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By Daphne Hilarides THE summer sales in Axarquia have begun very slowly, without much improvement in purchases compared to the rest of the year. “This year’s sales are going very badly; all people do is look for the best deals,” according to Torre del Mar shop assistant, Sandra Jimenez. As usual, the economic crisis seems to be to blame for the unusually sluggish sales campaign. Despite prices decreasing by up to 70 per cent, and sales beginning on a Sunday, “customers just can’t spend as much any more,” Sandra said. A shop owner in Rincon de la Victoria complained that even with the discounts, people are not willing to pay what is on the price tags, saying: “I’ve had people trying to haggle over items that had already gone down 20 per cent.” Most small businesses are struggling to stay open, because even their usual clientele cannot continue spending as much as they used to. However, more expensive items including party wear and exclusive clothing are selling slightly better in certain establishments. Shop assistants attribute this modest increase to the early drop in prices during this year’s campaign.
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Firemen save 7 families FIREFIGHTERS had to rescue seven families in Nerja from a fire which broke out in the kitchen of an elderly man who was asleep at the time.
Busy bees TOURISM OFFICES in Almuñecar attended to more than 34,000 tourists in the first six months of this year, according to the local council.
Beach bars RINCON DE LA VICTORIA Mayor Francisco Salido predicts that the 17 chiringuitos (beach restaurants) along the coast will be legalised by next year.
Clean it up BIG DISCOUNTS: But many shoppers are not being lured in.
‘Fire-starters’ sought following suspect blazes in Velez-Malaga A NUMBER people have been identified as possible suspects for starting fires in
scrubland areas in VelezMalaga. There are ‘several suspects, although their guilt cannot yet be determined’, according to Citizen Safety Councillor Antonio Arrieta, who adds: “The fact that they have all happened in the same area makes us suspect that the fires were intentional.” However, the culprits
have to be caught redhanded or more evidence has to emerge in order for the authorities to be able to bring charges. The councillor also pointed out that no one had been harmed nor any personal property damaged in the fires, noting that the fire department had dealt with them very effectively.
TORROX Town Hall has launched a campaign to encourage citizens to help to keep the town clean, especially when it comes to picking up dog excrement from public areas.
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AxarquĂa - MĂĄlaga East
Scientists to tackle Rincon’s cave fungus THE Advisory Board for Scientific Research (CSIC) is likely to take charge of eradicating the fungal growth that is eating away at the Cuevas del Tesoro in Rincon de la Victoria.
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Tax money to roll in TORROX Town Hall estimates that it will earn â‚Ź500,000 more when the several thousand country homes built over the past few years are finally registered for real estate taxation.
The Cuevas del Tesoro are the only visible marine caves in Europe. They are now being rapidly eroded by what is known in Spanish as mal verde, which is a green fungal growth that uses the artificial lighting inside
the caves to photosynthesise. Councillor in charge of the caves, Marta Marin, has been in touch with one of CSIC’s experts who is part of ‘the right team for the job’, as they are studying the climatic conditions of caves in Malaga. The town hall has been asking for help to do away with the problem since plans came to light to improve conditions for visitors. They had also applied for a â‚Ź755,000 subsidy to treat, clean and change the lighting inside the caves from the Costa DESIGNATED AREA: Cars will be able to park without causing obstruction. del Sol Axarquia Sustainable Tourism Programme. As the Junta de Andalucia had not yet responded to their petition they sought LA HERRADURA beaches are to beachfront establishment Hotel help elsewhere from the get a new parking area thanks to El Fuerte, to avoid cars blocking provincial government. an agreement reached between the entrance to nearby The whole project will cost â‚Ź9 million. local government authorities and neighbourhoods.
16 Blue Flags LA CALETA PORT in Velez was awarded for the 16th year in a row with a Blue Flag for quality.
Sold out TICKETS for the Pasion Vega concert and the Russian Ballet at Nerja Caves 53rd Edition of the Music and Dance Festival have sold out two weeks before the festival starts.
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A new marina all set for Axarquia THE Junta has finished the new preliminary project for the second marina in the Axarquia area. The marina will be built on the Torrox beach Calaceite, although the project will have to overcome environmental and administrative obstacles due to the impact experts estimate the construction will have on the area. According to the Socialist mayor of
New mall is on the table MOTRIL Town Hall will fund a new mall by offering bidders the option to buy the plot of land provided that they will commit to build a shopping centre on it and develop the new fairground.
Torrox, Francisco Muñoz, the new marina will boost the area’s economy by creating new jobs and attracting more tourists. He also pointed out that the marina will also cover the lack of space there is on the Costa del Sol to anchor sports boats. The new project draft has made plans for 486 moorings, instead of the 500 that had been initially planned. The placement has also changed with the new project
draft, given environmental issues regarding a neighbouring cove. Despite these setbacks, the Junta de Andalucia’s Public Works department intends to start a bidding process for the construction, which will cost approximately €30 million, by next year. Both Torrox and Nerja governments are anxious to speed up the process and get the construction started as soon as possible.
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Payment of €4m debt VELEZ- MALAGA Town Hall has begun negotiations with The Social Security Treasury (TGSS) to plan the payment of the more than €4 million debts that two municipal departments have amassed over time.
Party nights
HANDY MONEY: €500 notes bring smiles to Paige Morrisson (right), younger brother Aaron and sister Rosie, from Arroyo de la Miel, Benalmadena.
FOR the sixth year in a row, Almachar begins its cultural season; Noches con Encanto 2012. The town will host concerts, and parties every Friday during July and August in several local bars.
Park neglected RINCON DE LA VICTORIA PSOE representatives criticised the state Mediterraneo Archaeological Park is in. Tourism councillor, Marta Martin blamed the previous government for neglecting the park, which was once declared Heritage of Cultural Interest.
No blue flag TORROX Town Hall was criticised by a local business association (ASECOT) and PP representatives for losing the blue flag rating given to El Morche beach in 2011. The mayor replied that he does not know why it was taken away.
Guitar Festival VELEZ-MALAGA’S 21 Guitar Festival will begin on Saturday. National and international artists will come together during this series of concerts, including Javier Garcia, CIro Carbone, and Rubben Pennestri.
Recycling
Cashing in on €500 notes
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ANY businesses refuse to take them. Some traders hide behind the excuse they have no change, others remember years ago alerts about forgeries. But now - officially - it has been revealed that the number of €500 notes in circulation in Spain has risen for the first time this year. In May the total figure was 98.7 million... 1 million more than in April, according to the Bank of Spain. Combined, all the €500 notes in circulation throughout Spain amount to €49.3 billion. However, in May 2011, €51.03 billion in €500
notes was in circulation, considerably less than in October 2008, when €56.38 billion was out and about in €500 notes. In some countries €500 notes are known as ‘Bin Ladens’, the banknote everybody knows exists but few, other than criminals, ever see. How many €500 notes are in circulation depends solely on the demand from banks who in turn respond to demand from clients. Some sources say that the increasing number in circulation is due to the tendency to pay ‘under the table’, thereby avoiding tax.
Mango crops double this year
Illegal terraces
FARMER’S association Trops from Velez Malaga estimated that mango production will double this season. According to their calculations, the numbers will rise to 9,000 tons. This is a result of this year’s favourable meteorological conditions, recent facility improvements and the high profitability farmers can earn compared to other kinds of produce. Avocado production is also doing well in the area, which will yield a total of 12,000 tons this year alone. Trops is currently the largest subtropical fruit producer in Spain, with 1,800 farmers spread over Axarquia and the tropical coast of Granada.
NERJA Town Hall is giving fines to establishments with illegal terraces and confiscating their outdoor furniture. Neighbours have filed complaints regarding the terraces which make walking through parts of the town almost impossible.
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Enrique Perez, the government Sub-Delegate in Huelva, where this year, no Moroccan immigrants will be hired to work in the strawberry fields as usual.
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of drivers who died in traffic accidents in 2011 tested positive for alcohol or drugs. According to the National Institute of Toxicology, almost 73 per cent had drunk alcohol.
VELEZ-MALAGA Town Hall has begun a new campaign to encourage better recycling habits among youth. Workshops have been organised to teach young people to separate garbage properly.
Bad job PSOE and IU representatives criticised the €5 million rehabilitation of the Plaza de la Merced in Malaga, claiming the expensive design and construction were poorly done and need fixing.
Back home TWO-HUNDRED Spanish blue helmets arrived in Malaga from a five monthlong mission in Lebanon, and will go back after a two month leave.
and finally... A TARRAGONA court has admitted the appeal presented by the State and suspended plans for a cannabis plantation in Rasquera, Cataluña, as a precautionary measure. The town hall planned to supply cannabis to a private company to boost municipal coffers.
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Three ‘drug mules’ detained in port TWO MEN and one woman were arrested at Motril Port for drugrelated crimes. They were allegedly carrying narcotics inside their bodies. The Guardia Civil caught the three ‘drug mules’ when they were allegedly transporting a total of 333 pellets of hash resin in their digestive tracts. The events occurred when officers inspected a truck with a German licence plate containing five people of different nationalities. Apparently the drug detection dog picked up a scent from one of the
Man dies in shooting incident A YOUNG Archidona man was allegedly shot by his ex’s boyfriend in Fuente Camacho, Loja. Tension between the two men reportedly started when the victim’s ex and the alleged murderer appeared in a photo on a social network site. The victim began to harass the alleged murderer, insulting him and his family. The alleged killer shot the victim through the windshield of his car, with a small calibre rifle, hitting him in the neck. Despite attempts to save the victim’s life, he was pronounced dead in the ambulance. The alleged murderer turned himself in to the Guardia Civil.
passengers, rousing the officers’ suspicions. When the officers searched him they found a bag of recently expelled hashish resin pellets. To verify if the rest of the occupants of the vehicle were trafficking drugs or not, the officers took the five passengers to the hospital to conduct X-ray tests to see if they were also transporting narcotics. Three of the five people were allegedly found to have hashish pellets inside their digestive tracts, a German man with 105 pellets, a Spanish man
who had swallowed 210, and a Romanian woman who had 18 pellets inside her body. Drug mules are traffickers who swallow the substances they or others intend to sell later on, for transportation purposes. This method is hard to detect without carrying out X-rays to show if suspicious objects are inside a person’s digestive tract. It is also dangerous given that the substances are usually covered in plastic film which may burst during digestion, posing a threat to the traffickers’ lives.
Budding businesses to get helping hand MALAGA Provincial Government has agreed to provide €400,000 for the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Incubator project in Velez Malaga. The project has been designed by the Food Technology Park with a budget of approximately €1.2 million. It will offer budding companies the possibility of having a lower rent while they are still growing. The construction does not have a start date yet, although the 4,020m2 plot on which it will be built has already been set aside.
WORK IN PROGRESS: Bulldozers move in.
Storm damage fixed THE beach maintenance council of Almuñecar has repaired the beaches which were damaged during the last storms, specifically La Herradura, Cantarrajin and San Cristobal.
EQUIPPED INTERIOR: GPS, wheelchair ramp and air-conditioning.
New bus will tell you when it’s due ALMUÑECAR’S public transport company, Roalfa, enlarged its bus fleet with a new 60-passenger vehicle with GPS
technology - which will allow people to know when the buses will arrive - a wheelchair ramp and air-conditioning.
Spanish celebrity nabbed for driving without a licence SPANISH television host and actress Leticia Sabater was recently caught driving without a licence on the GR-14 highway between Motril and Salobreña.
Apparently, the actress was not wearing a seatbelt and all of her licence points had been taken away. She was summoned to attend judicial proceedings
regarding the incident at Court 5 in Motril; however, given that she had not yet been informed that her licence had been taken away, the charges against her were filed.
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Independence Day beach blast AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY was celebrated by the American International Club of Nerja (AICN) with a multi-cultural AmericanSpanish BBQ Beach Blast at El Papagayo on the beach at Balcon de Europa. Around 60 club members and guests took part in various activities along with the all-you-can-eat buffet, live music, dancing and a fireworks display. AICN has rapidly grown from 38 members to
more than 130 in four years. The Club’s democratic procedures and motto may account for much of that.... ‘If it isn’t FUN, we don’t do it!’ Members recently donated €1,700 to three local charities at the International Residents Day in Nerja. For more details on upcoming Club events or membership visit: www.americaninternatio nalclub.com/events, or call Arthur Knighton on: 627 168 943.
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Celebrating with graffiti
IN CONCERT: Boney M will be performing at the Almuñecar football stadium.
The voice and heart behind BONEY M LIZ MITCHELL is and has always been the voice and the heart behind Boney M. This singer of Jamaican roots and prodigious voice just started a five-month world tour as lead singer of Boney M which will bring the legendary group to Almuñecar football stadium on Saturday, July 28. Despite her solo career, Liz Mitchell's heart never stopped beating to the rhythm of the greatest hits of Boney M and since 1990 the singer combines her career with world tours with her legendary group. Mitchell said: “We are a team of 18 people, 12 of us, singers, dancers and musicians, got on stage to put on a show designed by Fran Farian.” She continues: “More than half of the original Boney M team is together again, and we transmit our energy as always with more enthusiasm than ever. “We offer all the great hits of Boney M covered with an electrifying force that makes our concerts and shows unique.” Recently, many imitators of BONEY M have sprung
THIRTY graffiti artists will paint Nelson Street in Bristol for an Olympic 2012 Festival event. It is part of the summer arts festival that will take place all over the country to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Frog prince CONSERVATION organisation, Amphibian Ark, honoured Prince Charles by naming a new frog species after him. The Hyloscirtus princecharlesi was named to thank him for his involvement in environmental rainforest preservation campaigns.
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SINGER: Liz Mitchell. up and have performed in several countries, included Spain. Mitchell says “Boney M was born at a time when flower power and no one cared at the time of purchasing the rights to the name. “Many people who had minimal contact with us, have exploited this loophole to defraud the public by posing as the real Boney M.” Liz Mitchell claims to be looking forward to the date of July 27 when she will perform at the football stadium in Almuñecar with her group, Boney M, in the only concert on the Costa Tropical.
A MOTHER in Nottinghamshire is surprised that her daughter, 14, would rather go to university than get breast implants when she turns 18. Ms Marshall wants her five daughters to have cosmetic surgery.
Hospital exam A WOMAN earned a first class honours degree in English after taking final exams just 28 hours after having her first child. Isobel Cohen sat through the three-hour Cambridge University paper at the hospital.
Record treat BRITISH experimental chef, Heston Blumenthal, made a 13-foot ice cream cone in Gloucester.
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SCANDINAVIAN PRESS Stories making headlines in Denmark, Norway and Sweden
Danes like to save money DENMARK – Danish citizens are still saving money despite the economic crisis and low interest rates the banks are giving. The amount saved is equal to half of Denmark’s gross domestic product.
Anti-racism NORWAY – Far-right Norwegian Defence League recently organised an anti-Islam protest in Stavanger, rallying 20 to 30 people. However, anti-racist organisation SOS Racism managed to attract 800 people for a counter protest that same day.
School issues SWEDEN – A teenager was told by teachers at Munkgard High School to ‘tone down’ her homosexuality in response to classmates’ harassment for being gay. She had to leave the school and has since pressed charges.
Codex theft was ‘revenge’ Police searching their two homes in Milladoiro, five kilometres from Santiago de Compostela, found keys to the cathedral and €1.2 million in cash. But the case did not progress and investigators began to fear the codex would never be located. Finally the son mentioned a garage that the family owned, 200 metres away. Hunting amongst old bedsteads, bicycles and other assorted junk police found the priceless codex wrapped in newspaper, inside a plastic bag. Fernandez, who earns a modest living, could not account HIDDEN TREASURE: Codex found amongst the junk. for the large sums of money and the family homes. Allegedly he had long been than 25 years until his services and his girlfriend were also taken were dispensed with in July 2009. in for questioning last week but suspected of taking money from the collection boxes and pilfering His wife, together with their son denied knowledge of the theft. less notable artefacts, amongst them a valuable Book of Hours also found in the garage. His former friendly relationship with the dean NINE people were arrested for producing and selling Further investigations revealed that the dealer had soured shortly after he forgeries of paintings by famous Spanish artists a network of trusted associates, amongst them his including Goya, Sorolla and Picasso. son. One collaborator, based in Cordoba, allegedly forged a work Sixty fakes were seized following an investigation commissioned the copies. These were then sent to contract, sources said. in Madrid and Cordoba after an officia complaint was Madrid where they were signed after being aged and Fernandez, who claimed lodged by the owners of copyright to the originals. ‘distressed’. but did not receive Initial enquiries took police to a Madrid antiques They were later accredited either by experts paid €30,000 for unjust shop selling works purportedly painted between the to certify phoney provenance, or genuine authorities dismissal, took the codex 16th and 19th centuries and certified as genuine by not specialists in the particular field they were and other objects as art experts. authenticating. revenge, they revealed. THE Calixtine Codex, stolen from the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, was recovered almost a year to the day it disappeared. The oldest known copy of the codex, it dates from the 12th century and is a guide for pilgrims making their way to Santiago, said to be the resting place of the apostle, James. Investigators soon discarded the theory that the codex, the absence of which was first noticed on July 5 last year and whose value is said to be incalculable, was stolen to order for a collector. It was clearly an inside job and on July 3, police arrested Manuel Fernandez Castiñeiras, a selfemployed electrician. He had worked at the cathedral for more
Police seize 60 fine-art forgeries
‘La Roja’ leads to criminals’ downfall
Bottled letter SWEDEN – An eightyear-old girl put a message in a bottle she later dropped into the Baltic Sea near Skelleftea. Two months later it was found by a Finnish couple who responded to her via the normal mail.
Strike goes on NORWAY – The oil strike over workers’ pension benefits in the North Sea has shut down several oil rigs, costing companies a fortune each day.
Youth woes DENMARK – Drug and alcohol researchers at Aarhus University conducted a study on 4,500 teenagers and found that one in 12 has serious problems with substance abuse.
IT’S OFFICIAL: Women are safer drivers.
Old myth laid to rest MEN can forget their inferences regarding women drivers because it is now official: women are safer drivers. There were 25,799,005 drivers registered in 2011, of whom 10,369,836 were women according to Spain’s traffic authority, DGT. But of the 1,278 drivers who died in accidents on main roads, only 131 were women. Further figures giving mortality rates for fatal accidents on urban roads and streets reveal that there were 19 women amongst the 233 who lost their
lives. By 2011, when the driving licence points system had been operating for five years, 79 per cent of drivers who lost points were male, and 21 per cent female, according to the DGT. Should anyone still be in need of convincing, in a recent rehabilitation class held in Madrid for drivers who lose all their driving licence points, there were 19 men and one woman. Indisputably a question of point and points - taken.
NATIONAL POLICE in Sevilla were able to catch a wanted criminal who let his guard down during the Spain-Portugal Euro 2012 match. The detainee had escaped from prison in 2010 and was the leader of a criminal organisation involved in several types of crime, including drug trafficking. He lived in a house on an urbanisation in Carmona, Sevilla, which was guarded by CCTV cameras activated by infrared beams and other security measures. Some of his relatives, who also belonged to the gang, lived on neighbouring plots. The access routes to the urbanisation were
also patrolled night and day by guards with large dogs. However, they reportedly let their guard down to watch the match and the police were able to make their move. Several firearms were seized and the gang was breeding fighting cocks and greyhounds. There were several arrest warrants against the detainee who had fled from prison while on parole and was living with his wife. He was sleeping with a shotgun at the time of his arrest. He attempted to use it against the arresting officers. His brother-inlaw was also arrested; he had been detained in 2003 for attempted manslaughter.
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Father and son found dead in burnt car GUARDIA CIVIL in Vecindario (Gran Canaria) are investigating whether a man, 51, deliberately crashed his car with his son inside following an argument with his wife. The Guardia Civil found that the boy, 10, had three knife wounds and suspect that he may have been killed before the car crashed. Traces of blood were found at his home. The events were discovered at around 6am when the emergency services found a burning car with two dead occupants which had crashed into a roundabout. Firemen found a hole in the petrol tank and the car was locked from the inside. A resident in the area attempted to rescue the victims using a fire extinguisher. The man had reportedly called his wife, from whom he was divorced, and told her to look out of the window before he crashed the car so she could ‘see what she deserved’. Secrecy has since been imposed upon the case. Until 2008, the woman had a restraining order against her former partner. He was supposed to return their son to his mother’s home after having spent 10 days with him. His other son had refused to visit his father on this occasion. The man was reportedly on leave from work for depression. His ex-wife is said to be in a state of shock.
Provincial subsidies ANDALUCIA is to receive more than €12 million towards promoting wine production, improving farm technology, eradicating diseases affecting livestock and industrialising fishing companies.
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Mother killed by son in Madrid A WOMAN, 59, died in the Latina district of Madrid, allegedly at the hands of her son, 29. When police and paramedics arrived on the scene, alerted by the son himself, they found her stabbed to death. He was treated for cuts to the hand and then arrested. Meanwhile, in Vigo, Northern Spain, a 15-year-old boy was handed over to the police by his own father, for his alleged involvement in the death a woman, 72, who was found stabbed in her home. Her husband had also sustained stab wounds when their home was allegedly broken into. The boy was arrested by the National Police. The victims’ neighbours reported seeing a vehicle in the area with several people inside before the crime. The youth has refused to cooperate with the police.
18m drivers to receive licence bonus point EIGHTEEN million drivers are to receive a bonus point on their driving licences. Those who have never had points deducted now have 15, a gift that comes six years after Spain’s points system was introduced. Two bonus points were previously awarded to exemplary drivers in 2009, bringing their total up to 14. Of Spain’s 26 million drivers, 4.9 million were responsible for driving offences costing points. Of these, 1.4 million committed two or more offences. Anyone losing all
GIFT: Drivers who have never lost points will gain one.
points temporarily loses their driving licence, the fate of 142,015 people, just 0.5 per cent of drivers. A further 2,462 drivers have lost all their points on two occasions. But how easy will it be to avoid losing points in future? Guardia Civil Traffic police are under renewed pressure, with constant verbal orders from the Interior Ministry to fine more motorists, they claim. Officers failing to bring in sufficient fines lose their productivity bonus, according to police sources. They are also warned that they stand to lose around €230 on their wages if their ‘performance’ does not improve. Officers who impose most fines get the best shifts and other extras, creating an ‘unbearable’ atmosphere and working conditions, according to Guardia Civil sources.
Time for different working hours, experts maintain WHEN summer arrives many companies work to a different timetable, although this is hardly a new custom. Modern workers, particularly in Spain’s biggest cities, enter work at 7am or 8am and leave at 2pm or 3pm during the hottest months. But their predecessors did exactly the
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same in the days before airconditioning. Working straight through was essential in the summer when it was impossible to work during some hours of the day. Even with the benefits of airconditioning, however, nine out of 10 Spanish workers prefer a continuous
working day, they told researchers. Some companies, like Iberdrola, axed the long afternoon break years ago. Employees for the electricity supplier have worked continuous days since 2007 with positive results, said Iberdrola’s communications chief, Vicent Trullench.
‘Witchdoctor’ promised to cure women with sex A ‘SHAMAN’ who told women who visited him that he could cure them with kisses and sexual acts has been acquitted. The Sevilla Public Prosecutor was asking for 11 years in prison for the man, aged 59, for five counts of sexual assault between July and September 2010. The women who visited his office in
Mairena del Aljarafe, Sevilla, complained that he had fondled them and told them to undress, claiming that he would cure them of their sexual inhibitions. Although the court did not question the women’s claims, the man was acquitted because all of the victims were adults who ‘could have but didn’t’ ask him to stop.
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Stories making headlines from Germany
Fast student is sued A GERMAN university student has been sued by the private economics and business school he studied at because he finished his Bachelors and Masters degrees in three semesters instead of the usual 11.
Told to lie AN Iranian woman has been denied asylum in Germany due to her sexual orientation, which in her country is punishable by whipping and even death. The court suggested she should go back to Iran and hide her sexuality.
Metro fashion BERLIN Fashion Week began with an improvised underground catwalk in the U5 metro line. More than 400 passengers admired the new collections.
Turtle fossils NINE pairs of fossilised turtles were found at the fossil site called Messel Pit near Frankfurt. Two had died while still mating, making them unique given that vertebrate fossils had never been discovered this way.
Not witches COLOGNE CITY COUNCIL has decided to pardon 38 women who were sentenced to death for witchcraft nearly 400 years after their execution. This symbolic act is an attempt to distance the local authority from historical witch trials.
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Stat of week RESIDENTS in Cantabria (Northern Spain) consume the most water, at 173 litres per person, per day, according to the National Institute of Statistics.
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Oil use falling BRITAIN will consume less oil this year than in previous years, according to a projection in Oil and Gas UK’s annual report. A 19 per cent drop in 2011 caused analysts to reconsider what they thought was going to be a 2012 increase.
Winning exits ROGER BOOTLE and his team from Capital Economics, a British consultancy, won the Wolfson Economics Prize of €313,327 for their proposal on how a country can leave the euro.
Swiss ‘no’ SWITZERLAND is uninterested in backing the European Union’s oil sanctions on Iran. While announcing the intention to toughen measures against the Islamic state it is against banning Iranian oil deals due to ‘foreign policy reasons’.
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By Business Reporter Brendan Small CRUISE holidays are increasingly appealing to younger holidaymakers. While cruises are often associateed with senior consumers, latest research indicates that 40 per cent of British tourists aged between 15 and 24 will consider taking cruises in the future. The rather startling survey figures follow recent predictions by the Spanish Government Tourist Board Turespaña that this summer will see 2-4 per cent fewer British tourists in Spain. These figures were based on flight capacity and bookings with main British tour operators by the end of April. With Barcelona, Valencia, Cadiz, the Canary Islands and Malaga already key ports in Spain for cruise liners, and Marbella hoping in future to attract more cruise liners, more young people taking holidays afloat could provide a much-needed further fillip to the nation’s tourist revenue in the present dire economic times. British tourists make up the greatest number of visitors to Spain each year, accounting for 40 per cent of holidaymakers visiting
the Costa del Sol. Research released by Mintel, a leading global supplier of consumer, product and media intelligence for 40 years also indicates that while only 4 per cent of 15-24s have ever been on a cruise, compared to 32 per cent of 65-74 year-olds, 40 per cent of the younger bracket of travellers see life afloat as a good way of visiting and exploiring different destinations. They also think cruises offer a good opportunity to meet new people. Tom Rees, Senior Travel and Tourism Analyst at Mintel, said: “Young adults like the idea of an adventure at sea and the house party atmosphere of an onboard holiday can appeal to many young package holidaymakers as a change from resort-based trips. “The key is getting the product right. Given the market trend towards shorter cruises departing from UK ports, short themed breaks or even floating music festivals, promoted through social media, can be a way to attract a younger clientele.” Overall, while consumers have cut down on spending in the current economic • Turn to Page 18
Comeback for Pierre, 90 PIERRE CARDIN, the Italian-born menswear pioneer, is planning a comeback fashion show in Paris...just in time for his 90th birthday. The French capital had a huge impact on the fashion veteran’s career, as it is where he started his brand which has been among the leading designer labels for decades.
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Build permission from community a must
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A query has arisen in our community. Does a building permit issued by the town hall take precedence over a decision by the Community of Owners at their Annual General Meeting (AGM)? If an owner has been refused permission to carry out building work on his apartment by majority vote at the meeting, then obtains a building licence from the town hall to permit him to carry out the work, can he go ahead, regardless of the decision by the community? Is the town hall obliged to have evidence of agreement by the community before issuing licences? We would be grateful for your advice. J B (email)
Cheers to Shed of the Year JOHN PLUMRIDGE from Shrewsbury, Shropshire, won the 2012 Shed of the Year award with his garden shed-turned-working pub. More than 2,000 Britons entered their sheds which had been transformed into a variety of small businesses.
£££ BRITISH banks gave the world a slight scare when they, along with China and some parts of Europe, loosened monetary policy within an hour of each other. All played down the
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paralleled move.
£££ INSURER Aviva has got the ball rolling on their plan to close more than a quarter of its businesses. After pressure from discontented investors, the company has sold part of its stake in Denmark’s Delta Lloyd for £318 million (€398.7 million).
TYPICALLY BRITISH: An ordinary garden shed.
£££ GREGGS, known for its baked on-the-go products, is coming out on top after fighting the British government’s ‘pasty tax’ along with other companies which would have imposed 20 per cent VAT on the freshly prepared treats when sold hot from outlets, including in train stations.
You and the No, the building Law in Spain permit issued by the By David Searl Ayuntamiento does not override the requirement to obtain the consent of the Community of Owners. And, yes, the authorisation of the community should accompany the request for a building permit. Let us suppose the owner of a house in a normal town street, where no Community of Property Owners is involved, wants to enclose a terrace. He applies for a building permit, which is granted, and he carries out the work. End of story. Now let us take the owner of a flat which forms part of a Community of Property Owners. He has an extra obligation to obtain the consent of the other owners before he carries out any work which will alter the appearance of the building. If this owner goes ahead with the work without permission of the AGM, the community can obtain a court order to have the work demolished, at the owner’s expense. He can be charged court costs as well. Finally, the Ayuntamiento is not responsible for finding out whether the owner who requests a building permit is a member of a Community of Property Owners. It is the owner who is responsible for producing the consent of the community as part of his application for the licence.
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Olympics not always sport and finance... All eyes will be on the UK later this month when the London Olympics open. Analyst Jim Collins takes a break from his normal business column to WITH the countdown to the 2012 Olympic Games in the UK now just a matter of days, while sports followers will soon be checking every performance, financiers will be looking at every penny spent. Looking back to the days before money counted so much, anyone interested in athletics will point out that it was Baron Pierre de Coubertin who founded the Modern Olympic Games. And that seems fair enough, for he fought long and hard to reestablish the Olympics, and to have them inaugurated in 1890 in Athens, the home of the original games. But where did De Coubertin obtain his original inspiration? Given answers range from the baron’s interest in the interuniversity athletic events in Britain and the United States through to the classical Greek tradition itself. But they are likely to be wrong. The fire that was to become his life’s work was in fact ignited in Much Wenlock, a small town in the English county of Shropshire, where De Coubertin, whilst staying with a friend, became interested in a local annual athletics event dating back to the 17th century. Even to this day of almost instantaneous international sports coverage, it continues. There are many misapprehensions concerning the Olympic Games, one being that originally it was forbidden for professionals to compete. When the original rules were drawn up, and based as they were
historically look behind the scenes of what in the last three decades has become every four years one of the world’s biggest financial gambles.
OLYMPICS AHEAD: The main stadium built for this summer’s games. upon those of the UK’s Henley Regatta, they reflected the upperclass view of the time that the ‘lower orders’ were incapable of understanding the concepts of fair play and sportsmanship. Mind you, going by some of the shenanigans that have recently come to light, the fault appears to lie perhaps with some of the officials rather than the competitors. However, returning to the definition of ‘professional’: in the early days, a lad with a Saturday job, earning a few shillings pocketmoney mucking-out loose-boxes in a professional horse-trainer’s stables, could have found himself, years later, excluded from competing in the Olympic Games even, say, in a sailing event. It all depended upon local and personal interpretation of the rules. This continued into the post-war London Games of 1948, when there was much discussion about the validity of Britain’s only gold medal.
Harry Llewellyn riding Foxhunter won the showjumping event, but since he was a professional trainer, arguments raged as to whether the award was valid. Finally, in a typical British diplomatic solution, it was decided that it was Foxhunter, competing as an amateur that had won, and so the horse was awarded the Gold Medal. The early Olympics, attempting to follow the ancient Greek pattern, included such disciplines as Art (remaining in the list until 1948), and Literature, in which De Coubertin himself won gold in 1912 with his poem ‘Ode To Sport’ submitted under a nom-de-plume to forestall any accusations of favouritism on the part of the judges. Far from poems, some of the officials at this year’s Olympics will no doubt be looking as much at the bottom line as they will at the sporting events of any one day.
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News On The UK Statutory Residence Test
WE finally have some more information on the new UK statutory residence test, following the consultation period which ended last September. The test is due to start on 6th April 2013 and will determine whether or not an 2) You are an arriver individual is liable for UK and spend fewer than income and capital gains 46 days in the UK in the tax, wherever they arise. current year (previously The Treasury has 45), or by David Franks, released draft legislation Financial Correspondent, 3) You left the UK to s that builds on the responses carry out full time work nk Fra s Blevin received, alongside a abroad and spend less summary of the responses than 90 days in the UK and no more and proposed changes. It than 20 working days. There are detailed rules remains committed to the original for those working abroad. structure, though there have been Part B lists the circumstances under which some small changes, and believes you would always be considered UK tax the test is “a fair way of resident: determining residence status”. 1) Your only home/homes is in the UK, or The distinction between 2) You spend 183 or more days in the UK a “leavers” (individuals who were year, or UK resident in one or more of the 3) You are working full time in the UK, previous three tax years) and covering a continuous period of nine months (it “arrivers” (not resident in all of the may be increased to 12) and 75% or more of previous three tax years) remains, your duties are carried out there. and there are different rules for each category. Getting it wrong If neither test is conclusive, Part C will could be costly so for peace of determine whether or not you are UK resident mind you should check your for tax purposes. The test outlines five status with an international connecting factors which are combined with advisory firm like Blevins Franks. day counting into a “scale” to determine your The test breaks down into three residence status. There have been no parts. significant changes here (other than the 10 to Part A lays out a conclusive 16 days mentioned above), but, for leavers, position whereby an individual will the number of days in the UK have increased always be non-UK resident: by one day. 1) You are a leaver and spend Connecting factors: fewer than 16 days in the UK in 1) Family in the UK - spouse/civil partner any UK tax year – an and/or minor children. improvement on the previous 10 2) Available accommodation in the UK. days, or 3) Substantive employment in the UK (40 or
more days). 4) UK presence in previous years – if you have been UK resident for more than 90 days in either of the previous two UK tax years. 5) More time spent in the UK in the tax year than any other single country. Each factor is subject to its own specific criteria and can be complex, so you should take advice from a specialist firm like Blevins Franks. The scales are now as follows: Leavers Number of days that make you UK resident
Connecting factors
16-45 46-90 91-120 121-182 183 or more
4 factors 3 factors 2 factors 1 factor Always resident
Arrivers Number of days that make you UK resident
Connecting factors
46-90 91-120 121-182 183 or more
4 or more factors 3 factors 2 factors Always resident
The number of days is per UK tax year (6th to 5th April) and a day is counted when you spend a midnight in the UK. The government believes the draft legislation is close to being the final version. Another consultation period on the new proposals is running until mid-September 2012. The legislation should then be included in the 2013 Finance Bill and come into effect on 6th April 2013. There will be a tool available on the Revenue website. However, it is important to note that it will not be binding, so it will not be a substitute for professional personalised advice. The latest Treasury document includes some clarifications on terms and a couple of new proposals such as cracking down on people who are obviously avoiding midnights in the UK, exceptional circumstances and split year treatment. I will look at these in a later article. While the statutory residence test will provide much more certainty for expatriates and is a very welcome improvement on the current situation, the fine detail in the legislation could trip many people up, so for peace of mind you should take advice from an international tax and wealth management firm like Blevins Franks. The tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; an individual must take personalised advice. To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com
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LONDON - FTSE 100 C H A N G E ( P ) % C H G. -5.00 -1.93
NET VOLUME 2,515,082
Admiral Group
1,158.00
-5.00
-0.43
127,982
Aggreko
2,031.00
-11.00
-0.54
280,087
AMEC
1,021.00
0.00
0.00
432,430
CU RR EN CI ES
C LOSING P RICES J ULY 9
C O M PA N Y PRICE(P) Aberdeen Asset Manag. 254.60
0.79266
Units per €
United States $..................................................... 1.23000 Japan Yen ¥.......................................................... 98.0202 Switzerland Francs............................................... 1.20099 Denmark Kroner ................................................... 7.43908 Norway Kroner...................................................... 7.48913
Anglo American
2,039.50
-64.50
-3.07
2,209,729
Antofagasta
1,094.00
-15.00
-1.35
760,510
ARM Holdings
495.90
-13.10
-2.57
4,934,249
Ashmore Group
334.90
-9.10
-2.65
1,143,913
C O M PA N Y
PRICE(P)
Assoc. British Foods
1,276.00
-16.00
-1.24
1,020,318
B. American Tobacco
3,351.00
-7.00
AstraZeneca
2,920.00
11.00
0.38
1,198,914
British Land Co
514.50
Aviva
282.10
-5.90
-2.05
7,505,255
British Sky Broadcasting
Babcock International
867.00
5.00
0.58
579,663
BT Group
BAE SYSTEMS
296.80
3.90
1.33
5,007,401
Bunzl
Barclays
162.65
-2.10
-1.27
33,555,041
Burberry Group
BG Group
1,307.50
-13.50
-1.02
3,665,308
Capita
BHP Billiton
1,820.00
-22.50
-1.22
3,935,716
423.45
-4.75
-1.11
24,732,376
BP
1.26156
C O M PA N Y Centrica Compass Group
-1.25
-0.19
17.00
1.48
946,866
Croda International
2,270.00
-36.00
-1.56
174,439
Diageo
1,652.50
-18.00
-1.08
1,911,275
Eurasian Natural Res
410.60
-9.10
-2.17
1,320,579
241.50
-4.70
-1.91
1,222,792
Experian
954.00
11.00
1.17
1,656,005
-0.21
1,773,925
Fresnillo
1,473.00
-10.00
-0.67
305,624
1.00
0.19
1,083,137
G4S
288.40
-1.90
-0.65
1,626,251
684.50
-7.00
-1.01
2,654,692
GKN
208.60
1.50
0.72
5,216,795
215.80
0.60
0.28
6,548,392
GlaxoSmithKline
1,495.50
1.50
0.10
3,903,638
1,060.00
-3.00
-0.28
177,563
Glencore International
306.75
-3.60
-1.16
7,546,035
1,255.00
-34.00
-2.64
1,909,868
Hammerson
448.90
-2.70
-0.60
621,067
681.00
-3.50
-0.51
1,012,257
Hargreaves Lansdown
540.50
-5.00
-0.92
265,895
Capital Shopping Centres 321.30
-2.80
-0.86
903,494
HSBC Holdings
560.30
-5.30
-0.94
10,071,785
-14.00
-0.64
242,621
ICAP
309.70
-3.90
-1.24
1,441,548
Carnival
2,163.00
C LOSING P RICES J ULY 9
C LOSING P RICES J ULY 9
88.66
-0.33
-0.37%
75,849
AA Alcoa Inc
8.60
-0.13
-1.49%
691,458
AXP American Express Co
58.05
-0.58
-0.99%
78,730
T AT&T Inc
35.41
-0.03
-0.08%
343,626
BAC Bank of America Corp
7.62
-0.04
-0.52%
1,541,176
BA Boeing Co
74.26
+0.57
+0.78%
123,475
CAT Caterpillar Inc
83.32
-1.29
-1.52%
143,815
CVX Chevron Corp
103.87
-1.20
-1.14%
186,742
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc
16.64
-0.13
-0.78%
831,004
DD E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co
47.91
-0.98
-2.01%
293,375
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp
83.27
-1.53
-1.80%
602,513
GE General Electric Co
19.97
-0.03
-0.15%
758,737
HPQ Hewlett-Packard Co
19.46
-0.11
-0.56%
284,562
HD Home Depot Inc
52.16
+0.01
+0.02%
187,365
INTC Intel Corp
25.93
-0.23
-0.86%
845,963
IBM International Business Machines Co... 189.21 -2.20
-1.15%
107,683
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
67.90
+0.26
+0.38%
372,905
JPM JPMorgan Chase and Co
33.74
-0.16
-0.47%
1,096,785
KFT Kraft Foods Inc
38.96
-0.01
-0.04%
189,906
MCD McDonald's Corp
89.36
-0.30
-0.33%
82,388
MRK Merck & Co Inc
42.01
+0.50
+1.20%
410,786
MSFT Microsoft Corp
29.92
-0.26
-0.88%
1,061,848
PFE Pfizer Inc
22.59
+0.06
+0.24%
624,250
PG Procter & Gamble Co
61.80
+0.52
+0.85%
163,943
KO The Coca-Cola Co
78.10
-0.05
-0.06%
112,780
TRV Travelers Companies Inc
63.17
-0.09
-0.14%
38,923
UTX United Technologies Corp
73.96
-0.13
-0.17%
87,437
VZ Verizon Communications Inc
44.54
+0.12
+0.27%
294,699
WMT Wal-Mart Stores Inc
71.60
+0.24
+0.34%
478,353
DIS Walt Disney Co
47.98
-0.06
-0.12%
163,421
1,678,002
670.25 1,168.00
EVRAZ
NASDAQ
MMM 3M Co
VOLUME 3,712,055
NET VOLUME
DOW JONES PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE VOLUME
% C H G. -0.31
CRH
C H A N G E ( P ) % C H G.
IMI
C O M PA N Y
PRICE(P) CHANGE 318.10 -1.00
C O M PA N Y
-29.50
-3.52
912,787
2,564.00
-15.00
-0.58
1,463,840
InterContinental
1,544.00
-11.00
-0.71
561,736
159.80
0.60
0.38
2,521,708
2,658.00
-32.00
-1.19
199,306
72.60
-2.20
-2.94
6,547,239 419,875
Intl Cons Airlines Group PRICE
CHANGE NET / %
$3.66 $57.45 $5.83 $17.19 $14.50 $3.23 $2.60 $3.43 $16.79 $12.73 $4.53 $7.40 $4.14 $20.75
0.90 / +32.85% 7.22 / +14.37% 0.60 / +11.64% 1.74 / +11.26% 1.19 / +8.94% 0.26 / +8.75% 0.20 / +8.33% 0.24 / +7.52% 1.05 / +6.67% 0.68 / +5.65% 0.23 / +5.57% 0.39 / +5.56% 0.21 / +5.34% 1.05 / +5.33%
Most Advanced Central European Distribution Corporation Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Homeowners Choice, Inc. Synacor, Inc. BCSB Bancorp, Inc. Merge Healthcare Incorporated. Elbit Imaging Ltd. Nanosphere, Inc. Akorn, Inc. Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. AuthenTec, Inc. Rurban Financial Corp Marchex, Inc. Homeowners Choice, Inc.
808.50
Imperial Tobacco
Intertek Group ITV Johnson Matthey
2,188.00
-43.00
-1.93
Kazakhmys
715.50
-9.50
-1.31
931,653
Kingfisher
268.80
-1.20
-0.44
2,973,415
Land Securities Group
758.50
3.00
0.40
1,551,725
Legal & General Group
126.10
-0.60
-0.47
7,159,582
Lloyds Banking Group
30.18
-0.12
-0.40 143,626,100
Marks & Spencer
321.30
3.30
1.04
5,885,296
Meggitt
402.00
8.50
2.16
1,064,994
Morrison (Wm)
266.80
-2.90
-1.08
5,915,900
National Grid
682.50
-3.00
-0.44
4,026,502
3,171.00
-20.00
-0.63
309,079
153.40
-1.20
-0.78
2,862,501
1,239.00
-14.00
-1.12
1,051,200
767.00
-3.00
-0.39
499,481
1,430.00
9.00
0.63
1,676,026
Polymetal International
880.50
16.00
1.85
230,413
Prudential
729.00
-1.00
-0.14
1,994,125
Randgold Resources
5,815.80
-129.20
-2.17
175,712
Reckitt Benckiser
3,500.00
-27.00
-0.77
649,465
515.50
-0.50
-0.10
4,469,414
Resolution
203.20
-0.60
-0.29
1,956,963
REXAM
427.30
0.90
0.21
1,030,562
3,030.00
-39.00
-1.27
3,251,771
Rolls-Royce Holdings
883.50
7.00
0.80
2,969,803
Royal Bank of Scotland
205.70
4.20
2.08
6,384,262
2,239.00
-33.00
-1.45
6,557,336 4,420,747
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Petrofac $5.59 $21.18 $5.02 $7.59 $5.25 $4.81 $24.92 $3.42 $3.30 $11.93 $38.92 $14.84 $6.46 $15.12
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Rio Tinto
Royal Dutch Shell RSA Insurance Group SABMiller Sage Group Sainsbury (J)
108.20
0.10
0.09
2,629.00
-23.50
-0.89
1,778,798
283.30
2.00
0.71
1,812,233 2,946,768
307.83
-3.07
-0.99
1,314.00
-21.00
-1.57
237,160
554.50
-4.50
-0.81
626,255
Severn Trent
1,685.00
-4.00
-0.24
360,286
Shire
1,828.00
8.00
0.44
517,026
Schroders Serco Group
Smith & Nephew
641.50
-0.50
-0.08
812,890
Smiths Group
1,037.00
0.00
0.00
235,356
SSE
1,415.00
-1.00
-0.07
1,154,972
Standard Chartered
1,419.00
-8.00
-0.56
1,476,980
Standard Life
230.50
-2.20
-0.95
2,754,243
Tate & Lyle
672.00
0.50
0.07
1,530,386
Tesco
317.55
0.45
0.14
9,173,840
Tullow Oil
1,436.00
-29.00
-1.98
1,660,495
Unilever
2,151.00
-13.00
-0.60
1,861,318
United Utilities Group
676.00
0.00
0.00
875,498
Vedanta Resources
893.50
-21.00
-2.30
730,771
Vodafone Group
181.40
0.55
0.30
42,853,539 413,904
Weir Group
1,554.00
7.00
0.45
Whitbread
2,033.00
-42.00
-2.02
518,298
Wolseley
2,373.00
20.00
0.85
416,624
WPP
793.00
-5.50
-0.69
1,253,871
Xstrata
810.40
-23.60
-2.83
3,966,969
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Youngsters hungry for tradition WHEN it comes to Bourbon and Custard Cream biscuits, the younger consumers have the biggest appetite for the traditional British biscuits. Six in 10 people aged 16-24 have a liking for the old fashioned favourites, while almost half of consumers aged 55 and over admit that at times they find them ‘boring.’ Innovation in the UK biscuit market has never been higher, but even so the youngsters like the Bourbon and Custard Creams more than the newest and most innovative offerings, according to the latest research. A dominating factor for biscuit buyers is also the ‘guilt factor,’ it has been revealed, with 36 per cent of eaters guilty about eating biscuits, a figure that rises to almost half of all women.
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A great idea! Why not impulse save rather than impulse buy ALMOST everyone has been there! At the end of the month, facing the challenge of trying to make sure there is enough in the account to cover rent or mortgage expenses along with sorting out the other bills, is nothing unusual. A look And more at finance times than not for females the savings account is Jane Plunkett not overflowing, jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews. rather a dry com shell, where only small coins rattle around. So what do we spend all our money on? The necessities, of course: food, electricity, petrol and all those other costly living expenses. But did you know that studies show that nearly 20 per cent of salaries are spent on things we don’t need, or do not even
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Still afloat, but plans for QE2 downsized PLANS to convert Queen Elizabeth 2 ship into a moored luxury hotel have been downgranded due to ongoing financial challenges facing Dubai. Its conversion plans will now see 300 not 1,000 rooms developed.
BARGAIN SHOPPING: But beware of impulse buys. remember buying? And while it’s definitely our fault for spending so frivolously, in our defence, society is also structured in a way that encourages people to spend, with 50 per cent sales, last-minute offers, clearances that are too good to miss and great marketing pushing us into buying. But what if it were just as easy and tempting to save, as it is to spend? Imagine if it was possible to go on
holiday without putting it all on the credit card or if debts could be paid off without it feeling so painful! A free application (app) recently caught my eye that does just that. It’s called Impulsave and it turns potential impulse purchases into impulse savings that go toward reaching financial goals. The logic behind Impulsave is that each client chooses a goal or goals that are important; for example, a holiday, college fees or a retirement fund. Impulsave, which is quoted as a secure platform, is linked to the individual’s bank account. Each time the account holder finds themselves about to splurge on an impulse buy, instead they can impulsively choose to send that same money to one of their Impulsave goal accounts. Rather than spend €20 on fancy teacups, tuck that €20 away into your Impulsave account and ultimately use the money to do something really wanted and required. Impulsave is currently only available in the US, although the company says it has its sights on savers worldwide. Until then, however, the concept can be done with pen and paper. Write down every impulse purchase resisted and then transfer that money into your own savings account.
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WHAT A CAR: The record-breaking ex-Birkin 1929-32 Bentley 4.5-Litre Supercharged Single-Seater.
Old cars roar in for record auction prices WHO said times are hard? A record-breaking sale for Bonhams at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England included a top price achieved at auction for an extremely rare Ferrari from the golden era of the marque. The sale of the Classichecertified 1965 Ferrari 275 GTS Spyder for £561,500 (€700,000) was one of several records broken as the auction topped £22 million (€27.25m) in the festival’s 20th anniversary year. The car, one of only 19 right-
hand drive models ever made, beat the previous record set in 2012 by more than £70,000 (€86,800), and its own auction estimate by more than £180,000 (€222,000). James Knight, Group Motoring Director at Bonhams, said: “The 275 GTS was in stunning condition, having been extensively restored, and really did come with all the right credentials. It was in fabulous condition, had a well-known provenance from new, came from long-term ownership.”
Leading the record-breaking pack was the ex-Sir Henry ‘Tim’ Birkin 1929 4.5-litre supercharged ‘Blower’ Bentley single-seater, which when new raised the Brooklands Outer Circuit record to 137mph. It sold for £5.04m, (€6.25m) the highest price for a British car at auction. The next highest sale price was for ‘The Corgi’, a 1912 RollsRoyce 40/50hp ‘Silver Ghost’ Double Pullman Limousine, which sold for a record-breaking £4.7 million (€5.82m).
VOLKSWAGEN has crept up another rung of the global business ladder by buying the remaining half of Porsche. German headquartered VW will save an approximate €1.5 billion on its tax bill following the deal.
End of the road SERGIO PINIFARINA, the designer behind Ferrari’s sleek race car aesthetic, died aged 85 in Turin, the motoring capital of Italy. “Ferrari would not have been Ferrari without him,” said Sergio Marchionne, head of Fiat which owns the sports car brand.
School for sale AN AMERICAN secondary school in Pennsylvania is up for auction on eBay in an attempt to help raise much-needed finances, with the school district suffering a $2 million (€1.6 million) deficit. The opening auction website bid stood at $599,995 (€452,408).
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Leaping to weekly column after pop and life in Saudi From a Top 10 pop star to working in Saudi Arabia, Leapy Lee is now the EWN’s most controversial columnist. Nicole Hallett reports.
What drew you to become a columnist? I've always enjoyed writing and find letting off a little steam a wonderful way to ease tension. How do you come up with ideas 52 weeks of the year? I’m never ‘off duty’ in the search for column fodder and keenly follow the news and a range of TV current affairs and political programmes. I also get ideas from readers. How do you handle negative feedback from readers who disagree? I get very little negative feedback. However, I've always been open to constructive criticism and respect other people’s views. Most exciting moment in music
career? Opening the newspaper and seeing Little Arrows had gone straight into the number 13 spot in the charts. Countries performed in? Australia, Austria, Canada, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Holland, Ireland, Kenya, Sweden, South Africa, the US and Zambia. Did you always want to be a singer? No, I originally wanted to act. What were you doing in Saudi Arabia? I went to promote variety shows, but I made quite a lucrative career in fruit and vegetables! Why did you choose to settle in Spain? I didn’t want to return to the British climate.
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EWN COMMENT Something to celebrate FOOTBALL, Spain’s national sport, cannot solve every problem. But if a triumph like the Euro 2012 can temporarily take everyone’s mind off the country’s appalling economic situation, then it becomes more than sport. Just one thought: why was the celebratory sea of red
and yellow flags less distasteful and at the same time less redolent of racist under- and overtones than the chav-monopolised cross of St George?
Fuel for the flames THE Poniente west wind blows, temperatures rise and woodland burns. Fires are extinguished, often with loss of life, but as a mayor in fire-ravaged Valencia said, he doesn’t want fire brigades now. He wanted brigades of workers to clean woodland, remove dead-falls and clear scrub before fires started. Prevention is better than cure and also cheaper in human lives and state spending.
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I AM truly amazed at how Spain frequently appears to operate almost like a Third World nation, showing a general lack of efficiency within the corridors of power, but at the same time appears to lead the world when it comes to grabbing cash from personal bank accounts! Two years after our local council actually helped themselves to more than €340 which I owed them (though they had not officially informed me!), I now find that the police have helped themselves to money from a tax rebate I was due for 2010! When I went last week to see my accountant over my 2011 tax returns, he noticed a document which indicated that monies had automatically been taken from my previously due rebate by the police to cover the cost of an outstanding traffic fine. Needless to say I was not aware of the offence. While it is within the Spanish law for authorities to take money directly out of bank accounts (I believe it is the only nation in the world to allow this), I wish they would be as quick to handle immigration paperwork and town hall documentation. N Pettipher, Velez Malaga
Golden rubbish MOST British will know the saying ‘One person’s rubbish is another man’s gold.’ This definitely appears to be the case in Spain at present, for over the last year or so, as the economic situation has got ever worse, more and more men in old battered white vans and even older cars seem to drive around, checking out the rubbish (basura) bins on various urbanisations. Many of them appear to be of African origin, and others perhaps from Eastern Europe. With a metal prod or hook in hand, they rummage through, sorting out anything they might be able to sell: old chairs, sofas not to mention lampshades and plastic garden tables and other items all gain their attention. But this letter is not to criticise them for tatting (collecting old rubbish from bins). At least they are trying to make an honest living, and this is more than some expatriates living in Spain! M Haddon, Garrucha, Almeria
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12 - 18 July 2012 Axarquía - Málaga East Sol Bank used to tick all the boxes for me, with English-speaking and ever-helpful staff... and free sweets. But for three months - sweet baskets were removed from counters and desks - they have earned a black mark from me. Let’s hope things will change when the economic climate improves! Elias Childs, Almunecar
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I FIND the signpost right outside the Catholic Church in La Cala de Mijas amusing... for one of the signs is for the White Angel wine bar which is in a side street nearby. Open late at night until the early hours, I am not sure it is exactly the sort of place all congregation members would warm to... though the name might just entice a few inside!
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their turn. In Manchester where I used to live my doctor’s surgery - with seven doctors on rota duty at any one time and just one main waiting room - used to announce over a tannoy Mrs Evans, Room 4, or Mr Smith, Room 7. But in La Cala, patients of various nationalities sit outside the consulting room where their appointed doctor is working oblivious to whether appointments are on time, and who is next. While some doctors pop their heads out and shout a name, others just wait in their surgery to see who goes in next, while waiting patients at times (in various languages) have to chat among themlseves to try to find out what is happening. When I asked my doctor why they did not have a number board outside, indicating who was due next, she replied: “We are not a supermarket.”
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nouncements giving the registration plate number of the next vehicle to be tested were difficult to follow. Now I am delighted that there is an electronic board where registration numbers are displayed at almost the same time as the announcement. L Holmes,, Los Boliches Fuengirola
Beggars belief! I KNEW all about turf wars among ice cream salesmen when I used to be in business in the north of England. If one salesman dared encroach on another’s normal sales area, the antics as a turf war erupted were effective, but often surprising! And from what I gathered, the police used to try to focus on other matters. Not so in Calahonda, where local police actually moved one beggar on from outside a local supermarket I use when another woman who normally sits outside seeking a few coins arrived to set up her normal pitch. By nature I feel sorry for most beggars, but the police action actually swayed my feelings more to the beggar who was moved on, for surely he had every right to beg wherever he wanted, and not have to see police treat someone else in a more favourable manner. N Warpole, Elviria
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I AM impressed by the recently opened medical centre in La Cala de Mijas. But why is there no system in such a new expensive facility for patients with a set appointment waiting to see a doctor to know when it is
I HAVE just returned from the ITV centre for vehicle testing in Malaga. Speaking only limited Spanish, in the past I have often had difficulty in identifying when it was my turn, for the an-
WE all know that Spanish banks are having a hard time. But I really do miss the opportunity to pick up a few sweets when I go to collect my pension each month.
I TOTALLY agree with Mike Walsh’s views on local bureaucracy in his Images of Spain column (Issue 1408). Official day to day life in Spain is all too often bogged down by near neverending paper-chases. Mike is right to suggest that work could be done more simply on the Internet and involving a lot fewer people. But, of course, this might also lead to fewer workers being able to corruptly benefit through the practices in place! Roy Becke, Palma
Show respect I FREQUENTLY shudder when I see how some people - tourists and residents - at times treat Looky-Looky men as they try to earn a living by selling in the street, restaurants and cafés. But today, while on the beach, one man in a sunbed near me spent his whole day chatting with every LookyLooky man around - and there were plenty - but he did not buy one item. To my mind he was just entertaining himself at their expense. As humans they deserve as least respect, and from this man, some purchases. S Wallis, Benalmadena
Not so bright THE report ‘English as she is not spoke’ (Issue 1408) revealing that a mere 27 per cent of young Spaniards speak English compared with the European average of 42 per cent surprised me. Spain depends on tourism with millions of British visiting every year, plus the tens of thousands British expats who have made the nation their home, so English is important in businesses. There is much wrong at present economically, and if Spain wants to compete, it most definitely needs a workforce that is more bi-lingual. N Powers, Marbella
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No designer overalls for the Turners.
court with an enormous suitcase and a number of large carry-alls. I would have liked to have been a fly on the wall when they did it. “I say, dear, should I take the silk or satin pajamas?” “It may be a bit chilly so you’d better pack the fur-lined Burberry. And don’t forget
plenty of clean, designer underwear and loafers.” “Do you think it would be too much to take the clubs?” Hah! Are they in for a shock or what? I wonder just how far this remorseless pair will realise they have fallen as they sit in their respective cells clad in shapeless garments,
clutching a plastic fork and spoon, with all their designer gear stored in ‘property’? It never ceases to amaze me just how out of touch some people can be. Like those politicians who keep our brave troops fighting and dying in the God-forsaken hole known as Afghanistan. Whatever made them think they can still win this ‘war’? Don’t they realise that most Afghans hate all Westerners? Are they not aware that the minute we are out of the country, the Taliban will begin to take it all back? Any puppet government we leave in charge will crumble. Those left alive will defect and a new and stronger enemy will emerge. All the spilled blood and heartbreak of our fighting
forces will have been completely and hopelessly in vain. How many more have to die before these pampered political pillocks pull our brave boys and girls out altogether? Finally, what joy it was to see the case against Ms Heathcote Drury thrown quickly out of court. This poor woman had been a victim of the hatred and disdain many Muslims feel for those who don’t follow their beliefs and subsequently attempted to have her ‘punished’ by accusing her of racism and then blatantly lying about the whole unfortunate incident. All power to the court that quickly cleared her and thumbs way down for PC police and the CPS for allowing it to get as far as it did. Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
TWO separate reports indicated that Hollywood is going to get more crowded. Claire Danes is expecting her first child with husband Hugh Dancy, and actor Matthew McConaughey and his Brazilian wife are expecting their third.
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AFTER Austrian bishop Klaus Kueng urged people to pray for the souls of death metal festival goers, the event organisers sarcastically thanked him for his prayers and invited him to the festival.
Plane mystery HAWAIANS set out on a quest to investigate the theory that American aviator Amelia Earhart survived her plane crash 75 years ago and died on a desert island.
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I COULDN’T help but chuckle at the recent pictures of Anita and Leigh Turner, parents of the arrogant, spoiled murderer Elliot Turner. He is the 20-year-old Porsche-owing, despicable boaster who strangled his girlfriend in a jealous rage on seeing her innocently photographed with a couple of topless men. Because they attempted to cover up for his vicious crime, the wealthy parents were found guilty of perverting the course of justice. Consequently, when they turned up at court for sentencing they were fully expecting a jail term. In an act almost beyond belief, they packed for it! The photos show this utterly out of touch pair, arriving at
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Is it love all - or game, set and match? I think the hotels win J
UST got back from a few days in London. I’d hoped to get lastminute tickets for Wimbledon but no such luck! In fact, whatever the grunts, groans and upsets on court, the real game changer for me turned out to be London hotels, and there are a couple of whinges that really soured the trip. Incidentally, if you’re not into whinges, skip this bit, go and make a cuppa or do the crossword and pop back later. Let’s start with my first gripe. You see, what I can't stand is when I arrive somewhere and the room isn't ready. I call housekeeping and it takes them three hours to get the room into shape. And I’m not thinking just about London here. This happens all over CHECKING-IN: After a long journey all you want to do is relax.
Breaking Views NORA JOHNSON Nora, who has lived on the Costa del Sol for a number of years, is the author of psychological suspense and crime thrillers.
the world. Just imagine. You’ve been on a combination of planes, trains, coaches and camels for the last 24 hours. You're exhausted, sweaty and ravenous because you slept through the last (inedible) in-flight meal service. It’s 4.30pm local time. All you want is to check into your room, take that shower and either relax and get over jet lag or hit the road sightseeing. Your room, however, still looks as if a dozen six-year-olds have had a sleepover there. Hotels make a big deal of telling you check-in time is 3pm but no one cares. They’ll happily store your luggage for you as carefully as if it’s the newlydiscovered Higgs Boson ‘God particle’, though. Isn't that kind? Bless.
And my second gripe: checkout times. For all the dosh we pay, wouldn’t you think we could checkout later than 11am? Even though the next guests have been informed that check-in is 3pm, and the room certainly won’t be ready by then, we’re still kicked out early. It’s almost as if the hotel’s saying: thanks for staying with us, now **** off! And don’t get me started on London hotels doubling their prices pre-Olympics! So, in Samuel Goldwyn’s immortal words: “Include me out!” On a positive note, though, I noticed teenagers giving up seats to elderly passengers on buses and the tube. Who said the young only care about themselves? They could teach those hotels a lesson or two … So, love all to youth, but definitely game, set and match to hotels.
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Stem Cell trickster conned 400 parents RAUL CONEJERO, an Alcoybased salesman, tricked 400 new parents into paying up to €2,200 to ‘bank’ umbilical stem cells.
He formerly worked for Stem Cell, a Galicia company which sends blood from the umbilical cords of newborn babies to
Bonn (Germany). Here it is stored ready for use should stem cells be required to treat future illness. After satisfactorily representing Stem Cell in the Levante and Albacete areas for more than two years, in 2011 Conejero decided to work for himself. He set up a company named Representaciones Biomedicas Levante, but allegedly continued to use Stem Cell’s name and facilities. Parents received documentation confirming that the umbilical blood was stored and Conejero was supposedly confident that this was sufficient. But one Albacete family contacted Stem Cell in Galicia to check if their newborn son’s blood had arrived. Instead they learnt that Raul Conejero had been sacked a few months earlier and their son’s name was missing from the company’s data base.
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a way to understand the world, but to make it seem safer, more familiar. The rituals of religion are habits. I have seen friends genuflect on passing churches and yet have not set foot in the house of God, except for weddings and funerals, since their holy communion. The habit of religion has stuck fast like God’s glue. Even the most atheistic of us believe we are being watched, that in some small way we will atone for our sins by contributing to charity or slinging the odd euro to a busker. Early man realised that religion was the ultimate habit forming experience and king and priest alike seized upon the need of humanity to conform thus controlling subject and flock with inflexible rules and rigid value systems. Ritual or habit, what difference? It was Karl Marx who wrote that ‘religion is the opiate of the masses,’ I’m sorry Karl but you were wrong, it’s not religion per se but the comfort of familiarity and habit that most religions provide that create a calming, subduing effect on the people. And before you communists get on your high horse, politics too offers its own rituals and SPAIN’S wealthiest families habits. Political doctrines are up in arms as the are no different in essence government’s amnesty to the Bible in their rigid for tax evasion is ‘not guidelines (although I have sufficiently generous’. to say that Jesus’ ‘rules’ on The amnesty carrot how to lead a decent life was that 10 per cent of are amongst the most self-confessed back tax of liberal I have read). amounts due would be Unfortunately, or payable if those with fortunately for those of us offshore accounts got of a less heroic bent, poets, their tax affairs artists and freedom straightened out. The fighters resent being told government hopes to how to behave and so form get claw back €2.5 billion their own ritualistic groups of the €25 billion it to defeat the despots. estimates Spaniards Interestingly enough have squirrelled away early social reformists in abroad. Reminds me of Britain were from the British comedian Ken Fabian Society, an Dodd who, when hauled organisation structured before the beak for tax along similar lines to the evasion quipped: “Self Temperance movement, assessment? I invented clean living and a healthy it.” spiritual life.
E are creatures of habit we humans. As much as we may like to think of ourselves as being spontaneous or free spirited we are tethered like goats to the everyday. Familiarity does not breed contempt, it breeds security. It is no genetic accident that we return time and time again to the place of our birth. Prehistoric man (and woman) wandered the has a degree in Fine Art from Goldsmiths and an globe in search Suzanne RITUALS OF MA in Writing from Lancaster University. She is currently of mammoth teaching in Alicante and writing a book for teenagers RELIGION: It has a but they (which doesn’t have a vampire as its central character). calming effect. returned, like salmon swimming upstream, to their homogenous lump carrying their caves. homes and the people they love with Even nomadic tribes move as a them. Religion was not embraced as
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T was a perfect example of political double speak. Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato said there were no plans to modify the nationwide smoking laws. Now she tells Congress: “I never close the door to any issue; the matter is open to discussion.” Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy proposed a re-think on the antiBy Mike Walsh smoking Smokers may edict that www.michaelwalsh.es came into a reprieve. force on January 2, 2011. which the government is Smokers may yet get a keen to welcome. Those in reprieve. The ban on the mainly entertainment smoking in public places industry say the price the would affect proposals to government will have to green-light Las Vegas pay is to lift the smoking Sands Corporation’s Euro- ban; application of the law Vegas gambling resorts, cannot be selective.
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Lifesaver sacked A FLORIDA lifeguard, 21, lost his job after rescuing a drowning man in a section of beach 500 metres outside his designated patrol area. He was fired by his employers for ‘liability reasons.’
23kg tumour A 23-kilo cancerous tumour was removed from a New Jersey woman’s abdomen. In just six to eight weeks the growth reached its enormous size. The woman waited more than a month to seek treatment because she was waiting for her insurance to kick in.
Risky tweets THE twitter account, @NEEDADEBITCARD, started a campaign to shame people into taking down public photos of their debit cards and discouraging them from even posting such photos.
Jet force LOW-FLYING air force jets were responsible for shattering windows in the supreme courthouse in Brazil’s capital, Brasilia.
Hot dog NEW YORK’S annual hot dog eating contest was won by 44-year-old Sonya Thomas. The 45kg woman was elated to have ‘eaten her age’ in hot dogs and beating her year-old record by five.
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good measure. Nikki Beach: Strictly for those who believe that the credit crunch is a new type of breakfast cereal. It is a great spot to flex your financial muscles, since even the VIP sections are tiered at this International club. It will no doubt be a huge success, even in the
interesting new location of Magalluf. Puro Beach: One of the originals, although lazing in the Balearic sun is often reserved for its Palma hotel guests. Ticks all the boxes, but now faces stiff competition from the many newcomers. Roxy Beach. Not strictly a club, but it has an enchanted position on Playa Portals and the loungers are available with even the smallest bar order. A bit like 'Cheers' on the rocks - friendly faces and everybody knows your name. Just keep it a secret! Still loathe to splash out a bundle on the beach? How about opening your own little beach-, pool-or paddle-pool club? Dump a truck full of sand in your garden, stick your iPod in the dock and roll out those plastic sunloungers, then charge your friends an obscene amount of money for your efforts.
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A COURT in Guadix, Granada, is investigating how there came to be urine in the coffeemaker at the local Land Property Office. Staff at the office lodged an official complaint with the Guardia Civil after noticing the coffee had a strange smell and taste. A sample of coffee was analysed, confirming there was urine in it, and the coffeemaker was seized. According to the local Press, there are problems amongst the staff and it is suspected that one of them put urine in the coffee on purpose.
Murder suspect is found hiding out in Morocco MOROCCAN authorities arrested a man suspected of murdering a family in their home in 2011. In April 2011, Jifeng ‘Jeff’ Ding, his wife Ge ‘Helen’ Chui and their two daughters Xing 18-years-old and Alice 12-years-old were murdered in their home in Northampton. British national Anxiang Du, 53, from Coventry, was declared the only suspect soon after the discovery. Crimestoppers has reported that he was believed to be hiding in northern Morocco, having travelled there from southern Spain. He had left the UK soon after the crime and travelled from Victoria
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MURDERED FAMILY: Jifeng Ding, his wife and two children. Inset: Anxiang Du. bus station, London, on a bus to Paris. After this he travelled through France into Spain. His final
known journey was to Algeciras where he caught a ferry to Tangier, Morocco where he was located.
He was carrying several thousand pounds in cash. and may have earned some money thanks to his knowledge of herbal medicine while on the run. Officers confirmed that the detainee was the suspect before an official The nurse as been considered guilty of communiqué was issued. negligent manslaughter and she has been Mr Du has been located banned from practising for 18 months. and arrested, and he can The public prosecutor was asking for two be brought back to the UK years in prison and a five-year ban for the to stand trial, defendant from working as a nurse. Crimestoppers confirmed.
Nurse who killed baby gets six months A NURSE who accidentally killed a baby boy in 2009 has been sentenced to six months in prison. Baby Rayan died in the Gregorio Marañon Hospital in Madrid on July 13, 2009, 13 days after an emergency caesarean was carried
out on his mother, Dalilah, who was the first person to die of bird flu in Spain. He did not have the virus. However, the nurse accidentally injected milk into his bloodstream which led to thrombosis and multiple system failure, causing his death.
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T is occasionally asked, what do you miss about Britain? True, Spain is behind on internet communications. Britain for me was highly satisfactory, so I miss cheap, efficient phone and online services. Otherwise there is a smoother flowing bureaucracy in Britain compared to papershuffling Spain. Whenever I sort something out with a UK government department, I find staff patient and helpful. Friends who have property interests in both Spain and the UK say Spain by comparison is their worst nightmare. When working in real estate, some nervous clients, before deciding to buy would mutter they would first do a little research. I pitied them. I know people who have been resident here for more than 30 years; they have run businesses and brought up their kids here. They still can’t figure it out. Winston Churchill, in 1939, described the Soviet Union as ‘a riddle, wrapped up in a mystery, inside an enigma’. He might as easily have been talking of Spanish bureaucracy.
Mike Walsh vwww.michaelwalsh.es Mike Walsh. Based the Costa Blanca, international journalist, author and professional writer: ex-business assessment executive Guild of Master Craftsmen. European correspondent Boston Revolutionary Radio.
It is not Spain’s mindnumbing official procedures I find so tedious; it is that no one seems to know their **** from their elbow. Harassed clerks are powerless. If it says you jump through hoops you jump; there doesn’t have to be a reason. There is a reason actually. Think of the saying, ‘a camel is a horse designed by a committee’ and all becomes clear. Here, no one goes back to the drawing board. Faceless, unelected jobsworths have little to do but tinker with rules and regulations. Someone thinks up a bright idea and slips it in. They haven’t the wit to see it impacts on related issues; anarchy results and everything comes grinding to a halt.
PAPERWORK: In Spain, bureaucracy is baffling. I recall their deciding that when buying property you personally present yourself at
dawn to some grim back street office. That’ll encourage Russia’s wealthy investors;
there was a quick back-track on that idiocy. A friend, now working in the UK, wrote to her bank to close her account. They didn’t, of course. Asked to sort it, I called in. Without batting an eyelid the bank’s clerk told me my friend has to personally visit her Spanish bank. In another case, whatever papers my friend presented for his padron, it was never enough. One day that clerk was absent and he got his padron without many of the previously ‘essential’ documents. Social networking forums are a godsend, especially for expats trying to figure a way through a confusing maze. Here is a real enigma, Mr Churchill. Ask a forum’s well informed audience one question and you will get 10 different answers; unnervingly most of them are right. This is because, as my translator says, much depends on the clerk’s mood that day as to whether a piece of paperwork is necessary. Just smile and cross your fingers. Good luck!
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“WHEN a car has been written off you have the chance to give customers back the trust they have placed in you.” An accident in which a car has been written off is always the worst kind, because it implies the disappearance of the insured car. Francisco Valencia, Línea Directa’s Corporate Governance Director, describes to us the quality measures taken by his company, a leading insurance company for foreigners. Losing your vehicle in a foreign country is undoubtedly a major setback for anybody. What makes Línea Directa different from other companies? First of all, the personalised service. Línea Directa offers
customer service over the telephone entirely in English and German, and also acts as an intermediary and translator with garages and scrap merchants. In addition to this, we also offer different cover options which no other insurer offers, such as our amount of compensation, which is never below €1,000, or when appropriate, double the price paid by customers for their insurance. You also have a purchasing centre if customers wish to acquire a new vehicle after theirs has been written off. At Línea Directa we believe that when a car has been written off, it is an opportunity to give customers back the trust they have placed in you. As a result, if customers ask us
to, we take care of all the processes involved in buying a new vehicle in their name, including the paperwork and delivery of the vehicle to their home address. And finally, how does Línea Directa pay compensation? Línea Directa is committted to paying compensation within 40 days at the very most, although the average waiting time is always much less. If the car is less than two years old, either we pay its value when new in compensation or we take care of all the processes involved in purchasing another vehicle. In addition, if the car is between two and three years old, we offer 15 per cent more than its official value, as a quality measure.
THE regional administration owes €35 million to centres that look after the intellectually impaired. At the Mater et Magistra centre in Sevilla, 100 carers who look after 150 patients have not been paid since March and neither have suppliers. If the centre is surviving, said director Mercedes Antunez, it is entirely due to the goodwill of both staff and suppliers. “The Junta might have cash-flow problems but so do I,” lamented Antunez who is also concerned about employees’ own difficulties with the banks. The problem is enormous but a common one for the 540 FEAPS centres for the mentally disabled, she said. Mater et Magistra and other FEAPS centres held sit-ins last week to draw
attention to their problems and force the Junta to act. The centres attend to 20,000 people throughout the region and provide jobs for 8,500 employees. The Junta retains 75 per cent of a patient’s disability allowance, leaving between €80 and €135 for personal expenses, the director explained. She could not understand why the Junta has stopped paying, as funding was agreed in the yearly budget. “Where is the money? “That there is nothing for building repairs I can understand. That there is nothing for outings I can understand. But upkeep can’t be touched!” Antunez exclaimed. Asking parents to pay more to compensate for the crisis is no solution, Antunez claimed.
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experiences sunburn in childhood,” he explained. Since being tanned is associated with modern beauty, it is not uncommon for people to ditch the sunscreen before a day at the beach. However, according to this study, by applying protection with SPF15 or more, especially during childhood years, many can avoid possibly harmful skin damage.
Skincare company praised for introducing Braille on labels FRIDDA DORSCH LABORATORIES have received support from ONCE, for their new addition to their product packaging: Braille. The Spanish non-profit organisation ONCE’s mission statement is to ‘improve blind and visually handicapped people’s quality of life’. With this in mind, the company, which earns its funds by selling lottery tickets, has expressed gratitude to cosmetics supplier, Fridda Dorsch Laboratories, for introducing Braille to their product labels. Patricia Sanz, director of ONCE, expressed her satisfaction with the cosmetic company’s inclusion of blind and visually handicapped individuals and said cosmetics company’s gesture is a step toward the equality that ONCE so passionately pursues.
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Anaesthetic cream can be dangerous used in excess AN anaesthetic cream used to reduce pain caused by laser hair removal can seriously endanger the health of those who use it excessively. Women who have applied too much of the cream, Emla, before their electrolysis sessions may be at risk of a condition called methemoglobinemia. It is characterised by the inability of red blood cells to correctly transport oxygen
throughout the body. Symptoms of this condition can be, but are not limited to, anxiety, irritability, increased heart rate and difficulty breathing. Often, individuals apply anaesthetic cream in a thick layer and covered in clear plastic wrap to ensure absorption, and exceed the recommended surface area. There have been 11 cases of this serious condition in Spain.
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Organic tomatoes full of antioxidants BARCELONA UNIVERSITY’S Natural Antioxidants Group have found out why organic tomatoes have more antioxidants and are healthier than alternatives. At the root of their study was a natural antioxidant found in vegetables, called polyphenol. This organic chemical is extremely valuable in nutrition. Polyphenol has been linked to prevention of cancer, degenerative disease
and heart disease. Though it is common knowledge to some that organic fruits and vegetables are better, the study demonstrated why this is. The Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry featured this study in which the investigative team worked with Daniela tomatoes to measure their polyphenol levels. “Organic agriculture
eliminates the use of nitrogenous fertilisers, which forces plants to create and develop their own defence mechanisms, which result in the creation of more antioxidants,” explains study participant, Anna Vallverdu Queralt. The Barcelona University team intends to continue studies on antioxidants to further prove the notion that organic foods are better for human health.
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Zoster vaccine ‘not an added risk’ for shingles NEW investigations show that patients who take medication for autoimmune disease are not at a higher risk for herpes zoster (HZ), as some studies have suggested in the past. People affected by autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis or psoriasis may be relieved to learn that according to a new study, there is no increased risk of contracting HZ, also known as shingles, for those who have received a zoster vaccine. Formerly, medical professionals advised against people who fit into this category to receiving HZ vaccine since it was believed
that they had a significantly higher risk of contracting the disease than people free of autoimmune disease. On the contrary, the man in charge of the investigation, Dr Jie Zhang from the University of Alabama, found that such individuals are at no more of a risk than the general population. The study consisted of taking a population of 463,541 autoimmune compromised patients and vaccinating 4 per cent (18,683) of them. At the end of the incubation period of 42 days, only one person came down with shingles.
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CANCER (June 22 - July 23) As you are in the middle of a plan, it would be a shame to stop now. Yes, I realise that you have given it lots of time and thought. Even so, the events midweek bring a new perspective. Your involvement in something entirely different may be brought to bear on your current situation. Killing two birds with one stone comes to mind.Be efficient by approaching the problem from a novel angle.
LEO (July 24 - August 23) Something has come to your attention and, quite frankly, you donʼt understand what is going on. It is possible that, if you donʼt react, the situation will just go away. Equally, you may want to influence the outcome and fear that it will not be to your advantage. That is fine so long as you really do try and get all the facts first.
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IF ITʼS YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK: You are not so much in the mood to be practical are you? A lot is going on that you are really happy about but you do not seek perfection. Be aware that if no one seeks it then it will cease to exist for appreciation. Do your part in the months ahead to improve your own lot.
You are being shown a great deal of affection which may be taken for granted. Even you are capable of putting peopleʼs backs up. As you dislike making enemies, I suggest that
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As you try to control someone elseʼs life, it could be that your own is slipping past you. Have you recently given up on a relationship or job that you dearly would have loved?
By deciding now that you will not rise to the bait on a certain matter you are taking the best option. Much as you would like to confront someone head on, it is possible that this is just what they want you to do. Be a little bit canny here.
Sometimes you wonder why people make promises when they find them so hard to keep. However, losing your temper with someone midweek will not help at all because the person you are dealing with is not very sensitive. Patience will pay off and, by the weekend, a weight will have been lifted from your mind.
Are you still in a very positive frame of mind? Okay, then. It is time to decide what is to be done about that problem. If you really canʼt see a way round this then seek help. Even if you donʼt agree with the reply, you will feel that you have made a step in the right direction.
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Just joking An elderly couple were watching TV when the husband started thinking about death. “Honey”, he said to his wife, “I want you to promise me, that if there comes a time when I am dependent on machines and bottled fluid, you’ll put an end to it.” “No problem” she replied, and got up and poured his beer down the drain.
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Itʼs not so difficult this week to get exactly what you want. Being sure is another matter, however. There are plenty of people who will cast doubts on where you are going and what you are aiming for. What do they know? Be guided by facts this week, certainly not by the opinions of others.
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aper, gape, harp, heap, help, leap, page, pale, pare, part, pate, path, peal, pear, peat, peel, peer, pelt, pert, phat, plat, plea, prat, rape, rapt, reap, tape, tarp, trap, aleph, apter, gaper, grape, graph, leapt, leper, lepta, pager, paler, pater, pearl, peart, petal, peter, phage, plate, pleat, prate, repel, taper, helper, leaper, palter, parget, pelage, pelter, petrel, plater, repeal, repeat, heeltap, preheat, prelate, TELEGRAPH
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1. Which nine-letter word means ‘to arrest (someone) for a crime’? 2. Which 10-letter word means ‘to do something that one considers to be below one’s dignity’? 3. Which eight-letter word means ‘a sum of money paid regularly (typically annually) by a company to its shareholders out of its profits (or reserves)? 4. Which six-letter word means ‘to cause to cover a wider area’? 5. Which five-letter word means ‘a cruel, wicked and inhuman person’? 6. Which six-letter word means ‘to have in mind as a purpose’? 7. Which six-letter word means ‘to cause to feel resentment or indignation’? 8. Which nine-letter word means ‘to push for something’ or ‘to express a good opinion of’? 9. Which seven-letter word means ‘a fixed regular sum paid as a salary or as expenses to a clergyman, teacher or public official’? 10. Which nine-letter word means ‘to be or go beyond the range or limits of (a field of activity or conceptual sphere)’?
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Somehow you seem to be going every which way round a situation but getting nowhere. Rather than burn yourself out and fray your nerves, just stay still. At the end of the day, someone else wants to solve this dilemma as much as you do. When they see that you have stopped bothering, maybe they will start.
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AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19)
Are you being asked to open your heart? What are you most afraid of about that? On the other hand, what would the rewards be if you did? Sometimes, we have to take a
Miguel Indurain,
Born July 16, 1964, is a Spanish cyclist and considered one of the worldʼs best, having won the Tour de France five years in a row (19911995). Miguel was second-born in a family of five children in Villava, Navarra. At nine years old he rode his first bicycle. When it was stolen two years later, Miguelʼs father bought him a racing bike. At 18, he was the youngest cyclist to win the Spanish amateur national road championship. He earned the nickname ʻMiguelonʼ or ʻBig Miguelʼ due to his 1.88 metre, 80 kilo frame.
chance that others will not let us down or, at least that if they do, they will let us down gently.
you take a little more time with family and loved ones. Perhaps you were recently asked to be part of a group activity but did not have the inclination?
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MARTIN, a skilled and ruthless mercenary is on a hunt in the Tasmanian wilderness for a supposedly extinct tiger. His anonymous employer wants the tiger’s genetic material, so Martin poses as a scientist. On his journey he meets a family, whose father has gone missing. While Martin grows closer to the family, he is confronted with unexpected dangers, complicating his fatal mission.
twofold – to help instil in youngsters a love of reading and to show the affection this breed of ducks can inspire. ‘Not a Real Turtle’. This is a hilarious tale of curiosity on the part of the ducks. A large parcel arrives at Muscovy Mansion and they have no idea what it is. What a lovely surprise awaits them when they finally discover what the contents are.
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Crosswords CRYPTIC Across 1 You and I are after Buzz for compost (5) 4 There is a sharp knife is in the ambulance today (6) 9 Club keeps memory in knots (7) 10 Princess cross over the delay taken in adding on an extra room to the palace (5) 11 Predict socialist to hold American capital (4) 12 Lower and leave stranded (3-4) 13 Used to be found in Washington DC (3) 14 If a mother is involved with a criminal group (5) 16 Up to unlit broadcast (5) 18 Games without me will result in idle chit-chat (3) 19 Voluntarily avoid this beaten up RAF bore (7) 20 Reel back with a lascivious look on one's face (4) 23 Places for members to socialise where suits are required? (5) 24 Organised midshipman and a canine for a small boat (7) 25 Get involved with broken spinet (4-2) 26 Get a kick at the end of day from the spoils taken (5) Down 1 Urdu, hmm! Confused? No, boring (7) 2 City made from bits of Meccano (5) 3 Marine mammal left under the ocean (4) 5 A staunch representation of bear's breeches (8) 6 Associate with a regal spouse (7) 7 Tin containing bull meat is a
ENGLISH - SPANISH The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
2 Smooth (skin, hair) (5)
8 Sello (Correos) (5)
3 Aplausos (8)
11 Lethal (5) 14 Granos (en la piel) (5) 16 Planchas (utensilios)
5 Búho (3) 6 Gold (metal, commodity, currency) (3) 7 Surname (8)
(5)
12 Piece (fragment) (5)
17 Lirio (4)
13 Perdedor (5)
18 Color (6)
14 Sun (3) 15 Aceite (3)
Co d e B r e a ke r pollutant (5) 8 Sleek backing for the under parts in boat-building (5) 13 Support for aquatic recreation? It wreaks havoc! (5-3) 15 In favour of music making a lot of money (7) 17 Confused Clare in New York was a victim of petty theft (7) 18 Keeps a tight hold on one's bags (5) 19 Concentrate on central point (5) 21 Muse of love gets to the centre of the copper atom's heart (5) 22 Ignore cooked buns (4)
26 Apartments (5) 27 Outshine (7) 29 Drench (4) 30 Foundation (5) Down 1 Ring (6) 2 Strong emotion (5) 3 Pose (3) 5 Vacuum (9) 6 Merchandising (7) 7 Generous or forgiving (11) 8 Reluctant (5) 13 Indigestion (9) 17 Maybe (7) 19 Faux pas (5) 21 Except if (6) 24 Snares (5) 28 Weep (3)
Play on Words LITTLE LITTLE LATE LATE
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1. Unscramble the name of a famous British radio and television presenter and actor: LOANS PRISON CASH 2. Unscramble the name of a traditional English dessert (two words): MEETS SON
1 Same (5)
4 Elbow (4)
10 Ear (anatomical) (5)
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS: CRYPTIC - Across 1 Expected, 5 Plea, 9 Portend, 10 Adore, 11 Dine, 12 Protest, 15 Tester, 16 Enigma, 19 Trolley, 21 Flat, 24 Haven, 25 Scooter, 26 Pill, 27 Pardoned. Down: 1 Expedite, 2 Parents, 3 Crew, 4 Elders, 6 Lions, 7 Awed, 8 Ratting, 13 Telling, 14 Battered, 17 Gelatin, 18 Red sea, 20 Revel, 22 Chap, 23 Bold. QUICK - Across: 1 Cosset, 4 Press, 9 Afterward, 10 Ape, 11 Gaudy, 12 Extreme, 14 Pass, 16 Pest, 21 Entitle, 23 Surge, 24 Rob, 25 Grenadine, 26 Faith, 27 Depend. Down: 1 Change, 2 Satsuma, 3 Early, 5 Rod, 6 Shame, 7 Eager, 8 Fever, 13 Tip, 15 Set, 17 Surmise, 18 Learn, 19 Deter, 20 Legend, 22 Tibia, 23 State, 25 Get.
ENGLISH - SPANISH Across: 1 Eats, 3 Shops, 8 Perhaps, 9 Axe, 10 Niece, 11 Odiar, 12 Ajo, 13 Anillos, 14 Dolls, 15 Este. Down: 1 Esponjas, 2 Terremoto, 4 Historia, 5 Platillos, 6 Baseball, 7 Detrás de.
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1 Flies (insects) (6)
9 Octopus (5)
QUICK Across 1 Unrefined (5) 4 Angled (4) 9 Boat race meeting (7) 10 Keyboard instrument (5) 11 Acquire (3) 12 Brightly coloured (5) 14 Fool (5) 15 Long for (5) 16 Chooses (4) 18 Border (4) 20 Nuisances (5) 22 Concur (5) 23 Smooth glossy fabric (5) 25 In favour of (3)
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Hexagram The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (TOWARD) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
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Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
Samuel Taylor Coldridge (17721834) English poet and co-founder of the Romantic Movement in England.
Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 7 represents F and 14 represents M, so fill in F every time the figure 7 appears and M every time the figure 14 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.
Cherry Course Endure Enters Leaned Months Nearer Reacts Recede Refuge Rested Resume Severe Steeds Stench Strong Toward (10) Whiten Writer
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Mallow, 2 Rifles, 3 Reader, 4 Rulers, 5 Reeled, 6 Stormy, 7 Clause, 8 Roamed, 9 Labour, 10 Crease, 11 Threat, 12 Rouble, 13 Aflame, 14 Humour, 15 Lemurs, 16 Barons, 17 Arouse, 18 Belief, 19 Smites
FUNAGRAM SOLUTION 1. NICHOLAS PARSONS 2. ETON MESS
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The ICP SWITCH What it really means to you and what you should expect.
It is customary to be notified by the grid company if you are on the list and normally, you would be given 30 days to do something about it. This custom seems to have fallen by the wayside and now, people are seeing the increase in “potencia” charges suddenly appear on their bills.
Roughly translated, ICP stands for “a way to generate more money from consumers”.
If your bills compared to last year seem to have doubled, it may be you are already being penalised for not having the ICP switch.
A Royal Decree was passed in 2008 making it law for every household and business to have one, but what does it do? More importantly, if we don’t get one, what happens? The ICP limits the amount of electricity you use at any moment and ensures you do not use more than the contracted capacity. If your supply is 5.5 kilowatts for example, having an ICP stops you using more than this at the same time and the result if you do? Your power supply trips out – like it used to a few years ago when you boiled a kettle at the same time as using the microwave. Make no mistake, this law was introduced so that those who did not have one could be penalised by doubling the standing charges which in turn, would increase the electricity tax and IVA payable. And those who had one but the contracted supply was not enough, would upgrade their supply thus pushing up the standing charges. Making a “damned if you do – damned if you don’t” situation.
Those with a supply of 3.3 kilowatts would see their charge increasing to 10 kilowatts and those with 5.5 kilowatts would be charged as if they had 20 kilowatts! Considering most new properties in Spain come standard with 5.5 kilowatts you can begin to see the bigger picture and why this is an excellent way to create addition income without actually providing an additional service.
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So, let’s look at the various scenarios: 1. You don’t have an ICP and you are not being penalised In this case it would be prudent to have an ICP preinstalled by a qualified electrician and wait until you a) receive a letter ordering installation or b) notice a penalty on your bill. You can expect to pay anywhere between €60 – 90 for the installation depending if there is room in your fuse box or an additional box is needed to house the switch. Of course, you can wait until you are ordered to get one before you go to the expense but then time will be against you. 2. You have an ICP but it is not sealed (thin wire with a lead seal) Excellent news, it means someone has had the foresight to install one previously and it would be a simple case of requesting the grid company to inspect it and seal it to either avoid the penalty or, remove it from your bill if you are being penalised already. 3. You have an ICP, it is sealed but you are still being penalised Unfortunately, this happens all too often and means there is no record at the grid company of an inspection of the unit. It would mean requesting an urgent inspection to rectify the matter. Rebate of penalty payments? You know the answer to that one already. 4. Your ICP is connected, inspected and sealed but your supply keeps tripping This will happen in a lot of cases because the average contracted supply is not sufficient to service the needs of people with pool pumps, water heaters and the other many items that the modern household now
have and without the ICP, take for granted can be ran at the same time. The only way to overcome this issue is to increase the potencia. This will involve contracting a qualified electrician to obtain a Boletin from the grid company. An inspection is made of your electrical installation to ensure the wiring is able to handle the addition load. Once you have paid no small amount for this, your contracted supply will be charged at a higher rate reflecting the revised monthly standing charge.
Guidance and Assistance Help is at hand in the form of Iberswitch SL, whichever of these examples applies to you, they will advise and guide you through the minefield and if you wish, will take the responsibility of communicating with the electricity company out of your hands completely. For a minimal one-off charge of €20 (existing Iberswitch clients pay just €10) they will hold the necessary application for the inspection of the ICP unit and make the request at the appropriate time. This means, when you receive the notification to install or, when you notice the penalty being applied, it takes a simple telephone call to Iberswitch and they will take over. If you are worried you may already be paying too much on your electricity bill either because of the ICP or in general, give them a call and they will offer free advice how you can make reductions to your annual outgoings. Give Iberswitch a call on: 951 254 122
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People now pay 15 cents
CRISIS-HIT businesses woo 2008 and others have since consumers with enticingly low followed their lead. prices but are unobtrusively Requesting ice with coffee is a clawing back a little money, too. common summer practice in One example is the plastic bags Spanish bars and cafes. Clients that clients of national chains like then pour the drink over the ice Mercadona, Carrefour and but where this was always free, it Alcampo now pay for. Protecting is not unusual to pay between 10 the environment is the and 15 cents. perceived motive for Service stations often charging between two make clients pay to Restaurants and 10 cents per check the pressure bag, depending on of tyres and inflate are now size. them, charging €1 charging for Fewer people for three minutes now buy bags at of compressed air. what was the checkout, but It costs 50 cents previously free to use the loos old habits remain and many still pay. at Barcelona’s Nevertheless, the same Maremagnum shopping chains have not eliminated centre, but other charges unnecessary packaging on their encountered in Cataluña are less products although the impact can modest. be greater than the plastic Some state-run hospitals in the bags themselves, consumers region have introduced a €47 associations point out. charge for the reclining armchair Restaurants are also charging occupied by a relative or friend for what was previously free. accompanying a patient One national chain began adding overnight. The same hospitals for ice. €1 for a jug of water to bills in also charge patients for bottled water with meals and for using the television. And mountaineers in the Basque Regions However, the ICV-EUiA save €2 million with the should watch their step party proposed to do measures put in place, – literally. The regional away with this measure, which also included government charges and the proposal was putting up the price of €37 for every officer approved by all the meals for prison guards, participating in a rescue opposition parties. The and only having two operation. Each motor party in power, bonus meals in the year, vehicle used costs Convergencia i Unio, at Christmas and New another €39 and if a rejected the proposal. Year while reducing the helicopter is mobilised, The regional justice amount of food served by another €2,155 is added department intended to two per cent. to the bill.
Inmates keep snacks THE Catalan parliament has approved a proposal to give inmates their afternoon snack. The regional government did away with afternoon snacks in Catalan prisons in order to save money, and only inmates in centres for minors were entitled to it.
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Tapas - A national institution in Spain THERE are a number of schools of thought as to how the excellent Spanish custom of having a tapa with a drink came about. A popular theory is that the practice started in Sevilla. Something was needed to prevent flies, especially the minute fruit flies, from getting into people’s drinks. The solution was to put a piece of bread on top of the glass to keep out the flies between sips. The idea of balancing an extra morsel of food on top of the bread was then thought of and tapas were born. The word tapa actually means lid or cover in Spanish. Another theory is that small morsels of food were served with a glass of wine to travellers who had stopped briefly at a
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DELIGHTFUL CUSTOM: Enjoying drinks and tapas with friends. country inn but who were too rushed to get down from their horse. I prefer the first version; the latter doesn’t ring true. I mean, come on, Spaniards too busy to stop for a meal! No way, especially if it is true that the practice started in Andalucia. Even if the idea of serving a tapa with a drink did actually originate in Andalucía, it is now a national institution. I think it is a delightful custom; a couple of drinks and a few tapas is a splendid way of socialising in pleasant company. Some people say that having a tapa with your drink is not a right; however, it is usually a given, although it does depend on the time of day. I have never been sure whether one should ask or not. Some would say it is bad form. Yet, on a couple of occasions when I have not requested a tapa with my beer, I did not receive one. This, I admit, has not happened too often and is usually when they think I am an English tourist who does not know any better. Locally, I know the best tapas bars and, at most of them, I ask for the tapa of my choice. In some bars you get what you are given which is not good news for the vegetarian if you get a
dish of carne con ajillo, meat in garlic sauce. Even if you ask for habas broad beans - you are likely to get pieces of cured ham in it. So, what are the popular tapas? Lomo - loin of pork - is a popular choice. I like boquerones fritos - fried anchovies which are a bit like whitebait, and the popular Spanish sausages morcilla and chorizo. Other tapas commonly served are: Carne con tomat: Pork in a rich tomato sauce Pinchos: kebabs normally of spicy pork Calamares: rings of squid normally fried in batter Jamon: Cured ham Aceitunas: Olives Albondigas: Meatballs Ensaladilla rusa: Russian salad, a sort of
potato salad Gambas: Prawns Patatas bravas: Fried potato cubes in a spicy tomato sauce Puntillitas: Battered and fried baby squid. Queso: Cheese Tortilla de patatas: Spanish omelette Pulpo a la vinagreta: Small pieces of octopus in a vinaigrette dressing Caracoles: Snails Chipirones: Cuttlefish.
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4HE AGENCY YOU D RECOMMEND TO A FRIEND
All these properties were listed with several Agencies... OASIS DE CAPISTRANO, NERJA (REF BP923)
LA NORIA, NERJA
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SAN JUAN DE CAPISTRANO, NERJA (REF BP915)
Price: 90,000 Euros
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BEEDR DRROO OOM DETACHED OO DETACH CHED ED VILLA ED VILL IILLLA 3 BEDROOM FFU UEN NTE DEL EL BADEN, BAD DEEN N, NERJA NEERJ N RJA FUENTE LLoove ove v lyy ddetached etac et achheed 3 be bbed ed villa vililllla vi ll inn tthe he sought he sough after Lovely arreeaa of of Fuente Fuen Fu ente ent te D ell Baden enn. Beautiful BBeeaauutitifu ful mature matu garm area Del Baden. deens and andd pool. The The he garage gaarragge ha hhas as bbeen een con dens converted gues gue eessts ststts, s, giving gi the hous to a Casita for guests, house a fourth updat and bedroom. The villa requires a little updating would make a stunning family home or holiday residence. Price: 449,000 Euros
LAST ASST U UNITS NITS NI TS RREMAINING MAINING G NEW N NE W DE DDEVELOPMENT EV VEELO LOPMEN NT 3 BE BEDROOM EDR D OO OM CH CHIMENEA HIM IMEN ENEEA A PPUEBLO, UEEBLO U NERJA NE N ERJJA TThis Th hiiss fantastic fant antast an taststi ta stic ic ho hhouse ouse is lo occaaattteed iinn tthe he qquie he located quiet urbanisation affording ur rbani banisation of Chimenea Chim Ch imenea ea PPueblo ueblo ueb ue bl affo ordi stunning sea views views. A Allll on Al on one level, nice ga gardens, house is a 5 minutes from Burriana Beach, this hous must see property. Garage included. Price: 350,000 Euros
IMMA IIMMACULATE IM MMACU ULA LATE TTEE C CONDITION ON O NDI DITI TION TIO ON FFRONTRO LINE APARTMENTS TORROX LLI INE NE A PPA ART AR RTME MENT NTS BE NTS BBETWEEN ETW WEE EEN TO NERJA OFF FOR AND NE AND AN N NER ERJ RJA 30% RJA % OF O FF FFO OR 6 SSELECTED ELEC E APARTMENTS, OFFER CLOSES 31ST APARTMENTS S, O OF FFE FER C FER LOSESS 31S MARCH 2012 FFROM ROM 195,000 EURO RO EUROS The interior design of the apartments is characterised by the use of light. Price: 195,000 Euros
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ULY is now hot for all and very, very hot for some. Plants, like humans and pets, are perspiring unless precautions are taken. And plants have one other summer problem, unique to themselves. The soil or compost in which they are planted, especially in containers, can dry out in a day if in full sun. But despite that, many container gardens on apartment terraces, balconies and window sills are thriving, as are shady patio gardens. The other day we visited the south-facing colourful and productive apartment terrace of a friend who obtained a copy of our cerebral book Apartment Gardening Mediterranean Style. The terrace was a mass of colour and perfume and summer vegetables and herbs could be eaten daily and cooling infusions drunk. Fortunately the friend had taken to heart the
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Gardening Corner
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advice we emphasised in the book including the seasonal calendar included for the summer that summarises what needs doing to get the best out of flowering plants, evergreen plants, herbs, fruit, vegetables and gives ideas for timely projects. We extract some of the highlights for readers. Flowering plants – Many can be grown if you select according to their planned placement in full sun, semi-shade and shade. A good illustrated selection is included in
Make the best of your terrace garden. the book. 1. Use the blind to shelter plants from the hot sun except for those that love the sun such as succulents and cacti. 2. Double or even treble watering compared to June. 3. Deadhead as flowers die to stimulate follow on flowering buds and flowers. 4. Mist spray plants in the early evening. 5. Watch out for pest and fungi problems and spray ecologically as soon as anything unwanted appears. The aforementioned book includes eco solutions for the pest problems you are likely to meet. Evergreen plants 1. Mist spray leaves fortnightly and clean leaves with a beer and milk solution monthly. 2. Watch out for mealy bugs and scale and treat ASAP. 3. Watch out for drooping and falling leaves that could indicate under watering.
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Spanish plazas known around the world By Linda Hall
INSIDE Spain itself, more than 20 town, village and city squares bear the name Plaza de España. But there are even more worldwide, beginning with the Place d’EspagneSpanjeplein in central Brussels. The square is watched over by statues of Don Quijote and Sancho Panza, in homage to the Spanish language. Rome has its Piazza di Spagna, named for the palace, which was built on the orders of the Spanish king, Fernando el Catolico in 1480. It now houses Spain’s embassy to the Vatican. Still in Europe, Lisbon in Portugal has its Praça de Espanha. In Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Balkans, Mostar’s Plaza España pays homage to the 22 Spanish soldiers and an interpreter who died on active duty while stationed with the Nato mission there. In Africa, Tetuan
ROME: Piazza di Spagna. (Morocco) and Malabo (Equatorial Guinea) each have a Plaza de España. There is another, even further afield in Agaña in Guam. This island in the Western Pacific now belongs to the US but was a Spanish possession until it was surrendered in the
Spanish-American War of 1898. Across the Atlantic, Miami Beach in Florida has a Plaza de España, while south of the border, Mexico has a total of five. Argentina has six squares bearing Spain’s name, but Chile has only
ON THE RISE: State-subsidised property costs have increased.
Social housing no longer a bargain for buyers STATE-SUBSIDISED housing in 11 autonomous communities now costs more than a second-hand property. In Teruel social housing – known as VPO – can cost 30 per cent more. In six other regions, the difference between a subsidised and a pre-owned property price has narrowed to 10 per cent compared with a pre-crisis 30 per cent. Social housing in Spain is based on the concept of building affordable apartments for buyers who would otherwise be unable to get a foot on the property ladder.
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Many developers shunned subsidised properties, claiming that the price difference did not make it worth their while. In a bid to attract developers, many regional governments raised VPO prices to the legally-permitted upper limit. By the end of 2008 when the cost of subsidised apartments was at its highest, property prices began to drop. Since then, prices on the open market fell by 18.3 per cent, compared to 1.7 per cent for subsidised homes.
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4:00pm Show Me the Monet 4:45pm The Hairy Bikers' Food Tour of Britain 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Antiques Road Trip 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm Babies in the Office 9:00pm Coast 10:00pm Line of Duty 11:00pm Twenty Twelve 11:30pm Newsnight 12:20am Shakespeare Uncovered 1:20am BBC News
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WIMBLEDON – Congratulations to the brilliant Roger Federer (the world’s number one tennis player) who equalled Pete Sampras’s record of seven Wimbledon singles titles by beating gutsy Andy Murray in four sets. The durable Scot – the first Brit since Bunny Austin in 1938 to reach the men’s final – had the whole nation behind him, but it was the Swiss magician who had all the tricks and stole the show. Said former champion Boris Becker: “Andy gave his all and there’s no doubt he’ll be back.” Also, I say well done to aceserving genius Serena Williams, who defeated Poland’s firstever finalist, Agnieszka Radwanska to win her fifth women’s title (her 14th Grand Slam victory). That’s 10 Wimbledon singles titles overall for Serena and sister Venus, and for the record the Williams girls also won the 2012 women’s doubles. Wild-card entrants Jonny Marray (GB) and
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A RECORD 199 nations took part in the 2000 Games in Australia (it would have been 200, but the IOOC banned Afghanistan). A total of 10,651 athletes (6,582 men, 4,069 women) participated in 300 events, covering 28 sports. Stars of the show were home favourites Cathy Freeman who won the women’s 400m gold and champion swimmer Ian Thorpe; female cyclist Zijaard von Moorsel who set new Olympic and world records, the Cameroon football team who beat Spain 5-3 on penalties to clinch gold and GB rower Steve Redgrave who joined the elite band of athletes to win a gold medal at five different Olympics. The USA topped the medals chart with 92 (37 gold); Russia collected 88, China 59, Australia 58. GB 28 and Spain, with 326 participants, gained 11.
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Freddy Nielsen (Denmark) collected £135,000 each by sensationally winning the men’s doubles. Marray is the first ‘Brit’ to claim this title since 1936. On Saturday, an expected 40,000 crowd will attend an exhibition match between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic at Real Madrid’s Bernabeu Stadium. Right now, the record attendance at a tennis match is 35,681, for the Kim Clijsters-Serena Williams ‘challenge’ in Brussels in June 2010. MOTORSPORT – Around 120,000 spectators saw Mark Webber win in the British GP; Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel were second and third.
Genius: Serena Williams. Simultaneously, Dani Pedrosa won the German MotoGP, ahead of Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso after Casey Stoner came off on the last lap when challenging for second place. CRICKET – Alastair Cook’s inform England (9 wins on the bounce) powered past Australia in the ODI series – say no more. Bring on the Ashes! Ex-England batsman Mark Ramprakash has retired, aged 42. He played 905 games for Middlesex and Surrey (19872012), appeared in 52 Tests and 18 one-day internationals, scored over 91,500 runs, including 114 first-class centuries (taking him up to sixth in the all-time list for most tons, and only one fewer than the great Don Bradman), topped the 1,000-run mark in 20 seasons and over 2,000 on three occasions. His batting average was 53.14. He won precious few club honours as a cricketer but he did win the TV’s, Strictly Come Dancing! FOOTBALL – Andre VillasBoas is only the second man to manage both Chelsea and
• Ex-England cricketer Chris Old who helped Ian Botham and Co. win the Ashes in 1981, is now earning £6 per hour as a Sainsbury’s check-out operator in Truro, Cornwall. • Chelsea’s last 10 managers have all been ‘foreigners’… Gullit, Vialli, Ranieri, Mourinho, Grant, Scolari, Hiddinck, Ancelotti, Villa-Boas and Di Matteo. Spurs (Glenn Hoddle was the first). • Diego Maradona’s 1986 World Cup winning shirt is on show at the National football Museum which opened in Manchester last week • Swansea boss Michael Laudrup has named former club legend Alan Curtis as senior coach • WBA manager Steve Clarke’s backroom staff includes two ex-Wolves players, Keith Downing and Kevin Keen • Former Spurs and Real Madrid defender Jonathan Woodgate has rejoined Middlesbrough • Robin van Persie could leave Arsenal LONDON OLYMPICS – The opening ceremony takes place on Friday July 27 with the first events following 24 hours later with archery, beach volleyball (the women’s competition is a sell-out!), football (Ryan Giggs will captain team GB), artistic gymnastics, judo, road cycling, rowing and swimming.
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