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DAMAGE: A bolt of lightening during the destructive storm.
of the largest recorded as the storm was so slow moving. Local councils this week are visiting the affected areas to start with the clear-up procedures in the different mu-
nicipalities. Road agencies report that all major road links are back open, however, many areas of farmland are still feeling the effects of the rainfall. Source: INSTAGRAM @carloscastrofotografo
TORRENTIAL rains on Saturday September 14 left the Axarquian province in tatters as a cold front swept across the country. The south eastern coastline of Spain has been battered by record rainfall as a DANA (isolated depression at high levels) passed across Andalucia. The storms so far have claimed the lives of six people in the Alicante and Almeria areas and caused millions of euros worth of damage to property and infrastructure. According to meteorological records, the weather phenomenon, labelled as a Gota Fria (Cold Drop) soaked the Axarquian capital of VelezMalaga with an average of 44 litres per hour, leaving roads cut off, buildings damaged and homes water logged. Meteorologist Angel Rivera explained that, although DANA’s are not unusual, the intensity of last weekend’s rainfall was unusually high. He attributed the strength of the storm to picking up on the remnants of Hurricane Dorian which hit the eastern coast of America. Rivera also explained that the total area affected is one
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Village banks plan BANKS are being called on to provide financial facilities for small communities. The PSOE of Malaga has requested a plan to ensure that smaller villages are not left without banking services. The spokesman of the PSOE in the Diputación de Malaga, José Bernal, and the provincial deputy, Gema Ruiz have asked for the plan to target neglected areas of the Axarquia region. Currently, eight of the municipalities do not have a physical office or an ATM, meaning that residents, including the elderly, must venture out of the community to perform basic banking needs such as withdrawing money or paying a bill. Bernal has lamented
the lack of facilities, claiming it is a major factor in the rural depopulation of Axarquia and the exclusion of certain villages in favour of others. In the coming months, the PSOE will draft a proposal to submit to the Diputación of Malaga for all the major financial bodies to sign an agreement to implement proper infrastructure on communities under 20,000 people. The PSOE insists this is the first of many initiatives to combat rural depopulation, and in all the upcoming plenar y sessions, the board will bring to the table a different idea to assist in the fight against losing some of the region’s villages.
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COLLABORATION between regions to share prosperity has been approved. The Mancomunidad Axarquia-Costa del Sol, which aims to bring economic benefits to both regions, has been agreed in a meeting held on Thursday September 12. The governing body of the province of Axarquia has been organised in a meeting attended by members of all the leading political parties, PSOE, PP, IU, PMP and GIPMTM. The leaders of the various sectors and the parties’ obligations have been announced within the framework of dialogue, responsibility and the work to enhance the development of the Axarquia Province. Presidency of the Mancomunidad will be held by the mayor of La Viñuela, José Juan Jiménez, along with representatives from all 31 municipali-
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BENEFITS: President, José Juan Jiménez with the members of the new Mancomunidad.
ties and a government spokesperson who will be responsible for conveying the proposals of the group to the Spanish government. “The aim of this agreement is to en-
sure the viability and future of the joint entity of Axarquia, not only ensuring the provision of current public services, but advancing in the incorporation of new services, especially in the area of
beaches,” explained Jimenez. The main public sectors that will provide the mainstay of the future projects will be tourism and agriculture, the basic pillars of the Axarquian economy. As a breakdown of the responsibilities, the PSOE will be responsible for First Presidency. Treasury, Personnel, Urbanism, Assistance to Municipalities, Employment, Local Development, Social Welfare, Citizen Participation, Culture, Education and Equality, New Technologies, Communication and Government Spokesmanship. The PP will handle Strategic Planning, European Resources and Consumption. The IU will look after tourism, training and agriculture whilst the PMT will cover environment, sports and machinery. Finally, the GIPMTM will be responsible for beaches, civil protection, public works and technical.
Theatre group THE Department of Seniors of Nerja have begun workshops aimed at the town’s elderly residents. The workshops began on September 16 with the collaboration with Nerja-based theatre group Dirty Feet. Councillor Elena Galvez, said “we have launched this initiative with the aim of promoting active ageing and improving the quality of life of the elderly in Nerja.” The director of the workshop, Rocío Delgado said “The aim of the workshop is to stimulate the senses, developing both individual and collective creativity through the creation of a character.”
Lanas’ organisation and was suspected to have been used in the transportation of hashish into the region. In a series of raids in the following days, a total of 6,060 tonnes of hashish was seized, along with five of the boats used to introduce the drug valued at €1.5 million, and 17 vehicles - five of which were stolen €480,000 in cash and weapons. Another €94,000 has been blocked in various bank accounts. In addition, 78 people have been ar-
rested or charged, eight of them women, for crimes of belonging to a criminal organisation and drug trafficking. An international arrest warrant was issued against the ringleader, Moroccan national, Abdellah El Haj Sadek Membri, otherwise known as ‘Messi.’ Abdellah El Haj Sadek Membri, remains on the run after he escaped justice in 2017 after an agreement with the Prosecutors Office left him a free man.
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Beach drug breakthrough AN important discovery on an Axarquian beach has helped crack Spain’s biggest drug cartel. The first in a series of seizures on the Malaga Province took place on the beaches of Benagalbon in Rincon de la Victoria. Officers from the Guardia Civil detained an overturned vessel a short distance from the coastline. The semi rigid vessel was found to have ties with the infamous ‘Los
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CRACKED: Guardia Civil Officers with the seized items.
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Paella security plan devised
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LOCAL councils have worked hard to clear the majority of roads blocked by the recent storms. Roads currently cleared are the MA-5103, MA3119, MA-5104, between the A - 7 2 0 6 a n d A rc h e z t h e M A 3113, from A-356 to Benamargosa, MA-4106 access road to Canillas de Aceituno, MA-4105 and the MA-3111.
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Flood rescue
THE unprecedented storm Dana which swept across the region last weekend caused the roof of the Velez-Malaga Retail Market to collapse, causing substantial damage to the structure of the building as well as minor damage to the stalls inside. Emergency ser vices report no injuries during the incident.
27 NATIONAL DISH: Valencia plans to turn the famous paella into a world recognised dish.
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THE BEAUTY OF PAELLA Sunday September 22 will see the whole world come together in celebration of one of Spain’s best loved dishes. WORLD PAELLA DAY, now in its second year, is aiming to turn the National dish of Spain into a World Heritage Site, much like what Italy has done for its famous pizzas. The Department of Tourism and Relations in the Valencian region have called on all the various groups throughout the l’Alfàs del Pi area, the dish’s traditional home, to come to-
gether for a competition to enable the dish to become an ‘Intangible Patrimony of the Humanity.’ The contest will take place the following Sunday, September 29 at the municipal sports centre in l’Alfàs del Pi from 12pm until 5pm. Residents of the municipality are being called to attend the festival and to bring their own interpretation of
the dish, which traditionally uses rabbit and chicken, but is also now adapted to use, sea food, chorizo and shellfish. According to UNESCO regulations, in order for the dish to be classed as a World Heritage Site, the dish needs ‘practice, ritual, custom for the preparation and an art for its preparation.’
Arms restored THE historical Fountain of Pilarillo in La Caleta de Velez has been given a new lease of life f r o m t h e m a y o r ’s o f f i c e . T h e popular tourist attraction and symbol of the town has been repainted white and blue and t h e t o w n ’s c o a t o f a r m s h a s been restored to its original condition.
Music finale NERJA marked the end of the musical summer season with the fourth edition of the Chanq u e t e Wo r l d M u s i c F e s t i v a l , held on the Playa de El Playazo l a s t S a t u r d a y. S t a r t i n g a t 4.15pm, the concert gave music fans 14 hours of world music and spectacular live performances of reggae, hip hop and jazz.
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THE councillor for Social Welfare and second deputy mayor of Rincon de la Victoria, Elena Aguilar has held a meeting with representatives of the Local Police to organise a security plan for the celebration of a new edition of the Solidarity Paella Competition to be held on October 20.
VELEZ-MALAGA police officers rescued two homeless men after they were caught in the rising flood waters after last weekend’s storms. The rescue took place on the morning of Saturday September 14 in the Arroyo del Mineral area of the town.
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Arsonist charged THE alleged starter of a fire which destroyed almost 7.5 hectares of forest land has been charged with arson. The fire took hold of the Jurco area of Torrox on August 11, destroying approximately 7.5 hectares of scrubland, riverbank vegetation and fruit trees. Flames were reportedly accelerated through high winds and spread rapidly, forcing the evacuation of several properties and minor damage to a number of farmhouses. An investigation took place immediately and after several weeks, the environmental department for the Local Police determined the fire was started by the burning of avocado trimmings without necessary precautions in place. Through witness statements and the studying of a local surveillance camera they were also able to track down the suspected perpetrator who will appear in court in Malaga.
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Mission accomplished LESS than a fortnight ago, Bernardo Cortés and Francisco Bueno, set off on an epic charity cycle ride. On September 6, the two men set off on a historic, 1,600km cycle ride from Nerja to Santiago de Compostela in aid of the AECC cancer charity. The pair arrived yesterday morning (Wednesday) completing their epic adventure and in the process, raising nearly €30,000 for the fight against cancer. During the ride, the men fought against exhaustion, weather, early morning heat, cold and wind. In a statement given to local media, Bernado Cortes has given his thanks to everyone involved in the adventure, “It has been a real pleasure, we wish a great amount of gratitude to the people who have come to support us, from our villages and of course, where we have been.”
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Drainage improvements THE local council of Velez-Malaga has furthered improvements to the drainage of the town. The mayor of Velez, Antonio Moreno Ferrer, and councillor for Infrastructure, Juan A Garcia, visited the site of new construction works taking place in the town to oversee the progress of new drainage systems being installed. The works are being carried out along Calle Artesanos, with plans to install similar systems on Avenida de Las Naciones. The aim of the new drainage systems is to improve the collection and dispersal of rainwater to improve the flow of traffic and pedestrian activities in cases of poor weather. Ferrer has emphasised the importance of the works to ‘meet the needs of neighbours and businesses in the area and come to improve circulation, safety and quality of life.’ The works, which specifically include the installation of six-metre by one-metre grates to channel rainwater into the underground drainage system, received an investment of €26,500 by the local government and plan to be completed by early October.
INSPECTION: Antonio Moreno Ferrer and Juan A Garcia visit the site of the drainage works.
Reservoir near drought level
GOING DOWN: Lake Viñuela sits dangerously close to drought levels. NEW figures show that the La Viñuela reservoir is once again close to the drought level. Despite last week’s rainfall, the lake currently sits at only 55.6 cubic hectometres, five less than the previous year. According to predictions made by the local environmental board, if the level continues to drop, by October the lake will reach a level of 52.4 cubic hectometres, which will prompt a drought alert throughout the area. The reservoir began the summer season at a level of 69.90 cubic hectometres, 2.4 less than 2018. Throughout the summer, farmers and human consumption has reduced the
lake by around 14 cubic hectometres. Recent reallocations of water usage to local farmers has given the local agricultural sector a little breathing space, the local council is due to meet at the end of October to discuss further allocation going forward. A project is also close to completion to finish the underground pipeline that will connect the lake to the Malaga and El Atabal regions, providing a flow of 400 litres per second to refill the lake. Although further rain is expected this week, total rainfall in the region is well down on last year, with 383.7 litres per square metre compared to 424 litres in 2018.
Centre gets facelift THE Senior Citizens’ D a y C e n t re i n To r re del Mar has received a facelift thanks to a council investment. The deputy mayor of Torre del Mar, Jesus Perez Atencia, and councillor Jose David Segura visited the site last
week to oversee progress on the transformation. Work on the popular centre included repairs to furniture, benches and facilities for games and exercises, repainting, gardening and industrial cleaning works. Atencia said: “We wanted
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to give a more modern image to the Senior Day Centre of Torre del Mar, integrating it into the entire ornamental line of the village. The elderly, for us, are a very important sector in our municipality.” Segura continued to explain that the works had the
“intention of improving the quality of service offered to the elderly and encourage active ageing in the facilities themselves.” REFURB: Jesus Perez Atencia, and Jose David Segura stand outside the newly refurbished centre. CREDIT: Facebook
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Police selection process THE Opposition government in Rincon de la Victoria has called for an investigation into Local Police recruitment processes. The coalition government of Ciudadanos and Por Mi Pueblo have come under fire from opposition parties PSOE, IU and Podemos after allegations of ‘enchufismo’ (similar to favouritism) relating to the Local Police force recruitment procedures. Opposition parties are accusing the government of recruiting new police force members based only on recommendations and family ties, eliminating a fair selection process. Opposition spokesman Antonio Sánchez, criticised ‘the inaction of Mayor Francisco Salado’ in the face of what they considered possible cases of enchufismo in the police selection process in Rincon. They are calling for a motion, unanimously agreed in December 2018 to review the police selection process, be followed through.
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Álvarez Duarte dies THE creator of the Virgen de la Paz and the Carmen de Melosas y Protegidas has sadly passed away. One of the most prolific
New fruit in Axarquia? RESEARCHERS are investigating the possible introduction to a new tropical fruit to Axarquia. Several scientists from the Instituto La Mayora de Algarrobo are looking into the introduction of a new fruit to bolster the region’s harvests which already include mangos and avocados. Pawpaws, a member of the Chirimoya family, are unique in that they do not rely on sub tropical climates to grow, instead surviving in temperatures down to -20 degrees Celcius. The research team, made up of Iñaki Hormaza, Research Professor, Jorge Lora, Senior Scientist, and Cristina Ferrer, PhD student are looking at the pawpaw as an option to grow in the colder and higher altitude areas of Axarquia, where mangos and avocados cannot survive.
Hit tapas trail LOCAL bars in Algarrobo are gearing up to compete in the Ruta de Tapas this weekend. The sixth edition of the Quema de Algarrobo will see 13 local establishments compete in the popular ‘Ruta de Tapas’ during the three-day festival which kicks off tomorrow (Friday). The theme of this year’s Ruta is tropical fruit in an effort to showcase the region’s lucrative exports, avocados and mangos. Culinary offerings include avocado salmorejo, mango bavarois with chocolate mousse and black pudding and mango croquettes.
artists in the past 25 years, D. Luis Álvarez Duarte passed away from a stroke, it has been announced by his family in a statement. His works can be seen
across Andalucía, including the spectacular El C r i s t o d e l a S e d o l a Vi rgen del Patrocinio in Seville and the Sagrada Lanzada o el conjunto Escultórico de la Coronación
de Espinas, in Jerez. Duarte began sculpting at an early age, creating one of his most famous w o r k s , t h e Vi r g i n o f Guadalupe in Seville, at only 15 years old.
ARTIST: Luis Álvarez Duarte is responsible for some of the most iconic sculptures in Andalucía.
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Pick it up! FREE ‘poo bags’ are being handed to dog owners to encourage them to keep their village clean. The ‘Your dog, your re-
sponsibility’ campaign has been launched in Frigiliana this week. The campaign, organised by the town hall of
Frigiliana, aims to remind residents to clean up after their animals following recent complaints about the amount of dog dirt on footpaths and pavements. The town hall has produced leaflets and will offer free bags to residents with dogs which will be made available at t h e To u r i s t O f f i c e ( C a s a del Apero) or at the Local Police headquarters in the Plaza del Ingenio. Sofia Gonzalez, councillor for the Environm e n t , s a i d : “ I t ’s d e signed to inform of the need, for the good of all, for our neighbours to be responsible for their pets. “To maintain the cleanliness of the streets of Frigiliana we need the collaboration of pet owners," she added.
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History pulls tourists A HERITAGE tourist attraction is proving a big success. The ‘Los lunes con la Arqueología’ project, which hosts talks and visits to Phoenician sites across Velez-Malaga, has had over 400 visitors throughout July and August. The project has proved so popular, that the archaeological studies group, SAC of Velez-Malaga, has extended the courses to cover September too. The tours have been most popular with tourists, who have been keen to see the works done by archaeological teams on the excavations on the Rio Velez, despite the difficulties in accessing the site which has been dubbed ‘one of the most significant in Europe.’ The SAC has acknowle dge d the s itua tion a n d has begun clearing the site
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SUCCESS: Tourists receive a guided tour of the historical sites. to make it more accessible to visitors. The SAC is seeking the collaboration of citizens and state deputies to establish a plan of action that has been needed for 15 years. The organisation is seeking funding to not only im-
prove access, but to install proper signage, improve cleanliness and construct a proper information centre at the site. A meeting has been arranged to take place next Tuesday, September 17 to discuss the issues.
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Mountain bike challenge RIDERS have until October 6 to sign up for the eighth Granadillas BTT Brothers Bike Challenge. A video launched by the mountain bike club Brothers Bike, based in Rincon de la Victoria, has been released launching the event which is due to take place on October 6. The route will take experienced riders across 32 kilometres over steep and technical Axarquian terrain, with the start and finish point taking place in Benagalbon. The video, produced and directed by Txussa Films, features rider Alberto Enrique Pons Florido tackling parts of the gruelling course. Inscriptions can be made for the event on the Andalucian Cycling website www.andalu ciaciclismo.com and a link to the route can be downloaded on the Brothers Bike Facebook page.
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Vespa trip THE Parroquia de San Andrés Apóstol church in Torre del Mar was the starting point for this year’s road trip organised by the Vespa Club Axarquia. The 1,300km trip took the group through the provinces of Cordoba, Huelva and Badajoz before they arrived in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon for the 22nd IberoVespa Gathering 2019. The group set off from the church steps on Wednesday September 11 on their trek across the south western Iberia. Thirteen members of the Vespa Club
Axarquia represented the province at the meeting held last weekend on September 14 and 15 where they met with other factions of the Vespa community from across the southern peninsula. The route was expertly guided by 82year-old Francisco González Lozano, affectionately known as ‘El Abu Feliz’ (The Happy Abu) among the Vespa community. He was the man also in charge of looking after the group’s itineraries which included tours of the towns of Évora, Fátima, Coímbra, Mira and Lisbon.
Greek theatre a success
THE 11th Festival of GrecoRoman Theatre has been hailed a success by the Almuñecar government. The festival which showcased the theatrical performances, ‘Grecolatino Sexi Firmum Iulium Theater Festival of Almuñecar’ has been hailed a success by the councillor for Culture, Alberto García Gilabert and theatrical promoter, Antonio Cantudo. Held at the start of September,
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ACHIEVEMEN T: The Vespa Club Axarquia celebrates their 1,300km trek to Lisbon.
the performances from the GrecoRoman theatre company were visited by over 2,000 people over the five days, with an average of 400 spectators per performance. “The festival demonstrates good health and grows every year, growing older and consolidating itself as a benchmark in classical theatre,” explained Cantudo. “Every year a very faithful audience visits us, especially from Almuñecar, but also groups from
Motril, Granada and Velez-Malaga,” he continued. García Gilabert has thanked Cantudo for the idea of the festival and for contributing to “spread the culture and improve with this touch of great quality, the cultural offer of Almuñecar.” The head of Culture, García Gilabert has stated that from today the council is available to those responsible for the festival to listen to new ideas for next year.
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Sanitation works progress in Nerja
Velez mayor meets traders to discuss improvements RETAIL trade improvements are being planned to boost business in Velez-Malaga. The town’s mayor has met with shop owners to discuss works to improve local trade and facilities for shoppers. CREDIT: Facebook / Ayuntamiento de Velez Malaga
PROMOTION: Councillors meet with trader representative to create a plan for improvement.
parking in the blue zone, as well as signing an agreement between both associations and the city council to organise, in a coordin a t e d m a n n e r, m o r e a c t i v i t i e s
that encourage purchasing in local shops. “We fundamentally consider the contribution made by the representatives of the merchants
of both Velez-Malaga and Torre del Mar to meet the needs of our citizens to represent the p u l s e o f t h e c i t y, ” a d d e d t h e mayor.
NE W s a n i t a t i o n w o r k s a r e a step closer to completion in Nerja. Revised plans for the Integ r a l S a n i t a t i o n Wo r k s h a v e been approved pending a final inspection from the Ministry. The latest news was announced to Mayor José Alberto Armijo by the Sub directorate General of Infrastructures of the Ministry for Ecological Transition last Friday. Armijo has stressed his pleasure at the news: “It is very good news that comes to confirm that progress continues in such an important project and with which we overcome another obstacle in the completion of the works of the Integral sanitation of Nerja.” The project, currently halted due to the awaiting approval, will resume with construction company Lantania estimating that the rest of the project should take up to eight months. The approval comes after a municipal plenar y approved an initiative of the PP urging the Central Government and the Regional Government of Andalucia to urgently speed up the actions that have halted the project so far.
Fruit harvest hit FARMERS working in the mango plantations in the Axarquia region are bracing themselves for a slow season. According to the president of the Spanish Association of Tropical Fruit Producers, Javier Braun, the harvest forecast will be around 20,000 tonnes once the final crop has been picked, 15,000 lower than last year which peaked at 35,000 tonnes.
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THE mayor Antonio Moreno Ferrer met with representatives of the merchants of Velez-Malaga and Torre del Mar to discuss topics such as new blue parking areas, new signage and pedestrianisation plans. He had discussions with counc i l l o r f o r Tr a d e , L o l a G a m e z , c o u n c i l l o r f o r M o b i l i t y, J o s e Maria Dominguez, councillor for Culture and Heritage, Cynthia Garcia, and councillor for Infrastructure, Juan A Garcia, as well as members of the Associations of Merchants and Entrepreneurs of Velez-Malaga and Torre del Mar last week. Along with proposed improvements to parking, signage and access, a new timetable has been drawn up for upcoming events, new motorway links from Torrox, a renewal of the General Urban Development Plan (PGOU), the reduction of cadastral values (IBI) and the rejuvenation of the historic centre of the town. Moreno Ferrer said that: “It is our job to protect and promote local trade and therefore we have jointly addressed some issues such as the expansion of
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HARVEST: Mango farmers bracing themselves for a small harvest.
ACCORDING to figures, around 1,200 children under three have started the 2019/20 school year in Axarquia. The figures were released as the mayor of VelezMalaga, Antonio Moreno Ferrer and councillor for Social Rights and Equality, Victor Gonzalez, visited the nursery La Fortaleza in Velez-Malaga to wish the students a prosperous school year.
Braun has justified the low crop on the fact that the mango harvest traditionally has good and bad years and also specific problems related to the flowering of the plants. He has also blamed the unusually bad weather which hit the region last week that has caused damage to the region’s crops. The president of the group has said that the mango “is more expensive and there is more demand this year,” so he hopes that this situation will help to cushion the decline in production this season. According to the latest data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Andalucia has 4,246 hectares of mango, of which the province of Malaga accounts for 90 per cent of the country’s production.
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Exit like Incredible Hulk Boris Johnson had nothing new to bring to the table other than his declared preference to be ‘dead in a ditch’ rather than extend the deadline. The Luxembourg meeting was the
‘Put career before country’ FORMER Prime Minister David Cameron has accused Boris Johnson of putting his political career before Britain’s best interests. In David Cameron’s forthcoming memoirs, he says Boris Johnson was never a fan of Brexit but jumped on the bandwagon for his own ends. David Cameron says he has no regrets about calling the referendum on Europe having been bound, he said, by a Tory manifesto pledge to do so. Mr Cameron campaigned for remain while Mr Johnson rallied the call to leave resulting in the then Prime Minister’s resignation when his side unexpectedly lost the vote. He says his former colleague was more worried about winning a popularity contest within his own party than taking the country in the right direction. In his memoirs, published in the Sunday Times, Mr Cameron writes: ‘Whichever senior Tory politician took the lead on the Brexit side - so loaded with images of patriotism, independence and romance - would become the darling of the party. ‘He [Mr Johnson] didn’t want to risk allowing someone else with a high profile - Michael Gove in particular - to win that crown. The conclusion I am left with is that he [Boris Johnson] risked an outcome he didn’t believe in because it would help his political career.’ He also criticises Mr Johnson for misleading voters with promises he could not follow through when he rode the Brexit bus with a banner claiming leaving would gain the NHS an extra £350m a week.
first between the two leaders since Boris Johnson took office in July and while Mr Johnson stressed the UK wanted a deal, delivering to deadline was key. In the Mail on Sunday, he likened the UK to the comic book character the Incredible Hulk bursting out of EU restraints come what
INCREDIBLE HULK: Bursting out of EU restraints come what may.
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BREXIT BRIEF JUST 36 days before the Brexit deadline, the UK Prime Minister met EC President Jean-Claude Junker for the first time on Monday.
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may - a position that could end in court. Last week Parliament passed a law forcing the PM to seek an extension to the deadline rather than leave without a deal. Despite declaring the intention to obey the law, UK government ministers have confirmed that the UK will walk away on October 31 regardless. Talks focused on specific ideas to control plants and livestock movements at the Northern Ireland border as an alternative to the Irish backstop which remains the sticking point. Now that the UK government has lost its majority, the support of the DUP is less relevant to Mr Johnson who could allow different rules for Northern Ireland to break the deadlock. Although the proposals have been likened in Brussels as last night’s takeaway with a sprinkling of fresh herbs. Mr Johnson wrote in Monday’s Daily Telegraph newspaper that he believes a deal is possible within three weeks.
Cancel Brexit LIBERAL Democrats have voted to reverse Brexit if they win the next General Election. The policy was confirmed at the party’s annual conference. Previously the party had campaigned for a second referendum and say they will continue to argue for a second vote before a General Election.
Junker wants win EU president may gift deal to the UK to end his final weeks in office. British officials have said Jean-Claude Juncker will be keen to agree a deal to end his presidency with a win but Euro diplomats say he will not force Ireland to accept a climbdown over the backstop.
Drop backstop THE Irish backstop plan has been declared ‘undemocratic.’ Dominic Raab, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs has said the backstop must be removed before any agreement can be reached and that proposals for a future trading relationship between the EU and UK had to be ‘much more ambitious.’
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CLEARING: Specialist equipment has been used in the clean up.
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Organ donation Living in Spain can bring with it an array of issues which may not have been encountered when living in the UK. There are lots of things to consider, and we are here to help try to make the transition and life in Spain a little easier by compiling a series of helpful facts and figures relating to a variety of topics. As of 2010, Spain has operated an ‘opt-out’ (or presumed consent) system for deceased organ donation. This addresses the rate or refusal of potential donors or their families in giving permission for the use of organs. The rate of family refusal in Spain is 13 per cent, compared to 37 per cent in England (according to the National Transplant Organisation figures - ONT). According to the ONT, Brits living in Spain are more likely to donate their organs than their countrymen back home. It’s not necessary to have a donor card. What is important is to let family members and loved ones know your wishes in terms of organ donation. Figures published by the Spanish ONT in 2017 put the country as world leader in donation and transplants, reaching a new record with 46.9 donors per million people and 5.261 transplants. Spain has been a global leader in organ donation and transplantation for the past 26 years. Broken down by organ, there were 3,269 kidney surgeries (up 9 per cent on 2016), 1,247 liver transplants (up 8 per cent), 304 heart procedures (8 per cent rise), 363 lung surgeries (up 18 per cent), 70 pancreas transplants (down 4 per cent) and eight bowel surgical procedures (up 100 per cent). According to the National Transplant Organisation (ONT), these surgeries are equivalent to six donors and 14 surgical procedures a day. In addition, Spain saw a new record in bone marrow donation last year, with 78,291 new donors and an increase of 196 per cent over the previous year. At this rate, the country could reach its target of 400,000 bone marrow donors well before the mid-2020 goal. In Spain the number of those on the waiting list was reduced to 4,896 in 2017, from 5,480, although the number of children waiting for organs increased to 74, from 48 a year earlier. Lung and heart are viable for 4-6 hours after death, liver and pancreas 24 hours, kidney 72 hours, corneas 14 days, bone and skin five years, and heart valves up to 10 years. Small intestines, veins, tendons and ligaments can also be donated. A single organ donor can save up to eight people and a single tissue donor may enhance the lives of up to 50 people. This information is for guidance only, and should not be taken as legal advice. If in any doubt, seek professional help.
Clearing works THE town of Rincon de la Victoria has undergone clearing works to i m p ro v e d r a i n a g e i n the area. The Department of Environment of Rincon de la Victoria has reported that the local council has undergone important clearing and reforming works on the channels running through the town.
Urban rivers such as Totalan and Coronas have been fully cleared, with Serrezuela, Cuevas and Zamora due to be completed by the end of the month, according to councillor Sergio Diaz (PP). Salado explained: “The need to carry out these works as a preventive and responsible measure to ensure the evacuation of water through
our channels.” The clearing works are an annual process where specialist machinery is used to clear away the debris collected in the channels throughout the course of the year. The municipality funded programme also appeals to residents to help with keeping the gutters clear, insisting that bulky waste is deposited in local Punto Limpios.
Further aid for Narcotics Anonymous THE Narcotics Anonymous of Axarquia has signed an agreement with the Malaga-Axarquia Healthcare Group. The Narcotics Anonymous Association (NA) with a base in Nerja, has signed a collaborative agreement with the Malaga-Axarquía Healthcare Association to help promote the group across the region. Initial talks were put into place back in May regarding a possible collaboration between the two organisations, with an aim to strengthen the NA’s presence in the westernmost areas of the province.
Two main points were signed off during the confirmation of the deal, the first being the addition of informative tables in the different centres in Axarquia, providing more points of contact for anyone wishing to use the service. The second point was to create monthly meetings in a space reserved at the Hospital of Axarquia, the first time an NA meeting is to be held in hospital grounds. Narcotics Anonymous is a non-profit organisation, whose sole purpose is to ensure that its members remain completely abstinent from all types of drugs through community action.
TV Premiere of new series SPANISH streaming service, Atresplayer Premium is premiering a new TV drama shot almost entirely in Axarquia. The programme centres on lead character Hugo Beltrán, played by ex-Malaga footballer Jesus Mosquera. With only a handful of previous television experiences, Mosquera played extensively with Malaga B and Betis B sides. He plays a male stripper, in a world of drugs, sex and partying, sentenced to prison for a murder he didn’t commit, and within
the surroundings of his appeal, a dramatic love story unravels between himself, his lawyer and his lover. Various locations in Axarquia have been utilised for the filming of Toy Boy, including the El Posito in Velez-Malaga being used to recreate a police station. Other locations include the Plaza de la Constitución and the beaches of Axarquia. The series, already showing on Atresplayer, will be available to terrestrial viewers in the coming weeks on Antena 3 every Sunday.
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PRIZES: Rincon mayor Francisco Salado (PP) launches the charity event.
Charity Golf in Rincon AÑORETA Golf Resort will host the first Charity Tour nament New Future Malaga to be held on September 20 and 21. During a presentation at the reso r t b y t h e l o c a l council o f R i n c o n d e la Victoria, the event was announced as well as a performan c e b y a r t i st Jo s é
Manuel Soto. A tournament will be held which expects up to 170 participants will take part as teams of four, with prizes being awarded for the best performers. T h e re w ill als o b e a charity gala that will take place on Saturday Septemb er 2 1 fro m 9 p m o n th e te rra c e o f A ñ o re ta G o l f
Restaurant, including the performance by Soto. The evening gala will be free for golfers and partners, and €25 for everyone else, with all proceeds going towards local charities. Subscriptions to the golfing event ended on September 18 with the entrance fee being €35 for members and €45 for non members.
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Sports installation out of action ing was destroyed and windows shattered. Vicent Grimalt, Denia’s mayor, and Sports councillor Raul Garcia de la Reina announced that it would be impossible to carry out repairs until the 2019-2020 season ends. The rugby ground, athletics pitch and the Valencian ballgame court will be reopened to the public once the sports hall’s roof
has been secured and the public’s safety can be guaranteed, Garcia de la Reina said. “Municipal officials are now inspecting the sports centre to assess whether it is worth repairing, which will take a great deal of time and money, or whether it is preferable to build a centre more suited to the town’s needs,” Grimalt said. As the existing centre was built 40 years ago, he was in favour of the latter solution, the mayor announced. SPORTS CENTRE: Some sections unusable for a year. Photo credit: Denia town hall
DENIA’S sports complex was badly damaged by the tor nado that recently ripped through the town. Part of the sports hall’s roof was torn off, one wall collapsed, floor-
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NIGEL CONSTABLE, owner of the Company Bar in Benidorm Old To wn, passed away in his sleep on Monday morning after a short spell in hospital. Nigel was a much-loved character in Benidorm and tributes have been paid on social media after it was announced he had passed away in his sleep. Friend and Euro Weekly News columnist Barry Duke, posted on his Facebook account: ‘Learned with sadness today that my dear friend Nigel Constable, owner of Company Bar in Benidorm, died in the early hours of this morning. I’ll miss his wit, wisdom... and his bouts of irascibility. ‘He inspired me to write many a column for Euro Weekly News, and for that I shall always remember him.’ A post on the bar’s Facebook account read: ‘The funeral for Nigel Constable will take place at
the Crematorium at Villajoyosa next Tuesday September 24, at 12pm. ‘Everybody is welcome to attend this non religious service. The family have asked that no flowers be sent. There will be a wake at Company Bar after the service.’ CREDIT: Facebook
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SAD NEWS: Benidorm bar owner, Nigel Constable, sadly passed away on Monday morning.
Breaking News Gibraltar to beat the UK in holding a General Election before Brexit By John Smith B E AT I N G Boris Johnson, the Chief Minister of Gibralt a r, F a b i a n P i c a r d o on Monday handed a request to the Governor to dissolve parliament immediately. A general election has been called for Thursday October 17 which is the same date as the next meeting of the European Council and the Chief Minister said that the planned departure from the European Union was one of the key factors in fixing the date of the election, especially given there could be elections in UK and Spain soon. Although there will be no MPs sitting in Gibraltar
prior to the election, Fabian Picardo and the Deputy Chief Minister Joseph Garcia will be attending UK party political conferences as previously intended. Mr Picardo made it clear that he intended to stand for re-election as he believes that he has the experience and background to deal with whatever situation arises with Brexit and said it was the wrong time to trust novices or ‘has beens,’ political experiments or political spent forces when the people of Gibraltar face what could be a very difficult time. Current ministers are aware of the Chief Minister ’s decision and are expected to confirm later today whether they intend to stand at the election or to retire from politics.
Triple killing arrest
A MAN has been arrested in Spain for allegedly killing his ex-partner, his ex-mother-in-law and his ex-brother-in-law in the Pontevedra town of Valga. Police report that the man allegedly committed the triple killing in the town’s district of Carracido, in the parish of Cordeiro, before returning home to A Coruña. He then reportedly turned himself in to the Guardia Civil and allegedly confessed to the crimes. The events took place in the early hours of Monday morning. The Guardia Civil has taken charge of the investigation, of which no more details have yet been released.
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HALF MARATHON: Riders power up one of the steep climbs through the town.
THE town of Riogordo hosted the third round of the Half Marathon BTT of Villa de Riogordo on the morning of Monday September 16.
It was the third round of the Provincial Circuit Diputación de Málaga which started in early September. Athletes in the elite category departed at 9.30am
AWARD: María Elvira Roca wins the 2019 Espasa Prize.
Writer’s award THE coveted Espasa Writers’ Award has been won this year by El Borge-based writer María Elvira Roca for her piece entitled ‘menosprecio alegre’ (Happy Contempt). Her essay focuses on the Spanish Civil War period In the 16th and 17th centuries, where Spain’s lavish customs and exuberant ways led to the disdain of many of its European neighbours. The book has been called ‘one of the key concepts in Fracasology, Spain and its elites: from the afrancesados to modern day.’ The judging panel also went on to say ‘the book is a magnificent essay, a bold revision that changes the traditional image of the history of Spain and the concept that we Spaniards have of ourselves.’ Describing the novel, Roca explained “propaganda is a way of managing the lie that the Spaniard has never been able to learn.” Roca’s works will be published on October 8 through the Espasa publishing house.
from the surroundings of the municipal swimming pool, with experienced triathletes Alejo Fuentes and Daniel Bernal battling at the front for the whole race before Fuentes edged out a narrow victory. In the under-23 category, Ismael Romero (CC Coín) placed sixth overall to take the victory after a race long battle with Juan Miguel Perez (Ciclohobby). Ivan Gonzalez (Ciclohobby) took victory in the junior category and maintains his lead in the series, with Jesus Ric (Ciclohobby) eventually taking the Master 40 win. Titanico Manuel Martín (CD Bike Philosophy) emerged victorious in the Master 50 and José Navarro (CD Kamaga Bike) took the Master 60 win. Paqui Jiménez was the fastest female at the event with a time of one hour, 59 minutes, with Deseada Baguietto (CC Rincón de la Victoria) and Alba Vázquez (CC Al - Andalus) winning the Master 40 and cadet categories respectively. The next round will be held on October 6 in Rincon de la Victoria before heading to Ronda, Villanueva de la Concepción, Yunquera and Viñuela before ending on December 1 in Casabermeja.
Frozen Food Contents insurance guarantee WHAT about the contents of your fridge? A big part of our monthly expenditure goes on shopping for food. And a fridge packed full of food is a significant cost. Imagine your fridge or freezer stops working in these hot summer months and all the food is quickly ruined. Will it be covered as part of your contents insurance? Fridge and freezer cover as standard Our home insurance policy covers the contents of your fridge and freezer up to a maximum of €300 per claim for food stored in a domestic refrigerator or freezer that has been spoiled due to the fridge or freezer unit breaking down or a power cut that lasts longer than six consecutive hours. Putting in a claim If you need to claim, simply provide a copy of the repair invoice for the fridge or freezer, and in the event of a power cut spoiling your food contents, then a
justification from the electricity company confirming the power outage. Tips for power cuts and surges Power cuts and surges are a nuisance and often occur during thunderstorms during the hotter summer months. And it’s not only the contents of your fridge or freezer that can be spoiled, expensive electronics, home alarm systems and other appliances may be affected. We recommend you install surge protectors and remember to unplug your most prized electronics during thunderstorms.
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Making an insurance claim after the storms THE storms which wreaked havoc across Valencia, Alicante, Murcia and Almería last week were amongst the most severe we have witnessed in recent years and left a trail of destruction and sadly loss of life across the region. If your home or vehicle is insured and has been damaged during these storms then you will want to make a claim. Your first call will be to your insurer or the broker or agent who sold you the policy. When you give them details of the damage and how it was caused you may well be advised that this is covered by the Consorcio de Compensación de Seguros and not your insurance company. So, what is the Consorcio and how does it work? The Consorcio is a public insurance company created by the Spanish government in 1941. It has many functions but the key one in this case is coverage of extraordinary risks to persons and property. Contracting an insurance policy with a private insurer in Spain carries with it separate coverage against extraordinary risks, the coverage extending to the same property and people covered by that policy and for the same amounts. The natural risks covered are earthquakes, tidal waves or tsunamis, floods, volcanic eruptions, wind storms (tornadoes and winds gusting to more than 120km/h) and falling
INSURANCE ADVICE: What to do in the wake of flooding. objects and meteorites. Flood is the risk that accounts for most of the claims in Spain. Flood is defined as an inundation of land due to the accumulation or runoff of rainwater, meltwater or waters from lakes, rivers or inlets through overflow of
their natural beds or channels. It also covers damage caused by coastal battering. Damage produced by rain falling directly on the insured property or collected by its roof or cover, drainage system or patios is not covered by the Consorcio. Water from
dams, canals, sewers, collectors and other man-made underground channels is also not covered unless these are ruptured by an extraordinary event covered by the Consorcio. A useful rule of thumb is that if the rain water comes through your roof it is not covered by the Consorcio, but if the rain water comes through your door it is. Appraisal of the damage is carried out by claims assessors appointed by the Consorcio. The Consorcio is funded by a compulsory surcharge on the policy premiums on several lines of insurance including home and vehicle insurance. Private insurers collect this surcharge alongside the policy premium and deposit those funds with the Consorcio on behalf of the customer. How to make a claim? As mentioned above, your first port of call is to the insurer, broker or agent who sold you the policy. If the damage you are claiming for is covered by the Consorcio they will advise you what to do next. For further information see www.consorseguros.es. If your policy was taken out with Ibex Insurance, we will help you to understand the process and to complete the Consorcio claim form ‘hoja de comunicación de daños.’ Just contact your Ibex office or agent and we will hold your hand through the entire process. Ibex Insurance
New Look for Rincon Football A PRESENTATION was held last Thursday to launch the new kit to be worn by Rincon amateur football team. The ‘Peña José Ramos Zapata de La Cala del Moral’ launched their new look during an event hosted by the mayor of Rincon
de la Victoria, Francisco Salado along with councillor for Sports, Antonio Jose Martin. The kit which incorporates diagonal contrasting blue stripes was well received by the players and the chairman of the club, Antonio Jesus Ramos. The team, which was champion of 2nd Division of the Ama-
teur League of Axarquia, was presented a plaque to celebrate the municipal collaboration in the acquisition of the new uniform. Now in its third season, the club has gone from strength to strength in the Axarquia championship, with a solid group of players on average above the age of 35.
NEW STRIP: Was well received by the players.
Swimming challenge THE mayor of Rincon met with endurance swimmer Christian Jongeneel before his epic challenge. Francisco Salado held a meeting with expert swimmer and charity fundraiser Christian Jongeneel last Wednesday, September 11 to wish the Malaga-born Rincon resident good luck on his latest and most dangerous challenge to date. The swimmer plans to swim the channel between the Hawaiian islands of O’ahu and Molokai in aid of the Vicente Ferrer Foundation, with proceeds going towards the construction of water purification plants in Anantapur (India). During the meeting, the swimmer presented the mayor with a book and a t-shirt from the ‘Brazadas Solidarias.’
FINANCE
Output up
INDUSTRIAL output jumped 2.9 per cent in July com pared to the same month in 2018. The rise was driven by energy and consumer goods according to the National Statistics Institute (INE). The general industrial production index has been volatile in recent months, with falls in April (2 per cent) and June (1.9 per cent) and rises in May (1.6 per cent) and July (2.9 per cent). Energy industry out put rose 8.3 per cent and consumer goods 5 per cent.
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47,890
was the number of house sales in July, the highest monthly figure since May 2008.
Brexit warning letters
MORE than 90,000 warning letters have been sent to businesses who export to the UK by Spain’s tax authorities. They are advising recipients of the adverse effects of a nodeal Brexit and recommending that precautions are taken to mitigate against the ef fects of such an event. Amongst the factors listed in the letters are the new customs, tax and healthrelated rules that businesses will have to follow to trade with the UK if there is no deal. Of most concern for Spanish com
By Dilip Kuner panies is potentially having to meet new health and quality regulations that might be imposed on food and animal exports to the UK. And red tape is set to increase hugely, with each shipment requiring a customs form, going through cus toms controls plus the payment of tariffs and other duties. Meetings between tax officials and business associations, companies and customs specialists have been held to discuss the trade and borderrelated problems related to Brexit.
The Spanish government has put contingency plans into place, and the Finance Ministry, which is largely re sponsible for the customs service, has been planning for a no deal scenario for months. Air and sea ports have been as signed more resources to deal with the extra workload expected. While the customs paperwork is not expect ed to be a major problem the need to meet new regulations not just for food and animals, but also medicines and chemical products is a big con cern.
LEGALLY SPEAKING Must proxies be signed? I arrived at our recent AGM with all my proxy votes correctly done, signed and dated. An other person arrived with 44 proxy votes, but only three of them were signed. When I questioned the administrator about this, his reply was: “Take us to court.” Can you advise where the College of Property Ad ministrators is located for Alicante? I wonder if our administrators are members. Do all proxy votes have to be signed? Can an EGM be called? R H (Costa Blanca) Article 15.1 of the Law of Horizon YOU AND THE tal Property pro LAW IN SPAIN vides for proxy rep resentation at the AGM and states that, ‘a written authorisation signed by the owner is sufficient…’ to es tablish this. You can indeed take them to court to im pugn the results of the vote. It is a risky business unless you can show that the community has suffered loss. The Colegio Oficial de Administradores de Fincas de Alicante has a very complete website at www.coafa.es. Be advised that community administrators are not legally required to register. If you assemble onefourth of the owners, you can call an EGM. Why not discuss this with your president?
DAVID SEARL
Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
Seat to China
THE Seat and Cupra bands are set to expand into China and Chile. CEO of Cupra and Seat’s commer cial vice president, Wayne Griffiths, says that the former is preparing to start selling in China, while the lat ter will enter the Chilean market in the next few months. Griffiths stressed that Seat must have a more diversified geographic presence and grow beyond Europe. “We’re doing it in North Africa, we’re starting our development in Latin America and we’re preparing to reach China in two or three years,” he said.
BUSINESS EXTRA
Busy times for AENA AENA airports handled 186.8 million passengers in the first eight months of the year, 5 per cent more than in the same period last year, with Madrid’s Adolfo Suarez leading the way with 5.8 million in August alone.
Opening up THE number of new companies rose 1.6 per cent in July compared to the same month in 2018, to add 7,820 companies, while business dissolutions increased by 9.2 per cent to total 1,622, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE).
Cuban law SPANISH hotel chain Meliá has been included in a class action lawsuit filed in a federal court in Florida under the Helms-Burton Act for doing business deals involving properties confiscated in Cuba after the 1959 revolution.
Deficit under control ACTING Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said Spain’s public deficit is controlled. He told Congress that the nation’s deficit will close the year at 2 per cent of GDP and expects that the economy will have grown by 2.2 per cent by the end of 2019. Replying to criticism from the President of the PP, Pablo Casado, who pointed out that ‘inertia is over’ and asked him to ‘fix Spain,’ Sanchez said: “For your peace of mind, Mr Casado, the deficit is under con
trol. At the end of 2019 it will be 2 per cent of GDP, a reduction of 0.5 points compared to 2018. We must be doing something right.” Sanchez has recognised a cooling of the econo my, blaming ‘trade tensions’ and the adoption of protectionist policies by countries like the United States. But he referred to estimates from the Euro pean Commission and said that “Spain will continue to grow and lead” the European economy.
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1,09
74.389
MARKS & SPENCER
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-0,91
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275.449
MEDIA CONTEN
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0,57
0,02
41.078
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0,03
0,00
77.309
0,89
0,10
147.768
-1,16
-0,20
73.029
0,01
431.880
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-0,10
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-0,47
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22.517
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3,32
0,05
5.315.950
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-0,16
-0,01
333.984
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-0,26
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0,21
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0,75
0,04
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0,55
0,13
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-0,90
-0,04
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15,095
-1,53
-0,23
267.792
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-1,13
-0,06
131.788
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-0,54
-0,01
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-1,13
-0,24
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-0,18
-0,11
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-1,22
-0,26
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40.955
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34.662
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0,02
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756.480
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43,540
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0,61
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-0,86
-0,42
13.728
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2,19
0,50
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-0,05
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337.875
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424.231
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31,390
-0,50
-0,16
42.190
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236.449
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219.373
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156.487
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-0,24
-0,05
30.571
26,305
-1,03
-0,27
10.421
7,346
0,65
0,05
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SLOUGH EST.
7,692
-1,23
-0,10
127.079
GLENCORE INTL
2,576
-0,75
-0,02
2.111.954
SMITH & NEP.
18,810
0,87
0,16
126.801
GROUP 4 SECU
1,989
-0,50
-0,01
230.427
SMITHS INDU.
16,795
-0,74
-0,12
37.902
HAMMERSON
2,706
1,41
0,04
653.422
ST JAMES S P
9,921
-1,14
-0,11
147.795
FRESNILLO
HARGREAVES LANSDOWN HSBC IMPERIAL TOBACCO
20,060
-2,00
-0,41
26.911
STAN.CHART
6,876
0,87
0,06
404.742
6,220
-1,32
-0,08
2.181.965
STANDARD LIFE
2,718
-1,77
-0,05
509.967
21,580
-0,45
-0,10
34.520
TAYLOR WOOD.
1,625
-1,10
-0,02
685.166
2,390
-0,05
-0,00
554.809
INFORMA GROU
8,354
-0,57
-0,05
98.201
TESCO
INTERCON.HOT
50,180
-0,14
-0,07
15.646
TUI
INTERTEK GROUP
53,380
-0,78
-0,42
9.797
INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRS GRP 4,458
-2,51
-0,11
1.421.427
ITV
1,235
-2,05
-0,03
466.532
8,671
-2,03
-0,18
162.632
48,808
-0,75
-0,37
143.844
UN.UTILITIES
7,818
-0,37
-0,03
102.596
VODAFONE GRP
1,602
-0,71
-0,01
1.875.066
UNILEVER
31,710
-1,98
-0,64
19.707
WHITBREAD
44,723
-0,31
-0,14
16.029
KINGFISHER
2,051
-0,77
-0,02
471.925
WPP GROUP
10,221
-1,53
-0,16
77.086
LAND SECURIT
8,296
2,08
0,17
91.824
3I GROUP
10,985
-1,21
-0,13
23.532
JOHNSON MATT
Units per €
US dollar ..................................................1.1069 Japan yen...............................................119.408 Switzerland franc ...................................1,09541 Denmark kroner .....................................7,46740 Norway kroner........................................9,91181
8,735
0,14
5,224
CONVATEC GROUP
1.12492
61,060
18,369
BP BRITISH FOODS
0.8888
DOW JONES C LOSING P RICES S EPTEMBER 16
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 119,200 218,750 379,760 133,780 121,500 50,030 54,260 72,640 219,900 233,980 143,670 52,540 130,780 120,230 209,810 82,610 137,320 87,320 36,910 122,120 146,310 138,060 233,610 59,960 177,270 55,990 117,430 138,020 171,440
CHANGE% CHANGE 0,15 0,18 -1,94 -4,34 1,10 4,13 1,54 2,03 0,07 0,08 0,20 0,10 -1,54 -0,85 0,92 0,66 0,53 1,16 0,08 0,18 0,03 0,05 -0,89 -0,47 0,27 0,35 1,97 2,32 -1,10 -2,34 -0,84 -0,70 -0,15 -0,20 -0,40 -0,35 -0,99 -0,37 -0,53 -0,65 -1,34 -1,99 0,44 0,60 1,53 3,51 -0,78 -0,47 -0,40 -0,71 0,77 0,43 0,44 0,51 0,38 0,52 0,50 0,86
VOLUME(M) 1.029.351 10.244.895 563.689 914.311 1.519.822 4.100.779 4.111.652 2.604.315 666.983 1.076.470 646.094 5.351.921 1.574.916 3.580.191 1.179.986 2.607.111 8.114.655 1.743.944 6.615.500 1.788.604 524.322 656.311 1.011.043 2.636.007 1.663.482 1.510.547 972.942 1.572.000 549.210
M - MILLION DOLLARS
NASDAQ C LOSING P RICES S EPTEMBER 16
COMPANY
PRICE
CHANGE NET / %
Most Advanced Digirad Corporation Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. GreenSky, Inc. Ryanair Holdings plc
$5.60
14.29%
$17
9.11%
$17.28
4.79%
$7.46
4.78%
$63.91
4.77%
DBV Technologies S.A.
$10
4.28%
Endo International plc
$4.09
3.41%
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.
$40.33
3.06%
Moneygram International, Inc.
$6.06
3.06%
Reebonz Holding Limited
$2.25
2.74%
Ardelyx, Inc.
$5.78
-7.89%
RF Industries, Ltd.
$8.30
-5.17%
Qutoutiao Inc.
$4.19
-3.9%
Most Declined
Intra-Cellular Therapies Inc.
$10.24
-2.1%
$2.37
-2.07%
Enphase Energy, Inc.
$21.79
-1.85%
T2 Biosystems, Inc.
$2.96
-1.66%
Grifols, S.A.
$20.40
-1.54%
Apple Inc.
$219.71
-1.51%
NVIDIA Corporation
$181.52
-1.49%
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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Nuclear fall out
By Dilip Kuner
ENRESA, the stateowned company in charge of scrapping Spain’s remaining nuclear power stations does not have enough money. Now the government must decide whether the extra bill is paid only by the electricity companies or al so by the user. Endesa, Iberdrola, Natur gy and EDP, the companies that own the plants will have to face an extra bill of just over €4 billion for the power stations’ scrapping. In addition, users should al so contribute, via their electricity bills, an addition al billion. This is according to the latest report of Enresa, pub lished just a few days ago, which sets the cost of the complete dismantling of nu
POWER: The nuclear plant at Cofrentes.
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Cash injection by Iberdrola SPANISH electricity company Iberdola is using cash from the 40 per cent sale of its East Anglia wind farm to increase the capital of subsidiary Scottish Power by £1.36 billion (€1.523 billion) to safeguard it against Brexit.
Loans ruling clear power plants at an in flation adjusted total of €14.113 billion in a process that will last until 2070. In addition to scrapping, other costs would have to be borne. Above all, the treatment of waste. In to tal, the bill for the entire nuclear blackout and waste management would amount to an inflation ad justed €15.449 billion. At the moment the de commissioning fund is around €5 billion short of what is needed.
Bankia trial extended A TRIAL investigating alleged irregularities in Bankia’s initial share offering (IPO) in July 2011 has been extended for another week. It is now scheduled to end on Wednesday, September 25, more than 10 months after oral evidence started to be heard. The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office began its final presentation on September 2. It raised from four to 15 the total number of people for whom it is asking for a conviction by including the crime of false accounting, which it added to
previous charges of swindling investors. Now investors’ group 15MPaRato is asking for the conviction of 21 individuals, while consumers’ group Adicae has maintained its accusation against 34 people. Ignacio Ayala, the lawyer of former Bankia president Rodrigo Rato, has blamed the Bankia case on an “unlucky accident,” saying “everything was done with the best intention.” In 2016 the Supreme Court ordered Bankia to repay small investors as the IPO was misleading.
THE Supreme Court has ruled that people cannot be evicted from their homes until they have a debt equivalent to 12 months payments or 3 per cent of the capital loaned in a case about unfair mortgage terms.
Block bond BANCO SANTANDER is issuing a $20 million (€18 million) bond using ‘blockchain’ technology, with financial director José García Cantera, saying the technology will be faster and make the bond more transparent for its clients.
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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT ONE thing I have learned over the years is that you should always be prepared to admit being in the wrong. Seeing an antagonist’s aggressive expression change when you quickly accept the blame can be quite rewarding. Often they can think of nothing to say at all and their whole confrontational attitude crumbles into an embarrassed mumble. Well, today I can quite happily admit to be ing in the wrong. I did set out this week to pour scorn on the latest snowflake scheme to introduce programmes which would ad dress the transgender needs of animals! Under ‘you couldn’t make it up’ I was preparing to cite two women, who recently appeared on television advocating plans to respect and assist transgender penguins and sexually confused dogs! Before I began the piece I decided to do a little research. To my surprise, I subsequently discov ered that this whole scenario has in fact been studied in some depth and there are actually quite a number of species who have shown examples of transgender and homo sexual leanings. No,it’s not only your friend ly local rabbit or randy little pooch, prepared
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Diverse planet
TRANSGENDER PENGUINS: A reflection of our diverse planet? to hump just about anything that stays still long enough but a whole selection of the animal king dom on this diverse planet of ours. One which I found most endearing was a magnificent beast called Mmamoriri. Sporting an impressive mane, Mmamoriri is a Lion/ess living with a pride in the Okavango Delta Botswana. Looking for all the world like a
large male, the animal actually has the sex or gans of a female. She is a beautiful specimen and appears to live in complete harmony with the rest of the group. She is in fact an asset, as the more males appear in a pride the larg er the territory they can control. So, although I admit to being on com pletely the wrong track in this instance, I still rather fail to see why animals in these cir
cumstances need any ‘help.’They actually seem to be coping perfectly well on their own. Perhaps it’s the complete acceptance of those around them. Something to be learned there perhaps? Not sure I’d want to get close enough to Mmamoriri to offer any counselling anyway. Oh and by the way, she actually has a deep er roar than the all other pride males. Very butch dear! Totally enjoyed my ‘live’ appearance on the EWN Facebook page this week. Sorry for the slight technical difficulties. Mind you it was Friday 13 and Mallorca was in the throes of an approaching tornado. (Leapy’s law!) Perhaps if there is a next time it will be a little more trouble free. Thanks to all of you who entered into the ‘spirit.’ And once more many thanks to this great paper for its indomitable dedication to the freedom of speech. Many happy returns to my beautiful daughter Melanie. On my way to the fancy dress birthday bash in my usual ‘drag’! Homophobic Moi? Keep the faith. Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
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NICK HORNE’S Rich Pick Freelance correspondent, London, England ONE million euros a week looks a lot like this, but do add on expenses. Fuel, food and beverages, plus of course tips. Built as a family yacht for pleasure but with an eye to the charter mar ket where the Superyacht SOLANGE commands a fee that starts at €1 mil lion per week. At 85.1 metres length overall and a beam of 13.8 metres the yacht has extraordinary volume. Interior designer Aileen Rodriquez remarked when the yacht was deliv ered: “The unique mix of rare and striking materials gives the yacht its ultimate look and luxurious style.” The main entrance is dominated by the Tree of Life, a glass sculpture rising some 16 metres from the tank deck to the bridge deck, though the staircase winding round the lighted glass column where more than 1,200 points of light suggest tropical rain and coloured glass flowers bloom. The staircase is itself contained within walls panelled in antiqued Venetian mirror and edge lit hand carved art glass. Nearby an elevator
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One million euros a week
MY SOLANDGE at sundown. clad in leather panels which itself provides access to all decks and may carry as many as nine guests at once. Aft of the main paved wood foyer is the main salon. Which unlike many superyachts of this size is undivided but rather one vast open space with the main dining table set in the cen tre and may accommodate up to 12 guests. Set above the table are three Schonbek chandeliers with large crystals of amethyst and rose quartz. Forward from the dining table there is a comfortable seating area with a fireplace as well as a hidden television. Looking aft towards the stern is another seating area and the bar, beyond open deck space and a
SUPERYACHT: The six-metre pool, also has two jacuzzis and a cinema.
stairway to the yacht’s ‘beach’ and the many superyacht ‘toys’ stowed in the ‘garage’ behind the beach. Toys and entertainments; a cine ma is almost expected on a supery acht and so yes it’s no surprise to find one. However, the cinema is re ally luxurious, so is the fabulous day head conveniently close to it. Spread across the six vast decks there is also
a removable sundeck dance floor with a console for a DJ and disco, lights and all. A hot tub or jacuzzi is also expected and SOLANDGE has two hot tubs and, to top it all, a six metre pool on the bridge deck aft equipped with a jet stream to swim against. Besides which is a chro matherapy spa with hammam and massage room.
There is a galley tasked to create culinary delights, there are numerous deck spaces close by and open to the sea, which bring guests into more inti mate contact with the elements. SOLANDGE sleeps 12 guests in seven staterooms including a master deck featuring 180 degree windows and private deck with a spa pool. While each of the cabins has its own unique colour scheme the deco ration of each room reflects the opu lence found throughout SOLANDGE. Handmade Italian furniture and high ly intricate stonework, mother of pearl inlays ensures that everyone on board is able to sleep in absolute luxury. Waking or sleeping, at rest or at play, 29 crew ensure that every care is taken of up to 12 guests whether at sea, in shore at anchor or calling at marinas around the Mediterranean. Charter SOLANDGE from only one million euros for each fabulous week. Alternatively travel to the prin cipality of Monaco next week [Sep tember 25 to 28 ] for the Monaco Yacht Show and compare several su peryachts. Nick Horne, London, England.
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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 3 represents T and 6 represents J, so fill in T every time the figure 3 appears and J every time the figure 6 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 Talkative (6) 4 Slender double-reed instrument (4) 8 Soiled (5) 9 Blunder (5) 10 Small house or flat (10) 13 Self-love (10) 17 Brief and to the point (5) 18 Distinctive smell (5) 19 Boring (4) 20 Heavy and filling food (6)
English - Spanish
Across 1 Ajustado (5) 4 Hoso (para tejer) (7) 7 Tortoise (7) 8 Nutria (carnívoro) (5) 9 Evitar (5) 10 Pear trees (7) 11 Wait (6) 13 Galletas De Barquillo (6) 17 Apellido (7) 19 Nieblas (5) 21 Heather (5) 22 To direct (7) 23 Resultados (7) 24 Fregaderos (5)
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE
Down 1 Set of rules, principles or laws (especially written ones) (4) 2 Main artery (5) 3/18 Experiment (3,3) 5 Cap with no brim or bill (5) 6 :Gained by labour (6) 7 Racket sport (6) 11 Eight-legged arachnid (6) 12 Joined together (6) 14 Of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city (5) 15 Bladed weapon (5) 16 Push for something (4) 18 See 3
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
Down 1 Tattoo (7) 2 Fat (person) (5) 3 Truenos (7) 4 Sellos (Correos) (6) 5 Detail (7) 6 Condes (5) 8 Remo (3) 12 Paquetes (grandes) (7) 14 Admira (7) 15 Tailors (7) 16 Debts (6) 17 To know (facts) (5) 18 Garlic (3) 20 According to (5)
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YOUR STARS FOR NEXT 7 DAYS
AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Feel sympathy for those who lack the gift of insight. Their lack of understanding upsets you, but their horizons are narrow. This is a time of giving to yourself. Look forward to some time away or indulging in something that really relaxes you. Should you be searching for someone special, they may be closer than you know.
PISCES (February 20 - March 20) This is not a time to drift into things because the planets are urging you to take control and forge ahead. Let others know exactly what you want and expect from them. If you do not, others will make decisions for you that could prove less desirable.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Someone who appears to be putting themselves in the way of your progress could simply be trying to help. They may have a valid point to make but just not be good at expressing themselves. Be aware of this because there could be a link to your health and love life.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) With your mind sharp and energy high, you want to make fast progress and, indeed, you can. You are only too aware of the time that has been wasted waiting for others. Now, most of that may be dealt with. See how others react when you do not. Leaving others to their own devices works better than nagging. Your lack of interest could worry them.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) When you meet opposition try to use persuasion and logic to win the day. Failing that, you may decide that ‘enough is enough’ and forge ahead, anyway. In this positive mood you find yourself attractive to the opposite sex. That does not mean you have a right to be pushy. Just use your charm. Combining business with pleasure could lead to trouble, so try to keep these two areas separate.
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) There is a strong feeling of 'self' this week, and you realise that you have many things to be thankful for. These thoughts come after a period of uncertainty that saw a lack of progress. With this feeling of renewed inner
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LOTTERY UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Saturday September 14
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strength, it is now possible to tackle a pet project.
LEO (July 24 - August 23) You know in your heart that you should take control of your future. This is a time to talk with others and consider their thoughts. At the end of the day, however, you are the one who has the final say. Socially, it is sometimes confusing to have more attention than you are used to.
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) At times this week you will feel that a certain relationship is not developing along the right lines. Although it seems that your efforts are often in vain, this is a situation that requires thought and patience on your part. It is perhaps a good time to look to your business matters for a change of scene and to set your mind on a more constructive course.
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) You should not feel responsible for the failings of others. Although you may think you could have done more in a certain situation, it is unlikely that any significant difference would have resulted. This is a busy time but also one in which a small persistent voice will be heard: the voice of logic and practicality. Listen to it.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) A long-term relationship has its wobbly moments this week, but all is not lost. Listen to your heart as it speaks louder than any other voice. You know what you need but that may conflict with what you feel you should want. In an ideal world, these two areas would be in harmony. Give a little happiness to others and your own heart will be lighter.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Making firm decisions in your love life may prove difficult. Do not be rushed. This is far from a straightforward week and you need to remember how to relax. You are able to deal with what comes your way but it is upsetting to find that someone has been less than honest.
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Your sense of balance in the universe could be upset, but do not let this sour either your thoughts or your character. You are in the eye of the storm so take this time to think. A bit of care and attention is what you need and you know where to find it.
Nonagram
BONUS BALL
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
IRISH LOTTO Saturday September 14
16
21
24
30
31
43
BONUS BALL
46
EURO MILLIONS Tuesday September 10
BONUS BALL
3
22
25
3 6
49
30
Friday September 13
BONUS BALL
1
12
27
6 7
47
42
EL MILLON: VSS73635
Thursday September 12
3
10
16
27
34
37
BONUS BALL
30 5
JOKER: 5 927 655 Saturday September 14
16
32
34
36
45
46
BONUS BALL
21
3
JOKER: 5 369 265 EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA Sunday September 15
9
24 33
29 54
BONUS BALL
3
Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.
Average: 5 Good: 7 Very good: 10
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION cere cert cred crud curd cure curl curt deer ecru leer lure reed reel retd rete rude rued rule tree true cered creed creel crude cruel cruet cured cuter deter elder erect eruct lucre lured ruled terce treed truce trued ulcer utter curdle curled cutler cutter dueler letter reduce rutted tercel tercet turtle clutter curette eructed lecture turtled uttered lectured CLUTTERED
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS
QUICK Across: 1 Aphid, 4 Cupid, 7 Interpret, 8 Rush, 10 Comet, 13 Brief, 14 Stay, 17 Newspaper, 19 Elegy, 20 Dated.
Down: LA PRIMITIVA
TARGET:
Excellent: 13
Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.
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How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case T) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
Sudoku
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
1 Aviary, 2/18 Hot pot, 3 Dark, 4 Carrot, 5 Patient, 6 Debt, 9 Syringe, 11 Leeway, 12 Hybrid, 15 Acre, 16 Sped.
CRYPTIC Across: 1 Reside, 4 Pass up, 9 Staff, 10 Student, 11 Released, 12 Pity, 14 Master, 16 Job lot, 19 Slog, 20 Malaysia, 23 Curious, 24 Slips, 25 Sanity, 26 Varlet.
Down: 1 Rostrum, 2 Shawl, 3 Deflated, 5 Abut, 6 Special, 7 Petty, 8 Esher, 13 Coral sea, 15 Sporran, 17 Transit, 18 Daisy, 19 Socks, 21 Spill, 22 Colt.
ENGLISH-SPANISH Down:
Across: 1 Eighty, 4 Moises, 9 Galleta, 10 Enemy, 11 Trees, 12 Trampas, 13 Grandmother, 18 Hairpin, 20 Later, 22 Skips, 23 Endeble, 24 Ligero, 25 Lonely.
1 Eighth, 2 Golpe, 3 Treason, 5 Oreja, 6 Siempre, 7 Shyest, 8 Saltamontes, 14 Raining, 15 Taladro, 16 Chisel, 17 Greedy, 19 Pesar, 21 Table.
CODE BREAKER
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Keep the money in-house MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION Views of a Grumpy Old Man AS corporations start to eat up small companies, some of their logic becomes impossible to understand. Like the near impossibility of contacting anybody directly, other than a robotic ‘help’ person who never actually helps you at all. I remember years ago I was in Las Vegas, in a bar in the Hilton, and sat for a few hours with friends drinking and nibbling at the pretzel snacks they provided. Six months later I was in the same bar and ordered the drinks and when they arrived there were no snacks with them. When I asked why the waitress informed me that the hotel was now being run by another division of Hilton and the accountants had looked at the amount of money being spent on ‘free’ snacks which was running into several mil lions of dollars each year. She was also fed up having to answer the same question hun dreds of times a day. Anyway, 12 months later I was there again. I should mention this was purely for business
at the time. Well, maybe I did have the odd game of poker too. I was back in the same ho tel, same bar and being served by the same waitress. I ordered a round of drinks and they duly arrived along with a big bowl of pretzels. I said wow that’s a quick change of mind, what was that all about? I loved the answer. She said the accountants had looked at the money that was being saved not serving the salty snacks was being wiped out by the loss of sales of drinks. What the accountants had n’t realised that the reason they gave away salty snacks was to make sure that the pun ters were always thirsty. Something some clever worldly person had worked out years ago, but who was long gone as the hotel got bigger and bigger. All the little things that seemed to be com plimentary were, in fact, brilliantly worked out ways to get as much money from the cus tomers as possible, but at the same time make them feel that they were getting some thing for nothing. Something that should be remembered by the massive companies now that do not care anything about their cus tomers because they more or less monopo lise the field they are in. The hotels in Vegas know the customers have a massive choice and they need them in there and they try and give them a good ex perience to keep the money in their hotel.
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A WORD of warning to anybody who rings the 11840 number for information about trains. Don’t! I am planning to travel from Xativa (Valencia) to Alicante later this week but then the Gota Fria arrived, affecting trains in Murcia. Murcia comes into it because the train I usu ally take finishes there and so does the train I re turn on. After repeatedly being put on hold by Renfe’s 912 320 320helpline I decided to ring the 11840 number I found in Google and appeared to be an alternative Renfe helpline. I’ve no idea if it is, but it costs €3 a minute al though being in a hurry I thought it would be worth it. It wasn’t: I got through to an operator with a strong South American accent who had never heard of Xativa and when she finally got the message said as far as she could see all was well. Even I knew that was wrong and told her so. I tried the Renfe number again and this time waited and waited. And waited. It was worth it and cost me nothing be cause the operator told me the time of the only train to Alicante that evening. It took time, but at least it cost me nothing. Name and address supplied
Leapy like a car crash YOU are like a car crash; you know you should avoid looking at all the s*** and gore but you can’t do it. Please give it up. You are sounding like one of the loony, frothymouthed, swiv elledeye Nazis. What makes me sick more than anything (and yes I have recently had a disagreement with a turd spouting Brexit) is those who hate the EU so much, but just love to sit drinking twoeuro pints in the sun all day shouting about how great England is. Just do one please. Mike Tanner
More sure than ever I HAVE realised that the remainers have been right all along when they say I did not know all the true facts before voting to leave, and it’s true! We WERE lied to appar ently so I decided to do a little research. I just voted to leave because I thought our sovereignty was being compromised by foreign unelected masters. That we were
compelled to have unlimited uncontrolled im migration, our laws and export agreements dic tated by Brussels bureaucrats and had to pay eyewatering amounts for the privilege. However... I did not know more than 10,000 EU officials get paid more than our Prime Minister. I did not know that, unlike the UK, 18 coun tries get more back from the EU than they put in. I did not know that the EU occupies over 45 buildings. I did not know that the EU Parliament spends €150 million a year moving to Strasbourg every month for fourday committee meetings. I did not know that the EU has had a huge luxury shopping centre built in Brussels for ex clusive use of EU employees. I did not know that the EU had been financ ing the mass movement of industries from the UK to mainland Europe. Apart from all that, everything’s fine and any thing Boris does to upset the silly and biased lit tle Speaker and other pantwetters in Parlia ment gets my full backing! Kevin Griffin
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If this was in the UK, that poor lamb would be suing our police for aggressive arrest and reporting it to the police investigation team. Good to see ‘zero tol erance’ in action. Laurie Linacre
POOR old Spain. A long hot summer has just finished. With the sunny dry weather came a seemingly non-stop string of forest fires. As tens of thousands of hectares burned and thousands of people were evacuated, people affected could be forgiven for wishing for a touch of rain and cooler weather. What they got however, was much more than they would have wanted. The so-called ‘Gota Fria’ or ‘cold drop’ came rolling in across swathes of eastern Spain. Once more thousands of people had to be evacuated as rivers burst their banks, people were trapped on rooftops and some 300,000 hectares of citrus and other crops destroyed. While the fires that raged across Spain brought destruction, worry and distress, at least there was the sense that something could be done against them. The thousands of firefighters and military personnel mobilised had great success in protecting life and property with, in the end, relatively few people directly affected by the flames. But there was no escaping the Gota Fria - the worst in 140 years. Those same emergency services now had a different task. But what they could do was limited. They could help with the evacuations and with the clean-up afterwards, but there was precious little they could do to hold the waters back. Even then, there is little doubt that without their efforts there could have been significant loss of life. So thank you to the emergency services from all of us. Yet again, we owe you.
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Why not just wait for him to get tired or bored and come down rather than climbing on other vehicles and damaging them. He could hurt noone but him self up there. The owner of both vans now have to try and get compensated for the damage and you can bet the police won’t be as keen to help with that. Softly,softly, catchy monkey! Tony Agombar
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Wean yourself off the addiction MANY experts now believe sugar is just as deadly an addiction as drink and drugs, with many people consuming far too much. Whilst it may be easier to lay off the sweets and chocolate, nutritionists say it is the hidden sugar in foods that catch peo ple unaware such as in premade pasta sauces and baked beans. So what can you do to help wean your self off sugar? Try and keep your blood sugar balanced and avoid low blood sugar that will make you want to go and get something sweet for a quick fix, eat smaller amounts more regularly. Don’t go longer than three hours without eating, especially women, or your blood sugar levels will drop too low and your body will give you a craving for some thing sweet. Weaning yourself off sugar can be easi er for some than others. Some may prefer
to go cold turkey, others gradually reduce it. First, after removing from the house the obvious sources, such as chocolates and cakes, it is recommended to take out of your diet all the savoury foods that contain added sugar. Savoury foods such as sauces like Dolmio, which changed its packaging to show the sugar content, contain added sugar so look for healthier or homemade versions to remove this added sugar. Oth er foods deemed healthier such as yo ghurts and cereal bars can also contain high levels of sugar so check the labels. Next, stop adding sugar to your hot drinks and other foods such as cereal. Checking the package of your cereal will show you there is already sugar in it. Detoxing from sugar can be difficult and it is normal to struggle with headaches, cravings, tiredness, spots and an upset stomach, but after the initial first few days your body will start to recalibrate itself.
Hormones: a hot topic THE health and wellness industry is becoming increasingly more tailored to individuals and their body’s specific needs. The latest frontier to be tackled in the quest to keep everything running as smoothly as possible is hormonal health. Not only do hormones impact your mood, they also affect your health and having an imbalance can lead to all manner of conditions, such as exhaustion and fertility issues. Hormones are produced by glands and are the chemical messengers that trigger activity in different parts of the body to help keep cells and organs working properly. To find out whether your hormones are functioning properly, you can get tested to check if you have any de ficiencies. This can then give you an idea of whether you need to make any diet or lifestyle changes, or if you need to take any supplements. However these tests can be pricey, but there are sev eral things you can do regardless to help your body stay in check. Testosterone levels for example, can be boosted by doing strength training and ensuring your diet has enough good fat and protein. Meanwhile vegetables such as kale, broccoli and cauli flower contain a compound that helps the body to metabolise oestrogen.
Cutting out sugar can repro gramme your taste buds and can improve your body, mind and mood, helping you to sleep better, have brighter and clearer sight and be less stressed.
HIDDEN SUGARS: How can you wean yourself off them?
Could veganism harm your hair? VEGANISM is gaining popularity across the globe, but several concerns have been raised over whether it could have an impact on your hair health. While many vegans are well informed about their diets, hairdressers have reported that their clients who have cut out animal products com pletely complain they have more brittle hair and weaker
hair growth. This could occur because vegans find it more difficult to consume a high amount of protein after they have cut out meat, fish and dairy prod ucts. Hair is made up of a chain of proteins so having a defi ciency will directly impact your hair. Therefore, it is important to supplement your diet with al ternative sources of protein,
CONCERNS: Could a vegan diet really weaken your hair?
such as pulses, and speak to a nutritionist if you need more advice. If you have weak hair, you can protect it against further damage by using treatments such as hair masks once a week, and avoiding colouring
and heat styling as much as possible. Use a protective spray on your hair when it’s wet before you brush it and try to find a shampoo that increases hair elasticity and protects cuti cles.
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FORMER Made in Chelsea beauty Louise Thompson, flaunted her amazing physique as she enjoyed a sunsoaked break in Ibiza with fiancé Ryan Libbey this week. Posing for the camera in a floral bikini, the 29yearold showcased her gymhoned fig ure, while her soontobehus band took snaps. The reality star kept it natur al with her brunette locks pulled high in a ponytail and
very little makeup. Back in June, it was revealed Louise and her fellow fitness fanatic fiancé had postponed their December wedding after the beauty confessed she ‘did n’t feel ready for it.’ Louise and Ryan have since confirmed they are getting wed abroad next year. The pair first met in the summer of 2016 when Louise was still with Alik Alfus and she employed Ryan as her per
LITTLE MIX star Jesy Nelson ex uded sex appeal and confidence as she took to the stage in Madrid for the first night of the LM5 tour. The 28yearold beauty shared her experience with online bullying in a re cent BBC Three documentary Odd One Out. During filming, she bravely revealed she tried to take her own life in 2013 after being named the ‘fat, ugly one’ in the band. Jesy has since been praised for her openness and branded a role model for girls everywhere.
FITNESS FAN: Stunner Louise Thompson works hard for her physique. sonal trainer, before the work ing relationship eventually turned to romance.
And she put her haters be hind her and put on an incredi ble display with bandmates Per rie Edwards, LeighAnne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall last week, wowing in a blue leopard print bodysuit and matching thighhigh boots. Little Mix then changed into racy black leather leotards with red ribbon trim to belt out numerous hits. Jesy’s suicide revelation comes after she con fessed that at the height of her bullying, following the group’s 2011 X Factor win, she took an over dose, but was saved by her boyfriend at the time.
Mix in Madrid
Girls’ night out N E W LY- S I N G L E T O W I E s t a r Yazmin Oukhellou made sure all e y e s w e re o n h e r w h e n s h e joined friends for a girls’ night out in Marbella on Monday. The 26yearold split from exboyfriend James Lock earlier in the summer after al most three years together. Yazmin accused the 32yearold fellow reality star of cheating on her while on holiday in Turkey. And she looked determined to show him what he was missing as she stepped out in a revealing, plunging white body con dress which showed off her incredible figure. Joining her for a night on the town was Amber Turner, 26, Courtney Green, 24, Chloe Meadows, 26, and her new BFF Chloe Brockett, 18. The girls spent the evening enjoying a lavish dinner and plenty of cocktails. The trip to Marbella comes after Yazmin declared she was in love with herself to her exboyfriend James. As the pair argued on a recent episode of TOWIE, the brunette told him she was
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Sun-soaked getaway
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TURNING HEADS: Yazmin Oukhellou (right) with Chloe B. in love with someone ‘intelligent and beautiful’ adding ‘that person’s me.’
Weekend Beach Festival IT’S back, as the mayor of Torre del Mar has just announced that following the succes of this year’s Weekend Beach Festival, next year’s is
already agreed to run from July 1 to 4. With some major perform ers attracting more than 150,000 people and earning an estimated €6 million for the town, it has now become one of the major festival ‘must sees’ in Spain. There is no news yet of the bands taking part, but they are bound to be as good as previ ous headliners such as Black Eyed Peas, Prodigy and the Off spring who performed along side some of Spain’s top artists. Early bird tickets will go on sale in October at very reason able prices.
Nine days of music
BEACH FESTIVAL: 2019 was a very good year.
THE town of Motril will really hum to the sound of music as it will host 14 concerts over nine days from September 21 to 29 as it presents its eighth Festival Musica Sur. There will be a selection of classical mu sic, jazz and flamenco alongside two silent movies accompanied by chamber music. Visitors can enjoy an international col lection with appearances by Moldovan vi
olinist Valeria Zorina, the Canadian cellist Thomas Chartré, the Croatian double bass player Frano Kakarigi and the trumpeter Alejandro Gómez in what is a unique week in southern Spain. The full programme detailing all of the participants, where they are performing and on what dates many be found by vis iting the festival website https://musica sur.es.
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When will it all end? NORA JOHNSON
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Candela night postponed CREDIT: Ayuntamiento
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THIS summer, an exam board was forced to defend a GCSE maths question involving calorie counting after being criticised on social media for causing distress to pupils with eating disorders. Another because an excerpt from an unseen text was taken from a classic book involving rape though the passage in question made no reference to the rape. Is it April 1 again, already? Can this be serious? Are children to be so protected that they can’t be presented with innocu ous reallife scenarios? Neither anorexia nor rape should be treated lightly, but encouraging young people to collapse in a heap at a mere hint of life’s unpleasantness is absurdly counterproductive. But nowadays every thing upsets somebody apparently. Next we’ll be told they can’t answer questions about the witch craze in history in case it upsets Wiccans. Or Dick Turpin
OVER SENSITIVE: Can students no longer be presented with innocuous reallife scenarios? because of the evident masculine focus of his name and the fact he was a highway man and not a highwayperson. Chem istry: no noble gases, because that’s elitist. Presumably, too, we’ll ban history, as it’s about wars and dead people; Geogra phy as it might mention tsunamis and people drowning; Maths as it tells you that you can’t calculate the last digit of pi. It’s almost the same as the university stu dents studying biology etc who demand trigger warnings if part of the course in volves seeing dead bodies. I’m sure most would have no problem. It’s only the at tention seekers who make a fuss. If they’re that sensitive, why apply to study subjects like biology? When will it all end? And to think that, 75 years ago, ‘kids’ of around the same age were storming
beaches in northern France under heavy artillery to liberate Europe from Nazi rule. Could there be another ‘story’ that more starkly illustrates the total antithesis be tween those brave souls and the inverte brates of today? Perhaps newspapers should place a trigger warning above these ‘offended’ / ‘feeling hurt’ stories. Maybe something like: ‘Warning! The following is unsuitable for older readers. It may cause extreme ir ritation or outrage...’ Nora Johnson’s crime thrillers ‘Betray al,’ ‘The Girl in the Woods,’ ‘The Girl in the Red Dress,’ ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora johnson.net) available online. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.
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POPULAR: A photo from last year’s event. THE Noche de Candelas in Benamargosa was postponed a week due to weather conditions. The full programming schedule has been kept the same but the town made the decision to postpone until tomorrow (Friday) due to the storms which hit the province last week. The local council of Benamargosa and the Brotherhood of the municipality announced the decision over their respective social media platforms explaining the rescheduled event that was due to take place on
Friday September 13. The new event will happen on Friday, September 20 but will retain the same schedule, with celebrations beginning at 9pm on the esplanade of the river with free sardine tastings and a performance of the Azahar dance troupe. A doll contest will take place at 11pm where makers of the dolls will be entered into a competition to win €80. The festival will close out with dance workshops for all attendees where they can learn traditional dances from the area.
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A WHILE back I disengaged myself from London’s LBC radio because I could no longer tolerate the interminable whining of Brexit supporters who thought their pipe-dream of an EU-free utopia was turning into a nightmare. I also stopped reading news reports about the process and warned my hus band that, if he were to utter words like ‘Brexit’ and ‘Boris Johnson’ in my pres ence I would file for divorce. My disengagement came after I re alised the illinformed claptrap hysteri cally screamed down LBC phonein lines by Brexiteers was doing my head in. But divorcing myself from LBC and other media proved as hard as quitting smoking. After 48 hours my willpower crumbled. I turned on the radio to catch up with all the grotesque details of the prorogation of Parliament and the latest antics of Boris Johnson, a manchild who has the morals of a feral tomcat and only one discernible tal ent: he can give masterclasses in lying to Pentecostal preachers. Had anything changed for the bet ter? No! In fact matters were a whole lot worse, as evidenced by a report that
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BORIS JOHNSON: We don’t need him and his deranged cronies leading the country. hate crimes committed by children and young people in Cheshire’s schools and colleges had spiked in the immediate aftermath of the EU referendum. The Chief Executive of antibullying charity Kidscape, Lauren SeagerSmith, said that antiimmigration rhetoric globally had ‘given rise to attitudes of hate, fearmongering and intolerance.’
She believed kids were aping the abominable language and behaviour of their parents and other adults towards people of colour, Muslims and gays that dramatically spiked after the vote. The September report in the Chester Standard came after the BBC reported in June this year that racerelated hate crime had significantly increased in
England and Wales since 2016. Eryl Jones, from charity Show Racism the Red Card, was quoted as saying ‘it’s fairly obvious Brexit has been a major influence. The feeling is a lot of people believe they have the right to express their racist feelings or to show hatred.’ After LBC reported on the Cheshire findings, and interviewed the parent of
a mixed race lad who had to be re moved from his school because of racist bullying, a Dutch caller said he firmly believed that Britain was now in the grip of ‘persecution mania,’ with people laying the blame for all of their social ills on the EU, on foreigners, and everyone they regarded as ‘others.’ A nation once highlyregarded for tolerance and fair play, he ruefully said, was now ‘coming apart at the seams.’ Brexiteers, who imagine that other countries will follow Britain’s lead in ex iting the European Union, are living in a fog of selfdelusion. No country in the world, let alone the EU, would expose itself to the ridicule Britain has heaped upon itself. In 2017, former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg said Brexit was the ‘stupidest thing any country had ever done,’ adding ‘it is really hard to under stand why a country that was doing so well wanted to ruin it.’ We need people like Bloomberg to lead the country, not Johnson and his deranged cronies.
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In 1940, the first four-wheel drive car for the US military was produced. It was called the Jeep.
FIAT’S 500 range has quickly cemented itself as one of the most popular small car ranges available, with funky looks, attainable price tags and a range of options. However the Italian marque are not resting on their laurels with the launch of a new member to the 500 family. As the larger, family friendly 500X turns five this year, and with a slew of rivals biting at its heels, Fiat has brought to the table a sportier and more aggressive Sport version of the popular compact. Whilst stopping short of an allout performance car like the Abarth range, they have however gone fur ther than just adding new stockers and a higher price. As well as new bodywork and im proved engine performance, the most important difference is the specially tuned chassis components. The suspension has been stiffened
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Fiat 500X 1.3 Sport 2019
FUNKY LOOKS: The 2019 Fiat 500X Sport. by 10 per cent and a 13mm reduction in ride height compared to standard models, giving the car a more purpose ful look and a more planted riding feel. The power steering has been remapped for a sharper feel and an op
tional 19inch wheel package makes for an incredibly well handling car. Visually the designers have created an appealing package, with dark grey headlights, body coloured side skirts and a large rear diffuser hugging a
dual chrome exhaust differentiating the Sport from the standard 500X. The interior follows much the same direction too, with sporty Alcantara steering wheel, a dark roof lining and tasteful grey detailing on the dash.
The new model comes with either a 118bhp 1.0litre threecylinder or 148bhp 1.3litre fourcylinder petrol engine, the latter offered exclusively with a sixspeed dualclutch automatic gearbox with paddle shifters. Torque figures sit at 199lb ft from 1850rpm, which gives the car an excit ing mid range whilst the adapted steering and the feather like throttle response all add to the car’s sporty feel. Interior spec is what you would ex pect from a modern compact, a sev eninch infotainment screen gives all the usual functions and is Apple Play and Android Auto compatible. Ambient lighting, keyless entry and trim options are available options to add to the appeal of the new sporty model. Prices start at £16,235 for the 1.0 litre version, climbing to £24,700 for the 1.3 range topper.
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Mazda3 Sport Lux
by Nick Fletcher THE latest Mazda3 brings a more sporty look to the often rather staid hatchback sector, and a new range of engines and cabin upgrades also helps gives the model a distinct edge in the toughest market sector. Also available in saloon form, the Mazda3 starts at €22,701 (£20,595)
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and there are petrol, diesel and mild hybrid options, along with manual and auto gearboxes. With its low road stance, sleek body, wide front grille and narrow headlights, the car has strong visual presence in a sector which includes the Ford Focus and Volkswagen Golf. My test model was a mid-
range Sport Lux version, priced at €25,126 (£22,795) with a 120 hp 2.0-litre petrol engine and six-speed manual gearbox. That combination delivers a crisp 0-100 kph time of 10.4 seconds, top speed of 196 kph (122 mph) and average fuel economy of 16.1 kpl (45.6 mpg). Emissions are 117 g/km. First driving impres-
sion is the car is very smooth and quiet. The suspension is a little firmer than many in the class, but that does enable the Mazda3 to corner with minimal lean and reassuring composure. On urban roads, the suspension set-up still provides a comfortable ride and only on rougher surfaces will you notice any mild vibration. The car is neatly and simply designed and the slightly understated appearance enhances the quality ambience. Mazda says the cabin design is ‘human-centric,’ which I think means the
main emphasis was on making everything easy to use! Despite the sloping roofline towards the rear, there is still adequate headroom in the back and while the boot space of 351 litres is not the biggest in the sector, it meets normal everyday requirements and the rear seats do fold down for larger loads. The rear styling of the Mazda3 is very eye-catching with discreet spoiler, wide tail-lights and twin exhausts. The narrow rear screen does restrict the view when reversing, but all models have reversing sen-
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sors and many have a rearview camera. Other features on the test model include adaptive LED headlights, sat-nav, connectivity including smartphone mirroring, adaptive cruise control and dual-zone air-conditioning. Safety kit includes blindspot monitoring, auto-emergency city braking and a head-up display which projects key driving information onto the windscreen so you don’t have to take your eyes off the road. The Mazda3 impresses as a great overall package which will tick all the must-have boxes of most potential buyers and its cool new look also delivers an alluring visual cachet.
Facts at a glance Model: Mazda3 Sport Lux Engine: 2.0-litre petrol Transmission: 6-speed manual Performance: 0-100 kph 10.4 seconds, top speed 196 kph (122 mph) Economy: 16.1 kpl (45.6 mpg) Emisssions: 117 g/km
Model tested was UK-specification and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets.
MAZDA3: Has a cool new look.
FREE in car entertainment system software such as Apple’s CarPlay is being slowly phased out as free registration periods are coming to an end. Software such as CarPlay and An droid’s Auto system has become com monplace in modern day vehicles. The systems allow the user to connect their mobile phones to the car’s entertain ment system, providing a full interac
Free in car entertainment coming to an end? tive service inside the car. Drivers of the newer models that contain the software are now seeing messages on their information panels stating ‘Your free trial of Apple CarPlay is up. Would you like to renew? Please pay £85 for another year.’ It is all part of a scheme by automo tive makers to start to charge for the use of programs such as Apple CarPlay,
instead of including them into the car’s package. It is being called ‘Features over the Air’ and is a new project which allows the user to remotely download up grades for the software by paying a yearly subscription, similar to software companies such as Adobe. The issue facing car manufacturers is that the software is not free to pur
chase. Every manufacturer must pay between £45 to £90 per vehicle to in clude it in the car specifications. When you calculate that over the millions of cars produced the costs can be a major hit to the manufacturer’s profits. The first manufacturer to include the new renewal program is BMW. Since the German marque launched
the latest OS7 software in their IDrive entertainment system, users are now being greeted with renewal messages, giving them the option to continue to use the technology for a fee. Mercedes Benz are also starting to charge users for their new MBUX sys tem via the Mercedes ME store. Mer cedes charge a oneoff payment of £267.
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Eleven Years Young and Counting… ELEVEN years young and still rocking on! The CCCA proved that it is most certainly THE classic car club in southern Spain and probably among the very best in all of mainland Spain! In fact, it’s probably one of the best Clubs around, even without the mantle of classic cars about it! That was the opinion of many who came along and enjoyed the 11 year ‘Birthday’ celebrations earlier this month. The Clubnight and party at Treetops in El Chaparral was a huge success with the lovely terrace there rammed with over 130 enthu siastic and happy people. Entertainment was provided by Elena Paul and the dining experience was first class thanks to the staff of the Treetops Restaurante. Famous honorary members were in atten dance including former McLaren team boss Jo Ramirez, exJaguar Le Mans racing driver Win Percy and Formula 1 luminary, Pat Symonds. All thoroughly enjoyed the occasion! With just a few days to recover, next on the event celebration list was the Classic car run and lunch the following Saturday. Almost 100 peo ple turned up at Venta Los Almen dros, just up the Ronda road above San Pedro, to enjoy a breakfast and register for the run which was due to depart at 11.00am. The registration process was rather hectic due to having well over 40 cars, but the ladies of the Club had it all under control and cars started to head out, one by one, in the direction of Ronda just a few minutes after 11.00 and after a briefing given by event organiser and Club Presidente, Ian Giles. To say that the club has a cos mopolitan membership is something of an understatement as there were participants from the UK, Ireland, Australia, Sweden, Denmark, Hun gary, Holland, Belgium, France, Ger many, Finland, Switzerland and, of course, Spain! International? Most certainly! The quality and the variety of cars was something special too, with some superb American cars includ ing a new Corvette C7 ZR06 R and a
Cadillac Eldorado from Arnie Hille and Danny Grietens. Kenny Rogers lookalike Kenny Schlosser brought out yet another beauty from his collection, this time a Ferrari Testa Rossa Convertible. Another C5 Corvette was en tered by Barry and Julie Surtees and a black Camaro came along driven by Mar tin Hall. A couple of Bentley GTs gave a classy feel to the day along with a stunning Rolls Royce Spirit from Arthur Richardson and the most beautiful, yellow Rolls Royce Cloud convertible was en tered and driven by Tony and Trish Minta. A brace of Jaguar FTypes, one driven by former works Jaguar driver, Win Percy, this one navigated by Jane Jackson, were most welcome and Spain’s Antonio Mendoza and his lovely English wife Barbara brought a fabulous Mercedes 190SL. A number of Jaguars, Mercedes, MGs and a couple of Porsches made the list too and it was a de light to see the gorgeous, orange Porsche 911SC Sport of Gerry Denn who has been off the Club and clas sic car scene for some time due to illness. The Club was delighted to see him along with his wife, Kirsti, navigating. One of the regular helpers of the Club, Angela Sharp, was very excited to be driving her ‘new’ Mini Cooper S JCW convertible, a car that made everyone smile! Angela was navigat ed by her sister, Lizzie Marriage. Once cars were under way they had a simple drive up the long climb to Ronda where they then turned off in the direction of El Burgo. This part of the route was quite stunning, the scenery changing all the time as the cars sped along across the top of the Sierras de Ronda before dropping down into the little town of El Burgo. From here the route took a small but beautiful road in the di rection of Ardales, turning off be fore there to go up and over the mountain before dropping down in to Casarabonela. In the woods
SUPERB: A variety of cars participated.
above this little town was the first stop for a celebratory glass of Cava. Through the winding and sweeping roads over the mountain the convoy was headed by a fast moving group comprising of Ian Giles in a modern AMG Mercedes, Win Per cy in a Jaguar FType and John Lane in a very new BMW M850i. These three certainly seemed to be enjoying them selves and the glorious, trafficfree An dalucian roads! Onwards from here to Zalea where the next pitstop was for cof fee or a beer and a tapa at Bar La Herradura. All cars were running well and noone had had any naviga tional problems! After coffee came an easy run back up the A355, passing Coin and Alhaurin going in the direction of Mi jas, but turning down towards Entr errios and the taking the Mijas Golf road to join the main A7. Cars started to arrive at the Safari rooms of Club La Costa World around 3.00pm after a really enjoy able 140 Kms to be welcomed with a glass of Cava before enjoying a superb lunch provided by Club La Costa World. A jazz band played the afternoon away prompting some dancing as well as dining and a good excuse to continue the 11year celebrations! All agreed that the route had been superb as was the quality of the lunch and the service. The Club will be going back there soon! There is more to come in Octo ber including a dinner, a oneday classic car run and then a seven day Tour Al Andalus taking in Tole do, Lisbon and other places. The Entry List for this event is absolute ly full and there will be a report on the event in this page in due course. Until the next time,
CLASSIC CARS: Over 40 took part in the run.
Further information on Classic Car Club of Andalucia events can be found on the Club’s website www.cccandalucia.com. Membership of this vibrant club is open to anyone owning a genuine classic car here in Spain. Saca tu coche clásico del garaje y diviértete con el.
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SEVILLA sat on top of the league after Sunday’s round of games. They came away from Alaves with a win through a freekick from Joan Jordan in the 37th minute. That put them on 10 points, one ahead of Atletico Madrid. They were firmly in control for most of the match, putting seven shots on target and hitting a post. Alaves by contrast could not manage a single shot on target, although Manu Gar cia’s diving header whistled just wide. Sevilla host Real Madrid next, while Alaves look to
find some form against form team Athletic Bilbao. Eden Hazard made his Spanish league debut with Real Madrid in a 32 win over Levante on Saturday, with Harim Benzema scoring twice and Casemiro once. Barcelona look to have found a new star. Just two minutes into the defending champion’s 52 win against Valencia at Camp Nou, 16 yearold Ansu Fati scored in his first league start for Barcelona. Five minutes later, he as sisted Frankie de Jong, be coming the league’s youngest player ever to score and as
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Sevilla sitting pretty CELEBRATIONS: Sevilla went to the top of the league.
sist in the same game. Atletico Madrid lost their undefeated record when they went down 20 to Real Sociedad in San Sebastian. Martin Odegaard opened the scoring with fullback Na cho Monreal tapping in a sec ond chance inside the box from a rebound off goalkeep er Jan Oblak. Sociedad take
World champions! S PA I N a re t h e b a s k e t b a l l w o r l d champions. They comfortably beat Argentina, 9575, in the Final of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019. Spain always looked to be on top after having the better start. They scored 14 of the game’s first 16 points, although that is not to mean Ar gentina sat back and accepted their fate. The South Americans repeatedly cut into Spain’s lead, but the Spanish repulsed every Argentine charge to keep their cush ion. For the first time in the World Cup, Ar gentina’s veteran big man Luis Scola was held scoreless for an entire half, which had a huge say in denying Argentina’s challenge for their second World Cup tro phy. It was a tremendous win for Spain who in basketball terms took Argentina apart with a clear 20point win in Beijing, China. The Spaniards, who were eliminated from goldmedal contention at the last four Olympics by the USA (including in two finals), benefited from the Americans’ ear ly exit last week. The USA finished seventh, its worst re sult ever in a major international tourna ment, after losses to France and Serbia. Coach Scariolo’s side never let up the pressure, intensifying their aggressiveness
JUST CHAMPION: Spain took the title in China.
on both ends of the floor as the game pro gressed, disabling Argentina from turning the tide and ensuring an eightgame sweep of the World Cup. Ricky Rubio had 20 points to lead Spain, which also got doublefigure scoring from Rudy Fernandez, Marc Gasol, Sergio Llull and the Hernangomez brothers. Argentina were led by Nicolas Laprovittola and Gabriel Deck, with 17 and 24 points, re spectively.
on Espanyol next. Meanwhile Granada are another Andalucian team showing good form. They travelled to Celta Vigo and earned a 20 win leaving them tied with Barcelona in seventh on seven points. This match probably was not a great indicator of the relative strengths of the
teams as Celta were down to just nine men before the half hour was up. Fran Beltran and defender Jorge Saenz both got straight reds. German Sanchez and Yan gel Herrera both scored for Granada, who host Barcelona next. Elsewhere, Celta Vigo hope
to not look half as bad as they travel to the nation’s capital to take on Atletico Madrid. Eibar 12 lost 12 at home to Espanyol, while Valladolid and Osasuna drew 11 as did Real Betis and Getafe. Mallorca drew 00 with Athletic Bilbao while Leganes lost 03 against Villareal.
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Primoz Roglic became the first Grand Tour winner from Slovenia when he won the Vuelta a España on Sunday, successfully defending his lead over second placed Alejandro Valverde in the final stage of the 21-day race.
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Marquez overtakes Hailwood with 77 GP wins by Dilip Kuner MARC MARQUEZ has become the fourth most successful rider in Grand Prix history. He took his 77th career victo ry at the San Marino GP to go past Mike Hailwood’s tally of 76. In a thrilling battle Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha), who led from the start, was overhauled on the last lap. Maverick Viñales (Monster En ergy Yamaha) completed the podium with teammate and nine times champion Valentino Rossi in fourth. Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati team) could only manage sixth in Ducati’s home GP, behind Franco Morbidelli’s Petronas Yamaha. After a promising morning warm up session where Marc Marquez finished first, the Rep sol Honda team entered the 27lap San Marino Grand Prix with confidence. Marquez made a flying start to the race and moved to fourth by the first corner, quick ly progressing up to third just a few corners later. Muscling past Viñales on lap four, the World Championship leader set about closing down the almost one second lead of Fabio Quar
RECORD: Marquez is now fourth on the all-time list. tararo. The Frenchman’s advantage was soon reduced to just two 10ths, Marquez electing to wait for his moment to attack. As the laps ticked down, the reign ing champion began to edge closer and put increasing pres sure on the young French rider. But it wasn’t until the last lap that he finally made his move. Marquez had the run on Quartararo on the start/finish straight and led into turn one. Quartararo got a good run out of turn two and turn three
AN incredible finish saw Europe snatch victory from the jaws of defeat as they won the Solheim Cup for the first time since 2013. Suzann Pettersen holed the decisive putt on the 18th green to send thou sands of fans at Gleneagles into rap tures. Team USA were left devastated af ter they failed to secure the half point they needed to retain the trophy from any of the last three matches. Anna Nordqvist beat Morgan Pres sel 4&3 and Bronte Law overcame Al ly McDonald 2&1 leaving the whole match resting on the result between Pettersen and Marina Alex. They were both on the 18th green and with
though as the rookie came straight back. Into turn four they went, Quartararo was back at the summit but the back straight and turn eight provided a gold en passing opportunity. Marquez, late on the brakes, somehow managed to keep control and take the lead once more. Now it was Marquez’ turn to lose. There was no way through for Quartararo as Mar quez started to ride defensive ly. Honda leave Misano extend ing their advantage in the
MARQUEZ: Made a flying start to the race and moved to fourth by the first corner. Manufacturer Championship to 60 points over closest rivals Ducati while the Repsol Honda Team close the deficit to the Ducati Team in the Team Championship to just 25 points. With Round 14, the Gran Premio Michelin de Aragon, taking place on September 22 the Repsol Honda team are keen to carry their momentum
forward as they return to Span ish soil. Marquez said of the race: “Honestly speaking, I knew it wasn’t necessary to win be cause I saw that Rins was out and Dovizioso was far from us, but I had some extra motiva tion. I just tried to stay with Fabio as close as I could and in the end I was weighing up
Brilliant Europeans snatch victory makeable putts for birdie. Captain Catriona Matthew had picked Petterson as a wildcard and the decision was justified when she rolled in an eightfooter to give Europe the point they needed after Alex had missed her effort. In a truly exciting final day the tie had swung one way and another, until it looked like the USA had finally wres tled away the advantage.
The middle order matches all went America’s way and put them on the brink of a triumph which would have been Juli Inkster’s third in a row as Captain. Angel Yin beat Azahara Munoz in the fifth match, then Meghan Khang won the 18th hole to claim a half from Charley Hull. But the final three matches belonged to Europe. Pettersen, who was something of a
controversial selection, said: “Can you ask for more?” “The last putt to win the Cup, when it’s that close? History was just made, to win here in front of the Scottish crowd, to be here most of all. I could never in a million years dream of this. “I mean, to hole the winning putt, to win the Cup. Nothing beats The Sol heim Cup in my career. “I honestly didn’t know when I
whether to try or not. On the last lap I decided to go. “I knew Fabio was very fast in Sector Three, so I made my move before that and closed the corner as much as I could. Fabio rode a very strong race today. I raced as smart as I could and in the end it is nice to win in Italy, but even nicer to have 93 points of advantage.”
stood over the putt that that was to win it. It was left centre and I couldn’t have hit it any better. I’m on the best team ever.” USA Captain Inkster was graceful in defeat, saying: “The Europeans played great. You tip your hat. “We had a few tears. And I said it’s okay. But the bottom line is we had a great week, the Europeans played great and we’re going to have a great party. “The sun’s going to come up tomor row. This will give them the fuel and fire for another two years to work at their game, to be on that team, to try to get that Cup back. I just said, ‘Hold your heads up because you should not be disappointed’.”