Euro Weekly News - Costa de Almeria 20 - 26 February 2020 Issue 1807

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THE Almeria cycling classic was an allround triumph.

Sunday’s thrilling ‘Clasica’ attracted 20 of the best teams in the world and reached 64 countries. It was broadcast in 21 languages on Eurosport throughout the continent, as well as on other channels as in the US, South America and New Zealand.

This was the 33rd edition of what is now a top level sports event. The race is now in the UCI Pro Series category, the second most important at international level.

Cyclists battled it out over a tough 187-kilometre route. Starting and ending in Roquetas de Mar, they went through Adra, Berja, Balanegra and El Ejido.

German rider Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe) repeated his victory of last year and was first across the finishing line following a hard-fought final sprint in Avenida Juan Carlos I cheered on by the crowd.

“I have finished second twice in races in Spain this year, so it was nice to finally cross the line first,” Ackermann commented.

“It was a difficult race due to the wind, but my teammates did a great job, supporting me 100 per cent,” the champion added.

Norwegian competitor Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates) came in second and the Italian Elia Viviani (Cofidis) took third place on the podium.

Speaking before the race, Diputacion de Almeria President Javier A Garcia said he hoped it would in the near future be able to boast the logo of the UCI World Tour, the maxi-

CHAMPION: German Pascal Ackermann was first across the finishing line for the second year in a row.

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Garcia congratulated the race organisation team for “for putting Almeria on the international map for this sport.”

He said they had managed to put the race in such a high profile position “without sacrificing a shred of its origins, when 33 years ago La Clasica started out as the ‘Ruta de las Hortalizas’ in a clear and well-deserved homage to our agriculture and to cy-

cling.”

The Diputacion President underscored the major impact of the cycle race on the Costa Almeria economy and tourism. The event brings some 500 people to the province, he pointed out, while the TV coverage meant that “more than 200 million homes throughout the world will discover Almeria.”

There is, Garcia said, “a close relationship between sport and tourism in our province, a uniqueness

which no other province in Spain or in Europe have, and we have to boast about that and say that we have the best place in the world to practise cycling or any other kind of sport.”

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THE coast road connecting Aguadulce and Almeria could open intermittently in early March as ‘short-term solution’ to ‘ease’ traffic problems on the A7 motorway, the Sub-delegate of the Government in Almeria Manuel de la Fuente announced.

The ‘El Cañarete’ section of the N-340 has been closed to vehicles due to the

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Coast road could open intermittently risk of landslides ever since a nearly four-tonne rock crashed down on the highway on New Year’s Eve. The first phase of the works to repair the damage got underway on February 5 after the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda’s Infrastructure Sec-

retary General approved the €640,000 emergency project. The Sub-delegate reported the works are going according to plan and there is no reason to suppose they will not be completed within three months as originally forecast.

But there is the chance that once the

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first phase involving clearing rocks from the roadside embankment is done and dusted, possibly by the first week of March, that the highway will be opened at certain times to traffic. He insisted that efforts to get the road open again are moving as speedily as possible, pointing out the ministry approved the emergency works “almost in record time.”

Missing British man still not found A BRITISH man who went missing from the Torrecardenas hospital in Almeria City on February 8 has still not been found.

Sarah Lamble told the Euro Weekly News the UK Consulate in Malaga had informed her that Gareth Richard Brayley was in a minor car accident on February 5 on the way between Almeria airport and Mojacar and was taken to the Torrecardenas because he seemed disoriented.

Three days later he walked out without being discharged.

Adding to Sarah’s distress, a representative from a car rental company at Almeria airport has since seeing the report about Gareth on the EWN website and social media contacted her to say she saw him before he went to the hospital, and that he had no baggage, no phone charger and none of his medication, even though he was meant to stay for a month.

Gareth appears to have the onset of dementia and so is vulnerable, Sarah told EWN, and the car rental company staff member did confirm to Sarah he seemed confused. It also appears that he is now significantly thinner than he looks in the photograph and has grey hair.

The UK Consulate is involved in the

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CHANGED: Sarah told EWN Gareth is apparently thinner than he looks in the photograph and has grey hair. case, as is the Guardia Civil.

Gareth was born in Twickenham in 1946. He is described as just over six foot, with blue eyes.

Sarah has not spoken to him since January 28 and there has been no response to numerous phone calls.

Anyone with information as to Gareth’s whereabouts can call Sarah or Robin Lamble on UK phone (44) 794 970 2691 or Spanish mobile 602 469 425, or email them at srplans4u@aol.com.

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Flyers down THE number of passengers passing through Almeria airport in January was down just under 7 per cent on the same month last year to 31,846. There was also an inter-annual drop in the flight total for the month of 3.3 per cent to 619.

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Easter week promotion push

Quality stamp NIJAR businesses are working towards obtaining the SICTED Spanish tourism destination quality stamp. Representatives from enterprises including hotels, campsites, rural accommodation, restaurants and dive centres took part in council-organised SICTED-orientated training sessions in what the local authority said is the first step towards gaining the distinction.

Organic fair DIPUTACION de Almeria Agrofood deputy Antonio J Rodriguez headed a provincial government delegation to the Biofach organic food sector international trade fair in Germany to support Almeria companies and to establish new contacts with a view to expanding the ‘Sabores Almeria’ brand.

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THE Costa Almeria offers ‘good value for money,’ concludes holiday rental platform Spain-Holi day.com in its Summer Holiday Prices Report for 2020. The report highlights ‘especially attractive’ rental prices in relation to other Spanish destinations, describing Almeria as a ‘hidden gem.’

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A COURT in Roquetas de Mar fined a man €120 for hitting someone he thought was recording him on his mobile phone. The court found he pushed the victim to the floor, punching him several times, bruising his chest, hand and knee.

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ALMERIA PSOE party councillor Fatima Herrera has called on the Popular Party-run city council to implement the Trap-Neuter-Release (TNR) system for feral cat colonies as a matter of urgency following the appearance of several dead cats ‘apparently poisoned’ in the Artes de Arcos district.

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32 TIME OUT 40-41 HEALTH & ATTRACTIONS: Visitors to Almeria’s Easter Week celebrations can also enjoy sunshine, cuisine and culture, the City Promotion councillor said.

ALMERIA has launched a major promotional campaign to attract visitors from other Andalucia provinces to the city for the Easter Week celebrations.

“Andalucians have an intimate, welcoming and very popular Easter on their doorsteps, which can be accompanied by sun, good climate, cuisine and culture,” said City Promotion councillor Carlos Sanchez at the ‘Pasion a un paso’ campaign presentation last week.

To illustrate the point the campaign promotional material image features the joined hands of two members of Easter brotherhoods.

Sanchez revealed the city council has invested in 60 standard street marketing signs and 10 digital signs in different weeks in the provincial capitals of Granada, Jaen and Malaga up until March 17, which he said will be seen by nearly 500,000 people a week.

“The time has come to communicate beyond our borders the val-

ues of Easter Week in Almeria, last year declared of National Tourism Interest, and these three cities have been chosen due to the number of visitors coming from there in recent years,” the councillor explained.

He said he is convinced the street marketing will “contribute to creating a strong brand surrounding Almeria’s Easter,” and is in addition to other marketing strategies.

“You can enjoy Easter Week in Almeria without the mass crowds of other places,” he affirmed.

Stolen machinery found Repeat offender arrested GUARDIA CIVIL recovered stolen heavy machinery with a total value of some €50,000 at Almeria port and made one arrest.

Officers made the discovery during checks on vehicles boarding ferries bound for North Africa. One lorry driver claimed he was just transporting personal goods and items, but something about his story did not ring true and the Guardia suspected there was in fact undeclared merchandise in the lorry. A close look in the back revealed a large machine and a number of mechanical pieces belonging to other machines hidden behind a row of electrical goods.

It turned out that the pieces came from different machines, among them a two-tonne road roller. Further investigations linked the machinery recovered to reports of thefts in Coslada in Madrid, Lliria in Valencia and in Zaragoza.

The driver, identified as 33-year old MH from Madrid, faces three charges of theft

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ADRA Local Police have arrested a repeat offender for criminal damage and attempted robbery after a call reporting an individual had lobbed a stone through a shop window on the Avenida del Mediterraneo.

Officers found the suspect sitting in a vehicle parked nearby. According to Adra Council the arrested man had a police record.

Local Police had in fact detained him a few weeks earlier for damage to property with an iron bar, the local authority said. Police have also linked him to an incident in which a stolen car crashed into a property, the smashing of the window of a car parked in Calle Porton, and a bag snatching in Calle Paseo Maritimo.

Adra Safety and Mobility councillor Patricia Berenguel said the arrest reflected the quality of the service the Local Police force provides “which guarantees that our locality is a safe place.”

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Fatal shooting motives A DISPUTE over illegal cockfights and a drug debt were the motives behind the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old in Almeria City earlier this month, police reported.

The shooting took place in the midst of a brawl in the Pescaderia district of the provincial capital early afternoon on February 4.

When police arrived at the scene they cordoned off the neighbourhood.

Officers came across one man with a leg injury on Calle Resaca and another with a head injury on Calle Maromeros. Both were rushed to Torrecar-

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SUSPECTS: Police made three arrests, one accused of pulling the trigger. denas hospital under police custody. Once the 22year-old and the 47-yearold had received medical treatment they were transferred to the police station

and arrested on charges of inflicting bodily harm.

Officers searching the area then discovered the body of the 21-year-old curled up in the foetal po-

sition with a bullet wound to the chest inside a house. There were no other signs of violence or traces of blood inside the property, but officers did find several spent bullet casings.

Police forensic and homicide experts determined that a gun had been fired from the street and that seven shots had impacted against the property door, one of which went straight through it. They also found a bullet hole in a window.

Investigations led to number 35 on Calle Ruano, where police arrest-

ed 22-year-old JMC for pulling the trigger. When officers gained authorisation to access the property they found the gun believed to have been used in the shooting, along with bullets and hashish.

After checking out various hypotheses, investigators concluded both the fight and the shooting were down to a settling of scores related to debts from drug sales and for cock fights organised by the individuals involved.

JMC is being held in prison on charges of homicide, illegal gun ownership and drug trafficking.

Mobile phone scam ONE man is under arrest after police in El Ejido uncovered an online mobile phone sale scam.

Police said the detainee was part of a criminal network which ripped off people selling top-of-the-range mobiles on second-hand good apps.

Operation ‘Nilophone’ was launched at the beginning of January following a report from someone that had been a victim of fraud. They told police that someone got in touch as soon as they put their phone up for sale on the internet. They agreed a price and an address in Motril in Granada to

which they should send the phone.

Then the victim got a fraudulent email informing them there had been an error in the payment. It said the buyer had paid €50 more than the agreed amount, and provided a bank account number for repaying the difference.

In the end the seller ended up without the smartphone, with no money from the sale and an extra €50 down.

Investigations took officers to Pontevedra, Malaga, Madrid and Tarragona and other locations around Spain to follow up on reports of similar rip-offs. The contact

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RIP-OFF: Sellers were never paid for their mobiles.

person was always 22-year LLE, a Motril resident.

Police established he had pulled

off the scam on at least nine occasions and the investigation remains open. They recovered 12 mobiles.

Numbers up THERE was a healthy increase in the number of tourists visiting Almeria last year.

A total of 2,602,549 people holidayed in the province in 2019, up from 2,156,356 in 2018, according to the Andalucia Institute of Statistics Cartography regional tourism survey, which also revealed each tourist spent an average of €62.77 a day, 1.7 per cent more than a year earlier.

Visitors gave the province an average ranking of 8.01 out of 10.

Service and friendly people were particularly highly rated.

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MESSAGE: “Take a breath and focus on you,” Ali advises.

Somerset for the ‘quiet’ of the Costa Almeria in 2017.

Here under her Wellness Escapes Spain initiative she runs yoga and Pilates classes at stunning locations in Mojacar, Vera Playa and Turre.

A particular passion for Ali is back care, having suffered with back problems herself. “If you’ve got a back issue it can lead to the onset of stress, anxiety, depression, constant pain, days off work and not hav-

ing a quality family life,” she points out.

Ali also offers fiveday/night, weekend or mini day breaks with yoga, Pilates and back care, hike, yoga, and Pilates holidays and holistic and well-being retreats, in unspoilt inland locations around Lubrin, Turre and along the coast in Mojacar. To relax, refocus and rebalance the body and mind, allowing her to “share how I live with others.”

And now she has plans to collaborate with other like-minded professionals in the area to create a “journey” for people towards wellness. The workshops are to start with “where are you now,” moving through your emotions and spirit to “this is where you want to be, feeling healthier, happier, calmer, more relaxed and more in control of your life,” and “how do you get to that destination.

“With our individual skills to bring you to an overall place when you say ‘I’m OK. I don’t need to conform, to have acceptance, understanding, I’m my own individual person, and it’s OK to have good days and bad days, but I can get through this and I can be OK with this’.”

Self-care and self-love does not mean selfish, it is necessary Ali stresses.

“We have to some degree busy lives, we have stress, we have deadlines, we have tension. We have people telling us what to do and how to do it, and how we should perform, and it’s about just going ‘stop.’ Take a breath and focus on me.”

“It’s about making time for ourselves and taking care of ourselves. It’s about being OK to think about you.”

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WITH today’s hectic pace of life it can be hard to switch off and relax. But we all need to ‘press the pause button’ now and again, says Costa Almeria-based wellness expert Ali Mallett.

Ali knows a thing or two about how we can look after our physical and mental health. With 20 years’ experience in the health Industry, qualified fitness instructor, holistic therapist and nutritionist Ali, who ran her own business, BeeBeautiful, Beefit Fitness in the UK, says helping people along the path towards all-round well-being “is my world and passion.”

It was the feeling she needed a change from the business, stress and unpredictable UK weather and her love of the sunshine “and how it makes you feel emotionally, physically and mentally,” which prompted Ali to swap

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Pause and relax FINALE: The big parade will be staged on the Dia de Andalucia regional holiday.

Carnival highlights THE final preparations for the start of Vera’s carnival are underway.

The fun starts at 5pm this Saturday February 22 with a procession of carnival troupes in costumes from last year. The parade starts out from the municipal sports pavillion and ends up at the Plaza Mayor, where there is the proclamation announcing the official start of the celebrations.

The children’s procession is on Monday afternoon, with the participation of the local schools’ parents’ association’s junior carnival troupes. Again the starting point is the sports pavillion, but this time it ends up in the Paseo Miguel de Cervantes, where there are attractions for children from today Thursday until Sunday March 1.

On the same day there is an early evening competition of traditional face masks on the town streets, with €50 prize for the best junior and €100 for the best adult.

This year there is also €50 for every group of 10 or more in traditional masks. The condition is to register beforehand with the Casa de la Cultura and to have participated in the processions.

On Tuesday it will be the tinies’ turn, the children from the Campanillas infants’ school starring in the day’s parade.

The grande carnival finale will be the big procession on Friday February 28, which is also Dia de Andalucia.

The parade will end up at the Calle del Mar, where temporary seating will be set up to allow the public to enjoy the different troupes’ dances and performances.

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THE Diputacion de Almeria is adding more sections to the provincial map of currently more than 300 kilometres of roads marked as suitable for cyclists.

Public Works deputy Oscar Liria said signposting for cyclists will be installed on the mountain passes of the AL-5407 going through Collado Ramal and the AL-5405 between Abla and Escullar.

The signs will be put up at the beginning and end of the sections, featuring information like the maximum and average incline and distance.

Liria explained there are already four other provincial mountain roads included on the map: the AL-3100 in Sierra Alhamilla, the AL-3102 from

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BENEFIT: The deputy said the cyclist-friendly roads were contributing to an upturn in active tourism.

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Velefique to Bacares, the AL4404 in Calar Alto and the AL5402 from Bayarcal to Paterna.

According to the deputy these roads have become very popular with cyclists, not just from Almeria, but also from Granada, Malaga and Murcia.

“The investment in improving cyclist security is translating into an upturn in active tourism and the return of major sporting events to the province,” he said.

As well as the mountain roads there are a further 26 provincial highways which attract large numbers of cyclists with special signposting to warn motorists.

“In a province with climatic characteristics like Almeria it is essential to make compatible the use of the roads for cars and cyclists,” he stressed.

Backing Paralympic hopeful ADRA Council is giving its full backing to local archery athlete Jose Manuel Marin in his bid to make it onto the Spanish team for the Paralympics in Tokyo this summer.

The local authority is

sponsoring Jose Manuel, who is looking good to secure his place representing Spain.

The 48-year old beat the Spanish record in the Open Recurve for a distance of 70 metres in the

first qualifier held in Caceres and is now preparing for two further qualifiers.

“For this government team, sport has, and will be, an essential pillar on which we are working,” commented Adra Sports councillor Pedro Peña.

Encouraging sporting activity is “essential,” the councillor added.

“And with a clear example of perseverance and drive like Jose Manuel, we cannot be on the sidelines. He is an example to us all, and we will help him however we can so that he fulfills his dream and shoots arrows in the Japanese capital.”

Jose Manuel has been Spanish open-air archery champion eight times and was on the gold medal winning teams in the 2006 European and 2009 World championships.

He has already competed in the Paralympics in Athens in 2004, Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012.

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Diamond couple COSTA ALMERIA couple celebrating 60 years of happy marriage Diamond Costa Almeria couple Ann and Reg Brighton say they are not quite sure what the secret is to their happy marriage, as the couple celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary this month.

Perhaps it is good old fashioned love, companionship and family.

Ann and Reginald hope to be joined by some of their grandchildren and great-grandchildren when they mark six decades together on February 22.

The story of how the couple first met when they were just teenagers is pure romance. Ann was working in a newsgent’s in their home city of Birmingham when one day in popped Reg and asked for a quarter of passion fruits no less.

“I said we don’t sell pas-

CREDIT: Ann and Reginald Brighton

YOUNG LOVE: Ann and Reg were just teenagers when they married (above) and are still together six decades later (right). sion fruits, and he said, ‘oh well, I’ll have a date with you then!’,” Ann recalled.

A year later the pair were married when Reg was just 17 and Ann 18, and they have been together ever since.

There have been “ups and downs,” Ann told the Euro Weekly News.

The toughest point of their long marriage has

been the death of one of their three children; tragically their daughter died from breast cancer.

Ann and Reg have now lived in Mojacar for half their married life. They first fell in love with the location after discovering it through a friend working as a travel rep at the very beginning of the 1990s.

When Ann came into an

inheritance they decided to up sticks and move to Spain, and for many years they ran Snoopy’s bar on Mojacar Playa.

Now retired, Ann and Reg have a home up in the mountains and a somewhat slower pace of life, and are looking forward to many more years of enjoying life together.

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Grand carnival celebration CUEVAS DEL ALMANZORA Council has promised a grand eight-day carnival celebration.

Running from Saturday February 22 to Sunday February 29, the local authority said this year’s carnival will feature processions, dances and competitions.

Unveiling the carnival poster and programme, Cuevas mayor Antonio Fernandez Liria said his government team saw “keeping our customs and traditions alive” as of vital importance and that “carnival is proof of this.

“In a few days’ time we will show one of the best spirits of our town, and one which has endured over the years,” he commented.

Fernandez Liria made a point of expressing his “gratitude to all those actively taking part in our fiesta, who make it so much greater,” mentioning the carnival associations, the festivities commission and the law enforcement agencies.

He urged people from across the region to go along and join in the fun.

Festivities councillor Isabel Maria Haro Salas said there will be a few novelties this year, among them a prize for the best costume at the carnival dance in the Parque del Recreo on the first day of the celebrations.

She also revealed that the big procession on February 29 will bring together more than 30 carnival clubs, which will start out from the multi-purpose warehouse at 5pm.

That night there will be a carnival dance with live music from the La Mundial and the Panter Show orchestras.

The mayor and councillor both took the opportunity to congratulate Jose Miguel Torrecillas for winning the competition to design this year’s carnival poster.

Making their mark YOUNG cross country runners from Huercal-Overa are making their mark at national level.

Local athletes Wiam Ghanemi, Andres Palma, Antonio Garcia and Luis

Gomez have classified for the Spanish cross country club championship for Andalucia, along with the Club Cuevas from Nerja.

Wiam Ghanemi was under-16 champion at the re-

cent Andalucia cross country championship, thereby securing her place in the national event which will be held in Soria. Ghanemi has also been selected by the Andalucia Federation to take part in the Spanish cross country federations championship, which will be staged in Pamplona.

Andres Palma took second position in the Andalucia under-18 men’s category, putting him in both the club and federation national events.

It’s the same for Antonio Garcia, who was in fifth, and first for teams. Luis Gomez managed eighth in the under-20 men’s category and was first for teams.

He will take part in the national club championship.

Huercal-Overa Sports councillor Alejandro Campos welcomed the four youngsters to the town hall this week to congratulate them on their great results and to wish them luck in the upcoming nationals.

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Mojacar locals take a telly trip CREDIT: Ayuntamiento de Adra

Extensive menu of activities ADRA Council has presented an extensive menu of activities for this year to promote locallygrown produce and cuisine.

The ‘Adra KMCERO’ programme gets underway on February 24 with an informative day for professionals run by top chef and the project ambassador Tony Garcia at his Almeria City restaurant.

Between then and November there will be a series of talks, visits, cookery demonstrations, practical workshops, mentoring, food tastings, gastronomy days showcasing local culinary specialities and more.

In the peak summer months there will be a par-

IDEA: The council believes events promoting local produce and cuisine will boost tourism. ticular focus on activities designed to introduce children to cooking.

“With Adra KMCERO we want to project the image of Adra to the outside, the authenticity of our local produce, Adra people’s culinary traditions and to identify our gastronomy with a distinctive quality stamp which will serve as a

tourist attraction,” Mayor Manuel Cortes explained.

Cortes also thanked all the participating local restaurants, describing them as ‘the key piece’ of the initiative.

The more than €156,000 investment in Adra KMCERO has been financed by the European Regional Development Fund and

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by the local authority.

The idea underlying the project the council said is “to make the most of such an important resource in the municipality, improving the competitiveness of local establishments, and in this way promoting tourism in the municipality, with a distinctive gastronomy brand.”

MOJACAR locals had a memorable experience when they travelled to Sevilla to make up part of the studio audience for the popular Canal Sur TV magazine programme ‘La Tarde, Aqui y Ahora.’

Third Age councillor Ana Garcia had managed to secure an invitation for members of the Mojacar senior citizen association after they told her how much they would like to take part.

It took a fair bit of time to get it sorted the council reported as so many municipalities from across Andalucia apply to be there to see well-known TV personality Juan y Medio present the live mix of news, entertainment and music along with some senior citizen matchmaking.

The 46-strong Mojacar bunch, plus Ana Garcia, said it was all great fun, especially to meet Almeria-born Juan y Medio in the flesh.

He knows Mojacar well he told them, having visited on a number of occasions.

The senior citizens took the opportunity to make an important contribution to the programme’s food bank campaign, taking with them 120 kilos of non-perishable foodstuffs. They also took with them a taste of Mojacar, providing home-baked bread, cakes, biscuits and muffins and cold meats for the afternoon snack featured on the show.

Ana Garcia commented particularly on the “warm welcome” they had received from the whole programme team, who made it such an unforgettable day for them all.

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BREXIT BRIEF

Labour at odds over Brexit TWO of the main minds behind the Labour Party Brexit policy have given completely opposing views on whether it was right or wrong.

Sir Keir Starmer who is standing to be the next Labour leader told Sky News that he is still convinced that saying that the party would go for another referendum if elected was the right thing to do but he wished they had gone further and given an indication of which side the party would support.

John McDonnell the Shadow ONE immediate benefit to British taxpayers now that Brexit has been finalised in principle is the reduction of the cost of travel which saw more than 2,200 return journeys by MPs and civil servants to negotiate in Brussels at a cost of almost €500,000.

This information was released by the government following a Freedom of Information request from the Guardian newspaper to

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COULD BACKFIRE: Sir Keir Starmer on the fruitless campaign trail.

One Brexit saving the now closed Department for Exiting the European Union.

Considering that there were large numbers of British officials based permanently in Brussels it seems that the number of visits

could have been reduced and indeed as negotiations continue with regards to the actual deal and whilst the number of visits will be less during 2020, there will still be a significant cost to cover.

This amount pales into insignificance however as the Institute for Government estimated as long ago as 2017 that the likely cost of leaving would be £2 (€2.4) billion.

Chancellor in a separate interview said that whilst a staunch Remainer, he now realised that it was a mistake and that the party should have understood the mood of the country.

At the time, he was convinced that the indication of a referendum would convince Labour supporters to vote as they would normally do but in the end, it became clear that Boris Johnson won so convincingly because the tide of opinion agreed that Brexit should just be pushed through.

Now various Labour party ‘names’ are revealing that they warned against being seen to support a second referendum and that Labour should have looked to appease their high percentage of leave supporting voters.

As members appear to be blaming each other for the reason that they were so soundly trounced, it seems that the continued support that Sir Keir Starmer is giving to the policy could backfire on him as he endeavours to take over from Jeremy Corbyn.

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BREXIT EXTRA Bermuda Brexit THE Bermuda Government as an Overseas Territory of the UK will be affected in some ways by the exit from the European Union.

As a financial haven, it is considering whether Bermuda’s laws to preserve its competitive advantage will need to change.

Party loss FOLLOWING the actions of three Burnley councillors, Mark Cunningham who was elected as a UKIP councillor and defected to the Brexit Party has now joined the ruling Conservative Party as the councillor for Kearsley in Bolton.

Fighting talk FRENCH Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has suggested that Britain and the European Union are going to “rip each other apart” in talks over a future trade deal, but hopes that the UK will continue to co-operate with the EU over defence.

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HUERCAL-OVERA’S indoor pool has reopened to the public following important repairs.

The council said the works involved reinforcing the interior of the central false ceiling in order to guarantee its safety and repairing a broken pipe, which made it necessary to empty the main pool.

Huercal-Overa mayor Francisca Lourdes Fernandez explained the breakage occurred in the early hours of January 12, and that the necessary repair works were started immediately.

Making the most of the pool being empty it was decided to replace a ceiling panel. Following an inspection the maintenance staff recommended reinforcing the system for holding the panels in place.

“It was a situation which obliged us to act immedi-

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NECESSARY: The mayor said the false ceiling had to be reinforced to guarantee safety. ately and urgently,” the mayor commented.

After the repairs had been completed the main pool was refilled, chlorinated and heated,

and once the chemical analyses demanded under health laws had been carried out, the pool opened its doors once again.

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A speedy response to an emergency roadside assistance call is crucial and that’s why we’re proud of our GPS Geolocation technology. This exclusive addition to Línea Directa’s Roadside Assistance service means dispatchers can pinpoint the exact location of the vehicle and send the closest available driver to assist.

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Then contact your insurance provider as soon as possible, even if you don’t plan to make a claim. If you would like some further advice on this matter, please call our English speaking customer service on 902 325 325.

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Expats Guide to

Spanish Life CREDIT: Anglican Chaplaincy of Costa Almeria and Costa Calida

Shannon Edwards of MACS with Len Causton.

IN PERSON: Churches’ Missions Coordinator Len Causton presents Stepping Stones’ Fanny Davies with the donation.

Good causes THE Anglican Chaplaincy of Costa Almeria and Costa Calida has voted to donate €800 each to

five charities as part of its Missions Donations for 2019/20.

The Churches’ Missions

Coordinator Len Causton made the donation presentations in person to Fanny Davies of the Turrebased Stepping Stones carers’ support group and to Shannon Edwards of MACS cancer support.

Other recipients are the Debra organisation which helps children with severe skin problems, Vera Orphanage and The Bishop’s Appeal for Missions Work.

The Anglican Chaplaincy of Costa Almeria and Costa Calida has churches in Mojacar, Llanos del Peral and Aljambra, For further information see mojacarchurch.org or Facebook Anglican Church Mojacar or Anglican Church Llanos del Peral.

Less Almerians elsewhere THE number of Almerians living elsewhere in Spain has dropped by some 30 per cent since 1998, according to the Andalucia Institute of Statistics and Cartography.

The Andalucians Resident in the Rest of Spain report found there were just over 100,000 Almerians living in other provinces at the end of 2019, compared with more than 142,000 22 years ago.

Sponsored by Golden Leaves For more information about the sponsors go to www.goldenleavesinternational.com

Replacing a lost or expired British passport from Spain WITH Brexit just around the cor ner, if you have less than six months life left on your passport it would be a good i d e a t o re n e w s o o n e r r a t h e r than later.

Quite often when different official forms are digitalised, it becomes more rather than less confusing and you need to have a degree in programming in order to proceed.

For once however, the British government has made things much easier and far less complicated in applying for a replacement passport if yours has been lost or is about to expire.

No longer do you need to supply lots of forms including birth certificates and to have a photograph physically signed on the back by someone who knows you and it really is now quite easy if you have access to a computer.

Very simply visit https://www.gov. uk/overseas-passports and you’re taken through the whole process step by step and the only drawback is that there isn’t a single page detailing everything including costs as you have to go through a page at a time.

There is however a passports link which does give quite a lot of information on the website, but not everything.

Even if you have lost or had your passport stolen, you are not precluded for applying online for a replacement, but you have to declare it lost in advance also online.

As a real bonus you can now use digital photograph and there are quite explicit rules about what is acceptable as you navigate the website and whilst it may take a couple of attempts, provided you remove any glasses and stand in front of a

white background, a selfie taken with a phone will probably work ok.

If you are not happy using a phone camera, then most towns have at least one print shop where they can photograph you and give you a digital image on a memory stick or card.

As you progress through the procedure you will be best served by having access to details of your previous passport, but it isn’t actually essential and the site does report back to a human in the UK who can check.

When you post your photograph, you will be asked to give details (including email address) of a person of standing who can confirm that they know you and that the photograph is of you.

The whole process can take up to six weeks from start to finish and this will include delivery via courier to your address in Spain and you have to pay with a debit or credit card for the cost of the passport (depends upon number of pages) and courier fee at the time of submitting the application online.

You will be sent a special code which will allow you to track your passport through all of its stages.

In the event that you have lost your passport and need a temporary replacement, that can also be done online. It is more expensive than a normal passport, is usually good for one round trip only and will normally be issued by the British Consulate in Malaga.

For those without computers, it is still possible to apply through the post and there are even different shops with English-speaking staff scattered around Spain where for a fee they will help you complete the forms and send them off for you.

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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NEWS CREDIT: Helen Llewellyn

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ALL SET: Hashers assemble before setting out for an uphill run or a leisurely walk.

Spring flowers for Lubrin hash IT was blue skies and sunshine for the Indalo Hash House Harriers’ Lubrin meet this month.

Around 20 hashers assembled at a village bar, welcoming several newcomers and some returners, notably Doggy, Sprout and Slippery Fingers.

One thing you can always rely on with a Lubrin hash is hills, so the six run-

ners took a deep breath and set off to follow the devious trail laid by the Hares Baldy Locks and PT. Meanwhile walking hashers were led off by Hare Two Hats for a very pleasant and leisurely walk in the countryside.

The almond blossom was out, and the spring flowers coming up. Wild rocket covered the fields.

The walkers progressed quite well, until they realised two were missing.

Apparently, they had stopped to photograph an orchid, and when they looked up the group were out of sight.

For more information about the Indalo Hash House Harriers email he len@cloudzebra.net or call 744 609 630.

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DECENTRALISATION: A Huercal-Overa office would provide a more close at hand service to businesses in the area, the mayor said.

EYE-TO-EYE ON OFFICE OPENING HUERCAL-OVERA Council and the Almeria Chamber of Commerce see eye-to-eye on the benefits of opening an office for the provincial institution in the municipality, the local authority reported.

Commenting after a recent meeting with Chamber of Commerce President Jeronomo Parra, Huercal-Overa mayor Fran-

cisca Lourdes Fernandez said a municipal office would make it possible to “provide a more close at hand service to business people in our municipality the surrounding area.”

The Chamber of Commerce has the same objective. “This decentralisation and closer proximity to companies in their municipalities and areas of influence gives us greater flexi-

bility in responding and provides business people with greater communication,” Parra said.

The idea is the HuercalOvera office would offer business services, including details on European programmes, training and innovation activities, processing certificates of origin for exports and courses aimed at young people.

FINANCE

Facebook accepts tax

AS Britain and France succumb to pressure from the USA and post­ pone the introduction of new taxes for tech giants such as Amazon and Microsoft, Mark Zuckerberg owner of Facebook told a conference in Munich that he accepts that his company may have to pay more.

He is in favour of plans for the Organisation for Economic Co­op­ eration and Development to find a global solution and understood the frustration that many European countries experienced as compa­ nies like his paid low amounts of tax.

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STAT OF WEEK

€2.038 billion

was the turnover for Spanish livestock firm Vall Companys, a record, thanks to increased demand for pork in China.

Greener airports

Cancellation may be costly THERE could be lawsuits worth mil­ lions of euros flying around Barcelona following the very late cancellation of one of the world’s largest mobile phone exhibitions apparently due to the Coronavirus.

Two weeks ago it was reported that one of the largest stand holders at the World Mobile Congress, Sam­ sung of South Korea, had pulled out of the show in order to ensure that their staff were not exposed to po­ tential danger leaving a huge hole.

Then as others started debating whether or not to continue to partici­ pate, the organisers GSMA which has

By John Smith offices all over the world, made a last minute decision to cancel the show completely blaming it on the inability of some companies to travel and blaming the decision on the Coron­ avirus.

Now it is all about who will pay for the lost costs of all of the companies which were due to take part and whether there will be insurance to recompense them.

Unfortunately for GSMA, not only will they lose the goodwill of cus­ tomers (many which are very rich), they may not be able to rely upon

‘force majeure’ as neither the World Health Organisation nor the Catalan government instructed them to can­ cel the show.

One official commented that the action appeared to be because of fear of an outbreak, because at the time no individuals had been infected.

In such a scenario, should the insur­ ance taken out by the stand holders (and those booked to speak at the WMC) not cover them, it seems most likely that they will seek redress from GSMA. Lawyers will already be gathering to give advice to all concerned.

AENA, the company which man­ ages airport facilities around the world and whose biggest share­ holder is the Spanish government has contracts to take over control at six Brazilian airports.

The contract is believed to be worth €404 million to the compa­ ny and it has vowed to ensure that each site will be as energy efficient as possible with the in­ troduction of renewable sources, especially solar power.

It has also pledged to spend €250 million to clean up and up­ grade the electric supply at the airports it manages in Spain.

LEGALLY SPEAKING

What is 3/5 Majority?

Our AGM is coming up soon. I have just read your piece in the EWN and found it very infor­ mative but wondered if you could clarify your last sentence. ‘The majority must include the Quotas or Par­ ticipation Shares.’ What are they?

M S (Costa Blanca) The Law of Horizontal Property notes that YOU AND THE a measure will be LAW IN SPAIN passed by ‘A majori­ ty of owners who at the same time represent the majority of property shares.’

This concept of ‘double majority’ needs explanation. Each owner has one vote as an owner of a property. He also has another vote, which is weighted according to his share in the total property. This is your quota. For example, if there are 100 flats all the same size, each owner will have a par­ ticipation share of 1 per cent. This percentage determines your community fee. Problems can arise when one owner has a very large property and so he has a large participation share. His vote counts for more. In communities with flats of various sizes and thus various quotas, the picture gets more complicated. I hope this clears up the issue.

DAVID SEARL

Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.

BUSINESS EXTRA

Inflation up THE consumer price index (CPI) which indicates the rate of inflation in Spain was up to 1.1 per cent in January according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE), its highest level in nine months. Increased fuel charges are the main contributors.

In a hole JCB the British manufacturer of industrial diggers and vehicles is facing an unexpected problem which means that it has banned overtime and cut back working hours as supply of components from China has reduced due to Coronavirus causing factory closures.

New name AFTER 300 years, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) one of the major casualties of the banking crisis is to change its name to Nat West Group now that it has returned to profit and paid the government £400 (€480) million dividend.

Eurozone sees decline ALTHOUGH Spain has not suffered the reduction in development that other prominent members of the eurozone have experi­ enced, there is an overall drop in the economic

growth of the 19 countries which use the euro.

Leading the way down in the final three months of 2019 is Italy with a 0.3 per cent drop, followed by France at 0.1 per cent and

previous industrial power house Germany which had no growth at all.

It is now likely that the European Central Bank will have to increase assistance to fuel expansion.

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Sustainable fresh fish WITH more than 340 fresh fish counters in its stores, Spanish supermarket chain, Eroski, has to purchase large amounts of all types of fish on an annual basis.

Wherever possible it obtains sus­ tainable products and has just an­ nounced that in 2019 it purchased 3,144 tons of fish which was certi­ fied by one or other of the recog­ nised authorities.

According to the supermarket, more than 1,800 tons were certi­ fied as coming from sustainable grounds by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and a further 800 tons were approved by GLOBALG.AP with their GGN seal.

Eroski claims that it is the first

DUE to fears over the outcome of Brexit, another Gibraltar based company is moving out to find what it hopes will be safer shores in other European Union States.

This time it’s the Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange which changed the first word in its

SUPERMARKET FISH: Fresh and sustainable catch.

Brexit fall out

name and will become registered in Estonia, giving up its licence in Gibraltar and will then be regulated in that country.

The founder of the company is however keeping the headquarters of GBX on the Rock and will continue to employ 30 staff there.

supermarket in Spain to receive sustainability confirmation from MSC and GLOBALG.AP. The company says that it is com­ mitted to satisfy its increasingly en­ vironmentally aware band of cus­ tomers and that it is doing all it can to provide fish which will be re­ placed and therefore not causing decimation amongst the various species on offer.

To add to its total, it confirmed that it had also stocked some 300 tons of fish of 50 species which had been caught using cane fishing poles rather than any other less ac­ ceptable means.

Finally, the fresh tuna that it of­ fered was approved by the Atún de Pesca Responsible division of AENOR another Spanish organisa­ tion which is involved in managing standardisation and certification in a range of different industries in­ cluding fishing.

Clearly not all the supermarket’s fish product is certified sustainable, but it guarantees that if any fresh fish item carries the eco­label then it will have been recorded as com­ ing from a sustainable source.

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BUSINESS EXTRA Blockchain BARCELONA FC has joined West Ham and Juventus by entering into an agreement with the Spanish blockchain platform Socios allowing fans around the world to purchase Barça Tokens, which can then be used to vote in polls.

Unlawful TESCO has come under fire from the Competition and Markets Authority for ignoring, in a small number of cases, a 2010 law which stopped companies from entering into exclusivity agreements with landlords in order to prevent competitors from opening nearby.

In detention THE former head of Mexican oil company Pemex has been detained in Marbella whilst the High Court in Madrid decides whether to grant an extradition order requested by the Mexican government which accuses him of corruption and money laundering.

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FEATURE

There lies the problem

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT SOMETHING really has to be done about these ludicrous ‘human rights.’ To be honest I don’t even know what the term actually means. And there of course lies the true problem.

The more obscure and complicated any point of law can actually be, the more the money grabbing lawyers can exploit them - which of course make them the last people on earth who would want them clarified.

In fact, complexity and confusion in matters of law, is like money in the bank for this unscrupulous bunch of legal parasites. This latest fiasco once again brought the whole disgraceful debacle on to the front pages. Last week 42 Jamaican nationals were due to be deported after being convicted of offences ranging from manslaughter and firearms to rape and drugs. Lawyers (who else) stepped in and said that a large number of them shouldn’t be deported because their ‘uman rites’ had been denied.

HUMAN RIGHTS: To be honest, I don’t even know what the term actually means.

How? Wait for it. They hadn’t been able to get a signal on their mobile phones to ring their - yes you’ve guessed it - lawyers! The legal Mafia, no doubt riding high on tax payers’ money; subsequently presented their case and the judge agreed. Because of the mobile phone fiasco, 25 of these toe rags couldn’t be kicked out. No doubt these numbskulls couldn’t get their heads around a landline!

The thing that once more emerges from the actions of these legalised con merchants is they yet again find themselves in a win win situation. The lawyers of course never lose. Well it’s about time they were curbed.

From their persecution of our brave servicemen, to getting murderers and rapists released back on the streets, these people are not interested in justice, all they are interested in are their

own self-centered ends - and the human rights laws are a licence for them to print (tax payers’) money. Well I think that these ‘rights’ should be resolved during the trial. Judges, in the sentencing of those who have totally ignored the human rights of their victims, should have the power to decree human rights ‘denied’ or ‘minimal’ human rights.

Lawyers receiving legal aid remuneration from the public purse

should have their fees capped at a reasonable level. Weed out the ambulance chasers and those without any moral conscience whatsoever and their illgotten gains could be put toward the branches of law and order that put the law abiding public first. Not as a means for lawyers to buy another villa in the south of France.

It’s all about money isn’t it? The Saudis have the means, the space and the money, to lay a temporary airfield right next to those poor suffering Kurdish civilian refugees. They could easily build a vast tented camp in their country and fly every one of their innocent fellow Sunnis out in a month. But they won’t will they?

This spoiled bunch of utter wasters would rather bribe and blackmail the West to totally leave them out of the whole refugee crisis altogether. Money over morals. Never ends does it.

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Are they really anti-animal?

MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION Views of a Grumpy Old Man O K f o l k s h e re ’s t h e l a t e s t bonkers suggestion. If I didn’t know better I’d have thought it was April Fool’s day.

PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, has launched a campaign to end ‘anti-animal’ sayings like ‘kill two birds with one stone’ and ‘bring home the bacon.’ Are they anti-animal? Has some budgie complained it’s offended? ‘Just as it became unacceptable to use racist, homophobic, or ableist language, phrases that trivialise cruelty to animals will vanish as more people begin to appreciate animals for who they are and start ‘bringing home the bagels’ instead of the bacon,’ PETA wrote on Twitter. Yup you read it correctly.

In another tweet, the organisation gave alternative language to such phrases to help people ‘remove speciesism’ from their conversations. Instead of ‘kill two birds with one stone,’ people should now say ‘Feed two birds

with one scone.’ ‘Take the flower by the thorns’ should replace ‘Take the bull by the horns.’ What is happening for goodness sake? All you groups like PETA just stop because all you are going to do is distract from all the good things you do.

I’ve been getting a ridiculous amount of emails telling me I’ve either got a load of money coming to me or do this or that to stop a load of money being taken from me. They are all, of course, scams. I have so many Nigerian Princes and Government Ministers throwing dosh at me at the moment. It must work with some people or they wouldn’t keep doing it, but not with me or any of you. One that I must admit made me have a double take was from Pay Pal, or purporting to be, telling me ‘Act now, or your account will be deactivated.’ or ‘Security breach on your account.’ This, of course, can cause you to panic, but when you look it’s not from PayPal at all.

The biggest giveaway is it’s not actually addressed to you. It says ‘Dear valued customer’ whereas any genuine company will always use your name.

Oh and finally a bit of good news. I finally got my Spanish driving licence which I applied for last May. RESULT!

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The differences A COUPLE of weeks ago I apparently rattled a few cages with my comparing the respective values of the Bible and Science in explaining the origins of the Universe, asserting that the Bible endeavours to answer the question ‘Why,’ whereas science addresses the very different question of ‘How.’ But if we really think about it I’d maintain the importance of understanding these differences. If you were to ask me how it was that my car came to be parked outside the Anglican Church in Mojacar last Sunday morning, I could give you a very precise, scientific account explaining the various forces that had been applied to that vehicle, burning a precisely measured amount of fuel to enable it to overcome gravitational loads and frictional resistance, such that it travelled some 90kms from my home to Mojacar, where, hydraulic pressure caused a considerable increase in drag on friction pads attached to the wheels, such that it came to rest as the fuel supply was turned off right outside the Church.

The detail could have been far greater and absolutely precise, but it would prob-

ably have made little sense to anyone.

On the other hand, I could simply explain that I wished to go to Church, so drove my car there and stopped once I had arrived, and I guess most people would completely understand that explanation of ‘why my car was outside Church.’ And generally speaking I think most of us are happier with explanations of ‘why,’ which may be utterly unscientific than we are with struggling to comprehend the answer to ‘how,’ which necessarily has to be completely scientific and highly technical.

And so it is that I’m more than happy to acknowledge that the creation story of the Bible is of little scientific value, containing minimum information as to how it all came into being. There’s nothing about the laws of nuclear physics which may have led to the so-called ‘Big Bang,’ nor of the origins of such as gravitational nor centrifugal force, which contribute to the stability of our continually expanding Universe, but instead the Bible explains that all these were generated at the will of God as He uttered the word of creating command.

Duncan Burr is Licensed Lay Reader for the Anglican Chaplaincy of Costa Almeria and Costa Calida (further detail available at www.mojacarchurch.org) and may be contacted at d.burr@albox-online.net

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Pleasant CODE OF THE ROAD journey

EURO WEEKLY, I recently read that young people in Malaga are classed as the worst drivers and wondered how Spain fairs as a whole? As a pedestrian and cyclist I just can’t get over the lack of rules of the road out here. Do people literally just not care or are the police too busy catching Eastern European drugs gangs they just don’t have the time to enforce traffic laws.

I have been in a car that was stopped once, because the car had French plates, my friend was fined for a silly made up charge. However, most evenings I will see absolute idiots ripping through the towns at ridiculous speeds and I live close to two police stations but have never seen any Spanish people stopped. Is it the driver’s fault or years worth of lazy police work?

Oh and don’t even get me started on parking!! Why would anybody invest in a new car here only to have it bounced back and forward whilst a local makes himself a space?

Carless David Duke

Following a story EWN printed recently in our Axarquia region, regarding a choir who had to leave their rehearsal room, we received some good news from a reader SO pleased to see the news story about Coraxalia. Guess what? Heard from the mayor of Viñuela tonight - he’s promised to get a move on and get a licence to reopen our rehearsal room after 18 months! All thanks to Euro Weekly I bet!

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LEAPY LEE, I’d shoot the bloody lot of them!

Love your column always agree and often laugh. What a world we now live in eh? No need to reply, I know you must get bombarded with emails but just wanted to add my support to you and your pen (well computer no doubt these days, but you get my meaning).

Trying to keep the faith.

All the best, Nick

Well said Leapy

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I live part of the year in Spain where we have a townhouse in Fuengirola.

If only our country treated foreigners the same as the Spanish, we are given nothing and are expected to conform to Spanish law.

I wonder, in your column, if you could ask if there is one English family living in Spain in a council house and claiming benefits? I would be interested to know.

Keep up the good work.

PS. I di dn ’t pu t k e e p t h e f a i t h because I don’t have any!

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An approved Mental Health Practitioner should have been appointed to assess the girl’s mental health and her capacity. If she’s already on (prescribed) medication, her own GP should have referred her to a Well­Being Clinic at least. Her parents should also have tak­ en responsibility as well. I know the girl is over 18, but even so they should have recog­ nised she needed help. It’s no excuse for what she has done, but surely we are trying to create a caring society… Someone should step in about the girl’s mental health and get to the root cause of her behaviour?

Carol Elizabeth

Goldman Sachs to hire Prince Harry as a Guest Speaker on Mental Health Talks Harry please don’t continue dining on your mental health issues regarding your moth­ er... You have worn that record out and it’s unfair to use that when you know you had every amenity to help with bereavement when under the royal family’s wing. Markle is the manipulator and the sooner he leaves her the better.... He is really letting the royal family down at the moment.

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Spain rejoices as two dogs owned by man with terminal cancer are adopted together So very happy they are being adopted together. So sad for their owner but he will be able to rest in peace when the time comes.

Barbara Ann Mellor

‘Romeo and Juliet’ married couple, die in suicide pact after 50 years together I believe that every human being should have the dignity of being able to choose the time, place and cause of their own death!

It’s a basic human right, a right which is granted to most other species and animals!

A toothless lion knows when time’s up, by the same rule so do humans!

I’m not talking about euthanasia, rather assisted dying!

Joe Sawyer

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SO, it seems Meghan and Harry are on a full throttle cull at the moment. First her family, then the royal family and now their faithful staff. Have they never heard the saying that you should not bite the hand that feeds you?

Historically people would claim to be loyal subjects to the royal family but it seems that loyalty is very far from the young couple’s minds.

Should you push away every part of your life to concentrate on a new life with a loved one? Should it all go wrong and they have a change of heart will they have well and truly burnt all the bridges behind them? With the recent news of the staff being axed will this bloodbath drive a wedge between the two and any respect people may have for them.

Sources have pointed out that the couple have decided to hire a team of US-based agents and publicists, many of whom worked for Meghan when she was an actress. The couple have been organising private engagements and briefings with the US team and hired a Canadian designer to create a new website without any involvement from the royal advisers.

Maybe we should wish them well and send them on their merry way and hope that neither come home with their tail between their legs.

In this week's news, Euro Weekly Newspaper reported that Boris Johnson wants to introduce an Australian-style points-based immigration system.

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2:20am This is BBC Two 7:45am The Instant Gardener 8:30am Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:30am Countryfile 10:30am Beechgrove Repotted 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm Rick Stein From Venice to Istanbul 1:30pm Best Bakes Ever 2:15pm Trust Me, I'm a Doctor 2:45pm Painting the Holy Land 3:45pm Dunkirk 6:00pm Undiscovered Worlds with Steve Backshall 7:00pm Six Nations Highlights 8:00pm Russia with Simon Reeve 9:00pm Top Gear 10:00pm Win the Wilderness: Alaska 11:00pm The Ranganation 11:45pm Frankie Boyle's Tour of Scotland 12:15am Noah 2:25am Question Time 3:25am Fraud Squad NHS

8:00pm The Women's Football Show 8:30pm Iolo's Snowdonia 9:00pm Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild 10:00pm Art on the BBC 11:00pm Britain's Lost Masterpieces 12:00am Britain's Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues 1:00am Mackintosh: Glasgow's Neglected Genius 2:00am Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries 3:00am Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez 4:00am Art on the BBC

6:25am Cooking Up a Fortune 6:55am Kirstie's Fill Your House for Free 7:00am King of Queens 7:25am King of Queens 7:50am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:15am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:40am The Big Bang Theory 9:05am The Big Bang Theory 9:25am Beat the Chef 10:00am Beat the Chef 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Simpsons 2:55pm The Simpsons 3:20pm The Secret Life of the Zoo 4:25pm The Supervet 5:30pm Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm The Great Pottery Throw Down 9:00pm My Family and the Galapagos 10:00pm Homeland 11:00pm Gogglebox 12:00am Allied

11:00am The Loud House 11:25am Britain's Greatest Bridges 11:30am WWE Raw Highlights 12:30pm Friends 2:30pm Friends 2:55pm The Love Punch 3:55pm Access 4:00pm The Love Punch 4:50pm The Proposal 5:50pm 5 News Update 5:55pm The Proposal 7:00pm 5 News Weekend 7:05pm The Hairy Bikers' Chocolate Challenge 8:00pm Secrets of the Great Royal Traditions 9:00pm Walking Britain's Lost Railways 10:00pm Rich Holiday, Poor Holiday 11:00pm Husbands from Hell 11:55pm Hoarders 12:55am The Woman with 106 Dogs

8:35am 8:50am 9:10am 9:30am

7:00am Teleshopping 8:00am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8:50am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:35am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:30am Dress to Impress 12:35pm Catchphrase 1:35pm Take Me Out 2:35pm You've Been Framed!

3:40pm You've Been Framed!

4:10pm A Cinderella Story 5:10pm FYI Daily 5:15pm A Cinderella Story 6:15pm Liar Liar 7:15pm FYI Daily 7:20pm Liar Liar 7:55pm Yes Man 8:55pm FYI Daily 9:00pm Yes Man 10:00pmLove Island 11:05pm Joel Dommett: Finding Emo 12:05am Family Guy

7:00am Lewis 8:45am Agatha Christie's Marple 10:50am Coronation Street Long-running drama with the residents of England's most famous cobbled street.

1:45pm Midsomer Murders 3:55pm Midsomer Murders 5:55pm Midsomer Murders 8:00pm Midsomer Murders Christmas special of the detective drama from 2016.

10:00pm Midsomer Murders Angus, a member of the Bleakridge Watch, a group of villagers who walk the streets reporting anyone who falls foul of the law, is found dead in his meat freezer.

7:00am Football's Greatest: Bobby Charlton 7:15am The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 8:15am The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 9:20am The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 10:30am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 11:30am Hornblower 1:35pm River Monsters 2:05pm World Cup Rivalries 2:30pm ITV Racing Live 5:00pm Aces High 6:00pm FYI Daily 6:05pm Aces High 7:15pm Spartacus 8:25pm FYI Daily 8:30pm Spartacus 11:00pmLone Survivor 12:00am FYI Daily A round-up of the latest entertainment news.

7:00am Live Women's ICC World T20 Cricket 10:30am Saturday Social Football show providing an insight into players' lives off the pitch.

11:30am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm Live EFL Brentford v Blackburn Rovers (Kick-off 12.30pm).

4:00pm Gillette Soccer Saturday 6:00pm Live Premier League Leicester City v Manchester City (Kick-off 5.30pm).

8:45pm Live World Club Challenge St Helens v Sydney Roosters (Kickoff 7.45pm).

11:15pm My Icon 11:25pm Live Test Cricket

9:30am Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny 10:05am Craig of the Creek 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Ainsley's Caribbean Kitchen 11:30am Living on the Veg 12:00pmThe Voice UK 1:25pm ITV News and Weather 1:39pm ITV London Weather 1:40pm Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Take Away 3:10pm Six Nations Live 6:35pm ITV News and Weather 6:55pm ITV News London 7:00pm Dancing on Ice 9:00pm Endeavour 11:00pmITV News and Weather 11:14pmITV London Weather 11:15pmCilla: The Lost Tapes 12:10am Harry Redknapp's Sandbanks Summer

7:00am Teleshopping 8:00am You've Been Framed!

8:30am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:15am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:00am Dress to Impress 11:00am Dress to Impress 12:00pm Dress to Impress 1:05pm Catchphrase 2:05pm You've Been Framed!

3:10pm You've Been Framed!

3:40pm Space Jam 4:40pm FYI Daily 4:45pm Space Jam 5:25pm Sing 6:25pm FYI Daily 6:30pm Sing 7:35pm Jurassic World 8:45pm FYI Daily 8:50pm Jurassic World 10:00pm Love Island 11:35pm Family Guy 12:05am Family Guy 12:35am American Dad! 1:05am American Dad! 1:30am The Cleveland Show 1:55am The Cleveland Show 2:25am Don't Hate the Playaz

7:00am That's My Boy 7:25am That's My Boy 7:55am Coronation Street 10:45am Emmerdale 1:45pm Midsomer Murders 3:45pm Midsomer Murders 5:50pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 6:55pm Midsomer Murders 9:00pm The Cruise 9:30pm The Cruise 10:00pm Joanna Lumley's India 11:00pm The Good Karma Hospital 12:00am The Good Karma Hospital 1:05am Agatha Christie's Poirot 2:10am Agatha Christie's Poirot 3:15am The Halcyon 4:10am Emmerdale

7:00am World of Sport: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly 7:10am The Car Chasers 7:35am Auto Mundial 8:00am World Rally Championship Highlights 8:55am The Motorbike Show 10:00am The Professionals 10:55am How the West Was Won 11:55am FYI Daily 12:00pm How the West Was Won 2:00pm Kelly's Heroes 3:00pm FYI Daily 3:05pm Kelly's Heroes 4:55pm Spartacus 6:00pm FYI Daily 6:05pm Spartacus 8:35pm From Russia with Love 9:35pm FYI Daily 9:40pm From Russia with Love 11:00pm The Outlaw Josey Wales 12:00am FYI Daily

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Mighty Mike Mr. Bean Ben 10 Thunderbirds are Go 10:05am Craig of the Creek 10:25am ITV News 10:30amSaturday Morning with James Martin 12:40pmLiving on the Veg 1:40pm Save Money: Lose Weight 2:10pm ITV News and Weather 2:24pm ITV London Weather 2:25pm Six Nations Live 5:35pm Tipping Point 6:00pm ITV News and Weather 6:10pm ITV News London 6:20pmDespicable Me 3 8:00pmAnt and Dec's Saturday Night Take Away 9:30pmThe Voice UK 10:55pmITV News and Weather 11:14pmITV London Weather 11:15pmLive Boxing

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MONDAY - 24 FEBRUARY 4:45pm The Farmers' Country Showdown 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Inside Out London 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pmMasterChef 11:00pmBBC News at Ten 11:25pmRegional News and Weather 11:30pmWeather

3:15pm Best House in Town 4:00pm Red Rock 4:45pm The Great British Winter 5:45pm Big Blue UK 6:15pmFlog It! 7:00pmRichard Osman's House of Games 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm Coastal Path 8:30pmMastermind 9:00pmOnly Connect 9:30pmUniversity Challenge 10:00pmMurder 24/7 11:00pmInside No 9 11:30pmNewsnight

8:00pm Beyond 100 Days BBC News teams in Washington DC and London report on the events that are shaping the world.

8:30pm Francesco's Mediterranean Voyage 9:00pm New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands 10:00pmHunting the Nazi Gold Train 11:00pmStoryville 12:30am Art of France

3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pmA New Life in the Sun: Where Are They Now? 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Dispatches 9:30pmFood Unwrapped 10:00pmPrison 11:00pmBaghdad Central 12:00am Emergency Helicopter Medics

12:15pmPaddington Station 24/7 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:20pmKiller Nightshift 5:00pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Gallagher Premiership Rugby Highlights 9:00pmTraffic Cops 10:00pmWarship: Life at Sea

4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm The Farmers' Country Showdown 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 EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm The Split 11:00pmBBC News at Ten 11:25pmRegional News and Weather

3:00pm Best House in Town 3:45pm Beechgrove Repotted 4:00pm Red Rock 4:45pm The Great British Winter 5:45pm Big Blue UK 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Back in Time for...

10:00pm Murder 24/7 11:00pm Better Things 11:30pmNewsnight 12:10am Weather

8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm River Walks 9:00pm King Alfred and the Anglo-Saxons 10:00pm Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley 11:00pmElizabeth I's Secret Agents 12:00am Armada: 12 Days to Save England 1:00am Inside the Medieval Mind 2:00am Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries 3:00am Genius of the Ancient World

1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 2:05pm Posh Pawn 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm A New Life in the Sun: Where Are They Now? 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Crazy Delicious 10:00pm 24 Hours in A&E 11:00pm The Windsors 11:30pmThe Crystal Maze 12:30am Prison

2:10pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm

7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Martin Lewis Money Show 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Flesh and Blood 11:00pmITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pmITV News London

3:45pm 4:50pm 5:50pm 7:00pm

10:55am That's My Boy 11:30am Inspector Morse 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Midsomer Murders 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 9:00pm Maigret 11:00pmScott & Bailey 12:00am Inspector Morse

9:25am The Saint 10:30am Minder 11:40am The Professionals 12:45pmThe Sweeney 1:50pm Quincy, M.E. 2:55pm Kojak 3:55pm The Saint 5:00pm Minder 6:05pm The Professionals 7:10pm River Monsters 7:45pm Live Snooker: Players Championship 11:30pm Training Day 12:30am FYI Daily

10:30am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Football Centre 11:30am Live Women's ICC World T20 Cricket 3:30pm Sky Sports News 4:00pm Sky Sports News 5:00pm Sky Sports News 6:00pm Sky Sports News at 5 Sports news and updates.

7:00pm Sky Sports News at 6 8:00pm Live MNF 12:00am Live Test Cricket

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 9:00pm Love Your Garden 10:00pm Flesh and Blood 11:00pmITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pmITV News London

2:50pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:45pm Dinner Date 4:50pm Dress to Impress 5:55pm Take Me Out 7:30pm You've Been Framed!

8:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Hell's Kitchen 11:00pm Family Guy

10:55am That's My Boy 11:30am Inspector Morse 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Midsomer Murders 6:55pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pmScott & Bailey

7:00am The Chase 8:00am Quincy, M.E. 9:00am Kojak 10:00am The Saint 11:05am Minder 12:15pmThe Professionals 1:15pm River Monsters 1:45pm Live Snooker: Players Championship 5:30pm The Professionals 6:35pm The Sweeney 7:45pm Live Snooker: Players Championship 11:30pm Zero Dark Thirty 12:30am FYI Daily

8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Football Centre 12:00pmFootball Centre 1:00pm Sky Sports News 5:00pm Sky Sports News 6:00pm Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Sky Sports News at 6 8:00pm Soccer Special Pre-Match 8:30pm Live EFL 11:15pmThe Debate 12:15am Sky Sports News

7:50am Classic Emmerdale 8:20am Classic Emmerdale 8:50am Heartbeat 9:55am The Darling Buds of May 11:00am That's My Boy 11:30am Agatha Christie's Marple 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Midsomer Murders 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 9:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 11:00pmScott & Bailey 12:00am Inspector Morse 2:20am Inspector Morse

4:00am Teleshopping 7:00am The Chase 8:00am Quincy, M.E. 9:00am Kojak 10:00am The Saint 11:05am Minder 12:10pmThe Professionals 1:15pm River Monsters 1:45pm Live Snooker: Players Championship 5:30pm The Professionals 6:35pm The Sweeney 7:45pm Live Snooker: Players Championship 11:30pm Cop Land 12:30am FYI Daily 12:35am Cop Land 1:40am Minder 2:50am Fishing Impossible 3:45am ITV4 Nightscreen Text-based information service.

4:00am Teleshopping Buying goods from the comfort of home.

3:30am Live Women's ICC World T20 Cricket 7:00am Live Women's ICC World T20 Cricket 7:30am Total Goals 8:00am Total Goals 8:30am Live Women's ICC World T20 Cricket 12:30pmFootball Centre 1:00pm Sky Sports News 2:00pm Sky Sports News 3:00pm Sky Sports News 4:00pm Sky Sports News 5:00pm Live International T20 Cricket South Africa v Australia.

8:30pm Live EFL 11:15pmThe Debate 12:15am Sky Sports News 1:00am Sky Sports News 2:00am Sky Sports News 3:00am Sky Sports News

Dinner Date Dress to Impress Take Me Out Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:15pm You've Been Framed!

8:20pm Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 9:25pm FYI Daily 9:30pm Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 11:00pm The Stand Up Sketch Show 11:30pmFamily Guy 12:05am Family Guy

Access Home and Away Neighbours Lethal Beauty Friends Friends 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Tony Robinson: Coast to Coast 9:00pm Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly 10:00pm Starting Up, Starting Over 11:00pm My New Greek Life 12:05am How the Other Half Lives

WEDNESDAY - 26 FEBRUARY 12:45pmDefenders UK 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One; Weather 2:30pm BBC London News; Weather 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Shakespeare and Hathaway Private Investigators 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm The Farmers' Country Showdown 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six; Weather 7:30pm BBC London News; Weather 7:55pm Party Political Broadcast 8:00pm The One Show 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm MasterChef 11:00pmBBC News at Ten

9:30am Yorkshire Walks 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 12:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm Hardball 2:45pm Best House in Town 3:30pm Lorraine's Fast, Fresh and Easy Food 4:00pm Red Rock 4:45pm The Great British Winter 5:45pm Big Blue UK 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm The Andrew Neil Show 8:30pm Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs 9:00pm Saving Lives at Sea 10:00pm Murder 24/7

8:00pm Live Cycling Coverage from the Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin, featuring the men's and women's team sprint finals and the women's 10km scratch race.

10:00pm A Very British History 11:00pmElizabeth I's Secret Agents 12:00am The Making of Spain 1:00am Treasures of Ancient Greece 2:15am Victorian Sensations 3:00am Bauhaus Rules with Vic Reeves 4:00am A Very British History

10:10am Frasier 10:40am Frasier 11:10am Undercover Boss Canada 12:05pmRamsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 2:05pm Posh Pawn 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm A New Life in the Sun: Where Are They Now? 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Kirstie and Phil's Love it or List it 10:00pm Kevin McCloud's Big Tech Adventure 11:00pm Home 11:35pmGogglebox 12:30am First Dates

10:10am Sunny Bunnies 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pmPaddington Station 24/7 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Wedding Planner Mystery 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 Tony Robinson: Coast to Coast 9:00pm Winter Road Rescue 10:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Chocolate Challenge 11:00pmAll You Can Eat: Secrets of the World's Biggest Buffet

6:05am Judge Rinder 7:00am Good Morning Britain 10:00am Lorraine 11:00am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Tenable 4:59pm ITV London Weather 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:25pm Party Political Broadcast 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Harry Redknapp's Sandbanks Summer 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Flesh and Blood 11:00pmITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pmITV News London

7:00am Teleshopping 8:00am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8:50am Emmerdale 9:50am You've Been Framed!

10:20am Superstore 10:45am Superstore 11:15am Dinner Date 12:15pmDress to Impress 1:15pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You've Been Framed!

2:50pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:45pm Dinner Date 4:50pm Dress to Impress 5:55pm Take Me Out 7:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Hell's Kitchen 11:00pmFamily Guy 11:30pmFamily Guy

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Across 1 States repeatedly broken treaties (8) 4 Cold sweets provided in police station (4) 8 Pick up king, then knight (5) 10 Notice the badly written card, pal (7) 11 Part of a Chinese meal, perhaps, one sold out (7) 12 Award youth leader, do as you are told (4) 14 Tidies up endless, small second thought (6) 16 Lip seen by doctor? Clear the bed!

(6) 19 Record life changes (4) 21 Store damaged car at Queen's home (7) 24 Small creature biting soft vet (7) 25 Champs said to choose (5) 26 Mets returned a bit of the plant (4) 27 It may be deadlier off the tracks (8) Down 1 No employment for one on endless shift (8) 2 Cancel year-book, it has a letter missing (5) 3 Unmask former spouse with model (6) 5 Go after, as in revolutionary (5) 6 Foamy lather begins shining used dishes superbly (4) 7 Prefer number to contain a five (6)

9 Love found in Colorado refuge (5) 13 Are Leeds constituents allowed to go free (8) 15 Favour quiet mention (6) 17 Golf shot with ambition? (5)

Code Breaker

18 Unnerve rodent with title it lost (6) 20 The children produce a publication (5) 22 Company business, a hot drink maybe (5) 23 Siam revised objectives (4)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 13 represents Q and 18 represents B, so fill in Q every time the figure 13 appears and B every time the figure 18 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

Across Down 1 Backless slippers (5) 1 Me in person (6) 4 Source of danger (5) 2/18 Keep quiet or hidden (3,3) 7 Close observer (9) 3 Badger's burrow (4) 8 Ill-mannered boor (4) 4 Engine fuel (6) 10 Uncertainty (5) 5 Melted cheese on toast (7) 13 Small fragment (5) 6 Wild animal's den (4) 14 Eyelid infection (4) 9 Make visible (7) 17 Hoarded wealth (9) 11 Having a defect (6) 19 Gruff and grumpy (5) 12 Hot spring (6) 20 Waste pipe that carries away drainage 15 Large number or amount (4) water and waste matter (5) 16 Faucets (4) 18 See 2

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Across 1 Barracks (7) 5 Stage (phase) (5) 8 Ruler (measuring tool) (5) 9 Esmeralda (7) 10 Surgery (7) 12 Zebra (5) 13 Letters (of alphabet) (6) 15 Gritar (6) 18 Strawberry (5) 19 Concurrido (7) 21 Mop (for floor) (7) 22 Breeze (5) 23 Until (5) 24 Pride (satisfaction) (7)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE

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

Down 1 Snail (7) 2 Ira (de persona) (5) 3 Té (3) 4 To carry (take) (6) 5 Exercise (9) 6 Wire (metal) (7) 7 Small village (5) 11 Stapler (9) 14 Hay (5,2) 16 Medium (7) 17 Eighth (6) 18 Quinto (5) 20 Taladro (herramienta) (5) 22 Bolsa (3)

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YOUR STARS

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FOR NEXT 7 DAYS AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Eager Mars meets affluent Jupiter and enriches your financial forecast. It might show a foretaste of money to come, or onstream benefits. If you intend to make alterations to your personal and home interests, you'll undoubtedly cope with both offbeat and upbeat activities.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) One thing is certain, when you come through this week's restless planetary antics, you won't be totally the same Piscean who walked in. Whether you're figuring out numbers, analysing your dreams, or getting into a playfully social mood, there'll be much to enjoy and put to the test.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Education, media, creative and social connections are given star merit. The solar eclipse in your own sign bursts with vitality and success, more so for an array of bold moves, replacements and makeovers covering your personal affairs.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Stand by for a week of whoosh and whirl.

More importantly, try to avoid getting tongue-tied or dogmatic on Tuesday and Friday. Promising potentials appear, especially if you spruce up your competitive streak.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Throughout this fortunate week, whatever else you decide, refuse to discard your hopes and wishes. As a Gemini, you like to have two strings to your bow of life, which gives you an alternative option, especially if the going gets tough.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) A vivid star pattern portends a frantic personal and social diary. Ensure that any tight planning is carefully handled, especially if you hope to fit in everything you would like to say. Don't allow Monday or Wednesday's tensions to spoil opportunities for settling something important.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Pave the way for any ambitious schemes

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you may have, rather than actually starting them. With your ruler the Sun eclipsing your kindred fire sign, determined Aries, you are now more likely to get the support and affection you need from the powers that be or someone who thinks the world of you. Loosen up on Tuesday and Thursday.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Even if the opposite to what you want happens, it could prove useful. One clue to this week's planetary crossword puzzle is ‘What word could also mean success?’

Check it out, and make it work for you.

Never forget that important ideas and developments can stem from seemingly trivial discussions.

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Sudoku 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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IRISH LOTTO Saturday February 15

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EURO MILLIONS Tuesday February 11

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) The solar eclipse in your opposite sign of Aries intensifies your willpower. Before you say 'go', find out where you stand. It might pay you to leave things be for a little longer to see if anything begins to change.

Some of the consequences of your actions will become obvious as your charming ruler Venus begins to have an effect.

BONUS BALL

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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) The main gist of the solar eclipse in fiery Aries and the link between plucky Mars and your ruler friendly Jupiter will stir surprises. Whether you create the right atmosphere all round depends on how you interpret other people's views. Stick to crisp, simple but sensitively tuned answers, then no one can accuse you of not trying.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Hard-working, enterprising and selfsacrificing are just some of the words that describe your zodiac sign. It will be these qualities that count. Friday will boost your powers of persuasion, but you won't have too much to complain about if you follow this lucky trend into next week's encouraging tide.

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SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) The planets mobilise your streak of Scorpio daring, but don't stretch your limits. Your most effective weapon against personal and work-related pitfalls is your ability to be objective. Your desire to make specific situations and conversations work needs to be combined with your faith that they will work. Even if a different approach is required, try it and see.

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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.

TARGET: Average: 7 Good: 10 Very good: 15 Excellent: 19

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION fore fort free fret here hero hoer reef reft rete rort rote tore torr tree tref ether fetor forte forth freer froth other refer retro there three throe ferret hereof hereto hetero reefer thereof therefor THEREFORE

QUICK Across: 1 Beer, 3 Shark, 8 Abundance, 9 Fixed, 10 Free, 14 Over, 15 Mouth, 18 Apologise, 20 Stare, 21 Stay.

Down: LA PRIMITIVA

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How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case T) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

1 Baby, 2 Examine, 4 Hide, 5/19 Run out, 6 Queen, 7 Fewer, 11 Retreat, 12 Loyal, 13 Movie, 16 Hour, 17 Copy.

CRYPTIC Across: 1 Rafters, 5 Focus, 8 Lille, 9 Alarmed, 10 Tinware, 11 House, 12 Umber, 14 Flees, 19 Renew, 21 Coronet, 23 Laconic, 24 Hobby, 25 Suede, 26 Portend.

Down: 1 Relate, 2 Felon, 3 Elevate, 4 Slated, 5 Flash, 6 Commune, 7 Sodden, 13 Manacle, 15 Lurcher, 16 Grills, 17 Icecap, 18 Stayed, 20 Wince, 22 Noble.

ENGLISH-SPANISH Down:

Across: 1 Cazuela, 5 Faces, 8 Abril, 9 Girasol, 10 Trouble, 11 Shake, 12 Rainy, 14 Bajar, 19 Round, 21 Todavía, 23 Establo, 24 Liver, 25 Darts, 26 Sparrow.

1 Crafty, 2 Zurdo, 3 Eslabón, 4 Angles, 5 Faros, 6 Cascada, 7 Silver, 13 Apuntar, 15 Ardilla, 16 Friend, 17 Stools, 18 Narrow, 20 Debts, 22 Vivir.

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Modern and Contemporary Joy NICK HORNE’S Rich Pick Freelance correspondent, London, England DAVID HOCKEY’S ‘The Splash’ sold for £23,117,00 [€27,509230] last week. The third highest price paid for a work by the artist.

Executed in 1966 this landmark pool painting first appeared at auction at Sotheby’s in London in 1973 and again in 2006 when it sold for £2.9 million, a record for a a Hockney at that time. Nine of the top 10 prices for Hockney have been set in the past two years. One of he most iconic images of the 20th century Hockney’s composition of a still swimming pool shattered by an invisible figure creating the splash. ‘The Splash’ is certainly one of the most recognised images of the last 100 years and more or less defines what we all think of as modern or contemporary art.

Banksy’s ‘Vote to Love’ more than doubled its pre-sale estimate when the bidding soared to £1,155,00. The work was prominently displayed at the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition of 2018 with a price tag of £350 million, a refer-

Wayne Thiebaud, Fruit Stand, 1963, Joy found in the every day.

Banksy, Vote to Love, 2018, optimism in a time of division.

ence to the Vote Leave bus which claimed that Brexit would allow the country to spend a further £350 million a week on the National Health Service.

‘Vote to Love’ was executed in 2018.

To create the work Banksy incorporated a found poster from the Vote Leave campaign of the 2016 Brexit campaign, altering the word ‘leave’ to ‘love.’ Striking simplicity, raw immediacy, subversive and seditious, Banksy’s politically charged painting offers an enduring message of optimism at a time of divisiveness in politics.

In the year of his 100th birthday Wayne Thiebaud’s Californian ‘Fruit Stand’ achieved a delicious £1,815,000. Having remained in the same European collection since the 1960s this auction follows on to a record-breaking sale of the artist work at Sotheby’s New York sale room last November.

The ‘Fruit Stand’ was executed in 1963 being a view of a fruit stand on a hot summer’s day. Reinventing the traditional ‘still life’ form to reflect the age of mass production and mass consumption.

Wayne Thiebaud’s mastery of colour is spoken of in terms that place his work among those renowned artists and maters of colour of Paul Cezanne and

Pierre Bonnard of an earlier epoch. Unlike his contemporaries Andy Warhol with cans of soup or Roy Lichtenstein and Claes Oldenburg, Thiebaud’s aim was not to criticise post war American society but rather to celebrate it.

Finding beauty in the common place with ‘Fruit Stand’ Wayne Thiebaud captures the transient joy in the every day Did you too miss out on picking up ‘The Splash’ last week? Never mind; you can have another go at picking up a Hockney at Sotheby’s Hong Kong Sale Room where David Hockney’s ‘30 Sunflowers’ will lead a Contemporary Art Auction in April.

Nick Horne, London, England

GOOP ACCUSED OF PEDDLING FAKE NEWS 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

IN a recent speech, NHS boss Sir Simon Stevens hit out at ‘quacks, charlatans and cranks’ who spread fake news about health on social media including Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle brand Goop for selling products with no proven health benefits.

It has always surprised me that actors or actresses who have become celebrities for basically reading and performing the lines and instructions of screenplay writers and directors are given such a seal of approval for their opinions on topics completely unrelated to their sphere of activity.

Generally speaking, you’d need to justify your views on any subject by demonstrating your qualifications, experience or abilities applicable to the subject matter.

They seem to have been given a platform to speak from that goes

GOOP: No proven health benefits.

way beyond their qualifications, knowledge or expertise.

As for products such as Goop’s, they’re based on a motley combination of three eternal myths: they promise ‘The Fountain of Youth’; they’re ‘The Panacea for Everything’ or they contain ‘Mystery Ingredient X.’ Often backed up by scientific-sounding words (‘Lab’ in this case), or anecdotal plugs.

But why is this ‘quackery’ (in Sir Simon’s own words) even allowed to boom in the modern era? People are so gullible, easily taken in by superstars who are the only winners making millions out of such unproven nonsense. Naturally, fake news thrives while evidence is tossed aside as irrelevant. What would happen if NHS

doctors rejected evidence-based medicine and turned to such unsubstantiated practices? They’d be rightly struck off, certainly not filling their coffers with their spoils.

Trump and Paltrow are effectively doing the same thing.

They’re offering hope and fulfilment to the ill-informed and those in despair through simple solutions that are patently not evidence based.

However, on a positive note, I’m sorry that Sir Simon failed to acknowledge the health benefits that this silly woman has brought by adding to the joy of the nation at her antics.

“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.” Albert Einstein. Nuff said.

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MAKING sure you eat healthily, exercise regularly, and minimise stress levels - not to mention keeping unhealthy vices such as smoking and alcohol consumption to a minimum are just a few things you can do to make sure your immune system is in top shape.

Food in particular plays a significant role in having a positive impact on your belly bacteria, which helps to strengthen your immunity.

Harvard University research revealed that the amount of good bacteria in the belly rapidly improved when people are placed on a vegetable-

only diet for a few days, so top up on your greens.

Many vegetables also contain natural prebiotics, such as artichokes, asparagus, onions, chicory, leek and garlic.

These prebiotics pass undigested through the stomach and small intestine so as soon as they reach the large intestine; they help to stimulate the probiotic bacteria that are in there.

Ensuring you have a healthy balance of bacteria in your gut will benefit your digestion and help you to absorb minerals, therefore boosting your immune system.

Fermented food such as sauerkraut is also high in probi-

otic bacteria which can stop har mful bacteria from getting attached to the lining of your gut and growing there.

Carbohydrates can also fuel unhealthy bacteria so try to stick to whole grains or sourdough bread, which are high in fibre.

HAPPY TUMMY: A healthy balance of bacteria in your gut will benefit your immune system.

Herbal tea: a holistic health boost IF you’re suffering from bloating, nausea or even just feeling a bit under the weather, instead of rifling through the medicine cabinet, perhaps reach for a herbal tea bag instead.

Besides being a stimu-

lating, caffeine-free pickme-up, herbal tea has been proven to have many health benefits and some also contain many of the vitamins and minerals needed on a daily basis.

Herbal tea isn’t actually

made from the tea plant of course; it’s an infusion of plant leaves, roots, seeds or bark, which provides all the benefits of the plant in an easy-to-digest form.

If you drink herbal tea every day, it can make a significant difference to your skin, your mood, and your energy levels.

Peppermint tea is effective at relieving muscle spasms, as well as the symptoms of nausea and bloating. However, you should avoid it altogether if you suffer from indigestion or heartburn.

Fresh ginger tea is also great at solving digestion problems and is a powerful cold-fighting remedy when you add lemon and honey.

Known for its anti-oxidant properties, rooibos tea can help to ward off disease and can help reduce the signs of ageing, while chamomile tea can help treat insomnia or anxiety due to its calming and sedative qualities.

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Stretch it out THERE’S a lot of research that praises the benefits of Pilates, from reducing the risk of certain illnesses to strengthening muscles and improving flexibility.

It’s also a gentler workout than most but it can be just as effective, meaning you get all the benefits of exercise without any of the soreness afterwards.

According to a study by the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, Pilates can help ease back ache as those with chronic lower back pain who attended classes for a month experienced more relief than those who went to see a physician or other specialist.

This is believed to be because Pilates strengthens the core, which then alleviates stress on the lower-back region.

A stronger core also will help to improve your posture and overall sports performance as all the body’s muscles are connected through the core, so this will make your movements sharper and help you run faster.

It’s also easier on your joints than other

workouts as the slow, controlled movements cause minimal impact.

One of the major benefits of practising Pilates is the wonders it does to your flexibility, which can improve your body’s range of motion and, therefore, your exercise performance.

A study that followed young Brazilian women, without any prior experience, as they attended 20 Pilates sessions showed they became 19.1 per cent more flexible by the end of the research.

STRONG: Pilates helps to strengthen the core.

A glass of wine helps IF you ever fancied a glass of wine straight after you brushed your teeth, you can now indulge knowing that it might actually be better for you to go ahead and give into this particular vice.

It has recently been reported that wine destroys the bacteria that causes cavities and gum disease, according to the Spanish researchers.

New studies show that the antioxidants in wine help to stop bacteria from sticking to gums, which would otherwise go into the bloodstream.

There has already been significant evidence that suggests these bacteria, which are the root of tooth decay and gum disease, can cause heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

Gum disease reportedly affects three in four adults in the UK and symptoms include bleeding, sore gums when brushing.

Keeping a regular rou-

tine of flossing, brushing and using mouthwash all help you to prevent gum disease and help you to keep all your teeth as you get older.

Combining the antioxidants found in wine with

an oral probiotic could significantly help to boost dental health, so don’t be surprised if this discovery leads to 'wine-inspired' toothpastes and mouthwashes, which contain these vital antioxidants.

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Spicy Veggie Spaghetti NOT another meat free pasta dish I hear my keen carnivore readers cry? Well fear not my meat and fish eating friends, next week will see something to satisfy your craving for flesh. I’ve just been on a bit of a vegetable kick for the last couple of weeks. Not for any virtue signalling moral reason, there just seemed to be a lot of veg in the house, so it needed using up.

This dish is good for any tomatoes

or peppers that have been hanging around and need using up. Put the oven on quite low (about 150ºC). Put a little olive oil in a baking dish. Cut up a tomato, red and green peppers, a few whole garlic cloves, onion, spring onion, chilli peppers (anything you want to get rid of!).

Place in the dish, drizzle with more oil, season with flakes of sea salt and ground black pepper. Place in the oven and roast for an hour or so.

Check every now and then and if the peppers are starting to blacken turn the temperature down a bit.

Take out the oven and let the mixture go cold. It will keep in the fridge for a couple of days.

When needed give the mixture a good bashing in a pestle and mortar. I added to a pan with cubes of fried aubergine. Add some cooked spaghetti. Feel free to adorn with parmesan if you’re not a vegan!

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Good start AN education initiative a i m e d a t p ro m o t i n g equality in Cantoria got off to a good start with a higher number of children taking part in the first month than expected, the local council reported.

Financed by the Ministry for Equality as part of the State Pact Against Gender Violence, the Equality School programme features activities like workshops, games and theatre using materials with the common denominator of being orientated at installing values of an equal society without discrimination based on gender, race or religion.

The programme is also about putting into practice education models which undermine macho behaviour and gender-based violence.

“We are more than happy, first because it is a project we really wanted to carry out, and now it has become a reality, but the best thing of all is that that reality has been more popular than we predicted,” the Adra Youth, Sport, Communication, Social Affairs and Gender councillor Loly Cruz commented.

“If everything stays as it is now, with the same circumstances, we can guarantee this is a model which is here to stay.”

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Signing up to rural employment plan L U C A R a n d Ve l e z Blanco have joined the network of municipalities in which the Diputacion de Almeria implements works and projects under the provincial PFEA Rural Employment Plan.

Diputacion President Javier A Garcia and the mayors of the respective municipalities Manuel Lopez made the arrangement official with the recent signing of the collaboration

agreements.

This brings the number of councils making up the network to 86, along with two local authority associations.

“Thanks to these agreements the councils save on the management of projects, the coordination of all the works, the workplace accident risk prevention, the coordination of health and safety and the tasks of contacting and human resources,” commented

PFEA deputy Matilde Diaz.

The deputy said there are currently 202 works being carried out as part of the rural employment plan, adding, “we are sure that this year with the incorporation of these municipalities there are going to be more projects, more works, more days and more contracts, which will be directly managed by the Diputacion.”

The provincial government describes the plan as a ‘lifeline’ in the struggle against depopulation, maintaining it helps address economic, social and cultural inequalities in rural areas, provides work for agricultural sector workers and improves and moder nises infrastructure and public services.

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MOTORING NISSAN has come to the rescue of frazzled parents across Europe with a guilt-free solution for those who heavily rely on the magical effects of dream driving to gently lull their children to sleep.

The Nissan LEAF Dream Drive, is the world’s first zero-emission lullaby, dreamt up by Nissan engineers in collaboration with Sound Designer and Sleep Coach, Tom Middleton. This sleep album for babies mimics the peaceful sound frequencies of a humming combustion engine trusted to put children to sleep, at no CO2 emission cost.

New research finds parents across Europe are frustratingly sleep-deprived. The majority of parents with a child aged two and under, are surviving on less than five hours of sleep a night, with 60 per cent admitting they resort to dream driving their children to sleep and over half doing it at least once a week.

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FIRST ZERO-EMISSION LULLABY: A better choice for dream driving.

quencies of an internal combustion engine (ICE) that is the biggest contributor to a child falling asleep.

According to expert, Paul Speed-Andrews, Noise and Vibration Development Manager at Nissan, “An EV like the Nissan LEAF is a better choice for dream driving; although we are aware that the quiet soundscape might not be as effective as ICE cars. Combustion engines transmit a sound frequency, a combination of white, pink and brown noise varied in tone creating an orchestral soundscape that is especially soothing and comforting to children.”

Nissan has collaborated with renowned Sound Designer and Sleep Coach, Tom Middleton, to create Nissan LEAF Dream Drive the first zero-emission lullaby, the kryptonite album for angry babies, contains five, three-minute tracks that work in harmony with the advanced in-car technology available within the all-electric LEAF. Parents can connect their smartphone to their Nissan LEAF through Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, available on platforms like Apple Music, Spotify, SoundCloud, YouTube and Deezer.

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HISPANO SUIZA, the Spanish performance-inspired luxury brand, will return to the Geneva International Motor Show in March with the Carmen Boulogne, a version of its fully-electric Carmen hyperlux grand tourer paying homage to the brand’s competition heritage.

A product of the brand’s ‘Tailormade’ department, the Boulogne features design enhancements that reference Hispano Suiza’s racing vehicles from the 1920s, while retaining Carmen’s exhilarating performance and exceptional luxury.

The Boulogne moniker dates back to 1921 and the George Boillot Cup, in which Hispano Suiza competed with five enhanced versions of the company’s H6 Coupé. The endurance race saw competitors battle for victory for more than 3.5 hours, on the roads around Boulogne in France.

Hispano Suiza achieved three consecutive race wins, with drivers André Dubonnet (1921), Paul Bablot (1922) and Léonce Garnier (1923) driving specially modified versions of

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Luxury tourer the Hispano Suiza H6.

Development and build of the infinitely-customisable Boulogne version of the Carmen will be led by the company’s production partner,

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production for Formula-E teams, supercar brands and mainstream car makers.

Hispano Suiza is a historic car brand owned by the fourth generation of the

Suqué Mateu family. Between 1904 and 1946, Hispano Suiza built more than 12,000 luxury performance cars and 50,000 aeroplane engines. Today, with its

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headquarters, technical centre, and manufacturing facility in Barcelona - Hispano Suiza embodies a proud Spanish spirit with a strong family legacy.

Further details regarding modifications made to the Carmen to create Boulogne will be announced in early March at the Geneva International Motor Show.

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F1 2020’s cars hitting the track in pre-testing shakedowns at Barcelona.

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COSTA ALMERIA club Taekwondo M o j a c a r, s y m b o l i s e d b y a t r i b a l dragon, has now concluded the latest quarterly grading.

As usual, it was a busy affair with everyone in the club having something to do.

The trainees undertaking the grading examination, some confident, some nervous, were all focused on doing well after having trained hard the previous months. The parents were excited and proud to find out how their children performed under pressure. And the club instructors and assistants were all tied up to ensure the event was successfully conducted.

On average, it takes about three hours to complete the grading of various belt levels.

Confidence and assurance are what examiners look for, but of course the patterns and forms must be well done.

From white belt, it takes four to five years to acquire a black belt (First Dan). Forms and agility are important criteria in a grading. In taekwondo, students have a total of 11 patterns and various kicking techniques from white to black or 10th GUP to 1st Dan. At the final belt level just before attaining the black belt, trainees are ex-

CREDIT: Serge Dewree

Performing under pressure in taekwondo grading

WELL DONE: The result of months of training (above).

SUCCESS: The Rainbow section all passed to the next belt (left).

pected to know all the patterns from white onward. Senior belts are expected to assist in sharing and coaching juniors.

It’s part of the learning and confidence building cycle.

Taekwondo is not an ‘everyday’ sporting activity. It’s structured with a development path, and involves discipline and commitment. But the journey is an interesting and fulfilling one.

As was to be expected during the grading, the students showed excellent form and maturity. Free sparring is also

part of the grading from an early age. In consideration of safety guidelines, no hard contact is the norm for all practitioners. In a grading session, application of various techniques are required.

Trainees of higher belts are frequently asked to spar against black belts. Apart from forms, patterns and sparring, trainees are interviewed by the examiner to assess characters’ maturity and mindset. Character building is just as important, if not more, than physical.

In the Rainbow section (4-8 years), Jose Antonio, Eduardo and Summer all passed to the next belt. Eduardo was awarded the ‘tiger glove’ for best improved student and Summer got the ‘golden gloves’ for excellent sparring.

In the Junior section (9-17), Canelie, Miguel, Gabriel, Lily Miles-Kirby, Maite Scheyvaerts and Mila Vickery were successful and received their respective higher belt. A special mention to Mila, who was awarded the golden gloves for best sparring (against two 1st GUP ‘A’ students and a black belt 2nd Dan).

The instructors and assistants judging the event were Serge Dewree (2nd Dan), Laura Linschoten (2nd Dan), Osaia Reding-Commaille (1st Dan), Thomas De Groot (1st GUP A) and Talia Vickery (1st GUP A).

Great play at Costa Almeria golf club competitions • Wednesday February 5 - Monthly Medal A dull damp day with plenty of rain off and on made golf difficult for all the players, but the winner was in great form and was not to be denied.

CREDIT: Les Raufer

THERE was some great play at the latest Aguilon Golf Club competitions.

A stand out moment was the hole in one for Les Raufer playing in the weekly roll up. His nine iron tee shot on the 17th landed on the green and gently rolled the six foot to the flag and nestled in the bottom of the cup, much to his delight.

1st Karyn Esposito 92-21= 71 2nd Rich Hull 87-15= 72 on a card play off 3rd Sandra Hooker 87-15= 72 Two’s: Derek Manning 3rd, Norman Ridgway 8th, Peter Ayres, Peter Death, Matt Mattacola 14th, Mike Esposito 17th

• Wednesday February 12 - Campbell Lamont Qualifier

CHAMPS: Campbell Lamont winner Peter Death (above) and Monthly Medal winner Karyn Esposito (right).

Round nine of the qualifiers drew a large field on a warmish day with a little wind and the course in very good condition for this time of the year. With his good score winner Peter Death has put himself in one of the qual-

ifying places with three rounds to go.

1st Peter Death 40 points 2nd Terry Ayling 39 points 3rd Paul Mailly 38 points Two’s: Mike Esposito, Paul Mailly 3rd, Geoff Ashton, Roy Bishop 8th, Lynne Whibley x2 12th and 17th, Peter Ayres x2 12th and 14th, Phil Miles 12th, Ann Miles, Eddie Vaughan 14th, Karyn Esposito, Ian Jenner, Keith Leonard 17th

For more information about the Aguilon Golf Members club see the website aguilonmembersclub.com