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Aircraft sea plunge A JET training aircraft was filmed crashing into the sea off the coast of La Manga, Murcia, killing the pilot. According to police reports, the authorities received hundreds of calls from residents explaining that an aircraft had crashed just off the shoreline at around 9.30am on Monday morning. Initial reports suggested the pilot managed to eject before the aircraft hit the water, but once the rescue team reached the wreckage the pilot was found dead. A police statement confirmed the identity of the pilot being Commander Francisco Marín of the General Academy of Air of San Javier (Murcia). It was thought that he was undertaking a training flight when he got into unknown difficulties. The plane could be seen plummeting towards the ocean surface before attempting to pull up. A full investigation is now underway into the accident and as to why the aircraft, a Spanish built CASA C-101 Aviojet, ended up plummeting into the Mediterranean.
Storm alert in the Costa Blanca THE Costa Blanca is bracing itself for an onslaught of heavy rain and storms following a weather warning from AEMET, the State Meteorological Agency. The forecasts show that a ‘gota fria’ (cold drop) is forming and the storm looks to be worse than was originally thought, so much so that AEMET has already raised the alert from yellow (risk) to orange (significant risk) both rain and storms for the entire week. Warnings have also been issued to 299 towns across the region as they are at risk of heavy flooding based on similar warnings last year.
AEMET also warned that rainfall of up to 40 mm could fall in just one hour along the entire coast of the province of Alicante. AEMET has updated the warning on its website and also sent it to the municipalities in the area in order to activate the emergency protocols in the event of heavy rains.
CRASH: Commander Francisco Marín sadly passed away after his jet crashed on Monday morning.
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Silent tribute A MINUTE’S silence was held by in Torrevieje in memory of the victims of a 1938 bombing of the town. The silence was led by four councillors to commemorate the deaths of 18 civilians who perished when the port was bombard-
ed in an air strike on August 28. For the last four years the local council has laid flowers at the port in memory of those who died and many more who were injured in the attack by the Allied Italian forces.
STORMS: The red flag means no swimming.
La Manga closes down beaches RED flags have been hoisted on the beaches of La Manga due to the recent storms that have been working their way down the coast and a plane crash which happened on Monday just off the coast of the Mar Menor. The authorities were busy on Monday after a plane crashed into the sea off La Manga and they had to clear the remains of the wreckage and re-
cover the body of the pilot. On Tuesday there were red flags flying on 15 of the beaches near the La Manga area on the Mediterranean coast which is not protected by the lagoon of the Mar Menor. In addition to the red warnings there were a number of yellow flags posted all the way down to Punta del Calnegre in Lorca at the start of the week.
International music festival in Eras de la Sal TORREVIEJA were this year’s hosts for the 17th annual Festival Internacional Bandas de Musica which took place in the Eras de la Sal last weekend. One of the most enigmatic performances came from the clarinet ensemble of the Italian Police band who played on the second day of the festival. The host band was the
Musical Society for Torrevieja who went by the name ‘Los Salerosas’ after the famous salt mountains which surround the town. The Musical Society of Cehegin who played on the last day of the festival made a similarly notable impression on the listeners when they closed the festival for another year.
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Dutch champ hobbles off
Source: Ayuntamiento de Casar de Cáceres
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THE famous Dutch cyclist Steven Kruijswijk had to retire from the La Vuelta competition due to a problem with his knee. Kruijswijk came in third place in the Tour de France and was tipped to place on the podium in the La Vuelta too before his injury.
Cable fire THE Local Police in Murcia have reported a fire that had been caused by a cable setting alight in San Anton. The fire department got to the fire quickly and put it out whilst some nervous residents reportedly gathered around the fire engine.
Rain team THE mayor of Murcia, Jose Ballesta put together a team comprising of the local authorities, the State Meteorological Agency, National Police, Civil Protection, firefighters and traffic police, all for the heavy rain that hit at the beginning of the week when 40 litres per square metre per hour was recorded.
Phone jacker THE Guardia Civil is looking for a man accused of assaulting two women and stealing a mobile ph o n e f r o m t h e m a fte r leaving a club in San Javier. The man apparently offered to give the two girls a lift home, they ac c e p t e d a n d h e late r stopped the car and stole from them.
Economic bid A GROUP of successful entrepreneurs based in Murcia known as FOMENTO has come together to discuss ways in which the current regional government is ‘holding back economic development.’ They met with the Minister for Development Jose Ramon Diez who has been accused of limiting the options available to entrepreneurs.
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Death threats A 51-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested in Murcia for allegedly threatening to kill his wife whilst holding a knife in a bar in Murcia. The incident took place in Calle Isabel la Catolica in Murcia and the detainee is being held for domestic violence.
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FINANCE 46-49 LEAPY 50 TRADITIONAL: The bell tower of the church of Casar de Cáceres.
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Culinary world map WANDERING through the traditional whitewashed houses and narrow streets of Casar de Cáceres in the northern region of Extremadura you would be hard placed to find anything extraordinary about your surroundings. However if you stumbled upon the innocuous Museo del Queso in the centre of the village, you would soon be learning about the local cheese that has become world renowned for its unique flavour and manufacturing
processes. The town of Casar de Cáceres has been producing the famous Torta del Casar for centuries and still does so today, using the same traditional methods they used hundreds of years ago. Just eight families now produce the cheese which comes from the Merino and Entrefina sheep that graze on the local Cardoon Thistle that is common in the area. The thistle was found to give the cheese a slightly bitter flavour
Murder case reopened THE Provincial Court of Murcia has ordered that a murder case be reopened at an instructional court in Lorca after new evidence was made available to the family of the deceased party. The medical staff at a hospital in Lorca were accused of negligence in May which allegedly led to the death of the party in question. The family of the deceased claim that they were unaware of the coroner’s report that served as inadmissible evidence which ultimately led to the case being thrown out by the court. Until they heard it argued in court they had not been able to prepare a counterargument, but have since had time to analyse the information with a forensic team and believe that they still have a case. The family also made the point to the Murcia Court judge that it was very difficult to listen to the coroner’s report at the time as it denoted the gruesome death of a family member.
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and a semi liquid consistency. The sheep used are notoriously difficult to produce milk from, so it takes up to 20 sheep to produce just 2.2 pounds of cheese. So sacred is the commodity in the area that in 1999, the local councils set up a protection project called ‘Denominación de Origen del Casar,’ to maintain the integrity of the cheese, monitoring counterfeit cheese put onto the market and giving official accreditation to genuine products.
Eco farming centre A SUSTAINABLE agricultural research centre is to be built on the outskirts of Cartagena in Cabezo Beaza. Pablo Murillo, a graduate of Civil Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Cartagena has designed the new centre. The project will offer agricultural companies the opportunity to try out new sustainable methods to be used in their businesses such as hydroponic and aquaponic farming. The former helps to stop soil contamination as it requires the crop to be more densely contained, in turn leading to better waste management and less land being used. The latter is a more modern development that takes biological waste from fish tanks and uses it to feed plants. The innovative design has been developed to draw in new investors and large companies that need to meet national and EU regulations and who are looking for new ways to contribute to responsible farming.
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Stepfather jailed for rape A TEENAGE boy born in Murcia has come forward to denounce his stepfather who had allegedly been sexually abusing the boy for seven years prior. The courts found the 37-yearold husband of the boy’s mother guilty on several counts of forced sexual activity including exposing himself to the boy, forcing him to watch pornography, forcing him to touch his penis and raping him. The 15-year-old boy was silenced all these years up until now by the threats made by the 37year-old paedophile. The courts ruled that the man threatened the youngster by telling him he would hurt his mother if he spoke of what happened between them. The paedophile has been sentenced 10 years and six months in prison and will be forced to pay €40,000 to the victim for the moral damages caused.
New route THE president of the Troops and Legions in Cartagena launched a promotional campaign to offer an alternative route to the famous Camino de Santiago. ‘La Sendica de San Gines’ runs from the city centre to the church of San Gines de la Jara.
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INJURED: Fight leaves four needing hospital treatment.
THE 19th century tradition of setting a fishing net on the beach of Portus, between Mazarron and Cartagena, was revitalised last weekend, when locals took to the shores to cast out their vinyl meshes and catch fish the old fashioned way.
Festival knife fight FOUR people were injured in a knife fight on Ramon y Cajal Street in Jumilla over the weekend during the town’s annual summer festival. The Emergency Coordination Centre was alerted to the scene on Saturday afternoon and promptly sent the Guardia Civil, Local Police forces
and the paramedics to the scene. Two were seriously injured in the fight and were taken straight to the Virgen del Castillo Hospital in Yecla in the two ambulances that were sent. The other two who were not in critical condition were transported to the Emergency Services Ward.
As of yet there is no indication as to what started the knife fight which is the second to occur in the last two weeks in the Murcia region. Two Romanian men in Murcia stabbed each other a couple of weeks ago after an argument in the street and were both gravely wounded.
Man shot A MAN riding a bicycle in Torre Pacheco was shot by two men in a car and with a throat full of pellets from a shotgun, the man was able to reach his home town of Los Alcazares to get help.
Blaze engulfs car THE Emergency Services were called out to the RM-19 motorway between Murcia and the Mar Menor over the weekend to contain a fire that had consumed a car on the way to Murcia. The fire department were able to put the fire out quickly and as the car was in the middle of the road it didn’t spread into the surrounding
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areas. The flames appeared to be coming from under the bonnet but the cause is unknown as of yet, though overheating is suspected. The blaze caused queues of traffic several kilometres long on the way to Murcia and another vehicle suffered the same fate closer to the city centre causing even more traffic on the busy route.
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RISK: Old cars especially can overheat and cause fires in severe heat.
Quake alert AN earthquake which registered 2.6 on the richter scale was recorded between Lorca and Totana last week and according to the emergency services who were alerted a number of times, nobody was harmed.
Castle fire LORCA firefighters were alerted to a fire on Saturday evening that started on one of the hillsides of Lorca Castle. The fire brigade was quickly on the scene and to all the neighbourhood’s relief, were able to douse the flames before they snaked down the mountain into the dense dry forest. This is the second year in a row that fires have affected the area above the church of San Juan. Last year several people were accused of setting fire to the area intentionally.
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Beaches in Murcia safer than ever
CASUALTIES: Playa Carolina in Aguilas is one of Murcia’s most popular beaches. STATISTICS collated from the Murcia Town Hall have shown that this summer there have been 14 per cent less casualties on the beaches of Murcia compared to the same period of last year. The beach rescue teams have had to assist with over 39,800 cases of potential danger this year from June 15 to August 15 which may
seem a lot in a short space of time, but it is 3,366 cases less than last year. Most of these cases required the emergency teams to provide basic first aid to the public due to injuries sustained from rocks or fish in the sea. There have also been a high number of allergic reactions this year that have required the teams to
break out the medical kits. More serious cases involving a search, locate and rescue missions were less frequent. One hundred and seventy two people and 26 boats were brought back to the shore this year. Of these, there were three that died from asphyxiation and six that suffered serious cardiac arrests.
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Employment drive THE Ministry of Employment in Murcia has invested €419,000 into educational courses for students who are in need of a job. It is estimated that 40 per cent of those who take part in these courses will be allocated a position in a company as soon as they have completed one. Six of the nine courses on
Paying homage ORIHUELA CD paid homage to those that fought in the Second World War in the ‘La Nueve’ division who battled to free France from the Germans in 1944. They have done so by designing their shirts with tanks and soldiers on them in front of a monument in Paris. This year celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris.
offer will take place in Alhama de Murcia and will put students in the running for highly sought-after positions in the huge national food production company El Pozo.
The SEF offices for unemployment make the decision as to whom is accepted on one of these courses based on their ability and current job status.
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Mum and two children found A MOTHER and her two children aged three and four were located last Sunday by the National Police force after they were reported missing by her husband on August 19. The mother, who was born in Orihuela has, according to her husband, disappeared unexpectedly before on numerous occasions. This time however, after contacting her
relatives and friends, who knew nothing of her whereabouts, the Nigerian father of two became worried. According to the Interior Ministry, Murcia is amongst the five autonomous regions with the highest rate of disappearances in Spain. There were 457 people reported missing last year according to data from the gov-
ernment website, 13 of which were deemed to be high-risk scenarios. This year, in light of the growing number of disappearances, the ‘SOS Desaparecidos’ association started up and began posting on several online platforms to publicise these disappearances and bring attention to them on the national level.
App released for OAPs THE University of Alicante has created an app called ‘Actuasalud’ to evaluate the health and general vulnerability of people in the province over the age of 65. The Scientific Unit for Business Innovation (UCIE) is responsible for designing and releasing this application so that nursing staff can assess the vulnerability of elderly people. It is estimated that 10 per cent of the population
over 65 years is vulnerable in some way and that this figure increases by 25 per cent over the age of 85. The app can be downloaded onto mobile phones and tablets and has been released to ‘mitigate the loss of independence of older people and give life to their later years through information technologies,’ according to the Generalitat.
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Motorcycle theft A TEENAGER has been arrested in El Palmar, Murcia for allegedly stealing a dirt bike that was posted for sale on a w e l l - k n o wn o n lin e marketplace. The young boy reportedly stole the bike from another young person who had put the bik e u p f o r sa l e . H e asked to try it out and take
it for a ride. T h e s elle r o b lig e d a nd g av e h im th e k ey s to the bike to let him take it for a spin. After the buyer was gone for some time, it became clear that he was not coming back. P o lic e id e n tified the young suspect through his WhatsApp profile photo and
Homophobic attack THE president of the LGBTQI Society in Mula ‘DiversiMula’ has reported being attacked outside a nightclub in the town centre whilst receiving verbal abuse from the assailants during the altercation. The young man was taken to hospital with bruises on his face and neck after the alleged homophobic attack. The suspected assailants are reported to have been shouting ‘maricon’ which loosely translates as ‘fag’ whilst he was leaving the club. No complaint was made by either party at the time of the event, but after the victim submitted an official complaint, the Guardia Civil have initiated an investigation into the matter.
a picture of the bike that the seller had provided. He was arrested along with an accomplice who contacted the sellers and is linked with four other crimes of a similar nature in the area.
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OLD UNIFORM: In line for new eco-friendly uniforms.
New eco uniforms POLICE of San Javier are designing new outfits for the force that are to be made out of recycled and organic materials. The city council and the police force have recently signed a contract worth over €45,000 that will go towards new, technologically advanced and responsibly sourced outfits for the Local Police. The colouring will be similar to the old one except for the yellow reflective strips that outline the lettering so as not to confuse them with
the other authorities. The Teflon Sanitech material is developed to allow for maximum breathability, maximum resistance to rain and maximum durability. It is also antibacterial and stain proof. There was recently another order put in by the San Javier police force for 64 new bullet proof vests that set the council back a further €40,000. The mayor has stressed the importance of having quality equipment for the police who often work through extreme conditions.
Young girl raped A MAN who raped a young girl under the age of 16 outside a nightclub in Murcia has been sentenced to seven years in jail. According to the Guardia
Civil, a 20-year-old man took her outside of the night club where there were fewer witnesses, forced her against a wall and raped her. The victim did not report
the incident at first as she was so embarrassed and in such a state of shock that she reportedly attempted suicide instead of seeking help. Eventually however she told her mother who explained that she went through a similar trauma when she was younger and was able to help her daughter through the physical and psychological pain. The courts have ruled that the rapist pay €10,000 compensation to the victim
Safe crossing THE residents of Ciudad Jardin have complained to the Orihuela Town Council that there are not sufficient walkways in their area which lies beside the busy N-340 road. The Ministry for Development has agreed to support the new installation but only if it is undertaken by the town council.
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Air strike action set for weekend STRIKE action planned for this weekend by Barcelona airport ground crew has prompted Vueling to cancel 46 flights scheduled for Saturday and 66 for Sunday, affecting around 18,000 passengers. The 2,700-strong Iberia ground staff have called on the company to make temporary contracts permanent and to take on new staff to resolve problems of work overload. Workforce representative Jose Antonio Ramirez ruled
out a last-minute agreement with management, commenting, “We are going on strike and there will not be fresh meetings until next week,” according to media reports. Passengers affected by the cancellations are being offered their money back or alternative flight dates, Spanish press reported. Security control staff at the Catalan airport have meanwhile being holding an indefinite strike since August 9, although the impact on services
World’s best brandy named FUNDADOR Supremo 18 was recently named the Best Brandy in the World 2019 by the esteemed panellists of the International Wine and Spirits Competition (IWSC). Founded in 1969 by German-British wine expert Anton Massel, the annual competition receives entries from around the world, and is considered a high honour in the industry. The judging process is done over six months, consisting of blind taste tests and analysis, and the panel is composed of 250 specialists from all over the globe. The Filipino-owned brandy from Andalucia is housed in sherry casks. Fundador Supremo 18 is aged in very special oloroso sherry casks, found and used only in southern Spain. This casks gives it aromatic and round notes of dried fruit and roasted nuts. This is combined with smooth, strong, intensive hints of vanilla, walnuts, tobacco, and coffee grounds. Notes of wood stand out as well and provide a very elegant and lingering finish.
is slight due to the obligation to provide a minimum 90 per cent service. Some 1,000 flights are programmed at El Prat airport over this weekend.
Dying dog saved A DOG on the verge of death was the last ‘resident’ of a Gran Canaria village to be evacuated as flames from the blaze that scorched 12,000 hectares approached. More than 8,000 people had been ordered from their homes at the height of the disaster, which has now been controlled by 500 firefighters. But in one village in the mountains the dog got left behind. Disorientated and lost and suffering from dehydration, the animal was listless and appeared resigned to its fate when two Guardia Civil Seprona (nature division) officers came across it. They had been doing an inspection in Cruz de Tejada looking for stragglers when they came across the pooch. Little by little they fed him water from their cupped hands until he was revived and felt better. They then put him in the car and drove him to safety. As he is not microchipped the dog has been taken to an animal shelter until his owner comes forward to claim him.
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CRIME: The sewage in the Palma area runs parallel to the drainage network which is unusual.
Sewage in the sea NEUS TRUYOL, former president of the water and sewage company Emaya in the municipality of Palma de Mallorca has been accused of organising crimes against the environment. The Civil Protection Service known as ‘Seprona’ which is a subdivision of the Guardia Civil started investigating an apparent sewage leak that was pumping waste water into the sea off the shore of Palma last year. The municipal government of Palma is backing Neus Truyol, former manager Imma
Mayol and the rest of the Emaya team that are purported to have leaked gallons of sewage into the ocean illegally. They claim that there was nothing out of the ordinary in how the waste was being disposed of, stating that the council safely expels sewage into the ocean periodically when there is a temporary increase in population during the summer months and storms that cause severe run off in some areas along the Balearic coast. ‘Case Emya’ has been taken to the courts.
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THE WEEK IN POLITICS
Save the date IF acting president Pedro Sanchez fails to acquire sufficient support to form a government by September 23, there will a general election on November 10. The PSOE socialist party was the most-voted in the April 28 general election but with 123 of the necessary 176 seats, Sanchez needed help that was not forthcoming in his July investiture. He picked up one vote from the PRC regionalist party in Cantabria while the remaining parties of all
colours and ideologies either voting against him or abstaining. The abstentions included Sanchez’s natural allies, Unidas Podemos, after the acting president and the PSOE executive refused to consider the coalition they expected. Sanchez is now talking to the political parties that are willing to talk to him and alPEDRO SANCHEZ: Needs support to avoid a general election.
Cuba visit doubtful THE present political paralysis could halt the visit to Cuba planned for King Felipe and his wife Letitzia in November. Their journey now depends on next month’s events as the dissolution of parliament and a November election would combine to halt the first official visit by a Spanish monarch to the island.
so civic groups and organisations. His strategy is to find support for a social programme too difficult for UP and its leader Pablo Iglesias to turn down. Coalition is still not on Sanchez’s agenda and he makes no secret of fearing a Cabinet with UP ministers. “There can’t be two governments in one, like Italy,” Moncloa sources declared. The same sources admitted that although Iglesias faces a dilemma, he has the last word in avoiding a new election. Sanchez declared, “September does not exist” during the first round of negotiations prior to the July investiture attempt. While apparently ruling out a second bid, critics now claim he was already preparing for November.
Pressing for payment WITH an acting but not an elected government, expected transfers to Spain’s autononous regions cannot go through. Cataluña is preparing to sue the national government in Madrid for not paying the usual advance on the region’s 50 per cent cut on IRPF income tax and IVA added value as well as 58 per cent of ‘special’ taxes. This amounts to €1.3 billion and the vice-presid e n t o f C a t a l u ñ a ’s re g i o n a l g o v e r n m e n t , P e re Aragones, pointed out that with the exception of t h e B a s q u e R e g i o n a n d N a v a r r a , S p a i n ’s a u tonomies are currently losing out on €9 billion. Nevertheless, they turned down Aragones’s offer to join forces in suing the government although they, too, are pressing Madrid for payment.
POLL TRACKER • Partido Socialista (PSOE): 30.3 per cent (between 127 and 131 seats) • Partido Popular (PP): 20.5 per cent (between 84 and 88 seats) • Ciudadanos: 13.9 per cent (between 43 and 47 seats) • Unidas Podemos: 13.2 per cent (between 32 and 36 seats) • Result: PSOE largest party, no overall control
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BREXIT BRIEF Divorce settlement BORIS JOHNSON has told EU representatives that the UK will not be obliged to pay a significant portion of the £39bn ‘divorce settlement’ that was promised by Theresa May when Britain leaves the EU. In an interview with ITV after the conference Johnson said that if the UK does come out of the EU without a deal then “the £39bn is no longer, strictly speaking, owed.” The Sunday Times reported British Government lawyers had decided the amount the UK owed the EU is as little as £7bn whilst Sky news believes that this figure is closer to £9bn. An EU spokesperson has stated that the full £39bn payout would still be owed even if the UK left the EU without a deal as it was money borrowed during Britain’s involvement with the EU. Boris Johnson on the other hand believes that the entire EU board is well aware that this is not the case.
Realistic solution must be found THE G7 Summit was a tumultuous event for the UK Prime-Minister Boris Johnson over the weekend as he faced Donald Tusk and the EU board of directors in a debate as to whose responsibility it is to take the first steps towards a new Brexit deal whilst insisting that the UK is well prepared to exit the EU without a deal. Johnson was firm in his approach that the UK is well prepared for a No Deal scenario, stating in an interview after the first day of the gathering that the country could ‘easily cope.’ He was quoted by the BBC as saying that, “it all depends on our EU friends and partners” whilst Tusk expressed the opposite by stating that the ball was in
BREXIT DEAL: Northern Ireland could end up in the EU single market if the backstop is not lifted.
the UK’s court. The Irish backstop was a
subject of great interest at the summit as it was one of the
main reasons why Theresa May’s deal did not get through parliament. Tusk said that he was open to considering new alternatives to the backstop if they were realistic and implementable. He reiterated much of what he and the EU directors said before on the matter, that Brussels is not willing to outright scrap the backstop that would potentially leave the UK in the jurisdiction of the EU. German Prime Minister Angela Merkel was reported as saying that there was the possibility for an alternative to the Irish backstop, but held the same position as Donald Tusk when eluding to the matter of whose responsibility it was to come up with the solution.
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BREXIT EXTRA Companies want out NEW Business Secretary, Andrea Leadsom claims UK businesses are getting impatient with the current hedging taking place in Brexit negotiations and want a decisive conclusion. Leadsom has had talks with several big UK businesses.
UK deal BORIS JOHNSON has claimed that Donald Trump wants to strike a deal with the UK within a year following talks at the G7 summit. The Prime Minister said that Trump had likened the EU to an ‘anchor’ around the ankles of Britain.
No confidence THE Labour party is debating if stopping Boris Johnson taking the UK out of Europe by force is still possible. Jeremy Hunt has called for all opposition parties to call for a vote of no confidence and back him in a general election, but other MPs have proposed action.
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A GENERAL and three officers are under investigation in Zaragoza for accusing a woman soldier of appearing in pornographic videos. Lt Col Carlos Granados, opened an enquiry after the soldier allegedly asked male colleagues to ‘like’ the three videos as that would earn her money. The young woman, who lodged a formal complaint against the officers, explained to
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Porn star who wasn’t the judge investigating the case that disciplinary proceedings were opened against her on the strength of manipulated screenshots. She pointed out the physical differences between her and the woman in the video who
also spoke fluent and unaccented English. She was later confined to barracks for 12 days and lost 12 days’ pay on the orders of Gen Angel Serrano. Although her superior officers Lt Col
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Maria Gracia Cañadas and Captain Cristina Serrano unhesitatingly identified her, only another officer, a lieutenant, claimed to recognise her. Other witnesses - all soldiers - either failed to identify her or ‘were doubtful.’ The video incident occurred after the soldier was signed off sick for six months and Cañadas approved her return, ignoring medical advice.
Crackdown on teen ‘packs’ REGIONAL officers from the Mossos d’Esquadra in Barcelona are clamping down on the ‘packs of youngsters’ that are patrolling the streets and targeting tourists to rob them of their valuables. “It’s a new paradigm,” explained a source from the Barcelona authorities, “They’re packs of youngsters that go out to hunt.” Officials say that the large spike in violent crime over the past year has been largely down to these gangs, committing violent robberies and muggings across the city. Local Police have said that is it very difficult to catch and criminally charge the thieves as they often work in large groups of up to 10 people. In May, the Catalan police established a specific team called ‘Poliédrico’ which is
HUNT: Barcelona is in danger of becoming a “lawless city” due to increases in youth gangs. aimed at monitoring the steps of known and potential offenders and creating a ‘top 22 wanted list’ of the most prolific offenders. The current wave of violent street robberies is creating a sense of insecurity in Barcelona and Josep Cid, coordinator of Criminology
studies at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, is worried that the city has a ‘problem and it can’t be covered up.’ Barcelona currently tops the list for rising violent crime levels, with a 17 per cent rise in registered offences since 2018.
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SCARED: Street teams in Madrid are having to use police protection to carry out their duties.
THE street cleaners of three areas of Madrid have received protection from the Municipal Police after a spate of attacks from local thugs left authorities and service teams scared to pass through. The neighbourhoods of Villaverde, Carabanchel and Latina are considered amongst locals to be the most dangerous in Madrid, with local
gangs making residents’ lives a misery. “I don’t recommend that you stay more than 20 minutes here, the gangs are dangerous,”explained one of the residents. However local municipal services such as social service officials, firefighters, emergency doctors and cleaning staff of the city council all come under attack.
Street cleaners have complained of being shot at with pellets, had eggs thrown at them and received verbal and physical abuse and the police have started to accompany them. Last year alone, the Alto de San Isidro and Pan Bendito areas of Carabanchel reported 1,170 incidents in which perpetrators were detained.
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Shortlisted for Academy Awards eign-language prize for All About My Mother. His THE Spanish Film Academy last week unveiled a drama Talk to Her was nominated for best director shortlist of three titles that will compete for the and best original screenplay, winning the latter. country’s nomination to the international feature Pain and Glory, which is Almodovar’s semi-aufilm category at the 92nd Academy Awards. tobiographical tale of an ageing film director and The other two are Alejandro Amenabar’s highly played by Antonio Banderas, has already won a anticipated ‘While at War’ and, in an inbest actor prize trepid decision, the animated feature at Cannes. ‘Buñuel in the Labyrinth of Turtles.’ The Spanish Academy has been pre-selecting a three-film shortlist since 2001. The final pick will be unveiled on September 5. Almodovar and Amenabar are solid bets as they are two of only four Spanish directors to ever win in the foreign-language category, alongside Jose Luis Garci, for Begin the Beguine, and Fernando Trueba’s Belle Epoque. Almodovar has become a regular at the Oscars in the last two Spain’s shortlist of three titles unveiled for the feature film catdecades. He won the foregory at the 92nd Academy Awards.
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CELIA BARQUIN: The top Spanish golfer was murdered last year.
Life term for pro golf killer THE man who fatally stabbed a former Iowa State University golfer from Spain while she was playing a round near the campus has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Barquin was a top golfer in Spain as a teenager and went to Iowa State to pursue her career. Collin Richards pleaded guilty on June 14 to first-de-
gree murder in the September 17 slaying of 22-year-old Celia Barquin Arozamena. Police said Richards stabbed her on the course near the central Iowa campus in Ames and left her body in a pond. Authorities have not been able to explain why Richards did it, though it has been stated that Richards had been staying at a homeless encampment in nearby woods. Ames
police reports show that Richards struggled with drug and alcohol abuse, mental health problems and homelessness after he got out of prison three months before he killed Barquin. Richards’ family and friends have said his dependence on methamphetamine and other drugs likely led to mental health issues and the violence.
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Werewolf syndrome AT least 14 babies in Andalucia have been affected my ‘werewolf syndrome’ after taking contaminated anti-reflux medicine distributed by a Malaga company. Called hypertrichosis, the condition leads to excessive hair growth in parts of the body where it should not be present, such as all over the face. After an analysis carried out by the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS), it was detected that these preparations, intended to treat gastric
reflux in infants, contained minoxidil, an active ingredient used to combat alopecia. These cases led to the withdrawal of a total of 23 batches of Omeprazol from the company Farma-Química Sur, two of which had tested positive for minoxidil, while the others were removed from the market as a preventative measure. They had been distributed to about 30 pharmacies. Health authorities say that the babies affected should return to normal and lose the excessive hair.
Toddler tragedy A TODDLER aged 21 months has died in hospital after being run over by her grandfather. The tragedy happened in the town of Ledaña in Cuenca on Wednesday of last week. The girl’s grandfather started his car in the courtyard of his house and, accidentally, ran over not just the girl, but his wife as well. The 69-year-old woman remains in Albacete general hospital in a serious condition, while the child died on Monday. Ledaña Council has declared three days of official mourning in support of the family.
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Don Juan Carlos on the mend FORMER King of Spain, Don Juan Carlos is recovering well after undergoing a triple heart bypass operation according to medical staff. Dr Lucía Alonso, managing director of Quirón hospitals in Madrid, e xpla ine d tha t the K ing’s fa the r spent his first night in the intensive care unit after undergoing open heart surgery. “ H e is in a good mood, he ha s risen and started to eat,” explained Dr Lucía. “He is awake, with a normal neurological function, breathing spontaneously without ventilators and with minimal vasoactive support.” Doña Sofía and Felipe VI arrived on Saturday with the operation already underway and left early in the afternoon. On leaving the hospital after the operation, the king indicated that he had spoken to his father and that he was: “All right, with the logical discomfort, but evolving well within what the doctors consider right and proper. “ I t ’s n o t m u c h t o c o m p l a i n
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RECOVERING: King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visited his father in hospital on Saturday. about,” he joked. Throughout this week he is expected to receive visits from the rest of his fa mily, i ncl udi ng bot h hi s da ughte rs D oña El ena and Doña Cristina.
The oper at i on was per f or m ed by pr est i gi ous doct or Al ber t o For t eza Gi l , head of t he Car di ac Surgery Service of the University Hospi t al Qui r ón de Pozuel o, Madrid.
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FREAK ACCIDENT: A woman who had spent three weeks in a coma after suffering serious injuries is finally awake.
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Brit wakes from three week coma MONICA MCGEACHIE, a resident of Johnstone in Scotland who plunged from a first-floor window in Ibiza, where she had been celebrating her 30th birthday with friends and family, is now alert and responding to conversation according to Scottish media. Monica had been in an induced coma since Satur-
day, July 28, after falling through a window which didn’t have a glass pane in it. Monica’s sister JoAnne has confirmed that her siste r is now out of a c oma a nd tha t the doc tors a re s a id to be a s tonis he d by her progress. “Monica is responding s o w e ll to tre a tme nt a nd
she knows exactly who she is, where she is and what happened,” JoAnne stated, adding: “She isn’t able to talk yet, but she is able to mouth to us and respond to questions. It has blown us all away. Just days ago, it was a completely different situation. “The doctors are amazed by how well she is doing
and how she i s abl e t o recognise us.” A f r i end set up a Just Gi vi ng page t o hel p t he f am i l y m eet t he cost s of t r avel l i ng t o Spai n and paying for accommodation, which quickly surpassed i t s or i gi nal t arget of £5,000. “The suppor t we’ve been given is amazing,” JoAnne declared.
Pilgrims rescued after fog TWENTY Irish people required assistance after showing signs of exhaustion and hypothermia whilst walking the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage. The group became trapped and stranded in a mountain area by low level fog in the northern region of Navarra on Sunday afternoon. The 20strong group of Irish pilgrims also included four blind people.
After becoming disoriented, the leaders of the group called local taxis, which were not able to reach them. They then contacted local emergency services, who found them at around 6pm. Firefighters were dispatched in two vehicles to the tourists’ location amid adverse weather conditions. While authorities evacuated those who were in most distress, the remainder of the group
was guided to a hostel in Roncesvalles. None of the group required hospitalisation. The Camino de Santiago is a network of pilgrimage walks in north-western Spain which culminate at the shrine of Saint James the Great at the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia. The pilgrimage, which can often serve as a type of spiritual retreat, has become increasingly popular over the last few years.
IRISH PILGRIMS: Spanish authorities tended to the group which included four blind people.
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Explosive device on the beach the Sant Sebastia beach, one of most popular beaches in Barcelona as informed by a Civil Guard spokeswoman. From the explosive’s old appearance, it is believed that it could date back some 80 years to the Spanish Civil War. Navy specialists deactivated the device on Monday, the spokeswoman informed, adding that the closure would remain in place until the area was made safe. Credit: Facebook
A BEACH in Barcelona was evacuated on Sunday after police found an explosive device in the water. The alarm was given after the device, located at a depth of three metres (10 feet) and 25 metres (80 feet) from the shore, was found by an off-duty police diver who happened to be swimming in the area. Police swiftly established a security perimeter of 250 metres wide around the device off
Caption: Explosive device, which could date back to the 1936-1939 Civil War, found in Barcelona beach.
SURF LOVERS: The wait for the perfect wave no longer an issue.
The wavegarden THE wait for the perfect wave is no longer an issue. Now surfers can enjoy the perfectly designed wave 365 days a year. Surfing theme parks are the new trend, aimed at surf lovers, but they have attracted increasing interest within the tourism industry. The brainchild of these artificial lagoons where waves
range from 0.5 to 2.4 metres was Basque engineer Josema Odriozola who joined forces with German economist Karin Frisch. The Spanish company Wavegarden SL, based in San Sebastian, has patented some artificial lagoons. After several years dedicated to research and development, the first two surfing facilities de-
veloped by this company opened their doors to the public in the United Kingdom (Surf Snowdonia, Wales, which receives 150,000 visitors a year) and the United States (NL and Surf Park, Austin, Texas). There are now 20 projects underway in Australia, Brazil, South Korea, United Kingdom and Spain.
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UK’s new Ambassador to Spain
NEW AMBASSADOR: Hugh Elliott.
BRITAIN’s new Ambassador to Spain has arrived in the country. Hugh Elliott, a member of the UK’s Diplomatic Service since 1989, succeeds Simon Manley as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Spain and non-resident Ambassador to Andorra. The Ambassador takes up this new role having previously been Director of Communications in the Department for Exiting the European Union. On his arrival, Hugh Elliott said: “With a wealth of cultural, commercial, and people-topeople links, the relationship between the UK and Spain is like no other, and I am proud and honoured to represent my Queen and country here in Spain.” For the Ambassador, this strong connection with Spain has been an important part of his life for decades. “I met my wife Toni while working as an English teacher at the University of Salamanca, Spain was my first diplomatic posting in the nineties and my two children were born in Madrid. I can understand why so many UK nationals have chosen to make Spain their home,” he said. He added: “We are approaching an important milestone as the UK prepares to leave the European Union on October 31.”
His message was one of reassurance to UK nationals currently living in Spain, saying: “We’ve given EU citizens living in the UK the legal certainty of their right to live and remain in the United Kingdom. And I’m very pleased that the Spanish government has put in place, through the Royal Decree, the same guarantees for British citizens in Spain.”
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Mr Elliott acknowledged that people have questions and concerns, and undertook that he and his team would be working hard to answer them. He also urged people to sign up to the Living in Spain guide (gov.uk/living-in-spain) where they will find the latest, accurate information on Brexit. Two key actions that UK nationals should do now is to ensure that they are correctly registered as a resident and registered for healthcare as a resident. Hugh joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1989. A specialist in the EU and the Hispanic world, he has served in a variety of roles in London and at British Embassies overseas.
He first worked at the British Embassy in Madrid from 1991 to 1996, covering EU and economic issues. He then served from 1999 to 2002 in Buenos Aires, working on economic and political issues, and from 2002 to 2006 in Paris, working on global issues and strategic threats. From 2006 to 2013, he worked at Anglo American plc, a diversified global mining company, where he was global Head of Government Relations, and where he worked extensively in Latin America, among other regions. He returned to the FCO in 2013 to take up the position of Director of Communication, responsible for the FCO’s internal and external communication and public diplomacy work. From 2017 he served as Director for Europe, then Director for International Agreements in the FCO and until this year as Director of Communications and Stakeholders at the Department for Exiting the European Union. Hugh has served in a voluntary capacity as a Trustee of the British Spanish Society and as a Trustee, then Chairman of Canning House, the UK’s centre for Latin America and Iberia. Hugh read Modern and Medieval Languages at Trinity College, Cambridge. He is married to Toni Martín-Elena. They have two children, Edward (1993) and Alba (1995). A video message from Hugh Elliott to UK nationals can be found at https://www.facebook.com/BritsInSpain/videos/ 1100205536841750
Brit in Listeriosis inquiry HEALTH officials are inve s tiga ting w he the r a British man who was taken ill in Sevilla before being hospitalised in France is a victim of the Listeria outbreak in Spain.
The director of the Centro de Coordinación de Alertas y Emergencias Sanitarias (Ccaes), Fernando Simón, has confirmed that the possible first case of the outbreak of listeriosis abroad is
being investigated. The centre says that the English man is thought to have eat en t he La Mecha branded ‘carne machada’ meat loaf while in Sevilla. He went to a medical centre in the Andalucian capital before setting off back to England. But while en route his condition worsened and he was admitted to hospital in France for ‘one or two days’ before being discharged and returning to his home country. After being notified of this case the health authorities are waiting for tests to confirm whether the strain of listeria with which he was infected is the same as that in the outbreak. So far in Spain two people - a 90-year-old woman and m an aged 72 - have di ed f r om t he out br eak t r aced t o t he La Mecha brand. Mor e t han 150 peopl e have been hospitalised and hundreds more are suspected to have been infected.
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ASSAULTED: Driver left Malaga bus station before being attacked in La Linea.
Bus driver attacked A DRIVER on the Malaga to La Linea bus route was attacked at La Linea bus station after allegedly damaging a badly parked car as he entered the Linensel Bus Station terminal. The driver suffered injuries to his hands and face as he protected himself from the attack, where a man ‘of gypsy appearance’ reportedly jumped out of the parked vehicle and started to smash the windows on the front of the bus. The attacker then struck the driver with a heavy object, causing serious injuries
which resulted in the driver needing to be treated in hospital. The incident is the latest in a series of assaults on bus drivers, who are now calling for greater protection and awareness of the dangers they face. Just last month, three drivers had to be treated for minor injuries following attacks by members of the public in Marbella. According to police reports, the attacker has been arrested and is subject to questioning.
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MEMBERS of the now-disbanded ETA who took refuge in Venezuela are returning as the situation there worsens. After living in Venezuela for more than 30 years, political instability, famine, lack of medical attention and services have d rive n IĂąa ki O r ueta , Ko ld o Zurimendi and Arturo Cubillas
Back to home comforts back to Spain. Ortueta was the first to return last July. He was formerly a member of the extinct Oxobi commando involved in the killing of Jose
Maria Herrera, a major in the Spanish army in 1979. He was followed earlier this month by Cubillas, a close collaborator of the Venezuelan government who coordinated training sessions be-
tween the ETA gunmen and members of the Colombian guerrilla group FARC. The National High Court requested his extradition in 2010 for conspiring to commit terrorist killings and
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possessing explosives, The latest to return to Spain was Zurimendi, who arrived on a regular flight from Caracas and was welcomed by waiting family and friends. He belonged to the Pasagarri command, and has now decided to return to his birthplace Amurrio in the Basque region.
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EVACUATION: Police divers examine the unexploded device.
AN explosive device was found on the sea bed at the popular beach of Sant Sebastian on the Barcelona coastline forcing an evacuation on Sunday. The device was spotted by an off-duty police diver who was swimming in the area at a depth of around three metres, 25 metres from the shoreline. Police soon evacuated the area where the device was found and imposed a 250metre barrier to prevent onlookers straying too close. Experts suggest the unexploded bomb could date back 80 years to the Spanish Civil War. The deactivation took place on Monday and the perimeter remained in place until the area was declared safe.
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RECOGNISED: Police arrested the suspect following a tip-off on his whereabouts from a member of the public.
Surgeon killer suspect held POLICE have arrested the prime suspect in a dead surgeon case. A member of the public alerted police via the 091 emergency number that they had recognised the victim’s boyfriend in the street in the Carabanchel area of Madrid. A patrol was immediately dispatched to search the zone, officers identifying the man despite the fact he had changed his physical appearance. Investigators determined the detainee was
the number one person of interest shortly after the surgeon was found dead last Friday in the Tetuan district of the Spanish capital. Spanish press reported police had been on the lookout for the murder suspect at hostels around the city and at train and bus stations in the belief he could have tried to flee the country. Spanish media also reported the detainee had been accused of punching and kicking his girlfriend to death.
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CRASH: The plane was blazing when the emergency services arrived on the scene.
Plane crash in Huelva A SMALL ultra-light plane has crashed in the marshes of Huelva known as Los Palitos near the town of San Juan del Puerto. The plane crash was recorded on Friday evening just after 9pm by numerous bystanders who noticed smoke and flames coming from the wetlands just a
stone’s throw away from the town centre. The emergency services responded quickly but the plane fell in a difficult to reach area which made the rescue mission complicated for the firefighters, paramedics and police force. The air ambulance was called in for this reason but
even that could not land close to the plane crash due to the surrounding body of water. At the time of going to press the pilot’s identity was unknown and there has been no information stating if there were any other passengers on board. The Guardia Civil is carrying out an investigation.
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Fuel tanker blaze THERE was alarm at Palma airport, Mallorca when a fuel tanker burst into flames. The lorry, belonging to the Compañía Logística de Hidrocarburos (Hydrocarbons Logistics Company) was on the runway to refuel a plane at the time. The incident took place at 8.49am last Thursday and fire protocols were immediately put into place. The t a n k e r wa s t a k e n
clear of the aircraft and airport firefighters were rapidly on the scene. They exting u is h e d th e flame s with foam. The fire was restricted to the valve area at the back of the tanker and did not reach the actual tank. No one was hurt in the incident and airport operator A E N A h a s co n firme d the in c id en t d id n o t a ff e c t flights. An investigation has now been launched.
The new Magaluf? RECENT reports suggest that certain parts of the picturesque Port d’Andratx in Mallorca and one nightclub in particular, have become a hotspot for antisocial and drunken behaviour. Residents have made several complaints about fights, shouting and altercations outside a nightclub on the port road, comparing it to the infamous Punta Ballena strip in Magaluf. Local Police were called to the area on Thursday at 4.12am to a fight that had broken out outside and found tourists covered in blood. It transpired that the boy was allegedly glassed in the face during the fight and was taken to the hospital for treatment. Police have also caught people urinating in public and for getting into their cars under the influence of alcohol after leaving the club. Neighbours have said that they are ‘outraged’ as they have not been able to sleep due to the noise and the youngsters urinated in their doorway and fight outside their windows. They say that they will take measures to return peace to their neighbourhood.
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Young estate agents making their mark YOUNG estate agents are increasingly making their mark in the Spanish property sector. Agents aged under 35 are expected to close 30 per cent of house sales in Spain this year, according to FIABCI real estate federation estimates. In 2018, estate agents aged 35 or less accounted for 25 per cent overall of the country’s 500,000 property transactions. A greater ability to use technological platforms as works tools is one of the factors which
could explain the success of this age group in the property business. “The property market in Spain continues to grow and there are increasingly more active agencies and professionals,” commented FIABCI Spain President Ramon Riera. “There is very strong competition in the sector, hence gaining a competitive advantage in regard to a work model is key for development within the market.”
Parents arrested over deaths of two babies A COUPLE are under arrest over the deaths of their two babies at exactly the same age within less than a year of each other in Caudete in Albacete. Spanish media reported that the pair’s first child died at the age of four months after several days in intensive care suffering from a head injury which caused a brain haemorrhage.
Four months later the mother became pregnant again, but the second child also died at exactly the same age as its sibling, 131 days, in this case from a perforated lung caused by multiple rib fractures, according to Spanish press. The couple, who are both in their 20’s, are currently being held in an Albacete prison.
CLOSE TRAGEDY: Two men suffering from severe hypothermia and close to death rescued.
Sea rescue TWO men suffering from severe hypothermia and close to death were saved from the sea by a Gibraltarian police crew. The alarm was raised by Spain’s maritime rescue service, Salvamento Maritimo, who informed that two men were missing in the Bay of Gibraltar. The police quickly launched a cross-border search and rescue operation. After several erroneous starts, informa-
tion was received from the LNG Kano that the two men had been spotted 6.9 nautical miles into the strait. Crew on the Royal Gibraltar Police vessel Sir Francis Richards finally found the men nearly seven miles south-east of the Rock. Both men were clinging to a jet ski in the Strait of Gibraltar suffering from severe hypothermia and close to death. “The initial report suggested
that the individuals were either dead or in very poor condition,” a police spokesman said. Shortly after, the Salvamento Maritimo vessel Salvamar Atria arrived at the scene and the two men were transferred on board and given immediate medical attention by the Salvamar crew. The police spokesman added that the men would not have survived exposure to the elements much longer.
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SPAIN is renowned for having some of the best beaches, tourism is after all one of the main industries in the country. Music, wine and the outgoing Spanish character is also wellknown. But it is important to add that Spain also has plenty of business vision. In Spain there is a good number of entrepreneurs who have created luxury brands with the ‘made in Spain’ label which sweep across international frontiers. Tous is one of the ‘made in Spain’ brands with most success. The jewellery and accessories brand has become an object of desire in over 52 countries. The Tous firm was founded by Salvador Tous Blaví and his wife Teresa Ponsa Mas in 1920. Loewe, one of the most representative luxury fashion houses was also founded in Spain in 1846. When it comes to fashion Spain is perhaps best known for its high-street hits: Zara, Pull & Bear, Mango… the list goes on. But there’s much more to be known of the country’s fashion scene also. The iconic Spanish label Adolfo Dominguez is the brainchild of designer-cum-au-
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Spanish fashion legends.
Luxury brands ‘made in Spain’ thor of the same name. Dominguez, who had his hands in the fashion world from early on - he took on his father’s boutique before becoming the first Spanish designer to launch an eponymous label in the
1980s. And then there is the famed Manolo Blahnik. This high-end shoe designer has been producing his world-famous footwear since the 1970s and counts the likes of Bianca Jagger, Beyoncé and Madonna
among his fans (the latter once described his shoes as ‘better than sex’). Now in his 70s, Blahnik still designs each model himself and has over 25,000 shoes on display in his home in Bath. A true fashion legend.
A GROWING number of Spaniards are leaving the country to work in Vietnam. Over the last two years, there has been a 40 per cent increase, Foreign Ministry statistics revealed, with 584 Spanish nationals living in Vietnam compared with 351 in 2017. These were modest figures, admitted ministry sources who added that Vietnam is becoming a serious employment option, especially for young people unable to enter Spain’s labour market. It was the equivalent of the ‘Come to Germany, Pepe’ so popular in the 1960s, the same sources said. The Vietnam War forgotten, the country now maintains commercial relations with many western countries including Spain, which in 2011 signed an agreement to become ‘a strategic partner.’ Since then the links between the two countries have improved ‘considerably,’ the Foreign Ministry said, with Vietnam showing particular interest in Spain’s infrastructure sectors. Many of the 584 Spanish residents living in Vietnam are Diplomatic Service employees and their families. The last two years has seen an increase in those moving to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City for business reasons, the Ministry revealed.
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Ryanair talks THE Secretary of State for Tourism has planned a meeting with Ryanair representatives and the government of the Canary Islands to discuss ways of avoiding the scheduled closures of Ryanair’s stations at airports in Gran Canaria and Tenerife. Ryanair have announced that they will stop flying to four airports in Spain and they will have to lay off 512 employees which amounts to the number of people that are currently working for the airline in these airports. The date that they have set for these significant cuts is January 8, 2020. The Ministry for Tourism in the Canary Islands and the Secretary of State for Tourism Isable Oliver hope to hold the talks with Ryanair mid-September and come to some agreement on how to minimise the impact
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CLOSING DOWN: Last call for Ryanair flights to Gran Canaria and Tenerife. of the cutbacks, the ideal situation being one where Ryanair continues business with the airports even if it is less frequent.
The regional government is open to offering a subsidy to Ryanair as the multinational conglomerate airline has valuable connectivity to
the rest of Europe. The state government however is more tentative, making the point that this has never been allowed before.
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Wasted bread adds up to 60m kilos a year SPANISH households waste more than 60 million kilos of bread a year, according to a new report. An Agriculture, Fishing and Food Ministry study on food waste found 4.3 per cent of the bread bought in Spain last year ended up in the bin, adding up to 62.3 million kilos altogether. The finding prompted the director in Spain of the Too Good To Go app for fighting food waste, Oriol Reull, to point out that while the percentage seems pretty low, “it is not small in volume,” and represents an “important” impact on the environment. The report also revealed that more than 6.9 million homes in the country, around 48 per cent of the total, throw out bread; the average per household 8.2 kilos. Too Good To Go said this means that two kilos of bread per second, 7,200 kilos an hour and 172,800 kilos a day go to waste. Or to put it another way, 249 million sticks of bread in Spain alone. In terms of financial cost, taking the average price of a kilo of bread in Spain as €2.4, this translates into losses of €149.5 million annually, or approximately €19.6 per household. Too Good to Go recommends using up less than fresh bread by making toast or adding it to cooking.
Ancient structures ARCHEOLOGISTS in the Extremadura region have uncovered a network of stone structures similar to those of Stonehenge in England. After being lost underwa-
ter for some 50 years after Francisco Franco flooded the Tagus valley of Peraleda de la Mata near Caceras in Extremadura, the ancient network of stones dating back
around five millennia has surfaced due to the extreme droughts which are occurring in western Spain. The area comprises of 144 granite blocks, most of which are little more than six feet tall which makes them a fair bit smaller than the stones of Stonehenge. Radiocarbon dating conducted by geologists surveying the area shows that they date back to the same period as Stonehenge and could be a remnant of the Celts who settled in that area of the peninsula some 5,000 years ago. Experts believe that the stones were set up as a monument to worship the sun, perhaps similar to parts of Stonehenge which frame the sun as it rises from a certain angle. The government of Extremadura is currently in talks with the Environmental Agency about how they will preserve the historic site and open it for tourists.
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P OL I C E i n Vi t o r i a impounded 120 kilos of tuna foun d i n si d e t h e t y p e o f trailer generally used for hunting dogs. They were alerted after seeing a car and trailer habitually using a space reserved for unloading, even after t h e y h a d f i n e d th e
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Something fishy going on owner for parking there on a previous occasion. T h e y s u s p ec te d th a t it was being used to deliver perishable goods, a suspi-
cion that was confirmed after they noticed a strong smell of fish coming from the trailer. They found that several
tuna had already been delive re d to a ne a rby fis hmonger while others were still inside the trailer. In all, the police confis-
A WOMAN has been rescued by police after her family reported she was being held captive. The 26-year-old Romanian woman was able to find a way of contacting her family back in Romania who in turn let the Guardia Civil know that she was being held captive at a house in Monzon, Huesca. It took the Guardia Civil only six hours to locate the woman after Operation Agresiune was launched jointly with the Romanian Police Force when the w o m a n r e p o r t e d s h e w a s b e in g held against her will. When they arrived at the house they arrested a 36-year-old man for abducting an d a b u si n g t h e w o ma n . T h e young woman is currently in hospital after suffering cuts to her forearms
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Woman held captive
HELD CAPTIVE: The investigation had been going on in Romania before the joint international investigation. from a knife attack. Guardia Civil also found a number of illegal substances in the house including 18g of cocaine separated into small bags which police believe were to be sold.
The ma n is a w a iting tria l in the judicial Guardia de Monzon Instructional court of Huesca and is facing charges for abduction, grievous bodily harm, maltreatment and drug trafficking.
cated seven fish weighing 120 ki l os, af t er whi ch i t was taken to the municipal vet for analysis who confirmed that the cold chain
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had been broken. As the temperature was 16ยบC or higher inside the trailer, which did not comply with hygiene standards, all the tuna was destroyed and pr oceedi ngs st ar t ed agai nst t he 64- year- ol d man who was caught delivering the fish.
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OUT OF CONTROL: A minor crashed a car against a wall in San Pedro Alcántara. A 14-YEAR-OLD caused damages in a residential area of San Pedro Alcán-
tara when driving a vehicle out of control and ended embedding it against a
Costly power MEDICATION worth €297,818 had to be destroyed following an electrical fault at the Princesa hospital in Madrid. On May 1, a public holiday, medical staff discovered that the electricity for a refrigerated store had been cut off since April 29. This was caused by an overload whose origin has still not been established, but following this the automatic temperature control ‘failed to function correctly,’ according to a subsequent enquiry. The refrigerator’s temperature rose to 16ºC, but between April 29 and May 1 when the breakdown was eventually discovered, no medicines were withdrawn from the store. “Nobody accessed the refrigerator so the fault went unnoticed,” explained a spokesman for Madrid’s regional Health department. Once discovered, the refrigerator was restarted and all the medication removed and analysed. One batch used for cancer treatment and another of antibodies used to attack bacteria and viruses had to be destroyed, the Health department announced recently. “There have been no more incidents with the refrigerator but as a precautionary measure, regular visual checks are made on the changeover of each shift.”
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wall. Fortunately there were no casualties and the boy himself was able to exit the car on his own two feet. The teenager, who did not know how to drive, started the car in the garage of a residential area of Nueva Alcántara, specifically the urbanization Los Almendros II. He then accelerated and shattered the parking door, crashed first into a wall on the garage ramp and then rolled over the gate and onto the Santiago de Compostela Avenue. The vehicle sped further out of control, across the avenue where it finally embedded into the wall of the Laude San Pedro International College. The minor was then able to exit the car without assistance, regretting the event. It is still unclear why the boy got behind the wheel and accelerated as he did. Thankfully no one was injured in the event.
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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 ‘optout’ (or presumed consent) system for deceased organ donation. This addresses the rate or refusal of poten tial 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 trans plants (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 previ ous year. At this rate, the country could reach its target of 400,000 bone marrow donors well before the mid2020 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 in creased to 74, from 48 a year earlier. Lung and heart are viable for 46 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 liga ments 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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Biblical floods hit Madrid HEAVY rains and hail rocked Madrid on Monday afternoon. Vehicles were washed away by the gushing stream in streets when the skies collapsed in just a few minutes causing ‘biblical-style’ flooding and scenes of chaos. The storm started around 6pm and only lasted about 10 minutes but caused disaster in the capital’s streets. Parts of the M40 and M30 motorways were cut off, while lines 5 and 9 of the
metro were also affected. Arganda, an area just south east of the capital, saw 40 litres of hail fall per square metre between 5.30pm and 6pm. At least 50 vehicles were damaged and several vineyards destroyed. The president of the community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz declared a state of emergency and ordered the intervention of all fire units in more than 200 points of the city.
High and dry on the beach BARCELONA’S municipal po l i c e pro v i de d 1 7 4 ‘p os t-ro bbe r y ki t s’ to beachgoers whose belongings were stolen while they were swimming. A pa i r o f f l i p- f l o p s , tshirt, trousers and a metro ticket solved the immediate p ro bl e m s o f v i c t ims who were visiting one of the 10 beaches along the city’s f i v e ki l o m e t res o f shoreline.
The situation was still m o re co m p lica ted f or those who were using the San Sebastian or Mar Bella nudist beaches, police said. Th e n u m b er o f b e ac h robberies increases each year, they revealed, as in 2016 they had to provide 20 of the kits between May and September, compared with 174 between May and mid-August this year.
The robberies also confir me d that w hat Barcelona’s deputy mayor Albert Batlle described as a ‘s e c ur ity c r is is ’ had reached the beaches. T his s umme r the Barceloneta police station in the city’s coastal district dealt with 853 reported thefts, 17 complaints of robbery with violence and 27 c omplaints that c ar s were broken into.
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Female ‘biological man’ CASTER SEMENYA is currently fighting for her right to run competitively, after the IAAF ruled that women with a so-called difference of sexual development (DSD) would need to take hormones to lower their testosterone levels in order to compete. The South African female athlete Caster Semenya has been called ‘biologically male’ by a member of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) board of directors. José María Odriozola, a professor of biochemistry who is also the former president of Spain’s athletics body, made the comments in a recent interview. He said that Semenya is ‘biologically a man’ who has ‘a huge advantage’ over her rivals. The comments have come when Odriozola was defending the IAAF regulations on limiting testosterone levels for female athletes - limits that do not apply to male athletes. The restrictions on Semenya competing were temporarily overturned by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court on June 3, though the IAAF is trying to have them reinstated. Critics say the IAAF has been ‘blatantly racist’ in Semenya’s case.
CASTER SEMENYA: The South African female athlete has been called ‘biologically male’ by a member of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Semenya has been battling the IAAF since 2018, when the governing body first introduced its limits on women with high testosterone levels. As a result, she was told that she could either take treatment
to change her natural hormone levels, or else compete in any men’s event of her choosing. Semenya has repeated time and again that she is a woman and intends to compete as one.
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Vega Baja Sound THE Vega Baja Sound festival will be taking place on Saturday August 31 at 10pm in the Daya Vieja sports hall just a short drive north of Benijofar. At the musical melding of national and local bands that play anything from rock to reggae there will be plenty of spectacular sights to behold as the bands are known for their colourful concerts. The emphasis is on tropical beats and spicy rhythms as the acts bring a taste of the Caribbean to the Costa Blanca. The event will kick off with Dr Wise who has come all the way from Socovos to spread the sunshine. Later in the evening Generation 91 will play some of their unique rap fusion then Karmacadabra and El Kamion de la Basura will blast out some more tropical goodness. Tickets can be booked through the Facebook page of the festival, by emailing the Vega Baja Sound team at vegabaja sound@gmail.com or calling them on 677 456 029. So far they have invited almost 1,500 people to the event.
OPPORTUNITIES: Benijofar Council is finding and creating jobs.
Rain havoc in Benijofar TORRENTIAL rains have caused severe disruptions to the area surrounding Benijofar as well as the town itself. The route between Benijofar and neighbouring Vega Baja had to be closed last week due to the flood risk. Farmers in the area are finding the floods difficult to weather as they are having their crops saturated which is especially bad for almonds which rely on the dry heat to bear fruit. The rains returned on Tuesday afternoon and sent a small slurry of waste through parts of town, but was on the whole contained. The next rain is not expected until September 4 when the first signs of autumn start to show, but until October the temperatures should be very pleasant.
Kitten needs home A CAT rescue team based out of Benijofar has found a baby kitten in a glass recycling bin and have taken it into their home for the time being until a new owner can be found. The little white and grey tabby is still only a few inches big, she is very playful and loves being held ac-
cording to her saviours. Cris, as the rescue team at CER Gatos Benijofar has decided to name her, had an eye infection when they found her, but a trip to the vet sorted it right out and now she is bounding around like it’s nobody’s business. Potential owners can visit the CER Gatos Benijofar
page on Facebook to find out more about little Cris and other cats which need a home. The organisation will take care of sterilisation and veterinary procedures. They ask for a modest donation to cover these costs and keep the not for profit organisation running.
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Cultural hub plan VALENCIA Council has been in talks with the La Marina Council discussing the possibilities of a cultural project in La Marina as it draws a significant amount of tourism to the region. The councillor for Cultural Action in La Marina Maite Ibanez sat down with Vicent Llorens and Ramon Marradas in La Base de la Marina earlier this week to talk about the joint venture and a potential alliance between the city of Valencia and La Marina. Ibanez believes that La Marina has enjoyed a huge amount of success rel-
ative to its size and budget and that with funding from Valencia the small town could expand exponentially. Ibanez also made the point that their cultural programme and alliance with Las Naves has allowed them to share the load of tourists that come to the place every year and that they too would benefit in the deal.
SIGNIFICANT: La Marina water park.
Culture and coolness
CULTURE: Ribero y Olivo played in the Plaza de Constitucion.
POPULAR: Crowds enjoy the cool evening entertainment. THE San Fulgencio ‘Verano al Fresco’ events have proven to be very popular again. Put on free by the town hall, they give residents and visitors alike the chance to enjoy some Spanish culture in the coolness of the evenings. The latest event was a concert by Ribero y
Olivo, which had an appreciative audience. The next show is on Saturday in Calle Amsterdam in Urbanisation La Marina, with the show Abanico de Coplas featuring the dancing of Carmen Murcia and music of Raul Palomo starting at 9.30pm.
Office move THE town hall office in La Marina has moved to the old Local Police offices on Calle Amsterdam, just along from the medical centre. The police will now be based in the ‘grey’ building on Calle Madrid, Nº7. The new town hall offices will in future host representatives from the Social Serv i c e s , S I P, S U M A , and Iberdrola. Councillor Samantha Hull will also have her office there, and Councillor Darren Parmenter will be occupying the office found in the Tourist Information centre. Both offices will be fully operational f r o m M o n d a y, S e p tember 2.
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Torrevieja NEWS A WOMAN has died after having been run over at a zebra crossing on the N-332 road leading to Orihuela form Torrevieja. The accident took place on Tuesday morning next to the Parque de las Naciones when a Portuguese lorry driver failed to stop at the mouth of the roundabout on the N-332 and hit the 64year-old Spanish woman. Emergency services were called, but her wounds were too grave and she died at the scene. The busy road was shut
down for around three and a half hours which caused large delays as more than 28,000 vehicles pass through the area per day. Pedestrians were also told not to go near the area until the woman’s body had been taken away. Residents are outraged by the event and have demanded answers as to why one of their own has been killed so tragically. The driver has undergone a breathalyser test and will be subjected to further investigation.
Centre for dizziness THE University Hospital of Torrevieja has opened up a new otolaryngology department that is designed to help those that suffer from dizziness and vertigo. The department will work closely with patients to help improve issues with the inner ear which can, if not treated properly, cause fainting and even more serious neurological damage. There are also risks of damage that could be suffered after falling during a momentary lapse of consciousness. The hospital claims that over 30 per cent of the general population will or have suffered from vertigo at one time in their life. The causes for the affiliation are often located in the ear of a patient which is where our capacity for balance is. Those who have suffered from Parkinson’s and aphasia in the past are at higher risk of feeling the effects of dizziness and vertigo and should organise to have regular check-ups in the new department.
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Woman run over in Torrevieja
NEW DEPARMENT: For those who suffer with different causes of dizziness and vertigo.
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Mural from 3,800 years ago IT’S HOT: Wildfires igniting across the globe.
ANCIENT CITY: A mural thought to be 3,800 years old has been found by archaeologists in Peru.
A MUR AL t h o u g h t t o b e 3,800 years old has been revealed by archaeologists in Peru. The wa l l wa s f o u n d in s ide a p u b l i c c e r e m o n ial buildin g a t t h e Vi c h ama site, north of Lima. A tea m o f e x c a v a to rs have brushed away the earth from th e m u r a l t o r e v ea l figures that depict a toad
that wraps its hands around the head of a man. It is believed that the scenes reflect on the importance of water. A rch ae o lo g is t Tatia na Abad told a news conference in Lima the mural represents the “announcement of the arrival of water.” Excavations at Vichama have been ongoing for over a decade and continue to re-
veal new insights into the ancient civilization such as its advanced city plan and architecture. The Caral is believed to be the oldest civilisation in the Americas, dating as far back as 3,000 BC. But little is still known of this ancient city. The site is currently in an arid region of Peru.
The world is on fire IN the last week there have been continual news of fire outbreaks all over Spain, this news has been joined by the devastating images of the raging fires in the Amazon rainforest. Unfortunately they are not the only blazes shrouding huge swaths of land in smoke. Wildfires also ignited this week in Alaska. Denmark dispatched firefighters to Greenland to control fires burning close to population centres. Major wildfires have also burned through Siberia, and environ-
mental activists expect them to set a new record for burn area in Russia by the end of the season. Statistics suggest that part of the reason for these recent fires is the heat. This past July was the hottest July on record. Many parts of Europe shattered heat records: France, Germany, Poland, Spain, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom. Intense heat which has dried out vegetation and left huge areas of forests and grasslands set to ignite.
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Titanic wreck footage OCEAN explorer Victor Vescovo recorded footage of the famous ship 643-kilometres off the coast of Newfoundland, where he visited the wreck in a submersible vehicle equipped with 4K-resolution cameras earlier this month. Images reveal the legendary ship is dissolving into the sea from the effects of salt water, strong currents and metal-eating bacteria. Parks Stephenson, a Titanic historian who was also on the expedition, stated the worst decay appears to be on the ship’s starboard side. “The whole deck house on that side is collapsing, taking with it the state rooms. And that deterioration is going to continue advancing. “The captain’s bathtub is a favourite image among Titanic enthusiasts, and that’s now gone,” Stephenson added.
UNVEILED: The long-awaited title of the next Bond film has finally been revealed.
Bond new film title revealed THE TITANIC: Images of the legendary shipwreck reveals a rapidly-decaying wreck. The imagery captured during the exploration will also be used to calculate how long it may be until the Titanic completely disappears.
The Titanic was meant to be unsinkable, but it crashed into an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage in 1912. Of the 2,227 passengers and crew aboard, only 705 survived.
THE 25th official James Bond movie will be called ‘No Time To Die’ - the news was revealed by producers on Twitter. The movie, which will see Daniel Craig play 007 for the fifth and final time, will also star Oscar-winning actor Rami Malek as ‘a mysterious villain.’ Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge is one of the writers. No Time To Die will be released on April 3, 2020 in the UK and on April 8 in the US. The official plot summary
reads: ‘Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. ‘The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.’ Producer Barbara Broccoli said Bond’s attitudes to women would move with the times.
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A TURTLE is recovering at an Equinac marine life rescue association centre after a Garrucha jet-ski company came across the creature tangled up in discarded fishing nets on Sunday afternoon. The loggerhead turtle had a fishing line tightly wrapped round its front right fin, which was severely inflamed.
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Turtle rescued from tangle With the help of Guardia Civil, Mojacar-based British Equinac volunteers Alex Lawson and Adele Land and fellow volunteer Tony Navarro, from a local diving business, got the large turtle into a vehicle at Garrucha port. The turtle was
then taken to the dive centre for an initial assessment. Adele and Alex then recruited friends Clare Flatters Cooper and Tony Cooper to drive the turtle to Almeria in their larger vehicle, where they were met by more volunteers who took it
to the Equinac centre in Almeriamar. “We were delighted to be able to attend a live animal as, sadly, many of our callouts are related to deceased dolphins and turtles,” Adele told the Euro Weekly News.
Equinac posted heartfelt thanks on social media to everyone involved in the rescue effort of the turtle which the association has named Aquamund. The association wanted to pay particular thanks to the jetski company’s Javier Martinez
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Ubeda. They say that, had it not been for him saving the creature, it would have lost its fin and probably died from starvation.
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EASY DOES IT: The turtle, named Aquamund, was transferred from Garrucha to the Equinac centre in Almerimar, where it is receiving treatment for its injured fin (inset).
First MTV Music Award THE 25-year-old, Rosalía Vila Tobella has become the first Spanish artist to win an award at the MTV Music Video Awards on Monday night at the Prudential Centre, New Jersey. Rosalía won the award for Best Latino Video for
her hit single Con Altura with reggaeton star J Balvin, beating stars such as Drake, Selena Gomes and Daddy Yankee. She was also nominated for Best New Artist which was eventually won by Billie Eilish.
She went on to perform the hit with J Balvin in front of the 20,000 strong audience. “I come from Barcelona. Thank you for inviting me to sing on this stage in Spanish,” said the singer as she accepted her award.
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Electric ferry THE ‘Ellen,’ the world’s first completely electric ferry, set sail last week from Fynshav to Soby in Denmark. The vessel can transport 30 vehicles and 200 passengers and is powered by a bat tery ‘with an unprecedented capacity.’
Trump cancels FOLLOWING the political quarrel between Den mark and the US over President Trump’s pro posal to buy Greenland, Trump has cancelled his planned visit to the country arranged after an in vitation from Queen Margrethe II.
WORLD’S FIRST: Completely electric ferry.
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A DAILY ferry service is planned between Groningen port in Eeemshaven near the Ger man border and Rosyth in Scotland. Opera tions would coincide with Brexit, providing a vital freight link if crossings further south are delayed.
HEALTH and safety watchdog NVW fined seven Amsterdambased companies be tween €450 and €4,500 for selling illegal e cigarettes. The imports from the US con tained three times the amount of nicotine permitted by the Dutch authorities.
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BELGIUM
Food embargo
Trump offer
THE Agricultural Minister of Germany has told Britain that after a nodeal Brexit, German food producers may discontinue selling their produce in the UK due to the threat of their lorries being held up in border queues.
NATIONALIST party the New Flemish Alliance has offered Donald Trump the town of Wallonia for €1. This comes after Denmark flatly refused Trump’s bid for Greenland. Wallonia is known for its large number of separatist parties.
Tesla calling
Dodgy meat
ELON MUSK has mentioned that Germany would be a good place to set up Tesla’s next Gigafactory and is currently in talks with ministers from various regions of the country to find the ideal location.
BELGIUM has responded to reports that meat imported from the Netherlands was being sold as ‘bio’ when it did not meet EU stan dards by saying the prepackaged produce should have been checked by the Dutch au thorities.
FRANCE
Joined up
Thick hide
AHEAD of the G7 Biarritz meeting, antiglobali sation and climate activists joined Yellow Vest protesters and Basque nationalists at a countersummit in HendayeIrun on the FrenchSpanish border, confronting the rich poor divide caused by ‘cynical’ world leaders.
TWO visitors to La Palmyre zoo in France scratched their names on the back of a rhinoceros named Noelle. She experi enced no pain, but the zoo director de scribed the action as ‘stupid and disre spectful.’
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NORWAY
Snap attack
Viking dig
A MAN in his mid 70’s was hospitalised after he was attacked by a crocodile at the Skansen Aquarium on the Djurgården Island in Stockholm. The man had reached over a glass barrier and was grabbed by the creature.
FOR the first time in 100 years, a Viking ship grave is being excavated in Norway. It was discovered last year by new georadar technology near Halden in southeast Norway. An archaeological dig will begin shortly.
Air support
Zero goal
AIR ambulance operator Svenskt Ambulansflyg will purchase six PC24 twinjets from Pilatus at an estimated cost of €580 million, making it the first European operator to acquire the type for emergency medical transport.
A PORT in Norway has signed a cooperation agreement with an environmental nonprofit organisation to help it become emissionfree. The port of Oslo will partner with the Oslo headquartered Bellona Foundation to achieve its zeroemission goal.
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FINANCE Showers ahead
HANSGROHE, a German shower and taps multinational, is reap ing the rewards of its association with cycling, which has enabled it to triple brand recognition in its country over the past year. Now it is betting on Spain’s La Vuelta a España to repeat the trick in this country too. “Cycling has allowed us to con nect more powerfully with the end consumer,” explains Luis Montes de Oca, marketing direc tor of the German company for the Iberian Peninsula.
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Is the amount of regional funding outstanding to Madrid’s council, according to the city’s Finance Minister Javier Fernández-Lasquetty.
Gowex boss faces trial JENARO GARCÍA, founder of Gowex is to go to trial and faces up to 18 years in prison on fraudulent share price manipulation charges. The telecommunications/wifi company is alleged to have system atically invented an income stream that did not exist and therefore raised the company’s stock valua tion. A high court judge has ordered that oral proceedings should begin against García, for whom the anti corruption prosecutor is asking for 18 years imprisonment, García’s wife and Gowex advisor Florencia Maté.
By Dilip Kuner Also involved in proceedings are the secretary of the Board of Direc tors, Francisco Manuel Martínez, and company administrator Ignacio Navarro, and the companies Let’s Gowex and Gowex Wireless. The judge is also investigating three other people Tania Roel Mosquera, Ramón Peláez and Hugo Daniel Marías as ‘partici pants for profit,’ while he has cleared Guadalupe Esmeralda Almeida Figueroa and Javier
Martín Vaquero, people to whom Jenaro García granted the position of proxies of some of the related companies. The Gowex scandal broke in the summer of 2014 after a report by the consulting firm Gotham City Research which warned that the real value of the company’s securi ties was zero euros and that 90 per cent of its sales did not really exist. The Public Prosecutor’s Office also wants García to be fined €10.2 mil lion as well as the confiscation of the profits obtained from the sale of Let’s Gowex.
Flying cheap BUDGET airline Iberia Express has launched a campaign of dis counts of up to 35 per cent for internal Spanish flights called #SpanishAdventure. This promotes flights to 14 different destinations within the country, including the Ca nary Islands and the Balearic Is lands. The promotion is available until September 1 to fly to all of the company’s destinations in the peninsula and the Canary and Balearic archipelago, from September 16 to December 15. More information is available on the company’s website.
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Top bank THE international magazine Global Finance has r e c o g n i s e d B B VA a s t h e most innovative digital bank in Latin America in 2019 and as the best digital bank in Spain in the ‘Corporate/Institutional’ category in its ‘Digital Bank Awards 2019.’
New boss SALES DOWN: Car industry is experiencing a downturn.
Car sales down CAR and SUV registrations experienced a 37.4 per cent drop in the first 20 days of August, to 30,691 units, according to data from the National Association of Vendors of Motor Vehicles, Re pair and Spare Parts (Ganvam). This sharp decline in the annual comparison is explained by the entry into force, on September 1, 2018, of the new WLTP emissions regulations, which led brands to give big discounts to reduce their stocks of nonapproved vehicles. This generated a sharp increase in registrations in August 2018. In the year so far up until August 20, the Spanish market saw a total volume of 839,850 units sold, which translates into a fall of 7.7 per cent. Company fleet purchases fell the least at 265,480 units, (2.7 per cent fewer), followed by hire companies, with 202,138 units, (3.1 per cent) and private sales were at 372,232 units, (13.1 per cent).
SPANIARD Enrique Lores will take over from HP Inc CEO Dion Weisler on November 1. One of the world’s largest manufacturers of PCs and computer hardware, the group h a d a t u r n o v e r o f €5 2 .7 billion in 2018.
Uber cash U B E R S Y S T E M S S PA I N , has multiplied its revenues and net profit almost sixfold in 2018, declaring a turnover of €16.73 million, compared to €2.88 million the previous year, while net profit has increased from €163,514 to €979,914.
AliExpress’ first Spanish store CHINESE Internet retail giant AliExpress has opened its first physical store in Spain at the intu Xanadú Shopping Centre, in the Madrid town of Arroyomolinos. The chain, part of the Alibaba business group, owned by magnate Jack Ma, the rich est man in the Asian country, kept the open ing a close secret until a few days before it happened on August 25.
It finally announced the event through so cial networks as part of a ‘solve the riddle’ competition asking ‘What is going to hap pen?’ The general manager of AliExpress Spain, Estela Ye, commented last July in an inter view with Efe that it expected to finish the year with 10,000 Spanish companies on the platform.
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70.210
BABCOCK INTE
4,986
0,16
0,01
137.198
MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS
4,518
-0,17
-0,01
199.470
BARCLAYS BANK
1,369
-2,3
-0,03
3.320.465
MICRO FOCUS
15,63
-1,04
-0,16
299.648
BARRATT DEVE
6,456
1,51
0,1
609.186
MONDI PLC
15,76
-0,03
-0,01
305.271
BAT INDUSTRI
28,82
-3,48
-1,04
368.449
MORRISON SUP
1,793
-1,38
-0,02
555.975
16,684
-0,71
-0,12
707.666
NEXT
57,32
-1,43
-0,83
31.744
4,924
1,76
0,09
5.205.171
PEARSON
8,022
-1,93
-0,16
280.830
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5,35
-1,78
-0,1
621.899
PERSIMMON
19,125
-1,91
-0,37
162.316
THE ABOVE TABLE USES THE CURRENT INTERBANK EXCHANGE RATES, WHICH AREN’T REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RATE WE OFFER
22,55
-1,56
-0,36
46.477
PROV.FINANC.
3,946
3,52
0,13
84.867
PRUDENTIAL C
13,41
-3
-0,41
1.008.156
RAMBLER MED.
2,053
1,92
0,04
603.243
RECKITT BNKR
61,414
0,11
0,07
195.035
REED INTER
19,095
-1,27
-0,25
368.779
ANGLO AMERICAN
BILLITON BP BRIT.AEROE BRITISH FOODS BRITISH LAND
5,05
0,12
0,01
659.060
BRITISH TELECOM
1,58
-1,65
-0,03
2.365.527
20,021
-1,52
-0,31
217.481
BURBERRY
21,26
-0,42
-0,09
51.355
CARNIVAL PLC
33,71
-4,09
-1,44
148.066
CELLTECH
26,35
-1,4
-0,37
49.637
CENTRICA
0,668
1,43
0,01
2.322.315
CGNU
3,586
-2,02
-0,07
1.750.856
BUNZL
RENTOKIL GRP
4,442
0,05
0
452.654
39,135
-0,28
-0,11
244.686
ROLLS ROYCE
7,422
-2,63
-0,2
296.614
ROYAL & SUN
5,26
-0,94
-0,05
151.500
1,833
0,19
0
1.084.993 1.062.774
RIO TINTO
1,775
-0,07
0
148.410
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND
26,3
-1,36
-0,36
233.644
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL B SHAR 22,595
0,33
0,07
CRODA INTERN
45,28
-1,14
-0,52
39.408
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL CL.A NLD 22,67
-0,42
-0,1
907.181
DCC ORD IEP0
67,22
-2,38
-1,64
15.162
SAGE GROUP
-2,15
-0,15
174.906
DELLING GRP
2,861
-0,57
-0,02
425.477
SAINSBURY
1,92
-3,32
-0,07
1.324.775
DIAGEO
33,94
-0,7
-0,24
509.096
SCHRODERS
26,27
-0,42
-0,11
31.563
EASYJET
9,385
0,29
0,03
243.629
SCOT.& STH
11,175
-0,58
-0,06
447.852
EXPERIAN GROUP LTD
25,06
-0,36
-0,09
172.157
SEVERN TRENT
20,25
-0,25
-0,05
74.705
24,331
0,88
0,21
15.822
CONVATEC GROUP CRH
6,864
7,05
4,4
0,3
457.314
SKILLSGROUP
GLAXO WELLCO
16,732
-1,25
-0,21
986.750
SLOUGH EST.
7,696
-0,41
-0,03
300.916
GLENCORE INTL
2,237
-0,78
-0,02
3.376.897
SMITH & NEP.
19,045
-1,47
-0,28
279.653
GROUP 4 SECU
1,711
1,57
0,03
345.199
SMITHS INDU.
15,505
-2,65
-0,42
144.064
HAMMERSON
2,273
0,05
0
396.996
ST JAMES S P
9,316
-0,72
-0,07
124.638
HARGREAVES LANSDOWN
19,03
0,74
0,14
66.279
STAN.CHART
6,008
-3,09
-0,19
557.421
HSBC
5,813
-1,34
-0,08
5.965.139
STANDARD LIFE
2,462
2,28
0,05
1.761.579
IMPERIAL TOBACCO
19,96
-3,75
-0,78
264.784
TAYLOR WOOD.
1,469
-0,85
-0,01
1.472.744
TESCO
2,11
-1,4
-0,03
1.509.774
FRESNILLO
INFORMA GROU
8,5
-2,32
-0,2
163.024
INTERCON.HOT
50,64
-0,88
-0,45
35.357
TUI
INTERTEK GROUP
52,94
-1,3
-0,7
27.170
UNILEVER
8,218
2,24
0,18
327.557
49,955
-0,87
-0,44
449.398
UN.UTILITIES
7,872
-0,25
-0,02
216.811
VODAFONE GRP
1,495
-1,47
-0,02
8.351.598
INTL CONSOLIDA AIRLINES GRP 4,198
-1,42
-0,06
492.866
ITV
1,118
-4,91
-0,06
1.446.134
JOHNSON MATT
27,87
-0,68
-0,19
34.501
WHITBREAD
43,036
0,65
0,28
41.900
KINGFISHER
1,898
-2,07
-0,04
1.484.137
WPP GROUP
9,374
-1,55
-0,15
208.005
LAND SECURIT
7,662
-0,91
-0,07
165.295
10,745
-1,10
-0,12
162.121
3I GROUP
0.90708
1.10244 Units per €
US dollar ................................................1.11086 Japan yen...............................................117.518 Switzerland franc ...................................1.08877 Denmark kroner .....................................7.45755 Norway kroner........................................10.0012
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COMPANY AMERICAN EXPRESS APPLE BOEING CATERPILLAR CHEVRON TEXACO CISCO SYSTEMS COCA-COLA EXXON MOBIL GOLDMAN SACH HOME DEPOT IBM INTEL JOHNSON & JOHNSON JP MORGAN CHASE MCDONALDS MERCK MICROSOFT NIKE PFIZER PROCTER & GAMBLE ST. PAUL TRV UNITED TECHNOLOGIES UNITEDHEALTH VERIZON VISA CLASS A WALGREENS BOOTS WAL-MART WALT DISNEY 3M
PRICE 118,53 206,49 359,04 114,42 115,74 47,1 54,54 67,85 199,65 218,65 129,99 45,56 127,8 106,87 216,91 85,88 135,45 82,25 34,84 119,32 147,34 125,49 231,08 56,71 177,59 50,04 111,99 134,61 156,12
CHANGE% CHANGE 0,65 0,77 0 0 0,85 3,03 0,32 0,36 0,49 0,56 0 0 1,49 0,8 0,53 0,36 1,76 3,45 0,54 1,18 0,32 0,42 0 0 0,05 0,07 0,8 0,85 1,05 2,25 1,11 0,94 0 0 2,25 1,81 1,46 0,5 1,7 2 1,8 2,61 1,68 2,07 0,18 0,42 1,41 0,79 1,35 2,36 0 0 1,05 1,16 2,23 2,94 0,17 0,27
VOLUME(M) 735.988 799 842.006 1.324.478 1.421.048 100 2.779.216 2.389.383 325.579 1.054.230 754.272 7.357.783 1.737.374 2.269.291 818.394 1.928.056 200 1.371.663 4.621.051 1.666.262 295.701 475.782 860.156 2.751.275 3.865.945 1.685.243 1.365.580 2.721.661 547.929
M - MILLION DOLLARS
NASDAQ C LOSING P RICES A UGUST 27
COMPANY
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CHANGE NET / %
Most Advanced PDC Energy, Inc. Milestone Pharmaceuticals Inc. Gossamer Bio, Inc. Waitr Holdings Inc. ConforMIS, Inc. Ramaco Resources, Inc. The Medicines Company Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Citi Trends, Inc.
$ 29.65 $ 23.57 $ 20.10 $ 2.15 $ 2.19 $ 4.25 $ 39.85 $ 7.55 $ 9.77 $ 6.68 $ 17.76
4.40 ▲ 17.43% 3.34 ▲ 16.51% 2.67 ▲ 15.32% 0.28 ▲ 14.97% 0.27 ▲ 14.06% 0.52 ▲ 13.94% 4.82 ▲ 13.76% 0.87 ▲ 13.02% 1.12 ▲ 12.95% 0.69 ▲ 11.52% 1.77 ▲ 11.07%
$ 16.75 $ 4.50 $ 2.74 $ 4.50 $ 31.34 $ 4.05 $ 45.79 $ 43.18 $ 7.50 $ 14.23 $ 5.40
3.14 ▼ 15.79% 0.59 ▼ 11.59% 0.34 ▼ 11.04% 0.50 ▼ 10% 3.30 ▼ 9.53% 0.38 ▼ 8.58% 4.22 ▼ 8.44% 3.92 ▼ 8.32% 0.60 ▼ 7.41% 1.12 ▼ 7.30% 0.42 ▼ 7.22%
Most Declined Overstock.com, Inc. UP Fintech Holding Limited Pintec Technology Holdings Limited Alpine Immune Sciences, Inc. Livongo Health, Inc. Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. Zogenix, Inc. Cree, Inc. Yunji Inc. The RealReal, Inc. Alphatec Holdings, Inc.
FINANCE, BUSINESS & LEGAL
Eurozone economic weakness EUROZONE economic activity continues to show signs of weakness, according to the PMI index. The IHS Markit indicator stood at 51.8 points this month, c o m p a r e d t o 5 1 .5 p o i n t s i n J u l y. I t i s one of the lowest increases recorded in the last six years. The gross domestic product (GDP) of the euro area saw second quarter g r o w t h o f 0 .2 p e r cent, half that in the first, and Germany recorded a contraction of 0.1 per cent. In recent months, growth in the services sector had offset a decline in manufacturing. H o w e v e r, A u g u s t saw a reversal and, as a result, companies were more cautious about hiring staff. I n i n d u s t r y, n e w orders have suffered from a decline in exports (including in intra-euro area trade). In addition, confidence in business activity over the next 12 months fell sharply in August. “Sentiment has fallen to its lowest level since May 2013, and has weakened in both manufacturing and services. “There has been some optimism in France and the rest of the euro area as a whole, while German firms expressed pessimism about the outlook for future business activity for the first time in almost five years,” says the IHS Markit report.
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Banks on Brexit alert THE possibility of a no deal Brexit is gaining strength and has put the Spanish banking sector on alert. Santander, which makes 13 per cent of its profit in the UK, and Sabadell, owner since 2014 of the TSB are particularly exposed. Both have prepared contingency plans for all scenarios, including the worst scenario. Their businesses in the UK are susceptible to a fall in economic activity and demand for credit. A fall in the value of the pound, which has already lost 16 per cent of its value against the euro since the 2016 referendum and 2.2 per cent since Boris Johnson was elect ed Prime Minister is also bad news for the banks. In its latest financial report, San tander admits that a no deal Brexit could have ‘material adverse ef fects’ on its access to capital and liquidity. It also acknowledges that it could have ‘significant repercus sions’ on operations, profitability and business. To minimise the impact of Brexit, Santander agreed last year to move
WORRIED: Santander making Brexit contingencies.
its investment banking division from London to Madrid. Sabadell, for its part, faces the risk of a hard Brexit spoiling its plans to extract value from the pur chase of TSB, now that it has al ready left behind the problems caused by the complex technologi cal migration last year. This caused an additional cost of €321 million in the 2018 accounts.
The goal is for the UK to con tribute 20 per cent of the group's profit by 2021, but that could be optimistic if there is a disorderly ex it. The English bank is currently run ning at a loss. In its halfyearly report, Sabadell admits that if the UK leaves the EU in October without an agreement there would be ‘a significant drop in foreign trade for the UK’ and that
Powering Mexico SPANISH energy company Iber drola will this year start the con struction of a combined cycle and a photovoltaic plant in Mex ico, with an estimated invest ment in both projects of €677 million. The combined cycle in Ver acruz and the photovoltaic park in the State of Puebla is part of a fiveyear plan that will see the company invest about €4.515 billion in the country. Iberdrola is also studying pro jects in the region for another €903 million as part of its initial contribution to the Oaxaca Pact, signed last week by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the Confederation of Industrial Chambers (Concamin) and nine governors of the coun try, the company has reported. The energy company esti mates that it will make purchas es from Mexican industry worth more than $3 billion dollars (€2.709 billion), which will help the country’s economic growth. With a presence in the coun try for 20 years, Mexico is a key
ENERGY COMPANY: Is building five plants that will come into operation this year.
“There is a five year plan.
market for Iberdrola, where it has an installed capacity of more than 7,400 megawatts (MW) distributed in 20 plants. These are a mixture of com bined cycles, wind farms and photovoltaic, which are located in 13 states, of which about 60 per cent supply energy to pri vate customers. In addition, the energy com pany is building five plants that will come into operation this year and will raise the installed capacity in the country to more than 10,000 MW.
the economy would go into reces sion in 2020. In the first quarter of 2019, GDP grew by 0.5 per cent, but contracted by 0.2 per cent in the second quarter. The group hopes that the Euro pean and British authorities will end up taking pragmatic decisions to avoid systemic disruptions in fi nancial operations, according to the report.
Jobless foreigner numbers down THE number of foreigners unemployed in Spain stood at 362,296 by the end of July, its lowest level since Oc tober 2008, according to data from the Public Service of State Employment (SEPE). This was 1.2 per cent down on the previous month and 2.4 per cent compared to the same month in 2018. In absolute terms, the monthly decline was 4,509 unemployed, while in yearonyear terms there are now 8,875 fewer foreigners unemployed than at the same time in 2018. Of the total number of immigrants without work, 228,690 belong to nonEU countries, compared with 133,606 from EU countries. Almost six out of 10 unemployed foreigners are women (209,924 against 152,372 men) and 94 per cent are over 25 (340,086 unemployed). In addition, practi cally six out of 10 worked in the service sector and 16 per cent belonged to the group without previous em ployment. By Autonomous Community, Cataluña and Andalu cia registered the highest number of unemployed im migrants, with 68,941 and 57,856 respectively. They are followed by Madrid (52,918) and Comunidad Va lenciana (52,279) and the Canarias (19,594), CastillaLa Mancha (18,280) and País Vasco (17,279). The regions with the fewest unemployed immi grants at the end of July were Cantabria (2,900 foreign unemployed), La Rioja (2,980), Extremadura (3,410), Asturias (4,946) and Navarre (5,963).
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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT I’M just not too sure about all this global warm ing, climate change and carbon emission con troversy. There is of course no doubt that the Earth’s climate is shifting. The floods, storms and melting Polar caps are positive proof of that. I’m just not quite convinced that the rea sons for these phenomenas are actually those that all the ‘greenies’ and tree huggers would lead us to believe. After all, there were no carbon spewing au tos, jet guzzlers or farting livestock, (excluding the dinosaurs of course) when the world en dured its Ice Ages and oceans receded to reveal previously sunken mountains across the sur face of the Earth. One of the facts our ‘saviours’ of the planet seem to conveniently ignore, are the movements of the globe itself. Our wondrous ‘spaceship’ does not revolve smoothly on its axis. It does in fact ‘wobble’ slightly. The smallest shift of such a vast body can of course have an enormous effect on its climate. This happens roughly every 26,000 years and, according to scientists, at this mo ment in time we are also in the middle of our fifth major ice age. Bearing all this in mind, it stands to reason that the climatic effects we are experiencing appear inevitable and simply
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Shifting climate
GLOBAL WARMING: There’s no doubt the climate is shifting.
require us to deal with them as best we can. I’m always suspicious of those who work in departments that earn tax payers money by spreading fear factors among the populace. Af ter all, if they can’t find anything to blame us for, they’d all be out of work wouldn’t they? As far as all the hysteria surrounding the
Windsors using a private jet to travel to the Balearics last week, I do agree 100 per cent that, apropos their stand on carbon emission, it certainly reeks of pure hypocrisy. I do however; question the motives of those objecting the loudest. Can I detect just a weeny touch of en vy tucked away in there somewhere?
I wonder how many of them, given the op portunity to climb aboard Elton John’s private jet and be whisked off to party on a sun drenched Mediterranean Isle would give it a second thought. Mmm? I also vehemently dis agree with Elton John trying to play the right eous card by ‘off setting’ any pollution emis sion damage with donations to the somewhat dubious ‘Carbon Footprint Company.’ This is the unacceptable face of the privi leged and arrogant, basically informing us that if you have the finances you can do just about anything. A line of reasoning that would sug gest that it’s ok to drive down a high street in the Bentley killing and maiming pedestrians provided you make a large enough donation to the local hospital. No, Sorry Mr John doesn’t quite wash with me. My heart went out this week to my beautiful daughter Rebecca and her partner Alba. Tragi cally their beloved pet was knocked down and killed by a hit and run driver outside our home. She was a wonderful and captivating sweet ca nine soul. We are all totally devastated. RIP young Molly. Sadly missed. Keep the Faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
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This chat is now over! MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION Views of a Grumpy Old Man I WASN’T able do an article last week be cause I had to go back to the UK and over the next few articles I will remind you all why the UK now makes me extremely grumpy. But this week I’m going to grump about emojis. I’m sure you all know what they are but for those that don’t know, they are the little smiley face things that pop up when you are typing a message or a WhatsApp. The trouble is now that it’s not just a smiley face. The reason I went back to the UK was unfortunately because one of my closest friends lost a family member. I was chatting to him on WhatsApp and I asked him what day the funeral was. As I typed in the word funeral, up popped an emoji of a coffin! I couldn’t believe it. What idiotic moron programmer thought that would be a good idea? I cannot imag ine how my friend would have felt if, for some reason, I didn’t check and I sent the message.
That then got me thinking about the whole emoji thing. I am reliably informed that there are a considerable amount of them that have a lot of secondary mean ings. My 92yearold motherinlaw uses WhatsApp and is fascinated by the emojis. However, my daughter had to tell her to stay away from the aubergines, bananas, cherries and peaches (Google them). I can’t list all the different ones here because the editor won’t let me but have a look online. It’s crazy! I often get a smiley face or a sad face, but many times people send me a message with a picture that I have no clue what it represents so I ask them ‘what’s that mean?’ I got an upside down face?? Open your message app and have a look I bet there’s over 50 per cent on there you don’t have a clue what they represent. Then there is the classic that so many people make the mis take of using. LOL does NOT mean ‘lots of love.’ It means ‘laughing out loud.’ So do not do, as one of my older friends did when sending me a condolence message after my mum died, finish it with LOL. The whole thing is confusing, but one thing I do know is that once I just get an emoji or LOL as a reply to a message that chat is over!
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Win or lose
CASSANDRA NASH A WEEKLY LOOK - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene
PABLO IGLESIAS is backing a loser by pushing Spain’s moral obligation to accept the tragic migrants who pre fer to risk their lives than stay in their countries of birth. He might be right and this will res onate with Unidas Podemos voters and the socially committed. Indeed, the Spanish proudly dis played their lack of racism and were always happy to welcome all immi grants, especially wellheeled Euro peans. They grudgingly accepted Latinos too, who at least spoke the same lan guage and shared or at least under stood a similar culture. That has changed and one of the reasons why Vox obtained so many votes in the Andalucia elections last December was because it does not put out the welcome mat for non European, nonLatino immigrants. Iglesias wants to shame the tardi ness of the PSOE government’s re sponse to the Open Arms immi grants. Rightly or wrongly and whisper it
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soft, that could be a votewinner, not a loser.
Could be worse THERE are worse things than the prospect of Irene Montero with a
government vicepresidency and re sponsibility for Social Rights and Equality. Montero, also Podemos spokes woman, will be remembered by many for her insistence in the past on using the totally unnecessary
‘portavoza’ for spokeswoman, such is her devotion to equality. With a degree in Psychology and a master’s in Educational Psychology she has been the partner of Podemos supremo Pablo Iglesias since 2017 and is the mother of their
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twin sons and a daughter Aitana born earlier this summer. Montero’s vicepresidency was, is, and will be one of Iglesias’ require ments for supporting Sanchez. Nothing could be worse than a November general election that would do few favours for Pedro Sanchez and even fewer for Podemos. Not even having to en dure to byblow words like ‘por tavoza.’
Loser takes all
It all adds up ALBERT RIVERA, Ciudadanos’ leader, is hedging his bets regarding Pablo Casado’s bright idea called Es paña Suma. The PP and Cs should run on the same ticket in future elections, together with Vox, Casado sug gests. Rivera has so far shown little enthusiasm, and why should he? Why stick his neck out and possible repel future votes from Cs’ backbone of Centrist voters? If Spain endures another general election on No vember 10 and in the all too likely event of another hung parliament, Rivera will get his chance of a threesome anyway, without having to sign up to anything beforehand. He’ll get his cake and eat it too.
GENERAL ELECTION: Why repel future votes?
THE Partido Popular, with Pablo Casado in charge, obtained its worst ever general election results last April, taking only 66 seats in the na tional parliament compared with 137 in 2016 and losing 3.5 million votes. Not to worry, though. Bolstered by the nominally Centre party Ciu dadanos and UltraRight Vox, the PP now governs a total of 21.7 million people in Madrid, Murcia and An dalucia, despite not being the most voted party in any of these regions. This was never a question of arith metic, nor a tripledecker equation or even differential calculus. Casado’s feat is closer to quantum mechanics which nobody under stands, but which get amazing re sults.
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29 August - 4 September 2019
Don’t write in slanglish if you wanna pass exams
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
IN a recent survey, thousands of tutors were asked why students they’d taught failed English GCSEs. The most common reason, given by 42 per cent of respon dents, was using ‘slanglish’ in exams, the most commonly misspelt words and phrases being ‘tonite,’ ‘summin’ and ‘pls.’ I’m sure it’s considered elitist, but what can you expect when your ears are as saulted daily by the mangling of pronunci ation from commentators on TV and ra dio? Some (not all) don’t pronounce ‘ing’ at the end of any word, ever, so you get: ‘I’m standin here in Downin Street waitin to see what’s bein said after this meetin...’ If you want kids to write correctly, then they need to hear the right things in the first place, right? There is, too, a traffic re porter on BBC radio who does exactly the same thing: traffic is ‘quein,’ ‘passin’ or ‘slowin.’ When a listener complained about this, he was reprimanded by a BBC functionary who said they were trying to encourage regional accents. Now, I’m all for regional accents, but this is just sloppy speech. But, to be fair, you’d expect that sort of PC nonsense from the BBC.
IN A WORD: Slanglish is sloppy speech. And don’t get me started on ‘yoof’ pre senters. No wonder our children can’t speak and therefore write properly if their use of language is held up as being correct. Remember Tony Blair dropping his ‘t’s to be down with the yoof? Messaging and autocorrect are often given as the main reasons for the current situation. Nonsense! The root of the prob lem is simply that kids don’t read books any more. So they’re never exposed to correct grammar nor have any chance to widen their vocabulary. What hope is there they’ll ever learn it if all they ever see or hear of language is ‘txt
spk’ or the mangled noise of TV and video? While doubtless technology bears some blame for this, so too do govern ment educational policies that have by passed books as a primary aid to learning. And the average yoof’s reaction to all this: ‘I dunno wot yr bovvered abt. Jst syin.’ Nora Johnson’s crime thrillers ‘Betrayal,’ ‘The Girl in the Woods,’ ‘The Girl in the Red Dress,’ ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Cler ambault Code’ (www.norajohnson.net) available online as ebook (€0.99;£0.99), ibook, paperback & audiobook. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.
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LEGALLY SPEAKING Can he withhold the minutes? Our community consists of an aparthotel with 130 privately owned apartments. Three quarters of these are in a letting pool, which is run as a hotel by our managing agent, who is also the community ad ministrator. Because of the conflict of interest and com plicated money transfers, we agreed by a large majority at the AGM to split the residential community from the letting business. Our administrator disagreed so we called an EGM, which we won. We also had a notary and our lawyer attend. Now the administrator will not give us the official minutes book, which we need to get the minutes registered. I have been told that we can’t proceed with a court case against him until the minutes have been regis tered. Can you advise? L S (Costa Blanca)
The min utes are property of the YOU AND THE community and the LAW IN SPAIN administrator is obliged to deliver them to the president. If your adminis trator is a member of the official College of Property Ad ministrators of your province, you can report him to the College. Any single member can go to court if he feels that his interests are harmed. Your situation is complex and you need good legal advice.
DAVID SEARL
Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
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Looks more like the young lad who had not driven before, powerful(ish) Audi A4 / A6 estate, likely an automatic so foot to the floor no concept of the power and flew straight through car park doors, smacked the wall on the bend and then panicked / left his foot down and flew over the road and in to the garden. Certainly doesn’t look drunk and his nationality is not relevant? Expensive mistake and a costly lesson, but at least nobody was hurt; bricks, metal and garden shrubs easily replaced. Steven Clark
SPAIN has been ravaged by fires so far this year, but one thing can be said at least - the Spanish government does its utmost to supply the resources to put them out. But turn your gaze across the Atlantic and the same cannot be said about the fires devastating large swathes of the Amazon rain forest. G7 leaders at their summit in Biarritz would appear to have raised a few hackles with their comments that the disaster - if only we could call it a natural one and not man-made - must be tackled. President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil in particular has not taken kindly to in his view being lectured on the issue. He sees it as none of the G7 nations’ business and that they should not interfere in what he views as an internal issue. The retort from world leaders is that it is their business. With climate change an ever more pressing problem the Amazon needs to be protected and nurtured, not cleared for agriculture. To their credit the G7 nations have offered $20 million to help fight the fires. This is to be rejected by Brazil who shoot back that the money would be better spent reforesting Europe. And Brazil does have a point. The fight against climate change starts on our own doorstep. It is a problem that every single one of us should take action over.
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COMMENTS FROM FACEBOOK Lots of people defending the kid, would it be the same if he ploughed into people not a wall? Simon Wye
Marbella fire
Definitely prosecute. Charge parents for all dam age done. Paul Huddart
OMG no.!! The poor firefighters have only just fin ished putting the fire out in Estepona. Debz Carr
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Seems like the whole world is on fire. Alan Mackenzie
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DEAR Editors, The rising worldwide concern with cli mate change and pesticide use prompts me to record my own observations since moving to Andalucia in 2005. The biggest and most dramatic change has been in large predator/scav enger birds such as the larger eagles and vultures. Up until a few years ago I would train my binoculars on the western edge of the Maroma mountain range and see both enormous species using the up draft to gain altitude, then fly back into the mountains. This no longer occurs. I have not seen either species for years, a huge disap pointment for our visitors. Smaller birds such as beeeaters and cragmartins also would flock in this area in quite high numbers, often noisily seeming to interact. Again, a thing of the past, I see them occasionally in small numbers at this time of year. A similar story with insects. Up until a few years back, ants of all types were a real nuisance, parading in columns 20 or 30 metres long, across the patio, over furniture and everywhere in the garden. Except for very few wandering around, they’ve more or less vanished. Similarly bees and wasps. This year is the first year I have rarely had to re move drowned bees and wasps from our pool. Flies a similar story. How these observations relate to cli mate change and/or pesticide use I am not qualified to say. But such huge changes do have an answer, even if maybe just a local phenomenon to this area of Axarquia. We all need to know. Anthony John Randall, Alcaucin
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You are in a romantic mood but something is missing from the picture. It is not that you are feeling the need of having more than one string to your bow, it is more that you are tired of using the same old arrows. So, what is out there to fire your imagination? Something really new will not miss the mark with you.
PISCES (February 20 - March 20) This is a brilliant week for money and business. Mars is influencing you to be more upfront and practical in your approach. You may feel changes coming on that you would rather deny. Burying your head in the sand is not an option. Take the bull by the horns and you could be surprised at your success.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20) You will see the lighter side of life this week when you discover that someone is holding a torch for you. You are flattered and vaguely interested. Your combination of intelligence and humour make you a delightful companion. Venus smiles on all your close relationships and you seem to be able to do no wrong. .
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) There is much to be tackled this week, but you are wary of making full-on decisions. Taking things one step at a time is the best policy because it gives you space to consider the options. There is a restlessness about you that is hard to pinpoint. Perhaps you are feeling positive but have to hold fire because of others. This is frustrating, but try to relax.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Energy levels go up and down and you seek to ration yours by not going all-out physically. It is still possible to be quite dynamic while planning. Indeed, your clear vision impresses a colleague. If you are due for promotion then some good news is likely. Blow your own trumpet rather than wait for others to do it for you.
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) The changes affecting you for the past few weeks continue but you are now getting better at managing their direction.
Someone wanting you to take a logical action should not be allowed to push you forward. When to act will be clear to you.
LEO (July 24 - August 23) Someone who has been unhelpful in the past suddenly steps forward. Could you have been wrong about them? Probably not. Keep a clear mind when with them. Saturn influences you to be more organised before a bout of indecision strikes.
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VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) The influence of Venus and Jupiter brings you the influence and status that you deserve. It's not that you haven't worked towards it but now you start to see the benefits. There is an urge to improve your appearance and surroundings to fit in with the 'new you'.
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I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I’m out of control and, at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.” Marilyn Monroe
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) During the past few weeks you may have gained a different perspective on life. Your need for a close attachment and harmony in your life should not be underestimated or denied in the name of practicality.
NINJA FESTIVAL: The annual event has no ninjas willing to take on the job.
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SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) To be truly happy you need to build on your partnerships. Keep these in balance and everything else will fall into place. Life has taught you some rather harsh lessons recently. The upshot of that is you now feel more in control and more secure.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) There is an all-consuming need to see some reward for all your efforts. There will be those who will tell you that you need to push harder for success. Perhaps you need to be with more like-minded people. Certainly being with the wrong colleagues can bring your spirits down.
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) When needed you are sure to be positive this week. On a project, 'striking while the iron is hot' springs to mind. There is much fun to hand but it must be 'work first' at the moment. Some opportunities do not come twice and you need to be aware of them when they present themselves. Spend some quality time with your loved ones.
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18 Watch out for second-rate merchandise (6) 20 Nudes cavorting in the sand (5) 22 Steps taken in Ugandan celebration (5) 23 One is after black bird (4)
Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 11 represents X and 18 represents M, so fill in X every time the figure 11 appears and M every time the figure 18 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 Sound made by a dog (4) 3 Swift (5) 8 Collier (4,5) 9 Largest organ in the human body (5) 10 Smaller amount (4) 14 Not shut (4) 15 Flower holders (5) 18 Least familiar (9) 20 Dance craze started by Chubby Checker (5) 21 Boundary of a surface (4)
Down 1 Financial institution (4) 2 Get something (7) 4 Objectives (4) 5 Hotel providing overnight lodging for travellers (3) 6 Enthusiastic (5) 7 Come into existence (5) 11 Chosen by vote (7) 12 American elk (5) 13 Rescues (5) 16 Finishes (4) 17 Female horse (4) 19 Not cooked or dressed (3)
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Across 1 Yawn (7) 5 Mujeres (5) 8 Picadura (de abeja, avispa) (5) 9 To skate (7) 10 Hay (5,2) 12 Aumento (5) 13 Pigeon (6) 15 Street light (6) 18 Más tarde (5) 19 Por lo menos (2,5) 21 To keep an eye on (7) 22 To make an appointment with (5) 23 Thread (of screw) (5) 24 Pencils (7)
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
Down 1 Parada de autobús (3,4) 2 Brillo (de tela, pelo, zapatos, superficie) (5) 3/22 Huevera (3,3) 4 Oponerse (6) 5 Cascada (9) 6 Beggar (7) 7 Enfermera (5) 11 Emerald (9) 14 Whips (for training, driving animals) (7) 16 Authors (7) 17 Barril (6) 18 To wash (5) 20 Desván (5) 22 See 3
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The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (EXCEED) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
ACTION BILLET BLITHE CARROT CASEIN EXCEED (10) FLETCH INTEND LESSEE MITTEN MOLTEN MOTLEY NEEDLE RELIEF STRAIN SURTAX SYNTAX TELLER TOUSLE
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Geyser 2 Typhus 3 Keypad 4 Sphere 5 Knotty 6 Travel 7 Trophy 8 Rotund 9 Nephew 10 Routed 11 Coyote 12 Shoddy 13 Chatty 14 Caress 15 Deacon 16 Scotch 17 Syntax 18 Stench 19 Photon.
NONAGRAM
Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
TARGET: Good: 13 Very good: 18
TARGET: • Average: 17 • Good: 24
• Very good: 35 • Excellent: 45
SCORING:
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Excellent: 23
tern tent terce rent renin rein rerun wren went weir vinery view vice newt nine niece nice nature tune tuner tuna turn turner tuned taurine inter intern intent inert inner rice rune runt rude rued urine uric undue anew anent aunt auric ecru cine crew crier cruet crud crude yuan nude eyrie fury fund dune denature enure endure
arch arco card cart char cord craw croc crow dart drat draw hard hart hoar orca road rota taro torc trad trod trow ward wart word wort actor chard chart chord crowd hoard orach ratch roach throw torch worth wrath wroth accord chador coward crotch toward CATCHWORD
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS
QUICK Down:
1 Spider, 2/18 Log off, 3 Send, 4 Spoils, 5 Austere, 6 Dank, 9 Spanner, 11 Pantry, 12 Pursue, 15 Lots, 16 Brag.
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Across:
Across:
1 Charred, 5 Stamp, 8 Deacons, 9 Abide, 10 Disco, 11 Explode, 12 At ease, 14 Ablaze, 17 Catseye, 19 Given, 22 Exist, 23 Sees red, 24 Sheen, 25 Sardine.
7 Eraser, 8 Pecado, 10 Cigüeña, 11 Apple, 12 Turn, 13 Habil, 17 Newer, 18 Iron, 22 Heels, 23 Octopus, 24 Chapel, 25 Maceta.
Down:
Down:
1 Coded, 2 Arabs, 3 Riotous, 4 Dashes, 5 Sharp, 6 Arizona, 7 Precede, 12 Archers, 13 Entwine, 15 Bugbear, 16 Ceases, 18 Elton, 20 Verdi, 21 Nudge.
1 Rescate, 2 Dangers, 3 Beret, 4 Regaliz, 5 Nappy, 6 Foxes, 9 Pasajeros, 14 Measles, 15 Triplet, 16 Unusual, 19 Which, 20 Besar, 21 Straw.
App of the week Family Organiser AN app designed to move family management off the fridge and onto the phone or tablet. Picniic lets you share shopping lists, so that a spouse coming home from work doesn’t have to ask what to get at the store. If your son or daughter runs out of shampoo, they can add to the shopping list, too. The most unique feature is the recipe catalogue. Here you can save your favourite recipes or add your own.
QUIZ: MONONYMOUS PEOPLE A mononymous person is an individual who is known and addressed by a single name or mononym 1. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin was the real name of which French playwright who wrote more than 20 comic plays about contemporary France, developing stock characters from Italian commedia dell'arte? 2. Lysistrata, the Birds and the Frogs are all notable works by which ancient Greek dramatist (448-380 BC), best remembered for his comedies? 3. The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) was which American singer/actress’s first UK number one hit single? 4. What is the name of the Somali-American fashion model who married pop star David Bowie in a private ceremony in Lausanne, Switzerland in April 1992? 5. What was the name of the beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt, the mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony, who killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian? 6. Which American pianist and entertainer, who died in 1987 aged 67, was famous for his romantic arrangements of popular
piano classics and for his flamboyant costumes? 7. Which footballer began playing for Santos at age 15 and the Brazil national team at 16? During his international career, he won three FIFA World Cups: 1958, 1962 and 1970, being the only player ever to do so? 8. Which Greek epic poet is traditionally held to be the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, although modern scholarship has revealed the place of the poems in a preliterate oral tradition? 9. Which influential 17th century Dutch artist made his name as a portrait painter with the Anatomy Lesson of Dr Tulp (1632)? He is also identified with the series of more than 60 self-portraits painted from 1629 to 1669? . 10. Which Scottish-born singer is widely known for her Eurovision Song Contest 1969 winning entry Boom Bang-a-Bang? Not a lot of people know that… before finding fame as the lead singer of the Police, Sting (real name Gordon Sumner) worked as a bus conductor, a building labourer, a tax officer and a teacher.
Answers: 1. MOLIÈRE, 2. ARISTOPHANES, 3. CHER, 4. IMAN, 5. CLEOPATRA, 6. LIBERACE, 7. PELÉ, 8. HOMER, 9. REMBRANDT, 10. LULU
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
CODE BREAKER
How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules? • The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’. They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally. • Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms. • No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice. • No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.
4 letters: 1 point 7 letters: 5 points 5 letters: 2 points 8 or more letters: 6 letters: 3 points 11 points
Average: 9
1 Sulks, 4 Staid, 7 Ingenious, 8 Easy, 10 Alter, 13 Banal, 14 Menu, 17 Notorious, 19 Surly, 20 Gaffe.
BOGGLED
KAKURO
How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case D) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
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TODAY
DENIA
DENIA
JAVEA
JAVEA
CALPE
CALPE ALTEA
ALTEA
BENIDORM
BENIDORM
TORREVIEJA
TORREVIEJA
Malaga
Almeria
Bilbao
Madrid
TODAY: MAX 28 MIN 21-CL
TODAY: MAX 29, MIN 23-CL
TODAY: MAX 23, MIN 17-SH
TODAY: MAX 33, MIN 18-S
Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -
29 29 30 30 30 28
22 - S 21 - S 21 - S 21 - S 22 - S 21 - S
Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -
29 28 29 30 29 28
22 - S 22 - S 23 - S 22 - S 22 - S 21 - S
Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -
26 24 23 22 21 22
17 - Cl 17 - Cl 16 - Sh 14 - Sh 13 - Sh 14 - Cl
34 34 33 32 29 28
Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -
Mallorca
Barcelona
TODAY: MAX 29, MIN 22-CL
TODAY: MAX 32, MIN 21-S
TODAY: MAX 29, MIN 22-S
S: Sun
22 - S 22 - S 22 - S 22 - S 21 - Cl 21 - Cl
29 29 30 29 28 27
Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed Cl: Clear
22 - S 22 - S 22 - S 23 - S 22 - Cl 22 - Th
Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -
32 32 31 31 30 29
C: Cloudy
21 - Cl 21 - S 22 - S 21 - S 20 - S 20 - S
Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -
30 30 29 28 26 26
JAVEA CALPE ALTEA BENIDORM
Benidorm
TODAY: MAX 29, MIN 22-CL
29 31 31 30 29 28
DENIA
18 - S 18 - S 18 - S 17 - S 15 - S 15 - S
Alicante Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -
SATURDAY
22 - S 22 - S 21 - S 21 - Th 19 - Th 19 - Sh
ALICANTE ORIHUELA TORREVIEJA
Sh: Showers
Th: Thunder
Sn: Snow
BIRTHDAYS
Euro Weekly News strives for accuracy, but cannot be held responsible for any errors in published forecasts • Ben Affleck, Actor; August 15, 47 actor, producer, and director. He is a recipient of Affleck is an American actor, director, producer, numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award. Famous for his and screenwriter. His accolades include two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, uncompromising portrayals of violent and abrasive characters. two BAFTA Awards. He was the subject of increased media attention in 2003 because of his • Robert Redford, Actor; August 18, 83 Usain Bolt relationship with Jennifer Lopez. American film actor and director known for his boyish good looks. The turning point in his career came • Madonna, Singer-Songwriter; August 16, 61 A versatile artist of America and a renowned name in the when he co-starred with Paul Newman in the enormously pop music world. Referred to as the ‘Queen of Pop’ since popular comic western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance the 1980s, Madonna is known for pushing the boundaries Kid (1969). of songwriting in mainstream popular music. • Bill Clinton, US President; August 19, 73 42nd president of the United States (1993–2001), who • Robert De Niro, Actor; August 17, 76 One of the greatest actors of all time, an American-Italian oversaw the country’s longest peacetime economic
SUDOKU LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
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.
expansion. Clinton was the first president to select openly gay persons for administrative positions. • Demi Lovato, Pop Singer; August 20, 27 American singer, songwriter, and actress. She made her debut as a child actress on the children’s television series Barney & Friends. Lovato has earned numerous awards and nominations, including an MTV Video Music Award, 14 Teen Choice Awards, five People’s Choice Awards, and two Latin American Music Awards. • Usain Bolt, Jamaican Sprinter; August 21, 33 Jamaican sprinter who won gold medals in the 100-metre and 200-metre races in an unprecedented three straight Olympic Games and is widely considered the greatest sprinter of all time.
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This week in history
Deadly plea IT’S Gamache’s first day back as head of the homicide department, a job he temporarily shares with his previous second-in-command, Jean-Guy Beauvoir. Flood waters are rising across the province. In the middle of the turmoil a father approaches Gamache, pleading for help in finding his daughter. As crisis piles upon crisis, Gamache tries to hold off the encroaching chaos, and realises the search for Vivienne Godin should be abandoned. But with a daughter of his own, he finds himself developing a profound, and perhaps unwise, empathy for her distraught father. Increasingly hounded by the question, how would you feel… he resumes the search. As the rivers rise, and the social media onslaught against Gamache becomes crueller, a body is discovered. Gamache must face a horrific possibility, and a burning question. What would you do if your child’s killer walked free?
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• 295 BC - Temple of Love The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War. • 1191 - Massive Massacre Richard I of England initiates the Massacre at Ayyadieh, leaving 2,600-3,000 Muslim hostages dead. • 1780 - British Explorer James Cook’s ship HMS Resolution returns to England (Cook was killed on Hawaii during the voyage). • 1799 - Seizing Power Napoleon I of France leaves Egypt for France en route to seizing power. • 1961 - Motown Hit Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit (in America), ‘Please Mr Postman’ by The Marvelettes. • 1993 - Lost in Space NASA loses communication with the Mars Observer almost a year after its launch. The robotic space probe was tasked with exploring the Red Planet. • 2006 - Pluto Declassified The International Astronomical Union (IAU) declassified Pluto as a planet and classified it as a dwarf planet. A dwarf planet is neither a planet or a natural satellite, but ‘a celestial object orbiting a star that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity but has not cleared its orbit of space debris’. • 2007 - Skeletal Remains The skeletal remains of Russia’s last royal family members Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, and his sister Grand Duchess Anastasia are discovered near Yekaterinburg.
TWO hard scrabble con artists challenge each other to a contest to scam a wealthy mark into matrimony, with the loser promising to leave town. Smooth moves fail, sure fire cons go haywire, and nothing turns out the way anyone expects. Based on the 1988 movie ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,’ the competing female protagonists in ‘The Hustle’ put a feminist spin on the fame, and discover in the process that love and money are more elusive than they ever could have imagined.
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JORIS PLU IN golf they teach you to hold your grip on your club loose. It is all about the swing. If you stress too much on your grip you will not hit the ball or the ball will fly in a di rection you did not want in the first place. Same when you learn to ride a bike. If you are sitting too tight on it, it will be more difficult to learn. So loosen the grip. Also in your life. Loosen your grip. On material things, ego, what you say, your emotions, relation ships, etcetera. Once you start holding on to everything in life, in time it will be more difficult to loosen the grip. Sometimes people will be unable to do it. Most of us know this but it is so hard not to get attached to others, to material things, to life itself. One of the most important lessons in life is being able to let
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Loosen the grip go. Not getting too attached. Here I am talking about just loosen ing the grip. Not even letting go. Not easy. But do able, step by step. Because when we die we lose grip on everything we have in one second. To make sure you get this I will write it again: when you die, you lose grip on everything in one second. Do not wait that long. Learn from now on how to loosen your grip on every thing in your life including your life. It will make living much easier to deal with. There will always be bad days in our lives. But as long as we under
LIFE HAPPENS NOW: At this very moment, enjoy it, every single bit of it. stand that those are just moments in life, that we can choose to let it all be a bit looser, we will feel more free, more at ease. Like the saying goes… tomorrow is another
day… a new beginning. Be confi dent. Do not hold on to those bad days. They will pass. Loosen the grip on your negative thoughts. Same with relationships. If you
are holding on too tight, chances are you are creating a stressful re lation instead of a loving one. Loosen the grip. So what about loosening the grip on your own life? There is a saying: do not take life too seri ously, you are going to die any way. I believe we all know this. So ask yourself this question, know ing you are going to die anyway. Why is for most people life so full of negativity, anxiety, fear, and holding on to? Just reflect on this question for a moment. Start today, step by step, loos ening your grip on the things you want. I promise you that in time you will feel more relaxed, more free. Loosen your grip on the past. Holding on causes more damage.
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THESE days, more and more people are beginning to un derstand the importance of a simpler way of life and are try ing to incorporate more natur al and healthier products, foods, methods of transport etc into their lives. Making your own natural beauty products at home is a great way of saving money, lavishing your body with the best treatments available from Mother Nature herself, whilst doing your bit for the environ ment at the same time. Just because a product has an expensive price tag of €40, it does not mean that it is nec essarily the best on the mar ket. More often than not it’s a case of very clever marketing! Essentially, all beauty prod ucts such as cleansers and moisturisers are made from the same basic ingredients, which are all fairly cheap to produce. Cleansing your skin is an es sential part of any skin care routine, as dirt from the at mosphere must be removed regularly to prevent pores from clogging and the appear ance of the dreaded spot, or worse still spots. Many people are content on
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Treat your skin naturally using a soap to cleanse their skin and to remove all traces of dirt and makeup, yet soap can be harsh and will upset the skin’s natural Ph balance. Using a natural cleanser is much gen tler and softer and will not harm the skin in any way. Common soaps that you find in the supermarket or chemists all contain caustic soda, which is otherwise known as sodium hydroxide (NaOH), a highly corrosive substance and chemical. As well as being used to manufac ture soaps and detergents, it is also used to bleach paper in paper production and in pe troleum refining! Below is a selection of nat ural recipes for cleansers that will cleanse the skin and re move makeup as well. Take care when applying around the eyes as the skin here is
very delicate and needs spe cial care. The recipes below are all made from natural ingredients and are therefore inexpensive to produce, refreshing on the skin and more importantly free from chemicals and preservatives. For this reason, they will not keep for as long as commer cially made products, but can be stored for several months in an airtight container. Those made with only natural prod ucts will have to be used with in a few days though. It is a good idea to make small batches to ensure that these natural products do not go off. There are several skin types normal, dry, oily, combina tion (most common), sensitive and mature so choose the recipe that best suits your type of skin.
THE season to ditch your socks and boots for sandals and flipflops is well and truly upon us. However, experts say thousands of women could face crippling problems by wearing the wrong shoe size during the summer months. Many women have no idea that their summer
For combination skin GO NATURAL: The more 125ml of boiling purified water natural products you use 40g ground almonds on your skin, the better. Cucumber Method Place the ground almonds into a muslin bag, secure with string and place in a bowl. Add the boiling water and leave to soak for two hours. Press the bag from time to time with a spoon. Cut the cucumber into pieces and place in a blender. Remove the almond bag and add the juice in the bowl to the cucumber. Process until smooth. Transfer to a container and refrigerate. This cleanser should be used within 4 days. For dry skin 4 tbsp of avocado oil 2 tbsp of coconut oil 2 tbsp of warm purified water 1 tbsp of emulsifying wax or ointment Method Place all the ingredients except the water into a bowl. Place the bowl into a pan of hot water and heat gently. Stir until the wax has melted. Add the water and beat with a fork until the mixture has thickened. Transfer to a bottle and close with an airtight lid. This will keep for several months. For oily skin 1 tbsp of natural live yoghurt 1 tsp of lemon juice 2 drops of pure essential lemon oil Method Mix all the ingredients together and apply immediately.
On the right foot shoes should be at least half a size bigger than their winter ones to cope with hot, swollen feet and to prevent blisters. Consultant Podiatrist Em ma Supple says “Through
out winter we ignore our feet, we never look at them and we neglect them badly. So when we finally take our socks off, our feet are really prone to debilitating blis ters when we wear sandals
and flipflops. When we then wear the wrong size shoes it is a recipe for a foot disaster.” While anyone can have a mishap when it comes to foot pain, it’s important to take extra care if you have certain foot health condi tions. Plantar fasciitis, bunions, and various com plications related to dia betes can all feel worse in the sweltering heat. By protecting your feet with the right summer shoes, many foot health problems can be avoided or at least lessened.
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Eyelash error THEY certainly create a more dramatic look, but if false eyelashes are applied in correctly they can also have the opposite effect. Nobody is born with an innate pro fessional knowledge about how to apply these, so the important thing is to be aware of the basic errors and then avoid them. Once you’ve opened them up, don’t presume that your false eyelashes are the correct length for your eyes. You may need to cut them slightly so that they fit correctly. Then, once you’ve applied the application glue, wait at least 30 seconds before you apply the eyelashes. This gives the glue time to harden and get sticky and avoids the issue of the eyelash moving around. Be very careful where you apply the
eyelashes. Don’t leave them much above the line of your natural lash. This will cre ate a very clean and neat effect. If your prenight out routine involves putting on a face mask to clean your pores. Don’t apply your eyelashes until you have removed the mask. Otherwise you run the risk of accidently pulling them off. And remember, simply because you have bought singleuse eye lashes doesn’t mean that you can only use them once. As long as they’re in good condition, there’s no reason for you not to use them a couple of times. Just be sure to clean them and maintain their shape. But be ex tra attentive to make sure that you can’t see any glue residue from their previous use.
EXTRA BEAUTY: False eye lashes can create a look of glamour.
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Otitis and gastrointestinal infections, the most common emergencies for children during the summer ALICANTE and Murcia region, July 4, 2019. Long days in the pool and on the beach are the origin of otitis and gastrointestinal infec tions in children, two of the most common reasons for visits to Accident & Emergency during the summer, state the specialists at Quirónsalud. Otitis is an infection of the auditory canal, which transports sound from outside the body to the eardrum; its cause is the prolif eration of fungi or bacteria that cause the infection. “This type of infection,” points out Doctor Laura Parra, Head of Paediatric Acci dent & Emergency at Quirónsalud Alicante, “tends to be very recurrent during summer vacations, especially in children that spend a lot of time in the water. “If there is significant moisture in the au ditory canal, the ear can become irritated and the skin on the canal can break, which allows the bacteria and fungi that cause these infections to enter and proliferate.” As for the most common symptoms pre sented by children with otitis, we see pain, which can be very intense and is often ag gravated by pulling and even brushing the pinna, discharge and occasionally fever. In order to avoid otitis, Doctor Parra rec ommends “always using ear plugs, as long as
they obstruct the auditory canal completely, or also the application, in children older than three, of a drop to the point of satura tion, every night, of a solution of alcohol and boric acid, which is available at chemists, if swimming will be frequent. The use of swim ming caps, while they do not prevent water from getting into the ears, is convenient for hygiene if the pool is very full.” In the summer, the odds of children get ting gastrointestinal infections are also high er, especially those of viral origin, such as adenovirus and rotavirus, which are most commonly contracted through faecaloral contact, “due to which we make sure, as much as possible, that children do not swal low water in small public pools, and make sure they wash their hands every time they go to the toilet, especially in children younger than five, whose incidence is greater,” warns Doctor Adalgisa de Caro, Paediatrician at Hospital Quirónsalud Mur
cia. The symptoms of this type of infection are a greater number of bowel movements and abdominal pain, of varying intensity, around the navel, associated to vomiting and fever. The specialist at Quirónsalud Murcia in sists that we must be vigilant for signs of de hydration, such as a dry tongue, reduced ac tivity in the child, crying without tears, the presence of sunken eyes and scant urine, and go to Accident & Emergency if the child is continuously vomiting. Doctor de Caro recommends, in case of gastrointestinal infection, keeping the child well hydrated, preferably with rehydration fluid bought at a chemist. “We should not use homemade solutions, such as lemonade with baking soda, or com mercial sodas, to replace lost fluids, since they aggravate gastroenteritis and may cause severe, and even lethal complica tions,” advises Doctor Parra.
Hospital Quirónsalud Valencia Communications Director • Belén Campos Romero Tel. 616 077 207 • belen.camposr@quironsalud.es
Tips to enjoy safe holidays in the water: Doctor María Mínguez, Head of the Paedi atric Service at Quirónsalud Torrevieja, rec ommends following these guidelines in or der to enjoy days on the beach and in the pool with our young ones without suffering any scare: • Maintain direct supervision at all times, especially in the case of small children, even if they are wearing water wings or have flotation devices, but also of older children, especially if they can already swim. • Protect them from the sun, and apply sunscreen at least 30 minutes before expo sure to the sun, and renewing the applica tion every hour and a half to two hours. • Prevent socalled digestion interruption by getting in the water little by little, and waiting around two hours to swim after a heavy meal. • Have them wear swimming goggles to avoid conjunctivitis, whether it is caused by infection of irritation from chlorine. • Wearing sandals to walk through show ers and moist areas, since with the heat, damp areas become a significant source of fungal infections. • Dry their ears well when they come out of the water, to avoid otitis.
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Caring Queen QUEEN LETIZIA, seen by some of her subjects as uncaring, is working hard on a number of worthy causes in Mozambique and around the world, a new film contends. When the TV news presenter Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano married the heir to the Spanish throne in 2004 she entered a world of privilege and public scrutiny. Unfortunately her fairytale has had its shares of ups and downs and her actions have met with
Documentary about Queen Letizia to be aired this Saturday in Germany. criticism on occasions. She has been labelled ‘cool and aloof.’ Matters came to a head last year when Letizia, 46, now queen, was involved in an un seemly ruffle with her mother inlaw, the former Queen Sofía, as they posed for photos in Mal lorca. The images did not go
down well with the public and a royal rebranding was called for. This is a 45minute documen tary by Julia Melchior, a German journalist who specialises in Eu ropean monarchies. The docu mentary will be aired on Satur day, August 24 in Germany.
Classical guitarist in Ireland DEEP in the heart of Donegal County lay the Der ryveagh Mountains and the Glenveagh National Park. Hidden within those mountains is a castle with a rather dark history. But on Friday it was brightened with the musical sound of one of the top classical guitarists from Spain. Isabel Martinez is regarded as one of the most outstanding and distinctive players of her gener ation and plays concerts across the world and
the atmospheric drawing room at Glenveagh was the ideal setting for her onehour concert on solo guitar, titled ‘Dance in Granada.’ Isabel played pieces from the great Spanish composers from the 19th and 20th century such as Tárrega, Álbeniz and Turina. Victor Yélamo, who helped to organise the concert for the Donegal Chamber Music Society, said it was a rare treat for Donegal music lovers.
ORIGINAL star of TOWIE Mark Wright he featured in the first three series of the real ity show has always felt at home in Spain and now he might realise why. The 31yearold Essex native loves to visit Marbella on holiday his cousin El liott owns Olivia’s restaurant just up the coast and has now found out one of his ancestors was Spanish. While filming popular genealogy show Who Do You think You Are? It was re vealed that his nine times great grandfa ther was a swordsman in Andalucia. But while that was a thrilling discovery the information that his forbear was perse cuted for his Jewish faith was not so wel come. Speaking to The Sun he said: “That’s hard to take when it’s someone in your bloodline, tortured for years and burned at the stake. Knowing my family went through that I can relate to it even more.”
ANCESTOR: Mark Wright has Spanish blood.
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Albatera: Thursday, 9am to 2pm; Calle Mayor - general market with around 40 stalls Algorfa: Wednesday, 8am to 1pm; Calle Fernando de Rojas - general market with around 10 stalls Benijofar: Tuesday, 8am to 2pm; Calle Corazon de Jesus - general market with around 20 stalls
TRUE PASSION: Some of the dancers of Raquel Peña Flamenco Ballet. AS August comes to an end there is still plenty of diverse free entertainment for all of the family at La Zenia Boulevard. This evening (Thursday, August 29) en joy the rhythm of Spain with the very professional Raquel Peña Flamenco Bal let whose dancers understand the pas sion and felling of true flamenco. On Friday night it’s the turn of Spanish rockabilly when A Pelo, a threepiece pay tribute to the popular Spanish band
Fito and Fitipaldis from 8pm. Then on Saturday throw away your in hibitions as it’s time to enjoy Salsa in the street, so put your dancing shoes on and shake a tail feather in the Plaza Mayor with all the other amateur dancers. If the children are more into gaming, then from 10pm on Thursday and Friday night, there will be a selection of the latest video games on a giant screen.
Cartagena (Los Dolores): Thursday, 8am to 2pm; Calle Conesa Caldron - general market with around 120 stalls Cartagena (Urbanizacion Mediterraneo): Friday, 8.30am to 1.30pm; Calle Sierra de Cazorla - year round general market selling fruits, clothes and home equipment from around 160 stalls Cartagena Cenit: Wednesday, 8am to 2pm; Avenida Ribera de San Javier - huge general market where you can buy flowers, clothes, decorations and food from 282 stalls Cartagena (Barrio Peral): Monday, 8am to 2pm; general market with about 90 stalls selling tools, pharmaceuticals and vegetables Ciudad Quesada: Friday, Midday; Avenida de Quesada Por La Paz - big general market with 60 stalls Gran Alacant: Thursday and Sunday, 8am to 2pm; Avenida Escandinavia - large general market with 130 stalls selling everything from clothes to food Guardamar del Segura: Wednesday, 8am to 2pm; Calle Ingeniero Mira/San Emigdio large general market with 335 stalls spread out over the town selling everything from clothes to food Guardamar (Campico): Sunday, 9am to 2pm; Carretera CV-895 - antiques, second hand items and general market sometimes displaying 500 stalls Hondon Valley: Thursday, 8am to 1pm; Calle Azorin - small year round general market with around five stalls La Manga: Every day during summer, 5pm to 2am; Plaza Bohemia - runs from June until September 15 , there are ceramics, decoration and artisanal products on offer La Mata: Friday; Eras del Cerro - general market with around 180 stalls La Romana:Saturday, 8am to 1pm; Calle de la Fuente - year round market with 48 stalls Lorca: Thursday; Calle Santa Quiteria General market with 250 stalls Lorca (Antiguedades): Second Sunday of the month, 10am to 2pm; Plaza de España second-hand items and antiques Los Alcazares: Tuesday; Calle Catalanes general market
Los Montesinos: Friday, 3pm to 8pm; Calle de los Santos Medicos - year round general market with 50 stalls Mazarron (Camposol): Thursday, 9am to 2pm; Avenida del Saladillo - general market with 125 stalls Mazarron (Puerto de Mazarron): Second Saturday of the month, 10am to 2pm; Paseo Maritimo - artisanal and second hand products on offer Murcia: Thursday; Calle Auditorium general market with 163 stalls Murcia (Alhama): Tuesday; Avenida Juan Carlos I - general market Murcia (Javali Nuevo): Friday; Calle Real general market with 63 stalls Murcia (Corvera): Sunday, 9am to 2pm; Calle San Carlos I - general market with 30 stalls NB Murcia has many other markets throughout the year Pilar de la Horadada: Friday, 8am to 2pm; Calle Isla - general market with 135 stalls Pinoso: Saturday, 8am to 1pm; Plaza de Colon - year round general market with 48 stalls Rojales: Thursday, 8am to 1pm; Avenida Justo Quesada - year round general market with 130 stalls San Javier: Thursday; Calle Cartagena General market San Miguel de Salinas: Wednesday, 8am to 1pm; Calle Juan XXIII - Year round general market with 165 stalls San Pedro del Pinatar: Monday; Calle Victor Pradera - General market Santa Pola: Monday and Saturday, 8am to 2pm; Avenida de Albacete - Large year round general market with 440 stalls specialising in food and clothes Torre de la Horadada: Tuesday, 4pm to 10pm; Calle Alcarria/Calle Italia - Summer only general market with 265 stalls Torre Pacheco: Saturday; Avenida Fontes General market Torrevieja: Friday, 8am to 2pm; Avenida Delfina Viudes - General market with over 500 stalls selling everything from artisanal products to groceries Torrevieja (Hippies): Every day, 10am to 10pm; Paseo de la Libertad - Old artisanal market with around 300 stalls Villamartin: Every other Monday, 9am to 2pm; Calle del Guadalquivir - General market
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Roman Theatre FO R a d i f f e r e n t d a y out, why not consider visiting the Roman Theatre and Museum in Cartagena which was built at the time of the Emperor Augustus and is open from 10am to 8pm Tuesday to Sat urday and 10am until 2pm on Sunday? See more at www.teatroro manocartagena.org.
father of British Blues is un dertaking a huge European tour with his new band which will bring him to the Alicante VB Xperience on October 11 with tickets costing from €25 to €38 plus booking fee. The singer, guitarist, key
board and harmonica player will be covering tracks from his latest album ‘Nobody told me’ accompanied by his threepiece band and by all accounts is still singing and playing as powerfully as he did when he first started.
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Advertising Feature THE Bonanza Bar and Restaurant is somewhat of an oddity in a totally weird and wonderful way. Tucked away in the sleepy residential area of the El Chaparral Urbanisa tion in Torrevieja, the Bo nanza Bar and Restaurant sticks out like a sore thumb due to the incongruity be tween its obvious grandeur and magnificence and the simple surroundings it is lo cated in. Established and running for 20 years, the bar and restaurant have built up a fantastic reputation for topquality international cuisine, great service and eyecatching décor. The bar and restaurant are in fact two separate buildings with two separate entrances, yet food is avail able in both. The bar has a more re laxed and fun feel about it, with live entertainment and music, cocktails and a bit of a party atmosphere. Here, customers can join the fun quiz and lucky cards night
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every Wednesday and Sun day with a special two course set menu for just €8.50. Thursday night is not to be missed for anyone that relishes a good bowl of mussels prepared and served in traditional Belgian style steamed in white wine and accompanied with a generous basket of chips and a healthy serving of homemade mayonnaise on the side. With the owner originat ing from Belgium, it’s only natural that he would want to showcase his national cuisine. For this reason, it is also possible to experience the delights of Belgian cookery every Friday night where the Bonanza spare ribs served with chips or jacket potato, BBQ sauce and salad is the only op tion, but you can eat as much as you like for just €14 per person. Fo r s o m e t h i n g s l i g h t l y more intimate and special, dining in the adjacent restaurant is ideal. There’s something of a cosy and welcoming atmosphere, en hanced by the dark wooden beams, exposed stone walls and the delicately laid out tables. An à la carte menu is available and special occa sions such as birthdays and weddings can be catered for with advance booking. The Bonanza Bar and Restaurant, with its size able outdoor patio, is the ideal location during the summer and autumn months when the evenings are pleasant and warm. The ambient lighting and comfortable seating will have you relaxed in no time and it’ll be several hours before you will even think about heading home.
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www.euroweeklynews.com DURING the property boom, which for most seems like a very long time ago, the demand for various types of property was very different to how it is now. Due to the way in which property prices had risen to extortionate heights, the proliferation of the demand for small houses and apartments of one or two bedrooms was only natural. House prices were so high the average family could only afford a property of small dimensions, and anything bigger was way out of their reach. For example, between 2005 and 2008, almost 80 per cent of properties that were being built consisted of one or two bedrooms, a further 10 per cent were studios, barely 15 per cent were able to boast three bedrooms, and those with four hardly existed. During the property boom, twobedroom properties became the star product on the mar ket, with studios and onebedrooms also faring well. Even threebedroom properties were much smaller than they are these days. Back in the day, a property with three bedrooms would have had a total area of approximately 80 square metres, while today 130 square metres is more likely the norm. Today, the demand is now for a larger proper ty. Everyone wants more living space. And it has been noted that the profile of the buyer has also
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changed during this time. The main people buying these larger proper ties are families that already own a home but who want to buy a better one that is also larger in size. These days, the same amount of money will get purchasers a lot more for their money. Now, there is a much greater interest from buyers around the ages of 36 45, whereas be fore potential buyers were much younger or much older. These new buyers don’t want to buy their first home; they want to improve on the one that they have or move from rented into a property that they themselves own. During the property boom, it was virtually im possible to sell a large property, however, with today’s prices, the situation has changed. Professionals in the realestate sector, even in big cities, have seen how larger properties are lit erally flying off the shelves. As is often the case nowadays, more and more people are starting to work from home, so not only do buyers re quire bedrooms to sleep in, but they also need extra room for an office or study. With regard to new builds currently under construction, their size is reflected in this recent new demand for a larger property. Although new buildings in the centre of large cities are still relatively small, properties on new develop ments outside of town are much bigger than they used to be.
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Did you register your property? THERE are many steps required to buying a property in Spain and it’s always best to en sure that you know what you are doing, buy ing and how to go about it. Taking each step with the help of a lawyer is always advisable, particularly if you are not fluent in Spanish and you are not familiar with the ins and outs of purchasing a property in this country. Once you have signed on the dotted line, handed over the cash and paid all the taxes and fees that need to be paid, there is still one more legality that must be attended to before you can finally put your feet up and relax in your new home. And that’s registering your purchase at your nearest property registry office. Al though this action is voluntary, it is recom mended to everyone who buys a property as it could save you a lot of hassle and stress in the future if you are faced with any type of problem. Doing this is a must if you want to safe guard your purchase and especially if you ever need to prove that the house you have just bought is legally yours. Registering the purchase will act as a guarantee of protection if your name has been logged as the owner of soandso house. Although signing the title deeds or ‘escritu ra’ will automatically make you and name you as the new owner of the property, if you don’t register this change with the property
REGISTRATION: A necessity that could save you a lot of legal problems and hassle. registry office straightaway, you could find that other charges or fees, which would rank ahead of your ownership rights, could be added against the property while it still ap pears on the Registro list in the name of the previous owner. In the worstcase scenario, you could end up having to sell the property you have just bought in order to repay a debt that wasn’t yours! You will also need to register your prop erty purchase at the Registro if you are
looking to take out a mortgage. This will not be possible otherwise. It is also important to ensure that you reg ister the purchase immediately for the fol lowing reasons: • To be considered as the only and true owner of the property • Protection against the seller’s creditors • Will be legally protected in any court case if the property’s ownership is in doubt or un der discussion. For example, if two people buy the same
property unknowingly, of course, it doesn’t matter which of them purchased the proper ty first, it is the one that registers the proper ty first that will have priority over its owner ship rights. It is also important to have your property registered in your name if you are planning to sell it in the future. Anyone that is seriously considering buying it from you will go to the registry office specifically to check that the house is in fact in your name and that there are no outstanding debts allocated to it. If you have not registered the property, it will be a bit of a struggle trying to sell it. If you have purchased a property with your spouse, for example, and this figures on the title deeds but then when you go to sell it and your spouse no longer figures as one of the owners, if they have passed away, unless this has also been registered (presenting a death certificate or will is not enough, the sale of the property will then be stalled until the transfer of ownership to the living spouse (which should have already been done) has gone through. So, as you can see, registering the purchase of your new property with the correct office as soon as the sale has gone through is ex tremely important and a necessity that could save you a lot of legal problems and hassle. As with most legalities in Spain, it is better to be safe than sorry.
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can be rented separately or adjoining and with prices from just €15 per person per night, there really is no reason why you can’t escape the hustle and bustle of life and relax for a few days or weeks. Pets are welcome and prices include linen. Casa Dora and Casa Camille are fully legal and registered and appear on www.sierra dealbacete.com Spaniards are their main tourists, but Margaret wants more expats to discover the delights. Having lived in Spain for 14 years, she believes there is nowhere else in the country quite like it. Their daughter, now 24, was, and remains, the only English child to have gone through the local school and the British visitors they receive are given a warm welcome from the villagers. For those maybe a little unsure of the Spanish language, Margaret has prepared a welcome handbook giving information in English on the local area, places to visit and restaurants. Margaret said: “We have visitors who enjoy cycling and hiking, painting and photography and those who just want to just relax, visit the village and be surrounded by the Spanish countryside.”
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Tallest tower south of New York NICK HORNE’S Rich Pick Freelance correspondent, London, England
A TALL claim by the developers G&G Business De velopments for the luxury residential tower ‘Aston Martin Residences’ has started its long climb into the sky. On June 30, 2019 a massive pour of con crete was completed. Some 14,000 cubic yards of concrete to form the base of the tower that will rise to 818 feet or 250 metres and 66 luxurious levels above the city of Miami, Florida. With apartments ranging in size from 700 to 19,000 square feet, the apartments and penthous es are priced from US$750,000 to more than US$50 million. G&G have announced that more than 50 per cent have already been spoken for, sold. The select 391 condominiums, as apartments are known on the other side of the ‘pond,’ are ex pected to be ready for occupation by 2022. Aston Martin Lagonda have lent their name to the tower hence ‘Aston Martin Residences,’ and their design team are designing the amenity spaces throughout the building, led by Chief Cre ative Officer Marek Reichman who commented “one of the greatest of joys of design is seeing your work come to life. As this is Aston Martin’s first foray into real estate we are especially keen to
BARRY DUKE IN 2012, Matthew Harwood, writ ing for the Guardian, began an arti cle about National Service with the words: ‘The corpse of longdead idea is beginning to stir.’ Then, in 2015, Prince Harry put his oar in, suggesting a return to conscription would be great for the UK. I let out a whoop of delight when a fella responded thus on Twitter: ‘Tell you what, Prince Har ry: we’ll do National Service if you and your family do proper jobs (for life), and live only off the wages.’ The issue surfaced again when, in a recent edition of EWN, columnist Leapy Lee wrote that a return to the draft in the UK would instill in youngsters ‘discipline and a respect for their fellow human beings; res cue them from the ganginfested streets and give them the opportu nity to learn a trade and engage in wider life experiences.’ With all due respect to Lee, may I suggest that mandatory conscrip tion will do nothing to solve the UK’s burgeoning social problems, and may even exacerbate them. Take Greece for example. Yiannis Baboulias, writing for The New
Its foot in the water, superyachts meet at Aston Martin Residences at 300 Biscayne Boulevard.
The vanishing pool of the Sky Amenities of Aston Martin Residences. see the tower start to take shape.” The tower is located at 300 Biscayne Boulevard Way, Miami. With the foundations now laid the
tower can start to rise and has now reached the first floor. German Cato, CEO of G&G observed, “It is always exciting when a project reaches this
stage and we expect the first floor to be in place by the end of August. By Christmas we expect to have eight floors completed and from there the only way is up until we reach the 66th floor.” The shared public spaces named ‘Sky Ameni ties’ cover 42,275 feet or 3,927 square metres will be spread across four floors connected by a glass staircase starting at the 52nd floor. On offer to start with is a curated art gallery, business centre, conference room, children’s playroom, a teen cen tre, games room, fitness and spa lounge, spa, beauty salon, barbershop, treatment suites, virtual golf, two movie theatres, infinity pool, pool ca banas, sky bar, pool concierge, grand salon, pri vate dining rooms, and hairdressing salons. The penthouses can accommodate at least four bedrooms as well as staff accommodation. Ter races in the sky to take the air and enjoy the view, a resident may even enjoy a walk around the exte rior of a penthouse. Space for a gym and sauna as well as the essentials; the personal private pool high above the Atlantic. ‘Aston Martin Residences’ has its feet in the wa ter, the Atlantic Ocean actually, so access to the sea shore is a given. The tower’s butler service can even arrange to lay on a yacht for you to enjoy a personal cruise on the waters as well as much else besides. A resident need only leave the tower to take an excursion or regretfully return to work. Nick Horne, London, England
Conscription’s not the answer
FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY: A closeted gay bully. Statesman this summer, pointed out that his home country one of the last states in Europe to retain nine months’ mandatory conscrip tion ‘suffers from exactly the same
issues as other Western countries that don’t have conscription. It is divided; political polarisation has now reached extreme levels and mutual suspicion abounds.’ He
added that the Greek draft ‘doesn’t seem to have the desired effect.’ Now let’s remind ourselves of what life was like for conscripts af ter National Service was introduced in 1947, mainly at the behest of Field Marshal Montgomery, ‘the posturing bully who was in a per manent panic of denial about his repressed homosexuality.’ He hoped ‘to use military service to mould national character towards chaste combative virility.’ These words were written by Richard DavenportHines in 2014. He was reviewing a book by Richard Vinen entitled National Service: Conscription in Britain 19451963, which revealed that, for many con scripts, their experience of life boiled down to mindnumbing squarebashing and physical and mental abuse. Vinen wrote of the ‘hellish chaos’ of basic training: its violence, verbal savagery, the dumb misery of mili
tary drills and the horrors of bayo net practice. ‘Several young men killed them selves during training usually by hanging from a lavatory cistern, be cause ‘the s**thouse’ was the only place that gave a moment’s privacy ‘ but suicide statistics seem to have been doctored by officials.’ DavenportHines reminded his readers that national service was disliked not only by antimilitarists and leftwingers, but by middleof theroad people. ‘It disrupted the lives of their sons in a period when there was full employment for the working classes. And regular army officers resented National Service, especial ly during its early years, because the need to train a constantly re newed stream of conscripts was dull, repetitive and diminished ‘real soldiering’.’ I, for one, am dead against con scription and its attendant brutali ty, and would point out a significant fact: those who are the most en thusiastic supporters of the draft were never themselves conscript ed. For the record, Spain abolished conscription in 2001 after 230 years of obligatory military service. Did this unleash waves of antisocial be haviour and cause a spike in violent crime? No, it did not.
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CHARITIES/CHURCHES LA SIESTA EVANGELICAL CHURCH on Urbanisation La Siesta, Torrevieja is a friendly, English speaking church. We hold services each Sunday and everyone is welcome. Our 11.15am Services are held every 2nd and 4th Sunday in the month (and 11.15 am on the 5th Sunday, if this applies.) On the 1st and 3rd Sunday’s our Services are at 9.30am. Our choir sings at our 11.15am Services and there is also a Sunday school, called Stepping Stones, on these Sundays. We welcome residents, visitors and children. For more informa-
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tion see our website w w w. l a s i e s t a e va n g e l i calchurch.org THE ANGLICAN CHURCH, La Fustera. For more info: contact Frank Bentley on 966 495 188. (95461) ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS IS ALCOHOL COSTING YOU MORE THAN MONEY? Drinking to excess not only affects your health it can spill over into every other aspect of your life – damaging everything that is important to you. English-speaking AA meetings are held throughout the Costa Blanca from Valencia City to Murcia. Anyone wishing to attend a meeting or discuss a possible drinking problem contact Costa Blanca North: *648 169 045* or Costa Blanca South: *625 912 078* or Costa Calida *679 385 105*. All calls are treated in the strictest confidence. AA in German: 645 456 075; Spanish: 679 212 535; Flemish: 635 047 053; and Scandinavian: 659 779 222. www.aacostablanca.org (93323) ROUNDABOUT CHARITY SHOP. We are now into summer and very soon we will be feeling the heat! It is time therefore for another visit to the shop where you might find a bargain or two. Choose from the clothing selection, jewellery, household goods, books or bric-abrac. There is usually something there for everyone - but not always. Charitable donations have recently been made to The Alzheimers Centre, Cancer Research and The Amigos Ambulance Service. We still need your help with donations etc. Please keep them coming in! We are situated on Avenida Del Furs close to the Fountain Roundabout and immediate left by Don Colchon
bed shop. (93325) ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION, Torrevieja Branch now meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 1700 (5pm) at CHE LOCO bar/restaurant, El Chaparral urbanization, Torrevieja. For more information please contact Chairman Paul Edwards on 618644934, Vice Chairman Danny Kay on 966716274 or Secretary Margaret Forshaw on 966921996. (95455) ROYAL BRITISH LEGION - Why not make this year the year you volunteer? Call and see how you can help either as a caseworker (with full training) or as a Telephone Buddy. We also visit beneficiaries who are housebound or in hospital. If you feel you could support us here in Spain, and you have a Spanish phone number then why not email us for more info tbuddyhhvis its@gmail.com. If you or your partner served or are serving, and you feel you need help or support then contact us using the details on the card, we are here for the small things as well as the big, sometimes talking to someone is the first step to feeling more in control. It can be a personal need or some help with your home or information on what or who to speak to on a medical issue, we help with signposting if we cannot help directly, just call and have a chat with Pam who will try to guide you to where you need to be. If you would like to go to a branch meeting then find your nearest one at, www.britishlegion.org.uk/c ounties/spain-north Orihuela Costa - covering from Punta Prima to San Javier. The branch meets at Olympia restaurant, Mil Palmeras on 3rd Thursday of each month at 19.00 -
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CLASSIFIEDS 19.30pm. More info can be found on branch website www.orihuelacostarbl.co.u k. (95457) HELP VEGA BAJA. We are a non-profit making organisation that helps and supports anyone, without prejudice, in times of need or crisis within the Vega Baja area. Our offices are based in San Miguel at Calle Lope de Vega 46 (Tel 966 723 733), Torrevieja at Rambla Juan Mateo Garcia 4 (Tel 965 704 282). Both offices are open Monday to Friday from 10 am to 1.30 pm and the Helpdesk at La Marina is open every Thursday (10 am to 1.30 pm) at the Hope Fellowship Church (opposite the Thursday Market site) at Avda de Justo Antonio Quesada, Urb. La Marina (Tel 615770145). We are online at www.helpvegaba ja.com and also on Facebook. You can email the San Miguel Centre at of fice@helpvegabaja.com. We also have a 24-hour Emergency help-line which is available to both members and nonmembers on 966 723 733 (95456) THE BAKER FOUNDATION SPIRITUALIST CENTRE. Find us on the Saturday market road opposite the Chinese Restaurant. Playa Flamenca. Different International and local mediums every Sunday and Tuesday. Sunday, divine service with clairvoyance 11 am start. Tuesday, evening of clairvoyance doors open 7 o’clock for 7.30 start. Spiritual Healing is available on Sundays after service and on Thursday mornings from 10. 30 until 12. We have a development group on Tuesdays 5 until 6.30 for those interested in meditation and advancing your knowledge of spirit. Private readings are available on request. Please join us and make
new friends, a warm welcome awaits you all. Tea, coffee and soft drinks are available. You can join us on Facebook at, The Baker Foundation spiritual centre. Hall is available for hire. For more information please contact Linda on 606 990 665. Email, schugy54@gmail.co m (95458) PHILIP SCOTT LODGE No 10671 of the RAOB meets every Friday in the Bar Catorce, Benijofar. Please call the secretary, Colin Bird on 693 287 614 for further information. (95459) CHARITY BOOK STALL PEGO THURSDAY MARKET. Selection of over 500 books, all proceeds given to the elderly/disabled of Pego and local Animal Rescue. More stock always required, please contact Chrissie 965 977 228/617 647 395 (95460) CANCER SUPPORT GROUP (MABS) MURCIA/MAR MENOR Help and support is just a phone call away, Avda Rio Nalón, Tel: 693 275 779 (95462) PILAR CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH, Calle Canalejas, 3. Pilar de la Horadada. Sunday Service at 11am & Thursday at 5pm for Prayer and Praise and Worship. Home groups meet during the week. All welcome from any church background or none. For further information, www.pilarchurch.org Reg No: 2009-SG/A (95463) Torrevieja Christian Fellowship (TCF) There will be no Wednesday Fellowship Meeting(Bible Study) until further notice and we are no longer at Avenida de las Cortes Valencianas. For the next two months we will be holding our Sunday morning service at 10.30 a.m. in the El Nacional restaurant which is in Punta Prima on the N332. Residents and holidaymakers are welcome to attend our services with communion and ‘kids church’ each Sunday at 10.30am. For further information see our website www.tcfSpain.org or tel 966 700 391. (95464)
THE AIRCREW ASSOCIATION COSTA BLANCA BRANCH. Former & serving aircrews of the UK or Allied Armed Forces are welcome to join this convivial & friendly organisation, now in its 21st year. www.aca costablanca.org or call the Secretary on: 966 495 042 (95465) STROKE ASSOCIATION Spain (formally known as Torrevieja stroke support) meet every Wednesday and Friday 2.30pm until 5.00pm. Our new address is Casa de Cultura, Calle Francisco Ribera Perez Benijofar. Our aim is to help and support stroke survivors and their careras. With rehabilitation, speech therapy, OC therapy and a very active social group. For info please contact 654 801 260 or email stroke supportgroup@hotmail.co m, website: torreviejas trokesupport.org. We are always looking for volunteers who have the skills and knowledge to support our groups and activities. (95473) ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Gran Alacant & La Marina Branch meet the 1st Monday of every month at Lounge D, Calle Holanda, Plaza Mayor, Gran Alacant at 6pm. For further info, contact the branch Secretary at granalacant.secretary@rbl. community CAMPELLO CONTRA CANCER in conjunction with AECC Association Español Contra Cancer has opened a charity shop at C/Virgen de los Desamparados No 13 (next door to Mas y mas) El Campello. The shop is open Mon-Fri 10 - 2pm and is run by unpaid volunteers and all monies raised goes to the AECC. We urgently need donations of clothes, books, large and small furniture etc., and we will arrange collection of large items. We need volunteers to help out in the shop and also clothes rails, shelves etc. for display. Please support your local Cancer charity and if you wish to obtain literature or simply talk to someone. Please stop by at the shop. Contact Mina or Trisha. Tel 650 071 278 or 610 921 413 e-mail aecc_campel lo@hot mail.com (95475)
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INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY, TORREVIEJA Calle Urbano Arregui, 23, Torrevieja 03185, Alicante Evangelical non-denominational church. All nationalities welcome. Sunday service 11.00 a.m; Sunday school; Prayer meetings; craft and computer clubs. Ladies Bible Study: Thursday 11.00 a.m. Church Bible Study: Thursday 1.30 p.m. House groups in Torrevieja, La Siesta, La Zenia Contact 966 752 543 / 617 215 463. For other church matters phone: 966 799 273 / 966 752 543 /617 215 463 www.icatorre vieja.org (95476) ROYAL MARINES ASSOCIATION (Costa Blanca) The aim of the Association is to bring together not just ex Royal Marines, but ex Service personnel with an affinity to the Royal Marines. We meet on the last Tuesday of the month at 5.30. For further details Hon Sec 692 938 664
FREEMASONRY. Are you aware that Freemasonry is thriving on the Costa Blanca? There are various lodges meeting up throughout the Valencia region. If you already are a Mason or simply wish to know more about Freemasonry in Spain please contact Harry Palmer Membership Committee. Tel: 966 712 326 or email: palmers.quesada@yahoo.c o.uk (95477) ROYAL AIR FORCES Association Branch #1359 Costa Blanca. The Branch meets on the third Tuesday of the month at the El Paraiso Restaurant located close to the Carrefour Supermarket in Torrevieja. The meeting starts at 1430 hrs. You do not have to be an ex-member of the RAF to join this friendly Association, which supports the welfare of the RAF family and provides a social hub for ex RAF members and their friends. For further information about the Association and its activities
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Skoda Superb Scout Hatchback 2019 AIMING to expand on its one million sold units, leading Czech firm Skoda has given its flagship Superb range a facelift for 2019 including minor aesthetic changes as well as a punchy new 2.0 TDI EVO engine. They have also added a slightly more rugged, chunkier version named the Scout. To the naked eye the changes to the standard Superb are subtle. First thing you will notice is the slightly larger front grille with more streamlined front headlights. The 2019 Scout is the first in the Skoda range that utilises a full Ma trix LED system. The rear sees some minor alter
FACELIFT: The 2019 Skoda Superb Scout.
ations too with, again, new light clusters and chrome under trim. The main differ ence that you may notice is the new colour way available on the Scout, Tan gerine Orange, a colour not available on the standard Superb models. The ‘offroad’ moniker is also em
phasised by the 15mm increase in ground clearance over the standard model, increasing the overall dimensions by 10mm.
Source: Skoda.es
The interior space of both the saloon and hatchback ver sions have also grown slightly to some clever space saving by the boffins at
Skoda. Both the front and back seats give ample leg room and exceptional head clearance. Boot space according to Skoda is a spacious 660 litres, expand able to 1,950 if the backrests of the rear seats are lowered. Engine wise, the 2019 Scout range offers two different op tions, the 2.0 TDI 190 hp DSG and the 2.0 TSI 272hp DSG. Equipment wise the Skoda comes with all the standard luxuries a modern day car should contain. Prices start at €44,990 for the 190hp version and €45,990 for the 272hp.
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ALTHOUGH on the surface the 2019 facelift L200 looks to have had a complete overhaul, the new model carries a lot of features over from the previ ous iteration. The new model carries over features from its interior as well as the chassis and drive train, however receives a downsized engine, completely new suspension geometry and a host of new technology and driver assistance features. The size of the load bed re mains the same, 1,520mm long and 1,470mm wide, meaning it sits slightly smaller than the Nissan Navara or the new Mercedes XClass, howev er the differences are minimal. The fiveseat, Double Cab Barbarian X is the new range topping model, equipped with
a standard sixspeed au tomatic gearbox and all of the L200’s latest toys. New technology includes blind spot warning system with lane change assist, lane departure warning, hill start assist, rear cross traffic alert, forward collision warning with automatic emergency braking and trailer stability assist. Overall the interior carries a lot of the ergonomics of the previous model, giving the in terior a chunky and robust feel. Ride has been worked on for 2019 too, with improve ments being made to the chas sis, new springs and dampers with an increased spring rate on the front axle, and a more complex rear leaf spring set up. These aim to eliminate
some of the normal, un comfortable Source: Mitsubishi. characteristics of an COMPLETE OVERHAUL: The 2019 Mitsubishi L200. over sprung / under loaded pick up. enormous spread of offroad the new L200 comes with an The range topping model modes and hill descent con enormous 21litre Adblue tank comes equipped with the trol. Mitsubishi claims it’ll only downsized 2.3litre fourcylin Payload is also increased for need refilling every 12,000 der diesel engine, 148hp and 2019, with 1,080kg in the bed miles. 400Nm of torque. and a towing capability of up Off road capabilities are still Motorway cruising is effort to 3,500kg. the truck’s forte, even with less and getting up to speed is Prices start from £21,515 for road tyres, with various off no hassle. the entry level Club Cab 4Life road features such as standard With the arrival of the new model, and go up to £32,200 selectable fourwheeldrive, engine comes the requirement for the range high and lowrange gearing, a for Adblue. To make things as topping Barbarian X. locking central differential, an straightforward as possible,
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Rins pips Marquez to win British Grand Prix
He’s a winner RORY MCILROY paired with World num ber one Brooks Koepka won a $15 mil lion cheque when he claimed the FedEx Cup in Atlanta. The Irishman finished the day with a two under 68 to claim the title by four shots from Xander Schauffele, and five over Koepka and Justin Thomas. This makes him only the second per son to take the title twice, the other be ing Tiger Woods. Spanish interest rested on Jon Rahn who took a creditable 12th spot to keep him firmly at the elite end of the golfing world. McIlroy said: “Really cool to put my name on this trophy for a second time. Any time you can do something that on ly Tiger has done, you’re doing some thing right.” He added: “Once I saw I was in the fi nal group with Brooks, it just took me back to Memphis a few weeks ago. In that tournament McIlroy had gone into the final round with a oneshot lead over Koepka, only to shoot a 71 com pared to his rival’s 65.
Alex Rins claimed his second victory this year.
throughout the race, with Rins look ing to have slightly more pace than Marquez throughout. After a tense last lap, Rins got incredible drive out of Luffield and forced his GSXRR under neath Marquez to claim victory in one of the closest margins for a
number of years. Monster Energy Yamaha rider Maverick Vinales picked off Rossi in the early stages and rode to a consistent third to complete the
podium. The only British rid er on the grid, LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow scored a strong result bringing his Honda RC213V home in sixth. Dovizioso’s acci dent gifts Marquez a now 78point lead in the champi onship with seven rounds remain ing. Speaking about the race Alex Rins said: “Today has been unbelievable.
Spain beat England for bronze SPAIN’S women’s hockey team won their first Euro medal in 16 years when they beat England in the third place playoff match at the European championships to claim bronze. And the Spanish men took silver after losing 50 to firsttime winners Belgium in the final. The Spanish women had to come from behind to draw 11 at full time, then took the medal by winning 32 in a penalty shootout. Hannah Martin had opened the scoring for England in a close game when an interception deep in the Spanish half set her up in the 10th minute. But six minutes later Begona Gar cia fired a ball into the circle and Maria Tost got enough stick on it to divert the ball past Maddie Hinch in goal. With the score level in Antwerp (Belgium) it went to a shootout with England taking a 21 lead. But two
Credit: Belfius EuroHockey
SUZUKI’S Alex Rins claimed his sec ond victory of the year after edging out Marc Marquez by just 0.013 sec onds. The Spanish duo had been en gaged in a race long battle that cul minated in the young Suzuki rider making a last ditch move around Woodcote and out dragging the championship leader on the final straight. Marquez started strongly, con verting pole position into an early lead as drama behind led to French man Fabio Quartararo high siding out of Copse corner, leaving Cham pionship contender Andrea Dovizioso nowhere to go as his bike hit the stricken Yamaha and vaulted into the air. Both riders avoided serious injury, however Dovizioso was later trans ferred to hospital as he explained that he briefly lost consciousness during the incident. This allowed Rins to move from fifth to third and confidently over take Valentino Rossi on lap two and then start to close down on Mar quez. The pair would swap positions
I won in Austin, beating Valentino. And now I’ve won here, beating Marc. These guys are very fast and are ‘legends’ of the sport. “I knew it would be difficult to beat Marc today, but I really wanted to try, and it was fantastic to do it. In a couple of the sectors he was faster than me, but I could make it up in some other areas. “But towards the end of the race I felt I had better pace than him, and I told myself that I must go for it and take the chance, I saw the opportu nity and I made it happen. Big thanks to everyone in the team!” Team manager Davide Brivio added: “What a win! I was hoping to have a battle like this one day, espe cially a battle with Marquez. “Alex was just great, he stayed behind, and he stayed calm, he ran a very clever race. He studied the situation and waited for the right moment to try for the win. It was perfect, fantastic. “To win against Marquez isn’t easy, and we’re very happy! Sylvain got some good points and he has done a great job to help us develop the bike. Everyone in the team and all the staff in Japan are working so hard, and I want to thank them all.”
Credit: Suzuki Racing
by James Warren
MEDAL: Spain beat England for third place. failures in a row meant that England missed out on a medal at the event for the first time since 2003. In the final the Netherlands fol lowed up their 80 thrashing of Eng land in the semis with another im pressive performance, beating Germany 20 with goals in the first and final quarters.
It was their sixth European final and the fifth time they have won. Kelly Jonker opened the scoring in the 12th minute before Lidewij Wel ten made the game safe as the final whistle approached. For Spain the bronze was not the only title they brought home. Gigi Oliva was named player of the tour
nament while in the men’s tourna ment Belgium took their first Euro ti tle. The World Cup holders were on home soil and made the most of their noisy support to take the tro phy. They had beaten Spain 50 in the tournament opener before posting an identical score in the final. In the thirdplaced playoff match the Dutch beat Germany 40 to the medal for the eighth consecutive Eu ro Championships. England beat Scotland 30 to take fifth place and condemn the latter to relegation from the top tier, leaving Wales to battle it out against Ireland to avoid the last relegation spot. Wales not only needed to beat the Irish for the first time since 2006, but by two clear goals. They completed their task em phatically with a 40 win, sending Ire land and Scotland down in the process.
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THE Spanish K-4 500 team of Saúl Craviotto, Carlos Arévalo, Marcus Walz and Rodrigo Germade, has won the silver medal at the World Championship in Szeged (Hungary), meaning they now also qualify for the Olympics.
Carnage on first day of la Vuelta
FOR the first time the Costa Blanca town of Torrevieja hosted a stage finish in La Vuelta a España and there was carnage. A leaky paddling pool has been blamed for two teams crashing in the showcase event at kilometre 13.4 on the course round the town. It was a big honour for Torrevieja to host the first stage of the third and final Grand Tour of the season. It was run as a time trial which brought excitement to the town’s streets. Bringing a little more excitement was the paddling pool, which left a water slick across the road. With the teams averaging speeds of 54.14 kilometres per hour in perfect condi tions, a sudden wet patch was the last thing they need ed. While most teams negti ated the tricky stretch safely,
the UAE Team Emirates and LottoJumbo saw their riders come crashing down during the timed rides, losing time over the other teams before the race was underway. Prestage favourites Team JumboVisma lost 40 sec onds, with overall con tenders Primoz Roglic and Steven Kruijswijk caught up in the crash as their team mates skittled into one an other at the barriers. Former champion Fabio Aru lost more than a minute after his UAE Team Emirates crashed on the same corner. LA Vuelta will see riders cover 3,272.2km before fin ishing in Madrid after three weeks. Astana won the first stage, with 25yearold Colombian Miguel Angel Lopez crossing the line first to earn the leader’s red jersey.
ATHLETICO MADRID continue to show their noisy neighbours how it’s done af ter winning at the weekend to make it two wins out of two. It promised to be a difficult start to the season for them as they try to bed in no fewer than nine new players includ ing three of their back four and cope with the loss to Barcelona of French striker Antoine Griezmann. Diego Simeone’s side may look differ ent in terms of personnel, but when it comes to playing style there is little change. Simeone still sets his team up 4 42 with four central players crowding midfield and the full backs providing width. And it is still bringing results, with Ath letico beating Leganes away 01 to fol low on from their 10 home win against Getafe in the first round of matches. Across the city Real Madrid are not getting the results they want. When Zinedine Zidane returned to the club he promised a revolution and demanded control of transfers to mold a team for himself. So far he has spent €300 million on four players, with most of it going on
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PROUD MOMENT: Sevilla sit top of the table.
SCORER: Antoinne Griezmann scored twice.
Eden Hazard. Unfortunately for Zidane’s plans Hazard is out injured, and there is little sign of the ‘new Real.’ Barcelona, without Messi, were look ing to get back on track after their shock loss to Athletic Bilbao in their first match of the season. Barca’s much vaunted attack was missing Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Ousmane Dembele in their home game against Sevilla side Real Betis. Things were not looking too good when Nabil Fekir put the visitors 10 up early on, new boy Antoine Griezmann stepped forward to show why Barcelona were so keen to buy him.
He scored two and set up another as the Catalans went on to win 52. The crowd also got a glimpse of the future, with 21yearold Carles Perez impressing (and scoring) on his first start, and Ansu Fati becoming the club’s second youngest player ever at 16 years and 298 days. Surprise early leaders are Sevilla where a mix of new arrivals and experi enced players setting up in a 433 for mation have seen them claim two wins. They travelled to Andalucian rivals Granada and secured a 01 win to follow on from their opening round 02 defeat of Espanyol.