Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 25 - 31 July 2019 Issue 1777

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Belgian baby dies in road tragedy A BABY aged one year was amongst three people to die, with three more seriously injured when two cars collided on the AP-7 at El Campello.

The cars, one Dutch and one Belgian, collided at kilometre 674 of the AP-7, just where the road forks to continue along the Alicante ring road or take the A-70, one kilometre before the toll.

One of the victims was a 61year-old Dutchman, another was the Belgian baby, while the third victim has not yet been identified as they were not carrying ID documents.

Emergency services were alerted at 3.10pm on Sunday.

Two SAMU ambulances, a Basic Life Support vehicle and an air ambulance were sent to the scene, as well as

tal de Sant Joan d’Alacant.

The road was closed in the direction of Alicante for three hours as rescue work was carried out and medics attended to the victims.

Guardia Civil are investigating the cause of the accident.

In Benidorm on Saturday, at approximately 6.20am, a young man died after he was involved in an accident whilst riding his motorcycle. The cause of this accident has not been revealed.

AIRLIFTED: Firefighters took one victim to hospital. the Guardia Civil.

Five teams of firefighters were also sent plus two fire department helicopters, one of which evacuated one of the injured people.

Two of the injured, both with multiple injuries, were

transferred to the General Hospital of Alicante. The third also with multiple injuries was taken to the Hospi-

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Running from trouble JAOUAD TOUGANE, the Valencian marathon champion in 2018, has been arrested twice in recent weeks on suspicion of theft of cash at a shopping centre and a handbag at the Estación del Norte in Valencia.

In each case he reportedly tried to evade capture by using his running ability to escape from the crime scenes.

Marrakech-born Tougane, 27, was captured on CCTV running away from security guards in the store, and was reportedly intercepted by nonuniformed policemen.

Tougane is a highly regarded runner and qualified for the Rio Olympics to represent Morocco, but did not attend as he wanted to run for Spain.

Fire starter hunt AN arsonist is being sought following the forest fire at Beneixama, Alicante, which destroyed 870 hectares of land at a ravine known as La Solana on July 15.

Juan Carlos Fulgencio of the Valencian Government said: “We discussed the hypothesis that it was provoked, we are working on it, there may have been

A 32-YEAR-OLD man who tried to kill his ex-partner and mother-in-law died in Denia hospital after swallowing hydrochloric acid.

The couple, both Romanian, maintained relations for only nine months and had not seen each other for a year before the attack.

Police confirmed there were no past reports of gender violence. He entered his former partner’s apartment while she was out with her

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FOREST FIRE: 870 Hectares were destroyed.

Would-be murderer dies in hospital family, hiding for several hours and confronting her when she returned and went to bed.

As her ex tried to stab her, the 26-year-old woman warded off most of the blows with her arms but her mother, who

weather conditions, but it is clear that a few days before there were four other fires in the municipality of Biar and this leads us to have to take into account that, rationally, this fire was started intentionally.”

The fire was reported as extinguished two days later, and 84 evacuated residents were allowed to return to their homes.

went to her defence, was stabbed only millimetres away from her heart.

The two women were admitted to hospital for attention to their cuts and injuries.

The attacker fled but was found by Denia’s National Police in his own home where he had drunk hydrochloric acid.

He was taken under guard to hospital where he died several hours later.

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NEWS EXTRA Life support fundraiser BELFAST residents and others are supporting a fundraising appeal to help a woman who remains on life support in Benidorm, after suffering a suspected stroke. Leta McCaw, 48, was on holiday when she fell unconscious.

Fake calls NATIONAL POLICE are alerting people via Twitter of a scam whereby people try to extract money from victims by saying they have kidnapped relatives. Generally, the calls are from unknown numbers or beginning with 0056.

No theft A BRIT was arrested at El Altet, Alicante airport after he had allegedly falsely reported his wallet, cash and credit cards were stolen in a robbery in Benidorm.

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Car blaze

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A PARAGUAYAN woman was arrested in Valencia after she allegedly set fire to a car belonging to a man, who she claimed, had refused her permission to sleep in an uninhabited house in which he was living illegally.

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Talk back THE c o n se r v a t i v e C itize n ’s party spokesperson, Yaneth Giraldo, has criticised the ruling group in the Valencian government who are proposing that all health professionals should be required to speak Valencian.

She s ta t e d t h a t t h i s m e a s u re would make it impossible to attract the best doctors to the region.

Tourist tax HOSBEC, the regional association for hoteliers has warned of the consequences of the regional government introducing a tourist tax. They argue that such a tax would scare away tourists, particularly British tourists, in favour of other destinations like Egypt and Turkey.

Bad mix A PUBLIC swimming pool in Quart de Poblet, Valencia was evacuated on Sunday (July 21) after an explosion in the maintenance room. Apparently, this was caused by an incorrect mixture of chlorine and hydrocyanic acid being poured into the mixing tank of the pool maintenance system.

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TWO French nationals had to be resc u e d a f t e r i n st a llin g a swimming pool on the roof of a garage , t h e we i g h t o f w h ich caused the whole roof to collapse. The couple were in the pool at the time of the collapse and received emergency medical treatment for their injuries.

AS part of a European Union initiative, Spanish-speaking, French and Italian police officers have been drafted into various tourist resorts, including Gandia , t o p a t r o l a l o n g s id e their Spanish counterparts this summer, to assist foreign tourists.

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LUCKY ESCAPE: The festival honours those who have cheated death.

Life and death THIS picture of people being carried in coffins in Galicia comes as a town in the region prepares to mark a festival celebrating near death experiences on Monday.

The Fiesta de Santa Marta de Ribarteme, also known as the Festival of Near Death Experiences, takes place in Las Nieves in Galicia’s Pontevedra Province every J u l y. I t t a k e s i t s S p a n i s h n a m e from the town’s church.

The festival, as the name suggests, celebrates people who have narrowly escaped death during the

previous year. The event typically attracts thousands of onlookers.

They travel to Las Nieves and climb into open caskets before being carried through its streets by other festival goers. Families who have had no member with near death experiences carry empty coffins as a mark of respect.

T h e c o ff i n s a r e c a r r i e d t o t h e Church of Santa Marta de Ribarmete’s cemetery where festival goers pray to the saint.

‘Virgin Santa Marta, star of the north, we bring you those who saw

Fraud arrests FOUR French men have been arrested by officers from the Guardia Civil in Cullera, as being suspected of creating ‘accidents’ as part of insurance scam involving elderly victims.

As part of the scam, the suspects allegedly made it look as though the victim had been involved in a traffic accident, with the third party - one of the suspects - convincing the victim that he was a foreign lawyer.

The victim was then persuaded to settle the claim, of between €1,000 and €4,000 in cash immediately, on the basis that as the third party was non-Spanish, they would have to pay a far higher excess if the claim had to be considered abroad. The targeted motorist was promised they would receive full settlement from the insurers in due course.

The ‘insurer’ was later revealed to be part of the gang and no settlement was ever received.

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death,’ those at the festival traditionally say.

They then give thanks for the lives saved and give gifts to the saint as a token of gratitude.

The Fiesta de Santa Marta de Ribarteme has its roots not only in Christianity but also in paganism.

Saint Martha of Bethany was the brother to the biblical figure Lazarus who Jesus Christ raised from the dead, according to Christian teachings. July 29 is her feast day in the Catholic and Protestant churches.

Fugitives held TWO Portuguese men have been arrested on an international arrest warrant after having been found living in a caravan in Alicante. The men had previously been sentenced to 15 years in prison in Portugal for false imprisonment and human trafficking after the fugitives had allegedly taken advantage of a person with a mental illness.

The victim, who was unemployed and homeless, was given an opportunity to work for the men as a street vendor of balloons and toys at fairs and festivals.

This person accepted the work and moved to the city of Alicante, where according to the sentence, the victim lived ‘in conditions of slavery, without receiving any salary for their work, without the possibility of having a telephone, subsisting in degrading conditions and without any type of hygiene.’

When the victim refused to continue working, he reportedly received death threats and was physically attacked.

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Find Einstein O W N E R S o f Te n e r e Restaurant in Las Marinas, Denia are distraught over the loss of their beloved parrot, Einstein.

Thieves reportedly broke into the restaurant and took various items of value but most distressing of all for the owners, made off with Einstein.

Einstein is a 60y e a r- o l d y a c o p a r r o t and is much loved by his owners and the visitors to the restaurant.

It is believed the b re a k i n h a p p e n e d i n the early hours of July 15 and that Einstein w a s f o rc i b l y re m o v e d from his cage and put in a bag.

The owners are still desperate for any information through the Te n e r e R e s t a u r a n t Facebook page.

Valencia to star

LOCATION: Valencia is the opening location.

FOLLOWING filming, amid tight security, in May last year, Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences will star as the opening location for the third series of HBO’s futuristic series ‘Westworld.’

Westworld is the story of a futuristic holiday park which allows its visitors to live out their fantasies through artificial consciousness. The concept is that no matter how illicit the fantasy may be, there are no consequences, allowing for any wish to be indulged.

The first series ranked as the most-watched first season of any HBO original series. The next, featuring Valencia, is scheduled to be broadcast in 2020.

THE mayor of Callosa d’En Sarrià, Alicante, Andres Molina (PP), suffered head injuries while trying to intercept a man who had just stolen a woman’s wallet.

The mayor was in Benidorm

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on July 19, when he heard the victim’s scream. Molina attempted to stop the man but was thrown to the ground sustaining head injuries.

After a search for the thief he was arrested.

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For the love of dogs and cats A GREAT day is in store at The Show Boat, Benidorm, today (Thursday, July 25) as it is staging a fundraiser in aid of local charity ‘For The Love of Dogs & Cats’ as featured on Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun. Starting at 12pm, the day features many of Benidorm’s finest professional entertainers.

Show host, Barbie Kruger will introduce Gareth Fulton; Kellie Venelli; and Jill Ryan together with numerous others, including a special guest appearance by Danny Tetley.

There will be a prize raffle, with a chance to win a two-night stay for two people in a five-star hotel and then at 7pm, the professional entertainers give way for Benidorm’s own ‘Got Talent’ show.

Anyone can take part and there’s a cash prize.

Entry costs €5.

Then at 9 pm, Marc Kryptonite takes over, with his Kryptonite karaoke.

The event will go on long into the night and hopefully, everyone will have a great day.

Hospital suffering THE Marina Baixa Hospital in Villajoyosa has made the rather surprising decision to close 17 of its rooms during the busiest time of the year.

The hospital has said the closure is due to necessary reformation of the surgery floor as there are ‘less programmed operations’ during the summer months.

Health staff unions, however, believe the closures are due to cuts to staff. The Marina Baixa Hospital has come under fire in the past for not having enough beds or staff.

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AUGUST APPEAL: Can you help during the holiday period?

Cancer charity appeal GIVING4GIVING, the Costa Blanca based cancer charity, is appealing for people to help out in their shops during the holiday period and more specifically August.

The charity has five shops, one in la Nucia, one in Villajoyosa, one in Albir and two in Altea which help fund the fantastic work the charity does raising money, predominantly for cancer sufferers. The charity also has a furniture warehouse in La Nucia.

During August a number of the regular

volunteers are off on holidays, so they have launched an appeal for temporary help in the shops.

If you have a few hours free in August and could help them out, call 603 137 697.

Giving4Giving relies on donations of large and small items of furniture, ornaments, kitchen and bathroom furniture, brica-brac, garden furniture, clothing, jewellery, shoes, children’s toys. They will collect.

Call 604 383 702.

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THE WEEK IN POLITICS Poll tracker: • Partido Socialista (PSOE): 31.2 per cent, 134 seats • Partido Popular (PP): 17.4 per cent, 71 seats • Ciudadanos: 16.6 per cent, 63 seats • Unidos Podemos: 13.1 per cent, 35 seats • Result: PSOE largest party, no overall control

SPANISH lawmakers met in the Congress of Deputies this week to vote on whether to allow acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to formally take office.

The investiture process, which began on Monday with debates between party leaders and other Congress deputies, was preceded by talks between Sanchez’s left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) and the leftist Podemos.

The parties were deadlocked over the earlier refusal of Sanchez to appoint Podemos figures to his government.

Sanchez later relented saying he could appoint some lower ranking Podemos figures if Iglesias stood aside, which he indicated he would do on Friday.

Sanchez hoped to close a deal

by Monday before the investiture sessions but failed to do so.

Podemos accused PSOE of only offering its lawmakers ‘symbolic’ positions without any authority and said no talks were held on Monday.

Sanchez therefore entered

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VOTE: Lawmakers debated whether to invest Sanchez this week. the investiture debate without certain backing from Podemos.

He needed their votes and those of a handful of smaller, regionalist parties to survive the first vote on Tuesday.

Congressional rules state candidates for prime minister must secure an absolute majority to win in the first vote.

Failing that a second vote is held where just a simple majority is needed.

Sanchez told lawmakers on Monday that dialogue was needed to resolve some of Spain’s burning political issues, including the ongoing Catalan independence question.

He accused the conservative Partido Popular (PP), the centrist Ciudadanos and the farright Vox of providing fertile ground for pro-independence groups with their hard-line and confrontational rhetoric on the

issue.

The stance was motivated by political strategy as much as principles. Pro-independence lawmakers are among those who could help Sanchez win the investiture vote, despite them signalling they would not support him.

The PP, Ciudadanos and Vox all said they would vote against Sanchez. PP leader Pablo Casado said his party was obliged to oppose Sanchez because of its position as the leading opposition party in the Congress of Deputies.

He also accused Sanchez of siding with pro-independence groups at the expense of Spain.

Ciudadanos leader Albert Rivera said his party would oppose Sanchez because his plans for his time in office posed a ‘danger’ to the country.

(This article was written prior to the vote. For the full result go to: www.euroweeklynews. com.)

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RACE: La Vuelta returns

Road safety campaign and La Vuelta A MAJOR road safety campaign has been launched by Movistar, the telecommunications company, called ‘Rodamos Juntos,’ (We ride together).

The campaign is to promote mutual respect and safety between vehicle drivers and cyclists and coincides with Team Movistar’s participation in this year’s ‘La Vuelta’ professional cycling race.

Safety tips for drivers include: ● It is essential when overtaking a cyclist or a group of cyclists, slow down, remain observant and maintain the legal minimum safe distance of 1.5m. ● To overtake a cyclist, it is permitted to cross a continuous central line, provided that this does not entail risks to

other road users. ● After having parked, before opening the door, look carefully in the mirror to avoid collisions with cyclists and other road users. ● Drivers of motor vehicles have to exercise patience with regards to other more vulnerable road users.

Safety tips for cyclists include: ● The DGT always recommends the use of an approved helmet. For children under 16 and on inter-urban roads, legally, a helmet has to be worn. ● At night and on inter-urban roads, it is recommended to wear reflective coloured clothes and use the regulation lights. ● It is illegal to ride bicycles

with headphones connected or to use a mobile phone. ● Cyclists can transport a child up to seven years, but the driver must be of legal age and the child must be carried in an approved seat. ● The cyclists must use hand signals, to indicate manoeuvres ● Cycling in parallel is legal but cyclists are advised to stick to the right side of the road. If the traffic does not allow it or the visibility is not good, they should ride in a single file.

La Vuelta runs from August 24 until September 15, 2019.

In Costa Blanca North, between August 25 and 27 there will be various stages including ones between Benidorm and Calpe and Ibi and Alicante.

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Sustainable food centre A UNITED Nation’s Agency opened on Monday in the regional capital, Valencia.

The World Centre for Sustainable Food (Cemas) is a joint initiative between the Valencia City Council and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation and will co-ordinate the collation of data, its analysis and dissemination in an effort to assist eradicating malnutrition worldwide.

In a statement, Joan Ribo, the city’s mayor, asserted that food “cannot be left in the hands of multinationals and markets because it is a fundamental right recognised by the United Nations. Therefore, Valencia aims to be a centre for disseminating the practices of the economy and the market so that the right of citizens to sustainable food becomes a reality.”

Graziano da Silva, from the United Nations, emphasised the importance of adequate nutrition.

The opening ceremony for Cemas in La Marina was presided over by Queen Letizia.

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New Van Gogh exhibition

EXHIBITION: The work of Van Gogh at Ateneo Mercantil de Valencia.

Football celebration AROUND 1,000 Algerian football fans gathered in Alicante last Friday to celebrate the victory of Algeria in the African Cup. After the game, there were numerous complaints to the police about the celebrations, which involved the use of flares, destruction of street furniture and dangerous driving among other complaints.

The authorities apparently received more than 50 calls to 112, regarding the noisy celebrations, which went on until 2am when the revellers were dispersed by the Local and National Police.

25 - 31 July 2019 DESCRIBED as a ‘new way to experience art,’ a creative exhibition will open this week in Valencia featuring the work of Vincent Van Gogh.

Synchronised to a powerful classical score, more than 3,000 Van Gogh images can be viewed at enormous scale creating a display that fills giant screens, walls,

columns, ceilings and even the floor immersing everyone in the vibrant colours and vivid details that constitute Van Gogh’s unique style.

In the multi-sensory exhibition, visitors are inv i t e d t o a c c o m p a n y Vi n cent van Gogh on a journey through Arles, Saint Rémy and Auvers-

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sur-Oise, where he created most of his timeless masterpieces.

The exhibition is at Ateneo Mercantil de Valencia, Plaça de ‘Ajuntament 18, Valencia and is open every day from July 27 to October 10.

For tickets and more information visit www.van gogh.es.

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Invasive species VOLUNTEERS from the LIFE Followers project have detected a new invasive exotic species of flatworm in an area of high ecological value of the Natural Park of L’Albufera, south of Valencia. Obama nungara is a species native to South America, which apparently arrived in Europe in peat bags, sold as a fertiliser for pot plants.

Benidorm fiesta BENIDORM celebrates today (Thursday, July 25) the feast of its patron, Sant Jaume, a traditional and religious fiesta.

The fiesta was expected to start at noon with an aerial firework bombardment in the Plaza de Castelar. At 6.30pm this evening there will be a parade from the Casa del Fester to the

headquarters of the ARC, La Barqueta to collect the image of Sant Jaume before the parade group takes it to the Plaza de El Torrejó, where the poster announcing the ‘Festes Majors Patronals 2019’ will be presented.

The delegation will then move to the church of Sant Jaume and Santa Anna to participate in a Eucharist service in honour of the patron saint, presided by priest Juan Antonio González.

At the end of the service, the ‘Estampeta’ will be shot in the Plaza de Sant Jaume (is a very loud volley of fireworks) and the queens and ladies will dance the traditional ‘Peuet.’

The events in honour of Sant Jaume will end with fireworks.

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Memorial for those who died L’ALFAS DEL PI has again celebrated a simple act in memory of the victims who lost their lives in the 2011 terrorist attacks in Oslo and on the island of Utoya in Norway.

Representatives of the Alfasina and Scandinavian communities met on Monday (July 22) at the Park for Peace ‘Johan Galtung’ to observe a minute’s silence and deposit red roses under the sculpture ‘Utoya,’ by the Basque artist, Agustín Ibarrola.

The work of art symbolises the commitment to freedom and peace and was donated by the Basque sculptor in tribute to the victims of terrorism and, in particular, to the attacks that took place in Oslo and Utoya.

L’Alfas del Pi, the municipality, reportedly hosts the largest and oldest Norwegian colony in Spain and the Scandinavian communities felt these attacks as their own.

IN MEMORY: A minute’s silence and rose laying service.

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Drowning tragedies in Spain FORTY ONE people in Spain have drowned in the first two weeks of July.

This is 14 per cent more than in the same period of 2018, according to the Royal Spanish Rescue and Lifeguards Federation.

Of those 68 per cent were men, 73 per cent Spanish and 44 per cent perished while swim-

ming off beaches. Some 76 per cent of deaths were in rivers, swimming pools and off beaches which had no lifeguard patrols.

Almost half of the 41 deaths were recorded in three autonomous communities: Andalucia and Valencia, with seven in each case, and Cataluña, with six. Deadly drownings were also recorded in

the first half of July in Castilla y Leon and Galicia, with four in each region; Asturias, Aragón, Canarias, Castilla-La Mancha and Murcia, with two each, and the Balearic Islands, Navarra and the Basque Country, with one in each territory So far this year there have been 179 drowning in Spain. Andalucia has seen the most deaths (25),

followed by the Canary Islands and Galicia (21 each), Valencia (20), Cataluña (19), Castilla y Leon (14), Aragon (11), Basque Country (10), Asturias (9), Murcia (8), Extremadura and La Rioja (5 in each territory), Cantabria (4), Balearic Islands (3), Castilla-La Mancha (2), Madrid and Navarra (1 in each community).

GREAT FUN: Everyone was drenched in Vallecas.

Water world

By John Smith WITH temperatures on the Madrid streets hitting up to 40 degrees Celsius last weekend, residents in the suburb of Vallecas had the right solution.

They all attended the 38th Battle of the Water where

thousands hit the streets armed with water guns, buckets, sprays and even hoses to douse each other in water to the beating of drums.

There’s no attempt to hurt each other and it’s great fun for all of the family as children get a chance to use their water pis-

tols without being told off.

During the event a number of participants dressed as pirates in light-hearted memory of a tongue in cheek demand for the area to be acknowledged as a port even though it sits in the centre of the country.

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BREXIT BRIEF

By Joe Gerrard BORIS JOHNSON became Britain’s prime minister yesterday (Wednesday, July 24) after winning the Conservative leadership contest.

Johnson won the race with more than 92,150 votes, beat-

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Johnson wins ing rival Jeremy Hunt who won 46,656 votes.

The former Foreign Secretary and ex-mayor of London

said it was an ‘extraordinary honour and privilege’ to be elected party leader.

He also praised his predecessor Theresa May despite previously slamming her Brexit deal and resigning from the cabinet in protest against her approach.

Johnson secured victory by campaigning on a hard-line

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Brexit platform. He said leaving the EU before the Thursday, October 31 deadline was a ‘matter of life and death.’

Hunt in contrast said he would be open to further delays if necessary.

Johnson also suggested he would be prepared to suspend or ‘prorogue’ parliament in order to get either his version

VICTOR: Johnson became prime minister yesterday.

of a deal or a no-deal Brexit through.

Johnson said after being crowned leader that the campaign was over and it was time for the work to begin.

Movements from lawmakers in the House of Commons designed to stop any attempt at either a no-deal Brexit or proroguing parliament are already afoot. Johnson will have plenty of work to keep him occupied.

Measures passed in the Commons recently mean MPs will be required to sit in October, officially to discuss the Northern Ireland Executive. But this also means it would be illegal for Johnson to suspend Parliament during that time.

Several government ministers have also resigned in protest against Johnson’s victory. Foreign Office Minister Alan Duncan even tried to table a no-confidence motion against Johnson in Parliament for Wednesday but was unsuccessful. Labour is said to be preparing a no-confidence motion for the autumn.

No-deal ‘trouble’ THE choice of abandoning the Brexit withdrawal deal negotiated between London and Brussels last year will be one for Britain’s new prime minister but it would mean both sides face ‘trouble,’ Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said.

Duncan quits BRITAIN’S Foreign Office Minister Alan Duncan resigned on Monday saying that it was ‘tragic’ that Brexit meant the country could not take the opportunity to be a dominant political force in the EU.

Pupil warning SCHOOLS across Britain have received advice from the Department of Education instructing them to inform the parent of students from EU countries they would have to leave the country if they do not apply for the new EU Settlement Scheme.

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Tighter EU laws needed for child migrants A REPORT from the Save the Children society has called on EU officials in Brussels to rethink the current child migrant laws as fresh troubles in the Middle East potentially increases the number of migrants seeking refuge on Spanish soil.

EU Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs met to discuss current migration policies along

Bleach thrown in prison warden’s face A PRISON warden has been seriously hurt after an inmate threw bleach into his face.

The events took place in the isolation unit at the Sevilla II prison in Moron de la Frontera, according to prison officers’ union Acaip.

The bleach was in a bucket given to the prisoner to clean his cell.

As breakfast was being distributed, T M unexpectedly threw the bleach in the face of the official, who, after initial care by prison medics, had to be transferred to hospital.

In the three years he has been inside, the inmate is said to have been sanctioned more than 100 times for serious altercations against prison officials in different penitentiary centres, including Algeciras, Puerto III, A Lama (Pontevedra), Teixeiro (A Coruña), Soto del Real (Madrid V) and Segovia.

Acaip representatives at Sevilla II have now demanded ‘the immediate transfer of all inmates who are involved in violent acts that threaten the security and integrity of employees,’ as well as an increase in the number of guards in the isolation department, or a reduction in the number of inmates.

with an overhaul of the EU Parliament and Commission, this gives a good opportunity for new laws to be put into place.

Save the Children is calling for a greater shared responsibility for EU nations towards migrants and to also rejuvenate the previously halted Dublin Agreement which is designed to

negotiate which member states are responsible for migrants.

Anita Bay Bundegaard, EU Director and Representative for Save the Children, said last week: “We call on the European Ministers attending the Justice and Home Affairs Council to show that they want to move Europe out of this

stalemate and put the safety and dignity of children first.”

Studies have shown that whilst the number of refugees has slowly declined, the chances of drowning have dramatically increased. In 2018, one in 14 people who made the journey died at sea, while in 2017 it was one in 38 people.

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The most popular post this week was about a topic that always gets people talking! Bull fighting. Palma planned to host a bull fight on August 9 if they manage to get a licence for it. 551 liked, commented and shared the post, including 229 angry reactions. Our post reached 8,217 timelines which only spurred on the debate further.

This week 2,876 Facebook users viewed our page. Not only did they choose to get informed with our regular news updates, but they also liked, commented, shared and voted on our posts. This led to a total of 1,319,991 people seeing our posts on their timeline!

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Six tips for protecting and growing your savings Amidst today’s climate of global uncertainty and prolonged low interest rates, careful planning is particularly important to secure longterm financial security. These six key tips can help.

1. Establish a suitable strategy Crucially, your portfolio should be created and managed to meet your particular circumstances and goals, including your risk tolerance and income requirements. Make sure your investments are tailored for your life in Spain rather than for a UK resident. With an ill-fitting investment portfolio, you could find your money is not working as hard as it should, is difficult to access or becomes eroded by inflation.

2. Understand your risk appetite Before investing, you need to pinpoint the right balance of risk/return for your peace of mind. It is difficult to assess your own tolerance for risk, so speak to an experienced adviser who can ask the

By Tony Shepherd, Blevins Franks right questions and use appropriate tools to create an objective risk profile for you. They can then recommend an appropriate blend of investments to match your requirements.

3. Identify your timeline for investing Generally, the longer you have to invest, the more risk you can afford to take. With time, you can ride out market volatility and benefit from compound returns. Understanding your time horizon is also useful to establish the right level of ‘liquidity.’

Your plans may change unexpectedly in future, so make sure you hold some liquid assets that can be easily sold if you need to access your capital or change strategy.

for arrangements that can shelter capital from tax while providing a tax-efficient income, and that enable you to transfer wealth to your beneficiaries with minimal taxation.

4. Insist on diversification The higher your concentration in one particular investment type or area - including the UK - the greater the risk. By diversifying across asset classes, geographic region and market sectors, you limit your exposure to any one area. You can take diversification further with an adviser who uses a ‘multi-manager’ approach to spread your investments out among several fund managers. This can reduce your reliance on any one manager making the right decisions in all market conditions.

For expatriates, tax planning is complicated by having to work with the rules of more than one country.

An adviser with cross-border expertise can ensure you meet your tax liabilities, in Spain and in the UK while taking advantage of available opportunities.

5. Incorporate effective tax planning To help maximise your real returns and protect your wealth for future generations, factor in tax planning when setting up your portfolio. Look

6. Regularly review your strategy Good financial planning is not a ‘set and forget’ exercise. Not only does everyone have their own unique set of circumstances, aims and requirements, these often change over time. External influences such as changes in the law or tax rules may also prompt a strategy rethink.

You should review your financial planning around once a year to keep it on track, bringing it forward if

anything happens to affect the effectiveness or suitability of your portfolio.

You can bring all these guidelines together by taking personalised, quality advice from a regulated adviser. Whether you are looking at investments, tax planning, estate planning or your pensions, it is crucial that your approach is appropriate for you. With the right strategy in place for your life in Spain, you can protect and grow your wealth - in real terms - not only during your lifetime, but for the next generations to enjoy.

All advice received from Blevins Franks is personalised and provided in writing. This article, however, should not be construed as providing any personalised taxation or investment advice.

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

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Expats Guide to

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What to do in the event of an emergency in Spain 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.

HERE in Spain there is a general number for all emergencies, 112.

No area code is needed and the number can be called from any phone, including mobiles without a Spanish SIM card.

The responders speak a number of languages, and you can also fax or SMS 112.

In addition, there are individual emergency numbers, depending on the type of assistance you need.

It’s a good idea to keep a printout of them handy, in your bag or wallet, in the home and in the car.

And it can’t hurt to have a few helpful Spanish medical/emergency terms written down, just in case you don’t get an English-speaking member of staff.

National Police, also known as National Police Corps (Cuerpo Nacional de Policia, CNP), deals with criminal offences and public order in towns and cities, and can be contacted by calling 091 or 902 102 112.

The latter was set up for non-Spanish to report burglaries, car theft or a break-in when documents and belongings are lost or stolen. Available in English from 9am to 2pm, all week long, the service is also available in French, German and Italian.

Once the telephone report is made,

claimants have 48 hours to check and sign their statement at the police station of their choice.

In the case of robbery, where threat or force has been used, victims should call 091 at the time, then go directly to a police station to make a report.

The Guardia Civil is a military force which operates mostly in rural areas and is responsible for drug offences, fatal car accidents, robberies and murders, and can be contacted on 062.

Local Police (Policia municipal) cover their local town or city area for traffic offences and control, lost property and crimes such as theft and neighbourhood disputes. You can reach them on 092.

And a special helpine, 016, has been set up specifically to report instances of gender violence.

For an ambulance (ambulancia) and health emergencies, call 061 or 112, and in the case of a fire call the fire brigade (cuerpo de bomberos) on 061 or 112.

For problems at sea, the Maritime Rescue Service (Salvamento Seguridad Maritmo) can be contacted by calling 900 202 202, and the Red Cross (Cruz Rojo) on 902 222 292. There is also a Red Cross 24- hour helpline 900 100 333.

091 or 902 102 112 from 9am to 2pm

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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Take care - use a condom PEOPLE are being urged to remember to use a condom during casual sex encounters following a surge in syphilis cases across Europe.

Last month the World Health Organisation revealed that about one million people a day catch a sexually transmitted disease, and earlier this month Durex chose Spain to launch a new global campaign warning of the dangers of STIs (sexually transmitted infections).

Called ‘Unforgettable Nights’ it launched in Spain because of an increase in STIs here.

In the case of syphilis, for the first time since the 2000s new cases of the STI are more frequent than diagnoses of HIV in some countries.

According to a report from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) new cases of syphilis have risen 70 per cent since 2010. The increase has been driven by more unprotected sex and general-

ly riskier sexual behaviour. More opportunity for casual sex may also be to blame.

Susana Ramón, is a microbiological doctor. Speaking to Diario de Mallorca she said: “There is a reemergence of sexually transmitted diseases in developed countries. They have to be taken seriously because the consequences if they are not diagnosed in time are serious.

“Experts agree that there has been a relaxation in prevention, the use of condoms, since the fear of HIV has been lost.”

Overall, more than 260,000 confirmed syphilis cases were reported from 30 EU/EEA countries between 2007 and 2017.

Andrew Amato-Gauci, an ECDC expert on sexually transmitted infections said: “There is a clear relationship between sexual risk behaviour and the risk of syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases.

He said: “To reverse this trend, we need to encourage people to use condoms consistently with new and casual partners. Regular tests for syphilis and other sexually transmitted infections should also be part of the parcel, especially if there has been a risk of infection.”

The most significant aspect is sexual behaviour rather than orientation and the practising of safe sex.

People should be careful to always use a condom. In tourism destinations like Spain, the danger of ‘holiday romances’ is that people are more relaxed and less likely to take as much care than at home.

And the prevalence of ‘clubs’ which are attractive for some groups of men on stag parties or sports trips to Spain makes it even more important for men to take extra care.

The use of prostitutes is a high risk activity, where ‘clients’ should always take precautions and use condoms.

EXOTIC: But do not pose a danger to human life.

Tarantula farm found in Spain POLICE have found 400 tarantula spiders in a flat in Xilxes, Castellon.

The creatures found are poisonous but do not pose a danger to human life. Officers of Seprona de Burriana found the spiders, belonging to 49 different species of tarantula, as part of an operation against the breeding and trade of exotic species.

A man has been reported for breeding and keeping the tarantulas without a licence and for not having the compulsory insurance for the possession of potentially dangerous animals.

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NEW VENUE: The Marbella Arena during its renovation.

Mixed martial arts at bull ring THE first event at the brand new Marbella Bull Ring event arena has been announced as a mixed martial arts tournament featuring stars of Muay Thai, K1 and professional boxing.

The event is scheduled to take place on Sunday, July 28 at the new venue.

The old bull ring is now in its final stages of redevelopment overseen by the promoter Grupo

Teatro Goya who has plenty of experience in large retail and leisure developments in the Marbella area.

The total investment into the transformation is estimated at â‚Ź30 million and the auditorium will hold 5,000 people as well as commercial, restaurants, bars, terraces and shops around the exterior of the venue.

Workman killed in roof collapse ONE workman died and another suffered minor injuries when the roof of a building undergoing reforms in Berja collapsed.

Three of the labourers working on the three-storey structure managed to make it out on their own and alert the emergencies services that their 49-year-old colleague

was trapped under rubble, according to Spanish media.

The fire service recovered his body a couple of hours later.

Berja Council staged a one-minute silence in front of the town hall in memory of the accident victim. The council offered its condolences to the 49-year-old’s

friends and family.

The Guardia Civil has activated the judicial protocol for initiating an investigation to determine the cause of the roof collapse.

Driver dies as lorry plunges 25m A LORRY driver died after his vehicle plunged 25 metres off a cliff when he left the road on the AS-35, in the Asturian municipality of Villayon.

The lorry then burst into flames and started a small forest fire, according to Asturian emergency services (SEPA).

Firefighters from SEPA were immediately mobilised, supported by a firefighting helicopter and a medical helicopter.

The fire and the difficult access meant the rescue team could not reach the lorry until the helicopter had extinguished the flames.

They then moved in and found the body of the driver, who had been flung several metres away during the crash.

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UNDER INFLUENCE: The proportion of drink and drug-related fatal accidents was the highest since 2012.

MORE than 43 per cent of 2018’s fatal road accidents in Spain involved a driver who was drunk or had taken drugs, according to figures from a Spanish government body.

The National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences (INTCF) found the proportion of accidents involving drugs or alcohol was

the highest since 2012.

A total of 1,806 people died on Spanish roads last year, 24 less than in 2017 and the first decline since 2013.

Data showed 94.4 per cent of those who tested positive for drugs or alcohol intake at the wheel were men.

A total of 65.7 per cent were aged between 25 and 54 years old. Around 56 per cent

drove cars compared to 31.4 per cent who were riding motorcycles or scooters.

Most of the cases, 61.2 per cent, involved alcohol. Drugs accounted for 44 per cent of all cases while a quarter involved medication.

INTCF figures showed 38.5 per cent of the 143 pedestrians killed tested positive for alcohol of drugs.

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Murder suicide AN ex-Guardia Civil officer reportedly killed his partner before committing suicide in Cortes de la Frontera.

The 67-year-old retired officer, first name Juan, allegedly shot his 47-year-old wife of two months Elena, with a rifle on the terrace of his sister-inlaw’s house where four other people were present.

According to reports, he then travelled to his exwife’s house 27 kilometres away from where Elena was killed and used the same rifle to kill himself outside of her house.

Elena’s neighbours and friends have expressed their deep sadness and anger towards her death and have spoken out denouncing violence within relationships.

ONGOING: The Guardia Civil is investigating the death and suicide.

Rolex scam AN Irishman aged 56 has been arrested after he claimed to have been mugged for a €28,000 Rolex watch only to be seen wearing it when he arrived at the airport for a flight home.

According to National Police, the man had reported the watch stolen in Marbella’s plush marina of Puerto Banus when a stranger grabbed his arm.

Police made investigations and

quickly became suspicious of his story. So, when he arrived at the checkin desk at Malaga-Costa del Sol airport they kept a close eye on him.

Eagle-eyed officers saw that he was wearing a Rolex watch and moved in to make an arrest.

He was taken to police premises accused of filing a false report. Police say he admitted making the claim in order to collect on his insurance.

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PHOTOGENIC LAKE: Dangerous toxic levels don’t seem to be putting off social media bloggers.

‘Influencers’ fall foul of photogenic Spanish lake M O N TE N EM E, in the nor t h west er n coastal region of Carballo is a ‘go to’ area for Instagram bloggers and influencers due to its stunning azure colour and picturesque surroundings.

Hundreds of people travel to the lake, unofficially named the ‘Galician Chernobyl,’ to swim and take selfies.

Unfortunately what they don’t realise is that the lake’s unique colour is due to unnaturally high levels of chemical contamination.

The lake is reportedly the by-product of a Second World War tungsten mine and the

water contains potentially dangerous levels of chemicals.

The mine was created during the First Wor l d War t o m i ne an i r on m anganese tungstate mineral used to craft light bulb filaments. However it eventually closed in the 1980s leaving behind the now popular lake.

Social media ‘influencer’ Uxía recently posted a picture at the lake and later complained that she came away with a painful rash and vomiting symptoms. But according to another post from the Instagrammer her rash was ‘a little bad, yes, but the picture was worth it.’

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GOING SOLO: The Méndez Núñez has left the US carrier combat group.

Spain snubs US

By Dilip Kuner THE US Department of Defence has said it is disappointed by the Spanish government’s decision to permanently withdraw a frigate that had been supporting a US carrier group.

The Méndez Núñez joined the combat group of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, deployed since May in the Persian Gulf, with much fanfare.

The Spanish Defence Ministry confirmed this week the ship will continue on a solo round-the-world voyage. Initially, the agreement between the two governments meant that the Spanish ship would accompany the USS Abraham Lincoln on a global journey.

However, Washington decided to alter its initial mission by ordering its fleet to bring forward its arrival in the Persian

Gulf in order to send “a clear and unequivocal message to the Iranian regime,” White House National Security Advisor John Bolton explained at the time.

Spain’s acting Defence Minister, Margarita Robles, said on June 27 the technical agreement with Washington had been fulfilled and stressed the ministry had not contemplated the frigate “going with the combat group to a conflict zone in the Gulf.”

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

Advice on how to gain approval for tourist rental merous changes that directly affect how to obtain a licence that allows the use of a property for tourist rental.

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 may be used for the activity of tourist rental according to the urban planning rules of the municipality where it is located.

This document must be obtained from the town hall of the town where the property is located and in order to obtain this, a fee must be paid (the amount depending 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 within the Valencian Community often differ considerably.

There are town halls that ex-

pressly prohibit in their urban planning rules the letting out of properties for tourist rental and tourist housing, so it is pointless to apply for this certificate of compatibility, because it will not be obtained until such time that the regulations and planning may be modified.

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

There are also town halls whose regulations do not say anything at all about this situation and in the past they normally did not respond to any such applications.

These are normally councils in small municipalities and in order to solve this anomaly, the Law 27/2018, of December 27 added an additional provision to Law 15/2018, (previously mentioned

above), which established that if the town hall does not have regulations in this regard, it should be recognised that tourist housing and rental is expressly allowed.

One must however be careful because this rule also states that this situation will remain as long as the town hall does not publish new urban planning and urbanistic rules.

This means that one could in good faith obtain the certificate and then the tourist rental licence, but years later, if the town hall changes the procedures and decides that this use is not compatible according to the new rules, it could force this activity to end.

There are, of course, town halls that acknowledge in their regulations that certain properties are destined for tourist rental in the areas authorised for this purpose in the urban planning and this tends to occur in the largest municipalities.

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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 property is built is not classified as undeveloped land (rustic).

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

If one complies with the necessary rules, the town hall will then grant the certificate and owners will be able to initiate the procedure to register the property in the tourist housing registry of the Generalitat and 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.

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

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A HEATWAVE in Britain which has seen temperatures rise to up to 37 degrees could put asthma sufferers at risk of ‘deadly’ attacks, according to medical experts.

Asthma UK’s clinical head Dr Andy Whittamore said a ‘toxic cocktail’ of hot humid weather and rising pollen levels made conditions for those

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‘Deadly’ asthma attacks warning with asthma ‘extremely hazardous.’

“Hot air and hay fever can cause people’s airways to nar-

row, leaving them struggling to breathe, with symptoms like coughing, wheezing, a tight chest and breathlessness,” Whittamore said.

It comes as Britain’s Met Office has forecast temperatures as high as 37 degrees in the southeast of England today (Thursday, July 25).

Those temperatures could break the record for the hottest day in July, according to the Met Office.

An ‘African plume’ which is moving over Britain from the south is said to be the cause of the heatwave.

England’s Chief Nursing Officer Ruth May said: “It’s really important to take simple precautions like drinking plenty of water, using highfactor sunscreen and remembering to take allergy medication if you need it.”

Some 5.4 million people have asthma in Britain, according to Asthma UK.

BAN SUPPORT: Opposition to trophies from hunting is widespread.

Support for trophy hunting ban ALMOST two thirds of the British public support a ban on trophy hunting, according to a new survey.

The Survation poll found 63 per cent of respondents wanted the sport to be banned.

Around three quarters supported blocking the imports of animal body parts from hunting to Britain, the same poll reported in the Daily Mirror found.

It comes as the Born Free animal rights charity said about 2,500 trophies were shipped to Britain from 2008 to 2017.

Born Free’s head of policy Mark Jones said: “Trophy hunting is a cruel and damaging relic of a colonial era that causes immense animal suffering and disrupts wildlife.” Among the body parts imported were ones from 560 African elephants, more than 300 hippopotamuses and 265 American black bears. There were also almost 100 Nile crocodile parts and 80 from African lions, according to the charity.

Environment Secretary Michael Gove said he would not hesitate to act if there was a case for a ban and called for evidence to be presented.

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Travel plans in chaos as British Airways’ pilots strike in August HUNDREDS of thousands of holidaymakers potentially face large scale disruptions to their travel plans as British Airways’ pilots have unanimously voted to go ahead with planned strike action this August.

Some 93 per cent of pilots represented in British Airways’ pilot union BALPA voted in favour of the strike over pay, despite the airline’s attempts to avert the action.

BA met with union leaders and proposed a pay increase of 11.5 per cent which they maintain is a fair and reasonable amount.

However BAPLA refused the offer and voted to go ahead with the strike.

A statement by the union’s general secretary, Brian Strutton, justified the union’s refusal to accept the offer and insisted the ball is now firmly in BA’s court.

“Settlement of this dispute is in BA’s hands. We do not wish to inconvenience our customers, which is why we have tried to resolve this matter through negotiation started last November. It is BA who has regrettably chosen to drag this out into the summer months,” said Sutton.

BA put out a statement on their website condemning the strike action, saying they are “very disappointed that BALPA has chosen to threaten the travel plans of thousands of our customers over the summer holidays, with possible strike action.”

So far dates have not been confirmed for the strikes and BA insists that their customers do not panic and cancel flights. Measures are currently being put in place to limit the disruption of the walkout with low turnout, long haul flights being the first to be cancelled.

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Benidorm NEWS Rapid response to suggestions BENIDORM Town Hall’s councillors for Citizens’ Participation and Public Wo r k s r e c e n t l y m e t t h e vice-presidents of two residents’ associations.

Representing the Almudena and Plaza de España n e i g h b o u r h o o d s , Te r e s a Garrido y Manuel Notario put forward members’ suggestions and discussed the issues they felt needed immediate action with councillors Ana Pellicer and Jose Ramon Gonzalez de Zarate.

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QUICK WORK: Needed repairs began immediately. contracted concessionary firms.

Pellicer promised that

more litter bins would be installed ‘immediately’ while repairs to paving

stones, benches and existing litter bins began that same day.

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TOLL-FREE AP-7: Could cause traffic chaos in Benidorm.

‘Keep tolls’ call COSTA BLANCA hoteliers’ association Hosbec does not want all tolls removed from the AP-7, particularly for Benidorm.

The motorway reverts to the state at the end of this year and Hosbec recommends ‘greatly reduced’ season tickets for residents or those who use the AP-7 to get to work while others should still pay to use it.

There was a risk of the motorway becoming a prolongation of the A-7 or A-31 “with all their traffic problems, saturation, safety issues

and lack of maintenance,” said the association presided by Toni Mayor.

A toll-free AP-7 would also ‘absolutely collapse the Alicante’ bypass which would need twice the number of lanes to avoid duplicating congestion and generating problems in reaching or leaving Alicante airport, Hosbec warned.

‘An idyllic and free AP-7’ would also create a barrier between Benidorm and the AVE high speed train in Alicante City, the association predicted.

Neighbouring mayor intervenes THE mayor of Callosa d’en Sarria, Andres Molina, was injured in Benidorm while helping the victim of a mugging.

Molina saw someone opening a woman’s backpack as she walked across the zebra crossing at the intersection of Avenida Alfonso Puchades and Avenida de Beniarda.

The woman, a Spanish tourist of 62, noticing that someone had touched her bag, turned and began to shout as she saw the thief with her purse in his hand.

Molina grabbed the mugger and began to grapple with him to prevent him from running off

but instead he tripped him up and Molina was knocked to the ground, hitting his head as he fell.

The thief managed to get

away but did not get far as he was intercepted and arrested by a passing National Police patrol who also retrieved the purse.

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Albir NEWS Open sea for students Photo credit: Alfaz town hall

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CANOE EXPEDITION: Last-minute briefing before students set out.

STUDENTS from the Cami Obert vocational school run by the APSA association finished the term with a canoe outing.

Cami Obert - it means Open Road - is the result of a project between Alfaz Town Hall and non-profitmaking association APSA that provides training for young people with diverse abilities who are aged between 16 and 26.

Since 2016 students from Alfaz, Villajoyosa, La Nucia

and Altea receive training that is related to the Administration and Management sector as well as Tourism.

They are also able to acquire the skills needed in daily life that can that help them adapt to their surroundings.

Seven young people took part in the excursion that was coordinated by the town hall’s Youth, Beaches, Social Welfare and Sports departments.

Their route from the Albir beach to the Cala de l’Amer-

Living in harmony TWENTY-FIVE young people from 22 countries and four continents are taking part in this y e a r ’s L i o n s C o s t a Blanca Camp.

A l f a z ’s G r o u p s a n d Residents councillor Martine Mertens attended the inaugural gala, together with Alain van de Merlen from the local Lions Club.

“This initiative reflects the idiosyncrasies of our own town where more than 50 per cent

of the population are not Spanish and come f r o m 1 0 0 d i ff e r e n t countries but live in h a r m o n y, ” Mertens said.

Before returning home this Sunday, July 28, the group will have visited the cities of Alic a n t e a n d Va l e n c i a a s well as the Sierra Helada national park, the Albir lighthouse and the Villa Romana open-air museum on the seafront.

ador cove revealed the area’s natural beauty while Richard Barreno from the town hall’s Youth department explained the environmental importance of the Mediterranean coastline.

“It is always a pleasure to share with the APSA pupils this activity that combines sports, nature and leisure in the incomparable setting of the Albir Beach and the Sierra Helada national park,” said Beaches councillor Luis Miguel Morant.

Popular film festival feature THE Film Festival is over for another year and as usual the Albir seafront played its own part in events.

As they do each year, the three open-air - and free - screenings of family-orientated films over the weekend were one of the Festival’s most popular features.

This year residents and visitors were able to see Superlopez, The Return of Mary Poppins and Bohemiam Rhapsody.

Each session attracted full-capacity audiences for the films that were dubbed into Spanish, but had English subtitles.

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Albir NEWS Villa still revealing its treasures SIXTEEN young people are taking part in the 12th International Field Camp at Albir’s Villa Romana archaeological site.

Volunteers from Spain, Armenia, Serbia, France, Italy, Turkey, Ukraine and Russia will be working together until this coming Sunday, July 28, on the residential zone to the south of the Roman villa’s private baths.

Amongst their finds were two well-preserved late Roman pottery lamps and 10 coins which should be of great help in dating this section of the site, revealed the museum’s director Carolina Frias.

“We have also found a bronze fish hook, confirming that Romans fished here, as well as an embellishment for a hairpin that depicts a tunic-wearing matron with an elaborate hairstyle,” Frias said.

The volunteers also unearthed a knife with an iron handle and blade, which again

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FIELD WORK: Four of the volunteers at the archaeological site. was very well preserved.

As well as excavations, the young students have worked on recording the discoveries, surveying the site and learning how to handle the finds, advised by a team of archaeologists and geologists.

“For some, this was their first real contact with archaeology,” Frias said, explaining that the initiative set out to teach respect for archaeology through direct contact with a site and transmitting the importance of preserving it.

DanceSport agreement renewed THE town hall renewed its agreement with the Costa Blanca Balla dance club.

Mayor Vicente Arques, accompanied by Sports councillor Oscar Perez Quesada, and Costa Blan-

ca Balla president Carolina Marcet recently formalised the agreement to maintain dancing as a local sports option.

The town will also host once again the annual meeting of dance schools that brings more than 300 people to the area each January and fills Albir hotels during the low season.

“This municipality has made clear its commitment to backing and promoting sport,” Perez said, s t r e s s i n g t h e t o w n h a l l ’s aim of ensuring that practising sports was within reach of everybody. “ We a l s o e x p r e s s t h i s support with our collaboration agreements and €240,000 in grants for local sports clubs and groups which have more than 3,000 members of all ages and nationalities,” he said.

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ALFAZ, like other Marina Baja municipalities, has agricultural growers with almond trees threatened by Xylella Fastidiosa.

Luis Morant, the town hall’s Environment councillor, recently attended a meeting in Valencia organised by the regional government’s Agriculture department, Mireia Molla.

She outlined the present situation, asking for maximum collaboration in eradicating what has been called ‘Ebola for trees.’

She also explained that her department is working on new plans to create as little impact as possible. This involves first taking action on abandoned and unworked almond groves when an

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VALENCIA MEETING: Better news for almond growers. infected tree has been detected, felling and chipping trees within a 100-metre radius.

No action will be taken with healthy almond trees on tended and productive plots, Molla said.

Where necessary, only almond trees will be uprooted and destroyed, she continued.

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ALTEA’S Environment department has been clearing the bed of the Los Arcos stream.

This channel once drained off irrigation water from Altea’s rural upstream areas which it carried under the road to reach the sea near the port.

Environment councillor Jose Orozco pointed out that clearing vegetation and litter from the streambed would improve the flow of water and discourage mosquitoes from breeding in stagnant pools.

The clear-up also serves two purposes because, although there has been practically no rain since April, the

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Unhindered flow to sea

CLOGGED STREAM: Both a flood and fire risk.

autumn will bring at least one period of heavy rain and it is vital that the stream has a clear path down to the sea.

But before any rain arrives, the area is on constant fire alert each summer and abundant vegetation can easily be set alight, either through negligence or, unfortunately, deliberately.

Orozco also explained that although the town hall was carrying out the work and footing the bill, it was first necessary to request permission from the Confederaciion Hidrografica del Jucar which controls the area’s waterways.

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Jalon - Orba Valley NEWS Xalo THE ENTERTAINERS are a new U3A Vall del Pop group.

Their mission is to perform the classic pop ballads and uptempo hit songs that everybody knows.

The emphasis is on fun, entertainment and audience participation and the objective is to perform great singalong numbers with lots of energy and a smattering of humour.

At present The Entertainers have a line-up of seven main singers, four principal singers and a three-girl backing and dance team, affectionately known as the Dolly Birds.

Their musical director is David Rohl, who has worked in the music industry for more than 50 years and records The Entertainers’ backing tracks in his home studio for a rich and

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NEW GROUP: The Entertainers in full song. powerful overall effect.

Their repertoire caters for a generation that grew up in the

1960s and 1970s, although they also tackle some of the classic songs from later

decades, even tracks released as late as 2018 The Entertainers are consid-

ering adding a choir to support the frontline singers at some of the bigger venues where there is room to accommodate a larger group.

Practice meetings will be held twice a month on a

Wednesday morning between 10am and 12 noon. The venue will be variable, but usually in the Jalon Valley and here is a â‚Ź2 charge per session to help with the cost of new equipment and general maintenance.

Contact the group leader, Ditas Rohl, at ditasrohl spain@gmail.com for more information.

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Calpe Help with local rates THE deadline has now been passed for applications from householders for an IBI rates rebate.

This year 126 householders applied for reductions of up to €400 or 75 per cent of their rates bill.

The town hall set aside a €100,000 budget allocation for reductions for pensioners and the over65’s as well as the longterm unemployed, the disabled or families with a disabled dependent, oneparent families and victims of gender violence.

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SUMMER REINFORCEMENTS: Bicycle patrols along Calpe’s beaches.

More night and daytime CALPE’S Local Police force has stepped up night patrols, which will continue until late August.

At the beginning of this month the two existing patrols were increased to three and another has now been added.

All will be on the lookout for illegal street vending, excess noise and brawls amongst other breaches of the peace.

Meanwhile, bicycle patrols will be on duty throughout the day along Calpe’s promenades and seafront areas.

Tombstoning and tightrope walking CLOSED-DOWN and abandoned Puerto Blanco has become popular with young swimmers who dive from the marina’s boatlifting crane.

Calpe’s Local Police, alerted by the lifesaver at a nearby beach that the theoretically sealed-off marina was in use, arrived to find several unauthorised vehicles parked there.

Roughly 20 people were swimming in the marina and tombstoning from the crane.

Officers also saw that a group of youngsters had fixed a rope from one side of the harbour mouth to the other and were walking along it over the water. The incident prompted the town hall to call on the Generalitat, which is responsible for the region’s ports and marinas, to take action and repair the neglected marina without delay.

Municipal fount of wisdom CALPE Town Hall’s Citizens’ Attention Office (OAC) has now been operating for 10 years.

It opened in June 2009 with the aim of offering one-stop centralised attention for members of the public and is open throughout the day, including Saturdays, to ensure that the public can have access to the administration.

Between January and June this year

21,969 people have been attended at the office, not counting email or telephone enquiries.

Staff opened proceedings on 12,721 occasions and dealt with 22,938 queries that ranged from acquiring a fishing licence, formalising a common-law partnership, where it was possible to camp and the cost of a fine for infringing urban planning regulations.

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ALTRUISTIC PARTY: Triana with Maria Ferrer (above) and at her party (top right).

A birthday with no presents TRIANA MATILLA RUIZ has just celebrated her fourth birthday, but decided she did not want presents.

She is recovering from a serious disease that involved her bone marrow but as her birthday approached, she told her friends that she preferred to help children who were ill.

So instead Triana wanted them to donate the money that they would have spent on presents to the Calpe branch of Spain’s national cancer charity, the AECC.

Triana managed to collect €150 at the birthday party and handed it to Maria Ferrer, the AECC president in Calpe, who applauded the awareness of the child and also her family.

“She has just come through a serious illness and now she and her family want to help other children in the same way she was helped when she needed it,” the AECC president said.

Ferrer also drew attention to the generosity of the children at Triana’s party who gave “so eagerly and so happily.”

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Wall-to-wall fiestas TEULADA-MORAIRA still has two more fiestas to look forward to.

Moraira’s fiestas in honour of the Virgen del Carmen and the Virgen de los Desamparados have ended for another year but next up are the Sant Jaume fiestas in Benimarco which continue until next Monday, July 29.

In Teulada itself, the St Senen and St Abdon fiestas start tomorrow, Friday July 26, and finish on August 2.

Meanwhile, as tradition requires, Moraira’s principal fiestas included taking

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MORAIRA FIESTAS: Seafarers’ patroness goes to sea. the statue of the Virgen del Carmen, patroness of seafarers, out in one of the lo-

cal fishing boats, escorted by other vessels big and small.

One of the last events was the Tio Pepe Mansana G r e a t To m a t o - G r o w i n g Contest with prizes for the biggest, the best-tasting and those with the oddest shapes.

Also on show was an exhibition of the paintings entered for the poster competitions, which was won by Kathy Leadbetter A r n a l ’s d e s i g n t h a t w a s used to announce the event.

Once prizes were awarded the event ended with an almuerzo-elevenses at 10am for all contestants.

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ALICANTE University has developed a free app giving details of jellyfish sightings.

Moraira beaches have had no jellyfish scares so far and no banks have been d e t e c t e d o ff t h e C o s t a Blanca coast, although there were isolated reports o f s w i m m e r s s u ff e r i n g stings from Portuguese M e n o ’ Wa r i n A p r i l a n d May. More than 900 different types of jellyfish have been identified in the coastal waters of Alicante Province over th e l a st t wo y e a rs , from the potentially lethal Portuguese Man of War to the larg e b u t i n n o c u o u s Fried Egg jellyfish.

The Alicante University app includes a map of all sightings of banks and individual jellyfish and also allows swimmers who spot them to send photos and geolocations via smartphones, detailing their estimated number and size.

“Eighty per cent of jellyfish are brought to the shore by currents and 20 per cent by the wind, apart from the Portuguese Man o’War which is affected by both,” explained Alicante University investigator

Cedsar Bordehore who worked on developing the jellyfish app.

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Jellyfish all mapped out INNOCUOUS: Fried egg jelly fish can be big but do little harm.

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An ancientmodern ingredient THE recently-inaugurated E s p e c i e s , L’ U n i v e r s d e l gust exhibition at the Teulada-Moraira Auditorium remains open until next October.

A highlight of the official opening was a cookery demonstration by local chef Alberto Ferruz, who has two Michelin stars.

His creation featured agraz (verjuice), a highly acidic juice made by pressing unripe grapes, crab apples or other sour fruit, in this instance, Teulada-Moraira’s locally-grown muscatel grapes.

Now a favourite with modern chefs, verjuice was regularly used all o v e r We s t e r n E u r o p e i n the Middle Ages as an ingredient in sauces, as a condiment or to deglaze when cooking meat or fish.

“The restaurant dishes that triumph most often are those that take you back to the past, which remind you of other eras,” Ferruz said.

Gastronome Juan Gava Sastre explained curing techniques and their rela-

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EXHIBITION: Learning more about spices.

LOCAL GRAPES: Used to make verjuice. tion to aromatic plants, again citing the Greeks and Romans who - like Ferruz - used verjuice.

“Today there is involvement and a commitment to giving more visibility t o g a s t r o n o m y, ” G a v a Sastre said, “although it is important to bear in mind that much remains to be done to promote lo-

cal products and traditional recipes.”

Teulada-Moraira’s mayor Rosa Vila, who is also president of the TeuladaMoraira Auditorium Foundation thanked all those who had made the exhibition possible, emphasising the importance of projects that promoted the area.

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ESPADRILLES: Chance to make your own at the Cabas market.

Wine-tasting and DIY footwear THE Cabas Crafts and F a r m e r ’s M a r k e t w i l l b e held this Saturday, July 27,

i n M o r a i r a ’s Av e n i d a d e Madrid from 7pm until 11pm.

Get running THE 15th edition of the Moraira Urban Mile will be run this Saturday, July 27.

Starting and finishing in Moraira’s Avenida de la Pau, the children’s races start at 6.30pm.

Open to those born between 2001 and 2016, these are run over different distances according to age. There is a €1 entry fee.

The non-competitive race for adults born between 1948 and 2000 begins at 8pm approximately, with a €3 entry fee.

There are no trophies, everybody runs together and the 1,609 metres should be completed in more than seven minutes. Anyone finishing under this time will be disqualified.

The competitive race for adults born between 1948 and 2000 also has a €3 entry fee but runners are grouped according to age and sex with trophies for category winners.

There is also an adults’ relay race for teams of four people, with a €12 per team entry fee.

Runners should register on the http://www.somesport.com/milla_moraira/index.html website before 8pm today, Thursday July 25.

As usual there will be locally-grown organic fruit and vegetables as well as other produce, including Alicante Province honey, together with handmade items from some of the area’s best craftspeople.

There will also be parallel activities including music from On the Road Acoustic at 7pm followed at 8pm by a workshop for children, introducing them to the local summer tradition of making tomato preserve.

At 9pm there is an opportunity to try local products and also taste locally-produced wine courtesy of the B a n c a l s d e Vi n s a s s o c i a tion.

For those keen to lend their hand to something d i ff e r e n t t h e r e i s a l s o a workshop where they can make their own espadrilles.

This costs €50 but places are limited and it is necessary to make a reservation beforehand on 670 596 379.

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No let-up on fire prevention JAVEA Town Hall has organised a fire prevention talk next Monday, July 29.

It is especially aimed at residents who live in, or near, the wooded areas that are most at risk from forest fire.

The town hall knows from experience that it cannot let its guard down regarding forest fires and the talk, scheduled for 7pm at the Casa de Cultura, will give advice on reducing the risk of fire or, if residents are faced with one, how to react.

The talk, led by forestry technicians from Medi XXI, carries on from the first awareness campaign organised in 2017 when experts went from urban-

PAST EXPERIENCE: A firefighting aircraft in 2016.

isation to urbanisation.

They impressed on members of the public that each person plays a part in increasing or reducing fire risk and in

the event of a fire they can become part of the problem or its solution.

Those attending next Monday’s talk will receive informa-

tion and advice on consulting each day’s pre-emergency status, preventive measures and reacting in an emergency or when trapped by fire.

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Pitch perfect NEW SURFACE: Jose Chulvi, David Tiscar and Isabel Bolufer.

JAVEA’S municipal football ground has a €160,000 new look.

Its old artificial turf has been replaced and Mayor Jose Chulvi, Public Works councillor Isabel Bolufer and Javea fooball

club’s president, David Tiscar recently inspected the new surface which was installed outside the football season so that sporting activities were disturbed as little as possible.

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The eyes have it GRANDPARENTS are taking an increasingly active role in caring for their grandchildren.

They offer so much love, support and help for their families which is why they are recognised tomorrow, Friday July 26, on Grandparents Day. To celebrate all their hard work and give something back to them, Specsavers Opticas are offering eye health advice for grandparents and will be offering a 30 per cent discount on glasses from the â‚Ź89 and above range on this special day.

There will also be an instore open day in Javea and Calpe with cava, nibbles, eye health advice, giveaways and discounts from 9.30am until 5.30pm.

Good vision is essential for living a full life and keeping up with the grandchildren, so Specsavers Opticas advises everyone over the age of 80 to have an eye test at least once a year.

Older eyes are susceptible to

GRANDPARENTS: Take an active part in caring for grandchildren. certain changes that can be detected during an eye test, including cataracts, glaucoma and macular degeneration and it is important to be aware of any changes in vision and visit

an optician as soon as possible.

Grandparents who look after their grandchildren on a regular basis also need to think about keeping their eyes healthy and protecting

against injuries.

Important tips to follow include protecting their eyes when playing sports, choosing toys carefully and limiting screen time.

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But here is something I learnt from visiting the restaurant and talking to Gary, the owner, is that the Dutch, the Germans and indeed the Spanish are cottoning on to how good British food can be (apparently the Spanish particularly like fish and chips and are amazed at the generous portions served).

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years in Javea. Firstly from a restaurant on the Arenal and for the past few years from their present site.

They have not had it easy, three years ago they had to shut down due to the horrendous fires in the area, which were literally yards from the restaurant and then this year, they were flooded at Easter. Despite all this the restaurant reopened in double quick time and everything looks like new. Oh and the staff are all still smiling.

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Swimmer’s body found THE body of a 70-year-old man who disappeared while swimming in Denia was recovered three days later in Oliva.

When he did not return from his morning swim at Els Molins, leaving his belongings on the beach, his worried family contacted Red Cross lifesavers.

A three-day search by a Marine Rescue helicopter and the Red Cross at sea and on land failed to locate him until a fishing boat, 10 kilometres away in Oliva (Valencia), reported seeing a body.

Guardia Civil divers and a Marine Rescue boat recovered the body which was later identified as the missing man.

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ELS MOLINS: The 70-year-old lost his life while swimming.

Beers for dog-ends A MARINETA CASSIANA beach bar is giving a free beer to everyone who collects a glassful of cigarette ends.

Not only are they antiaesthetic and give a bad image but they also pose an environmental problem as, according to some sources, the filter tips can take between 500 and 1,000 years to decompose entirely. And as the bar-owner observed, possibly a free beer will get better results than any number of awareness campaigns.

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Jellyfish up SPECIMENS of the warty comb jellyfish (Mnemiopsis leidyi) are spreading rapidly along the Norwegian coastline 12 years after the species, native to the US’s east coast, were first found in Tjome, according to the Institute of Maritime Research which said it posed problems for fish stocks.

Asylum criticism

SPREADING: Jellyfish numbers are up.

THE EU has accused Norway of breaking its rules on the forced return of asylum seekers which inspections of its system since the bloc directive was require the country to carry out independent brought onto the country’s books in 2010.

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Notre-Dame repairs

Minister resigns

FRENCH lawmakers have passed measures organising funding to rebuild Paris’ NotreDame cathedral after a fire caused extensive damage to the building in April amidst controversy over proposals to place a contemporary-style spire on its roof.

FRANCOIS DE RUGY, France’s Environment Minister, has resigned after a media investigation claimed he and his wife were ‘living like royals’ at the taxpayer’s expense while the former official described the article as a ‘media lynching.’

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BELGIUM

Abuse case

Nuke memo

DETMOLD district court has found a 49year-old defendant guilty of aiding and abetting the sexual abuse of children in the first ruling connected with the widespread exploitation of more than 40 attendees at a Luege campsite.

US nuclear weapons are being stored in the Kleine Brogel base in Belgium and in other European countries, according to a nowdeleted memo written by a member of NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly which revealed the location of around 150 bombs.

EU appointment

Mural call

GERMAN Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen has been confirmed as the next president of the EU Commission after the European Parliament approved her appointment with 52 per cent of MEPs backing her.

THE Brussels-based transport operator STIB has called on street artists to submit proposals for new murals to decorate the entrance to tram and train tunnels in the Belgian capital which are set to be painted in October.

DENMARK

Plastic deaths

Camp plea

RESEARCHERS from the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have said 95 per cent of northern fulmar birds found on West Jutland beaches had plastic inside them, raising concerns about sea pollution off Denmark.

THE Danish Red Cross has called on Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod to help bring women and children from the country in Syrian refugee camps after fleeing from territory formerly held

by Daesh home, saying their situation is ‘desperate.’

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NETHERLANDS

Shelter help

Artefact ruling

THE number of women seeking help from shelters and refuges rose by 25 per cent from 2014 to 2017 from 72,000 to 108,000, according to figures from the Unizon NGO which surveyed 140 centres across Sweden.

A COURT tasked with ruling on whether a collection of Crimean artefacts displayed in Dutch museums should be returned to Ukraine has delayed its decision for two months until it has more information, with the items claimed by Kiev and by Russia-backed separatists.

Rapper held SEVERAL US lawmakers have called for the release of rapper ASAP Rocky who remains in custody in Sweden following an alleged assault by him and his associations in Stockholm in June, with some Congress members claiming the artist has been subject to ‘inhumane’ conditions.

Cyber crime AROUND 1.2 million people were affected by online crimes in the Netherlands last year, according to the CBS national statistics body which found phishing scams were the most common at 4.6 per cent of the total.

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The amount offered by the Treasury for its latest bond auction, with investors able to buy debt which matures in either three or five years according to the Bank of Spain.

Bank growth forecast rise

Calviño enters IMF head race

SPANISH bank BBVA’s economic growth forecast for 2019 has been revised up to 2.3 per cent from 2.2 per cent predicted three months ago.

The bank said in its Spain Situation report expected recoveries in other economies, a more accommodative monetary policy and falling oil prices meant economic output (GDP) would grow more.

The bank said around 810,000 jobs would be created if their forecasts are accurate and that the unemployment rate could fall to 12.2 per cent by the end of 2020.

pointment of a European woman with ‘international prestige’ to lead the body.

The minister’s nomination comes as current IMF director Lagarde resigned the post after being put forward to head the European Central Bank.

Current rival nominees for the IMF post include former Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijjselbloem, Mario Centeno, president of the Eurogroup and Central Bank of Finland Governor Olli Rehn. The winner will succeed Largade after she formally leaves office on Thursday September 12.

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SPAIN’S acting Economy Minster Nadia Calviño has entered the race to succeed Christine Lagarde as the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The minister was shortlisted to take over the international financial institution following last week’s G7 meeting in Chantilly, France.

Calviño said she had discussed her candidacy with acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.

He told her he would support any minister who applied for such an important position, according to Calviño.

Sources close to the acting prime minister said Madrid supported the ap-

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Bank and a handful of other international agencies as a key player in global economic policy making and agenda setting.

It is tasked with ensuring global economic stability and with helping nations with financial difficulties.

The latter function has seen it criticised for imposing neoliberal economic policies and austerity measures on countries in dire financial straits, such as Greece during the eurozone debt crisis.

Europeans are traditionally appointed to lead the IMF while appointments for the leadership of the World Bank are reserved for the US.

‘Google tax’ plan return THE government will introduce a new tax on large multinational technology companies despite similar proposals in France facing threats from the industry, Spain’s acting Finance Minister said.

Maria Jesus Montero said the proposed levy, dubbed the ‘Google tax,’ would be tabled before lawmakers once the government is formally sworn in. It comes after the tax formed part of the left-leaning Partido Socialista’s (PSOE) government’s draft budget plans which failed to pass last year.

French officials faced legal threats from companies after floating a similar tax recently.

BUSINESS EXTRA

Delivery service FRENCH supermarket chain Carrefour has agreed to collaborate with Spanish distribution company Glovo to create a new service offering online shoppers home deliveries within around half an hour of ordering from its stores in Spain, France, Italy and Argentina.

Hours deal BAILOUT: Creditors agreed to help Dia.

Funds save Dia THE Dia supermarket chain has avoided technical bankruptcy after creditors agreed to restructure its debts.

The company reached an 11th-hour deal to get a €490 million loan from its new owners LetterOne, owned by Russian tycoon Mikhail Fridman. The funds were used to pay off bonds ahead of a deadline on Monday.

Dia finance head Enrique Wickert said the funds meant the company now had an ‘adequate and solid’ financial structure.

New liquidity lines of €280 million have also been opened, with €80 million going to suppliers.

The bailout follows €144 million losses in the first quarter of 2019.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS company Telefonica has reached an agreement with trade unions which guarantee the right of workers to ‘digitally disconnect’ out of hours, with the CCOO saying it would make the firm a benchmark in the labour market.

File appeal THE National Securities and Markets Commission (CNMV) watchdog has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court to stop the publication of a file detailing why it fined the Popular Bank €1 million in 2016, claiming it contains confidential information.

Youth wages at 1990’s levels YOUNG workers without qualifications are now earning the same as their counterparts did in the 1990s and make less than a decade ago, according to the Bank of Spain.

Spain’s central bank, which carried out a study on earnings during the past 30 years, said young unskilled workers experienced the biggest drop in income. The study focused on salary purchasing power, factoring in inflation.

Bank Governor Hernandez de Cos said each generation saw earnings rise up until the 2008 financial crisis, when wages for all began to drop.

High unemployment, a fall in working hours and the rising costs of rent all contributed to the fall.

The study also found the average Spanish worker was 13 per cent poorer due to the recession which began after the crisis.

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% CHG. -0,05

NET VOL 4.149

22,510

0,76

0,17

119.085

COMPANY

PRICE(P)

CHANGE(P)

% CHG.

NET VOL

LEGAL & GENERAL

2,702

0,41

0,01

748.484

LLOYDS BANK

0,571

0,46

0,00

2.645.302

9,400

2,15

0,20

49.248

LONDON STOCK

57,060

-0,80

-0,46

26.223

ASHTEAD GROUP

22,150

0,38

0,08

18.273

MARKS & SPENCER

2,085

1,53

0,03

104.568

ASTRA ZENECA

63,570

-0,52

-0,33

40.808

MEDIA CONTEN

3,348

0,00

0,00

10.613

BABCOCK INTE

4,478

1,22

0,05

24.485

MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS

4,498

0,02

0,00

65.963

BARCLAYS BANK

1,568

0,67

0,01

426.427

MICRO FOCUS

16,668

0,58

0,10

21.177

BARRATT DEVE

6,322

0,02

0,00

199.320

MONDI PLC

17,850

0,40

0,07

144.537

BAT INDUSTRI

30,640

-0,94

-0,29

143.104

MORRISON SUP

117.383

BILLITON

20,375

0,44

0,09

59.238

BP

5,238

1,08

0,06

999.257

PEARSON

BRIT.AEROE

5,252

0,38

0,02

130.914

PERSIMMON

23,510

-0,05

-0,01

7.094

PROV.FINANC.

4,056

0,02

0,00

174.594

17,125

-0,17

-0,03

178.504

ANTOFAGASTA

BRITISH FOODS

NEXT

0,32

0,01

1,21

0,66

1.341

8,842

0,23

0,02

49.315

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19,755

-0,40

-0,08

34.514

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

5,372

0,41

0,02

58.135

BRITISH TELECOM

1,877

-0,70

-0,01

618.979

RAMBLER MED.

2,241

1,15

0,03

63.739

BUNZL

21,760

0,05

0,01

9.328

RECKITT BNKR

65,320

-2,19

-1,46

36.644

BURBERRY

23,344

0,27

0,06

25.366

REED INTER

19,300

-0,52

-0,10

78.234

CARNIVAL PLC

34,794

-0,93

-0,33

13.387

RENTOKIL GRP

CELLTECH

27,150

-0,73

-0,20

11.573

RIO TINTO

CENTRICA

0,892

-1,13

-0,01

739.595

CGNU

4,195

-0,07

-0,00

210.593

4,197

-0,45

-0,02

115.664

48,430

-0,16

-0,08

89.095

ROLLS ROYCE

8,632

0,00

0,00

46.771

ROYAL & SUN

5,776

0,07

0,00

31.227

ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND

2,283

-1,25

-0,03

114.750

1,456

-0,61

-0,01

138

CRH

26,600

0,34

0,09

13.497

ROYAL DUTCH SHELL B SHRS 25,635

0,83

0,21

131.393

CRODA INTERN

48,368

-0,20

-0,10

6.333

ROYAL DUTCH SHELL CL.A NLD 25,570

0,94

0,24

164.654

DCC ORD IEP0

68,840

-0,45

-0,31

1.421

SAGE GROUP

8,008

-0,32

-0,03

35.189

DELLING GRP

3,358

-0,26

-0,01

45.872

SAINSBURY

2,092

2,56

0,05

476.467

DIAGEO

33,735

-0,40

-0,13

171.182

SCHRODERS

29,440

-0,11

-0,03

6.889

EASYJET

11,025

0,23

0,02

60.822

SCOT.& STH

11,560

-1,10

-0,13

72.664

EXPERIAN GROUP LTD

24,020

0,84

0,20

19.224

SEVERN TRENT

20,370

-0,20

-0,04

18.726

25,740

1,74

0,44

2.951

8,052

0,82

0,07

48.739

SKILLSGROUP

GLAXO WELLCO

16,432

-0,18

-0,03

101.059

SLOUGH EST.

7,504

-0,16

-0,01

54.707

GLENCORE INTL

2,749

0,96

0,03

692.096

SMITH & NEP.

17,395

0,38

0,07

39.176

GROUP 4 SECU

1,949

0,33

0,01

52.419

SMITHS INDU.

15,855

-0,17

-0,03

23.594

HAMMERSON

2,720

-0,29

-0,01

32.519

ST JAMES S P

10,840

-1,28

-0,14

86.036

20,580

-0,51

-0,11

19.993

STAN.CHART

7,100

-1,31

-0,09

368.325

HARGREAVES LANSDOWN

6,634

0,11

0,01

676.977

STANDARD LIFE

3,015

-0,12

-0,00

95.628

21,360

-0,42

-0,09

144.688

TAYLOR WOOD.

1,653

0,21

0,00

155.125

INFORMA GROU

8,352

0,07

0,01

48.273

TESCO

2,389

0,25

0,01

288.937

INTERCON.HOT

55,050

-0,43

-0,24

7.473

TUI

INTERTEK GROUP

55,240

0,00

0,00

3.107

UNILEVER

HSBC IMPERIAL TOBACCO

INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRS GRP 4,553

1,16

0,05

78.573

ITV

1,075

-3,83

-0,04

676.005

8,180

2,46

0,20

52.602

49,815

-0,56

-0,28

58.947

UN.UTILITIES

7,768

0,19

0,02

47.816

VODAFONE GRP

1,288

-0,21

-0,00

1.138.143

31,410

0,81

0,25

14.755

WHITBREAD

48,190

-1,69

-0,83

600.094

KINGFISHER

2,205

0,62

0,01

174.442

WPP GROUP

9,166

-0,02

-0,00

101.700

LAND SECURIT

8,434

-0,24

-0,02

30.202

11,150

-0,15

-0,02

25.435

JOHNSON MATT

3I GROUP

Units per €

US dollar ................................................1.12157 Japan yen...............................................120.997 Switzerland franc ...................................1,10230 Denmark kroner .....................................7,46624 Norway kroner........................................9,61630

2,104

BRITISH LAND

FRESNILLO

1.11284

54,880

PRUDENTIAL C

CONVATEC GROUP

0.89859

DOW JONES C LOSING P RICES J ULY 22

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 124,820 202,590 377,360 136,230 125,040 57,360 51,390 74,990 213,520 213,040 149,680 50,270 130,310 113,540 213,870 81,390 136,620 86,550 42,770 115,010 150,230 132,390 256,650 56,590 179,240 54,440 113,900 139,850 172,610

CHANGE% CHANGE -2,79 -3,58 0,00 0,00 4,50 16,25 0,99 1,34 0,29 0,36 0,00 0,00 -1,23 -0,64 0,20 0,15 -0,47 -1,00 -0,65 -1,40 0,03 0,05 0,00 0,00 -1,33 -1,76 -0,99 -1,13 -0,94 -2,04 -1,57 -1,30 0,00 0,00 -1,02 -0,89 -0,67 -0,29 -0,37 -0,43 -1,62 -2,48 0,83 1,09 -1,52 -3,95 -1,08 -0,62 -0,71 -1,29 0,00 0,00 -0,71 -0,82 -1,26 -1,78 -0,26 -0,45

VOLUME(M) 1.689.512 6.486.432 1.792.766 1.076.833 1.573.026 4.731.285 3.669.479 4.112.711 367.384 984.033 1.779.445 7.057.528 2.315.291 3.068.564 717.390 4.493.551 15.742.870 1.908.091 4.516.004 3.562.355 351.800 817.904 1.297.499 3.156.539 1.609.966 1.512.250 1.276.561 1.704.558 840.790

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NASDAQ C LOSING P RICES J ULY 22

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Most Advanced CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. Altus Midstream Company Famous Dave's of America, Inc. Gentex Corporation Marten Transport, Ltd. Pintec Technology Holdings Limited MediWound Ltd. NextCure, Inc. Moneygram International, Inc.

$ 83.52 $ 10.77 $ 34.30 $ 3.54 $ 4.80 $ 25.82 $ 20.23 $ 2.96 $ 3.71 $ 19.09 $ 2.19

10.77 ▲ 14.80% 1.28 ▲ 13.49% 3.70 ▲ 12.09% 0.38 ▲ 12.03% 0.46 ▲ 10.60% 2.25 ▲ 9.55% 1.71 ▲ 9.23% 0.24 ▲ 8.82% 0.30 ▲ 8.80% 1.54 ▲ 8.77% 0.17 ▲ 8.42%

$ 3.57 $ 14.65 $ 17.88 $ 8.24 $ 5.08 $ 5.33 $ 10.80 $ 2.63 $ 7.09 $ 15.2771 $ 12.55

0.56 ▼ 13.56% 2.18 ▼ 12.95% 2.32 ▼ 11.49% 0.96 ▼ 10.43% 0.55 ▼ 9.77% 0.55 ▼ 9.35% 1.07 ▼ 9.01% 0.22 ▼ 7.72% 0.58 ▼ 7.56% 1.2229 ▼ 7.41% 0.95 ▼ 7.04%

Most Declined Neon Therapeutics, Inc. RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. IntriCon Corporation Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Medallion Financial Corp.

Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. Zynerba Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ATA Inc. Axovant Gene Therapies Ltd. Mannatech, Incorporated Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc.

FINANCE, BUSINESS & LEGAL

Tax evasion list ruling SPAIN’S Constitutional Court has agreed to admit a list of suspected tax fraudsters as evidence in an evasion sentence appeal hearing.

The Constitutional Court ruled the so-called Falciani list was legitimate evidence. It includes the names of some 13,000 people who allegedly stashed money in the Swiss subsidiary of British bank HSBC. The court ruling follows an appeal from engineering entrepreneur Sixto Delgado de la Coba after he was jailed for six years for stashing some €5.2 million in the bank.

Delgado appealed the sentence claiming the use of the list violated his right to the presumption of innocence. The Constitutional Court’s ruling follows one from the Supreme Court which agreed to admit the list as evidence in February 2017 when it was probing tax evasion.

More than 500 Spanish taxpayers were convicted after their names were found on the list and probed by the Tax Agency.

Falciana came to Spain after stealing the list and the National court has twice turned down extradition requests from Switzerland.

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25 - 31 July 2019

Spending warning THE public spending watchdog of Spain has warned the city councils of Madrid, Cordoba and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria after their spending rose by more than 10 per cent.

The Independent Authority of Fiscal Responsibility (AIREF) said the increases were well above those allowed by local and regional spending rules. Tenerife’s island council was also warned about its spending.

AIREF has called for regional authorities to intervene and for the budgets to be revised, either by cutting spending or increasing taxes.

The body has also recommended controls be placed on several councils which plan to increase spending by 8 per cent.

These include Almonte, Jaen and Jerez de la Frontera.

It also called for the Spanish Treasury to take action against the regional authorities of Madrid, Navarra and the Canary Islands because of the high growth in their unfunded spending.

AIREF also singled out the regions of Aragon, Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Cataluña, Extremadura, Murcia and Valencia for planning to spend above legal limits.

City and regional spending rules state

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BUSINESS EXTRA

Green light for buyout SPAIN’S National Securities and Market Commision (CNMV) watchdog has approved a bid from the Asset Management and Industrial Machinery (GAMI) holding company to take over General Machinery Rental (GAM) for €1.72 a share.

Deficit level

CONCERNS: Madrid Council was one of the authorities AIREF criticised for its spending plans. that expenditure can only rise in line with economic growth and that it must be properly financed.

The call comes as AIREF delivered its assessment on the state of Spain’s public finances last week.

The overall deficit of Spain’s regions, or autonomous communities, is expected to

be 0.5 per cent of economic output (gross domestic product, GDP) this year. it was originally forecast to be 0.1 per cent.

This is in part due to the Spanish Treasury’s decision not to reimburse regional authorities for the recent installation of systems to provide VAT information to large companies.

THE Spanish government’s spending deficit is likely to be around 2 per cent of economic output (gross domestic product, GDP) by the end of this year, according to the Independent Authority of Fiscal Responsibility (AIREF).

Betting sale CIRSA, the Spain-based sports betting firm, is set to buy a 50 per cent stake in Sportium from the British company GVC Holdings which owns the Ladbrokes Coral gambling company for around €70 million

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25 - 31 July 2019

FEATURE

What’s happened to values?

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT FIRSTLY let me thank all of those who responded to my ‘What If’ Party manifesto last week. So many concurred with my views I almost (but not quite!) considered registering as a contender for number 10. (Yeah yeah!).

What did surprise me was that for about the first time in my 30 years of column scribble, I actually received not one single missive of dissent. It probably shows how desperate we all are for a bit of common sense, which was basically all the piece was about. ‘Fraid it’s all a pipe dream though folks.

A couple of recent events show that we are all still at the mercy of the lunatics, who are surely now firmly in charge of the asylum.

Does anyone remember Roy Larner? Roy was one of the heroes of the London Bridge terrorist attack. When the incident took place, Roy, who was having a beer on the terrace of one of the bars, launched himself at one of the aggressors and received eight knife slashes and a painful stint in hospital for his brave efforts.

Hailed by the public as the ‘lion of Millwall’ Roy was accredited with possibly having saved even further injuries or deaths occurring during the attack. Surely now was the time to present this man’s remarkable courage with some form of official recognition? Wrong. In a move that is almost beyond belief (although in this day and age, noth-

FOOTBALL CHANTS: Will the anti-terrorist brigade be forced to hit the football stands?

ing surprises me!) the authorities have decided to actually place Roy himself on the anti-terrorist watch list! Apparently, he cried out the name ‘Millwall,’ his favourite football team, as he launched into his counter attack; therefore they consider that he may now be the one who should be watched and even have to attend de- radicalisation classes.

In the words of the great John McEnroe, surely they can’t be serious?

Does this mean they are going to attempt to ‘deradicalise’ all the football fans that support the

clubs of the UK? Well good luck with that! Can you imagine how many of the anti-terrorist brigade it would take to arrest all the Liverpool fans chanting ‘Come on you Reds’ on a Saturday afternoon?

Give us a break. For the sake of sanity, honour this brave man with the medal and recognition he deserves.

What on Earth has happened to our values when we reward our heroes with persecution? Winston must be positively spinning! Sometimes I really do despair of it all. The second bit of time wasting,

brain numbing nonsense that emerged this week, was the usual suspects wingeing and whining that the choice of a black woman to play a white cat in the new film version of ‘Cats’ was racist! Is that pathetic or wot? I’ve actually discovered a new ploy.

Whenever I hear one of these individuals call someone a racist, in my mind’s eye I substitute the meaning of the word to ‘patriot.’ The level of satisfaction is wonderful - and it makes far more sense.

Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

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

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

WITHOUT wishing to be unduly unkind, Madrid’s new mayor Jose Luis Almeida resembles the slightly challenged stooge in a comedy duo.

Time will tell what kind of mayor he turns out to be, but he wasted no time in trying to undo Manuela Carmena’s legacy.

The courts reversed the PP-controlled city hall’s attempt to cancel the Madrid Central traffic fines introduced to reduce air pollution, but Almeida revealed recently that private conversations with Madrileños revealed they now experience ‘a certain feeling of insecurity.’

Fewer cars mean fewer people on the streets, Almeida claimed, conveniently ignoring the fact that at least Madrid’s air is comparatively breathable.

Ever flown over Madrid on a clear day in the past? You never knew it, because you couldn’t see it, although it’s easier to make out now.

But hey, the right wing, bless them, love a bit of pollution, makes them feel they’re doing things the right way.

25 - 31 July 2019

Ah bless

The siding goes mainline

NATURALLY PSOE analysists see blue skies over their own domain and storm clouds over everyone else’s.

So, in a hypothetical second general election, they can see Iñigo Er-

rejon’s regional Mas Madrid party overtaking the Podemos-Izquierda Unida coalition should it go national.

Outside Pablo Iglesias’ party, baby-faced Errejon has always been more popular with the public and the Podemos supremo knows it.

Why else shunt Errejon away from the limelight, demote him from par-

ty number two and banish him to the Madrid Assembly?

Iglesias is losing support not from hardliners but those who might or might not vote one day for Unidas Podemos. If he precipitates another general election as he did in 2016 when he voted with the Partido Popular against Pedro Sanchez, he will lose even more.

Permission to pull the plug THERE are one million signatures on an online petition in favour of euthanasia, enough to demand a parliamentary debate.

According to a recent poll, 80 per cent of Spain’s population would like to see euthanasia de-penalised.

Unfortunately, the remaining 20 per cent are falling into the old Spanish trap of assuming that what isn’t prohibited is compulsory and are beginning to make so much noise that the entire 80 per cent will hardly be heard.

Euthanasia petition on debate.

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And he deserves to lose them to Errejon.

Two-year transformation PEDRO SANCHEZ is joined by the PP’s Pablo Casado in wanting to introduce legislation giving the most-voted party the automatic right to govern.

It’s hardly a revolutionary fix and already exists in democratic countries like Denmark.

Former president Mariano Rajoy claimed the legitimacy of this stance to demonstrate in December 2015 and June 2016 why he deserved to be Spain’s president.

Pedro Sanchez felt differently in October 2016 when Rajoy desperately needed to survive an investiture debate.

Sanchez maintained that being the most-voted ‘was not synonymous with a majority.’

His ‘No means no’ temporarily made him an outcast, but now he is in the same position as Rajoy and repeating his predecessor’s argument.

Just shows what a difference a taste of power and the keys to the Moncloa can make.

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11:10pmThe Scorpion King 11:55pm The Nice Guys 1:00am FYI Daily A round-up of the latest entertainment news.

1:05am The Nice Guys 2:15am Take the Tower

9:05am 9:20am 9:40am 9:55am 10:10am 10:15am 12:15pm 1:10pm 1:15pm 2:10pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:15pm 12:15am

Digby Dragon Little Princess Shimmer and Shine Floogals Sunny Bunnies Jeremy Vine Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun 5 News Lunchtime Police Interceptors Access Home and Away Neighbours Last Scene Alive: An Friends 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Cricket on 5 Dirty Britain Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories Benidorm Brits Behaving Badly Old School for Lazy Kids

12:30pm Avengers: Infinity War 3:05pm Ant-Man and the Wasp 5:05pm Shanghai Noon 7:00pm Shanghai Knights 9:00pm Avengers: Infinity War 11:40pm Ant-Man and the Wasp 1:45am Constantine

8:10am Zombieland 9:45am A Little Something for Your Birthday 11:25am American Pie: Reunion 1:25pm Juliet, Naked 3:10pm Crazy Rich Asians 5:15pm The Other Guys 7:05pm Friends with Benefits 9:00pm Juliet, Naked 10:45pm Crazy Rich Asians 12:50am The Other Guys 2:45am Pineapple Express

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

7:00am

7:00am The Little Stranger 9:00am Eternal Love A New York twentysomething named Elliot lives with his best friend Nico.

10:40amDamsel 12:40pmSubmission Ted Swenson, an acclaimed authorturned-teacher, finds himself embroiled in a life-altering scandal.

2:35pm First Man A look at the life of astronaut Neil Armstrong, from his early days in 1961 as a NASA test pilot.

5:00pm The Little Stranger 7:00pm Damsel 9:00pm First Man 11:25pmSubmission 1:20am Overlord 3:15am Eternal Love

10:00am Football Years 11:00am EFL Highlights 12:00pm The Fantasy Football Club 12:30pm Football's Greatest Players 1:00pm EFL 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 SPFL Greatest Games 10:30pm SPFL Round-Up 11:00pm EFL Highlights 12:00am Football's Greatest Players

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Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize Good Morning Sports Fans Good Morning Transfers Sky Sports News Live Test Cricket England v Ireland.

Coverage of the second day of the one-off test from Lord's.

Live Vitality T20 Blast Cricket Yorkshire Vikings v Lancashire Lightning. Coverage of the match from Emerald Headingley Stadium.

Live World Golf Championships The Fedex St Jude Invitational.

Sky Sports News Sky Sports News

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Wanted Down Under Revisited 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm The Empty Housing Scandal 12:45pm Armchair Britain 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 The One Show 8:30pm Garden Rescue 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm A Question of Sport 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 New Tricks

7:30am Thursday in Parliament Highlights of the day's proceedings in Parliament.

8:00am Coast 9:00am Gardeners' World 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 2:00pm Curious Creatures 2:30pm Getting the Builders in 3:15pm The Wonder of Animals 3:45pm Victorian Farm 4:45pm Swimming: World Championships 6:15pm Antiques Road Trip 7:00pm Celebrity Eggheads 7:30pm Best House in Town 8:00pm Hidden Wales with Will Millard 9:00pm Gardeners' World 10:00pm Natural World 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight 12:00am Weather 12:05amThe Boy in the Striped Pyjamas 1:35am Panorama

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

8:30pm BBC Proms 2019 11:00pm David Bowie and the Story of Ziggy Stardust 12:00am BBC Proms 2019 1:10am Top of the Pops: 1988 Gary Davies and Simon Mayo present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 7 April 1988 and featuring Taylor Dayne, Fleetwood Mac, Glen Goldsmith, Hazell Dean, Natalie Cole, AC/DC, Pebbles, Scott Fitzgerald, Pet Shop Boys and Jellybean featuring Adele Bertei.

1:40am Peaky Blinders 2:40am Peaky Blinders 3:40am Peaky Blinders

7:25am Cheers 8:20am King of Queens 9:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:10am Frasier 10:40am Frasier 11:10am The Big Bang Theory 11:35am The Big Bang Theory 12:00pm The Simpsons 12:30pm The Simpsons 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 Come Dine with Me 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Crystal Maze 10:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 11:00pm The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan 12:05am Shipmates O' Mine 1:05am Dracula Untold 2:35am Undercover Boss USA

Top Wing Paw Patrol Digby Dragon Little Princess Shimmer and Shine Floogals Sunny Bunnies Jeremy Vine Bargain-Loving Brits in Blackpool 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Police Interceptors 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm A Wife's Suspicion 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 Secrets of the Factories 10:00pm Celebrity 5 Go Barging 11:00pm13 Reasons Why: The Making of Freddie Mercury 12:35am Lip Sync Battle UK 1:05am Cricket on 5

7:00am Hollyoaks 8:00am Rules of Engagement 9:00am How I Met Your Mother 10:00am Melissa & Joey 11:00am Black-Ish 12:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1:00pm Young Sheldon 2:00pm The Big Bang Theory 3:00pm Melissa & Joey 4:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine Jake and Amy investigate a difficult case in which two witnesses are saying different things.

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 10:00pmLet's be Cops 12:05am Rick and Morty 1:10am The Eric Andre Show 1:40am The Big Bang Theory

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 9:00pm Rescue: River Deep, Mountain High 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Lethal Weapon 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pmLethal Weapon 2

7:00am The Planet's Funniest Animals 7:20am Judge Rinder 8:10am Dinner Date 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Emmerdale 10:00am You've Been Framed!

10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:25am Superstore 11:50am Superstore 12:15pm Dress to Impress 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm 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 10:00pm Love Island 11:05pm Celebrity Juice 11:50pm Family Guy 12:50am American Dad!

7:00am 7:25am 7:55am 9:00am 9:50am 10:25am 11:00am 11:30am

7:50am 8:45am 9:45am 10:50am 12:00pm

1:00pm The Top Ten Show 1:15pm The Meg 3:20pm Jason Statham on The Transporter 3:25pm The Transporter 5:10pm Jason Statham on The Transporter 2 5:15pm Transporter 2 7:00pm Death Race 9:00pm The Meg 11:00pmSnatch 12:55am Jason Statham on The Transporter

7:00am The Little Stranger 8:55am Damsel 10:50am First Man 1:20pm Johnny English Strikes Again 3:00pm Eternal Love A New York twentysomething named Elliot lives with his best friend Nico.

4:40pm The Little Stranger 6:35pm First Man A look at the life of astronaut Neil Armstrong, from his early days in 1961 as a NASA test pilot.

9:00pm Johnny English Strikes Again 10:45pm The Top Ten Show 11:00pm Overlord 1:00am Submission

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 5:30pm 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 Championship Season Review 11:00pm EFL Highlights 12:00am Football's Greatest Players 12:30am Football's Greatest Players

1:40pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 3:50pm 4:20pm 6:25pm

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 Coronation Street Coronation Street Agatha Christie's Marple Downton Abbey The wedding approaches and excitement is in the air, but Branson's plans could rattle everyone Murder, She Wrote Lewis Foyle's War

The Professionals Kojak Quincy, M.E. The Sweeney Tour de France Highlights 1:00pm River Monsters 1:30pm Tour de France Live 6:00pm The Professionals 7:00pm The Car Chasers 7:30pm The Car Chasers 8:00pm Tour de France Highlights 9:00pm Road Racing Series The Southern 100.

Action from the prestigious event at the Billown Circuit on the Isle of Man. 10:00pm Road Racing Series 11:00pmUnder Siege A US battleship on its way to be decommissioned is the target for a ruthless gang of terrorists.

12:05am FYI Daily 12:10amUnder Siege

8:40am 8:55am 9:05am 9:20am 9:40am 9:55am 10:10am 10:15am 12:15pm

8:20am The Object of My Affection 10:20am Forces of Nature 12:10pm Fun with Dick and Jane 1:45pm Life of the Party 3:35pm Blockers 5:25pm Meet the Parents 7:20pm Bean 9:00pm Life of the Party 11:00pm Blockers 12:45am Role Models 2:30am Hot Tub Time Machine

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10:30am 12:00pm

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Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize Good Morning Sports Fans Good Morning Sports Fans Good Morning Transfers Featuring a roundup of the latest football transfer news.

Live Formula 1 Live Test Cricket England v Ireland.

Coverage of the third day of the one-off test from Lord's.

Live Women's Ashes England v Australia.

Live World Golf Championships Sky Sports News

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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 Live Challenge Cup Rugby League 5:00pm Escape to the Country 5:45pm Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers 6:15pm Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 7:35pm BBC News 7:45pm BBC London News; Weather 7:50pm Weather 7:55pm Who Dares Wins 8:35pm Pointless 9:25pm Casualty 10:15pm Killing Eve 11:00pm BBC News 11:15pm Weather 11:20pm Avengers: Age of Ultron 1:30am Now is Good

7:30am All Over the Place 8:00am The Dog Ate My Homework 8:30am The Dengineers 9:00am Mustangs FC 9:25am Deadly Top 10 9:55am Shaun the Sheep 11:30am The Wonder of Animals 12:00pm Monkey Planet 1:00pm Sport Relief 2019 2:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Best of British 2:45pm Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 3:15pm Flog It! 4:00pm Swimming: World Championships 5:00pm Live Challenge Cup Rugby League 7:30pm The Repair Shop 8:00pm Proms Encore 8:30pm Natural World 9:30pm Dad's Army 10:00pm A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy 11:00pm Atlanta 12:00amMidnight Special

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8:55am 9:25am 9:30am 10:25am

1:05pm Catchphrase 2:05pm Ninja Warrior UK 3:00pm You've Been Framed!

3:55pm You've Been Framed!

4:25pm Dr. Seuss' the Lorax 5:25pm FYI Daily A round-up of the latest entertainment news.

5:30pm Dr. Seuss' the Lorax 6:10pm Two Weeks Notice An idealistic lawyer catches the attention of a real-estate tycoon, who offers her a job.

7:10pm FYI Daily 7:15pm Two Weeks Notice 8:15pm Jurassic Park III 9:15pm FYI Daily 9:20pm Jurassic Park III 10:00pm Love Island 11:05pm Shopping with Keith Lemon 11:35pm Family Guy 12:05am Family Guy 12:30am Family Guy

7:00am 7:50am 9:25am 11:40am

Milo Murphy's Law ITV News The Sara Cox Show Saturday Morning with James Martin 12:35pm John and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen 1:35pm Save Money: Lose Weight 2:05pm ITV News and Weather 2:24pm ITV London Weather 2:25pm ITV Racing Live 5:00pm You've Been Framed!

5:30pm Tipping Point 6:30pm The Chase 7:25pm ITV News and Weather 7:35pm ITV News London 7:45pm Zone of Champions 8:15pm Catchphrase 9:00pm The Voice Kids 10:45pm ITV News and Weather 11:04pm ITV London Weather 11:05pmDie Another Day 1:35am Tour de France Highlights

The Last Seabird Summer?

9:00pm Madame Tussaud: A Legend in Wax 10:00pm Inspector Montalbano 11:50pm Hello Quo 1:10am Sinatra: All or Nothing at All Up-close and personal examination of the life, music and career of legendary entertainer Frank S inatra, told in his own words from hours of archived interviews, along with commentary from those closest to him.

2:10am Peaky Blinders 3:10am Peaky Blinders 4:05am Peaky Blinders

1:45pm 3:55pm 6:00pm 8:00pm 10:00pm

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The Royal George and Mildred Inspector Morse Agatha Christie's Marple Agatha Christie's Marple Agatha Christie's Marple Agatha Christie's Poirot Midsomer Murders Endeavour The young detective is suspended from duty following a recent case.

Lewis Feature-length episode.

Emmerdale Emmerdale

7:00am 7:25am 7:50am 8:40am 9:55am 11:20am 12:20pm 2:55pm

King of Queens King of Queens Frasier The Big Bang Theory Young Sheldon The Simpsons Four in a Bed Find it, Fix it, Flog it The team travels around the UK to find unique and valuable items `lost" in people's homes.

4:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Portrait Artist of the Year 7:00pm Channel 4 News Including sport and weather.

7:30pm Formula 1 9:00pm Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows 11:10pmTransformers: Dark of the Moon 1:55am The Visit

7:00am World of Sport: Last Orders 7:05am The Protectors 7:30am The Professionals 8:20am The Sweeney 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 6:00pm Monster Carp 7:00pm River Monsters 7:30pm River Monsters 8:00pm Tour de France Highlights 9:00pm The Incredible Hulk A bungled experiment causes a scientist to turn into a monster whenever he gets angry.

10:10pm FYI Daily 10:15pmThe Incredible Hulk 11:15pmThe Departed 12:25am FYI Daily 12:30amThe Departed

7:45am 7:55am 8:10am 8:20am 8:40am 8:55am 9:10am 9:30am 9:45am 9:55am 10:05am 10:20am 10:35am 11:00am 11:30am 1:25pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 8:55pm 9:00pm 12:00am

Bob the Builder Fireman Sam Thomas & Friends Noddy: Toyland Detective Digby Dragon Peppa Pig Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Paw Patrol Nella the Princess Knight Wissper Pirata & Capitano Floogals Sunny Day Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Police Interceptors Friends My Houseful of Animals The Great Yorkshire Show Live Drain the Oceans Cricket on 5 5 News Weekend The Railways That Shane Richie's Gobsmacking Ads

10:40amThe Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 12:30pmFast & Furious 2:25pm Dwayne Johnson on Fast & Furious 5 2:30pm Fast and Furious Five 4:45pm Fast & Furious 6 7:00pm The Fast and the Furious 9:00pm 2 Fast 2 Furious 11:00pmThe Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 1:00am Fast & Furious

9:50am You Don't Mess with the Zohan 11:50amNight School 1:50pm Superbad 3:50pm Bruce Almighty 5:40pm Johnny English Strikes Again 7:20pm Mr Bean's Holiday 9:00pm Night School 11:00pmJohnny English Strikes Again 12:35amSuperbad 2:35am Ghostbusters

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1:10pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:25pm 4:55pm 5:25pm 6:15pm 8:15pm 10:00pm 11:55pm 12:55am 1:55am

Speechless The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Small Soldiers A hi-tech computer chip has a bizarre effect on a squad of toy soldiers, causing mayhem for their owner as the miniature marauders engage in a series of scaled-down skirmishes.

Rude(Ish) Tube The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Madagascar Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story Gogglebox Gogglebox First Dates

7:00am Eternal Love A New York twentysomething named Elliot lives with his best friend Nico.

8:45am The Little Stranger 10:45am Yesterday: Special 11:15am Smallfoot 1:00pm Johnny English Strikes Again 2:45pm First Man 5:10pm Damsel 7:15pm Smallfoot A village of Yetis lives on the top of a mountain in the Himalayas, hidden away from sight.

9:00pm Johnny English Strikes Again A sinister cyber attack reveals the identity of all active undercover agents in Britain.

10:35pmFirst Man 1:00am The Little Stranger

SATURDAY TV

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Good Morning Sports Fans 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Live Rugby Championship 11:30am Live Test Cricket England v Ireland.

Coverage of the fourth and final day of the one-off test from Lord's.

2:00pm Live LPGA Tour Golf 3:00pm Live Formula 1 4:45pm The F1 Show A look ahead to the German Grand Prix.

5:15pm Live Test Cricket England v Ireland.

Coverage of the fourth and final day of the one-off test from Lord's.

7:30pm Sky Sports Tonight 8:00pm Live World Matchplay Darts 11:00pm Live World Golf Championships 12:00am Sky Sports News 1:00am Sky Sports News

7:00am EFL Greatest Games 8:00am EFL Goals: Championship 9:00am Football Countdowns 10:00am EFL Goals: Championship 11:00am EFL Goals: Championship 1:00pm EFL Goals: Leagues 1 & 2.

3:30pm EFL Goals: Championship 4:30pm EFL Goals: Championship 8:30pm MLS Round-Up Show 9:00pm Football's Greatest Players 9:30pm EFL Goals: Leagues 1 &2 11:30pm MLS Round-Up Show 12:00am Football's Greatest Players 1:00am Football Years 2:00am MLS Live

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Travelling with a medical condition?

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

GOING abroad? Stay safe with our Travel Tips for travelling with a medical condition.

Taking a trip when you have a medical condition can make the most courageous traveller nervous. But there’s no need to be anxious if you take some sensible precautions: Check with your Doctor: With some conditions, like cancer, heart, lung conditions; or if you undergo regular treatment; or have had recent surgery, it’s best to check with your doctor before you commit to booking a trip.

You don’t want to risk an emergency mid-flight or mid-trip. According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention the most common in-flight medical events include respiratory, cardiac and neurologic events. That’s a statistic you

TAKING A TRIP: Know how to get help if things go wrong. don’t want to join.

Get written confirmation from your doctor - verifying it’s OK to travel with your condition if it’s likely to concern the airline. Airline rules differ, but generally they can

deny boarding if they think your condition may require special attention or equipment during the flight, or be a potentially hazard to the safety of the aircraft or passengers.

A letter is essential if you have any

Globelink Travel Insurance: for people living in Europe.

Visit www.globelink.co.uk, or call (UK) +44 1353 699 082 or our Spanish link line 966 265 000.

Where are their brains?

MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION Views of a Grumpy Old Man IT’S the silly season and we know it’s important for Spain to have a strong tourist trade and, for many years before I moved here, I was someone who always came here for holidays with my family.

What I’d like to know is what happens to some of these visitors the minute they land? They seem to ditch their brains and manners at the luggage reclaim. Why would you want to bring wine and beer bottles down to a swimming pool and proceed to drink from the bottle in the pool and then get all aggressive when asked not to?

I mean is it unreasonable to point out if the glass gets broken in the pool nobody can use it? The list is endless.

Staying on the terrace of your apartment ‘til 5am making so much noise that nobody can sleep. Getting home at 3am then clip clopping around in your shoes, (mostly ladies this one) and then deciding to rearrange every chair by dragging it across the floor. All I’m saying is be a bit

type of medical implant device too.

Carry medication and bring extra supplies.

Whether it’s volcanoes erupting, severe weather, or your baggage going missing, we know that travel plans get disrupted. Keep your medication close-by in your hand-luggage and carry extra supplies as a precaution. Just in case carrying medication through airport security feels more like smuggling the crown jewels, keep a copy of your prescription, or doctor’s letter.

Know how to get help if things go wrong - Including your Travel Insurance Emergency Medical Assistance Contacts. Throughout most of Europe the emergency number is 112. In North America, Canada and parts of South America it’s 911.

Check if travelling elsewhere.

Carry medical information on you.

considerate and if something is said, just stop for a second and think about apologising instead of taking it as a challenge for a fight.

We also have a couple of apartments we rent and some of the things our renters come up with are jaw dropping.

One phoned this week at 11pm to tell us that the frying pan was too big and could we get them a smaller one because the big one took longer to cook things. Or how about the one that left the keys in the lock inside and wanted us to pay for a locksmith to let them back in and retrieve the keys.

One of my favourites is the couple that called at 3am because the electric had tripped. As I recall, I wasn’t that polite to them. And, of course, the ones that, although they are told to lock up properly, don’t. They leave windows open when they go out. They don’t read all the information and advice they are given and then wonder why their passports, money and other valuables, left on view, get nicked by a crafty little thief that is just waiting for the usually very intelligent individual to get his holiday brain on and to forget everything he would normally do when leaving his own house.

Happy holidays.

mikesenker@gmail.com.

Whether you wear a medical alert identifier, it’s good to carry a card with basic medical information, including condition/medication name and dosage/doctor details/insurance/allergies/emergency contacts.

Carry it clearly accessible and ideally visible. It’s critical if you are in an accident, or unconscious and can’t communicate.

Buy Travel Insurance. Declare your medical condition - Travel Insurance is essential, but if you have an underlying medical issue its more important than ever. NEVER withhold details of a pre-existing condition, or this could invalidate your Insurance and cost you dearly in stress and unwanted medical expenses. Travel Insurance is inexpensive, easy to sort, and could be a life saver while abroad.

It Ain’t Half Hot Mum… finally do yourself a favour by keeping yourself and your medication at the right temperature while away!..

Stay cool and hydrated.

Put the right planning into how you travel and have a fantastic trip!

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Pointless BBC News BBC London News Weather Countryfile Antiques Roadshow Poldark BBC News BBC London News Weather Imagine A Question of Sport Our Lives

8:05am Star Wars Freemaker Adventures 8:30am Marvel's Avengers Assemble 8:55am Milo Murphy's Law 9:25am ITV News 9:30am The Sara Cox Show 10:25am John and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen 12:20pm Midsomer Murders 2:15pm ITV News and Weather 2:24pm ITV London Weather 2:25pm Death Becomes Her 4:15pm Zone of Champions 4:45pm Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 7:15pm ITV News and Weather 7:25pm ITV News London 7:30pm Tipping Point: Lucky Stars 8:30pm The Comedy Years 9:30pm Vera 11:30pm ITV News and Weather 11:44pm ITV London Weather 11:45pm Inside the Ritz Hotel 12:15am Yorkshire Airport

SUNDAY TV

8:30am Countryfile 9:25am The Beechgrove Garden 9:55am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:25am A Cook Abroad 12:25pm Nigella: At My Table 12:55pm Talking Pictures 1:40pm The Third Man 3:20pm BMX World Championships 4:30pm Swimming: World Championships 6:00pm World's Busiest Cities 7:00pm Mediterranean with Simon Reeve 8:00pm Remarkable Places to Eat 9:00pm Animals at Play 10:00pmThe Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan 11:00pm Mandy 11:15pm Sorry 11:30pm Louis Theroux's Altered States 12:35am Horizon

8:00pm BBC Proms 2019 10:05pm Arena 11:05pm Captain Jack and the Furious Few 12:05am Schama on Rembrandt: Masterpieces of the Late Years 1:05am Britain's Most Fragile Treasure 2:05am Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble Documentary about the international musical collective formed by the acclaimed cellist.

3:40am Arena This profile, featuring an audio interview with Cindy Sherman, gives a rare insight into one of the most elusive and influential living artists. Contributors include Kim Cattrall and Gabby Hoffmann.

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King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond 8:40am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am The Simpsons 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Simpsons 3:30pm The Secret Life of the Zoo 4:30pm A Place in the Sun 5:30pm Coast vs Country 6:30pm The Yorkshire Dales and the Lakes 7:30pm Channel 4 News Including sport and weather.

8:00pm Formula 1 10:00pm The Handmaid's Tale 11:00pm First Dates 12:00amTransformers: Dark of the Moon

9:10am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:30am Paw Patrol 9:45am Nella the Princess Knight 9:55am Wissper 10:05am Pirata & Capitano 10:20am Floogals 10:35am Sunny Day 10:55am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:20am Access 11:25am Make You Laugh Out Loud 11:50am Friends 2:20pm Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords 5:15pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 6:10pm Rich Kids Go Skint 7:05pm 5 News Weekend 7:10pm Secrets of the Mega Cruise Ship 8:30pm Secrets of CocaCola: Top of the Pops 10:00pm The Wonderful World of Chocolate 11:00pm Britain's Favourite Chocolate Bar 1:05am Cricket on 5

7:00am Hollyoaks 9:30am School of Rock 9:55am School of Rock 10:30am School of Rock 11:00am School of Rock 11:30am School of Rock 12:00pm The Goldbergs 12:30pm The Goldbergs 1:00pm Young Sheldon 1:30pm Young Sheldon 2:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 3:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 3:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 4:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 4:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 5:00pm Rude(Ish) Tube 5:10pm The Big Bang Theory 5:40pm The Big Bang Theory 6:10pm The Big Bang Theory 6:35pm The Big Bang Theory 7:10pm Shark Tale 9:00pm The Crystal Maze 10:00pmMarvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 11:00pm Gotham 12:00am Naked Attraction 1:00am The Big Bang Theory

7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Sky Sports News 12:00pm Live LPGA Tour Golf The Evian Championship.

2:30pm Live Formula 1 All the build-up to the German Grand Prix.

3:05pm Live Formula 1 5:00pm Live Formula 1 Updates and interviews from the paddock area following the German Grand Prix.

6:00pm Ted's Notebook 6:30pm Live European Seniors Tour Golf 8:00pm Live World Matchplay Darts 10:00pm Live World Golf Championships 12:00am Sky Sports News 1:00am Sky Sports News 2:00am Sky Sports News 3:00am Sky Sports News

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7:00am The Royal 7:50am Heartbeat 10:00am Agatha Christie's Marple 12:00pm Love Your Garden 2:05pm Agatha Christie's Marple 4:05pm Inspector Morse 6:25pm Doc Martin The irascible medic decides to move out of the surgery to give Louisa space, leaving Mrs Tishell concerned he will not be able to look after himself on his own.

7:30pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 9:30pm Paul O'Grady for the Love of Dogs 10:00pm Tonight at the Palladium 11:00pm Vanity Fair 12:00amChicago 2:15am Barging Round Britain with John Sergeant

7:00am World of Sport: Petrol Heads 7:15am Motorsport UK 8:05am British Superbike 8:55am Brdc Formula 3 Highlights 9:55am Tour de France Highlights 10:55am River Monsters 11:30am Monster Carp 12:30pmThe Searchers 1:30pm FYI Daily 1:35pm The Searchers 3:05pm Never Say Never Again 4:05pm FYI Daily 4:10pm Never Say Never Again 5:45pm Tour de France Live 10:30pmThe Fugitive 11:30pm FYI Daily 11:35pmThe Fugitive 1:05am The Chronicles of Riddick

8:45am GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra 10:55amAlpha 12:45pmMission: Impossible Fallout 3:15pm Deadpool 2 5:20pm Charlie's Angels 7:05pm Upgrade 9:00pm Mission: Impossible Fallout 11:30pmDeadpool 2 1:45am Final Score

7:00am Eternal Love 8:45am First Man 11:15amSmallfoot A village of Yetis lives on the top of a mountain in the Himalayas, hidden away from sight.

1:00pm Johnny English Strikes Again 2:40pm Yesterday: Special 3:10pm The Possession Of Hannah Grace 4:50pm First Man 7:15pm Smallfoot 9:00pm Johnny English Strikes Again A sinister cyber attack reveals the identity of all active undercover agents in Britain.

10:45pmThe Possession Of Hannah Grace 12:25amSubmission 2:25am Damsel

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Emmerdale Coronation Street Catchphrase You've Been Framed!

The Flintstones FYI Daily A round-up of the latest entertainment news.

The Flintstones Yogi Bear FYI Daily Yogi Bear Hotel Transylvania FYI Daily Hotel Transylvania Step Up 2: The Streets FYI Daily Step Up 2: The Streets Love Island Love Island: Aftersun Family Guy Family Guy American Dad!

8:00am Social Animals 9:30am Electric Love 10:55amCrazy, Stupid, Love 1:00pm Crazy Rich Asians 3:05pm Meet the Fockers 5:05pm Drillbit Taylor 6:55pm Crazy, Stupid, Love 9:00pm Crazy Rich Asians 11:05pmMeet the Fockers 1:05am Super Troopers 2 2:50am Boomerang

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EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Goals: Leagues 1 &2 SPFL Round-Up A review of fixtures from the Scottish top flight.

EFL Goals: Championship MLS Round-Up Show A review of the latest round of Major League Soccer fixtures.

EFL Goals: Leagues 1 &2 A round-up of the latest goals from Sky Bet League 1 and 2.

EFL Goals: Championship Football's Greatest Players Football Years Football Countdowns

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Wanted Down Under 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Food: Truth or Scare 12:45pm Armchair Britain 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm 800 Words 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 The One Show 8:30pm Our Lives 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm Who Do You Think You Are? 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm Regional News and Weather 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm This Country 12:00am Have I Got a Bit More News for You 12:45am The Truth About...

9:30am This Week in Parliament 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 2:00pm Curious Creatures 2:30pm Getting the Builders in 3:15pm Best Bakes Ever 4:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Best of British 4:45pm The Wonder of Animals 5:15pm Elephant Family and Me 6:15pm Antiques Road Trip 7:00pm Celebrity Eggheads 7:30pm The Customer is Always Right 8:00pm Rick Stein's Road to Mexico 9:00pm Time to Eat with Nadiya 9:30pm University Challenge 10:00pmHow to Break into the Elite 11:00pm I Love 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am Tribes, Predators & Me

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

8:30pm Venice 24/7 9:00pm Life 10:00pm The British Garden: Life and Death on Your Lawn 11:30pm The Joy of Winning 12:30am Blackadder 1:00am Blackadder 1:30am Blackadder 2:00am The Ottomans: Europe's Muslim Emperors 3:00am The Art of Spain Documentary series exploring the influences on Spanish art.

4:00am Africa: A Journey Into Music

7:25am Cheers 8:45am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:10am Frasier 11:10am The Big Bang Theory 12:00pm The Simpsons 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 Come Dine with Me 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 9:00pm Dispatches 9:30pm The £1 Houses: Britain's Cheapest Street 10:00pm 24 Hours in Police Custody 11:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 12:05am Celebrity Gogglebox 1:10am Generation Porn

Peppa Pig Top Wing Paw Patrol Digby Dragon Little Princess Shimmer and Shine Floogals Sunny Bunnies Jeremy Vine Bargain-Loving Brits in Blackpool 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Police Interceptors 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Dying for a Baby 5:00pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Bermuda Triangle Enigma 9:00pm Traffic Cops 10:00pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 11:00pmUK Gang Wars: In Their Own Words 12:05am London Heist 1:05am Access

7:00am Hollyoaks 8:00am Rules of Engagement 9:00am How I Met Your Mother 10:00am Melissa & Joey 11:00am Black-Ish 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 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm School of Rock 9:00pm X2 11:35pm The Big Bang Theory 12:05am The Big Bang Theory 12:30am Brooklyn Nine-Nine 12:55am Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1:25am 8 Out of 10 Cats 2:25am Gogglebox

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 2:54pm Weather 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm Tenable 4:59pm ITV London Weather 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Ainsley's Caribbean Kitchen 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Long Lost Family: What Happened Next 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm Caught on Camera 12:45am Tenable

7:00am The Planet's Funniest Animals 7:20am Judge Rinder 8:10am Dinner Date 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Coronation Street 10:00am Coronation Street 10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:25am Superstore 12:15pm Dress to Impress 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 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!

7:35pm Godzilla 8:45pm FYI Daily 8:50pm Godzilla 10:00pm Love Island 11:35pm Family Guy 12:05am Family Guy 12:35am American Dad!

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7:00am Robin Hood 9:00am Doom 11:00am Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 1:05pm Skyscraper 2:55pm Rampage 4:45pm Death Race 6:45pm Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 9:00pm Skyscraper 11:00pm Rampage 1:00am Doom

8:40am Smallfoot 10:25am Johnny English Strikes Again 12:00pm School Spirits A teen relocates to a creepy small town filled with secrets and spooky activity.

1:40pm The Possession Of Hannah Grace 3:10pm First Man 5:35pm Smallfoot A village of Yetis lives on the top of a mountain in the Himalayas, hidden away from sight.

7:20pm School Spirits 9:00pm Johnny English Strikes Again 10:45pm The Possession Of Hannah Grace 12:20am Submission 2:20am The Little Stranger

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Coronation Street Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote On the Buses George and Mildred A Touch of Frost Heartbeat Emmerdale Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street Agatha Christie's Poirot Downton Abbey Murder, She Wrote Doc Martin Doc Martin Foyle's War A Touch of Frost

Only When I Laugh The Saint Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals The Saint Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Professionals The Sweeney Tour de France Highlights 9:00pm Made in Britain 10:00pm Benidorm 11:00pmThe Nice Guys 12:00am FYI Daily 12:05amThe Nice Guys 1:20am Brdc Formula 3 Highlights 2:20am Motorsport UK

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8:45am Nine to Five 10:45am As Good as it Gets 1:10pm Father Figures 3:10pm Shaun of the Dead 5:00pm Slaughterhouse Rulez 7:00pm That's My Boy 9:00pm Pitch Perfect 3 10:40pm Shaun of the Dead 12:30am Slaughterhouse Rulez 2:25am Little Man

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DEAR Ed Aren’t guests from home horrible?

We recently had some who came to us, knowing we had dogs, then moaned for the week that they didn’t like dogs and shoo’ing ours away.

We had another couple who would make themselves three of four cups of tea in our kitchen, every morning and wouldn’t even offer to make us one.

Another just left the air-conditioning on for the week, and in return for his free holiday bought us a menu del dia for the princely sum of €8.50 each. Big deal.

Then we had other guests whose dietary requirements left our kitchen smelling like a greasy spoon, all they wanted were good old fashioned fryups and then they complained that they only liked back bacon, as we only had streaky!

If you see a tourist at the airport, walking funny with a bit of streaky bacon hanging from the rear of his shorts, please tell him he left his sunglasses by my pool.

D Clarke

What if manifesto Dear Leapy Lee We love reading your pieces but this was utterly brilliant... we want to join (Issue 1776). Will you be Prime Minister please? There was not one little iota of dissent from us. Power to your elbow.

We love No 27 too... it’s all got out of hand... and we are too afraid to complain in case we say something to ‘upset’ someone with whom we disagree.

Power to the people!!!

Sincerely, June and Roger Davis (MBE) 83 and 85 respectively. We remember it before the present mess!

June and Roger David

Airing views Hi Leapy I read your column every week and 99 per cent of the time agree with you.

This week (Issue 1776) you have surpassed yourself. What I want to know is ‘Why aren’t you up for Prime Minister?’ As far as the population is concerned you would have a huge majority.

Don’t stop airing your views. It’s what sooo many think.

Name and address supplied

OUR VIEW Times a-changin’

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Not very welcome DEAR Editor Last year, I stayed on holiday in the beach area of Oliva. Lovely apartment, nice beach, great food etc.

But I do not speak Spanish and I never read a newspaper on holiday, so I was in blissful ignorance of what was going on that weekend, I was there.

I got up early as I could not sleep in the high temperatures and decided to go for a tranquil stroll on the beach.

Imagine my surprise to witness a scene, worthy of ‘The Game of Thrones,’ with boatloads of weirdly dressed warriors invading the beach, to accompanying gun-

Beach warriors

BEACH INVASION: Full of warlike cries! fire, fireworks and warlike cries!

My wife never believed me, accused me of hallucinating and insisted I stopped eating mushrooms late at night.

HAVE YOUR SAY

I then found out it was The Moors and Christians - I should have picked up a copy of your newspaper!

BRITAIN and Spain are going through some of the biggest political changes in recent months.

Britain got a new prime minister this week just over three years after Theresa May took over from David Cameron.

Meanwhile here in Spain, acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s future was by no means secure as he faced lawmakers in the investiture vote which began with debates on Monday.

Changes at the top in both countries come on the back of years of political upheaval, uncertainty and impasse.

Brexit has swept away all other issues to become the certain and at many times sole political issue confronting Westminster.

But considerable opposition to Britain’s departure from the EU and a delicate parliamentary situation has meant a solution has eluded lawmakers since the referendum in 2016.

Numbers in Spain’s Congress of Deputies leaves Sanchez and his left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) in a similar predicament.

Despite winning almost double the seats of their rival the conservative Partido Popular (PP) in April, PSOE still fell well short of a majority.

Those results produced the protracted coalition talks with the leftist Podemos and this week’s uncertain investiture vote.

Uncertain times make for interesting news. But while we focus on what happens in the corridors of power, we cannot forget their impact on ordinary people, including expatriates.

We hope that whatever the future holds London and Madrid will continue to look out for the interests of expatriates.

Now we want to hear your views.

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Sam Wright

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Man found wearing ‘stolen’ Rolex Many years ago I had friends who ‘lost’ something every time they went on holiday - watch, camera, Burberry overcoat etc. They weren’t even poor, they thought it was a good way to get a yearly update.

Jenny Dodd And they certainly weren’t ashamed. People got away with more then, 20 years or more ago.

Wonder if he’ll do time?

Robert Mitchell

They should have had their medals without having to ask for them, they are heroes. Xx Gill Reynolds

Court orders to give divers medals

Unskilled wages down to 20 year low

Cave diving is dangerous, so rescuing from a cave is exceptionally so. Of course they should be decorated for their bravery.

Jimbo Dikes

COMMENTS FROM EWN ONLINE

Very expensive to hire someone, add at least 50 per cent on top of the net amount the employee receives in wages and you have an idea of the cost of hiring someone.

The governments and politicians in general need to look

at ways of putting people back to work and helping young children find their first job.

Giovanni Messina Very hard for youngsters to get legal employment here and even worse for expats who don’t speak the language. Don’t think Spain has the right balance, it costs too much to hire people and very expensive to work for yourself.

Gill Reynolds

Jamie Oliver’s restaurant collapse Having worked as an accountant in the resort hotel business for some time, I can say there are people who can cook the beans and people who can count the beans, those two personalities rarely overlap which is why so many restaurants go under.

Erik Robinson

EWN online this week POLL OF THE WEEK After figures showed wages for some young workers are falling and that many are leaving rural areas, do you think more could be done to create opportunities for young people?

CORRECTIONS

113,882 *For week 18 - 24 July 2019

LAST WEEK’S POLL: Do you think England’s victory at the Cricket World Cup will help to boost the country’s sporting profile internationally at a time when Britain’s role on the world stage is being called into question?

Yes No

66% 34%

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An Island Parish An Island Parish Bargain Hunt Dom on the Spot Our Lives BBC News at 9 Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Curious Creatures Getting the Builders in Best Bakes Ever The Hairy Bikers' Best of British More Creatures Great and Small Elephant Family and Me Antiques Road Trip Celebrity Eggheads The Customer is Always Right The Repair Shop Inside the Factory The Chefs' Brigade Mock the Week Newsnight Weather The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan Horizon

The Planet's Funniest Animals 7:20am Judge Rinder 8:10am Dinner Date 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Coronation Street 10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:25am Superstore 12:15pm Dress to Impress 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 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!

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8:30pm Venice 24/7 9:00pm SAS: Rogue Warriors 10:00pmRevolutions: The Ideas that Changed the World 11:00pm Art, Passion & Power: The Story of the Royal Collection Andrew GrahamDixon explores how royal collecting has changed since the days of Queen Victoria.

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Poking fun at Brexit

BARRY DUKE LAUGH? I thought I’d never stop while engaging with friends Brian and Roberto in Benidorm’s Company bar recently. Over glasses of red wine and Famous Grouse whisky, tears of mirth flowed unchecked as we began fleshing out my plan to write a stage show called Brexit the Musical.

Rob su g g e st e d t h a t th e curtain should rise to reveal a giant hand with the middle finger raised towards an EU banner. ‘Terrific,’ I agreed, ‘and from behind the banner we could have Tommy R o b i n so n , N ig e l Farage a n d An n Wi d d e combe looky-likes emerge arm-in-arm and goose-step while si n g i n g ‘ I t Wi ll Be All White on the Night We Leave Europe’.’

We discussed ways of getting v a r i o u s c o m e d y stars and writers to engage with the production, which, we agreed, should be in the ‘worst possible taste.’ Just

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like the movie The Producers which featured the outrageous song-and-dance number ‘Springtime for Hitler and Germany.’

Furthermore, I suggested, w e co u ld th en h av e a staunch pro-EU character, say a Sir Vince Cable doppelganger, sing a version of a Paul Simon song I doctored a few months ago: The problem is all inside your head she said to me The answer is easy if you take it logically I’d lik e to h e lp y o u in your struggle to be Brexitfree There must be 50 ways to remain in the EU. She said it’s really not my habit to intrude Furthermore, I hope my m e a n in g wo n ’t b e lo s t or misconstrued But I’ll repeat myself at the risk of being crude There must be 50 ways to

stay in the EU Just ditch Theresa May, Jay Make a new plan, Sta You don’t need to be coy, Roy Just get yourself Tory free ...

The w hole ide a c a me crashing down the following day when I discovered that some smart geezers had already staged Brexit the Musical - in 2017!

In a review of the show at the Edinburgh festival, Will Hutton of the Guardian wrote: ‘From the first scene, where a Boris Johnson in Union Jack underpants realises with horror that Leave has won - ‘We will bugger the economy,” he sings - to the last, where he and his sidekick ‘Govey’ finally discover the plan that will save them and the country from ‘catastrophe,’ you are ever more uncomfortably aware that

BREXIT: The Musical. however effective a Brexit satire, it is trumped by Brexit truth.’

In calling for ‘a carnival of fun and mockery’ Hutton concluded: ‘There must be multiple versions of Brexit the M us ic a l mounte d in every pro-Leave constituency in the country, continually revised as every twist and turn in the story becomes

ever more incredible. ‘ Ever y ol d peopl e’s home, every ex-mining or ex-steel town, every seaside resort fearful of immigrat i on shoul d see t he show and laugh at Brexit. Let’s smile our way to victory and use sat i r e, t hat m ost British of reflexes, to consign Brexiters to history.’

Now that my Brexit the

Musical is dead in the wat e r, I ’ l l h a v e t o r e s o r t t o Pl an B and see whet her I can get the show staged in Spain. Heaven knows that there are enough blinkered Brexit-supporting expats here who need a dose of real i t y t o show t hem what horrors they are likely to face if leaving the EU ever becomes a reality.

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YOUR STARS FOR NEXT 7 DAYS AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) You have a chance to give someone great delight, so why not go ahead? Your insecure side tells you that it is too good to be true and there must be a catch. Why should there be?

This is a situation that you may relax into as only you know how.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Don't look for spooks in the closet when there are none.

Not only does it look silly but it wastes good time. Basing your actions on past disappointments can only lead to more of the same. Show confidence in others and they will show it in you. Sometimes, your patience wears thin but it is in your best interests to remain calm.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Is someone that you are closely involved with trying to drive a hard bargain? Are you surprised at the amount of time and energy that they are throwing at it? It could be that they are more passionate about it than you realised.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) You have been learning about certain people very fast. Do you feel as though you are in the middle of a soap opera? With the summer sun high, it is possible that passions will fire up. Everything seems to revolve round one person and it is upsetting everything else.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) This is your week to sparkle and show how clever you are. Why be modest? Let others know what you are capable of; your talents will come out sooner or later. Don't be embarrassed when paid a compliment, for it is richly deserved. You have put on a jolly good show of late and it is now time to listen to the applause.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Something that you had set your heart on, although still coming, is terribly slow. This is not a time to be a pessimist.

Please don't, however, allow your tendency to put all your eggs in one basket trip you up.

It is not necessary to go about things the way that you normally do.

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LEO (July 24 - August 23) You are moving on in an important area but do not burn bridges before you have others to cross. You will know why I mention this later in the week.

You are able to influence others far more than you realise, but with your wish to keep things on an even keel you may be giving away too much. You need to keep a balance.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Is there a chance that you are burying your head in the sand?

It is likely that something happening right in front of you is being overlooked or ignored.

You are able to deal with this more easily than you think. Just take one step at a time and stick to your plan. Simply telling someone what to do instead of asking them to do it can work wonders.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) This is not a time to take anyone for granted. At this time of the year people tend to look at their situation and ask if they are getting enough out of it.

Neglecting someone now could store up a lot of problems for the future. Avoid doing anything that could lead to you being blamed later.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Now is your chance to go straight for what you want. The shock of having this opportunity could cause you to hesitate. Do bear in mind, though, that he who hesitates is often lost. The temptation to keep something for yourself is not selfish but sensible.

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CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Challenges that do not please you are inevitable. That does not mean that your attitude towards them could not change.

Indeed, unless you want to continue to be upset, it must.

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Famous quote

Women’s wit

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I grew up thinking I was going to change the world, but not because I was treated like a special snowflake. It’s a silly label. People are starving. That’s the end of the conversation.”

Rupi Kaur, Poet

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Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carriers me along, but I am the river.

Time is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.”

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Cryptic

TIME

Across 1 Traded in spades of considerable age (4) 3 Prior ate out here in Africa (8) 9 Applaud bad actor somewhere in south-west London (7) 10 Enthusiastic first of entrants with new gear (5) 11 Sore feelings, in stomach especially (5) 12 Possibly suited certain taxes (6) 14 Please turn and slip away (6) 16 Was confused in her cable (6) 19 Reportedly, less polite food retailer (6) 21 Pores over ring edges (5) 24 Running assistant returns to summarise (5) 25 Sort of bun otherwise dunked in tea (7) 26 Part of Birmingham is hard to bowl over (8) 27 Flowerbed generally includes a border (4) Down 1 Prepared to caress Greek philosopher (8) 2 Drain away 50 each (5) 4 The solution is about me and the end of the comedy (6) 5 Entertainment nurse (5) 6 Feels sorry for river herons (7) 7 Care about size of field (4) 8 Good landlords providing spirits (6) 13 Somewhere in Australia small outlaw

tucked into cheese (8) 15 Fruit found in bed after nearly fourth month (7) 17 Consented to produce article on avarice (6) 18 King's broadcast in ruins (6)

Code Breaker

20 Al Capone doesn't have ale with chicken (5) 22 Puzzled because I sat for my portrait (5) 23 Whale heads for ocean reef, cruising around (4)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 16 represents V and 25 represents C, so fill in V every time the figure 16 appears and C every time the figure 25 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

Across 1 Quotes as a source (5) 4 Plant louse (5) 7 Tried (9) 8 Appraise (4) 9 Increase threefold (6) 12 Large wading bird (6) 13 Damage (4) 16 Double (9) 18 Attempt again (5) 19 Devout (5)

English - Spanish

Across 1 Battery (7) 5 Taburete (5) 8 Empinado (cuesta) (5) 9 Extranjero (7) 10 Llave inglesa (7) 11 To miss (fail) (5) 12 Sótano (como almacén) (6) 14 Tobillos (6) 17 Straight (without turning) (5) 19 Conejos (7) 22 Brújula (7) 23 Malva (color) (5) 24 Ready (prepared) (5) 25 Alga (7)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE

Down 1 Church singing group (5) 2 Farm vehicle (7) 3 Location (4) 4 Look up to (6) 5/17 Stew of beef or lamb and potatoes (3,3) 6 Avoid (5) 10 An innocuous or inert medication (7) 11 Confirm the truth of (6) 12 Alcoholic drink made from apples (5) 14 Infectious childhood disease (5) 15 Slightly wet (4) 17 See 5

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

Down 1 Kisses (5) 2 Uña de pie (7) 3 Madurar (fruta) (5) 4 Permitirse (6) 5 Cirujano (7) 6 To hate (5) 7 London (7) 12 Snail (7) 13 Aguacate (7) 15 Tiempo libre (7) 16 Patatas fritas (de bolsa) (6) 18 Peines (5) 20 Pump (water, air) (5) 21 Velocidad (5)

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Hexagram

The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (HIDING) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

AFRESH ARREAR CRUDDY CUDGEL DEARTH DIAPER FIDDLE GIRLIE HEAVEN HIDING (10) LINGUA RADIAN RAISED RANSOM REGALE RIDDEN SERVER SHELVE TEETER

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Astute 2 Update 3 Redtop 4 Figure 5 Routed 6 Ribald 7 Umpire 8 Inbred 9 Theist 10 Mobile 11 Retail 12 Speech 13 Attain 14 Mythic 15 Elapse 16 Nettle 17 Splice 18 Except 19 Assent.

Nonagram

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.

• Average: 22 • Good: 31

• Very good: 45 • Excellent: 58

SCORING: 4 letters: 1 point 7 letters: 5 points 5 letters: 2 points 8 or more letters: 6 letters: 3 points 11 points

Average: 16 Good: 23 Very good: 33

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Excellent: 42

empties mead made input lupin lute lutes lieu lies lips ampul amputee amputees dame damn damp pupil pups petit peps unmade upset bade baht bite bites habit hies tulip tulips tups thee these tees tithe tithes titi ties tbsp ethic pieties pies peptic beth beet bees beep beeps beset sept septic setup sees spun cite cites cities setups seep seeps

earn fair fare fear fern fire frat fret frit near raft rain rani rant rate reft rein rent rife rift rite ruin rune runt tare tarn tear tern tier tire tref true turf turn urea afire after antre finer fruit inert infer infra inter inure irate niter nitre refit train trine tuner urine uteri fainer nature nutria retain retina tinier triune unfair fainter inertia niftier ruinate taurine INFURIATE

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

QUICK Down:

1 Famous, 2/18 Run out, 3 Toga, 4 Daring, 5 Pretend, 6 Halt, 9 Glasses, 11 Assess, 12 Recede, 15 Dodo, 16 Tell.

CRYPTIC

ENGLISH-SPANISH

Across:

Across:

1 Sprites, 5 Relic, 8 Enlarge, 9 Orbit, 10 Ladle, 11 Tractor, 12 Ersatz, 14 Scarce, 17 Dead pan, 19 Evens, 22 Rider, 23 Apostle, 24 Eerie, 25 Retinue.

1 Chapter, 5 Enjoy, 8 Tirar, 9 Trigger, 10 Rescate, 11 Abeto, 12 Espiar, 14 Object, 18 Wrist, 20 Afeitar, 22 Seaside, 23 Twice, 24 Sleet, 25 Aderezo.

Down:

Down:

1 Swell, 2 Riled, 3 Torrent, 4 Sweets, 5 Rioja, 6 Lobster, 7 Coterie, 12 Endorse, 13 Slander, 15 Cheroot, 16 Unfair, 18 Purse, 20 Eaten, 21 Siege.

1 Catorce, 2 Atras, 3 Terraza, 4 Rotten, 5 Épica, 6 Juguete, 7 Yerno, 13 Private, 15 Breathe, 16 Terreno, 17 Maleta, 18 Wasps, 19 Twist, 21 Tribe.

App of the week Memrise LEARN to speak several languages with the Memrise language learning app. The app features lessons on Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Chinese, German, Russian, Arabic, Portuguese, Danish, Polish, Norwegian, Turkish, Dutch and English. It helps users connect with native speakers to grasp the everyday use of a language and also includes games and other activities. There is also a pronunciation guide.

QUIZ: AOTEAROA – THE LAND OF THE LONG WHITE CLOUD 1. Found in the forested and alpine regions of the South Island of New Zealand, what sort of creature is the kea?

2. How many stars appear on the national flag of New Zealand?

3. New Zealanders Barry Briggs, Ivan Mauger and Ronnie Moore were all individual world champions in which sport?

4. What is the name of the strait that links the Tasman Sea and the Pacific between the two main islands of New Zealand?

5. What was the name of the New Zealand born mountaineer/explorer, who, in 1953 along with Tenzing Norgay, became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest?

6. Which actor, born in New Zealand in April 1964, first came to international attention for his role as the

Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius in the 2000 historical epic film Gladiator?

7. Which New Zealand born film director is best known as the director, writer and producer of the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–03) and the Hobbit trilogy (2012–14)?

8. Which New Zealand born physicist is widely regarded as the founder of nuclear physics?

9. Which New Zealand supermodel was married to rock star Rod Stewart from 1990 and 2006?

10. With a population of 1,628,900, which is the largest city and principal port of New Zealand?

Not a lot of people know that… in 1893, New Zealand became the first country in the world to give women the right to vote.

Answers: 1. BIRD – a large brownish-green PARROT, 2. FOUR, 3. SPEEDWAY, 4.

COOK STRAIT, 5. Sir EDMUND HILLARY, 6. RUSSELL CROWE, 7. Sir PETER JACKSON, 8. ERNEST RUTHERFORD, 9. RACHEL HUNTER, 10. AUCKLAND

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

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1 First, 4 Depth, 7 Menagerie, 8 Urge, 10 Anger, 13 False, 14 Idle, 17 Stevedore, 19 Oasis, 20 Latte.

How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules?

• The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’.

They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

• Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms.

• No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice.

• No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

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

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BIRTHDAYS

CASIOPEA TUN lives in southern Mexico where she scrubs the floor in her wealthy grandfather’s home. But she dreams to break free from the confines of its walls and immerse herself in the Jazz Age which is now in full swing.

The dream seems impossible until the day Casiopea finds a chest in her grandfather’s room and accidentally frees an ancient Mayan god of death.

The god offers to grant Casiopea whatever wish she desires on one condition. She must help him recover his throne from his treacherous brother. If she wins then her jazz dreams will come true, but if she fails she will disappear forever.

Casiopea sets out with the god on a journey across Mexico’s cities, visiting Yucatan, Mexico City and the Mayan underworld of Xibalba in Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s God of Jade and Shadow.

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Matt LeBlanc, Actor; July 25, 52 nominations for his portrayal of King Henry LeBlanc became famous for his portrayal of Joey VIII in The Tudors TV series. Born in Tribbiani in US TV sitcom Friends. Born in Drimnagh, he was expelled from North Newton, Massachusetts in the US, he also appeared Monastery Secondary School for truancy aged 16 before going into acting. in the Bon Jovi music video Say It Isn’t So and featured on British motoring TV show Top Gear.

Harry Kane, Footballer; July 28, 26 J.K. Rowling Jacinda Arden, World Leader; July 26, 39 The captain of England’s international side Arden was born in Hamilton, New Zealand and grew up in began his professional career with Tottenham Hotspur in Murupara and Morrinsville. She was a senior member of 2009 and was named PFA’s Young Player of the Year for the 2014-15 season. Born in Chingford, he was top scorer both New Zealand’s Young Labour Party and of the International Union of Socialist Youth after university. She for the 2015-16 Premier League season with 25 goals. became New Zealand’s prime minister in 2017.

Kat Dahlia, Singer; July 29, 29 Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Actor; July 27, 42 Dahlia rose to fame on the back of her YouTube videos where she mixed hip-hop and rap to create a unique sound The Irish-born actor bagged two Golden Globe

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.

before releasing debut album My Garden in 2014. Born in Miami in the US, she began singing Christina Aguilera songs as a teenager and wrote from the age of 15.

Yvonne Strahovski, Actor; July 30, 37 Strahovski has starred in the TV adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale since 2017. She acted on TV shows in her native Australia before going onto feature in several US-made films including Killer Elite and My Mother’s Curse and in TV series Dexter.

JK Rowling, Writer; July 31, 54 The author of the Harry Potter series studied Classics and French at the University of Exeter and worked for NGO Amnesty International before publishing her stories. Born in Yate in Britain, she has written a number of other works.

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238 - Young emperor Gordian III is proclaimed Emperor of Rome by the Paetorian Guard at the age of 13 following the execution of co-emperors Pupienus and Balbinus.

1261 - City recaptured Nicaean forces under the command of Alexios Strategopoulos retake the former Byzantine capital of Constantinople from Venetian and crusader troops.

1588 - Fleet arrival The Spanish Armada, a fleet assembled by Phillip II to conquer England is sighted off its southern coast. The English navy attacks it during the night and chases it along the eastern coast of the British Isles where many ships are wrecked.

1794 - Leader death French revolutionary and President of the National Convention Maximilien Robespierre is guillotined in Paris after presiding over a reign of terror and a series of defeats for the French navy.

1803 - First line The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world’s first public railway, opens in south London in Britain.

Horses pull carriages carrying mainly coal, lime, corn, seeds, manure and building materials.

1949 - Taking flight The de Havilland Comet, the world’s first jet-powered passenger airliner, makes its initial flight. Its certificate of airworthiness would later be revoked after several of the planes crashed.

2010 - War leak The Wikileaks website published classified documents about the War in Afghanistan in one of the largest leaks in US military history.

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DVD Bowling to a victory

Move from the start word (NONE) to the end word (FELL) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.

Solution NONE NINE FINE FILE FILL FELL

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ENGLAND’S cricket test squad languished in the bottom rankings before 2009. But all that changed when a group of players worked their way up until they became the first and only English side to reach World Number One. Test cricket is known for its intensity, for being psychologically demanding and for its toughness. Only a select few have traversed the path of the sport to claim glory for themselves and their teams.

Several such players give their testimonies and tell their stories in The Edge.

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Forgive to heal JORIS PLU WE all have a need to heal who we are. It will make our life much easier to move on in a positive way. We know this. We feel this. Letting go of the negativity is something we all want. During our lifetime we have been hurt many times and we will be hurt again. You will begin to heal yourself when you let go of past hurts. Easier said than done you may answer now. But you can do this.

Forgive those who have wronged you. Have compassion. But first of all learn to forgive yourself for your mistakes. Or better, for your lessons in life. Then it will be much easier to forgive others, to start the healing. To take the next wonderful step

into your future.

You will find most - if not all - of the answers to how to forgive yourself within yourself. Life has already taught most of us the purpose of forgiving, the unique feeling that goes with it. Some say it is like a wonder happening to us. A great feeling of relief. Of letting go and feeling very good. You may be surprised how much you already know about this if you give yourself the chance to look deeper into who you are, why you do certain things, how you feel. Just take time to think about it.

From the day we were born life has been teaching us thousands of things, it never stops. The school of life has no end date. And yes, that is wonderful. We can make mistakes, make some more, make them into lessons and move on. It is a natural process. So keep on learning. As long as we do not deliberately hurt others, humans and animals. That of

Reducing appearance of wrinkles naturally

course is very important.

Some points to consider when you want to forgive yourself and therefore heal your soul: * Remember that we are all learning life lessons - so do not be too hard on yourself - be gentle with who you are * If you feel you made a mistake, learn to accept it as a lesson - look at it and decide how you want to deal with it and move on * Make excuses if needed, in the first instance to yourself * Have patience, whatever age you are, we will be learning all the time * Even when you feel you made a mistake twice or even many more times, it is ok, it is your personal learning process * Know that every one of us needs to learn everything in life… so in a way… until you have learned something, you can not know ‘Heal your soul first, then the

DELAYING wrinkles for as long as possible can simply be a matter of good habits.

The basic recommendations include using appropriate protection from the sun, not smoking, not drinking too much and never sleeping with make-up on.

It is also important to moisturise, hydrate and, claim some health professionals, feed the skin with antioxidants.

healing of t h e m i n d and body will follow.’ Zhi Gang Sha ‘ F o rg i v e ness brings inner joy and and inner peace to all life.’

Zhi Gang Sha ‘Healing is an art. It takes time, practice and love.’

Once you have mastered the way of forgiveness, a new fantastic world will open for you and for everyone around you.

FORGIVE YOURSELF: Heal your soul.

Joris PLU - Marbella - Malaga Life, Relationship & Move Forward Coach all info on www.jorisplu.com Helpline 24/7 - Phone & WhatsApp +32 472 401 611 - +34 666 030 428 Sleep plays a huge role towards the appearance of skin. Results show that those getting enough sleep had an average score of 2.2 and the poor sleepers had an average score of 4.4, with the higher score meaning the skin looked older.

After five nights of poor sleep, participants had up to double the amount of fine lines and wrinkles and a lot more brown spots than those getting a good night’s rest.

Getting more vitamin C may help to reduce the appearance of wrinkles.

A study of 4,000 women carried out in 2007 found that those who had higher intakes of vitamin C had lower levels of wrinkles and dryness.

Another major source of skin problems is thought to be stress. In 2015, researchers examined skin in 5,000 participants. Those experiencing high levels of stress had more itchy, scaly skin and rashes.

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HEALTH & BEAUTY

Keep cool TEMPERATURES are soaring and the heat can cause significant health problems so it’s extremely important to take care of yourself and those around you. Here are some tips for looking after yourself this summer:

HYDRATED: Drink plenty of water.

• Drink more water than usual and d o n ’ t wait until you are t h i r s t y. E x p e r t s r e c o m mend that you should be drinking almost three litres of water per day as a woman and almost four for a man.

• Avoid alcohol. Alcohol is a diuretic, so you will lose more water content from your body when you drink alcohol, so no matter how lovely that ice-

cold beer or gin and tonic looks, try and keep them to a minimum.

• Take a cool shower or bath. This will lower your body temperature, but cool rather than cold, gradual cooling down the body is far better for you.

• Use air conditioning or a fan. Common sense reall y, t h e s e i t e m s a r e d e signed to cool the air around you, but be warned a i r- c o n d i t i o n i n g c a n d r y the air, so make sure you drink more water when it is on.

• We a r l i g h t w e i g h t a n d loose clothing, preferably of natural fibres like cotton or linen.

• In the kitchen, avoid using the hob or oven during the heat of the day. Enjoy salads and cold food or a nice refreshing icecream.

• Avoid exercise during the hottest time of the day, including doing chores or work. Think like a Spaniard and have a siesta during the hot afternoons.

• Rest often in shady areas. Sunbathing is all well and good, but the best time is early morning or late afternoon when the sun is not so ferocious.

• Wear a wide-brimmed hat.

• Use sunscreen of SPF 35 or higher (the most effective products say ‘broad s p e c t r u m ’ o r ‘ U VA / U V B protection’ on their labels) and reapply regularly, particularly after swimming or showering.

We w o u l d a l s o s u g g e s t that you make sure others are not suffering in the heat: • Check-in on elderly and vulnerable neighbours during hot weather - twice a day is best.

• Never leave a person, child or a pet in a hot car.

• Check regularly on babies and toddlers and keep them out of the hot sun, particularly during the hottest times of the day.

Enjoy the summer sun, but keep yourself well.

Try our luxury golden treatment

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.

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SWIMMING is highly regarded as a great way to exercise and keep fit, particularly as it is a ‘gentle’ exercise that does not put too much pressure on the joints and legs.

For those that have pools, they might not be large enough for a proper swim, so maybe we should consider incorporating aqua-aerobics into our fitness regimes.

Exercising in the water is good for reducing arthritis and other joint pain and the water acts as a form of resistance, so strength exercises can be performed in the water without heavy weights. Aqua-aerobic exercise can help increase flexibility, balance and decrease bone and muscle loss.

Here we suggest some exer-

cises you can do in any pool, and you do not need loud, music or anybody shouting at you.

The exercise regime can be as simple as jogging on the spot or through the water from one side of the pool to the other. This exercise can also be simplified to walking back and forth in the pool. Aqua jogging will get the heart rate up and keep it up and is the perfect aerobic exercise to get the heart pumping and blood flowing throughout the body.

Another exercise using the resistance of the water, leg lifts, work all of the muscles in the legs. For this exercise, stand in the pool and lift one leg out to the side and back down. Repeat until your leg feels tired, then switch legs and perform the exercise on the other leg. Not only

The white stuff FROM almond to oat and coconut to pea, plant-based milk alternatives are causing something of a stir, as latest research from Mintel reveals Brits are branching out in their milk tastes for health and ethical reasons.

Almost a quarter (23 per cent) of British people used plant-based milk alternatives in the three months to February 2019, up from 19 per cent in 2018.

Some 26 per cent of women enjoy the vegan options and 33 per cent of 16-24’s opt for these varieties.

does this exercise work the legs, it also improves balance and strengthens your core.

Water push-ups are a great way to build arm, chest, and shoulder strength. Stand along the side of the pool and place your hands a little wider than shoulder-width apart on the edge of the pool. Bend your arms and lean in towards the wall, then push yourself back out.

For the more energetic, jumping jacks activate the muscles in your arms and legs while incorporating a leaping motion to get your heart rate going. Stand in chest level water with your feet together and your arms at your side. Simultaneously bring your legs apart and your arms over your head as you jump in the air.

Then, jump again and return your arms and legs to your side.

Even simply treading water helps elevate your heart rate without putting undue pressure on your joints and burns a great deal of calories.

Water aerobic exercises offer a great alternative to traditional gum exercise. Perform the exercises at least three times a week to get the full health benefits.

As always, it is best to consult a doctor before starting any new fitness regime.

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WATER WORK-OUT: Aqua aerobic class.

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The Jacksons LIVE! FIFTY years after the launch of their careers in show business, the remaining four Jackson brothers are celebrating with a spectacular world tour. And we’re delighted to report that on Friday August 9, Jermaine, Tito, Jackie and Marlon will be at the Eras de la Sal Stadium in Torrevieja (that’s just a one- hour drive south of Benidorm) for a one-off remarkable performance!

The Jacksons, previously the Jackson 5, are to this day one of the most notorious family pop bands. They, and especially Michael Jackson, have been repeatedly credited for changing the world of pop forever.

Even though the band’s success had an unquestionable downfall after Michael left to pursue his solo career, it is wonderful to now see arenas full of excitement and anticipation half a century after their rise.

Recent concerts throughout the world have been absolute sell outs as people continue to enjoy the boy’s renditions of I Have a Feeling, Blame it on

the Boogie and Enjoy This is your chance Yourself. The same to see firsthand all the dance original moves from moves and costume changes half a century ago are of one of the greatest Pop and performed live on Motown Super Groups in stage by the slightly the History of Music! more aged singers in outfits just as bedazzling as in the old days, if not a little less flared.

Reviews of the tour are declaring that the Jacksons are still as impressive as they ever were and their moves and infinite energy never fails to raise the entire audience on to its feet. More so, vocally the critics say the four are as strong as ever and some have even said that they prefer the newer renditions of some of their hits, to those performed in soft, children’s voices.

The concerts are very personal and heartfelt with numerous pauses taken for montages of old pictures and videos of the brothers showing a lifetime’s worth of work and accomplishments.

The Jacksons play the Eras de la Sal Stadium in Torrevieja on Friday August 9.

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Beckham in Mallorca ON HIS WAY: Beckham is heading to Mallorca.

FOOTBALL legend David Beckham is reported to be arriving in Mallorca for some time during the summer. Beckham’s father, who shares his name with the star, owns a house in Mallorca and has spent a lot of time there over the years. David and his family have spent time here before when they stayed on occasion at the Hotel Victoria in Palma during his days at Real Madrid. It is unknown at this time whether Victoria and the children will be joining him.

Queen of Spain shops just like the rest of us QUEEN LETIZIA of Spain, the wife of King Felipe VI, has shown that to buy style you don’t have to spend a fortune. The Spanish royal has a supposed net worth of around €8 million, but during a recent visit to Zarzuela Palace she was spotted wearing a dress from high street retailer Zara which is currently on sale for €19.99.

Since the photo was revealed on Instagram, the retailer has been inundated for requests for the dress and stock has been flying off the shelves.

Queen Letizia wearing the €20 high street dress.

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Max George’s Marbella trip with Stacey Giggs THE Wanted singer, Max George and former WAG Stacey Giggs are holidaying together in Marbella.

The couple confirmed their relationship earlier this year. They shared a cosy selfie on Instagram with Max’s thousands of followers when they were in Ibiza.

Their latest trip to the Costa del Sol looks like the pair are still very much in the honeymoon COUPLE: Loved up. period. They have been seen laughing and holding hands while sipping on drinks in a casual, comfortable setting.

Max wore a fresh white t-shirt with his dark shorts and shades. New girlfriend, Stacey, matched him by covering her striped bikini with some little denim shorts and a black cover-up.

This relationship comes three years after the official divorce of Stacey and ex-husband Ryan Giggs. During the course of their 10-year marriage, Ryan was reportedly involved in many affairs, one of which spanned eight years with his brother’s wife, Natasha.

Max was previously engaged to Michelle Keegan, but claims the reason for their split back in 2013 was due to his drink problems.

CREDIT: Max George Instagram

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Concert against bullying THIS coming Saturday, July 27 there will be a concert featuring piano and opera at the Casa de Cultura in Calpe.

Artists appearing in the show which starts at 9pm a re A g a t h a M a r t í n e z S o r i a (Soprano), Margarita Orte (Mezzosoprano) and Alba

Sansano (Pianist).

Entry is €10 in aid of the charity Asociación Española para la Prevención del Acoso Escolar.

Agatha Martínez Soria

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Taste of Italy BOWLERS’ PRIVATE DINING

!!Dani’s weekly food tip!!

FOR our Italian food lovers out there, here is a simple and easy recipe to follow If you want to and a great combination know if your oil is with last week’s meatball hot enough for recipe. Focaccia is a flat frying then stick oven-baked Italian bread a wooden skewer product similar in style and or spoon in the texture to pizza dough. oil. If bubbles Focaccia can be used as form around the a side to many meals or as wood/spoon, sandwich bread. Focaccia then you are Follow Dani Bowler: al rosmarino is a common good to go. Don’t focaccia style in Italian instagram: Dani.bowler fry unless the oil cuisine that may be served is hot first!

Web: www.danibowler.com as an antipasti or appetizer. well with pasta, salad or even just to dip If you don’t have a bread maker at into some olive oil. home then don’t worry as you don’t need If you’re not a tomato fan, then be one. This simple focaccia recipe is fun to adventurous and come up with your own make and tastes great. It’s the kind of topping such as pesto, herbs, garlic or thing you can get excited about vegetables! making on Saturday afternoon, it goes

Sun dried tomato and black olive and Rosemary focaccia Ingredients 350g bread flour Plus extra for dusting 14g dried yeast 250ml water (lukewarm) 2 x tbsp of honey Olive oil Black olives (pipped) 2 x garlic glove (chopped) Sun dried tomatoes Salt (flaky for best result) Handful of fresh Rosemary Method Place the flour and half tablespoon of sea salt into a large bowl and make a well in the middle. Add the yeast and honey to the lukewarm water and mix with a fork. Leave this for a few minutes and slowly pour into

FOCACCIA: Fun to make and tastes great.

the well, mixing with your hands.

As soon as all the ingredients come together start kneading for around five minutes until you have a smooth, springy, soft dough.

Dust with a little extra flour, cover with a tea towel and leave to prove in a warm place for 30 minutes until doubled in size.

While the dough is rising, preheat your oven.

As soon as the dough has risen, pound it then place on a baking tray (cover the tray with olive oil) and spread the dough out to cover the tray. Push down roughly on top of the dough like a piano to make lots of rough dips and wells, then drizzle some olive oil and add your chopped up olives, fresh Rosemary, sun dried tomatoes and chopped up garlic and lastly, a good sprinkle of salt.

Bake for 20 minutes on 180° or until crisp and brown.

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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.

Have fun, Dave Now to end of August The are a number of free activities every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at the Cala de Finestrat for children aged three - 12 years. There is also Zumba for the adults. Details from the Finestrat Town Hall.

July to 28 Valencia holds its traditional Great Valencia Fair. The city organises a month of activities.

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 26 to 28 Biar, Alicante is holding its annual commercial and gastronomy summer fair.

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 27 Oliva, 9am. Open beach volleyball competition. 2 x 2 male and female competitions.

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 November 10 Titanic exhibition in Alicante. At the Museo de la Lonja del Pescador in Alicante open every day except Monday. Complete with a 1:30 scale replica of the ship.

August 1 to 7 Xeraco hold their town fiesta.

August 2, 3 and 4 Rotova hold their fiesta and Moors and Christians reenactments.

August 3 to 5 Javea jazz festival. Three concerts from some of today’s jazz greats. 10.30pm at Plaça de la Constituçio. Javea, see www.xabiamusica.org.

August 9 The Jacksons, 7pm. The original line-up featuring, Marlon, Tito, Jermaine and Jackie at Eras De La Sal, Torrevieja. Bookings : www.heatwavepromotions.com.

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 23 and 24 Ondara, inland from Denia, will be hosting its Jazz festival. Four concerts over two days, featuring woman jazz stars. Details on their Facebook page Col.lectiu Jazzdara.

August 25 to 27 La Vuelta cycling race will spend three days criss-crossing the region. It all starts in Torrevieja on August 24 then moves to this region for two hill climbs and a stage around Valencia on August 27.

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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Review Kia XCeed THE Kia XCeed is a new urban crossover utility vehicle (CUV) from Kia Motors that is said to combine the functionality of a compact SUV with sporty proportions and will be manufactured at the company’s European factory in Žilina, Slovakia, from the third quarter of 2019.

The vehicle will come with a guarantee of seven years or 150,000 kms.

The elevated body and driving position give the vehicle a very attractive robust image for the traditional buyer of an SUV. An infotainment system with ‘floating’ touch screen stands out in the dashboard, which, lower down, has a series of buttons, indicators and switches for controlling the volume of audio, heating and

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Based on the Ceed, one of the most spacious vehicles in its category, the Kia XCeed offers great roominess for the front and rear passengers. The height of the raised seat makes entry and exit easy and the crescent-shaped glass and the sloping roofline provide passengers with a bright environment and good headroom.

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by Tim Saunders “WHERE’S the gearstick?” I panic as I sit in the driver’s seat of the Honda Civic 1.6 diesel.

“You don’t need a gearstick,” says my son Henry (three). He knows about these things.

This automatic version has an exceedingly minimalist ninespeed automatic unit that takes a short while to get used to. Honda always seems to develop new and inspired futuristic design features that others follow years later.

Of course that design is also extremely aerodynamic, aiding efficiency. Look in the boot and there’s a sliding parcel shelf and there’s lots of digital jiggery pokery on the dashboard, some of which shows it reaching 80mpg during the test, encouraging economical driving.

I’ve just had a week with the considerably wider Jaguar EPace that felt quite clumsy in comparison to the smaller Honda. I also found the Jag’s interior to be very dark. Not so in the Civic, where there’s a generous electric tilt/slide glass roof.

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Honda Civic 1.6 diesel ground than my wife’s Vauxhall Corsa, and feels very sporty as a consequence. It certainly doesn’t feel like a five-door family hatchback and is completely different to the last Civic model it replaces.

It is finished in eyecatching Rallye Red and while the front certainly demands your attention I cannot help but feel that the angular front bumper could age quite quickly in this fashion conscience world we live in.

Just before I embark on a journey to Kent I must drop my wife off at the library to return a few books. After doing this there’s a persistent bleeping from the sensors alerting me to something that it does not like it tells me it’s underneath the car but this clearly is not the case as we make our way out of the car park. I don’t need this aggravation at the best of times and certainly not in a vehicle with which I am unfamiliar.

It finally stops as I leave the car park. Perhaps the cars were all too near the sensors and it

An aerodynamic design.

didn’t like it. I don’t know. Thankfully this experience does not repeat itself during my week with my sporty red friend and things quickly improve.

I am determined to stick to the speed limits as we head

down the M27 towards the A3 and the intelligent cruise control really helps me as it rigidly adheres to the 50mph limits often in place these days. Just as well too because we count some 17 police vehicles, many unmarked whipping down the outside lane

Facts at a glance Model: Honda Civic 1.6 i-DTEC EX 9AT Price: £26,620 Top speed: 124mph 0-60mph: 11secs Economy: 50mpg

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a f t e r speeding motorists, providing my back seat passengers with plenty of entertainment.

It is only when I have been driving for a couple of hours that I realise the seat is a little high compared to my wife’s. Lowering the driver’s seat provides a much better driving position.

Now it really does feel like a sports car. I begin to like it very much.

Usually when travelling a distance my wife insists on packing the map ‘because I can’t trust the sat nav.’ On this occasion she forgets. And I can report that we get to Ashford, Maidstone and Herne Bay without too much

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trouble. But there are issues. The main one is that the sat nav does not recognise the address of the new Travelodge in Ashford.

It takes us to the old one where the staff explain where the new one is located, telling us that we’re the second perplexed customer to ask that day. It’s not that difficult when we find out.

It seems this part of Kent is a bit of a nightmare to drive round.

Roadworks, traffic jams and a great many signs to navigate.

It’s a comfortable car, my wife enjoys using her heated front seat, but complains she might have to call 999 for the fire brigade to put out her hot bottom.

The position of the seatbelt points in the rear is good allowing us to make light work of installing our little urchins. There’s a good amount of space in the back and the boot is a good size.

Addled, as per usual, I forget to engage the childlocks on the rear doors but fortunately the rascals are well behaved and don’t try to open the doors while we’re driving.

The Honda delivers an enjoyable drive. It can be driven as an automatic or the paddle shifts can be used for a more engaging experience.

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MOTORING

LIMITED EDITION: Mini John Cooper Works GP.

New Mini John Cooper Works GP MINI and John Cooper Works engineers have revealed the camouflaged prototype of the new Mini John Cooper Works GP to the public for the first time.

The new car will be manufactured next year in a limited edition of 3,000 vehicles.

This car’s predecessor achieved a lap record at the famous Nurburgring circuit of eight minutes 23 seconds, while the new Mini has managed to stop the clock below eight minutes in a circuit of the mythical ‘green hell.’

A four-cylinder engine with an output of more than 220 kW/300 hp with the Mini Twin-

Power Turbo technology under the hood provides swift acceleration and a unique sound.

The wide air intakes, the large light-alloy wheels, the distinctive design of the front and rear skirts and the striking roof spoiler are some of the unmistakable features of the new Mini John Cooper Works GP. The car’s fascinating character is said to be based on the concept of using the Mini sports genes to develop an elite athlete that focuses uncompromisingly on maximum driving pleasure: a principle the new Mini John Cooper Works GP takes to a really high level.

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Morgan Plus Six IN its landmark 110th year in business, the Morgan Motor Company has introduced the allnew Morgan Plus Six. Further extending Morgan’s unique blend of craftsmanship and technology, the Plus Six celebrates Morgan’s timeless design, underpinning it with the newly introduced CX-Generation aluminium bonded platform and the latest BMW powertrain.

The Plus Six represents several firsts for Morgan, most notably the first time the company has utilised a turbocharged engine. The BMW 2019 B58 TwinPower Turbo inline sixcylinder engine which is the latest generation BMW engine.

A closer look at the iconic Morgan silhouette gives a number of clues to just how radically different the Plus Six is to any other Morgan models before it.

Subtle vents provide a hint of the raw power and performance that underpin the beautiful flowing lines of the exterior.

Make no mistake, whilst familiarly Morgan, almost every part of the Plus Six has been refined or redesigned, with less than 1 per cent of the 4,000 parts being shared across other Morgan models.

A completely redesigned cabin celebrates the natural materials used with Morgan craftsmanship, as well as offering

greater levels of personalisation than ever before. The new cockpit is more driver-focused and encompasses new technology, whilst also allowing customers more legroom and increased storage space.

The Plus Six is also one of the cleanest vehicles within the Morgan range, with the new engine producing only 170g/km of CO2 and a combined MPG figure of 38.2mpg.

A brand new but retro-looking removable hardtop is available, transforming this into a very versatile coupe.

ALL NEW: Morgan Plus Six.

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Record title for Toni Bou

CARLOS SAINZ: Finding form en route to sixth in the British GP.

Stability suits Sainz SPANISH F1 driver Carlos Sainz has been speaking about his current situation at McLaren.

With 38 points, he stands seventh in the World Championship, being the best classified outside Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull.

It could be said he has now established himself as the leader of the mid-table drivers.

Speaking to ‘Crash.net,’ he said that his good placing is due to the stability he has found at McLaren, saying he had never previously en-

joyed the luxury of a two-year contract.

He said: “In Red Bull I had a cont r a c t t h a t I r e n e w e d e v e r y y e a r. I think sometimes it underestimates the impulse for a driver to know that he is going to be in one place for a couple of years.

“I never had time to bed into a Formula 1 team. You could argue I was three years with Toro Rosso, but those three years every year in June there were rumours, things going on.

“I wanted to make sure there was

stability and no talk about my future and I could only focus on Formula 1 and extracting the best out of me.

“I think it’s the best way to perform as an athlete with a bit of stability. “ Yo u c a n s e e o n a m e d i u m - o r long-term deal how the whole team and driver works a bit more together.

I think you’ve seen it this year with a few drivers that it does take a bit of time to adapt to a new car nowadays in Formula 1, or to extract the last two-10ths of a car.”

VICTORY: Bou has now racked up 26 championship wins.

THE 32-year-old Catalan trials rider Toni Bou cemented his position as the greatest trials rider of all time after a s t u n n i n g v i c t o r y i n t h e s e v e n t h r o u n d o f t h e Tr i a l G P World Championship.

He held off fellow countrymen Jaime Busto and Adam Raga in dominant fashion to take the win by a massive 14 points.

His victory in Auron, France, brings his total individual victory tally to 173 since he began in 2003 and means he defends the title for the 13th consecutive time with one round to spare.

The Repsol Honda rider has now racked up a total of 26 championship victories during his career, including 13 indoor trial championships.

THE Irish have done it again at The Open this time in the form of Shane Lowry.

He used his local knowledge and held his nerve to withstand dreadful weather conditions and secure a six-shot victory over Englishman Tommy Fleetwood.

He posted a 72 at Portrush in Northern Ireland to win the Claret Jug on 15 under par. It was his to give away after his record-breaking 63 on Saturday evening, and he never really looked like succumbing to nerves.

Tommy Fleetwood finished on nine under, with third placed Tony Finau a further two shots behind as the chasing pack had to deal with the worst of the conditions.

Lowry becomes the sixth Irish major champion, after Fred Daly (1947 Open), Padraig Harrington (2007 and 2008 Open, 2008 PGA), Graeme McDowell (2010 US Open), Rory McIlroy (2011 US Open, 2012 and 2014 PGA, 2014 Open) and Darren

Clarke (2011 Open).

Lowry said: “I can’t believe it. This is not going to sink in for a few days. Walking down 18, I could not believe this was happening to me. I feel like I am in an out-of-body experience. I was so calm.

“It’s just incredible to be sitting here with a trophy in front of me. Look at the names on it,” Lowry added.

“I hit my tee shot on 18, that was it, and I started to enjoy it then. It was just incredible to walk down 18. The crowd was going wild. I tried to soak it in as much as I could.

“I didn’t even know going out this morning if I was good enough to win a Major. And look, I’m here now, a Major Champion. I can’t believe I’m saying it, to be honest.”

Lee Westwood and Brooks Koepka finished in a tie for fourth on six under, while Francesco Molinari signed off his year as Open Champion in style with a bogey free 66 to finish on three under par.

Spanish hopes were pinned

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The Irish do it again CHAMPION: Shane Lowry held his nerve to win The Open.

SHANE LOWRY: Fought the wind and the rain to win. on World number eight Jon Rahm. He entered the final day handily placed for a top five finish. But a four over par total saw him finish on three under for 11th spot.

A level par final round would have seen him take a share of third.

Afterwards Rahm said: “It was a mix of some bad shots and bad luck.”

He added: “I have the feeling of having played three different tournaments in a week. On

Thursday I started very well, I became leader, but finished badly. Friday was the opposite, then on Saturday I was in good shape. And today, on the easiest holes I was four over par and then for the rest of the round I made par. I don’t think many players have played par for the last 14 holes.”

Speaking about Lowry he said: “He’s a real champion. In these conditions of wind and rain, winning the tournament is something really meritorious.”

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RAFA NADAL and Roger Federer will play each other in a charity exhibition match in a Cape Town (South Africa) 50,000-seat stadium, hoping to break the world record for spectators at a tennis match.

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What’s wrong Bautista?

THE Aruba.it Racing rider Alvaro Bautista must be wondering what he has done to deserve the luck he is having at the moment coming into the mid-season break in this year ’s World Superbike Championship.

T h e r i d e r f r o m To l e d o started 2019 in record breaking fashion, taking 11 straight victories in the first four rounds, giving him a title lead of 61 points.

The title looked to be a foregone conclusion. However, the reigning champion, Irishman Jonathan Rea, was always closely on his heels, never finishing any lower than third place.

Rounds five, six and seven would see Bautista rack up three more victories but also three crucial DNFs,

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Can the 34-year-old’s luck change in the second half of the season? which lost him major ground in the title fight.

H o w e v e r, i t w o u l d b e rounds eight and nine at Donnington Park and Laguna Seca where it all started to unravel.

The UK races would see

Kawasaki rider Rea take three solid victories whilst Bautista could only manage a DNF, fourth and a third, losing a fistful of points to his main rival.

He would fair even worse in the American round,

with three pointless races for Bautista, but two victories and a second for Rea, who swept into the title lead.

This change in fortunes is record-breaking, a total swing of 142 points in just 10 races is the biggest in WorldSBK history.

Bautista’s second place is also not safe, as the battle for third in the championship is hotting up with strong results from K a w a s a k i ’s To p r a k R a z gatlioglu, Bautista’s Welsh teammate Chaz Davis and BMW’s Tom Sykes, threatening to enter the podium challenge.

As the WorldSBK circus heads for a 60-day summer break, who knows what can happen in the second half of what has already become a truly memorable season.