Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 18 - 24 July 2019 Issue 1776

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High risk alert

By Ben Mulvey THE State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), the weather advisory authority, and the Generalitat Valenciana have issued an alert for forest fires throughout the Costa Blanca.

With temperatures soaring in the coming weeks, especially in towns located inland from the coast, a high-risk categorisation has been issued with the authorities urging all residents and tourists to take necessary precautions to avoid these fires.

The Costa Blanca has had several unfortunate forest fires throughout the region

ALERT ISSUED: Fire risk warning.

over the last few years with many homes and businesses being consumed or damaged by the ravaging flames. In

2016, thousands of people were evacuated from their homes as firefighters fought to bring the blaze that en-

gulfed several towns along the coast under control.

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Fire service warning As a community we can all take precautions to avoid this happening again.

It may seem obvious, but no bonfires should be lit during the summer months without express permission from the local town hall, cigarette butts must be extinguished and disposed of correctly, barbecues should be attended at all times and a fire extinguisher should be on hand should things take a turn.

Also, ensure that gas bottles are in well-ventilated areas and cars and other vehicles are protected from the sun as much as possible.

The authorities and the fire service urge residents to report any smoke or fires immediately to the emergency services by dialling 112.

Adios to AP-7 tolls

By Ben Mulvey MOTORISTS across the Costa Blanca can rejoice as the tolls payable on the AP-7 motorway that connects Alicante and Valencia will be abolished from January 1, 2020.

For 48 years, the tolls have been a bone of contention for residents and tourists in the Costa Blanca who believe that their taxes should be sufficient to cover the maintenance of this essential stretch of motorway.

The N-332, the only national road to connect the two cities, has taken the brunt of the traffic caused by residents and tourists that wish to avoid the often expensive tolls and travel to the cities or the airports. According to the Dirección General de Tráfico (DGT), the N-332 and the N-340 roads have the unfortunate title of the

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TOLLS: Have been a bone of contention for residents and tourists. most dangerous stretches of road in the Valencia region.

By abolishing these tolls, the hope is that more people will travel between the cities and that business opportunities will open up for those that rely on trav-

el from the Costa Blanca to Alicante and Valencia as well as their respective airports.

In a post by Jose Chulvi, Mayor of Javea, he said: “it is excellent news for everyone, but especially for the Marina Alta and for

Xabia, finally, we will see resolved one of our great communication problems.”

More information will be available regarding the implementation over the coming months but it looks l i k e , f i n a l l y, t h e w a i t i s over.

TOWN halls in the Costa Blanca have advised that building hours during summer will be strictly regulated following complaints from residents and tourists. Work must only be carried out from Monday to Saturday from 9am to 3pm and 5pm to 8pm.

Baby ocelot A BABY ocelot born in Terra Natura has been saved by the in-house veterinary team after badly injuring to his left paw. He is now recovering well from the fracture.

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Murder sentence

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A COURT in Alicante has sentenced a m a n t o 2 2 y e a rs in prison for murder, during which the convicted man stabbed his neighbour’s daughter 68 times.

The man’s father was also sentenced to 15 months for making threats to the mother of the victim.

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THE port of Valencia has recently produced an ambitious ‘green’ energy plan that covers everything from the construction of an electrical substation to the installation of solar power. The authorities are also considering locating wind turbines in the sea and creating an artificial reef to attract marine life.

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Guard assault A SECURITY guard at Alicante hospita l wa s p u n c he d an d kicked after he told a man off for smoking within the hospital building. Officers from the National Police identified the man and he was arrested. Apparently, the suspect has been arrested 74 times previously.

Body found A YOUTH, aged 18, who disappeared last Tuesday on the island of Tabarca, off the coast of Alicante, has been found dead after an extensive search involvin g p o l i c e b o a t s, d iv in g teams, firefighting rescue units and Maritime personnel. An inves tiga t i o n i n t o t h e c irc u mstances is underway.

POLL POSITION: Frigiliana has been shortlisted for the Most Beautiful Town in Spain title.

Beautiful contender THIS picture of Frigiliana comes as the Andalucian town is competing with 49 others to be named the most beautiful contender.

Cadena Ser shortlisted Frigiliana along with others from across Spain to decide which town is the country’s best looking.

Almeria’s Mojacar, Setenil de las Bodegas in Cadiz, Alicante’s Castell de Guadalest and Fornalutx in Mallorca were also chosen for the public vote.

Frigiliana lies in the east of Malaga Province in the Axarquia region.

It covers an area of almost 40 square kilometres and is nestled between the mountains of the Sierra de Almijara range about 300 metres above sea level.

The area has been inhabited since prehistoric times. The name Frigiliana is thought to come from a settlement named Frexinius built by the Romans.

T h e i n v a d i n g Vi s i g o t h s d e s t r o y e d t h e t o w n ’s R o m a n f o r t sometime in the 5th century. It was captured by the Moors shortly after they began their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula in 711.

T h e M o o r s b u i l t t h e t o w n ’s Lizar Castle in around the 9th century. Several churches including that of San Antonio as well as the Palacio de las Condes were built after the Spanish captured the town during the Reconquista.

Many of those monuments can still be seen in the town today which is now popular with tourists both from Spain and overseas.

Frigiliana also holds several well-known fiestas including the Festival of the Three Cultures which celebrates its Christian, Jewish and Islamic heritage.

Gun threats GUARDIA CIVIL officers in Valencia have arrested a 40year-old man when he went to his former boss’s house with a firearm and threatened him, after being fired from his job.

The man, who has appeared in court, allegedly showed his exboss a firearm and a bullet, then said, “this bullet is for you.”

Phone thefts A MAN, aged 18 and of Moroccan origin, was arrested last week, following complaints of the theft of mobile phones from a number of Gandia’s entertainment venues. After the man was arrested, police recovered five mobile phones, hidden about 50 metres from the house where he was staying on holiday.

Held to account THE General Secretary of the opposition PP party, Eva Ortiz has urged Valencian President, Ximo Puig to answer questions in ‘Les Corts’, the Valencian Parliament, regarding the subsidies and dealings between a newspaper group, of which he is a shareholder, and the Valencian Institute of Finance (IVF).

Apparently, the group secured a debt reduction of €1.3 million from the IVF which was approved and voted on by the government, including Puig himself, which enabled the company to engage in the takeover of another newspaper group. Puig is currently in Brussels, meeting representatives of the EU. Adding to the controversy a court in Valencia is investigating the aid granted to two companies linked to Puig’s brother. Mas Mut Produccions and Comunicació dels Ports. According to a complaint from the PP, both have received more than €400,000 in grants since 2015 without any apparent control.

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Tourist rentals COURT proceedings have been started against Airbnb, the property rental firm, alleging breaches of last year’s tourist rental laws.

The proceedings, instituted by the Tourist Department of the Valencian Government have claimed that Airbnb is advertising properties that do not show whether the properties are compliant with the law by showing their licence number.

The law states that if property owners intend to rent out their property, short term to tourists, then they must comply with certain legalities and obtain a licence. The law then stipulates that the licence number must be quoted in any advertisement.

This is the second time that Airbnb has been brought to court over the matter and a previous fine, is subject to an appeal. With the changes in the law, the firm could now face a further fine of up to €600,000.

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Major operation against the illegal trafficking of animals IN a major operation over the past four months, the Guardia Civil have arrested or put under investigation, 203 people for illegal trafficking of protected species and for related crimes related to non-compliance or falsifying documents, The operation, named ‘Operation Celacanto,’ reported in an official press release, involved more than 2,000 inspections of establishments selling animals, wholesalers, private collectors, antique shops, as well as investigations at ports and airports.

The first phase was regarding eels, which were being illegally exported as fry (known as angula in Spanish) to Asian countries, where they were fattened in farms before returning them to the European market for human consumption in the form of smoked, frozen or filleted eel.

The next phase involved the investigation of the trafficking of live reptiles. During this investigation, a total of 217 inspections were carried out, in which 628 specimens of live reptiles were seized and six people arrested.

The third phase was focused on the trafficking of ivory from African elephants.

During the operation, there were 1,669 seizures, including 543 pieces of ivory, val-

AFRICAN ELEPHANTS: An investigation against trafficking of ivory. ued at more than €400,000, in the form of both carved and raw tusks. The trade in ivory is prohibited and it is illegal to possess items made after 1947. To assess the age of items seized, officers used carbon dating analysis.

Additionally, trophies were seized of endangered species such as the Great bustard, protected feline skins such as the ocelot or the boreal lynx, (some already made into fur

coats), hawksbill turtle shells and three pieces of African rhinoceros horn whose price in the illegal market would reach €60,000 per kg.

The raids also revealed a clandestine zoo in the province of Badajoz.

Arrests took place in the provinces of Málaga, Zamora, Valencia, Sevilla and Córdoba, as well as in Portugal.

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Sexual assault TWO men aged 25 and 31 years were arrested in the early hours of the morning last Friday suspected of the crime of sexual assault.

Apparently, at 6am, the girl was waiting outside an entertainment venue for friends, when the men allegedly approached her and began touching her intimately and at the same time they tried to kiss her, despite her repeated refusals.

The girl’s boyfriend intervened and a fight ensued, with the two men arming themselves with items, in order to attack the girl and her boyfriend. The officers attended, stopped the fight and the men were arrested.

The case continues.

Street fight LAST Friday there was a street brawl in the middle of the Gandia neighbourhood of Korea, which resulted in serious head injuries to one of the combatants, who had to be helicoptered to hospital in Valencia.

Police sources report the assaulted man had gone to the home of his ex-partner, who was there with her current partner. According to witnesses there was a heated argument, that led to the fight. The two aggressors, who have not been named, have been detained by the National Police.

The case continues.

Fish bites JUST to the south of of the Costa Blanca North region, near Elche, three popular beaches were closed to bathers, last Friday, after a mystery fish bit two young children.

The two boys, aged seven and 10 years were bitten, late on Friday afternoon whilst in the sea at El Pinet.

Local Police and the local authorities decided to close the beach until the next day.

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HIGH QUALITY: Beware fake notes.

Counterfeiters arrested TWO men from Alicante have been arrested after passing €7,500 in 15 fake €500 denomination notes at a casino in the city.

The men apparently carried out a number of transactions at the casino, back in April, where they would purchase gambling chips, including the fake notes, along with legitimate ones.

They then cashed in the gambling chips and left the premises with €7,400 in ‘real’ money.

The banknotes were said to be high-quality counterfeits that even fooled machine analysis, but were identified as fakes by agents from the National Counterfeiting Analysis Centre of the Bank of Spain.

Officers from the National Police identified the two men and on July 9 they arrested the suspected offenders.

The detained men, Spaniards of 26 and 27 years, have appeared in court accused of counterfeiting and fraud.

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THE beaches of Malvarosa and La Devesa in Valencia we r e c l o se d t o th e public after an analysis detected high levels of bacter i a i n t h e w a t e r r e c e n t l y,

H o s b e c Va l e n c i a h a s r e vealed.

The beaches were reopened within 24 hours, but days later the local b e a c h e s o f M a s s a l f a s s a r,

Pobla de Farnals and Puig were closed for the same reason.

Local businesses, including hoteliers, were quick to condemn the local authorities for allowing this problem to occur and point out the detrimental effect such pollution and the consequent closing of beaches could have on the burgeoning tourist trade.

Meanwhile, the Government Ministry together with the General Directorate of Water, is carrying out an investigation to isolate and identify the cause of the pollution and to introduce measures to avoid such pollution in the future.

The Directorate also commented that the agencies carry out far more tests on the quality of the seawater and over 4,000 such tests will be carried out in the Valencia Region, during the busy summer months.

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CAMPAIGN: Raising awareness about the plight of turtles.

Turtles in the Med THE Oceanogràfic Foundation in collaboration with the Red Cross has started a campaign called ‘Turtles in the Mediterranean’ to raise public awareness of the presence of turtles in the sea off the coast and the problems they face due to discarded plastic.

One thing the campaign highlights is that should you come across a stranded turtle call the emergency services on 112, to get professional help for the animal.

As an awareness-raising action, the Oceanogràfic Foundation organised a collection of micro-waste in a beach area of Gandia, which was carried out by 50 children from the Sailing School, ecological volunteers from Gandia Town Hall and students from Joventut Council, together with Mayor Diana Morant and other dignitaries.

To date, 40 local authorities have signed up to the campaign.

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MAN ARRESTED: National Police are always alert (stock image).

Exhibitionist arrested in Valencia A 40-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested in the Maritim district of Valencia accused of the crime of exhibitionism by undressing and ‘playing’ with himself in front of family groups and young children.

National Police officers started their investigations in the middle of June, after discovering that this man

had approached several families taking off his trousers and touching his genitals.

All of this took place during a celebration and the police allege that it happened on three separate occasions in which the man appeared naked. Just a few days before the arrest, he was reported as appearing dressed in a transparent Lycra robe

with nothing underneath and again exposed himself, this time to two women.

As a result of their investigations, the officers discovered the identity of the suspect (who it is believed has a record of offences) and he was arrested for the alleged crime of exhibitionism prior to a court appearance.

Girl gang robs Brit A 20-YEAR-OLD British man has reportedly been robbed of ÂŁ400 by a group of girls in Benidorm whilst on holiday with his mates.

The lads getaway was the first time Alex Ayland from Gloucestershire had gone on holiday without his parents and like many first outings, it went straight to pot.

He was forced to call home in tears after all of his money for the trip had been stolen on the first day.

The two girls that robbed Alex are thought by police to have been prostitutes as they say it is common for tourists to get harassed by illicit gangs that deal in such activities.

Young and drunk tourists are especially targeted in this popular holiday haven by groups of prostitutes and pimps as can be seen in the numerous reels of CCTV footage showing various violent solicitations.

His mum reported the incident and put out a message on social media asking anyone that saw him in the street to give him some love as he wanted to get on the first flight home after the traumatising experience.

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Two victims cut free TWO Americans, a husband and wife, were injured when the rented car they were driving, was involved in a crash on Sunday on the A6 motorway, south of Valencia, near the town of Alcudia. Officers from the Provincial Fire Brigade attended and cut the victims from the car.

Citizen’s party vetoed from Pride A MAJOR dispute has broken out involving the Citizen’s party in Alicante after it has been asked not to become involved, as a party, in the upcoming Pride Celebration in Alicante.

Diversitat, the LGBTI pressure group have vetoed the in-

volvement of the local conservative Citizens’ party after it formed alliances with the ultraright-wing Vox party in Andalucia, Murcia, Madrid and elsewhere in many municipalities throughout Spain. The local Citizens party is in power in Alicante in a coalition with the PP, the other Conservative group.

Vox is not involved in the government of the City. Vox has previously pledged to curtail gay pride parades, heaped ridicule on diversity lessons and wants them scrapped in schools and has drawn parallels between homosexuality and bestiality. The Pride festival and parade takes place this Saturday, July 20.

Police seize fake goods OFFICERS from the National Police in Benidorm arrested 13 people for the possession and selling of counterfeit goods.

In a series of raids on local businesses, which were timed for when the stores had just had their deliveries, the officers accompanied by experts from the brand manufacturers, seized 4,000 suspected counterfeit items including bags, watches and perfumes with a retail value of almost €300,000.

The detained of Spanish and Asian origin, have been released and will be summonsed to appear in court at a later date.

These crimes are of major concern to National Government and result in revenue

RAIDS: Thousands of items seized. losses to the treasury.

In the last year alone, the authorities in Benidorm have arrested almost 100 people

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for such crimes and have seized counterfeit goods with a retail value of approximately €7 million.

A 20-YEAR legal battle regarding a paternity suit against the Spanish singer Julio Iglesias reached a crucial point last week when a Judge ruled that he considered the claimant to be the singer’s son.

The judge in the court ruled that Javier Sánchez Santos, aged 43, is the son of Iglesias. The singer did not make an appearance.

In making the ruling, it was taken into account that Sanchez was born just nine months after Maria Edite, Santos’ mother and Iglesias had a relationship, the physical resemblance to the singer and the alleged father’s refusal to undergo DNA tests.

The determination of this matter is not final and can be appealed before the Provincial Court of Valencia.

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THE WEEK IN POLITICS • Partido Socialista (PSOE): 31.3 per cent, 142 seats • Partido Popular (PP): 21.5 per cent, 87 seats • Ciudadanos: 16.2 per cent, 47 seats • Unidos Podemos: 11.2 per cent, 29 seats • Result: PSOE largest party, no overall control

By Joe Gerrard TALKS between the left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) and the leftist Podemos appear to have reached an impasse as the deadline for a vote on Spain’s new government looms.

Several meetings between PSOE leader and acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Podemos head Pablo Iglesias have failed to bear fruit.

Sanchez called on Iglesias to put aside their differences and agree to give PSOE Podemos’ backing in an interview with the TVE channel.

Igelsias said in a separate interview the Spanish had given Spain’s main leftwing parties a mandate to “share power and responsibility.”

Between them the two parties have 165 seats in the Congress of Deputies, 11 shy of the 176 needed for a majority.

The chief sticking point remains the extent to which Podemos could influence government policy as a junior partner in the arrangement.

Deal stalemate CREDIT: Pedro Sanchez, via Twitter.

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DEADLOCK: Sanchez and Iglesias are struggling to see eye to eye.

Sanchez and PSOE would ideally like to see Podemos lend its support to the larger party’s agenda. This is in keeping with a trend in Spain’s democratic history which has seen PSOE subordinate smaller left parties to its agenda. Previous incarnations of leftist parties have functioned as an outsourced radical vanguard but one ultimate-

ly serving PSOE’s interests.

But Iglesias has seen an opportunity to get himself and other leading Podemos figures spots in Spain’s national government for the first time in the party’s young history.

The long-term goal would be to bag Podemos achievements in government which it could then pitch to voters, repairing the damage done at the

last election when it haemorrhaged votes. Sanchez’s only viable prospect of returning to power is with Podemos’ backing. Mathematics said yes to a deal with the centrist Ciudadanos. But its leader Albert Rivera was quick to rule it out as he strives to build its strength as an opposition force to the right of centre.

A PSOE-Podemos pact is further complicated by it not giving the two an absolute majority. The situation reflects the fragmented nature of Spanish politics which has nearly swept away the twoparty system which gave PSOE and the conservative Partido Popular (PP) a duopoly on power.

The parties have until Monday to strike a deal. An investiture vote on naming Sanchez prime minister is scheduled for the start of next week.

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A N 8 8 - y e a r- o l d m a n h a s been stopped by Guardia Civil for speeding at 156 kph on a motorway in the Spanish province of Ourense.

The man, who drove a Seat Ibiza, has a restriction on his licence limiting him to just 90 kph and he can only drive during daylight hours, and within a radius of 20 kilometres from home.

The restrictions had been placed after he took a medical to renew his licence.

As he was in breach of two of those conditions the speed and being more than 20 kilometres from home - he will now have to pass an ‘extraordinary’ medical examination.

Ourense Guardia Civil is now reminding people who have some kind of restriction on their licence that they ‘must observe strict compliance with them,’ as they have been imposed to allow them to meet their travel needs taking into account any physical problems they may have.

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CAUGHT: Traffic police stopped the pensioner.

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Brit ‘assaulted medics’ A BRITISH tourist has been arrested after he allegedly tried to attack an ambulance crew who were bandaging his bleeding hand.

The incident happened at about 6am when medics were called to treat the man, who was described as drunk or intoxicated by drugs, after he apparently cut his hand when smashing a

shop window in the Plaza Fornes in Magaluf, Mallorca.

As they tried to help him, it is alleged he threw several punches but failed to land any.

He then ran away with Guardia Civil and Local Police in hot pursuit. They caught and arrested the man.

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BREXIT BRIEF

Trade talk AN official advising the British government on trade negotiations has said the country’s influence could grow ‘rapidly’ while a cabinet minister cast doubt on a US deal materialising soon.

Crawford Falconer, Britain’s chief trade negotiation advisor, said Britain had previously had ‘very little’ to say on global trade policy, but that could change once it leaves the EU. It comes as International Trade Secretary Liam Fox said a post-Brexit deal with the US may take longer to broker because of having to negotiate on a state level.

Falconer told British media: “I always found it anomalous from the outside that the world’s fifth largest economy, as Britain has always been, really had very little to say on the international trade system.

“That is changing rapidly now and will change ever more rapidly.”

Falconer is charged with putting Britain on a trade negotiation footing in preparation for it leaving the EU. He has implemented a programme to recruit and train thousands of negotiators who can be sent across the world to strike deals post-Brexit.

Falconer’s comments come as Fox said Britain should try to secure a deal with the US as quickly as possible.

But different regulations in different states means the deal will either take longer to reach or only cover certain areas, he added.

Rhetoric rebuke

By Joe Gerrard CAMPAIGN pledges made by the two Conservatives vying for the party leadership and British premiership received rebukes this week.

Both former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and current office holder Jeremy Hunt have sought to play down the negative impact a nodeal Brexit would have on Britain’s economy.

A central plank of both their campaigns has been to reopen talks with the EU to secure further concessions from Brussels that Prime Minister Theresa May could not. The so-called Irish backstop remains a key target among other measures.

Current frontrunner Johnson has also made leaving the EU on Thursday October 31 a priority. He recently referred to it as a matter of life and death.

But hopes from both that the changing of the guard with new appointments to senior posts in Brussels could change the bloc’s tone were dashed at the weekend.

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BREXIT EXTRA Brexit poor funds call A SPECIAL fund for disadvantaged communities in Britain should be created and funded by the almost €4.9 billion EU migrants contribute to the country’s economy, a report by the Global Future thinktank has said.

App trouble REALITY CHECK: Johnson’s remarks about an ‘inexpensive’ no-deal Brexit drew ire this week.

Ursula von der Leyen, nominated to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as European Commission President, said she would continue to support the deal struck late last year.

The presidential nominee said the draft Withdrawal Agreement is a good deal and that she would stick to it ‘without question.’

It comes as Britain’s Business Secretary poured scorn on Johnson’s suggestion that a no-deal Brexit would be ‘very inexpensive,’ particularly in job

terms. Greg Clark said leaving without a deal would destroy ‘many thousands of jobs.’

Meanwhile in the Labour opposition, leader Jeremy Corbyn made headlines when he said any outcome of future talks with Brussels, including a no-deal, should be put to a public vote.

His new position comes after talks with senior party figures and trade unions, with many of the former pushing for a second referendum.

A FLAW has been found in a government phone app designed to help EU citizens get permission to stay in Britain following Brexit, with 31-year-old Swede Hugo Nilsson unable to change his pre-settled status to settled.

Shopper fall BRITISH high street shops saw footfall drop by 2.9 per cent in June, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) which said Brexit uncertainty and poor summer weather were to blame.

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Sex exploitation

By Dilip Kuner SPAIN’S National Police has led an international investigation targeting a Finnish national suspected of human trafficking for sexual exploitation and money laundering.

The main suspect, based in Marbella, Spain, was allegedly managing websites advertising sexual services in Scandinavian countries.

The operation was triggered by an investigation into an organised crime group trafficking victims of predominantly Nigerian origin.

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TAKEN DOWN: Police closed sex exploitation websites.

Raise fuel taxes call AN international body has called for Spain to raise taxes on fuel to combat polluting emissions. While recognising that the country is better than average for CO2 emissions, the Or-

ganisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) says it is one of the advanced economies which collects the fewest green taxes.

ing services of victims from different countries based in Sweden and Finland.

The suspected leader carried out criminal activities in at least 15 countries. He used intermediaries to channel criminal proceeds to international multi-currency bank accounts.

A Joint Investigation Team was set up between Finland, Spain and Sweden to speed up the investigations.

On the joint action day, law enforcement authorities in Finland, Hong Kong, Malta, Romania and Spain operated simultaneously.

Seventeen house and bank searches were carried out and six suspects were arrested. The seizures included luxury cars, jewellery, approximately €30,000 in cash and real estate in Finland.

Company shares and bank accounts with €1.5 million were frozen.

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Legalise euthanasia call PETITIONS totalling a million signatures demanding the legalisation of euthanasia have been handed over to the Spanish Congress.

In one, more than 600,000 people signed a petition on Change.org started by a doctor named Marcos Hourmann.

In this he asked for charges against a man who was arrested after helping his terminally ill wife die to be dropped.

The man had also made a video of his wife’s last moments, which made international headlines. Ángel Hernández gave his wife, María José Carrasco who suffered from advanced multiple sclerosis, a drink laced with a deadly substance after asking her to confirm it was what she wanted. In a second petition, also on Change.org, Txema Lorente, collected more than 374,000 signatures.

He had promised to help his Alzheimer’s suffering wife die when she could no longer recognise her family, but found himself unable to do so because of the law.

Another 99,000 people signed a petition raised by María Asunción Gómez, widow of Luis de Marcos, also asking for reform to legalise euthanasia.

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Sugar tax scrapped

WOODLAND DESTROYED: The fire spread rapidly to nearby trees.

Wood cutters ‘caused blaze’ TWO woodcutters have been reported for allegedly negligently starting a forest fire that destroyed 10 hectares of woodland in Spain.

The fire in the El Higueron area of Benalmadena (Malaga) broke out in the yard of a firewood company on June 13, before rapidly spreading to nearby trees.

A police investigation has

concluded that the blaze was caused by the negligence of two people working for the company.

Although the main activity of the company is the handling of combustible materials, it did not have any measures to prevent the spread of a fire, such as fire extinguishers or firewalls. This allowed the flames to spread

to the woodland.

Strong winds fanned the fire, and the billowing smoke meant the main A7 road had to be closed off in both directions for several hours, with long tail backs both on the A7 and the alternative coastal road.

The police report has been handed to a Torremolinos court.

A JUDGE has scrapped a tax on sugary drinks in Cataluña, saying that it is null and void because of insufficient consultation.

Several distribution associations, supermarket chains, shops and restaurants had come together to ask for a judicial review.

The High Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) was told by the associations that there was an absence of public consultation and that the Catalan government had exceeded its powers of taxation.

They also considered that the tax is unconstitutional, discriminatory and arbitrary because it ‘produces extraterritorial effects outside the autonomous community, thus violating the unity of the market.’

But the ruling is not final, which means that the Catalan government can appeal. It had applied the controversial tax on sugary drinks in May 2017 to discourage consumption and raise revenue, a measure aimed at soft drinks, juices, sports energy drinks, milkshakes and flavoured waters, among others.

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AN anti-LGBTQ group has called for Toy Story 4 to be boycotted because of their inclusion of a lesbian couple within their latest movie.

Christian Fundamentalist group ‘One Million Moms’ have slammed the latest Disney movie. Their uproar is over the accusation that Disney is ‘pushing an agenda of normalisation.’

The anti-LGBTQ organisation have become outraged over screen time that amounts to a few seconds. The lesbian, bi-racial couple are seen in the background dropping off and picking up their son at Kindergarten.

The lesbian couple has no lines in the entire movie. One Million Moms believe that Disney kept the scene under wraps on purpose so that they could expose as many people as possible.

A spokesperson for the Christian Fundamentalist group, Monica Cole, said: “It was a noticeably small scene with the sole purpose of attempting to normalise this lifestyle. Not to mention there was also a brief comment made about not hiding in a closet. Some children may not catch this reference, but it was extremely unnecessary as with the lesbian couple.”

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Anti-LGBTQ Group call for movie to be scrapped DEATHS: 210 prisoners died last year.

Prisoner deaths on the increase LAST year 210 prisoners died in Spanish custody, 63 more than in 2017.

Of those, 154 inmates died inside prisons, while the rest passed away in hospitals. The data was provided following a question from Bildu MP Jon Iñarritu, who requested figures for the past two years and the

causes of death.

Nearly 30 per cent of these deaths (61 people) was due to drug abuse. This is the figure which has risen the most when compared to 2017, with the number of deaths due to drugs being 28.

Half of the deaths, 105, were due to natural causes and anoth-

er four from HIV. There were 33 suicides, 30 occurred in prisons. Badajoz prison, with four suicides, had the highest number of deaths from this cause.

By total number of deaths, the Andalucian prisons of Puerto 1, Puerto 3 and SevillaMorón are the ones which lost the most inmates, 35 in total.

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Blood sucking fly spreading THE blood sucking fly, known as the ‘mosca chupasangre’ is apparently spreading across Spain due to hot weather conditions and causes an intense sting and painful itching that can last for weeks.

The Mancommunitat de la Ribera reported that these bloodsucking flies can travel more than 20 kilometres in one flight. They said: “actions against the outbreak must be done in a global and coordinated manner.”

People who suffer from the bite may need medical attention.

According to the National Association of Businesses, this summer will be full of mosquitoes, wasps, cockroaches and flies with temperatures reaching above 40 degrees in some Spanish towns.

The area of the River Ebro is most affected by the blood-sucking fly and has broken records due to the outburst and fast growth.

The La Ribera Consortium began aerial treatment against the fly around the river Júcar.

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Expats Guide to

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SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY: Volunteers and two of the officers involved.

A helping hand BETWEEN July 5 and 8, officers of the National Police in Sevilla helped to distribute food for the needy weighing 48,000 kilos.

The distribution of this food, which is undertaken on an annual basis, is organised by local residents who belong to the Tres Bar-

rios Association in the east of the city using funds partly supplied by the European Union.

In the past, the bulk transportation of the food was carried out using a lorry borrowed from the Red Cross, but on this occasion as the driver had retired,

the Association asked whether the National Police in the area would be able to assist.

O ff i c e r s i n d i c a t e d t h a t they were happy to do so as part of their support for the local community and spent four days arranging for the movement of the food.

Organ donation 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.

As of 2010, Spain has operated an ‘opt-out’ (or presumed consent) system for deceased organ donation. This addresses the rate or refusal of potential donors or their families in giving permission for the use of organs. The rate of family refusal in Spain is 13 per cent, compared to 37 per cent in England (according to the National Transplant Organisation figures - ONT).

According to the ONT, Brits living in Spain are more likely to donate their organs than their countrymen back home.

It’s not necessary to have a donor card. What is important is to let family members and loved ones know your wishes in terms of organ donation.

Figures published by the Spanish ONT in 2017 put the country as world leader in donation and transplants, reaching a new record with 46.9 donors per million people and 5.261 transplants. Spain has been a global leader in organ donation and transplantation for the past 26 years.

Broken down by organ, there were 3,269 kidney surgeries (up 9 per cent on 2016), 1,247 liver transplants (up 8 per cent), 304 heart procedures (8 per cent rise), 363 lung surgeries (up 18 per cent), 70 pancreas transplants (down 4 per cent) and eight bowel surgical procedures (up 100 per cent).

According to the National Transplant Organisation (ONT), these surgeries are equivalent to six donors and 14 surgical procedures a day.

In addition, Spain saw a new record in bone marrow donation last year, with 78,291 new donors and an increase of 196 per cent over the previous year. At this rate, the country could reach its target of 400,000 bone marrow donors well before the mid-2020 goal.

In Spain the number of those on the waiting list was reduced to 4,896 in 2017, from 5,480, although the number of children waiting for organs increased to 74, from 48 a year earlier.

Lung and heart are viable for 4-6 hours after death, liver and pancreas 24 hours, kidney 72 hours, corneas 14 days, bone and skin five years, and heart valves up to 10 years. Small intestines, veins, tendons and ligaments can also be donated.

A single organ donor can save up to eight people and a single tissue donor may enhance the lives of up to 50 people.

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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Rape suspect released

Economic reforms

A 22-YEAR-OLD Irish man was arrested for allegedly raping a British woman, also 22, a t a h o t e l i n M ag alu f (Mallorca).

But he was released by a court after the woman said s he d i d n o t wa n t to p res s charges.

According to the Guardia Civil the woman had agreed to g o b a c k t o t h e man ’s room. Once there he insisted on having sex, despite her explicitly refusing to do so.

The victim reported the alleged assault to the Guardia Civil a n d wa s l a t e r tra n s ferred to Son Espases to underg o a g y n a e c o lo g ic a l check-up. Police officers arrested the suspect for sexual assault. After hearing statemen t s f r o m t h e m a n a n d woman, the judge ordered the man’s release.

THE Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an international forum which promotes economic growth, prosperity and sustainable development, has made a number of recommendations for the Spanish government in its biannual report.

T h e O E C D re p o r t h i g h l i g h t s t h a t t h e e c o nomic reforms carried out in Spain in the period 2017-2018 have been ‘limited’ and that Spain still has a significant distance in GDP p e r c a p i t a w i t h re s p e c t t o t h e r i c h e s t O E C D countries, due to lower productivity and higher unemployment.

T h e re p o r t re c o m m e n d s t h a t S p a i n s h o u l d increase fuel tax to better reflect the pollution caused; eliminate reduced IVA rates on products that favour higher income earners, should cut the tax contributions for workers with low salaries and fixed contracts and implement improvements in education and increased spending on innovation, research and development.

The report stresses that ‘improving labour m o b i l i t y a n d a c c e s s t o Vo c a t i o n a l Tr a i n i n g would reduce inequalities in the labour market and boost skills.’

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A 20-YEAR legal battle regarding a paternity suit against the Spanish singer Julio Iglesias has reached a Valencia court, and last week a Judge ruled that he considered the claimant to be the singer’s son. According to reports, he ruled that Javier Sánchez Santos, aged 43 years, is the son of Iglesias, who did not appear in court.

The Judge took into account that Sanchez was born just nine months after Maria Edite, Santos’ mother, and Iglesias had a relationship, the physical resemblance to the singer and the alleged father's refusal to undergo DNA tests.

The determination of this matter is not final and can be appealed before the Provincial Court of Valencia.

Brexit causes shortage of drugs for local pharmacies A CCO RDING t o a rep o rt fro m th e S pan ish Ag e nc y f o r M e d ic in e s a n d Health Products, pharmacists in Malaga Pro v i nc e a re f a c in g s h o r ta g e s o f some 550 different drugs.

The problem occurs in the situation where there is no alternative drug, so effectively it is the most modern pharmaceuticals which are still under licence which are the most difficult to replace at the moment.

Th e t hre e m o st i m p o r ta n t d r u g s which are in short supply are Kreon which is used for those with pancreatic problems, Hemovas used for those with

poor circulation and Dalsy which is especially useful for children with fever.

Even certain strengths of some of the more common drugs such as paracetamol have been in short supply and doctors are now finding patients returning to their surgeries for advice if the prescribed drug is not available.

Manufacturers are being blamed for not forecasting the demand for these d ru g s a n d als o for going w he re the money is, by supplying Britain which is paying higher prices as it stockpiles certain drugs in case of Brexit shortages.

CEREMONY: Queen Letizia presents the Award to Manuel Barón.

AT a ceremony in Ciudad Real, Queen Letizia presented the mayor of Antequera Manuel Barón an award which recognises the work of the town to improve the quality of life of disabled people.

Antequera was one of several municipalities of different sizes which were recognised in the ceremony

of presentation of The Queen Letizia 2018 Awards.

The Queen is honorary president of the Council of the Royal Board on Disability whose purpose is to promote the promotion of the rights of people with disabilities, social inclusion, equal opportunities and the rehabilitation and

prevention of disabilities.

Other awards were made to Murcia capital and Medina de Rioseco in Spain as well as the towns of Chile and Guatemala.

The supermarket chain Carrefour was also recognised for the commitment it has to encouraging the employment of those with disabilities.

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RELUCTANT: The victim claimed he hadn’t reported the robberies earlier because he’d known the attacker since they were children.

Enough is enough IT was third time unlucky for a thief who targeted the same victim three times in

six months.

Police arrested the suspect after the most recent attack, when the victim decided enough was enough.

He told police he hadn’t gone to them before because he’d known the aggressor since they were children and because he was aware he had a drug problem. He identified him as a 35-yearold who lived in his neighbourhood of Almeria City.

The last time he stole

from him, the victim said, he grabbed him on his doorstep, saying, “It’s been a long time: I need you to give me some money or we’re going to have problems.”

When the victim refused he became more aggressive and threatened him, forcing him to hand over all the cash he was carrying at the time.

This followed a first robbery back in the winter,

when according to the man reporting the crimes, the 35year-old grabbed €10 from him at knifepoint and then made him let him into his home, where he took more cash and a TV. On a second occasion, the victim reported, he was cycling through the Zapillo area of the city when the now detained man asked him if he could take a turn on the €200 bike and promptly made off with it.

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SEIZED: Millions of doses of doping substances were found.

International dope SPANISH police have taken part in an international operation which has seen 3.8 million doping substances and fake medicines seized.

Operation Viribus was targeting illegal suppliers of such substances as anabolic steroids used by athletes and bodybuilders to build muscle mass and reduce body fat. They can have dangerous side effects, including raised

risk of heart attacks and other health problems.

During the operation, which was led by Italian police and involved 33 countries, 17 criminal groups were broken up, nine underground labs dismantled, 234 suspects arrested and nearly 1,000 people reported for the production, commerce or use of doping substances.

Europol deployed five experts

and mobile offices to Hungary and Spain to crosscheck in realtime the data gathered during the course of the operation and provide forensic support.

Experts from Europol’s Intellectual Property Crime Coordinated Coalition, funded by the European Union Intellectual Property Office, also supported the activities through intelligence reports on websites.

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CARLOS BAOS WE CAN HELP YOU SINCE the enforcement of Law 15/2018 of June 7, of the Generalitat, tourism, leisure and hospitality of the Valencian Community, there have been numerous

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Licence for Tourism rental.

Planning compatibility certificate. Legal advice changes that directly affect how to obtain the licence that allows you to use a property for tourist rental activity.

One of the most important changes has been to impose the

obligation to obtain, prior to initiating the registration procedure of the tourist housing, a certificate of urban compatibility that establishes that the property can be used for the activity of tourist rental according to the urban planning and urbanistic rules of the municipality where it is.

This report must be requested to the town hall of the town where the property is located and to apply for it, a fee must be paid (the amount depends on each town hall), and an official form must be completed.

It is important to know that the existing regulations between the different town halls of the Valencian Community are very different between them.

There are town halls that expressly prohibit in their urban planning and urbanistic rules the existence of these properties for tourist rental and tourist housing, where it is useless to request this

certificate of compatibility, because it will not be obtained as long as the regulations and planning are not modified.

Many of these town halls are modifying and adapting their regulations to make it possible in areas where this activity is compatible with the environmental regulations.

On the other hand, there are town halls where their regulations do not say anything at all, in the past they normally did not answer the applications.

These are normally town halls of small municipalities. In order to solve this, the Law 27/2018, of December 27, has added an additional provision to Law 15/2018, previously indicated, which establishes that if the town hall does not have regulations in this regard, it should be understood that tourist housing and rental is allowed.

But we must be careful be-

cause this rule also states that this situation will remain as long as the town hall does not publish its urban planning and urbanistic rules. This means that we could obtain our certificate and obtain the tourist rental licence, and years later, if the town hall changes and agrees that this use is not compatible according to the new rules, could force this activity to be finished.

There are, of course, town halls that allow in their regulations that the properties are destined to tourist rental in the areas authoriaed for this purpose in the urban planning. These town halls are usually those of the largest municipalities.

In order for the town hall to issue a positive certificate, that is, to certify that the property could be used for tourist rental, certain requirements must be met. In most of the municipalities it is essential that:

1. Said use is compatible with the urban planning and urban regulations of the town hall.

2. The land where the house is built is not classified as undeveloped land (rustic).

3. It is necessary that the house has an occupation licence or responsible declaration.

If we comply with the required requirements, the town hall will grant us the certificate and we will be able to initiate the procedure to register the property in the tourist housing registry of the Generalitat to start the activity of tourism rental.

If you are thinking of starting a tourist rental activity in your property or are thinking of buying a home to use it for this activity, contact us and we will help you.

The information provided in this article is not intended to be legal advice, it simply transmits information related to legal issues.

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Bull-egg tomatoes THE famous Tomate Huevo de Toro is particularly associated with the area of Guadalhorce and it is now harvesting time for this huge tomato.

To celebrate the start of the harvest, a formal launch was held which was organised by the local Rural Development Group to which officials from local councils, the Agriculture Ministry and chefs were invited. There will be a series of events over the rest of the summer celebrating this enormous and very tasty salad fruit with gastronomic days, advertising, farm visits and a best tomato competition.

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Man found dead in boot JOSE MARTIN GALVEZ, 66, was found dead in the boot of a car in Rincon de la Victoria, in A x a rq u ia a fte r a s e a rc h mission was launched more than two weeks ago.

The man was said to have left the house in the dead of n ig h t s o as to not w a ke his family up who were sleeping at the time.

He was in his pyjamas, he had no mobile phone and no identification with him when he left.

Galvez left the family home in a grey Seat Ibiza with the licence plate 0076GXY.

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FOUND DEAD: Jose Martin Galvez

As of yet police have not confirmed if this is the vehicle he was found in.

The investigation will continue and after the autopsy is completed a more thorough examination of the case can take place.

The Guar di a Ci vi l have been abl e t o conf i r m t hat there appear to be no signs Sr Galvez suffered serious bodily harm before his death.

Famous actress from Malaga, Maggie Civantos, who is the niece of Galvez, alerted the public on Monday via social media.

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Body found off Marbella beach THE lifeless body of a woman was found at Los Monteros beach in Marbella.

Details of the victim, who was found floating in the sea at around 11.30am last Thursday, are still unknown.

Beach cleaners who found the woman called the 112 emergency phone number, who immediately sent Guardia Civil, Local Police, National Police Force, Maritime Rescue and medics to the scene.

No cause of death, age or identity has been established yet.

Time to die A WOMAN who went through a terrifying ordeal which ended with her boyfriend trying to kill her by driving off a steep embankment has seen him jailed for five years.

Palma court heard that in the summer of 2017 the couple were driving on the Banyalbufar to Esporles r o a d w h e n a n a rg u m e n t started.

The accused, a 32-yearold Spaniard, is said to have stopped the car near the edge of a steep slope and shouted “It’s here, it’s time.”

Alarmed, his victim jumped from the car and

began walking down the road in search of help.

But the convicted man caught up with her, strang l e d h e r, t h e n f o r c e d t h e w o m a n b a c k i n t o t h e c a r.

He then went back to the embankment, accelerated and drove straight off, with the intention of killing his victim.

They both suffered multiple injuries in the incident.

As well as the jail sentence the man has had a 10year exclusion order placed on him and been ordered to pay the victim €4,600 compensation for her injuries a n d t h e v a l u e o f h e r c a r, which was written off.

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Benidorm NEWS Uneventful Reggaeton TWENTY-ONE THOUSAND people attended the s e c ond e dition of B e nidorm’s R e gga e ton Beach Festival, Europe’s biggest.

The event at the Guillermo Amor sports complex went off ‘with a total absence of incidents’ according to Events and Festivals councillor Jesus Carrobles.

Arrivals were staggered a nd c ompute r-c ontrolle d while the First Aid and me dic a l te a m w a s ha rdly needed, Carrobles added.

Between them the organisers and the town hall pro-

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EUROPE’S BIGGEST: 21,000 attended the Reggaeton Festival. vided 500 personnel to ensure that all went smoothly, plus a crew of 300 who set

up the stage and sound system.

Ext r a Nat i onal Pol i ce

were on duty, together with t he Local Pol i ce off i cer s and their canine unit.

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TERRA MITICA: Accident occurred on the access road.

Youth dies in road accident

A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD died when the car he was travelling in ran off the road, overturned and crashed into a palm tree.

Two others, aged 16 and 17 were also injured when the accident occurred on the Terra Mitica access road in Benidorm at 12.15am for reasons that are still unclear.

Initial investigations suggest speeding although the 18-yearold driver, who is the victim’s brother, tested negative for alcohol and drugs.

Medics sent out with a SAMU medically-equipped ambulance to the scene of the accident carried out Advanced CPR on the fatally-injured adolescent but despite their efforts, he failed to respond.

The other 16-year-old was taken to Villajoyosa Hospital with face, neck and back injuries, while his companion aged 17, was transferred to the same hospital with a head wound.

Both were discharged the

following day.

A 42-year-old woman who witnessed the accident suffered a panic attack but did not need

to be taken to a health centre or hospital, sources at the Emergency Services’ Centre said afterwards.

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Albir NEWS Take a Roman holiday Photo credit: Alfaz town hall

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OPEN-AIR MUSEUM: Villa Romana in Albir THE Culture department is offering conducted tours of the Villa Romana open-air museum in Albir throughout July.

The tours for individuals and groups are arranged for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons between 6pm and 9pm, with the last visit scheduled for 8pm.

The Villa Romana archaeological site was discovered in 1979 during building work, although serious excavations by the town hall in collaboration with Alicante University did not begin until 2008.

The fifth century AD villa, now an open-air museum, opened to the public in 2011 and since then has been visited by 60,000 people.

A pioneer in 3D and augmented reality technology, the museum also has an audiovisual exhibition room with 45 important items on display.

Thanks to cash from the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) further excavations are now being carried out in the villa’s residential area. Once completed, visitors will be able to view a Ro-

Mid-morning bar stabbing A 20-YEAR-OLD was rushed to Villajoyosa Hospital after he was stabbed in an Albir bar.

He was later transferred to Alicante General Hospital for surgery, according to the Emergencies’ Information and Coordination Centre, CICU, although so far, no further information has been issued regarding

his condition.

The incident occurred at 11am in a bar on the Camino Viejo de Altea road which links Albir and Benidorm.

Both the attacker, a man of 46 who was taken into custody by the Guardia Civil, and his victim were British, revealed sources close to the case.

man banquet via a virtual reality headset, explained Carolina Frias, the museum’s director.

“The success of our augmented reality project has encouraged us to develop an immersion environment using virtual reality technology,” Frias said.

The Villa Romana Museum is open from Tuesday to Saturday between 10am and 12 noon and from 6pm-9m. Sundays and national holidays it opens between 10am and 12 noon but closes on Mondays.

Chess for all PLAYERS from 15 countries recently competed in the first International Chess Festival held at the Kaktus Albir hotel.

For one week, Albir was the chess world’s centre of attention as players from Spain, Europe, Russia, Africa, Latin America and the US took part in the tournament organised by the Sports department and the region’s Federacio d’Escacs (Chess Federation).

Events included a match between Spanish and Russian, an Under-14’s International match and the San Juan Chess Club’s Internationl Open.

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Albir NEWS Colouring it blue THE Raco de l’Albir beach’s Blue Flag was officially run up the flagpole during the Alfaz Film Festival.

There to do it was the actress Ana Arias and the Festival’s director Luis Larrodera, accompanied by local mayor Vicente Arques and local councillors.

The flag is recognition that a beach has clean, good-quality water as well as excellent services.

The Raco de l’Albir beach is one of only six in Spain that have received a Blue Flag from the Foundation for Environmental Education in Europe (FEEE) for 33 consecutive years since the awards were introduced.

Meanwhile, the path up to the Lighthouse also has a Blue Flag and this year’s flag for the Los Carrascos park as well as

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FLAG CEREMONY: Ana Arias, Luis Larrodera with the mayor and councillors. the old Carabineros coastguards’ post and the Lighthouse make Albir the only Marina Baja location with three Blue Flags for its environmentally-orientated centres.

As always, the flag ceremony was arranged to coincide with the Alfaz Film Festival, emphasising the municipality’s commitment to protecting the environment.

Not easy to watch FOR the local Norwegian community, the Film Festival preview of Utoya: July 22 made difficult viewing.

Journalist Ann-Louise Gulstad confessed minutes

beforehand that she did not know whether she could watch it.

The film relates to the 2011 massacres by Anders Behring Breivik who killed

eight people with a car bomb in Oslo before slaughtering 69 young people on the island of Utoya.

Johan Galtung, the Norwegian sociologist and mathematician who is well-known for his international discussions and seminars in Albir, revealed that he knew Breivik from his Conflict and Peace programme.

“He was my assistant,” he admitted.

Galtung is recognised as one of most important present-day Social Sciences theorists and has made a major contribution to peace studies and conflict resolution.

He confessed that he has contradictory feelings about the right-wing terrorist.

On one hand there was the ‘good’ Breivik before he became ‘different and distant.’

On the other, there was the Breivik who carried out the terrorist attack, said Gultung, disclosing that his granddaughter almost died that day on Utoya.

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THE 31st edition of Alfaz’s Film Festival now has its own spot in the mythical Sad Hill Cemetery.

This is the former film location, built by the Spanish army for the closing sequence of the 1966 film, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

The fictitious cemetery was rebuilt by the Sad Hill Cultural Association, a local group that has worked since 2014 to recover sets used for the film in Valle de Mirandilla (Burgos) which is close to Alfaz’s twinned town of Covarrubias.

Over time, the Sad Hill Cemetery became totally neglected and covered in vegeta-

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A not-so-sad resting place

SPECIAL SPOT: Alfaz present in Sad Hill Cemetery. tion but has now been totally restored, boasting 5,000 ‘tombs.’

The work carried out by the

Sad Hill Cultural Association was described in the prize-winning documentary Desenterran-

do Sad Hill by Guillermo de Oliveira, which has featured in this year’s Alfaz’s Film Festival.

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Altea NEWS ALTEA had 81.5 per cent occupancy last month, 0.4 per cent higher than in June 2018.

There were more Spanish tourists, up by almost six percentage points to 35.8 per cent.

Most of last month’s domestic tourists came from the Valencian Community, followed

by Madrid and the Basque Region but a slight drop in foreign visitors.

Principally from the UK, France and Belgium there was a dip from last year’s 70.2 per cent to 64.2 per cent.

June’s results were nevertheless very positive, declared Tourism councillor Xelo Gonzalez.

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June met expectations

CRAFT FAIR: An annual Altea attraction.

“The figures matched our expectations,” she said.

“We have had optimum occupancy and we are very satisfied that Altea continues to be a favourite Valencian Community destination.”

The 600 participants in a medical conference in Alicante City who spent some of their spare time in Altea in June “meant a lot” to the town’s Services sector, the councillor added.

“Altea enjoys national and international customer fidelity,” Gonzalez said, “while naming the town the region’s Cultural Capital is consolidating Altea as a cultural destination.”

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Jalon - Orba Valley NEWS Xalo Pretty as a picture CASTELL DE CASTELLS in the Vall de Pop was voted one of Spain’s loveliest small towns.

More than one million people voted in the ‘Best town of 2019’ competition organised

by Thyssenkrupp Home Solutions to choose which towns with a population of under 2,000 were the most picturesque.

With 3,535 votes, Castell de Castells was ranked 24th in a list headed by Escañuela in Jaen (Andalucia).

Castell de Castells was the only Alicante Province town in the top 25 although anoth-

WINNER: Castell de Castells in the top 25. er Valencian Community village, Vall d’Almonacid in Castellon was placed sixth.

Voting for the 107 small towns that entered the competition began on June 10

and ended at 11.59 on July 11.

Belen Galan, Thyssenkrupp Home Solutions’ Marketing director, drew special attention to the Valencian Community’s presence in the El Mejor Pueblo 2019 competition.

“We wanted to celebrate the small towns, their culture, their people, their way of life and all they have to offer,” Galan said.

“And I believe that we achieved this, as we received more than a million votes in the 30 days that the campaign lasted.”

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Happy ending FIREMEN rescued a kitten trapped in an underground rubbish container in Benigembla.

After putting down a ladder which the kitten could not climb, one of the firefighters climbed down into the container and managed to bring the kitten to the surface.

It has now been adopted by the family who initially alerted the Emergency Services.

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ALSO PROTECTED: Bofill’s Xanadu building.

Protection for La Manzanera CALPE TownHall has temporarily suspended building licences in the Manzanera I and II urbanisations.

Begun in the 1960s, the complex is the work of the post-modernist architect Ricardo Bofill and his design studio.

The urba nis a tions a re now scenically, architecturally and environmentally

emblematic of Calpe, municipal sources explained.

The area is also an ‘ecologically-sensitive zone’ as several plots of land adjoining the La Cala de la Manz a ne ra a nd gre e n s pa c e s have planning permission.

The town hall also granted permission to rehabilitate the nearby Club Social La Manzanera some years ago a nd this , toge the r w ith Bofill’s Xanadu and Muralla R oja c omple xe s a re

awaiting Asset of Cultural Interest (BIC) status.

Wi t h al l t hese ci r cum stances to be taken into account, the Partido PopularCiudadanos coalition has decided to halt processing building licences for Manzanera I and Manzanera II. The suspension is temporary and will need council approval, municipal sources explained.

Meanwhile the Territory department is reviewing the

possibility of new uses and potential alternatives for the area that would improve the environmental quality of the zone and its scenery.

The precautionary halting of further development at La Manzaner a com pl ex stems from the need to save one of the last unbuilt green spaces on the Calpe coast in an enclave submitted to intensive development, the same municipal sources declared.

Photo credit: Calpe town hall

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Calpe

ARCHITECTURAL GEM: Bofill’s La Manzanera.

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MARINA SALUD which provides the Marina Alta’s healthcare, again opened auxiliary health centres in Calpe, Javea and Denia.

Located in each town’s principal tourist area, they are staffed by a doctor, nurse and administrative assistant. According to last year’s figures, Calpe’s auxiliary centre attended to more patients than either Javea or Denia, despite their higher registered populations, with a total of 5,033 patients, compared with 3,537 Denia’s Les Marines centre and 2,994 at the Arenal centre in Javea.

COSMOS 62: Created to reflect its surroundings.

Back where it belongs ANDREU ALFARO’S Cosmos 62 sculpture has returned to Calpe.

Once again it stands on a roundabout at the northern entrance to the town, following lengthy negotiations with Valencia City’s Institute of Modern Art (IVAM).

The museum has returned the sculpture to Calpe, while Alfaro’s family is providing two other works to replace Cosmos 62.

Calpe Town Hall in turn agreed to pay the transport ex-

penses and the €16,494 cost of restoring the rusted sculpture, whose paint is also peeling.

Alfaro’s 1960 sculpture originally belonged to Jose Huget, who developed the Calpesa area and installed it near the site where the petrol station now stands.

Years later Cosmos 62 was sold to IVAM and taken to Valencia although, like other works by Andreu Alfaro, who died in 2012, it was created to reflect the site where it was located.

Know what’s coming CALPE Town Hall’s website www.calp.es now provides a weather forecast.

Click on El Tiempo for a resume of the day’s principal meteorological events including humidity, wind speed and ultraviolet radiation.

The website also provides a daily forecast with predictions for the next and following days as well as a section giving full meteorological details for selected dates.

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Still waiting Last match for Line 9 coming up ARCADI ESPAÑA, head of the Generalitat’s Public Works department, acknowledged that the Marina Alta has three unresolved communications issues.

The Tren de la Costa, a direct rail link between Valencia and Alicante following the coast instead of looping inland, the future of the AP-7 toll road, which reverts to the state at the end of this year and Line 9 were all discussed when he met Julian Lopez, junior minister responsible for

Infrastructure.

T h e L i n e 9 t r a m a ff e c t s Teulada-Moraira as the CalpeDenia line closed three years ago during ongoing modernisation, obliging local passengers to cover this section by bus.

Work was due to finish this year but España explained that complications, including the Quisi viaduct in Benissa, h a d h e l d u p w o r k o n Te u l a da’s section of the line. This has not yet been put out to tender, he admitted.

THE Teulada-Moraira Fishing Club’s latest match, 14th in the series, was held on the River Jucar’s section B2.

Fishing was steady, with all anglers catching fish and the day’s best catch went to Ray Turvey with 10 fish weighing a total of 12.7 kilos, making him top angler of the day.

The 15th and last match of the club’s summer season will be held on the River Jucar on Wednesday, July 24. “We are a very friendly club, and always happy to welcome new members,” the organisers said.

For further information, contact Frank Povey (966 490 338 or frank.povey1@gmail.com) or call Ray Craig (966 492 083).

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NEWS THE Especias: El Universo del Sabor (Spices, a universe of flavours) exhibition was inaugurated recently at the Teulada-Moraira Auditorium.

Owing to their insignificant appearance, reduced size and cheapness, nobody could imagine how they would influence our history, explained the organisers, Alicante University’s Carmencita Chair of Gastronomic Flavours.

As well as adding character and personality to food, spices have been used as currency, have prompted the conquest of foreign lands, provoked wars and transformed social habits.

The exhibition demonstrates how culinary herbs and spices also have a great cosmetic and medicinal value while their seductive aroma and pleasing taste transforms modest raw materials, increasing their flavour, colour and smell.

The inauguration of the exhibition, which can be visited until October 28, included a live demonstration from the two-Michelin starred chef Alberto Ferruz, as well as

Spice of life

SPICES: Transform modest raw materials. speeches from gastronome Juan Gaya Sastre and Jesus Navarro Navarro, president of spices manufacturer Carmencita, and Josep Bernabeu, director of Alicante University’s Carmencita chair.

The exhibition at the Auditorium can be visited between 11am-1pm and from 6pm until 8pm, Wednesday to Saturday.

A ‘virtual catalogue’ of the

Fiestas not quite over MORAIRA’S town fiestas still have several days to run with bull-running at the port tonight (Thursday) and tomorrow.

There are two Bous a la Mar sessions tonight at 7.30pm and 11.30pm and a continuous bous session tomorrow, Friday, starting at 7.30pm and finishing at 11.30pm.

This will be followed by a mobile disco at 12 midnight on the Castillo esplanade.

On Saturday there is a popular dinner for all in Calle Dr Calatayud with dancing from midnight.

On Sunday, the last day of the fiestas, there will be a giant paella in Plaza de la Iglesia at 2pm, with a fancy dress parade at 7.30pm.

exhibition in English, Spanish and Valenciano can be visited

on the www.catedracarmenci ta.ua.es website.

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‘We want our daughters to feel safe’ Photo credit: Col.lectiu Feminista Dones Teulada-Moraira

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DEMONSTRATION: Teulada-Moraira feminists - and men support Manresa victim.

MEMBERS of TeuladaMoraira’s Feminist Collective held a peaceful demonstration in support of the 14-year-old victim of the ‘Manresa Manada.’

“We are tired of being treated like objects or worthless beings,” a Col.lectiu Feminista Dones TeuladaMoraira spokeswoman said.

“We want our daughters to be able to go out, to go to parties, practise sport at whatever time they want,

wherever they want and dressed however they want,” she continued.

“We want them to be unworried, not having to look over their shoulders or worrying whether their drinks are spiked, not having to stay in a group when they go out or visit the Ladies.”

She pointed out that the Public Prosecution department has accused the six members of the ‘Manresa Manada’ of sexual abuse

when society was well aware that this type of aggression was rape.

“And they ought to be accused of rape,” she concluded.

“The Teulada-Moraira collective is quite clear that they have to stop saying that

it’s only abuse if a woman doesn’t defend herself. Unless she says ‘yes’ it’s rape,” she declared.

“If she’s drugged, or has drunk too much she can’t defend herself and if she is surrounded by a group of men, then it’s intimidation.”

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CAP D’OR: Improvements will be made to path.

Expert will restore emblematic tower TEULADA-MORAIRA has now chosen the architects who will draw up plans to rehabilitate the 16th century Cap d’Or defence tower.

The €104,000 contract was awarded to Varela Arquitectura, a joint venture created by Santiago Varela Rizo and Santiago Varela Botella.

Both are architects and Varela Botella is an expert in restoring the Valencian Community’s string of watchtowers built to defend the coast against attack from Barbary pirates.

He has also written extensively about the Marina Alta’s towers, including Moraira’s Cap d’Or. The tower, which is 26 metres at its widest point and is 11 metres high, has a huge crack that varies between five and 10 centimetres in width.

It runs from the top to the bottom of the tower and repairing it will involve removing its rubble masonry piece by piece and then replacing them.

Restoration, which will be financed by the European

COVA DE LES CENDRES: Inhabited 15,000 years ago.

Union, includes improving the path up to the tower and adding another branch that will decongest the existing access when visits are at their busiest.

Archaeological excavations will also be carried out to determine the value of an Iberian settlement in the zone adjoining the tower.

The project will include

improving access to the Cova de les Cendres where existing safety measures are to be increased.

A platform will be installed inside the cave so that conducted visits will be possible without having to interrupt the work of archaeologists investigating the cavern which is known to have been inhabited 15,000 years ago.

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Speed trap was fake news WHEN a radar camera was spotted on Javea’s Carretera del Pla, warning messages soon flooded the social media.

‘Attention. Speed trap on Carretera del Pla direction Arenal and town. No more than 60 kilometres per hour,’ read a much-forwarded WhatsApp. Carretera del Pla is one of Javea’s longest roads where vehicles routinely exceed the speed limit and few receiving the message doubted its veracity.

Services councillor Kika Mata later confirmed that the ‘speed trap’ was a camera installed by a petrol station owner wanting to count the vehicles using the road.

He has now been asked to remove it, Mata said.

Dissuading persistent beach JAVEA Town Hall’s barrier at the entrance to the Ambolo beach has been trashed.

The beach was closed in 2007 owing to continual rockfalls, but determined beachgoers continue to make their way down there.

The town hall now intends to station a security guard to ensure that the beach cannot be used, although at last count 40 people were seen on the beach midweek, presumably after climbing over the broken barrier or crawling underneath it.

By the weekend, the access road was filled with parked cars and the beach crowded, although this situation will not be repeated.

A security guard will soon be

GRANADELLA: Visitable, but cars are restricted.

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hgoers on duty there, to warn beachgoers that Playa Ambolo is closed and, if necessary, he can call on the Local Police to prevent them from accessing the beach.

Another guard has been stationed at Cala Granadella to control the number of cars parking there.

This is the third summer season that a quota system is being applied and once the barrier goes down no more cars may enter.

Instead, visitors to the beach must leave their vehicles and take the tourist train, but as this is not due to start until this weekend, the security guard is currently keeping a check on cars accessing Granadella.

Beach bar standoff THE owner of Segundo Montañar’s only remaining unbuilt plot of land has now fenced it off.

He obtained planning permission for a beach bar last year, but the town hall suspended this some months ago following an outcry from nearby residents.

The suspension order expired earlier this month and according to informed sources, the landowner believes that he is entitled to go ahead with his plans.

He argued that the Ley de

Costas law prohibits new buildings for private use on the maritime-territorial strip which is a public right of way, but not buildings like restaurants that are intended for public use.

The one-storey restaurant, ‘built in the same style as neighbouring villas,’ would occupy 140 square metres, only a ‘minimal’ part of the plot’s 600 square metres, he maintained.

A town hall official has since visited the site and taken details prior to opening proceedings for carrying out unauthorised work.

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Seafarers’ yearly tradition JAVEA’S seamen, accompanied by friends and neighbours, celebrated the feast day of their patroness, the Virgen del Carmen.

The day began with the customary Desperta through the streets of the Duanes neighbourhood, followed by Mass attended by Javea’s mayor, Jose Chulvi and the Fiestas councillor Toni Miragall.

The statue of the Virgen del Carmen - Our Lady of Mount Carmel in English - was carried in procession to the port and put aboard the Chorroll Cinc boat and, escorted by other small boats, taken to the centre of the bay where the traditional offering of flowers was thrown into the sea.

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OFFERING: Flowers and wreaths thrown into the sea.

That sinking feeling THE Red Cross, responsible for lifesaving on Javea’s beaches, rescued five men whose boat began to sink.

They had hired a boat earlier that day but realised it had sprung a leak as they approached Portitxol, but

were spotted by the lifesavers on the beach.

They went out to the sinking boat with jet-skis and took the men, who witnesses said were in their 30’s, to the shore using surfboards which they attached to jet-skis.

Flag day JAVEA’S mayor Jose Chulvi and Kika Mata, Services councillor, visited the Club Nautico where the Blue Flag was run up once again.

The Club’s flag, awarded as in other years for meeting stringent environmental standards and providing excellent services, joins those given to the Arenal, La Grava and Granadella beaches.

Somewhere new to park MUNICIPAL land adjoining the Arenal auxiliary health centre can be used as a car park this summer.

Rita Berruti, the Arenal neighbourhood’s councillor, and Services councillor Kika Mata recently met the area’s residents and business-owners to discuss the area’s problems and outline town hall plans.

The meeting focused on the neighbourhood’s pressing need for more parking spaces for the thousands of people who visit the Arenal beach each summer.

Now that the plot of privatelyowned land used in recent years as a car park has been fenced-off, the town hall proposes to use the children’s play area adjoining the summer health centre.

As the playground is practically unused during the summer, the Services department will remove its goalposts and basketball hoops and allow cars to park there.

These will be replaced in September and the zone returned to its original use until a decision is made regarding its future use.

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Vehicles restricted at Cala Baraca ONLY 100 cars will be allowed to access the Baraca beach, also called Portitxol, at any one time.

This system, introduced to the Granadella beach as an experiment three summers ago, has proved so successful that the town hall is repeating the arrangement at Cala Baraca. “ A c o n t ro l l e r w i l l b e p o s t e d t h e re and once the 100 spaces are occupied, access will be closed,” the Services department announced.

After the barrier goes down only

v e h i c l e s b e l o n g i n g t o re s i d e n t s , t h e Emergency Services and those with authorisation will be able to use the ro a d a l t h o u g h a s c a r s l e a v e , o t h e r s will be allowed in to take their place.

Unlike the Granadella beach, no trenet tourist train will be provided t o f e r r y t h e p u b l i c t o a n d f ro m t h e beach.

“It takes about 10 minutes to walk down to the Baraca, whereas Granadella is three kilometres away from the parking spaces,” municipal sources explained.

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No jail for troubled mother A WOMAN who threw herself and her sixmonth-old baby from the top of Denia Castle in 2017 will not be charged with murder.

Both survived what was clearly a suicide attempt by the mother who was in a ‘delicate psychiatric situation,’ the Alicante Province Public Prosecutor said.

Their fall was broken by metallic netting installed to prevent rockfalls and the baby spent several weeks in intensive care in Valencia’s La Hospital.

At the time when she

Photo credit: Joanbanjo

DENIA CASTLE: Depressed mother attempted suicide.

tried to commit suicide, the woman was already receiving psychiatric treatment for a major depressive disorder as well as post-natal depression.

She also heard voices and her mental faculties were impaired, investigators found.

Although there will be a hearing, the Prosecution department will not press charges.

Instead it will seek acquittal while recommending treatment for her mental health problems and loss of custody over the child who is now in his father ’s care.

Marker buoys needed SWIMMERS have criticised the lack of marker buoys on Denia’s Les Rotes beach.

One resident who habitu-

ally uses this beach pointed out that there are no channel markers setting out zones for swimmers and those used by

Praying for a miracle THE canonisation of Denia’s local saint, Pare Pere (Father Pedro 1583-1658) is proving a long and complicated process.

The situation is unchanged from a year ago when the Vatican announced that Pare Pere needed a miracle to kick-start his claim to sainthood.

Unfortunately, it has been impossible to pin another miracle on Pare Pere since he saved Denia residents from cholera in 1633, when he took out the image of the Santisima Sang (Holy Blood) in a procession and gave out life-saving blessed bread to the sick who immediately recovered.

Historian Javier Calvo explained that Rome wants a definitive text on Pare Pere and he is now waiting for details on how best to present their candidate for sainthood. At present Pare Pere has the status of Servant of God, but on ascending to the next level he will receive the title of Venerable, leading to recognition as Blessed and finally, if the Vatican agrees, as a Saint.

jet-skis and motorboats.

These approach the shore at great speed, he said, putting swimmers at unnecessary risk and the possibility of serious injuries.

They had contacted the town hall on numerous occasions regarding the need for marker buoys, they said, but despite their complaints these have not yet been installed. Last summer, following repeated requests from residents and visitors, the town hall finally marked out the swimming area, but has so far failed to take action this year.

Inexplicably, the concessionary company responsible for installing the buoys began demarcating the different zones, but these were removed the following day and nothing has been done since then.

Other Denia beaches like Les Bovetes or Les Marines enjoyed the safety measures provided by marker buoys and so should Les Rotes, beachgoers argued.

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Abducted girl SIX people have been jailed for up to four years each for abducting Insiya Hemani, aged two from her grandmother’s house in Amsterdam on the orders of her father. A court heard the group thought they were doing a good deed.

Tragic event

ABDUCTED: Insiya Hemani.

AN explosion that ripped through a Vlaardingen apartment building was a year-old man killed his 38-year old wife then murder suicide according to police. A 43- set off an explosion in which he died.

FRANCE

Pay up!

No good

THE country will levy a 3 per cent tax on sales in France by multinationals like Google and Facebook despite opposition from the US government which says it is unfair and has started an inquiry which could lead to retaliatory tariffs.

HOMEOPATHIC treatment will no loneger be paid for through the health care system from 2021 according to Health Minister Agnès Buzyn after a report said such treatment was not scientifically proven as effective.

GERMANY

BELGIUM

Spy pledge

Man released

GERMAN intelligence agency BfV is stepping up surveillance of the Identitarian Movement, a group that campaigns against immigrants and Islam, saying that it ‘is now classified as a verified extreme right movement.’

A 35-YEAR-OLD man from Wallonia who spent 60 days remanded in custody after he broke into a house and stole a bottle of port has been released after a judge gave him a sixmonth suspended sentence.

App move

Compo bid

DOCTORS will be allowed to prescribe digital apps with health benefits to patients, with the cost to be met by the German health insurance system after a new law was passed by the federal cabinet last week.

A CLASS action lawsuit for €16 million has been launched against Ryanair by consumer organisation Test-Achats which says the airline should have compensated passengers whose flights were cancelled between €20 and €600 each.

DENMARK

Too strict

Toads release

THE European Court of justice has ruled that Denmark’s family reunification rules are too strict against Turkish people in the 10-year case of a mother denied the right to join her husband and four children.

THANKS to Sweden which is supplying the tadpoles, the natterjack toad is being reintroduced to Copenhagen, with 100 nests and 20 watering holes laid out near the beaches on the island of Amager.

SWEDEN

NORWAY

Rape case

Sex pest

THE Supreme court has found a man guilty of rape for having sex without explicit consent, reversing a lower court’s decision and jailing the man for eight months. She had remained passive and not clearly agreed to sex.

FORMER county governor of Troms and deputy leader of the Conservative Party Svein Ludvigsen has been jailed for five years for sexually exploiting three young men, two of whom were asylum seekers living in centres under the politician’s jurisdiction.

Crime rate THE head of the Swedish car manufacturer Volvo has created a stir at home, claiming that the company struggles to attract foreign specialists to its HQ in Gothenburg, due to the lack of public security and may be considering moving elsewhere.

Fly bye BJORN KJOS, the 72-year-old former fighter pilot who helped found Norwegian Air Shuttle and turned it from a small domestic operation into a global carrier with 162 aircraft has stepped down from his role as chief executive.

FINANCE

European leader for IMF

FRANCE and Spain are pushing for the next leader of the International Monetary Fund to be European.

The present head, Christine Lagarde is moving on to take over from Mario Draghi at the European Central Bank. Custom has the USA appointing the head of the World Bank while Europe holds the reins at the IMF. But this ‘arrangement’ has been called into question with names from elsewhere in the world being muted for the powerful position.

European finance ministers have agreed to put forward a single candidate.

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13%

is the number of Spaniards who consider renting a property as the best option for housing.

Going online

Bad bank must pay up PEOPLE who were persuaded to swap preferred shares and subordinated debt for ordinary shares in ‘bad bank’ Bankia are entitled to compensation.

Spain’s Supreme Court has ruled that when the bank valued its shares at €3.10 each for the transaction it based its calculations on ‘inaccurate information.’

When the full impact of the banking crisis became apparent the Fund for Orderly Bank Restructuring (FROB) intervened. It valued the shares at €1.35 each.

“Bankia must be held liable for

By Dilip Kuner the inaccuracy of this information and for the detrimental consequences that it had on the applicant’s assets,” said the Supreme Court judgement.

The court was making judgement in the case of a Mallorcan company that was the holder of preferential and subordinated debt of Bancaja valued at €1,634,800. The assets and liabilities of this bank were transferred to Bankia. In March 2012, Bankia offered to exchange the company’s holdings for shares,

which was accepted by the company.

In October and November 2013 the company sold the Bankia shares, obtaining only €115,225. A lower court decided that the company was not entitled to compensation as the financial instruments it had held originally were essentially worthless anyway, so no new loss had occurred.

The Supreme Court disagreed and ordered compensation be paid.

This serves as a test case which all lower courts must follow from now on.

SPANIARDS who buy online do so three times a month spending an average €64 a time, according to the Annual Study of eCommerce 2019.

It also shows that seven out of 10 Internet users buy online, which translates into 20.3 million Spaniards aged between 16 and 65 years. Biggest online spenders are in the age group 24 to 30 with Generation Z (16 to 23 years) the least intensive shoppers.

Although 82 per cent of respondents said that delivery times must be less than five days.

BUSINESS EXTRA

€1bn bet SPAIN’S government has revealed in a notice that a single investor has placed a €1 billion bet on inflation returning. The buyer bought three inflationlinked bonds last week which mature in 2048, 2049 and 2050.

OPENED: Accenture has moved into Alicante’s Digital District.

New tech centre GLOBAL solutions company Accenture CAN has opened its eighth Advanced Technology Centre in Alicante.

Named the Pierre Nanterme Centre for New IT after its late CEO, its role is to develop cross-industry technology solutions, custom engineering, infrastructure and cloud services for a worldwide client base.

The centre will work closely with local universities and training colleges to educate and develop technology professionals.

Mercedes Oblanca, managing director of Accenture Technology Iberia said: “This new Advanced Technology Centre in Spain will enhance our ability to provide the capacity, speed and talent that our clients require to embrace new IT and advance their digital transformation efforts.”

Accenture shares have gained 35.4 per cent so far this year compared to the 29.7 per cent rally of its industry sector.

Border issue UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has used historic Spain/ Gibraltar border delays as a warning of what may be in store after a no deal Brexit, saying France could choose not to ensure smooth customs for political reasons.

No hols A NEW study has revealed that just 48.8 per cent of self-employed workers (autonomos) will have a summer holiday. Of the remaining, one in five have not had any holiday in five years.

Animal-free meat SPANISH company Biotech Foods is aiming to have lab-grown ‘meat’ being produced at production scale with full regulatory approval by the end of 2021.

Co-founder Mercedes Vila said that the cost of producing a kilo of cultured meat is now about €100. Factory scale production would considerably lower costs, making it an economically viable addition to

the food market.

A year ago, a cost of $800 (€710) a kilo was put on a similar product by Israeli biotech company Future Meats Technologies.

Culture meat is grown in a bioreactor similar to those used to ferment beer. Stem cells from an animal’s muscle tissue are put in a culture medium and grow into the food product.

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THE ABOVE TABLE USES THE CURRENT INTERBANK EXCHANGE RATES, WHICH AREN’T REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RATE WE OFFER

PROV.FINANC.

3,988

-0,39

-0,02

3.205

17,375

0,23

0,04

109.227

5,415

1,10

0,06

105.986

BRITISH TELECOM

1,913

-0,73

-0,01

919.597

RAMBLER MED.

2,176

-0,18

-0,00

93.113

BUNZL

21,380

0,37

0,08

25.835

RECKITT BNKR

65,780

-0,22

-0,14

26.737

BURBERRY

19,980

0,87

0,17

111.211

REED INTER

19,550

0,55

0,11

277.806

CARNIVAL PLC

35,160

-0,17

-0,06

10.613

RENTOKIL GRP

CELLTECH

27,050

0,36

0,10

23.655

RIO TINTO

CENTRICA

0,878

-0,30

-0,00

1.001.641

CGNU

4,245

0,12

0,01

231.986

4,144

0,99

0,04

112.019

48,625

1,12

0,54

133.846

ROLLS ROYCE

8,506

0,45

0,04

110.066

ROYAL & SUN

5,924

1,70

0,10

52.885

2,280

-1,50

-0,03

624.303

1,457

0,45

0,01

24.421

ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND

CRH

26,675

-0,14

-0,04

49.877

ROYAL DUTCH SHELL B SHARES25,860

-0,19

-0,05

590.932

CRODA INTERN

48,140

0,46

0,22

16.349

ROYAL DUTCH SHELL CL.A NLD 25,830

-0,65

-0,17

787.759

DCC ORD IEP0

69,340

-0,42

-0,29

7.393

SAGE GROUP

8,098

0,40

0,03

78.372

DELLING GRP

3,321

-1,26

-0,04

235.263

SAINSBURY

2,007

0,55

0,01

175.687

DIAGEO

33,890

-0,06

-0,02

199.100

SCHRODERS

29,650

-0,80

-0,24

31.279

EASYJET

9,940

0,26

0,03

52.582

SCOT.& STH

11,395

-0,39

-0,04

88.653

23,930

0,76

0,18

96.511

SEVERN TRENT

20,340

-0,23

-0,05

28.066

26,420

1,45

0,38

22.263

8,914

1,36

0,12

37.189

SKILLSGROUP

GLAXO WELLCO

16,290

0,32

0,05

605.653

SLOUGH EST.

7,534

0,43

0,03

44.442

GLENCORE INTL

2,695

1,22

0,03

1.468.259

SMITH & NEP.

17,450

0,93

0,16

128.839

GROUP 4 SECU

1,967

0,41

0,01

103.545

SMITHS INDU.

16,000

0,47

0,07

44.597

HAMMERSON

2,795

-0,14

-0,00

95.274

ST JAMES S P

11,220

-0,22

-0,02

33.241

20,090

-0,42

-0,08

30.851

STAN.CHART

7,156

0,04

0,00

609.160

6,616

-0,22

-0,01

984.087

STANDARD LIFE

3,021

0,97

0,03

102.686

20,130

-0,96

-0,20

191.392

TAYLOR WOOD.

1,648

0,49

0,01

381.656

2,412

-0,37

-0,01

572.777

FRESNILLO

HARGREAVES LANSDOWN HSBC IMPERIAL TOBACCO INFORMA GROU

8,372

0,50

0,04

77.355

TESCO

INTERCON.HOT

54,200

1,04

0,56

13.128

TUI

INTERTEK GROUP

55,560

0,83

0,46

13.438

UNILEVER

7,702

0,44

0,03

38.297

50,080

0,10

0,05

96.089

INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINES GRP4,556

0,06

0,00

188.319

UN.UTILITIES

7,722

-0,72

-0,06

73.038

ITV

-0,54

-0,01

642.385

VODAFONE GRP

1,311

-0,49

-0,01

2.073.286

1,105 33,100

0,37

0,12

16.297

WHITBREAD

48,460

0,92

0,44

47.924

KINGFISHER

2,189

-1,17

-0,03

386.464

WPP GROUP

9,540

-0,77

-0,07

140.979

LAND SECURIT

8,378

0,40

0,03

36.539

11,355

0,58

0,06

30.318

JOHNSON MATT

Units per €

US dollar ................................................1.12769 Japan yen...............................................121.754 Switzerland franc ...................................1,10897 Denmark kroner .....................................7,46636 Norway kroner........................................9,62368

2,071

BRITISH LAND

EXPERIAN GROUP LTD

1.11364

54,280

PRUDENTIAL C

CONVATEC GROUP

0.89785

3I GROUP

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COMPANY AMERICAN EXPRESS APPLE BOEING CATERPILLAR CHEVRON TEXACO CISCO SYSTEMS COCA-COLA EXXON MOBIL GOLDMAN SACH HOME DEPOT IBM INTEL JOHNSON & JOHNSON JP MORGAN CHASE MCDONALDS MERCK MICROSOFT NIKE PFIZER PROCTER & GAMBLE ST. PAUL TRV UNITED TECHNOLOGIES UNITEDHEALTH VERIZON VISA CLASS A WALGREENS BOOTS WAL-MART WALT DISNEY 3M

PRICE 127,960 203,300 365,330 138,360 125,980 57,950 52,120 77,630 213,940 218,230 142,740 49,920 134,300 115,300 212,990 79,730 138,900 89,120 42,400 114,990 153,390 133,720 265,900 57,190 180,330 55,740 114,600 144,880 173,340

CHANGE% CHANGE 0,53 0,68 0,77 1,55 1,76 6,33 3,28 4,40 0,44 0,55 1,13 0,65 0,15 0,08 0,08 0,06 1,23 2,59 1,96 4,19 1,06 1,50 2,72 1,32 -4,15 -5,81 1,05 1,20 0,14 0,30 -1,57 -1,27 0,36 0,50 0,94 0,83 -1,35 -0,58 0,53 0,61 0,63 0,96 1,81 2,38 1,81 4,74 0,47 0,27 -0,23 -0,41 0,22 0,12 0,60 0,68 0,92 1,32 2,54 4,30

VOLUME(M) 438.308 4.988.877 627.710 875.393 1.067.918 3.614.788 2.545.349 2.321.280 576.621 1.231.207 808.499 5.973.414 2.753.603 2.367.819 428.647 4.358.537 6.904.988 1.132.973 7.214.627 3.266.660 208.011 911.607 1.203.363 2.311.079 2.984.848 1.428.269 920.622 1.700.084 678.901

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COMPANY

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CHANGE NET / %

Most Advanced HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. Uxin Limited MediciNova, Inc. ProQR Therapeutics N.V. Redhill Biopharma Ltd. Applied Therapeutics, Inc. Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd. Loop Industries, Inc. Aurora Mobile Limited Karuna Therapeutics, Inc. YRC Worldwide, Inc.

$ 8.21 $ 2.69 $ 10.42 $ 9.07 $ 7.40 $ 8.99 $ 6.06 $ 12.12 $ 5.84 $ 20.14 $ 3.68

1.53 ▲ 22.90% 0.35 ▲ 14.96% 1.32 ▲ 14.51% 1.08 ▲ 13.52% 0.76 ▲ 11.45% 0.89 ▲ 10.99% 0.56 ▲ 10.18% 1.12 ▲ 10.18% 0.53 ▲ 9.98% 1.67 ▲ 9.04% 0.30 ▲ 8.88%

$ 305.05 $ 4.80 $ 19.07 $ 2.95 $ 7.79 $ 11.12 $ 68.61 $ 23.81 $ 2.56 $ 11.87 $ 5.83

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Most Declined Illumina, Inc. Mesoblast Limited Milestone Pharmaceuticals Inc. EMCORE Corporation Bicycle Therapeutics plc Gritstone Oncology, Inc. Omnicell, Inc. MISONIX, Inc. Ovid Therapeutics Inc. LogicBio Therapeutics, Inc. Organigram Holdings Inc.

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BUSINESS EXTRA

Strike called IBERIA workers at Barcelona’s El Prat airport have called a strike for July 27 and 28.

It is in protest at what the 2,000 workers call an ‘overload of work and lack of personnel to meet real needs.’

In a statement the UGT trade union said that the company has systematically failed to comply with agreements previously reached with workers.

These include the implementation of an industrial plan for the airport that allows the hiring of extra staff when current workers are ‘overloaded.’

It was the promise of such a plan that defused a called strike at this time last summer.

The UFT said: “A year later the problems remain the same, with the worsening of the increase in workload compared to that time and the lack of solutions in terms of staff size.”

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No go CLOTHES retailing giant Inditex has won a legal battle to protect its Zara brand name after an EU court annulled a decision to register Zara Tanzaniya Adventures as a trademark for travel and tourism services.

No tax ON APP: Madrid taxis are joining Cabify.

Cabify integrate taxis PEOPLE can now hire taxis in Madrid and Valencia through the Cabify mobile phone app.

It has integrated 100 licensed taxis into its ‘fleet’ in Madrid and 10 in Valencia as it seeks to offer a whole range of road transport options from one app.

People will be able to choose from VTC (private hire with driver as traditionally associated with the app) to taxis, motorcycles and scooters.

When opening the application, the

user can choose between hiring a VTC or a taxi. If the latter is chosen, the user will be given an estimated price of their journey, but the final price will be according to the meter. The VTC option gives a set fare immediately.

Taxis that have joined the platform will not carry any special badges and, when not contracted by Cabify, will be able to pick up passengers on the street like any other taxi.

Cabify estimates that taxi drivers will see an increase in turnover of be-

tween 25 per cent and 30 per cent, by increasing the number of journeys they make and minimising empty mileage.

The Spanish-owned company has carried out a pilot in Santander before commercially launching the taxi app in Madrid and Valencia.

In the Cantabrian capital, where just three drivers joined, it has met with a hostile reaction from taxi organisations, but Cabify has decided to roll out the programme anyway.

SPANISH Finance Minister Nadia Calviño has said Spain is reluctant to follow the lead of France in introducing an eco-tax on air fares, as the country is so reliant on tourism and does not want to hit the sector.

No room THERE is now very nearly one car for every inhabitant on the Balearic Islands, according to data from the Balearic Institute of Statistics (IBESTAT), which says latest figures show 1,030,478 registered vehicles compared to 1.12 million inhabitants.

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FEATURE

‘What if’ party manifesto

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT IN the light of the Brexit party offering; this week I present my own ‘What If’ party manifesto. Mine is aimed mainly at the immigration, benefits and lawless situations prevailing in the UK. Perhaps all the ‘usual suspects’ out there would like to offer something positive for a change, and let us all know what they themselves would put forward were they elected PM? I await the slings and arrows with bated breath!

1. All legal British citizenship applicants required to pass more stringent entrance examinations, including basic English, oral and written and knowledge of British history and culture. These examinations to be set and overseen by British nationals who have resided in the UK for at least three generations.

2. No child allowance for any offspring after the second child.

3. No free NHS for unregistered non-European nationals, except in dire emergencies. All recipients billed for services incurred.

4. Genuine asylum seekers capped at 5,000 per year. Only exceptional circumstances considered after this figure reached.

5. A restriction on numbers of specific religious buildings allowed per capita.

6. Rigorous inspections of schools suspected of disproportionate religious curriculums.

MY MANIFESTO: I await the slings and arrows with bated breath!

7. ‘Young,’ ‘Juvenile,’ and ‘Adult’ offender ages reduced.

8. No gender or major sex education for any child under the age of seven.

9. A re-introduction of two years’ National Service for male and females at age 16. (Bona fide students exempt) 10. Strict boot camps for young offenders, to be run on army lines by the military.

11. Immigrant boats and/or occupants immediately returned to country of embarkation.

12. Working camps for illegal immigrants and those without papers or proof of nationality.

13. All lawyers dealing with immigrants and immigration matters, to have legal fees capped.

14. American system of ‘three strikes’ introduced.

15. Stop and search immune from all charges of racism or discrimination.

16. A total ban on full face masking of any description in public places.

17. Prisons built specifically to house serious terrorist offenders.

18. All overseas aid to be examined in depth and cut by at least two thirds.

19. A court of frivolity. Selected judges to hear

appeals from those who feel they have been accused for frivolous reasons, ie political correctness, health and safety issues. Racism etc. Heavy punishments for claims considered to be of malicious or frivolous content.

20. The hierarchy of the BBC dismantled, dismissed and replaced.

21. All historical criminal accusations against service men and women dropped.

22. MPs to attend the house for at least four full days a week except during canvassing periods.

23. All benefits completely cut for those who refuse offers of employment.

24. A force of highly trained specialised, armed rapid response police/army units with extra powers to be assigned to reported trouble spots.

25. Verbal abuse of police officers treated as seriously as physical attacks and heavy punishments for similar attacks on all medical workers.

26. Proven fake news in any form treated severely; with technical offences. Ie falsified derogatory statements appearing to issue from the mouths of politicians or leading figures, resulting in heavy fines and/or suspensions of media licences.

27. Legal gender decided by genital type only.

Have fun.

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CASSANDRA NASH A WEEKLY LOOK - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene

CIUDADANOS’ Ines Arrimadas wanted to demonstrate liberality by attending the parade that concluded Madrid’s Gay Pride week.

This year’s celebration was already morphing into a demonstration against extreme Right-wing Vox’s attempts to undermine legislation guaranteeing the rights of Spain’s LGTB community.

So instead of a welcome, Arrimadas and the Cs’ contingent were met by a group wearing the white headdresses of the enslaved women of the Handmaid’s Tale and wearing robes that were Cs-orange instead of red.

It was a nice touch but less nice were the bottles, drinks cans and ice-cubes that allegedly rained on Arrimadas and her party in retaliation for Cs’ willingness to use Vox to inch their way onto councils and into regional governments.

The parade organisers stressed afterwards that it did not condone throwing objects at anybody.

“Obviously they could join the parade, like anyone else,” a

18 - 24 July 2019

A very long spoon spokesman announced.

“But people also have the right to respond to what politicians do,” he added.

It’s always the same when Cs sups with the devil. Not only do they insist on an extremely long spoon, but they want to pretend they’re not even sitting at same table as old Lucifer, aka Vox.

Not-soclear intentions GAY PRIDE WEEK: Political support.

Only in Spain

ROGER TORRENT, Speaker of Cataluña’s regional parliament, an-

nounced during a visit to Madrid that his party - Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya - has renounced the possibility of a unilateral declaration of independence.

This did not produce sighs of relief in Madrid because he wants un pacto de claridad - a Clarity Act like Quebec’s - and a referendum, which Spain’s Constitution does not contemplate.

More’s the pity, because a referendum in 2012 when the pro-independence Proces began to gather momentum would have produced a Remain majority.

It still might, but thanks to the deafening noise from Quim Torra, Carles Puigdemont, PDeCat hardliners and the civic movements

VOX will not support Isabel Diaz Ayuso in her bid to preside the Madrid Community until Ciudadanos commits to a three-way pact.

Without them Diaz Ayuso has only 56 PP and Cs’ votes, although the socialist Angel Gabilondo can scrape together 64.

Nevertheless, the Speaker of the Madrid Assembly and Cs politician Juan Trinidad barred Gabilondo from making an investiture bid.

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ANC and Omnium, we now hear only their voices and no-one else’s.

Dog in the manger PABLO IGLESIAS does not like what Pedro Sanchez and the PSOE are offering in return for his support.

He believes he deserves more than future government posts for independent politicians named by Unidas Podemos and intermediate, non-Cabinet posts for members of the party executive.

One-party governments and overall majorities belong to the past, the Podemos supremo maintains and recent results suggest he’s right.

But if he pushes Sanchez into another election, Iglesias could find himself with even fewer than his present 42 seats.

Instead there was an investiture debate without a candidate and the prospect of more regional elections if the PP, Cs and Vox do not get their act together before September 10.

This won’t happen until Ciudadanos finally sign an agreement recognising the need for Vox if they are to enter a PP regional government headed by Diaz Ayuso.

Will Cs do it? Unless they agree, another election is exactly what the PP, Vox - and a hopeful Angel Gabilondo - deserve.

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7:00am Hollyoaks 8:00am Rules of Engagement 9:00am How I Met Your Mother 10:00am Melissa & Joey 11:00am The Big Bang Theory 12:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1:00pm Young Sheldon 1:30pm Young Sheldon 2:00pm The Big Bang Theory 3:00pm Melissa & Joey 4:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 5:00pm Black-Ish 6:00pm Young Sheldon 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm School of Rock 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pmBrooklyn Nine-Nine 10:30pmThe Good Place 11:00pmThe Other Two 11:30pm The Inbetweeners 12:05am The Inbetweeners 12:40am The Big Bang Theory 1:10am The Big Bang Theory 1:35am Brooklyn Nine-Nine

7:00am

Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize Round-up of the sports news with live analysis and comment plus extended interviews 7:30am The Open Live 9:30pm Live Vitality T20 Blast Cricket Nottinghamshire Outlaws v Worcestershire Rapids. Coverage of the opening North Division encounter at Trent Bridge.

11:00pm Netball World Cup The best match from the seventh day of the tournament.

1:00am Sky Sports News 2:00am Sky Sports News 3:00am Sky Sports News 4:00am Sky Sports News 5:00am Sky Sports News

7:00am The Flip Side 8:35am Racetime!

10:10amObey 11:50amLifechanger 1:25pm A Star Is Born 3:45pm Daughter of the Wolf 5:30pm Racetime!

In a follow up to cartoon feature Cleo, Frankie FourEyes and his team return for a spectacular sled race through the city, but it won't be an easy win as their bigheaded opponent has a few tricks up his sleeve.

7:15pm The Flip Side 9:00pm A Star Is Born Following a gig, fading music star Jackson Maine happens upon Ally, a nightclub singersongwriter.

11:20pmLifechanger 12:50am Daughter of the Wolf 2:20am Rise of the Viking

12:00pm The Fantasy Football Club 12:30pm Football's Greatest Players 1:00pm EFL Greatest Games 1:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 2:00pm Football Countdowns 3:00pm Football Years 4:00pm EFL Highlights 5:00pm The Fantasy Football Club 5:15pm The Fantasy Football Club 5:30pm Football's Greatest Players 6:00pm EFL Greatest Games 6:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 7:00pm EFL Goals: Championship 8:00pm EFL Goals: Leagues 1&2 8:30pm SPFL Round-Up 9:00pm EFL Goals: Championship 10:00pm EFL Goals: Leagues 1&2 10:30pm SPFL Round-Up 11:00pm EFL Highlights 12:00am Football's Greatest Players

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FRIDAY TV

12:00pm Rip Off Britain: Holidays 12:45pm Claimed and Shamed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Red Rock 3:30pm Escape to the Country 4:30pm Make Me a Dealer 5:15pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death 8:30pm Garden Rescue 9:00pm A Question of Sport 9:30pm EastEnders 10:00pm Still Game 10:30pm Mrs. Brown's Boys 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm Regional News and Weather 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Killing Eve 12:20am Room 101 - Extra Storage

7:30am Thursday in Parliament 8:00am Coast 9:00am Gardeners' World 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm The Boss 2:45pm Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey 3:45pm Netball World Cup 2019 5:45pm The TV That Made Me 6:15pm Flipping Profit 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Best House in Town 8:00pm Politics Live 8:30pm BBC Proms 2019 9:30pm Golf 11:30pm Newsnight 12:00am Weather 12:05am Stargazing Live 1:35am Panorama

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

8:30pm Top of the Pops: 1988 9:00pm TOTP2 9:30pm BBC Proms 2019 10:30pm TOTP2 11:00pmA Night In with BROS 12:30amBros: After the Screaming Stops 2:00am Sinatra: All or Nothing at All Examination examination of the life, music and career of legendary entertainer Frank Sinatra, told in his own words in archived interviews, along with commentary from those people closest to him.

3:00am Luke Goss Introduces: Robert Plant: By Myself 4:10am Top of the Pops: 1988

7:25am Cheers 8:20am King of Queens 9:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:10am Frasier 11:10am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:05pm Undercover Boss USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm A New Life in the Sun 2:05pm Posh Pawnbrokers 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm The £100k Drop 6:00pm Kirstie's Celebrity Craft Masters 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm Moon Landing Live 9:00pm The Crystal Maze 10:00pm Celebrity Gogglebox 11:00pm The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan 12:05am Shipmates O' Mine 1:10am Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones

9:20am 9:40am 9:55am 10:10am 10:15am 12:15pm

Little Princess Shimmer and Shine Floogals Sunny Bunnies Jeremy Vine Bargain 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 Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Garage Sale Mystery 5 5:00pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Cricket on 5 9:00pm British Made with John Prescott 10:00pm Celebrity 5 Go Barging 11:00pmThe Death of Amy Winehouse: 13 Reasons Why 12:30am Utterly Outrageous X-Rated Comedy

7:00am Hollyoaks 8:00am Rules of Engagement 9:00am How I Met Your Mother 10:00am Melissa & Joey 11:00am The Big Bang Theory 12:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1:00pm Young Sheldon 2:00pm The Big Bang Theory 3:00pm Melissa & Joey 4:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 5:00pm Black-Ish 6:00pm Young Sheldon 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks Drama following the lives and loves of a group of teenagers and young adults in Chester.

8:30pm School of Rock 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pmDie Hard 2 12:25am Rick and Morty 1:00am The Eric Andre Show 1:35am Rick and Morty

7:00am

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 9:30pm Endeavour 11:20pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:50pm ITV News London 12:10amLethal Weapon

7:00am The Planet's Funniest Animals 7:20am Judge Rinder 8:10am Dinner Date 9:00am Emmerdale 10:00am You've Been Framed!

10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:25am Superstore 12:15pm Dress to Impress 1:15pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You've Been Framed!

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

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Love Island 11:05pm Celebrity Juice 11:50pm Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:50am American Dad! 1:20am American Dad!

7:00am 7:25am 7:55am 9:00am 9:55am 10:25am 11:00am 11:30am

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

7:00am Thor: Ragnarok 9:15am Black Panther 11:35am Avengers: Infinity War 2:15pm Ant-Man and the Wasp 4:15pm Thor: Ragnarok 6:30pm Black Panther 9:00pm Avengers: Infinity War 11:45pmAnt-Man and the Wasp 1:55am 12 Rounds

7:00am Racetime!

8:35am Daughter of the Wolf 10:20am Lifechanger 12:00pm A Star Is Born 2:20pm Possum 3:50pm The Flip Side 5:35pm Racetime!

7:15pm Daughter of the Wolf 9:00pm A Star Is Born Following a gig, fading music star Jackson Maine happens upon Ally, a nightclub singersongwriter.

11:20pm Overlord 1:20am Lifechanger 2:50am Obey

10:00am 11:00am 1:00pm 1:30pm

1:40pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 3:50pm 4:20pm 4:50pm 6:50pm 8:00pm

9:00pm 11:00pm

Coronation Street Coronation Street Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote On the Buses On the Buses George and Mildred Agatha Christie's Marple Heartbeat Emmerdale Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street Agatha Christie's Marple Downton Abbey Murder, She Wrote Jessica visits an old friend who runs a haulage company, but finds herself having to prove his son innocent of murder while coming up against a gang of hijackers.

Dad's Army Foyle's War

River Monsters The Chase The Chase Tour de France Highlights 10:00am Tour de France Live 1:00pm River Monsters 1:30pm River Monsters 2:00pm Tour de France Live 6:15pm British Touring Cars Crashes and Smashes 6:25pm River Monsters 6:55pm The Sweeney 8:00pm Tour de France Highlights 9:00pm The Day We Walked On The Moon 10:00pmApollo 13 11:15pm FYI Daily A round-up of the latest entertainment news.

11:20pmApollo 13 12:50amFargo 1:50am FYI Daily A round-up of the latest entertainment news.

8:00am The Female Brain 9:45am Night Owls 11:25am Pitch Perfect 1:25pm Night School 3:30pm Action Point 5:05pm That's My Boy 7:05pm Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 9:00pm Night School 11:00pm Action Point 12:35am That's My Boy 2:35am Beverly Hills Cop III

Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize Round-up of the sports news with live analysis and comment plus extended interviews with the headline makers.

7:30am The Open Live Coverage of the second day of the prestigious event, which takes place at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland, with Francesco Molinari taking to the tee as the reigning champion.

9:30pm Live Vitality T20 Blast Cricket 11:00pm Netball World Cup The best match from the eighth day of the tournament.

1:00am Sky Sports News 2:00am Sky Sports News 3:00am Sky Sports News 4:00am Sky Sports News 5:00am Sky Sports News

1:45pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 10:30pm 11:00pm 12:00am

Football Years EFL Highlights EFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games.

SPFL Greatest Football Countdowns Football Years EFL Highlights The Fantasy Football Club Football's Greatest Players EFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games EFL Goals: Championship EFL Goals: Leagues 1&2 SPFL Round-Up EFL Goals: Championship EFL Goals: Leagues 1&2 SPFL Round-Up EFL Highlights Football's Greatest Players

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NORA JOHNSON BREAKING VIEWS Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist.

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

THIS week sees the 50th anniversary of the moon landing on July 20, 1969. Like other past memorable events, did you happen to catch it?

I was allowed to stay up all night to watch.

The real giveaway it was no hoax was that the pictures were dreadful and started off upside down. Armstrong’s descent was virtually indecipherable, though when Buzz followed it was clearer. I recall the breathless excitement of James Burke and Patrick Moore making a huge effort to stay professional, and holding my breath in case Armstrong disappeared in the deep dust on the moon’s surface.

So much packed into that magnificent night. For one brief moment, anything was possible. We, the human race, had reason to be proud and amazed. What technology, what skill, what daring!

But how dispiriting that some still believe ridiculous conspiracy theories debunking the whole thing. As physicist Professor Brian Cox says, everyone’s entitled to their own opinions but not to their own facts. I read about a guy who worked as an engineer for BBC External Services in Bush House, Aldwych, at the time.

They had permanent audio feeds of the

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‘The right stuff’ - do you have it?

MOON LANDING: Remarkable achievement.

whole mission from the astronauts and the NASA controllers fed to them by NASA. During that night shift, they all sat there listening in, then gaps when the astronauts were asleep - or the other side of the moon.

The space exploration feats were, without question, a tremendous human achievement.

A triumph of human endeavour and dedication. Since then, many (not all) of us seem to have lost our pride and ambition to achieve great things. But let’s believe in humanity’s innate instinct to achieve. Our current apathy in politics and elsewhere - is hopefully just a temporary hold up...

So, a great reminder of a remarkable achievement - truly ‘The Right Stuff.’ Though fortunate NASA wasn’t British and privatised.

Otherwise Virgin would have got Apollo about as far as Clacton, with Failing (Chris) Grayling blaming too many crew members and Buzz and co still left on the launch pad...

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

I am not a robot!

MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION Views of a Grumpy Old Man ARE you a robot? asked the sign in page. I thought for a moment and decided I wasn’t, so I said no. Then up pops something called a CAPTCHA which stands for - are you ready? Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart.

Wouldn’t have guessed that right in a quiz!

Anyway, after three goes of trying to tell Es from Fs and 2 Vs from a W, I finally get to the next stage.

At some point last year, Google’s constant requests to prove I’m human began to feel increasingly aggressive. More and more, the simple, slightly too-cute button saying ‘I’m not a robot’ was followed by demands to prove it - by selecting all the traffic lights, zebra crossings, and storefronts in an image grid. Soon the traffic lights were buried in distant bushes and trees, the zebra crossings warped and half around a corner, the storefront signage blurry and in Korean.

There’s something uniquely dispiriting about being asked to identify a fire hydrant and struggling at it.

Got it right now, at last I’m into the site and I’ve totally forgotten what I was looking for or what I was going to do! Apparently these things are going to get harder as AI is getting clever enough to answer the questions.

Can’t wait for the next lot of tests they come up with. As clever as AI CAPTCHA is it doesn’t take into account the immeasurable damage being done to my self-esteem when I fail one of their ridiculous tests.

I have an iPhone and on it I have several Apps, not hundreds and I noticed, every day, I was being told they were being updated.

Then the next day they updated the same one again because the update from yesterday had bugs and creepy crawlies in it. I decided that I wasn’t going to update for a while and at today’s date, after one week, I have 48 updates and I’m not going to update any of them to see what happens.

A lot of the time the updates take away something I liked. Twitter, for instance, have a bookmark feature which was fine so I could read longer tweets later.

All of a sudden now, when I bookmark one, it suggests three people I might want to share the bookmark with. I don’t need that thanks. I’m more than capable of deciding these things on my own. Anyway I’ll let you know when the Apps stop working.

mikesenker@gmail.com.

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LEGALLY SPEAKING

Are the gardeners legal?

We have in our building two owners who are retired people who take care of the gardens and do odd jobs around the place. We voted at the AGM several years ago to engage them in exchange for not paying their community fees. Some members have now raised the question: Is this legal?

S D (Costa del Sol) No, it is not l e g a l .

Spain’s strict labour YOU AND THE regulations require LAW IN SPAIN that anyone who works in exchange for any compensation be registered with the Social Security system as self-employed workers who pay their monthly contributions of about €250. Further, the community must show any form of payment to them on its books, with the appropriate withholding tax paid. This means your community is technically guilty of employing ‘black’ workers outside the tax system. In the worst case, this could draw penalties of €3,000 for each unregistered worker. Now, do not tell anyone that you read this here, but if the only record of your arrangement is the community list of payments, it seems very unlikely that the tax authorities will discover it.

DAVID SEARL

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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7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Time to Eat with Nadiya 1:00pm Homes Under the Hammer 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather 2:15pm Athletics 5:30pm The Repair Shop 6:00pm Zootropolis 7:40pm BBC News 7:50pm BBC London News 7:53pm Weather 7:55pm Who Dares Wins 8:40pm Pointless 9:30pm Casualty 10:20pm Killing Eve 11:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

11:15pm Weather The latest weather information.

11:20pmPhilomena 1:15am To be Announced 2:40am Weather for the Week Ahead

7:35am All Over the Place 8:05am The Dog Ate My Homework 8:35am The Dengineers 9:05am Mustangs FC 9:30am Cbeebies Stargazing 9:50am Strange Magic 11:20am Monkey Planet 12:20pmMr Peabody & Sherman 1:45pm My Life on a Plate 2:30pm Wonders of the Moon 3:30pm Netball World Cup 2019 6:00pm Natural World 7:00pm RHS Tatton Flower Show 2019 8:00pm Sport Relief 2019 9:00pm Golf 11:00pm Atlanta When Earn receives a cheque, he's determined to treat his girlfriend, Van, to a fancy night out.

11:25pm Atlanta 11:50pm The Big Short 1:55am Red Tails

8:00pm 9:00pm

10:25am Saturday Morning with James Martin 12:35pm John and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen 1:35pm Save Money: Lose Weight 2:00pm Best Walks with a View with Julia Bradbury 2:30pm ITV News and Weather 2:39pm ITV London Weather 2:40pm Midsomer Murders 4:35pm Tenable 5:35pm Tipping Point 6:35pm 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 10:45pm ITV News and Weather 11:04pm ITV London Weather 11:05pmThe World is Not Enough 1:20am Tour de France Highlights

7:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:10am Emmerdale 10:20am Coronation Street 1:20pm Catchphrase 2:20pm Take Me Out 3:25pm Ninja Warrior UK 4:15pm You've Been Framed!

5:15pm You've Been Framed!

5:45pm Dr. Seuss' the Lorax 6:50pm FYI Daily 6:55pm Dr. Seuss' the Lorax 7:25pm The Lost World: Jurassic Park 8:55pm FYI Daily 9:00pm The Lost World: Jurassic Park 10:00pm Love Island 11:05pm Shopping with Keith Lemon 11:35pm Family Guy 12:05am Family Guy 12:35am Family Guy 1:05am American Dad! 1:30am American Dad!

7:00am 7:25am 7:55am 10:15am

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12:20pm 2:30pm

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2:00am

SATURDAY TV

The Sky at Night Neil Armstrong First Man on the Moon Close family and friends - many of whom have never spoken publicly before - tell the story of former astronaut Neil Armstrong.

Inspector Montalbano A shop is burned down, but its owner seems to have disappeared into thin air.

Top of the Pops: 1988 Top of the Pops: 1988 Sinatra: All or Nothing at All Peaky Blinders Peaky Blinders Peaky Blinders

7:00am 7:25am 7:55am 8:20am 8:40am 9:05am 9:30am 9:55am 10:20am 10:50am 12:10pm 1:10pm 3:45pm

King of Queens King of Queens Frasier Frasier The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Young Sheldon Young Sheldon The Simpsons Come Dine with Me Four in a Bed W Series Motor Racing 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:35pm Location, Location, Location 6:35pm Portrait Artist of the Year 7:30pm Channel 4 News 7:55pm Moon Landing Live 8:00pm London's Great Bridges: Lighting the Thames 9:00pm Moon Landing Live 10:30pm T2: Trainspotting 12:50amRide Along 2:40am The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan

9:20am Paw Patrol 9:40am Nella the Princess Knight 9:50am Wissper 10:05am Pirata & Capitano 10:20am Floogals 10:30am Sunny Day 10:55am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:30am Access 11:35am Friends 2:05pm Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords 3:00pm Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords 4:00pm Britain's Horror Homes 6:00pm My Houseful of Animals 7:00pm The Wonderful World of Chocolate 8:00pm Cricket on 5 8:55pm 5 News Weekend 9:00pm The Thames: Britain's Great River with Tony Robinson 11:00pm When... Goes Horribly Wrong 2:00am The 21.Co.UK Live Casino Show

7:00am The Crystal Maze 7:55am How I Met Your Mother 8:25am Speechless 11:00amMuppet Treasure Island 1:00pm The Goldbergs 1:30pm The Goldbergs 2:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2:30pm The Big Bang Theory 3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm The Big Bang Theory 4:30pm The Big Bang Theory 5:00pm The Big Bang Theory 5:30pm The Big Bang Theory 6:00pm The Big Bang Theory 6:30pm The Big Bang Theory 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:30pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pmLet's be Cops 12:05am Gogglebox 1:10am Gogglebox

7:00am

George and Mildred George and Mildred Inspector Morse Agatha Christie's Marple Feature-length mystery, starring Geraldine McEwan as the genteel sleuth.

Agatha Christie's Marple ITV Racing Live Coverage of today's race meetings.

Agatha Christie's Poirot Agatha Christie's Poirot Midsomer Murders Vera Lewis Feature-length episode.

Emmerdale

7:00am 7:15am 7:40am 8:30am

7:00am Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders 8:30am Alpha 10:15am The Top Ten Show 10:30amTransformers 1:00pm The Meg 3:00pm Birth of the Dragon 4:45pm Upgrade 6:30pm Transformers 9:00pm The Meg 11:00pmBirth of the Dragon 12:40amUpgrade

7:00am Daughter of the Wolf 8:45am Racetime!

10:30amA Star Is Born 1:00pm First Man A look at the life of astronaut Neil Armstrong, from his early days in 1961 as a NASA test pilot.

3:25pm The Flip Side 5:00pm Racetime!

6:40pm A Star Is Born Following a gig, fading music star Jackson Maine happens upon Ally, a nightclub singersongwriter.

9:00pm First Man 11:30pmOverlord 1:30am Daughter of the Wolf 3:10am Lifechanger

7:00am EFL Greatest Games 7:15am EFL Greatest Games 7:30am EFL Goals: Championship 12:30pm EFL Goals: Leagues 1 &2 1:00pm EFL Goals: Leagues 1 &2 1:30pm EFL Goals: Leagues 1 &2 2:00pm EFL Goals: Leagues 1 &2 2:30pm EFL Goals: Leagues 1 &2 3:00pm EFL Goals: Championship 4:00pm EFL Goals: Championship 5:00pm EFL Goals: Championship 6:00pm EFL Goals: Championship 7:00pm EFL Goals: Championship 8:00pm Live World Matchplay Darts 12:00am Major League Soccer 2:00am Football Countdowns 2:30am Football Countdowns 3:00am SPFL Greatest Games

World of Sport The Protectors The Professionals Goodwood First Glance 9:20am Goodwood Festival of Speed 10:30am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 11:30am The Car Chasers 12:00pm Tour de France Highlights 1:00pm River Monsters 1:30pm Tour de France Live 5:30pm Monster Carp 6:35pm River Monsters 7:05pm River Monsters 7:35pm World Cup Rivalries 8:00pm Tour de France Highlights 9:00pm The Scorpion King 10:05pm FYI Daily 10:10pmThe Scorpion King 10:55pmStarship Troopers 11:55pm FYI Daily 12:00amStarship Troopers 1:30am The Sweeney

8:15am Dusty and Me 9:55am Date Night 11:30amMamma Mia! 1:25pm Life of the Party 3:15pm Slaughterhouse Rulez 5:10pm She's Out of My League 7:00pm Mamma Mia! 9:00pm Life of the Party 11:00pmSlaughterhouse Rulez 12:55amFriends with Benefits

Matchroom Boxing Specials 8:00am Dillian Whyte: Whyte Hot 8:30am Whyte Meets Bruno 9:00am Heavyweight KO's: The Best of 9:30am My Icon 9:45am Live Netball World Cup 11:00am Live Premier League Asia Trophy 1:15pm Live Premier League Asia Trophy 3:30pm The Open Live 9:00pm Live Vitality T20 Blast Cricket Kent Spitfires v Somerset. Coverage of the match from the Spitfire Ground in Canterbury.

11:00pm Live World Matchplay Darts 12:00am Sky Sports News 1:00am Sky Sports News 2:00am Sky Sports News

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7:00am Breakfast 10:00am BBC News 11:00am The Andrew Marr Show 12:00pm Sunday Politics London 12:30pm Sunday Morning Live 1:30pm BBC News 1:40pm Weather for the Week Ahead 1:45pm Songs of Praise 2:20pm Athletics 5:00pm Escape to the Country 6:00pm The Repair Shop 6:45pm Pointless 7:35pm BBC News 7:50pm BBC London News 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm Countryfile 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm Poldark 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm BBC London News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Imagine 12:35am Our Lives 1:05am Weather for the Week Ahead

7:15am Glorious Gardens From Above 8:05am Gardeners' World 9:05am Countryfile 10:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:30am Tom Kerridge's Best Ever Dishes 12:00pm A Cook Abroad The MasterChef: The 1:00pm Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 1:45pm Diving: World Championships 3:15pm Netball 8:00pm Remarkable Places to Eat 9:00pm Golf: The Open Championship 11:00pm Live at the Apollo 11:45pmSpotlight 1:45am Horizon 2:45am Holby City

8:00pm BBC Proms 2019 Katie Derham and Jess Gillam introduce this Prom from the Royal Albert Hall.

10:35pm Eric Clapton at the BBC 11:05pm Storyville 12:35am Sound of Musicals with Neil Brand 2:00am Peaky Blinders 3:00am Peaky Blinders Thomas deals with an IRA chief who has come to Small Heath to avenge his cousin's death.

4:00am Peaky Blinders Thomas prepares to oust Billy Kimber at Worcester Racecourse, but secrets are revealed that force the Shelbys to face up to the problems that have divided them.

7:00am King of Queens Deacon and Kelly ask Doug and Carrie to be godparents to their newborn son.

8:15am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am The Simpsons 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Simpsons 3:00pm Herbie: Fully Loaded 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:30pm Coast vs Country 6:35pm The Yorkshire Dales and the Lakes 7:30pm Channel 4 News Including sport and weather.

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Global Airspeeder racing series to launch 2020 NICK HORNE’S Rich Pick

Airspeeder Mark IV model at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2019.

Freelance correspondent, London, England THE Duke of Richmond hosts the annual ‘Festival of Speed,’ a key date in the summer social calendar for everyone with a passion for speed and is held at his Goodwood Estate, which is not only his home, but also the home of the Goodwood Horse Racing Circuit, the Goodwood Aerodrome and of the Goodwood Grand Prix Circuit, an early host of the Formula 1 Grand Prix.

Everything to do with speed has a place here at Goodwood and showcases new as well as classic speed machines. This year what particularly caught the eye and the imagination was the Airspeeder. A launch of a new concept and a unification of a suite of technologies. The Airspeeder offers the promise of an exciting racing series, coming soon, as soon as 2020. The launch at the FOS 2019 featured two Mark-Two prototype Airspeeders racing head to head at speeds of up to 100 kph and an average of four metres above the ground.

The Airspeeder race series will begin in 2020 and will feature Airspeeder Mark-Four’s which will be manned by pilots. With uncanny echoes of the racing cars of the past though with significant differences the Mark Four manned octocopters or Speeders will achieve speeds of up to 200 kph and offer a power to weight ratio superior to that

Airspeeder Mark Two demonstrates speed and agility at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Airspeeder pit stop.

Lord March the Duke of Richmond and Matt Pearson , Founder and and CEO of Airspeeder at the reveal of the Airspeeder. of a fighter jet. Four metres long and weighing about 250 kgs propelled by eight 50kw motors driving 60 inch blades with power provided by swappable 500kw lithium-ion polymer battery packs. Each Speeder is to be packed with technology including a collision avoidance system and augmented reality systems to allow pilots to see other racers if they are out of sight beneath the level of the fuselage.

The plan is that each Airspeeder Grand Prix will feature head to head racing between 10 pilots

competing for five teams. Every race is expected to involve 30 minutes of flat out racing and include a pit stop when the power packs are swapped, adding to the excitement and dynamism of the racing.

Matt Pearson, founder and CEO of Airspeeder and the driving force behind the Airspeeder race series, said: “This was a very emotional moment for those of us who have been involved in this project from the start, everyone at Alauda Racing and our partners and sponsors. After huge

amounts of hard work, research, technical development and planning this formal unveiling - at an event as iconic as Goodwood - feels as though all our dreams have become reality and Airspeeder has properly arrived.” Developed by Alauda Racing, the Airspeeder concept has taken just four years to get off the ground as the innovative company seeks to make the jump from technology driven start up to worldwide motorsport brand.

Speaking after the opening the Duke of Richmond said: “Airspeeder’s aim is to deliver a new global sport to turbocharge the vertical take-off and landing industry and build the most exciting vehicles in the world. This feels like the inception for a whole new technology and it’s great to have Matt Pearson and the Alauda team here with us to show where we’re headed.”

Summing up Airspeeder’s debut at the 2019 Goodwood Festival of Speed, Matt Pearson said: “This is just the start of our reach for the skies.

Our vision sees not just the development of a unique sporting spectacle but also the start of a new industry, with flying cars built for competition providing an ideal environment for innovation and technical evolution.Watch this space.”

Long term the idea appears to be to use the platform of the Airspeeder Race Series to launch a new global sport and turbocharge the electrical vertical take-off and landing [eVTOL] industry and bring flying cars into existence across the planet. Today racing Airspeeders. Tomorrow we may well be driving electric flying cars to work or to the beach. Nick Horne, London, England

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I WAS shocked to read the issue talking about solidarity with the ‘LBGTQI’ community. As a lesbian I do not feel part of this ‘community’ as our interests are not the same and in the case of the T diametrically opposed. We do not believe that men can change sex or vice versa. Men who perform femininity are not countering stereotypes and instead are pandering to fetishes. There is huge pressure from trans activists to access women only spaces, single sex hospital wards, prisons, refuges and changing rooms.

Women feel unsafe as a result... selfidentification allows any male who says he feels like a woman to overrule their wishes.

I was particularly surprised to read that Andalucía is being praised for allowing children to choose their ‘gender’ before puberty and receive hormonal treatment to suit their preferred role. In my and many others view, this is a dangerous practice and basically amounts to experimentation on confused adolescents.

The research that exists suggests that outcomes are poor eg the young people’s distress is no better, and children should not be able to give consent to life changing and damaging medication. There is a huge increase in girls who feel different and confused and instead of receiving adequate counselling, they are put on a path to irreversible treatments and mutilation of their bodies by mastectomies and unproved hormones. These girls often have other issues such as autism or may have been sexually abused. Many would have become lesbians and nearly all are likely to desist if given time. Andalucía should not be proud of their position on this.

There is a huge scandal building on this and it is shameful that this ‘tolerant’ society is doing the enabling.

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The beauty of Benidorm I RECENTLY visited the town of Benidorm and after the town being rubbished by all and sundry, particularly in the tabloid press, I was expecting the worse.

But on my arrival, I found a warm, clean and inviting town and to my surprise, there were many Spanish on holiday there.

Yes, there were the Karaoke bars, kebab shops and tourist tat stalls, but look a bit deeper and it is actually a really nice place.

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Pride solidarity DEAR Editor Your newspaper and website, like others in the UK, continually carries warnings about sun exposure and soaring temperatures, so could someone explain to me why excessive sunbathing is still so popular?

When you look at it, it certainly isn’t healthy and can cause some pretty horrible skin problems.

People lay in a heat that is certainly not comfortable, screwing their eyes up to even see the view and just lay there, sweating.

And yet thousands of people are currently sprawled around on our beaches, in the very hottest part of the day, roasting like a chicken on

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QUEST FOR A TAN: Holidaymakers expose the flesh. a spit, quickly turning the colour of an overripe tomato.

They expose as much flesh as possible to get an ‘even’ tan, knowing that they would prudishly never expose so much of their bodies in

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dear old Blighty.

And then after returning home from their week in the sun, they boast about their sun tan, until it fades or peels off in the British summer rain in three days flat.

Lynn Wright

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ALLEGATIONS that a British tourist assaulted medical personnel makes for worrying reading as cases of patients harming doctors and nurses continue to rise.

The British man’s alleged assault, in Mallorca’s Magaluf resort, comes as a local trade union representing medical staff said it was the fifth such attack in a week.

The attacks have not just been confined to Mallorca. One assault took place at a clinic in San Pedro de Alcantara on the Costa del Sol earlier this month.

Trade unions across Spain have called for more to be done to protect staff. A total of 28 personnel were attacked in Malaga Province alone, according to data from the area’s Medical Association.

Cases sometimes involve patients brought to hospital under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Others are simply instances of wanton aggression.

But as with many things the attacks themselves do not constitute the problem on their own.

Such violence is symptomatic of deeper issues. Many hospitals across Spain are overstretched and understaffed because of the exodus of staff to other countries and spending cuts.

Limited numbers of staff trying to manage and treat patients, many of whom arrive in emergency rooms frustrated and unable to act reasonably, clearly contributes to the phenomenon. That said, everyone has the right to work in dignity and without fear from threatening or violent behaviour. There is no justification for such attacks.

Now we want to hear your views.

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Spanish police called to flight: Why is it always the English groups who make these problems on the way to Spain and not the other way around? Same with balconing.

Nadia TB Earlier this year we had a hen and a stag on the same flight. Reasonably well behaved, but the noise was awful with much shouting, back and forwards. Had to calm down the lads in seats behind due to my kidneys getting a work over.

Flight attendants did a fairly good job and limited alcohol to one drink each. Yeah, a Champagne bottle each, with some passengers assisti n g b y b u y i n g t h e m d r i n k s t o o. Th e f l i g h t attendants and I were glad when we finally landed and deplaned.

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COMMENTS FROM EWN ONLINE Warning for balcony jumps: How much more of a nanny state does it have to become. For goodness sake take responsibility for your actions and if you feel like jumping from a balcony don’t expect sympathy from me.

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Boy trapped in a pool: The hotel should compensate the rescue team, it could have been a very nasty situation which could have easily been avoided,. thank God for the outcome.

Eileen Maria Gardner I think the law should be in place and followed when people and children are involved, so this place has not followed procedure and should be shut for the season.

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Lesbian couple verbally attacked: Regardless of sexual preference shows of affection should be done in private, not on public transport.

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To Hell and back

BARRY DUKE ONE thing stopped me from falling to my knees and kissing the ground at Alicante airport when I arrived back on July 1 from a short business trip to the UK: the fear that my lips would become fused to the smoking hot tarmac.

The trip was jinxed from the outset. Shortly before my flight to the UK a geezer sprinting toward a departure gate crashed into me, and there was a sickening crack as his heavy hand luggage hit my right knee.

So, for four days, during which time I had to do a great deal of walking while carrying a heavy rucksack, I hobbled about like a man on his last legs.

Before I left Spain, I booked four train trips online with Southern Rail, and all I needed to do to collect them was enter a reference number into a machine at Gatwick airport.

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This I did - and nothing happened. So, I had to queue for 30 minutes to get an assistant to issue the tickets. This took 10 minutes, because ‘something seems to be wrong with the system.’

There sure was. I found I was one ticket short of a full set. So, the whole process was repeated until I received what I’d paid f o r. I n t o t a l , I s p e n t a n hour in the ticket hall.

But far worse was to come. On boarding a train f r o m L o n d o n Vi c t o r i a t o Brighton, a vision of Hell confronted me when the carriage doors opened.

People and their luggage occupied every square inch of space. And the heat was intolerable. Then a very l a rg e g e n t l e m a n i n h i s fifties managed to force himself on board.

When he saw that he was about to travel in utterly inhumane conditions he

CROWDED UK: And the heat was intolerable too. s u ff e r e d a m a s s i v e p a n i c attack, and I found myself hugging a complete

stranger while whispering soothing words in his ear.

The train’s departure was

delayed by 20 minutes. The reason given was that heat had buckled the rails some-

where along the line. After 20 minutes of travel, during which time people began crying and fainting as they realised they were about to miss flights from Gatwick, the train juddered to a stop and remained stationary for 30 minutes.

Folk around me were now in full-on panic mode and the pain radiating from my injured knee was making me feel ill.

I was recounting this hellish journey to a friend the following day, and he asked me when I intended to return to the UK. In December I replied.

‘Hmm,’ he said glumly, ‘by then you’ll probably find the country nothing but a pile of rubble, with streets patrolled by jackbooted storm troopers under the direction of Führer Farage.

‘And the Royal Family will be living in exile in Monaco!’

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Review

Seamless with mind-boggling effects Aqua at The Benidorm Palace I RECENTLY visited Benidorm Palace, to see their new show ‘Aqua’ and I had one gripe.

All the men in the audience should have worn tuxedos and the ladies, slinky evening dresses and they should have been adorned in jewels.

For, the venue reminded me of American venues that you would have found in 1955 Hollywood. You half expected

STAR: David Climent.

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra to be sat just behind you.

It really is a swish and luxurious venue with the tables and chairs tiered so everyone got a great view of the stage from their chairs.

Firstly there was the fourcourse meal, which we were informed was all produced inhouse. The food was fresh, well presented and tasty. Following two starters, I had salmon, though I must admit to a certain envy when I saw and smelt a couple of steaks floating by.

At this point, I must mention our wonderful, friendly server, Isabella, she took care of my strange dietary requests expertly and with a lovely smile, I actually felt that I had made a new friend.

Anyway, we were enjoying the superb food and wine and then the band struck up and played us some smooth jazz, while we finished our dinner.

Nice!

SPECTACLE: Incredible acrobats.

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Anyway, well-fed and watered, it was show time and without spoiling things for anyone going to see the show, the opening special effects are quite simply mind-boggling.

When I met Christine, the owner of the Benidorm Palace, a few weeks ago, she told me she was really proud of the special effects and detailed how difficult these were to get right. I can see why on

SHOW: Elegance and grace.

both counts.

The ‘transitions’ where the scenes change were totally seamless, indeed at one point I noticed two gangplanks, either side of the stage, full of dancers, ‘Where did they come from?’

The show was modern, professional and full of joyous vitality. The dancers could readily grace the stage of a West-End show

ALL INCLUSIVE: Pets on stage.

and they actually really looked like they were enjoying themselves, the singers were great, the acrobatic acts put a modern spin on the age-old craft and produced something that was different, and we must not forget the comedians. All of them were just absolutely topnotch.

By the way, the humour tended to be more visual, which catered well for the multi-national clientele but I can assure you, was very funny indeed. There was one particular scene with some audience participation, where ‘volunteers’ were on stage.

Credit where credit’s due, even they seemed to follow the script and enjoy themselves.

One thing I should perhaps mention, that the old-school ‘Moulin Rouge’ style of having topless dancers is now a thing of the past. Granny

would approve!

But the star of the show was the incredible David Climent.

For those of you that do not know, David is one of the top magicians in the world. He is the only Spanish member of the magic circle and won the coveted ‘Merlin’ prize in 2015.

Having seen the illusions he created for the show, not only are you left mesmerised and asking yourself how he managed the ‘tricks,’ but time and time again, it was the pure speed with which the illusions were carried out, which simply amazed me.

The translation of a ‘Spectacular Show’ in Spanish would be una ‘Espectáculo espectacular’ and to me, the new show ‘Aqua’ was exactly that.

‘Aqua’ the new show runs at the Benidorm Palace from now until spring 2020, with performances Tuesdays to Saturday during August and September.

In other months the show runs on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

SEDUCTIVE: Romance is not dead.

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month if possible because there are likely to be delays and irritations.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Someone you have been holding at arm's length recently is insisting on getting closer.

Charm and tact alone may not save the day, but enlisting the help of a friend could. Travel and career are well-aspected and, if you are expecting a financial windfall, you may have a bit longer to wait.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) The hard work you have been putting in recently has left you tired and, at times, quite tetchy. This week you will start to see the rewards of your efforts which will undoubtedly help you to keep up the momentum. There is a lot of both passion and travel this week, which is set to continue.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23)

You dominate the scene this week and no one is in any doubt about what you are aiming for. If you want to impress someone new to your circle, however, try a bit of cunning as opposed to brow-beating.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

IRISH LOTTO Saturday July 13

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EURO MILLIONS Tuesday July 9

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Friday July 12

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EL MILLON: SXP51999 LA PRIMITIVA Thursday July 11

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JOKER: 2 037 520

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Communication and self-expression are what it's all about this week. Although you may feel that indulging yourself is in some ways selfish, you should realise that you are entitled to some fun.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) The call of romance is strong but so is that of your business life. The two will clash to the detriment of each other if you do not plan ahead and pace yourself. Do not be at the beck and call of others when you need all your time and energy for yourself.

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JOKER: 2 957 554 EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA Sunday July 14

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Kakuro

How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case R) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

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

TARGET: Average: 13 Good: 19 Very good: 27 Excellent: 34 LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION deem deer demo dent doer dome done dorm dote meed mend mode need nerd node redo reed rend retd rode teed tend toed trod demon deter donee doter drone emend erode meted noted toned toted treed trend dement demote denote detent emoted mender modern netted omened redone rented rodent rotted tender tented teredo termed mordent tetrode mentored TORMENTED

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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This is a highly sociable week, and you could meet some new faces that not only attract but inspire you. You are a social butterfly, and this brings out your Libran flutteriness. You will have to draw on all your powers of concentration to keep ahead of practical matters such as paperwork.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22)

BONUS BALL

Sudoku

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

QUICK Across: 1 Cupid, 4 Chess, 7 Contralto, 8 Swig, 9 Forbid, 12 School, 13 Stag, 16 Sensitive, 18 Imply, 19 Tongs.

Down: 1 Cages, 2 Peckish, 3 Deny, 4 Carrot, 5 Eel, 6 Sword, 10 Bittern, 11 Notify, 12 Sushi, 14 Gasps, 15 Pint, 17 Nap.

CRYPTIC Across: 1 Citadel, 5 Ocean, 8 Bring, 9 Sleight, 10 Anemone, 11 Shell, 12 Cutest, 14 Beasts, 17 Scarf, 19 Realist, 21 Leaders, 22 Teddy, 23 Seeds, 24 Segment.

Down: 1 Cobra, 2 Trident, 3/22 Dog tag, 4 Lashed, 5 Oversee, 6 Eagle, 7 Nettles, 12 Castles, 13 Softens, 15 Swindle, 16 Crisis, 18 Abate, 20 Tryst.

ENGLISH-SPANISH Down:

Across: 1 Pescar, 4 Abuela, 9 Atracar, 10 Doubt, 11 Snail, 12 Shelter, 13 Tener hambre, 18 Parsnip, 20 Smoke, 22 Nadar, 23 Earring, 24 Sunset, 25 Granja.

1 Praise, 2 Siria, 3 Alcalde, 5 Badge, 6 Equator, 7 Altura, 8 Grasshopper, 14 Edredon, 15 Mostrar, 16 Apenas, 17 Lengua, 19 Nurse, 21 Onion.

CODE BREAKER

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EWN welcomes the Queen of networking lunches T H E E u ro We e k l y N e w s w e l comed the co-founder of the hugely successful women’s networking b u s i n e s s , 1 2 3 0 T h e Wo m e n ’s Company Ltd, into its head office last week to share her wealth of knowledge and experience.

Jackie Groundsell travelled from the UK to spend two days with staff in Fuengirola at the invite of EWN CEO Michel Euesden.

“I met Michel at the International Women’s Day conference in Marbella in March, a collaborative event between Costa Women and 1230 TWC, and we built up a relationship from there,” explained the mother of three who launched the leading business women’s network in 2002.

Jackie added: “We spent a day together here in Spain in May. We got on really well and have taken it from there, so when Michel invited me back to Spain to spend a couple of days in the head office to develop business together, I jumped at it.

“It shows how technology has opened up the world. There are very few boundaries to achieve whatever you want to achieve.

The first link with Ali Meehan of Costa Women was through Twitter and from there the connection with Michel was through technology.

“When I first walked into the EWN office I was taken by the impressive structure visually. Everybody works extremely hard here and the office has a very nice feel about it.

“As a company EWN is certainly well established and will definitely continue to grow.”

Jackie explained how 1230 The Women’s Company (1230 TWC) provides on and off-line trading and business growth opportunities

Jackie catches up on the latest news in the EWN.

www.1230.co.uk across the UK and overseas.

This dynamic networking business helps businesswomen make the connections and find the support they need in their business lives; to meet locally in the Business High Street, share experiences and work together to grow their companies through regular 12.30pm networking meetings.

1230 TWC also provides training and learning through workshops and guest speakers, an annual conference - 2020 will be its s i x t h w i t h C o s t a Wo m e n - a n d charity supporting events.

The 1230 Business School provides business essential training for all business owners and decision-makers.

It’s all a long way away from Jackie’s first reluctant taste of networking having been dragged to her first all women’s meeting 18 years ago.

“I was teaching businesses in computer skills at the time and never thought about networking. I knew I didn’t like coffee mornings and that sort of thing, but I went along to a meeting in London with a friend Penny who I had

At home with the EWN team.

met through a business course.

What an amazing eye opener it was.

“I had done the Chamber of Commerce but that was really male dominated at that time. This was totally difference. There were 27 women who didn’t know each other but met at lunchtime, shared a drink and talked and at the end it felt like we had known each other for years.”

Jackie began sharing an office in the capital for her own IT train-

ing company, and her own network of all-female support grew quickly and organically; an everincreasing number of women who worked in the city, getting together for lunch once a month to chat and support each other in business.

“I was a business advisor for the then Bromley Chamber of Commerce and they asked us to help, so we had a meeting and 54 women turned up. Other women started asking if they could run a

meeting and we soon realised we had to have a more organised approach and the business was born.

“Given that many business women are squeezed at either end of the day with family commitments, lunch-time meetings proved to be the most convenient time of day for m a n y, h e n c e t h e name 12.30.

“Being able to see the synergies and connect businesswomen, to see the ‘eureka!’ moment that 1230 TWC training and networking provides as their businesses grow, is so rewarding; I am exceptionally fortunate to be in a business that I just love.”

Jackie said that meeting her various personal challenges in her own life has given her great empathy with the inspiring business women she meets and supports through networking.

“I would say my can-do attitude and ability to talk are two of my greatest personal assets. I’m always up for a challenge!” added Jackie who continues to run her IT training company as part of 1230 Business School as well as public speaking.

“I look forward to seeing everyone on March 12 and 13, 2020.”

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Heat protection THROUGHOUT Europe, there are numerous illnesses and indeed deaths caused by the extreme heat of a heatwave. Such problems are preventable. Here is our advice for you to survive and remain comfortable in the hot summer sun.

Ideally, the indoor temperature of your property should be kept below 32°C during the day and 24°C during the night.

Try cooling your house down, by using the night air to cool it down. Open all windows and shutters during the night and the early morning, when the outside temperature is lower.

Close windows, blinds and shutters especially those facing the sun during the day. Look at a Spanish person’s house, the shutters will rarely be open in the heat of the summer.

If your property is air conditioned, ensure that your windows and doors are kept shut when using the units, otherwise,

you will be paying to cool down rooms you are not using, or indeed the area.

Electric fans may provide relief, but when the temperature is above 35°C, they may not lower the temperature, they are, however, useful for blowing away mosquitos and other critters.

Avoid going outside at the hottest time of the day and also avoid strenuous physical activity. If you must do strenuous activity, do it during the coolest part of the day, which is usually in the very early morning.

Keep the body cool and hydrated (remember to check the colour of your urine, if a strong colour, it is an indicator you may be dehydrated and should drink more non-alcoholic drinks).

Take cool showers or baths, go to the beach or go for a swim.

Alternatives include cold packs and wraps, towels, sponging, foot baths, etc. Just keep cool Wear light coloured, loose-fit-

ting clothes made of natural materials and if going out always wear a wide-brimmed hat, to keep the sun off your head.

If you or others feel unwell, immediately seek assistance. If you feel dizzy, weak, anxious or have intense thirst and headache, move to a cool place as soon as possible and measure your body temperature, then drink some cool water or fruit juice to rehydrate you.

Always wear sunscreen, with an SPF of at least 30. Sunburn can be painful and can lead to later problems with some skin cancers caused by people having previously had sunburn.

To really make the most of the summer, it may be an idea to think like a local: Take a siesta, at the hottest time of the day; eat later in the cool evening air and eat smaller portions more often; keep out of the sun during the afternoon and drink plenty of hydrating fluids.

AIR CON: Keep cool.

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EVERY year for the past decade, Medcare has released regular annual promotions across all departments: medical, dental and aesthetics. This summer sees a bumpercrop of offers on many non-surgical aesthetics treatments and products!

The aesthetics team have been working tirelessly for weeks to work out some great prices for some of the best products and treatments available on the market. These promotions mean that Medcare’s valuable patients will not only get some amazing prices, but the security of knowing that all injectable treatments are performed by a registered, licensed and insured doctor, as per the law in Spain.

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Dermapen microneedling is still one of Medcare’s most popular anti-ageing treatments because, although there are a few

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For skin tightening and toning, with no downtime, Exilis can give some great results. Using radiofrequency, it blasts fat cells and encourages collagen production to tighten skin. Finally, Medcare only stocks the best pharmaceutical grade skincare products, from GLO Skin Beauty and Heliocare. GLO is a cruelty-free brand that uses active ingredients such as glycolic acid and vitamin C in higher concentrations than high street brands.

These products give great results in brightening, exfoliating and toning the skin. HeliocareSPF50 COLOR was voted the best SPF face cream in 2018. Not only does it protect against the sun’s harmful rays, but the lightweight non-greasy gel cream can act as a subtle foundation too!

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TO TAN OR NOT TO TAN: Protect your skin.

Stay safe in the sun PROTECTING yourself from the dangerous effects of the sun is essential, but did you know that the Sun Protection Factor (SPF) of any sunscreen is only one measure of the protection it provides, in that the SPF only indicates the protection the lotion gives from Ultra-violet ‘B’ (UVB) rays.

The SPF indicates how long

you could stay in the sun, without harm from these UVB rays.

As an example, if on any given day you could stay in the sun for 15 minutes without burning or reddening of the skin and you use a factor 15, you could theoretically stay in the sun for 225 minutes (15 x 15). But beware, there are many things that can decrease this time and you should always err on the side of caution (eg the amount of lotion you apply, the amount you perspire, the intensity of the sun’s rays on that day at your location).

However, the sun also gives off Ultra-violet ‘A’ rays and you should ensure that your suncreen protection also protects from these. Always inquire how a product shields your skin from UVA rays as well as UVB. With their longer wavelength, UVA rays can reach the middle layer of the skin (the dermis), damaging cells, which could trigger changes that may, consequentially, lead to some of the more serious forms of skin cancer, broken blood vessels and advanced ageing of the skin.

The best advice is to keep out of the sun during the hottest part of the day, liberally apply a broad-spectrum sunscreen, providing protection from UVA and UVB rays, which has an SPF of at least 30, but preferably SPF50 and for the rest of the time keep covered up and even wear a broad-brimmed hat.

The pale-skinned, ‘English Rose’ look may not be such a bad idea, after all.

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GOLD: Has anti-bacterial properties.

FOR thousands of years, gold has been thought to not only look amazing on your wrists and fingers, but also to help heal the skin. Gold has anti-bacterial properties and is also thought to stimulate collagen production in the skin. This helps reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Word on the street is that even Cleopatra herself used gold masks on a nightly basis to keep her skin glowing, hydrated, and radiant.

At Derma Clinic Spain we have developed a new hydrating treatment, that not only leaves your skin energised, but also filled with anti-oxidants, vitamins and minerals.

Step one is a double cleanse with a relaxing facial massage. It leaves your skin degreased, and detoxified.

For an excellent absorption of the following ingredients, we want to make sure that all dead skin cells are gone, to not absorb any products, or clog the pores. We use a sensitive and gentle chemical peel, and gently scrub away any impurities.

Your skin is now prepared

for the luxury anti-ageing facial serum with a powerful combination of antioxidants to combat photo-ageing, and vitamin C. This is performed with a relaxing facial massage, until the product is gently absorbed by the skin.

As every cell is now filled with antioxidants, we let you enjoy the golden hydrating collagen mask. The mask incorporates gold along with collagen and Rosa Damascena, an essential oil to soothe and soften skin. The mask has a cooling effect when placed on the skin, and in 20 minutes, we remove it to reveal smoother and more glowing skin. Its texture is gentle and smooth to your skin, and as you wear it you can enjoy a relaxing shoulder and neck massage.

To top this luxury golden treatment, we use Prolagene lift ingredients for your eye treatment, and fine lines. At the end your skin can enjoy a prolagene lift day cream, and sun protection.

Call for an appointment as below or follow us on Facebook and Instagram to see our summer offers.

Call for an appointment on: 674 255 579 Avda. del Albir 161, local 1 674 255 579 www.dermaclinicspain.com Alternatively see our Facebook page facebook.com/DermaClinicSpain

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CELEBRITIES

BREAK: Eva Longoria having some fun in the sun with her little one.

THE Spanish royals visited the Air Force General Academy in San Javier last week with Queen Letizia wowing the crowds as always.

Together they watched the Delivery of the Real Employment Dispatches and witnessed members of the General Military Academy gain well-deserved promotions.

The General Air Academy provides General Corps with military training among other responsibilities.

While attending the ceremony,

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Eva Longoria in Marbella GORGEOUS actress Eva Longoria arrived in Marbella last week with husband Pepe Baston and son Santi ahead of the Global Gift Gala.

The Global Gift Foundation has organised an annual charity gala for the last eight years. The purpose of the event is to raise money and awareness to create a positive impact on the lives of children, women and families who are all in need.

Queen of style

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ELEGANT: Queen Letizia and husband, King Felipe, visit San Javier.

She has recently been spotted at the beach with her loved ones, showing off her stunning post-baby body just 13 months after giving birth.

However, Eva Longoria is no stranger to Marbella. In June 2017 she opened a beach bar called Playa Padre with friend and Chairwoman of the Global Gift Foundation, Maria Bravo.

Queen Letizia exuded elegance. The mother-of-two had her hair swept off her face in a ponytail. The natural make-up showcased her beauty.

Her fresh white blouse was teamed with a mid-length striped skirt. The light and navy contrast was a look of pure elegance, perfect for the occasion.

Queen Letizia joined her husband, King Felipe. The couple has been married since 2004 and have two children, Leonor and Infanta Sofia.

Beer festival ORGANISED by the Finestrat Council, there will be a beer festival running from 7pm to

U p d a t e o n f o o d , d r i n k , e n t e r t a i n m e n t s , w h a t ’s o n a n d w e e k l y h a p p e n i n g s

11.30pm next Saturday, July 20.

It will be held in the Plaza de la Union Europea and

there should be a good selection of different beers and perhaps some bites and music as well.

Lopez’s 50th birthday concert in Spain JENNIFER LOPEZ will give her Malaga debut on Thursday, August 8. This performance is part of the ‘It’s My Party Tour’ which celebrates the singer’s milestone birthday.

The Marenostrum Music Castle Park in Fuengirola is her only appointment in Spain.

‘It’s My Party: The Live Celebration’ is her first tour in six years.

It promises to showcase a combination of classic and modern songs, amazing choreography, stunning costumes and impressive technology while exuding the glamour that Jennifer radiates.

The American singer has many talents. She is also an actress, producer and dancer. The multi-talented artist has put her skills to use by acting as the show’s creator, producer and creative director alongside her longtime manager, Benny Medina.

Lopez is taking the tour around more than 30 different cities during the summer. The show closes in Saint Petersburg, Russia on August 11.

Tickets will go on sale ONE-OFF: Jennifer’s Fuengirola show will Monday, July 15 at 4pm. be her only performance in Spain.

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Dave’s Diary WELCOME to my diary page. Every week I will be listing some of the hundreds of events, happening in the Costa Blanca North region.

We are particularly keen to help to promote charity events, so if you are organising one or know of one, please let me know at daveproctor@euroweeklynews.com If you enjoyed any of the events we have listed, do not hesitate to let us know.

I hope you find this page of use.

Have fun, Dave

Now to end of August There are a number of free activities every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at the Cala de Finestrat for children aged three to 12 years. There is also Zumba for the adults. Details from the Finestrat Town Hall.

Until July 28 Valencia holds its traditional Great Valencia Fair. The city organises a month of activities.

July 13 to 21 The Moors and Christians in Oliva. The full programme and timings are now at http://olivamorosicristians.es/. This event includes the landings of the Moors. A re-enactment with fireworks on the beach at 5.45am!

July 12 to 21 Pedreguer town fiesta. This event includes running of the Bulls and other events every day.

July 19 Castellonet de la Conquesta near Gandia. A small village fiesta, with fantastic views!

July 20 In the gardens of the Parador Hotel, Javea a dinner in aid of Tara Protectora de Animales, threecourse menu for €40 IVA incl with live music during the meal. Contact the hotel to book.

July 21, 1.30pm SCAN the animal charity have a BBQ in their grounds in El Vergel, in association with ‘Free Spirits’ the Harley owners club. BBQ and a drink €10 and for €10 more you can get to ride on the back of a Harley. Tickets from Pam 679 042 815 or from their shop in El Vergel.

July 21 Open Day at Apac Caballos (Horse refuge) Calle Casablanca 9, 03700 La Jara with tapas and drinks available.

July 21 The 4ever Valencia festival has a top international line-up including British acts Keane, Tears for Fears and Los Planetas. See the 4ever website.

July 25 noon til late Memories Bar in Benidorm is holding a charity fundraiser, with entertainment by some of the Resort’s top acts.

July 25 Daimuz, down near the beach just south of Gandia hold their village fiesta.

July 26 to August 2 Real de Gandia Village fiesta.

July 26 Jazz fiesta and learn how to Lindy-hop (a style of jazz dance) from 9 pm at Viva Espana in Oliva.

Tickets €35 including a meal. Tickets from Art Events Gallery, C/Constitucion 4, Oliva (just down from the town hall).

July 26 Low Festival in Benidorm featuring bands including Now Order and Bastille. Tickets from lowfestival.es.

July 28 Is the last day of the Feria in Valencia which brings the month-long fair to a close. This is the day for ‘the Battle of the Flowers.’ A unique parade, where the floats get pelted with flowers.

July 29 Quiz night in aid of APROP (animal charity) at the Club de Tennis, Pego 7.15pm €3 pp. Contact Chris on 692 480 481.

August 1 to 7 Xeraco hold their town fiesta.

August 2, 3 and 4 Rotova hold their fiesta and Mooors and Christians re-enactments.

August 10 at 7pm Concert of music from 60’s, 70’s and 80’s in the grounds of the beautiful Jardins l’Albarda, la Xara. €10 www.fundem.org. The gardens are worth a visit in their own right.

August 29 Summer Dance Festival at The Gandia Palace Hotel.

August 31 at 11pm Film concert of the music of John Williams and Hans Zimmer (should be plenty of recognisable film scores!). Plaza de Toros, Ondara. Check out the superb trailer on Facebook, events page.

Tickets from the Casa del Cultura.

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BBQ with Bowler BOWLERS’ PRIVATE DINING IT’S that time of year again and the smell of BBQs is everywhere! So why not try giving this recipe a go! There is nothing like a juicy, smoky lamb burger cooked on the barbie these summer evenings. I remember a few years back it wasn’t too easy to find lamb mince in Spain, but you can get it in any butchers nowadays. You can always cook your burgers in a pan or on the grill in the oven, but the flavour you get from grilling them on the BBQ really makes the difference, I find they are a great hit with the kids too!!

!!Dani’s weekly food tip!!

Smash garlic cloves inside a resealable plastic bag with the back of a knife. That way, your cutting board and knife won'’ smell.

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BBQ Grilled Lamb Burgers with Tzatziki - serves 6 Ingredients 750g lamb mince 2 garlic cloves, crushed 1 medium onion, finely chopped 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped (optional) 1 tsp Booths ground coriander 1 tbs Worcestershire sauce 1 tsp Booths ground cumin 1/2 beaten egg 100g breadcrumbs 6 individual ciabatta buns or burger buns Salt Pepper Method Pop the lamb mince into a mixing bowl with the garlic, onion, chilli, Worcestershire sauce, spices and mix with your hands until thoroughly mixed. Then pour in the egg and breadcrumbs and season with salt and milled pepper. Mix again until well combined. You can always take a small amount of the mixture and fry in a little oil to check the seasoning and flavour, add any more if required.

LAMB BURGER: Grill on the BBQ.

Tzatziki Ingredients 1/2 cucumber (try not to grate the core as it’s very watery) 1 tbsp mint, chopped 150ml natural yoghurt 1 tbsp lemon juice 2 tbsp Greek yoghurt Method For the tzatziki, simply mix all the ingredients together in a bowl and chill until needed.

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www.euroweeklynews.com MOTORING FACT DAVID GANDY, the British model recently commissioned Jaguar Classic to renovate an XK120 from the 1950s to his own personal specifications.

In a statement, Jaguar detailed how the 11-month project took 2,700 hours to complete.

The brief was to make this car race-ready for classic motorsport events such as the Jaguar Classic Challenge and to make it suitable for use on the road.

“Having driven a Jaguar XK120 at the Mille Miglia in 2013 and 2014, I knew that I wanted to own one of these incredibly special cars. The team at Jaguar Classic have done such a remarkable job engineering this car and executing everything that I asked for and it was amazing to have such an in-depth involvement in its creation.”

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Electric cars are not a new thing; they were already being manufactured in 1905.

Rauch & Lang produced electric cars until 1920.

Jaguar Classic creation Jaguar Classic retained many components of the original car.

The in-line six-cylinder engine was rebuilt over five and a half months. The result is a performance upgrade from the original 180bhp output to 225bhp and enhanced durability for higher speeds, with items like the core plugs featuring

steel bracing so they do not dislodge during high-speed and hard driving.

Further improvements include the use of a faster-shifting racing-style gearbox which is more durable under high stresses and uprated brakes, with the front set-up now featur-

ing disc brakes with four-pot calipers, while the rear retains the original refurbished drum brakes. The suspension features fully adjustable dampers, allowing Jaguar’s engineers to fine-tune the handling for specific events.

The design and finishing touches were created in collabo-

ration with Gandy, who chose the colour and materials used in the renovation. The exterior is finished in solid black, made up of 13 litres and four coats of paint, while additional exterior features include a racing-inspired flip-top fuel cap. The original split-screen windscreen has been replaced by twin aero screens, another feature synonymous with the

XK120 Lightweight.

Inside, the car is totally unique. Finished in an Aged Saddle tan leather, the seats feature a bespoke lattice design with the seatbacks finished in aluminium rather than the usual fabric material.

Whilst two batteries would usually sit behind the driver’s seat, for this car the Classic team put a single battery behind the passenger seat to free up space behind the driver, to enhance comfort for 6’ 2” tall Gandy. This was also a consideration when selecting the steering wheel, which is smaller than normal, again, to provide more legroom.

PERSONAL SPECIFICATIONS: XK120 restored and customised.

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LUXURY: Lexus LC Convertible Concept.

Concept Lexus LC Convertible LEXUS is the luxury vehicle division of the Japanese automaker Toyota. The brand is marketed in more than 70 countries and territories worldwide and has become Japan’s largestselling make of premium cars.

Lexus shocked the automotive world in Detroit two years ago with the debut of the LC coupe. It was a testament to the brand’s new sense of creative ambition, but it was only just the beginning. Since then, the Lexus design team has been exploring the brand’s evolution and the latest result of those explorations debuted at the 2019 North American International Auto Show with the world premiere of the Lexus LC Convertible Concept.

A stunning design from every angle, the LC

Convertible Concept stands as an aspirational vehicle for the entire Lexus lineup. “This concept takes the unmistakable design of the LC coupe and reimagines it as a future convertible,” said Tadao Mori, Chief Designer of the LC Convertible Concept. “It blends all the best aspects of the original coupe with the dynamic design of an open-air convertible.”

More than just a grand tourer, the strong exterior lines of the LC Convertible Concept reinforce its performance pedigree. Its short overhangs, 22-inch wheels and wide stance are all reminders of this car’s performance potential.

A production version of this concept would be exhilarating in many different ways.

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Peugeot 508 GT ROAD TEST

by Nick Fletcher PEUGEOT’S sleek 508 GT model has an attention-grabbing image with its low-slung coupe styling, yet it is a practical fourdoor fastback offering very sporty performance.

Aimed at the premium executive market which includes the BMW 4 Gran Coupe and the Audi A5 Sportback, the 508 GT underlines the brilliant design talents and rising ambition of the French company.

Peugeot 508 prices start at €28,196 (£25,245) with petrol and diesel options. My top-spec GT model - costing €40,929 (£36,645) - had a 2.0 litre turbodiesel unit pumping out 177 hp.

Mated to the standard eightspeed auto gearbox, this power translates to a top speed of 235 kph (146 mph) and a 0-100 kph time of 8.3 seconds.

Average fuel economy is good at 17 kpl (48 mpg) and emissions are 125 g/km.

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Facts at a glance Model: Peugeot 508 GT Engine: 2-litre diesel Transmission: 8-speed automatic Performance: 0-100 kph 8.3 seconds, top speed 235 kph (146 mph) Economy: 17 kpl (48 mpg) Emissions: 125 g/km

Model tested was UK-specification and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets. celerates eagerly, with a throaty note from its twin exhausts.

The auto gearbox makes slick changes and the adaptive suspension keeps the car firmly planted even on tight bends.

The steering feel is wellweighted and gives excellent feedback. Overall, the 508 GT comes over as an impressive driver’s car.

The exterior styling, with frameless doors, tear-drop running light, rear bumper diffuser and the 508 emblem on the bonnet help make the car a headturner and the cabin maintains the stand-out look with stitched leather seating and a well-designed dashboard with digital di-

als viewed over the steering wheel rather than through it.

The rear seats are adequate for all, but very tall occupants and while boot space is not largest in the class, at 487 litres it’s still fine for normal requirements and can be expanded to 1,537 litres if the seats seats are folded.

Standard equipment is extensive and includes cruise control with speed limiter, powered front seats, dual zone air-conditioning, powered tailgate, 3D sat-nav, Bluetooth, media streaming, smartphone mirroring, premium audio system and LED headlights with cornering function.

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Djokovic and Halep champs I had the most physically demanding match against Nadal in the final of Australia that went almost six hours.

But mentally this was a different level because of everything.

He added: “I’m just obviously thrilled and overjoyed with emotions to be sitting here in front of you as a winner. It was one shot away from losing the match, as well. This match had everything. It could have gone easily his way.”

On Saturday the former number one Simona Halep beat Serena Williams to claim the Wimbledon women’s title.

She overcame the 23-time Grand Slam champion 6-2, 6-2 to win her second Slam title in straight sets.

This was Halep’s first final at SW19, and she now has another slam trophy to sit alongside the one she won last year at the French Open.

It took her just 55 minutes to beat Williams in a dominating display. In 10 previous meetings Halep had triumphed just once.

Halep now looks likely to return to the Top 4 on the WTA rankings, having dropped to No 8 after Roland Garros.

IT is hard to win Wimbledon. Novak Djokovic had to save saved two championship points to beat Roger Federer 7-6(5), 1-6, 7-6(4), 4-6, 1312(3).

This was the third time he had beaten Federer in Wimbledon finals. He is now getting closer to Federer’s record of 20 grand slams with his 16th major championship title It was a historic final for Djokovic and Wimbledon. The last time a Wimbledon men’s champion saved match points in the final was 71 years ago, in 1948, when American Robert Falkenburg beat John Bromwich of Australia 7-5, 0-6, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5, after being three match points down.

Earlier in the fifth, though, the Serbian looked as if he’d be the one with championship points before the tiebreak. The Serbian broke for 4-2, but Federer broke back in the latest momentum switch in one of the best Grand Slam finals in recent memory.

Djokovic said: “It was probably the most demanding, mentally most demanding, match I was ever part of.

All pictures credit: Wimbledon Twitter.

By Dilip Kuner

FANTASTIC: It was a memorable tournament.

CHAZ DAVIES has returned to winning ways in the World Superbikes championship.

His win at the Laguna Seca Raceway in California was his first in 15 months, since Aragon 2018.

After taking part in his 200th World Superbike race in the morning’s Superpole Race, the 32-year-old Welsh rider took his 30th career win in the championship with a superb performance in Race two, dominating from start to finish and crossing the line three seconds ahead of his main rival, Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki).

It was on the other hand a weekend to forget for Aruba.IT (Ducatti) teammate Álvaro Bautista. In the Superpole Race, reduced from 10 to eight laps because of a red flag, the 34-year-old Spanish racer crashed at turn two after contact with Turkish rider Razgatlioglu.

Credit: Aruba.IT Racing/Twitter

Welsh wizard’s magical day CELEBRATING: Davies returned to winning ways.

In the crash Bautista suffered stretched ligaments in his left shoulder, but after the OK from the circuit medical staff, he lined up on the grid for the start of Race two. Unfortunately, because of the pain and a lack of strength in his left arm, he had to pull into the pits and retire after the opening lap.

Davies now moves up to seventh place in the championship with 184 points, while Bautista, who failed to score

one point over the weekend, remains in second place with 352 points. In the lead is Jonathan Rea on 433 points.

The next round of the Superbike World Championship will take place in two months’ time at the Autodromo dell’Algarve in Portugal, from September 6 to 8.

Chaz Davies said: “This win really means a lot to me, because it’s been a long hard season so far. The last time I won was almost a year and a half

SUPERBIKES: A superb performance.

ago and it gets to a point where you wonder whether you can still win or not.

“It’s just proof if you keep plugging away and work hard then the results sooner or later will come and today was that day. Finally, we got it right, my team did an excellent job, in particular at the end of the FP1 session on Friday morning when we made a big change to the bike’s set-up.

“To be honest, I wasn’t sure I had the pace to win though, because Johnny’s pace in race one was strong and consistent while I chose the wrong tyre. Even so I wasn’t sure if this tyre would make the difference. I’m very happy and thrilled to get this result going into the summer break and we will all certainly celebrate tonight!”

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SPANISH goalkeeper Iker Casillas has joined Porto’s coaching staff while the 38-yearold recovers from a heart attack. It is not known if he will play again.

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LEWIS HAMILTON has won the British Grand Prix at Silverstone to write himself into the record books.

Starting from second on the grid, he took advantage of a slice of luck to get past teammate Valtteri Bottas.

He took advantage of a safety car to pit as the other cars slowed, which allowed him him to re-emerge still in the lead.

He never looked back, with a flawless drive until the finishing line.

Bottas was second in the race, with Charles Leclerc in

third. Pierre Gasly, Max Verstappen, Carlos Sainz, Daniel Ricciardo, Kimi Raikkonen, Daniil Kyvat and Nico Hulkenberg completed the top 10.

The gap between Hamilton and Bottas in the overall standings widened to 38 points. It is Hamilton’s 80th career victory and his sixth at the British Grand Prix, making him the most successful driver at the race. Jim Clark and Alain Prost have five wins each. He now has seven wins from 10 meetings and Mercedes have been beaten only once this season.

Speaking after the event Lewis Hamilton said: “I remember my first win here in 2008 and the feeling that I had coming out of Brooklands and

LEWIS HAMILTON: Had a flawless drive.

going down the straight and seeing the crowd. It felt so reminiscent of that today - the excitement and happiness and joy that I felt were exactly the same as back then.

“I’ve done so many races now, and you would think that after so many races you’d get used to it and the feeling would numb down, but it felt like it was the first win I ever had.”

He added: “Valtteri drove a very strong race and we had a really good fight in the beginning; I nearly got him going into Turn 7, but he was next to me and I couldn’t really close the door. After that I backed off a little and waited for the pit stops, hoping that I could maybe overtake him in the pits.

“I extended my first stint for a few more laps, then the Safety Car came out and that was perfect timing for me as I came back out in front of Valtteri. I’m really grateful to all of those people that have helped me achieve this today; I have this incredible team behind me and it’s really amazing to be a part of it, to be breaking down walls and records and pushing the limits and boundaries every weekend.”

Valtteri Bottas said: “I had a good start off the line and then a good fight with Lewis in the first few laps, which was really enjoyable. After my pit stop, I was controlling the gap to Lewis, but then the Safety

Credit: Lewis Hamilton/Twitter

Record win for Hamilton

WINNER: Lewis Hamilton took his sixth British GP title.

Car came out and he effectively got a free stop and came out ahead of me.

“I was hoping that there might be another opportunity in the race, but I knew the chances were slim because I had to do another stop to change to a different compound anyway. The

tyre life was ultimately much better than we had thought, so a one-stop would have been possible, but our simulations before the race had predicted a two-stop to be the fastest option.”

He added: “I’m disappointed because the win was definitely

possible for me today, but I can definitely take positives from this weekend - I had a strong Qualifying and my race pace also looked very good. It was also another strong weekend from the team, to take a 1-2 after a difficult race in Austria is a great result.”

England cricket world champions THE England and Wales cricket team managed to overcome New Zealand in a Super Over following the teams tying the final.

New Zealand had looked to be about 20 runs light at the end of their innings, but an impressive bowling display saw them pull England back. A tricky pitch where the ball didn’t ‘come on’ made ‘heavy scoring’ difficult.

England fell one run short and so the match was tied, and had to go to a tie breaker which England won.

New Zealand had to score 16

runs in six balls, but they couldn’t quite make it tying with England again, but losing on boundary count.

England lived up to their pretournament billing of tournament favourites and strung together a sequence of performances when they needed to.

They had managed to get themselves into the position of having to win their last four matches to take the trophy for the first time.

England went into this tournament as overwhelming favourites, and having enjoyed

perhaps the most dominant run any side has had leading up to a World Cup ever.

In the span of four years, England had gone from a mediocre one-day outfit without direction to an invincible line-up of worldbeaters.

Even so, this was far from a perfect campaign for the home team. But that blip itself was integral to them further evolving and proving why they are truly the top one-day side in the world.

England began as people expected them to, with a big win

over South Africa in the tournament opener. They even put behind an unexpected defeat to Pakistan in their second game quickly to pick up wins over B a n g l a d e s h , We s t I n d i e s a n d Afghanistan.

But then, Jason Roy injured his hamstring, and in his absence, England lost to Sri Lanka, in what was the upset of the tournament, and then Australia.

As a result, they were left with must-wins against India and New Zealand - two teams they hadn’t b e a t e n a t a Wo r l d C u p i n 2 7

years.

But Roy returned, and with it, England rediscovered their winning ways, putting up strong totals against both teams to qualify for the semi-finals for the first time since 1992.

They destroyed Australia at Edgbaston to set up a final date with New Zealand and won, stunningly, on a boundary count after tying New Zealand in both the allotted 100 overs, as well as the Super Over to cap off the greatest final in tournament history with a maiden triumph.