 22 Cartero (7) 24 Desde (5) 17 Toads (5) 25 Sacred (7) 19 Tweezers (6) 21 Dinner (4) 23 Rope (4)

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Hexagram

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 (BECOME) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

ADSORB ALLURE AMBUSH CAMPUS EARTHY FLOURY GLOSSY INLAID KNOTTY MERLIN PASTEL PHOTON POLLEN SALAMI SORROW (10) THOUGH UPLIFT WHOOSH YOGURT

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Cheesy 2 Tussle 3 Toilet 4 Famine 5 Teasel 6 Tycoon 7 Flabby 8 Hectic 9 Layman 10 Become 11 Earthy 12 Lumber 13 Tiptoe 14 Faulty 15 Warmth 16 Impair 17 Cellar 18 Pariah 19 Airway.

Nonagram

Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules?

• The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’.

They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

• Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms.

• No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice.

• No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

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How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case L) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

TARGET:

TARGET: • Average: 19 • Good: 26

• Very good: 37 • Excellent: 48

SCORING: 4 letters: 1 point 7 letters: 5 points 5 letters: 2 points 8 or more letters: 6 letters: 3 points 11 points

Average: 8 Good: 11 Very good: 16

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Excellent: 21

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION aide amid dale dame damn deal dean deli dell demo dial dill dime dine dole doll dome done idea idem idle idol lade laid land lead lend lido lied load lode made maid mead meld mend mild mind mode mold node admen admin ailed aimed amend amide anode demon denim eland ideal laden ladle lamed limed lined loden maned medal media mined modal model monad named nodal nomad oiled olden oldie alined allied almond daemon daimon denial dolman dolmen domain limned loaned maiden mailed medial median medina milled moaned moiled monied nailed nilled MEDALLION

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QUICK Across: 1 Bogus, 3 Flats, 8 Excited, 9 Bored, 10 Omit, 13 Apex, 14 Elite, 17 Tequila, 18/6 Dog tag, 19 Steal, 20 Shine.

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Down: 1 Byte, 2 Shekel, 3 Fact, 4 Attempted, 5 Sedate, 7 Grotesque, 11 Cactus, 12 Always, 15 Bill, 16 Ogre.

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Across:

Across:

1 Taut, 3 Hebrides, 9 Rackets, 10 Grace, 11 Clear, 12 Estate, 14 Azores, 16 Velcro, 19 Menace, 21 Cramp, 24 Broth, 25 Nervous, 26 Discreet, 27 Maid.

1/4 Ramo de flores, 9 Sendero, 10 Bache, 11 Drop, 12 Remember, 14 Estar, 16 Fiero, 20 Enfadado, 21 Bake, 24 Freno, 25 Usuario, 26 Nutmeg, 27 Frasco.

Down:

Down:

1 Turncoat, 2 Uncle, 4 Easier, 5 Right, 6 Drastic, 7 Seem, 8 George, 13 Composed, 15 Onerous, 17 Encore, 18 Seance, 20 Abhor, 22 Aroma, 23 Abed.

1 Rosada, 2 Mundo, 3 Deer, 5 Librería, 6 Recibir, 7 Suegra, 8 Power, 13 Handsome, 15 Softest, 17 Delfin, 18 Add up, 19 Remojo, 22 Atras, 23 Huir.

QUIZ: WORD FOR WORD Determine the meanings of the following 10 ‘unusual’ words from the two options given: 1. Oniochalasia: buying as a means of mental relaxation or gazing lovingly into another’s eyes 2. Haboob: a frequent visitor or a violent desert sandstorm of North Africa or India 3. Fashious: commonplace or troublesome 4. Semese: resolute or half eaten 5. Thaltan: a dilapitated cottage or a type of blue cheese

6. Verecund: fresh tasting or bashful and modest 7. Wuntee: a heavy blow or a loan old buffalo bull 8. Nimious: extravagant or safety conscious 9. Dysania: having a hard time waking up in the morning or a secret languge 10. Ansate: having a handle or goose-like Not a lot of people know that… ‘oenology’ is the study of wine and ‘oenomancy’ is fortune-telling with wine.

App of the week Formula 1 app IF you have ever wanted to see what it is like to take charge of your own Formula 1 team, one new app offers the chance.

The new F1® Manager allows users to make play-by-play decisions, telling race drivers to risk it all and go for it, or play the long game and sneak victory on the final lap?

Answers: 1. Oniochalasia: buying as a means of mental relaxation, 2.

Haboob: a violent desert sandstorm of North Africa or India, 3. Fashious: troublesome, 4.

Semese: half eaten, 5. Thaltan: a dilapitated cottage, 6, Verecund: bashful and modest, 7. Wuntee: a loan old buffalo bull, 8. Nimious: extravagant, 9. Dysania: having a hard time waking up in the morning, 10. Ansate: having a handle

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• Steven Gerrard, Footballer; May 30, 39 Torino and American Sniper.

This former midfielder and Liverpool and England • Morgan Freeman, Actor; June 1, 82 player led his team to multiple FA Cups, as well as Perhaps best-known for his work in The League Cups. He went on to manage Liverpool’s Shawshank Redemption, Freeman has been delighting viewers playing some of cinema’s Under-18’s during the 2017 season, before becoming manager of Rangers FC in 2018. He has Angelina Jolie. best-loved roles, including in Glory, been one of the UK’s star footballers since being Unforgiven, Bruce Almighty, The Dark Knight, signed for the Whiston Juniors at nine-years-old.

The Sum of All Fears and Dolphin Tale.

• Clint Eastwood, Director; May 31, 89 • Andy Cohen, TV host; June 2, 51 This former television producer who went on to to host Since first gaining fame in classic Western films A Fistful of Dollars, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and the Dirty Watch What Happens Live, became the first openly gay Harry series, Eastwood has gone on to become an Oscarlate night talk-show host. winning director. The actor has won awards for his works • Rafael Nadal, Tennis player; June 3, 33 One of Spain’s best-loved sportsmen, Rafael Nadal has Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, Gran

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.

won an astonishing 11 French Open titles, as well as Wimbledon in 2008 and 2010. The player also won the Australian Open in 2009 and the US Open in 2010, 2013 and 2017.

• Angelina Jolie, Actress; June 4, 44 Oscar Award-winning actress Angelina Jolie has been a famous face since rising to stardom in 1999 film Girl, Interrupted. She has since gone on to lead roles in Maleficent, Salt, Changeling and Lara Croft.

• Roxanne Pallett, Soap actress; June 5, 37 Former Emmerdale actress Roxanne Pallett shot to notoriety after starring in the most recent series of Celebrity Big Brother, in which she was heavily criticised for falsely accusing a fellow housemate of punching her.

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THE follow-up book to author Nicola May’s first best-seller, The Corner Shop in Cockleberry Bay, is out.

The gang popularised in the first book, including Rosa, Josh, Mary, Jacob, Sheila, new mum Titch and Hot, the dachshund, have returned for more adverntures.

Set in England, the fiction sees newlywed Rosa Smith successfully running an inherited corner shop. Life seems to be going well until Rose begins to suspect her new husband of having an affair, with her quest for the truth ending in dire consequences.

Reaching devastating lows, Rosa face her fears, addiction and jealousy in the face before she can climb back on top form. While locals continue to meddle in her life, and a mystery fire shocks the village, mother Titch must also search for her ill baby’s real father.

Dealing with self-discovery, mortality and small town life, Meet me in Cockleberry Bay promises laughter, tears, and a nostalgic look at England.

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• 1431 - Martyred Joan of Arc is martyred at Rouen in British-controlled Normandy, after being burned at the stake for heresy; becoming a symbol of French resistance.

• 1593 - Marlow killed Playwright Christopher Marlowe is killed in a bar fight over a tab aged just 29, leaving William Shakespeare to go on to become England’s most famous playwright.

• 1859 - Big Ben Big Ben goes into operation in London at the top of the 320-foot-high St Stephen’s Tower, overlooking the Houses of Parliament in Westminster.

• 1902 - War over The Boer War ends after representatives of Great Britain and the Boer meet in Pretoria to sign Treaty of Vereeniging, ending the threeand-a-half-year South African Boer War. • 1962 - Hanged Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi SS officer who organised Adolf Hitler’s ‘final solution of the Jewish question’ was executed near Tel Aviv, Israel, for crimes against humanity.

• 1967 - Republic proclaimed After years of suppression under Nigeria’s military government, the breakaway state of Biafra proclaims its independence from Nigeria, just seven years after Nigeria gained independence from Britain.

• 1977 - Banned The BBC bans the Sex Pistols’ song God Save the Queen sparking an outcry amongst England’s youth and making the record more popular than ever.

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STARRING Oscar-winner Dame Judi Dench, Red Joan is based on the best-selling novel by Jennie Rooney.

Charting the life of Joan Stanley, a pensioner living happily in retirement in the year 2000. Her world is shattered, however, when she is arrested by MI5 on suspicion of providing intelligence to Communist Russia. As the film takes the audience back in time to 1938, we meet Joan as a Cambridge physics student who falls for young communist Leo Galich and through him, begins to questions her world views.

Working at a top-secret nuclear research facility during the First World War, Joan realises the world is on the edge of destruction. Confronted with an impossible question. Left with a moral dilemma she must choose between betraying her country or helping to save the world.

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Live your dream in 3 steps - the beginning Joris Plu MOST of us use spring time to start cleaning the house and clearing it out.

For many it is a yearly returning ritual.

Some of us are really looking forward to it. And when you ask people why they are so happy with this, they give you the following answer - it brings more light into the house and ourselves.

Cleaning and clearing out makes life brighter, lighter, happier. It feels like a brand new start. Leaving some of the old behind, starting a new life. By taking material things away from yourself you will automatically clear your head in a positive way.

In this season alone and it happens worldwide, there is the highest rate of women and men starting to create a new dream. Or making a start from an older dream.

As our well known friend Walt Disney once said: ‘All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.’

In my belief this is it. If you really be-

THREE STEPS: Live your dream. lieve in your dream and you really want it to happen, it will happen. You can use many steps to fulfil your dreams. As long as you ‘want’ it badly. There is no golden rule or guideline.

But to help you on your way, you can use these three simple steps. Just go for

it, go for your dream. Make it happen. I am sure you can do this.

Step 1 Clear your head by writing things down.

You have so much stuff going on in your head and it keeps on adding up day after day. You have to clear your thoughts by taking a pen and paper and writing them down.

Think about those things that make you happy, that make ‘you’ feel good.

Things that instantly put a big smile on your face. No censorship. Let it flow. At this stage everything is possible. If you can buy a little note book and take it everywhere you go, from time to time write everything down concerning your dream project.

Step 2 Say no to all the negativity in your life at this stage. Keep your thinking positive.

This is your train and no one elses. You are at the steering wheel.

Look into a mirror every day and smile at yourself. Even try to say a few positive words to yourself. Ask questions and give answers.

Because this person in the mirror is going to make your dream come true. Don’t you just love that person?

Step 3 Review a few times what you have been writing. Make it more clear, rewrite it if you want to. Put all your feelings into it. Feel your dream, see it, smell it, hear it, see yourself touching your dream if you can.

Make it completely yours with the end result already in place. As if you have it now. You are now living your dream, the beginning of it… with the end in mind already. In this way you tell your mind to act accordingly… it will act as if your dream is here and now. From now on you start working on a plan.

Do not lose direction. Just go for it. Go for what your soul at this moment is longing for. I believe very much you can and will succeed.

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Ready, set, glow SUMMER is upon us and this means time at the beach, by the pool, and the possibility of a tan.

While the safest way is always to use fake tan, is you do like to get a little natural colour there are some things you can do to give yourself a head start.

Firstly, for skin that is smooth, glowing, and ready for sun, try gently exfoliating before hitting the beach.

If you do like to sunbathe, this will ensure that any colour you do get is as even as possible and lasts longer. In addition, sloughing off old dead skin cells before any sun exposure means any moisturisers or after sun applied later will also penetrate more deeply.

For a hydrating and gentle body exfoliant, try mixing sea salt from the kitchen cupboard with a little olive oil and a few drops of essential oil. Apply to damp skin in large, circular motions before showering off, taking care not to slip.

For the face, gently exfoliate using a cotton wash cloth to remove cleanser or makeup in the evenings. Alternatively, use a gentle chemical toner to get rid of dead skin cells and ensure a smooth surface for tanning.

After exfoliating and catching any rays, make sure to moisturise thoroughly using a natural after sun such as aloe vera, or alternatively use your favourite body lotion or oil.

Finally, for skin which is in need of some extra attention after sun exposure, try a hydrating and soothing mask by mixing honey with a few drops of essential oil before leaving for 10 minutes to get to work. After removing, make sure to apply moisturiser, paying particular attention to any dry or sensitive areas.

SUMMER SUN: Always take extra care of skin if sunbathing.

How to ‘get along’with anxiety ANYONE can have anxiety, but learning to live with it is possible.

Anxiety is a broad condition, where fear and worries do not go away. This can affect school, work and relationships. For some, anxiety means feeling nervous before attending a meeting.

For others it is a feeling of constant worries or panic, not allowing to feel

safe anywhere.

It is normal to get nervous before an upcoming event, going to the dentist, buying a house - most people worry about major events. However someone who will not leave their home for a long period of time because they are afraid of being out there, that is not a normal feeling.

Anxiety is caused by a variety of factors. Some may include: a received threat, previous trauma, losing of a loved one unexpectedly, a car or violent accident.

Meditation and mindset helps with anxiety. Yoga releases stored emotions, relaxes both body and mind and enables us to see things for what they are.

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Kate Broadhead Health and Lifestyle coach

A mini facelift for lunch?

DO you have folds around the mouth and nose, sunken cheeks, facial scars, deep acne scars or loose skin?

In our 20’s, our skin is the epitome of youth - fresh, plump and wrinkle-free. This is mainly because our bodies are producing an abundance of collagen at this stage of our lives.

Now for those of you who are not in the know, collagen is a protein produced by our cells that help to ‘hold’ the skin together, keeping it looking young, firm and baby smooth. Unfortunately though, this high level of collagen production does not last as we get older. In fact, it starts to decline once we hit our 30’s.

Collagen is one of the important support structures found naturally in our skin, helping to maintain the appropriate tightness, elasticity and suppleness. Over the course of time, our skin gradually loses its natural collagen, leading to facial laxity and the formation of wrinkles and folds. As the ageing skin loses its structural proteins (collagen and elastin), it becomes lax and begins to sag, which contributes to a tired and aged look.

Ellansé is an injectable dermal filler which corrects lines and wrinkles, and also stimulates the body to produce collagen. The results last from one to four years, depending on which product is chosen. The first of a new class of dermal fillers, Ellansé naturally regenerates volume and restores the shape which time has taken away.

With Ellansé, only one session is needed to obtain immediate results and long-lasting correction, making it a cost-effective treatment bringing you excellent value for money. The treatment is only 30-45 min, and can basically be done in your lunch break.

At Derma Clinic Spain we have worked with Ellansé for several years, so don’t hesitate to contact us for a free consultation with our specialist in aesthetic medicine. Until May 24, we have a very special offer on this treatment.

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NEW YEAR’S resolutions are almost six months old. It’s now time to start thinking about daring to bare on the beach scared?

To lose weight we first need to know what our body needs as an individual.

This depends on weight, height, age and fitness level. Then, we can start to look at a long-term way of eating which is enjoyable and sustainable. This can even also depend on your body shape!

Endomorphs are the most common body type to gain weight and struggle to get it off. It’s also the most effective shape to carb cycle with as they are the most sensitive to carbs!

Endomorphs have a larger bone structure with higher amounts of total body mass and fat mass, and this extra fat seems to resist most efforts to get rid of it.

The endomorph body type is solid and generally soft, and gains fat very easily.

Endos are usually a shorter build with thick arms and legs.

Carb cycling is a concept which has been around for some time. It means you can still eat carbs, as long as you eat them on certain days. You have low carb days (max 50g) for five days a week and mod-

BIKINI: Anything is possible. erate/high for two. A spike of carbs triggers metabolism whereas other diets don’t keep your body guessing, so your body settles comfortably into its new routine. For breakfast, try: Eggs, spinach and tomatoes; a fantastic

combination for the first meal of the day. The protein from eggs keeps you fuller for longer and spinach provides tons of vitamins, more so if cooked rather than raw.

Add tomatoes for a further vitamin boost with antioxidant powers. You can also have this as an omelette, adding your favourite cheese!

Lunch: Try and include meat or fish to keep those protein levels high. Most people are aiming for over 100g of protein a day so you need to spread it out through the day. After a couple of weeks you will be feeling much braver and ready for the beach - I guarantee it!

Visit Kate’s successful Facebook group on www.facebook.com/groups/carbcy clingforbeginners or follow on Instagram @carbcyclingqueen. For personal coaching you can also email her at ccforbegin ners@hotmail.com, or visit the website www.carbcyclingforbeginners.com.

Measles fear PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND is urging everyone to get vaccinated after it was revealed measles cases are twice as high as they were at the end of 2018.

Health bosses said there were 231 confirmed cases of the disease in the first quarter of 2019, making it the third worst period for the illness in five years.

Experts at Public Health England warned that measles, which can kill children, has spread rapidly, from just 97 cases in the last quarter of 2018, and 143 in the quarter before that.

The PHE’s head of immunisation, Dr Mary Ramsay said: “Measles can kill and it is incredibly easy to catch, especially if you are not vaccinated.

“Even one child missing their vaccine is one too many - if you are in any doubt about your child’s vaccination status, ask your GP as it’s never too late to

get protected.”

Dr Doug Brown, chief executive of the British Society for Immunology, said it is ‘incredibly important we stop this transmission in its

tracks.’ He explained that the best way to prevent epidemics was to ensure as many people as possible were inoculated.

The World Health Organi-

zation warned that falling vaccination rates are partly to blame, and that Ukraine, Brazil and the Philippines have experienced large increases in measles.

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ADAM THOMAS, 30, was spotted partying with brothers Ryan and Scott on a yacht in Ibiza last Wednesday. The Thomas brothers soaked up the Spanish sunshine as they partied with pals on board the luxury liner. Among the trio’s friends group was Chris Fountain, who used to star alongside Ryan on Coronation Street.

This holiday comes after Adam was rushed to hospital earlier this month when he dropped a weight on his face while training in the gym.

Adam left his role in Emmerdale in 2018 after eight years of playing Adam Burton on the show.

Corrie star Ryan has also had a stressful time, after being wrongfully accused of punching Roxanne Pallett with intent on Celebrity Big Brother last year.

CREDITS: Adam Thomas / Instagram

BOAT TRIP: The Thomas brothers were spotted in Ibiza.

Host on holiday CAROLINE FLACK showed off her toned figure in Ibiza as she sat cross-legged in a multicoloured bikini in a snap recently posted to her Instagram.

In the snap, appropriately captioned ‘Cloudy,’ the Love Island host sat on top of a wall with some clouds scatted across the blue sky in the background.

Caroline appeared to be enjoying the Spanish sun in a white sun dress as she was also spotted strolling around Ibiza Town with a friend. The presenter, 39, is set to kick off the fifth season of Love Island on June 3 on ITV2.

TOWIE’S Chloe Sims has sparked reunion rumours with co-star Dan Edgar after recently jetting to Ibiza following their bitter split.

After their brief fling, things ended badly as Chloe discovered Dan was also seeing his ex Amber Turner at the same time.

Dan then met up with both his love interests in order to admit to his wrongdoings.

Despite these events, Chloe looked happy to be united with Dan last week as they joined a group of pals for drinks in the Spanish sun.

This holiday came at the same time as his ex Amber appeared to have moved on as she was spotted last Thursday with her new boyfriend on a yacht in Ibiza.

CREDITS: Chloe Sims / Instagram & Dan Edgar / Instagram

Reunited in Ibiza

Brothers on board

BACK TOGETHER?: Chloe and Dan jet off together to Ibiza.

CREDITS: Caroline Flack / Instagram

Get some satisfaction AGE does take its toll and although they are still playing, The Rolling Stones have had to cancel some concerts due to the recent heart surgery performed on Sir Mick Jagger.

With no shows scheduled in Spain this year and with their current combined age of 298 years, it’s perfectly

possible that they may never get back here again.

Although it’s quite a way ahead, one option if you want to hear some of the best rock from the 20th century, is the Rolling Stones Story, a 36-date tour which is making just one stop in Spain at the Benidorm Palace on Sunday Oc-

tober 13.

Singer Paul Ashworth is the spitting image of Jagger with moves and a voice that are immediately recognisable and tickets for the evening which cost just €25 per person (with an optional meal costing €8) are available at Benidorm Palace or by calling 965 851 660.

Summer music SUMMER will soon be here and amongst the many events and attractions, there are a number of music events happening in the Costa Blanca North area and nearby.

Sunday, May 2, sees popular band Gatecrash playing down at the Estancia Maritime in Denia, kicking off at 1pm.

On June 9, Moraira hosts its evening music festival, starting at 6pm in the town centre where a diverse variety of acts are booked for the event, including a Blues Brothers tribute.

And on June 17, there is a free concert featuring three acts in the village of Jesus Pobre near Javea. This is part of the town’s fiesta celebrations.

From July 18 to 20, Gandia is the setting for a Pirata Rock festival featuring a large number of top-line Spanish rock acts. You can book for this large festival

HEADLINING: Tears for Fears top the lineup at the 4ever Valencia Festival. online and camping is available as well as buses from various cities.

On July 21 two popular British acts top the line-up for the 4ever Valencia Festival in the city, Tears for Fears and Keane headline.

And in Benidorm on July 26, Benidorm hosts the Low Festival featuring New Order and Bastille amongst others.

Another for the diary is the 2019 Visor Fest which features a number of UK top bands from the 80’s and 90’s including The Happy Mondays, James and The New Model Army.

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Fine food and wine at Guras Curry House DESPITE only having opened in August 2018, Guras Curry House is already established as a firm favourite with the Moraira dining set.

Offering fine Nepalese and Indian cuisine, the restaurant itself offers a spacious dining experience, with both a stylish and modern indoor restaurant, complete with air conditioning, and a long and open terrace outside.

Their highly scored rating on Google and TripAdvisor is no surprise, with comments, such as ‘Lovely meal, great service from friendly staff and very good value for money,’ ‘Lovely people, good food, good portions and great value for money,’ and ‘Absolutely excellent. Service is fantastic and food is amazing. Excellent quality.

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RESTAURANT: A spacious dining experience. able to decide. There is both a lunchtime special, priced at an amazing €9.95 and an option for the set courses all day long, again very reasonably priced.

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The kitchen can cater for any size of party, and their chefs, who have worked in some of the top restaurants around the world, and the UK, are ready to serve your table from one to a large party, where your special event - whatever that event might be - will

also be catered for.

Guras Curry House is a family-run business, and you will be made to feel part of that family as soon as you walk through the door.

Located on the Moraira to Calpe road, number 253, just at the roundabout, they have their own parking at the front, or if you prefer, just turn at the roundabout and park on the street behind, where there are also ample spaces.

Guras is now open seven days a week in the evenings and six lunchtimes (it closes Monday lunchtime).

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Bowlers’ private dining THIS week’s recipe is delicious, simple and easy. This recipe, marinated, spiced Moroccan cutlets, was a way for me to use some great spices I purchased in Morocco last week, and with lamb being one of my favourite meats for its texture, flavour and versatile cooking methods after returning from a few days away exploring the fabulous city of Marrakech - the biggest city in Morocco - it seems perfect.

Marrakech is an intoxicating city known for its souks, spices, snake charmers and hidden palaces, though these days it’s prized as much for its trendy art galleries, hip hotels and elegant hammams.

Offering a tantalising taste of Africa, the food flavours and colours derived from Moroccan spices are unique and powerful, and you will only find them in the most amazing food markets as they are so fresh and vibrant.

It’s a city I would recommend - a must visit if you are a true foodie.

For this recipe you can use lamb cutlets, chops or chump chops. So get marinating, light the BBQ and crack open a nice bottle of Merlot as it’s all about food which will put a smile on your face!

Spice it up !!Dani’s weekly food tip!!

“Put a tea towel or damp paper towel under your cutting board to keep it from slipping and wobbling when cutting or chopping.”

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Marinated spiced Moroccan lamb cutlets serves 2 10 lamb cutlets 1 tbsp turmeric 1 tbsp cayenne 1 tbsp cumin 1 tbsp fennel seeds 1 tbsp cumin seeds 1 tbsp dried or fresh ginger 1 tbsp paprika 1 juice of a lemon A handful of fresh coriander 3 garlic gloves crushed A drizzle of olive oil A pinch of salt Method In a large mixing bowl combine the herbs, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, salt and spices. Add the

lamb cutlets and mix well to coat the meat evenly.

Cover the bowl and refrigerate the lamb chops, leaving to marinate overnight for best results.

Remove the lamb cutlets from the fridge, for best results cook on the BBQ, but if you can’t then pan fry on a medium heat.

Lightly oil the pan to pre-

vent the meat from sticking. Cook the lamb chops for 30 seconds on each side, depending on the thickness of the cuts of meat and if you would like them a little pink!

Serve with cous cous, roasted potatoes or just a plain simple mix salad on one of these hot summers nights!

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These days home hunters invariably start their searches online. Think about how many listings they are likely to skim through on each property portal, and it becomes obvious that an eye-catching photo and interest-peaking caption are essential to get prospective buyers clicking on any particular one to find out more.

The front page image might encapsulate the lifestyle buyers could enjoy if they put in an offer. If it’s a beachside apartment, then an image of sea views from an attractively set out terrace will have buyers picturing themselves sitting back and enjoying an al fresco glass of wine as they watch the sun go down. If it’s a renovated farmhouse with traditional features in a quiet country setting, then sell them the idea of relaxing in a cosy, character-filled sitting room.

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Prefab homes FOR those of you who have not seen the British television series Grand Designs, prefabricated houses have come a long way since the grey ‘prefabs’ of the post-war era.

Nowadays, these houses, often referred to as ‘modular,’ are factorymanufactured and then erected in a matter of days; indeed the paperwork and ground works will be the processes which take the most time.

The design is limited only by your own specifications, but these houses are generally built from modern

materials, which will naturally provide a house with a low ecological profile and consequently be cheaper to run.

The cost will normally be lower than conventional housing, but you are a lot less likely to suffer from the vagaries of the weather or overspends.

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A professional estate agent will be a dab hand at producing polished and effective property marketing reports.

They will be able to recognise stand-out photos which best represent the property’s attractions. And they will choose the most appropriate order in which to group images online.

Some estate agencies use professional photographers who know how to capture images to make properties look at their very best.

Property sector professionals can also advise sellers on how to stage a property in preparation for photos and show it off to its best advantage.

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Spain adores its drag queens Barry Duke I THOUGHT I’d seen drag queens in every shape and size when I lived in Brighton, but nothing prepared me for the variety of unique drag acts I saw on my first holiday to Sitges, close to Barcelona.

After watching three fabulous and very funny acts in a single bar on a Saturday night, I asked a barman whether drag was just a Sitges thing, or whether acts like these were to be found elsewhere. He chuckled and said ‘Spain loves its travestis (transvestites) and has more drag artists than a duck has quacks.’

When I settled in Spain I found this indeed to be true. But no amount of Googling explained why female impersonators are so popular in a country which, until the end of the Franco era and the collapse of the power of the Catholic church, treated anyone deemed a ‘deviant’ with the utmost cruelty and contempt.

But there’s a great deal on the Internet about the history of drag acts in the

DRAG ACTS: Spain loves its transvestites (travestis).

US and Britain, and one article explained the word ‘drag’ originated in the theatre to describe lengthy dresses worn by men that would drag across the floor.

Spain even has the world’s only drag queen science populariser. Mario Peláez has a unique way of sharing knowledge.

This doctoral student - ‘Sassy Science’ wears drag when discussing scientific

research and promoting gay and women’s rights. He has a number of English language videos on YouTube.

What got me thinking about drag shows was the sad news that one of Benidorm’s top drag venues, the renowned Rich Bitch Showbar - which starred in ITV’s ‘Benidorm’ and BBC’s ‘Escape to the Sun’ - shut last month

when owners Gary Brown and his partner of 26 years, Michael Beddow, decided to return to the UK to open a hotel in Blackpool.

For 21 years, Rich Bitch was one of Benidorm’s most popular nightspots where Brown, aka Miss Jordan Rivers, together with a bevy of drag queens, entertained literally tens of thousands of tourists and locals.

Gary performed his swansong act as ‘the Vicar of Benidorm’ when he gave a commitment blessing to a couple who met and fell in love - Colin Wainwright and Angel Perez Martin.

The event took the form of a joyful street party hosted by Company bar in the Old Town, and I was delighted to be the official photographer.

The combined commitment ceremony and farewell party for Gary and Michael attracted around 80 guests and developed into a lively celebration, with Company bar providing bunting, balloons and a superb buffet lunch.

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By Dilip Kuner RENAULT’S F1 team drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Niko Hülkenberg took the wheel to officially launch Renault’s latest hot hatch; the Megane RS Trophy-R at the Monaco GP. And they will be hoping that their race engineers will be able to transfer the form shown by the new car in testing on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring to their own slightly underpowered (by F1 standards) cars.

It took the record for a frontwheel drive ‘compact’ car by almost three seconds, beating the best previous lap set by the Honda Civic Type R. The car, officially unveiled last Friday, will not be available as a mainstream model, but rather as a limited edition of a few hundred units (Renault has not said exactly how many).

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THE first car to use a rear-view mirror was driven by inaugural Indy 500 winner Ray Harroun in 1911, to see the cars catching up behind him.

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It was developed as a racing car in a very short time, by a small dedicated team who focused on three aspects: maximum weight reduction (up to 130kg compared to the Megane RS Trophy excluding options), reworked aerodynamics and a more radical development of its drive axles.

Together with its 300bhp engine it is truly quick - it has set the new officially approved record and reference time for the compact car segment of production cars of the Nürburgring, now a world-renowned race track and proving ground for cars and sports performance.

It covered the 20.600km in 07’40’’100, and the official whole lap length of the Nordschleife 20.832km in 07’45’’389.

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by Nick Fletcher FORD’S EcoSport is a small SUV with neat styling which projects a robust image and most models are wellequipped and keenly-priced so you see a lot of them on the road, underlining Ford’s strong presence in a crowded SUV market.

The EcoSport is priced from €20,383 (£17,850) and offers petrol and diesel engines and several trim levels, with my Titanium test model with 1.5-litre diesel engine, manual gearbox and allwheel-drive near the top of the range and priced at €27,012 (£23,655).

You get a lot of standard kit including large alloy wheels, roof rails, partleather upholstery, automatic air conditioning, cruise control, sat-nav with touchscreen and connectivity features including smartphone mirroring, auto headlights and wipers, rear-view camera and rear parking sensors, keyless entry and push-button start, four powered windows and safety kit including

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Ford EcoSport Titanium ALL-ROUNDER: A solid choice in all aspects.

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Based on the best-selling Fiesta model, the EcoSport is a contender in a very competitive sector which includes the SEAT Arona, Renault Captur, Peugeot 2008 and Mazda CX-3, but the Ford scores well for generous

Facts at a glance Model: Ford EcoSport Titanium Engine: 1.5 diesel Transmission: 6-speed manual Performance: 0-100kph 11.3 seconds, top speed 180kph (112mph) Economy: 15.4kpl (43.5mpg) Emissions: 140g/km

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equipment levels and keen pricing.

The cabin looks smart, with soft-touch materials, good dashboard layout and comfortable seating.

It’s roomy for four adults and while the boot space is not the largest in the class at 356 litres, it does expand to 1,238 litres with rear seats

folded. However, a major drawback is that the Ecosport has a side-opening tailgate which makes loading more awkward.

On the road, EcoSport drives well, and while the steering feel is rather heavier than most rivals, it does enhance the sense of composure and driver control. The suspension is on the firm side, but perfectly comfortable on all but the roughest surfaces.

The 123hp 1.5-litre diesel unit has a 0-100kph time of 11.3 seconds and the top speed is 180kph (112mph), with emissions of 140g/km. Average fuel economy is 15.4kpl (43.5mpg).

While the Ford Ecosport is not best in class in every category, it does come across as the stand-out all-rounder which is reflected in its sales figures - over 100,000 sold across Europe in 2018 and more than 30,000 sold in Europe in the first three months of 2019.

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Meet the new CUPRA SEAT’S ‘sporty brand’ CUPRA is marking its first anniversary by unveiling its first major concept, the Formentor.

This is the first car to be designed specifically for the brand - so far its models have been upgraded Seats.

But having tested the water, company bosses are ready for the next step - the Formentor.

According to the company, CUPRA’s first year of operations has proved its potential in the market with up to 14,400 units sold. After releasing its first model, the CUPRA Ateca, now the brand’s plan to double sales within the next three to five years hinges on the Formentor.

Wayne Griffiths, CEO and member of the Board of CUPRA, said: “CUPRA’s current success is a clear reflection of the brand’s popularity in the market.” Griffiths also stated:

“CUPRA’s response is exceeding all of our expectations and we want to continue consolidating this special brand, which is winning over the most demanding car enthusiasts.

Now is the time to go full throttle with CUPRA.” With an exterior design which catches attention, an interior which cocoons the driver and passengers and integrates the latest technologies, and a powertrain which provides conscientious performance, the CUPRA Formentor is a window into the future of the high-performance brand, according to the manufacturer. The vehicle brings together the benefits of a performance car with the qualities of an SUV, at a time when the CUV segment is destined to see incredible growth. It demonstrates the ambition, expressiveness and inspiration which the brand inherently holds and under-

lines the CUPRA’s position as a technology brand with one eye on the future.

The CUPRA Formentorsits relatively close to the ground to highlight its sportiness, with a visual emphasis placed towards the rear of the vehicle while at the same time accentuating the length of the bonnet, underscoring its dynamic proportions.

“The CUPRA Formentor’s strong design points are the beauty of its proportions, the strength of its lines, the refinement of its surfaces and the sublime colour concept. I truly believe that CUPRA Formentor inspires pure desire,” said Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos, Director of Design.

The two-tone body is reminiscent of a robust all-terrain vehicle, but the CUPRA Formentor’s design uses the aesthetic technique to lighten the vehicle’s silhouette. But unlike

UNVEILED: CUPRA’s first purpose-designed car. the toughened, rough finish on a traditional SUV, the CUPRA Formentor uses a seamless design, greatly amplifying the vehicle’s exterior quality. Technology is at the forefront inside the vehicle with the integration of the digital cockpit putting all the necessary driving information right in front of the driver, and a 10” panoramic floating navigation system providing a nearendless source of functionality and connectivity to the occupants.

Powering the CUPRA Formentor is the high-performance plug-in hybrid engine, a powertrain designed to meet today’s requirements for performance and efficiency and begin the electrification of the brand.

Mixing the technology of an advanced high-performance plug-in Hybrid petrol engine with a high

power output, with the high-torque characteristics of an electric motor allows the CUPRA Formentor to surpass the performance expectations of the driver. Linked to a dualclutch DSG transmission the total output of 180kW/245PS is delivered seamlessly to the wheels.

The combination of electric and combustion energy also allows the car to reduce the overall fuel consumption of the vehicle, and significantly lowers carbon emissions. And with the advantage of a large integrated battery pack, the CUPRA Formentor can drive in pure electric mode for up to 50km in the new WLTP cycle (equivalent to a range of around 70km in the NEDC cycle).

The CUPRA Formentor will make its world debut at this year’s Geneva Motor Show, where the public will see the concept-car for the first time.

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Redemption for Valencia IN the end there was redemption for Valencia.

Halfway through their centenary season, most of the club’s fans could see little reason to celebrate. They were just four points off the relegation places and the days of head coach Marcelino Garcia Toral looked numbered.

But the club hierarchy held their nerve. They decided that the team had not being playing badly and just needed a change of fortune. Garcia Toral kept his job and now they are the holders of the Copa del Rey. They had to do it the hard way too, beating holders Barcelona 2-1. For the latter it was the end of an era. For the first time in 1,456 days they were not the cup holders.

In terms of European competition, winning the showdown in Sevilla was irrelevant. Valencia’s road to redemption had already taken in Champions League qualifi-

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By Dilip Kuner

CHAMPIONS: Valencia took the Copa del Rey. cation when they sealed fourth spot in La Liga the previous weekend with a 2-0 win against Valladolid.

A season which threatened to be a disaster had been rescued then, but the Copa del Rey has turned it into a triumph. They can now look forward to the next campaign with huge optimism. Not so

for Barcelona. They may have won La Liga at a canter, finishing 11 points ahead of Atletico Madrid and 19 points in front of arch-rivals Real Madrid, but that is not good enough for the Catalans.

They crave Champions League glory, but the team is starting to look over-reliant on one man - Lionel Messi.

Getting ready for the big match WITH all eyes on Madrid for Saturday’s Champions League final, Tottenham and Liverpool have been preparing for the match in different ways.

Spurs have arrived in Spain and are training at Real Madrid’s complex today and tomorrow.

Until now they had been preparing for the biggest match in their history at their Enfield training ground. They called on under-23 players to make up numbers for the sessions.

By contrast, Liverpool jetted to Malaga last week for warm weather training at the Marbella Football Centre. They trained behind closed doors for six days.

Head coach Jurgen Klopp was keen to play a full-scale practice match against quality opposition, which was provided by Portuguese side Benfica B. The Reds won 3-0 against the team who play in the second tier of the Portuguese league.

They then returned home to carry on preparations at their Melwood facilities. They will complete final warm-ups at the same real Madrid complex as Tottenham, but this time on Saturday morning.

The match is being held at

Atletico Madrid’s Wanda Metropolitano stadium at 9pm.

Klopp and his squad return from their week-long training camp on Sunday and will continue their preparations at Melwood before jetting out to Spain again later this week.

Tottenham have been working at their training ground in

Enfield with Mauricio Pochettino calling up a group of under23 and Academy players to bolster numbers.

The Londoners travel to Madrid on Wednesday and will train at Real Madrid’s complex on Thursday and Friday, with Liverpool utilising the same facilities on Saturday morning.

Indeed, it was Messi who scored for Barcelona in the 21 defeat, but, certainly in the first half, even he had looked a little lost and ineffective.

Valencia could have gone one up after just five minutes when Rodrigo ran through and rounded keeper Jasper Cillessen, only for a last moment slide from Gerard Pique to deny him on the line.

But Valencia did not have to wait long to take the lead.

Jose Luis Gaya controlled a long diagonal ball from

Gabriel Paulista and pulled it back across for Gameiro to step in and convert the chance.

Messi found himself isolated - the most forward player with no one around him to help out. Barcelona were going nowhere, while Valencia were swift and incisive.

They took advantage when Francis Coquelin found Carlos Soler sprinting up the right wing, past Alba. Rodrigo converted the ensuing cross to make it 2-0.

Barcelona now awoke from their lethargy and started to play. With their substitutions Barca finally gave Messi some support in the form of Arturo Vidal and Malcom.

The result was several opportunities, with Messi finally scoring from close range after Clement Lenglet’s header hit the post.

But despite their renewed vigour Barcelona couldn’t find a way through, and it is now Valencia who are the Copa del Rey champions.

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RAFA NADAL cruised past Yannick Hanfmann, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 in the first round of the French Open at Roland Garros.

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By Dilip Kuner SPAIN’S Carlos Sainz and his McLaren team can look forward to the rest of the season with a little more optimism after an excellent Monaco GP. While the plaudits were rightly taken by Lewis Hamilton, who held off Max Verstappen (who was relegated to fourth spot following a fivesecond penalty for a pitlane incident) for 30 laps on degrading tyres, Sainz was ‘best of the rest’ to finish sixth.

Only the Mercedes of Hamilton, Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel, second Mercedes of Valtteri

Bottas and Red Bulls of Verstappen and Pierre Gasly were ahead of him.

It means that Sainz’s love affair with Montecarlo extends for another year. He has scored points in every Monaco GP he has competed in, and is rightly proud of his record on one of the most difficult tracks on the F1 calendar.

It hadn’t looked too good for Sainz and McLaren on Thursday, when technical issues meant he missed most of free practice in session one, but he still managed to qualify in P9.

Then a combination of a scorching start, good pace and decent tactical decisions by McLaren saw him pick up three places by the end.

Sainz enjoyed a fantastic start, surging past the Toro Rosso of Alex Albon before going around the outside of Daniil Kvyat through Massenet. It was a daring move, one that Sainz

GREAT START: Sainz got ahead of the Toro Rossos. called ‘definitely one of my best overtakes.’

When the safety car was brought out on lap 11, McLaren opted not to pit him for fresh rubber. It turned out to be a smart decision. By the time he came in on lap 30 he was running fifth and rejoined in ninth.

When Alex Albon and Romain Grosjean pitted he was up to sixth, where he finally finished.

After the race a beaming Sainz said: “A very good weekend. It was difficult to start with, but we peaked at the right time, which was in qualifying [and] we peaked in the start picking off the two Toro Rossos.

Around the pit stop we managed to put some solid laps together and jumped the rest of the field. So really happy, really good job by all the team and

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Sainz in Monaco heaven

IN MEMORY: The race was dedicated to the memory of Niki Lauda, making it an especially emotional affair. that P6 is a good one.”

The result matched his previous best position at Monaco, which was in 2017, and also kept his father happy. Threetime Monte Carlo Rally winner Carlos Sainz Senior, is especially proud of Sainz’s record at Monaco.

Sainz explained: “My Dad, when I was a kid, told me, ‘Look, if there’s a place to shine, that is Monaco,’ and I al-

ways prepare this race more special than the others, put a bit more focus on it, focus a bit more and it seems to pay off all the time.”

Having failed to score in the first three races of the season, Sainz has now taken points in each of the past three Grands Prix, with this result moving him four points clear of Haas’s Kevin Magnussen and into seventh place.