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Maritime hashish arrests TWO men from Nerja aged 24 and 26 years old have been arrested after their boat was found to contain over 500 kilograms of hashish. The Guardia Civil of Cueta intercepted the boat just off the port of Cueta in the Strait of Gibraltar after suspicions were raised prompting an inspection. The boat was located by the Provincial Maritime Service of Ceuta approximately 15 miles from the coast of La Cueta and was flagged as its characteristics reportedly matched the most common vessel used for drug trafficking. The half a tonne of hashish was discovered hidden between a double floor. They were arrested for an alleged crime of drug trafficking and placed at the disposal of the Guard Instruction Court
ATTRACTION: Artists impression of the new Dino Park.
Dino Park gets the go ahead in Rincon THE town of Rincon de la Victoria is set to become the location of Andalucia’s first Dinosaur Theme Park.
The mayor of Rincon de la Victoria, Francisco Salado (PP) sat down with the councillor for Urban Planning,
Parents threatened THE National Police have arrested a teenager after she allegedly threatened her parents with a knife in an argument over a money theft. The 15-year-old from Velez-Malaga has not been named by authorities but has been detained in a local juvenile centre to appear before the Juvenile Prosecutor’s Office on the charge of criminal threat. The incident occurred at the girl’s home in VelezMalaga. An argument ensued when the teenager ’s parents accused her of taking €100 without permission and spending it on clothes. During the discussion the teenager reportedly took out a large kitchen knife and began threatening to injure herself before turning the
knife on her parents. Officers from the Provincial Police of Malaga were called and an interview with both parties confirmed the facts of the incident and the child was arrested.
Miguel Ángel Jiménez (PP) and the head of the company responsible for the park Aprile Winterstein, to sign the ‘land grant concession’ which will house the new attraction. The Dinosaur and Tirolinas Theme Park will be located on a plot of land on the Victoria Park urban estate and is set to be the first of its kind in the region. Estimates show that the attraction will open up around
42 jobs in high season and inject around €3.6 million into the area. Councillor Jiménez explained the initiative is a “commitment to strengthen the tourism sector of Rincon de la Victoria, in addition to promoting the development of Victoria Park.” Leisure Company Paalwin Park SL has four months to present plans for the park and a further 20 months to start building work.
Aggressive patients STAFF of the Regional Hospital of La Axarquia united on Tuesday to denounce a patient who behaved aggressively towards a general practitioner. They also stood to highlight the ongoing issues facing health professionals in the region regarding problematic patients. The event in question happened on July 1 when a patient was receiving a diagnosis from the GP. The female patient persisted to record her conversation on her mobile phone, despite the repeated warnings not to, so that she could report the doctor in case of a misdiagnosis. This incident is the latest in an ongoing issue that the Medical Union of Malaga (SMM) is fighting to raise awareness of. The SMM are pushing for greater protection and security for the doctors in dealing with aggressive patients.
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NEWS EXTRA El Morche Festival CONCERTS of the singers Tamara and the duo Andy & Lucas will be a highlight in the Virgen del Carmen festival in the maritime town of El Morche on August 18 as the procession reaches its finale.
Bus ban THE city council of Nerja and councillor Francisco Arce have issued a ban on public buses from entering the Burriana beach area on weekends throughout August to reduce traffic jams and congestion for locals and workers during peak times.
Muscat taste THIS Saturday, the town of Iznate will host the 21st edition of the Muscat Grape Day to celebrate the locally farmed prize-winning grape. A total of 800 litres of wine will be offered as part of an artisan market.
Land sale A SECOND plot of land in the Tecnoalimentario Park Costa del Sol Axarquia has been signed over to the tropical fruit distributor Reyes Gutiérrez. A plot of 3,174 square metres, worth €411,000 was signed over to expand its facilities on the industrial estate.
PARKING WOES: Motorist found herself trapped in the car.
Unusual manoeuvres THE local fire department of Almuñecar were left baffled when they were called to a case of some very unusual ‘parking.’ The incident occurred on Tuesday morning in Torrecuevas when eye witnesses saw a 40-year-old woman trying to manoeuvre her vehicle into a car parking space. Somehow the car got stuck in
reverse and she ended up falling down onto a resident’s lower terrace. Fire crews were left confused as not only was the vehicle stuck tight, but also both doors were blocked, leaving the driver trapped inside. Specialists from the Guardia Civil, Local Police and local firefighters worked to release
the woman and remove the damaged car. The woman received only minor bruising in the accident but was taken to Santa Ana hospital in Motril for precautionary checks. The only other victim was a quad bike that was directly underneath the vehicle when it fell.
Exports flourish THE Junta de Andalucia has revealed that the growth of sub tropical fruits exported from the Axarquia area has experienced record growth in the past 10 years. The export of the region’s avocados and mangos so far in the first five months of 2019 has reached a record €200,000. This does not include distribution internally in Spain which is estimated to increase that figure by another 50 per cent.
According to data from Extenda-Andalucian Agency for Foreign Promotion, fruit sales have increased by 342 per cent since 2009 despite consistent water shortages in the area. In terms of overall Spanish tropical fruit exports, Andalucia represents 76 per cent of the nation’s exports, with Valencia contributing 14 per cent and Cataluña at 10 per cent. In 2018 the annual turnover for the Malaga region was €282 million.
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The white nights THIS coming Friday and Saturday will see VelezMalaga host the new edition of the spectacular ‘White Nights’ festival. The two-day festival is set to include activities for both nights, aimed at all audiences and focused to enhance the culture, crafts and gastronomy of the city. The city’s landmarks will be transformed into cultural activities such as photography exhibitions, flamenco performances, live music and historical tours. A competition will also be launched for residents to decorate the streets, plazas and their balconies with prizes given to the most beautiful. Children will also be invited to participate in arts and crafts workshops, showcasing the rich and cultural heritage of the area. The announcement was made during a conference with the councillor for Culture, Cynthia G a r c í a , t h e c o u n c i l l o r f o r Yo u t h , J H i p ó l i t o Gómez, and the councillor for Business and Employment, María José Roberto. The activities are free.
Beach recycling THE mayor of Rincon de la Victoria Francisco Slado will hold a conference this weekend to launch a new recycling initiative to be launched to raise awareness about the cleanliness of the town’s beaches. The Department of Environment of the City Council plans to hold the two-day event with different activities and information points scattered around the town. The plan has been made in conjunction with the Urban Solid Waste Provincial Consortium of Malaga and Ecoembes and has been entitled ‘Recycling More by the Sea.’ The event is designed to encourage recycling of single use packaging used on the beaches.
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THE TriGranada Circuit Triathlon will take place this September as part of the Championship of Andalucia 2019 in Almuñecar. The event, on September 7, will be organised by the Club Triathlon Nazari and has the backing of the Andalucian Triathlon Federation.
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Longer hours THE Municipal Office of Consumer Information (OMIC) has extended its opening hours according to an announcement by the councillor for Citizen Services, Javier Rodríguez. The change in opening times coincides with its relocation to the ground floor of the City Hall, next to the Municipal Office of Foreign Residents.
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QR codes THE New Civil Protection Technologies Unit of Rincon de la Victoria has trialled a new information and alert system in the city using QR points around the city. The trial took place on Saturday night during the Night Trail, and according to the mayor, Francisco Salado it was a resounding success.
Rescue chairs TWO new amphibious chairs have been issued to the beaches of Almuñecar and La Herradura to assist people with reduced mobility to enjoy the sea. The chairs were presented by the councillor for Tourism and Beaches, Daniel Barbero to bolster the existing inventory of four seats.
Charity swim MORE t h a n 3 5 0 p e o p le w ill participate in the eighth Traversia Brazada Solidarias Cliffs on Sunday, (August 11) in Rincon de la Victoria. The event will include three separate distance races in v o l v i n g r u n n in g a n d swimming in aid of water treatment plants in schools in Anantapur (India).
Missing girl POLICE are appealing to Rincon residents for information on missi n g t e e n a g e r A n d rea Sánchez Tarasiewicz who has been missing since Monday, July 29, after she fled from a juvenile centre. According to the missing report, Andrea is 1.60 metres tall, has dark brown hair and dark eyes.
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STUNNING: Riaño faces the Picos de Europa range in Castilla y Leon.
Best village THIS picture of a village in Castilla y Leon comes as it was recently crowned the best in Spain following a public vote. Riaño, in Leon Province, was n a m e d 2 0 1 9 ’s B e s t Vi l l a g e i n Spain after winning almost 20,210 votes in Cadena Ser’s contest. It beat the town of Frigiliana, in Andalucia’s Malaga Province, by more than 5,700 votes. Riaño and Frigiliana came first and second in the poll which saw 50 villages vie to be named
Spain’s best. Riaño lies close to Castilla y Leon’s border with Asturias in the north of Spain. It sits 1,148 metres above sea level and covers an area of almost 98 square kilometres. The village which stands today is known as Nuevo Riaño (New Riaño). It was built after the original village, which dated from the 18th century, was demolished to make way for a reservoir in 1987. The modern-day village is home to 474 people, according to the lat-
est census data from 2018. Riaño and the surrounding area are known for their natural beauty. It lies in the so-called Spanish Switzerland which is popular with skiers and for other winter sports. The village has been part of the Mountains of Riaño Regional Park since 2016. It lies opposite the Picos de Europa range. Riaño is also known for the Church of San Martin de Pedrosa del Rey which was built in the 13th century.
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THE fifth edition of the Demo Day in Rincon de la Victoria has showcased 18 different projects compiled by young entrepreneurs in the fields of business and innovation. The presentation was held in the House of Culture of La Cala del Moral as part of the Space Go2Work programme. Eighteen students took to the stage to present their projects all with a collective aim to encourage the employability of young people, women and the long term unemployed. “Attendees could see how tenacity, daily improvement and a constant spirit of improvement, can lead to business success” explained Fernando Romay, one of the featured entrepreneurs. The presentation also drew light on the fact that over the past five years, more than 100 start up businesses have been launched thanks to professional tutoring and group training, financed by the city council.
THE mayor of Motril, Luisa García Chamorro has welcomed the director of the Cervantes Institute of Salvador de Bahia and Recife of Brazil, Daniel Gallego Arcas, who hails originally from the Axarquia town. Arcas was greeted by the mayor on Monday morning as the director made his first official visit to the town in a symbolic meeting to spread the good word of Motril around the world. Daniel Gallego Arcas was appointed director of the Cervantes Institute in Salvador de Bahia six months ago and has worked in 22 different Cervantes institutes around the world. The mayor praised the director and emphasised his importance in visiting the area. “It is an honour and privilege to receive in the town of Motril a pro Motrileño with a very important position within the cultural field at the international level.”
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THREE young men in their 20s have been arrested for posting online a video of them allegedly abusing a young boy with a psychological disorder, all to gain Instagram followers and online notoriety. The video showed the group of men goading the boy to eat live lizards and verbally abusing him in order to promote their music videos. The footage was submitted to the Guardia Civil, who in conjunction with the Local Police, located the three men and placed them under arrest for crimes against moral integrity. They are also under investigation for crimes against public health as one of their Instagram videos shows them with a large pot of marihuana. The arrests come as part of the Grafipol programme in which the authorities are monitoring and reporting alleged crimes uploaded to social media accounts. The three men are due to stand before the court of justice in Malaga to hear their sentencing.
CHARMAINE ARBOUIN, the British Consul of the Red Cross, and Rosslyn Crotty, the British Vice Consul recently visited the Red Cross HQ in Velez-Malaga to learn about their campaign against loneliness amongst the elderly and other programmes that are popular with Englishspeaking residents in the region. The most popular programmes with the Englishspeaking residents feature in the ‘Plan for Social Intervention,’ which includes services for people who are extremely vulnerable, services for older people and those with disabilities. Overall, in Malaga Province during 2018, 4,781 Red Cross volunteers helped 38,211 people including the elderly, women at risk, immigrants and refugees.
AXARQUIA REGION: Funds will strengthen the coastal areas.
€12.3 million tourist investments THE Junta de Andalucia has announced that the tourist sector of the Axarquia region will be the beneficiary of over €12.3 million to help create plans by local entrepreneurs to boost tourism activity and strengthen the competitiveness of the destination. In a meeting held in Torre del Mar, around 50 businessmen met to discuss the plans and were made aware the investment was being awarded through four separate lines of aid. The delegate of Tourism, Justice, Regeneration and Local Administration, Nuria Rodríguez announced that the investments were
‘mainly for the development of the cultural offer and the promotion of the accessibility of tourist and cultural resources.’ As well as strengthening the coastal areas, the aid promises to work with the smaller communities to exploit their natural resources for the benefit of the tourist industry. A total of €4.25 million will be spent on these towns and villages that do not currently hold the qualification of Tourist Municipality. Rodríguez commended the investments and expressed the importance of the area to the rest of the country.
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Civil Protection HQ THE Group of Civil Protection volunteers have revealed their upgraded and modernised facilities with the aim of improving working conditions for staff and to help them provide a better service. The councillor for Security, Civil Protection and Mobility, José María Domínguez (PSOE), and the councillor for Infrastructure, Juan A García (GIPMTM) visited the new renovations to sign off the work and to applaud the work the group perform on a daily basis. The renovation work focused on the demolition of a toilet and the installation of a new access ramp. The new toilet structure made way for a full revamp of the office space and a full repaint. Councillor Domínguez, explained that the new facilities are composed of three offices, a meeting room, a transmission room and a room for volunteers. There is also a changing room and shower area, a warehouse for emergency equipment and an outdoor garage for the two vehicles.
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THE town council of Rincon de la Victoria held its first full meeting since the elections. During the meeting the new government team decided to create a new working group as part of the tourism department to focus on the Feria de la Tapa. This is seen as an inportant part of the town’s tourism heritage. It also threw Rincon’s weight behind efforts to have the Caminito del Rey and its surroundings declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO. It justifies this decision on a site some distance from the town by saying it
would promote tourism in Malaga Province as a whole, and therefore boost Rincon indirectly. The mayor of Rincon de la Victoria, Francisco Salado said the meeting was “a great start for the next four years of the legislature, which is key to the final transformation of the municipality. “We are convinced there will be a good understanding with the opposition in order to continue growing as a municipality. The government team will work to this end by reaching out to the opposition in all significant proposals.”
Avocado call AVOCADO growers in the Axarquia and Costa Tropical say that it is crucial their fruit is given a protected origin label. The Andalucian regional government said it is working to this objective, at a meeting with the Spanish Association of Tropical Fruit Producers, which represents nearly 500 farmers and is headquartered in Velez-Malaga. Achieving Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) not only for avocados, but also for mangos, is one of the sector’s main challenges together with improvement of water resources.
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS: The special needs group is staying for two weeks.
A warm welcome FORTY-SEVEN people with special needs from Madrid are enjoying a two week holiday in the Axarquia. A reception was held at Rincon de la Victoria Town Hall where deputy mayor Antonio Fernandez, the second deputy mayor and councillor for Social Policies and Equality, Elena Aguilar welcomed the Juntos para Jugar (Together to
Play) group. Fernandez stressed “the important work that the association has been doing for 30 years, in the care of people with intellectual disabilities and the organisation of cultural activities and leisure.” He added: “It is an honour that the association has decided to spend its summer holidays in Rincon de la Victoria, a municipality that works for the inclusive-
ness of the most vulnerable groups.” The group is staying at the Ecumenical Centre Los Rubios, in Torre de Benagalbón. Two of the group are Stefan Lopez and Jesus Lago, who acted in the film Campeones (Champions). They will be taken on trips to the Cueva del Tesoro and the Casa Fuerte Bezmiliana, as well as to beach activities.
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Prepare for horror YOUNG people in Rincon de la Victoria are being given a chance to prepare themselves for a horrifying time. Anyone between the ages of 16 and 35 will be able to take part in a free training course on horror make-up to impress their friends and maybe scare their enemies at Halloween. It is one of eight courses being put on by the town council’s youth department which will start from September and carry on through October, November and December. Lessons will cover a variety of subjects from the horror make-up classes to education in English to B2 standard and food handling. People can register for the courses at the town hall between 9.30am and 1.30pm. They will also be able to register on the town hall website in the near future.
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Day Fair in Velez THE pedestrianisation of the Plaza de Las Carmelitas in Velez-Malaga town centre has thrown a spanner in the works as the disruption will prevent the Royal Fair of San Miguel being held in its traditional place. A meeting was held on Tuesday with the mayor of the area, Lola Gámez (PSOE) discussing ideas of a new location to move the festivities. “The aim of the discussion is to know the opinions and impressions about all the attendees and to value the alternatives,” explained the mayor. She emphasised the fact that the final decision will not suit everyone. “I am aware that any change is always complicated and may not please 100 per cent of the citizens, we do not want to reach a conclusion unilaterally in any case and we want to take into account the opinions of all the groups, brotherhoods, merchants and associations involved in the realisation of the fair.” This meeting is the first in a series of discussions and the final site for the fair will be announced later this week.
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First month in office COUNCILLORS with the centrist Ciudadanos in Rincon de la Victoria held a meeting to recap over the first 45 days of governing of the area to evaluate their successes and goals achieved. The meeting, chaired by current mayor, Francisco Salado of the conservative Partido Popular (PP), looked back at a month of events including new inclusive activities, such as those held during recent employer celebrations and the Rincon la Diversidad celebrations aimed at promoting diversity and inclusivity. The first period of the new ruling PP-Ciudadanos coalition administration has been
FIRST PERIOD: Francisco Salado chaired the meeting to recap the first 45 days in office.
Alfarnatejo turns red THE mayor of Alfarnatejo, Daniel Benítez oversaw Gazpacho Day last week, a festival declared of Provincial Tourist Interest by the Junta de Andalucía. The event, now in it’s 19th year, has become a traditional part of the gastronomical culture of the village as it celebrates one of Andalucia’s most traditional dishes. The festival this year featured a live cookery class from the director of gastronomic projects of the El Pimpi Foundation, Samuel Perea. In total during the festival over 700 litres were consumed.
chosen to focus on equality, with three separate fairs taking place across the municipality, as well as the first exhibition of bonsai and Asian culture. There has also been an important forum launched for men to raise awareness in the subject of gender violence. Mayor of the Culture, Fairs and Festivals Area, Clara Perles also pointed out the recent Blue Area that was introduced at the Rincon Festival which “created an area without light or sound for the enjoyment of children with autism spectrum disorder, epilepsy, Asperger’s syndrome and any other sensitive group.”
Historical discovery
CELEBRATION: The village of Alfarnatejo welcomed over 2,500 visitors to its annual Gazpacho Festival.
FOR centuries the residents of the small inland village of Arenas had believed a small building at the base of the bell tower of the church of Our Lady of the Incarnation of Daimalos was the ‘Corner of the Souls.’ Legend has it that the site was the location for the burial of a priest who had a relationship with a neighbour and was murdered by her husband in the early 19th century. However, during recent construction works on the site to renovate the old Arab minaret, after demolishing the wall and the roof which were attached to the minaret, there were no signs of human remains or historical artefacts to reinforce the story. One discovery however has revealed the original door of the old Arab mosque, perfectly integrated into the existing walls of the minaret. The Minaret was declared a Property of Cultural Interest (BIC) by the Junta de Andalucia in 2004 and is currently und e rg o i n g € 6 0 , 0 0 0 w o r t h of repairs.
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THE WEEK IN POLITICS By Joe Gerrard SPAIN’S acting prime minister is once again courting smaller parties in the Congress of Deputies to secure support for a return to power after his investiture vote failure. Pedro Sanchez began by travelling to Valencia City to meet with representatives from the regional Compromis party. He was joined by the leftleaning Partido Socialista’s (PSOE) Organisational Secretary and acting Development Minister Jose Luis Abalos. Acting Finance Minister Maria Jesus Montero said ahead of the visit that Sanchez would keep ‘discreet’ channels of communication open with such parties. Sanchez’s current situation is a far cry from PSOE’s triumphalism following April’s general election and May’s local, regional and European vote. Although PSOE won 123 seats, short of the 176 needed for a majority, a deal with the leftist Podemos and a handful of smaller parties seemed like a
Back to the table
TRYING AGAIN: Sanchez is attempting to secure support. foregone conclusion. That, coupled with the rout of the conservative Partido Popular (PP) and an underwhelming showing from the far-right Vox despite forecasts they would bag several seats, gave the left confidence. But now the picture is completely different. PSOE’s talks with Podemos ran until the 11th hour but came to naught, resulting in the latter abstaining in two investiture
votes which Sanchez lost. That began a countdown for the acting prime minister to strike a workable deal and restage the votes by Monday September 23 or hold another election. Hence this week’s meeting with Compromis. The party has one seat in Congress, but Sanchez needs all the support he can get. King Felipe, whose constitutional duties include overseeing
indecisive electoral outcomes such as April’s, has said he would prefer politicians to reach an agreement before returning to the polls. Uncertainty abounds, but one constant is that the PP and the centrist Ciudadanos both remain steadfast in their decision to vote against Sanchez’s investiture come what may. Both parties have no doubt factored in the possibility of another election which could see the PP in particular claw back its April losses. But the approach is placing a strain on Ciudadanos. Leader Albert Rivera recently packed the party’s National Executive with figures loyal to his approach after a raft of protest resignations. Meanwhile, Podemos sources indicated they wanted to reopen talks with Sanchez. But their chances of getting a coalition offer may have narrowed since they rejected the last one.
Coalitions common POLITICIANS across Spain’s regions have overwhelmingly acquiesced to coalition deals to govern after May’s elections while their national counterparts continue trying to come to terms with the fractured political landscape. Analysis in Spanish media this week showed almost 40 million Spanish people now live under coalition governments at a regional level. Only four regional governments, Asturians, Extremadura, Castilla-La Mancha and Galicia are run by one party. The left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) controls the former three while the conservative Partido Popular (PP) rules the latter. Elsewhere coalitions, sometimes featuring multiples parties, are the norm. Aragon and the Canary Islands are both governed by four-way coalitions. Two or three parties tends to be more common, and the way they align shows who could be prepared to work with who nationally. The PP governs in four regions, Andaucia, Castilla y Leon, Madrid and Murcia, thanks to pacts with the centrist Ciudadanos. The pact struck between the two parties in Andalucia at the start of this year, including backing from the far-right Vox, has become their blueprint for achieving regional power. Elsewhere PSOE typically sides with the leftist Podemos achieving what acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez could not. It also tends to work with regionalist parties.
Poll tracker: • Partido Socialista (PSOE): 36.1 per cent, 137 seats • Partido Popular (PP): 17 per cent, 70 seats • Ciudadanos: 12.6 per cent, 37 seats • Unidos Podemos: 12.3 per cent, 33 seats • Result: PSOE largest party, no overall control
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Expats Guide to
Spanish Life
Organ donation LIVING in Spain can bring with it an array of issues which may not have been encountered when living in the UK. There are lots of things to consider, and we are here to help try to make the transition and life in Spain a little easier by compiling a series of helpful facts and figures relating to a variety of topics.
As of 2010, Spain has operated an ‘opt-out’ (or presumed consent) system for deceased organ donation. This addresses the rate or refusal of potential donors or their families in giving permission for the use of organs. The rate of family refusal in Spain is 13 per cent, compared to 37 per cent in England (according to the National Transplant Organisation figures - ONT). According to the ONT, Brits living in Spain are more likely to donate their organs than their countrymen back home. It’s not necessary to have a donor card. What is important is to let family members and loved ones know your wishes in terms of organ donation. Figures published by the Spanish ONT in 2017 put the country as world leader in donation and transplants, reaching a new record with 46.9 donors per million people and 5.261 transplants. Spain has been a global leader in organ donation and transplantation for the past 26 years. Broken down by organ, there were 3,269 kidney surgeries (up 9 per cent on 2016), 1,247 liver transplants (up 8 per cent), 304 heart procedures (8 per cent rise), 363 lung surgeries (up 18 per cent), 70 pancreas transplants (down 4 per cent) and eight bowel surgical procedures (up 100 per cent). According to the National Transplant Organisation (ONT), these surgeries are equivalent to six donors and 14 surgical procedures a day. In addition, Spain saw a new record in bone marrow donation last year, with 78,291 new donors and an increase of 196 per cent over the previous year. At this rate, the country could reach its target of 400,000 bone marrow donors well before the mid-2020 goal. In Spain the number of those on the waiting list was reduced to 4,896 in 2017, from 5,480, although the number of children waiting for organs increased to 74, from 48 a year earlier. Lung and heart are viable for four to six hours after death, liver and pancreas 24 hours, kidney 72 hours, corneas 14 days, bone and skin five years, and heart valves up to 10 years. Small intestines, veins, tendons and ligaments can also be donated. A single organ donor can save up to eight people and a single tissue donor may enhance the lives of up to 50 people. This information is for guidance only, and should not be taken as legal advice. If in any doubt, seek professional help.
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Slap-up Sunday WHO doesn’t love the weekend, in particular that typically British tradition of a slap-up Sunday lunch with family and or friends. But which do you prefer? Are you a firm favourite of a full roast dinner with all of the trimmings and sauces, or have you been swayed by the Spanish delights on offer at chiringuitos on the beach, and partial to a selection of fresh fish. Let us know! Visit our Facebook page @EuroWeeklyNews
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AI ‘opportunity’ S PA I N h a s a n o p p o r t u n i t y t o b e come a European leader in artificial intelligence (AI), its industry minister has said. Reyes Maroto, who attended a recent conference on the subject, said Spain had learned about the technological possibilities of AI ‘very fast’ despite joining the race late.
“ We h a v e t h e r e s o u r c e s a n d t h e t a l e n t . We a r e a l r e a d y d e p l o y i n g 5G networks and we must also take advantage of this second digital dividend,” Maroto said. The country now has a ‘unique’ opportunity to take advantage of the strategic technology and emerge as an AI frontrunner in Europe, the minister added.
Jail for two of the six Bilbao ‘wolfpack’ THE judge residing over the Bilbao ‘wolfpack’ case has sentenced two of the accused to jail, with the remaining four released with a provisional order to attend court every day. The length of the jail term is not yet known, however the ruling has angered some. The Federation of Neighbourhood Associations of Bilbao has expressed their disbelief at only two of the four attackers receiving a jail term. “If the six have participated in the rape, the six must have the same fate. The victim will be able to cross the street with their aggressors. What about the judiciary?” exclaimed a
spokesperson from the group. The events took place in the early hours of Friday morning where an 18-year-old girl was lured to a makeshift camp in a municipal park in Ertzaintza, Bilbao. It was there where she was attacked and raped by six men of what has been revealed as Moroccan and Algerian nationalities. The National Police apprehended the men shortly after the attack due to a description given by the victim. The two attackers will enter Basauri Prison to see out their sentence. The Federation of Neighbourhood Associations of Bil-
bao has also announced that it is working closely with the Clara Campoamor Association to set up police points across the city where people can report anything suspicious or threatening. They are also concerned that more things can be done to prevent such things happening again in the future. “Sometimes criminals enter through one door and exit through the other of the court despite having numerous crimes behind them” explained the group after learning that three of the six detainees have a history of robbery, fighting and aggression.
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BREXIT BRIEF Health insurance risk BRITISH travellers could be left without health coverage while holidaying in Europe if Britain leaves the EU without a deal in October, a senior opposition Labour figure has said. Shadow Culture Secretary Tom Watson told British media ‘millions’ of families would face more expensive holidays because of the government’s no-deal approach. “Over the school summer holidays, families across the country will have saved and planned for a holiday to spend special, quality time together, but this prime minister’s mishandling of Brexit could make holiday prices rocket,” Watson said. “Boris Johnson’s reckless, senseless approach to Brexit will leave working families worse off. He must urgently rethink and take no deal off the table,” he added. British holidaymakers would no longer be covered by European Health Insurance Cards (EHIC) if Britain leaves without a deal and would have to buy travel insurance. The cards cover travellers for health claims ‘medically necessary’ treatment while travelling in the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland. Figures obtained by Labour showed more than 21,200 claims were made for under 16s under the scheme from January to June this year. It comes as the NHS recently issued advice stating access to EU healthcare is ‘likely to change’ under a no-deal.
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Testing times By Joe Gerrard BRITAIN’S new prime minister’s plan to achieve Brexit by October 31 with or without a deal is set to face its first test with new talks in Brussels. The European Commission is due to hold talks with Boris Johnson to find a way forward on Brexit. A spokesperson for the Commission said the meetings aimed to avoid a no-deal which they added would cause significant economic disruption. Johnson’s pledge to broker a better deal than predecessor Theresa May faced an immediate stumbling block. Commission spokesperson Mina Andreeva said the bloc would not reopen the draft Withdrawal Agreement negotiated last year. She added the EU could revisit the political declaration, the document which sketches out what a future relationship between Britain and the bloc would look like. Johnson could achieve concessions on the latter but his pledge to scrap the Northern Ireland backstop is not feasible without Withdrawal Agree-
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‘Unprepared’ for no-deal MOST companies which export goods to the EU are not prepared to do business if Britain leaves the EU without a deal in October because they lack the required economic operator registration and identification (EORI) number, government figures suggest.
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RENEGOTIATION: Johnson (inset) is due to return to Brussels.
ment changes. Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay called on the EU to look at the deal again because parliament would not accept it in its current form. May repeatedly failed to pass it and that ultimately proved to be her downfall. If Johnson cannot secure changes then he currently plans to push for a no-deal, a path which is equally fraught with obstacles. Health Secretary Matt Hancock
fired a warning shot to Remain-supporting MPs saying they had run out of time to block a no-deal in Parliament. But Hancock’s opposition counterpart Jonathan Ashworth said there would be opportunities for lawmakers to stop a no-deal. Conservative Remain-supporting MP Dominic Grieve said he would be willing to bring down the government to stop a no-deal. Johnson’s path to Brexit will not be smooth.
SECOND Brexit referendum supporters are planning to urge Remain backers to vote tactically to oust dozens of Brexiteer MPs if a snap general election is held later this year, according to leaked documents from the People’s Vote group.
PR call THE Full Fact charity has called on the government to explain how its almost €110m Prepare for Brexit information campaign will be ‘transparent, accurate and value for money.’
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Kids! You gotta love ‘em! E WN F aceb o o k viewers certainly do as videos featuring t h e an t i cs o f t o d dlers prove hugely popular. ‘I am a sprinkler ’ s h o ws a l i t t l e b o y sitting in a fountain wi t h t h e s p ray of water giving the impression he is having a wee. ‘He must have had a few pints,’ commented one viewer in reference to the huge spray of water cascading in-
to the air. ‘Next morning regrets’ proved massively relatable as a little girl falls back-
wards in shock as she opens a wallet we’ve all been there the morning after a heavy night out!
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CAMPED OUT: Homeless people are living outside the Prado museum.
Homeless demand housing in Madrid A GROUP of around 150 homeless people have set up camp outside the El Prado Museum in Madrid and are demanding that the government offer them a place to live. Mayor Jose Luis Martinez Almeida spoke out against the protest declaring that public spaces may not be used as a campsite, but as of yet has made no attempt to remove them from the museum grounds. Deputy Mayor Begona Villacis went as far as
to say that most of the protesters were not actually homeless and for the small number that were, she had offered temporary housing. Since the economic crisis of 2008 and the refugee crisis of 2015 housing has been difficult to come by for those with limited resources. There are currently 33,000 homeless in Spain according to government statistics and the poverty is clear to see in the parks of Madrid where large groups of refugees are living rough.
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HULL born singer and impressionist Joe Longthorne MBE has passed away peacefully at his Blackpool home at the weekend. A statement from his website read, ‘Joe died in his bedroom, laying in the arms of his devoted husband of 21 years, Jamie, with his rosary beads clutched tight to his chest. He leaves behind sister Ann and brother John. Our deepest sympathies and condolences go out to Jamie and all the family at this sad time.’ Joe was a popular entertainer with a career spanning over 30 years. He was currently performing around the UK and Spain and recently performed in Benidorm with his band as part of his anniversary tour. He first came into the public eye in 1981 on ITV’s Search for a Star before going on to present his own television programme, ‘The Joe Longthorne Show.’ Since then he would go
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JOE LONGTHORNE MBE: Passed away aged 64.
on to perform around the world to sell out audiences. His albums went gold and platinum and he sang at the Royal Variety Show on several occasions. His career however was blighted by illness. In 1989 he was diagnosed
with the blood disease lymphoma. He would fight this until a bone marrow transplant in 2006 nearly killed him. In 2012 he was awarded an MBE for his charitable work and went on to perform to sold out shows around the country.
New PS5 at eye watering price THE latest Sony Playstation is still at least a year from its official release, however one Swedish website has listed the gaming console for pre-orders. Details are still thin on the ground about the new high tech gaming platform, with Sony remaining tight lipped about the release date, price tag and the majority of its specifications. Even its name hasn’t been confirmed yet but it is widely thought to be simply called the ‘PS5.’ However Media Markt Sweden has listed the console on its website for the staggering price tag of 9,999 Swedish Krona (€935.50). This is significantly higher than the pre-
vious PS4 which retailed at €450. It also claims to have obtained specs for the console, stating: ‘PlayStation 5 is rumoured to have third-generation AMD Ryzen processor and SSD storage. It is said to be backwards compatible with PS4 games. Pre-book today and secure PlayStation 5 upon release.’ Whilst the Swedish website also states that everything written on its listing isn’t confirmed, Wall Street sources have said the new PS5 could be at a much higher price tag due to higher tariffs being placed on China from the US. Rumoured release date for the PS5 is said to be mid to late 2020.
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First sales drop for seven years
CAR sales have fallen in Spain for the first time since July 2012, with the number of purchases last month 11 per cent less than last year industry figures show. Data from the ANFAC, Faconauto and Ganvam associations found almost 116,690 cars were sold in July. ANFAC said: “The situation is worrying, especially if one takes into account that July is one of the best months for families buying cars.” The carmakers’ association has called for ‘shock measures’ to reverse the decline.
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The rate at which rents have risen since 2013, according to the Bank of Spain which found increases were the highest in Madrid, Cataluña and the Balearic and Canary Islands.
Temporary jobs to fixed posts
Minister hopes for deficit cut SPAIN’S acting finance minister has said the government still aims to meet EU deficit targets of 2 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) by the end of the year. Maria Jesus Montero said she was not concerned about figures which showed the deficit rose by 27 per cent during the first half of this year. The figures reflected increases in p en s io n s me a n in g the y did not show a ‘real’ rise in the deficit, according to Montero. “If everything goes as planned by the government, this year the deficit will be at the 2 per cent we
By Joe Gerrard have committed to Brussels.” The finance minister’s comments c ome a s gove rnme nt figure s s how e d the s ta te de fic it ros e to more than €10.5 billion while the public deficit climbed to almost €17 billion. Montero said the Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (AIReF) had forecast the deficit to fall below 2.5 per cent of GDP by the end of this year. The finance minister also said the government would soon be in a position to present a draft budget to
lawmakers. Montero added the left –le a nin g Par t i do Soci al i st a’s (PSOE) investiture into government, which will be needed to pres e nt a budget , was out of her hands. “I hope that we can count on a new government to update the budget as soon as possible,” the minister said. It comes after its previous draft budget was effectively vetoed earlier this year, triggering April’s snap general election. The Cortes instead chose to extend the previous conservative Partido Popular’s (PP) 2018 budget to cover expenses for this year.
MORE than one third of all indefinite job contracts signed in Spain during the first quarter of this year began as temporary positions, the highest rate in seven years. Data from the Public Employment Service (SEPE) showed the figures had grown for the fifth year in a row. Andalucia, had the highest conversion rate with 48.4 per cent. More than 397,700 temporary contracts became indefinite during the first half of this year, the first time the number has fallen in absolute terms since 2013.
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Gas price cut call THE National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC) has called for gas tariffs to be cut by 26 per cent for residential customers and by 6.7 per cent for industrial users to benefit buyers and boost competition.
Centre sale DROP: Companies belonging to IAG saw earnings fall.
IAG profit fall COMPANIES belonging to the International Airlines Group (IAG) made a total consolidated profit of €806 million in the first half of this year, a year-on-year fall of 42.3 per cent. Accounts sent to the National Stock Market Commission (CNMV) showed total pre-tax profits stood at more than €1 billion, 11.7 per cent lower than January to June 2018. CEO Willie Walsh said the company had performed solidly despite the drop, with passenger revenues rising by 1.1 per cent. Ticket revenues rose by 7.2 per cent. The company’s fuel and emission permits costs also rose by 20.5 per cent, hitting overall earnings.
A SUBSIDIARY of the South African property company Vukile, Socimi Castellana Properties, has closed a deal to buy the more than 100,000-squaremetre Puerta Europa shopping centre in Algeciras, Andalucia for €56.8 million.
More clients DUTCH financial company ING now has four million customers in Spain and made more than €2.5 million in net profits in the country in the first half of this year, according to the firm’s figures.
Plan to tackle hiring fraud OFFICIALS with the Labour Ministry have drawn up plans to combat the fraudulent hiring of workers on incorrect contracts. The ministry is set to use its Anti-Fraud Tool to detect possible irregularities this month. September is due to see letters being sent to companies warning them they will have one month to put workers on correct contracts. Ministry officials are planning on conducting a
round of inspections in October at companies suspected of not complying with these requests. The move comes as part of the government’s Master Plan for Decent Work 2018-2020 which was approved a year ago with the agreement of employers and trade unions. Figures show there were more than 48,550 inspections at companies thought to be improperly hiring workers from August 2018 to June.
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0,56
0,40
2.801.723
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-0,08
588.004
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0,48
0,02
1.262.539
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-0,45
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-0,02
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-4,76
-0,92
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-0,50
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-0,08
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-0,80
-0,02
3.478.017
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-1,11
-0,24
917.150
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-0,97
-0,60
1.144.088
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22,490
-3,14
-0,73
1.192.943
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-2,27
-0,44
2.644.091
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-3,40
-1,27
523.474
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-1,62
-0,47
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-0,76
-0,01
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-2,15
-0,09
11.234.731
4,385
-1,90
-0,08
4.467.193
43,865
-3,37
-1,53
5.397.142
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-0,29
2.530.170
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5,404
-3,60
-0,20
3.036.877
2,029
-6,54
-0,14
31.132.960 6.084.376
1,855
0,82
0,01
4.371.598
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26,310
-3,70
-1,01
1.621.073
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-2,57
-0,64
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46,760
0,21
0,10
490.434
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-2,53
-0,62
8.657.669
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66,440
-3,77
-2,60
243.116
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-1,76
-0,13
2.675.014 6.246.064
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7,238
3,186
-0,84
-0,03
4.148.821
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1,954
-0,18
-0,00
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34,430
-2,35
-0,83
3.879.812
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30,200
-0,89
-0,27
509.433
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9,622
0,23
0,02
1.972.954
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10,975
-0,32
-0,03
2.373.090
24,790
-2,56
-0,65
1.285.115
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20,410
0,44
0,09
435.325
25,200
-2,17
-0,56
385.906
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6,110
0,86
0,05
2.725.864
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-1,13
-0,19
6.331.985
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7,500
-1,39
-0,11
1.995.804
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2,422
-4,79
-0,12
62.287.532
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18,830
-2,16
-0,42
1.849.442
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1,872
-2,32
-0,04
3.958.358
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16,040
-3,49
-0,58
655.680
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2,140
1,42
0,03
5.633.855
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9,384
-3,36
-0,33
2.754.914 7.734.867
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20,430
-3,31
-0,70
748.254
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6,726
-3,80
-0,27
6,461
-2,99
-0,20
30.128.968
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2,915
-2,74
-0,08
4.433.497
21,360
-0,63
-0,14
1.542.601
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1,554
-3,57
-0,06
13.741.433
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8,508
-2,99
-0,26
2.294.614
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2,207
-1,47
-0,03
15.475.300
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54,820
-2,84
-1,60
410.069
TUI
INTERTEK GROUP
56,420
-5,37
-3,20
591.108
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HARGREAVES LANSDOWN HSBC IMPERIAL TOBACCO
8,162
0,32
0,03
1.055.398
49,395
-1,35
-0,67
2.476.183
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8,39
0,35
13.157.950
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7,954
-0,53
-0,04
1.612.990
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1,067
-1,20
-0,01
12.049.307
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1,504
-0,86
-0,01
75.296.296
30,330
-5,51
-1,77
539.048
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-3,90
-1,76
684.084
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2,150
-1,69
-0,04
5.554.166
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-3,94
-0,38
3.504.342
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0,53
0,04
3.871.548
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11,030
-2,09
-0,24
1.334.393
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Calviño out of IMF head race SPAIN’S economy minister is no longer running to lead the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after the government agreed to withdraw her candidacy to achieve a European consensus on the appointment. Government sources said Nadia Calviño would no longer seek to lead the IMF, a key pillar in the global financial system. “The government is committed to achieving a European agreement so Economy Minister Nadia Calviño will not go through to the next selection phase,” the sources said. “We will continue to work to put Spanish officials forward for the governance of international organisations and we consider it an honour that any member of the government is considered,” they added. Calviño’s departure from the race comes as European leaders remained at loggerheads over who would succeed current IMF director Christine Lagarde last week. She said a full consensus was yet to be reached as she prepares to step down.
Jobless higher than 18 states THERE are more people out of work in Spain than in 18 other EU member states combined, according to the bloc’s latest unemployment figures. The latest figures from the Eurostat data agency showed there were more than 3.2 million people out of work in Spain as of June. A total of 18 other countries have almost three million people out of work between them, still below the amount in Spain. Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Austria, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia and Sweden’s combined rate of unemployment was still lower than Spain’s. Those countries have a combined population of around 120 million compared to Spain’s 47 million, showing the proportion of people out of work was also higher. The Spanish proportion of unemployed was higher than two of the EU’s largest economies, France and Germany. France, which has a population of 67 million, had 2.5 million out of work in June, while Germany with 83 million people had 1.3 million unemployed.
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Bankruptcy rate decline CHEAPER: ADIF hopes train companies will pass on savings to customers.
Rail changes on track THE body which manages Spain’s railway infrastructure has paved the way for the country’s publicy-owned train company to cut prices ahead of the market’s opening to competition. ADIF has changed the system used to calculate what it charges to Renfe in fees and taxes, as well as those of the company’s future competitors. The Spanish rail market is due to be opened to competition from December 2020 under EU rules. ADIF president Isabel Pardo unveiled the changes as part of the body’s strategy for the period from 2020 to 2025, the first five years of
rail market liberalisation. Operators will be offered discounts on fees if they increase the number of trains on Spanish tracks to reward them for increasing services, the plans state. Aena, the body which manages Spanish airports, uses a similar system for charging airlines. Pardo said ADIF was offering the discounts on the understanding savings would be passed on to customers through ticket price cuts. The president added ADIF would consider allowing Renfe to run night trains under its AVE high speed service to better compete with rivals.
They would be allowed to run at night provided they did not interfere with track maintenance, Pardo said. Both plans are subject to changes to Spain’s Railway Law which are pending the investiture of a new government following the indecisive result of April’s snap general election. France’s publicly-owned SNCF, ILSA, Globalia and Britain’s Virgin have all said they are interested in entering the Spanish rail market after it is opened to competition. ADIF is set to chose the first companies which will be allowed to operate in Spain this December.
GDP growth slows THE Spanish economy grew by 0.5 per cent in the second quarter of this year, down from the first quarter rate of 0.7 per cent according to new figures. Figures from the National Institute of Statistics (INE) showed gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 2.3 per cent between the second quarters of 2018 and this year. The rate was down from the first quarter year-on-year rate of 2.4 per cent. The INE said in a statement national demand had fallen during the second quarter, but external demand grew at the same time. The growth rates fell just shy of those forecast by the Bank of Spain. The central bank predicted GDP would grow by 0.6 per cent quarteron-quarter and by 2.4 per cent yearon-year. The General Council of Economist’s Financial Observatory said the slowdown was caused in part by a fall in domestic demand. Data showed household consumption increased by 1.7 per cent from the second quarter of 2018 to that of this year. The rate of growth was 0.2 percentage points higher than the first quarter’s year-on-year rate.
THE amount of families and businesses which declared bankruptcy fell by 4.6 per cent and 13.6 per cent respectively from the second quarter of 2018 to April to June this year, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
New store SWEDISH fashion chain H&M has opened a new store in the Alicante Province town of Alcoy’s Alzamora shopping centre after making net profits of almost €510 million in the first half of this year.
Sea delivery FOOD delivery company Deliveroo has unveiled plans to launch a service to serve boats off the coast of 17 Spanish cities this summer, similar to services launched in Britain in 2017 and for riverboats in Paris in 2018.
Costs to fall THE National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC) has approved a 33 per cent cut in tariffs for fixed network phone calls, a reduction from more than 0.08 cents a minute to around 0.064.
‘Tough’ month SPANISH manufacturing contracted last month, according to the purchasing managers index (PMI) which registered 48.2 points which IHS Markit economist Paul Smith said was another ‘difficult’ month for industry. SLOWDOWN: Spain’s economic output grew at a slower rate during the second quarter of this year. Government administrative spending grew year-on-year by 1.9 per cent, 0.1 points less than in the first quarter. Investment grew by 1.2 per cent year-on-year compared to the 4.7 per cent rise from the first quarter of 2018 to this year. Investment in capital goods shrank by 1.4 per cent year-on-year in the
second quarter after growing by 7.2 per cent from the first quarter of 2018 to 2019. The latter indicator is seen as a litmus test of business confidence in future economic activity. Construction grew by 5.8 per cent year-on-year, 0.8 percentage points less than the equivalent rate for the first quarter.
Plant sale ALUMINIUM maker Alcoa has sold factories in Asturias and Galicia to the Swiss for Parter Capital for about €115 million after nine months of talks between the firms and stakeholders including government officials and trade unions.
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FEATURE
The great, now sadly lamented, Joe Longthorne MBE LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT THIS week saw the passing of probably one of the finest variety entertainers the UK has ever produced. So mystified was I at the extraordinary initial lack of main media coverage, I decided to dedicate this week’s offering to his memory. I’m talking of the great, now sadly lamented, Joe Longthorne MBE. Joe was world class. Unfortunately, over the years, those who managed his career and well-being were not. Consequently, even after appearances in Las Vegas and success on TV, this multi-talented vocal impressionist, never maintained the world accolades he so richly deserved. Nevertheless, his UK theatre tours, club dates and charity functions were always sold out and he never failed his thousands of adoring fans. Throughout his long battle with cancer, Joe continued to follow the profession he loved, and only recently pulled out of his latest tour when the dis-
JOE LONGTHORNE: A truly unique international artist of the first order.
ease simply became too overwhelming. Although I hadn’t seen Joe for some years, I have followed him closely on social media and have often related the circumstances surrounding my first meeting with this highly amusing and lovable entertainer. It was back in the late 70’s. I had been engaging in an ultimately disastrous business enterprise to bring live entertainment to the expats working in Saudi Arabia. We had brought in a few shows and decided in the light of somewhat limited success, to ‘up the ante’ and import a rather more upmarket group of acts. Joe, then relatively unknown, was one of the artists we selected. On the bill we also engaged a band, which comprised of five young musicians who worked under the name of ‘Coaster’ - a title which by sheer coincidence happened to be the name of the model of local buses in Jeddah at the time. The cast duly arrived and after a couple of days, decided they wanted to visit the local Souk. Now Jeddah, in those days, was not exactly conducive to tourism and ‘Westerners’ were looked on with no small amount of apprehension and suspicion. Instructing the boys to be as inconspicuous as
possible, I told our Yemeni chauffer to drive them to the local market. They promised to be back for tea - they weren’t! A nail biting hour or so later, the door flew open and the driver rushed in. In a complete panic he told me the band had been arrested! Apparently the boys, including Joe, had seen what they thought was a dumping ground for crashed cars and buses and had been trying to prise off one of the chrome ‘Coaster’ emblems as a keepsake. In fact the site was actually the local police pound! I hurried down, my thoughts a turmoil of possible deportations, lashings and Lord knows what. I needn’t have bothered. As I approached the circle of police surrounding the group, I realised they were all laughing! There in the centre was Joe. Notwithstanding a total language barrier, he had the whole bunch of them in peals of laughter. They actually escorted us all home. That was Joe Longthorne, a truly unique international artist of the very first order. RIP Joe. Far more deserving of a knighthood than others I could mention! Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
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Ain’t what it used to be CASSANDRA NASH A WEEKLY LOOK - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene
THE Left can’t get it together and it’s not all that easy for the Right, especially Albert Rivera. He doesn’t want to be seen cosying up to the ultra-Right, but is too ambitious to renounce the power brought by the three-way Partido Popular Ciudadanos and Vox arrangement. Inside his party, Rivera occupies a political no-man’s-land where he calls the shots in splendid and increasingly autocratic isolation. Ciudadanos founder Francesc de Carreras has left the party, likewise C’ Economy spokesman Toni Roldan. De Carreras lamented that the party is no longer what it set out to be, and Roldan said that Albert Rivera puts his own interests before those of the party and Spain. In an informal online poll in the Catalan daily La Vanguardia 84.65 per cent of participants believed that
Rivera would eventually pay - in votes - for his dalliance and ill-disguised alliance with Vox. And a probable November general election will show whether Rivera paid a bargain price for his Vox-enabled elevation or was sold a pup.
Hitting the big time IF Podemos and the party supremo Pablo Iglesias were destined
to hit the big time, it would have happened by now. Iglesias presumably believed that erupting onto the political scene in the European elections of 2014 by taking five seats had set the pattern for Podemos’ national trajectory. Support amongst the undecided and politically-uncommitted has drifted away with each national, regional and local election, but
Loser takes all THE latest Centro de Investigacion Sociologica (CIS) poll put Pedro Sanchez and the PSOE on 41.3 per cent of the vote. The Partido Popular took second place with 13.7 per cent and Unidas Podemos’s measly 13.1 per cent overtook Ciudadanos’ measlier 12.3 per cent. Vox slid downhill to 4 per cent. Ironically Sanchez’s investiture has defeat hurt him less than his rivals, especially Albert Rivera whose anti-Sanchez veto has done him more harm than good. Anti-Sanchez.
Iglesias and Podemos nomenclature have not yet received and digested this message. If, as he maintained, Iglesias really did hope for a left-wing progressive government, he would have put his own ambitions to one side and voted in favour of Pedro Sanchez in the investiture debate. The other half of the Unidas Podemos tandem, Izquierda Uni-
da, increasingly favours backing Sanchez, asking for nothing in return. After all, it is more blessed to give than receive and Sanchez would have been - could still be eternally in their debt. Trouble is, Iglesias knew that a role in a putative Sanchez government, even in the shadows, was his only remaining chance of hitting the big time. He blew it and the small time is all he can expect now.
Genderless offence NOT long ago a Vox councillor, observing a minute’s silence after a woman was killed by her partner, stood several metres away from mourning fellow-councillors of all parties. She regretted the death, she said, but insisted that gender played no part in ‘inter-family’ violence. What else to call it when a male kills a female partner? Apart from murder?
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HELP! UK high streets left running on empty
NORA JOHNSON BREAKING VIEWS Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist. To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson
A BIT of a rant this week (so what’s new, I hear you say!). First off, news that struggling British high streets experienced their worst month in 24 years in May as sales fell at the highest rate on record potentially leading to further closures. Followed by reports that more than 200 Boots stores across the UK could be closed by their American owners in a bid to cut costs, Boots join the list of a string of well-known names suffering in the tough high street environment. Last year, Poundworld, Toys R Us and Maplin all went bust and disappeared altogether. Other household names - Homebase, Mothercare, Carpetright and New Look - were forced into restructuring deals with their landlords, closing hundreds of stores. Changing consumer behaviour as shoppers spend more on experiences and increasing concerns about the economic outlook post-Brexit are continuing to wreak havoc on the industry. Yet if British high streets are being left empty, then Primark, which notched up 50 years in business in June, seems indestructible. Sales increased by 4 per cent in the six months to March, while established brands (such as Debenhams and LK Bennett) were going belly up and, under pressure from online shopping
LOW POINT: May was the worst month in 24 years. and popular fast-fashion brands, the fate of Sir Philip Green’s Topshop empire was left hanging by a thread (see what I did there?). And it’s even more surprising that the UK’s biggest fashion retailer by volume (though not by value) has succeeded without moving into online shopping. Basically, Primark’s message is: if you want it, you have to get off your **** and go buy it. And clearly mega-crowds do. Its brand-new Birmingham mega-store is almost a tourist destination, day-trippers magnetised by its in-store blow-dry bar, beauty salon and Disney-themed cafe. Primark proves that brands can’t just stay still. Companies have to keep reinventing
themselves with fresh products - trading on past glories no longer cuts it. Nonetheless, it’s sad that with fewer Boots around soon there’ll be nothing much left on the high street bar betting shops and Oxfam... Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘Betrayal,’ ‘The Girl in the Woods,’ ‘The Girl in the Red Dress,’ ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.net) available online as ebook (€0.99;£0.99), ibook, paperback and (now) audiobook. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.
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LEGALLY SPEAKING
Can they pay him less? I am 71 years old, retired, and I receive a state pension from the UK. At the last municipal elections I was elected councillor. I was told that I am not entitled to the retribution of €16,000 per year which the other part-time councillors receive, because this salary is incompatible with my pension. Instead, I am offered a payment of €700 a month for attending the monthly ‘Information Commission’ meetings and €300 a month for attending the council meetings. If I don’t attend, I don’t get paid. I do not receive any expenses or benefits. This sounds wrong to me. Can you please tell me if the decision taken by the town hall is correct? S B (Costa Blanca) In principle, yes, it is correct. Spanish YOU AND THE law states that a LAW IN SPAIN pensioner can earn up to the amount of the legal minimum wage without affecting the amount of his pension. After a big jump last year the legal minimum wage for 2019 is almost €10,000. The councillor’s salary of €16,000 is well above this. Because the Spanish tax man cannot reduce your UK pension, it seems they have found a way around this.
DAVID SEARL
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From dinosaurs to chickens and birds PETER PURVEY TODAY, modern science tells us that that the dinosaurs became extinct some 65 million years ago following earth’s cataclysmic collision with a huge asteroid. Nothing could be further from the truth ! True, Tyrannosaurus Rex and many other huge members of his species did disappear about this time, but for three hundred million years earlier many had been undergoing a monumental change; their skins, previously covered with a soft downy substance which were slowly turning into feathers. In an area of NE China the geologic record is beginning to reveal the transition of feathered dinosaurs, from simply being able to glide from tree to tree to the discovery of the skeleton of a fourwinged dinosaur which astonished experts. By about 220 million years ago some developed a bat-like leathery membrane which may have helped it to become airborne. These so-called flying reptiles called Pterosaurs were the first vertebrates to gain flight; their later,
FOSSILIZED: Scientists have compared T Rex bones to various modern vertebrates.
more advanced cousins became the dreaded Pteradactyl. Between 150 and 120 million years ago rare fossil skeletons depict the earliest recognisable bird, named Archaeopteryx, but still revealing its dinosaur ancestry. One, nicknamed the ‘dragon dinosaur’ appeared to have a feathery ruff around its neck; the delicate tracery of its wing feathers clearly visible in the limestone. It would
have been about the size and appearance of a large turkey. but probably flightless. From the bones of a T Rex which was found more frozen than fossilized, scientists have extracted proteins and compared them to various modern vertebrates. Those with the closest similarity were found in ostriches and chickens. The conclusion was that the humble chicken was T Rex’s closest living rela-
tive and the smaller, increasingly birdlike dinosaurs, survived the great extinction of 65 million years ago and evolved into every flying creature that you see today. Not surprising, really, when you consider that dinosaurs made nests and reproduced by laying eggs. So if you want to see the remains of the dinosaurs, LOOK UP ! There’s a lot of them about and we eat the eggs.
Strange, but true ! Sometime before the start of the First World War, three friends were enjoying a boisterous day out. Come evening it began to rain heavily. Soaking wet, inebriated and almost out of money they entered a nearby hotel. The manager, viewing them with the greatest suspicion, refused them a room, but allowed them to sleep in the lounge. Come morning he made them sign the guest register. After they had left he saw that their surnames were… Edison, Firestone and Ford. Three men who were to revolutionise the world. The hotel still exists, now with a large plaque in the lounge to commemorate the event. To all chocoholics. It would appear that the origins of the use of chocolate can now be pushed back to a time of over 5,000 years ago. Residues found in ancient pottery suggest that the coco bean was farmed for food, medicine or a drink 5,000 years ago in Equador. I try to make my articles informative, amusing and sometimes thought provoking; Any comments, to me, peter calpe@gmail.com.
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Cryptic Across 1 Time runs out – it's the end of the line (8) 4 Middle Eastern oil is hard work (4) 8 Some formal takeovers for an island (5) 10 Spain's victory, as I've read is hard to pin down (7) 11 Correspondence from landlords (7) 12 Condiment for a mariner (4) 14 Thai tangled with it in Society Islands (6) 16 Gene spinning round in motor (6) 19 Instrument made of brass or ebony initially (4) 21 Italian city in which more can mingle (7) 24 Keep, to look at (7) 25 Trees uprooted and planted again (5) 26 Glossy magazine uncovers a beating (4) 27 Soft soap, dupes are converted (8) Down 1 Part-timer behind original design (8) 2 Frivolous, as in an Emily Bronte novel (5) 3 No longer any use when anxious (6) 5 Oxford college window (5) 6 A German song was not true (4) 7 Biblical character upset masons (6) 9 Fastening left at church (5)
13 Are Peter's letters swapping witty banter? (8) 15 Conservative chap inside offering a possibility (6) 17 Religious images one deceives (5)
Code Breaker
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE
18 Seem upset about central heating plan (6) 20 Shatters sculptures (5) 22 Noblemen needing laser treatment (5) 23 Mexico always provides fuel (4)
Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 1 represents M and 24 represents Z, so fill in M every time the figure 1 appears and Z every time the figure 24 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 Close observer (9) 5 Russian country house (5) 7 Rhythmic dance originating in Cuba (5) 9 Accidental hole that allows something to enter or escape (4) 10 Young unmarried woman (6) 12 Chess piece (6) 13 Forbids (4) 15 Passage between rows of seats in a building such as a church or theatre, an aircraft or train (5) 16 Generally incompetent and ineffectual (5) 18 Extremely small (9)
Down 1 Unhappy (3) 2 Cooperative unit, especially in sports (4) 3 Traditional headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head (6) 4 Infectious childhood disease (7) 6 Skeleton of a motor vehicle (7) 8 Error (7) 9 Building or room where books are kept (7) 11 Relating to the present or recent times as opposed to the remote past (6) 14 Caress or greet by touching with the lips (4) 17 Fasten or secure with a rope, string or cord (3)
English - Spanish
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
Across 1 Peine (4) 3 Paraguas (8) 9 Charity (7) 10 Hamlet (5) 11 Autumn (5) 12 Podrido (6) 14 To tear up (6) 16 Spark (from fire, electricity) (6) 19 Ortiga (6) 21 Discutir (5) 24 Cups (5) 25 Casita (de campo) (7) 26 Surtido (8) 27 Lake (4)
Down 1 Puppy (8) 2 Blackbird (5) 4 Ripe (6) 5 Asado (5) 6 Escaleras de mano (7) 7 Abbot (4) 8 Language (6) 13 Porter (airport, railway station) (8) 15 Estornudos (7) 17 Salud (6) 18 Rescate (6) 20 To cough (5) 22 Good-looking (f) (5) 23 Other (f) (4)
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.
Nonagram 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 T) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
LOTTERY
TARGET:
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
8
30
34
44
45
57
BONUS BALL
31
Saturday August 3
Good: 17 Very good: 25
1
3
22
29
31
37
BONUS BALL
34
Excellent: 32 EURO MILLIONS
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION Tuesday July 30
BONUS BALL
cede cedi deft dent dice diet dine dint edit feed fend find iced need teed tend tide tied cited edict feted fetid fiend fined indie tined deceit decent defect define deific fenced indict indite deficit edifice eidetic enticed feinted incited definite feticide infected DEFICIENT
15
20
23
3 6
40
27
Friday August 2
BONUS BALL
13
22
33
2 5
50
44
EL MILLON: TLQ25913
Sudoku
LA PRIMITIVA
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.
Thursday August 1
BONUS BALL
6
11
21
22
28
41
37
Saturday August 3
10
13
27
29
37
45
BONUS BALL
40
8
JOKER: 9 615 914
48
43
BONUS BALL
49
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS
ENGLISH-SPANISH
CRYPTIC Across:
1 Butcher, 5 Sepia, 8 Split, 9 Needles, 10 Enojado, 12 Those, 13 Owners, 15 Noises, 18 Peral, 19 Conocer, 21 Prestar, 22 Donde, 23 Leyes, 24 Degrees.
1 Span, 3 Reptiles, 9 Avoided, 10 Embed, 11 India, 12 Report, 14 Lairds, 16 Sprain, 19 Chumps, 21 Smear, 24 Merit, 25 Averred, 26 Nitrogen, 27 Tsar.
Down:
Down:
1 Bostezo, 2 Toldo, 3/22 Hot dog, 4 Rincón, 5 Sweetcorn, 6 Pillows, 7 Aisle, 11 Abrelatas, 14 Nursery, 16 Streets, 17 Scared, 18 Pupil, 20 Canoe.
1 Spaniels, 2 Avoid, 4 Endure, 5 Twerp, 6 Liberia, 7 Soda, 8 Edward, 13 Intruder, 15 Inherit, 17 Pastel, 18 Estate, 20 Motto, 22 Earns, 23 Oman.
QUICK
KAKURO
Across: 1 Grotesque, 7 Alike, 9 Amass, 10 Edit, 11 Nadir, 14 Dazed, 15 Dove, 18 Unite, 19 Laser, 20 Incessant.
Down: 2 Trek, 3 Scarab, 4 Unanimous, 5 Eager, 6/16 Ask out, 8 Imitation, 12 Revere, 13 Heart, 17 Alms.
CODE BREAKER
After a few recent excesses, bad habits can prove hard to shake off. Remember that any time of the year is a good time to make a fresh start. Don't put off looking after your health any more than you would put off stashing a cheque in the bank. Use it or lose it?
PISCES (February 20 - March 20)
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23)
Others may be changing their minds, and generally being a bit of a pain. That may irritate you but it is no reason to change your plans. Both you and your colleagues will be glad that you did in the longer term. You may need to find some peace and space for yourself come the weekend.
It happens that energy is sometimes low. Take the chance to read up on why this could be. You may think that you know it all, but in this world there is no chance of that. Maybe you are out of touch generally, or just out of touch with your own needs. Give building your strength priority. How much better you will cope with extra energy.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Looking back over the past few months you will realise that fine adjustments are needed. Both your working life and diet need attention, so be determined that progress made will continue apace. Certainly, you have no qualms about facing any problems straight on. You thrive on responsibility and there is no shortage of that at the moment.
Now that you are feeling much better, it will be tempting to put aside your healthy eating and exercise, but if you remember what a difference it makes it would be silly to stop now. Enlist the help of a friend or two in keeping the momentum going.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21)
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LEO (July 24 - August 23)
Keep up the pace this week so that you have plenty to discuss and 'write home about’. With your mind so active, you are capable of doing in a day what would normally take a week. By-pass those who try to slow you down. There will be plenty of time to be a plod later.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21)
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AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19)
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) With so much going on, you are in danger of burning yourself to a frazzle. You won't realise until you have done it, so make a point of getting some peace and quiet, preferably both of them at the same time. Relax and don't even think about things that are unchangeable. Time will sort out most things for you.
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JOKER: 5 462 477
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
YOUR STARS FOR NEXT 7 DAYS
Saturday August 3
IRISH LOTTO
Average: 12
Across:
23
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There are so many things to do or try that you should be spoiled for choice. No, don't settle down in front of the TV. Get out, make some friends and aim to learn something new every day. That may only be the name of your neighbour on the bus but it counts. You are charming and urbane, so don't keep it all to yourself.
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) When your feelings are so positive, which they should be now, it is hard to remember that they have ever been any other way. You may have a plan in mind for a new activity to get the adrenalin flowing. How much more enjoyable, though, to find someone to share this with you. Book that course and maybe you will meet them there.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Leave nothing to chance when it comes to your health. Although you are feeling good now you will soon have problems because you are more concerned with others than yourself. This can be good but can also be overdone. You know how good you can feel. Increase this by simply not accepting second-best treatment.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Your tendency to see yourself through the eyes of others can lead you to undervalue your worth. This could see you going pear-shaped, emotionally. Try not to believe everything that you are told because there are always at least two ways of seeing things. Be positive. You are capable of so much. Take care of your needs on a daily basis.
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Concentrate on your physical needs this week and spend much more time on yourself. There will be plenty of opportunities to look after others when you are feeling 100 per cent yourself. Stay in control of day-today plans.
QUIZ: HA HA HA All the answers are words that begin with the letters HA 1. According to Greek mythology, what is both the name of the underworld abode of the souls of the dead and also another name for Pluto, the god of the underworld, brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone? 2. Begun in AD 122, what is the name of the Roman defensive wall across northern England, stretching from the Solway Firth in the west to the mouth of the River Tyne in the east (about 120 km, 74 miles)? 3. From the Latin for ‘you shall have the body’, in law what name is given to a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, especially to secure the person's release unless lawful grounds are shown for their detention? 4. Introduced in The Crab with the Golden Claws, what is the name of the merchant marine sea captain who is Tintin's best friend? 5. Originally built as a Christian church, converted to a mosque in 1453 and made into a museum in the middle of the 20th century, what is the name of the sixth century masterpiece of Byzantine architecture in Istanbul?
6. Port-au-Prince is the capital of which country in the Caribbean, occupying the western third of the island of Hispaniola? 7. What name is given to a dealer in small items used in sewing, such as buttons, zips, and thread? 8. What surname is shared by the US rock’n’roll singer who was backed by the Comets and the Afro-American author who wrote a fictionalised account of tracing his family roots back to Africa? 9. What was the name of the nightclub and music venue in Manchester that became famous in the Madchester years of the 1980s and early 1990s? Despite considerable and persistent financial troubles, it survived until 1997, mainly supported by record sales from New Order. 10. Which city is the provincial capital and largest city of Nova Scotia? Not a lot of people know that… Shakespeare’s play Hamlet has given us a whole host of famous phrases, including: to the manner born, cruel to be kind, neither a borrower nor a lender be, brevity is the soul of wit, this mortal coil and hoist with one’s own petard.
Answers: 1. HADES, 2. HADRIAN’S WALL, 3. HABEAS CORPUS, 4. HADDOCK, 5. HAGIA SOFIA/SOPHIA, 6. HAITI, 7. HABERDASHERS, 8. HALEY (Bill and Alex), 9. HAÇIENDA , 10. HALIFAX
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TV LISTING
FRIDAY - 9 AUGUST
12:45pmBritain in Bloom 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 Good Morning Dagenham 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 EastEnders 9:00pm Serengeti 10:00pmFake or Fortune? 11:00pmBBC News at Ten 11:25pmRegional News and Weather 11:30pmWeather 11:35pmMurdered by My Father 12:50am Who Do You Think You Are?
9:00am This Farming Life 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 Len and Ainsley's Big Food Adventure 4:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Best of British 4:45pm More Creatures Great and Small 5:15pm Life Story 6:15pm Antiques Road Trip 7:00pm Celebrity Eggheads 7:30pm The Customer is Always Right 8:00pm The Repair Shop 9:00pm This Farming Life 10:00pm Broke 11:00pm Vic & Bob's Big Night Out 11:30pm Newsnight
8:00pm Beyond 100 Days BBC News teams in Washington DC and London report on the events that are shaping the world. 8:30pm Top of the Pops: 1988 9:00pm Skies Above Britain 10:00pmOperation Wild 11:00pmFrom Ice to Fire: The Incredible Science of Temperature Physicist Helen Czerski explores the science of temperature. 12:00am Joan of Arc: God's Warrior 1:00am The Secret History of My Family
11:10am The Big Bang Theory 11:35am The Big Bang Theory 12:00pmThe Simpsons 12:30pmThe 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 George Clarke's Old House, New Home 10:00pmSecret Teacher 11:00pmThis Way Up 11:35pm8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
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How hard can it be? MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION Views of a Grumpy Old Man What a bunch of aerosols! It drives me nuts. I shake the container and hear plenty of swishing so I assume there is plenty in there, which there is. But after pressing the button nothing, except a little puff of air, comes out. I shake it again, I tilt the container – nothing. How hard can it be to make a product that actually works? This is not an unusual occurrence in the Senker household. There’s the sun creams all packed ready to go to the beach. We get there, find our pitch, move the beds this way and that whilst trying not to remove a layer of skin from my feet whilst walking round the bed. The ice box is in position under the shade. I sit down; get the sun cream - a spray bottle of course for a more even application. I shake the bottle as per instructions, point the nozzle at my legs, and pump three times ... nothing, zilch, nada. I check that I’ve twisted the thingy on the nozzle into the on position.
Yeah, everything is in the correct place. Now I’m staring at it, talking to it, trying to unscrew the - what I now find out is a top that doesn’t unscrew. I’ve paid about €20 for this stuff. I’m on the beach. I can’t take it back because it came from the UK with my daughter. So here are the choices. Go and buy another which I’m not doing. Or I force the top off and try and apply it that way. Of course I go for the brute force and ignorant approach as there is no way I’m buying another one. I finally manage to remove the top and as it comes off the bottle semi explodes showering me with more sun cream than would be needed to protect the two rows of sunbeds in front of me. I can tell my family is really concerned for me by the level of screeching laughter I can hear. Oh well, it can’t get any worse can it? Well not until we get home and Mrs S asks me to help her make a tuna and sweetcorn salad. Good idea - pass me the tuna please. It’s a ring pull can. I get it in the upright positon and pull, simplicity itself, and there is the ring pull sitting there on my finger instead of the tin. OK, back to the tin opener. Why, oh why does this happen to me? Or maybe to you too?
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LETTERS FROM CANARIES By Barbara Belt barbarabelt@gmail.com WHILST summer temperatures down here on the islands are normal, we’re still being bombarded with very high UV rays. It’s dropped to nine today, a small mercy but an improvement on the 12 and 13 we’ve had over the last month or so. Here’s the UV risk scale: 0-2, no danger; 3-5, little risk of unprotected exposure to the sun; 6-7, high risk; 8-10, very high risk and 11+, which has been the case for some time, extremely high risk. It feels a bit like being microwaved. The beaches, nevertheless, are full of sunbathing tourists, although locals lurk in the shade whenever possible. No warnings are offered to visitors. Nothing on news or weather forecasts, so as not to disturb the tourism=money status quo, but if you’re coming to the Canaries, or in fact going anywhere, be warned: check the UV count. Ask Aussies about what happens when a Caucasian population carries on regardless under a hole in the ozone layer. Although this is just one of many climate peculiarities being experienced all over the planet, affecting global warming believers and non-believers indiscriminately, our high UV is unusual. The UK and Northern Europe are sweating in unprecedented temper-
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BUILD YOUR OWN: Pre-fabricated houses.
Pre-fab homes FOR those of you that have not seen the British television series, Grand Designs, prefabricated houses have come a long way since the grey ‘pre-fabs’ of the postwar era. Nowadays, these houses, often referred to as ‘modular,’ are factory manufactured and then erected in a matter of days, indeed the
paperwork and ground works will be the processes that take the most time. The design is limited only by your own specifications, but these houses are generally built from modern materials, which will naturally provide a house with a low ecol ogi cal pr of i l e and consequently be cheaper to run.
The cost will normally be l ower t han convent i onal housing, but you are a lot less likely to suffer from the vagaries of the weather or over spends. The packages t hat t he companies offer tends to be comprehensive from design, to construction, right down to the last details and are well worth investigating.
At this no-news time of year
BEACH PARTY: Combined music with safety information. atures, but even at 39º, the UV’s still a safe 3-5. As we languish, preferrably under big trees, there’s plenty of time for tertulias about the post election political circus, notable here because the local Coalición Canaria party has lost its decadesold hold on the Canarian Autonomous Government to PSOE, the Spanish socialist party. Our new president is Ángel Victor Torres, whose investiture was livened up by his four-year-old son shouting ‘Papi’ - at which parliament erupted in applause - as he became president. See: https://www.lasexta.com/noticias/na
cional/papi-papi-el-hijo-pequeno-del-nuevopresidente-de-canarias-se-cuela-en-plena-sesion-de-investidura_201907125d28b8650 cf24fa103c22e96.html, courtesy of La Sexta. ‘He seems an ok bloke,’ say the sages in the shade. We shall see. At this no-news time of year, I often get concerned calls about a bit of La Palma dropping off, plunging into the sea and causing the mother of all tsunamis, which will obliterate New York, indeed the entire US eastern seaboard, and may cause trouble here. Thrill to http://www.exitmundi.nl/tsunami.htm
Got a wall for that, Trump?! And here’s a selection of Canarian news bites: Lanzarote’s grape harvest is 50 per cent down on last year’s bumper 3.7 million kilos. We’re talking Malvasia wine, beloved of Shakespeare. Mysteriously, a second dead cow has been found floating off the coast ‘in an advanced state of decomposition.’ No connection between these two news items, as far as we know. Fred Olsen Ferries celebrate 30 years of service between Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, where Beach Party Caleta de Fuste combined music with safety info on the Canaries 1,500 km coastline. Another bash, the Isla Bonita Love Festival in La Palma, was a resounding success: professional, well-organised, free and good fun. See, courtesy of El Apurón: https://elapuron.com/noti cias/sociedad/129936/isla-bonita-love-festival2019-official-aftermovie/ More ferry news,(ferries are important to islands): the Volcán de Tagoro, a new state of the art Naviera Armas boat, built by Incat, is on its way to the Canaries from Tasmania. With luck, I’ll enjoy it on my forthcoming August tour of the islands, a last fling on my soon-to-be-Brexited 75 per cent EU resident travel discount, sleeping in my ancient Nissan Patrol, discovering new places, great nature and nice people while I can still afford it. Watch this space.
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I READ the news of Spain’s PSOE and Podemos failing to agree to a coalition with despair and I see it as a missed opportunity. I had looked forward to a new government that would serve the interests of workers here in Spain rather than those of big business. As a Brit I have watched as rightwing governments there and in Spain loot and pillage their countries to serve their corporate puppet masters. Taxes for the wealthiest have been slashed while ordinary people have been punished with brutal austerity regimes. PSOE and Podemos had a chance to put an end to this but they failed to take it. Their failure to put aside party politics and unite on a left-wing basis is tragic but it will ultimately be the working class, not they, who pay the price. The two party’s lack of political vision may allow reaction to rear its ugly head. Owen Carlson
Possible backlash DEAR Leapy Lee Totally agree with you on items of your manifesto (Issue 1776). Unfortunately difficult for people that agree with you to be outspoken on these matters as would be called RxxxxT. Good luck. Sue Gell
In support DEAR Leapy It was with great delight we read and re-read your article (What if manifesto, 1776). Our top 10 are as follows 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 13, 16, 18, 23 and in top place should without any doubt be number 9 - regards introduction of two years national service. Keep on with your thinking because we really enjoy your article every week. Best regards, Lynda and Laurence Patterson
Support? No chance I WAS surprised to read a raft of letters backing Leapy Lee’s rightwing daydream ‘manifesto’ so I thought I would restore impartiality by writing in. The article features all the classic hallmarks of the reactionary right which are now being put into practice across the world to ruthless and inhumane degrees. Nationalist tripe including the reintroduction of national service can be dismissed easily. Why any parent would want their teenage children to be taught to kill people in the service of neo-imperialism is beyond me. But what caught my at-
NATIONAL SERVICE: Should it be re-introduced? tention most were points 10 and 12, where the wanna-be führer explicitly advocates that camps be opened for young offenders and ‘illegal’ immigrants. We’ve seen that before and we know how it turned out. But we also see it today, in Leapy’s
HAVE YOUR SAY
proposed form, on the southern US border. If you are saying you support Leapy’s manifesto then you ought to research those centres where children are caged and separated from their families and women are forced to drink from toilets. Ernest Peters
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A SCHEME which saw 45 children from Africa’s Western Sahara travel to northern Spain for summer holidays shows what can be achieved with global thinking and international solidarity. The ‘Holidays for Peace’ scheme saw children aged between nine and 12 visit Asturias’ Oviedo. They will not only benefit from cooler climes. Such schemes help both the children and people here in Spain look beyond the narrow confines of nations and see that we are all part of one global community. When people from different backgrounds come together they are able to share ideas, experiences and cultures not only to their benefit, but to the betterment of all. The children can learn that the world offers opportunities for exploration and for making meaningful connections in the most unlikely places with the most unexpected people. Barriers of country, religion, culture and society soon evaporate and what is left is one human being enjoying the company of another. The children will also have much-needed respite from conditions in their home countries that are tough to say the least. Western Sahara was annexed by Morocco in the late 1970s. The UN and NGOs have repeatedly denounced the occupation and its associated human rights abuses. The children now have a respite from the fear and suspicion living under such conditions produces. Everyone needs to have holidays to rest, but we should think ourselves fortunate that we do not have to return to such situations.
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Human monkey hybrid No, because if it works the monkeys will be killed and the organs harvested but even then they won't know how long they’ll last in a human body. The Chinese abuse every animal in the world except pandas. Their human rights record runs parallel with Saudi Arabia. Thelma Dance This was attempted 70 years ago in the UK, unfortunately it all went pear shaped, the resulting hybrid was Jeremy Corbyn! The UK government has since that day banned this procedure for fear of more nutcases infesting the UK. Jim Feaviour
Man dies jumping from dam It isn’t social media, it is the way the teen brain is developing. Science has shown that there are huge changes going on in the teen brain - changes in chemistry and in
COMMENTS FROM FACEBOOK electrical activity as the brain develops and matures into adulthood. The teen is helpless to counter these changes. He/she cannot alter the brain chemistry, but only try to counteract impulsiveness and risk taking. Not easy! Brian Photastic
Dog stabbed to death after attack If it was an unprovoked attack and they acted in self defence, that’s one thing. However, and as I suspect, maybe the question should be: Why are some people allowed to own dogs who have no
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idea how to treat, train and care for them? Steve Walsh Sometimes animals can snap. They are ill, a disease, exactly the same as humans. We don’t always know the reasons why. Such a sad ending, but if the dog severely injured the woman and continued in the attack. I am sure that anyone would have tried to defend themselves however they could.
Man gets goats he rescued put down For heaven’s sake, leave him alone! Raising your own food has been the norm for thousands of years! The law is there for use where appropriate and this is NOT such a case. Use common sense legal eagles!! Brian Photastic
POLL OF THE WEEK Do you enjoy fish in a chiringuito on a Sunday lunchtime or do you prefer a traditional roast of beef or chicken with all the trimmings? • Traditional roast of beef? • Chicken with all the trimmings?
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5:50pmTake Me Out 7:00pmYou've Been Framed! 7:30pmYou've Been Framed! 8:00pmYou've Been Framed! 8:30pmYou've Been Framed! 9:00pmTwo and a Half Men 9:30pmTwo and a Half Men 10:00pm Through the Keyhole
3:50pm Coronation Street 4:20pm Coronation Street 4:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 7:00pm Downton Abbey 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm DCI Banks Part one of two. 12:00am DCI Banks
6:55pm The Sweeney 8:00pm The Chase 9:00pm Made in Britain 10:00pm The Living Daylights James Bond crosses the continents to help a KGB agent to defect to the West. 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pm The Living Daylights 12:45am Death Race
1:00pm Sky Sports News 2:00pm Sky Sports News 3:00pm Live Kia Super League Cricket 6:30pm Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Live Vitality T20 Blast Cricket 8:30pm Live Carabao Cup 11:15pm The Debate
9:55am On the Buses 10:30am On the Buses 11:00amGeorge and Mildred 11:30am Agatha Christie's Poirot 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Emmerdale Rachel and Michael have an uncomfortable meeting. 3:15pm Emmerdale 3:50pm Coronation Street 4:20pm Coronation Street 4:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 6:55pm Downton Abbey 7:55pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 11:05pm Unforgotten
3:45pm Quincy, M.E. 4:50pm Minder 5:50pm The Professionals 6:55pm The Sweeney 8:00pm The Chase 9:00pm DirtQuake 2019 10:00pm Speed Freaks 11:00pmEnter the Dragon A powerful crime kingpin hosts a martial arts tournament on his island lair. 12:05am FYI Daily
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WEDNESDAY - 14 AUGUST 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm 800 Words 3:30pm Escape to the Country 4:30pm Good Morning Dagenham 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 Fake Britain 9:00pm Shop Well for Less 10:00pmSacred Wonders 11:00pmBBC News at Ten 11:25pmRegional News and Weather
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8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Eisteddfod 2019 with Jason Mohammad Part one of two. 9:00pm A History of Scotland 10:00pm The First Georgians: The German Kings who Made Britain 11:00pm Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit 12:00am Susan Calman's Fringe Benefits 12:45am Time Shift 1:45am Calculating Ada: The Countess of Computing
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 Animal Rescue Live: Supervet Special 10:00pm Jade 11:00pm GameFace 11:30pm GameFace
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Leap of faith
JORIS PLU TAKING the leap of faith - what does it mean? For instance, the path you have been walking on until now in your life no longer suits you. Taking the leap of faith means you are willing to go forward, taking the next step in your new positive and wonderful chapter of your life. That is why so many photos about the leap of faith are about jumping. Sometimes or may I say most of the time jumping means not really knowing where you will be landing. And that is called trust. A very, very powerful word. Trust. Trusting that the next step you are going to take will be ok will be the step you need. How many times do you see other people doing this and saying to yourself ‘Wow, I wish I had the nerve to do it. But it all looks so scary, so uncontrollable.’ And most people do not take that
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jump, that leap of faith. Staying in a place where they do not belong any more. And it gives them pain. Pain which is in that moment more ok than the belief, the trust that the next step will be even better for them. Who are we to decide that another person needs to change, needs to take that leap. If at that certain moment a human being needs to stay on the rather safer site than that which is ok. We all have our reasons, our fears, our time to take the leap. Or not take it at all. Sometimes it takes a long time before we jump. That is ok too. There is totally nothing wrong with being happy with where you are in life. But if you keep on hearing
that nagging voice in your head that you have to jump… then just jump. If we listen to our body, heart and soul. Really listen. W e
know very well what is good for us or not. Most of the time we do not trust enough that feeling. Fear and trust. Two powerful words. Taking the leap is about trusting, even though you do not see the net to catch you, knowledge that you will land safely. Think for a moment about all
GO FOR IT: Take the leap of faith.
those people who took the leap, who jumped. If you ask them, most of them, if not all, will tell you that they have should done this much earlier in life. That the jump was totally fine. That they are so happy with their next step in life. Once we master our jumps in life we will be much happier since we are listening to our inner voice, our soul, what it really wants. From that moment on we will love to jump. We now know how it feels. And it feels good. So practice your jump. One step at a time. And if you need help for your first jump, ask for help. You will receive it. Once someone said… When you are at that point in your life that you are scared to jump… then that is the moment to jump. Otherwise you end up staying in the same place for the rest of your life. Enjoy the leap of faith in your life, enjoy the jump.
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More than skin deep
BLOCK THE RAYS: Wear a wide brimmed hat.
HEALTHY skin, full of vitality tends to be the preserve of the young and beautiful. As we age our skin loses its elasticity. Skin also becomes thinner and more fragile; glands lose their ability to effectively moisturise the skin and it’s therefore common for older adults to have dry skin. Here are our top tips for keeping you and your skin looking at their best and keeping it that way. Use warm water rather than hot when you wash, and avoid taking too many baths or showers. Use mild cleansers rather than harsh soaps and alcohol-based products. Consider using a fragrance-free moisturiser and keep your skin well hydrated to help prevent the cracking and itchiness that can accompany dry skin. Stay out of the sun, whenever possible, during the
time when rays are strongest, 10am to 4pm. Remember you can get sunburnt even when it’s cloudy or when you’re in water. Use broad-spectrum sunscreen with SPF of 35 or more. Apply it 15 to 30 minutes before going out and reapply every two hours. When outside in the sun, wear loose, lightweight, longsleeved shirts and long pants or long skirts, along with a wide-brimmed hat. Also wear sunglasses that block the sun’s rays to protect your eyes. Smoking damages your skin in numerous ways, contributes to wrinkles and generally ages your skin. Blood vessels in the outer layer of skin narrow in smokers, reducing blood flow and depleting the skin of nutrients and oxygen. Collagen and elastin, which provide elasticity in skin, are also damaged by smoking. Even minor nutritional deficiencies can cause rashes,
skin lesions and other skin changes. Make sure you’re getting a healthy mix in your diet. Make sure you drink enough water - when you de-
hydrate, your skin does, too. Lastly, put a humidifier in your home to add moisture to the air, particularly if you use air-conditioning, as these units tend to dry the air.
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Every week we will be listing some of the hundreds of events, happening in the Axarquia region. We are particularly keen to help to promote charity events, so if you are organising one or know of one, please let us know at info@euroweeklynews.com.
Alcaucin
Benamocarra
food and clothing market
Saturday - 9am until 2pm - general food and clothing market
Tuesday - 9am until 2pm - general food and clothing market
Frigliana
Algarrobo Costa
Cala del Moral
Thursday - 9am until 2pm - general food and clothing market
Sunday - 9am until 2pm - Car boot sale Tuesday - 9am until 2pm - general food and clothing market
Wednesday - 9am until 2pm - general market on the main N-340 road
Friday - 9am until 2pm - general food and clothing market
Iznate
Periana
Almachar
Caleta de Velez
Sunday - 9am until 2pm - general food and clothing market
Wednesday - 9am until 2pm - general food and clothing market
Friday - 9am until 2pm - general food and clothing market
Saturday - 9am until 2pm - general food and clothing market on the N340 in front of the port.
La Herradura
Puente don Manuel
Friday - 9am until 2pm - general food and clothing market
Friday - 10am until 2pm - farmers market at Chiringuito Antonio
La Vinuela
Rincon de la Victoria
1st and 3rd Saturday of every month, organic farmers market opposite the pharmacy - June to Sept - 10.30am until 2.30pm
Wednesday - 9am until 2pm - general food and clothing market near Cotomar
Almuñécar Friday - 9am until 2pm - general food and clothing market Saturday - First Saturday of the month in the car park in front of McDonald’s
Comares Saturday - 9am until 2pm - general food and clothing market
Competa Saturday - 9am until 2pm - general food and clothing market
Benamargosa Wednesday - 9am until 2pm - general food and clothing market
Nerja
Cutar Thursday - 9am until 2pm - general
Maro Saturday - 9am until 2pm - general food and clothing market
market on the Paseo Maritimo de Poniente in front of the camp site.
Torrox Costa Monday - 9am until 2pm - general food and clothing market
Torrox Pueblo Monday - 9am until 2pm - general food and clothing market - at the main ca rpaark at the bottom of the town
Trapiche Tuesday - 10am until 2pm - Farmers market at Jardines del Trapiche Saturday - 11am until 3pm - Saturday market at El Trapiche Bar/Restaurant
Torre del Mar
Velez-Malaga
Thursdays - 9am until 2pm - general food and clothing market Every second Saturday - 8am until 1.30pm - French Association flea
Thursday - 9am until 2pm - general food and clothing market - Parque Nuevo
Noche el Blanco VELEZ-MALAGA will come alive tomorrow (Friday, August 9) and Saturday with more than
65 events of different types taking place all over the town. There will be rock bands playing in the Plaza de la Constitución from midnight each night whilst restaurants and bars will be open late offering some exceptional food and drink. The Plaza del Carmen will be a dance centre with a selection of local dance schools performing including Spanish champions Fit-Kid. Flamenco arrives at the Cerro de San Cristóbal Auditorium whilst the Centre for Contemporary Art hosts an exhibition on pop art. All cultural spaces will remain open and can be visited free of charge from 8.30pm until midnight and the children aren’t forgotten as the MUVEL will create a specific area for them. There are photographic competitions and handicraft workshops in the San Francisco Market Hall.
TOURIST DAY: Meeting at the lighthouse.
Let them eat cake TOMORROW, Friday August 9 is the fourth year in which the Torre del Mar Council honours visitors to the town with its’ Tourist Day. The special event kicks off at the promenade by the refurbished lighthouse with a formal ceremony at 7.30pm. As a gesture of goodwill to visitors and to show the expertise of the local school of cookery Sabores, head chef Roberto Soler will be making an enormous cake that will
be able to feed 4,000 people. Expected to be some 8.5 metres in height, the cake which will have special tourist based decoration will be made with fondant, cream, chocolate and vanilla to provide a tasty bite for all who attend the ceremony. There was however one warning that the cake will contain both gluten and lactose, so that anyone who has an intolerance to either is advised to admire the chef ’s work but not taste it.
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LIFESTYLE JUST because a property is on the smallish side doesn’t mean it can’t be a comfortable home. If space is tight there are a variety of tactics for maximising space, making a house or apartment feel bigger than it actually is. One way to make smart use of available space is multipurpose stuff. Instead of a coffee or a side table have a trunk or chest. Sit on a storage ottoman rather than a chair. You can put things on them, you can put things in them, and trunks, chests and ottomans make attractive and interesting interior features. Opt for single kitchen items with various potential uses rather than entire sets. Maybe you only use one or two pots and pans regularly, and have others that rarely, if ever, see the light of day. Foldable items can be handy if you don’t have much home space to play with. Chairs which fold up are one example, sofa-beds are another. You can also get foldable or pull-out tables which can be extended to their full size when needed. Don’t let space go to waste. Consider whether hanging things off the back of doors would work. How about shelving above doors, or a bookshelf or other storage solution
Smart with space
MAXIMISE SPACE: Use multipurpose furniture.
as a room divider. Thinking floor to ceiling is helpful when pondering storage. Go for tall
cupboards and shelving units which fill an entire wall all the way up to the top. Sliding doors require less space
than the swing-out variety. Another efficient use of space is to store loose objects in attractive boxes
and baskets. A declutter of accumulated belongings will reduce the amount of things you need storage for of course. When it comes to pictures and ornaments, overdoing it in a diminutive home can make it feel cramped. Consider putting out just a selection of favourites or statement pieces and storing away the rest, then rotating them every so often so different items get a turn and rooms regularly get a fresh look. Doing away with internal doors which are never or rarely closed is another way of opening up a small property. Widening the doorway or entry into the room will create an even greater sense of space. Plenty of natural light can create an illusion an area is bigger. Leave blinds up and curtains open to let as much natural light as possible flow into rooms. If you want some privacy, thinner, pale-coloured curtains will give you that while still allowing sunlight to filter through and brighten up a room. The same illusion can be created by sticking to light, solid colours on walls. Mirrors are another way of tricking the eye into making rooms seem a bit bigger than they actually are.
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FEATURE
Choices , choices: have them both? Freelance correspondent, London, England TWO cars on the horizon are the Lotus Evija and the Mercedes-AMG GT R. Both are looking for buyers now, yet one you may have to wait a little longer for delivery than the other. So time enough to get sated rather than bored before having yet more fun with the second. The Mercedes-AMG GT R is available now for deliveries in the autumn and uses a hand built biturbo four-litre V8 engine to push this supercar from 0 to 62 mph in 3.6 seconds. The Lotus Evija will go a little faster, but let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves as they are very different
cars. Back to the Mercedes-AMG, its top speed is electronically limited to 197 miles hour. Yes, that’s a lot and there are going to be few roads that will permit the attempt to reach that top speed without winning a long conversation with an angry speed cop and a large fine. Though of course there is always the track if you really must push through the gate. The Roadster has a triple layered soft top whose elaborate structure is fitted with what Mercedes describe as an ‘acoustic mat’ to reduce noise. The soft top is naturally made to be opened and closed and comes in three colours black, red or beige. Why beige? No idea, though thoughtfully the soft top may be deployed while at a standstill to entertain the gawping pedestrian or at speeds of to 31 mph, a very precise and German upper limit. Fully kitted with AMG highlights and enhancements from the Performance Exhaust to the Performance Headlights, ‘climatised seats with a memory package; air scarf with Lotus Evija dihedral doors open via keyfob.
Mercedes-AMG GT R Roadster ready for the Autobahn.
neck level heating,’ the Roadster is on the road from £178,000. The Lotus Evija, emits no carbon at all. It’s also the first British all electric Hypercar meaning it has a top speed of 200mph and will get from 0 to 62 mph in less than three seconds. Weighing in at just 1,680 kg’s the Evija is certainly no Mercedes-AMG GT R the aesthetic is utterly different while both convey even while stationary the capacity for agility, speed and savage yet controlled acceleration they do so with utterly different sensibilities. The Evija has a range of 250 miles or 400 km and will enter production in 2020 to reserve a production slot, there are just 130 slots as this is a very limited edition will entail a £250,000 deposit with an on the road cost from £1.7 million each. The Evija benefits from a power train developed by the scion of the F1 and Formula E Williams racing team, and Lotus’s technical partner Williams Advanced Engineering. Lotus and WAE have developed a mid mounted power pack immediately behind the two seats that supplies energy to the four powerful e-motors, with a target weight of just
1680kgs Lotus expect the Evija to be the lightest pure electric Hypercar to go into series production. The Evija incorporates recently developed techniques and technologies tested on the racetrack from the Formula E series as well as Le Mans. Inspired by Le Mans race cars an intriguing exterior element are the Venturi Tunnels which pierces each rear quarter of the Evija, directing airflow through the bodyshell. A visual exclamation mark yet this design element pursues a concept known as ‘porosity’ the delivery of high energy air flow to the rear of the car, this reduces the low pressure behind the car and so reduces drag. The car goes faster! When viewed from the rear each Venturi tunnel is illuminated with red LED evoking the afterburner effect of a fighter jet especially when seen at night. To make the point Lotus fit an extra LED hidden within the tunnel to illuminate its interior. Two supercars with striking exteriors, two super powerful powertrains, two amazing decisions to make or just one. Which to choose? An entertaining time to be hand in making the choice. Nick Horne, London, England
TRAVEL
Roman baths in Casares IF you have a nose for history then a visit to the Baños de la Hedionda (Casares, Malaga) might be a good idea. That is if you also have a nose that can ignore the smell of sulphur in the baths which date back to Roman times and are said to be where the devil breathed out after being expelled from heaven. These sulphurous springs are difficult to reach but are still accessible to the public if somewhat tatty as they have been partly vandalised over the past few years. History records that Roman legionaries on the side of Julius Caesar visited the area in 61AD prior to one of the major battles with the troops of Pom-
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NICK HORNE’S Rich Pick
SULPHUROUS SPRING: A chamber in the baths. pey and those suffering from the skin complaint Scabies were said to have recovered after bathing in the waters. Although it is not confirmed that Caesar himself was a visi-
tor, work was undertaken in the baths over the centuries by the Romans, Moors and Spanish, and the area next to the Rio Manilva has been declared an area of local cultural interest.
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BARRY DUKE FELLA approaches me in a bar, points at the fearsome demon’s head, all teeth and horns, that I have tattooed on my upper right arm and asks ‘did that hurt?’ ‘Sure,’ I replied, ‘but the pain was exquisite.’ I added: ‘But it was nothing compared to the agony of having a lizard inked on my right buttock.’ ‘Oooh, can I see it?’ was his response. As we were the only people in the place, and because the bartender, polishing glasses, had his back turned to us, I exposed it. There was a long silence before he exclaimed ‘that doesn’t look like a lizard, it’s more like Godzilla!’ The moment I got home, I rushed to a mirror to see what he was on about - and was horrified to discover that time and the loss of skin elasticity had transformed the cute wee reptile into a bloody great monster.
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EXQUISITE PAIN: ... and even the Pope approves. Gone, alas, was the pert little butt that once won me the ‘Rear of the Year ’ title in a gay nightclub competition 52 years ago. My addiction to tattoos was triggered when my t h e n p a r t n e r, B r i a n , a n nounced on our 15th an-
niversary 31 years ago that his gift to me was a red rose. ‘So, where is it?’ I asked. ‘Oh,’ he replied, ‘we’ve yet to get it. Put on some clothes and I’ll take you there.’ ‘There’ turned out to be a tattoo parlour in Soho,
London. Brian introduced me to Simon, the needle man, and showed me the rose he’d chosen for my left upper arm. ‘You’ll always think of me when you look at it,’ he said. And I still do, 23 years after I lost him to cancer in 1996.
Filled with trepidation, I let Simon get to work, and with the pain came a feeling of exhilaration that I’d before experienced. This, I later discovered, was because needles release endorphins in the brain. ‘Endorphins are your body’s natural pain relievers’ Lisa Barretta, author of Conscious Ink: The Hidden Meaning of Tattoos, says. ‘These chemicals come directly from the brain, flooding your body. Endorphins are ‘feel-good’ chemicals that help us realise on some level that we are more resilient to pain than we think. It can become a deeply therapeutic process, for that very reason.’ She sure got that right. Soon I was back to Simon for more, and in the process discovered to my astonishment that his biggest client base comprised New York Catholic
priests. It started, he said, when one was on a visit to the UK, and was so pleased with the piece he’d had done that word spread like wildfire among his colleagues. ‘I’m guessing they all wanted religious tattoos,’ I surmised. Simon chortled ‘oh no, demons were mainly their thing.’ Seeing the look of surprise on my face, he confided that one an archbishop no less wanted his dangly bits coloured red and blue. Ouch! Then I learned that, in 2018, Pope Francis told aspiring young priests ‘not to be scared of tattoos’ and to use them as a talking-point to encourage dialogue. But what kind of dialogue can be encouraged by having brightly coloured testicles? Your guess, dear reader, is as good as mine.
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Keeping your dog cool during the heat by Laura Maksvytyte JUST like humans, dogs can suffer from sunburn and heatstroke during the hot summer days, so it’s important to give them a little extra care when the sun is at its warmest. Unlike humans, dogs can cool themselves only by panting and sweating through their paw pads. Soaring temperatures can cause heat stress or permanent physical harm and can even be fatal. Keeping them in a well-ventilated place is the best option. Pets left outside should have plenty of water and access to shade, bearing in mind the sun shifts. Dogs need exercising regardless of the temperature outside, but making them run alongside the bike isn’t a great idea in the heatwave. Pavements can get very hot in warm weather. If it’s too hot to touch with your hand, then it’s too hot for a dog’s paws. A great exercise for your pet during the hot days is swimming. Under no circumstances should dogs be left in a parked car in hot weather, even for short periods with the windows slightly open. A dog trapped inside a parked car can lead to
heatstroke within minutes - even when the car isn’t parked in direct sunlight. On a 26ºC day the temperature inside a shaded car is 32ºC, and the inside of a vehicle parked in the sun can reach 70ºC. A dog showing any symptoms of heatstroke - such as restlessness, heavy panting, vomiting, tiredness or lack of coordination - should be taken to a shady spot immediately. Just like people, dogs also get sunburnt. There are pet-friendly sunscreen that should be used on exposed areas, including nose, ears and tummy. Pets with sensitive skin should be covered up, just like humans. Pets enjoy a cold treat during the hot summer days, since they do not tolerate lactose, ice lollies can be made using pet-friendly ingredients. HEATWAVE: Keep your pets hydrated.
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THE names of all Lamborghini’s cars are derived from the world of bullfighting. The Diablo and Murcielago are both the names of famous bulls, while the Estoque is the style of sword that Matadors use.
New 2019 Ford Focus ST FORD has released details of the all-new Focus ST, which they claim delivers nimble hot-hatchback thrills in a stylish, comfortable and practical family car. A new generation of Ford’s 2.3-litre EcoBoost all-aluminium engine is the most powerful ever offered for a Focus ST. Using advanced turbocharging technology to deliver 280 PS power at 5,500 rpm and 420 Nm of torque from 3,000 rpm to 4,000 rpm. Alternatively, Ford’s 190 PS 2.0-litre EcoBlue diesel engine model, delivers peak power at 3,500 rpm and 400 Nm of torque between 2,000 rpm and 3,000 rpm and 360 Nm from 1,500 rpm, which give acceleration of Zero-
NEW GENERATION: 2019 Ford Focus ST.
100 km/h (0-62 mph) in 7.6 seconds for the five-door model. Ford’s first application of an electronic limited-slip differential (eLSD) for a front-wheel-drive vehicle further enhances the cornering and stability. The car comes with a
Microcars compact but spacious ‘COCHES sin Carnet’ or microcars are legally described as four-wheelers whose empty mass is limited and cannot exceed 45 km / h. Originally they were the preferred option by the elderly. Latterly, they began to be used by women aged 35 to 50 and young people aged 15 to 18. They saw them as a seemingly safer alternative than the moped for short journeys. Now the monicker ‘Car without a licence’ is not absolutely true, it is necessary to have the AM class on your licence, that is, the moped licence. The driver must be at least 15 years old, and, of course, the holder must have passed the psycho technical test and the theoretical exam. It is important to note that the cars can only carry two occupants, must be driven on
the hard shoulder, where one is available, and are prohibited from motorways. The vehicle also must be registered and insured. Aixam, a French company specialised in the manufacture of microcars, is committed to electric mobility and has launched the new eAixam range with the eCity and eCoupe models. With lithium-ion batteries, the new 100 per cent electric vehicles are capable of 80 km in real conditions from fully charged, they also only need three and a half hours for a full charge from a 220V domestic plug and one hour to recharge for a range of 25km. Aixam calculates a cost for the recharge of €1 for every 100 km travelled. They are quiet and ecological thanks to their 0 per cent
CO2, nitrogen oxide and particle emissions. Another of its advantages is its easy and low maintenance cost due to the lower number of electric motor components. These are very compact models, up to three metres long and 1.5 metres wide, but spacious for two people and with a generous boot of 680 litres to 980 litres, depending on the model, which also benefit from the driveability and accessories offered by combustion engine versions. Connectivity is now so essential, especially among young people and the new electric models are available with Aixam Connect multimedia touch screen with bluetooth and USB port, it also has a stereo, reversing camera and the possibility of connecting your smartphone.
choice of sixspeed manual or quick-shifting new seven-speed automatic transmission, and for the first time, a selectable Drive Modes technology is introduced to the Focus ST, enabling drivers to adjust the vehicle’s character to suit the driving scenario.
The Focus ST also benefits from a comprehensive range of technologies introduced for the all-new Focus in 2018, which includes: • Adaptive Cruise Control now enhanced with Stop & Go, Speed Sign Recognition and Lane-Centring for effortlessly negotiating stop-start traffic • Ford’s Adaptive Front Lighting System with new camera-based predictive curve light and sign-based light that pre-adjust headlamp patterns for improved visibility by monitoring bends in the road and road signs • Active Park Assist 2 that operates gear selection, acceleration and braking in addition to steering, to enable fullyautomated manoeuvres at the push of a button • Ford’s first Head-up display helping drivers focus their attention on the road ahead • Evasive Steering Assist, a technology that helps drivers steer around stopped or slower vehicles to help avoid collisions • The Focus ST 2.3-litre EcoBoost delivers from 7.9 l/100 km fuel efficiency, and from 179 g/km CO2 emissions.
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Honda Jazz Sport Navi
ROAD TEST by Nick Fletcher HONDA’S Jazz hatchback has been a very popular model in recent years, appealing to those who look for reliability and low running costs, but are not too concerned about sporty performance. However, the Jazz is now available with a more punchy 1.5-litre petrol engine which will widen its appeal to younger buyers who tend to prefer more zesty performance and sharper handling. The previous 1.3-litre 101 hp petrol engine is still available, but the new 1.5-litre unit packs 128 hp, and with a sixspeed manual gearbox (a CVT auto gearbox is an option) delivers a quick 0-100 kph time of 8.7 seconds and a top speed of 190 kph (118 mph). Average fuel economy is 17 kpl (47.9 mpg) and emissions are 133 g/km. With this larger engine in my upper-spec Sport Navi test model, there was not only an immediate performance boost but a whole new persona for the Jazz because it has also had an exterior make-over to
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give it a bolder and more potent look, which helps it compete in a tough sector which includes rivals such as the Ford Fiesta, VW Polo and Toyota Yaris. The Jazz also boasts lighter suspension for more agile handling and a new damper
WITH an output of up to 310 kW (421 hp), the completely new Mercedes-AMG 2.0 litre engine is currently the world’ s most powerful turbocharged four-cylinder manufactured for series production. Mercedes-AMG has bettered the output of the preceding engine by 30 kW (40 hp) and maximum torque has also increased from 475 to up to 500 Nm. This gives an acceleration of zero to 100 km/h in record time with the CLA 45 S 4MATIC+ Shooting Brake requiring just 4.0 seconds, while the base model CLA 45 4MATIC+ Shooting Brake gets up to speed in 4.1 seconds. AMG has extensively reinforced the body shell, as it provides the basis for the precise self-steering characteristics, as well as track
POWERFUL: Mercedes-AMG CLA 45 4MATIC+ shooting-brake.
Facts at a glance Model: Honda Jazz Sport Navi Engine: 1.5 litre petrol Transmission: 6-speed manual Performance: 0-100 kph 8.7 seconds, top speed 190 kph (118 mph) Economy: 17 kpl (47.9 mpg) Emissions: 133 g/km
Model tested was UK-specification and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets.
system which improves ride quality, so out on the road it excels with responsive acceleration and assured cornering. It is pleasingly comfortable to drive on urban roads and when you leave the city and need more speed, the car revs eagerly and shows it wants to go. Clever use of cabin space
Agile and dynamic stability when driving at high speed. The eight-speed dual-clutch transmission also contributes to the car’s agile and dynamic character. The gear ratios have been configured so that the driver experiences spontaneous acceleration in all speed ranges. Depending on the selected driving mode, the driver receives a specific drive configuration with different accelerator and gearshift characteristics. With its sporty appoint-
ments and the sophisticated infotainment system, the high-quality interior creates a close, personal connection between man and machine. The driver and front passenger are seated in an active position on contoured sport seats with firm lateral support. The standard upholstery is a combination of
black Artico man-made leather and Dinamica microfibre. This car also has the Mercedes voice control system, simply activated with the words ‘Hey Mercedes.’ The advanced artificial intelligence system recognises and understands nearly all sentences from the
means the Jazz is bigger inside than you might expect, and has good occupant space front and rear, with wide doors allowing easy access. A large tailgate reveals a 354-litre boot, expandable to 897 litres by folding the rear seats flat. It gets full marks for practicality. And it score highly for equipment too. Standard kit on this model includes fourpowered windows, cruise control, auto lights, touchscreen infotainment unit with connectivity and smartphone mirroring, sat-nav, forward collision warning, lane-keep assistance, and auto city braking system. Jazz prices start at €16,290 (£14,600) and there are several trim levels, with my Sport Navi version at €20,383 (£18,250). With the new engine option, forceful new styling and with Honda’s legendary reliability record, the potential market for the Jazz is greatly increased and this sporty version should prove popular.
fields of infotainment and vehicle operation, even if they are expressed indirectly. Combined fuel consumption 8.48.2 l/100 km; combined CO2 emissions 191-188 g/km. The shooting-brake additionally offers a pronounced degree of practicality. At 505 litres, the boot is large enough to accommodate a wealth of recreational and outdoor equipment plus the tailgate can also be opened contactlessly with an easy-pack system and comes with hands-free access.
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IT was magnificent seven for Lewis Hamilton as he clinched a gripping Hungarian GP for the seventh time seven years on from his first win for Mercedes. That first win was also at the Hungaroring and had been an unexpected victory at the time after Mercedes had struggled in the first few races of the season. This time round it took a gamble from the team and a superlative drive from Hamilton to snatch victory from Max Verstappen in a race of high ten-
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Magnificent 7 for Lewis Hamilton sion and drama. The two had a race-long battle that the young Dutchman looked to be winning after an excel-
WINS AGAIN: Hamilton had an incredible drive.
lent drive from pole. Hamilton was all over the back of Verstappen after the first round of pitstops saw the British racer with fresher tyres. But Verstappen impressively held him off despite Hamilton pushing hard. When his Mercedes brakes started to get overheating problems and his tyres started to wear Hamilton had to ease off. It was then that the Mercedes team had a masterstroke. They changed strategy and brought Hamilton in for a second pitstop. Verstappen’s Aston Martin Red Bull team failed to react, leaving him to try to last the race out on worn tyres. While Hamilton now had the advantage of fresh tyres he still had a massive gap to close on the leader of around 20 seconds. The Briton chased down Verstappen,
European champs again ly gave it away again as they went sevIT has been a long wait but Spain’s unen long minutes in the final quarter der-18 basketball players are European without scoring a single field goal. champions once again. However, as the clock ticked down They overcame Turkey 57-53 in up stepped Oier Ardanza who the final to take the title for the scored with a pair of free throws, first time since 2011, but they and a put-back layup that made it had to do it the hard way. 55-50 with 38.5 left to play. They found themselves 13 Turkey managed a quick threepoints behind in the second pointer, but could not secure a rehalf of the match being bound and Spain scored late p l a y e d i n Vo l o s to ensure the win. (Greece) but 6ft FIBA Secretary Gener11in Santi Aldama al Andreas Zagklis and stepped forward to FIBA Executive grab the game by Director Europe t h e s c r u ff o f t h e Kamil Novak neck. were on hand to He sank shots w i t n e s s S p a i n ’s from long distance, triumph. got to the hoop and dominated the game as he collected 23 points, all after MVP: Santi Aldama came coming off the bench. off the bench to top score. Even then Spain nearCredit: Baloncesta España/Twitter
and with three laps to go, Hamilton made the pass to take the lead, going on to take his seventh Hungarian GP win. Verstappen was forced to pit, as his tyres were now totally worn, and came back out in second. He promptly pumped in the fastest lap, to get the extra bonus point, and crossed the line 17.7s adrift with Sebastian Vettel passing Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc late on for third. Spain’s Carlos Sainz took a brilliant fifth for McLaren ahead of Red Bull’s Pierre Gasly and Alfa Romeo’s Kimi Raikkonen. Bottas, who was forced to pit early on for a new nose after contact with Hamilton and Leclerc, recovered to eighth, with McLaren’s Lando Norris and Toro Rosso’s Alexander Albon completing the top 10. In the championship race Hamilton now has 250 points, a 62 point lead over teammate Bottas. Mercedes-AMG Petronas (438 points) lead Ferrari (288 points) by 150
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points in the Constructors’ Championship. Lewis Hamilton said: “We’ve been together for seven years, but this feeling never gets old. If it wasn’t for everyone here and back at the factory, this wouldn’t have been possible. “I’m so grateful to be a part of it and for the team for continuing to believe in me, push the limits and take a risk. We struggled a little with the brakes today, so I was trying to save as much as I could for when I had a chance to pass Max. It was very, very difficult to get by. “I wasn’t sure if I could close the 19second gap, but the team said to just get your head down, so I did. I kept pushing, the gap closed and the laps were like qualifying laps. I was on the limit all the way. I take my hat off to the team and I think if Niki were here today, he would take his hat off too.” Mercedes team leader Toto Wolff said: “What an unbelievable comeback. This is why we love the sport, you are holding onto moments like this, where it’s an unexpected result and this is why it feels so great. “We didn’t think it would go this way but the strategy team did so well and made great calls. There was a specific point in the race where we weren’t sure if Lewis would catch Max, but he got his head down and once the Red Bull was in sight, we knew he’d pounce. “An incredible drive and a great result to head into the summer break with.”
Exciting regatta in Mallorca THE Copa del Rey MAPFRE is a regatta with a reputation for exciting sailing and tense finishes, and the 38th edition that finished at the weekend didn’t disappoint. After six exciting days of competition, the identity of the champions of the 11 classes was only revealed on the last day. Among the milestones of the 38th Copa del Rey MAPFRE was the defence of their 2018 titles by Estrella Damm in the BMW ORC 2 class and L’Immens Laplaza Assessors in BMW ORC 3. Historic victories were scored by Natalia in Mallorca Sotheby’s ClubSwan 42, which became the first Romanian champion and Oman Air, which became the first Omani champion. On top of that the Federación Balear took the first all-female crew prize. In total 132 teams of 26 nationalities competed in 11 classes and four regatta areas in Palma Bay. The 11 winners are: the Italians Cannonball in Mallorca Sotheby’s IRC and Cuordileone in ClubSwan 50; the French Team Vision Future in BMW ORC 0; the Omani Oman Air in
GC32; Natalia in Mallorca Sotheby’s ClubSwan 42; and the Spanish Porrón IX in Swan 45, Estrella Damm in BMW ORC 1, El Carmen - Elite Sails in BMW ORC 2, L’Immens - Laplaza Assessors in BMW ORC 3, Federación Balear in Purobeach Women’s Cup and Grupo Garatu in Herbalife Nutrition J80. Speaking after the final classifications were anounced Helena Alegre, skipper of Federación Balear, Purobeach Women’s Cup champion said: “We only met for the first time one week ago. It was all to play for today but when we won the first race then we could breathe a little easier. And to win this event for all female crews on our own home waters with a bunch of girls we all met up together is great. We have won the Cup and won friends.” This was the first time the Copa del Rey has had a category for all female crews. It was introduced as a way of helping Spain’s Olympic qualifying campaign. But it is not the only category that women can sail in, as proven by Natalia Brailoiu, skip-
per of Natalia, Mallorca Sotheby’s ClubSwan 42 champion. She said: “It is a dream come true! This has been a good, strong class in which you have to fight for every place, every point. This time we were very concentrated and focused.” Ed Baird, tactician on Cannonball, Mallorca Sotheby’s IRC champion said: “This is terrific. You come here worried when you have not seen another Maxi72 for eight months and so to win is great. “Proteus did a great job winning today which was the best they could do to get second. Bella Mente is a brand new boat and the other two boats here are three years old and we are all here hoping we are competitive with the new boat.” Leonardo Ferragamo, skipper/owner on Cuordileone, ClubSwan 50 champion said: “I feel extremely rewarded and very excited. There is a lot of relief, the tension of racing seven very intense days goes away. I think this will be my 10th Copa del Rey and to win it with the ClubSwan 50, one of the main classes here, feels like a great achievement.”
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Marquez equals Hailwood record By Dilip Kuner CHAMPIONSHIP leader Marc Marquez reaffirmed his position at the top of the MotoGP standings after another dominant weekend at the Czech Grand Prix in Brno. After equalling Mick Doohan’s 58 career pole positions on Saturday, his win makes him only the fourth rider in modern history to reach 50 top tier victories. The win also means he equals legendary British rider Mike Hailwood’s 76 wins across all classes. Fourth on the all time winner list, Marquez heads to round 11 in Austria with 210 points - 63 points clear of second placed Dovizioso. The race weekend was littered with scattered showers which played right into the Spaniard’s hands. Marquez is rightly known for being fault-
less in mixed conditions. The race start was delayed for 40 minutes after a shower deposited standing water onto the start/finish straight and into turn one. Marquez started from pole after a masterful display in qualifications saw him lead the field by 2.5 seconds. From the start, the factory Honda rider pulled away for a commanding lead and although close rival Andrea Dovioso (Ducatti) would stay with him for the opening stages of the race, he would later drop back as tyre wear came into play. The battle behind the leading two was a close one, with Alex Rins, Jack Miller and Valentino Rossi trading places throughout the early stages. Rossi would fall back leaving the two youngsters to battle for the final position on the podium. Miller managed
to overtake Rins on the penultimate lap for his second podium of the year. Britain’s Cal Crutchlow would cross the line in fifth ahead of Yamaha duo Valentino Rossi and Fabio Quartararo. Danilo Petrucci was eighth, with Taka Nakagami and Maverick Vinales finishing off the top 10. Marquez said: “I was really concentrated from the beginning as there were still some wet patches, especially at turn one. I knew I needed to keep my rhythm as the Yamaha riders were starting from behind and they were strong in warm up. “Then I saw that Dovi was behind me so I had to keep pushing
and pushing. I had a little warning on lap 10 because that is when I started to push more to try and open the gap. “Delaying the race was the best decision that could have been made because the
track was in a mixed condition and it could have been quite dangerous. A crazy weekend with the weather, but the
whole Repsol Honda Team were perfect and helped me a lot to achieve victory!”
DOMINANT: Marquez racked up his 50th victory in MotoGP.