Axarquia 23 – 29 November 2023 Issue 2003

Axarquia

• Issue No. 2003 • 23 - 29 November 2023

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Filming on location in Nerja of Wallbanger.

THE American director and producer Tosca Musk has started shooting her latest film in Nerja.

Titled ‘Wallbanger’, the movie is based on the Alice Clayton novel of the same name. In the storyline, the action begins in the cities of San Francisco and Atlanta but then the two main char­

acters, Caroline and Simon ­ played by Kelli Berglund and Amadeus Serfini ­ decide to go on a romantic getaway and end up in Nerja.

Among the locations that will be used during filming are the Balcon de Europa and the beautiful Playa de Calahonda with its famous descent to the beach area.

Tosca Musk fell in love with Nerja during a visit to the town last summer which resulted in the younger sister of Elon Musk deciding to include some of her discoveries in this film.

Officials from Nerja Town Hall paid a visit to the set and thanked the 49­year­ old filmmaker for choosing

Nerja as her film’s location and for ultimately bringing the town to a worldwide audience.

In response, Musk thanked the town hall for its collaboration and told the officials that she thought Nerja was: ‘the best location to shoot in Eu­ rope’.

THE San Silvestre 2023 will take place on De­ cember 30 in Velez­ Malaga. This traditional final sporting event of the year is now in its 14th year.

A completely urban 5,000 metre route will start in Plaza de las Carmelitas at 6pm and finish in Plaza del Car­ men.

Rocío Ruiz, the coun­ cillor for Sports present­ ed the details of the event, accompanied by Carlos Gómez, the presi­ dent of the Velez Athlet­ ics Club.

They encouraged par­ ticipants to attend the event in fancy dress to bid farewell to 2023 in a fun and sporty way.

There are medals for the race winners of course, but also prizes for those judged to have the best costumes they revealed.

There are two differ­ ent categories and run­ ners must register online via the Velez Rincon Dental Athletics Club website by Wednesday, December 27. All those who register will receive a free t­shirt.

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14th San FILMING IN NERJA Silvestre 2023

THE Almuñecar­La Her­ radura Tourist Board carried out a promotion­ al campaign in the Swedish city of Gothen­ burg.

It was conducted un­ der the slogan ‘Feel Tropical’, similar to the one that was recently carried out in Berlin in October.

Daniel Barbero, the Tourism councillor, ex­ plained: “The excellence of tropical products is highlighted, as well as all the tourist potential of the municipality of Sexita.”

‘Feel Tropical’ aims to seduce the Swedish mar­ ket for 10 days through Street Marketing.

“It will also project promotional spots of the destination on a net­

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Costa Tropical in Gothenburg

Almuñecar-La Herradura officials in Gothenburg.

work of digital screens located at different strategic points to reach the Swedish citizen,” ex­ plained Barbero.

Members of the Tourist Board travelled to Gothenburg to hold meetings with retail

agencies and tour opera­ tors.

Felipe Puertas, the di­ rector of the Sexitan Tourism Board highlight­ ed the: “excellent oper­ ating figures of the des­ tination in the Swedish market.

“These data ratify the successful line of work that has been develop­ ing in promotion and, at the same time, encour­ age us to continue with this intense promotional activity,” he added.

Presentation of 14th San Silvestre 2023 in Velez-Malaga.

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‘Sabores de Granada’ A NEW promotion of tourist products and tropical fruits under the banner ‘Sabores de Granada’ has been agreed between Almuñecar Town Hall and and the Provincial Council.

The mayor, Juan José Ruiz Joya, plus members of the local council, met with hotel representatives and Antonio Díaz, the provincial delegate for European Funds, Development, Industry and Employment.

“We are going to work, especially at the level of European funds to try to get the Granada flavour brand to work with our products as well as on tourism promotion issues. All of this is very beneficial for our municipality,” said the mayor afterwards.

An important exchange of knowledge and positions on issues such as participation in the framework of ‘Sabores de Granada’, were discussed between those in

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TROPICAL FRUITS: ‘Sabores de Granada’ officials.

attendance, especially commercial promotions and training.

To round off the day, a visit was paid to ‘Frutas Los Cursos’, one of the most important companies in the region involved in the commercialisation of subtropical fruits and the production of other products such as guacamole, custard apple or mango drinks.

Antonio Antequera, the president of the PDO Council of the Cherimoya, explained about the situation that the sector was current-

ly experiencing, mainly due to the lack of water.

“Despite this, we are following a marketing campaign that will be felt in quality and quantity due to the lack of water and rain,” said the head of ‘Frutas Los Cursos’.

Antonio Díaz explained the whole process of marketing and promotion, and invited the company to join the ‘Sabores de Granada’ brand. His proposal was well received and could result in them participating in the near future.

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Epic exhibition THE ‘Magellan and Elcano’s Voyage to the Spices’ exhibition is now on display until November 30 at the Rowland Fade hall in Almuñecar’s Casa de Cultura.

Juan José Ruiz Joya, the mayor, thanked Colonel Federico Emilio González Vico, the sub-delegate of defence in Granada for hosting the exhibition.

They were accompanied by Alberto García Gilabert, the councillor for Culture.

Vico went on to explain about the importance of the incredible journey made by Magellan and Elcano.

Among those paying attention were local officers from the Guardia Civil and Almuñecar Local Police.

There was also a group of students from the IES La Zafra de Motril.

They were visiting the municipality as part of the ‘A sea of stories’ programme arranged the Department of Culture and Education, through the Department of Archaeology.

The exhibition commemorating the five ships that set sail from Sevilla in 1519 is open from 10am to 1pm, and 5pm to 7pm.

It consists of panels explaining the different stages of the first circumnavigation of the world, highlighting all its discoveries.

Reproductions of maps from the Naval Museum of the Navy and other documents dating back to the 16th century are also on display.

Crazy water bills

RESIDENTS of La Viñuela are up in arms over huge water bills that arrived more than a year late! Some 20 plus resi­ dents of the village have been landed with bills of up to €45,000 for just one quarter, the third quarter of 2022.

The situation was highlight­ ed to Euro Weekly News by Paul Rouse, a resident who has

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set up the Facebook group ‘Viñuela Water Bills’ to enable these people to communicate and share information.

“The local town hall are in­ sisting that these bills have to be paid without explaining their late arrival, something that is causing a huge amount of stress to the people affect­ ed,” Paul explained.

Paul insisted that the group

was campaigning to have these bills cancelled and are quite prepared to take the is­ sue to court if necessary.

He said: “The probable rea­ son for these enormous bills is there was a lot of work done by the council to renew pipework. It’s thought that air got in the system and passed through the water meters, which give false readings.”

Animal Rescue THE Axarquia Animal Rescue Christmas market will be held on Sunday, November 26, at Restaurante Puerto Niza in Benajarafe, located at Km 263 on the N­340 Between 11am and 3pm, there will be lots of gifts and goodies available for both owners and pets. These in­ clude cakes and savouries, chutneys, Christmas cards and

decorations, jewellery, beds for cats and dogs, pet treats, and loads more.

Everybody is welcome, and please remember that the Axarquia Animal Rescue is run by unpaid volunteers. They rely totally on the support of the public at events like this one to enable them to carry out the many day to day ac­ tivities that are required.

NIBS EXTRA New bridge WORK on the construction of a new bridge over the Granadillas riverbed in Rin­ con de la Victoria is ongoing.

Francisco Salado, the mayor, and Sergio Díaz, the council­ lor for Infrastructure visited the site to inspect the project that will eventually extend the Malaga Coastal Path through the municipality.

Malaga Xmas REGISTRATION has opened for anybody wishing to par­ ticipate in the ‘Malaga at Christmas’ excursion to see Malaga’s Christmas lights and decorations on Decem­ ber 14. Those wishing to book can do so at the Ca­ puchinos Municipal Centres for seniors in Velez­Malaga and Torre del Mar at the price of €7 per person.

Rincon plans A WIDE and varied pro­ gramme of almost 50 Christ­ mas activities has been planned by Rincon de la Vic­ toria’s Department of Cul­ ture, Fairs and Festivals. De­ signed to suit all ages. It will start on Friday, December 1 and runs until January 5. Full information can be found on the town hall’s website at www.rincondelavictoria.es.

Seniors’ week SENIORS’ Week takes place in Competa between Mon­ day, November 20 and Tues­ day 28, organised by Compe­ ta Town Hall. An extensive programme of activities for mature residents aged over 65 has been planned for the seven days.

Friday hike SENIOR hikers can partici­ pate in a route that goes from Torre del Mar to Velez­ Malaga on Friday, Novem­ ber 24. Entrants will depart from the Torre del Mar Mu­ nicipal Centre for the Elderly at 9.30 am, and it is essential to be in good physical condi­ tion. Registration can be made on: 952 540 294 or 952 549 449 or by filling out the online form on the town hall’s website.

euroweeklynews.com EURO WEEKLY NEWS re­ cently had the pleasure of speaking with Eddie Bowe, chairman of the Nerja branch of the Royal British Legion.

He told us about the re­ cent successful Remem­ brance weekend celebra­ tions which began with the Poppy Ball held at the Caves Restaurant in Maro.

“This was attended by 94 people. With ticket sales and a raffle we raised ap­ proximately €1,500 for the Poppy Appeal,” Eddie ex­ plained.

He continued: “We com­ pleted our weekend with a service and lunch at Maro’s Al Andalus Hotel. The ser­ vice was accompanied by

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Nerja RBL Remembrance weekend celebrations.

the Remembrance Singers, Piper Lesley Thomson, and

Pedestrian upgrade WORK has started in Almuñecar to improve the accessibility to 70 pedestrian crossings in the P­4 area of the municipality.

As explained in a statement by the mayor, a local company was awarded the project at a total budget of €14,000.

Accompanied by Francisco Rodríguez, the councillor for Maintenance and Works, the mayor Juan José Ruiz Joya, paid a visit on Monday, November 20, to see how the work was progressing.

“This was mandatory to improve the quality of life of those who need it most, especially those with reduced mobility.

We are transforming our town to be friendly and accessible to all. This initiative is not only a physical work, but a signifi­ cant step towards a more united and just community,” he stressed.

The mayor added: “This is just the beginning of a series of actions planned to make our town a place that everyone can fully enjoy.”

Nacho from Sur Pipes Malaga.”

Inaugural Rincon de la Victoria bike race THE inaugural Circuito Urbano Rincon de la Vic­ toria bike race will take place on Sunday, Decem­ ber 3.

It will be staged as part of Malaga Provincial Council’s 25th Circuito Provincial de Ciclismo Diputación, in association with the Rincon de la Vic­ toria Cycling Club (CCRV) and Rincon de la Victoria Town Hall.

Under a new format featuring urban routes, Rincon de la Victoria will bring the vibrant world of cycling competition to all

Improving access REPAIR work and corrective measures on the Río Seco bridge on Avenida Costa del Sol in Almuñecar have been completed.

According to Francisco Rodríguez, the councillor for Maintenance and Works: “The purpose of the works, amounting to almost €50,000, has been the improve­ ment so that in the future an access roundabout to Calle Guadix can be pro­ vided.”

The official detailed that the corrective measures carried out involved an ‘urgent and structural’ repair of two reinforce­ ment beams and an original deck beam

“We held a very success­ ful raffle again, adding an­ other €500 to the charity total for the weekend,” concluded a very happy chairman.

Eddie also mentioned the Burns Night event that Ner­ ja RBL branch will hold on Thursday, January 25 at the Al Andalus Hotel in Maro.

Tickets cost €32 for members and €35 for non­ members. They can be pur­ chased by calling Kim on 711 077 576.

that had been affected by corrosion.

Work included the reinforcement, re­ pair, sanitation and cleaning of the Río Seco bridge’s structure with new mortar and concrete applied where necessary.

After inspecting the improvements in the company of technicians, Rodríguez explained further that the purpose of this improvement of the bridge was to: “leave it prepared for the near future since a roundabout is projected in the area to decongest the access to Calle Guadix from the aforementioned Aveni­ da Costa del Sol.”

lovers of this sport in the Axarquia region, as well as to all residents of the town.

Riders in this inaugural event face a route of 3,000 metres in length which runs through part of the Malaga municipali­ ty, starting from Torre de Benagalbon.

During the first 700 me­ tres, the main challenge to the riders will be a steep slope, after which they face steep descents and corners that will test both their bicycle skills and endurance levels.

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Celebrating Christmas ON Saturday, December 9, the Riogordo branch of the Royal British Legion will hold its pre­Christ­ mas dinner and dance.

As explained to Euro Weekly News by Peter Setchfield, the branch’s contact, the event will take place at the Hotel Arco del Sol, Km 9 on the A­356, in Colmenar.

The night starts from 7pm and there will be a three­course meal with fantastic entertainment provided by the musical duo Albi and Mitch.

There is ample parking at the hotel and over­ night accommodation can be booked at a dis­ counted rate if required.

Tickets are €25 per person and can be ob­ tained by contacting Pe­ ter on 633 125 681, or: rbl.riogordo@gmail.com or axarquia­rescue@hot mail.com.

Proceeds will go to the Riogordo RBL and Axar­ quia Animal Rescue.

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NERJA Town Hall, and es­ pecially the Local Police, have received thanks from the producer Aralan Films for their collaboration in the shooting of the movie ‘After Summer’.

In their letter addressed to the town council, the production company pointed out that: ‘the film­ ing came to an end with great satisfaction’. They added that during the film­ ing: “We received the sup­ port and collaboration of administrations, institu­ tions and citizens.”

Shooting took place in El Chorrillo cove and Cala­ honda beach, as well on

‘After Summer’

Filming of ‘After Summer’ on location in Nerja.

the N­340 from Nerja to Torrox, last October. Di­ rected by the Andalucian novel director Yolanda Centeno, among those fea­ tured were Juan Diego Botto and Alejandra Jimenez.

Nerja Town Hall provid­ ed Aralan Films with mu­ nicipal facilities that includ­ ed the Villa de Nerja Cultural Centre, which was used as a base for applying the makeup of the actors, actresses and extras.

PROVERB OF THE WEEK “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.”

This proverb, that encourages a positive attitude in the face of adversity, is a paraphrase of a 1909 quote by the Christian anarchist writer, Elbert Hubbard: “A genius is a man who takes the lemons that Fate hands him and starts a lemonade-stand with them.”

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‘Your idea, our greatest project’ THE town hall of Rincon de la Victoria launched ‘Your idea, our greatest project’ campaign on Tuesday, November 21.

All local residents registered in the municipality and aged over 16 years, are invited to make proposals in the first phase that lasts until January 31, 2024.

A participatory budget cam­ paign with an investment of up to €900,000, will be dis­ tributed between the years 2024 and 2025.

Francisco Salado, the mayor, expressed his delight at: “opening a new Participatory Budgeting process to continue involving the residents of Rin­ con de la Victoria in the trans­ formation and improvement of our municipality.”

Encouraging residents and associations to participate in the project, he said: “It is very important to have the contri­

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Presentation of ‘Your idea, our greatest project’.

butions of residents, associa­ tions and groups, because they help us better understand the needs of the municipality.”

He indicated that: “partici­ pation figures have been growing. From the 1,300 votes of the first campaign, to the 3,030 of the last one, which we hope to surpass, also counting on greater participation by the young people of the munici­ pality. We want them to be the protagonists of Rincon de

la Victoria’s future projects, the victory.”

Pablo Pardini, the councillor for Citizen Participation, ex­ plained that the participatory budgets will have three phas­ es. The reception of proposals will run from November 21 to January 31, 2024.

Proposals can be presented through the town hall’s Entry Registry in person or by email: participacion@rincondelavic toria.es.

The second phase, will take place from February 1 to March 11, 2024 and finally, from March 12 to April 30, the third phase.

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Warhol lecture

ANDY WARHOL was a vi­ sionary of today’s culture when he said that in the future everyone would be famous for 15 minutes.

This well­known state­ ment now seems very sig­ nificant for a person who lived in an age before so­ cial media and when Big Brother only existed in George Orwell’s books.

His companion was a Polaroid camera behind which he hid and por­ trayed the changing world of the 1970s and 80s.

On Tuesday, November 28, the Nerja Arts Society presents a lecture on the iconic artist. It starts at 6pm and will be hosted by Alejandra Carazo, a re­ searcher, freelance cura­ tor and lecturer, who has eight years of experience at Malaga’s Picasso Muse­ um.

Behind Warhol’s seem­ ingly superficial works lies an interesting inner world

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ANDY WARHOL: Hid behind a Polaroid camera.

that is evident in his writ­ ings and opinions.

He famously painted Campbell soup cans, which were a reflection of the food of the poor class in the United States where he came from.

This lecture, which delves into the person and artist to understand his work can be attended in person at Nerja’s Cul­ tural Centre, on the inter­ net via Zoom, or on the Society’s YouTube chan­ nel for a limited period the day after the lecture.

Full info can be found on their website: www.theartssocietyner ja.com.

Speaking with Euro Weekly News, Helen Sys­ ling, the president of Ner­ ja Arts Society, told us that the previous lecture on November 14 called ‘The Last Supper in Pom­ peii’ was a massive suc­ cess.

It was attended by 92 members with 66 ‘visi­ tors’ turning up on the night. Another 58 took part via Zoom.

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Christmas activities A ‘HISTORIC budget’ was an­ nounced for the new Christ­ mas activities programme for the elderly in Torrox.

“Our seniors will have their greatest ally in Torrox Town Hall,” explained Óscar Medina, the municipality’s mayor, at the official presentation.

One of the activities whose posters were displayed was the Christmas Gala. It features a free concert by Ortigosa on December 7, at 6pm in Teatro Municipal Villa de Torrox.

A cultural trip to Malaga will also take place at 11am on November 28 as part of a plan

against loneliness among the elderly, added, Sandra Ex­ tremera, the councillor for Care for the Elderly.

Extremera said that priority would be given to the elderly of the municipality who live alone or who do not have the possibility to travel accompa­ nied to Malaga.

Participants will be able to visit the Nativity Scene of the Provincial Council of Malaga and enjoy a leisurely afternoon taking in the Christmas lights on Calle Larios.

Reservations for the trip can be made at the Tenencia de Al­

caldía de El Morche, the multi­ purpose building of Torrox Costa, or at the Mayor’s Office at Torrox Town Hall.

The councillor announced the participants in the memory workshops can go on a cultural trip of the same characteristics on December 3. It will include a visit to the Sabor a Malaga Christmas market.

A series of Christmas activi­ ties will be arranged from De­ cember 20 for the zumba workshops and the rest of the activities organised by the De­ partment of Attention to the Elderly.

Goldwings in Nerja AROUND 70 Goldwing motorbikes travelled through the province of Malaga on Saturday, November 18, before finishing their journey in Nerja.

The concentration of riders from Andalucia and Morocco were all members of the Gold­ wing Club Andalucia, whose head in Nerja is Plácido Jaime.

After visiting the Caves, the bikers headed to the Plaza de España, where the mayor of

Nerja, José Alberto Armijo, welcomed them.

He was accompanied by Francisco Arce, the councillor for Security, and Ana María Muñoz, the councillor for Tourism.

A plaque of thanks was presented to the mayor on behalf of the Goldwing Club An­ dalucia, who then passed it on to the Local Po­ lice. In exchange, the participants of the rally received gifts from the Nerja Caves and the town hall.

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Awareness campaign Lifeguarding course THE mayor of Rincon de Victoria, Francisco Salado, presented the new ‘Greencón’ citizen aware­ ness campaign on Friday, November 17.

He explained that: “We have to be aware that tak­ ing care of Rincon de la Victoria is taking care of each other and the places where we live.”

He pointed out that the project will deal with the main cleaning problems that the municipality faces daily. These include a fail­ ure to collect dog excre­ ment, the failure to dis­ solve their urine, the misuse of rubbish contain­ ers with bags being left outside, broken or old fur­ niture being dumped on the street, and even the abandonment of pruning on public roads.

“The Greencón project means a transformation at all levels in Rincon de la Victoria, both for the re­

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Rincon de la Victoria’s Greencón project.

newal of equipment and machinery, and for the planning of initiatives that involve citizens in the care and conservation of the natural environment,” the mayor continued.

Borja Ortiz, the council­ lor for Environmental Sus­ tainability, explained that the campaign was de­ signed: “with Greencón’s own style, with a friendly graphic tone that facili­ tates the dissemination and understanding of the messages.

“It is produced with stop

motion graphics animation technology that were broadcast starting at 00:00 on Saturday November 18, with a duration of 40 sec­ onds, perfect for digital broadcast and very dy­ namic, concise and direct, which contributes to its best reception by our tar­ get audience.

“The campaign will also be reinforced with the presence of posters on the streets and a mailing cam­ paign in the main areas of the town,” Ortiz conclud­ ed.

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Lifeguarding course presentation.

Councillor Crookshank EURO WEEKLY NEWS was delighted to speak in person this week with Amber Crookshank, a British resi­ dent who is currently a PSOE councillor in the mu­ nicipality of La Viñuela.

Born in England, Wiltshire, 29­year­old Amber moved to Spain with her parents in 2001 and they had a house built in La Viñuela. She stud­ ied at local schools in the Axarquia towns of Alcaucin and Periana.

Amber did university en­ trance exams and ended up studying Veterinary Nursing at London’s Royal veteri­ nary college. Whilst at uni­ versity, she became an ac­ tive member of the student union and a student ambas­ sador.

After graduating, Amber moved back to Spain and began working at a local veterinary clinic in Alcaucin, where she still works as a veterinary nurse and man­ ager. She is mother to a five­year­old boy with her Spanish partner who is a lo­ cal builder and bar owner.

“Four years ago, I was ap­ proached and asked to form part of the Por Mi Pueblo political party. I think that is what highlighted me to the mayor as being interested in improving the village. In that election four years ago, we gained three seats as an opposition party,” Amber explained.

She continued: “This year, the mayor asked me to join his PSOE party, as such, dis­ solving the opposition, which gave me a better chance at being actively in­ volved in making decisions and improvements for the village.

“I am an animal welfare councillor, education coun­ cillor, and citizens council­ lor. My main objective with this last one is improving communication between the town hall and foreign members of the communi­ ty. I am also in the process of acquiring an email ad­ dress and telephone num­ ber to be easily accessible to the residents,” Amber con­ cluded.

TORROX Town Hall has opened the registration period for the lifeguard­ ing course on Tuesday, November 21, under the slogan ‘Get trained for the future’.

As explained by José Manuel Fernández, the councillor for Sports, the theoretical part of the course starts imme­ diately after the online registration, while the on­site classes will take place from December 1 to 10.

The course in line with the training itinerary of the certificate of profes­ sionalism relating to life­ guarding in aquatic facil­ ities the councillor continued.

It includes the corre­ sponding training and lifeguarding in the natu­ ral environment, the use of the essential life sup­ port Semiautomatic Ex­ ternal Defibrillator (DE­ SA), and the emergency oxygen equipment.

These types of training courses: “are essential when it comes to achiev­ ing new work objectives and growing profession­ ally,” Fernández added.

It is also: “an interest­ ing professional propos­ al for young people who wish to earn some extra income during the sum­ mer in swimming pools,” the official concluded.

The Sports councillor added that the course includes theory and on­ line exams as well as practical time in the classroom, with groups in accordance with cur­ rent regulations, all at a price of €300.

Interested parties can contact 606 261 364 or 952 539 927. Further in­ formation and registra­ tion details can be found by emailing: deportes@ torrox.es.

This aquatic and land lifeguard course is or­ ganised by the Sports Department of Torrox Town Hall in collabora­ tion with the companies Ágata and Reset Forma­ ción en Emergencias.

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School improvements Improving water supply REMODELLING work on the Arcos de Torrecuevas public school and children’s playground in Almuñecar is ongoing.

“The children’s play­ ground has been remodelled and we are proceeding to make the planned improve­ ments in the school,” said the town’s mayor, Juan José Ruiz Joya during a visit.

He explained: “In this ac­ tion, we proceeded to re­

move everything that was there, and then installed new swings made from pro­ tective rubber, with an in­ vestment of approximately €42,000. We are proceeding to carry out the El Moruno park project and we will also carry out improvements in the Las Maravillas site,” the mayor detailed. Accompa­ nied by the school’s director, the town hall official verified the improvements that had

been made. “After the last visit, we were asked for some improvements, worth about €5,000, to improve the floor that was in poor condition. We have proceed­ ed to cover everything in the common area where the lit­ tle ones are with an artificial grass. Now we will continue with the installation of sun­ shades that have been re­ quested from us,” concluded Ruiz Joya.

Almuñecar’s ‘Black Week’

THE ‘Black Week’ campaign was presented in Almuñecar by Lucía González, the councillor for Commerce.

Accompanied by Remedios Rico, the presi­ dent of the Association of Sexitano Com­ merce (ACOS), they introduced the scheme designed to encourage local commerce. It starts on Friday 17 and runs until Saturday 25.

More than 80 businesses will participate in the campaign that was presented with the owners of Decoracion Pastor.

This initiative was organised with the full support of Almuñecar Town Hall. “The cam­

paign aims to promote and boost local com­ merce where customers will be able to find significant discounts not only for one day, but throughout the week,” Rios explained.

“All customers who make a purchase in the local shops marked with this campaign will get a form they can fill in with their details and deposit in a mailbox in the Plaza de la Constitución,” added the ACOS president.

“As a result, they might receive a call ask­ ing them a question. If they answer it correct­ ly they will win a €100 voucher to spend in the shops registered in this campaign,” she said.

A NEW overland pipeline will bring an im­ the Basic Project for the piping of the Rules proved water supply to the municipality of dam, it has become essential to carry out Almuñecar, provided by the Movilizar the necessary works for the remodelling, DWTP. improvement, and commissioning of the In a statement, Juan José Ruiz Joya, ex­ Los Palmares DWTP. Located in the Grana­ pressed his delight that the proposal of the da municipality of Molvizar, the facility is a Regional Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, treatment plant that was built in 1995 but Water and Rural Development had been which was never put into operation, and approved by the Junta de Andalucía. has therefore long become obsolete.

“Almuñecar will have a supply pipeline that will arrive by land, in order to guaran­ tee a supply, given that at present the mu­ nicipality of Almuñecar is supplied by a pipeline that, for the most part, is under­ water and is more than 25 years old,” he commented.

As stated in the agreement: “The current pipeline already has losses that are very difficult to control and, in addition, the supply capacity is already insufficient, es­ pecially in the months of greatest demand, from June to October. It becomes neces­ sary in those cases to open the taps from the Río Verde reservoir, which is currently in a critical situation.”

Given that the objective is to guarantee the basic sup­ ply needs of the popula­ tion of Almuñecar, and that the tender is cur­ Credit: Prensa Ayto Almuñécar rently out for the exe­ Juan José Ruiz Joya, the mayor of Almuñecar. cution of section 9 of

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THE construction of the new Torrox Costa mortu­ ary is in its final stages.

According to the mayor, Óscar Medina, it is: “the in­ frastructure most demand­ ed by the residents of Tor­ rox. It made no sense for this municipality not to have a funeral and mortu­ ary service.

“Thanks to the municipal technicians, to the compa­ ny awarded the contract, and to Bernardo Pozuelo, one of the best architects in Andalucia and Spain, in a few months we will com­ plete the work on the mor­ tuary,” the mayor contin­ ued.

“We are working on the awarding of the equip­

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New mortuary La Herradura access road ment and the funeral ser­ vices to be provided,” he added.

Medina explained that the mortuary was located: “in a strategic location for Torrox; right in the centre, equidistant to all the dis­ tricts and areas of the mu­ nicipality, next to a free bus stop for residents, and the central station of the coast.

“Until now, to pay con­ dolences it was necessary to go to the neighbouring municipalities of Nerja or Velez­Malaga,” he high­ lighted, which is “a nui­

sance for the residents.”

He clarified that masses and burials will continue to be held in the parishes and cemeteries of Torrox and El Morche, as “we are talk­ ing about totally different concepts.”

The completed munici­ pal facility will have a built area of 360m² on the ground floor with a 50m² basement. Two funeral parlours with a surface area of almost 100m² each will be accessible from the main hall. There will be both public and reduced mobility toilets and toilets.

‘Intimate Devotion’ AN exhibition by Velez resident Antonio Fernández Hijano, was presented on Thursday, November 2 by Alicia Ramírez, Velez­Malaga’s councillor for Cul­ ture.

Titled ‘Intimate Devotion’, the exhibition consists of 17 polychrome oil wood carvings of Holy Week in the town and will be open until November 30 from Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 2pm and 5pm to 8pm and on Sundays from 10am to 2pm.

WORK started this week on the new access road to the Cármenes del Mar urbanisa­ tion in Cerro Gordo, La Her­ radura. Once completed, it will connect Los Altos with the old N­340.

As reported by Juan José Ruiz Joya, the mayor of the municipality, the project has a total budget of €650,000 and is expected to be finished before next summer.

Accompanied by Javier Gar­ cía, the councillor for Urban Planning, and municipal engi­ neer Juan José Fernández Peña, the mayor visited the site.

The ongoing work was: “A commitment of this govern­ ment team to the residents to look for an alternative access to an urbanisation as impor­ tant as Cármenes del Mar in the face of the possible col­ lapse of the accesses that exist right now to the upper area of the urbanisation.”

Ruiz Joya explained that the work had been delayed for a few days because: “It was nec­ essary to undertake the trans­ fer of a protected plant, which

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Work at Cármenes del Mar urbanisation in Cerro Gordo, La Herradura.

we have now replanted in an­ other location in this area.

“I hope that from now on the pace of construction of this new access road ­ which will serve as an alternative to all residents of Cármenes del Mar ­ can continue, and meet all deadlines, so that before the

summer we can have a new access, as we committed in our government programme.”

When completed, the new access to Cármenes del Mar will be almost 200 metres long and nine metres wide. It will consist of two six­metre lanes, and a pavement with handrail.

6th Movember Rugby Tournament ON Saturday, November 25, Rincon de la Victoria Town Hall will stage a rugby event that aims to raise aware­ ness and give visibility to the disease of prostate and tes­ ticular cancer.

From 11.00am, the Manuel Becerra rugby pitch hosts the 6th Movember Rugby Tournament featuring Arlés ADCD from France, Sevilla Rugby Club, Los Ceibos Rugby Classics, Bokerones Rugby Club, and Málaga Rugby Club.

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25N day in Torrox MORE than 50 people attend­ ed the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women event held by Torrox Town Hall on Friday, November 17. Óscar Medina, the mayor, and the councillor of Equality and Women, Vanessa Lopez, were among those present.

The mayor described the event as: “very comfortable and interactive”, while em­ phasising the importance of raising awareness about the 25N day.

He highlighted the work done by Vanesa Lopez and her entire team in developing ac­ tivities like this one, which gathered: “many people inter­ ested in the subject to be dealt with”.

During the presentation of the poster for November 25, Lopez pointed out that the slo­ gan being used is ‘#Ac­ túaNoBeasCómplice’.

On November 20, a concert was staged at the Villa de Tor­ rox Municipal Theatre at 7.30pm, featuring the musical

Credit: Ayto de Torrox on Facebook

25N PRESENTATION: Sending an important message.

work of Macarena Albarracín, titled ‘Coplas Violeta’.

At 11 am today, Thursay November 23, prizes for the ‘I love you with craziness’ pho­ tography contest of the Alfaguar Secondary Education Institute will take place in the same theatre. The presenta­ tion of prizes for the poster contest of the Jorge Guillén Secondary Education Institute will take place at the same time.

On Friday November 24, the #ActNotBeAccomplice march in memory of murdered wom­ en who were victims of gen­ der­based violence will start at

9.30am from Ermita de la Vir­ gen de las Nieves. It will contin­ ue along Calle Almedina and culminate in the Plaza de la Constitution, where the joint activity ‘Pyramid of Violence’ will be held.

Manifestos will be read and there will be activities featuring the different educational cen­ tres of Torrox.

According to Lopez: “We are going to engage collectives, as­ sociations and students during this month, so that the mes­ sage is conveyed to a wide rep­ resentation of the Torrox soci­ ety and to all age groups of the population.”

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Trops-Cueva de Nerja THE Trops­Cueva de Nerja long­distance runners were outstanding at the Spanish Cross­Country Championships held on Sunday, November 19, in Soria, as part of the 29th International Cross­Country Race.

In the 11 categories that were contest­ ed on the day, the Nerjeño team was the only club in Spain to see its complete team cross the finishing line.

As a result, two of the light­blue team stood on the third step of the podium.

The U18 boys came second, with José Bermúdez chosen as the most outstand­ ing athlete after finishing in 19th place.

Mario Esparraga who also finished 19th, helped his U20 team to third place.

The men’s senior team took fourth place, just four points behind the podi­ um.

Ouassim Oumaiz was the protagonist, coming second in the championship and third in the international cross country, along with Zakaria Boufaljat who came in 18th place.

Not far behind was the mixed relay team comprising Alejandra Gálvez, Car­ los Salcedo, Violeta García and Pablo Comino who reached the fourth posi­ tion. Fifth place in the teams went to the U23 boys with Reda el Mouaziz finishing

Credit: Ayto de Nerja on Facebook.

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Spanish Cross-Country Championships.

15th, the first sky­blue athlete to finish.

In sixth were the U16 girls with Daniela Sierra in 25th place as the outstanding individual. In total, the Trops­Cueva picked up two bronze medals and had four finalists out of a total of the 11 teams taking part. Of the remaining five teams, the women’s senior team was ninth with Claudia Estévez in 18th place.

The women’s U23 team had Fátima Ramírez in 26th place.

Carmen Robles came 16th for the women’s U20 with Marina Jiménez 22nd from the women’s U18 team. Gerardo García from the men’s U16’s took 23rd.

The Trops­Cueva de Nerja produced one of its best performances ever in this national championship which brought together more than 2,200 athletes and 430 teams belonging to 168 clubs from all over Spain.

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DENMARK Royal silence CROWN PRINCE FREDERIK of Denmark, married since 2004 to Australian Mary Donaldson, with whom he has four children, was seen in Madrid recently with Mexican socialite Genoveva Casanova.

The royal household issued a statement maintaining that it “did not comment on rumours or insinuations” without referring to Casanova, who insisted the allegations were “malicious” and “false”.

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Park life

African presence DENMARK has reversed plans to close its embassy in Tanzania after announcing in 2021 that the government intended to phase out the mutual development plan between both countries.

Tanzania’s Foreign minister January Makamba revealed on November that the decision to remain was the outcome of “a very fruitful” meeting in Algiers with Danish officials last October.

SWEDEN

Independence and historic documents. Cold, dry and without natural light, the disasterproof Arctic World Archive was created to store physical and digital artifacts from all over the world for future generations.

NORWAY: Visitors to the Arctic World Archive.

Safe and sound A DISUSED mine 300 metres below ground on an island in the Svalbard archipelago has since 2017 housed the original Mexican flag, together with the 1821 Declaration of

GERMANY

AFTER 11 years of delays, political infighting and hostility from sheep farmers concerned about wolves, Oslo will have a national park in the Ostmarka area popular with skiers and hikers. The 53.9-square kilometre park, smaller than originally planned, would be “good for nature, good for people and good for public health,” Environment minister Andreas Bjelland Eriksen said.

FRANCE

NEWS

IRELAND Bank glitch BANK OF IRELAND customers complained on November 15 of problems with the online service, with the bank recognising that there had been issues when logging into accounts. The technical hitch was one of several so far the bank has suffered this year, including last August when the bank’s chief executive Myles O’Grady apologised for a “significant technology outage.”

Surf’s up MULLAGHMORE HEAD (County Sligo) on the Atlantic coast attracts surfers from Hawaii and Australia in search of some of the heaviest waves found anywhere in the world. “People spend time in Ireland to brave the elements and hopefully get these waves once or twice a winter,” said Conor Maguire, renowned for catching Ireland’s biggest wave in 2020.

PORTUGAL

Going nuclear

Drunk in charge

Pedal power

Home sweet home

THE Swedish government announced on November 16 plans to construct two new conventional nuclear reactors by 2035 to meet the growing demands of industry and transport for clean power, while meeting some of the cost. By 2045 the government intends to have built 10 new reactors, some of which are likely to be small modular reactors (SMRs).

GERMANY’S maritime police revealed that the woman who was steering a freight barge which rammed and destroyed a lock on the Rhine near Iffezheim on November 11 was "very intoxicated" at the time. She is now under investigation, police said, for endangering shipping and causing damage costing €1.5 million in repairs that could take a year to complete.

NEXT year’s Tour de France commences in Florence (Italy) on June 19 although for the first time ever it will end in Nice, not Paris, due to the 2024 Olympic Games held in the French capital.

The organisers have now revealed that the 2025 race will set out from Lille in northern France as it did in 1960 as well as 1994, with the date to be announced on November 30.

CRISTIANO RONALDO’S future neighbours in Cascais are complaining about noise and disruption during construction of his mansion, which at $22 million (€20.6 million) will be one of Portugal’s most expensive properties. Due to be finished by June 2024, the player is not expected to occupy the four-storey luxury home until his Al Nassr contract ends in June 2025.

Ferry nice

Not for sale

Spike charge

Make a move

A SILENT electric ferry presented in Stockholm recently hovers one metre above the water and saves energy obtained by going airborne on foils, which give the speed and range needed for functioning on batteries. At 56 kilometres per hour it is faster than other passenger ferries as it leaves no wake, which exempts it from the usual 22 kilometre per hour speed limit.

OLAF SCHOLZ, Germany’s chancellor, called for further legal restrictions on sex work, adding that the sale of sex “was not acceptable” and should not be normalised. During a question-andanswer session in the German parliament, he maintained on November 15 that it was not right for men to purchase women. “It is something that has always morally angered me," he said.

FRENCH senator Joel Guerriau, aged 66, was charged on November 16 with spiking MP Sandrine Josso’s drink, intending to assault her while possessing and using substances classed as drugs, police said. Josso said that she began to feel unwell after accepting a drink on November 14 at the home of the senator, with whom she was not in an intimate relationship.

PORTUGAL’S government revealed that it plans to extend its Non-habitual Resident Scheme (RNH) providing tax advantages for foreign residents by a year. Insiders said this is clearly meant as an invitation to investors disenchanted with the re-election of Spain’s Pedro Sanchez who has already announced that the rich would now pay more tax than in the past.

FINLAND

BELGIUM

ITALY The real deal ITALY’S parliament voted in favour of banning the production, sale or importation of cultivated meat or animal feed, in a session preceded by rallies for and against the veto and scuffles between farmers and MPs. Infringing the law will bring a €60,000 fine, although to date only Singapore and the United States have approved lab-grown meat for human consumption.

Poverty grows CATHOLIC charity Caritas said in its annual report on poverty and social exclusion, published on November 17, that poverty was “deeply embedded in Italy”, with more than 5.6 million people living below the poverty line, compared with 357,000 in 2021. A further 14.3 million, 24.4 per cent of Italy’s population, were at risk from poverty and social exclusion, Caritas said.

THE NETHERLANDS

Stay-at-home dads

Drug restricted

A DUTCH trawler whose three crew members sent out a distress signal off the African coast on November 5 was located and towed to port by the Nigerian navy on November 17. The local authorities are in touch with the Dutch police but nothing is yet known about what happened or why it took 12 days to find the boat which had bought by a Congo church community.

FINLAND’S Family Reform recently gave the parents of newborns individual entitlements of 160 weekdays of leave, with the option of transferring up to 63 days to the other parent.

By late September, fathers were taking more time off than in 2022 although official figures showed that most were generally transferring their leave allocation to the mother.

BELGIUM’S Federal Medication and Health Products Agency (FAMHP) ordered doctors and pharmacists to prescribe Ozempic solely for patients who have Type 2 diabetes, after announcing a ban that continues until June next year. Owing to growing demand there is now a shortage of the drug, which is increasingly used to treat obesity and assist weight loss.

Slight increase

Hands tied

Horse loose

AT present prisoners in Finland cannot be handcuffed during transport unless there is a risk of violence or escape, although police hope for a change in the law which would permit the use of cuffs or cable ties. Problems often arose when groups of up to 10 prisoners were driven from jail to appear in court, said Kari Tolvanen, an MP with a police background.

A LIEGE-BOUND 747 cargo jet had to turn round in mid-flight and return to New York after its pilot informed air traffic control that a horse had escaped from its stall in the hold, 30 minutes after take-off. The aircraft was then given permission to make a U-turn off the Boston coast, after first dumping 20 tons of fuel to ensure it could make a safe landing in New York.

Boat mystery

NETHERLANDS unemployment rose from 3.5 to 3.6 per cent in 2023’s third quarter although it still has one of the EU’s lowest rates. Most of the 16,000 people now jobless worked in healthcare, business and trade, the National Statistics office said, while the 18-25 age group was the most affected, with the previous quarter’s 8.2 per cent unemployed rising to 8.7 per cent.

FINANCE THE Avon cosmetics company announced that it would open shops in the UK for the first time in 137 years. The compa­ ny had to change its selling strategy, Avon’s chief execu­ tive Angela Cretu said, now that there are fewer stay­at­ home wives and mothers, with most women working outside the home.

Going down FOR the first time in 18 months, Spain’s year­on­year food inflation dropped below 10 per cent in October to 9.5 per cent although olive oil rose by 74 per cent. Lower prices helped the Consumer Price In­ dex to remain at 3.5 per cent, unchanged from September’s figure, Spain’s National Statis­ tics Institute (INI) said.

Don’t do it PURCHASE scams are responsi­ ble for the majority of banking sector fraud cases, said online bank Monzo. “Unless you pick up the goods at the same time, don’t even think about it if a seller on Facebook Market­ place or a similar website in­ sists on a bank transfer, how­ ever plausible it sounds,” Monzo said.

Not so good BETWEEN April 1 and Septem­ ber 30, Vodafone España’s rev­ enue fell 1.8 per cent to €1.93 billion, owing to lower earn­ ings for service­providing which fell 2.8 per cent to €1.7 billion. Pre­tax profits for the company, which was recently acquired by Zegona, dropped 11.16 per cent to €394 million.

Cold comfort ICELAND FOODS paid an ‘un­ precedented’ £94 million (€107.6 million) increase in en­ ergy last year, as Russia’s inva­ sion of Ukraine affected prof­ its. As a result, the company’s adjusted earnings before inter­ est, taxes, depreciation and amortisation for the year end­ ing March fell by 17 per cent to £105.8 million (€121 million).

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paid by Inditex founder Amancio Ortega’s investment company Pontegadea for the purchase of a 49 per cent stake in Repsol’s Spanish windfarms and solar power plants.

€490 million

UK inflation satisfaction Linda Hall THE UK’s annual inflation rate for October dropped from September’s 6.7 per cent to 4.6 per cent.

Cheaper gas and elec­ tricity were responsible for the biggest fall in more than three decades, sur­ passing the 4.8 per cent figure that had been pre­ dicted by a poll of economists carried out for Reuters.

The announcement of the October figures also prompted an immediate 1.1 per cent surge in the FTSE 100 stock index. Al­ though the encouraging inflation figures did not in­ dicate that prices fell in Oc­

Photo credit: Rishi Sunak

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RISHI SUNAK: Prime Minister delivered on inflation pledge.

tober, it meant they rose more slowly than forecast, boosting hopes that the Bank of England could cut the interest rate next year.

Core inflation, which ex­ cludes energy and food amongst other volatile el­ ements, also fell more

Linda Hall GERMANY’S government announced a €15 billion rescue package including €7.5 billion in state guarantees for wind­ farm manufacturer Siemens Energy.

The company employs around 26,000 people inside the country and al­ though the ailing company has €110 bil­ lion in orders it needs help to sustain them.

The move also affects Spain as Siemens Energy’s subsidiary, Siemens Gamesa, is one of the world’s leading wind turbine makers. Headquartered in Zamudia (Vizcaya), the company has nine factories that provide jobs for 4,600 people.

than analysts expected but still remained high at 5.7 per cent after slipping from 6.1 per cent, short of the 5.8 per cent predicted by the Bank of England and the City.

Food price inflation is now at its lowest since

2021 following last month’s fall to 10.1 per cent in the annual increase rate. This was down from 12.2 per cent in Septem­ ber and last March’s high of 19.2 per cent, the high­ est annual rate in more than 45 years, the Office for National Statistics re­ vealed.

“In January I made halv­ ing inflation this year my top priority,” Sunak said on November 15.

“I did that because it is, without a doubt, the best way to ease the cost of liv­ ing and give families finan­ cial security. Today, we have delivered on that pledge.”

The subsidiary, which has large oper­ ations in Denmark as well as Spain, has had major problems with some of the

turbines it supplies, involving failures in the enormous blades that have led to high repair costs.

Siemens Gamesa has also been ham­ pered by deals agreed in the past at prices that were subsequently affected by galloping inflation.

Siemens Energy took over Gamesa in December last year after acquiring the remaining third of the company’s shares which it did not already control.

Spain’s Industry, Commerce and Tourism ministry announced on November 14 that the government was also working on a possible series of guarantees for new international con­ tracts.

Pfizer loses its fizz

Of great interest

Down the drain

PFIZER intends to cut 500 jobs at its Sandwich (Kent) laboratories to reduce costs by £2.8 billion (€3.2 billion).

As demand falls for its Covid drugs, the US pharmaceutical gi­ ant plans to cease its Pharmaceuti­ cal Sciences Small Molecule (PSSM) operations where re­ searchers turn experimental molecules into medicines for clini­ cal trials.

Pfizer said the decision to halt PSSM work at Sandwich followed discouraging sales of Covid treat­ ments, with the company now ex­ pecting full­year revenues of be­ tween $58 billion (€53.47 billion) and $61 billion (€57.7 billion). It previously predicted of revenues of between $67 billion (€63.26 bil­ lion) and $70 billion (€65.5 billion).

WITH interest rates in the UK at their highest in 15 years, people are increas­ ingly anxious to learn about potential changes. Figures released by analysts at L&C Mortgages revealed that Google searches asking, “When will interest rates change?” have now reached a 58,000 monthly average.

“Ultimately, there is no way of know­ ing when interest rates will fall or change,” L&C Mortgages said.

“Usually, rates change every six weeks. However, the Bank of England has kept the rate at 5.25 per cent for a second month. This is done to tackle re­ cent high inflation figures, a significant problem in the UK. “Rates could increase by a further 0.25 per cent or 0.50 per cent, potentially peaking at 5.75 per cent and then falling over the next five years as inflation eas­ es.”

ROCA lost almost €120 million following the February 2022 Ukraine invasion.

Although Russia accounted for 7 per cent of Roca’s total revenues, with a 2021 turnover of €141 million and profits of €19.5 million, it was one of the first companies to leave, selling up to its four Russian sub­ sidiaries in June 2022 for €169.3 million.

In late 2022 these were val­ ued at €154.1 million, bringing €12.5 million in capital gains al­ though this was swallowed up by the depreciation of the rou­ ble against the euro, resulting in losses of €84.3 million which, added to a further €35.5 mil­ lion in impairments, finally cost Roca €119.9 million.

Rescue for Siemens Photo credit: Siemens-Gamesa

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SIEMENS GAMESA: Manufactures wind turbine blades.

Royal Mail fail COMMUNICATIONS watchdog Ofcom has fined Royal Mail for not achieving first and second­ class delivery targets over the last financial year.

The UK’s postal service, now owned by International Distribu­ tion Services, must pay £5.6 mil­ lion (€6.4 million) for failing to meet goals.

Royal Mail should complete 99.9 per cent of daily delivery routes on the required day, but last year delivered only 73.7 per cent of first­class mail and 90.7 per cent of second­class mail on time.

Complaints of late and irregular deliveries continued to grow and Ofcom suggested that the service had not yet recovered from inter­ ruptions during the pandemic.

Shares rise TELEFONICA BRASIL accounts for 56 per cent of parent compa­ ny Telefonica’s capitalisation.

Shares are now worth 50.6 reales (€9.45), up 32 per cent since the beginning of the year, compared with Telefonica’s 10 per cent. That gives the sub­ sidiary a total worth of 84 billion reales (approximately €16 bil­ lion).

When added to Telefonica Deutschland’s €5 billion, this means that between them the two subsidiaries account for practically 80 per cent of Tele­ fonica’s capital. In contrast, Spain, the UK (Virgin Media 02) and Latin America’s Hispam contribute just 20 per cent.

Parents’ help HELPFUL over­50s in the UK have handed £98 billion (€112.4 billion) to their chil­ dren over the last five years.

A study carried out for the SunLife financial services company found that parents had spent £36.5 billion (€41.8 billion) on helping off­ spring to buy a property, while giving £2 billion (€2.3 billion towards paying basic household bills.

Other contributions were for school fees or to buy a car, although in some cases parents said that they gave money to their children “be­ cause they could afford to.”

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PRICE(P)

CHANGE(P)

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NET VOL

COMPANY

PRICE(P)

CHANGE(P)

% CHG.

3I Group

2.158,00

-12,00

-0,55%

129,77K

Abrdn

171,65

-0,55

-0,32%

573,35K

Admiral Group

2.621,0

+22,0

+0,85%

Anglo American

2.237,5

+3,5

+0,16%

Antofagasta

1.394,00

+15,00

+1,09%

159,48K

Ashtead Group

4.615,0

-629,0

-11,99%

Associated British Foods

2.346,0

-34,0

AstraZeneca

10.096,0

-164,0

NET VOL

InterContinental

6.122,0

+26,0

+0,43%

31,16K

Intermediate Capital

1.516,00

+8,00

+0,53%

289,20K

53,35K

Intertek

3.827,0

+18,0

+0,47%

32,86K

271,41K

ITV

61,74

-0,18

-0,29%

764,79K

J Sainsbury

266,90

+0,70

+0,26%

414,48K

1,21M

Johnson Matthey

1.518,0

-6,0

-0,39%

128,86K

-1,43%

189,19K

Land Securities

654,40

+1,20

+0,18%

143,23K

-1,60%

225,58K

Legal & General

230,80

+1,00

+0,44%

1,75M

43,17

-0,20

-0,46%

13,32M

8.584,0

+34,0

+0,40%

80,89K

1.14245

0.87615

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Auto Trader Group Plc

710,60

+3,80

+0,54%

265,96K

Lloyds Banking

Aviva

421,90

-0,40

-0,10%

774,06K

London Stock Exchange

B&M European Value Retail SA538,20

+0,80

+0,15%

86,88K

Melrose Industries

522,92

+1,00

+0,19%

475,66K

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BAE Systems

1.064,00

+9,00

+0,85%

2,85M

Mondi

1.394,00

+3,00

+0,22%

189,07K

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Barclays

142,44

-0,36

-0,25%

4,85M

National Grid

1.024,50

+8,50

+0,84%

937,53K

Barratt Developments

486,10

+2,10

+0,43%

267,20K

NatWest Group

207,90

+0,10

+0,05%

2,03M

7.740,0

+26,0

+0,34%

28,59K

+30,40

+5,42%

749,46K

Berkeley

4.537,0

+16,0

+0,35%

9,21K

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BHP Group Ltd

2.462,50

+20,50

+0,84%

81,08K

Ocado

591,75

BP

479,85

+2,15

+0,45%

4,09M

Persimmon

1.241,0

-2,0

-0,16%

72,75K

278,36K

Phoenix

491,20

+0,70

+0,14%

245,64K

Prudential

937,06

-8,00

-0,85%

360,77K

British American Tobacco 2.533,5

+12,0

+0,48%

British Land Company

368,17

+1,00

+0,27%

514,57K

BT Group

119,44

+0,55

+0,46%

1,63M

Bunzl Burberry Group Carnival

2.934,0 1.600,5 1.044,5

-11,0 +36,0 -5,5

-0,37% +2,30% -0,52%

55,22K 169,03K 58,42K

Centrica

151,90

+0,20

+0,13%

1,78M

Coca Cola HBC AG

2.108,0

-9,0

-0,42%

42,22K

Compass

2.003,00

-89,00

-4,25%

1,25M

CRH

4.802,0

-18,0

-0,37%

107,00K

Croda Intl

4.590,0

-8,0

-0,17%

55,48K

DCC

5.284,0

-64,0

-1,20%

18,35K

Diageo

2.830,5

+21,0

+0,75%

338,11K

DS Smith

288,33

+0,30

+0,10%

289,47K

EasyJet

434,90

-0,80

-0,18%

430,61K

Experian

2.951,0

+18,0

+0,61%

163,90K

Ferguson

13.225,0

-145,0

-1,08%

13,76K

Flutter Entertainment

12.845,0

+150,0

+1,18%

43,85K

Fresnillo

548,40

+4,00

+0,73%

88,84K

Glencore

462,73

-5,00

-1,07%

5,57M

GSK plc

1.408,48

-2,40

-0,17%

467,83K

Halma

2.097,0

+44,0

+2,14%

117,22K

Reckitt Benckiser

5.402,8

+6,0

+0,11%

134,54K

Relx

2.989,00

+5,00

+0,17%

391,45K

Rentokil

469,00

+5,30

+1,14%

330,65K

Rightmove

502,80

-0,40

-0,08%

347,24K

Rio Tinto PLC

5.460,0

+14,0

+0,26%

306,61K

Rolls-Royce Holdings

246,11

+2,10

+0,86%

3,50M

Sage

984,20

-0,20

-0,02%

237,23K

Samsung Electronics DRC 1.402,00

+16,00

+1,15%

2,16K

Schroders

404,4

-2,7

-0,66%

110,86K

Scottish Mortgage

718,60

+4,20

+0,59%

440,48K

Segro

827,15

+4,60

+0,56%

171,99K

Severn Trent

2.699,0

+2,0

+0,07%

36,97K

Shell

2.629,5

+21,0

+0,81%

881,12K

Smith & Nephew

1.023,50

-1,00

-0,10%

128,93K

Smiths Group

1.652,18

-0,50

-0,03%

29,62K

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+226,0

+2,53%

22,23K

SSE

1.802,87

+7,50

+0,42%

203,19K

St. James’s Place

682,00

-5,40

-0,79%

223,16K

Standard Chartered

664,80

+4,80

+0,73%

912,89K

Taylor Wimpey

126,17

+0,50

+0,40%

1,50M

Tesco

276,30

+0,30

+0,11%

982,26K

Tui

514,50

+13,40

+2,68%

227,64K

Unilever

3.820,5

+4,5

+0,12%

500,07K

1.089,00

+5,00

+0,46%

138,62K

Hargreaves Lansdown

720,40

-5,40

-0,74%

173,97K

Hikma Pharma

1.762,00

+2,50

+0,14%

43,18K

HSBC

614,95

-0,30

-0,05%

3,60M

United Utilities

IAG

163,55

+0,85

+0,52%

2,47M

Vodafone Group PLC

75,01

-0,04

-0,05%

5,84M

Imperial Brands

1.845,00

-7,00

-0,38%

200,23K

Whitbread

3.345,0

+3,0

+0,09%

29,59K

Informa

752,00

+3,00

+0,40%

240,02K

WPP

708,20

-4,80

-0,67%

184,43K

DOW JONES CLOSING PRICES 20 NOVEMBER

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CHANGE

CHANGE% VOLUME(M)

3M American Express Amgen Apple Boeing Caterpillar Chevron Cisco Coca-Cola Dow Goldman Sachs Home Depot Honeywell IBM Intel J&J JPMorgan McDonald’s Merck&Co Microsoft Nike Procter&Gamble Salesforce Inc The Travelers UnitedHealth Verizon Visa A Walgreens Boots Walmart Walt Disney

95,34 162,56 265,39 189,69 208,04 253,07 144,46 47,76 57,26 51,70 339,19 307,27 191,21 152,89 43,81 149,79 152,82 275,75 101,75 369,85 105,96 151,07 221,22 171,82 536,29 36,23 249,56 21,22 155,35 94,15

-0,37 +3,51 -3,61 -0,02 +1,44 +4,86 +2,69 -0,29 +0,11 +0,26 +2,52 +0,83 +0,50 -0,17 +0,46 -0,31 +1,37 -0,37 -0,24 -6,32 -1,65 -1,76 -0,23 +0,13 -3,53 +0,05 +0,99 +0,47 -0,69 -0,36

-0,39% 2,54M +2,21% 2,97M -1,34% 2,62M -0,01% 49,41M +0,70% 3,53M +1,96% 2,78M +1,90% 10,85M -0,59% 32,57M +0,19% 14,36M +0,51% 3,29M +0,75% 1,38M +0,27% 2,62M +0,26% 2,16M -0,11% 4,42M +1,06% 49,60M -0,21% 6,76M +0,90% 7,68M -0,13% 2,59M -0,24% 6,76M -1,68% 39,45M -1,53% 6,06M -1,15% 8,43M -0,10% 3,60M +0,08% 857,89K -0,65% 2,66M +0,14% 19,09M +0,40% 7,23M +2,27% 11,91M -0,44% 14,09M -0,38% 12,16M M - MILLION DOLLARS

NASDAQ CLOSING PRICES 20 NOVEMBER

COMPANY Most Advanced The Gap, Inc. CRISPR Therapeutics AG Structure Therapeutics Inc. Globant S.A. Sigma Lithium Corporation Beam Therapeutics Inc. Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. Fastly, Inc. Tenet Healthcare Corporation Venture Corporation Limited Qifu Technology, Inc.

CHANGE NET / %

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+30.58% +14.64% +12.14% +11.85% +11.56% +10.81% +10.67% +10.58% +9.63% +9.03% +8.91%

69.085M 6.546M 1.06M 1.244M 2.107M 2.617M 8.646M 3.445M 4.097M 22,500 1.314M

-11.81% -7.06% -6.74% -6.20% -5.91% -5.78% -4.81% -4.67% -4.58% -4.02% -3.99%

3.211M 1.699M 774,753 9.197M 3.316M 5.564M 5.254M 40,739 828,100 18.92M 30,331

Most Declined Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Haemonetics Corporation ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. VinFast Auto Ltd. Advance Auto Parts, Inc. BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. Vodacom Group Limited Banco do Brasil S.A. Applied Materials, Inc. Prosus N.V.

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BUSINESS EXTRA Train gain THE value of Talgo shares shot up to €4.53 on November 16 after a Hun­ garian business group made a preliminary public offer to acquire all of the Spanish train manufactur­ er’s shares. The group, which Talgo declined to name, would pay €5 per share, a 28 per cent pre­ mium on the November 15 closing price.

On spec UK shoppers sent back more than £4.1 billion (€4.68 billion) of clothing bought online last year, said GlobalData, predict­ ing a 16.7 per cent in­ crease before 2027. Or­ dering several items and returning some after mak­ ing a choice has risen 46 per cent compared with 33 per cent in 2021, ac­ cording to returns logistics company ZigZag.

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More woes for Britishvolt Linda Hall RECHARGE INDUSTRIES, Britishvolt’s new owner, could face legal proceedings over an ex­employee’s unpaid wages.

According to the Financial Times (FT), the Australian com­ pany, which acquired British­ volt last January, was served with a statutory demand to pay the wages. If Recharge In­ dustries does not settle within three weeks, the former em­ ployee can take further legal action and launch bankruptcy proceedings against the com­ pany, the FT said.

Photo credit: British Volt

FINANCE

BRITISHVOLT: Taken over by Recharge Industries in February.

Making headway LOW­COST telecoms firm Digi out­ stripped its rivals during the first nine months of 2023.

Turnover for Telefonica, Orange, Vodafone and MasMovil grew slowly or languished, while the Romania­head­ quartered company reported a record €466 million.

This was 30.5 per cent more than dur­ ing the same period last year and in line with the €166 million recorded in this

year’s third quarter, 29.9 per cent up on 2022.

Uncomplicated cheap offers, no ‘small print’ and personalised attention for clients, a service that other opera­ tors generally outsource, are key to Di­ gi’s success, analysts said.

Meanwhile, the company is waiting to learn if it will be chosen to acquire assets sold off within the framework of the Orange­Masmovil merger.

Staff members had not been paid for months, another employee said.

Britishvolt, now headed by Australian businessman David Collard, was founded four years ago and planned a £3.8 billion (€4.35 billion) gigafacto­ ry in Blyth (Northumberland) to supply batteries for UK­built electric vehicles.

The company could have counted on £100 million (€114.5 million) in conditional funding from the UK govern­ ment but went into adminis­ tration after running out of cash. Most of its 300 staff were made redundant.

Recharge Industries bought Britishvolt for £8.6 (€9.8m) in February, making an initial payment of £6.1m (€6.98m).

In August, Britishvolt’s ad­ ministrators EY announced the final payment was ‘unpaid and overdue’, with Recharge In­ dustries in default of the busi­ ness sale agreement.

Scale Facilitation, the New York­based parent company of Recharge Industries, denied defaulting on the deal.

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Sweet treat US­BASED confectionery com­ pany Mars is buying Hotel Chocolat in a £534 million (€609.5 million) agreement that will help the UK chocolati­ er expand internationally, both companies said. Mars, which paid 375p (€42.80) per share on November 16, 170 per cent more than the previous night’s 139p (€15.87) closing price, said the deal brought “a much­ loved brand into its portfolio.”

New era UNICAJA shareholders ratified a new board of directors and the appointment of Isidro Ru­ biales as new chief executive at an extraordinary general meeting in Malaga on November 14. Their approval completed the renovation of Unicaja’s board following the 2021 Liberbank merger and brought to an end former dis­ agreements on both sides that resulted in a wave of res­ ignations.

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Being gaslighted LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT THIS week’s blurb has been partially drawn from the input provided by a member of my ever welcome band of faithful contributors to whom I shall be eternally grateful. It is for those of us consistently bamboozled by the pure guff put out by some of our main media outlets; those large numbers of reports that we know have almost no resem­ blance to actual events.

Have no fear, you are not going crazy ­ you are being ‘Gaslighted’! Gaslighting is a form of brainwashing, aimed at con­ trolling people by altering reality to a point where those targeted begin to doubt their own sanity. The term comes from a 1930s play, where the main char­ acter drives his wife insane by slowly dimming the gas powered lights. When she notices the lights are dimming, he not only denies it, but convinces her it is her imagination to a point where she questions her own sanity.

We are constantly being told by the media of situations which are at com­ plete odds with what we are seeing with our own eyes. We witness disruption and rioting and are told it is peaceful protesting, We see murderers running amok, chanting their beliefs while killing innocent people and are advised they are not terrorist related. We are in­ formed that integration and diversity is working, yet perceive whole areas being taken over by foreign cultures.

We observe neighbourhoods of our cities being terrorised by ethnic teenage gangs and are advised that it is the fault of the police. You spend your life trying to treat all individuals as equals and ab­ hor racism, but are accused of being a privileged racist purely because of the colour of your skin. You know you are not and that the accusation in itself is racist, but when you try to defend your­ self, it is declared that your defence is proof of your racism.

You are told you live in an environ­ ment of true freedom of speech, yet when you speak out you are accused of bigotry and discrimination. Worry not.

You are not losing your minds. Crazy

people don’t question their sanity.

These media perpetrators deal in lies and psychological coercion. What their ultimate aims are is utterly beyond my comprehension. What I do know how­ ever is that we have to believe the evi­ dence of our own eyes. Trust your own observations; believe what you perceive as the truth. You’re not crazy. You’re be­ ing Gaslighted.

Good luck everyone! Many thanks to the readers who have written to express their concerns over the onslaught of laws and regulations regarding the idiot­ ic introduction of electric cars. Facts show, that although the local woke brigade will be preening over the reduc­ tion of carbon monoxide being pro­ duced by the UK , the actual production of many electric vehicle components, particularly the batteries, will cause oth­ er countries carbon emissions to rise (and profit) dramatically.

I dunno, just what are this woke brigade actually up to? The gas lit mind truly does boggle.

Keep the faith.

Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com.

FEATURE

Lion escapes

By Kevin Fraser Park “HELP, a lion has escaped from the circus.” It sounded like a joke, one of those in bad taste that run on social media. But no, a lion had re­ ally escaped from the circus and was calmly strolling through the streets of Ladis­ poli near Rome. And for a whole day, he had the po­ lice, circus organisers, zoo guards, volunteers, the fire brigade, even a police heli­ copter involved in his recap­ ture.

The mayor warned: “Don’t leave home. Please pay the utmost attention and avoid going out until further notice.” The es­ capee was reported around 3pm on Saturday Novem­ ber 11 by the Rony Roller Circus.

Unsuccessful searches took place in the afternoon, before darkness fell. A heli­ copter, using infrared de­ vices, managed to locate the animal in a reed bed near the railway and

Photos: Facebook / Shutterstock

Lion strolled the streets.

around 8pm the lion was shot with a sedative from a rifle, but it seemed to not take effect and the animal once more fled. It was final­ ly tracked down at 10pm after seven hours on the loose.

Meanwhile, controversy broke out. “The episode,” wrote the International Or­ ganisation for the Protec­ tion of Animals, “highlights the danger of circuses with animals from the point of view of public safety and above all the discomfort of the animals.” The organisa­ tion added, “We hope to see the introduction of a law to ban the use of ani­ mals in circus shows.”

Leapy Lee’s opinions are his own and are not necessarily representative of those of the publishers, advertisers or sponsors.

INTERVIEW

“Spain is a land of opportunity” AS part of our ongoing conversations with Europeans who have chosen to settle in Spain, it is the turn of Swedish national Niklas Söderström who moved to the Costa del Sol in 2014.

UP until then, he had run a building company in Sweden, but was effectively head hunted by a real estate company based on the Golden Mile in Marbella.

It took Niklas a full seven days to decide to accept the offer and having landed in Spain nine years ago, he literally hasn’t looked back.

“I love it here as compared to Sweden not only is the weather and lifestyle so much better, it really has been for me, a land of opportunity,” he explained.

Adding “Apart of course from family there is really very little that I miss about Sweden and I have made my life here and I am enjoying it.”

Now very competent in Spanish, Niklas revealed his secret, first he found out the Spanish name for everything in his apartment and stuck post-it notes on each item so that he would remember the words.

Next step (which wasn’t just to learn the language) was to find a Spanish girlfriend and his vocabulary expanded considerably.

“Once I had some idea of what I was saying, I decided that I would have to have the guts to just go out, speak my version of

Niklas Söderström loves it here.

Spanish and not be afraid to make a fool of myself and it worked, as because I tried, people helped me to get better.”

The only slight negative (which many people find) is bureaucracy but Niklas shrugged and said “you learn to live with it.”

Now living in La Cala having moved from Marbella, he finds it quieter but more real and has made a number of friends, mainly English and Spanish as well as some Swedes and would recommend any compatriot considering moving here from Sweden to do so.

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Too early for Xmas?

IS it ever too early to em­ brace the festive spirit of Christmas? Dublin Airport certainly doesn’t think so.

The managers at Dublin Airport have recently faced criticism after they an­ nounced they were putting up Yuletide decorations, in the middle of November.

Dublin Airport responded to comments it was far too early for Christmas lights and decorations, as evi­ denced by their humorous comeback to criticism on the social media platform X/Twitter.

At 10pm on Thursday, November 15, the airport re­ vealed on social media that their terminals were already getting a holiday makeover, which was followed by cries of ‘too early’, from some members of the public In response their tweet read, ‘Crikey. All we said was that the Christmas dec­ orations have started going up in the terminals…,’ which

Credit: Dublin Airport/X/Twitter.com

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DUBLIN AIRPORT: Recently faced criticism.

was accompanied by a screenshot of an unrelated Instagram comment from Selena Gomez stating, ‘I’m taking a break and deleting my Instagram. I’m done.’

The light­hearted com­ ments continued with pas­ sengers sharing their views on the appropriate time for Christmas decorations. ‘Hit us full blast with Christmas decorations, songs and cele­ brations from December 1,’ wrote one person with a clearly defined Christmas schedule.

Another person com­ mented, ‘I might have to agree, it’s only acceptable to start celebrating after November 20,’ to which Dublin Airport humorously replied, ‘Oh… you might want to avoid The Loop so!’

One man humorously posted: ‘Premature Decora­ tion is a common problem, your doctor will be able to help you’, which was fol­ lowed by an equally naughty reply: ‘We’re an airport Adri­ an. Ensuring things go up in the air is what we do best.’

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COMMUNITY

COMMENTS

AS France debates the possibility of granting second home owners who hold non-EU passports the right to a special visa allowing them to spend 180 days continuously in France, second home owners in Spain are taking heart from a report that the Spanish caretaker Minister of Tourism favours something similar.

In an article on the Euro Weekly News website which has received 10s of thousands of views, the concept of what is being considered is explained and a condensed version also appeared in edition 2002 of the paper editions. https://euroweeklynews.com/2023/11/12/can-spain-changeVisit schengen-rules/ to view the full story and see below some of the many comments, which have been received.

“

Absolutely that or not charge us local taxes for the months we are not allowed to be there - can’t have it both ways!!!

Toni Eastwood Obe

Allowing second home owners to spend six months at a time would be a benefit to all. People would be more likely to buy property to winter in if they could do so unrestricted.

It’s not really a change in the amount of time they could spend here, just a movement of when. It would still be six months a year as it is now.

Stays over 90 days are outside the purview of the Schengen Agreement.

It is up to each Schengen member state to decide whom to allow to stay for over 90 days on the basis of their national law.

Nothing in the Schengen Agreement forbids France and Spain to allow British citizens to stay longer than 90 days.

Spain could, for example, create a simplified procedure for British citizens to get a Spanish national visa which would allow them to stay for over 90 days in Spain.

Jan Kowalski

Spain is in a right sad and sorry state. High unemployment, especially mega high youth unemployment of about 25 per cent and wages are notoriously low.

Cobblers to them, they are causing their own problems, it’s hilarious.

Second home owners have invested in the country and even while they are not in their second home using resources, they continue to pay - council tax, imputed tax (on imputed income should you rent your home even if you don’t), standing charges on utilities which are not being consumed, service charges on any urbanisation or resort the second home might happen to be located on. lt is outrageous to lump second home owners in with tourists and l hope the Spanish government/EU sees sense soon!!

Joe Ace

Margaret Atkins

Well , that’s Brexit . You voted out , but still want to be in ?

Unfortunately many people in the UK wanted to exit the EU. They were fed misleading information about many aspects of this. I agree with the idea to change to 180 days but at the same time it smacks of that ‘special treatment’ that the UK seemed to be constantly pushing for when they were members of the EU. One hundred and eighty days, yes, after that don’t try for anything more is my view. The UK left and it has to get over many things that will change over time.

Andy Solomons

I suggest it may be illegal to be charged for services you are not legally allowed to use.

Bryan Colling

Vera Nilsson

Ninety day rule is killing Brit tourism, people now going to other destinations as getting complicated here in Spain, I’ve been here 35 years in business, I couldn’t believe Brexit, the damage it’s done and doing, the vote was a disgrace as Brits were totally misinformed and now paying the price of freedom, a majority vote would have been more realistic for such an important decision. I would love to see a re-vote as out of interest all the tourists I’ve asked would definitely vote different.

Spanish economic dependence is hugely affected by tourism, someone get their act together.

Kevin Burns

Keith Lott

This is an ok idea for the retired … People who work don’t come anywhere near the 90 day rule … Who has 90 days holiday anyway ??

Liam

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hunting skills. With a slender build and large ears, the Ibizan Hound has been a favourite among Spanish hunters for cen­ turies.

3. Galgo Español: The Galgo Español, or Spanish Greyhound, is a sighthound known for its grace and speed. Histori­ cally used for hunting, it has a sleek, mus­ cular physique and a gentle temperament, making it an excellent companion.

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Pawsitively essential ENGAGING in playtime with your feline friend goes beyond the joy of watching them pounce and bat at toys ­ it’s a crucial aspect of their physical and mental well­being.

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3. Bonding and Socialisa­ tion: Playtime fosters a strong bond between you and your cat. It’s a shared experience that builds trust and deepens the connec­ tion, enhancing the overall quality of your relationship.

4. Stress Relief: Play serves as an excellent stress reliever for cats. It allows them to release pent­up energy and reduces anxi­ ety, creating a calm and contented feline compan­ ion.

5. Prevents Behavioural Problems: Regular play can curb destructive be­ haviours such as scratching furniture or excessive me­ owing. It provides an ap­ propriate outlet for your cat’s natural instincts, pro­ moting a harmonious living environment.

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Torrox Tornadoes Over 60s.

• Torrox Tornadoes 3 v 1 Sporting AC Benahavis This was a game in which fortunes swung from one half to the other, with Torrox completing an excellent first period by going ahead with three goals, two from Mark Sylvester and one from Andy Downing, without reply.

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turn the screw, forcing Imrich Lobo, the home goalie, into coming out of his area and giving a penalty to the visitors, which was cleanly dispatched

by Gary Stevens. A second penalty ensued when a Tor­ rox defender encroached in his own goal area, but this time Lobo made the all­im­ portant save! Despite a home player being sin­binned for a

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However, the second half saw Benahavis push hard to get back into the game and this looked more likely after a strike by Colin McGeary pulled one back. It then took a resilient home side to shut them out to win this first of a series of cup games.

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