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HOMAGE TO ALL SAINTS IT is estimated that up to 30,000 people will travel to Palma this week to remember relatives and friends who have passed away. Tomorrow (Friday, November 1) is All Saints’ Day, known locally as ‘Tots Sants,’ and is one of the most important public holidays in Spain, where in Mallorca, people come from far and wide to lay flowers on the graves of loved ones. Alberto Jarabo, the councillor for Citizen Participation and President of the Municipal Funeral Company has announced a programme of events, which this year is expected to draw an even larger number to the capital. In a statement to the press, Jarabo explained that at 10am tomorrow, the mayor of Palma and members of the town hall will tour the Son Valentí cemetery, laying flowers at Plaça del Record before continuing on to Plaça de la Llibertat. At 12 noon there will be a tribute by Memoria de Mallorca, a non-for-profit organisation committed to the historical memory of the island, at the Wall of Memory. Jordi Vilà, the
Director of Son Valentí Cemetery, revealed that vehicles will not be allowed to enter the site today, but will be allowed in on Saturday. For those who wish to park, there will be places available in Son Moix, Palma Arena and the nearby Decathlon. EMT has also arranged a special shuttle bus service, which will leave from Plaça Sant Antoni every 20 minutes, stopping at the main roundabout of the cemetery before continuing to the Can Valero
estate, where there will also be parking. Local Police will be on duty to control access to the cemetery with an additional two patrols to monitor activity due to the large number of anticipated visitors. Throughout the rest of this week, Son Valentí Cemetery will extend its hours and there will be two musical performances at 11am and 1pm with violinist, Alfredo Ardanaz, guitarist Jovan Milosevich, cellist, Miriam Félix and the Apel Veus Capella Group.
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ALL SAINTS’ DAY: People come from far and wide to lay flowers on the graves of loved ones.
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DONATIONS: Some €33,000 has been presented to charities in Mallorca.
NURSING AWARD A NURSE from Son Espases hospital has been selected as a finalist for this year’s N ursing in Development Awards. Juan Carlos Berdeal Narciso has been chosen for the ‘Perceived Quality’ category, which rewards initiatives that improve patient’s perceptions about the care that they receive as well as
health results in the community. In a project to improve the quality of care provided in the neonatal ICU, Narciso implemented a series of measures where humanisation, innovation and research increased patient satisfaction. In collaboration with the Nursing Union (SATSE), the
Fight against cancer CALANOVA CANCER presented cheques on Friday to different charities in the Balearics who help to fight against cancer. A total of €33,000 was distributed, including €15,000 to the AECC (Spanish Association Against Cancer), €15,000 to ASPANOB (Association of Parents of Children with Cancer) and €3,000 to DIME (Palliative Cancer Care). This is the largest amount of money that Calanova Cancer has ever awarded and shows that their new premises on 354 Joan Miro Street is doing exceptionally well. With the summer now over, all clothes left
over from the season have been sent to the Guantanimo Province community in Cuba whose homes were destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in 2016. Dr Angel Avila, a local doctor in Palma Nova, will deliver these personally and distribute them amongst those in need. At the presentation, Calanova Cancer thanked everyone who had made donations over the years and to their team of volunteers. The Calanova Cancer Care Charity was founded in November 2011 and has so far donated over €200,000 to help people with cancer in the Balearic Islands.
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FINALIST: Juan Carlos Berdeal Narciso.
awards are a recognition of the contribution by nurses and physiotherapists, which encourages health-care professionals to continuously improve their work. Among the 274 nominations submitted, 14 finalists were chosen by the jury. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony held in Madrid on November 28.
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CELEBRATE Halloween (October 31) in true Mallorcan style, with an unforgettable evening at Sa Riera Park in Palma. From 5pm to 7pm, there will be lots of spooky activities for children, including workshops, games and face painting. At 9pm, the party begins with live music, a parade and a fire-run.
ON Saturday, November 2, a host of festivities will take place across the island in celebration of bonfire night, locally known as ‘Noche del Fuego.’ Calvia’s City Hall has organised a big gala in Magaluf, which will feature entertainment, children’s attractions and a large firework display.
Switch on PREPARATIONS for Christmas are well underway in Palma, with decorations and lights being put up around the city centre this week. This year, nonfor-profit organisations will play a central role in the light switch-on ceremony, which this year will take place on Thursday November 28 at 7pm.
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WORTH A VISIT: Poblenou cemetery in Barcelona.
China link AN agreement has been struck between Iberia and Hainan airlines which will connect Mallorca to six Chinese cities. In a manoeuvre to boost tourism, passengers will be able to fly from Beijing, Xi’an, Guangzhou, Chongquing, Shanghai and Schenzhen to Madrid and then on to Palma with a shared code.
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Today (Thursday, October 31) marks the start of a three-day long Halloween celebration which kicks off with El Dia de las Brujas, or Day of the Witches.
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THE day is associated with all things spooky and supernatural, and of course witches. This is the night to enjoy traditional Halloween debauchery, particularly in Barcelona’s haunted Gothic Quarter, where you will find people across the city in fancy dress and costumes. The celebration continues tomorrow, November 1, with Dia de Todos Los Santos, or All Saint’s Day, in Spain. The traditional holiday is observed throughout Spain as people gather in cemeteries with friends and family to
light candles and place tokens of affection such as ornate flower wreaths on the graves of loved ones. It’s well worth a visit to one of Barcelona’s cemeteries after dark when, those such as Poblenou, Les Corts, or Montjuïc, all have extended hours. Many of the cemeteries will have special tours, classic music concerts, and memorial masses. Or you can you can just join in the party that will be happening all around you as the Spanish locals are known to revel in this macabre fiesta. You can also take a
break from all that life and death by enjoying the Catalan autumn tradition of La Castanyada, or ‘chestnut time.’ Vendors around the city will offer warm snacks like castanyes (roasted chestnuts), moniatos (sweet potatoes), panellets (cakes), and muscatel (sweet wine). If you’re still in the party spirit, the festivities culminate on November 2 with Dia de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. The Spanish honour this traditional Mexican holiday with Ruta de Altares, or Route of the Altars around the city.
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Art fair THIS Sunday, November 3, Inca will host ‘Fira de l’Art,’ a fair dedicated to design, art and crafts. In preparation for Dijous Bo, their largest annual event, visitors can enjoy a great medieval market, parades and a circus in the town centre, with a cookery exhibition by Tomeu Torrens from Can Amer winery.
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THE city council of Sant Llorenç has approved modifications to its General Urban Planning Plan in a measure to prevent another catastrophic flood, which last year left 13 dead. Protection zones will be implemented to minimise damage to both people and property in the event that a similar event occurs.
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120 species found
ACCORDING to the latest data from Aena, less people have booked to fly to Mallorca this winter. The airport operator reports that 6.4 million seats have been booked on planes travelling to the Balearic Islands between November and March - a 6.6 per cent drop from last year. This season could be one of the worst on record for hotels in Mallorca in terms of occupation and profitability, adding to the knock-on effects from the collapse of Thomas Cook, which forced many hotels to close earlier than usual due to the large number of empty rooms. The report by Aena did however deliver some good news, revealing that the number of visitors flying to the Balearics from Spanish airports has risen by 0.7 per cent, with 3.6 million seats already booked. A further2.8 million people are also expected to fly in from international destinations.
A SCIENTIFIC campaign has discovered more than 120 different species of marine life in the Mallorcan waters. As part of a project for the Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministry for Ecological Transition, a team of 12 scientists and 16 crew members travelled on an oceanographic vessel in aim of studying the richness of fauna in Mallorca. It is the largest marine conservation project in Europe whose purpose is to determine areas of geological interest and ones in need of special protection. Amongst various pieces of plastic, the team found several species of fish, crustaceans, molluscs, prawns, jellyfish and starfish, discovering an ophiura serpent, which had only ever been seen before in the Atlantic. Each were quickly weighed and measured then returned to the sea to ensure their survival, with others taken back to the port for further identification and analysis.
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THE European Hot Air Balloon Championships took to the skies over the weekend, bringing together more than 100 balloons and 600 participants from 23 countries. Held in Mallorca for the very first time in the competition’s history, pilots and crews were set various challenges based on distance, speed and navigational precision. Here, a variety of targets were set out to find in the fastest possible time, with the pilot who demonstrated the greatest degree of accuracy crowned as champion. Organised by the International Aeronautical Federation (FAI) which is based in Lausanne in Switzerland, Manacor was selected
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UP UP: And away! to host the biannual competition thanks to its perfect meteorological
conditions. The competition has been running for more than 40 years
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with the first Hot Air Balloon Championship held in Skovde, Sweden in 1976. The event was delayed by torrential rain and strong winds, but was able to get underway thanks to the dedication of Ricardo Aracil, Director of Mallorca Balloons, who managed to bring the European Championship to the island this year. On Saturday, the Mallorca globe rose to a height of 3,900 feet, cruising at a speed of 10 km an hour over the fields of Llevant, offering pilots breathtaking views across Manacor. The winds initially led the balloons to Vilafranca, but then changed at 1,500 feet to the direction of Felanitx and Inca, painting the sky with a kaleidoscope of colours.
A DOCUMENTARY entitled ‘Ensaïmada’ has made international waves after being selected as a finalist at the prestigious New York Food Film Festival. The Mallorcan photographer Nando Esteva and baker Tomeu Arbona joined forces to create the fascinating short film, which focuses on the elaboration of the traditional sweet. The event, which combines art and gastronomy, brings together hundreds of professionals at the AMC Theatre in Times Square, where people can watch short films and taste impressive culinary proposals. After the screening of the documentary, Arbona pre-
pared an ensaïmada in front of a live audience whilst singing a song which was traditionally sang when wheat was collected. Esteva, who was recently awarded a gold distinction at the Tokyo International Photo Awards, then addressed a few words of thanks and answered questions from the public and jury. The organisers highlighted the work of Arbona, who had ‘discovered a fascinating world of recipes recovered from old cookbooks and traditional creations made with past techniques,” adding that Arbona “is a faithful defender of the gastronomic culture in Mallorca.”
This year, the festival received more than 500 submissions, with seven short films selected as finalists. Jennifer Davick received the highest prize for ‘Black Sesame’ which starred chef Maya Erickson. Esteva has not ruled out taking part in next year’s edition which will be held in Tokyo, contemplating a collaboration with Maca de Castro or Marc Fosh.
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The Mallorcan documentary was selected as a finalist at the New York Food Film Festival.
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FAREWELL: The owners made a thank you poster with photographs of the history of the shop.
A POPULAR butcher shop in Palma will close this week, after 70 years in business. Ca na Pixedis, a favourite amongst locals, will shut its doors today (Thursday, October 31), a decision which has surprised the community of Es Fortíin in the capital. The owners, Andreu Po and his wife Ulla Bach-Jensen, have decided to retire, expressing their deep sadness for the impending closure. Po’s parents, Jaime and Pixedis, opened the shop in 1949, where his mother first began distributing meat to the neighbourhood on bicycle, which
at the time was made up of around 50 people. Over the years, the butchers grew in popularity, where the family hold fond memories of the arrival of newcomers from the peninsular. As a farewell, Andreu and Ulla have organised a small celebration on Thursday from 11am for those who wish to say goodbye to the owners and their employees. Outside, a large poster has been placed on the wall, featuring photographs taken over the history of Ca na Pixedis,as well as a message of thanks to their loyal customers.
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THE president of Emaya, the Palma municipal water and waste board, has admitted that sewage will continue to spill into the sea for at least the next 18 months. This year, a report concluded that urgent measures were needed to address contamination spills in the capital for the separation of rainwater and fecal water. This led to an injection of €26 million from the government to carry out network separation in certain areas, such as the city centre and the Son
Castelló industrial estate. However, the Federation of Veïnats in Palma has been informed that although preventative measures are now underway and the preliminary work has been done, the spillages will not stop until November. In response, the town hall has declared this as an environmental crime, requesting that legal action should be taken to force the government to comply with the law and that the necessary infrastructure must be financed by a sanitation fee to avoid future spills.
Hotels slash prices HOTELS across the Balearic Islands will reduce their prices next summer, in a move to boost tourism. At a presentation with representatives from governmental and tourism agencies, it was announced that ‘rooms booked by Thomas Cook customers will be sold to other operators at rock bottom prices.’ The expected fall is predicted to affect British, German and Scandinavian markets, where tour operators are encouraged to opt for new online marketing strategies. They also discussed the issue of Brexit, but said that given its uncertainty that nobody knows what to expect.
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MARINE REPORT: The findings will help the group to develop a strategy for the coming years.
Promotion for nautical services THE Balearic Institute of Business Innovation (IDI) and the Balearic Marine Cluster has announced its plans to promote nautical services in Mallorca at an international level. Juan Pedro Yllanes, the Minister of Energy Transition and Productive Sectors and Antonio Salom, the President of the Balearic Marine Cluster signed an agreement last week which aims to strengthen boat repair and maintenance services in the Balearic Islands in the overseas market, with a focus on large vessels. A budget of €97,000 has been assigned to fund a report on how captains, owners and management companies view repair, maintenance, moorings and operations in the
Balearics. The discussion topics from the study will be used in a forum held on April 28, a day before the opening of the next edition of the Palma International Boat Show. The findings will help the group to develop a strategy for the coming years based on the opinions and expectations of its potential clients, strengthening the promotion of the Balearic Islands to a global audience as a destination for refit and repair. In the Balearic Islands, the nautical sector consists of 276 companies and 2,676 employees, obtaining an average turnover of around €561 million a year. The industry has grown by 10.5 per cent in the last four years where there is huge potential for international growth.
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A MAJOR search is underway for S a i d H o u r m a t i , a 3 2 - y e a r- o l d Moroccan man who disappeared shortly before his wedding. Officers from the National Police, Guardia Civil and Local Police joined firefighters and Civil Protection volunteers in a lengthy search on Friday (October 25), in hope of finding Hourmati who has been missing since June 15. His alleged relationship with a married woman from Part Forana triggered the alarm about his whereabouts. Police are investigating whether the woman’s husband threatened to kill Hourmati, who had been gifted a car by his wife. The Homicide Group of the National Police are trying to determine if the missing man was in
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SEARCH: Said Hourmati has been missing since June 15.
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Llucmajor or Algaidaon the afternoon of his disappearance after his boss left him in Pere Garau, where he spoke by phone to the married woman. The five-hour search combed wide areas of the Cap Blanc road, reaching the end of the Tolleric urbanisation, where a sniffer dog followed different tracks. Eric Jareño, the mayor of Llucmajor, was present for the majority of the probe and has given security forces all the facilities needed to tr y to find the young Moroccan. A bag containing small bones was discovered during the search, which has been taken back to the laboratory to determine whether they are human, but are believed to belong to an animal.
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INVESTIGATION: An 84-year-old inmate has fallen to his death. THE National Police are investigating the death of a resident after he fell from the fourth floor of a residential centre in Palma. The incident occurred last Friday (October 25), where it is reported that an 84year-old man launched himself from a building in La Bonanova, hitting a barrier
as he landed. Paramedics and police officers immediately rushed to the scene, finding that the man was already dead. The Homicide Group has taken charge of the investigation to clarify the circumstances of the event which is believed to have been a voluntary act.
In September of last year, sexual abuse was committed against a 94-year-old woman by an employee at the same residence. The Mallorcan Institute of Social Affairs (IMAS) reported this to the National Police, where the 28-yearold worker was placed on provisional leave.
Crimes against children A TRIAL is underway in Palma for a 49-year-old transsexual who is accused of having sex with a minor. The incident took place at a bar near Plaza de las Columnas in September 2017, where it is reported the defendant, of Bolivian origin, had sex with a child under 16 years old. The prosecution explained in its reports that at first the teenager
thought it was a woman, learning later it was a man. Both had consensual sex, with the complainant confirming to the judge he was given €20 at the end of the act. The prosecutor requested that the defendant received a sentence of two years in prison and a restraining order for a crime of prostitution and for the corruption of a minor.
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Sentenced to 37 years Upon hearing the noise, his stepfather attempted to defend his partner, where he was then subsequently attacked. The man inflicted 18 stab wounds to his mother and 21 to her partner who died at the scene. Kunytsky was sentenced to 23 and a half years for the murder of his stepfather and 14 years for the attempted murder of his mother. He will also be required to pay €375,000 in compensation to his mother and the couple’s two children. During his statement before the court last week, the defendant apologised for what happened, but then reportedly laughed at the judge.
THE highly-awaited crime drama, The Mallorca Files, will premiere on BBC1 on Monday, November 25. The new daytime series centres upon the relationship between two police officers played by Elen Rhys and Julian Looman who have very different approaches to policing. Rhys plays an introverted Brit, whilst Looman stars as a classic extrovert who is unashamedly unconventional. The 10-part series will see the duo solving a different crime in each of the 45-minute episodes, which plays out against the backdrop of sun-drenched locations across the island, including Palma, Pollensa and Soller. Filming began for the drama in November of last year and brings together a high-calibre production team led by Dan Sefton, who has penned hits such as The Good Karma Hospital and Porters. The Mallorca Files will also be available to watch on BBC iPlayer on the first day of its transmission, brightening up living rooms across the nation.
Climb to Kilimanjaro RAILWAY MUSEUM: Part of plans to build new railway theme park in Marratxi.
New rail theme park THE town hall of Marratxi has announced its plans to build a new railway theme park in the neighbourhood. Backing a proposal from the Mallorca Steam Railway Club, the town hall has given the go ahead for the theme park to be constructed on 25,000 m2 of land that lies between Festival Park and Bauhaus. Some of the features of the park will include level crossings, bridges, a turntable and a tunnel. There will also be a museum for railway and industri-
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ON Monday a 29-year-old man was sentenced to 37 and a half years for the attempted murder of his mother and for the murder of her partner in Costa d’en Blanes in January of last year. The jury delivered a unanimous guilty verdict at the Provincial Court in Palma to defendant Bogdan Kunytsky. The judge considered that he had acted with premeditated cruelty in having stabbed his stepfather repeatedly while having ‘exchanged words’ that had increased his suffering in ‘a bloody murder.’ During the trial, the court heard that the defendant, aged 27 years old at the time, stabbed his 46-year-old mother with a bayonet after an argument.
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al equipment, including a 1919 Baldwin steam locomotive. The first phase of the project will involve building a station and depot, whilst laying two-thirds of the track which is expected to be completed during the second phase, when viaducts will be added. The Mallorca Steam Railway Club will be in charge of the park’s activities, whilst the town hall will be responsible for maintenance, electricity, water and its insurance contract.
T H I S D e c e m b e r, J a n Wells will be climbing Kilimanjaro to raise funds for Cancer Support Mallorca. In November 2017, Jan was diagnosed with cervical cancer and found the support given to her by the charity to be invaluable. “They do an amazing job of supporting the ever-increasing number of people affected by cancer and I now feel it’s time to give back and to help them continue their work,” explained Jan. In her own recovery to full fitness, Jan has challenged herself to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, which at 5,895m, is the highest mountain in Africa. If you would like to send a donation to help Jan reach her target you can do so at www.migra nodearena.org.
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COMING SOON: New daytime series filmed in Mallorca.
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DEADLY CATERPILLARS THIS week, Medi Ambient will begin the aerial spraying of 6,015 hectares of land in Mallorca to kill processionary caterpillars. Twenty-three municipalities will be fumigated by helicopter with BTK, a non-toxic biological product. The spraying campaign is very different from the one that was carried out in 2014, when the use of diflubenzuron was highly criticised by environmental groups. After many years of not carrying out a fumigation, the government has
been forced to act in the areas most affected by the species. The process may vary depending on weather conditions, but the next places scheduled to be treated will be Sant Joan and Llubí, followed by Llevant and Pla. Processionary caterpillars can be fatal if their poisonous hairs are inhaled by dogs or other animals and owners are advised to be vigilant when walking in forests and woods. The spores can also cause an allergic reaction if they touch human skin, where in some cases medical attention is required.
PROCESSIONARY CATERPILLARS: Fumigation is due to take place this week.
Plastic pollution THE Coastline Cleaning Service has ended its campaign for cleaner waters in the Balearic Islands, after having collected 66,283.98 kg of waste from the sea. As reported by the Ministry of Environment and Territory, 42,011.04 kg was collected in Mallorca, 12,673.50 kg in Menorca, 9,634.75 kg in Ibiza and 1,964.69 kg in Formentera. Managed by the Balearic Agency for Water and Environmental Quality, a total of 30 vessels were deployed to carry out the service which ran
from May 15 to September 30. The area where more plastics were collected included the northeast coast of Mallorca, where plastic accounted for 85 per cent of the waste amassed in Alcúdia. In Muro, this number rose to 89 per cent, while in Sant Llorenç it was reported to be 84 per cent. The service also attended various calls to collect garbage from coves, retrieve dead animals, carry out the dispersion of fuels and aid with search and rescue operations.
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Stab-in-the-back POLICE have arrested an 85year-old man for allegedly stabb i n g h i s 8 0 - y e a r- o l d ro o m m a t e
at a retirement home in Palma. According to reports, the two men, who shared a room at La Bonanova residence, had problems living together and frequently discussed issues such as having the windows open or the air conditioning on. It is reported that on Saturday (October 26), a dispute between the two seniors escalated, where the 85-year-old man is suspected of launching his attack. The injured man suffered two stab wounds to his body, one in his upper back and one to his lower back. The victim was taken to Son Espases hospital, although his condition is not considered to be serious. Officers have successfully seized the weapon which had a blade of 10 centimetres long and will continue their investigations into the incident .
NEW APP: Shares information about stores offering surplus food at discounted prices.
MORE than 1,800 people in Mallorca have downloaded a new application which connects customers with shops and restaurants who offer surplus food at discounted prices. Founded by siblings Pablo and Laura Tonini, ‘Food and Save’ aims to fight against food waste on the planet, where in Spain, 7.7 million tonnes are thrown away each year. The operation is very simple: every day local retailers advertise packs of food set at prices 50 to 75 per cent cheaper than usual with a choice of collection times. Users select what interests them most,
paying by credit card or via transfer and at a set time, will pick up the food. The contents of the packs are a surprise, varying according to what is left over that day. Almost 20 stores have already signed up to the application, including Es Rebost restaurant, Sant Bartolomé bakery and Frutas Puchol supermarket, in addition to butchers, fishmongers and Flor de Flors florists. Following its success in Mallorca, Pablo and Laura plan to expand Food and Save, targeting audiences across the Balearic Islands.
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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.
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GREENER FUTURE PA L M A C i t y C o u n c i l h a s a n n o u n c e d i t s d e s i re t o re d u c e the speed limit in the capital to 30 km per hour and to introd u c e ‘ s u p e r- i s l a n d s ’ - z o n e s that will either be traffic-free or that will only allow a limited number of vehicles. In aim of making the city more sustainable, Neus Truyol, Governor of Urbanisation and Council explained that a new regulatory framework would establish rules to cope with the global climate situation. Scientific studies indicate that the Mediterranean heats up 20 per cent faster than the average place on earth, with Palma having 900 vehicles per
1,000 inhabitants compared to the national average of 650. “The biggest pollutant in the city is private vehicles,” said Truyol, adding that “measures will be taken to reduce dependence on cars and to reduce traffic by promoting public transport, such as trams and super-islands.” The super-islands will include a combination of locations in the city where vehicles will have limitations, for example, places that will only allow pedestrians and bicycles to enter, or those that are restricted to buses. One place that has been earmarked is Pere Garau, which has the highest population density in the city.
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.
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Caught on camera THE Guardia Civil have arr e s t e d a 2 5 - y e a r- o l d m a n as the alleged perpetrator of at least 15 robberies at shops in Campos, Sa Rapita and Colonia de Sant Jordi. The investigations began last summer, when officers noticed similarities in thefts committed at shops
in certain areas, believing that they were committed by the same person. These cases reported that a man used great violence during the robberies, forcing his way through the shops’ doors and causing considerable damage to access the interior. In mid-October, officers
from the Guardia Civil in Santanyí managed to identify the man after committing a robbery at a pharmacy which was caught by their security surveillance. He was arrested a few days later, reportedly wearing the same clothes that he had used in many of the robberies.
Sexual assault A MAN will stand trial in Palma Court accused of the sadistic rape and abuse of his partner who he held as a slave for two days at their shared apartment in s’Arenal. The events took place in August of last year, where it is alleged that after bec o m i n g j e a l o u s , t h e 2 8 - y e a r- o l d m a n g a g g e d h i s p a r t n e r ’s m o u t h w i t h d u c t tape, using several objects with which to rape her. The next day, he repeated his actions, sexually assaulting and beating the com-
EXTENSION: Guy Verhofstadt and Jean Claude Juncker.
BREXIT EXTRA Second referendum A LIBERAL DEMOCRAT councillor has written to the Independent newspaper saying that she believes that her party has misjudged the Brexit mood in the UK. She recommends that rather than stand on a platform opposed to Brexit that they should support a second referendum.
MP quits LABOUR MP John Mann has left the House of Commons because he believes that Parliament is not mature enough to cope with a minority government and Brexit. He will now take up a seat in the House of Lords.
DUP future NOW that the Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland has withdrawn its support for the Conservative government it must consider its stance over Brexit. In order to protect the Union with the UK it could become a Remain party.
THE EU Brexit lead negotiator Guy Verhofstadt tweeted ‘Relieved that finally no one died in a ditch.’ This is because despite the fact that he didn’t want it, Boris Johnson’s government have been given a Brexit extension until January 31 and he has had to accept that there will not be a no deal exit today, Thursday, October 31. There are escape clauses which would allow an earlier exit if Parliament approves the deal put to the EU which has been accepted in principle, but not agreed in fact. Now that it seems very likely that there will be a general election in December, any exit before then becomes increasingly unlikely. The Prime Minister has
blamed Parliament for allowing the extension to occur, but as they passed a vote demanding it, MPs were probably not too surprised to be held liable. Jeremy Corbyn has indicated that he will not now directly oppose a December election, although Conservatives want to see it on December 12, but pundits generally believe that there will be some difficulty in agreeing the date. The Liberal Democrats and SNP want to force a December 9 election which they believe would benefit those who want to Remain as this is just before universities break up and younger voters in the main are more in favour of remaining in the EU.Those who left Britain less than 15 years ago could also be eligible to vote.
Advertising pays SOME would say it was a brave decision and others a complete waste of money to spend £100 million (€112 million) on a press and TV campaign in the UK urging the public to ‘Get Ready for Brexit.’ It wasn’t just the concept that it would happen, but it specifically gave the date of October 31, so about a week ago the campaign was brought to an end with little fanfare. Not only did the date appear highly unlikely to be met, but a report by the National Audit Office suggested that the campaign didn’t take off with the public and had ‘limited impact.’
plainant, whilst threatening her with death. The woman managed to escape from the home when her partner took a shower, asking for help from a neighbour who immediately called the police. Over the summer of 2018, it is alleged that the woman endured frequent acts of violence from her partner, including being pepper sprayed. The defendant faces several serious charges,where the prosecution is asking that he receives a 34-year prison sentence.
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Ten years on found no evidence of an impending disaster. On the first floor, three members of a Colombian family died, instantly crushed by the rubble. On the second floor, a Mallorcan father and his 16-year-old daughter perished, with the mother suffering serious injuries. The third floor was occupied by a German couple, who also sadly lost their lives. In a statement expressing their respect to the victims at the site of the collapse, members of the neighbourhood association recalled that the dawn of October 26, 2009 was the biggest misfortune to occur in Palma which had left a scar on their hearts.
DISASTER: Seven people died when a three-storey building collapsed.
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ON Saturday (October 26), members of the Som Serralta neighbourhood association paid tribute to the victims and survivors of a deadly building collapse that rocked the community 10 years ago. It was around midnight when a threestorey building in the Camp d’en Serralta suddenly collapsed, causing the deaths of seven people, as well as seriously injuring two others. Removing stone by stone, firefighters worked all night in search of a survivor. The reason for the collapse was structural, however weeks before, the building had passed a council inspection, which had
FAMILY LEAD RALLY: The grandmother and mother of Malén Ortiz, who disappeared six years ago.
Still missing MORE than 100 people congregated in the Santa Ponsa pine forest on Sunday (October 27) to remember
Malén Ortiz, who disappeared six years ago. Malén, who was only 15 years old at the time, vanished without a trace after getting off the bus in front of Pirates World in Magaluf on December 2, 2013. During the rally, family and friends of the young girl beat drums and released balloons into the air, in an attempt to keep her memory alive. They demanded for progress into the investigation, which has been ceased due to the absence
of any new evidence. In an emotional statement, Natalia Rodríguez, the mother of Malén, promised to continue fighting to find her daughter, who would have turned 21 years old this week. In the same area, posters of 15 people who have been missing for several years in the Balearic Islands were displayed, including María Pascual Bibiloni, a 65-yearold woman from Binissalem who has been missing since 2015.
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nodeal departure would damage the EU econo my. Again, Germany’s numbers gave cause for concern as employment fell for the first time in six years and the manufacturing PMI was well below the 50 threshold at 41.9. The results contributed to the downbeat end to Mario Draghi’s tenure at the ECB. As the central bank held interest rates at historic lows, Draghi warned of the impact of the global downturn on the European economy. Investors are likely to see whether a change at the top will lead to any changes in policy as Chris tine Lagarde takes the helm in a challenging peri od for the ECB and Europe. The US dollar has been facing a raft of chal lenges, including a mixed picture on the statistics that saw a fall in retail sales but strong consumer confidence. The impeachment proceedings hasn’t had a significant impact on the currency but progress and the hope of a possible truce in the trade war being signed off at the APEC meeting next month. The possible deescalation was wel
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his position, although with a slim mer majority. The Canadian dollar touched to a threemonth high against the US dollar as Canadians headed to the polls and climbed again after the result was announced. The market ap peared sanguine about the prospect of a coalition and with such dramatic developments elsewhere in the world, little attention was payed to the Loonie. The Reserve Bank of Australia was equivocal about the likelihood of further rate cuts which caused some volatility. Total employment went up by 14.7k in September and unemployment fell from 5.3% to 5.2%, which was good news for the Aussie, despite a sharp fall in business confidence. Both the Australian and Kiwi dollars benefited from news of progress in the USChina trade war, although as elsewhere, investors were waiting for more definite progress. New Zealand’s trade deficit for September narrowed by less than fore cast as imports stalled and exports increased.
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RIGHTS: Three held on suspicion of forcing employees to work in ‘almost slavery regime.’
Hard labour THREE people have been arrested for an alleged crime against workers’ rights where it is alleged that they forced employees to work between 12 to 14 hours a day for €40. Inquiries began a few weeks ago when a complaint was received by the Police and Social Security Office for a possible breach against employees at a restaurant in Escorca, who worked in an ‘almost slavery regime.’ In addition to working up to 14 hours a day, annual
holidays were breached and the victims were forced to sign a payroll that did not reflect the amount they were paid. In the case of an accident at work, the owner of the company told workers to state that it had not happened on the premises, otherwise they would be dismissed. The workers held various roles, although most did not have an employment contract and received the same salary regardless of their job.
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Duty-free zones THIS week, Consubal, the consumers’ association of the Balearic Islands, will present a request to Palma a i r p o r t ’s m a n a g e m e n t t o change the way in which passengers pass through the duty-free area in departures. Alfonso Rodríguez, spokesman for Consubal, said that the airport has turned into a huge shop, where travellers are immediately confronted with displays for alcohol and tobacco. He demands a different arrangement so that passengers can decide for themselves whether they would like to enter the duty-free area or not. In a statement, Rodríguez stated that the current position of duty-free doesn’t take into account the children who are exposed to these displays. “It’s obviously for commercial reasons. These are the products with the highest sales and which generate the most profit.” Consubal also asks that Aena invests €600 million over the next four years into the new facilities at
DUTY-FREE: Demands to change the way in which passengers pass through.
the airport. Some of this investment would go on improving passengers’ conveniences and comforts, where the association believe that now is the time to re thi nk t he dut y- f r ee arrangement. O ut of the th r ee ai r por t s i n t he Balearic Islands, Palma is the only one where passengers have to enter a duty-free zone. In Ibiza there is a
separate walkway, whereas in Menorca an arrangement like Palma’s only operates at high season. Over the past few years, the regional government’s directorates for consumer affairs and public health have been in contact with Aena, asking them to create alternative areas so that the sale of alcohol and tobacco is less noticeable to minors.
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BODY FOUND: Believed to be one of two cousins missing since last week.
Two lost at sea A BODY has been found in the sea off Cala Serena in Felanitx, believed by the Guardia Civil to be one of the two Hungarian cousins who have been missing since last Wednesday (October 23). Forensic checks will be made, however there seems to be little doubt that it is of Mihaly Orosz, as a wallet identifying the man was found on the body. On the day of the incident, witnesses reported that they saw two people being
swept away by waves at Cala Esmeralda, south of Cala Serena. Police officers have already been in contact with their relatives, warning them that it is ver y likely that the two people who disappeared at sea were the cousins. Katalin and Mihaly were staying at the Oasis d’Or Hotel in Cala d’Or. They haven’t been seen since last week and had been due to return home to Hungary last Friday (October 25).
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Mummified remains found in Madrid apartment POLICE found the mummified remains of an elderly woman who died 15 years ago in her Madrid home. Of f i c e r m a de t he g r is ly fin d in th e Ciudad Lineal district of the city after a family member of the 78-year-old re-
ported the woman was missing. Neighbours said the last time they saw the pensioner was in 2004, and they had for some years been calling on the authorities to go into the property, according to Spanish media reports. Police were forced to call out the fire
Gang linked to 150 break-ins THE Guardia Civil has broken up a gang held responsible for more than 150 break-ins in 13 provinces. According to the Guardia the criminal organisation specialised in hits on council buildings, municipal sports centres, schools and pharmacies. While the group was based in Castellon, it has also been connected with robberies in Te r u e l , A s t u r i a s , H u e s c a , Zaragoza, Guadalajara, Cuenca, Leon, Valencia, Ciudad Real, Albacete, Burgos and Alicante. The operation dubbed ‘ZigZag’ resulted in eight ar-
rests. A further two individuals are under investigation. The Guardia said when they detained the gang members they were preparing break-ins in Visiedo and Argente in Teruel. The operation involved raids on a number of properties in Castellon city, during which officers seized numerous stolen items. The Guardia explained the gang sold the stolen merchandise on the black market, via instant messaging and even on buy and sell websites, with members exclusively dedicated to this side of their criminal activities.
They also said the gang used two established routes to commit the crimes, one going through inland provinces and one going along the Mediterranean. They kept to relatively unused roads and travelled at night. To commit the robberies they would hide their vehicle about two kilometres from the target location, travelling the rest of the way on foot and then breaking in by forcing doors or windows. They wore caps, gloves and balaclavas to try and avoid being identified by the authorities.
Billions-worth of military outsourcing S PA I N ’ S M i n i s t r y o f Defence spent €1.1 billion on outsourcing n o n - e s s e n t i a l s e rvices like gardening and catering between 2010 and 2018. Gardening cost €27.5 million while €91.6 million went on upkeep of Ministry building and €343.9 million on catering. Most cash, €654 million, went on vehicle maintenance. According to the Ministry of Defence’s secretary general
for Economic Affairs, Jose Luis Ruiz Sumalla, this does not entirely reflect spending on these allocations, and could be even higher. “Only the figures for the last four years are reliable,” he said. “Information before 2014 was obtained by combining different computer systems, data bases and contracting procedures.” Nor do these figures include the total cost of outsourcing for logistics buildings and living quarters
between 2010 and 2018. “Most living quarters are inside barracks and it has been possible to calculate separate expenses for security, cleaning and upkeep as these are included in general spending on the military base where they are located,” Ruiz Sumalla said. The figures were made public following a request from a soldier on a temporary contract who asked for outsourcing details on the Transparency Website.
Street shooting settling scores THE fatal shooting of a man in a Bilbao street could have been a settling of scores. The victim was gunned down in the Bilbao La Vieja district of the city on Thursday afternoon. The authorities believe the killing could be related to a conflict sparked off by jealousy between two gypsy clans, according to Spanish press reports. It appears two couples who used
to be inseparable fell out after one of the men had an affair with the other man’s wife. Calls to the emergency services first alerted police to the incident. When patrols arrived at the scene they found the victim already dead on the ground. Basque police arrested two men found in a nearby property shortly afterwards and seized three shotguns.
s e r vic e to ge t into the second- f l oor apartment after going there with one of the woman’s relatives and finding a key had been left in the lock on the inside of the door. Firefighters used a ladder to get up onto the terrace and pushed through a
half open window. Press reported that after the woman passed away, apparently of natural causes, the humidity in the room and a vent meant that rather than the body decomposing, the conditions led to a mummification process.
Skater dies A SKATER died after slipping down a hill and falling into a ditch in Castrelo del Miño in Ourense on Sunday afternoon. The 112-Galicia emergency service reported it was not yet known whether it was the fall which killed the man or whether something happened to him or he fell ill before he careered down the slope. The emergency services were first alerted to the incident by a passer-by who saw what happened and called for
UNKNOWN: The emergency service said it was not yet known whether it was the fall which killed the man or something which occurred before he slipped. help, but according to reports the health team could do nothing to save man’s life.
The authorities opened an investigation into the cause of the death.
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Empowering EMPOWERING women is the main objective of a free course running until May in l’Alfas del Pi. Around 50 participants have signed up for ‘Secrets of a happy woman,’ which is organised by the local council’s Equality department in collaboration with Essencial, the School of Empowerment for Gender Peace. Leadership and Feminine Empowerment coaches Yolanda Garcia and Concha Coves will over the months cover subjects like managing emotions, promoting self-esteem, motivation, personal ability and decision-taking. “To gain grand scale change the first step consists in starting with oneself, in believing in our abilities,” commented Equality councillor Rocio Guijarro at the opening session of the course. “From this point you have the importance of courses like this, on which men are also welcome, as they should take part in the process and help to overcome cultural practices which favour machismo and inequality.” The twice weekly morning sessions are being held on Thursdays and Saturdays in the Hogar del Pensionista multi-uses hall. Inscription will remain open throughout the year, the course being taught in modules and participants are able to attend once or twice a week, the councillor explained.
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Turtle released RELEASED: Loggerhead is back at sea.
A LOGGERHEAD turtle that was rescued when it was found floating listlessly entangled in the remains of a raffia bag has been released into the sea. The sea creature was found on October 1 by staff at the Marine Reserve of La MuelaCabo Tiñoso. The young turtle, which weighed 2.802kg and a shell 28cm long was then nursed back to health at Murcia’s Ministry of Water, Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Environment’s Wildlife Recovery Centre (Centro de Recuperación de Fauna Silvestre). This was the fifth Loggerhead to be rescued and then released into the environment by the centre so far this year. In 2017 and 2018 a total of eight turtles were rescued. Before being released turtles are ringed and micro-chipped as part of a study programme. They can be identified to see migration routes and breeding patterns. The Loggerhead turtle is classified as vulnerable on the List of Wild Species in Special Protection Regime and the Spanish Catalogue of Threatened Species, while the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) considers this species endangered. Among its main threats are the swallowing of plastics and different types of floating waste, their accidental capture in fishing nets, entanglement in remains of drifting lines and, to a lesser extent, collision with boats and the destruction and alteration of nesting beaches. The Wild Fauna Recovery Centre is financed under the Operational Programme of the European Regional Development Fund.
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SORTED: Good condition items are donated to NGOs for distribution to the needy.
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Fertile future MALAGA is to become the home of the first overian tissue cryopreservation bank in Andalucia. It is estimated that every year a dozen women in the Andalucian community can preserve their fertility in this way before undergoing cancer treatment. The technique consists of removing a portion of one of the ovaries and preserving it at low temperatures for future reimplantation. After a meeting of the Spanish Group of Pediatric Oncology Surgery, the surgeon Rafael Parrado together with professionals at the Maternity hospital, realised a need for such a clinic in Andalucia as one of the side effects of cancer treatments is infertility. The target patients for such procedures are young girls who require cancer treatment that involves a high risk of ovarian failure which could lead to early menopause and infertility. The clinic is now able to accommodate their first cases and will be made available to patients post evaluation.
FROZEN: An Andalucian first in Malaga.
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Natural resources
Good recycling record RESIDENTS of Adra have recycled nearly 18 tonnes of textiles so far this year. The local council praised the public for doing their bit to care for the planet and to help the less fortunate by depositing unwanted clothes, footwear, blankets, sheets, towels and so on in the 15 green containers distributed around Adra town and in outlying districts, including La Caracola, Puente del Río and La Curva. The council explained a company provides a service free of charge to the municipality to sort through collected items. Anything in good condition is donated to NGOs for distribution to the needy. The remainder is recycled to be used for products such as construction insulation.
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RETURNS HOME: Victoria de Castro (centre) in front of her house.
Squatters forced to leave HUNDREDS of residents of Portugalete, a town west of Bilbao, have successfully evicted a family of squatters who moved into a 94-year-old woman’s home when she left to visit her sister for a few days. The plight of Victoria de Castro, who returned to find intruders living inside the home that she had lived in all her life, triggered a response by neighbours who congregated in front of the house. Faced with an increasingly angry crowd, the squatters ended up calling the police to say that they would leave the property if they were guaranteed protection, eventually walking out amid heavy security presence. Under Spanish law, regaining the possession back of a home involves lengthy procedures that could until recently take up to two years. In 2018, new legislation was passed to reduce that to 30 days through civil proceedings, however complicated paperwork pushes many homeowners to simply pay the squatters to leave.
THE Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Costa del Sol Axarquia, APTA and CEDER travelled to Jaen for the Tourism Fair ‘Tierra Adentro’ this month to promote its tourist activities. The fair took place between October 25 and 27 and representatives of Axarquia promoted the natural resources which the region has to offer tourists from all over Spain. The spokesman of the Commonwealth of Municipalities of Axarquia, Antonio Sanchez travelled with fellow government members, Juan Peñas, Aroa Palma and the manager of APTA, Elisa Paez to the fair entitled the 18th International Fair of Tourism, Sports and Adventures of Andalucia ‘Tierra Adentro.’ “It’s a very important fair for us because they are the main inland destinations in Spain and because it concentrates professionals in the sector looking for places that offer opportunities for sports tourism or adventure,” said Sanchez. During the visit they promoted areas of outstanding natural beauty such as the Cuevas de Nerja and Tesoro, the Almijara and Alhama Natural Park and the La Caleta marina by distributing leaflets, tourist maps and creating a tourist information point for all 31 municipalities. The delegates also pushed the region’s culinary and cultural offerings as well as highlighting the importance of the tropical fruit industry, specifically the muscatel grape.
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Stricter regulations
THANKS to the financial crisis which saw the banks around the world saved by governments, the UK in par ticular saw a tremendous growth in payday loan providers which were not initially subject to strict control. Due to the large number of com plaints received about selling loans to people who couldn’t afford them and high interest rates and penalties, the government did act to introduce stricter regulations. Anyone with a loan will still need to make repayments or find them selves accruing financial penalties, but what is not clear is when com plainants will receive compensation.
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billion was the amount allocated by the Spanish Social Security towards payment of pensions in October, an increase of 4.9 per cent over last year.
PepsiCo goes to new levels
AFTER working for the second largest food company in the world, PepsiCo, for 22 years, Barcelona born Ramón Laguarta was appointed CEO of the largest multinational to have a Spaniard at its helm. Since taking up his position, he has radically changed the impetus of the business which had been more reliant on cost cutting than increased business in order to maintain and increase profits. His theory of sustainability and continued expansion has seen the
By John Smith stock market value of the company rise by 30 per cent over the last year to a mammoth €171 billion and if the company was a country, it would rank 55 in the world just above Algeria and below Qatar. A lot has happened in just one year and his target now is to see a steady increase in profits year on year of between 4 and 6 per cent and this, he believes, can be achieved by rationalising some production and expanding mar kets.
In Spain for example, PepsiCo has outsourced two of its drinks centres to Spanish group Refresco, integrating production for the two groups to increase output and re duce costs, but without losing jobs. He now has his eyes on expand ing the market for Alvalle Gazpa cho which is selling well outside of Spain, but has not yet cracked the US market and this product in par ticular will be promoted heavily in America, where the Spanish speak ing population could well be a lu crative target.
LEGALLY SPEAKING To sell or not to sell? Recently I put my house up for sale and I had a buyer very quickly. I didn’t have a lawyer, as I know what is best for me. I have two small loans, not mortgages, and the lender has a charge against the house. He has been paid but he has to appear at the completion to sign on this. There are also outstanding community charges, some of which I paid from the deposit I received. The completion date was set and I was told I could pack up and leave the house. Then the completion date was put off because the mortgage funds had not arrived. I was given ONE day as notice. I have no confidence in another comple tion date now, which I am expected to go through again on what seems like half a sale. What are your thoughts? J R (Costa del Sol) You cer tainly have encountered set YOU AND THE backs, complica LAW IN SPAIN tions and delays too many to list here but you have signed a binding con tract of sale. I feel that instructing a lawyer would have helped you to obtain what is best for you with less worry.
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Profits soar SPANISH bank Sabadell has report ed profit to the end of September 2019 at €783 million which is more than double the amount it made in the last financial year. Not only has it not had to include extraordinary charges with regards to computerisation of its TSB sub sidiary in the UK or had to write down the value of properties owned which it did in 2018, but has also generated an additional €138 mil lion from the sale of estate agents Solvia. This income means that it can match last year’s dividend al though this time by way of shares in treasury stock rather than cash in order to strengthen its balance sheet and reduce outflow of money.
BUSINESS EXTRA Knicker grant THE Spanish Tax Office has noted that certain people involved in media and the world of celebrity are claiming tax deductions in respect of designer lingerie, sunglasses, clothes and even cosmetic surgery which they claim are legitimate business expenses.
Profits down SHARES in Amazon have fallen sharply after the company revealed that although turnover in the third quarter was up by 20 per cent, profits had dropped due to increased shipping costs following an offer of next day delivery to Prime customers.
Not-spots THE UK government and mobile phone companies are discussing investing £1 billion (€1.12 billion) in extending network coverage in areas of ‘notspots’ to increase quality 4G coverage to 95 per cent of the country.
Advising the rich ALWAYS on the look out to increase turnover and profits throughout its international opera tions, Santander is now offering much better in centives to high wealth individuals. In the last year, it has reviewed its structure and now offers customers a dedicated division which is able to recommend investment services which were previously restricted to companies. This has taken off in the USA and has increased
its customer base to 1,700 which may not appear enormous but to qualify, individuals have to prove a net worth of €20 million and have access to alternative investments including real estate in markets such as Brazil, Mexico and Portugal. Staffing has been increased so there are now 32 specialists offering a personal service which in cludes advice on the most appropriate university for a young person.
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3.117,99 752,8 208,9 929,2 269,5 58,1 7.016,00 185,03 1.075,60 1.595,68 201 894,1 6.750,00 2.284,00 1.348,00 680,4 2.334,00 705,7 1.386,00 218,85 5.807,36 1.852,50 446,5 596,2 4.169,50 721,6 2.321,00 2.319,50 522,32 715,49 3.100,00 500,5 840,4 2.248,00 1.686,00 1.625,50 2.584,00 7.810,00 1.017,00 691,6 304 166,75 237,9 1.016,00 4.559,50 859,6 159,5 4.180,00 970,8
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US dollar ................................................1.10777 Japan yen...............................................120.679 Switzerland franc ...................................1,10266 Denmark kroner .....................................7,47066 Norway kroner........................................10,2709
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COMPANY 3M Alphabet C Amazon.com Apple Boeing Caterpillar Chevron Cisco Coca-Cola Exxon Mobil Facebook Goldman Sachs Home Depot IBM Intel J&J JPMorgan McDonald’s Merck&Co Microsoft Nike Pfizer Procter&Gamble Tesla United Technologies UnitedHealth Verizon Visa A Walmart Walt Disney
PRICE 169,06 1.290,00 1.777,08 249,05 340,88 140,06 118,48 47,17 53,57 68,64 189,4 217,75 236,8 135,97 56,76 129,18 126,51 191,78 82,2 144,19 90,85 37,28 123,48 327,71 143,04 247,05 60,18 179,84 119,22 130,53
CHANGE% CHANGE VOLUME(M) 1,79% 2,97 3,14M 1,97% 24,87 2,61M 0,89% 15,75 3,71M 1,00% 2,47 24,14M 0,31% 1,05 3,23M 0,24% 0,33 6,17M -0,16% -0,19 5,08M 0,58% 0,27 13,86M -0,33% -0,18 8,87M -0,88% -0,61 11,21M 0,80% 1,51 13,66M 1,64% 3,52 2,71M 1,03% 2,42 2,71M 0,39% 0,53 3,23M 0,53% 0,3 32,31M 0,65% 0,83 7,88M 0,38% 0,48 9,52M -1,45% -2,83 7,71M -0,07% -0,06 14,85M 2,46% 3,46 35,28M -0,08% -0,07 10,30M 1,39% 0,51 24,48M 0,19% 0,23 5,46M -0,13% -0,42 18,87M 0,06% 0,08 2,37M 0,87% 2,14 2,96M -0,31% -0,19 14,62M 1,12% 1,99 10,09M 0,15% 0,18 3,40M -0,28% -0,37 8,94M M - MILLION DOLLARS
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Most Advanced Alphabet Inc. Cl C Sanderson Farms Inc. Atrion Corp. Amazon.com Inc. Illumina Inc. Roku Inc. Cl A Lam Research Corp. Intuitive Surgical Inc. Galapagos N.V. ADR Kaiser Aluminum Corp. Reata Pharmaceuticals Inc. Cl A
1,290 155.71 830.70 1,777 304.06 146.88 281.25 558.65 175.55 108.63 203.60
+24.87 +21.20 +18.81 +15.75 +13.42 +13.14 +11.20 +9.38 +9.06 +7.91 +7.53
67.05 540.03 73.76 558.16 406.74 142.27 80.48 202.20 157.62 94.70 154.31
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Most Declined Blueprint Medicines Corp. MercadoLibre Inc. Dorman Products Inc. CoStar Group Inc. Amerco Sage Therapeutics Inc. LGI Homes Inc. Cavco Industries Inc. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. VelocityShares 3x Long Silver ETN PrimeEnergy Resources Corp.
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A most successful scam By John Smith ALTHOUGH many internet frauds prove to emanate from Nigeria, some major examples also come out of Spain and it is estimated that last year some 12 companies in 10 countries lost €10 million. This information has been revealed because the Guardia Civil has broken one gang and arrested three people in Spain who between them are alleged to have opened 83 fake companies with 185 bank accounts in order to launder the proceeds of their activities. Known as a Business Email Compro mise (BEC) scam senior management of different companies were imperson
THERE was a great deal of anger, particularly in rural areas of the UK where bank branches have been closed, when Barclays Bank announced that it would stop customers from withdrawing cash from post offices. Nowadays, the bulk of sub post offices are based in newsagent’s premises and the NFRN, the organisation which represents them de-
BEC: Companies have lost millions.
About face manded that the bank review its decision saying the decision “will hit tens of thousands of elderly and vulnerable people especially in rural areas.” Barclays can now claim to be a ‘listening bank’ as it quickly reversed the decision and will sup-
port what it calls a ‘full service proposition’ allowing customers to make cash withdrawals with their debit cards for at least the next three years. Whilst it is becoming more popular to make touch screen payments, many elderly people do prefer to have cash available and smaller businesses can’t always afford the latest technology.
ated and more junior employees were instructed to either transfer funds or supply information which would allow the scammers access to company ac counts. In this particular case, those involved were sophisticated enough to use company letterheads and branding to issue instructions to pay large amounts of money against fictitious proforma invoices. As this particular enquiry continues, investigating officers have so far recov ered €1,290,000 for victims who are believed to be in Bulgaria, Germany, Luxembourg, the UK and US. So successful have various criminal gangs been that many companies are now seriously considering taking spe cial insurance as BEC scams now ac count for more lost money than ran somware or hacked data breaches. International law enforcement agen cies including Europol, the FBI and In terpol have been working together since 2016 under the operational name of Lavanco and have so far ar rested more than 280 individuals from around the world who are believed to have been involved in these BEC scams which are known to have netted more than €150 million.
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BUSINESS EXTRA
Lower deficit THE UK Office for National Statistics has admitted that due to a statistical error, the British budget deficit (excluding money tied up in banks) could be as much as £1.5 billion (€1.7 billion) less than previously reported for this year so far.
Nissan woes WHETHER it is a reaction to the unrest in Barcelona or simply a result of the reduction in demand for its vehicles, Nissan Barcelona has reduced production by 20 per cent and may well cut the work force by 600.
Mass exodus A REPORT from New Financial confirms that due to Brexit, 332 financial businesses have moved 5,000 members of staff and assets of nearly €900 million out of London to relocate within the European Union with the largest destination being Dublin.
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FEATURE
Truly laughable
LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT THIS week’s blizzard of utter codswallop truly has me once again losing the will to live. It really is quite frightening how, in a past life, opinions and laws we would have thought completely ludicrous and truly laughable, are now not only being put into practice, but can actually land you in jail. With the whole fabric of the nation being torn apart and monumental decisions being taken that will affect the futures of every one of us, these whining Wally’s still spend their time, and probably our money, huddled around their half pints of real ale, frantically trying to drag up ludicrous and utterly non sensical rules and regulations merely, in most cases, to give themselves a reason for their own existence. And this week has been no exception. The abolishment of handclapping has final ly reached Oxford University. Students (many of whom will no doubt become future politi cians!) have managed to ban applause on the grounds that it may be wait for it a ‘trig gering’ for people with a nervous disposition! Audiences will now be encouraged to re place clapping with ‘jazz hands,’ the waggling of hands in the fashion of Al Jolson, which will no doubt also need replacing after the
HAND CLAPPING: Audiences will now be encouraged to waggle their hands instead.
first snowflake realises this action is even more ‘offensive’ to some than the clapping it was intended to replace! Wolf whistling is now considered a misogy nist act and police are encouraging women who are victims of this heinous crime to dial 999 and report it. (I actually find it most odd
that most of the ladies I talk to, tell me they would in fact be somewhat disappointed if they didn’t receive the occasional purse lipped projection of appraisement). Somewhat more serious, but in much the same vein, I did think the ‘offence’ supposed ly perpetrated by young teenager Jamie
Griffis was a disgraceful miscarriage of jus tice as far as his sentencing was concerned. This bumbling, somewhat socially inept youngster was found guilty of two charges of sexual assault, after he fumblingly touched a young woman on the arm and waist while trying to talk to her in the street. He told the judge that he tried to talk, but the ‘words wouldn’t come out.’ The young lady said she was convinced that ‘had she not moved back he would have touched her breast’ (oh really!?). She said that the ‘assault’ left her unable to do school work; uncomfortable in her own home, had made her stressed and anxious and that the ‘attack’ had (somehow) hindered her appli cation to Oxford! Now I’m not condoning the actions of this young man, but do think that £250 in com pensation, a 12month community order with 200 hours of unpaid work and being or dered to sign the sex register for the next five years was a bit over the top and will probably affect this unfortunate young man for the rest of his days. Altogether now. Snowflakes are falln’ on my head… Keep the faith. Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
Leapy Lee’s opinions are his own and are not necessarily representative of those of the publishers, advertisers or sponsors.
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INTRIGUE, BETRAYAL & POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS NORA JOHNSON
BREAKING VIEWS Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist. To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson
INTRIGUE, betrayal and political assassinations. And that just describes events in the American TV version of House of Cards! The latest Brexit manoeuvres over Boris’s Brexit deal far surpassed all that and would make even Kevin Spacey’s Machiavellian character Frank Underwood blanch. For many barely able to disguise their horror at the spectacle of a nest of politi cal vipers more interested in backstab bing rivals than calming nerves, this Ja cobean tragedy fast descended into a Whitehall farce. Maybe not so much House of Cards then, more like St Trin ian’s? The highlight was billed, with no small degree of hubris, as ‘Super Saturday,’ and everyone in the country was invited to
watch. Against the backdrop of an ex hausted and frustrated nation, Parlia ment programmed a Saturday matinee for the first time in almost 40 years. And what a contrast it was between this ‘Super Saturday’ farce and the high calibre of debate it was when Parliament met on that Saturday all those years ago in the wake of the Falklands invasion. Basically, we would have had a much better deal if May had negotiated proper ly and hadn’t been constantly under mined by the Remainer faction. As it is, in the situation in which Boris has been placed by both May’s failed negotia tions and the Com mon’s shenanigans, his deal is probably the best we can hope for now (‘the least of the
evils’ according to one MP) to allow us to move on. A deal that is, according to another MP, a ‘House of Cards in a tornado’ with everyone hatching plots and tossing spanners in the already mangled Brexit works. Boris isn’t ‘dead in a ditch’ just yet but nor is he out of the hole and his op ponents are still busy digging. Wake me in 20 years (if I last that long) and hope we’ve moved on to the second phase of Brexit. Otherwise we’ll all be dead in a ditch from sheer exhaustion, frustration and the will to live. We’re in the Brexit departure lounge but who knows when the flight will take off?
Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘Betrayal,’ ‘The Girl in the Woods,’ ‘The Girl in the Red Dress,’ ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retri bution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Cler ambault Code’ (www.norajohn son.net) available online as ebook (€0.99;£0.99), ibook, paperback & (now) audiobook. All profits CREDIT: Amazon.es to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer KEVIN SPACEY: The House of Cards actor charity. might blanch at recent Brexit manoeuvres.
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Historic harbour BOASTING one of the most strategic ports in the Mediterranean, the city of Cartagena was once the threshold for every empire that invad ed Spain and has inherit ed an impressive collec tion of cultural landmarks as a result. Located in the region of Murcia, this important naval city was founded in around 220 BC by the Carthaginians, but didn’t become the thriving me tropolis it is known as to d a y u n t i l i t w a s c o n quered by the Romans. It is still possible to see mosaics and murals that date back to this era in several of the city’s pro tected buildings. The city is home to an
impressive array of ruins, s u c h a s t h e R o m a n a m phitheatre, which is the second biggest on the Iberian Peninsula, and the Byzantine wall that was built to protect the city from invasions. An easy way to get a grasp of just how many lives this city has lived is to take a trip up to Con ception Castle which of fers impressive views of the whole bay. Here you can see the Spanish war ships anchored where Phoenician traders used to dock their boats, and the effortless blend of modernist buildings and ancient fortresses proves just how well the city has held onto its history as time has passed.
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7:30am Money for Nothing 8:15am Countryfile Autumn Diaries 9:00am Antiques Roadshow 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pmBBC Newsroom Live 1:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm Yes Chef 2:45pm Best Bakes Ever 3:10pm Heir Hunters 3:55pm King Kong 5:30pm Celebrity Eggheads 6:15pm Make Me a Dealer 7:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 7:30pm Strictly: It Takes Two 8:00pm MOTDx 8:30pm Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs 9:00pm Autumnwatch 10:00pmGiri/Haji 11:00pmLater - with Jools Holland 11:30pmNewsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am A Dangerous Dynasty: House of Assad
8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Top of the Pops: 1988 9:00pm Forces of Nature with Brian Cox 10:00pm The Secrets of Quantum Physics 11:00pm The Dead Room 11:30pm Mark Kermode's Oscar Winners: A Secrets of Cinema Special 12:30am Pain, Pus & Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines 1:30am Top of the Pops: 1988 2:00am Africa's Great Civilisations 2:55am Africa's Great Civilisations 3:45am Great Barrier Reef
8:20am King of Queens 8:45am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:40am Frasier 10:10am Frasier 10:40am Frasier 11:10am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:05pmUndercover Boss USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Couples Come Dine with Me 2:05pm A New Life in the Sun 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm Escape to the Chateau: DIY 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Your Room or Mine? 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Secret Life of the Zoo 10:00pmThe Accident 11:00pm8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 12:05am How Europe Stole My Mum
9:00am Paw Patrol 9:10am Floogals 9:25am Becca's Bunch 9:45am Little Princess 10:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pmGPs: Behind Closed Doors 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Tiny House of Terror 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm How the Victorians Built Britain 9:00pm The Big Con? 10:00pmRich House, Poor House 11:00pmUndercover Girlfriend 12:05am Poltergeist
1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One; Weather 2:30pm BBC London News; Weather 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Headhunters 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Money for Nothing 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six; Weather 7:30pm BBC London News; Weather 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm A Question of Sport 9:00pm Still Open All Hours 9:30pm EastEnders 10:00pmHave I Got News for You 10:30pmWould I Lie to You? 11:00pmBBC News at Ten 11:25pmRegional News and Weather 11:30pmWeather 11:35pmThe Graham Norton Show 12:25am Fleabag
7:30am Money for Nothing 8:15am Countryfile Autumn Diaries 9:00am Gardeners' World 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm Yes Chef 2:45pm Best Bakes Ever 3:15pm Heir Hunters 4:00pm Streetdance 5:30pm Celebrity Eggheads 6:15pm Make Me a Dealer 7:00pm Strictly: It Takes Two 8:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 8:30pm Mastermind 9:00pm Autumnwatch 10:00pm The Name of the Rose 10:50pm Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby 11:00pm Mock the Week 11:30pm Newsnight 12:00am Weather 12:05am Later - with Jools Holland
8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Top of the Pops: 1988 9:00pm Exotic Pop at the BBC 10:00pm Top of the Pops: 1988 10:30pm Get Rich or Try Dying: Music's Mega Legacies 11:30pm TOTP2 12:30am Rod Stewart at the BBC A tribute to the singer's career with a selection of his performances and interviews at the BBC. 1:30am Top of the Pops: 1988 2:00am Totally 60s Psychedelic Rock at the BBC 3:00am Exotic Pop at the BBC 4:00am Tones, Drones and Arpeggios: The Magic of Minimalism
9:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:40am Frasier 10:10am Frasier 10:40am Frasier 11:10am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:05pm Undercover Boss USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Couples Come Dine with Me 2:05pm A New Life in the Sun 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 5:00pm Escape to the Chateau: DIY 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Your Room or Mine? 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice 10:00pm Gogglebox 11:00pm The Last Leg 12:05am Harry Hill's H Bomb 1:10am Celebrity Hunted
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9:30am Lorraine 10:25am Judge Rinder 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm Tenable 4:59pm ITV London Weather 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Tonight 9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pmPrince Charles: Inside the Duchy Of Cornwall 11:00pmITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pmITV News London 11:45pmLong Lost Family: What Happened Next 12:45am Tenable 1:40am Ideal World
7:20am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:45am You've Been Framed! 8:10am Dinner Date 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Coronation Street 10:00am Coronation Street 10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:25am Superstore 11:50am Superstore 12:15pm Dress to Impress 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:50pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:45pm Supermarket Sweep 4:50pm Dinner Date 5:50pm Dress to Impress 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm Casper 9:00pm FYI Daily 9:05pm Casper 11:00pm Celebrity Juice 11:50pm Family Guy 12:20am Family Guy
7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Classic Emmerdale 8:20am Classic Emmerdale 8:50am Heartbeat 9:55am On the Buses 10:30am On the Buses 11:00am Man About the House 11:35am Agatha Christie's Poirot 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 10:00pmLewis 12:00am Law & Order: UK 1:05am Inspector Morse 3:10am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping
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DEAR mainlanders, I don’t know about you, but I find the Thomas Cook Group’s collapse a bit sad? Perhaps because in the 60’s we flew off to the then deeply exotic and foreign Spain with Thomas Cook. Like lots of other British working class families, it was our first holiday abroad. We landed in a rugged landscape, blasted by the sun. People were loud. Wine, (the adults were thrilled), was cheaper than water. Large women in flounces danced flamenco for our entertainment. I understood the accompanying shouts of ‘guapa’ to be ‘whopper.’ Coming from Twiggy’s England, this celebration of ample flesh made a big impression. Life there looked more vivid, more joyful. Even the dictatorship somehow quainted itself into unimportance. Guardia Civil with funny hats and serious firepower smiled at families of tourists like us. Tourism was Spain’s best hope for the immediate future. I loved the whole Thomas Cook-facilitated, experience. I’ve just realised that the decision, decades later, to stop being an FE lecturer in Dorset in favour of moving us to Spanish territo-
MUHAMMAD ALI is widely regarded as the greatest sportsman of a l l t i m e . H i s g re a t r i v a l Joe Frazier was close in achievement, but not as attractive to watch. Margins between the greatest and those regarded as second greatest vary considerably. Some of the greatest in their field had contemporaneous ri vals to that claim. These in clude Usain Bolt (Justin Gatlin), Rafael Nadal (Roger Federer) and Lionel Messi (Cristiano Ronaldo). Others are from dif ferent eras such as Don Brad man (Sachin Tendulkar), Steffi Graf (Serena Williams), Jack Nicklaus (Tiger Woods), Pele (Maradona) and Michael Schu macher (Lewis Hamilton). So how do we assess the ri val claims? The clock proves that Bolt has run the faster times more fre
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Demise Spells Trouble
By Barbara Belt barbarabelt@gmail.com
DAVID WORBOYS
31 October - 6 November 2019
IMPLICATIONS: Thomas Cook going bust could spell trouble for many tourist destinations. ry probably stems from that first visit. Cook’s beginnings as a travel agent had nothing to do with the cheap booze enjoyed by my family and most Brit tourists (ad nauseum) since. A strict Baptist who’d taken the temperance pledge, he’d have been appalled. He organised meetings and anti-liquor processions, taking 500 temperance campaigners from Leicester to a teetotal rally in Loughborough for a shilling each in 1841, his first
excursion. Fourteen years later, he organised ‘grand circular tours’ of Belgium, Germany and France, ending at the Paris Exhibition. Over the following 164 years, the company became one of the best known in the travel business. Its demise means trouble for many desinations, among them the Canary Islands, where 750,000 tourists won’t now be coming. Tenerife is the worst affected Spanish desti-
nation, Lanzarote the second and Mallorca the third. “The Canary and Balearic Islands are worst affected,” confirms the company. The smaller islands El Hierro, La Palma and La Gomera whose ‘green’ tourists, travelling principally to walk and enjoy nature, peace and quiet don’t buy package holidays, have escaped, although the crash of Thomas Cook Airlines may affect some. Back on the bigger islands, the situation is especially bad because high season is October to Easter. Winter sun is what brings visitors. “It leaves us with little capacity to respond,” says Francisco Moreno, of the hotel chain Lopesan, which manages 17 establishments in the islands. There’s of course real concern about jobs. “Last week we were full, and now look,” says Lorenzo Naranjo, Playa del Inglés, Gran Canaría waiter, pointing to the empty tables. “Not one English person,” he says. Canary Islands President, Ángel Víctor Torres, announced that social security contributions can be postponed to help protect jobs, while UGT Union spokesperson José Ramirez urges calm with: “I think the market has the capacity to immediately fill a large part of what has been lost.” With clowns now ringmasters of the political circus, anything could happen.
Who’s the greatest? quently than Gatlin (8 2) and holds the world sprint records. Nadal leads Federer head to head (23 15) but, beset by injuries, has won fewer grand slams. Messi is a midfield genius and Cristiano is a striker. Despite being contempo raries, they are not easy to compare be cause their style and the roles they play are very different. But we can observe how each performs against the same op position. This is impos sible when comparing those from different eras. Bradman had the higher batting average; Lara had both the highest firstclass and test scores. Graf saw off three other alltime greats (Navratilova, Seles and
Williams) but, again beset by injuries, has won one fewer grand slams than Williams. When comparing sporting stars from different eras, we have to recognise advances in
equipment, training proce dures, medical treatment and the quality of the rivals or the opposition. I have often heard such comments as this: ‘If Rod Laver were playing today, he would be blown off the court by Novak Djokovic. Those heavy wooden rackets and faster balls and the primi tive training techniques would give him no chance.’ I never hear the equally irrelevant question: ‘What if Djokovic were playing in the 1960s with a wooden racket, lighter balls and with less advanced training facilities?
He wouldn’t have stood a chance against Laver.’ We know that Bolt runs faster than Carl Lewis ever did, but was he more dominant over the rest of the field? And what was the quality of the opposition? Sport is so competitive. Frac tions of seconds separate the winning sprinter from the run nerup and a few seconds the victorious Formula One driver from his rival in second place. Fractions of centimetres may decide the outcome of a tennis or boxing match. It is, there fore, rarely that one champion towers indisputably above all others. The greatest achiever in terms of statistical records may not be the greatest per former. Finally, does it really matter?
THE GREATS: Impossible to compare the greatest against their counterparts.
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NICK HORNE’S Rich Pick Freelance correspondent, London, England BARELY a week goes by without announcements of electric this and eco that. That’s not to imagine that traditional fuels are going entirely out of style soon. Though the news flow and the moribund oil p r i c e p e r b a r re l o f c r u d e d o e s tend to support the idea that the future will see less in the way of hydrocarbons as fuel. Meanwhile at the globally significant air show the NBAA ABACE held this year [October 22-24, 2019] at the Las Vegas Convention Centre and Henderson Executive Airport there have been a flurry of announcements, one of the first to rush down the runway and take flight was one from Boeing. A VIP customer who wishes to remain uniden tified has bought not one but two ultra long range BBJ7879s, or to you and me they are Boe ing 7879 Dreamliners. The Dreamliner can fly 9,485 nautical miles. The world really is your oys ter when you fly this one, the cabin offers 257.8 m2 of space to roam about in. More than some villas on the Costa del Sol I suspect, no pool though yet. “The BBJ 7879 offers our most discerning cus
IN MY OPINION Views of a Grumpy Old Man CAN you imagine someone coming up to you at a gathering, where there are a few people you know, but many you don’t, and saying, “Hi nice to meet you, would you like some crack cocaine to go with your volauvent?” And then, when you say, “No thanks, I don’t use it” they then say, in a surprised tone, “Oh really, are you sure, not just a little bit?” It just wouldn’t happen would it? So why is it when I’m out people who don’t know me very well react so strangely when I tell them I don’t drink alcohol? Most them are absolutely fine and ask what soft drink I would like but then there are the odd few that feel they have the right to ask me why I’m not interested in partaking in their drug of choice in front of everybody. They wouldn’t do that if I refused any other addictive substance. “Not even a small one?” “No, I don’t drink thank you.” “Have you never drunk?” “Yes I used to.” “Oh so why did you stop?” I mean really!
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Flying today tomorrow BBJ 787-9 with His and Hers sinks and a bathroom equipped with a shower. Future imagined - a Porsche Boeing takes flight from a downtown shopping centre roof.
tomers the ability to travel in ul timate comfort and fly directly to just about any city on earth. We’re talking about London to Sydney or Tokyo to Cape Town. Our newest BBJ 7879 customer can clearly see the possibilities and more,” so says Ihssane Mounir, senior vice president of Commercial Sales and Marketing for the Boeing Company. “With a total of 16 orders to date, the BBJ 787 programme has won over other govern ment and private customers who want to work, rest, and arrive refresh and ready for a produc tive day.” The list price of these two aircraft
No thanks, I don’t use it! MIKE SENKER
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Do I have to explain to you why I don’t drink any more? Can you not just accept I choose not to? I then say I stopped al most 25 years ago and try and leave it at that. Then I get, “Wow! So how do you enjoy yourself when you are out?” That’s when, if it’s someone that I real ly don’t know, they get the Grumpy treat ment and I say, “I get my entertainment from watching people like you getting so drunk that you either want to kiss or fight everyone.” That will usually stop the conversation and they shuffle off and leave me alone with my con gas con lima. Nearly all my friends drink and we have great nights out. They sometimes get pleasantly merry and I love watching them enjoy them selves and they know I can have just as much fun without a ‘drink’ drink. The thing is I know the damage alcohol can do and whilst I’d never preach about it, I do find it so strange that supermar kets discount it sometimes as a loss leader to get people in to buy it. Alcohol itself is not inherently evil. When used responsibly, alcohol can turn social gatherings into pleasant and enjoy able experiences. But when it is misused, alcohol can do more overall harm than any other drug in the world. Cheers!
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takes the combined value of the purchase into the region of US$564 million. So this customer at least does not think that aviation fuel is going ex oil any time soon. On the other hand or a straw in the wind? In July 2019 this column showcased the Air Speed
er programme; a flying racing car series that is starting in 2020. Essentially; vehicles powered by batteries will race each other as in a F1 Grand Prix, they even look a little like F1 cars though without the wheels and brakes. Flying, you hard ly need those essential pieces of kit of the ground based car. Meanwhile on October 11, just a few weeks ago, Porsche and Boeing signed off on a Memo randum of Understanding. The MOU signified the intention to embark on a joint programme to explore the ‘premium urban air mobility mar ket’ and the ‘extension of urban traffic into air space.’ “Porsche is looking to enhance its scope as a sports car manufacturer by becoming a leading brand for premium mobility. In the longer term, this could mean moving into the third dimension of travel,” says Detlev von Plat en, Member of the Executive Board for Sales and Marketing at Porsche AG. “We are combining the strengths of two leading global companies to address a potential key market segment of the future.” From Boeing, Steve Nordlund contin ued, “This collaboration builds on our efforts to develop a safe and efficient new mobility ecosys tem, and provides an opportunity to investigate the development of a premium urban air mobili ty vehicle with a leading automotive brand.” What is being explored here is probably elec tric flying cars becoming mainstream by 2030. Nick Horne, London, England
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CROWDED PROMENADE WE love Spain and the Spanish lifestyle, so we have already visited earlier in the year. When we walked along the crowded promenade of Fuengirola in April/May we were shocked at the speed of the two wheeled electric scooters, bikes etc ridden with no regard for pedestrians. We assumed it was just a phase and it would be sorted out. The promenade is less busy now, but despite the falling numbers of pedestrians, the menace of irresponsi ble riders of twowheeled vehicles still speed along footpaths and now roads. We have seen riders weaving in and out of pedestrians on paths and now using the roads, but with no regard to speed limits or even pedestrian cross ings. We assume they are not insured and many do not appear to have any expe rience of riding with other traffic. This is a menace which needs new legislation to incorporate all electric scooters within the normal motorcycle laws. Yours sincerely, Anne & John Cracknell
Multi-culturalism HI Leapy Great article (Issue 1789). The combi nation of PC and multiculturalism, where we are supposed to believe that all cultures are of equal value is destroy ing Europe. And throw in open doors im migration. God help us! Cheers, Ron Leach
Good luck! I JUST wanted to say I hope your communi ty Halloween party for Malaga’s orphanage is a huge success. Unfortunately, my wife and I can’t be there. We have a holiday home in Mijas but are in the UK at the mo ment. However, we have been able to of fer our support at the GoFundMe page. It’s a brilliant thing you are doing good luck. *The fangtastic BeUnited community party to raise money for the orphans of ‘Cuidad de los Niños’ takes place at the Fe ria in Fuengirola from 5pm this afternoon (Thursday, October 31). Greg Saunders
MENACE: Riders of electric scooters using the footpath.
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Brexit extension SINCE his appointment in July, Boris Johnson has made one thing clear: the UK would leave the EU by October 31. However, the deadline has inched closer and the PM hasn’t been able to deliver on his pledge. European leaders have now agreed to an extension, making the Halloween exit a thing of the past. EU Council President Donald Tusk, has announced a ‘flextension’ until January 31, 2020. This will allow Britain flexibility in their exit date. If Boris Johnson manages to get his Brexit deal approved by Parliament and ratified by the European Parliament, the UK could leave on December 1 or January 1. If the deal fails to receive support, the appointed deadline will provide time for a general election. Law requires the prime minister to accept the EU’s offer and it is probable that the UK will appoint a new European Commissioner for the extension. The PM will now campaign for an election on December 12, in the full knowledge that he has not delivered on his primary policy. However, if Parliament accepts the election Mr Johnson would restart the process for his Withdrawal Agreement Bill. Mr Corbyn has announced he will support a December election as the spectre of a No Deal Brexit has been ruled out. But now, the fun deciding the actual date will start. It is expected that the new developments will cause further confusion and discussion in Parliament.
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Take a seat DEAR Editor I know what Barry Duke means about rickety chairs (Issue 1789). Most Spanish chairs seem to be put together from light wood and being no lightweight, they creak when I move. There are furniture charity shops and I visited a local one and found the ideal solution. IRON chairs. There was six of them, for sale singularly (€12 each). I bought two as it is only for me, double parked outside (they are too heavy to car ry any distance) and put them both on the back seat where they fitted OK. They are as good and solid as they look. I looked in the shop next day and the other four were gone. Michael Hill
Village opens its doors to campervans I think caravans may have difficulty getting up to the site, campervans shouldn’t have a problem. Hopefully the campers will appre ciate the beauty of the area and leave it clean and tidy. Maggie Pepper Positive as long as all campers leave the place as they find it we are good, happy campers and love exploring nontourist places and meeting locals and seeing the local traditions, so please don’t lose us. Maxine Jordan
Buckingham Palace issues warning to Harry
COMMENTS FROM FACEBOOK and Meghan She thought she could change centuries of royal protocol and traditions... so, if she don’t like the heat… get out of the kitchen. Murray Wasik She is LOVIN it, Princess Anne and her children opted for being out of the limelight, yet still privi leged. I’m afraid this is just the beginning, poor Harry. Irene Beverley
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Greta Slams Facebook Due To Key Board Warriors She’s a gutsy lass who is trying to champion what she believes in. It’s a shame so many adults seem to take offence. She and young people like her are the future of our earth. Edwina Allen Tovey She has people talking and thinking about the issue. Nothing wrong with that. Just a shame if adults try to manipulate her for their agendas. Tricia Gabbitas
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Across 1 Important and unusual places I entered (7) 5 She and the Queen are fine (5) 8 Block found in Roman village (5) 9 Feature about North-South Passage (7) 10 Wine given to one performing part (7) 11 Singer gets difficult note right (5) 12 Romeo gets colleague to perk up (5) 14 As the ladybird becomes colourless (5) 19 Parts of the Far East (5) 21 Being friendly, I blame a manager (7) 23 Copy one, friend keeps it (7) 24 Indicate the precise moment (5) 25 Elegance of old cricketer (5) 26 Footballer refusing to work? (7) Down 1 The saints admit a politician gets the letter attachments (6) 2 Young swimmer constantly circling lake (5) 3 When unwell, Shakespeare showed hostility (3,4) 4 The French shelter is temporarily inactive (6) 5 Stylish vehicles turned up (5) 6 Character of German city church (7) 7 Withdraw extremely remote flag (6)
13 Before noon girl reaches New World (7) 15 Small fish for the captain (7) 16 Bold US prosecutor gets call (6) 17 Cooks for, but reacts badly (6)
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18 Improved as a gambler (6) 20 A point to a story, kept too long (5) 22 Quick to note danger (5)
Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 15 represents Z and 23 represents B, so fill in Z every time the figure 15 appears and B every time the figure 23 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 Relaxed and unconcerned (6) 4 Lowest adult male singing voice (4) 8 Large carnivorous fish (5) 9 Be in accord (5) 10 Move more slowly (10) 13 Act in advance of (10) 17 Alloy of copper and zinc (5) 18 Wrong (5) 19 Let for money (4) 20 Wet thoroughly (6)
English - Spanish
Across 1 Pavos (7) 5 Quiere (5) 8 Pillo (5) 9 Acostarse (3,4) 10 To praise (7) 11 Chair (5) 12 Sleeve (5) 14 Decline (5) 19 Alcanzar (5) 21 To stink (7) 23 Más sucio (7) 24 Contar (5) 25 Temprano (5) 26 Tostadora (7)
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE
Down 1 Utter obscenities or profanities (4) 2 Cause fear in (5) 3/18 Increase the likelihood of (3,3) 5 Main artery of the body (5) 6 Scandinavian kingdom (6) 7 Cosmetics (4-2) 11 Surfeit (6) 12 Hairdresser (6) 14 Retinue (5) 15 Sharp hooked claw (5) 16 Opening between the threads of a net (4) 18 See 3
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
Down 1 Tournament (6) 2 Regal (5) 3 Tarde (últimas horas) (7) 4 Salt cellar (6) 5 Malas hierbas (5) 6 Tallarines (chinos) (7) 7 Paths (6) 13 To hold on to (7) 15 Science (7) 16 Cuna (6) 17 Zanahoria (6) 18 To sprout (6) 20 Peludo (5) 22 Confiar en (5)
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AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) There are enough people in this world who will be willing to tell you what to do. Although it is in your nature to value your freedom, have you been compromising? Think of the time you have left to get to grips with a particular situation.
PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Your opinion of someone is in the process of changing. It is not through any particular action of theirs towards you, rather it is a feeling that you should not be involved with their business. Trusting our instincts is something that we do not do enough.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20) There is a lightness to this week that is welcome. After more than a little bit of aggravation and frustration of late it is overdue. Someone you believed had lost interest in you suddenly surfaces. You may be unsure of how to react, so save judgment.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) A need to listen to your innermost feelings and needs has perhaps been overlooked. With the hustle and bustle of everyday life, philosophical thoughts are often pushed into a corner. Even so, you owe it to yourself to truly consider what you want as opposed to going along with what others want from you.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Someone you would not normally consider to be a friend shows an interest in you. Your immediate reaction may be joy or suspicion. In fact, you are not quite sure what to think. All the same, try to put aside preconceived ideas and give them a chance.
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Time is of the essence when pursuing a pet project this week. Having been given the opportunity to go ahead with a plan, do not waste time. Some opportunities do not come twice so be sure to show your enthusiasm.
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LEO (July 24 - August 23) A close relationship seems to be changing. You need to know why and maybe believe that you do. However, be sure to get all the facts. Asking outright questions of the person involved is your best chance of getting the right answers. Someone may urge you to ‘read between the lines’ but it is hardly necessary.
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) With so much energy around you, it will be hard to concentrate on business matters. Finances, however, do require your attention and a brief period of scrutiny will show you why. Someone close may be spending too much or undermining the situation by making big plans.
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Nostalgia overtakes you and an urge to look back into the past is strong. Perhaps you are thinking of tracing your family tree. It may be that you have received a letter or phone call that aroused your curiosity.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) When you start to worry too much about things, it is time to take a step back. Senseless worrying is when you really cannot do anything to change the situation. Take into account how, in the past, worrying has affected your wellbeing. Maybe it is time to walk away and take another path entirely.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) This is a creative week and one in which you seek to find your talents. For some time now you have toyed with the idea of joining a club or group. This will enhance your social life and bring you laughter.
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Life can get complicated at this time of the year and you may feel pulled in more than one direction. You are perfectly entitled to change your mind about an arrangement.
Nonagram
Saturday October 26
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23
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38
56
59
BONUS BALL
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
IRISH LOTTO Saturday October 26
13
20
37
38
39
47
BONUS BALL
29
EURO MILLIONS Tuesday October 22
BONUS BALL
2
5
32
7 8
47
33
Friday October 25
BONUS BALL
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37
39
4 10
50
40
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JOKER: 3 974 958 Saturday October 26
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23
36
37
46
BONUS BALL
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JOKER: 6 929 806 EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA Sunday October 27
25
26 29
28 51
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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: 9 Good: 12 Very good: 18
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION alto ante date dent dolt dote etna gate gelt gent gnat goat late lent neat note tael tale tang teal teed teen tend toad toed toga told tole tone tong agent aglet anted atone dealt delta eaten elate enate gated genet gloat lated leant lento noted oaten talon tango tonal toned atoned denote dental donate dotage eaglet elated gentle goatee lateen legate legato negate tangle elegant gentled gloated goateed negated taloned tangelo tangled tangoed elongate ELONGATED
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS
QUICK Across: 1 Mature, 4 Foal, 8 Implement, 9 Ewer, 10 Closed, 13 Search, 15 Data, 18 Jitterbug, 19 Bark, 20 Hybrid.
Down: LA PRIMITIVA
TARGET:
Excellent: 23
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 R) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
Sudoku
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
1 Mallets, 2 Twice, 3 Ripe, 5 Opens, 7 Reply, 11 Diamond, 12 Screw, 14 After, 16 Anger, 17 Obey, 18/6 Job lot.
CRYPTIC Across: 1 Deacons, 5 Cocoa, 8 Antwerp, 9 Inert, 10 Nicks, 11 Ragtime, 12 Cachet, 14 Ghosts, 17 Slipper, 19 Rifts, 22 Awake, 23 Grimace, 24 Keeps, 25 Testers.
Down: 1 Drain, 2 Antic, 3 Oversee, 4 Superb, 5 Cling, 6 Clerics, 7 Anthems, 12 Cossack, 13 Chicane, 15 Harpies, 16 Fright, 18 Poems, 20 Flame, 21 Sheds.
ENGLISH-SPANISH Down:
Across: 1 Rabo, 3 Además de, 8 Balloon, 9 About, 10 Obese, 11 Empresa, 12 Poetry, 13 Fresco, 16 Libreta, 18 Draws, 20 Latas, 21 Derrota, 22 Aprender, 23 Edge.
1 Rubio, 2 Billete, 4 Dancer, 5 Score, 6 Extraño, 7 More or less, 9 Aspiradora, 12 Polilla, 14 Seafood, 15 Handle, 17 Batir, 19 Shame.
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Cancer on the rise CASES of pancreatic and colon cancer have risen by 10 per cent in the last 30 years. The increase is believed to be in relation to obesity and diabetes. Investigators have studied the ill ness in 195 countries between 1990 and 2017. The high prevalence of these types of cancer could also be partly due to a larger population and longer life expectancy. The finalised study was presented at the European Congress for Gas troenterology in Barcelona. More than 14,000 specialists congregated to discuss their findings. It is the first investigation to provide a worldwide estimation of the burden this cancer entails on the health ser vices and the risk factors. Researchers have highlighted that the number of deaths due to pan creatic cancer have risen by 130 per cent, but they explain that consider ing current population it equates to 12 per cent more. The experts link the numbers to international growth in cases of obesity and diabetes.
ON THE UP: Number of cases of pancreatic and colon cancer.
Budget beauty BEAUTY has become a $532 billion (€478 billion) industry and business is progressing on a steep upward trajectory. It’s no wonder a new ‘wonder-product’ appears every day as companies battle to take centre stage. The hustling world of beauty is taking over the world one lipstick at a time and it’s taking us along for the ride. Bathroom cabinets over flowing with vials and po mades are clear evidence that society is fully buying into the raging trend. How ever, in many cases the ex pense is not worth people’s hardearned money Savvy enthusiasts across the world have assured that beauty on a budget is total ly doable and, in some cas es, it’s better! Overpriced brands can be easily substi tuted for a fraction of the cost and the same results. Day creams come in many forms and price points but aren’t really nec essary at all. If you are wearing sunscreen during the day and a nourishing moisturiser at night, there isn’t much more you can do
for your skin. Instead, stick to using daily solar protec tion. For added hydration, layer your allround mois turiser under the SPF. Ey e c r e a m s t e n d t o b e another very luxurious pur chase. In this department, it seems to have become common practice to believe that more expensive is bet ter. The ‘sensitive eye area’ is constantly advertised as needing special care and in gredients. On further reflection though, if your moisturiser is irritating your eyes it’s probably irritating your face. Chronic irritation leads to wrinkles, so in stead pick out a good fra grancefree cream. If a thicker consistency is a
UNNECESSARY PRODUCTS: Beauty lovers avoid further costs.
must, a little glycerine cream over the top will seal all the moisture in. Lip primers are the new thing to hit the shelves, and they don’t come cheap. Many women assure the re sults can be achieved with other makeup bag staples. Apply lip balm, letting your lips absorb it. After, blot with a tissue and dab a small amount of foundation or concealer over top. Then, line your lips or di rectly apply lipstick. A touch of powder to finish off will keep your smile per fect for hours. Toners are under close inspection and it could be
time to get off the band wagon. The notion that it tight ens pores and removes re maining makeup isn’t accu rate. It you are getting a ‘tight’ feeling in your skin it is probably alcohol causing irritation. Ditch the toner and use an inexpensive cleanser for your skin type and pair it with a baby washcloth. The cloth will ef fectively remove dirt and gently exfoliate skin. Brow gels can leave you out of pocket. Don’t fret and focus on a good pluck or trim. If you can’t get your brows to stay, then a dab of hairspray or gel will do the job done.
High levels of sugar in blood is con sidered a major risk factor. This type of cancer is one of the deadliest with only a 5 per cent survival rate. How ever, causes of the condition can be widely avoided, such as smoking, obesity and diabetes. On the other hand, colorectal cancer is also 10 per cent more ex tended but mortality rates have fall en 13.5 per cent. This is due to pro grammes aimed at early detection. Risk factors for men have been listed as alcohol consumption, smoking and diets that lack in fibre and calcium. In women it seems on ly diet aspects are of influence.
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Letizia wows Japan KING FELIPE VI and Queen Letizia of Spain have embarked on a tour of Japan and South Korea. The roy als attended the ex travagant enthrone ment of Emperor Naruhito. The ceremo ny celebrated the Japanese emperor, who ascended to the throne in May this year. Several heads of state attended the lav
ish event as well as members of royal fam ilies from Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Letizia wore a very de tailed floral number to the ceremony as she mingled with other guests. The Spanish queen couldn’t resist a second outfit change and wowed as she stepped out in her sec ond outfit. All eyes
were on Letizia as she dazzled in the bright pink gown. Although it isn’t an official state visit, the couple met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. After a brief stay in Japan, Fe lipe and Letizia travelled to Seoul in a bid to form economic and trading alliances.
MADE FOR A QUEEN: The spectacular gown was created by Carolina Herrera.
Ramos appeal FOOTBALL ace Sergio Ramos has joined fel low football stars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo and fallen foul of tax laws in Spain. The Real Madrid and Spanish internation al defender was fined €1 million, according to EL Mundo, and now intends to appeal. In a statement, he said that changes to the law were to blame, adding that he is ‘aware of all of my obligations to the Span ish Tax Agency.’ He claims the Tax Agency notified him of a different settlement amount for the 20122014 period, ‘after changing the crite ria,’ which he says he paid in full. “It’s an administrative fine, not a criminal penalty,” he said, adding that “given my dis agreement with the change of criteria from the Tax Agency and, I reiterate, given my payment has been made, I have exercised my right to appeal the agency’s decision.” Messi and Ronaldo were both given prison sentences and were fined after be ing found guilty of tax evasions, though neither served any time after agreeing to deals under Spanish laws.
CELEBRITY COUPLE: Sergio Ramos with TV personality wife, Pilar Rubio.
Concerns over celeb REALITY star James Argent headlined a gig at Stadium 63 in Mallorca after worrying head lines. The sudden return to work came as a surprise, after reports he collapsed in his Essex home earlier in the week. According to reports, two po lice cars and two ambulance
crews arrived after being called by girlfriend and TOWIE star, Gemma Collins. James admitted to the party goers that he’d had “a hell of a week.” However he dispersed the ru mours and insists that he was fine.
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LIVING in a community of owners in Spain allows you several rights, however, with these rights there are always obligations that must be fulfilled. For example contributions to the general expenses of the building and carrying out work in your property as long as they do not affect the security of the building itself. The big question is how are these general expenses calculated for each owner in the community? As a rule, the quota is assigned to each floor of the premises. The floor or surface area is classed as a division of the whole building, its situation and lo cation, as well as any use as a commu nal area are then taken into account. However, laws leave the door open for other options. The owner of the
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Community expenses building can set their own level of ex pense distribution to be stated in titles or contracts. Expenses could be paid in equal parts or exclusions may be made for certain owners, for example, those who may not have access to main en trances as they are on the ground floor. Regulations also point out an excep tion to the owner contribution system, in any cases where expenses can be in dividual. This would be applicable when any systems are installed, for ex ample, heating or water meters, that have an individual consumption and therefore an individual expenditure. So, in what circumstances would all
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the apartments, regardless of size, pay the same fee? Would expense distribu tion change? Anything other than that stated in the community statute would be paid for by the individual owner as regards to general expenses. If there should be
any further modification of what is orig inally stated this would be arranged through a unanimous agreement. Are owners obliged to pay towards all the expenses of the block, including lifts. If they don’t use it? The Association of Property Adminis
Beat the cold NOW that the cold nights have started creeping in for us in Spain we tend to stay in the comfort of our own homes more. As we put the cooling fans back into storage and reach for the thermostat we should be mindful of our energy-saving. By applying energysaving levels at all levels is the best way forward for us to achieve reduced energy consumption and shift to a new cleaner and sustainable energy model. Here are a few tips to help reduce your energy consump tion throughout the year. Choose wisely before using energy guzzling equipment in the home. By implementing simple measure you can reduce consumption and improve per formance of appliances and heating. If you own a gas boiler, the radiators should be bled at least once a year to avoid air being trapped. Any air pockets stop the water being heated ef fectively meaning it will take longer to heat your home. Adding timers to radiators will ensure that they are only in use when needed. Thermostats will provide op timum comfort conditions when set between 18 and 21 degrees. Reaching for comfort food? Adjust the thermostat in your fridge to six degrees to prevent
ENERGY SAVING: Rewarding tips as the cold weather approaches. unnecessary cooling. Freezers should be adjusted to 18 de grees. Minimise the number of times you open the fridge door and make sure you encourage ventilation by allowing a gap of at least five centimetres be tween walls and the appliance. You may enjoy waking up to a long, hot shower but by slightly reducing the time and consumption of water in each use you will ultimately reduce waste and save on energy. An average shower uses about five gallons of water per minute. If you shorten your shower by two minutes, you can cut your water use by 10 gallons. Be mindful of installing equipment that can reduce the energy demand. For example, use energy saving or LED light bulbs as they have lower elec trical power than conventional bulbs. Use electric water heaters with timers or bases with switches that turn off all unused appliances.
If you notice that your bills reflect a high energy consump tion it may be possible to arrange an energy audit. This would provide an analysis of all
the energy consuming equip ment in your home and allow you to understand if the con sumption of energy is real or if there are any underlying prob lems. Being aware of all energy us age not only helps your person al economy but also helps against saving the environ ment. Involving everybody in your household, young or old, allows you to work together to wards the same goal. Implementing measures to save energy can be easy, effec tive and rewarding when you see the reduction of expenses throughout the year.
trators (CAF) states that “If there is no clause giving the owner exemption from the payment of certain expenses or any unanimous agreement, they are obliged to contribute to maintenance expenses of service to any communal areas even if they do not use them as not using them does not excuse them from contributing.” If an owner refuses to fulfill any obligations the community can impose a penalty for late or nonpayment. For the CAF there is a legal discrep ancy on the imposition of penalties by the community itself on owners who are in arrears. The law would favour the community if any arrears would be seen as a set back for the community. Therefore, it would be necessary to make a majority agreement before any action is taken.
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New Opel Corsa is ‘Company Car Of The Year’ THE market is awash with company car models. But which one is the best? Auto Bild asked this question and the magazine’s readers answered: the new Opel Corsa. The ‘little’ German has been voted ‘Company Car Of The Year’ in the small car category. This is the first mediaprize to be won by the sixthgeneration Corsa, which was presented at the IAA Frankfurt International Motor Show in September. “Along with the Astra, the Corsa
ROAD TEST by Nick Fletcher THE Dacia Duster is a family SUV with a price once described by the manufacturer as ‘shockingly cheap’ yet the remarkable aspect of the cleverly-designed Duster is that it doesn’t look at all cheap! Prices start at just €12,350 (£10,995) and for that you do get a minimally-equipped version so many buyers aim for mid-range models which offer much more kit yet can still be as much as €5,600 (£5,000) cheaper than some comparable rivals. Dacia is part of the giant Renault Group and the Duster is built on a proven Renault platform and uses Renault engines, but there the similarities end. Duster has a distinctive and pleasing design which can equal that of many of its class rivals and while admittedly equipment levels are not always as generous, the Duster can still shout about its great value for money. The entry version has a 1.0-
is our most important model in Europe,” said Harald Ham precht, Opel’s Vice Presi dent Communications at the ‘Company Car Of The Year’ prize giving in Berlin. “Opel has democ ratised mobility for 120 years. “We make pioneering technolo gies accessible for everyone. “That is what we stand for, that is what the new Corsa stands for, and our customers appreciate it especially in the company car
area.” Depending on the version, the Opel Corsa (which picked up 22 per cent of the votes for ‘Compa ny Car Of The Year’) is ideal for singles and couples, as well as company car drivers and families. Around 14 million units produced in 37 years provide the proof. The Corsa first joined the model range below the Kadett in 1982. The Corsa A, which was originally
conceived for firsttime buyers and those on an economy budget, became a bestseller, achieving sales of 3.1 million by 1993. The sixth generation of the practical, stylish and dynamic Cor sa made its premiere at the IAA Frankfurt International Motor Show in September 2019. An allelectric version is also
CORSA: Prize-winning. available for the first time. The Corsae is ideally equipped for the future as well as everyday driving. The readers of Auto Bild elected the company car of the year for the second time. They chose from vehicles in sev en categories, from small and compact cars to luxury automo biles and plugin hybrids.
Dacia Duster Comfort TCe litre petrol engine and there is a 1.3-litre petrol and a 1.5litre diesel in the line up, with five trim levels which are priced up to around €22,000 (£20,000). The featured model is a Duster with a 128 hp 1.3-litre TCe turbo-petrol engine and six-speed manual gearbox. In mid-range Comfort trim it costs €16,844 (£14,995) and standard features include alloy wheels, air-conditioning, cruise control, four powered windows, LED daytime running lights, rear-view camera, touch-screeen infotainment, Bluetooth, connectivity features and sat-nav. Revised last year, Duster now has upgraded interior trim and revamped external styling which give it enhanced kerb appeal. Seating is more comfortable and the cabin takes four adults with ease and a fifth at a squeeze. The boot has good capacity at 478 litres, and space can be boosted to an impressive 1,623 litres by dropping the rear seats. The engine pulls well, the
gearbox has a slick action and together deliver a top speed of 190 kph (118 mph) and a 0-100 kph time of 11.1 seconds. Average fuel economy is 16.6 kpl (47 mpg) and emissions are 139 g/km. The suspension set-up is quite supp l e though the overall handling is still composed and the steering provides good feedback so you always feel fully in control. Duster is not just a breath of fresh air in the SUV market, it is a gale of fresh air sweeping away many S U V pre-conceptions. Unashamedly aimed at costconscious buyers, the Duster’s soaring sales have help Dacia become the fastest-growing brand in Europe.
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Facts at a glance Model: Dacia Duster Comfort Engine: 1.3 litre petrol Transmission: 6-speed manual Performance: 0-100 kph 11.1 seconds, top speed 190 kph (118 mph) Economy: 16.6 kpl (47 mpg) Emissions: 139 g/km
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Roger Federer claimed a historic 10th title at Swiss Indoors Basel. Federer is now 75-9 at Basel having won his last 24 matches at the event with this victory and secured his fourth title of the season.
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DEFIANCE: England’s World Cup side formed a V shape in front of the All Black’s Haka.
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Hamilton wins in Mexico IT was a hectic start to the race as Hamil ton went down into fifth and Verstappen to eighth Leclerc lead from Vettel Albon Sainz Hamilton. Off the grid, Vettel seemed to squeeze Hamilton, who had to let off the gas and then collided with Ver stappen who was driving like a man pos sessed after stewards the evening before
stripped him of his pole position for ig noring yellow flags in qualifying. Verstappen shortly afterwards had a puncture and had to box to receive fresh boots. He entered back on track in 20th at the back of the field. The race after that was pretty bland based more on strategic pit stops and variants of tyre use
at critical times. With seven laps to go, Hamilton was leading the race on worn tyres having onestopped Vettel and Bottas, as well as twostopping Leclerc all hunting Hamilton down. Last lap Hamilton had just a 1.7second ad vantage over closing Vettel but hung on to the chequered flag.
Clear at the top IT was a terrible start for the league leaders as Harry Kane scored from basically the kick off on 47 seconds. Kane was onside and Spurs went ahead as Son came infield onto his right foot and whacked a 20yard shot that took a de flection off Lovren and hit the post. It rebounded to Kane, who stooped to steer a header wide of Alisson from eight yards. Mane missed a great chance on 30 minutes flicking a header wide from AlexanderArnold’s stunning pass/ cross. It was a
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COME BACK: Liverpool came from behind to beat Tottenham Hotspur. brilliant ball, lofted over the de fence from a very narrow posi tion as Liverpool started to show some of their more es tablished form. The half saw Liverpool have 79 per cent of the possession but no real cutting edge and with currently three points be
tween them and secondplaced Man City, they needed to shape up for the second half. That’s exactly what they did, less than 10 minutes into the second half, Fabinho floated a nothing ball into the area to wards Firmino, who went over after a little shove from Rose.
While everyone was appealing for a penalty, Henderson guid ed the bouncing ball into the far corner with his left foot with an excellent finish. Seventyfourth minute Serge Aurier did well to get back and dispossess Mane but then he kicked the back of Mane’s leg as he tried to clear. It was a clear penalty, Salah smashed it into the back of the net to give the league leaders the lead for the first time in the game. The last 15 minutes Liverpool just basically saw the game out in style maintaining possession and hardly letting lacklustre Tottenham in the game, with out Kane in their side they would have even larger issues as they have now. As for Liver pool, not their greatest game but dug it out and played like champions. Final score, 21 Liverpool and remain six points clear at the top of the table.
THE England Rugby World Cup side have been fined £2,000 (€2,318) for crossing the halfway line during the All Blacks haka before their semifinal clash last Satur day. The fine comes after the side’s emphatic 197 victory at the Yokohama Stadium in the Rugby World Cup semifinals. An early try from Manu and the subsequent conversion from Ford gave the Lions an early 70 lead. A disallowed try and a penalty kick from Ford kept the pressure on New Zealand going into the second half. The next 45 minutes proved to be an England mas terclass with the side keeping the majority of the posses sion. A second disallowed try from Youngs was closely fol lowed by a Farrell try which did make the cut. The All Blacks came back briefly, but a couple of beauti fully converted penalties
sealed the victory for the Eng land side. After the match, the Eng land side were investigated for their response to the pre game haka. Rugby rules state that both teams must remain in their respective halves before the whistle, however referee Nigel Owens had to usher England players back several times as the New Zealand squad performed their ritual haka. New Zealand manager Steve Hansen seemed un phased by the haka reaction, claiming he thought their stance was “fantastic.” “If you understand the ha ka then it requires a response. It’s a challenge to you person ally and it requires you to have a response. I thought it was brilliant quite imagina tive too. “We didn’t just want to stand in a flat line and let them come at us,” said Farrell, who seemingly smiled during the haka.
Emphatic wins PREMIERSHIP front runners Manchester City and Leicester City took emphatic wins yesterday to help bolster their Premier League campaigns. Second place Manchester City took a dominant 31 victory over battle scarred Southampton in the League Cup last night. Argentinian Nicolas Otamendi opened the scoring for the blues in the 20th minute before a Sergio Agüero double put City firmly in the driving seat. Fresh off a crippling 90 defeat to Leicester last Friday, Southampton dug deep and managed to pull a consolation goal in the form of a Jack Stephens strike in the 75th minute. Fellow Premiership title contender Leicester City were also in action against Burton where they carried on their good form with a 13 victory over the League one side. Kelechi Iheanacho opened the scoring after only seven minutes followed by a strike by Youri Tielemans. Burton pulled back a goal shortly into the second half thanks to Liam Boyce, but Leicester sealed their place in the com petition with a third by James Maddison just before the final whis tle. All eyes will now turn to the EFL Carabao Cup tonight as Man chester United take on Chelsea, Aston Villa meet Wolverhampton and Liverpool meet with Arsenal.