Euro Weekly News - Mallorca 27 June - 3 July 2019 Issue 1773

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27 June - 3 July 2019

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Back in La Liga

by Dilip Kuner THOUSANDS took to the streets in a wave of joy as Mallorca clinched promot i o n t o L a L i g a , S p a i n ’s top football league.

P a l m a ’s s t r e e t s a n d squares were turned into a sea of red as fans partied the night away on Sunday.

It was a happy coincidence that the second leg of the play-off final against Deportivo la Coruña was on the Nit de Sant Joan so the island was in party mood already.

Many fans congregated in the Plaza de las Tortugas and celebrated into the early hours of the morning.

Then on Monday they gathered again to cheer their heroes, with thousands cramming into the streets in front of the Cort to congratulate the team.

In the match, Ante B u d i m i r, S a l v a S e v i l l a and Abdon Prats scored during a 3-0 win, leading to a 3-2 success on aggregate.

The result means that they join Osasuna and Granada as the teams promoted this year.

CELEBRATIONS: Thousands gathered to cheer their heroes.

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Drugs crackdown SIX people have been detained and a kilo of gold and drugs including cocaine seized, after dozens of Guardia Civil carried out a series of raids against organised crime in Palma.

A large contingent of officers, supported by sniffer dogs, were involved since early morning on Thursday in an operation targeting a gang engaged in drug trafficking, theft and other offences.

Searches were made at

half a dozen properties, mainly in the district of Son Oliva in Palma, but also in other parts of the city and across Mallorca.

The Guardia Civil had been tracking the gang, which is suspected of robbery and receiving stolen goods as well as theft and drug offences, for some time.

The six arrested are accused of organised criminal activity, drug trafficking, white slavery, robbery and receiving stolen goods.

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NEWS EXTRA Rubbish night FORTY cleaners and 18 vehicles collected more than 12 tonnes of rubbish in Palma following the Nit de Sant Joan, with 8,000 kilos being picked up from the city’s beaches in an operation that started at 2.30am on Monday.

Solar arrest THE Guardia Civil has arrested a 44-year-old man for allegedly committing at least 25 burglaries in country houses spread across 11 municipalities in Mallorca, specialising in stealing solar panels and batteries which he sold for recycling.

No thanks THE number of people turning down inheritance in the Balearic Islands has soared by 300 per cent in the past 10 years as they seek to avoid becoming responsible for the debts of the deceased.

Good info PARKING ticket machines will be used to give out tourist information in Manacor in a pioneering project that could be rolled out to other tourism hotspots across Mallorca, according to the island’s tourism board.

Hotel blaze in Palma A HOTEL in the old town of Palma was evacuated because of a fire in the basement of the building, Firefighters were called to the scene in Calle Miramar at 4pm on Friday. It is thought the blaze started in a spa area of the hotel, with an investigation into the cause underway.

Palma fire brigade reported that the hotel was fairly empty at that time of the day, and they had to evacuate only nine people.

Despite thick smoke, firefighters were able to bring the blaze under control quickly, although they stayed to ventilate the building and dampen down. No one was seriously

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QUICK WORK: Palma firefighters rapidly extinguished the blaze. hurt in the incident, although several people were treated

Husband killer A RUSSIAN woman has been found guilty of murdering her 70-year-old German husband.

Svetlana B, 48, is said to have cut Horst Hans Henkels’s arm several times causing him to bleed to death at their Cala Millor home in 2016.

The woman had maintained her innocence throughout the trial, saying the fatal incident was a dog attack. But forensic specialists told the jury that ‘dogs don’t use knives.’ Prosecutor Gonzalo Sans, who initially requested a 25-year prison sentence, lowered the request to 14 years in jail after the jury decided that Svetlana B had not, as had been alleged, fed pieces of her husband to the dogs in order to provoke them into attacking him.

They decided the dogs had bitten the victim when he was already dead.

The prosecutor claims Svetlana B killed her husband in order to take control of his assets.

for smoke inhalation at the scene.

Hit and run WELL-KNOWN Mallorca cyclist David Balaguer was knocked over by a lorry that failed to stop.

The 48-year-old suffered broken bones in the incident on the Palmanyola to s’Esgleieta, road in Bunyola and was taken to hospital.

Police traced the driver of the lorry who was unaware he had hit Balaguer. He now faces charges of failing to help at an accident.

Hash haul discovered A 45-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested after 57 kilos of hashish was found in his lorry as he disembarked from a ferry in Palma. Guardia Civil were waiting for him after a tip-off his lorry could be used to transport drugs. The case remains open and police do not rule out making further arrests.

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Brits stabbing case THREE of four British tourists stabbed in a late-night brawl with a compatriot have refused to press charges.

It is thought that they may have reached an agreement with their attacker to not testify against each other.

The incident happened in the early hours of Sunday morning in the Punta Ballena area of Magaluf.

Unconfirmed initial reports said the four men claimed the Brit detainee and two African street sellers he was working with had taken their mobile phones and wallets.

A violent clash broke out and ended with one of the victims chasing the alleged attacker and restraining him before the Guardia Civil and Local Police arrived.

A Guardia Civil source confirmed a British 25-yearold has been arrested on suspicion of stabbing four people, but was not aware of the involvement of any street sellers.

The victims were taken to hospital and their injuries are said to be ‘non-serious.’ The suspect, also required medical attention.

Suspect shot POLICE called to the scene of a stabbing opened fire on a suspect after he ignored a warning shot.

The Provincial Court of the Balearic Islands heard that the 31-year-old Libyan defendant had stabbed a German man after an argument, then knifed another who came to the first’s aid.

The second man received immediate medical attention, without which he would have died, the court was told.

According to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, officers from the National Police and the Local Police went to the scene in September 2018. When they arrived, the defendant adopted a hostile attitude and made repeated gestures as if to knife the police.

Officers fired a warning shot, which was ignored.

They then shot the suspect in the ankle. The man has now been jailed for eight years and will be expelled from the country for 10 years.

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Lottery win in Palma

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Nazi apology

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PUPILS at the Aixa-Llaüt school have apologised after a class photo of them doing the Nazi salute next to the Spanish flag with the name of right-wing political party Vox written on it provoked a social media storm.

Education inspectors are to visit the Palma school to find out the context.

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Bins again YET more bins have been set alight in an epidemic of vandalism that has cost hundreds of thousands of euros. The l a t e s t b l a z e w a s o n P a l m a ’s Poligon de Llevant, and brings the number destroyed in the past 18 months to almost 400, with five men so far being arrested.

Silly inmate THREE warders and a prisoner had to be hospitalised for smoke inhalation after the inmate, described as ‘very conflictive,’ set fire to a mattress in his cell at Palma penitent i a r y. T h r e e o t h e r p r i s o n e r s had to be rescued during the blaze on Sunday night.

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REVELRY: The Battle of Wine sees attendees douse each other with the drink.

Booze battle THIS picture of revellers being doused with wine comes as northern Spain’s La Rioja region prepares to celebrate a festival themed around the drink on Saturday.

The Battle of Wine takes place in the Riscos de Bilibio area of the region every year. Between 30,000 and 40,000 litres are used during the festival, according to estimates from organisers.

The fiesta begins with a procession of its participants at 9am.

Attendees carry jugs, bottles and other containers filled with red wine

to the Hermitage of San Felices de Bilibio. They are led into the battle by the mayor of Haro on horseback.

Revellers then throw wine over one another until they are soaked before returning to Haro for more celebrations in the Plaza de la Paz. Mock bullfights featuring calves that are not killed are among the activities which take place during the rest of the day.

The fiesta grew out of an annual pilgrimage in honour of San Felices de Bilibio which began during the

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medieval era.

The first account of wine being thrown came towards the end of the 19th century. The addition of revelry to the festival was at first controversial, but it became a standard feature by 1949 when it was first referred to as the Battle of Wine.

The fiesta began drawing visitors from outside the area and Haro Council secured recognition for it as a festival of interest to tourists in 1965. It received national recognition in 2011.

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Sex crime A MAN has been released on bail after being arrested in Arta accused of sexually abusing two girls aged 14 and 15 and drug trafficking. Guardia Civil allege he would ply them with marihuana and cocaine in exchange for sexual favours.

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THIRTY-FIVE ticket holders have shared €875,000 after the ONCE Cuponazo winning number was sold from a stall in Calle Manacor in Palma last Friday.

People in the Malaga town of Ronda shared €250,000, with €75,000 going to Cataluña and another €25,000 being shared in Murcia.

TWO couples had a lucky escape when their car rolled down a steep slope in Calle Alzina de Calvia, in Puerto Portals. Firemen had to rescue two of the occupants after the car was reversed through a wooden barrier and into a ravine.

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Homicide charge THE driver of a car that was in collision with a woman on a pedestrian crossing has been arrested on suspicion of reckless homicide after the 40-year-old died the next day.

Local Police in Capdepera, Mallorca, arrested the 27-year-old driver who appeared to have made no attempt to brake as the woman stepped onto the crossing.

Officers say that in a statement the local man said he was distracted by his windshield wiper and could not avoid the collision.

The fatal accident took place at 9pm on Monday, June 17 on Avenida Juan Carlos I. The victim was crossing the road with her teenage daughter at the time. She suffered severe injuries and was taken to Son Espases hospital in a critical condition.

She died the next day.

Police say that the driver tested negative for drugs or alcohol.

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Robberies arrest A MAN has been arrested for two armed robberies at the same Alcudia hotel.

Guardia Civil say that the 32-year-old man entered the hotel and threatened the duty receptionist two nights in a row.

In the first incident he brandished a pistol, which police later found was an airgun, before making off with €500.

The following night he returned armed with a knife and this time stole €3,500. Although in both cases the man had his face covered, Guardia Civil managed to identify and arrest a suspect.

In the search they carried out at his home, they found a knife and clothes which matched a description given by witnesses. The gun was found by a bin and handed in by a member of the public.

Guardia Civil also arrested a 21-year-old man who allegedly provided the robber with information.

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Doctor under investigation

by Dilip Kuner A JUDGE examining the case of a five-year-old girl who died of an allergic reaction after eating an ice c re a m h a s p la c e d the emergency doctor who attended her under investigation.

The little girl died after being taken ill at La Salle infants school in Palma de Mallorca on May 24.

The doctor who was the first attender at the school is alleged to have decided against giving the girl a p o te n tially life -s a ving adrenaline injection. The medic told the court she could see no symptoms of an allergic crisis.

According to her declaration to a Palma court she had decided it was preferable to wait for an ambulance to arrive.

The pupil, whose dining

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TRAGEDY: Pupils at La Salle held a minute’s silence for the girl. room c ha ir ha d a note warning of her dairy allergy, ate a lactose-free ice cream sandwich. She soon after collapsed as her heart and breathing stopped.

National Police investigators are still waiting for

a post-mortem report into the exact reason of death.

Police are following two avenues of investigation into the girl’s death that could constitute recklessness. The main one lies in what triggered the possible

allergic crisis and whether there was negligence involved in the food given to her that day.

The second is to investigate the treatment she received after she was taken ill.

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Children ‘poisoned’ at summer camp AT least 20 children aged between 10 and 12 have been taken ill after spending the night at a ‘summer camp.’

The youngsters from San Antonio Abad school in Son Ferriol went to the Hipocampo camp in Calas de Mallorca.

When they returned to school the next day, some were already feeling dizzy but the alarms went off on Friday morning when several children started suffering from vomiting and headaches. They went to a nearby clinic for treatment.

At least two teachers were also affected.

Experts from the health department have been to the camp to try to trace the source of the poisoning.

Children and parents attributed the poisoning to the food eaten at the camp. One pupil said: “It was not edible. They gave us meatballs with mashed potatoes and they looked like ice cubes. The water had a very strong taste, it looked like a tap water.”

Parents are now demanding a full explanation of what went wrong.

Threats and blaze JEALOUS of his ex-partner ’s new r el at i onshi p, a man threatened to kill her then splashed petrol over her front door and set it alight, according to prosecutors. Now they are asking a Palma court to jail the accused for 10 years on threatening behaviour and arson charges.

He is alleged to have sent his ex numerous messages with threats such as ‘tonight you’re going to burn like a dog’ and ‘you’re not going to live.’

He was arrested in 2017 after the blaze at her home whi ch l ef t t he pr oper t y’s door badly damaged.

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Shop ceiling collapses SIX people were hurt when a supermarket’s ceiling collapsed in Palma.

All those hurt were customers, with three taken to hospital and the others treated at the scene.

Local Police, Palma firefighters and ambulances were quickly at the Eroski supermarket on Sunday to sift through the wreckage at 1.22pm.

Such was the scene of destruction that they called for a sniffer dog to help them search through the piles of plaster and rubble.

Eyewitnesses said there was no warning before the ceiling fell in. People screamed before billowing dust left them choking.

Firefighters decided to evacuate the two neighbouring buildings until a structural survey was done to prove they had not been weakened.

HELP: Maritime Rescue sent the Salvamar Acrux.

CEILING COLLAPSED: Leaving six people hurt.

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Seriously hurt

FORTY children aged between seven and 17 have arrived in Mallorca from the area around the Chernobyl nuclear disaster zone for a summer break.

The Associació Per Ells hosts the trips each year, with 37 local families throwing their doors open to the children for a month-and-a-half.

While on the island the youngsters are given medical check-ups, and any care they may need if it is not available in the Ukraine.

Many of the children have come from orphanages and others from disturbed families, and this programme is seen as giving them a welcome break.

A 19-YEAR-OLD German tourist was seriously hurt while trying to cross the Llucmajor motorway.

Guardia Civil say that the young man was with a group of friends who were trying to reach the airport just after midnight on Sunday morning next to exit six of Cala Estancia of the Ma19. The area is closed to pedestrians.

The accident victim was struck by a Ford Kuga driven by a Spaniard who did not see him. The driver tested negative for alcohol. The German was taken to Son Espases hospital.

Yacht blaze

NINE people had to be rescued when a fire broke out aboard a luxury yacht.

Mallorca firemen were alerted at 1.40am on Monday that there was fire in the engine room of the 28-metre ‘UM7’ and help was needed.

The boat was south of Mallorca, seven miles from Port Adriano, in El Toro (Calvià). Maritime Rescue (Salvamento Marítimo) sent rescue boat Salvamar Acrux to the scene.

The crew had initially managed to quell the fire, but it flared up again when the yacht was being towed to port.

Firefighters from Llucmajor and Calvià were waiting tasked with extinguishing the fire when the yacht docked at Port Adriano, at around 3.30am.

The flames were finally put out at around 6.55am. No one was hurt in the incident.

The ‘UM7’ is a luxury Sunseeker Predator 92 yacht built in 2008 and is owned by a rental company in Ibiza, and sails under the Spanish flag.

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BREXIT BRIEF

Going round in circles DONALD TUSK warned that it was “a political reality” that Britain is wasting its breathing space granted in April.

The EU chief said that Brexit could become “even more exciting” owing to “some personnel decisions” in London, an indirect reference to the likelihood of negotiating with Boris Johnson should he win the Tory leadership race.

“But nothing has changed when it comes to our position,” he added.

Although Brussels is willing to listen to the views and suggestions of Theresa May’s successor, the president of the European Council and other EU leaders attending the EU summit warned that the withdrawal agreement the thenprime minister took back with her to London was final.

The Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte, echoed the Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar’s assertion during the summit that the EU “was hostile” to a further extension of the UK’s membership beyond October 31, unless the government’s red lines changed or a general election or second referendum were called.

“But only in that case. We’re not going to renegotiate if nothing changes because that would go around in the same circles.”

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GIVING VOICE: Brexit protesters in London.

Labour MPs from northern constituencies who back Peop l e ’s Vo t e N o r t h i n c l u d e Hillary Benn, who chairs the Commons Brexit committee, P h i l Wi l s o n , t h e a r c h i t e c t o f the plan to engineer parliamentary support for another referendum and Bridget Phillipson, MP for Houghton and Sunderland North.

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A voice for the north CAMPAIGNERS calling for a second referendum hope to correct the ‘distorted’ impression of northern voters.

Focusing on the area where so many Labour supporters voted to leave Europe, they hope to put pressure on Jeremy Corbyn for a ‘Final Say’ vote.

T h e P e o p l e ’s Vo t e N o r t h campaign which recently launched in Leeds, hopes to give northern voters a louder voice in the Brexit debate and reverse the clichéd image of northerners who all think and act the same and support Brexit.

“A destructive Brexit will affect our region first and worst with a £40 billion hit to our economy that will see our f a m i l i e s s u ff e r, o u r j o b s g o , our schools and hospitals d a m a g e d , ” a P e o p l e ’s Vo t e North spokesperson said.

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The 1,000-strong Leeds rally was addressed by former footballers John Barnes and Peter Reid, athletics world champion Steve Cram and exC o r r i e s t a r, D e n i s e We l c h a s well as politicians.

This was the first in a series of ‘Let Us Be Heard’ rallies that will be held nationwide this summer.

No pedigree problems IBERIA has passed its ‘Spanishness’ test.

A n t o n i o n Va z q u e , president of IAG, announced that the Spanish airline would not lose its right to operate in t h e E u ro p e a n U n i o n after a ‘no deal’ Brexit.

AEG, which also owns Vueling, British Airways, Aer Lingus and Level, was asked l a s t A p r i l t o p re s e n t contingency plans to Spain, Ireland, France and Austria.

All have been approved by the respective governments, although the last word goes to the European Commission.

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Shots fired at mosque POOR WORK: A Cadiz woman denounced a group of dentists for ‘destroying her mouth.’

Cadiz woman has teeth ‘destroyed’ by bad dentists A WOMAN has denounced a group of 10 dentists after numerous botched implant procedures have left her front teeth in tatters.

The botched dental work allegedly took place over a sixyear period between 2010 and 2016 and included over 80 separate visits and a bill of more than €12,000.

After many failed treatments, the state of her teeth led her to be diagnosed with chronic oral

candidiasis (Oral Thrush) and severe depression and anxiety.

The denouncement was made after the dentists that were treating the woman informed her that the warranty of treatment had expired and advised her to look elsewhere for any further work.

She took the matter to the Cadiz College of Dentists which later passed it onto the Junta de Andalucia.

“Obvious damage has been caused to the patient by a treat-

ment, apparently, not planned correctly, which has been unjustifiably delayed and without providing the functional and aesthetic objectives to which she aspired when contracting oral rehabilitation with the clinic,” stated the report submitted.

The College of Dentists has urged the two parties to reach a ‘friendly agreement’ but it is likely compensation to be received by the patient, will be roughly €125,000.

HOODED gunmen fired four shots at one of the main mosques in Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta.

There were at least a dozen people inside the Muley el Mehdi mosque at the time, but no one was hurt in the incident, which happened in the early hours of Monday morning.

Worshippers are said to have run and hidden such was their alarm at the incident.

Government sources say the duo had driven up on a motorbike before firing the shots at the façade then making their escape. At least three bullets hit the building.

National Police cordoned off the area and opened an investigation. The Muley El Medhi mosque, inaugurated in 1940, is the second most important in Ceuta and has a congregation of hundreds.

British man dies in pedalo incident A 31-YEAR-OLD British man who has yet to be named has died after falling off a pedalo on the Costa Dorada.

Police and paramedics promptly arrived at the scene on Regueral beach, just south of Barcelona in Cambrils. Three ambulances were sent along with five patrol vehicles and members of the Local Police force. Paramedics performed CPR, but the man was pronounced dead around 6pm on Sunday afternoon.

Witnesses say that there were no adverse weather conditions, the warning flags were green all day and there were lifeguards

on duty. Despite these favourable conditions, according to local media reports the man was dragged out to sea after falling in the water and subsequently struggling to swim.

Pedalos are easily available for hire on lots of beaches in the area and are usually considered safe.

Last month a five-yearold Georgian girl was swept out to sea just 15 kilometres north of Cambrils in La Pineda after a strong wind blew the inflatable she was on 200 metres from the shoreline.

So far no investigation into Sunday’s incident has been announced.

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FEATURE

Simon Manley creating our future together.

CELEBRATING TOGETHER: The strong links that unite the UK and Spain.

EWN celebrates Queen’s birthday at the Embassy in Madrid BRITISH Ambassador to Spain, Simon Manley, extolled the excellent relationship between the UK and Spain, both inside and outside the EU, at a special ceremony last week.

He said, “We must create our future together,” during his last celebration of the Queen’s birthday in Madrid, as his six years in Spain comes to an end in August.

More than 700 people celebrated the strong links that unite the UK and Spain at the Queen’s Birthday Party, a party to celebrate the 93rd birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, who in 2019 also celebrates 67 years as sovereign.

The party took place in the British Ambassador’s official residence in Madrid under the banner of ‘Creating our future’ and brought together personalities from the worlds of politics, business and society, such as the Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities, Pedro Duque; the Secretary of State for Tourism, Isabel Maria Oliver; the Congressional spokesperson for Ciudadanos, Inés Arrimadas; and the Vice-President of Banco Santander, Matías RodríguezInciarte.

In his welcome address, HMA Simon Manley underlined the excellent ties between both countries and called for the continuation of this special relationship in the future.

“We have shared challenges such as climate change, the ageing population, Islamist terrorism and the digital revolution. Inside or outside the European Union we have to tackle them together,” emphasised the Ambassador.

Spain and the UK have trade flows of more than €62,000 million per year. More than 300,000 UK nation-

Simon and Maria Isabel cut the cake.

Illustrious celebrations

Michel and Steven Euesden with Simon Manley and his wife, Maria Isobel.

All fields were represented at the event. als live in Spain and nearly 200,000 Spaniards live, study and work in the UK. Academic ties and the collaboration between security forces in the fight against drug trafficking and terrorism are also very strong.

EWN owners Michel and Steven Euesden were personal guests of British Ambassador to Spain, Simon Manley, at the illustrious celebrations of his six years in residence in honour of HM Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday.

The Euesdens were among 700 plus people honoured with an invitation to a reception and party in Madrid last Thursday, during which the Ambassador praised the strong relationship between Spain and Britain and thanked the Spanish Forces for their continued efforts in the safekeeping of the population of Spain.

Michel said: “We are proud to be British and so thankful to be living in Spain. What a brilliant combination, a fantastic community, fabulous mixture.”

The guests joined Simon Manley and his wife Maria Isabel as they marked the last time he will celebrate the Queen’s birthday as Ambassador.

Wishing the Queen a happy birthday, Michel added: “The British Ambassador Simon Manley and his fantastic team throughout Spain have done the Queen proud.

“Congratulations to the Embassy and Consulate, who have really shown our Spanish friends how to party.”

Simon Manley talking to Pedro Duque.

This was the last Queen’s Birthday Party in Madrid for Simon Manley who, in August, will hand over to the new Ambassador Hugh Elliott, who has been Director of Communication in the Government’s Department for

Exiting the EU, and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

“I am grateful to the Spanish people for their collaboration and help, and I confess that this has been the best job of my life,” adds Manley.

The video summary of the party is available on YouTube and the photos can be downloaded from Flickr.

Using the hashtag #QBPMadrid2019 on Twitter and Instagram you can see everything related to the party. The Embassy has just launched its official Instagram channel @ukinspain.

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Wolf pack guilty of rape says Spain’s Supreme Court FIVE members of the infamous Wolf Pack have been found guilty of rape after the Supreme Court overturned a previous decision.

The defendants have been jailed for 15 years each and been forbidden from contacting or approaching the victim for 20 years. They will also have to pay her €100,000 compensation.

A regional court had acquitted the men of rape, but convicted them of the lesser charge of sexual assault.

José Ángel Prenda, Alfonso Cabezuelo, Antonio Manuel Guerrero, Jesús Escudero and Ángel Boza were originally given nine years each, plus five years’ probation and ordered to pay €10,000 each to the woman.

Their victim, who was 18

at the time, appealed the decision, as did the defendants, who called themselves ‘the Wolf Pack’ in a social media messaging group.

The men raped the woman in a doorway in the early hours of the morning at the 2016 San Fermin festival.

A rape charge in Spain requires the victim to show there was evidence of intimidation or violence. The lower court decided the woman was passive and did not struggle.

But the Supreme Court has decided otherwise.

In its judgement the court said that the victim had been subjected to “a genuinely intimidating scenario in which she never consented to the sexual acts perpetrated by the accused.

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tion led the victim to adopt an attitude of submission, doing what the perpetrators told her to do, despite the distress and intense strain…

The accused took advantage of this to commit acts against the victim’s freedom, among them at least 10 sexual assaults.” These included rape.

In a tweet, Spain’s acting deputy prime minister and equalities minister, Carmen Calvo, said that this decision “recognised the credibility of the victim.”

She added that the decision was compatible with a governmental proposal to change the law.

The convicted men can appeal to the Spanish Constitutional Court and then the European Court of Justice.

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After several rounds of votes, party members will vote on a choice between Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson.

Both candidates are pro-Brexit and refuse to rule out a no-deal scenario and financial analysts now put the likelihood of that happening at 4/1. The Bank of England held interest rates and downgraded their forecast to suggest growth would be flat in the second half of the year. There has been little to assist the pound in recent weeks, and the delay while the votes are counted for a new PM and the upcoming parliamentary summer recess may mean that the pound is left in limbo with no further progress on Brexit.

Slowing growth across the Eurozone led to an announcement from the European Central Bank that they would consider additional fis-

cal stimuli. The news caused the euro to fall briefly. The other big issue in Europe is the Italian budget deficit; the European Commission is said to be moving closer to taking punitive action because of Italy’s disregard for EU fiscal rules.

The headline rate of inflation for the US slowed to 1.8% and the core rate to 2% and the US Federal Reserve held interest rates.

There was a more dovish tone to the accompanying statement, but the dollar weakened ahead of the announcement and fell further after the statement had been made for a daily loss of 1%. The US-China trade war was cited as a concern for the Federal Open Market Committee, which also hinted at one or two rate cuts before the end of the year.

Canadian employment data gave the Loonie a boost; the 27.7k increase in payrolls was three times as big as forecast and the rate of unemployment unexpectedly fell from 5.7%

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902 887 243 mallorca@moneycorp.com. to 5.4%. The Bank of Canada (BoC) is due to make its statement in three weeks and may reflect on the more positive ecostats; traditionally the policy of the US Federal Reserve also has an influence on the approach of other central banks and the latest dovish statement is likely to be given full consideration.

The governor of the Reserve Bank of Aus-

tralia, Phillip Lowe, suggested that interest rates may be heading for unprecedented lows below 1% in a bid to stimulate the economy. Lowe’s dovish tone also suggested there may be a reduction on mortgage lending rates and hinted at the introduction of a quantitative easing programme.

The Australian dollar made gains after the announcement as the market priced in the possibility of interest rates as low as 0.75% by the end of the year.

First quarter GDP from New Zealand was in line with expectations, showing a 0.6% quarterly rise. An increase in construction offset a slowing of growth in services, but there are concerns about the slowing economy and the impact of the US-China trade war.

However, the New Zealand dollar made gains on the news and was 0.3% stronger following the release.

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New residency requirements 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.

While there are new rules for British nationals applying for residency in Spain, there will be no change to the right and status of EU nationals living in the UK, nor UK nationals living in the EU, while the UK remains in the EU. As an EU citizen it is now mandatory to register as a resident if you intend on living in Spain for more than three months.

You must register in person at the Oficina de Extranjeros (immigration office) - visit: http://www.seat.mpr.gob.es/portal/servicios/extranjeria/extranjeria_ddgg.html for regional offices - or a designated police station, which you can find at: https://www.policia.es/docu mentacion/oficinas/oficinas_extran.html You must make an appointment online before going to your local office or station, which can be done on the Spanish public administration website: https://sede.administracione spublicas.gob.es/icpplus/index.html When making your appointment you must select the province where you live and then the option ‘certificados UE’ and follow the instructions.

You take the following documents with you to your appointment: Passport or other identity document (not expired) Official form (EX-18), two copies, filled and signed by the UE national.

In addition, you will need other documents, depending on your situation: • (employed) - contract of employment or other proof of your employment status.

• (self-employed) - proof of registration in the register of economic activities or other proof of your employment status.

• (not employment in Spain) - Proof of: health cover valid in Spain; sufficient means to support yourself and your family.

• (pensioners) - provide proof of public health cover.

• (students) - proof of your registration in an educational establishment; proof of public or private health cover; formal declaration that you have sufficient means to support yourself during your stay. *You will be issued with a credit-card sized residence certificate which will include your name, address, nationality, NIE number, and date of registration. *The old A4 residence certificates are still valid, and you do not need to apply for a creditcard sized alternative unless your circumstances change, for example you move house.

But you can if you want to, at any time. *After five years of being registered as a resident, you can apply for a certificate of permanent residence in Spain. The card will be similar, but state that you are a ‘residente permanente.’

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

If in any doubt, seek professional help.

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Warning to ‘check change’ THE Guardia Civil has reissued a notice to tourists to keep a look out for Egyptian and Mexican currency working its way into Spanish circulation.

The Mexican Five Peso coin and the Egyptian Pound coin are very similar to the Two Euro coin and on first look the difference would go unnoticed.

However the number of ‘foreign’ coins making their way into circulation at the country’s tourist hotspots has increased over the past week according to officials.

Tourists are being asked to inspect their change when purchasing items to make sure they don’t receive one of the coins unintentionally.

The Mexican Peso is only worth 24 cents whereas the Egyptian Pound coin is only worth five cents.

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Missing 74-year-old found on roof MARIA HEREDIA TORRES had been missing for two days before she was found of the roof of a housing block in Malaga City.

She suffers from severe Alzheimer’s and it is thought she became disorientated and made her way up onto the roof where she fell and couldn’t get back up again.

She is now recovering at home with her family after the ordeal.

FINANCE

Spain escapes EU law fine

SPAIN has been ‘let off’ an €80 million fine for delays in implementing its new mortgage law.

The European Commission has informed the European Court of Justice that the law has now been brought in correctly, so it is withdrawing the case and possible fine.

Political instability, the situation and repeated elections have been blamed for the delay in implementing the legislation that brings Spain into line with EU regulations, which should have come into force in March 2016.

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STAT OF €936.5 million WEEK

This is the amount Santander has agreed to pay Allianz group for its 60 per cent share in joint venture Allianz Popular.

Cash deal for machine firms

Trump threat over Google tax PRESIDENT Donald Trump has told Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez the US will react “very harshly” if plans for a ‘Google Tax’ go ahead.

The warning came on the eve of this week’s G20 summit and is aimed at Spain and France in particular, as well as other European nations who may consider such a charge.

US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, who is the main advisor, negotiator and spokesman for Trump in the area of trade, was speaking to a Senate committee when he issued the warning.

By Dilip Kuner He said that “President Trump will respond very harshly” against European countries that insist on applying tax pressure that, in his opinion, “discriminatorily penalise American companies.”

The US ambassador to Spain, Duke Buchan, wrote to the Spanish government last November to ask that a proposed new tax be withdrawn, saying that Sanchez should not try to impose such a tax without international agreement within the Organisation for Economic Development Cooperation (OECD).

The government has said that it plans to create a new tax as soon as possible because it considers it necessary for Google and other digital platforms to pay more than they currently do. It hopes to raise €1.2 billion annually.

Nadia Calviño, Spain’s Minister of Economy and Business, said: “It is a priority to jointly address the special challenges posed by the taxation of new business models of digital platforms. The government assures that this declaration does not change the plan to create the new tax.”

BASQUE automotive group CIE Automotive has spent 58 million acquiring two companies dedicated to the machining of parts in Celaya, Guanajuato State (Mexico).

It has bought Maquinados de Precisión de México and Cortes de Precisión de México, whose Ebitda (gross operating margin) is expected to reach €16 million by the end of 2019. Jesús María Herrera, CEO of CIE Automotive, explained that the purchase will allow it to expand significantly physically and commercially in the future.

The companies are being paid for in cash.

BUSINESS EXTRA

Price rise slowdown INFLATION in Spain dipped on the back of lower than expected electricity and fuel prices in May to a year-onyear rate of 0.8 per cent from 1.5 per cent the previous month, according to the National Statistics Office.

MONEY SPINNER: Sports make big contribution.

Sports spend on the rise SPORTS tourism was worth €2.44 billion to Spain in 2018, up 10 per cent on the previous year.

According to figures in the Annual Sports-Related Statistics report from the Ministry of Culture and Sport, €1.41 billion of that came from visitors to the country, compared with the €1.26 billion spent in 2017.

Tourists resident in Spain spent €1.03 billion on sport-related trips, compared with €957 million the previous year.

In total, 4.1 per cent of all trips made for leisure, recreational or holiday purposes by Spanish residents were for sports purposes.

The number of sports clubs increased in 2018 to 67,512, a rise of 0.7 per cent in 2017.

Big exposure THE eurozone financial system, including banks, investment funds, pension funds and insurance companies, has a total exposure to companies affected by anti-emissions regulations of €720 billion, says the ECB.

Breaks price SOCIAL media use, checking personal emails plus unscheduled coffee and cigarette breaks cost Spanish companies €3.3 billion a year in lost time, according to a study by work analysts Adecco, although unions say breaks can increase productivity.

Call for closer banking ties SPAIN’S central bank has called for closer banking ties within the EU and in particular a euro zone deposit insurance scheme and stabilisation fund.

It says that Europe as a whole faces significant financial risks from ageing populations, low productivity, high national debt and a Brexit-related economic slow-down.

The Bank of Spain said that the European De-

posit Insurance Scheme (EDIS) would make the financial sector more resilient and be the final part to a full banking union within the eurozone.

Speaking in a presentation of the bank’s annual report Governor Pablo Hernandez de Cos said: “It is necessary to complete (the) revision of the Economic and Monetary Union to avoid the single currency still being exposed to tensions in case of high-calibre disturbances.”

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2,667

0,09

0,00

523.937

LLOYDS BANK

0,579

-0,34

-0,00

8.878.525

8,964

0,07

0,01

45.707

LONDON STOCK

55,360

0,65

0,36

12.302

ASHTEAD GROUP

21,970

2,14

0,46

65.918

MARKS & SPENCER

2,100

0,10

0,00

321.889

ASTRA ZENECA

64,140

0,56

0,36

142.973

MEDIA CONTEN

3,063

0,60

0,02

84.846

BABCOCK INTE

4,793

0,76

0,04

31.386

MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS

3,983

1,89

0,07

129.464

BARCLAYS BANK

1,489

0,11

0,00

2.205.691

42.617

BARRATT DEVE

5,596

-0,56

-0,03

74.797

BAT INDUSTRI

27,795

-0,63

-0,17

269.332

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MICRO FOCUS

20,210

0,95

0,19

MONDI PLC

17,620

-0,30

-0,05

44.143

1,997

-0,32

-0,01

306.528

0,35

0,20

17.845

0,69

0,06

80.298

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-0,73

-0,14

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0,02

213.788

0,13

0,01

1.210.758

BRIT.AEROE

4,877

0,52

0,02

155.573

PERSIMMON

24,310

-0,42

-0,10

17.671

PROV.FINANC.

4,157

0,10

0,00

46.204

PRUDENTIAL C

16,885

-0,56

-0,09

157.342

RAMBLER MED.

2,046

-1,26

-0,03

109.389

BRITISH LAND

5,402

-0,05

-0,00

151.050

BRITISH TELECOM

1,989

-0,80

-0,02

1.869.312

BUNZL

21,480

1,78

0,38

29.953

RECKITT BNKR

62,480

-1,00

-0,63

51.856

BURBERRY

17,920

0,50

0,09

81.418

REED INTER

19,515

1,53

0,30

316.358

CARNIVAL PLC

34,110

-2,56

-0,90

66.285

RENTOKIL GRP

186.003

CELLTECH

29,770

0,20

0,06

42.754

RIO TINTO

CENTRICA

0,883

-0,23

-0,00

1.514.953

ROLLS ROYCE

CGNU

4,140

-0,72

-0,03

322.599

3,988

-0,22

-0,01

47,190

0,74

0,35

85.561

9,010

0,77

0,07

232.272

ROYAL & SUN

5,712

-0,39

-0,02

69.985

2,160

0,14

0,00

348.177

1,434

1,16

0,02

39.102

ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND

CRH

25,420

-0,47

-0,12

37.491

ROYAL DUTCH SHELL B SHARES26,050

-0,12

-0,03

259.014

CRODA INTERN

53,850

0,46

0,25

19.563

ROYAL DUTCH SHELL CL.A NLD 25,965

0,19

0,05

424.724

DCC ORD IEP0

71,160

0,38

0,27

3.352

SAGE GROUP

7,938

0,83

0,07

53.688

DELLING GRP

3,255

0,62

0,02

325.067

SAINSBURY

1,923

-1,84

-0,04

360.298

CONVATEC GROUP

DIAGEO

34,070

0,94

0,32

134.708

SCHRODERS

30,600

-0,46

-0,14

6.491

EASYJET

8,776

-0,63

-0,06

228.903

SCOT.& STH

11,115

-0,20

-0,02

251.969

24,320

0,48

0,12

29.657

SEVERN TRENT

20,950

-0,63

-0,13

46.858

23,450

-3,71

-0,90

17.563

EXPERIAN GROUP LTD

8,926

1,06

0,09

82.654

SKILLSGROUP

GLAXO WELLCO

15,842

0,77

0,12

423.801

SLOUGH EST.

7,412

-0,02

-0,00

198.247

GLENCORE INTL

2,809

0,25

0,01

1.565.439

SMITH & NEP.

17,235

0,38

0,06

46.372

GROUP 4 SECU

2,116

-0,38

-0,01

79.973

SMITHS INDU.

15,245

0,69

0,10

30.743

HAMMERSON

2,770

-2,13

-0,06

360.312

ST JAMES S P

10,945

-1,17

-0,13

44.554

18,993

-0,05

-0,01

42.175

STAN.CHART

6,976

-1,03

-0,07

392.269

6,477

-0,41

-0,03

1.142.741

STANDARD LIFE

2,897

-0,24

-0,01

405.883

18,686

-0,09

-0,02

166.275

TAYLOR WOOD.

1,563

-0,48

-0,01

358.541

2,324

-1,82

-0,04

1.662.422

7,152

-1,84

-0,13

123.654

49,390

1,14

0,56

125.972

FRESNILLO

HARGREAVES LANSDOWN HSBC IMPERIAL TOBACCO INFORMA GROU

8,154

0,74

0,06

77.123

TESCO

INTERCON.HOT

51,450

-0,20

-0,10

12.977

TUI

INTERTEK GROUP

56,580

1,51

0,84

10.107

UNILEVER

INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINES GRP4,558

0,26

0,01

405.405

UN.UTILITIES

8,058

0,60

0,05

95.092

ITV

1,075

0,05

0,00

297.714

VODAFONE GRP

1,269

-0,38

-0,00

3.349.757

31,720

-0,64

-0,20

13.700

WHITBREAD

44,990

0,10

0,04

30.154

KINGFISHER

2,052

-1,25

-0,03

689.645

WPP GROUP

9,718

-0,06

-0,01

151.854

LAND SECURIT

8,312

-0,17

-0,01

121.244

3I GROUP

10,645

0,14

0,02

46.088

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8,216

0,10

5,569

BRITISH FOODS

1.11862

56,540

19,690

BP

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0.89395

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Too many jobless in Spain THE Spanish jobs sector remains one of the biggest problems within the country’s economy.

The unemployment rate is expected to continue to fall, but is predicted to take until 2021 before reaching around 12 per cent, according to the Bank of Spain.

After a five-year slump in the economy from 2008 to 2013 unemployment soared to almost 27 per cent, but has since fallen to 4.7 per cent in the first quarter of this year.

“While it’s true that the unemployment rate has fallen significantly since the economic recovery began, it is still very high,” said Governor of the central bank Pablo Hernandez De Cos.

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Lower AVE costs call THE current cost structure for operating high-speed trains should be reformed as the market is opened up to competitors to ensure lower ticket prices.

This is the conclusion of the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC). In a report is sees the need to ‘modify in depth’ the fees that infrastructure owner Adif charges for the use of t r a c k s a n d s t a t i o n s . L a s t y e a r, Renfe paid it €1.228 billion. Adif’s liabilities add up to around €18 billion, and its only major source of income is the fees it receives.

The regulator does not go into depth on how the lowering of fees w i l l a ff e c t t h e f i n a n c i n g o f t h e debt. But it considers the setting of fees needs to be pitched right if competitors are to enter the market and reduce ticket prices.

The body, chaired by José María Marín Quemada, says that royalties will be ‘key’ in the design of commercial strategies carried out by operators that break Renfe’s monopoly, such as the French company SNCF, which has already shown its interest in operating in Spain.

Both Renfe and SNCF have an-

AVE: High speed service being opened to competition. nounced their intention to create low-cost subsidiaries with which to increase the occupancy of the trains they will operate.

In the opinion of CNMC experts ‘the conditions are in place’ for the opening to competition of the AVE

in December 2020 to provide a better service for passengers and generate resources.

This will help capitalise on the investment already made in what is the second biggest high speed network in the world.

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Lagging behind in RD&I SPAIN is the only country wi t hi n t he EU 5 - t he t op economic nations - to have reduced spending on RD&I. The Independent Fiscal Accountability Authority (AIReF) has said that ‘total investment has fallen between 2009 and 2016 by 10.2 per cent,’ in contrast to total investment growth of 17 per cent amongst the 28 countries of the European Union.

In contrast to Spain, the ot her EU 5 nat i ons i ncreased RD&I expenditure in the same period. In the case of France this was by 10.3 per cent, while in Italy the increase was 12 per cent. In the United Kingdom the rise was close to 15 per cent.

By far away the leading country was Germany, where the figure reached a remarkable 24 per cent.

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FEATURE

A sign of the times

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT I TRULY can’t make up my mind whether society reflects the media, or the media reflects society. I suppose, when it comes down to it, they’re all actually in it together. I remember the 50’s, when BBC radio comprised the Light and Third programmes and the Home Service.

In those early days, they flatly refused to play anything with a modern ‘beat,’ and utterly scorned the new, and to their mind, utterly degenerate ‘Rock n Roll.’ The presenters wore dinner jackets and tuxes to the studio - even though they couldn’t be seen. Television was also strictly controlled. Dress codes were strongly adhered to, Elvis Presley was only filmed from the waist up, and even mild swear words were utterly taboo.

After the Epilogue, the National Anthem always preceded the ‘test’ card which followed at around midnight. (Many families stood to attention in their living rooms while God Save the King rang out!) Was it all a good or a bad thing?

Well I’m sure we all have our own opinions about that. It was however a fairly accurate reflection of society as it was during that post war recovery period.

A time when we had absorbed all the violence we could stomach, and patriotism was paramount to those who had survived the conflict. Fast forward to the present day. With the advent of scores

LOVE ISLAND: A reflection of modern society?

of channels and wavelengths - all trying to create their own money tree - the first thing that goes completely by the board is any semblance of responsible or moral obligations.

In fact, in their endeavours to attract more attention, some of the offerings of today’s media

are almost beyond belief. (‘OAP’s Behaving Badly’ simply pales by comparison!)

I recently heard some radio station play a song whose lyrics comprised of nothing but the F word, chanted over and over again. There is a TV ‘dating’ programme that actually presents couples

to each other stark naked. Apparently some male contestants are picked as possible partners merely for the size of their manhood! Cilla must be positively spinning!

Although I have never viewed the Mallorca show, to me the rules for the highly popular ‘Love Island’ however, truly do take the whole tin. This is the ‘contestants’ code’ insisted on by the producers of a programme that has been voted one of the most popular reality shows ever.

Rule 1. No masturbating. 2. No total nudity. 3.

No sex while drunk. And, in an almost ludicrous effort to take the moral and hygienic high ground - rule four and five informs the contestants that there is to be ‘no smoking’ on camera and that ‘condoms must be used at all times’!

And if all that doesn’t reflect the attitude and priorities of our modern society, nothing does.

And finally what a pleasure to watch the Ladies World Cup. A chance to really enjoy the game of football; instead of enduring a bunch of posturing, egotistical prima donnas, more worried about their hair styles and bank balances than the beautiful game. Well done England. Last eight at the time of writing.

Keep the faith.

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I WAS, as you’d expect, minded to write about the Middle East this week or, if not that, the UK PM wannabes or, failing that, the latest gaffe/threat of the Trump regime, but fortunately I came across a story of real AND international importance.

The story I spotted was that scientists have discovered that coffee doesn’t just keep you alert; it keeps you alive. As little as two cups of coffee a day can raise your life expectancy by as much as TWO years, reducing the risk of cancer, heart problems and even neurodegenerative brain diseases. Wow! Well, not exactly another MOBO study (Masters Of the Bleeding Obvious), but I’d really love to read the methodology section of this ‘research.’ What nonsense, and how did they come up with such a random number even if TWO years is in anyway believable.

Walking every day will do that for you and more. And it’s ridiculous to ignore the number of other variables in someone’s dietary habits and lifestyle to focus simply on a single item.

And next week: too much coffee will be bad for your haemorrhoids! Just what ARE these researchers drinking to come up with

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Hey, wake up! Study uncovers yet more useless bits of research!

A CUPPA A DAY: Does it keep death’s door away?

such conclusions? Nonetheless, I love coffee so I’m just going to accept it. Now all I need is to find studies with similar conclusions on alcohol and dairy...

So, along with fake news and fake facts, we also have this so-called scientific ‘research’ from which scientists take the facts they like best, gently and carefully manipulate them, ignoring anything ‘inconvenient’ or likely to give a contrary impression. Paid for by big business with highly trained professionals happy to do anything for the money.

In the end, it’s all about telling porkies, isn’t it? And telling porkies can even be extremely profitable these days.

In other news, researchers discover a link

between the Pope and Catholicism. And the Marriage Foundation says marriage is good for you. Well, who’d have thought?

As always, I am available to solve any of the world’s remaining problems, for a small fee (#piousface)...

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LEGALLY SPEAKING Can they pay the president?

I live on an urbanisation of 100 properties.

Only 12 properties are inhabited by permanent residents. Seven of these have previously acted as president. At the end of this year our president and vice president are standing down and there are no volunteers for the positions. We were informed at our last AGM that, if there were no volunteers, the names of permanent residents who had not previously been president would be grouped together. One of these would then be randomly selected to take over the duties of president for one year. This would be a random selection from five names. As owners who are nonresident are equally responsible for the community, should their names also be legally included in this selection?

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DAVID SEARL

Of course it i s b e t t e r f o r t h e YOU AND THE p r e s i d e n t t o b e a LAW IN SPAIN full-time resident of Spain, but you are right. The absentee owners must share the responsibility. Here is an idea. Recent changes in the law allow for community presidents to be paid for their services. Perhaps the offer of a stipend in the amount of community fees would attract some volunteers to be president

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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Across 7 Small dog or cat, perhaps - it has energy (6) 8 President used to clean up (6) 9 Delight in Google Earth (4) 10 Being brave, I printed anyway (8) 11 Organise alternative drink outside (4,3) 13 Old car not starting creates fury (5) 15 Italian sauce for some of Europe's tourists (5) 17 Number of workers that pay rent (7) 20 Doctor Marten with no decoration (8) 21 Tom's initial request for a job (4) 23 Customer left one small coin outside (6) 24 Tension created by southern transport (6) Down 1 Trade on the coast of Kent (4) 2 Frogman has time to change direction (6) 3 Tiresome work outside (7) 4 Chess player with renewed energy (5) 5 Crushing melons is serious business (6) 6 Occupant inserted in ruins (8) 12 Set aside six deliveries left in

Parisian street (8) 14 It tends to confuse one involved in oral examination (7) 16 Picked on editor after cooked eats (6)

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18 Blood supplier using major thoroughfare? (6) 19 Stave off a match (5) 22 Some Scots wi’ glasses drink (4)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 16 represents P and 17 represents Q, so fill in P every time the figure 16 appears and Q every time the figure 17 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

Across 1 Popular 1940s dance (9) 5 Counterfeit (5) 7 Discourage (5) 9 Heal (4) 10 Summerhouse (6) 12 Lack of emotion (6) 13 Faucets (4) 15 Unable to move or resist motion (5) 16 Faithful (5) 18 Very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll (9)

English - Spanish

Across 7 Sometimes (1,5) 8 Armchair (6) 10 Inútil (inepto) (7) 11 Sweet (5) 12 Junco (4) 13 Fiebre (5) 17 Relajar (sosegar) (5) 18 Nothing (4) 22 Proyectos (5) 23 El más caro (7) 24 Cadenas (6) 25 Más perezoso (6)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE

Down 1/17 Miscellaneous collection of things sold together (3,3) 2 Posing no difficulty (4) 3 Pandemonium (6) 4 Anxious to learn (7) 6 Trash (7) 8 Treatment intended to relieve or heal a disorder (7) 9 Make clear or easily understood (7) 11 Inner city slum (6) 14 Large deers (4) 17 See 1

The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.

Down 1 Cowboy (7) 2 Árbitro (7) 3 Laws (5) 4 Charcos (7) 5 Stem (of a plant) (5) 6 Caminos (5) 9 Emerald (9) 14 Estaciones (partes del año) (7) 15 Briefcase (7) 16 Invoice (7) 19 Opaque (5) 20 Never (5) 21 To earn (5)

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FOR NEXT 7 DAYS AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Involvement in a situation connected with someone close may not be the best option this week. Giving advice is all well and good so long as you are sure of your facts.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Some disruption to your plans annoys you but there’s no point getting in a huff.

Outside influences cannot be stopped but you are able to keep calm yourself.

Rising to the bait will play into someone else’s hands. Although a situation must be dealt with, do it in your own time and in your own way.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) It seems that you are putting a lot of effort into whatever you do without getting as much out as you would like.

However, as the week goes by, you will realise that it is only a temporary situation. Sometimes, it takes others a period of adjustment before they are ready to accept changes of a personal nature.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) The brick wall that you start banging your head against this week is not an illusion.

It is, indeed, true that others are not responding to you in an expected way.

By Wednesday this wall will start to fall and people will be more receptive.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Everything seems an effort at the beginning of this week but as energy levels pick up you will gain momentum.

Tackle one thing at a time and realise that Rome was not, indeed, built in a day.

As the weekend approaches you will begin to realise that you have been far more effective than you thought.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) You really do need to come to an understanding with friends over a social matter, although this may take a little effort this week. It is clear that there are those who are less helpful than others, but this could be because of a misunderstanding.

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LEO (July 24 - August 23) Be a social animal this week and you will strengthen both people and business contacts. After being busy last week, you may be inclined to take it easy. If it is the case that you really are low on energy, then use the telephone or email to full advantage to keep in touch.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Someone well and truly treads on your toes this week and it really puts your teeth on edge. There are some bridges that may not be mended at the present time and are best left alone. Show your generous side but resist the urge to give in on an important issue because you are likely to regret it later.

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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) A special chance to try something new should not be passed over. No one expects wonders from you, they are happy just to see you enjoying life. A recent change in your attitude to your future is already showing. Luck is just waiting for you to invite her in.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Your home life gives you the most satisfaction at the moment even though someone seems to be challenging you.

Some things are best ignored until they go away of their own accord and that also often applies to people. There is a time for everything and choosing it will make a task that could be difficult that much easier.

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

IRISH LOTTO Saturday June 22

3

4

19

32

39

46

BONUS BALL

40

EURO MILLIONS Tuesday June 18

BONUS BALL

12

24

37

3 7

44

40

Friday June 21

BONUS BALL

5

8

9

3 7

39

25

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Be cautious this week with your money.

You have been aware for some time now that a change in your finances is likely.

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35

39

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JOKER: 4 812 959 Saturday June 22

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JOKER: 2 488 626 EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA Sunday June 23

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19 30

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BONUS BALL

9

Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.

TARGET: Average: 11 Good: 15 Very good: 22 Excellent: 28 LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

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QUICK Across: 1 Chaos, 3 Start, 6/18 Pay cut, 8 Rooster, 9 Usual, 10 Begs, 13 Apex, 14 Hasty, 17 Indulge, 19 Maybe, 20 Talon.

Down: LA PRIMITIVA

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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 R) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

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.

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LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) What a lovely surprise to find that something you have always wanted is coming your way at last. Keep a firm hand with finances and take control if you want to organise things for the better.

BONUS BALL

Sudoku

1 Copy, 2 Scream, 3 Slow, 4 Authentic, 5 Thrush, 7 Yesterday, 11 Radium, 12 Latest, 15 Flee, 16 Stun.

CRYPTIC Across: 1 Rivet, 4 Arcades, 8 Bengali, 9 Munch, 10 Snoop, 12 Bolster, 13 Racket, 14 Apples, 17 Needles, 19 Scout, 21 Latin, 22 Epigram, 24 Smashed, 25 Elder.

Down: 1 Robes, 2 Van, 3 Trample, 4 Akimbo, 5 Camel, 6 Donatello, 7 Spheres, 11 Orchestra, 13 Rankles, 15 Passive, 16 Ascend, 18 Lunch, 20 Timer, 23 Rid.

ENGLISH-SPANISH Down:

Across: 1 Jealous, 5 Ropes, 8 Iniciar, 9 Nurse, 10 Elope, 11 Posters, 12 Clavos, 14 Cartón, 17 Stretch, 19 Bomba, 22 Ancla, 23 Sin usar, 24 Obras, 25 Enlaces.

1 Juice, 2 Árido, 3 Oxígeno, 4 Stripe, 5 Rings, 6 Percent, 7 Stepson, 12 Castaño, 13 Atracar, 15 Albañil, 16 Chiste, 18 Teams, 20 Music, 21 Atras.

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2:00am Peaky Blinders 3:00am Peaky Blinders Tommy finds himself engaged in bloody battle with Luca Changretta and his gang.

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8:00pm World News Today The day's leading stories.

8:30pm Match of the Day Live: FIFA Women's World Cup 11:00pm Glastonbury 2019 From Worthy Farm in Somerset, Lauren Laverne introduces the set by Kevin Parker's Australian psychedelic slow-pop band Tame Impala.

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7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am Tenable 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:59pm ITV London Weather 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Tonight 9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm The Cruise 10:00pmPsychopath with Piers Morgan 11:00pmITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pmITV News London 11:45pmCaught on Camera 12:45am Beecham House 1:35am Beecham House

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7:55am Heartbeat 9:00am Murder, She Wrote 9:55am On the Buses 10:30am On the Buses 11:00am Rising Damp 11:30am A Touch of Frost 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Emmerdale Frank and Kim argue over looking after the rescued ponies.

Annie receives a letter from Henry's solicitor, while Chris and Kathy have no luck house hunting.

3:15pm Emmerdale 3:50pm Coronation Street 4:20pm Coronation Street 4:55pm A Touch of Frost 7:00pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Vera A fisherman's body is found tangled up in a North Sea trawler's net.

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7:00am The Car Chasers 7:25am The Saint 8:20am Kojak 9:10am Quincy, M.E. 10:15am Minder 11:20am The Sweeney 12:25pmThe Professionals 1:35pm The Saint 2:35pm Kojak 3:40pm Quincy, M.E. 4:45pm Minder 5:50pm The Professionals 6:55pm The Sweeney 8:00pm The Chase 9:00pm Road Racing Series Action from Kells Road Races at Crossakiel Circuit in County Meath.

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7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 7:30am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 8:30am Cricket World Cup Centre The day's main headlines from England and Wales.

9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Live ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies v India. Coverage of the groupstage match from Old Trafford in Manchester.

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SATURDAY - 29 JUNE

TV LISTING

SUNDAY - 30 JUNE

7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Nigella: At My Table 1:00pm BBC News 1:10pm BBC London News 1:15pm Weather 1:20pm Tennis: Eastbourne 3:30pm Garden Rescue 4:15pm Money for Nothing 5:00pm Escape to the Country 6:00pm BBC News 6:10pm Weather 6:15pm Zootropolis 7:55pm Pointless 8:45pm The Hit List 9:25pm Casualty 10:15pm Killing Eve 11:00pm BBC News 11:15pm Weather 11:20pmDavid Brent: Life on the Road 12:50amBuried 2:20am Weather for the Week Ahead

7:25am All Over the Place 7:55am The Dengineers 8:25am The Dog Ate My Homework 8:55am Mustangs FC 9:20am Pirate Fairy 10:30am Deadly Top 10 11:00am The World According to Kids 12:00pm Me and My Dog: The Ultimate Contest 1:00pm Tom Kerridge's Best Ever Dishes 1:30pm A Cook Abroad 2:30pm Homes Under the Hammer 3:30pm The £100K House: Tricks of the Trade 4:30pm Glastonbury 2019 6:15pm Match of the Day Live: FIFA Women's World Cup 8:30pm Glastonbury 2019 10:00pm Glastonbury 2019 2:00am Spike Island

8:00pm Glastonbury 2019 9:00pm Glastonbury 2019 10:00pmGlastonbury 2019 11:00pmGlastonbury 2019 1:30am Blackadder Classic comedy, starring Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson.

2:00am Blackadder Classic comedy, starring Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson.

2:30am Blackadder 3:00am Our Musical History Former Scissor Sisters singer Ana Matronic and Martyn Ware, who was in both the Human League and Heaven 17, reveal a playlist packed with disco classics.

4:00am A Year to Save My Life: George McGavin and Melanoma

7:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:00am Frasier 8:50am The Big Bang Theory 10:15am The Simpsons 11:30am Young Sheldon 12:25pm Four in a Bed 3:00pm A Place in the Sun Danni Menzies helps Mal and Sue from Suffolk, who are looking to retire to Spain.

4:00pm Sun, Sea and Brides to Be The daily struggles of a team of British wedding planners working in Cyprus.

5:00pm Location, Location, Location 6:00pm Portrait Artist of the Year 7:00pm Channel 4 News 7:30pm Formula 1 9:00pm Captain America: The First Avenger 11:15pmKnight and Day 1:10am ICC Cricket World Cup

8:20am Noddy: Toyland Detective 8:40am Digby Dragon 8:50am Peppa Pig 9:10am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:25am Paw Patrol 9:45am Nella the Princess Knight 9:55am Wissper 10:05am Pirata & Capitano 10:25am Floogals 10:40am Sunny Day 11:00am Rise of the Teenage 11:30am Police Interceptors 1:30pm Friends 4:00pm The Dark Crystal 6:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

7:00pm Digging Up Britain's Past 8:00pm Sacred Sites 8:55pm 5 News Weekend 9:00pm How the Victorians Built Britain 12:00am Info not available

11:00am The Andrew Marr Show 12:00pm Sunday Politics London 12:30pm Sunday Morning Live 1:30pm Homes Under the Hammer 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Songs of Praise 2:50pm Points of View 3:05pm Lifeline 3:15pm Eat Well for Less 4:15pm Money for Nothing 5:00pm Escape to the Country 5:45pm The Repair Shop 6:30pm BBC News 6:50pm BBC London News 6:55pm Weather 7:00pm Glastonbury 2019 9:00pm Countryfile 10:00pm Gentleman Jack 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm BBC London News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm John McEnroe: Still Rocking At 60 12:30am A Question of Sport

7:20am Glorious Gardens From Above 8:05am Gardeners' World 9:05am Countryfile 10:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:30am Rick Stein From Venice to Istanbul 12:30pm Super League Triathlon 2:00pm Wimbledon 2019 3:00pm Talking Tennis 3:45pm All Creatures Great and Small 5:15pm Talking Pictures 6:00pm India: Nature's Wonderland 8:00pm Dragons' Den 9:00pm Top Gear 10:00pm Glastonbury 2019 1:00am Pride 2:45am Question Time

8:00pm Glastonbury 2019 9:00pm Glastonbury 2019 10:00pm Glastonbury 2019 11:00pm Glastonbury 2019 1:30am Blackadder Classic comedy, starring Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson.

2:00am Blackadder Classic comedy, starring Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson.

2:30am Blackadder Classic comedy, starring Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson.

3:05am Arena 4:05am Classic Cellists at the BBC

7:25am Frasier 7:50am Frasier 8:15am The Big Bang Theory 8:40am The Big Bang Theory 9:05am The Simpsons 9:30am The Simpsons 10:00am The Simpsons 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Simpsons 2:00pm The Simpsons 2:30pm The Simpsons 3:00pm The Simpsons 3:30pm Ice Age: Collision Course 5:30pm A Place in the Sun 6:30pm Coast vs Country 7:30pm Channel 4 News Including sport and weather.

8:00pm Formula 1 10:00pm The Handmaid's Tale 11:00pm ICC Cricket World Cup 12:00amTriple 9 2:20am The Restoration Man

10:15am Floogals 10:35am Sunny Day 11:00am Rise of the Teenage 11:45am Friends 2:15pm Police Interceptors 3:10pm Dirty Britain 4:10pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 5:05pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 6:00pm Funniest Ever Celebrity Moments 7:00pm Rich Kids Go Skint 7:55pm 5 News Weekend 8:00pm The Wonderful World of Chocolate 9:00pm Gino's Win Your Wish List 10:00pm Utterly Outrageous X-Rated Comedy 11:00pm Utterly Outrageous X-Rated Comedy 12:00am Info not available

9:00am Thunderbirds are Go 9:25am ITV News 9:30am The Sara Cox Show 10:25am Saturday Morning with James Martin 12:35pm John and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen 1:40pm Save Money: Lose Weight 2:10pm ITV News and Weather 2:29pm ITV London Weather 2:30pm ITV Racing Live 5:00pm You've Been Framed!

5:30pm Tipping Point 6:30pm The Chase 7:25pm ITV News and Weather 7:35pm ITV News London 7:45pm Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule 8:15pm Catchphrase 9:00pm The Voice Kids 10:35pm ITV News and Weather 10:54pm ITV London Weather 10:55pmAmerican Sniper 1:25am Jackpot247

7:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:25am Emmerdale 10:10am Coronation Street 1:05pm Ninja Warrior UK 2:05pm Japandemonium 2:35pm You've Been Framed!

3:40pm The Golden Compass 4:40pm FYI Daily 4:45pm The Golden Compass 5:50pm Johnny English Reborn 6:50pm FYI Daily 6:55pm Johnny English Reborn 7:55pm Step Up Revolution 8:55pm FYI Daily 9:00pm Step Up Revolution 10:00pm Love Island: Unseen Bits 11:05pm Shopping with Keith Lemon 11:35pm Family Guy 12:05am Family Guy 12:30am Family Guy

7:25am 8:15am 9:20am 11:40am 6:00pm

7:00am World of Sport: Last Orders 7:05am The Protectors 7:30am The Professionals 8:20am The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 9:20am The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 10:30am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 11:30am Hand of God 12:35pm The Professionals 1:35pm Cahill, US Marshal 2:35pm FYI Daily 2:40pm Cahill, US Marshal 3:40pm Rooster Cogburn 4:40pm FYI Daily 4:45pm Rooster Cogburn 5:50pm Nevada Smith 6:50pm FYI Daily 6:55pm Nevada Smith 8:25pm The Cowboys 9:25pm FYI Daily 9:30pm The Cowboys 11:00pmHigh Plains Drifter 12:00am FYI Daily 12:05amHigh Plains Drifter 1:05am Minder

7:00am Sky Sports News 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 8:30am Cricket World Cup Centre The day's main headlines from England and Wales.

9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Live ICC Cricket World Cup 2:00pm Live ICC Cricket World Cup New Zealand v Australia.

Coverage of the groupstage match from Lord's in London.

10:30pm Live PGA Tour Golf 12:00am MLS Live 2:00am Sky Sports News 3:00am Live Fight Night International Demetrius Andrade v Walter Kautondokwa.

10:25am John and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen 12:15pm Gino's Italian Escape: Hidden Italy 12:45pm Midsomer Murders 2:40pm ITV News and Weather 2:44pm ITV London Weather 2:45pm Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule 3:15pm Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 8:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:45pm ITV News London 9:00pm Trevor McDonald's 10:00pm Beecham House 11:05pm ITV News and Weather 11:14pm ITV London Weather 11:20pm Britain's Busiest Airport Heathrow 11:50pm Code Blue: Murder 12:50am Wild Bill 1:45am Jackpot247

7:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:25am You've Been Framed!

7:50am Emmerdale 10:55am Coronation Street 1:55pm Take Me Out 2:55pm Catchphrase 3:40pm You've Been Framed!

4:45pm Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights 5:45pm FYI Daily 5:50pm Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights 6:30pm The Haunted Mansion 7:30pm FYI Daily 7:35pm The Haunted Mansion 8:15pm Liar Liar 9:15pm FYI Daily 9:20pm Liar Liar 10:00pm Love Island 11:00pm Love Island: Aftersun 12:05am Family Guy 12:35am Family Guy 1:05am American Dad!

7:00am 7:25am 8:20am 9:25am 10:25am 11:25am

7:00am World Cup Rivalries 7:20am The Professionals 8:25am The Professionals 9:25am Motorsport UK 10:25am World Superbike Highlights 11:25am Brdc Formula 3 Highlights 12:30pm Live British Touring Car Championship 7:00pm The Car Years 7:30pm World of Sport: TV Firsts 7:50pm Rooster Cogburn Rooster Cogburn is back in the saddle.

8:50pm FYI Daily A round-up of the latest entertainment news.

8:55pm Rooster Cogburn 10:00pmA Fistful of Dynamite 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pmA Fistful of Dynamite 1:05am Training Day

7:00am Sky Sports News 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 8:30am Cricket World Cup Centre 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans News and views on today's early stories, a look at the back pages, a tip on today's racing and a sporting weather forecast.

10:30am Live ICC Cricket World Cup England v India.

Coverage of the groupstage match from Edgbaston in Birmingham.

8:00pm Live PGA Tour Golf 12:00am Live US Seniors Tour Golf

8:00pm 10:00pm 12:00am 2:00am

Judge Judy The Royal Inspector Morse A Touch of Frost Agatha Christie's Poirot The sleuth is reunited with old friend Ariadne Oliver, who has been commissioned to stage a game of murder hunt at a summer fete in the grounds of Nasse House, the recently purchased home of wealthy financier Sir George Stubbs.

Midsomer Murders Vera Vera Emmerdale

On the Buses The Royal Heartbeat Heartbeat Long Lost Family A Touch of Frost Pawnbroker Peter Lawson is shot dead in an armed robbery at his premises and Frost's investigations unearth a tragic family secret.

1:35pm A Touch of Frost 3:40pm Inspector Morse 6:00pm Victoria 7:00pm Victoria 8:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 10:00pm The Comedy Years 11:00pm Vanity Fair 12:00amDeath Becomes Her Two romantic rivals are both granted the secret of eternal youth by a mysterious mystic.

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TV LISTING

TUESDAY - 2 JULY

MONDAY - 1 JULY 2:45pm Wimbledon 2019 7:00pm BBC News at Six; Weather 7:30pm BBC London News; Weather 8:00pm Fraud Squad NHS 8:30pm Our Lives 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Room 101 10:00pm EastEnders 10:30pm Would I Lie to You? 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm Regional News and Weather 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm This Country 12:00am Have I Got Old News for You

7:00am Ill Gotten Gains 7:45am One Day That Changed My Life 8:30am Antiques Roadshow 9:30am This Week in Parliament 10:00am Athletics 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 11:30am Wimbledon 2019 9:30pm Today at Wimbledon 10:30pmBritain's Next Air Disaster? Drones 11:30pmNewsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am Top Gear 1:15am Health 2:00am Countryfile

8:30pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 9:00pm Life 10:00pmThe Secret Life of Rockpools 11:00pmFrank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 12:00am Colour: The Spectrum of Science 1:00am Tales From the National Parks 2:00am Natural World 3:00am Natural World 4:00am Life

3:10pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm

Countdown Fifteen to One A Place in the Sun Kirstie's Celebrity Craft Masters 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Dispatches 9:30pm The £1 Houses: Britain's Cheapest Street 10:00pm999: What's Your Emergency?

11:00pmYear of the Rabbit 11:30pm8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 12:25am ICC Cricket World Cup

3:15pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm

Forgotten Evil Friends Friends 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Portillo's Hidden History of Britain 9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pmAll at Sea: Celebrity Deadly Catch 11:00pmInside Russia's Toughest Prisons 12:00am Killing Season

7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 8:30pm Match of the Day Live: FIFA Women's World Cup 11:00pm BBC News at Ten The latest national and international news.

11:25pm Regional News and Weather 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Hot Property 12:00am Hayley Goes...

7:00am Monday in Parliament 7:25am Ill Gotten 8:10am The Super League Show 9:00am Eat Well for Less 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pmWimbledon 2019 9:30pm Today at Wimbledon 10:30pmInside the Bank of England 11:30pmNewsnight Analysis of the day's events.

Presented by Emily Maitlis.

12:10am Weather

8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 9:00pm The First Georgians: The German Kings who Made Britain 10:00pmDouble Agent: The Eddie Chapman Story 11:00pmEmpire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley 12:00am Forces of Nature with Brian Cox 1:00am Scotland's War at Sea 2:00am Dwarfs in Art: A New Perspective

11:10am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:05pmUndercover Boss USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Couples Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Posh Pawnbrokers 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Kirstie's Celebrity Craft Masters 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Ackley Bridge 10:00pm 24 Hours in A&E 11:00pmDrag SOS 12:05am First Dates

2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pmPresumed Dead in Paradise 5:00pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Portillo's Hidden History of Britain 9:00pm The Great Garden Challenge 10:00pmSecrets of the National Trust with Alan Titchmarsh 11:00pmBig Body Squad 12:00am Casualty 24/7

8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Love Your Garden 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Long Lost Family 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm Code Blue: Murder 12:45am Her Majesty's Cavalry

4:45pm Dinner Date 5:50pm Take Me Out 7:00pm You've Been Framed!

7:30pm You've Been Framed!

8:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Superstore 10:00pmLove Island 11:00pmHey Tracey!

11:50pmFamily Guy 12:20am Family Guy

9:00am Murder, She Wrote 9:55am On the Buses 10:25am On the Buses 10:55am Rising Damp 11:25am A Touch of Frost 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Emmerdale 3:15pm Emmerdale 3:50pm Coronation Street 4:20pm Coronation Street 4:55pm A Touch of Frost 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pmDoc Martin 11:00pmFoyle's War 1:15am A Touch of Frost

9:10am Quincy, M.E. 10:10am Minder 11:20am The Sweeney 12:25pmThe Professionals 1:30pm The Saint 2:35pm Kojak 3:40pm Quincy, M.E. 4:45pm Minder 5:50pm The Professionals 6:55pm The Sweeney 8:00pm The Chase 9:00pm Made in Britain 10:00pmBenidorm 11:00pm Ransom 12:05am FYI Daily

8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 8:30am Cricket World Cup Centre 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Live ICC Cricket World Cup 8:00pm Sky Sports Tonight 9:00pm ICC Cricket World Cup 10:00pmSky Sports Tonight 11:00pmSky Sports News at Ten 12:00am Sky Sports News

8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Save Money: Lose Weight 9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm Her Majesty's Cavalry 10:00pm Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm Psychopath with Piers Morgan 12:45am Love Your Garden

4:45pm Dinner Date 5:50pm Take Me Out 7:00pm You've Been Framed!

7:30pm You've Been Framed!

8:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pmSuperstore 10:00pmLove Island 11:05pmFamily Guy 11:35pmFamily Guy 12:05amFamily Guy

11:00am Rising Damp 11:30am A Touch of Frost 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Emmerdale 3:15pm Emmerdale 3:50pm Coronation Street 4:20pm Coronation Street 4:55pm A Touch of Frost 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pmFoyle's War 1:15am Agatha Christie's Poirot

12:15pmThe Professionals 1:20pm The Saint 2:20pm Kojak 3:25pm Quincy, M.E. 4:25pm Minder 5:50pm The Professionals 6:55pm The Sweeney 8:00pm The Chase 9:00pm For Your Eyes Only 10:10pmFYI Daily 10:15pmFor Your Eyes Only 11:35pmUnderworld: Evolution 12:35am FYI Daily

8:30am Cricket World Cup Centre 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Live ICC Cricket World Cup 2:30pm Live Women's Ashes England v Australia.

10:30pmICC Cricket World Cup 11:30pmWomen's Ashes 12:30am Sky Sports News 1:00am Sky Sports News

11:25am Superstore 11:50am Superstore 12:15pmYou've Been Framed!

1:10pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You've Been Framed!

2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:45pm Dress to Impress 4:45pm Dinner Date 5:50pm Take Me Out 7:00pm You've Been Framed!

7:30pm You've Been Framed!

8:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Superstore 10:00pmLove Island 11:00pmCelebability 11:50pmFamily Guy 12:20am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad!

7:00am Coronation Street 7:30am Coronation Street 7:55am Heartbeat 9:00am Murder, She Wrote 9:55am On the Buses 10:25am On the Buses 11:00am Rising Damp 11:30am A Touch of Frost 1:40pm Heartbeat An explosion in the woods is linked to the activities of a villain working out of a local quarry.

2:45pm Emmerdale 3:15pm Emmerdale 3:50pm Coronation Street 4:20pm Coronation Street 4:55pm A Touch of Frost 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 11:00pmFoyle's War 1:10am Tommy Cooper Forever

7:00am World of Sport: Petrol Heads 7:15am The Saint 8:05am Kojak 9:00am Quincy, M.E. 10:05am Minder 11:10am The Sweeney 12:20pmThe Professionals 1:25pm The Saint 2:35pm Kojak 3:35pm Quincy, M.E. 4:40pm Minder 5:45pm The Professionals 6:50pm The Sweeney 8:00pm The Chase 9:00pm British Superbike Championship Highlights Action from the fifth meeting of the season at Knockhill, featuring two races.

10:00pmeasyJet: Inside the Cockpit 11:00pm A Fistful of Dynamite 12:05am FYI Daily

3:00pm Melissa & Joey 3:30pm Melissa & Joey 4:00pm Brooklyn NineNine 4:30pm Brooklyn NineNine 5:00pm Black-Ish 5:30pm Black-Ish 6:00pm Young Sheldon 6:30pm Young Sheldon 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Black-Ish 9:00pm Young Sheldon 9:30pm Young Sheldon 10:00pm The Big Bang Theory 10:30pm The Big Bang Theory 11:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats 11:55pm The Big Bang Theory 12:25am The Big Bang Theory

WEDNESDAY - 3 JULY 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Ill Gotten Gains 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Wimbledon 2019 2:00pm BBC News at One; Weather 2:30pm BBC London News; Weather 2:45pm Wimbledon 2019 7:00pm BBC News at Six; Weather 7:30pm BBC London News; Weather 8:00pm RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 8:30pm Match of the Day Live: FIFA Women's World Cup 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm Regional News and Weather 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Hometown 12:10am Hometown

3:00am This is BBC Two 7:00am Tuesday in Parliament 7:30am Ill Gotten Gains 8:15am One Day That Changed My Life 9:00am See Hear 9:30am Defenders UK 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pmLifeline 12:10pmPolitics Live 2:00pm Wimbledon 2019 9:30pm Today at Wimbledon 10:30pm Anna: The Woman Who Went to Fight Isis 11:30pmNewsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am Horizon 1:15am See Hear 1:45am What We Do in the Shadows 2:05am What We Do in the Shadows 2:30am Ambulance 3:30am This is BBC Two

8:00pm Beyond 100 Days BBC News teams in Washington DC and London report on the events that are shaping the world.

8:30pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 9:00pm Russia with Simon Reeve 10:00pm The River: A Year in the Life of the Tay 11:30pmThe Secrets of Scott's Hut 1:00am A Timewatch Guide 2:00am Hull's Headscarf Heroes 3:00am Tales of Tudor Travel: The Explorer's Handbook 3:30am The River: A Year in the Life of the Tay

9:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:10am Frasier 10:40am Frasier 11:10am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:05pmUndercover Boss USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Couples Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Posh Pawnbrokers 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Coast vs Country 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Kirstie's Celebrity Craft Masters 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Supervet 10:00pmThe Restaurant That Makes Mistakes 11:00pmCelebrity Gogglebox 12:00am ICC Cricket World Cup

9:40am Shimmer and Shine 9:55am Floogals 10:10am Sunny Bunnies 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pmBargain Loving Brits in the Sun 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Police Interceptors 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Killer Cove 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Portillo's Hidden History of Britain 9:00pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 10:00pmCasualty 24/7 11:00pm 5 Clues That Caught a Killer 12:05am Girl in the Box: The Kidnapping of Colleen Stan

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am Judge Rinder 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm Tenable 4:59pm ITV London Weather 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Inside the Ritz Hotel 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pmWild Bill 11:00pmITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pmITV News London 11:45pmPeston 12:40am Tenable

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YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE - YOUR OPINION Letters should be emailed to oursay@euroweeklynews.com or make your comments on our website: www.euroweeklynews.com

DEAR Editor, Every year, without fail the French go on strike, they have demonstrations and generally disrupt people’s plans, particularly during the all too brief tourist season. It is, it seems, more of a hobby for them rather than any number of legitimate industrial disputes.

Air traffic controllers striking and fishing boats blockading the ports are two common protests and are two monotonously regular inconveniences.

Then this year, we get the Gilets Jaunes, the series of protests against their government. Blockading Paris and the auto routes, disrupting travellers at whim. I read the newspapers and yet still do not understand what they are trying to achieve.

Then, I had a thought - perhaps, just perhaps these strikers and blockaders are really employees of the Spanish Tourist Board, employed to get people to come to industrially, peaceful Spain.

What a cunning plan.

The French are really revolting.

Viva la Revolution.

Stan Reynolds

Respect Spain DEAR Leapy Lee. Enjoyed your article last week very much (Issue 1772, June 20).

I was told the same as you, you are an immigrant so why are you against them. I quote again the same as you, I came in the front door… Respect Spain and pay my own way.

Like so many of us.

Keep writing, enjoy your columns.

Regards.

Christine

Not in the picture TO the editor I saw the reports and the great pictures from your 20-year celebration and firstly as a regular reader for these past seven years, can I wish you every success for the next 20.

I was jealous to see the party, it did look like fun and I would have loved to be there, but, there was one thing missing, Where was Leapy Lee? I did not see a single photo of the man in any of the pictures and trust me, with the help of my wife’s magnifying glass - I looked. I even looked at your internet site, but could not see him, I cannot believe he was not there. He’s not camera shy, is he?

Oh, and a second question, did you play his song ‘Little arrows’? I have to believe that you did, it would be a great homage to our own one hit wonder.

M Parker

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What a cunning plan No cojones DEAR Sirs, The debate between prospective leaders of the Conservative party brought to light severa l t h i n g s . F i r s t l y, i f t h e y w e re n o t h a p p y with their stools, why didn’t they say so and t h re a t e n t o w a l k . N o cojones!

I f t h e y w e re b e i n g continually interrupted

by Ms Maitlis, why didn’t they say so and t h re a t e n t o w a l k . N o cojones!

It seems that if a future prime minister is going to be elected with no cojones, what c h a n c e i s t h e re f o r them on the world

THE IRON LADY: Margaret Thatcher - a force to be reckoned with. stage?

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JUSTICE has been done. The La Manada ‘Wolf Pack’ gang has been convicted of rape.

Finally, the 18-year-old victim of a horrific gang rape at the Pamplona bull running festival of San Fermin can move on with her life, three years after the event.

Her quest for justice should never have come to this. While the police are faultless - they acted immediately in tracking down the perpetrators of the horrendous crime - the rest of the justice system is not.

When the five men who took advantage of the young woman were cleared of rape and convicted instead on the lesser charge of sexual assault, there was understandable outrage in the country.

No one could understand how the men - who not only assaulted the victim at least 10 times in the most depraved ways but also posted a video of the assault to a WhatsApp group called La Manada - were not guilty of rape.

It came down to the interpretation of the law made by a lower court. It decided that according to the letter of the law for an assault to be considered rape then it has to be accompanied by either violence or the threat of violence - for example showing a knife.

Ridiculously, the court seemed to imply that because a lone woman did not fight back against five grown men, then it was not rape.

Fortunately, the Supreme Court decided otherwise. Let us hope this sets a precedent that other judges follow in future.

Now we want to hear your views.

any of them!

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Wolf Pack guilty of rape says Supreme Court Justice at last! Poor lass has suffered so much for all this time. I hope she can now heal and try to put this nightmare behind her.

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Benidorm landmark El Castell closes for the summer season I think it is nice that the owners have allowed the excavation. Although it means removing one spot temporarily, preserving the heritage is important.

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San Juan festival left beaches full of garbage Yes there should be bins, but that is no excuse,

COMMENTS FROM EWN ONLINE take your rubbish with you simple as that, don’t leave for someone else to clear your mess up, no respect.

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Stay safe as temperatures soar to ‘potentially dangerous’ levels across Spain If you see a dog in a car and windows closed, police say take photo then break the window.

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Irish man dies in Costa del Sol pub stabbing Always walk away from any sign of trouble SAY nothing just walk away. You never know who you are dealing with as was the case here... RIP Maurizio D

Four Brits stabbed in Magaluf Street brawl after phones and wallets are ‘stolen’ This ‘stabbing thingy’ is just getting worse. Knife crimes have become the norm now… carrying a knife should be a jailable offence.

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Change is not difficult - it is the resistance to change

JORIS PLU MOST of us like things to change for the better in our lives because we know deep inside that change is good. If life in general did not change, it would be at a standstill.

The way we live as we know it would come to an end very soon.

So change is part of our existence.

Nature changes, people change, everything changes all the time.

We have known this since we were born and still many of us find it very difficult to embrace change.

During our lifetime we humans condition ourselves all the time.

Specially with those wonderful things that we like or love a lot.

This is normal human behaviour.

Nothing wrong with that.

The danger, if we may use this word, lies in the fact that we get stuck in the (over) protective environment we are creating or someone else is creating for us.

At that certain time when change

HUMAN NATURE: Many of us find it difficult. is knocking at our door, our first reaction will be not to open it. We would rather put an extra lock on it. Or two.

Fear of losing the golden cage we are in. Fear of having to let go of our daily routine life we just love so much. And this is completely understandable. So at that certain point when we hear the knocking we start resisting change.

CHANGE: Is life, is future and is inevitable.

We are putting ourselves in a protective mode, in the fight-orflight response mode.

Change itself is not that difficult at all. Not as long as it brings us comfort, peace of mind, happiness and all those other positive things we like. We do not want to lose the good things in life. Of course not.

So now we have to learn to let go of the fear, of the resistance. Be-

cause change is ultimately good.

Change is life. Change is future.

Change is inevitable. Change belongs to us as food and water, as light and breathing. Change is part of our body and soul. It is what we as humans need to move on for many years to come.

Look from now on at change as the most normal thing in your life.

Even if at first sight you feel that

Microneedling to more perfect skin DONE by a dermatologist or DIY at home with a tool like a paint roller with a head of needles a press release from the American Academy of Dermatology claims micro-needling is the ticket to boosting collagen, minimising wrinkles, smoothing scars and recapturing youth.

A minimally invasive procedure microneedling (also called Collagen Induction Therapy) pinpricks the face with invisible puncture wounds. Deeper layers of skin respond to this stimulation by rebuilding with collagenrich new tissues; collagen a protein keeping skin youthful, firm, and which when lost results in visible signs of ageing.

Board-certified dermatologist Sejal Shah, MD says: “It works the same way lasers do, only you’re injuring the skin mechanically instead of using heat or light and is better tolerated with fewer side effects and less downtime.”

With immediate results, microneedling improves skin tone and texture giving an instant radiant glow and plumping the face whilst using only the body’s natural healing mechanisms and

MICRONEEDLING: Skin miracle.

therefore giving very natural results. Stimulating collagen in and around pores causes a ‘filler effect’ allowing them to appear dramatically reduced if not closed.

Long term results also look promising with a study in 2008 on 480 patients treated with four microneedling sessions producing a 400 per cent increase in collagen and elastin six months after completing treatment.

Microneedling is also effective in the treatment of scars, stretch marks and sun damage, including the discoloured hyperpigmentation of melasma and unlike laser or chemical peels can be applied to any area of the body.

Gabe Lubin, founder of Cartessa Aesthetics, on the benefits of professional treatment as opposed to at home microneedling said: “Physicians can select with robotic precision the exact depth best for each patient’s skin type whilst using sec-

ondary treatments such as radio frequency for fine lines, blue and red LED for scarring and the application of specialist tailored anti-ageing preparations to treat multiple skin concerns.”

Whilst professional grade microneedling needles can be as long as 3mm, at-home rollers do not normally have needles longer than 1.5mm, a needle long enough to treat fine lines and faint scarring.

At home, microneedling is most effective when used with skin care treatments such as antiageing serums. The thousands of tiny, invisible punctures created by microneedling act like channels allowing products to absorb and work more effectively.

resistance. Some questions. How many times in your life have you already said after something changed that you were happy for it? Been asking yourself why you were so afraid of it? Finding out later that it was the best thing that ever happened to you?

Give yourself the power, the permission to walk through any change in your life with full confidence. Start loving it, start conditioning change as a wonderful positive part of who you are. Day in, day out. Let change be your unique guide that brings you those things your soul needs. If you can do this your life will ‘change’ for the good, the better, the best. And you will walk on this planet from now on with a big smile on your face.

CHANGE: Embrace it!

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SEVILLA: Travel spot for South Korean celebs.

FORMER 2017 Love Island contestant Olivia Attwood and Bradley Dack were in Marbella last week as guests of honour attending a footballer friend’s wedding in Marbella.

Attwood, 28, confesses she and Blackburn Rovers star Bradley Dack, 25, have considered marriage saying: “He’s my best friend and it’s just easy. This is my most serious relationship. We’ve both sowed our wild oats and know what we want.

We’ve lost each other before. We’re in a place where it’s now or never.”

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South Korean celeb visitors SPAIN has joined the list as a popular travel location for young South Korean celebrities with singer Jung Chae Yeon and actress Lee Min Jung spotted in Sevilla.

Jung Chae Yeon, 21, a singer and actress best known for being a member of the South Korean pop girl group DIA formed by MBK Entertainment was spotted in Sevilla in a selfie accompa-

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Olivia and Bradley at La Sala.

nied with actress Lee Min Jung.

Lee Min Jung uploaded the picture to her Instagram and captioned the photo ‘A Barbershop in Sevilla. First meal with Chae Yeon and Soohyeon teacher in Malaga!’

Lee Min Jung and Jung Chae Yeon will be appearing on MBC’s variety travel programme ‘A Barbers Shop in Sevilla’ which will air in July.

Olivia flew out to Marbella last week with Bradley to attend the wedding of his fellow Blackburn Rovers teammate Darragh Lenihan who wed his childhood sweetheart Shauna during a ceremony held at the Villa Padierna hotel in Marbella.

Olivia and Bradley were spotted together drinking and relaxing at the nearby celebrity restaurant La Sala in Puerto Banus the next day, a popular haven for celebrities such as Kanye West and Ricky Martin.

A GOOD TIME: Kate Middleton and Queen Letizia.

Kate Middleton snubs Queen Letizia?

ROYAL fans suggested another feud brewing this week when a video circulated around social media seemingly showing Kate Middleton ignoring Queen Letizia of Spain during the Order of the Garter in London.

In the video Kate exits her car, greets several people, and finally fails to acknowledge Queen Letizia who many suggested Kate should have curtsied to.

The viral video clip which shook social channels, of course, shows only a few moments of the full day of festivities.

In fact Kate Middleton and Queen Letizia had already greeted one another earlier that day. Photos from the event of the Duchess and the Spanish Queen show them having a good time in each other’s company.

Kate Middleton and Queen Letizia appear to have nothing but a friendly and civil relationship with misleading social media posts the only evidence indicating otherwise.

Deià Festival THURSDAY July 4 at 9pm sees a classical performance by two violins and piano as part of the International Music Festival of Deià at the Casa Museo de Son Marroig.

Paula Sanz Alasà (violin), Llucia Barrero Oliver (violin) and Alfredo Oyàgüez Montero (piano), will be performing a selection of works by Milhaud, Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Moszkowski.

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New mortgage law SPAIN’S new mortgage law has finally come into force.

It is designed to incorporate European directives on consumer protection into Spanish law and includes several aspects beneficial to the customer.

It is most beneficial to people taking on new loans, but what about those who already have a mortgage?

According to bank comparison website HelpMyCash.com there are some measures that will affect existing mortgage holders, although most of the new regulations are not retrospective.

Chief amongst these is the one that reduces the cost of converting a variable mortgage to a fixed rate loan, and secondly a tightening of regulations for foreclosures.

When it comes to swapping loans from variable to fixed rates, banks may now charge a maximum of 0.15 per cent of the outstanding capital within three years of the initial contract be-

Now the cost should be a maximum of €75.

12 instalments. In the second half of the loan term, the missed payments must be worth at least 7 per cent of the principal of the loan or

GOOD NEWS: New law makes swapping to a fixed rate loan cheaper. ing signed. After this period the transaction should be free.

Before the law came into force, the usual commission for novation (where the contract was changed for another loan at the same bank) was 0.5 per cent, while the subrogation commission (changing to another lender) was up to 0.5 per cent for the first five years and 0.25 per cent thereafter.

Therefore, the application of this measure will mean savings for current mortgage holders who

Rent to buy WHERE to live in Spain is always a quandary for many expats and time and time again you meet people who have got it wrong.

You meet people who thought they would like somewhere isolated, then realise that isolated may mean a lack of certain essential services and facilities.

Or others who fall in love with a coastal resort, without realising many people go home in September and do not return until April or May, leaving the resorts desolate.

Probably the best advice is to take advantage of a scheme that is quite popular in Spain, ‘Rentto-buy.’ This is a contractual arrangement where a property is rented for a specific time period, with the option to purchase the property for a preagreed price during that term.

This way you can find out if the house and the area you have chosen is what you actually want or take your time to look for the right place.

want to switch to a fixed rate to take advantage of low rates offered by banks in the current market.

For example, a borrower who wants to move to a fixed rate on a mortgage contracted two years ago with a pending capital of €50,000 would have been charged up to €250 under the old regime. Now the cost should be a maximum of €75. But remember there may be notary and land registry fees to pay as well.

The second article that applies retroactively is the one which regulates the application of the early maturity clause. This is the step taken by banks to enable them to foreclose on the mortgage and seize the home after missed payments. The new regulations establish tougher requirements to apply this clause. During the first half of the mortgage term, the money owed must exceed 3 per cent of the capital granted or reach an equivalent of

an equivalent of 15 monthly payments.

In addition, the lender must give the debtor one month to catch up with any pending payments before being able to start the execution process.

It has also been made easier for existing mortgage holders to swap banks should they so wish.

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LAURA PENN ‘PENN TO PAPER’ LAST week I found myself in one of those late-night bar discussions where people held forth on one of the popular topics here on the island. It was an entertaining way to spend an hour until someone asked for my opinion on the hot potato being tossed around the group.

Now people who know me will be amazed to hear that I refrained from sharing my view on this particular subject. I am never normally shy on voicing my stance on most things. But lately I have learned that no one is really interested in your opinion, least of all the people who ask for it. What they really want is for you to agree with their opinion, whatever that may be.

In the past I held a lot of opinions, on everything from the Poll Tax to polygamy.

I used to revel in late night Scotch whiskyfuelled debates with my dear (now departed) father when I was young enough to know everything. We once debated a certain topic until the whisky bottle was empty when he annoyingly said “I agree with you I just wanted to see if you could hold

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WHAT DO YOU THINK?: In a discussion when asked for your opinion, what they really want is for you to agree with them. your side of the argument.” My dad was an Aquarian!

Being a Libran, and as I have got older, I have started to question my ability to be right. This is not a bad thing. Experience ought to make us more confident, but it actually makes us more aware that we know

very little. People who do know a lot, and have the most well-informed opinions are the ones who are listened to least.

That is why politicians are so very good at holding forth on matters that they know little, if nothing, about. On a recent trip to the United States, Tony Blair, now UN

Middle East Peace Envoy, addressed a major gathering of Native American Indians.

At the conclusion of his speech, the crowd presented him with a plaque inscribed with his new Indian name - Walking Eagle. A very chuffed Tony then departed in his motorcade, waving to the crowds.

A news reporter later asked one of the Indians how they came to select the new name given to Tony Blair. They explained that ‘Walking Eagle’ is a name given to a bird that is so full of shit that it can no longer fly!

Despite my new-found wisdom on the matter, irritatingly I find that I still hold certain opinions. I have done my best to drop them but they stubbornly persist, like mental warts that won’t go away.

I am conscious of the irony that in writing this column I am voicing an opinion about having opinions. In conclusion opinions are like a*******s, everyone has one but it is best to not use them in public.

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Rolls Royce Wraith Eagle VIII ROLLS ROYCE has announced its limited edition collection car, the Wraith Eagle VIII, which was released on the shores of Lake Como at this year’s Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, in May. Created by the Bespoke Collective at the House of Rolls-Royce, a Collection of just 50 Wraith Eagle VIII motor cars is named after the power unit used in Allcock and Brown’s first Transatlantic crossing, 100 years ago (The bi-plane was powered by twin 20.3 litre, 350 bhp, Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII engines).

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The exterior is meant as a representation of Alcock and Brown’s compelling night time adventure. Swathed in Gunmetal with a Selby Grey upper two-tone, the colours are separated by a brass feature line, a hint at the detailing that lies within. The black grille vanes draw immediate reference to the Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII engine cowling on the Vickers Vimy aircraft, the wheels are part polished with a translucent shadow finish.

Within, Selby Grey and black leather are accented by brass, redolent of the brass sextant so integral to the success of the transatlantic journey. Executed in a contemporary fashion, the material populates key areas throughout the cockpit of the Collection. Brass speaker covers depict the estimated flight distance of 1,880 miles and ‘RR’ monograms are embroi-

dered in brass coloured thread onto headrests. A flash of brass complements the navigator door panniers, whilst the door of the driver includes a brass plaque with Churchill’s quote commending the duo’s remarkable achievements.

Even the now famous RR clock has given a nod to the duo’s achievement. All their instruments were frozen, so in this car, the clock is in a retro styling and presented with a unique icy background.

CO2 emission: 369-357 g/km; Fuel consumption: 17.3-17.9 mpg / 16.3-15.8 l/100km.

For this purpose, the N e w Yo r k e r P o p - A r t Artist combined three of his most popular works and thus created a unique design which was implemented in cooperation with Porsche Digital and ‘Second Skin.’

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The greatest challenge was to apply a three-part i m a g e o n a v e h i c l e . We are also very happy with the result because the effect of the colours is unique.”

The online design concept will be available from July.

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Real Madrid bear arch rivals Barcelona to win the 2018-2019 Liga Endesa basketball title in the championship play-off on Friday. The 74-68 win made them champions for the 35th time.

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ALEJANDRO VALVERDE has made a triumphant return to competition two months after suffering a fall, which forced his withdrawal from the classic Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

For the second consecutive year he has won the Route of Occitania (France). It is some recompense for the Spaniard, who lost out on the Giro d’Italia as a result of that fall.

On Sunday he started the fourth and final stage of the cycling road race with a narrow eight-second advantage over Colombian Iván Ramiro Sosa but the Movistar team had no problem defending Valverde’s first place.

The last stage victory was taken by Frenchman Arnaud Demare (Groupama FDJ), who won the sprint, ahead of Sacha Modolo.

The Spaniards David González and José Rojas were

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Triumphant return EMBARRASSING: Clement Berardo ran out of balls.

Bogey course WINNER: Valverde retained his title.

fourth and fifth to the finish line. Valverde will now go to the Spanish Championships in his hometown of Murcia with more confidence.

He said: “I feel very well, and as I said the other day, you

can see that the preparation and rest in these two months after the injury have been very good. Now it’s time to think about the Spanish Championships and, above all, the Tour de France.”

He added: “My objective is to help (teammates) Nairo and Mikel and to make the best possible Tour together. At no time will I be a leader; my job will be to help them 100 per cent.”

FRENCHMAN Clement Berardo was disqualified on the first day of the Andalucia-Costa del Sol Match Play 9 after he ran out of golf balls.

He was on hole 16 when the embarrassing incident happened at the Valle Romano course.

Tournament director Federico Paez explained: “It was very windy, the fairways are narrow and the rough is very thick vegetation.”

Berardo had a bad day with a quadruple bogey nine on the first hole, a double bogey, two more bogeys and two dropped balls on holes 14 and 15.

Ana’s back: win in Italy puts her in hunt ANA CARRASCO is not going to give up her Supersport300 crown without a fight.

The woman from Murcia took her first victory in 2019 and won at Italy’s Misano circuit to throw the gauntlet down to champion leader and fellow Spaniard Manuel Gonzalez.

The latter was beaten into second place on the day, but retains the lead in the race for the World SSP300 title.

This win consolidates Carras-

co’s challenge for the 2019 crown after a slow start to the season. She could do no better than eight in the first three races of the season.

The turning point came in the double header in Jerez when the 22-year-old seemed revitalised as she took two podiums. This catapulted her up the championship standings from 11th to sixth.

After the win at Misano she is now in joint second alongside Dutchman Scott Deroue (Kawasaki MOTOPORT) on 64 points. He could only manage seventh in this fifth race of the season.

Carrasco had to show her best qualities on the Adriatic track, as she did in Jerez, but this time with the ability to finish the job in front of a

SHE’S BACK: Ana Carrasco. runaway quintet.

Championship leader Manuel González (Kawasaki ParkinGO Team) was the most dangerous enemy until the final stages, af-

ter 13 laps of a spectacular race which featured many fallers.

“We have worked very well all weekend and I think we deserved to win,” said Carrasco.

“It was a difficult race, because it was very hot, but it was the same for everyone. I’m very happy, I hope to get another victory very soon.”

Next up is Donnington Park in the UK, a circuit where last year she achieved a second consecutive win of the season. Her success this Sunday also has a symbolic value, since the Spaniard has become the rider with the highest number of victories in the history of WorldSSPP300 - four in total.