Costa del Sol 11 - 17 August 2022 Issue 1936

Issue No. 1936 11 - 17 August 2022

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HOME HELP BONANZA HOME HELP SERVICE in Marbella is to receive €25 million over five years, the largest social contract ever entered into by the Council.

On August 9, Mayor Án‐ geles Muñoz announced this commitment which is co‐financed by the Council and the Junta de Andalucia with much of the work un‐ dertaken by the Glece Group. She explained that with 260 care assistants working almost 30,000 hours each month, it is pos‐ sible to offer help to be‐ tween 850 and 1,200 peo‐ ple in the municipality.

The amount involved rep‐ resents some 46 per cent of the entire Social Rights bud‐ get and is €5 million more than the amount spent for the same service in 2019.

The mayor said “This re‐ flects the commitment made in the social area from the outset and the maintenance of the in‐ crease in the item that we carried out in the midst of

Credit: Marbella Council

CONTRACT: Mayor Ángeles Muñoz confirmed the financial commitment.

the pandemic, understand‐ ing that a city as supportive as ours must also guarantee

care for families that have a person with some degree of disability.”

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Celtic Night Credit: Mijas Council

THERE is a new virus sweeping through the land and beyond and no‐one is immune from it.

You see its effect when you shop, get fuel, or turn on a light switch.

It’s called the COST OF LIVING CRISIS and it hurts.

Every family knows what I mean, but those on fixed incomes bear the brunt.

For many years now, savvy shoppers have known the value of charity shops.

Now more people are realising that these shops offer good quality pre‐owned goods at budget prices.

AGE CONCERN have a well established shop in Calle Francisco Cano, Los Boliches.

Open daily from 10.30 until 2.00pm with ex‐ tended hours on Wednesday until 6.00pm.

Don’t let the cost of living crisis hurt more than it needs to.

AGE CONCERN are much more than just a shop, we are HERE TO HELP. We offer welfare advice, help, support and friendship in these difficult time For more information pop in to our shop or any one of our four drop‐in centres.

You will find us in Los Boliches, La Cala, Mi‐ jas Pueblo and Arroyo, Benalmadena.

All centres reopen in September.

Please call our INFORMATION and HELPLINE on 652 537 615 for further information.

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FREE ENTRY: Members of the Sur Pipes Band promoted the event.

MIJAS PUEBLO Celtic Night returns on Saturday August 13 at the municipal auditorium and once again entry is free until capacity is reached with doors opening at 8.30pm.

Information about the event has been a little hard to find, but it is now confirmed that performing will be the Sur Pipes Band, Irish Treble Danza and Suzana Seivane.

There is less emphasis on the rockier side of Celtic music this year, although there will be some fascinating perfor‐ mances. The Sur Pipes Band based in Malaga consists of a number of Scottish expatriates, both male and female who enjoy the traditional swirl of the bag‐ pipes, so you can be assured of a rous‐

ing performance with some of Scot‐ land’s most recognisable music.

There are four female dancers and four musicians who make up the Irish Treble group, performing a range of in‐ tricate and exciting dance routines which have benefited from the popu‐ larity of what at the time was a revela‐ tion, Riverdance.

Suzana Seivane is a musical techni‐ cian from Galicia who not only sings and dances but has mastered tradition‐ al local instruments such as the gaitia (a style of chanter and bagpipe) recorder, vieiras (scallop shells), pandereta (tam‐ bourine), tambor (side drum), bombo (bass drum) as well as, so expect a real one‐woman band.

Credit: Casares Council

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RECRUITMENT: Welcoming the two new officers.

THE town of Casares, which is situated in the hills above the Costa del Sol, as well as having its own coastal suburb has strengthened its Local Police force with two new officers.

Answering a recruitment call last year, they have been train‐ ing at the Andalucian Police Academy and are now ready to take over full time duties within the town’s Local Police force.

Deputy Mayor Juan Luis Villalón, who formally welcomed them on August 4 confirmed that it is the council’s intention to recruit an additional four officers over the next few months in order to respond to the growth in the local population.

World Festival FOUR days of food, drink, music and fun at the World Festival will be held at the Playa El Rosario in Marbella from August 18 to 21.

Parking is available at Barronal Morera next to Las Chapas school and ad‐ mission to the event which runs from 6pm to 2am

each night is free.

There will be a selection of gastronomic treats from dif‐ ferent countries as well as bars and music on each night from 9pm performed by a selection of artists such as Latina Fusion, Metal Gods, Bandido, Tribute to Buddy Holly and Merci Players.

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NIBS EXTRA Manilva Fair MANILVA Fair is now taking place and will run until Sun‐ day August 14 with the usual fairground attractions, music every night with DJs and bands and carnival floats out and about on the streets of Manilva on Saturday and Sabinillas on Sunday.

Cheap parking UNDERGROUND car parking at €1 per day is promised by Estepona Council after reach‐ ing an agreement to build next to Nuestra Señora del Carmen church and with an expected 380 spaces, this will be the sixth cheap parking area in the municipality.

Fit firemen FIREMEN from Gibraltar have a reputation for being fit and successful in the British Fire‐ fighter Challenge and this year’s event was no excep‐ tion, as they set the fastest team time and one of their members won a silver medal in his particular category.

Charity golf THERE will be a charity golf tournament on Sunday, Au‐ gust 14 at Atalaya Golf in Isd‐ abe with proceeds going to the Tutelar Foundation in San Pedro Alcantara which is in‐ volved in training and finding jobs for those with disabilities.

Life savers LIFEGUARDS in Torremolinos spotted that a 78‐year‐old man from Cordoba who was on holiday appeared to be having trouble in the water off Los Alamos beach on Monday August 8 and having brought him onto dry land started re‐ suscitation before paramedics took him to hospital.

Malaga arrest THE Guardia Civil, on Sunday August 7, arrested a Malaga resident on suspicion of steal‐ ing copper wiring worth an es‐ timated €5,000, from railway lines in the Valencian Com‐ munity. These thefts caused a real danger because the ab‐ sence of wiring could create a circuitry overload.

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Happy Birthday Neo NEO the orangutan celebrated his first birthday at Bioparc Fuengirola on Thurs‐ day August 4.

Since he came into the world, Neo has had a close relationship with his mother, to whom he clung from the first moment and from whom he barely lets go.

He will maintain this closeness until he has reached his second birthday, al‐ though he will continue to take milk from his mother until he is four or five.

This special relationship makes Bornean orangutans one of the animals with the longest childhood in the animal kingdom.

Neo is one of four baby orangutans that have been born at Bioparc as part of the zoo’s conservation programme and according to data from the IUCN (Interna‐ tional Union for Conservation of Nature) the worldwide population of orangutans

Credit: Bioparc Fuengirola

Neo held his own birthday party.

is just under 105,000, less than half the figure recorded at the beginning of the 1970s. The rainforest habitats of both Borneo and Sumatran orangutans, are disappearing at an alarming rate due to

deforestation and land clearing and the IUCN estimates that, if its decline and the threats that cause it continue at the same rate, most of the population will become extinct in the next 50 years.

Beach awareness Historic restoration START them young is the watchword of Fuengirola Council which is organising an environmental awareness day on the town’s beaches on Friday, August 12.

Councillor of Beaches Javier Hidalgo said “we are going to carry out four activities that will take place on the beaches of Carvajal, Los Boliches-Gaviotas, Fuengirola and El Castillo at different times.”

The locations and times in which these workshops aimed at children will be as follows: from 10am to 12pm on Carvajal beach; from 12.30pm to 2.30pm they will be located at Boliches-Gaviotas beach; from 3.30pm to 5.30pm at Fuengirola Beach and from 5.30pm to 7.30pm at the Castillo beach.

There will be environmentally aware games such as petanque, trivia quizzes, awareness workshops and a talk from local fishermen about the correct management of their waste.With this campaign the council hopes that beach users will know how to distinguish waste and how to use selective collection bins correctly in order to keep the beaches clean.

THE Malaga Provincial Council will spend €1.56 million on repairs to the Palacio de Valdeflores, an 18th-century building located in the capital.

The palace, which was last restored in 1988, shortly after the council took charge of it, is located next to the medieval wall of Calle Carretería.

The priority for external action will be the recovery of mural paintings as well as the elimination of the current plinth on the ground floor to execute a new one.

As there is no staircase

Golf Marathon Challenge GOLF Marathon Man David Steele has presented cheques to the two charities that benefited from the Golf Marathon Challenge which took place at the San Roque Club in July.

It was then that David undertook to play six rounds of marathon speed golf, the idea being that teams should not take more than two and a half hours per round.

“I’m thrilled with the results of this fundraising tournament and it is astonish-

ing how well everybody who took part did considering this speed marathon format challenge hasn’t been attempted at the San Roque Club before,” said David.

As is now par for the course, he smashed his fundraising goal of €10,000, with the final total raised being just over €20,000 for two very worthy charities: Cancer Research Spain and Centro Contigo in La Linea, a charity for disadvantaged children and their families.

in the building that directly connects all the floors this will be corrected.

Work will take place on the roof and the offices, new toilets including disabled facilities will be installed, whilst air conditioning and plumbing will be replaced.

As far as the archaeological remains are concerned, a raised glass floor will be created to keep the tarjea (drainage pipe) and the well discovered in the subsoil visible.

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Plaza Mayor accident ACCORDING to Emergencies 112 Andalucia, a 59-year-old man lost his life on Saturday, August 6 after being hit by a vehicle on the MA-20 in the vicinity of Malaga city.

The 112 operators received the first of several calls at around 10.30pm, informing them of an accident at Km2 of the MA-20 just before the Plaza Mayor shopping complex.

Callers said the man had been walking along the road and subsequently got run over by a car.

Guardia Civil patrols were immediately deployed to the location by the emergency coordinator, along with an ambulance from the 061 Centre for Health Emergencies (CES), complete with a medical team.

On arrival at the accident site the medics verified there was nothing they could do to save the man’s life and he was pronounced dead at the scene, which was confirmed to the coordination centre.

No further information has since emerged.

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AREME FOLLOWING their charity bar‐ becue in July, AREME (Foreign Residents Association of Es‐ tepona) raised €405, which will be dispersed locally in due course. Their fortnightly Quiz Night every other Thursday re‐ turns to Vice Versa bar in Es‐ tepona Port from 7pm on September 15 and they will be holding a coffee morning at Rick’s, also in the port, on Mon‐ day October 12 from 11pm.

Membership of this group which campaigns for local for‐ eign residents remains at €5 per annum and to find out more email info.areme2022@ gmail.com.

Discover Flamenco DISCOVER Flamenco at Alame‐ da de San Pedro in San Roque on the evening of Friday August 19 from 10pm.

The 19th Flamenco Night of Puente Mayorga returns with a selection of national and local stars following the pandemic.

There will be song, dance, gui‐ tar and a feeling of the Andalu‐ cian gypsy lifestyle. It has been organised by the Puente Ro‐ mano Neighbourhood Associa‐ tion and the San Roque Council.

Meteor showers

AUGUST is a special month for lovers of astronomy.

Coinciding with the last su‐

permoon of the year, this week the sky will light up with the spectacular Per‐

seids or Tears of San Lorenzo. As reported by NASA on Tuesday, August

I Tuna Ronqueo

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MARBELLA ARENA: Announcement of the charity event.

ON August 19 the Marbella Arena will host the I Tuna Ronqueo, a charity event for the benefit of Infancia Sin Fronteras that com‐ bines gastronomy and live music.

Organiser, Pepe Jiménez said on August 5 that “this is a great opportunity to enjoy the ronqueo, which is the traditional butchering of the tuna, named after the noise that the knife makes when rubbing against the spine which will be undertaken by chef David Can‐ ca together with a wine pairing by sommeli‐ er José Joaquín Cortés in a unique environ‐

ment.” His goal is to break a Guinness record with an attendance of more than 400 peo‐ ple, which is why they have chosen a space with as much capacity as the Marbella Are‐ na. At 8pm, Marbella based Eva Piñero will take to the stage and then at 11pm there will be a flamenco show featuring the singer from Cordoba Álvaro Vizcaino and the local musicians Flores and Chino.

Tickets are available at www.marbella arena.com at €80 for the first 50 purchasers and then €97 for the rest.

9, this is one of the most incredible showers of shooting stars that occur each year in the lunar calendar.

They are popularly known as the Tears of San Lorenzo, due to the proximity of their peak of activity to August 10, the day of the martyr’s feast.

According to Christian tradition, parallelism is sought in these stars and they seek to evoke the tears that the martyr shed when he was burned alive at the stake.

The name Perseids has its origin in the Perseus constellation because most of the shooting stars in this dis‐ play come from that constellation.

They are particles left behind by the comet Swift‐Tuttle that cross paths in Earth’s orbit.

These particles collide with the Earth’s atmo‐ sphere producing that characteristic light show.

NASA explains that this star show will be vis‐ ible until August 24, but, they can be best ob‐ served in the sky over Malaga Province on Au‐ gust 11 and 12.

They will be quite visi‐ ble again from August 12 to 13. During these days, between 80 and 200 shooting stars should be visible per hour.

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A birthday surprise

Image Instagram @samthompson

BEST PALS: Pete Wicks and Sam Thompson.

MADE IN CHELSEA star Sam Thompson says he got the best birthday surprise after his dad and his ‘broth‐ er’ and best pal Pete Wicks flew out to join him in cele‐ brating his 30th birthday.

In an Instagram post on Saturday, August 6, Thompson said two of the most important role mod‐ els in my life had surprised him in Marbella where he is on holiday with his girl‐ friend Zara McDermott, 25.

Thompson said that he and his friends had gone to Marbella for three days to celebrate his birthday. But he had not expected for one minute that his ‘super posh dad’ and his ‘juvie brother’ would join them.

He said that it “Made my birthday.”

Wicks responded by say‐ ing that Thompson who celebrated his 30th birth‐ day, was being “Overly dra‐ matic and sentimental.”

Wicks shared a clip showing Thompson walk‐ ing through a restaurant before spotting Thompson near the pool. He then charged over excitedly be‐ fore the two embraced.

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Berlin Circus tour THE Berlin Circus has toured Spain for more than 25 years and changes its act annually so each visit is something of a surprise for the audience. Whilst the in‐ tention is to keep the original essence of circus alive, there are no longer ani‐ mals involved and the evening relies on magic, acrobatics and laughter.

It will be in San Pedro Alcantara by the Teresa de Leon School in a clima‐ tised tent from August 12 to Septem‐ ber 11 with tickets which can be booked online costing from €15 to €30 for children and €20 to €35 for adults .

Lion King return IT’S a return visit to the Costa del Sol of the Lion King Tribute which will take place at the Marbella Arena on Satur‐ day August 13, starting at 10pm follow‐ ing a successful night in Mijas in July.

Presented by Madrid’s Onbeat Com‐ pany, this tribute to the Disney classic promises to be an exciting evening with two emcees as presenters, four singers and four dancers, as well as a three‐me‐ tre giraffe. Boasting high‐quality live voices, meticulous detail to the cos‐ tumes and all the songs from The Lion King movies 1 and 2 as well as some from number 3 (also known as Lion King 1½) tickets cost from €12 to €28 online via the Marbella Arena website.

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Children’s evening THERE will be a selection of games for children and their families in the Boule‐ vard Pablo Ráez de las Al‐ barizas, Marbella organ‐ ised by ERACIS, a section of the Red Cross, from 7pm until 9.30pm today, Thurs‐ day August 11.

There will be a chance to play football, partici‐ pate in a family gymkhana, a thrilling ad‐ venture where the fastest, strongest or most agile team will not be the winners and the most co‐ ordinated will triumph.

Add to this, access to gi‐ ant versions of games

Credit: Red Cross Marbella

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FAMILY GAMES: Adults can take part as well as the children.

such as Jenga Twister, Connect 4 and Tangram, an ancient game where the young participants will have to find clues and solve a puzzle in order to

CAT lovers can learn about the activ‐ ities taken by local charities and Tor‐ remolinos Council to ensure that feral colonies are being cared for and treated well.

This can be seen at a photo‐ graphic exhibition on the first floor of the town hall which contains 57 photographs of rescued cats and details of whether they are still

reach the final prize.

The aim of ERACIS is to focus on the areas of towns and cities where there are serious situations of social exclusion and/or

Feral cats available for adoption.

Using the slogan ‘Don’t abandon me, adopt me!’, the exhibition is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 1pm until Monday August 29.

As far as feral cats are concerned, Torremolinos looks to capture, take

where there are risk fac‐ tors for their occurrence, as well as to act for the good of the municipality in order to transform the vi‐ sion of these areas.

them for a veterinary review to en‐ sure that they do not suffer from any contagious disease, sterilise and chip before they are returned to the space where they were captured.

Representatives of the Malaga Feline Association support the Council’s actions, but want to help ensure that as many street cats as possible find human homes.

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Noche Viva success THOUSANDS of people en‐ joyed the Noche Viva Fuen‐ girola on Saturday August 6, which took place in 12 pub‐ lic spaces in the town.

Of particular note amongst the many sched‐ uled activities, were the An‐ dalucian Actors Walk of Fame, which could be seen on Calle España; the musi‐ cal performance of the Eu‐ rovision contestant Anabel Conde, in the Plaza de la Constitucion; the LBGTI Di‐ vas Show, in the port; fami‐ ly cinema and games with children’s animation char‐ acters, in the Plaza de la Hispanidad and the Star Wars theme party, in the Plaza Pedro Cuevas de Los Boliches.

To ensure that everyone was able to move around the town easily, the council decreed that the local bus service would be free and the service was extended until 3am.

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RESIDENTS complained about Marbella’s Opium nightclub prior to a shooting which took place on July 18.

A group of residents in the El Real urbanisation in Mar‐ bella contacted the councillor of Citizen Security to ask for a meeting to discuss the securi‐ ty of the nearby Opium nightclub over the past four years.

They want to know how many inspections and actual visits by the Local Police have been made following resi‐ dents’ complaints to the 092 number about noise and oth‐ er allegedly illegal activities taking place within the club’s premises.

In addition, they requested that the councillor will con‐ firm the number of inspec‐ tions carried out by both the

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Residents’ complaints

OPIUM: Complaints about noise levels have been made.

Civil Protection and the Fire Brigade to check that safety requirements were being complied with.

Another request ad‐ dressed how effective the sound limiter on the premis‐ es was and whether it had ever malfunctioned as they believe that the noise coming from the club exceeds safe levels.

Furthermore, they allege

that emergency exits are not respected, as hire cars often block them and that there is no pavement for pedestrians.

In the event that the coun‐ cillor does not respond to their request, (which has clearly been prompted by the shooting which took place in the club), the group intends to progress the matter through Marbella mayor, Án‐ geles Muñoz.

Operation Crossing the Strait ACCORDING to the latest data, as of July 31, the number of passengers departing Malaga for Morocco during this year’s Oper‐ ation Crossing the Strait (OPE) has increased by 30.1 per cent compared to 2019.

Specifically, 60,815 passengers and 13,827 vehicles have boarded during the 84 cross‐ ings carried out by shipping companies be‐ tween June 15 and July 31. Malaga has dealt with just 5.4 per cent of the 1,127,944 pas‐ sengers who crossed the Strait from various points in Spain this summer.

OPE 2022, which began on June 15 and will end on September 15, consists of two

phases: Operation Exit, from the aforemen‐ tioned June 15 to August 15; and Operation Return, from July 15 to September 15.

This year’s OPE included 1,100 people, in‐ cluding officials from the State Security Forces and Bodies, Traffic, Civil Protection, Health, Red Cross and Roads.

Social and health assistance modules are provided by Civil Protection, the Red Cross, Acciona‐Transmediterranea and Balearia, with booths for ticket sales. They can also be purchased at the different service areas in the province of Malaga installed on the main roads.

Compensation demanded THE Junta de Andalucia has demanded compensation for bus companies as Renfe is required to offer free rail travel.

Minister Marifrán Carazo, has demanded that the National Government creates a fund that compensates for the situation of imbalance generated by the free Renfe trips to the rest of the transport sector.

She has sent a formal letter to the Minister of Transport Raquel Sánchez, in which she has conveyed her concern about the impact of this measure on road passenger transport services, which “suffer

Buses left empty on some routes due to free train travel.

Credit: Junta de Andalucia

from the increase in cost of fuel and have not yet recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic.”

She requested that the State compensate the companies operating the bus lines that provide routes coinciding with the railway “due to the serious economic damages derived from the free of charge Cercanías and Me-

dia Distancia rail services.”

She added in her letter that the measure may also have an impact on the quality of services “due to the impossibility for Renfe to meet the demand that it is going to register and for the road transport operators that coincide with the railway to maintain the current offer of services.”

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AS announced on Sunday, August 7, on Marbella City Council’s official Twitter pro‐ file, remodelling and condi‐ tioning work is being carried out on the three tennis courts of the Paco Cantos sports centre in the municipality.

This is in addition to the works already underway in Pecho de las Cuevas, Francis‐ co Norte, the rugby field, and the petanque courts of Las Chapas. Another 15 improve‐ ments will subsequently be carried out in facilities within this area from now until De‐ cember.

Diego Lopez, and Manuel Cardeña, the councillors of

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TENNIS COURTS: The councillors visited the remodelling works.

Works and Sports, respective‐ ly, have visited the beginning of the works. It is scheduled to last a month and a half and will solve the problem of draining rainwater.This will allow the practice of this sport “in an optimal and effi‐ cient way,” in addition to the

possibility of hosting regional and even national competi‐ tions in said facilities they commented.

“The work will respond to the demands of the tennis clubs and the municipal school of this discipline,” ac‐ cording to Cardeña.

Notice to bullfighters MALAGA PROVINCIAL COUNCIL continues to encourage bullfighting by inviting young bullfighters to take part in a four‐day compe‐ tition.

Fifteen students from bullfighting schools in Spain and Portugal will participate in the Bullfighting School Contest from August 18 to 21 at the La Malagueta bullring in Malaga

City. After two years without taking place, the knock out competition will take place at 7.30pm each night and entrance will be free.

The three best performers will advance to the grand final which will be held on Sunday, August 21 and as a prize, the winner will take part in the novillada with picadors in the Malaga 2023 fair.

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Tennis court remodelling Stolen parrot recovered

Willy the parrot.

A PARROT which had been stolen from a home in Alhaurin de la Torre was found thanks to its constant calling out of its owner’s name.

It was reported on Monday, August 8, by Al‐ haurin de la Torre Town Hall, that a valuable par‐ rot that was stolen had been reunited with its owners thanks to the dili‐ gent work of the Local Po‐ lice force.

Willy, a grey parrot with

GREY PARROTS: Can be valuable to their owners.

a distinguishable red tail had been reported stolen from his home in the Pinos de Alhaurin urbani‐ sation on May 19. He was discovered last weekend in another home in the Torrealqueria neighbour‐ hood.

The incredible quirk of fate that led to Willy be‐ ing found was his ability to frequently call out the name of his owners’ young daughter, Amanda.

This fact was verified by

several witnesses who verified the bird had learned to say the name.

This proved decisive in the discovery and subse‐ quent identification of the parrot. His calls of ‘Aman‐ da’ alerted several neigh‐ bours who informed the police.

Willy’s owners have shown huge gratitude to the Local Police for the re‐ turn of their pet, who is of immeasurable sentimen‐ tal value to the family.

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TWO robberies with explosives that occurred at Bankinter branches in the city of Malaga dur‐ ing the early hours of Monday, August 8, are being investigated by the National Police, as re‐ ported by local press. The criminals were tar‐ geting the ATM machines.

One of the attempted robberies was carried out in the facility located in the neighbourhood of Teatinos, and another in La Malagueta. It seems that in both cases the thieves used ex‐ plosives to carry out their crimes, although in‐ vestigators are believed to be trying to estab‐ lish the exact technique used.

As confirmed to the publication by police sources, the first robbery took place at around 6.10am, in the bank located in Plaza de La Malagueta.

Startled residents alerted the 112 Emergency system, with several National Police and Local Police patrols quickly responding. They verified that it was an attack with explosives.

Just 20 minutes later, a similar incident oc‐

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Thieves use explosives

ROBBED: Bankinter in Plaza de La Malagueta in Malaga.

curred at the bank located on Calle Kandinsky, near Ciudad de la Justicia and the university campus.

According to residents of the area, many neighbours went out onto their balconies and observed ‘people coming in and out with bags from the bank’.

One recalled: “They were hooded and dressed in black,” pointing out: “It all happened very fast.”

EMPRESA MALAGUEÑA DE TRANSPORTES (EMT), Malaga’s bus service, con‐ tinues to move towards green mobility. Malaga City Council announced on Fri‐ day, August 5, it is studying the possibility of purchas‐ ing two vehicles that are 100 per cent electric.

These two vehicles will cost €1.5 million, but be‐ fore that happens, EMT has acquired one vehicle on loan. This will enable the company “to test it, see its consumption, its efficiency, and how it adapts to the operation of the EMT dur‐ ing a month‐long trial,” commented Francisco de la Torre, the mayor of Mala‐ ga.

The mayor took a test ride around the city in the

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Malaga’s ‘green’ buses

100% ELECTRIC: The new CityGold hydrogen bus.

new H2 CityGold. He was accompanied by Jose del Rio, the Mobility councillor, and Susana Carillo, the councillor for Innovation and Digitisation. “In princi‐ ple, it is the most efficient, and does not pollute at all,” stressed the mayor.

“Hydrogen vehicles, the mayor continued, are

kinder to the environment to the extent that it is pro‐ duced from renewable en‐ ergy, the so‐called ‘green hydrogen’.”

There are zero emissions with this hydrogen bus since the only residual product is water vapour, which is expelled through the exhaust pipe.

Criminal gang smashed NATIONAL POLICE re‐ ported in a statement, on Saturday August 6, that four individuals have been arrested and imprisoned. They were allegedly a criminal group of Ukrainian ori‐ gin that was dedicated to extorting compatri‐ ots.

A man who had set‐ tled in the province of

Malaga was identified as the leader. He directed, organised and coordi‐ nated the rest of the members who resided in Madrid, according to lo‐ cal news sources.

Those arrested used excessive violence to commit robberies with violence, extortion and illegal arrests, in addi‐ tion to planning and exe‐

cuting drug ‘overturns’.

The investigation be‐ gan after a robbery com‐ mitted last May in the Alicante town of Benidorm. The police learned of the violent as‐ sault on a house where three women of Ukraini‐ an nationality lived, who had recently settled in Spain as a result of the war in their country.

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THE ANCHOR: Is now on La Fontanilla roundabout.

Donated sculpture AS announced on its official Twitter feed on Saturday, August 6, Marbella City Council has installed an anchor donated by the Port Authority of Malaga in the fountain of the La Fontanilla roundabout.

The sculpture was made by local Marbella artist Curro Leyton and has been placed in the same location that is occupied by La Venus.

Diego Lopez, the councillor for Works for the municipality presented the sculpture and stressed that: “it is a unique design that reflects the importance of

the sun and the sea for the city.

“When the emblematic statue of La Venus was moved to its new location one month ago, there was a void that needed to be filled. I think this is an attractive and different image that has managed to bring modernity to a traditional element that is closely linked to our land,” he explained.

“It fills me with pride that the council has placed its trust in me to transform a piece that is located in such an outstanding place in Marbella as the Paseo Marítimo,” said Curro Leyton.

IN a statement released by the Ministry of Health on Friday, August 5, the Clinical Hospital of Malaga has successfully implant‐ ed a definitive artificial heart in a 67‐year‐old man. The patient is cur‐ rently in rehabilitation af‐ ter his operation that was performed on June 22.

This is the first opera‐ tion of its kind in Malaga Province. The device was implanted in a patient who was suffering from advanced heart failure. As a result, he had a low life expectancy due to car‐ diomyopathy of genetic origin. He had been close‐ ly monitored by the Heart

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Malaga hospital staff with the heart transplant patient.

Failure section of the Hos‐ pital Virgen de la Victoria for the last 12 years.

The device consists of an intracorporeal me‐ chanical circulatory assis‐

LOCAL POLICE officers in the city of Malaga, in coordination with the Maritime Service of the Guardia Civil, and the Maritime Captaincy of Malaga, have launched a pioneer‐ ing radar device.

It is part of the ‘Coastal Opera‐ tion 2022’ campaign, whose objec‐ tive is to control possible negli‐ gence and infractions of jet skis and pleasure boats with the aim of ‘protecting the integrity of the

tance pump that allows patients with severe heart failure to increase their survival. It helps im‐ prove their functional ca‐ pacity to carry out their

daily activities.

After undergoing surgery on June 22, the patient has been complet‐ ing his rehabilitation pro‐ cess with the assistance of the multidisciplinary team that cares for him.

Ainhoa Robles, the spe‐ cialist in Cardiology ex‐ plained that “Although the technique is already performed in centres that have a heart transplant programme, the Virgen de la Victoria University Hospital is the first to per‐ form it in our province.”

Jet ski monitoring users and swimmers themselves’.

The first coordinated joint ac‐ tion between the Local Police and the Guardia Civil within this new operation was carried out last weekend, from 4pm to 7pm. A to‐ tal of 17 boats were controlled with radar, most of them being

jet skis.

In total, the Local Police record‐ ed 13 infractions during the two days of the weekend.

These included three for anchor‐ ing in the bathing area, and anoth‐ er three for lacking or not present‐ ing documentation.

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Ice cube shortage THERE are conflicting reports on just how bad the ice cube shortage in Malaga Province actually is.

Supermarkets in Malaga Province have reported a shortage of ice cubes in their stores. Large chains including Mercadona, Carrefour, DIA, and Maskom all told local press on Thursday, August 4, that they opened their doors that morning without any bags of ice for sale.

Those that had some in stock, reported a low supply.

Employees told the publica‐ tion that the bags had simply not arrived, but added that the situation was actually worse a week or two ago.

On Wednesday, August 3, Fernando Plazas, the general director of Procubitos Eu‐ rope, insisted that the situa‐ tion is only going to get

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ICE CUBS: Local shops have none for sale.

worse. His company controls 22 per cent of the ice cube market in Spain, and said: “the coming week is going to be criminal.”

If supermarkets have a shortage, the hotel and

catering industry does not yet have this problem.

One waitress, claiming to be unaware of the problem, told them, “We’re still going to have to buy more, just in case.”

New Metro not ready THE expected opening of the new section of the Metro line to Alameda Principal in the city centre will not happen in time for the Malaga Fair.

Despite the fact that the Junta de An‐ dalucia reiterated, on several occasions, its intention that people would be able to use the new Metro line to attend Malaga Fair in the city centre this year, the dead‐ lines will not be met, according to local news sources.

The Fair begins on Friday August 12 and

works on the underground line to Alame‐ da Principal will not be completed on time. Sources from the Andalucian Gov‐ ernment explained their decision to post‐ pone the commissioning of the El Perchel‐ Atarazanas section of the Malaga Metro.

A specific date was never set in stone for the Metro to finally reach the city cen‐ tre in time for the Fair.

It was, however, an objective on which the Andalucian Government had been working since the beginning of the year.

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Andalucia travel discounts BUS and train fares are set to see a 30 per cent dis‐ count in Andalucia, from Thursday September 1.

The discount on bus and train fares was announced by the Junta de Andalucia, who explained that the dis‐ count will see a suburban bus ride in Malaga cost pas‐ sengers 57 cents instead of the current price of 82 cents.

The measures hope to help citizens with the cur‐ rent cost of living crisis that has hit Europe and affected Spain noticeably in the last few months.

Spain’s capital, Madrid, is hesitant over Andalucia’s latest scheme, with Mar‐ ifran Carazo, the junta’s minister for public works stating: “Andalucia will need more than €10 million for this programme, so the €100 million announced for the whole of Spain is obvi‐ ously not enough to cover the costs.” According to the junta, the autonomous re‐ gions had to commit to the programme before they knew exactly how much fi‐ nancial support they would receive. In this case, they were forced to carry out the measure given the financial constraints currently faced by many Andalucians.

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THE world’s most expensive wine has just gone up for auction at a staggering €340,000, significantly higher than the cost of the average home in Spain.

As reported by a national news site on Thursday, August 5, the bottle is believed to have been put up for auction at what is described as a bargain price.

Hilario García, owner of Bodega Au‐

A costly tipple rumRed said that it requires a full under‐ standing of wine culture and the details that go into the making of AurumRed to understand and appreciate the value of

Nightclub warning REPORTS of women being spiked or injected in night‐ clubs and discos across Spain continue to grow, leaving police baffled. As of Wednesday, August 3 more than 20 cases had been re‐ ported in Catalonia alone, and as much as twice that number reported elsewhere in Spain.

Police remain baffled by the cases with little informa‐ tion to go on. At this stage, there is no evidence on who

is doing the spiking, why they are spiking the woman and what if any chemical substance is being used.

So far no chemical has been identified with toxicol‐ ogy reports coming back clear, however, those spiked talk of drowsiness, dizziness, disorientation, nausea and headaches. Others have fainted or passed out.

Police say anyone who is spiked to go to the hospital as soon as possible for a toxi‐

cology test, in the hope that the substance can be identi‐ fied.

It is also recommended that you report the spiking as soon as it happens to the National Police helpline on 112 so that they can provide assistance and initiate an im‐ mediate investigation.

With an increasing num‐ ber of reports of women spiked in nightclubs and dis‐ cos, the police have asked everyone to remain vigilant.

Bump causes pile up

By Peter McLaren‐Kennedy

A BADLY planned second stage in the Vuelta a Burgos meant that as riders started to step up the pace with around a kilometre to go, they literally hit a speed bump in the road, which caused a multiple pileup. This resulted in a number of riders going down, many of whom suffered significant in‐ juries.

The first to go down was a Jumbo Visma rider who was fourth at that

stage. Those that were in the chase were unable to avoid the rider and al‐ so went down.

Riders further back struggled to avoid those that had fallen, resulting in a further number going down, while others trying to avoid the cyclists crashed into the protection fences.

As a result of the crash Dutchman Timo Roosen, won the stage having managed to avoid the accident, arriv‐ ing alone at the Villadiego.

the wine. AurumRed is a small winery in Las Pedroñeras, Cuenca but is renowned for producing among the most select and exclusive wines. Garcia said: “It’s a very

special winery, it’s totally different, even in totally different concepts of life in the world of wine.

“Completely different things are stud‐ ied, such as flavours and aromas so that everyone likes them and then to be able to dissociate them depending on which way you turn the glass… And all of that makes the wines very different.”

Speeders caught TWO people are cur‐ rently being investigat‐ ed for driving over 200 kilometres per hour by the Guardia Civil.

The first being investi‐ gated is a youngster who only has a licence to drive mopeds, the Guardia Civil confirmed on Sunday, August 7.

The second being in‐ vestigated was caught carrying out an overtak‐ ing manoeuvre in a two‐ way traffic lane at a speed of over 200 km/h, while the road was wet.

In both cases, videos showing the crimes be‐ ing committed were up‐ loaded to social media networks. The first of those investigated is a minor under 16 years of age for a crime of reck‐ less driving, who was driving at more than 200 kilometres per hour

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Guardia Civil investigate a youngster caught driving over 200 km per hour.

on the M‐410 highway.

The second of those investigated is for a crime against road safe‐ ty, for travelling at 211 kilometres per hour, along a road whose maximum speed is 90, reaching an overtaking manoeuvre at more than 200 kilometres per hour. Just a few seconds later, he crossed a sec‐ tion regulated by a ver‐ tical sign that limited the maximum speed al‐ lowed to 80 kilometres per hour.

Zaragoza wildfires THE latest Guardia Civil investi‐ gation has shown that the Zaragoza wildfires were sparked by reforestation work in the area, it was reported on Monday, August 8.

Five people have been in‐ vestigated over the Zaragoza reforestation work that caused the wildfires which affected nine municipalities in the province, burning more than 10,000 hectares of forest and forcing the eviction of 1,700 residents of four towns. After learning of the incident, the specialists of the Nature Pro‐ tection Service (SEPRONA) of the Zaragoza Guardi Civil be‐ gan an investigation to clarify the causes and circumstances in which the fire occurred.

Once the exact point where the fire started was located and a study of its evolution was carried out, the Guardia Civil gathered numerous data and statements and obtained different indications that al‐ lowed them to determine that the fire had been caused by the blower of a backhoe ma‐ chine working in the area hit‐ ting against a stone.

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THE Euro Weekly News cam‐ paign to reach an agreement over the use of UK Blue Badges in Spain has taken a step forward after the British embassy in Spain agreed to contact the Department for Transport (DfT).

The embassy is seeking to clarify whether the Depart‐ ment for Transport is includ‐ ing Spain in its ongoing nego‐ tiations over Blue Badges.

The latest information from the DfT says: “Negotia‐ tions on Blue Badge recogni‐ tion for visitors are ongoing between the UK and individu‐ al EU states, and motorists should check our guidance to

find out where the Blue Badge is recognised in the EU.” However, it is currently un‐ clear whether those negotia‐ tions include Spain.

The Euro Weekly News launched its My Blue Badge = My Freedom campaign to try to help improve the lives of disabled UK nationals living in and visiting Spain.

Our petition calling on the Spanish and UK governments to work together to reach an agreement over the use of UK blue disabled badges in Spain has since collected hundreds of signatures and we are call‐ ing on all our readers to con‐ tinue to help out by signing.

Uncertainty over whether using a Blue Badge in Spain will result in a fine has left many groups who could pre‐ viously use their badges, in‐ cluding holidaymakers and those here up to 90 days, in a difficult position.

Many who should have

previously swapped their UK badge for a Spanish equiva‐ lent, but perhaps did not do so due to fears over waiting times or language barriers, are also now left unsure over their future.

Please help us push the UK and Spanish governments for a solution by signing our peti‐ tion at https://euroweekly news.com/2022/06/16/blue‐ badges/ or by scanning the QR code below.

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Have you signed?

DISABLED PARKING: Should be available for every disabled person.

Latest licence exchange update THE British Embassy in Spain has provided ‘a message of re‐ assurance’ with regards to the driving licence issue that has been dragging on for months.

On Friday, August 5, the British Embassy in Spain gave an update on the current UK driving licence negotiations.

“As we move into August, Minister Karl McCartney, Par‐ liamentary Under‐Secretary of State at the Department for Transport provides a mes‐ sage of reassurance to let those of you who are affected by the ongoing negotiations know that the Department

recognises your frustrations and the impact this is having on you, and that they remain committed to getting you back on the road as soon as possible,” the opening para‐ graph read before a state‐ ment from Karl McCartney.

“Working with the British Embassy in Spain and the For‐ eign, Commonwealth and De‐ velopment Office, the Depart‐ ment for Transport has been negotiating with the Spanish government regarding the ex‐ change of UK driving li‐ cences,” he said.

“Our aim is to secure a deal

that allows UK licence holders resident in Spain to exchange their licence for a Spanish one without the need for a practi‐ cal test, so they can return to the roads as soon as possible.

He added: “We have simi‐ lar arrangements in place with 24 other EU Member States already, but negotia‐ tions with Spain have been made more complicated on account of Spain requiring ad‐ ditional elements which no one else has asked for in rela‐ tion to driving licence ex‐ change arrangements.

Nonetheless, we are working

hard to come to an agree‐ ment with the Spanish gov‐ ernment.

“We understand that some UK Nationals are currently un‐ able to drive whilst we are ne‐ gotiating with the Spanish. To those affected, we would reit‐ erate that we understand your frustration and we are aware of the severe impact on your everyday lives. You remain in the ‘front of our minds’ for the Department for Transport’s negotiation team, and we want to have you back on the road as soon as possible.”

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Out & About with Lynn McCabe Christy’s Gastro Pub Got something going on locally, then contact me at lynn@euroweeklynews.com or 678 033 241.

Staff are very friendly.

NEW to Fuengirola, Christy’s Gastro Pub is located five mins from the promenade. It has a very chic interior, with air conditioning. Staff are very friendly and this place has a very comfortable feel to it.

Making it the perfect place to spend your evenings. The outdoor terrace is huge, and decorated to match the interi‐ or. The food menu is rustic, gastro style with an Irish twist.

There is a cocktail list, full bar with superb Guinness. All sports shown. Christy’s has been welcomed by tourists

• AS a mum of a few teenagers, I am pleased to dis‐ cover ‘The Sip Chip’ is on its way. This is a coin sized drug test that will help them drink safely on a night out.

• Roughly the size of a coin, this device can be at‐ tached to a key ring and is very easy to use.

• To use the Sip Chip ‐ simply peel back the foil, place a drop of the drink on the sample section, and look for one or two lines.

• One line means your drink has been spiked. Two lines means your drink is ok. Undercover Colours states these results will appear between 30 sec‐ onds and three minutes.

• Tests will be available in packs of three, five and eight. Another new product from Undercover Colours, being worked on is a nail varnish that

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On its way!!! when dipped in one’s drink, if drugs are present the nail will change colour. Available in America , at the moment, but it’s coming this way soon.

• While I am pleased that these testing methods are on their way. I am also very worried about the soci‐ ety that we are living in. The number of reported spiking cases are almost double what they were this time last year. And although we assume it’s just youngsters, teenagers, there have been a number of middle‐aged women reporting being spiked. So, when you are out ‐ please take care of your drink. If you leave your drink unattended, don’t take any chances!! There are some very bad people out there.

and residents, and I would definitely recommend that it’s on your list to visit, before it becomes too popular.

Open Mon, Wed, Thur from 6.00pm, Fri, Sat, Sun from 1.00pm, closed Tues‐ days. For more information.

Christysgastropub.com Tel ‐ 655 896 698.

Slip and slide in Benalmadena ON Sunday August 14 you can once again enjoy the experience of the humongous water slide in Benal‐ madena for one day only in Aveni‐ da del Chorillo in Benalmadena Pueblo from 10.00am ‐ 2.00pm .

Please note that Avenida del Chorillo will be closed to traf‐ fic from 8.30am ‐ 4.00pm.

Huge water slide.

Credits: Benalmadena Costa Del Sol Facebook

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3 Divas AGE CONCERN, are hosting a fundraising event on Thursday August 18 at 9pm.

The 3 Divas, come and en‐ joy an evening with Clarisse Williams, Lourdes Martin and pianist Davi Geary.

Location. Huber Platform de Arte, Calle San Antonio, Estepona 29680.

Tickets are available from Age Concern Shop, Calle Va‐ lencia 9, Estepona, also Be Happy Shop,Calle Neuva ,28 Estepona.

Tickets are €15.00 before August 11. They can be pur‐ chased on the night for €20.00. All proceeds go to Age Concern Estepona and Manilva.

For more information contact Marie Andree Glee‐ son 639 747 713

Kool & The Gang THE legendary Kings of Soul will perform on August 11 in Bodegas Tio Pepe, in Jerez de la Frontera.

For more information tiopepefestivala.com

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Rise at Chiringuito Puente Romano Where mornings sparkle by the shores of the Mediterranean

SUMMER vibes are embracing us, and for the ultimate start to your day on Marbella’s renowned golden mile coast, head for the spectacular wellness ‘Rise’ breakfast at Chiringuito Puente Romano.

driftwood, fringed straw lamps, and teakwood day beds, perfectly sets the scene for a sensational sea-view breakfast, with the most authentic beach vibe found anywhere on this privileged stretch of Andalucian coast.

Expect a peerless, beachside experience of great food complemented by a regular programme of wellness activities on the beach. Mornings start mellow with early sessions of pilates or yoga, surrounded by the sea breeze and panoramic views, building an appetite for an unforgettable breakfast.

The Rise menu is rich in health conscious, nourishing choice, with many exquisite plant-focused options, as well as new season Nobu style plates, including the tempting Eggs Miso and the exquisite Matsuhisa Benedict. The chefs have dialled up the cuisine to max, creating undoubtedly the finest breakfasts and brunch on the coast.

The menu extends to fresh fruit platters, superfoods, toasts and breads, pancakes, and sweet treats. Take for example, the sensational pineapple carpaccio, with toasted coconut, yoghurt, and mint, it’s as much a visual feast as it is a healthy temptation! There are plenty of surprises to discover too, like the chai, mango and passion fruit ‘parfait,’ full of fresh tropical flavours.

As waves gentle caress the shore, and the mellow tunes of the DJs fill the air, you’ll want your delicious morning to last for ever.

With sand between your toes, the laidback aesthetic of

‘Rise’ breakfast is served daily at Chiringuito Puente Romano from 9am to 11am Daily activities, free to Puente Romano Beach Club guests, include a running club, pilates and yoga.

Reservations: (+34) 682 11 22 33 or email: ec@puenteromano.com

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TOPS is a local Amateur Drama group based in Al‐ haurin el Grande, who raise money for local charities.

This year they are helping ARCH wild horse rescue and Aprodal Charity for the disabled.

They have a number of events planned for Au‐ gust, September and Oc‐ tober to raise funds and would appreciate your

TOPS charity events support and help.

Thursday August 18 ‐ Karaoke fun evening open to everyone. It will take place at Venta la Recta at 7.30pm. Free admission.

Saturday 17 and Sunday September 18 ‐ three short comedy plays at Alhaurin Golf Clubhouse. Starting at

8.00pm on Saturday, 2.30pm on Sunday. Tickets are €10.00. Food is avail‐ able if required.

Friday October 14 ‐ Songs from the movies per‐ formed by our talented TOPS singers. Venue to be confirmed, 8.00pm start.

The first half will be James

Bond theme songs and the second half is popular movies. Tickets €10.00. All tickets for all events are available from Papeleria Cristina, Alhaurin el Grande.

For further information please contact Cath on 627 293 609.

Roman Summer film times ruins FOR those of you who like a little bit of culture, why not visit the Parque Yacimiento Romano ‐ Fin‐ ca del Secretario less than five minutes walk from Los Boliches train station.

These were discovered as re‐ cently as 1987 and grounds take up half a hectare of land and con‐ sist of a salting factoring, pottery studio and a Roman bathhouse.

There is also a small bar/café on site for refreshments.

HERE are the viewing times for some of the English language films up to August 11 • DC LEAGUE OF SUPERPETS FRI‐ MON: 3.00pm 5.00pm • ELVIS FRI‐MON: 21.15 • MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU FRI, SAT: 3.00pm 4.45pm 6.30pm SUN: 12.00 3.00pm 4.45pm 6.30pm MON: 3.00pm 4.45pm 6.30pm • BULLET TRAIN FRI‐MON : 3.00pm 5.20pm 7.45pm • THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER FRIDAY‐MONDAY : 7.45pm, 9.10pm • PAWS OF FURY: THE LEGEND OF HANK

IF you missed last week’s announcement, it’s not only Benal‐ madena feria this week. Malaga feria begins with fireworks on Friday August 12, and the festivities carry on all week until Satur‐ day August 20. This is always a special event, and there are going to be thousands of people visiting to join in the celebrations.

The firework display will take place at the port, and then the party continues on La Malagueta beach, with a concert.

From mid‐day to 6pm daily, the area around Calle Larios is where to find the action. Many people will be dressed up in tra‐ ditional Andalucian costume and flamenco dresses, and there will be parades of horses and carriages.

RED DOG: The cinema has lots of English film times.

Credit: Facebook/Red Dog

FRIDAY, SATURDAY MONDAY: 3.00pm 4.50pm SUNDAY: 12.00 3.00pm 4.50pm • BEAST FRIDAY‐MONDAY : 3.00pm 17.00pm You can always see the updated listing at the following link: https://www.reser vaentradas.com/cine/malaga/reddogcine mas.

Fair reminder There will be free concerts in Plaza de la Constitucion and Plaza Uncibay, amongst others.

Night time sees the things in full swing at the Real de la Feria, the fairground to the west of Malaga City, where there will be al‐ most 180 casetas (small huts) with music, food and drinks.

It is an experience not to be missed… but be prepared for a very late night!

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El Oceano Boutique I POPPED into see Theresa at the Boutique in El Oceano.

The Boutique stocks a wonderful range of stylish and ele‐ gant beach and pool wear, also daywear, bespoke pieces and a fabulous boho and evening wear range.

The shop opens daily and Theresa is on hand for advice. I love her honestly , and she has an eye for what suits your shape. I have also been going to events and Theresa al‐ ways lets me know if someone else has purchased the same dress.

During lockdown, Theresa expanded her site and was able to keep us all looking our best. I had been looking at some of her pieces online and there was one in particular that I had in mind. As always Theresa was very helpful, and she has a way of making you feel good about yourself. So I tried on the said dress!! And I was very happy. I have a wedding coming up in Italy soon, and I wanted something classy but a little different, and this dress ticks all the boxes.

It’s not just a shop, Theresa takes the time to chat and genuinely cares.

Well‐known for her charity work, Theresa was excited to tell me that preparations are starting for her big event, she will be announcing all very soon.

Save the Date Thursday December 15, Christmas Charity Event, at El Oceano, with Aaron Harding and others more details to follow.

Out and about in Torremolinos Credit: https://turismotorremolinos.es/

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TRANQUIL GARDENS: Home to nearly 1,000 different plants.

IF you are looking for ideas to pass the time, but your budget is limited, why not take a picninc and spend some time in the Jardin Botanico Molino de Inca.

These beautiful, tranquil gardens are home to nearly 1,000 different species of plants, as well as numerous species of birds.

There is a working replica of the old Molina de Inca, which operates through a complex system which uses the course of the water in the area. The springs here are beautifully orna‐ mental, and host the springs of Torremolinos: Inca Spring and Albercon del Rey. There is also an amazing 500 sq metre Japanese Garden with lakes and hillocks, all very characteristic of the far eastern lands.

The gardens are in Camino de los Manantiales, 29620 Torre‐ molinos.

Further details can be found here: https://turismotorremoli nos.es/en/discover/places‐of‐interest/molino‐inca/

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Olivia’s La Cala

Reggae under the stars with UB40 at Marbella Credit: www.oliviaslacala.com/gallery/

OLIVIA’S is one of our top spots here on the coast for food and entertainment.

With live entertainment sev‐ en days a week, a fantastic lunch and evening menu, ac‐ companied by an extensive wine list, and fabulous cock‐ tail list, Olivia’s really has it all.

Olivia’s is suitable for families and has a children’s menu.

This is the perfect place for celebrations large and small, and is also popular with groups.

This week’s entertainment • Monday ‐ Ivanildo, will take you on a journey with soul music.

• Tuesday ‐ Tomas Henry, the voice of Soul & Motown.

PARTY AT OLIVIA’S: The perfect place for celebrations large and small.

• Wednesday ‐ DJ Callum.

• Thursday ‐ Arg & friends €20.00 entry • Friday ‐ Wall Street Band • Saturday ‐ Tony Capo, Masquerade • Sunday ‐ Ivanildo, La Ne‐

YES it’s August, and everywhere is busy making parking difficult. However, I have noticed an increasing number of tow trucks working over the weekend in Mijas.

Remember when parking in blue line ar‐ eas ‐¬ you must put money in the machine either physically or via the app. Most ma‐ chines do not accept credit cards. It is free

gra y Mayte , Gilly Sax Note for your diaries, Thursday August 18 ‘Lush Blush Party’ with entertain‐ ment from The Artful Dodger, Masquerade Duo, Moni Tivony. Dress Code: Pink for

Careful where you are parking to park between 2.00 pm and 5.00 pm in these areas. To use the machine here is a simple guide.

1. Press 1. Then press the Green

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women, and blue for men. €20.00 per person. Glass of Lush Blush on arrival. From 6pm.

13 Calle Torreon, La Cala de Mijas. For reservations@olivi aslacala.com Tel: 952 494 935

button 2. Enter your car registration details 3. Enter money 4. Press Green 5. Take ticket and place on your car 6. You can top up your time from the app 7. You can pay a fine at the machine

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The legendary UB40 performed at Marbella Arena

LEGENDARY 80s reggae band UB40 took to the stage at the Marbella Arena on Saturday, August 6, and we were privileged to attend the night at this prestigious location!

UB40 fans were all on their feet on Saturday at the Mar‐ bella Arena watching the band perform their iconic songs such as Red Red Wine, Kingston Town, Cherry Oh Baby, Falling in Love with You and I Got You Babe.

The bars and restaurants outside of the arena were all buzzing with people enjoying food and drinks in the sun before going into the venue!

Marbella’s Nicole King was at the event enjoying the music, along with thousands of others dancing to their hit songs. Ali Campbell sounded as fresh as ever in a truly pol‐ ished performance, where he also communicated with the crowd.

The Marbella Arena is an amazing venue and holds just over 5,000 people and the concert was part of their ‘A Real Labour of Love 40th‐anniversary tour’.

Feria de Benalmádena 2022 THE feria of the Virgen de la Cruz, in Benalmadena Pueblo takes place from Thursday August 11, until Monday August 15.

The festivities begin with the choosing of the Reina, Caballeros and Damas Infantiles (Childrens Queen, Knights and Ladies).

Throughout the festivities there will be concerts from local bands, like Sotano Sur, Querencia and Callejon, and there will be a bar available and food stalls for refreshments.

On Sunday a colourful pilgrimage will parade through the streets, to accompany the patron saint. This leaves from Jardines del Muro and travels to Finca Casablanca.

Further entertainment for the children can found at the children’s parties, with a cucaña*, a foam party and a traditional ribbon race. (*Cucaña is long, slippery stick that has to be walked on if it is horizontal or climbed on if it is vertical in order to pick up an object tied to its end as a prize) For night-time fun, the Feria de Noche will be at Los Nadales fairground, and there will be a performance by Nuevo Dia, a local band as well as other musical entertainment.

Things will come to a close on August 15, with a traditional procession with the Virgen de la Cruz.

LOOKING for something for the little ones to do in the evening? Sould Park in Paseo Maritmio Fuengirola, next to the port, is sure to delight children for hours.

There are numerous rides, trampolines, roundabouts, go-karts and amusement machines to keep them occupied.

Inside the park itself are

Sould Park cafes serving drinks and snacks, but if you prefer something more substantial, once the young ones have tired themselves out, why not stroll into the port for some waterside dining at one of the many restaurants.

You will find a mixture of cui-

FMX Sports MARBELLA Arena Will host the largest freestyle Motocross Event in Europe today Thursday August 11 and Friday August 12 at 10pm.

The Xtreme World series FMX are bringing the best riders in the world to Mar‐ bella. A total of nine riders will compete for the title.

The final will take place on Friday. The current Freestyle MX champion, Maikel Melero, explained that we can expect some amazing jumps during the competition. Maikel is the first rider to achieve four consecutive world titles.

Tickets are on sale at the Arena Marbella, Navarro Hnos and Motomercado, Motos Antonio Ortiz, Mo‐ tos Garrido . sine here, from English home cooking and fish ‘n’ chips, to Italian or authentic German.

Sould Park is open daily, and closes late into the night (in summer months it often stays open until 2am).

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Sweet dreams are made of business

FINALLY I have a restaurant in Fuen‐ girola, Jeti’s Kebab, to be precise, in Los Boliches. What a wonderful feeling!

Many people who move to live on the Costa del Sol have a dream of starting their own business, in most cases, a restaurant. According to my own empirical studies it’s al‐ so a smart thing to do. At least to have something to do or some con‐ tent in life besides the way too cheap beer!

But when it comes to establish‐ ing that business, what is it like and what does it take?

Well, before anything, a lot of nerves since the bureaucracy in Spain is quite something. Like the famous quote “when in Rome do as the Romans do” of course, but for countless times here it has felt like this makes no sense. You’ll need a permission for everything and to get that permission, you al‐ ready need to have permission!

Almost all permit matters go

JETI’S KEBAB: All is worth it.

through the local town hall. You are asked for the most strange pieces of documentation from the town hall and once you fi‐ nally get those documents you’ll be asked for other ones. The process takes a lot of time and I’ve come to the conclusion that in Spain you can only do one thing a day. Whether it’s paying the bill, opening an internet con‐ nection or just wading through the thickets of the permission jungle.

Establishing the limited company

itself or SL, is relatively simple. Oth‐ erwise, you can handle many things in Spain conveniently online. Many things require a notary that con‐

firms the existence of a new com‐ pany or, for example, a real estate transaction.

After you have founded the limit‐ ed company, it is time to look for a business premises. When you find a commercial place that you like, you will come across the word ‘traspaso’ with almost 100 per cent certainty. It means that you have to pay some money to the old tenant in order to get the business space you want.

After you have survived these steps, then begins the permit jungle I mentioned before. And it starts with making employment con‐ tracts for the employees.

There are about 10 different per‐ mits, and the funniest of them all is the terrace permit, which you apply for only after you have received the restaurant’s opening permit.

And in order to get the restau‐ rant’s opening permit, you must have a fire inspection, hygiene in‐ spection, toilet inspection, home

Jeti’s Kebabs new restaurant is located on Plaza Pedro Cuevas, 8, 29640.

Website: www.jetiskebab.com

appliance inspection, a fire extin‐ guisher inspection, electrical and water inspection, air conditioner in‐ spection and more!

Then you need a gas permit, an agreement for someone to collect the frying oil from the restaurant and that’s finally enough.

Quickly calculated, the cost of the bureaucratic issues related to set‐ ting up a restaurant is several thou‐ sand euros per restaurant. Some‐ times you feel like you’re swimming with the sharks, even though you are just employing yourself and bringing in tax revenue to this wonderful country.

If you manage to survive all of this, you can pat yourself on the back and say, I am an entrepreneur in Spain!

But now, with my operation run‐ ning for a little under a year, I can say that it was all worth it. I’ve lost six kilos in weight and I’m all out of nerves but, whatever, the sun is shining and people like kebabs!

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Bar owner exploits employee Age in Spain’s new guide is the A BAR owner in Spain has been arrested for labour exploitation after his employee worked 10 hour shifts, six days a week, without holidays for a salary of €700 a month, over a three year period.

The bar owner in Terrasa, Barcelona, allegedly forced his employee to work without a work contract, holidays, health insurance or a meal break, nor did he have the worker official‐ ly registered.

The National Police arrested the owner of the bar for labour exploitation, stating: “The victim was practically forced to accept these extreme conditions.”

Police also carried out an in‐ spection at the premises in July following an anonymous tip off that highlighted the vulnerable situation of the victim, of Mo‐ roccan origin, who had no so‐ cial or family roots of any kind, as well as few academic stud‐ ies.

“The victim was practically forced to accept these extreme conditions, a fact that the vic‐ tim themselves stated in their statement,” the police stated.

green light to driving in Spain!

A TOTAL of 42.6 per cent of UK nationals responding to an online poll* by Age in Spain have yet to acquire a Spanish driving licence.

The main reason given for not doing so was lack of clar‐ ity in the law and confusion over what was needed be‐ fore a licence could be ex‐ changed.

The results of the poll have prompted Age in Spain to produce a Guide to Driv‐ ing in Spain, which was launched on August 3.

The guide, available free online, is comprehensive. It covers all aspects of driving, from bringing your car to Spain, to how to register it, change the number plates and keep it on the road with an ITV test.

Speaking as a trustee of

English‐speaking nationals living in Spain, including the Age in Spain website and Facebook page, and gave us insight into what has been deterring people from either ex‐ changing their Trustee, Marijke. licence whilst Age in Spain, it was possi‐ Marijke Cazemier ble, or apply‐ living in Andalu‐ ing for the test. cia, who de‐ Age in signed the poll Spain volun‐ said: Volunteeer: Fiona Hulme. teer Fiona “Our Guide Hulme from to Driving in Denia, Valen‐ Spain will be extremely use‐ cia, said: ful to anyone who has still “This guide is vital for ev‐ to acquire a Spanish driving eryone ‐ visitors and people licence, and also to many of coming to live in Spain. those who have done so There are some important and who want to make sure differences in the Spanish they comply with regula‐ driving rules, such as how to tions for driving here. enter and exit a roundabout “The poll was conducted ‐ that we all need to know in anonymously on the social order to drive legally and media platforms used by safely in Spain” For more information, contact Helen Weir at Age in Spain on +34 972 525 462 - Website: www.ageinspain.org

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Thames drying out BAFTA for the Queen?

THE source of the River Thames has dried out for the first time in decades as the drought situation in the UK worsens. According to a na‐ tional news outlet on Satur‐ day, August 6, the river now starts some five miles down‐ stream causing locals to fear that the situation is going to get a lot worse. The UK like much of Europe has experi‐ enced much higher than normal temperatures, heat that has been accompanied by little rain. That has caused

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RIVER THAMES: Now starts five miles downstream.

untold damage to crops ev‐ erywhere from Greece to France, with Andalucia in Spain suggesting that olive production will be down by at least a third due to the dry weather conditions.

Reservoirs and rivers

across Europe are at danger‐ ously low levels as they are in the UK, where traditional‐ ly damp soils are drying out fast. That has led to water restrictions in Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and parts of Wales.

London tower block explosion AROUND 100 firefighters battled a huge blaze at a tower block in the Shoreditch area of London on Thursday, August 4. Ac‐ cording to the UK press, local residents re‐ ported hearing what sounded like a “large explosion that sounded like a bomb”.

The incident occurred on Granby St in Bethnal Green, with 15 London Fire Brigade (LFB) appliances being deployed to the scene from stations including Islington, Whitechapel, Shoreditch, Shadwell, and Dockhead.

LFB confirmed in a statement that flats

on the second and third floors of an eight‐ storey block were alight, and the force had received 42 calls informing them of the in‐ cident. The cause of the fire was thought to have been from a gas explosion.

“Firefighters wearing breathing appara‐ tus rescued one man from a second floor flat. He was taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service crews. More people were led to safety by crews using fire es‐ cape hoods. They were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation,” commented Station Commander Paul Green.

A BAFTA could be the ultimate accolade for the Queen according to Dame Maureen Lipman, who joked that she deserves a "”best newcom‐ er prize” for her part in the Jubilee celebration sketch alongside Paddington Bear.

Although said jokingly on Thursday, August 4, the idea is gaining ground with the clip hav‐ ing become a firm favourite for many.

The appearance along with Paddington Bear, voiced by Ben Whishaw, was a complete sur‐ prise to everyone, even her family.

To the joy of those watching the Jubilee cele‐

BRITONS should be able to drive lorries without taking an extra test, is a view that Trans‐ port Secretary Grant Shapps aims to test in a consultation.

Shapps launched a consulta‐ tion on Friday, August 5 to see whether British motorists agree that anyone with a driv‐ er’s licence should be able to drive a lorry without having to undergo an additional test in what he described as a “Brexit Bonus Plan.” The UK struggled last year to keep its supply chain running following the pandemic and Brexit, with a shortage of drivers leading to a shortage on shelves and in

brations, the clip is classic Paddington with spillages and even his resorting to the appear‐ ance of his ‘emergency’ marmalade sandwich which he normally keeps under his hat.

That led to the 96‐year‐old Queen answering the age‐old question about what she keeps in her bag, pulling out a perfectly square mar‐ malade sandwich.

Dame Lipman joked: “I’m going to put for‐ ward to BAFTA that the Queen should get the best newcomer prizes, for best appearance in a short film.”

No HGV test Image John and Penny Shutterstock.com

Learning to drive a lorry.

petrol filling stations. Shapps wants to avert the possibility of that happening again by in‐ creasing the pool of people able to drive an HGV (Heavy Goods Vehicle).

After more than 20 years of restrictions over the size of the vehicle that a person can drive, it is difficult to predict how Britons and the industry will re‐ act to the idea.

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EXCLUSIVE

40 years a Pretty Thing

BRITISH band The Pretty Things received ac‐ claim from Rolling Stone magazine for their 1970 release Parachute.

Formed in the early 1960s, they were known as the rougher version of the Stones and whilst having a few hit singles it wasn’t until Wally Waller and John Povey joined them from the Fenmen in 1967 that they took a more psychedelic and underground direc‐ tion.

The first major release for the new band was SF Sorrow recorded at Abbey Road at the same time at The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper and Pink Floyd’s Piper at the Gates of Dawn with production by Norman (Hurricane) Smith.

Bass player Wally Waller was involved with writing every track on the album along with his childhood friend, the now deceased Phil May and because it predates Tommy by the Who, many argue that this was the first true rock opera.

Parachute was also recorded at Abbey Road and again Wally (real name Alan) had a hand in the writing of each track on the al‐ bum.

Jump forward 50 years and although many members of the band had come, gone and re‐ turned, four of the five who recorded

Credit: Beyond the Pretty Things

The Pretty Things in 2006 with Wally in dark glasses.

Parachute decided to revisit one of their favourite albums and give it a new treatment.

Speaking to Euro Weekly News, Wally said “gone were the days of spending weeks in the comfortable surroundings of Abbey Road at record company expense, so we had to look elsewhere.”

Elsewhere turned out to be Malaga, where keyboard player John Povey had moved to and he had a friend, John Woods, who had a great studio where they could record.

The four friends (minus Phil May who

couldn’t make the journey at the time) decid‐ ed not to listen to the original but to try to re‐ capture the 1970s vibe by living together as if they were still a young touring band.

The result was Parachute Reborn by the xPTS which kept the original feeling of the al‐ bum, but built on it to give a new vibe to the whole sound.

Since then, it has received further editing and this year it has been released in vinyl as Parachute Revisited which Wally says has a great sound.

Now 78, Wally speaks happily of his time not only with the band but also as a much in demand record producer and happily recol‐ lects that the Pretty Things appeared in two unusual films, firstly What’s Good for the Goose starring Norman Wisdom who plays a 50‐something assistant bank manager who discovers psychedelia.

“He was a lovely man and although the stu‐ dio had supplied him with a supposedly trendy wardrobe, he took a liking to some of the clothes I was wearing and he took to bor‐ rowing them for the filming.”

The other film was a Hammer Horror type movie called the Monster Club starring Vin‐ cent Price and the band, which also recorded movie soundtrack albums under the name of Electric Banana for De Wolfe records, were asked to write and perform the title song.

Having spent years playing, producing, trav‐ elling the world and living in the south of France, Wally is still working, having just re‐ leased an album of new and older numbers which he recorded during lockdown on Band‐ camp.

He’s itching to get back on the road with an‐ other band and said “if that comes off, I would love to get back to Spain once again.”

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Missing pigeons Tamsin Brown THOUSANDS of racing pigeons disappeared on Friday July 29 when a summer storm struck after they had been re‐ leased in Narbonne, in the south of France, as part of a race in which they had to find their way back to their lofts in Bel‐ gium.

Speaking to the national public‐service broadcaster VRT, the president of the Belgian pigeon federation, Pascal Bo‐ dengien, said: “It’s an emotional drama, a financial drama ‐ it’s quite simply very sad.” He also said that some of the birds had become disorientated and flown into Germany and would eventually come back, but “the majority are definitely lost.”

Belgium is one of the world’s pioneers in pigeon racing.

The birds wear tracking devices and are thought to use the Earth’s magnetic field lines and their sense of smell to find their way home, but the summer storm confused and ex‐ hausted them.

Amateur pigeon fanciers can spend thousands of euros on the sport and it can take several years to raise a bird, making the losses par‐ ticularly devastating.

Credit: Andreas Trepte, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons

RACING PIGEONS: Use their sense of smell to fly home.

NEWS

Jewish life GERMANY’S federal govern‐ ment commissioner for Anti‐ Semitism, Felix Klein, will be presenting an award for volun‐ tary commitment to Jewish life in the country for the first time this year. The aim of the award is to encourage young Ger‐ mans to become more closely involved with Jewish life, help raise the visibility of Jewish voices and perspectives within society, break down prejudices and clichés and promote social cohesion. Jewish life in Ger‐ many is extremely diverse and enriches many facets of soci‐ ety. This is often underpinned by initiatives and voluntary work which seek to increase the visibility of Jewish life.

“These are the people I have in mind,” said Klein, “and they really do exist everywhere in Germany. I want to motivate them to continue to do this im‐ portant work for our society.”

There will be prizes in two cate‐ gories, one of which is specifi‐ cally aimed at young people under the age of 27. The award will be presented at a ceremo‐ ny in November 2022.

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EUROPEAN PRESS DENMARK

FINLAND

Espresso shock

Digital passports

A NEW price comparison drawn up by Rejsemagasin reveals that Copenhagen serves the most expensive espresso coffees of any capital city in Europe. The average price of €4 is slightly more expensive than Bern, but almost twice the price of Oslo and Stockholm.

A REPORT by Helsingin Sanomat suggests that Finland is likely to be the first member of the European Union to issue a digital passport in a trial sponsored by the EU which would see selected Finnish visitors to Croatia using a smartphone app for entry.

THE NETHERLANDS

IRELAND

Nurse shortage

Welcome Trump

FOR the next two months, insurance companies in Eindhoven are telling new mothers that if they want to receive post-natal care that they will have to move to a chosen Holiday Inn, as there are so few maternity nurses available that cutting travel time makes sense.

THE former American President Donald Trump who still owns a hotel and golf course in County Clare is reportedly due to spend a few days playing golf at the resort towards the end of August accompanied by family and Secret Service agents.

BELGIUM

ITALY

Stork stalking

Surprise deal

THERE may be fewer babies being delivered in Antwerp, as a young stork, learning how to fly, made the mistake of making its way into the lion’s enclosure at the city’s zoo and suddenly found that it made an ideal lunchtime snack for Leo.

IN what can only be described as a surprising turn of events, an Italian taxi firm itTaxi has struck a deal with private hire company Uber, whereby users of the Uber App can book a licensed taxi whilst Uber can operate in more Italian towns and cities.

GERMANY

PORTUGAL

Energy saving

Driving licences

GERMAN railway operator Deutsche Bahn is offering its 200,000 employees a minimum of €100 as a bonus if they come up with ideas of how to save energy in the workplace, no matter how small the amount of saving may be and some employees may even earn €150.

A NUMBER of foreign nationals, including UK passport holders who are under 60 years of age and meet certain criteria, whether they are residents of Portugal or not will no longer be required to swap their driving licences for the Portuguese equivalent.

FRANCE

UKRAINE

Pyromaniac

Changing direction

READERS of the novel Fahrenheit 451 will remember that in an imagined future, firemen were involved in starting rather than putting out fires, Now, a volunteer dubbed the ‘pyromaniac fireman’ has been accused of starting a fire in the south of France for the ‘adrenaline rush’.

A UKRAINIAN artist and furniture maker Anton Zaika has changed his production line since the Russian invasion and is now making antitank barriers as well as special stoves for use in the trenches to keep defenders warm according to the Digital Journal.

NORWAY

SWEDEN

Silver lining

Trust in cod

UNTIL the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Norway was the second largest supplier of gas to mainland Europe, but with Russia ‘rationing’ gas supply, Norway expects to reap huge financial benefits as it becomes the largest supplier on the continent, although even its reserves aren’t infinite.

EVEN though the commercial fishing for cod in the Baltic Sea is no longer allowed, the population has been so decimated in the past that Swedish universities are organising the release of millions of cod larvae in order to try to restore the sea's ecological balance.

FINANCE

STAT OF WEEK

€1.285 billion

Conservative Party leadership

Interest rate THE Bank of England raised its interest rates to 1.75 per cent and issued a warning of a re‐ cession expected for the end of the year on Thursday, Au‐ gust 4 saying that higher ener‐ gy prices are one of the main reasons for the interest rate increase.

Industrial output

Alright for some ONE of the world’s largest en‐ ergy giants Shell intends to give most of its 82,000 staff (excluding top management) a one‐off 8 per cent bonus in recognition of record profits garnered from high oil and gas prices as a thanks for their work.

Swedish acquisition SPANISH companies continue to expand internationally and the latest, Grupo Vass which is heavily involved in digital solu‐ tions, has taken over Zington, a Swedish technology and management consultancy for an undisclosed amount in or‐ der to expand its reach into the Nordic area.

Mixed feelings A JOBS report prepared jointly by accountants KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation implies that employers are confused with some cutting back on hiring due to fears over the UK’s eco‐ nomic outlook whilst others are offering higher salaries in order to fill roles.

DIFFERENT STANCES: The two contenders and Boris Johnson in ‘happier’ times.

THE fight for Conservative Party Leadership is hinging on economic policy as the two contenders take very different stances.

Both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak were interviewed by Kay Burley for Sky News on Thursday August 4 and it became clear that their views on the economy were literally miles apart.

According to Truss, she believes that she can divert any possible re‐ cession by reversing some of the planned tax rises, introduced by the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sunak.

These include cancelling the in‐ crease in corporation tax from 19 per cent to 25 per cent, scrapping the national insurance increase for both employers and employees and reviewing green levies.

In addition to reducing the cost to businesses and individuals she said she also believes that by introduc‐ ing tax cuts, she would help the economy and have every chance of refuting the Bank of England’s fore‐ cast of ever‐increasing inflation this year.

In response, Sunak recognised that on the face of things, his pro‐

gramme was not as popular as hers since he wasn’t looking to offer huge tax cuts, but he believed that the way out of the situation was prudent management of the coun‐ try’s finances and that Liz Truss’s plans would be likely to make mat‐ ters worse rather than better.

Whilst a majority of the audience present at the interviews indicated that they were in favour of Sunak’s plans, the choice of the next British Prime Minister is in the hands of a tiny percentage of the UK popula‐ tion who are paid up members of the Conservative Party.

UK house prices falling THE latest UK house price report issued by the Halifax on Friday, August 5 said that the market is likely to continue to weaken as in‐ terest rates rise and infla‐ tion bites.

Released after the Bank of England raised interest by half a per cent, the re‐ port said prices had edged down from their recent high by 0.1 per cent from June. However, annually prices rose 11.8 per cent.

The unexpected boom in the price of houses fol‐ lowed the pandemic and a switch to home working, with prices buoyed by a stamp duty amnesty and

FINANCE

Credit: Neil Lang Shutterstock

ACCORDING to figures re‐ leased by Spain’s National Statistics Office (INE) on Friday August 5, the country’s indus‐ trial output rose by 1.1 per cent in June compared with the previous month, which saw a minimal 0.1 growth. The gain is due to higher energy and capital goods production.

is the amount that Spain’s Acciona has obtained from the National Bank for Economic and Social Development to develop the São Paulo metro system in Brazil.

Credit: Andrew Parsons / No 10 Downing Street flickr

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MORTGAGE APPROVALS: Are the lowest for two years.

low borrowing costs.

Russell Galley, Halifax Managing Director warned: "House prices are likely to come under more pressure as those market tailwinds fade further and the headwinds of rising in‐

terest rates and increased living costs take a firmer hold.

“Therefore, a slowing of annual house price infla‐ tion still seems the most likely scenario.”

Bank of England data

showed the lowest num‐ ber of mortgage approvals for two years, whilst rival lender Nationwide said prices had risen at the slowest rate in more than a year.

With inflation expected to reach as high as 13 per cent this year, the Bank of England raised interest rates to the highest level since 2008 in what will be a painful move for many householders struggling to make ends meet.

UK house prices are ex‐ pected to continue to fall with the Bank of England warning of recession and further interest rate hikes.

Stores for sale AS the DIA supermarket group reports before tax and expens‐ es profits of €51 million and an overall loss of €104.7 million for the first half of the year, it intends to sell 235 stores and a warehouse.

Alcampo, the Spanish sub‐ sidiary of Auchan Retail, con‐ firmed it had entered into an agreement with the DIA Group for the acquisition of these outlets mainly in the north and centre of Spain.

The transaction, believed to be worth €267 million, is sub‐ ject to approval of the compe‐ tition authorities which are ex‐ pected to be obtained in the coming weeks, with the last store taken over by mid‐2023.

Help wanted DESPITE its high unemploy‐ ment levels Spain is trying to attract foreign workers and it will become easier for some foreigners to obtain work per‐ mits.

It seems ironic that with more than three million unem‐ ployed in the country there is a perceived shortage of workers, but this is the case in certain sectors of industry.

In addition, foreign nationals who have lived in Spain, legally or not, for two or more years and who have worked for at least six months during that time will be allowed to enrol in training courses for roles in in‐ dustries such as hospitality.

Once completed they could then apply for residency.

Spanish aid ZIMBABWE is on the road to economic recovery with Span‐ ish help said the outgoing Spanish Ambassador. Speak‐ ing after a meeting with Presi‐ dent Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa on August 4, Am‐ bassador Santiago Gomez‐ Acebo said Spanish companies were ready to invest in the Zimbabwean economy.

There is room for develop‐ ment and assistance in the ar‐ eas of agriculture, tourism, sports and renewable energy in particular said the Ambas‐ sador.

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currenciesdirect.com/marbella • Tel: +34 952 906 581 THE ABOVE TABLE USES THE CURRENT INTERBANK EXCHANGE RATES, WHICH AREN’T REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RATE WE OFFER

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

PRICE 147,41 157,51 246,25 165,35 165,04 185,39 153,64 45,01 63,38 51,49 334,67 309,69 192,27 132,48 35,39 171,11 115,76 259,23 87,41 282,91 113,87 144,72 190,17 158,96 535,06 44,95 215,87 38,99 126,58 106,63

CHANGE -0,71 +0,64 -0,73 -0,23 -1,46 +1,75 +2,50 -0,37 -0,29 +0,50 +2,80 +2,52 -0,17 +0,84 -0,27 -0,68 +3,40 -1,41 +0,59 -0,74 -0,61 +0,07 -1,10 +1,26 +1,31 +0,52 +2,40 +0,01 +1,01 -1,49

CHANGE% VOLUME(M) -0,48% 4,18M +0,41% 2,50M -0,30% 2,72M -0,14% 56,44M -0,88% 4,64M +0,95% 1,89M +1,65% 7,15M -0,82% 19,40M -0,46% 10,36M +0,98% 5,73M +0,84% 1,86M +0,82% 2,02M -0,09% 1,81M +0,64% 2,57M -0,76% 39,45M -0,40% 5,21M +3,03% 13,97M -0,54% 1,81M +0,68% 8,77M -0,26% 16,60M -0,53% 4,07M +0,05% 4,50M -0,58% 3,81M +0,80% 882,28K +0,25% 2,29M +1,17% 17,25M +1,12% 5,53M +0,03% 5,58M +0,80% 10,54M -1,38% 9,46M M - MILLION DOLLARS

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664.41K 9.15M 69.06M 74.04M 13.75M 819.01K 8.75M 31.35M 672.28K 2.53M 46.78M

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Most Declined Quoin Pharmaceuticals DRC Helius Medical A Hyzon Motors Health Catalyst Rockley Photonics Holdings Wnt Kaspien Holdings Altera Infrastructure LP Pref A Exagen Regional Health Heart Test Laboratories Unt Valhi

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In the air STRIKES by easyJet and Ryanair crew in Spain have had a beneficial effect for low‐cost airline Vueling (owned by IAG), which apart from operating many internal flights, also flies from major Spanish cities to the UK. Unions represent‐ ing Vueling staff have de‐ cide that the time has come to try to take advantage of this situation and held a meeting with management in Barcelona asking for backdated pay rises for cab‐ in crew. This could be the first step in a possible strike commencing some time in August, if their demands are not met.

Oil supplyr PRESIDENT BIDEN’S visit to Saudi Arabia to try to bro‐ ker an increase in the vol‐ ume of oil exported by OPEC+ (which includes Rus‐ sia) didn’t meet much suc‐ cess as it announced on Au‐ gust 3 that output would only be increased by 100,000 barrels a day from September.

FINANCE

Thoughtful Traveller Day THOUGHTFUL TRAVELLER DAY takes place on August 12 and has been created by award‐ winning UK based villa rental company The Thinking Trav‐ eller.

It is intended to encourage British travellers to leave a re‐ view to support the amazing small restaurants, cafés, shops and markets they have visited on holiday. The purpose of the day is to highlight the impor‐ tance of these reviews, espe‐ cially following the travel in‐ dustry losing a staggering €1.78 trillion due to the pan‐ demic. The company also commissioned a survey to find out how likely UK travellers are

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IMPORTANT REVIEWS: Friendly service ensures positive reviews.

to leave a review for a small business abroad, to discover the cities that are the most supportive and reveal how re‐ views influence where you spend your money while on

holiday. Some of the findings were as follows; London resi‐ dents are the most likely to vis‐ it a business or cancel plans to visit one after reading online reviews. UK tourists need to

read between four and 10 pos‐ itive reviews before visiting a small business abroad Two in five UK adults would not commit to visiting a foreign restaurant or tourist attraction

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Food prices THE Bank of Spain has is‐ sued a warning that even if raw food prices remain stable, supermarket prices will still increase this year by 18 per cent, although the Spanish government expects in‐ flation to drop signifi‐ cantly, especially as tourist demand reduces as holidays finish.

without reading an online re‐ view first.

Antoine Levy, Sales & Mar‐ keting Director, at The Think‐ ing Traveller, said: ‘’It’s a well‐ known fact that the travel industry has been and still re‐ mains one of the most affect‐ ed by the pandemic. There are lots of tourism‐dependent countries for which support is imperative to their economies.

Knowing how crucial positive user‐generated reviews are to small businesses, we wanted to play our part in helping the tourism sector to recover and encourage UK travellers to think about supporting small businesses abroad.’’

Helping startups SPAIN’S Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism has published the rules con‐ cerning the granting of aid to help pro‐ mote the growth and development of startups.

A total of €42.8 million is being made available from the Recovery Fund through the School of Industrial Organisation with the objective of supporting 6,100 startups before the end of 2023.

An individualised advice service and specific training for the beneficiaries will be carried out by different organisations which will be selected through a competi‐ tive bidding procedure.

Both the bidding procedure for collabo‐ rating entities and the call for aid to star‐ tups will be published from September of this year.

MEETING IN PALMA: King Felipe VI received President Pedro Sánchez.

Minority diversity BUSINESSES are more likely to sacrifice board gender and racial diver‐ sity when they are un‐ derperforming or during times of greater produc‐ tivity, although if the Chairs of boards are themselves from minori‐ ty backgrounds this is less likely to happen ac‐ cording to research from Imperial College Busi‐ ness School.

SPANISH President Pedro Sánchez met King Felipe VI at the Royal Palace of La Almudaina, in Palma on Tues‐ day August 2.

King Felipe invariably spends his summer holiday in Mallorca with his family and it has become a tradition that the President should meet with him to make an annual assessment of the situation in the country.

Much of the discussion covered the state of the economy and the President who was delighted with the tourism figures for the first six months of the year said “More than 30 million foreign tourists have visit‐

ed our country this year and that means that we have a strong and thriving tourism sector; if the data continue like this, we will recover the tourist figures achieved prior to the pandemic.” Moving on to the way in which he had seen a resurrection in the economy, he also said “The gov‐ ernment of Spain is not going to fall into euphoria or predict a catastro‐ phe,” referring to latest economic da‐ ta on employment and tourism in Spain. He stressed the fundamental role of labour reform to consolidate the government’s commitment to stable employment. “Since the

labour reform was approved, we have four million more indefinite contracts and 11 million in total, a his‐ torical maximum,” he explained.

Sánchez outlined the efforts of the Executive to contain inflation and confirmed to the monarch the firm determination of the government to alleviate the effects of the war on the economy of Spanish families and companies. “We are implementing measures to cushion the economic and social effects of inflation and al‐ ways with the purpose of defending the middle and working class,” he added.

Timely reminder SEPTEMBER 20, 2022, is the deadline for spending or exchanging any paper of the last issue of £20 or £50 banknotes as after this date, they will cease to be legal tender.

Old notes can be handed in at any UK bank or Post Office where they will be ex‐ changed for the new polymer ones.

You can also send them to the Bank of England in Threadneedle Street by post, but entirely at your own risk, they point out.

The new £20 notes will feature the fa‐ mous painter, JMW Turner, and the £50 notes will feature the Second World War code‐breaking genius, Alan Turing.

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT THESE latest revelations of paedophilia and ‘sex for aid’ didn’t surprise me one bit. Frankly I also consider it merely the tip of the iceberg. I believe that many of the organisations that deal with children may harbour these low life predators.

After all, if I were a junkie I would go where the drugs are. If my habit was gambling I would seek out gambling joints. It stands to reason that those who feel the need to prey on youngsters go where they can find children. OX‐ FAM. UNICEF. Scouting. Church and teaching organisations, Dr Barnardo’s homes.

Children’s hospitals and so on, all are vulnerable to the infiltration of these evil beings that destroy young lives before they have barely begun. A report by ex UN worker Andrew Macleod stated that UN aid workers, may not only have raped up to 60,000 people over the last 10 years, but are estimated to employ some 3,300 paedophiles in their world‐ wide operation.

One terribly sad result of these alarm‐ ing, seemingly never‐ending revelations, is that decent men and women, who sincerely want to help and care for the

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Where to start? young, are shying away and entering other professions, simply because they don’t want to be regarded with suspi‐ cion by their peers. Even stating publicly that you love children can attract a ‘fun‐ ny’ look in some circumstances. If this unacceptable situation is allowed to continue unchecked, sooner or later the majority of children’s charity workers will all be sex abusers and paedophiles.

So where do you start? Well first of all there needs to be a worldwide easily ac‐ cessible data centre, which holds a record of every worker who has been sacked for abuse of any kind.

This would ensure that these people at least could never get into any other organisation that involved children. Sec‐ ondly, those at the very top need to be thoroughly vetted. After all it stands to reason, if they are rife with such large numbers of offenders, some could quite easily be in board and management po‐ sitions. This would also explain the fact that there have been numbers of occa‐ sions where whistle blowers have been sacked, with their accusations stifled and pushed under the carpet.

Far from being vilified, these caring people need to be given every encour‐

agement and complete anonymity while a thorough investigation of their accusations is conducted by an indepen‐ dent body set up by respective govern‐ ments. I also believe the finances of these big charity companies should be more carefully looked into. It seems to me many of those ‘at the top’ seem to be living far too comfortably, for com‐ fort ‐ if you get my drift.

Well that’s my three penneth, for what it’s worth. All I know is something must be done and as quickly as possible.

After all it is the children who are suffer‐ ing at the hands of these monsters, and above all they must retain priority.

Thanks for all your wonderful mail af‐ ter last week’s piece. Fair warmed the ol’ boy’s cockles. Keep ‘em coming, and whatever ya do.

Always Keep the faith, Love Leapy. leapylee2002@gmail.com

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I don’t get the attitude MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION Views of a Grumpy Old Man THE fires here have been terrible and I’m sure climate change has something to do with it. But I’m also pretty sure there is ar‐ son going on too. Hard to prove. There was a German guy arrested last week, a prolific arsonist who was accused of starting seven fires in a matter of hours.

Another problem is the sickos that see this on the TV and go out and try and get themselves 15 minutes of fame. These low‐ est of the low, if caught and found guilty, should automatically be given the maxi‐ mum sentence which I think is 20 years.

I don’t get the Spanish attitude to charg‐ ing IVA (VAT). I’m trying to get some re‐ forms done on a property that we own. I’ve given all involved my budget and told them that I can’t go over it as it’s all I want to spend. I get all the estimates and it’s just within my budget or I thought it was be‐ cause then added to it is 21 per cent IVA. So now I’m 21 per cent over budget which is a considerable amount of money. I know they have to pay it away to the government

but I still have to find it and no one seems to understand that if I want to spend X on something, that’s all I want to spend. It’s up to them to make it work including the IVA like they do in the UK. The problem is only a few do include IVA. Basically what I’m say‐ ing is I’m only interested in the end price, the amount I have to hand over.

The new game the retailers are playing now is no discounts. In fact if you don’t order it now it will probably increase in price within the next week or so because of the problems with Brexit, China, French, lorry drivers, Rus‐ sia, fuel prices ‐ make your choice. Tradition‐ ally there has always been a deal to be had somewhere but not anymore.

Hands up if you have ever re‐gifted. Re‐ gifting is the practice of taking that bottle of wine or cherry chocolate liqueurs that you are never going to eat or drink round to the next person’s house you visit. Is it rude or acceptable? The most important thing is to make sure it’s not taken back to the person that gave it to you! When I talk about this on Talk Radio Europe on August 19, I’ll tell the story of the box of Cointreau flavoured chocolate sticks that went round my group of friends, in many different disguise pack‐ ages, for nearly 30 years!

Email: mikesenker@gmail.com

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BERGERAC GETTING HIS KNICKERS IN A TWIST NORA JOHNSON BREAKING VIEWS Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist.

unworn within 14 days.” Best not offend anyone!

Which reminds me, the UK’s recent heat‐ wave must be due to climate change, right?

Or is it down to Brexit, again? But it’s not all bad ‐ it should suit the snowflakes, provided they’ve safe spaces where it’s cool and nobody’s talk‐ ing about this “offensive” weather or any “scary” sto‐ ries. In fact, even thinking about my own scary thrillers ‐ particularly the latest, Death in Winder‐ mere ‐ is sending icy, blood‐ curdling shivers down my spine...

Nurse! That’s better, now I’m back on the meds!

THERE’S been much excite‐ ment in Jersey with news of the return of Bergerac, the detective series set on the is‐ land. Shooting’s finally due to begin next summer with John Nettles getting a cameo.

Nettles became a heart‐ throb as Jim Bergerac in the 1980s series. Most fans were sane, but he said there was a “lunatic fringe” of women, “rarely young”, who wrote love letters, enclosing their knickers “always from Marks Nora Johnson’s critically & Spencer for some reason.” acclaimed psychological Nora’s latest thriller.

It could be the saving of the crime thrillers (www.nora‐ company... johnson.net) all available Well, let’s hope the love letters included online including eBooks (€0.99; £0.99), Apple this: “These aren’t just any knickers. They’re Books, audiobooks, paperbacks at Amazon M&S knickers. If not required, please return etc. Profits to Cudeca cancer charity.

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WHEN it comes to renting a property, the choice of ten‐ ant is one of the most im‐ portant aspects to take into account in order to avoid future problems. All estate agents know cases where tenants have refused to pay or damaged the property.

To avoid the tenant from hell, in the first place it’s im‐ portant to write a clear ad‐ vert for the property, which means that the price should be clearly stated to avoid misunderstanding.

It’s also important to be clear about the type of per‐ son the property is intend‐ ed for. For example, if the property is a studio apartment, it will be more suitable for one or two peo‐ ple maximum. If the prop‐ erty has multiple bed‐ rooms, maybe it’s more appropriate for a family of two or three.

When searching for a ten‐ ant, it’s also important to consider their work stabili‐ ty. Make sure your tenant is in a stable job and will be

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BE CLEAR: About the type of person the property is for.

able to make rent pay‐ ments each month. Proof of income should be checked, either pay slips or nominas, or proof of other income.

References for potential lessees are vital, to ensure your property will be looked after, and you won’t be left out of pocket be‐ cause the rent hasn’t been paid.

Energy efficient renovations SPANISH properties need to renovate at a rate of 0.1 per cent to 3 per cent in order to reduce their energy emissions and achieve the country’s objectives of reducing contaminating gases.

To achieve this, properties would have to re‐ duce their emissions by 60 per cent, 14 per cent of which are energy expenses and 15 per cent of which are constituted by heating and air condi‐ tioning. This has created some complication around how Spain is going to achieve its objec‐ tives in line with the European directive to re‐ duce energy emissions.

Seventy‐five per cent of 25.5 million proper‐

ties on the Spanish property market were built before the full force entry of the first European directive on energy efficiency dating back to 1979, according to CSCAE (Consejo Superior de Colegios de Arquitectos de España) Although lockdown motivated many people to improve their homes, home refurbishments have increased by 30.23 per cent since 2019. In Spain there are more than 10 million properties that need to be refurbished and the urban reha‐ bilitation and regeneration plan foresees only 350,000 rehabilitations interventions from next generation funds, according to media sources.

PROPERTY

Build to rent model THE Spanish property market boom is continu‐ ing in full effervescence.

On one side, we have the grand rise in con‐ struction costs, and on the other, the very fore‐ seeable rise in interest rates on the part of the Central European Bank in order to combat infla‐ tion in Europe.

Spain has traditionally been a country of prop‐ erty owners rather than renters, but times have changed. Low salaries and precarious employ‐ ment has prevented young people from be‐ ing able to purchase their own property.

One of the reasons for

this is how expensive new builds are. From out of this cost‐of‐living crisis has surged the ‘build to rent’ model, in which people build a property with the intention of renting it out and earn‐ ing a profit as soon as it’s done. Often multiple buildings will be owned by one company rather than the individual lease holders.

This model has grown in recent years for sever‐ al reasons including the impossibility of owning a property for young peo‐ ple, the low supply of housing for rent, and the high demand to rent in big cities.

Buying and selling property ACCORDING to the General Notary Council, the property market in Spain saw around 64,000 transactions carried out in May 2022. This supposes a year-on-year change of 7.33 per cent, according to last published data from the General Notary Council.

However, according to the statistics for the transfers of property rights of the INE, purchase figures in May 2022 were around 61,000, which supposes a year-on-year change of 27.69 per cent.

In terms of the type of property, there were 13.53 per cent more transactions involving new properties in May 2022 compared to the month before. Meanwhile, the buying and selling of free housing varied by 28.94 per cent during this time and sheltered housing experienced a change of 14. 83 per cent. With regards to average prices, the price per sqm of properties sold in May 2022 reached €1,584. In comparison to May 2021, the average price had risen by 3.89 per cent, while transactions increased by 7.33 per cent.

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IT’S difficult to determine the best way of adminis‐ tering a supplement with a great variety of options available. The tablet form, popularised by the pharmaceutical company, includes tablets, hard capsules and soft cap‐ sules.

Other vitamin, mineral and antioxidant supple‐ ments come in a powder, a shot or liquid gels or gummy sweets. Recently, even injections have be‐ come popular.

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Tablets, capsules, injections and more: which is better for a supplement?

GREEN JUICE: Perhaps a shake is a better option for you.

When deciding which supplement form is best for you, it’s a good idea to reduce it down to the in‐ gredients and see whether they correspond with your age, lifestyle, diet and level of activity.

For example, children tend to prefer vitamin gummies, whereas if you’re a busy on‐the‐go adult, you might find a powder you can blend in‐

to a shake and take with you to be the best option.

From a pharmaceutical perspective, tablets and capsules tend to be the best form of administra‐ tion because they are effi‐ cient and generally reli‐ able. Through tablets you can also absorb a greater quantity of the ingredi‐ ents it contains, much more than in a liquid gel or a gummy sweet.

HEALTH & BEAUTY

Vegan beauty products on a budget VEGANISM isn’t just about diet. It’s a life choice that af‐ fects other aspects of your daily routine, like the clothes you wear and the cosmetics you use, from your tanning lotion to your talcum power.

It can seem daunting ‐ and expensive ‐ to have to check every single product and splash out when you want to prevent cruelty to animals but your budget doesn’t quite stretch to lath‐ er your locks with the most high end brands.

Some things to look out for right away that make products not vegan are things like lip balms like Burt’s Bees which contain honey, or some body‐wash‐ es which contain milk like

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LIFE CHOICE: Vegan beauty products on a budget.

Imperial Leather. Although these brands don’t test their products on animals, they could still contain animal products or things which di‐ rectly affect animal welfare, like palm oil.

Luckily, stores in Spain such as Lush or Clarel sell ve‐ gan beauty products which

won’t blow your budget out of the water!

For the perfect pucker, why not try the Barra de labios vegan lipstick for around €5.00? Or to main‐ tain those luscious locks Lush do a whole range of shampoo bars starting at around €8.00.

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OH summer. The hot temperatures, glorious sunshine and mellow evenings. What a shame then, when dry skin symptoms which occur most commonly in the winter months persist into the warm weather.

A lot of people don’t know that dry summer air can aggravate dry skin conditions just as much.

To keep your skin glowing and hydrated this summer, make sure you lather on the sun cream before going out to soak up some rays.

That tan may take a bit longer, but the protec‐ tion from further skin damage caused by UV rays is well worth the extra few hours you may have to spend lounging around out‐ side.

If you do get sun‐

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Keep your skin hydrated.

burnt, make sure to get a cooling moisturiser on the burnt area as soon as you can. Aloe vera is great for rehydrating your dried out skin and to prevent peeling.

After hours spent tan‐ ning, you may fancy a refreshing dip in the pool. Make sure when you get out to shower immediately as the chemicals in chlorine can also strip your skin of its much needed moisture, leaving it dry and chalky.

THE melon is a solid sum‐ mer favourite. According to data from nutritienda.com, the mel‐ on is the fifth most con‐ sumed fruit in Spain.

Really, it belongs to the cucurbitaceous botanical family which makes it a vegetable, alongside pumpkins, courgettes and cucumber.

The melon arrived to the Mediterranean in the first century and was a symbol of light and abun‐ dance. Its origin is uncer‐ tain, with

some attributing it to Asia and others to Africa. How‐ ever, there were represen‐ tations of melons 4,400 years ago in Egyptian tombs.

Melons contain many vi‐ tamins and minerals and are very good for our health. They are a good source of vitamin C, which contributes to immune system function and pro‐ tects the cells from dam‐ aging oxidation.

Melons also contain potassium, which aids ner‐ vous system function and regulates blood pressure.

Melons also contain fo‐ lates which help blood cells form and reduces tiredness and fa‐ tigue.

Also, the melon has only 28 calo‐ ries per 100 grams, making it the perfect healthy summer snack.

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Avoiding dry The melon is skin in summer a vegetable?

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MELON: The perfect, healthy summer snack.

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COME TOGETHER

HI Euro Weekly News!

I know the situation at Torre‐ vieja hospital comes as no sur‐ prise to you. Here is my experi‐ ence and thoughts: I had a mammogram for a breast lump. The results took nearly eight weeks to come back only to tell me what I al‐ ready knew ‐ I have a lump that needs further investigation! I’m on a waiting list for an Ecograph.

However, I am hoping to get a prescription from the Salud in San Miguel de Salinas today to get it done at Quiron. I will pay approximately €125. If neces‐ sary, I will pay for a biopsy which is around €1,000! According to my Doctor, there is no Dr at Tor‐ revieja hospital to do the biopsy!

The whole thing got me thinking and I’d like all the local mayors who come under Torre‐ vieja hospital to get together and lobby the politicians in Va‐ lencia. The local politicians have a responsibility to all of us to work on this together.

I believe in strength in num‐ bers. However, I don’t have the expertise to organise this.

Regards, Karen Moon

Fictional work I’VE long suspected that Leapy Lee is a fictional character ‐ a parody of those ignorant, reac‐ tionary racists we all have the misfortune of encountering from time to time. But one col‐ umn has me convinced it has to be a work of fiction. After open‐ ing with one of his greatest cliché hits, ‘The Muslims are ru‐ ining England!’, Leapy goes off on a tangent about cricketers and other sportspeople being too soft and demonstrative these days because they ‘fist each other’ after a good shot.

Surely this sort of innuendo must be a schoolboy prank, not a serious column. Although, to

be fair, if cricketers did fist each other between shots, it would certainly liven up the game!

Paul Spencer

Not surprised Has Mr Lee ever took time to look around him? Has he ever considered the behaviour and actions of his fellow immigrants and English tourists to this country?

On a recent visit to the idyllic village of Competa, my son and I witnessed (yet again), appalling representation of his country first-hand.

We, along with other clientele, were attempting to enjoy a quiet lunch. This was completely ruined by three groups of English people.

One group thought it was acceptable to allow screaming children to run around. Another deemed it perfectly acceptable to sit in bikinis and swimwear, with far from perfect bodies.

The third whose table manners and attitude to the staff was totally revolting.

At adjoining tables to us, were some Dutch and Spanish people. They were aghast, though probably not surprised.

Maria Brennan

OUR VIEW BORDER DEAL THE recent water emergency in Gibraltar, which at the time of writing is still seeing overnight cuts and sporadic shortages often due to poor pressure, highlights the Rock’s need to have a sensible relationship with Spain.

It’s a tiny peninsula right at the southern tip of Iberia and quite understandably the Gibraltarians are fiercely protective of their status as a British Overseas Territory which in living memory has seen far greater economic growth than the Spanish living across the border.

Gibraltar is an important employer with an estimated 10,000 workers crossing into Gibraltar daily and Gibraltarians do spend money in shops on the Spanish side.

Many will refer back to the days of Franco when the land border was closed from 1969 until 1982 and will say that they didn’t need Spain then and got by, but that was then and this is now. The population is much larger now and more sophisticated with expectations amongst the young in particular much greater than during the period of closure and Gibraltar has to import almost everything it consumes and the shops sell. In the case of the water emergency and the fact it could no longer convert sea water to drinking water, it had to turn to Spain for the importation of tens of thousands of litres of water in order to keep the Rock habitable.

It needs a sensible deal to allow easy access across the border and the longer it takes, the less likely it will happen, although it is encouraging to see that Frontex vehicles are already in place on both sides of the border.

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MARBELLA MOMENTS

BY NICOLE KING IT was an honour to have the Euro Weekly News interview me for last week’s edition; thank you Michel and obvi‐ ously Sally for your interpre‐

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Better together tation of me.

With the exception of the ti‐ tle including the word ‘celebrity’ (which made me fairly uncomfortable), I felt quite humbled and chuffed.

Ironically as a child I dreamt of being a famous ac‐ tress. I loved drama. My par‐ ents even referred to me as ‘Sarah Bernhard’, the silent movie actress, for my exag‐ gerated expression of my feelings, ‘way too dramatic’ apparently. As an adult it’s served me well, as has being a chatterbox or suffering from ‘verbal diarrhea’ as my father used to say.

My introduction to journal‐ ism was quite perchance; I was helping Maurice Boland fill in for one day on the breakfast show on Italk FM when the regular hosts sud‐ denly dropped out. I just hap‐ pened to be there visiting.

He was either impressed by my efforts or desperate as he then offered me the chance to host the show dai‐ ly, together with THE Sid Oliv‐ era. That was back in 2012. I never anticipated that I

would learn so much and not just about how to be a pre‐ senter, control the sound deck and computers whilst talking on air live and doing interviews, but about the re‐ sponsibility that comes with ‘the job’.

My first wake‐up call was when Maurice asked me to do an interview with Miner‐ va about the Butterfly Chil‐ dren Charity; I was horrified by the condition and certain‐ ly didn’t want to talk about it; but he insisted: it was my re‐ sponsibility to do so.

I then realised how un‐ comfortable I felt at events, usually for two reasons: one that people from other me‐ dia would refer to me as ‘the competition’ and the other was finding friends come out of the woodwork just be‐ cause I had a radio show and was therefore a ‘celebrity’.

Neither made me feel good

about what I was doing.

It was at this point that I fully em‐ braced the position I was in and the platform that came with it. I saw an opportunity to help others share their messages and connect the people that could be most suited to their dreams and projects; and encourage the international resident com‐ munity to really engage with the town hall to understand how they can help you and vice versa. The expats that only come to live ‘in the sun’ miss out on so much.

I couldn’t feel prouder to live here; for the efforts our town hall and RTV Marbella make to embrace the foreign communities and the privi‐ leged minds and kind hearts that we get to meet from so many countries makes this a city that is literally beaming

We are all #bettertogether

with brilliance.

I’m still embracing the op‐ portunity and so very, very thankful to have met and col‐ laborate with such amazing people, through the radio, television and of course, my #MarbellaMoments here with you at Euro Weekly News. Thank you all for your love and support. #BetterTo‐ gether.

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Winter, summer and climate change DAVID WORBOYS THE 1963 winter was the UK’s coldest for 250 years. London’s Thames froze over for the first time since 1892/3 and it snowed somewhere in the UK every day for 10 weeks. January was the cold‐ est month since 1814. The temperature reached minus 22 degrees. Oh, happy days!

I don’t remember such cold except one day in February when I drove on snow and ice to a party and met a Span‐ ish girl who was to become my first fi‐ ancée. But for weeks we could not see each other, because of the driving con‐ ditions.

During that winter, there were bliz‐ zards in Cornwall for the third time ever (after 1740 and 1814). It was possible to skate on the Grand Union Canal from Brentford to the Midlands.

In July this year, in record‐breaking temperatures, such scenes and such records seemed almost enviable. At Lu‐ ton Airport, flights were suspended be‐ cause the tarmac on one runway

cracked and melted under the intense heat, while London suffered serious fires. In Coningsby, Lincolnshire, the temperature reached 40.3, shattering Cambridge’s 2019 record of 38.7 de‐ grees.

I was in London in 1976 and I well re‐ member the endless hot days, lack of air‐conditioning and sticky, sweaty heels. The temperature reached 35.9 and was above 32 degrees somewhere in the UK for 15 consecutive days.

But it’s worse elsewhere. The effect of climate change is frightening. We reg‐ ularly see destructive wild fires endan‐ gering lives and destroying the environ‐ ment in Australia, California, and now in Portugal and Spain. In Axarquia we have had just half a dozen short, heavy show‐ ers in over three years. Our once green landscape is a scorched tinderbox.

Meanwhile records have recently been broken for flooding in Sydney and New Orleans, while the rainforests dis‐ appear and the Arctic melts under our noses.

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Which language do you speak?

ROBERT SHALLIS LIVING in a multi‐cultural so‐ ciety exposes us to hear many languages, the majority of which we do not understand unless of course, we have cer‐ tain linguistic gifts.

Although most of us speak our native language and possi‐ bly one or two others, we all have another common lan‐ guage which many of us over‐ look and very seldom use; this is the language we use to speak to ourselves. Why is this useful? Well, what we tell ourselves is what we tend to believe whether it is true or not. Quite often we are habit‐ ually telling ourselves that we cannot do something or may never achieve a particular thing that deep down we’d love to achieve.

This language becomes so habitual that it becomes part of us and once that belief kicks in, it can be very difficult

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LEARN A LANGUAGE: Live your life in a new, positive and empowering way.

to break free from those shackles holding us back from who or what we want to be.

So, how do we change our language and the way we speak to ourselves? Quite sim‐ ply, it’s a matter of starting

the process all over again.

Back to language school and start afresh.

The reason we tell ourselves that we cannot achieve some‐ thing or reach a goal is be‐ cause at some point, some‐

body, or a negative experi‐ ence has given us a reason to believe that. It is then rein‐ forced each time a challenge or goal relating to what we are looking to achieve arises.

The key to remember is, if

old habits can influence your life in a negative way, then new positive habits can do the very opposite.

As an example, maybe you have been telling yourself for years that you’re not clever enough to have a particular role in your work place. That’s your old language speaking to you. Your new language could be “I used to believe I wasn’t clever enough but I now know better and think differently.’’

So, start today, learn a new language and learn how to live your life in a new, positive and empowering way.

Rob Shallis ‐ Master certified life coach www.robshallis.com For more from our columnists please scan this QR Code

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Camping with children SUMMER camps for children in Spain can be a really posi‐ tive experience and encour‐ age your little one to step out of their comfort zone and gain self‐confidence.

As well as a space for your children to enjoy their free time surrounded by nature, summer camps can also be an educational experience.

Inclusive summer camps are special because they are set up with the participation and integration of children with special needs in mind. In these camps, children with and without disabilities can spend time together in a tol‐ erant and respectful environ‐ ment.

These camps are catered to the specific needs of each child and attentive to main‐ taining diversity.

If it’s the first time your child is participating in this sort of activity, you should consider a medical profes‐ sional’s opinion who can ad‐ vise you on whether an activi‐ ty is appropriate for your child.

Devesa Gardens LOCATED in Valencia, this resort boasts 32 wooden, rustic-style bungalows that offers a unique holiday experience. Wake up in the Parque Natural de la Albufera and contemplate this characterful landscape. There are also 87 pitches for tents of various sizes.

Enjoy an artfully prepared cocktail while you relax in the pool, learn to ride a horse at the resort’s equestrian centre, how to shoot a bow and arrow, or take a boat trip to Albufera.

The resort’s main attraction is the pool,

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SUMMER CAMPS: Are also an educational experience.

Camp organisers will also be contactable for you to voice any concerns you may have and reassure you before dropping your child off.

There are many inclusive summer camps in Spain to choose from.

Campamentos Plena Inclu‐ sion near Madrid and run in collaboration with the city’s council offers a range of holi‐ day programmes for children with special needs. They offer activities using sports facilities

throughout the city.

Campamentos Inclusivos Dinama, located in Murcia and founded by the Dinamo association, offer a range of different themed summer camps, including technology, books, theatre and art.

Campamentos Inclusivos Equitea is an inclusive sum‐ mer camp which focuses on equestrian activities and of‐ fers many fun and education‐ al opportunities for those with functional diversity.

thanks to its tropical environment and aquatic park. Divided into two zones, the little ones can safely play in child-friendly canoes while the adults relax in hot tubs.

Surrounded by a natural ecosystem with a rich cultural heritage, the beautiful environment will transport you to another era, in which you will find corners of enchantment in the Valencian lagoons or on the natural, sandy beaches.

This is truly a camping destination with infinite possibilities for the whole family.

Spanish camping laws CAMPING can be a great way to spend some time outdoors, especially with the good Spanish weath‐ er, but it is important to know that there are a lot of laws and restrictions on camping in Spain.

Camping outside of au‐ thorised campsites (wild camping) is forbidden in most of the Autonomous Communities and there can be heavy fines for

those who do not com‐ ply.

The only Autonomous Communities that are rel‐ atively permissive are the Balearic Islands, the Ca‐ nary Islands, Cantabria, Catalonia, Navarra, Va‐ lencia and Murcia, al‐ though each one has its own restrictions in terms of the number of people, the duration of the stay and the exact location.

For example, wild camping is permitted in the Balearic Islands for a maximum of three days in groups of up to nine people (up to three tents). As the rules vary greatly from region to re‐ gion, it is always best to seek up‐to‐date and offi‐ cial information from the local authorities before making any plans to go camping in Spain.

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Guinea pigs GUINEA PIGS are cute and excellent companions in the home. This is why they have gained a place in the hearts of many pet lovers. However, some people still associate guinea pigs with rats and dis‐ like them, knowing very little about them.

Here are some reasons why guinea pigs do in fact make great pets. Guinea pigs don’t take up very much space.

They only need a hutch and you can put them in any room in your house. This is also easy to clean out and you only need to do so once a week.

If you have a garden they’d appreciate a secure place to run outside, but this isn’t nec‐ essary.

They are also cheap to feed as their diet consists of mainly portions of fruit, vegetables and seeds.

What’s great about iguanas?

WHAT is so great about pet iguanas you ask? Well, as well as the pleasure of hav‐ ing a little dinosaur resting comfortably on your shoul‐ der, iguanas are extraordi‐ nary pets. If they are well trained, they can even devel‐ op a connection with their owner.

Your pet iguana can grow to as big as you want it to. Al‐ though iguanas can be up to 2.5 metres in length, they grow relative to the size of their enclosure and the type of food they eat, both things which would be your respon‐ sibility.

Which brings us to the next point: iguanas are vege‐ tarian. They can be fed al‐ most entirely on leaves and vines, as well as some fruits and flowers, making their di‐ et inexpensive for you.

Iguanas love the heat.

As pets, Guinea pigs are very docile, making them the perfect first pet for small chil‐ dren or an elderly person who doesn’t want to be scram‐ bling around after a puppy!

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Guinea pigs don’t need much space.

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Protect your pup’s paws EVERYBODY knows that dogs love a walk, and espe‐ cially during the summer months when the evenings are longer and the temper‐ atures are higher, you might be more inclined to spend more time outside with your pooch.

However, the pavement absorbs heat, and it can be painful on your pooch’s paws.

A good way to avoid your dog experiencing any dis‐ comfort is to walk them when it’s not as hot out‐ side. The best time to take them out is early in the morning or later in the evening when the sun isn’t at its peak.

You can also build up the resistance on your dog’s paws by walking them on pavement when it’s colder,

so that their paws can adapt to the rough surface and build up somewhat of a protective layer.

Alternatively, your dog will appreciate being walked on grassy terrain, or somewhere where trees or buildings offer shade from the sun’s harsh rays.

The grass will also stop your dog’s paws from dry‐ ing out as much.

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The pavement absorbs heat so is painful.

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TROPICAL LIZARD: Iguanas are vegetarian.

Largely these animals are tropical lizards. For this rea‐ son, in summer your iguana

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HOT TUBS AND SPAS HOT TUBS new used, bought, sold, hired. Also move & repairs.

Used good Hot Tubs for sale. 691 973 131 / +44 7836 379122 (295835)

HOUSE CLEARANCES ALHAURIN FURNITURE EMPORIUM furniture wanted, same day collection, also house clearance and re-

CLASSIFIEDS movals. Also buy cars, campervans, boats & bikes.

697 511 071 (295804)

INSURANCE MOTOR INSURANCE. For the most competitive quotes in English call Linea Directa on 952 147 834, you could save as much as 30% and you can transfer your existing no claims bonus. Call Linea Directa on 952 147 834 for motor insurance with a human voice in English from Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm and save money now!

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LOCKSMITHS LOCKSMITH emergency / appointment. Doors opened without damage, locks changed, patio doors and windows secured, 24 hour honest, fast and reliable service. Call Paul 657 466 803 (288129) ENGLISH 24/7 LOCKSMITHS AND SECURITY COMPANY, FREE HOME SECURITY SURVEY. 636 770 865 / 952 660 233 WWW.SECURITYOF SPAIN.COM CONTACT DAREN (294126)

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MISCELLANEOUS GOLD & SILVER Bought & Sold, Rolex & Patek Philippe Watches Tel – 678 716 693 (288662)

MOBILITY THE WORLD OF MOBILITY superstore. Your independent living & mobility specialist. All mobility needs under one roof. Sales, Repairs & Rentals. FREE delivery with all online sales. www.worldofmo bility.es/shop (301173)

MOSQUITO SCREENS ACE OF SHADES – Don’t let the bugs get you! Available in enrollable, slider and pleated.

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CLASSIFIEDS MOSQUITO screens, sliding, pulldown, pleated, colours call Mosquito Nick 647 072 861 www.mosquitonick.ws (295855)

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CAR SERVICES MOBILE MECHANIC will come to your home or work.

Servicing, repairs, ITVs & diagnostics. Call Mick on 617 553 072 (295506) ENGLISH bodyshop, fully equipped, Mijas Costa. No Job Too Small. 952 667 074 (296043)

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NAUTICAL INTERNATIONAL SKIPPER LICENCE: Courses held in English and starts soon. RYA VHF and Radar Courses. 626 245 098 (301210)

PAINTERS/DECORATORS PAINTERS / Decorators - Marbella, Estepona, Coin Area. Please call Albert 663 681 012 (1296158) SOLUCIONES RAPIDAS – We will Paint your apartment in maximum 2 days. 640 350 479 (301298)

PASSPORT RENEWALS UK & IRISH Passport renewals including photo’s. Complete Service. Cath’s Cards. 952 885 759. www.cathscards.es (295683)

PEST CONTROL

ALL CARS / Commercials wanted, runners or non-runners. Cash.

Buyer collects. Transfer included.

605 109 796 (295569) WANTED, wanted, wanted!!

All cars, all years, all models… from exotic to classic. Spanish, English, Dutch plated. Call us on 951 977 329 or 606 647 597. (294958) CAMPER VANS, CARAVANS, MOBILE HOMES, BOATS AND ALL PLANT, DIGGERS, DUMPERS, MOTORBIKES, CARS AND COMMERCIALS WANTED. BEST PRICE PAID, CASH TODAY, ANY REGISTRATION WITH OR WITHOUT PAPERS. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 (290739) CAR, VANS BOUGHT WITH/WITHOUT PAPERS. CASH WAITING 678 808 837 (290739) CARS, VANS UK OR SPANISH BOUGHT FOR CASH. FREE COLLECTION IN SPAIN/UK. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 OR 952 669 701 (290739) CARS, VANS, ANY REGISTRATION, INSTANT CASH, FINANCE/EMBARGO UK OR SPANISH 685 524 921 (290739) WANTED CARS AND VANS, FREE COLLECTION, SAME DAY 685 524 921 (290739)

IMPORT / TRANSFER CARS transferred, history checks, Imports and Embargo problems. Change of use and lost papers. Change your car to Spanish plates, simple efficient service. Cars bought and sold.

Please call 678 808 837 Or email carsinspain@live.co.uk (290739)

COCKROACHES, ANTS, insects, fleas, mice, rats, wasps, termite specialists. Fumigations, bars, restaurants, houses, etc. Sanitary department officially registered certificates. Guarantee. Serving the coast since 1985. Only legal English owned pest control company on the coast. If you want the best then phone N.P.S. Nigel 606 008 940 (293982)

PETS KENNELS CAT & DOG World Kennels and Cattery. 952 112 978 / 630 197 435. www.catanddogworld.com (301157)

PET CHARITY ACE CHARITY ‘El Refugio’ in La Cala de Mijas is a registered charity. We have on average 275 dogs in our care and we receive no help from the Town Hall or the Andalucian government. We desperately need foster homes and adoptants for our many dogs, especially the small ones and puppies who do not do well in a big shelter. We are grateful for any help offered, including donations of food and blankets. Visiting times are from 13.00 to 15.00 and you can always turn up or make an appointment by calling Denise on 669 018 736. Our website is www.acecharity.org where you can view all the dogs in our care. (93320) ADANA THE ANIMAL SHELTER IN ESTEPONA. We always need volunteers to walk and socialise with our dogs and help with cleaning. We also need good homes for our animals that you can see on www.adana.es. Kennels open every day 10-1.30, Camino de Casares, near Parque de los Pedregales, Estepona. (5 minutes from the Poligono) For more information call 952 113 467, available from 10.00am until 2.00pm.

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ANIMEX Foundation offers free will upgrading when leaving something for abandoned animals. Contact animexfoundation@gmail. com or call 692 166 434 now for this absolutely free service (288287) ARCH - The Andalucian Rescue Centre for Horses, registered charity 8448, the Centre is now open again to visitors every Sunday from 9am until 2pm. Working closely with the Spanish authorities, we rescue, rehabilitate and rehome abused and abandoned horses and donkeys. Come and meet our current rescues, learn about our work and how you may be able to help. Run solely by a small team of dedicated volunteers, the Centre is located between Alhaurin el Grande and Coin in Comm. de Viña Borrego behind Venta Miralmonte. For more information and directions see our website www.horsere scuespain.org, our Facebook page Centro Andalusi de Rescate de Caballos or tel. 610 845 491 or 656 935 613 (93322) SEPE the horse and donkey charity is open to the public at weekends from 10.00 to 5.00. Volunteers are much needed in all departments and are welcome at any time. For our riding for the disabled classes, we are also in need of extra helpers. We are nationally registered by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior (164640) but only with your support can we give the equine a voice. If you can just commit to 2 or 3 euros a month it will really help make a difference. You can find us at Lauro Golf Equestrian Centre, Alqueria, Alhaurin de la Torre. Tel. 608 258 950 info@sepeonline.net www.sepeonline.net (93321) SOS ANIMAL REFUGE we have dogs, young and old looking for homes. Some of our dogs have been with us for some time and would love to find a cosy spot to curl up in and a knee on which to rest their heads. If you have room in your heart and home we would love to hear from you. We do not put our dogs to sleep - no matter how old, they are safe with us. For day to day needs and to pay for veterinary care, we much appreciate the support we receive. We desperately need items to sell on our market stall to help raise funds and are happy to come and collect. So, if you are having a clearout, please contact us on 605 227 155. If you would like to know more about re-homing, please call 653 257 875. Visit our website www.sos-animals.org or please phone Sandy on 952 385 923 or 666 814 056 if you would like to make a donation or help in any way. (93317)

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REMOVALS/STORAGE

THINKING of selling your property or interested in a current valuation? We have clients actively looking for properties from Torremolinos to Calahonda. List with us and let us sell your property.

Call Joe 626 864 683 (295934)

15 CUBIC metre van returning to the UK 25th August 2022.

Space available each way. Tel. 639 928 090 (295249)

WWW.INTERMARBELLA.COM Costa del Sol Property Sales & Long term rentals wanted. All areas / All budgets / All types. Spain +34 951 708 422. UK +44 208 144 5008. Email info@intermar bella.com (295509)

2 MEN, Van €30 p hour. House Clearances & Storage. 651 081 610 (301134)

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PROP MAINTENANCE STARLIGHT PROPERTY. All Areas. Residential & Holiday Lets.

689 819 592 www.starlight -spain.com (295837)

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MAN AND VAN MAN & VAN, 20€ ph. Removals, Rubbish & House Clearances. Paul 634 112 677 (291430)

MOVEIT-storeit.com Tel David 696 810 618 (292247)

NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL LOCAL REMOVALS AT AFFORDABLE RATES. 1/2 DAY FROM €90.

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ROLLER SHUTTERS ACE OF SHADES - PERSIANA (security shutter) electric and manual, various colours available including wood effect, we also offer a repair service.

Make your home more secure!

Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / info@aceofshades.de sign (101730) ROLLER shutter repairs, 7 days a week, conversion from manual to motorised, new installations. All areas covered.

Coast and inland. 655 825 931 (291815)

LONG TERM RENTALS AVAILABLE and also wanted. Super prices. Apartments, townhouses, villas, fincas, shops, offices, bars, restaurants.

Coast & inland. Tlf 679 111 522 (296454) WWW.INTERMARBELLA.COM Costa del Sol Property Long Term Rentals All areas / All budgets / All types. Spain +34 951 708 422 UK +44 208 144 5008. Email info@intermarbe lla.com (295509)

PHOTOGRAPHY PROFESSIONAL photographer on the Costa del Sol. Events, Portrait, Product & Real Estate photography. Update your branding with quality photographs for your website and social media. Let me tell your story through my lense.

waiting. Please call 685 524 921.

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SERVICES FURNITURE FRENCH POLISHING REPAIRS, restoration etc. restore your valuable furniture to its former glory. Tel 647 579 519 / 952 499 944 (285318)

SITUATIONS VACANT FUENGIROLA & MARBELLA We are looking for receptionist to attend calls and clients. Need to be fluent writing English and Spanish. Other languages is a plus. Phone / Whatsapp +34 611 30 41 02 (301200)

If you can read it, so can your clients.

Contact us and have your business grow at + 34 951 386 161

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SOLAR SOLAR Hot Water heating: FREE HOT WATER. 26 years installation history in Spain.

Envirocare. All areas covered.

Quality guaranteed. 952 663 141/ 670 409 759 info@envi rocarespain.com www.enviro carespain.com (301178)

SOLAR ENERGY SOLAR BLINDS ES Ideal for Large Glazed Areas To Reflect Heat / Glare And Stop Furniture Fading And Still Keep The View.

Save Heat in The Winter To Improve Your Living Environment. ian@solarshadetinting.com Tel Ian 958 496 571 / 644 546 176

SOFT FURNISHINGS CURTAINS, blinds, cushions and much more. Free estimates and home visits. Tel 657 369 343 or rosannacarmella8@gmail.com (293734) If you can read it, so can your clients. Contact us and have your business grow at + 34 951 386 161

SWIMMING POOLS POOL MAINTENANCE, & Repairs, including heaters & regrouts. Friendly & reliable service.

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WESTARPOOLS. Pool construction, renovation, repairs and heating. 619 246 372 / www.westar pools.com (301120)

CINEMA LISTINGS

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UPHOLSTERY ADVANCED Cleaning Services.

Professional carpet and upholstery cleaning, 28 years experience, wet/dry clean. Honest, reliable.

678 808 837 / 952 669 701 acservs@outlook.com (290739) CARPETS AND SOFAS cleaned.

Reliable, fast service. Family run.

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SITUATIONS VACANT

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Quality Installations. 26 years installation history in Spain.

EnviroCare. All Areas Covered. 952 663 141/670 409 759 info@envirocare spain.com www.envirocare spain.com (301178)

WINDOWS

SWIMMING Pool Heating Pumps, Pool Covers, Rollers, Filtration Systems. 26 years installation history in Spain.

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UPHOLSTERY including leather cleaned also carpets. 685 524 921 (290739)

If you can read it, so can your clients. Contact us and have your business grow at + 34 951 386 161

SITUATIONS VACANT

DREAM Windows & Building Services UPVC windows & doors.

High quality at great prices 15yrs on the coast. All work guaranteed.

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WINDOW TINTING MOBILE SERVICE. ITV Legal.

Solar Reflective tint for glass curtains, balconies, yachts. Stop fading, heat & glare. 958 496 571 – 644 546 176 ian@solarshadetint ing.com (292919)

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Honda Jazz - a clever choice to set you apart from the usual crowd ROAD TEST

by Mark Slack HONDA’S diminutive Jazz has been in showrooms for 20 years and despite its compact look is actually of similar di‐ mensions to rivals such as Ford’s Fiesta, Vauxhall’s Corsa, VW’s Polo and Citroen’s C3.

In its latest guise the first thing that strikes you once in‐ side the Jazz is the light and airy feel and excellent all‐ round visibility. This is in no small part due to the almost panoramic windscreen with large quarter lights and slim windscreen pillars. In compari‐ son to its rivals the Jazz feels very spacious.

That interior space is excel‐ lent for both height and legroom and although the boot is compromised due to the hybrid batteries it’s quite adequate for the weekly shop.

HONDA JAZZ: Has a light and airy feel and excellent all-round visibility.

The rear seat also slides to assist with those slightly larger loads.

Power comes from a 1.5‐ litre petrol/electric hybrid unit that allows the car to pick the optimum circumstances to bring in electric power.

An e‐CVT automatic trans‐ mission is one of the better units although there is still the vocal interference from the engine under hard accelera‐ tion until the CVT transmission catches up. All these units op‐ erate in the same way and the trick is wherever possible to feather the throttle. Hard ac‐

celeration apart, the Jazz is a smooth and refined drive with impressive economy and low emissions. The range starts at €24,909/£20,860 with base level equipment providing all the essentials such as auto‐ matic lights and wipers, adap‐ tive cruise control, powered heated and folding door mir‐ rors, Bluetooth and air condi‐ tioning. My test model was the SR trim that is second up of the five trim levels on offer in the range.

Priced at €26,715/£22,375 the SR adds front and rear parking sensors, wireless

CarPlay and upgraded info‐ tainment and touchscreens.

Typically, being a Honda, the build quality is faultless and the fabric seats with soft touch materials on the fascia and door panels makes a plain but comfortable place to be for your travels.

The combination of com‐ fortable seats and generous interior space make the Jazz eminently capable of more than just urban commuting.

If the Jazz has a problem, then it’s price. Look at rivals from Ford, Vauxhall and espe‐ cially Citroen and you can see why in straightened economic times people may drive to‐ wards lesser models. Even VW’s Polo comes in cheaper than the Jazz.

Move past the price though and you know that the Jazz will keep you reliably mobile for many years and is a clever choice that sets you apart from the crowd.

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Our own ‘Lionesses’ roar when I joined the recently formed Chelsea in 1972. All we had was the name, no financial help and no meaningful ac‐ knowledgement. We played over Hackney marshes, put up our own nets, had cold show‐ ers, and warmed up with a cup of Bovril.

“We paid all our own ex‐ penses, but we loved it.” She added, “I followed the Euros and really enjoyed it, I’m so happy women’s footie is tak‐ ing off, I wish I had that oppor‐ tunity, but I was born 45 years too soon. I’m excited about the future, good luck to them.”

Sheila is full of praise for the current players and would like to see all the players that paved the way given the

Credit: Walking football

WOMEN’S walking football is seen as a way women can play sport in middle to later age.

Two women who have played football at the very highest lev‐ el reflect on a monumental month for women’s football after the Lionesses’ win.

Sheila Bella Clifford who plays for Aston Viñuela said, “We had no support at all

WOMEN’S FOOTBALL: Sheila now and in the 1970s (bottom right), and Gemma (far left).

recognition they deserve.

Gemma Gribbon was born in Belfast and represented Northern Ireland. Her path in‐ to women’s football was fraught with both religious and misogynistic issues. She ex‐ plained, “the medals from my international football career are 28 years old, tarnished, full of dust, no caps and no real recognition.

“This is all we were given for representing our country, along with a men’s kit that was three times too big (that we had to give back), an old bus

(that broke down on the way to Dublin) and... we had to fund our own food!

“As a pupil at a convent school, I remember a meeting with the principal to gain per‐ mission for a girls’ football team, she declined. How times have thankfully changed. The time is right for women’s foot‐ ball to be given the credit it de‐ serves.”

If you would like to get in‐ volved in women’s walking football, please send a mes‐ sage via walkingfooty.com on Facebook.