Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca South 5 - 11 September 2019 Issue 1783

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Sleeper attacked TERRIFIED householders can sleep soundly in their beds after a violent criminal was nabbed by police.

The Guardia Civil have arrested a young Moroccan man following a one-man crime spree that included one victim being attacked as he slept.

Police say the robber wore a mask over his face as he preyed on vulnerable people carrying out at least seven attacks in the San Javier district.

The robber is said to have stalked one woman to her doorstep before snatching her money as she tried to enter her home. He also assaulted a man in his home whilst he slept after breaking into the property during the night.The hooded assailant repeatedly smashed the helpless victim across the head and chest with a frying pan. The victim was able to get outside after the attack and ask for help. Murcia’s Civil Guard launched

PREVENTED: The Guardia Civil have arrested the suspect who attacked more than seven people.

‘Operation Albasit’ in a determined effort to end the reign of terror after receiving reports of the violent assaults.

Their painstaking detective work eventually resulted in the identification, location and arrest of the young man and swiftly charged him with a

trail of seven crimes.

After being brought to justice the offender has now been jailed. The officers of the Benemerita, who specialise in judicial police, crime prevention and citizen security, began their investigation in April.

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Policeman shoots himself A SPANISH police officer was reported to have killed himself using his police issued gun during his shift at the Ciudad de la Justica courthouse in Elche on Tuesday morning.

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Body found in home A WOMAN’S body has been discovered in a house in Torrevieja.

There were no apparent signs of violence or a disturbance and a post-mortem is to be carried out to find the cause of death.

The woman’s body was found in an apart-

ment on Calle San Pascual after the Local Police were alerted to a ‘strong odour’ coming from inside.

Police asked firefighters to attend the scene to access the property.

After gaining access the firefighters found

the body of the woman, aged 71 and of Spani sh nat i onal i t y, who had appar ent l y l i ved alone.

As is usual in these cases the police have launched an investigation although are expecting the outcome to be death by natural causes.

Swimmer crosses channel in 13 hours A SWIMMER is on the crest of a wave in a bid to become the first Spaniard to swim the seven seas.

Alicante man Jorge Crivilles is celebrating his success after crossing the chilly channel between Scotland and Ireland in just 13 hours.

Completing the challenge has taken him several strokes closer to completing h i s t a rg e t o f t h e S e v e n Ocean Title, an accomplishment that no Spanish swimmer has managed to complete.

To d a t e , J o rg e h a s a l s o crossed the Santa Catalina channel in California, the Tsugaru channel in Japan, the channel between Dover and Calais (UK and France) and the Molokai channel in Hawaii.

This now leaves him with only two more to swim, the

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DETERMINED: Jorge Crivelles pushed himself to complete his goal despite the challenges he faced.

Cook Strait in New Zealand and the Strait of Gibraltar.

He has begun planning for the Strait of Gibraltar which he has already swum once before whilst in a wet suit.

He will need to cross again to qualify for the title, only this time without the wet suit.

The support team that followed the determined swimmer included his brother Carlos Crivilles, his kayak-

ing friend Rafa Pastor, and Mexican swimmer Nora Toledano - a woman who has already completed the Seven Oceans Trial.

J o rg e s a i d o f h i s f e a t : “The last six hours were tremendously hard because the sea complicated things g r e a t l y, h o w e v e r I ’ m v e r y happy to have closed this chapter in my life. My team’s support was crucial in getting me to shore.”

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Severed tendon

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A S PA N I S H h o l i d a y m a k e r s u ff e r e d a p a r t i a l l y s e v e r e d tendon in her leg following a bite from a fish in the sea on El Robello Beach, near Alicante.

The 40-year-old woman was taken to Elche hospital and needed a plaster cast, spending the rest of her holiday on crutches.

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Dead dolphin

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A DEAD dolphin was found on a beach in Campoamor (Orihuela Costa) with a plastic cord wrapped around its tail possibly from a fishing net or discarded rope. A diver who was amongst those who found the dolphin could not find evidence of other injuries upon inspection of the body.

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Broken wires A TELEPHONE post used for supporting both telephone wires and internet network wires collapsed in Torrevieja.

Calle Pastrana in the San Luis urbanisation was cut off t o t r a ff i c t r a v e l l i n g t h r o u g h the urbanisation since the weekend awaiting the posts and wires to be replaced.

No licence A BUILDING company has been fined for the construction of 170 houses without a proper licence.

The company manager continued his project after his first initial fine of €2,000 that was imposed on July 26. The machinery, until recently continued on the site in La Coronelita in Torrevieja.

Flood flow MANY cars have been left damaged after the recent floods along the Costa Blanca.

Wi t h t h e m o s t d e s t r u c t i o n caused by the rain in Gran Alacant, Alicante. A torrent of water flowed along the street in Calle Polonia in Alacant which displaced dozens of cars and damaging many more.

Safety first T R AV E L L E R S a r e u rg e d t o check they have the correct safety equipment needed in their vehicles when travelling.

Vehicles travelling along the N-332 have been monitored and checks carried out for the presence of correct safety items.

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MAYHEM: For one day a year, the streets of Buñol turn red for the annual La Tomatina Festival.

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World’s biggest food fight THERE was food glorious food in the village of Buñol in the Valencia region last week.

Thousands of revellers took to the streets to compete in a unique spectacle, the La Tomatina Festival.

Dubbed as the world’s largest food fight, nearly 22,000 people showed up dressed in goggles and old clothes, armed with over 180,000 freshly ripe tomatoes, ready to cause mayhem.

The festival started in 1945 when a street fight broke out in a vegetable market in the Valencian village.

The local youth decided that they had so much fun throwing the vegetables at each other they did the same again the following year, only this time they were armed with tomatoes, and so the tradition began.

This year, nearly 145 tonnes of tomatoes will be transported in via six lorries, ready to be hurled at fellow party goers.

Due to the huge popularity of the event, this year’s festival was ticketed, with 17,000 going on general sale, with another 5,000 for village residents free

of charge. Extra security was also drafted in after the recent violent attacks in Valencia, ensuring the event ran without incident.

The tomatoes in the festival come from Extremadura, lauded for their cheap price, low quality and inferior taste, meaning that participants don’t feel too bad about squandering one of Spain’s most prized foodstuffs.

And what happens after the streets empty and the clean-up starts? The town looks brand new as the acidity of the tomatoes acts as a disinfectant.

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Divas in carnival THE Hordon de los Frailes Carnival took place on Saturday August 24 as part of the week long fiesta celebrations. DIVAS (Drama in the Valley Association) again took part in the Carnival parade and this year they held a ‘Chinese’ theme.

Together with a beautifully decorated float and an amazing dragon, 19 members and friends took part in delightful colourful costumes made by their talented costume maker.

The parade wended its way through the narrow streets and met by multinational onlookers who showed their appreciation by applauding as they passed by.

The evening was truly memorable - full of lights, music and colourful and inventive costumes including young local children and a number of associations and groups.

The DIVAS would like to welcome new members to their group and further information can be obtained by emailing hondondivas@gmail.com.

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Back to school SCHOOLS all across the Costa Blanca are getting ready for the return of their pupils this week as they prepare for the new term.

With some schools in Murcia region beginning their return date on Friday, September 6 for pre-schools and primary schools and September 16 for secondary and upperschools.

Other schools in the Valencia community have a start date of September 9 for the pre-schools and primary as well as the secondary and upper-schools. But please check with your local school for exact return dates.

Local school Las Culturas in Toretta III, Torrevieja are already prepared for the return of their pupils on September 9, and have welcomed new staff for this coming term, with a school coffee morning on Tuesday.

Parents have been seen gathering supplies frantically in preparation for the return next week.

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DIRECTOR of general public health and addictions, Jose Carlos Vicente, participated this weekend in the reception of the group of cyclists and members of the sport challenge ‘En Bicicleta Conrea El Cancer.’

The race ended with the participants’ arrival at the Virgin hospital of la Arrixaca, Murcia. The cyclists raised money for the charity (Afacmur) who obtain their donations through the sale of charitable items from around Murcia. They have raised €11,000 to date through the charity.

Afacmur work tirelessly to help those who are cancer sufferers and work to improve their well-being and that of their families, in the hope to raise awareness and improve the quality of life and environment for pa-

RAISING AWARENESS: The bike riders who joined in on the charity bike ride for Afacmur. tients.

Jose recalled the long trajectory of collaboration between the ministry of health and Afacmur, providing fruit to

the children on the unit in the university hospital Virgin of la Arrixaca and advanced technology to help enhance treatments.

Armed robber arrested A MAN has been arrested by the Guardia Civil in Santa Pola in connection with of a number of crimes including intimidating threats, violent robbery and drug trafficking.

On August 21 a resident filed a complaint with the Guardia Civil in Santa Pola, in which he had reported that he had received death threats to take €11,000 from his bank for payment to a third person.

Officers of the Judicial Police team, Santa Pola, took charge of the investigation.

They reportedly corroborated with the bank that on the men-

STOLEN: Items recovered from the property by the Guardia Civil. tioned date a deposit took place, the complainant arrived nervously accompanied by another person.

The officers initiated a number of inquiries and investigations which resulted, in just one day, the complete identification

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Pets being poisoned

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and location of the alleged perpetrator and the entry and search of the alleged perpetrator’s home.

They found within the home, stolen money as well as 515 grams of cocaine. A 40-yearold Spanish man has been arrested following their findings.

The accused has been given a provisional detention with a bail of €15,000 and is awaiting trial. It has been noted that, thanks to the rapid police action, it has been possible for both the recovery of the stolen money and a stop to the possible sale of narcotic substances.

POLICE are on the hunt for someone who is deliberately poisoning dogs on the Playa de las Moreas beach in Mazarron.

Four dogs have taken ill and suspected to have been poisoned after police found 300g of poisoned pet food near where the animals had been.

According to the local Asosiacion de Proteccion Animal (Animal protection services) the attempted poisoning has been aimed specifically at a beach for canines and their owners. The beach has been described as ‘suitable to go spend time with your pet during any time of the year.’

While the police investigate into who may be responsible for lacing the food with poison, the council have combed the area and the neighbouring beaches of Cobaticas and Playa Gachero for further traces of the poison.

Authorities are asking that owners of any pet showing unusual signs of nausea to take them directly to the Animal clinic such as la Ermita Clinica Veterinaria Mazarron and report the location that they were in last to the authorities.

In addition police have also asked that owners do not allow their pets to consume any food that they have not provided themselves.

Police have issued a number for the public to call them on should they witness any unusual behaviour or have animals effected by potential poisoning - 968 591 496.

Police dogs rewarded ORIHUELA will host the Canis trophy, a championship of police dogs detecting narcotics, on Saturday.

The event will take place at the sports centre Las Espenetas from 10am with the participation of 13 dogs from different points of the Local Police of the Valencian community including Local Police of Granada.

On behalf of Orihuela police, Rocky will be participating. The dogs taking part are not only trained to detect narcotics but prepared to save the public.

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Drunk driver stopped twice A MAN was stopped

by Guardia Civil in the Mar Menor region of Murcia when he was found tail-gating along the A-30 near Puerto de la Cadena.

When he appeared d r u n k t h e o ff i c e r s breathalysed him to find he had 0.48 mg of alcohol per litre of expired air (mg/l).

He was then stopped less than an hour later and found to have then 0.53 mg of alcohol, which is double the limit of 0.25 mg/l. The driver was denounced for driving while over the legal limit on both occasions.

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Civic Centre to be completed MAYOR of Orihuela, Emilio Bascuaña, visited the Civic Centre of La Aparecida accompanied by the mayors, Mayte Sanchez and Angel Noguera.

The construction work began this week by the municipal technicians representing an investment of just over €915,000. This is one of the

most important works of the previous legislature and will be concluded with the last step to complete the build.

The next steps to be taken by the council after completion of the building work will be to ‘register the facilities in the list of municipal assets, as well as formalise an insurance and process the corresponding

licence for the activities that will house the new civic centre,’ explained Bascuaña. The civic centre is now a reality after eight years in which the works were brought to a halt.

After much work and effort to move this project forward the community will soon have the facilities that will provide the necessary platform for the Credit: Chris Humphreys Euro Weekly

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SPACIOUS: One of the many rooms soon to be available for the residence of La Aparacida.

activities proposed.

The new facilities consist of, first floor and basement, with a usable area of approximately 1,1597 m2 consisting of an assembly hall,

gymnasium, library, computer room, multipurpose room and a music rehearsal studio, in addition to administrative offices and several storage premises.

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New staff for Torrevieja hospital TORREVIEJA hospital has appointed Dr Maria Baro as their new managing director of the department of health, managed by the Ribera Health Group.

The new head of department has begun her duties after the retirement of Dr Jose Antonio Velasco. Dr Baro, who has extensive healthcare and management experience, so far has taken care of the medical management of the university hospitals of Torrevieja and Vinalopo.

She graduated in medicine and surgery at the University of Barcelona (UAB) teaching unit, Hebron Valley. Dr Baro made the speciality MIR in nephrology by the foundation Puigvert IUNA (Barcelona).

She holds a Masters degree in health institutions management from the UAB and has participated in the senior management of health institutions programme (PADIS) by IESE, Madrid.

Linked to the Torrevieja hospital since its opening Dr Baro put into operation the service of nephrology

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EXCITED: Dr Maria Baro with retired Dr Jose Antonio Velasco. as head of service since 2006. Subsequently, since the launch of the Vinalopo hospital she has also preformed the same work combining the both departments.

The new managing director has said she is “very excited” with this new challenge and added: “The objective is to continue in an active way with humanity and respect to the great

work carried out by the professionals, in the almost 13 years to create a project so emblematic to the service of the citizens.”

Ribera Salud Grupo would like to thank Dr Jose Antonio Velasco for the “impeccable work he has done as the head of hospital in the 13 years of service, offering maximum quality of work to patients.”

Storm tank endangers are proof of its ineffectiveness. It is a danger for the neighbours and in its current state it is useless, so we demand the community to think about the safety of citizens, “ said the mayor.

The work was carried out when head of the Ministry of Environment was Adela MartinezCacha, since then three different councillors have passed and work still remains in the same state of abandonment. An error in the original design of the project prevents commissioning of the tank.

The main pipe requires replacement so that the rain can flow from the tank to the treatINVESTMENT of €2.6 million has been pumped into ment plant, as the conduit is Cartagena’s cruise ship terminal. currently too narrow.

The Muelle Alfronso XII harbour has received an inThe city council had carried vestment to be refurbished and improved, in an anout some actions to help prenouncment by the pool authority. vent accidents, such as the inA spokeswoman has said it will be turned into one of stallation of a plate to cover the the main leisure and meeting areas in the city. sunken Trellis.

THE storm tank under the community of Rambla de Los Alcazares has never functioned correctly despite the €1.2 million which has been spent on it.

This is according to the mayor of Los Alcazares, Mario Cervera who explained: “The bad construction of this project endangers the physical integrity of the neighbours.

“The floods that have occurred the past week

Revamp of harbour

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Burglaries in Villamartin FIVE properties have been broken into in the Villamartin area in Alicante with reports of damages to holiday homes and theft of personal belongings taken from occupied houses.

A local resident who had his property broken into while he and his wife slept s tated t h a t t h e t h i e v es came in through the downs tairs wi n d o w o f t h e ir property, gaining access through the locked window they managed to remove the latch and climb in.

Whilst in the property the thieves had switched on the downstairs lights and taken items including, mobile phones, a computer tablet and cash left out in their home. The couple awoke the next morning to find their belongings missing and their window ajar.

Ken, one of the residents who had his property broken into has urged other residents to keep their valuables hidden away or kept out of sight to help prevent burglars gaining access for items left on show in other properties.

The locksmith who attended Ken’s house had stated that he had 12 additional call outs that week in the Playa Flamenca area for similar style break-ins.

Creative methods had been used in other property thefts to create a fishing rod type tool to fish out ite ms fro m p ro p ertie s through the closed grills.

Storms BAD weather is predicted this week with another drop in temperature. This follows on from the AEMET weather warning from last week. Rain is set to continue in parts of the Costa Blanca with lightning storms predicted.

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Stolen vehicles returned Credit: Policia Murcia

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OVER the weekend Murcia police recovered and returned three vehicles that had been stolen in El Raal and Cobatillas. All three owners were informed and the steps to recovering the vehicles were explained. The police are urging citizens in Murcia to keep a vigilant eye out for potential thieves and are encouraged to report any unusual behaviour to the Local Police department on 092.

STOLEN: Three vehicles were stolen and recovered over the weekend in Murcia.

Livestock carrier denied supplies A LOCAL British-run animal rescue centre has started a petition to try and save 3,800 animals aboard a carrier that has been denied permission to dock in Cartagena.

Susan Weeding, co-owner of the Easy Care Horse Rescue Centre, located close to Torrevieja, has stated that the cows on the vessel will starve

if the ship is not allowed to dock to collect vital supplies for the animals.

The Julia MK boat was originally due to dock on Monday at 8pm. A legal dispute between the shipping company and a fuel company left the boat helpless in the Atlantic. The ship was ‘denied authorisation’ to dock in

the Spanish territorial waters which is travelling from Rio Grande in Brazil to Derince Koceali in Turkey.

A spokesperson for the Lebanese company who own the ship explained “The vessel of 3,800 cows is supposed to reach Cartagena by Monday 8pm, the cow food on the vessel will be finished by then… the court issue is going to be resolved but may take a few days to be done.”

The cows will be made to wait if food is not supplied to the ship and they run the risk of starvation.

Drug bust in pub A TORREVIEJA pub is looking at a five-year closure following a drug bust by the Guardia Civil. Officers found the drugs being dealt on the premises. Two people have been arrested following the discovery.

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Minibus appeal gears up

Volunteers take a break FUNDRAISERS are celebrating success after a fun day to raise cash to buy a minibus for a local children’s home.

Supporters collected more than €1,000 at the event in the Park de la Palmera at Catral in aid of the Elche Children’s Care Home (ECCH).

Local businesses, bars and restaurants donated prizes including vouchers for services, meals, wine, beer and bottles of bubbly and singer Rebecca Holt had everyone dancing.

Pat Milligan, who is a volunteer at ECCH and helped to organise the event, was delighted by the turn out and thanked the volunteers, stall holders and

generous businesses who contributed to the success.

She said: “I have organised many music events around Catral but this is the first fete in the Park.

It turned out a great day with the sun shining and some great volunteers to help.

“Sue and John Holden did the tombola raising €105 and donations €144.94. Pam Edwards, Bobbi and Julie ran the Elche clothes stall raising €66, as well as selling lots of Christmas cards.

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“The raffle did very well raising €537.09 with Christine Robinson and Vanessa Marie Kraytynyoscky attacking everyone in site. Frieda Offord was on hand tearing up the tickets.

“Jan Savage dressed as a clown and went around with a Teddy Bear to guess the name, raising €100. It was embarrassing for me. I won! So, have asked Jan to do it again at the Ladies Lunch at the end of the month, I won’t enter.”

Singer Rebecca Holt had everyone dancing.

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Sharp reminder already dead.

According to Equinac people had crowded round the dolphin and tried to get it back in the water. Within minutes the creature suffered convulsions and died.

“This would be normal if it weren’t that the animal beached 50 minutes before in a nearby area, and bathers, without alert-

ing anyone, reintroduced it on their own,” Equinac reported in a clear tone of frustration and exasperation.

The association said it had put out the warning ‘thousands of times’ about what to do in the event of finding a beached marine creature, but added, ‘it seems this message has not got CREDIT: Equinac Facebook @asociacionequinac.org

NEVER try to put a beached dolphin or turtle back in the sea, and always immediately alert the 112 Andalucia emergency service.

That was the sharp message the Equinac Marine life rescue association put out on social media following the death of a dolphin in Mojacar on Sunday.

A beachgoer and 112 alerted the association to the beached creature at around 1.30pm. But by the time local Equinac volunteers got to the location just a short time later the animal was

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TOO LATE: Equinac volunteers rushed to help the dolphin, but it had already died by the time they got to the beach.

through to everyone.’

The post continued, ‘When these creatures get stranded on the beach it is because they are very sick or have a problem,

hence they need to be attended to like any land animal. Because they live in the sea does not mean it’s alright to put them back.’

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Equinac also pointed out they are protected species which can only be attended to by specialised, authorised personnel.

If members of the public take matters into their own hands ‘the animal ends up drowned and dead due to the stress of being handled by unqualified people,’ the association stressed.

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ON TOP: Torremolinos had the most stays from tourists in the whole of Andalucia.

The most visited town TORREMOLINOS has done it again, the most popular town for tourists, not only in the Costa del Sol but also in the whole of Andalucia in July, according to figures from both the National Institute of Statistics (INE) and the Andalucian Institute of Statistics (IECA).

The INE’s Hotel Occupancy Survey found 615,506 holidaymakers stayed in the town during July.

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records once more in reference to tourist occupation. Coming ahead of influential cities such as Sevilla who saw 445,434 visitors, Granada with 286,546 and Malaga with 274,222.

And al ong t he coast Tor r em ol i nos i s leader with a huge margin over Benalmadena, who was the second most popular destination with 386,255. Marbella third with 386,003, Fuengirola fourth with 293,312 and Estepona fifth with 185,335.

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Man dies trying to save his wife A 70-YEAR-OLD man from Madrid died last week as he tried to save his wife.

The incident occurred at the Poniente beach in Benidorm when the woman fell over whilst enjoying a dip in the Mediterranean Sea. The husband rushed to his wife’s side

Worrying statistics TWENTY motorcyclists have died on Andalucian roads this summer, the worst figures in the last five years.

A total of 20 motorcyclists have died on the roads of Andalucia during the months of July and August, which are the worst figures during the summer period in last five years.

In 2015 there were 15 recorded fatal motorcyclist accidents, 11 in 2016 and 10 in 2017. Last year the data rose to 16 deaths.

July has been the worst month with 11 registered deaths. Several of these fatal accidents due to accidents with crash-barriers, though the principal motive of these fatal accidents are collisions with other vehicles.

Mopeds, motorcycles and scooters are frequently used vehicles in Spain, especially Andalucia where the weather permits motorcycles to be used almost all-year-round.

Mopeds are also frequently used with young adults. From the age of 15, you are entitled to ride a moped up to 50cc (45 kph maximum speed) but must first pass a simple road safety test and obtain written permission from a parent or guardian.

A provisional driving licence is also a requirement.

aware that she was unable to swim. Unfortunately in his attempt to save his wife, his own safety wasn’t contemplated and it was he who tragically lost his life in the end. The medical staff attempted to revive him for over 40 minutes, however nothing could be done to save him.

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UK Government announces £3 million grant to help expats prepare for Brexit UK nationals who may struggle to complete their residency applications will be helped by measures announced by the UK Government. Up to £3 million is being provided for organisations who will inform UK nationals who live in EU member states including Spain, about the need to register as resident and support them as they complete their applications. The Government wants to support those who may find it harder to complete all the paperwork - focusing in particular on pensioners or disabled people, those living in remote areas or with mobility difficulties, and those needing assistance with language translation or interpretation.

BRITISH Consul Lloyd Milen said: “The UK will be leaving the EU on October 31 and we want to help UK nationals living in Spain to be fully ready for Brexit, whatever the circumstances. This funding will ensure people get the support they need to protect their residency rights and access to services.”

Organisations working with people who might be affected and who might require additional support can apply for project funding from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office from September 19 at gov.uk/fco.

The fund’s programme team, based in London, will be running a series of webinars to provide bidders with a fuller understanding of the fund and an opportunity to ask questions on the bidding process.

Interested organisations can find further detail at https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ 3-million-grant-to-help-uk-nationals-in-eufor-brexit. Organisations can also contact their nearest consulate for an initial conversation.

Individuals wanting to access support with their residency applications will be able to contact those organisations who are successful in their bid, once the funding has been awarded.

We will provide details of the providers for Spain in due course. Meanwhile, UK nationals living in Spain should continue to prioritise registering as a resident by October 31.

Advice on residency for UK nationals living in Spain can be found at: https://www.gov. uk/living-in-spain.

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IN a recent study, the beer industry in Spain has recently taken over the wine industry as the most popular drink in the country for many years.

However, Spain’s beer producer association Cerveceros de España recently expressed concerns about the impact of Brexit during a presentation on Spanish tourism habits.

Jacobo Olalla, managing director of

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Brexit could affect beer industry the association, is worried that the effects of a No Deal Brexit and an economic slowdown could severely damage the beer production industry.

“It’s a little early to say, but we have felt the effects of the economic slow-

d o w n a n d t h e n t h e r e i s c o n c r e t e d a t a , such as the drop in British tourism,” A major portion of Spain’s beer production is for export and one of the main destinations for Spanish beer is the UK, with 467,132 hectolitres exported in to-

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tal in 2018.

“It’s a country with a big beer culture which doubles or triples our consumption and also helps us to export,” Olalla adds.

He continued that he is very worried about the event of a possible No Deal Brexit, “Brexit could have consequences for the pound and for tourism - not just holiday tourism.”

Two killed in motorway crash TWO drivers were killed in a serious road collision on the A-7 at kilometre 258 in Rincon de la Victoria, Axarquia on Monday.

It is thought a tyre blowout caused a large articulated lorry to cross the central reservation and collide with oncoming traffic.

The 112 emergency services received calls at around 6.15pm from eye witnesses of a heavy collision involving a large lorry, a refrigeration lorry and a motorcyclist as well as several cars.

According to reports, the lorry experienced a tyre blowout and entered the opposite lane, colliding with another vehicle and crushing a motorcyclist.

Emergency services fought on the scene to save

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SMASH: The destroyed remains of the lorry that caused the smash. the lives of the driver of the refrigeration lorry and the motorcyclist, but they were pronounced dead on the scene. Several other people were transferred to hospital with varying degrees of in-

juries, including the driver of the articulated lorry.

The road was closed for a number of hours whilst the services cleared the scene and was eventually reopened at around 9pm.

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FATAL: A 41-year-old woman has died in a car crash on the A-7 near Sotogrande.

Fatal smash A 41-year-old Swiss woman has died in a car crash on the A-7 near Sotogrande, according to a statement issued by the Cadiz Province fire and rescue service.

According to the statement, the woman was travelling in the rear seat of an

Audi 3 when it was involved in an accident with a Range Rover Evoque.

The accident occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning when the Audi 3 was hit in the rear by a white Range Rover Evoque with a GB licence plate.

The woman was trapped

in the back of the Audi and died from her injuries. Two other occupants managed to get out of the damaged vehicle and are being treated in hospital.

According to the statement, the second vehicle was found abandoned about 100 metres from the Audi 3.

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CRIME fighters are joining forces in the battle to restore law and order in Barcelona.

Officers from both the Catalan regional law enforcement agency, the Mossos d’Esquadra, and the Spanish National Police have formed a coalition to fight the increasing number of crimes committed on the streets of Barcelona.

The Catalan capital is currently experiencing a record number of street crime and youth delinquency and figures have shown that since 2018, crime rates have risen by 17 per cent. There has also been an increase of 30 per cent on violent thefts.

Since April, officers from both units have been patrolling the city in an attempt to clamp down on thefts, drug dens and pickpockets.

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Forces uniting against crime BATTLING CRIME: The Mossos d’Esquadra patrolling the Barcelona subway.

The National Police are also checking immigration papers of any of the apprehended suspects, an ability that only they can execute, and issuing deportation orders for repeat offenders of foreign nationality.

In their latest operation, officers from both forces conducted a patrol of the city’s subway sys-

tem. Currently there are around 100 known pickpockets operating in the underground at any one time. Although patrols aren’t a new thing, the presence of the National Police has given the Mossos extra authorities to check the statuses of the offenders in Spain.

During the operation, officers

identified 70 people, 30 of whom were taken to the police station in La Verneda. After checking their documents, the National Police held 22 individuals for violating immigration laws, and those with a long criminal record will face deportation.

Although the two forces often work together during investigations, this first for a joint patrol has come about after the Mossos were admitted into the Intelligence Centre Against Terrorism and Organised Crime (CITCO), a coalition that brought together the organisations properly for the first time.

Relations have also improved between the two forces after tensions boiled over during the secession attempt by Catalan separatists.

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Human foot found after floods LOWERING water levels revealed a gruesome find in Arganda del Rey (Madrid) - a severed human foot.

Now police are investigating and a search has started for other parts of the body.

Teenagers found the foot on August 27 in mud exposed on the river Jarama as the floods that hit the area earlier in the week receded.

A f t e r t h e d i s c o v e r y, L o c a l P o l i c e a n d Guardia Civil were called to the scene.

An ambulance was also sent in case the foot belonged to a flood victim and medical care might be needed.

Police have discounted the flood victim theory, and have sent the foot for scientific examination to see if a date can be set for when it was severed. The town was the worst hit when torrential rain and hail hit the Madrid region.

The town’s market was all but destroyed and many shops severely damaged as the streets were flooded.

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Horror Stabbing. Brit boy stabs parents in Tenerife and then tries to kill himself.

Teen stabs parents in front of tourists A BRITISH teenager has stabbed his parents in Tenerife before jumping from a considerable height, according to reports.

The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon in the heart of a popular tourist area in the town of Costa Adeje, which is in the south of the island.

The family are British na-

tionals who live on the island. All three family members are in hospital with considerable injuries.

Police are describing the attack as very violent and have launched an investigation. However the investigators believe this is not a typical case of family violence and may be linked to mental health problems the teenager

is thought to suffer.

After the stabbing, the boy threw himself down a ravine, the equivalent of five storeys. In the area there are several rocky ravines, without barriers despite being in the centre of the tourist area.

The suspect is under police guard in hospital, but has not yet been formally arrested.

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Europe’s most polluted country IN 2015, a report by the Eu rop e a n E nv i ro nm e n t Agen c y ( E E A) l a be lled Spain as the most polluted country in Europe.

With growing concerns of pollution worldwide, Spain has been put under the spotlight to d o i t s p a r t i n th e fight a g a i n st c l i mate change.

The country’s government has been working hard to turn th e n a t i o n ’s f i g u re s around and bring it back in line with the rest of Europe.

One o f t h e m a i n t o p ic s that Spain has tried to legislate is the use of ‘single use plastics.’ Throughout the European Union, public led campa i g n s, g o v e r n m e n ts and private organisations are all c a m p a i g n i n g fo r global r e f o r m . Ho we v er, Spain has been a little late to join its counterparts.

The Spanish government has put into place measures that promise to eliminate th e u s e o f p la s tic b ag s in shops by 2021 but lobbyists are fighting for more action to be taken, especially in the public sector.

Spain still has a long way to go, in 2016, despite actions already in place for a n u mb e r o f y e a rs , mic ro plastics were still found in some examples of table salt.

In 2 0 1 8 , a s p erm w h a le w a s h ed u p o n to S p a nis h shores killed by the ingestio n o f h u g e a mo u n ts of p la s tic in th e M ed it e rranean.

The second largest contribution to pollution figures in Spain is air pollution.

In 2008 the Spanish government put into place the Spanish Strategy of Climate Change and Clean Energy.

The follow ing ye a rs the country went into an economic crisis which put the plan on hold. The 2015 report was published the year a fte r the c ris is e nde d, s o Spain can be forgiven for not meeting certain deadlines.

However the Sustainable Ec onomy A c t ha s give n Spain until 2021 to dramatically reduce its emissions.

Cities like Barcelona and Madrid are leading the way in banning diesel cars from certain areas of the city, and now every car needs a special certification from the DGT based on emissions.

These steps don’t seem to be enough as in 2017, a report was published that revealed that most of the inha bita nts of Spa in a re breathing air which could be harmful to health.

HARMFUL: Spain is under pressure to deliver real climate change action.

Metro pickpockets A MAJOR police raid to catch pickpockets operating on the Barcelona metro led to the identification of 70 repeat offenders and 23 arrests in just two hours.

All but one of the detainees was a foreigner: the 22 now face being deported back to their home countries.

More than 100 National Police and autonomous Catalan Mossos d’Esquadra police officers took part in Tuesday’s operation to

combat the important pickpocket problem on the city’s underground system. An estimated 80 to 100 thieves prey on victims daily on the Catalan capital’s metro, according to Spanish press.

Police figures reveal there were nearly 19,000 reports of thefts on Barcelona’s transport system in the first seven months of the year, of which 30 per cent occurred on the metro.

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Taxi driver stabbed A TAXI driver has stabbed another in an altercation outside B a rc e l o na E l Prat Airport, according to early reports.

The incident involved two taxi drivers, one of which needed medical attention.

Officers of the Mossos d’Esquadra and emergency medical personnel arrived on the scene and transferred the victim to hospital who is thought to be in no danger.

Police managed to apprehend the 51year-old aggressor at the scene and he was taken into custody for questioning.

Holiday makers gassed TOURISTS have been exposed to high levels of chlorine gas during pool maintenance at the Grupotel Family Life Mallorca Mar hotel.

The incident was apparently caused when a member of staff attempted to fix a blockage in the filtration system of the hotel’s pool whilst bathers were still in the water.

Upon clearing the blockage, the pump released the materials into the pool, causing injuries to a ‘small number of people’ according to reports.

A spokesman for the travel company TUI said: “We are a w are o f an in c id en t t ha t oc curred at the TUI Family Life in M a llo rca in v o lv in g a bloc ke d pump in the pool filtration system, in which a small number of customers were injured. “ We a re c o n tin u in g to do e v ery th in g w e ca n to s upport those affected, and our TUI team in resort are on hand to help customers in any way they can. The safety and well-being of customers is always our highest priority.”

EXPOSED: The Grupotel Family Life Mallorca Mar in Cala Bona where the alleged incident took place.

Although no details of the injurie s s uffe re d ha ve be e n re vealed, medical experts have expla ine d tha t high le ve ls of chlorine gas can be fatal, with

minor exposure liable to cause blurred vision, coughing, chest tightness, difficulty breathing and burning sensation in the nose, throat or eyes.

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Fifth of banned drivers have ADHD A STUDY by the Vall d’Hebron hospital in Barcelona has revealed that almost one in five drivers who have lost their licence suffer from undiagnosed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

The study, conducted by the psychiatric service led by Doctor Miquel Casasindicates has shown that nearly 20 per cent of offenders show signs of the condition.

A total of 611 people were tested who at some point in their lives had lost their licences for various reasons were given the test to demonstrate whether they showed any signs of the neurological condition.

The research has been backed by the Servei Català de Trànsit who requested the study to understand the link between the root causes of traffic accidents and discover whether greater awareness and treatment of the condition would benefit the overall accident figures.

“ADHD has an impulsive behaviour and the possibility of having an accident, with and without injuries, is greater than that of individuals who do not have this disorder,” says Casasindicates.

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Film award ‘overdue’ THE Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar finally won the Golden Lion of Honour from the Venice Film Festival held in Italy.

The Manchego/born director has had to wait over 30 years for the recognition of his work and upon receiving the award declared that it was ‘poetic justice.’

During his illustrious career he has been behind over 20 films spanning more than three decades and has been considered one of the most important and influential Spanish filmmakers of this generation. Upon receiving the prize from fellow filmmaker Luis Buñuel, he welcomed the fact that he had finally been recognised by the board. He said: “I think that if you live long enough, you end up being right.” He commented that

the Golden Lion award was his recognition for his performance ‘for the whole race’ but pointed out that the honour was 31 years late for a film he released in 1988.

This was a direct reference to the movie ‘Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios’ (Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown) which received critical acclaim at the time.

Almodóvar’s latest movie, starring Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz and Asier Etxeandia has been a huge CREDIT: Wikipedia success at the HONOUR: Pedro Almodóvar at famous Cannes the premier of Goya in 2017. film festival.

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Spanish murder suspect intercepted in LAX A SPANISH citizen was arrested on suspicion of killing a man after trying to enter the United States from Mexico.

The 19-year-old was intercepted at LAX airport in Los Angeles after trying to enter the country as a tourist, however border control found him to be very nervous, fidgety and carrying a second passport.

He was taken for further investigation and it was found that he had a video on his mobile phone of him kicking a man whilst he was on the ground.

According to reports the man confessed to having caught the victim with his girlfriend.

It is alleged that he then struck him over the head with a heavy object and kicked him

whilst he was incapacitated on the ground.

It is alleged that, after realising he had killed the man, he placed the body in the boot of his car.

American officials contacted the Mexican police and gave them the location of the alleged crime and they found a body in the boot of the vehicle.

The suspect was denied entry to the US and FBI and CBP officials escorted him back to Mexico City.

Carlos Martel, CBP director of field operations in Los Angeles, described the officers’ work as, “an extraordinary story of vigilance that underscores our critical border security mission.”

Forest fire figures halve THE number of forest fires in the Valencia region has almost halved this summer compared to the same period in 2018 (78 fires compared to 143 last year) and the number of hectares affected has fallen by 87 per cent, from 2,795.34 last year to 365.5 in 2019.

According to data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development, Climate Emer-

gency and Ecological Transition in the months of July and August a total of 365.5 hectares have burned in the Valencia region.

The fire that has affected the largest amount of land was the one that was declared in Beneixama (l’Alt Vinalopó) on July 15, which burned 347 hectares, the cause of which is still being investigated.

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BLANCA FERNANDEZ OCHOA, the first Spanish woman to win a medal at the Winter Olympics, has been reported missing.

The former alpine skier, 56, disappeared more than a week ago, S p a i n ’s National Police have confirmed.

Officials said that a black Mercedes A-Class car that Fernandez was last seen driving has been located in a town near Madrid.

But police are still working to locate the athlete herself.

A public appeal was issued at the request of Ms F e r n a n d e z ’s f a m i l y. T h e f o r m e r s k i e r ’s d a u g h t e r, Olivia Fresneda, who reported her mother ’s disappearance on August 23, is stated to be ‘very worried.’

Fernandez left home without her phone and has not used her credit cards since she vanished, police sources have reported.

Detectives have yet to find any trace of her.

The investigation points at a voluntary disappearance as, once analysing the c a r ’s i n t e r i o r, t h e r e h a s been no reported signs of violence. A police spokesman added that the disapp e a r a n c e d o e s n ’t s e e m forced. The investigation is following the protocol established for such cases.

The family believe that

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Olympic medallist missing

SPANISH ex-Olympian skier missing since last week.

Blanca may have gone hiking in the mountains, they believe her to be alone and

that she has possibly got disorientated or had a mountaineering accident.

Helicopters have flown over the area where the car was found and search dogs have also been used.

Fernandez Ochoa comp e t e d i n f o u r Wi n t e r Olympic Games between 1980 and 1992 and became the first Spanish woman to win a medal at the Winter Games when she earned bronze in the slalom in Albertville, France in 1992.

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DECISION: The Sevilla-based rap group SFDK no longer welcome at BioRitme Festival.

Rap group banned THE BioRitme Festival has denounced the hip hop group SFDK for rejecting a gender training course after a complaint by a festival assistant was lodged regarding the group’s apparently sexist lyrics.

The organisers of the festival requested that the group, following their performance, took part in a gender sensitivity course.

They refused and therefore the festival organising committee banned the duo from performing there again.

The woman who lodged the complaint met with the band afterwards along with members of the gender commission to ex-

plain that the lyrics ‘hurt her feelings’ and that their performance went against the festival’s ‘protocol against machista aggressions.’ Following the meeting and the apparent attitude and difficult nature of the band’s management, the decision was made.

“At the BioRitme Festival we are working for the construction of leisure spaces with a feminist perspective,” said a spokesperson for the organisation.

“BioRitme is working to prevent, tackle and make visible the machista and LGBT aggressions and we understand this performance as part of the problem.”

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CROSSING: Migrants breached the border fence.

Mass illegal border crossing at Ceuta A TOTAL of 153 migrants have entered the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta in a mass border crossing that left 11 Guardia Civil with ‘minor’ injuries.

Around 250 people of sub-saharan origin - all described as ‘young’ - are thought to have made the attempt to enter at the sea-border wall at Benzu, where the 8.2km long double fence ends and where the Ministry of the Interior executed works at the beginning of 2018 to try to waterproof it.

The immigrants who made it all headed straight for the Centre for Temporary Stay of Immigrants (CETI).

According to some of the immigrants, the group had been preparing for entry for five months. They executed their plan through the perimeter gates, taking advantage of intense early morning fog to pass without being seen.

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Brits arrested for drugs smuggling FOUR British men in Marbella have been arrested for smuggling hashish from Morocco to Spain.

Officers of the Guardia Civil also seized 1,500 kilos of hashish and €100,000 in cash.

The alleged ringleaders of the network had a pleasure boat called ‘Caleteada’ which they had moored in the marina of Marbella. It had a false bottom built in, under which they stashed drugs they picked up in North Africa.

The first investigations took place when police became aware of the existence of a criminal organisation based in Marbella dedicated to drug trafficking.

Police managed to identify the alleged ringleaders of the network, which they described

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SEIZED: Fifty-one bales of hashish were discovered.

as perfectly organised and with a clear distribution of tasks. They all lived in the Guadalmina area of Marbella.

After a surveillance operation, police saw the boat returning from a voyage sitting lower in the water than normal.

They moved in to search the yacht and found 51 bales of hashish hidden in a double bottom. The three crew were arrested, and a fourth man, alleged to be the leader, was also detained.

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Botulism warning AN urgent health warning has been issued by the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (Aesan) after four people became ill from eating Dia brand, canned tuna in sunflower oil.

A study of the tuna found that traces of the botulinum toxin were detected in the tuna, a neurotoxic protein that causes the disease botulism.

Four cases of food poisoning have been reported in the Castilla y León area after those infected by the toxin used the product in a home-made Russ-

ian salad. According to the Agency’s warning, the product concerned is a canned tuna in sunflower oil RO 900 format, DIA brand, with lot 19/154 023 02587 made in Frinsa del Noroeste SA with a best-before date 12/31/2022.

This particular batch of tuna products were exclusively distributed in the Asturias, Castilla y León, Cataluña, Aragón, La Rioja, Murcia, Navarra, Castilla-La Mancha and Valencia regions and have been immediately recalled off the shelves.

Grizzly find in Jaen home GUARDIA CIVIL have launched an investigation after Local Police found the badly decomposed bodies of a middle-aged couple in their home in La Carolina in Jaen last week.

The grizzly find followed neighbours’ reports of a strong smell emanating out of the property.

The cause of death of the 43-year-woman and the 60year-old man is as yet unknown and will have to be determined by an autopsy, according to Spanish media reports.

La Carolina mayor Yolanda Reche said the whole town was “dismayed” at what had happened, adding that the couple had been well-known, Spanish press reported.

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Murder fugitive arrested POLICE in Marbella have arrested a French fugitive wanted for murder and drug trafficking after a high-speed chase in which shots were fired.

A Local Police patrol in the

Nueva Andalucia area had approached three occupants of a BMW in Calle Los Jazmines to ask for documentation. Just as they arrived the driver put his foot down and shot away.

A pursuit started and at the

Las Petunias roundabout in San Pedro Alcantara the BMW was forced to stop. A woman passenger jumped out and began to run. Her two male companions then sped off, travelling 300 metres in the wrong direction before police lost contact with them.

A plainclothes patrol in Colonia de El Angel, which had followed the operation by radio, then saw a Mercedes travelling at high speed. Suspecting it could be the same men who had changed cars they blocked the road with their own vehicle. But the driver of the Mercedes, who was alone, rammed their car instead.

He then tried to reverse away but stopped when one of the policemen fired a warning shot in the air.

AN ambulance man was bitten when a woman who did not like the treatment he was giving a relative of hers set a Boxer dog on him.

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Spanish singer killed at festival JOANA SAINZ, the popular singer and dancer from the group Super Hollywood Orchestra was killed in a freak onstage accident when a firework struck her in the abdomen whilst performing one of their hits.

The accident happened at around 2am on Sunday morning during the group’s performance in the small town of Las Berlanas, north-west of Madrid during the closing act of the town’s feria.

During one of the group’s performances, a pyrotechnic cartridge exploded into the singer’s stomach, leaving her fatally injured on the stage floor in front of thousands of shocked spectators.

Unconscious, she was taken off stage and rushed to the local Avila hospital, but she was pronounced dead upon arrival. A member of the audience explained, “There were two rockets one that went in the right direction and the other hit the singer in the abdomen.”

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FREAK ACCIDENT: Thirty-year-old Joan Sainz was tragically killed on stage during a performance in Madrid.

Joana Sainz was originally from Santander but lived in the town of Suances and is described as the group’s primary singer and choreographer.

Health crew in dog attack the animal refused to call off the animal the two ambulance crew had to take refuge in the kitchen of the home they were

called to and phone police for help. Now a 50-year-old woman has been arrested in San Sebastian on charges of at-

tacking health workers. According to police the woman had become very aggressive.

The bitten man needed hospital treatment, while the woman was arrested.

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Gored to death by bull A MAL E spe c t a t o r w a s g o red to death by a bull during a festival in central Spain.

The 62-year-old was killed during a bull run in Cuellar, 155km north of Madrid.

The man suffered ‘several deadly horn blows’ in the chest and neck last Thursday and could not be saved as stated b y t h e t o wn m ay o r C arlo s Fraile.

The victim was a spectator at the festival and did not run in front of the animal when the bulls were released, but was pushed into a field and gored. Another spectator climbed onto a wall to avoid being injured.

Spain is renowned for its bull runs, which are held across the country in the summer months. The most famous takes place during the San Fermín festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, where hundreds of people come from across the world to run at their own risk in front of bulls through the city’s streets.

Eight people were gored and 35 injured at the famed San Fermin festival in Pamplona this year. At least 16 people ha v e b e e n k i l l e d a t th e S an Fermin festival since records started in 1911.

TRAGEDY: A man has been gored to death by a bull during a festival in central Spain, officials said.

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Brexit fears aired BRITISH expatriates shared their fears and concerns in the run up to Brexit with millions of television viewers in the UK. BBC Breakfast TV has been in Spain to talk to members of the expat community and report to viewers the very real problems that thousands of people could face after Brexit.

Anne Hernandez, of the non-political group Brexpats in Spain was one of the people interviewed in a series of interviews.

Speaking to the Euro Weekly News after the filming she said: “It is important that people in the UK know about what is going on in Spain. But the problem is it is probably too little too late.

“It is nice to give our point of view, but I really think that Boris (Johnson) has been taking us for fools.”

She added: “Really this attention, and asking these sort of questions, and the debate about health care, letting us move back to the UK with EU spouses, and pensions, should have happened before the vote.”

Featured in the video were several expats who were damning about the state of play when it comes to Brexit.

These included Dave England and Lisa Burgess who outlined their worries, although Neil Hesketh of Support in Spain was more confident of a reasonable outcome to Brexit.

He said no government would abandon people without their rights to such things as healthcare and workers’ rights.

He pointed out that before Spain joined the EU Britain and Spain had lots of agreements covering these areas.

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CAUGHT: The C-33 where the man recorded himself speeding at over twice the speed limit.

Speeding driver hunted A DRIVER who publicly posted a video of himself speeding is being hunted by police.

The Mossos d’Esquadra have launched a warrant for the arrest of a 50-year-old man who was caught driving at 263kph along a stretch of the C-33 near Barcelona.

The driver has been identified as a resident of Esplugues de Llobregat (Barcelona) and of Spanish nationality.

He uploaded a video of himself online

driving along the stretch of highway, which has a speed limit of 120kph, and police began an investigation into the footage.

From the video, they were able to determine the model of car, the stretch of road and the identity of the driver as well as the date and time it was recorded.

The man was denounced by the police and they are now seeking him for his arrest for crimes against public safety.

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A BRITISH woman has apparently drowned after falling from a yacht in Menorca.

Andrea Leadenham, 53, was found in the sea last week. Her body was near the yacht she had sailed into harbour on at Puerto d’Addaia with her 54year-old partner, Andrew Bulmer, just a few hours earlier.

A Guardia Civil spokes-man said all indications are it was an accident.

“It looks as if she could have fallen when she was climbing onto the boat in an unsteady condition and then lost consciousness.

“There were no visible signs of violence on her body when she was taken out of the water. “But we will have to wait until the autopsy to determine the cause of death.”

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ORDEAL: The dogs were trapped underground for at least two days.

Storm drain dog rescue TWO dogs trapped in a storm drain in Alhabia for at least two days are recovering in a Pechina animal rescue centre following a Guardia Civil rescue.

Local residents alerted the emergency services to the dogs’ plight after hearing their anguished barks.

With the help of the fire service, Guardia officers discovered the terrified animals several

metres underground in a horizontal section of the drain. They believe the dogs had got in through a gap in the cement drain cover, but had been unable to get back out again.

Neighbours had been getting food to the animals through the hole in the cover. By the time the officers got down to them and managed to bring them up they were in a state of great distress although unharmed.

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Children hurt in car crash FIVE people including three children age seven, five and two, have been hurt in a car crash on the A7 at Malaga.

The car they were travelling in is said to have hit bollards at an exit around kilometre 240. The 112 line received several calls asking

for help for the occupants.

Guardia Civil and ambulances were sent to the scene and the injured - a 43-yearold man, a 40-year-old woman and the children were taken to the University Clinical and Materno Infantil hospitals.

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Women’s freedom plea SPANISH MEP, María Eugenia Rodríguez Palop has written to the high representative of the European Union, Federica Mogherini to push the Iranian government to release three Iranian women jailed for protesting the mandatory wearing of the Hijab.

The first vice president of the Commission on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, María Eugenia Rodríguez Palop has asked

that the charges be dropped and the women to be released after they were jailed for publically demonstrating against the wearing of a full veil during International Women’s Day, on March 8, which took place in the Tehran subway.

Arabshahi, Yasaman Aryani and Mojgan Keshavarz were sentenced to a total of 55 years in prison for breaking strict Islamic laws. The Spanish government representative is concerned that

the women have not had access to proper legal assistance during the process, including an appeal.

Palop is angered that this latest in a series of anti-hijab arrests ‘appears to be a strategy against women’s movements that defend their rights, like the so-called White Wednesday.’ Palop has also insisted that the women ‘have contact with their families and with those who will legally represent them’ as written in the formal letter.

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Expats Guide to

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What to do in the event of an emergency in Spain LIVING in Spain can bring with it an array of issues which may not have been encountered when living in the UK. There are lots of things to consider, and we are here to help try to make the transition and life in Spain a little easier by compiling a series of helpful facts and figures relating to a variety of topics.

In Spain there are in effect two groups which most people would understand as being ‘the police.’ The National Police (Policía Nacional) who have jurisdiction in the towns and cities and the Guardia Civil outside the towns and cities. The Local Police are employed by town halls; they basically deal with property found, and enforce local laws.

Whilst they have a power of arrest, when exercised they must take the arrested person to the National Police or Guardia Civil according to where the crime took place.

National Police and the Guardia Civil deal with all crimes, missing persons etc in their jurisdiction. The National Police also deal with all applications for immigration paperwork, NIEs, EU Citizens Registration and for non EU nationals, Residencia, etc.

The 24 hours national emergency numbers for Spanish speakers are: 091 - police, 061 health emergencies 080 - firefighters.

By calling 902 102 112, but only when the perpetrator is unknown, one can give details of certain crimes, including:- burglaries, car theft, theft or loss of documents or belongings. The service is available in English from 9am to 9pm seven days a week, and from 9am to 3pm in French, German and Italian. Having given details of the crime, you must go to the National Police station which you nominate, within 48 hours to make the report using the information supplied on the telephone. In the case of robbery, where threat or force has been used, victims should call 112 at the time for police attendance, or go directly to the police station which covers that area to make a report.

091 or 902 102 112 from 9am to 9pm

Throughput Europe the general number for all emergencies is 112. In Spain the operators speak English, French, German and Italian, in addition to Spanish and will liaise with the emergency services when the caller does not speak Spanish. No area code is needed and the number can be called from any phone, including mobiles even those without a Spanish SIM card or any credit.

You can also fax or SMS 112.

Other useful number are:016, specifically to report instances of gender violence. For problems at sea, the Maritime Rescue Service (Salvamento Seguridad Maritmo) can be contacted by calling 900 202 202, and the Red Cross (Cruz Rojo) on 902 222 292. There is also a Red Cross 24-hour helpline 900 100 333.

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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Woman dies and son arrested A WOMAN died last week after falling from a fourth floor in the Iturrama neighbourhood. A man, reportedly her son, has been arrested as a ‘presumed suspect.’

The incident took place at number 25 Fuente del Hierro street in the Navarrese capital at around 4.45pm last Friday. The cause of the incident is still under investigation by the National

Police and Municipal Police of Pamplona. A medical ambulance arrived, but nothing could be done for the victim.

The removal of the body took place in the presence of the holder of the Court of Instruction number 2, who has taken charge of the investigation. The person detained as a ‘presumed suspect’ is being held by the Municipal Police.

RESCUE: Migrants from sub-Saharan Africa were found in three separate rafts.

208 migrants in 24 hours THE Spanish maritime rescue service rescued more than 200 migrants from Mediterranean waters in less than 24 hours.

Spanish coastguards stated the migrants from sub-Saharan Africa were found in three separate rafts and were picked up in the Alboran Sea, east of the Strait of Gibraltar between north-eastern Morocco and south-eastern Spain.

This is one of the most commonly used routes used among refugees and migrants crossing into Europe from

North Africa.

The operation started on Wednesday afternoon last week and lasted hours. Upon arrival in Spain, the migrants were taken to temporary handling facilities in Almeria and Malaga, the coast guard said.

The rescue comes as Spain is preparing for the arrival of 15 migrants on a Spanish warship from an Italian port after a prolonged stand-off between Italian authorities and a Spanish-registered humanitarian ship, the Open Arms, which had rescued around 150 most-

ly African migrants at the beginning of August.

The migrants were taken to temporary handling facilities in Spain.

Spain’s Interior Ministry has stated that by mid-August this year the number of migrants arriving by sea was down 42.5 per cent compared to the same period last year just under 14,600 compared to more than 25,300 in 2018.

It’s estimated 15,000 people have died or gone missing in the perilous sea voyage since 2015.

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Benijofar

NEWS

Split decision to move

Drivers denounced in Benijofar THE Local Police in Benijofar denounced three drivers at the weekend following a preventive traffic control, the drivers were found to have high levels of alcohol in their blood, higher than the recommended limit for driving.

Another three drivers have also been denounced for the presence of drugs in the body.

Success: drivers denounced following traffic controls in Benijofar

NEWS

DAMAGED: Stones were used to smash the windows of the office in Benijofar.

Man identified THE police have successfully identified a young man who has caused damage to a public access route in the town of Benijofar.

In the early hours of Sunday morning a young man used stones and bricks to break the glass windows

o f a p r e f a b r i c a t e d o ff i c e that provides real estate services. The police were able to use CCTV to identify the man who was accused of the misdemeanour of damage to the public road. He was prosecuted during court proceedings for his crime.

AFTER having worked for over 30 years in the construction industry, Colin, aged 53 and his wife accompanied by their puppy took the decision to move to Benijofar and set up home abroad, falling in love with their home within nine seconds.

Colin from Wakefield, West Yorkshire in the UK and his wife Suzanne had decided that at age 53 it was time to retire to Spain and enjoy life in the sun.

Their original plan was to move abroad to America, but after plans came to a halt Colin and Suzanne made the rash decision to move to Spain, having only visited the country just once before.

They spoke to one of their friends who owned a holiday home in the Alicante Province and took the initiative to look at properties, after taking into consideration the amount they would receive after the sale of their house in the UK. Colin and his wife found a property that fit their ideal home in Villamartin and flew over to meet the estate agent for the viewing of the property. It was the fourth house they visited on the second day that they fell in love with immediately, Colin said “it didn’t even take the nine seconds to fall in love with that the estate agent had originally stated, we fell in love instantly.�

The house was 112m2 of living space with a 100m2 solarium. Colin and his wife then began the big move to Spain, along with their puppy. It took them a few years to get the house decorated to their taste and settled into their new neighbourhood, but have found Benijofar to be the perfect area for them to happily retire, living off their savings in the meantime by carefully budgeting their new lifestyles here in Spain.

Colin and Suzanne have not regretted their split decision to move.

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Torrevieja A WOMAN was knocked down by a l o r r y o n t h e s l i p ro a d c o m i n g o f f the N-332 that leads to the main ent r y a n d e x i t r o u t e o f To r r e v i e j a near to the Park of Nations.

The woman, said by the emergency services to be 68 years of age, suffered fatal injuries following the incident.

An ambulance was sent to the scene, but paramedics could do nothing to save her life. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

The woman had been crossing the road using the pedestrian crossing opposite the Park of Nations when the lorry collided with her.

The road was closed for three hours during the initial investigation, until the coroner approved the release of the scene. The driver, a Portuguese man, was asked to take a breathalyser test at the scene which proved to be negative.

Recycling in Torrevieja RECYCLING has taken off in Torrevieja after a campaign to raise awareness of the impact of waste on marine life.

The #YoSoyTorrevieja campaign was launched at the Habaneras shopping centre using a transparent shark sculpture.

Shoppers are encouraged to deposit their unused plastics for recycling in the sculpture that can be seen outside the shopping centre.

The sculpture is made of a wire mesh and used as a receptacle for plastic bottles and other recyclable plastics.

Bicycle use is also being promoted as a more ecofriendly form of transport to help the environment.

Following on from the La Vuelta Ciclista that recently came through the Torrevieja

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Death at Park of Nations

ENCOURAGING: The Habaneras promotes recycling in Torrevieja with an eye-catching display. town, both recycling and cycling have taken off on the streets of Torrevieja with more cyclists seen on the roads, both on the run up to the cycling event and after.

In addition to the display, the centre has also launched a ‘shark patrol’ which is a group of volunteers who

have been taking to the beaches and the sea to collect litter.

The centre is also encouraging others to help out with the clean up and asking locals to join in by picking up litter, recycling plastics and opting for a more economical way of travelling.

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10th anniversary COMMUNITY cooperation has been celebrated at a gathering of more than 400 guests in Torrevieja. The 10th anniversary of the coexistence and fraternisation of the Torrevieja Associations (Asociaciones de Torrevieja) was marked last Saturday in the garden of Doña Sinfrosa.

The celebration was presented by the mayor of Los Montesinos when 16 community associations were represented.

Guests were entertained by DJ Richi who stated “this year we beat the record for participation.”

The evening was finished off with a large cake to celebrate the 10th anniversary.

In addition there was a charity bar for the NGO Alimentos Solidarios who deliver daily meals to needy people and families in the municipality of Torrevieja.

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Luis Enrique’s daughter dies FORMER technical director of Barcelona and Spain, Luis Enrique, stepped down from his role as Spain’s manager earlier this year to focus on his daughter’s illness.

His daughter, Xana, fought osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer, for five months. Enrique announced the heartbreaking news on his Twitter account last Thursday that his daughter had lost her battle.

The statement translated in English reads as follows: Our daughter Xana has passed away this afternoon at the age of nine after fighting for five intense months against osteosarcoma. We thank you for all the samples

SAD NEWS: Enrique announced the heartbreaking news on his Twitter account last Thursday. of affection received during these months and we appreciate the discretion and understanding.

Also thank the staff of the hospitals Sant Joan de Deu and Sant Pau for their dedication and treatment, doc-

tors, nurses and all volunteers. With a special mention for the palliative priests team of Sant Joan de Deu. We will miss you very much, but we will remind you every day of our lives in the hope that in the future we will meet again. You will be the star that guides our family.

Rest Xanita Martínez Cullell family As well as coaching Barcelona and Spain, Enrique was also a top player during his playing days, representing both Real Madrid and Barcelona and winning 62 caps for the Spanish national team and has long been considered one of the finest tacticians in Europe.

NATIONAL

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SCARED: Group of Dogfish was spotted in Tenerife.

Shark shock for bathers BATHERS were shocked when a group of baby sharks descended on the beach of El Médano, in the south of Tenerife.

Many bat her s assum ed they were any normal fish but when t hey f ound out their species, many returned to the beach scared.

However, t he f i sh i n question are actually Dogf i sh, a sm al l speci es of shark very common in the Canar y I sl ands and a species that has been sighted t her e f or hundr eds of

year s. What i s unusual about the sighting is the fact that the group of fish didn’t seem t o be phased by t he presence of bathers.

Normally a shy and timid f i sh, t hi s l at est si ght i ng showed the fish swimming ver y cl ose t o swi m m er s, even i nt er act i ng wi t h them.

Marine experts have reassured holidaymakers that although these small sharks do have t eet h, t hey ar e harmless and pose no threat to humans.

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ASTEROID: Travelling at 14,400 miles to skim past Earth.

Asteroid to skim past Earth this month ACCORDING to NASA an asteroid is set to skim past Earth on September 14.

NASA’s Centre for Near Earth Object Studies has revealed the asteroid is travelling at a speed of about 14,400 miles per hour and will pass 3.3 million miles from Earth. Any celestial material within 92.9 million miles is considered a near-Earth object.

Asteroid 2000 QW7 is between 290m and 650m long and will make its closest approach to Earth on September 14. By comparison, London’s tallest building, the Shard, measures 310m.

The Sun-orbiting asteroid passes Earth roughly every 20 years and last passed by on September 1, 2000.

The US space agency said there was no risk of the asteroid colliding with Earth, but NASA chief Jim Bridenstine has previously warned that there may be a deadly asteroid in the relatively near future.

Scientists believe an asteroid roughly 30 times the size of Asteroid 2000 QW7 was responsible for wiping out the dinosaurs. Elon Musk (CEO of SpaceX) warns ‘a big rock will hit Earth eventually and we currently have no defence.’

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GERMANY

Coal aid

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THE German cabinet has agreed a draft bill to provide €40bn of financial aid in the next two decades to regions affected by plans to phase out coal by 2038, particularly in North Rhine­ Westphalia, Brandenburg and Saxony­Anhalt.

Death lists JOURNALISTS have demanded more protection from far­right extremists who have been draw­ ing up ‘death lists,’ saying that the government is not doing enough to ensure freedom of the press in the face of intimidation.

COAL MINING: Plans to phase it out.

NETHERLANDS

More robbers

Train growth

THE number of robberies has increased sharply with meal delivery people target­ ed the most due to them carrying cash. Up to the end of July, 88 delivery people were robbed and 69 supermarkets were held up.

ALMOST 917,000 people used NS Interna­ tional trains during June, July and Au­ gust, a growth of 19 per cent over the same period last year, with only the Lon­ don service seeing a decrease (­1 per cent).

DENMARK

BELGIUM

Fishy decision

Going green

THE country’s Environment Minister, Lea Wermelin, has brought a halt to expansion of Denmark’s fish farming sector, saying that the nation has reached the limit the industry can go to without endangering the environment.

SNCB railway company has installed 5,600 solar panels at a new workshop in Melle, Flanders, making it the company’s biggest solar power plant, capable of producing 2.1 million kilowatt­ hours worth of green energy each year.

Child’s grave

Costs plan

AN archaeological dig in Glostrup ahead of the construction of a control tower for the Copenhagen light rail has uncovered a child’s grave dating to the Iron Age, with teeth of a girl aged between five and nine found.

BRUSSELS Airlines’ CEO Christina Foerster has said in a memo that the company needs to make cost savings of between 8 and 12 per cent if it is to finance investment plans and a new fleet.

FRANCE

Rescue made

Auto tills

A FRENCH coastguard ship rescued 22 mi­ grants including 11 children who were making for the English coast when they got into diffi­ culties and handed them over to border police in Boulogne. A British fishing boat had alerted authorities.

PROTESTORS gathered outside the Angers branch of Géant Casino de la Roserai supermarket after it opened past 1pm on a Sunday by using just automatic tills and private security guards in order to circumvent opening laws.

SWEDEN

NORWAY

Teen arrival

No parking

TEENAGE climate activist Greta Thunberg has sailed across the Atlantic to speak at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York on September 23, and travelled on a zero­emissions sailboat to reduce the environmental impact of her journey.

REMOVING parking spaces can give a company up to NOK 250,000 (€25,000) a year from Oslo City Council as it tries to encourage people to walk or cycle to work through its Climate and Energy Fund.

ID fine SKELLEFTEA local authority was fined 200,000 Krona (€18,451) for trialling facial recognition technology on high­school students to keep track of attendance. The Swedish Data Protection Authority said it went against the privacy law.

Arms control THE government has announced that it will contribute to the Voluntary Trust Fund that helps nations secure their arms stores and strengthen border controls to prevent the proliferation of illegal arms, said Foreign Affairs Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide.

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Adult measles jab urged A TOP doctor has called for middleaged people to be vaccinated against measles.

In a recent interview, leading doctor and president of the Spanish Society of Epidemiology, Pere Godoy has stressed the importance of immunisation against the disease.

He is campaigning for the 40 to 50 age group to be completely vaccinated after a report by the World Health Organisation showed that the measles is still a global issue. When talking specifically about his home country of Spain, Godoy is frustrated that the means to eradicate the disease are already in place, it is however the lack of specific policies and lack of awareness of the public that is preventing the disease being wiped out.

His primary goal is aimed at the 40 to 50-year-old group, as in the 1970s the disease had all been wiped out and therefore

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WORRIED: Pere Godoy calls for blanket immunisation in fight against measles. immunisations stopped. These unimmunised people, when coming into contact with the disease, spread it more quickly and have been linked to the recent outbreaks in Cataluña and Madrid.

He says that, although initial immunisations through the MMR jab are at a good level, around 95 per cent, the second boost-

er jab falls dramatically. He states the most affected are the vulnerable population groups that require extra effort from primary care teams.

The Spanish Society of Epidemiology (SEE) is preparing a document that recommends that everyone in that age group is vaccinated.

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Why the Amazon rainforest is so important THE Amazon rainforest is burning: Brazil has seen more than 74,000 fires this year - nearly double 2018’s total of about 40,000 fires. About 10,000 new fires started in the last couple of weeks alone, mostly lit by people clearing land for crops and grazing.

The Amazon plays a major role in many of the processes that make our planet habitable: water cycles, weather patterns, and the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide. The rainforest is also home to more than 30 million people.

With an area of 5.5 million km2, the Amazon is the largest tropical forest on the planet. A treasure trove of biodiversity.

The Amazon basin occupies nearly 40 per cent of South America’s landmass and is spread over nine countries: Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and Guyana. About 60 per cent of its surface is in Brazil.

The forest is home to an unparalleled biodiversity (10 per cent of the world’s total). According to the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation (ACTO) a quarter of the world’s species are present there, including some 30,000 species of plants, 2,500 of fish, 1,500 of birds, 500 of mammals, 550 of reptiles and 2.5 million insects. Since 1999, more than 2,200 species of plants or animals have been discovered there.

The Amazon has earned the title of ‘Lungs of the planet.’ It contains one-third of the world’s primary forests and, thanks to the eponymous river and its tributaries, 20 per cent of the unfrozen freshwater.

The Amazon is the most biodiverse ecosystem on land, and climate change and deforestation are putting that richness at risk.

FINANCE Kenyan windfall

SPANISH renewable energy compa­ ny Abengoa has won a €38.23 mil­ lion windfall from Kenyan state­ owned electricity company Ketraco.

A conflict started after the sign­ ing in 2013 of a project to extend an electrical substation and build a 132km high voltage line between Kenya and Uganda, a project esti­ mated at €32m. Abengoa alleged non­payment and breach of con­ tract. Now a Kenyan court has ruled against Ketraco awarding €80.8m plus interest and costs.

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-0.354%

Was the average Euribor rate in August, the lowest ever.

€30bn of EU fines

THE European Commission has opened 870 sanctioning proceedings under Eu­ ropean competition law since 1990, imposing total fines of €30 billion.

That works out at almost €1 billion per year, according to a European Commission report analysed by finan­ cial and European law specialist lawyers Navas & Cusí.

The period 2015­2019, was one of the busiest, with 137 cartel cases opened with penalties of €8.276 billion imposed across the EU nations.

Navas & Cusí managing partner, Juan Ignacio Navas said: “The work of

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the European Commission is consis­ tent over time in terms of both the number of cases and the number of sanctions.

“The conclusion is that Brussels has taken seriously its role of ensuring real competition in the market, avoiding abuses and cartels.”

Practically all industrial sectors have been affected, but the biggest fine was imposed on a cartel of truck manufac­ turers who were hit with penalties of €3.807 billion, followed by manufactur­

ers of televisions and computers, with a fine of €1.409 billion.

The biggest fine for a single compa­ ny was the €1.008 billion handed to Daimler. Scania was punished with €880 million and DAF with €752 mil­ lion. In other sectors such as banking there have also been high fines, includ­ ing the €465 million Deutsche Bank had to pay.

The report shows that more than 50 per cent of fines are less than 1 per cent of revenue, but in around 5 per cent of cases the fine amounted to 10 per cent of company turnover.

Inflation falls THE Consumer Price Index (CPI) recorded another slow­ down in August by marking a year­on­year rate of 0.3 per cent.

This was two­tenths lower than in July and the lowest level since September 2016, according to the National Sta­ tistics Institute, which attrib­ utes decline to a fall in elec­ tricity prices.

Prices started the year with a 1 per cent rise in January, 1.1 per cent in February, 1.3 per cent in March and 1.5 per cent in April. In May the inflation rate fell to 0.8 per cent.

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Jobs cost of overtime THE Spanish economy could create 180,000 more full-time jobs a year if overtime was not worked, according to estimates which have been released by the UGT trade union, with unpaid extra hours costing workers €2.3 billion in lost wages.

STARTED: Construction of the wind farm has begun.

BBVA going green ENDESA, through its renewable energy subsidiary Enel Green Power España (EGPE), has begun construction of the 35­ megawatt (MW) Primoral wind farm, which will supply energy to BBVA from the end of this year.

The plant, which will be able to generate 108 gigawatt hours per year when it comes into operation, is located in Villamayor de Gallego (Zaragoza) and the investment amounts to €34 mil­ lion.

The construction of this plant is the result of a long­term ener­ gy purchase and sale agreement signed by the energy company and the financial institution last year.

The wind farm will supply 30 per cent of BBVA’s energy con­ sumption in Spain, while Endesa will supply the remaining 70 per cent using the traditional green certificate­based supply model, both for corporate buildings and in the bank’s branch network.

Prices down AVERAGE fuel prices fell last week with a litre of 95 petrol costing an average of €1.309, according to data published by the EU’s oil bulletin. Diesel was €1.198, the first time it has been below €1.200 since the end of June.

Brexit threat A HARD Brexit could cost 70,000 Spanish jobs according to a study by the Catholic University of Leuven, although the UK itself stands to lose 526,830 jobs, Germany 291,930, France 141,320 and Italy 139,140.

Spending power down THE purchasing power of the average salary in Spain has fallen by €133 in the last two years ac­ cording to Adecco analysts.

The salaries of seven autonomous communi­ ties have improved in terms of purchasing power compared to two years ago, especially the Balearic Islands, where the average wage now has €400 more purchasing power and Galicia (€251).

The others to show an improvement are Navarre (€199), the Canary Islands (€163), Cataluña (€118), Extremadura (€22) and As­ turias (€9).

In the remaining 10 regions the purchasing power of wages has been reduced in the last two years, mainly in Castilla­La Mancha, followed by Murcia, Andalucia, La Rioja, Madrid, País Vasco, Valencia, Cantabria, Aragon and Castilla y Leon.

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NET VOL 41.140

COMPANY

PRICE(P)

CHANGE(P)

% CHG.

NET VOL

LEGAL & GENERAL

2,206

-1,15

-0,03

2.667.082

ANGLO AMERICAN

17,64

-1,14

-0,2

509.214

LLOYDS BANK

0,494

-1,83

-0,01

24.417.236

ANTOFAGASTA

8,442

-1,36

-0,12

257.378

LONDON STOCK

69,96

0,09

0,06

29.398

ASHTEAD GROUP

23,05

0,78

0,18

182.010

MARKS & SPENCER

1,868

-1,82

-0,03

947.813

ASTRA ZENECA

74,55

-1,04

-0,78

176.177

MEDIA CONTEN

3,388

-0,18

-0,01

68.377

BABCOCK INTE

5,04

0,52

0,03

75.941

4,52

0,02

0

401.923

BARCLAYS BANK

1,365

-0,94

-0,01

1.312.263

MICRO FOCUS

10,996

1,1

0,12

280.112

BARRATT DEVE

6,229

-1,51

-0,1

438.013

MONDI PLC

15,985

0,16

0,02

124.024

1,821

-1,51

-0,03

476.501

59,1

-0,73

-0,43

43.534

PEARSON

8,474

0,76

0,06

101.419

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-0,24

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MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS

29,15

0

0

172.189

MORRISON SUP

17,531

-0,71

-0,12

966.559

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BP

5,061

0,45

0,02

5.309.334

BRIT.AEROE

5,544

-0,28

-0,02

262.344

PERSIMMON

18,81

BRITISH FOODS

22,86

0,01

0

77.851

PROV.FINANC.

3,897

0,57

0,02

44.853

PRUDENTIAL C

13,6

-0,88

-0,12

645.581

RAMBLER MED.

2,055

-0,89

-0,02

333.064

BAT INDUSTRI BILLITON

BRITISH LAND

5,1

-0,8

-0,04

491.472

1,66

-0,54

-0,01

1.197.265

BUNZL

20,52

0,21

0,04

54.216

RECKITT BNKR

65,27

0,67

0,43

126.519

BURBERRY

21,75

-0,46

-0,1

61.701

REED INTER

20,22

0,85

0,17

452.295

CARNIVAL PLC

35,03

0,14

0,05

54.041

RENTOKIL GRP

CELLTECH

27,83

0,98

0,27

80.730

RIO TINTO

CENTRICA

0,701

-0,6

0

2.244.686

CGNU

3,532

-0,7

-0,02

1.011.577

BRITISH TELECOM

4,609

0,49

0,02

246.375

41,235

-1,43

-0,6

506.497

ROLLS ROYCE

7,674

-1,11

-0,09

258.470

ROYAL & SUN

5,252

-0,61

-0,03

107.029

1,826

-2,1

-0,04

1.780.431

CONVATEC GROUP

1,759

-0,35

-0,01

139.012

ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND

CRH

27,68

-0,32

-0,09

152.444

ROYAL DUTCH SHELL B SH

22,825

-0,1

-0,02

1.000.524

CRODA INTERN

47,44

0,04

0,02

28.377

ROYAL DUTCH SHELL CL.A

22,96

0,04

0,01

604.009

DCC ORD IEP0

70,66

0,31

0,22

10.503

SAGE GROUP

7,054

0,34

0,02

85.037

DELLING GRP

2,841

-0,21

-0,01

239.490

SAINSBURY

1,952

-0,79

-0,02

479.077

DIAGEO

36,197

0,8

0,29

288.460

SCHRODERS

27,48

-0,5

-0,14

27.922

EASYJET

9,15

-4,17

-0,4

443.512

SCOT.& STH

11,441

-0,73

-0,08

563.504

26,11

0,72

0,19

142.758

SEVERN TRENT

20,735

0,01

0

58.963

25

-0,87

-0,22

28.569

EXPERIAN GROUP LTD FRESNILLO

7,486

-0,35

-0,03

146.886

SKILLSGROUP

GLAXO WELLCO

17,46

0,31

0,05

746.265

SLOUGH EST.

7,906

0,41

0,03

208.517

GLENCORE INTL

2,355

-0,94

-0,02

3.792.077

SMITH & NEP.

19,96

0,3

0,06

83.306

GROUP 4 SECU

1,744

-0,03

0

144.855

SMITHS INDU.

16,93

0,79

0,13

61.915

HAMMERSON

2,264

1,98

0,04

1.298.538

ST JAMES S P

9,226

0

0

96.055

HARGREAVES LANSDOWN

18,96

0,08

0,01

50.230

STAN.CHART

6,264

-0,32

-0,02

1.013.578

5,949

-0,1

-0,01

5.863.649

STANDARD LIFE

2,506

-0,67

-0,02

715.673

21,527

0,16

0,03

88.779

TAYLOR WOOD.

1,456

-0,91

-0,01

1.526.172

INFORMA GROU

8,672

-0,68

-0,06

286.352

TESCO

2,219

-1,04

-0,02

1.423.475

INTERCON.HOT

51,97

0,69

0,35

39.725

TUI

8,318

0,51

0,04

110.769

INTERTEK GROUP

55,96

0,21

0,12

14.575

UNILEVER

53,23

0,77

0,41

316.155

INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRL GRP 4,184

-1,65

-0,07

494.079

UN.UTILITIES

8,184

0

0

321.882

ITV

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145.185

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121.737

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1.09551 Units per €

US dollar ................................................1.09397 Japan yen...............................................116.052 Switzerland franc ...................................1.08383 Denmark kroner .....................................7.45624 Norway kroner........................................10.0068

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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 120,37 208,74 364,09 119 117,72 46,81 55,04 68,48 203,91 227,91 135,53 47,41 128,36 109,86 217,97 86,47 137,86 84,5 35,55 120,23 146,96 130,24 234 58,16 180,82 51,19 114,26 137,26 161,72

CHANGE% CHANGE -0,31 -0,37 0 0 0,37 1,35 1,04 1,23 0,17 0,2 0 0 -0,02 -0,01 0,07 0,05 0,23 0,47 0,26 0,59 0,48 0,65 0 0 0,09 0,12 0,59 0,64 -1,17 -2,57 -0,29 -0,25 0 0 -1,03 -0,88 0,62 0,22 -0,78 -0,95 0,01 0,02 0,56 0,73 1,47 3,38 0,38 0,22 -0,19 -0,35 0 0 0,16 0,18 -0,42 -0,58 0,85 1,36

VOLUME(M) 747.103 3.304 615.122 779.016 1.849.203 5.987.016 3.454.760 3.820.462 475.665 1.080.133 1.011.807 6.376.872 2.382.043 3.142.987 1.002.264 2.452.723 2.143 1.707.834 6.476.144 2.088.450 402.813 806.665 1.260.489 3.142.463 1.330.719 1.634.193 1.809.468 1.705.770 706.235

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COMPANY

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CHANGE NET / %

Most Advanced SeaChange International, Inc. Ambarella, Inc. Inseego Corp.

I.D. Systems, Inc. OptiNose, Inc. Yintech Investment Holdings Limited Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Evolus, Inc. UroGen Pharma Ltd. PRGX Global, Inc. So-Young International Inc.

$ 2.32 $ 55.87 $ 4.44 $ 5.41 $ 7.66 $ 5.56 $ 3.74 $ 17.24 $ 33.95 $ 5.39 $ 12

0.39 ▲ 20.21% 8.50 ▲ 17.94% 0.66 ▲ 17.46% 0.63 ▲ 13.18% 0.81 ▲ 11.82% 0.54 ▲ 10.76% 0.35 ▲ 10.32% 1.49 ▲ 9.46% 2.91 ▲ 9.38% 0.45 ▲ 9.11% 0.96 ▲ 8.70%

$ 21.90 $ 237.73 $ 6.01 $ 2.20 $ 24.60 $ 3.38 $ 4.03 $ 19.85 $ 100.76 $ 2.48 $ 2.40

9.49 ▼ 30.23% 99.72 ▼ 29.55% 1.67 ▼ 21.74% 0.49 ▼ 18.22% 3.64 ▼ 12.89% 0.49 ▼ 12.66% 0.50 ▼ 11.04% 2.26 ▼ 10.22% 11.41 ▼ 10.17% 0.27 ▼ 9.82% 0.25 ▼ 9.43%

Most Declined Afya Limited Ulta Beauty, Inc. American Outdoor Brands Corporation Internap Corporation Internet Gold Golden Lines Ltd. Kezar Life Sciences, Inc. Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. Cortexyme, Inc. Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Marin Software Incorporated Gulfport Energy Corporation

FINANCE, BUSINESS & LEGAL ASK THE EXPERT Peter Loveday

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Currency outlook: Brexit uncertainty intensifies volatility in the Pound

Pound GBP/EUR: Up from €1.09 to €1.10 GBP/USD: Steady at $1.21 THE pound nosedived at the start of August, with increased Brexit jitters and a shock contraction in UK Gross Domestic Product driving GBP exchange rates to new multi-year lows.

However, things were quick to improve. A stream of resilient economic data and a few choice words on the subject of the Irish backstop from German C h a n c e l l o r, A n g e l a M e r k e l , provided a much needed lifeline for Sterling in the second half of the month.

But investor sentiment in the Pound slammed on the metaphorical brakes at the end of August as an unyielding

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BREXIT JITTERS: Driving GBP exchange rates to new multi-year lows.

Boris Johnson revealed his intentions to prorogue parliament.

Expect to see volatility in the pound persist through September as the suspension of parliament and resulting political un-

certainty keeps GBP traders on edge.

Euro EUR/GBP: Down from £0.91 to £0.90 EUR/USD: Down from $1.11

to $1.10 Tr a d e i n t h e e u r o r e m a i n e d mixed last month, with EUR investors narrowing their sights on European Central Bank (ECB) monetary policy.

EUR exchange rates enjoyed some positive movement through the first half of August - mostly at the expense of weaker peers - but talk of a ‘substantial’ stimulus package from the ECB in September and mounting fears for a German recession subdued the single currency through the second half.

All eyes will turn to the ECB in September, the extent of the bank’s dovish tone likely to exert significant pressure on the euro one way or the other.

US Dollar

USD/GBP: Steady at £0.82 USD/EUR: Up from €0.89 to €0.90 The US dollar remained one of the strongest performers in currency markets throughout August, but still faced considerable headwinds.

Probably the largest hurdle came when the US bond yield curve inverted for the first time in a decade, stoking fears for an imminent US recession.

Additional volatility resulted from heated and heightening USChina trade tensions, though these appeared to mellow toward the end of the month.

Looking ahead, the Fed is widely expected to implement another rate cut this month, with the US dollar vulnerable to additional losses if the bank signals further easing.

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT OH the pure irony. During this latest wave of civil disruption the protesters were screaming for democracy, while actually demonstrating against a democratic decision! A total of 17.5 million UK residents voted to leave the EU. There was no talk of deals or conditions. It was in or out.

Any ‘deals’ were supposed to be negotiated in the two/three year preparatory period between the vote and complete withdrawal. Since the re­ mainers unexpectedly lost the referendum, they have managed to stall, stymie and generally pre­ vent UK companies from exploring a whole gam­ bit of untapped world business markets ­ lucra­ tive ventures which could have resulted in vast trading expansion and beneficial results for the UK. With their lies, false rumours and factors of fear, they have plunged the UK in to a morass of indecisions and red herrings, which have utterly wasted three years of its precious time.

This has undoubtedly cost the country billions in lost revenue and profits. These people would­ n’t know democracy if it jumped up and slapped them in the face. In my opinion they are not pa­ triots, they are traitors, who have done, and are continuing to inflict, possibly irreparable damage to the United Kingdom. Ninety­nine per cent of these ovine street demonstrators were remain­

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They are traitors!

INDECISION: Has undoubtedly cost the country billions in lost revenue and profits.

ers, disgruntled left wing losers, whose self­serv­ ing leaders will use any excuse to promote their own hard left ideals and must actually take re­ sponsibility for Johnston’s decision to suspend parliament.

Their whole uninformed biased opinions were to me summed up by the young pink haired

woman who was interviewed on TV recently.

Would she accept the result of a second referen­ dum if it still voted to leave? ‘No, I would not’, she spouted haughtily. Why is that, asked the in­ credulous interviewer? ‘Because I believe in a democracy,’ she replied.’ The mind boggles!

I don’t know how the rest of this week will pan

out, but despite the BBC informing its viewers in great detail the times and routes of the impend­ ing London demonstrations, the numbers were nowhere near those anticipated. Oh, and sur­ prise surprise, arch popularity seeker Jeremy Cor­ byn has just popped up to inform us that democ­ racy and free speech are the bedrocks of society; the two great qualities that his left­wing sympa­ thisers have virtually managed to completely eradicate from our once great country. Give us a break.

By the time you read this, the so­called ‘Moth­ er of all governments’ will have been sitting for two or three days.

The ‘moaners’ actually want Boris to ask for a further extension! How much more time do these people actually think it will take to sort out.

A week ­ a month ­ a year? What about 2069?

That’s a good figure. It’s already taken three years to come up with zilch. For all our sakes, get some cojones, get behind Boris and get away from the shackles of Europe’s fourth Reich.

It’s already crumbling. Do you really want to be aboard a sinking ship that is already up to the gunwales!?

Keep the faith.

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Legal Aid in Spain CONSULAR MATTERS WHEN I first started my legal practice I worked as a Spanish ‘Legal Aid’ lawyer (abogado de oficio) for the first 20 years of my career combined with the work in my own law firm and my duties as a member of the board of directors of the Malaga Bar Association.

I don’t accept these cases any longer, but I accept extraordinary pro bono cases. I fully support legal aid because it remains an important part of the Spanish legal system enabling those people who cannot afford a lawyer the opportunity to be repre­ sented and have their case heard be­ fore the Spanish Courts.

In this article I will give an explana­ tion of the Spanish legal aid system for private individuals. Of course, like

YOUR RIGHTS: The Junta de Andalucia decides if you qualify for legal aid.

all my articles and Facebook posts this isn’t legal advice and if you find yourself in a position where you need legal advice then you should contact an expert. In Spain there are in­ stances where you have to have a lawyer, so in some cases if you don’t want a lawyer the court will appoint one regardless of your wishes.

The disadvantage of the legal aid

Marisa Moreno Castillo: Consul of Denmark

scheme are that you do not get to choose the lawyer who represents you, the lawyer is chosen by the Bar Association, but they are competent to carry out the work for you and have passed an exam to be a legal aid lawyer. The Bar Association can only appoint a lawyer if you have a case that will be heard in court for exam­ ple a criminal case or a divorce.

- Founder of www.justlaw.es

Once the lawyer has been appoint­ ed they have to provide the same service as a lawyer that you choose and pay for yourself.

Whist the Bar Association appoints the lawyer they don’t decide if you have the right to have legal aid, this is done by the Junta de Andalucia here in Andalucia. To qualify for legal aid you have to be Spanish or a citizen of - info@justlaw.es

the EU or a foreign person who is legally here in Spain. Your income will be taken into account according to an index called ‘IPREM,’ which is set by the government. This year the gov­ ernment has set the monthly ‘IPREM’ at €548.60. If you are single and earn less than twice the ‘IPREM’ you quali­ fy to apply for legal aid. If for example you are married and have up to four members of the family then if you earn less than 2.5 times the ‘IPREM’ you qualify and for more than four members it is three times the ‘IPREM’. Of course, your assets are taken into account. There are excep­ tional cases where everyone qualifies for legal aid, for example people with disabilities, minors, victims of domes­ tic violence and terrorism.

To apply for legal aid you have to get in touch with the Bar Association in the city where the legal claim is made and you have to send your per­ sonal financial information and the circumstances of the case.

- Tel. 952 666 045

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One moment with Mum MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION Views of a Grumpy Old Man THIS article is being written on August 28.

To most this doesn’t mean a thing, but to me it means a lot.

It’s my Mum’s birthday and she would have been 93 today if she hadn’t been tak­ en from me on February 25, 2012.

That date is significant too as it’s Dr S’s birthday. I often think of my Mum but par­ ticularly today and recently as I was asked if I could have anything in the world, what would I have. After much thought, and dis­ missing material things, I decided I would settle for one more cup of tea and a smoked salmon and cream cheese bagel with my Mum. One more chat about all the stuff we talked about ­ her grandchildren, what TV shows she had seen, her surviving family members. She was one of 10 brothers and sisters. It makes me very grumpy and sad that I can’t do that any more.

We talked about all sorts of things. She was a very kind woman. I had never heard

her say a bad word about anyone and if Mrs S would ever dare say anything that may be considered a complaint about me, my Mum would always just respond, “Oh but he works so hard and smells so lovely.”

I was the youngest and her favourite. I know that because she told me and I could do no wrong in her eyes and believe me when I was a kid I was a handful, but not to my Mum. But if I could have that one last sit down with her, I would have begged her to have the treatment that was offered to her to see if anything could be done to help cure the cancer she had but refused because of many reasons, none of which was because the type she had was untreatable, because it was.

So, if you are fortunate enough to have a Mum and maybe you haven’t called her as often as you should or you’ve made an ex­ cuse not to pop round and see her ­ do it.

Don’t put it off because one day she won’t be there any more and then you will regret it like I am right now as I write this.

So that’s my grump this week. It’s dedi­ cated to all the Mums out there that read my ramblings each week.

You are all the most amazing people and I salute you all.

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9:00am How I Met Your Mother 9:30am How I Met Your Mother 10:00am Melissa & Joey 10:30am Melissa & Joey 11:00am Baby Daddy 11:30am Baby Daddy 12:00pm Speechless 12:30pm Speechless 1:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2:00pm The Big Bang Theory 2:30pm The Big Bang Theory 3:00pm Melissa & Joey 3:30pm Melissa & Joey 4:00pm Baby Daddy 4:30pm Baby Daddy 5:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 5:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 6:00pm Speechless 6:30pm Speechless 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Schooled 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm A Million Ways to Die in the West 12:15am Rick and Morty

Only When I Laugh The Chase Kojak The Sweeney Minder Cycling: Vuelta a España The Professionals The Saint Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Professionals The Sweeney Cycling: Vuelta a España Fishing Allstars The World is Not Enough FYI Daily The World is Not Enough McLaren FYI Daily A round-up of the latest entertainment news.

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Britain's Secret Seas The team visits Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth, home to one of the world's largest gannet colonies.

The Private Life of Pigs Darkness: Those Who Kill Darkness: Those Who Kill The Vietnam War The Vietnam War Top of the Pops: 1988 Popular Voices at the BBC Britain's Secret Seas The Private Life of Pigs

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The Darling Buds of May Part two of two.

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Rugby Greatest Games Total Goals Total Goals The Ashes - Live Live Vitality T20 Blast Cricket Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News MLS Live Orlando City SC v Los Angeles FC (Kick-off 12.30am).

Live Bellator MMA Ryan Bader v Cheick Kongo.

9:30am Euro 2020 Qualifiers Highlights 10:00am Euro 2020 Qualifiers Highlights 10:30am Saturday Social 11:30am Euro 2020 Qualifiers Highlights 12:00pm Euro 2020 Qualifiers Highlights 12:30pm Live EFL 2:55pm Live Euro 2020 Qualifiers 5:00pm Euro 2020 Qualifiers Highlights 5:30pm The Fantasy Football Club 5:45pm The Fantasy Football Club 5:55pm Live Euro 2020 Qualifiers 8:00pm Euro 2020 Qualifiers Highlights 8:30pm The Fantasy Football Club 8:40pm Live Euro 2020 Qualifiers 10:45pm MLS Live 12:00am Euro 2020 Qualifiers Highlights

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

THE PSOE Organisation secretary Jose Luis Aba­ los has no worries that the party’s voters might not turn out for a November election.

Jose Luis Abalos is also the man who man­ aged to get Pedro Sanchez through the desert after October 2016.

The PSOE secretary general, Sanchez be­ came famous and then notorious for pro­ nouncing ‘No means no’ in October 2016, in­ tent on preventing Mariano Rajoy from forming a government after the second incon­ clusive general elections in six months.

Sanchez’s refusal to allow the PSOE’s MPs to abstain would have forced a third election and his own party, already haemorrhaging seats, said ‘no thank you.’

The party executive took away Sanchez’s power and he began his long trudge across the desert as the party pariah.

He was accompanied by Abalos, an MP for Valencia hardly noticed outside the region, but a fixer and a doer inside the party.

In late 2016 and early 2017 Sanchez began popping up in places where he was sure of a warm welcome.

The pair did so well that Sanchez slayed Susana Diaz in the May 2017 secretary gen­ eral primaries and the rest, as they say, is re­

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T-junction ahead cent history.

Sanchez’s inability or reluctance to coax allies into backing his July investiture could lead to a November election, but Abalos claims that neither he nor the party is apprehensive.

He’s shown himself to be astute so far and has ensured that Sanchez has travelled further along the road than once appeared possible.

But there could be an unseen T­junction up ahead just round the next corner.

right because of his pretty face and policies.

The Partido Popular is where it is now thanks to Ciu­ dadanos and Vox and yes, Casado could pull off it with their help in November.

But flying solo? He hasn’t a hope.

Fear of flying solo PABLO CASADO is another who’s not bothered about a November general election.

He believes he’s in a strong position now that the Partido Popular has Madrid City Hall and Madrid’s region­ al government tucked under its belt once more.

He’s definitely in a better position than after the dismal general elec­ tion results and the slightly less dis­ mal municipal and regional results.

All the same, he’s kidding himself if he believes that he and the Par­ tido Popular are where they are

Ransom note PABLO CASADO is giving Vox the glad eye with indirect requests to join his hypotheti­ cal Partido Popular­Ciudadanos­Vox voting alliance, España Suma.

Ciudadanos has already turned down the request and Vox could follow suit.

It would rather wait until after a hypo­ thetical election before holding the PP and Cs to ransom for its meagre but vital share of the poll.

Try it SPAIN’S transition following Franco’s death in 1975 was always held up as an example of how to transmute dictatorship into democracy.

Nevertheless, there’s still one thing that its politicians haven’t tried out and that’s forming a coalition government. Unfortunately, none of them is giving signs of wanting to give it a go and this is one experience that could remain forever virgin.

CONFIDENT JOSE LUIS ABALOS: A fixer and a doer.

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8:00pm The Women's Football Show 8:30pm BBC Proms 2019 10:40pm Jerusalem: An Anthem for England Lovers of the hymn, including members of the Women's Institute and politicians, explain the appeal it holds for them, and give their opinions in the debate about whether Jerusalem should become England's official national anthem.

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ALTHOUGH there are a plethora of different barbecues in the market place, the Traeger Grill is head and shoulders above the rest.

Who wants to be locked into a hot kitchen when the Spanish weather allows for outdoor cooking for a great deal of the year and you can forget charcoal or gas as the very easy to use Traeger barbecues are the perfect answer and are available from Barbecue World?

Let’s face it, if anyone knows anything about barbecues it’s the Americans and the Traeger Grill was developed in Oregon more than 30 years ago with the intention of making cooking on a barbecue easy and care free in order to produce the best flavour and balance possible.

Even if you are new to the art of barbecue, you control your cooking with ease thanks to the grill’s six in one versatility.

You can grill, smoke, bake, roast, braise and barbecue, so whether you fancy ribs, a pizza, seafood, vegetables or even an apple pie, this is the grill for you.

Lay out your favourite food on the specially developed original wood fired pellet grill which is as easy to use as a gas fired barbecue, but with the flavour you can get from charcoal without the mess and look forward to a dining experience.

Real wood is the base for the pellets and users say that the resulting flavour is much better than anything you can obtain from gas or charcoal and it is so much easier to control.

Traeger’s ease of use and simple controls let you focus on what matters: your food, your

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An American grill ideal for Spanish cooking Barbecue World has a history of selling outdoor furniture through its parent company Estepona Furniture World and has recently expanded its range to import and sell Traeger barbecues from the USA which can then be shipped anywhere within mainland Spain and Portugal.

EASY TO USE: Perfection every time with a versatile Traeger grill. family, and your friends as the digitally controlled convection heating system simplifies wood-fired cooking, allowing for easy temperature settings, just like an oven.

Consistent temperature gives you consistent

results, meaning you can create great food rather than just stoke a fire and Traeger manages the temperature for you, cutting out a major variable in achieving consistent results over and over again.

The store is well stocked with all the latest models and to find out more visit their Facebook and Instagram pages @barbecueworldES, email info@barbe cueworld.es, call 687 940 966 or if you are visiting the Estepona pop in to their showroom in the Polígono Industrial Estepona, Calle Juan de Mena 18, 29680 Estepona which is open 9.30am to 7pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 3pm Saturday.

The website https://barbecueworld.es even lists all of the delicious flavours of pellets available and advises on which is most appropriate for different types of food.

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Our changing planet DEAR Leapy, First the usual gush, I agree with quite a lot of your opinions, though not all by any means, just a tad too right wing some­ times, and certainly not about Brexit.

Immigrants definitely, living in Felanitx we are on the front line. Twenty plus years ago not an Arab to be seen around town, now in some areas it is hard to find a Mallorcan. Regarding climate change, full marks for including the background science. However I am amazed how you brush it off as a natural phenomenon we have to put up with (Issue 1782).

Surely in your research for the piece you must have read the fact that the real problem is not that change is happening.

The real problem is the rate of change which has rapidly increased over the last 200 years, since our industrial revolution started pumping things into the atmos­ phere that were not there before.

The science, the records, the intelli­ gence we have created in our best scien­ tists all point to inescapable facts ­ we are rapidly screwing up our planet and have little time to do anything about it. Never mind the fact that properly doing the right things mean a change in lifestyle for the developed world that will be very hard to implement until the crisis is loom­ ing too close to avoid.

You and I, our generation had the best the world had to offer in so many ways.

Those born in a developed country be­ tween 1945 and 1960 are the luckiest people alive.

Those coming along behind will be stuck with more problems than I care to list here. Please send my regards to Char­ lene, we ten­pin bowled in the same team for a while.

John Little

Pool closures IN Gran Canaria they have a policy to only close pools for two hours and section two­metre areas off after defecating inci­ dents. If you look on the Facebook pages it’s a regular occurrence. It happened twice in the same day in the same pool recently!

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INDUSTRY: Prompted a rapid rate of change.

Speaking ‘slanglish’ I RARELY if ever comment on issues raised, but your piece on ‘slanglish’ (Nora Johnson 1782) touched an issue that seems to pass by most people. The example you gave of a reporter, and we know who that is for Sky news, I think it’s Sky not BBC unable to pronounce.

HAVE YOUR SAY

‘Ing’ at the end of a word illustrates the lack now of any management of diction by their pre­ senters or reporters.

They should be setting the example of proper pronunciation. Similarly the response to a ques­ tion by most of them is ‘yeah.’ I could say a lot more but I’ll leave it there. I doubt it will change.

Peter French

All letters by email or post should carry the writer’s address, NIE and contact number though only the name and town will be published.

Diana would be so proud of her boys and a doting Nannie to her grandchildren.

Bev Taylor So so sad a beautiful woman taken far too soon.

RIP our Diana.

Pat Reid She was lovely, gone too soon she was our lady Diana, she was the people’s princess RIP. Eve Guest Good, glad now let justice begin.

Debbie Harrison

ONE thing the UK and Spain has in common is the lack of a stable government.

The days are long gone when the British people could cast their eyes across to Europe and sigh at the ‘strange’ systems that led to minority governments. Ever since the Brexit vote the UK’s political system has been in turmoil.

In Spain, where the old two-party system was effectively broken in 2015 by the rise of Cs and Podemos, it mostly boils down to the economy, in the UK Brexit can be blamed.

The deadlock in Spain has allowed regional parties, such as those from Cataluña, to hold the key to whether an effective government can be formed.

Over in the UK a similar scenario over Brexit is being played out. Without the votes of the DUP the Conservatives would not have a majority. Without the support of the SNP (by no means a given) Labour has no (or little) chance of taking the reins.

In Spain this instability means that central government cannot release more than €5 billion of funds to regional governments, heralding a return to austerity.

In the UK, government has been paralysed in terms of legislation - Brexit business has gone on interminably as politicians squabble.

The lesson both countries need to take is quite simple. Tone down the confrontation and work together to find solutions.

All politicians always say they are on the side of the people perhaps they should remember this and come up with solutions that will work for the people and not their own political careers.

Now we want to hear your views.

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Antiques Road Trip River Walks Our Lives BBC News at 9 Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Politics Live Hardball Home Away From Home Heir Hunters How to Build...

Tigers About the House Flog It! Eggheads Born to be Wild The Repair Shop Interior Design Masters The Big Hospital Experiment Better Things Newsnight Weather Murder, Mystery and My Family The Conspiracy Files Panorama

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Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records You've Been Framed!

Dinner Date You've Been Framed!

You've Been Framed!

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Superstore Superstore Dress to Impress You've Been Framed!

Catchphrase The Ellen DeGeneres Show Supermarket Sweep Dinner Date Dress to Impress Take Me Out You've Been Framed!

You've Been Framed!

Supermarket Sweep Singletown Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy

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The Chase Minder The Professionals Quincy, M.E. Cycling: Tour of Britain Cycling: Tour of Britain Live Minder The Professionals The Sweeney Cycling: Vuelta a España Cycling: Tour of Britain Speed Freaks British Superbike Blade: Trinity FYI Daily Blade: Trinity The Americans ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

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Sky Cinema Preview The Italian Job Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 11:00am Predator 1:00pm Predator 2 3:00pm Predators 5:00pm Wild Wild West 6:50pm Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 9:00pm Predator 11:00pm Predator 2 1:00am Predators

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FOR NEXT 7 DAYS AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19)

you face to face with an old friend or relative.

A meeting involving business with a senior person brings great benefits. You are wrong to be afraid of asking for what you want because it is necessary. Do not bottle things up. Consider that you have little to lose. When dealing with legal matters, you are well advised to read the small print and look at the timescales involved.

Being at odds with someone close has given you pause for thought. This would be a good time to change the situation for the better. Offering the olive branch is your best approach, but be sure that you are sincere. Sometimes, you are a book easily read.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20)

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23)

A recent journey has revealed possibilities. It is in this week that you will realise their potential. Nowhere is this truer than your romantic life, which is on the up. Someone who would not normally attract you comes into your sphere or may have done so last week.

Such a time of expansion comes rarely, but now you are being handed opportunities. Be sure to make the most of them by being organised enough to take full advantage. With your energy high, you are in a position to steam ahead with plans. Should others feel left out you can find a place for them.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) A strong romantic flow to your week could be interrupted. This is because there are some business matters that really do need your attention. Although it is not a particularly good time to make firm financial commitments, there are areas to work on. These are mainly associated with saving money and reorganising.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) This really is a week to get to grips with any healthy eating or exercise regimes. Owing to the influence of Mars, you are in a vigorous and determined mood. You find that your added confidence and healthy glow are attractive to the opposite sex.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) This is a spiritual week and you will be likely to want comfort.

Give yourself time alone to look at the world around you and enjoy what it has to offer.

As the weekend approaches, you will be able to get more into the mainstream and enjoy the company of others.

LEO (July 24 - August 23)

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Having had such a busy time recently you may be craving a quiet period. I am afraid this will have to wait at the moment.

Small snatches at tranquillity are possible but the pressure is still on.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Have you been too busy to spend time on yourself? Get your looks and health back on track by using this week to good effect. Revamp your diet and exercise as required.

Spend time with people who are supportive and share the same interests.

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All may not be what it seems this week and you need to be a little more realistic. This is particularly true when it comes to romance and close ties.

Having the wool pulled over your eyes is not desirable and could even see you trip up. A different kind of trip, possibly over a long distance, may bring

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JOKER: 4 251 483 Saturday August 31

CANCER (June 22 - July 23)

BONUS BALL

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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Some difficulty in your love life will need to be handled carefully.

Unforeseen developments could take you by surprise (especially if you haven't read this in time). Your need is to avoid telling white lies to get out of a situation. Given time, most situations in this category will ease.

BONUS BALL

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Meetings and travel dominate this week. Being with those who stimulate and inform will be even more worthwhile than usual. A trip that you are not looking forward to can bring added bonuses. Looking to further education at this time, could see you starting a course.

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Women’s wit

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Famous quote

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It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”

Leonardo Da Vinci

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Cryptic

TIME

Across 1 Stopped work and went to bed (7) 5 Out of tune harps are incisive (5) 8 Persist in training fathers (7) 9 Gather it's good without fat (5) 10 Shelter one thousand small vegetables (5) 11 Fickle Eric acquires unusual art (7) 12 Humble fashions start trend (6) 14 A violin scam (6) 17 Report about art near building (7) 19 In which small beers are discounted? (5) 22 Female sheep leaves the weird bronze position (5) 23 Good to everyone, little creature being brave (7) 24 Let Ms Duff fish (5) 25 Shorten damaged royal seats (7) Down 1 Drive away the Spanish salesman first (5) 2 String trio start on Burgundy perhaps (5) 3 Is held by supports and doesn't cave in (7) 4 Awfully sad about, she destroys one's hopes (6) 5 Some tiramisu, garibaldi biscuits etc are sweet (5) 6 Rave about Ted only to be turned aside (7) 7 Severely criticise a revolutionary flamboyance (7)

12 Record of meeting taking a short time (7) 13 Little rodents in sleeping quarters freeze (7) 15 Is lunar disturbance isolated (7) 16 Importance will start with rowers (6)

Code Breaker

18 Carry out financial check of German car on 3rd of October (5) 20 Grasp King then Knight (5) 21 Satisfies asset management (5)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 5 represents G and 22 represents T, so fill in G every time the figure 5 appears and T every time the figure 22 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 Bearskin hat (5) 4 Stiff (5) 7 Satisfied (9) 8 Profound (4) 9 Pullover (6) 12 Person who has general authority over others (6) 13 Part of the eye (4) 16 Free to go or do as one pleases (9) 18 Derive from evidence (5) 19 Find an answer to (5)

English - Spanish

Across 1 Broken (4) 3 Pair of pliers (8) 9 Dummy (for baby) (7) 10 Goat (5) 11 Comienzo (5) 12 Cheerful (6) 14 Café (6) 16 Accent (6) 19 Escuela (colegio) (6) 21 Roast (5) 24 Now (at this time, immediately) (5) 25 Hyacinth (7) 26 Teclado (8) 27 This (4)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE

Down 1 Lacking taste, flavour or tang (5) 2 Accomplishment of an aim or purpose (7) 3 Pull with a jerk (4) 4 Cannabis cigarette (6) 5/17 Alight from (3,3) 6 Papa (5) 10 Dreamlike, bizarre (7) 11 Basement (6) 12 Civilian clothing (5) 14 Range or extent (5) 15 Large number or amount (4) 17 See 5

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

Down 1 Mochila (8) 2 Truffle (5) 4 To carry (take) (6) 5 Ciclo (en hechos repetidos) (5) 6 Shark (7) 7 Jabón (4) 8 Escarabajo (insecto) (6) 13 Painful (8) 15 Fábrica (7) 17 Puddle (6) 18 To move away (6) 20 Opal (5) 22 Tías (5) 23 Oscuro (4)

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Hexagram

The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (BEFORE) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

ALLURE BARFLY BAUBLE BEFORE (10) BLURRY CUTESY DETOUR FEEBLE FUNNEL INLAID METEOR MIASMA NIBBLE PISTOL STRAIN SUTURE THIRST TIMBRE USABLE

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Carrot 2 Tousle 3 Strain 4 Fletch 5 Surtax 6 Intend 7 Lessee 8 Casein 9 Motley 10 Exceed 11 Mitten 12 Needle 13 Molten 14 Syntax 15 Billet 16 Action 17 Teller 18 Blithe 19 Relief.

Nonagram

Boggled 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.

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

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

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

TARGET: Good: 12 Very good: 17

SCORING:

awed adorn admass wade road roam roamed roast rots word woad eddo edda demo demur dome dorm dour dado dame dags dogs dots dada oast frow frog frogs ford foam foamed fogs mead mode morn mourn made mags maul mauls mast mass amour asps goad game gamed gaur gasp gasps toad toga togas togs rode babe jags saddo same sago stow stoa slum slur psst

abed bade band baud bead bend date daub dean debt dent duet dune need nude teed tend anted bated daunt debut endue tubed tuned attend batted betted bunted butted debate detent netted nutted tented abetted abutted attuned dentate taunted battened tautened DEBUTANTE

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

QUICK Down:

1 Bank, 2 Receive, 4 Aims, 5 Inn, 6 Eager, 7 Arise, 11 Elected, 12 Moose, 13 Saves, 16 Ends, 17 Mare, 19 Raw.

CRYPTIC

ENGLISH-SPANISH

Across:

Across:

1 Snub, 3 Volcanic, 9 Orifice, 10 Elgar, 11 Event, 12 Loners, 14 Govern, 16 Diwali, 19 Stodge, 21 Codes, 24 Baron, 25 Absence, 26 Sinister, 27 Sewn.

1 Bostezo, 5 Women, 8 Sting, 9 Patinar, 10 There is, 12 Raise, 13 Paloma, 15 Farola, 18 Later, 19 At least, 21 Vigilar, 22 Citar, 23 Rosca, 24 Lápices.

Down:

Down:

1 Stone age, 2 Unite, 4 Openly, 5 Clean, 6 Nigeria, 7 Curl, 8 Filter, 13 Einstein, 15 Veteran, 17 In case, 18 Beware, 20 Dunes, 22 Dance, 23 Ibis.

1 Bus stop, 2 Shine, 3/22 Egg cup, 4 Oppose, 5 Waterfall, 6 Mendigo, 7 Nurse, 11 Esmeralda, 14 Latigos, 16 Autores, 17 Barrel, 18 Lavar, 20 Attic.

App of the week Voicepop transcribes voice messages into text so you don’t have to listen to them. Why do that? Maybe you’re in a public place and you don’t want the whole world hearing the message. Maybe you’ve heard it before and want to find something in it without listening again. Or maybe you hate voice messages. Voicepop is easy to use. Simply share a voice or video message of up to two minutes and Voicepop will transcribe the message almost instantly.

QUIZ: BOYS AND GIRLS COME OUT TO PLAY The most popular baby names of 2019 so far.

Girls 1. Which award-winning actress starred as police detective DS Ellie Miller in all three series of the ITV crime drama Broadchurch?

2. Which girl’s name comes from the Greek for ‘wisdom’?

3. The lyrics of which 1968 UK number one hit single by the Scaffold celebrate the ‘medicinal compound’ invented by character in the song’s title?

4. Mickey Rooney (1942-1943), Artie Shaw (1945-1946) and Frank Sinatra (1951-1957) were the three husbands of which American actress and singer?

5. Which American actress, activist and former fashion model is also known for her extensive work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, which includes humanitarian activities in Darfur, Chad, and the Central African Republic?

Boys 1. Which British distance runner is the most successful British track athlete in modern Olympic Games history? He is the 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medallist in both the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres?

2. Which American lexicographer’s American Dictionary of the English Language (1828) was the first dictionary to give comprehensive coverage of American usage?

3. Which retired professional darts player was famous for his flamboyant entrances in which the ‘King of Darts’ made his way to the stage bedecked in jewellery, wearing a crown and cloak and holding a candelabra to the Queen song We Are the Champions?

4. The songs Food, Glorious Food, Consider Yourself, I'd Do Anything and As Long as He Needs Me all feature in which 1968 Lionel Bart musical?

5. By what name is the American actor Carlos Irwin Estévez, born in New York City on September 3, 1965 known as professionally?

Not a lot of people know that… the next five most popular girls’ names are Isla, Amelia, Freya, Isabella and Emily. Harry, Leo, Arthur, Jack and Freddie are the next five most popular boys’ names

Answers: Girls: 1. OLIVIA Colman, 2. SOPHIA, 3. LILY the Pink, 4. AVA Gardner, 5.

MIA Farrow (real name María de Lourdes Villiers Farrow) Boys: 1. (Sir) MOHAMED (Mo) Farah, 2. NOAH Webster, 3. Bobby GEORGE, 4. OLIVER!, 5. CHARLIE Sheen

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

CODE BREAKER

• Very good: 40 • Excellent: 52

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Excellent: 21

1 Bark, 3 Rapid, 8 Coal miner, 9 Liver, 10 Less, 14 Open, 15 Vases, 18 Strangest, 20 Twist, 21 Edge.

• Average: 20 • Good: 28

4 letters: 1 point 7 letters: 5 points 5 letters: 2 points 8 or more letters: 6 letters: 3 points 11 points

Average: 8

Across:

TARGET:

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ALICANTE ORIHUELA TORREVIEJA

Th: Thunder

Sn: Snow

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.

Croatian footballer of all time.

• Johnathon Schaech, Actor; September 10, 50 American actor who exploded onto the scene as one of Hollywood’s most handsome leading men in Jocelyn Moorhouse’s How to Make an American Quilt (1995).

Since then, Johnathon has shown incredible versatility as an actor.

• Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria; September 11, 54 The current President of Syria; in office since 2000. He was studying ophthalmology in London when his older brother and heir apparent, Bassel, was killed in a car accident. Despite his lack of military and political experience, he was immediately called back to Syria, where he was groomed to take his brother’s place.

Word Ladder SLIP

COAT BACK

DVD

Heartfelt Drama

Move from the start word (SLIP) to the end word (COAT) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.

or SLIP SLOP SLOT SOOT COOT COAT

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• Raquel Welch, Actress; September 5, 79 Globe Award for Best Actor, winning one.

American Actress, Welch’s unique film persona • Gloria Gaynor, Singer; September 7, 72 made her an icon. Famous for her role in One American singer, best known for the disco era Million Years BC (1966). Despite having only hits I Will Survive, Never Can Say Goodbye and I Am What I Am. three lines of dialogue in the film, images of her in the doe-skin bikini which she wore turned her into Raquel Welch.

• Pink, Singer; September 8, 40 an international sex symbol of the 1960s and Born Alecia Beth Moore, she is an R&B and 1970s. pop singer. Recognised for her distinctive, raspy voice and • Idris Elba, Actor; September 6, 47 acrobatic stage presence • Luka Modric, Footballer; September 9, 34 English actor, writer, producer, musician, DJ, rapper, and singer. He is known for roles including John Luther in the A Croatian professional footballer who plays as a BBC One series Luther, and Nelson Mandela in the midfielder for Real Madrid and is the captain of the biographical film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Croatia national team. Modric is widely regarded as one of the best midfielders of his generation, and the greatest (2013). He has been nominated four times for a Golden

Solution SLIP CLIP CHIP CHIT CHAT COAT or SLIP SHIP CHIP CHAP CHAT COAT

BIRTHDAYS

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This week in history

No escape AN institute for kids with special talents. In this most sinister of institutions, the director, Mrs Sigsby, and her staff are ruthlessly dedicated to extracting from these children the force of their extranormal gifts telekinesis and telepathy there are no scruples here.

If you go along, you get tokens for the vending machines.

If you don’t, punishment is brutal. As each new victim disappears to Back Half, Luke becomes more and more desperate to get out and get help. But no one has ever escaped from the Institute. ‘You check in, but you don’t check out.’

As psychically terrifying as Firestarter, and with the spectacular kid power of It. The Institute is Stephen King’s gutwrenchingly dramatic story of good vs evil in a world where the good guys don’t always win.

ALICANTE

ALICANTE

• 1547 - Military Confrontation The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, the last full-scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI. • 1571 - Duke Arrested Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, was arrested for his role in the Ridolfi plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots.

• 1870 - Woman Vote The governor of Wyoming signed a bill on December 13, 1869 that gave women the right to vote in local and state elections.

• 1888 - The Ripper In London, the body of Jack the Ripper’s second murder victim, Annie Chapman, was found.

• 1972 - Munich Massacre A group of Palestinian militants stormed the apartment Israeli athletes were staying at in the Olympic Village in Munich. The ensuing violence to release the hostages ended with the death of all nine hostages and five militants.

• 1977 - Voyager 1 NASA launched the Voyager 1 probe from Florida. It is currently the farthest man-made object in Space.

• 2001 - 9 11 A series of four coordinated suicide attacks were carried out by the terrorist group, Al Qaeda, on the morning of September 11. Two planes were crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, in New York.

BORN into poverty in a Chicago ghetto, budding lawyer Jackie Styles dedicates himself to providing his family with a better life. His son, Kholi, struggles to adjust to his new high school when he is wrongfully accused of murdering one of his white classmates.

Due to deep-seated racial prejudice, the mostly white community paints African-American Kholi as a monster who is guilty until proven innocent.

Now Jackie must race against the clock to free his son as he stands up against Kholi's accusers.

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JORIS PLU CHARLIE CHAPLIN once said that a day without laughter is a day wast­ ed. I suggest you read this again. In­ deed. Not just try, but just do it every day. Make it your and others’ habit to laugh at least once a day.

And if you do not know (any more) how to do this, start with a little smile. Smile to yourself in the mirror. I know, sounds weird. But it will help you in the long term in many positive ways in your won­ derful life.

Smile to others around you.

Even people you do not know. It can happen that they are not used to it themselves any more so they will look back at you sometimes with a big question mark on their forehead. Do I know this person?

What is he or she up to? Maybe you have to run away one time.

But let those things not stop you at all. Keep on practising the daily habit of smiling. Build it up and af­

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POSITIVE: Laughter benefits body and soul. ter a while move on to laughing.

Yes, you can do this.

Even laughing with oneself can be very healing. I do not know if he wrote this… but on the internet it says that Shakespeare wrote that laughing at your own mis­ takes can lengthen your life.

Believe it or not but myself I am becoming an expert at laughing at and even with myself. For me it

works.

And yes, I will keep on doing this and even when one day I would meet you I will introduce you, you will not even notice it I think, to the laughing method that will pro­ long your life.

When we laugh more, we will be much happier. No one I think will argue with this. I found on the internet the following:

LATE DINING: One study shows there could be risks.

Risky late dinners?

DURING the summer months in particular it is not unusual for Spanish families to be seen dining out and eating after 10pm.

Whilst they are clearly used to it, it may be more difficult for expats to follow suit and in fact, a study claims that changing your body clock and eating a late dinner, could have neg­ ative effects on the skin and make it more vul­ nerable to sun exposure leading to burns and ultimately, skin cancer.

A study by the O’Donnell Brain Institute and the University of California Irvine, in the USA, carried out on mice, has shown that eating

poorly could have negative effects on the skin and make it more vulnerable. People who de­ lay their evening meal would be more vulner­ able to such effects as their biological clock of the skin is affected. This change can throw the daily cycle of an enzyme responsible for re­ pairing skin damage by ultraviolet (UV) rays, out of sync.

However, despite these findings, the re­ searchers have said that further research is needed to understand feed patterns and UV damage in people, especially how they affect the pigment cycles.

Laughter benefits the body and soul in many ways like: increases immune system ­ is the best work out ­ is good for our lungs ­ in­ creases serotonin and endorphins in our brains ­ relaxes muscles ­ eases tension in the body ­ re­ duces stress hormones in the body ­ improves the blood flow ­ eases feelings of depression ­ just makes you happy ­ etc.

I mean… do you need another reason to laugh?

Go now and spread the word of laughter. Make it your daily com­ mitment to put laughter in your life and to put laughter in the life of the people you interact with each day. See and feel how all those lives will change for the bet­ ter.

Drive in your car and start laughing out loud, specially at the traffic lights and crossroads. Let people see you laughing. Some of

them will start laughing too! How wonderful is that. You can make someone happy (and yourself) without even speaking one word.

Make yourself happy in an easy way. Teach your brain what happi­ ness is, what laughter does to your brain.

Some quotes about this won­ derful tool: Life is better when you’re laughing ­ Laughter is an instant vacation ­ Life is too short to be serious all the time, so if you can’t laugh at yourself, call me, I’ll laugh at you ­ Laugh until your belly hurts and then just a bit more.

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Keep an active mind KEEPING your mind active, especially in older age is impor­ tant. Numerous studies into cognitive decline have de­ duced similar sets of advice for people such as staying physically active, getting enough sleep, not smoking, having good social connections, limiting alcohol to one drink a day, and eating a balanced diet low in saturated and trans fats.

Here are a few other factors which might help in keeping your mind active: ­ Keep learning A high level of education is associated with better func­ tioning brains in older age. Being mentally active and push­ ing the brain intellectually increases mental activity which is good for the brain cells. Learning new skills, hobbies, crosswords or languages are the prime examples. ­ Use all your senses If you use multiple senses when learning then it is more likely you will remember new things. ­ Believe in yourself Negative stereotypes can contribute to a fail­ ing memory. People who believe that a failing memory is out of their hands hold themselves back from main­ taining a sharp mind. ­ Repeat, re­ peat, repeat In order to cement new memories or new learned skills, the best way to fix it into the brain is by repeating it out loud or writing it down.

ACTIVE BRAIN: Learn new skills.

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Scottish showers THERE’S something about plunging yourself headfirst in­ to freezing cold water first thing in the morning that re­ ally gets you going in the morning.

As off­putting as it sounds, a cold shower ­ often referred to as a ‘Scottish Shower’ ­ or even the ‘James Bond Shower’ ­ can do wonders for getting your morning off to a good start, especially if you’re one of those people who take several hours to fully wake up.

Research also suggests that plunging yourself into freezing water may also be good for your physical and mental health.

An article published in the North American FRESH: Cold showers do more than just wake you up in the morning.

Make the most of siestas WHAT is the perfect siesta time?

OCCUPATIONAL therapist and acupuncturist, Henar de Frutos Gamero, claims 30 minutes is the ideal time of sleep recom­ mended to wake up refreshed, but between 10 and 60 minutes is okay: “In general terms, for a quick recharge it is sufficient with 10 or 20 minutes to improve brain capacity and up to 60 minutes to increase creativity.”

The expert said advantages of having a quick siesta are that it improves performance and digestion, helps reduce the risk of heart attacks, improves overall well­being, lowers blood pressure and stress, and helps maintain cognitive functions.

However, Fructos Gamero also warned that sleeping for too long; over an hour, or too close to night time sleep, can have an adverse effect.

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BENEFITS: A quick nap can be good for you.

Journal of Medical Sciences revealed that cold water can provide relief from pain and inflammation, as well as aiding and abet­ ting almost all of your body’s systems.

A Dutch study also revealed that taking cold showers increases alertness and pro­ ductivity and reduces sick days.

This is believed to be due to the fact the shock causes us to breathe deeply, increas­ ing our oxygen intake to help us keep warm. Therefore our heart rate also in­ creases, sending a rush of blood through the entire body and providing a natural en­ ergy boost.

They have also been shown to help re­ lieve symptoms of anxiety, as a study from Virginia Commonwealth University re­ vealed that cold showers send electrical nerve impulses to the brain, providing an uplifting effect.

So the next time your boiler breaks down don’t panic, just brace yourself and embrace the cold.

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Press Realese

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome has a high rate of incidence among older women CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME is one of the most common diseases among workers who perform tasks related to manual efforts and repetitive movements of the arm and af­ fects 3 per cent of the population, mainly women in their 40’s and 60’s.

Dr Vicente Carratalá, head of the Hand and Arm Unit of Quirónsalud Valencia Hos­ pital, said: “This Neuropathy occurs when the median nerve that extends from the forearm to the hand is squeezed or com­ pressed as it travels through the wrist.

This disorder is very common in people who carry out repetitive movements such as in household chores, working on assembly lines, carpenters, painters or prolonged use of the computer mouse.

According to D Luís Sánchez Navas, head of the Hand and Arm Unit of Quirónsalud Alicante, the symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome include pain, tingling and numb­ ness in the palm of the hand and in the thumb, index and middle fingers.

Dr Sánchez Navas added: “As symptoms

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME: Common amongst workers who perform manual tasks.

become more intense there may also be a feeling of clumsiness and lack of strength when performing pincer gestures begins to appear due to an atrophy of the muscles de­ pendent on this nerve.”

One of the most significant advances in the treatment of this neuropathy has been the approach using minimally invasive tech­ niques, including endoscopic techniques, be­ ing able to release the nerve throughout its path through the wrist by making just a one centimetre incision with a minimum involve­

ment of the soft tissues, which leads to least discomfort in the postoperative period, with minimal pain and almost immediate mobili­ ty.

Benchmarks in the treatment of hand and arm injuries The Hand and Arm Units of Quirónsalud Alicante and Valencia, have experts in mini­ mally invasive techniques for the treatment of joint injuries such as arthroscopy, both wrist and hand, including rhizarthrosis or arthrosis of the base of the thumb, elbow

A healthy glow?

WHAT does your face say about your health?

FROM rosy cheeks to patches under the eyes, experts say your complexion can reveal a

lot about your lifestyle.

Facial colouration seems to be the most important in de­ termining how healthy some­ one looks.

Research has identified that faces with lighter, redder, and yellower skin were seen as the healthiest and there is some bi­ ological processes associated with these colours.

Lighter skin is associated with the ability to absorb more vitamin D. Greater redness may indicate more efficient cir­

culation and blood supply to the skin and people with yel­ lower skin tend to have health­ ier diets, rich in fruit and veg­ etables.

Tanning also increases skin yellowness and makes faces appear healthier, but the yel­ lowness brought about from a healthy diet is obviously pre­ ferred to tan­ ning.

REVEALING: Your complexion can tell you a lot.

and shoulder, which allows an optimal and precise treatment of ligament and tendon injuries that may appear. They are also spe­ cialists in regenerative therapies such as the eco­guided infiltration of platelet growth factors in tendon and muscle injuries.

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Olivia in Spain IT is common to see interna­ tional stars and influential fig­ ures travelling to Spain’s most popular tourist destinations ­ but there are some interna­ tional celebrities who prefer the charm of a traditional Spanish village over more rock­ star places like Madrid or Barcelona.

Olivia Newton­John, the star of Grease who sold over 100 million albums thanks to hits

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U p d a t e o n f o o d , d r i n k , e n t e r t a i n m e n t s , w h a t ’s o n a n d w e e k l y h a p p e n i n g s

ICON: Olivia Newton-John.

like Physical, has enjoyed a few days relaxing under the Span­ ish summer sun. Despite re­ cent treatment for cancer, where she had to learn to walk again after the operation to her lower spine, Olivia Newton­ John has not only demonstrat­ ed her recovery, but also her

will to enjoy life with a recent family holiday to Ribeira Sacra.

An area located between the provinces of Lugo and Ourense in the north­western region of Galicia, it is famous for its wines, in particular Ferreira de Pantón.

Robbie relaxes with family ROBBIE WILLIAMS and Ayda Field recently e n j o y e d a s u n­ s o a k e d b r e a k i n Fo r­ mentera.

The singer and TV presenter, who have three children together, have been enjoy­ ing their holiday on the Spanish island and been sharing plenty of videos and pictures from their trip. Images of Robbie jumping off boats and Ayda looking fabulous in her holiday outfits.

Ayda treated followers to an adorable picture of their youngest, baby Coco, who will turn one this month, looking out to the beautiful Spanish beach and blue sea.

Ayda captioned the post: ‘She Likes It Like That.’

Ayda and Robbie, who married in 2010 in Beverly Hills, started dating in 2006 and have two other children, daughter Teddy, six, and son Charlie, who is four.

It’s marvellous Mel MEL GIBSON, one of the biggest and best­paid actors of the 1990s is one of those Hollywood stars who prefers quiet Spanish towns to the glitz and glamour of Spain’s popular hotspots like Ibiza and Mallorca

or Marbella.

Mel Gibson is a particular fan of northern Spain which he describes as “marvellous.” He has been spotted in Santo Domingo de la Calzada, a munici­ pality in La Rioja, and later in Oviedo in Asturias.

The Hollywood star was happy to have his photo taken with admirers and locals.

The actor was then seen eating at a local restaurant in A Fonsagrada in Lugo, and later in Santiago de Compostela, where he visit­ ed the cathedral and stayed in the historic Hostal dos Reis Católicos.

A LISTER: Mel Gibson.

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Something for the weekend

Market PLACE Every week we will be listing some of the hundreds of events, happening in the Costa Blanca South region. We are particularly keen to help to promote charity events, so if you are organising one or know of one, please let us know at info@euroweeklynews.com.

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

CHILDREN’S WEEKEND: Ballet Kebanna Princes and Princesses.

IT’S very much a children’s weekend at La Zenia Boulevard shopping centre this weekend al­ though there is a two­hour saxophone session from 6pm tonight (Thursday, September 5).

Friday at 6pm it’s a world of giant bubbles with the Pom Pompera show and on Saturday members of the Ballet Kebanna will return from 7pm as they walk and dance through the streets of La Zenia Boulevard as everyone’s favourite Princes and Princesses with perhaps one wicked

stepmother. On Saturday and Sunday from 5.30pm to 8.30pm there’s a new activity at the Zenia Kids Club and in preparation for the return to school, advice will be given on how to paint and personalise your own school bag.

That’s not all as on the Sunday starting at 6pm, there’s a musical story being performed about two youngsters who are enrolled in the big clown school and must do everything possi­ ble to get their red noses.

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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 El Zoco: Sunday, 8am to 3pm; AP7 exit 745, road to San Miguel de Salinas, Algorfa general market with handicrafts etc 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

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

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

Torre de la Horadada: Tuesday, 4pm to 10pm; Calle Alcarria/Calle Italia - Summer only general market with 265 stalls

La Mata: Friday; Eras del Cerro - general market with around 180 stalls

Torre Pacheco: Saturday; Avenida Fontes General market

La Romana:Saturday, 8am to 1pm; Calle de la Fuente - year round market with 48 stalls

Torrevieja: Friday, 8am to 2pm; Avenida Delfina Viudes - General market with over 500 stalls, everything from artisanal products to groceries Torrevieja (Hippies): Every day, 10am to 10pm; Paseo de la Libertad - Old artisanal market with around 300 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

Villamartin: Every other Monday, 9am to 2pm; Calle del Guadalquivir - General market

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HEADLINE ACT: Electronic duo Fuel Fandango celebrate their 10th anniversary.

A music festival for the family THE 15th B Side Festival will take place in Molina de Segura in Murcia tomorrow (Fri­ day) and Saturday.

It’s a family oriented festival with a dif­ ference as on Friday, there will be no charge to watch four bands (Nixon, Tu Otra Bonita, Yo Diablo and Meteorik) perform in the Town Hall Square.

Saturday however sees the full line up in the football stadium in Av Valencia with en­ try costing €30 plus booking fee online at www.b­sidefestival.com.

The headline act will be the electronic duo Fuel Fandango who are celebrating their 10th anniversary as a band and they will be sampling their three albums togeth­

Bryan Adams LOOKING forward, Canadian megastar Bryan Adams will be touring Spain towards the end of the year and will perform in Murcia City for the first time on December 3.

His performance will include a selection of his greatest hits as well as a number of songs from his 14th album ‘Shine a Light’ and the singer, in collab­ oration with DHL will be planti­ ng a new tree for every ticket sold for the entire tour as he is committed to helping the plan­ et. Tickets may already have sold out but a number may be available online at stubhub.es.

er with some new material, all of which are aimed at making you dance.

Also on the bill are up and coming alter­ native pop band Viva Sweden and then from Ireland the festival welcomes another electro duo Le Boom who are gaining a strong reputation in the USA. There are plenty of other Spanish bands taking part and with nearly 20 acts playing on the two stages, this will certainly be a very late night.

The festival is aimed at families so the Baby B Side area is guaranteed to be a great place to bring the children and there are bars and food trucks to make sure that every need is catered for.

Asturian folk evening ENJOY a free evening of folk music and dance from Asturias at the Au­ ditorio de Torrevieja this Sunday September 8.

The show which fea­ tures nine different singers and six dancers has been organised by the Asturian Centre of Torre­ vieja to celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Cov­ adonga.

Entry to the event which starts at 7.30pm is free until all seats are filled and as well as the songs and dances there will be two short plays performed by the Gijone­ sa Artistic Group.

The show is due to fin­ ish at 10.15pm and there will be a short 15­minute interval at 8.45pm.

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THE 10th Circarte Festival which covers much of the Costa Blanca area visits the ADDA Auditorium in Alicante City on Saturday September 21.

The UpArte circus group from Murcia will be presenting a one­hour show start­ ing at 7pm entitled Aureo which will in­ clude members working the bench, fixed

Art of circus

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bar, Russian bar and juggling as well as acrobatics. There is no plot thread to this performance as those taking part only seek to excite the audience and to create a sense of wonder as they manage to un­ dertake exceptional feats of skill. Tickets are €5 from ADDA direct and those un­ der 16 are free if accompanying an adult.

Book early for Christmas BALLET has proven to be a very popular form of classical art over the years and the Russians have taken advantage of this with professional companies touring much of the world on a regular basis attracting large audiences and tickets selling out quickly.

The Classic Ballet of St Petersburg was founded in 1996 and soon attracted a number of top Russian dancers to its group and they are travelling Europe performing some of the most popular ballets.

Children and adults love The Nutcracker which is based on a short story, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King and is per­ haps the best known of the Tchaikovsky ballets thanks to the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Waltz of the Flowers.

Tickets which cost from €18 to €30 which can be purchased online are already selling quickly for the single performance at the El Batel Auditorium in Cartagena which takes place at 9pm on Friday December 13.

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

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

MOST people have a fear of one kind or another. While some suffer from Arachno­ phobia (fear of spiders), Agoraphobia (fear of open spaces) and Glossophobia (fear of public speaking), there are many more weird phobias.

Apparently, many suffer from Macro­ phobia (fear of long waits) for whom doc­ tors’ waiting rooms, Bank Holiday travel on jammed motorways and crowded airports with cancelled flights (yes, Ryanair and British Airways pilots, I’m looking at you!) are a nightmare. Likewise the fear of riding in cars (Amaxophobia) for those living in built­up areas and Bathmophobia (fear of stairs) for Donald Trump. Remember him fervently clutching Theresa May’s hands at the White House?

Not all phobias have been around for thousands of years. While Astraphobia (fear of thunder and lightning), Pyrophobia (fear of fire), and Herpetophobia (fear of reptiles) have probably existed since the Middle Ages, others like Motorphobia (fear of vehi­ cles), Electrophobia (fear of electricity) and Pteromerhanophobia (fear of flying ­ count me in!) are naturally quite recent.

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Do you suffer from phobophobia (a fear of phobias)?

MACROPHOBIA: A fear of long waits, including at crowded airports.

After the Second World War, a brand new phobia escalated dramatically in the Cold War that followed: Nucleomituphobia (fear or nuclear weapons). Current pho­ bias? Cyberphobia (fear of computers), Hel­ lenologophobia (fear of confusing, highly technical terminology) and especially Nomophobia (fear of losing mobile phone contact).

Unsurprisingly, phobias can severely im­ pact your life. Someone with Aichmophobia (fear of needles or pointed objects) or Algo­ phobia (fear of pain) probably won’t make it to the dentist’s, even assuming they don’t already suffer from Dentophobia (fear of dentists). A person with Mageirocophobia (fear of cooking) or Obesophobia probably hasn’t eaten for ages and could easily die from anorexia.

If you have a phobia, though, don’t de­ spair! There’s still hope. Phobias can be cured! Remember when you were a child and suffered from Scolionophobia (fear of school) because of Arithmophobia (fear of numbers) and Logophobia (fear of words)?

Not to mention Ablutophobia (fear of washing) and maybe Ichthyophobia (fear of fish). The chances are good that you’re now quite happy to hop into the shower and that you enjoy your sardinas a la plancha af­ ter a hard day’s work.

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LEGALLY SPEAKING Can he spend the money?

I have lived in the same community for 30 years. I was told years ago that the president has a right to spend a percentage of the commu­ nity fees without asking the residents. Is this still the case? Our president has spent all our money and has left us with little in the bank.

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DAVID SEARL

The Law o f H o r i ­ YOU AND THE z o n t a l P r o p e r t y LAW IN SPAIN has never set out a specific percentage which the president can freely spend without asking the residents. The members vote at the AGM to approve the budget for the com­ ing year, based on the income from community fees and the necessary expenses, including the 5 per cent required as a reserve fund. The president is autho­ rised to sign cheques or make bank transfers for these amounts. In some cases it is the administrator who handles the budget. If an urgent and necessary expense suddenly arises, the president may make payment for it, and he should rapidly inform the community members. If he has used part of the re­ serve fund, a special assessment may be necessary the following year.

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WITH the property market in Spain on the rise after a difficult few years struggling to regain some traction, many foreign in­ vestors are flocking to the country to put their names down on a new property.

Many consider this a bold move as the recession seems like it was only yester­ day, but then some of the greatest suc­ cess stories were born out of risking a bis­ cuit and having a punt.

With that in mind, here are a few key things to consider for first time buyers.

Firstly the most important thing to con­ sider is the state of the property and imagine what it would be like to live in even if it is not for personal use.

It could look fine on the inside and the outside, but the multitude of problems under the surface will certainly make themselves known after a day or two.

Look out for bodge jobs as they could lead to costly renovations down the line.

Plumbing is a key factor to consider in older houses as the quality of the network of pipes could be brazen together, leading cracks to appear and a whole host of leaks cropping up around the house.

Electricity is another key factor as it may be necessary to solicit the new fuse

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boxes that energy companies such as Iberdrola have implemented to record en­ ergy usage in many regions of Spain.

When starting from scratch these are a requirement in some places.

The taxes due for the property will de­ pend on the neighbourhood that the house is based as well as the overall value of the building itself. If it is a posh neigh­ bourhood, chances are the taxes will be much higher.

On the other end of the spectrum, if a house is in a less economically developed neighbourhood or in the middle of nowhere, but it is big and has many dif­ ferent sections to it, the tax will be taken from a similarly high bracket. Lots of things come into the tax equation of loca­ tion such as schools, restaurants, connec­ tivity etc.

If the plan is to rent out a house after purchasing it, come up with a detailed and accurate plan of how long it will take to recuperate the investment.

Speak to locals and neighbours who have no interest in undercutting the value of the property for personal gain, which is unfortunately the case with many professional property dealers in Spain.

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FEATURE

A Homage Project NICK HORNE’S Rich Pick Freelance correspondent, London, England WHAT might successfully engage an enthusiast to spend? Big time. One a story, second a history a provenance and third an object. Of course the object may also be perceived as a work of art. An object that occasions a heart­thumping excite­ ment. One such is a car, a homage to the spirits of Ettore Bugatti and Romano Artioli. The first is the progenitor of Bugatti, the manufacturer of hyper sports cars while Romano Artioli built the extraordinary EB110 to mark the 110th birthday of Ettore Bugatti in 1991. Powered by a 550 bhp engine and a quad turbo V12 engine the EB110 was a super sports car of the 1990s one of the fastest cars of an era that included McLaren F1.

Centodieci is Italian for 110. To mark the 110th anniversary of the founding of the leg­ endary marque the modern Bugatti Automo­ biles SAS has designed the Bugatti Centodieci with echoes of the former super sports car of the 1990s. Instead of the V12 the Centodieci has an eight­litre W16 engine with 1,600 bhp and springs from 0 to 100 kph in 2.4 seconds , to 200

AHEAD of Benidorm’s ninth Pride event, which culminates in a pa­ rade of thousands in the resort on September 7, a row erupted on Facebook when someone de­ scribed the event as ‘one­sided’ and lamented the fact that no events celebrating ‘straightness’ ever take place.

People responded by pointing out that the event was being pro­ moted simply as ‘Pride,’ and that it was a family­friendly celebration open to all who value tolerance and inclusivity ­ and enjoy wearing wild, wacky and extravagant cos­ tumes. Why, even pooches with rainbow ribbons relish the outing, as my photograph taken at Pride 2018 so clearly illustrates.

I was about to join in the increas­ ingly acrimonious debate when the thread disappeared. I intended pointing out that ‘Straight Pride’ events ARE taking place. It’s a uniquely American phenomenon, at least for now, but horrible trends that surface in the US re­ grettably don’t stay in the US.

kph in 6.1 seconds and to 300 kph in just 13.1 seconds; the top speed is elec­ tronically limited to 380 kph.

A sensational power to weight ratio is achieved of 1.13 kilograms per horsepower. “The increased power and lower weight further improves performance for better acceleration at high speeds. The Centodieci offers our customers an improved power to weight ra­

Newly developed and very narrow headlamps with integrated LED daytime running lights.

‘Straight Pride’ signals bigotry CREDIT: Barry Duke

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The front drops very low,the iconic Bugatti horseshoe has been reduced accordingly.

tio and more dynamic handling,” says Stephan Winkelman, CEO of Bugatti Automobiles.

Achim Anscheidt , Bugatti Director of Design , explained the design process, “The challenge was not to allow oneself to be captivated too much by the design of the historic vehicle and work solely in retrospect, but instead to create a modern interpretation of the shape and technol­ ogy of that time.”

More extreme than the Chiron and Divo, timeless as the La Voiture Noire, the Centodieci is one of a kind Bugatti for the enthusiast.

The front of the Centodieci drops very low, its depth revealed only in profile, with the newly developed deep seated front spoiler and the three­section air intakes providing a perfect match to the flat horseshoe shaped radiator.

The rear of the Centodieci relies on a wide air outlet opening bringing to life the flying tail light elements.

Owners may select any Bugatti colour, for the special edition Bugatti Centodieci to be hand­ crafted in Molsheim, France. Revealed at the Concours d’Elegance Pebble Beach, extraordi­ nary , exclusive, a select series of 10 vehicles will be built, nine to be delivered in 2021 to owners.

Base prices start at €8 million plus tax.

Nick Horne, London, England

POSH DAY OUT: A happy pooch.

Why is ‘Straight Pride’ bad? Be­ cause the organisers are nasty, white supremacists who use their rallies to generate vicious intoler­ ance towards LGBT communities, people of colour, immigrants and

anyone who thinks religion is a pure baloney.

All this is done in the name of ‘family values.’ If you visit Califor­ nia Straight Pride Coalition’s web­ site you’ll learn that it exists ‘to de­

fend the children’ and ‘prevent cur­ rent and future generations from being destroyed by the inherent malevolence of the Homosexual Movement toward our founding principles.’

Ironically, the coalition’s national motto is ‘normal, natural, healthy, sane’ ­ the very antithesis of what it actually is.

This loathsome outfit, headed by a ninnyhammer called Don Grund­ mann, was due to hold a ‘Straight Pride’ event in Modesto, California last month, but city officials laugh­ ingly rejected the event.

They had good cause to guffaw.

Grundmann, arguing before the council to be allowed to stage his hateful march, accidentally let the cat out of the bag by describing his coalition as ‘a totally peaceful racist group.’

Apart from his involvement with the coalition, Grundmann is a member of The Proud Boys, a far­

right neo­fascist organisation that admits only men as members and promotes political violence.

Last year, in the run­up to Benidorm Pride’s 2018 parade, I wrote a piece explaining that the first Pride marches I attended in the 1970s were essentially political in nature, and were not the joyful rallies we see today in cities stretching from Sydney to Tel Aviv.

In it I said that in those days we were angry, and had a great deal to be angry about. Back then police harassment was endemic, and it was still fresh in many older pro­ testers’ minds that one of Britain’s greatest geniuses, Alan Turing, the gay computer expert who played a pivotal role in enabling the Allies to defeat the Nazis in many crucial engagements, had been prosecut­ ed for homosexuality in 1952.

When people advocate ‘Straight Pride,’ they should be aware that what they are effectively calling for is a return to an era in which de­ ranged Christians and neo­fascist groups felt free to attack, with im­ punity, LBGT communities. Pride now exists to tell these hate­mon­ gers that those dark days are gone, and that we are no longer com­ pelled to accommodate their big­ otry by donning mantles of invisi­ bility.

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Spain’s oldest cities THERE’S no doubt about it.

Spain is a country steeped in history that dates back thousands of years. While there is evidence indicating that the first continuously populated urban settlement was in Greece, founded 7,000 years ago, historians and archaeologists have discovered remnants of life on the Iberian Peninsula from approximately 800,000 BC. Spain has received settlers from many other parts of the world, whether they came peacefully or in battle to conquer this beautiful country and make it their own.

The first wave of settlers from across the Mediterranean Sea came in the form of the Phoenicians, who arrived in 1100 BC and are believed to have founded Spain’s oldest continuously

lived in city - Gadir (Cádiz) - as well as many others along the coast near Malaga.

Many believe that this south-western sea port is actually the oldest city in Europe.

After the Phoenicians, many other tribes followed in their footsteps, including the Greeks, Romans, Carthaginians, Celts, Visigoths, Arabs, Berbers and Moors, each bringing their own innovative ideas, gastronomy, culture and methods for farming and leaving their mark on the peninsula.

Below is a brief description of some of Spain’s oldest cities, which also happen to be some of the oldest in Europe as well.

Cadiz As mentioned previously, Gadir or Cadiz was

CADIZ: Colonised and established by the Phoenicians. colonised and established by the Phoenicians, an ancient maritime population from around the Mediterranean Sea area that today comprises Syria, northern Israel and Lebanon. Due to its location between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean, Cadiz flourished, becoming

an important and prosperous commercial port, which it still is today.

Huelva Huelva is perhaps a slightly less well-known modern city to the nonSpaniard. It lies in the south-western part of Andalucia. Huelva is thought to

be the site of the settlement called Tartessus, known as Onoba by the Phoenicians, trading partners of the Tartessians. When the land was conquered by the Moors, it was renamed Walbah, yet today, the inhabitants from Huelva are known as ‘Onubenses’ in Spanish. Huelva, or Onoba, was founded more than 3,000 years ago, and its rich mineral deposits have been the main attraction for so many settlers who went there to live - and exploit this wealth.

Sevilla Sevilla was actually founded in the eighth century BC by the Tartessians.

Today, however, Sevilla is renowned for its Moorish architecture, being the birthplace of Flamenco and the

Sevillana, and bullfighting.

It is a land of colour, culture, dance and song that attracts tourists from all over the world.

Malaga Malaga, or Malaka as it was referred to by the Phoenicians, and Malaca during Roman times, has been one of the most important cities situated on the Mediterranean coast since its foundation in 8 BC. Today, with more than half a million inhabitants, it is the second most populated city in Andalucia, and the sixth in the whole of Spain.

It is one of the most popular tourist destinations with international visitors, mainly due to its idyllic location on the southern Mediterranean coast, its climate and its gastronomy.

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1935 was the first year that the driving test was compulsory and 246,000 candidates put themselves forward for it.

Renault Captur charm and character RENAULT’S best­selling Captur lives up to the ‘if it ain’t broke’ mantra by giv­ ing the new model a slight makeover, but very much retaining the existing model’s charm and character.

The Captur was Renault’s flurry into the compact SUV market back in 2013 and has since then gone on to secure its position as a leading force. So much so that in 2016 the Captur became Re­ nault’s best seller, overtaking the Clio and the Megane for the first time since its launch.

For 2019, the updates are small, yet significant, especially when it comes to overall appearance. Many criticised the Captur for just looking like a bloated Clio, but a new chrome front grille and

MAKEOVER: 2019 Renault Captur.

a more aggressive daytime running light cluster gives the new model an individual feel.

As you ascend the range, the higher grade models also benefit from full­LED headlights.

Dimensionally, the Captur is un­ changed, and barely bigger than a Clio with its 4,122mm length and 1,778mm width. This smaller size gives the car a more manoeuvrable feel compared to its counterparts whilst still maintaining

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a spacious feel in­ side.

The interior boasts a host of soft new materials on the dashboard trimmed in two­tone colourways, reminiscent of the new Clio, plus the standard Renault MMI Console in the centre in either a seven or 9.3 inch screen size.

All the standard technology features are available including Renault’s Ea­

sylink software, multiple USB ports and a floating centre console.

Adaptive cruise control and lane­keeping assist and a 360 degree virtual rear camera all add to the safety aspects of the new model whilst a panoram­ ic roof, nine­speaker Bose sound system and the ability to heat the seats, windscreen and steering wheel will come as optional extras.

Cabin space also increases with an extra 40mm in width and 17mm more legroom for rear passengers, while those up front have an extra 15mm.

For 2019 Renault have also in­ creased the amount of colour options

available, with up to 90 different com­ binations of body colour, roof colour and plastics.

Engine­wise the Captur is available in three petrol and two diesel options.

The most popular seems to be the 1.0­ litre three cylinder producing 100hp and 160Nm of torque. There’s also the familiar 1.3­litre producing 130hp and 240Nm of torque, or a sportier 155hp version.

For diesel lovers there is a 1.5­litre turbocharged four­cylinder option.

The new 2019 model faces some stiff competition in this sector. With ri­ vals Hyundai, Seat, Citroen and Kia all receiving facelifts recently, it remains to be seen if it can still hold its own.

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Citroen Berlingo M Flair BlueHDI 130 THE van­based MPV sector used to be the mainstay of the family day out before the plethora of SUVs hit the market. Their function­ ality and usability proved invaluable to carry large loads and still bring half your family along for the ride.

Although the school run is now performed solely by a sea of similar looking SUVs, the van based MPV market still holds a place and despite possibly losing out in the looks depart­ ment compared to, say, the snazzy Nissan Duke, you will struggle to get a more practical type of car on the road.

Here’s where the new Citroen Berlingo comes in.

In 2018 the best­selling Berlingo range of vans un­ derwent a facelift, replacing the model that would go on to become Citroen’s second best seller for that year and

the most popular in 27 dif­ ferent countries.

The facelift was designed to make the model appeal to a broader market, ap­ pealing to the millennials and outdoor enthusiasts with the option of after­ market roof boxes and rails and a chunky new appear­ ance. The new model will come with a range of petrol and diesel engines.

An XL model is available for the first time, adding two more seats and an ex­ tra 35cm to the length but boot space is decreased.

Interior storage space is where the Berlingo comes into its own with a total of 28 separate pockets and cubby holes adding up to (according to Citroen) 186 litres of extra storage space. Prices for the new range start at €20,100 and the model tested, with all added extras comes in at €26,545.

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2020 Toyota GR Supra THE new Toyota Supra has been a long time in the making, seven years to be pre­ cise, and 21 since the Supra moniker was last used on a Toyota performance car.

It was teased at the 2014 Detroit motor show back in 2014 when it was then called the FT­1 Concept.

Since then it has had the internet awash with theories, eager rumours and even crit­ icism, mostly down to the announcement that the new Supra would be produced in collaboration with BMW. It’s not the first time Toyota has part­ nered with a fellow manufacturer to pro­ duce a new model, the GT86/Subaru BRZ, and Aygo/Peugeot 108/Citroen C1 combi­ nations have all been hugely successful.

Purists hated the fact that the new Supra wasn’t a thoroughbred Toyota like its icon­ ic predecessor, however, as explained by Toyota’s president Akio Toyoda, the heart and soul of the Supra is its straight six en­ gine.

Toyota ceased production of the straight six engines many years ago, so for this model they would have to create a whole new engine, not financially viable, so they went to the company well­known for mak­ ing some of the most powerful and exciting straight six’s on the market, BMW. They also took good chunks of the chas­ sis from the German marque too including running gear, engine, gearbox and large

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AGGRESSIVE: The 2020 Toyota GR Supra. chunks of the interior, all borrowed from the BMW Z4.

First thing you notice about the new model is its appearance. Low, stout and ag­ gressive. Careful consideration was taken by designers to pay homage to the previ­ ous model. Huge front intakes, wide arches and aggressive 19­inch alloy wheels purvey the car’s intentions.

It will come in classic Toyota colours, Prominence Red, Lightning Yellow and Deep Blue Metallic. An additional new Matt Storm Grey is featured on the Toyota GR Supra A90 Edition, an exclusive launch model reserved for the first 90 European customers.

Performance wise the Supra ticks all the right boxes. Under the bonnet sits BMW’s B58 single turbo 3.0­litre straight six, re­ tuned by Toyota. It produces identical fig­

ures to its German stable mate, 335bhp and 369lb ft of torque all controlled by an eight­speed transmission with steering wheel paddle shift.

The interior blends performance and technology with an 8.8­inch high­definition driver’s instrument display and Toyota’s in­ fotainment and navigation system. The cockpit is ergonomically designed to pro­ vide the driver with a fully immersive expe­ rience.

Specially shaped and tailored Alcantara seats and an asymmetric dash board layout envelop the driver with the layout taking direct inspiration from Toyota Gazoo Rac­ ing’s circuit racing experience.

UK prices of the new Supra will start at £52,695 for the base model, £54,000 for the Pro model and £56,945 for the ultra rare A90 Edition.

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by Nick Fletcher VOLVO’S XC40 is the company’s first compact SUV and is described as ‘perfect for youthful people who want a car which reflects their personality.’

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Volvo XC40 T4 Momentum er XC60 and XC90 models in Volvo’s range, the X C40 is priced from €31,884 (£28,965) and comes with two or four-wheel drive, manual or auto gearboxes, petrol and diesel engines and also a plug-in hybrid version.

My test model was a T4 in entry level Momentum trim costing €36,750 (£33,385) with a potent 2.0-litre petrol engine and eight-speed auto transmission. This combination delivers a 0-100 kph time of 8.1 seconds and top speed of 209 kph (130 mph). Average fuel economy is 12.4 kpl (35.1 mpg) and emissions are 154 g/km.

On the road, the XC40 performs impeccably with smooth effortless power delivery from its eager 190 hp engine and with precise and intuitive steering feedback.

Its multi-link rear axle and coil springs help provide exceptional grip and well-bal-

COMPACT SUV: Exudes a forceful character.

Facts at a glance Model: Volvo XC40 T4 Engine: 2.0 litre petrol Transmission|: 8-speed automatic Performance: 0-100 kph 8.1 seconds, top speed 209 kph (130 mph) Economy: 12.4 kpl (35.1 mpg) Emissions: 154 g.km

Model tested was UK-specification and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets. anced ride control.

Standard equipment is gen-

erous and includes sat-nav, connectivity features, climate

control, cruise control, rear parking sensors and multiple drive modes. Safety features include pedestrian, cycle and animal detection, auto emergency braking and lane-keep assistance.

My test model also had the Volvo Pro options pack which included extra kit including active bending headlights, larger alloy wheels and powered and heated drivers seat which took the total price to €39,662 (£36,010).

Rivals in this sector include

the Mercedes-Benz GLA, Audi Q3 and BMW X1 but I feel that visually, the XC40 has a more imposing presence than most in the class and it exudes a more forceful character.

It offers a spacious cabin with five adults accommodated with ease and has a large 460-litre boot which can be expanded to 1,336 litres by folding the rear seats.

With a beautifully styled premium-look cabin, functional switchgear layout and easy-to-use central touch-screen, the XC40 greatly impresses and with its pleasing driving dynamics also a strong plus-point, it certainly deserves to be on the short-list of anyone looking to buy a classy compact SUV. Model tested was UK-specification and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets.

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Bitter-sweet win for Leclerc FOLLOWING the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa, Spanish F1 driver Carlos Sainz has spoken about the death of French F2 driver Anthoine Hubert.

He said: “What happened on Saturday puts everything into perspective. It was the toughest reminder that motorsport is extremely dangerous and everyone needs to be aware of the inevitable risks it involves.

“Our whole community is going through a very tough and emotional mo­ ment and all my thoughts go out to An­ thoine’s whole family and his friends.

We will always carry his memory wher­ ever we race. It is the best tribute we can pay to our fellow driver. Rest in peace.”

The race was a bitter­sweet affair for winner Charles Leclerc. He claimed his first Formula 1 victory of his career and Ferrari’s first in the 2019 less than 24 hours after his friend Hubert passed away after a crash in Saturday’s F2 fea­ ture race.

The Monegasque dedicated his win to Hubert, with whom he had grown up racing. He said: “It is difficult to enjoy a first victory on a weekend like this. I grew up with Anthoine, and we compet­ ed in our first karting race together with Pierre (Gasly) and Esteban (Ocon) in 2005.

“These are memories I will keep for­ ever. Losing him on Saturday was a huge shock, not only to me but to everyone in motorsport. In a way, I am satisfied hav­ ing won today to remember him in the way he should be remembered. He was a champion, and this victory is for him.”

In the race itself, Leclerc demonstrat­ ed his talent to take his Ferrari from pole to the chequered flag despite a rapidly closing Lewis Hamilton putting the pres­ sure on in the final few laps.

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BITTER-SWEET: Leclerc celebrated his win while paying respects to his friend Hubert (inset).

Although he lost track position to teammate Sebastian Vettel during the pit stops, Ferrari instructed Vettel to move aside for the young man from Monaco.

He then controlled the race from the front relatively comfortably until Hamil­ ton’s late charge made him refocus.

Leclerc said: “The last few laps weren’t easy. I saw Lewis coming closer and clos­ er in the mirror, so I put my head down and tried to focus on the work I had to do in the car.

“At the end, I managed to cross the line in first place and I’d like to thank the team for the hard work they have put in to make this possible.”

It was Ferrari’s first victory since Kimi Raikkonen took the honours at last year’s United States Grand Prix.

It also made Leclerc the Scuderia’s 39th winner and Monaco the 23rd na­ tion to win an F1 race. The 21­year­old also became the third­youngest winner in F1 history.

Hamilton spoiled the prospect of a Ferrari one­two when he passed Sebast­ ian Vettel, who was struggling with tyres after pitting early. Vettel then pitted

again, which allowed Valtteri Bottas in the second Mercedes to complete the podium.

Sainz’s teammate at McLaren Lando Norris looked to have sealed fifth spot but he was forced to retire on the last lap with suspected engine failure. That position was inherited by Red Bull’s Alexander Albon, who passed Sergio Perez via the grass on the final lap to take fifth from 17th on the grid in his first race with his new team.

Racing Point’s Sergio Perez equalled his best result of the season in sixth, with Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat seventh.

Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg crossed the line eighth after Antonio Giovinazzi crashed on the last lap.

Next was Pierre Gasly, who was visibly emotional on race morning following the death of Hubert.

Lance Stroll made it two Racing Points in the top 10 by rounding out the points.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen failed to finish in the top five for the first time since last year’s Hungarian Grand Prix af­ ter he collided with Kimi Raikkonen on the first corner and then crashed at the top of Eau Rouge.

Soler in hot water THERE have been ructions within the Movistar cycling team after Marc Soler was or­ dered to give up a possible stage win at La Vuelta to fall back and help teammate Nairo Quintana take the leader’s red jersey.

A clearly unimpressed Soler ­ he actually gesticulated wildly on receiving his orders ­ did

slow down and watched Slovenian 20­year­old Tadej Pogacar race past for his first Grand Tour stage win.

A video of Soler’s reaction gained wide exposure, forcing Movistar team director Pablo Lastras to comment. Explaining that for the team it is all about the race leadership he said: “The team is working very well.

They are all energetic, but all of them. We are going to continue working with the same forces.

“We are leaders, we must honour our brand and defend the leadership to the maxi­ mum.”

He added, specifically about Soler: “There are the images and we have to make things clear. We haven’t talked to

him yet. He lost time in Calpe and we told him he was mov­ ing to another role. He didn’t understand so we’ll have to repeat it.

“It’s good to have his charac­ ter but he has to start listening and mature.”

For his part, Soler apologised in front of the media for the in­ cident in a press conference.

BALED OUT: Real Madrid were greatful to gareth Bale.

All’s not well for La Liga giants ALL is not well at La Liga’s ‘Big Two.’ Barcelona are off to their worst start in the league for 11 years after coming away from Osasuna with a 2­2 draw.

It is a bit early to be talking about crisis at the Catalan club though. Back then Barca went on to win a treble under Pep Guardiola.

Their poor start to the season shows just how much they rely on Lionel Messi, who has missed every match so far with an injury picked up in pre­sea­ son.

Osasuna’s goals both came from Roberto Morales. The sil­ ver lining for Barcelona is 16­ year­old Ansu Fati, who became the club’s youngest player to score in La Liga. The left winger was brought on in the second half, and added some much needed penetration and fire­ power to the frontline.

Barcelona host Valencia next, while Osasuna hope to continue their positive run against Real Valladolid.

Barca’s arch rivals Real Madrid are also struggling after picking up a 2­2 away draw, this time at Villareal. They were in­ debted to Gareth Bale who scored both Madrid’s goals, al­ though he now faces a ban after

picking up a late red card.

Bale opened his account with the final touch of the first half, converting a pass from Dani Carvajal. His second goal came when he found himself inside the box with the ball on his pre­ ferred left foot. He placed the ball past Andres Fernandez. Moi Gomez and Gerard Moreno scored for Villareal.

Now Real Madrid host Lev­ ante without Bale, while Villar­ real look for their first win of the season against the league’s bot­ tom­placed club, Leganes.

A last second goal from Thomas Partey handed Atletico Madrid a 3­2 win at home to Eibar. Joao Felix and Vitolo also scored in reply to Eibar’s two first half goals.

This means Atletico are clear league leaders despite whole­ sale changes to their squad over the summer.

They travel to San Sebastian to take on Real Sociedad next following the conclusion of the international break. Eibar host an equally­struggling Espanyol.

Real Betis are finally on the winning trail. They beat Leganes 2­1 after suffering back­to­back losses.

Elsewhere Valencia had a 2­0 win over Mallorca.

Hamilton challenged REIGNING multiple MotoGP World Champion Marc Marquez has playfully challenged five­time Formula One Champion Lewis Hamilton to an on­track duel.

In an interview with the Daily Mail ahead of last weekend’s British Grand Prix, the fellow five­time champion challenged the Brit to an on­track challenge, firstly on a MotoGP bike then in a Formula one car.

In the interview, 26­year­old Marquez said that he would love to see what Hamilton could do and get a chance to measure up to him, “Face­to­face, first an F1 car and then a motorbike be­ cause I know he rides.”

It didn’t take Hamilton long to accept his offer so we could see the clash of the titans sometime this year!