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By Joe Duggan in Westminster AN estimated 50,000 anti-Brexit supporters have protested on the streets of London.

The People’s March for Europe went from Park Lane to Parliament Square where the mixed crowd heard speeches from Labour, Liberal Democrat and Conservative politicians.

Sir Bob Geldof sent a message of support, with exLiberal Democrat cabinet minister Sir Ed Davey telling the crowd he felt ‘embarrassment’ at the current Brexit negotiations.

“I’ve gone from anger to Continues on Page 2

‘Internal politics’ in GSD battle EXCLUSIVE A SUB committee has now been set up to handle the process of choosing the new leader of the opposition, it can be revealed.

A GSD party executive meeting on September 6 has put Edwin Reyes in charge of the committee.

It follows the shock resignation of Daniel Feetham in July, leading to Roy Clinton taking over the position, until an official choice is made. “There are a lot of internal politics,” Clinton told the Olive Press. “It will be a very interesting process but I don’t know what the exact timetable is yet.”

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Together again

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By Laurence Dollimore the Gibraltar Olive Press after he was reunited with his “The whole thing has been long lost Gibraltar family.

Robert Gascoigne, 80, has incredible.” been meeting ‘literally doz- Gascoigne had his life ens’ of estranged relatives on turned upside down at the the Rock after a tragic event age of 21, when his Spanish separated them more than uncle Juan joined his family in Australia.

50 years ago.

“It has been absolutely fan- Juan was a schizophrenic tastic,” the former chemist and killed Gascoigne’s Esteinsisted, “and it’s all down pona-born mother, Manuela to you guys, your paper did Valcarcel Santos, who was this and I can’t thank you just 42, before turning the gun on himself. enough. It’s phenomenal.”

The reunion came about af- But even more tragically, ter we ran a front page ap- Gascoigne’s sister, who had been extremely peal in June excited about for Gascoigne reunion, the son of a GiLocal man Pepe the died from a sebraltar soldier, Pallas saw the vere asthma who emigrated attack just two to Australia in appeal and days before the 1938. recognised his mammoth trip Just two days mother-in-law was set to begin later, local Pepe this month.

Pallas, 71, saw “It’s such a the appeal and recognised his mother-in- shame,” said Gascoigne, law – Gascoigne’s auntie – “she would have loved to have known what we have in one of the pictures.

He immediately contacted found.” the paper and we were able Gascoigne and dozens of his to put the pair in touch, and new found family members from Gibraltar and Estethey arranged a meet up.

“We’ve been to the top of the pona hosted a reunion party Rock and seen the monkeys on Sunday, for National Day, and have met so many rela- and have made future plans tives,” said Gascoigne, who to remain in touch. made the 10,000-mile trip “If it wasn’t for your paper this would not have hapwith his wife.

“And the family resemblance pened,” added Gascoigne, is insane, the same noses “you have been absolutely and eyes, and they are all so phenomenal.” loud just like us!

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FB Blackmail An ‘online seductress’ has struck again and duped two middle-aged local men into a blackmail scam for cash.The men accepted a Facebook ‘friend request’ from an unknown woman and began to talk online and converse on webcam.

The fraudster recorded the exchanges and edited them make it seem as though indecent acts took place.

Border Jump Two Moroccan teenagers who were rescued at sea last July are believed to have jumped the border fence into Spain. The two teenagers were among four juveniles in a group of seven migrants who were plucked from the sea at night by port and law enforcement vessels after crew on a merchant vessel raised the alarm.

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Protest From front page

distress, from fury to despair. But since the Brexit negotiations begun there’s a third emotion I’ve been feeling...Embarrassment at our country’s leaders. Embarrassment for Great Britain,” he said.

There were heated scenes outside the Lord Moon of the Mall pub when Leave and Remain supporters traded insults before remainer Middleton Mann defused the situation by hugging one of the Leave supporters.

Unity

“Remaining is all about kindness, unity and togetherness and the spirit of solving problems together,” Londoner Mann, 51, a creative agency manager told the Olive Press.

“It didn’t solve anything by booing at him so I gestured at him to come over and have a hug. We are not going to get anywhere fighting.”

Further up the Mall, Boris Johnson lookalike Drew Galdron entertained crowds with a live music performance, holding a Theresa May puppet.

“Since anti-Brexit events like the Number 10 vigil started I have been at quite a few of them performing songs lampooning Boris,” he said.

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Using your phone as a sat nav could lead to heavy fines and prosecution

Beware!

EXCLUSIVE

By Laurence Dollimore

USING your phone as a sat nav while driving is ILLEGAL on the Rock, the Gibraltar Olive Press can confirm.

Police confirmed to the paper that fines will be issued for any drivers caught touching their phones while using navigation apps.

It comes after the UK government introduced tough new penalties to clampdown on drivers who text or make

calls while at the wheel.

Police in the UK also warned drivers that they will face prosecution if they touch their handheld device while driving.

Patrick Payas of the Royal

We need more police THE government is understood to be taking urgent action after the Gibraltar Police Federation claimed it was ‘woefully undermanned’.

In a hard-hitting appeal, chairman Henry Bautista slammed the number of officers on the Rock and insisted the number had only increased by 10 officers since the 1940s.

“We are, without doubt, woefully undermanned,” he said.

He went on to label the expansion of financial crime and intelligence units as

‘poorly managed’ for taking up too many resources.

He added: “This legacy was left to the RGP to manage to the very best we can without the necessary manpower resources.

“Further to this, one must accept that the face of crime is changing too and as an emergency service we must change organically and are reacting to events as they emerge both locally and as part of a global threat. “The world is now a very small place with regard to crime.”

Gibraltar Police echoed this sentiment, referring to 2010 legislation which states that ‘no person shall drive a motor vehicle on a road if he is using a hand-held mobile telephone.’

It adds that any device is to be treated as hand-held ‘if it is, or must be, held at some point during the course of making or receiving a call or performing any other interactive function’, including access to the internet, such as satellite navigation.

Payas told the Gibraltar Olive Press that even using a specific sat nav device could lead to prosecution.

He said: “Using an approved device may still render the driver liable for an offence of driving without due care and attention or dangerous driving if the use of the device impacts on his ability to have proper control of the vehicle.”

Up in smoke POLICE have recovered 6,950 packets of cigarettes after a high-speed chase off of Cadiz.

Two smugglers fled in their speedboat after being ordered to stop near La Linea.

When they finally came ashore, fleeing on foot, they were captured by police on the ground, who seized 14 boxes of smuggled tobacco.

Crime family round up POLICE have arrested nine members of a ‘vicious’ crime family operating in the Campo de Gibraltar.

It comes after the relatives were allegedly involved in several shootouts with a rival gang in La Linea.

The ‘war’ began on June 8 when armed members of the family clan approached a rival who was in his car with his wife and young children.

The mother and kids managed to get to safety before violence broke out on the street and the rivals exchanged fire.

The family have been held without bail and are waiting to go before a judge.

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CAKEFACE

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VIDA LOCA: Ricky

TINIE Tempah showed that rappers have the biggest appetite to party at an aftershow party at MTV’s Gibraltar Calling festival.

The UK legend was ‘having loads of fun’ at the party at La Sala on the Sunborn hotel, where he and many of his entourage were staying.

Alongside fellow stars Clean Bandit, Bananarama and Ricky Martin, he was definitely ‘Drinking from the bottle’, to coin a phrase from his hit with Calvin Harris.

According to sources Tinie, who has had six UK number ones, happily chatted to fans and posed for selfies and was followed around by his entourage.

He also spent a lot of time

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He has become known as the superstar DJ who throws cakes into the crowd at the end of his show, but this time the tables were turned when fellow star Charli XCX slapped a big sweet number into Steve Aoki’s beaming bonce.

(Right) Most of the recipients were very happy

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Party time PARTY BOY: Conor

Hitting it hard HAPPY: La Sala owner Ian Radford and (right) Tinie Tempah with Kway-va

hanging out with former Dutch model Linzee Kway-Va, 43.

One onlooker said: “It was a big MTV event with all the stars and they all partied till the early hours.

“Tinie was enjoying him-

CHILLING: Clean Bandit

self and was was getting a lot of attention, as did Ricky Martin when he finished his set.

“It was a big MTV event and no expense was spared.”

Owner Ian Radford also partied away until the early hours.

The festival meanwhile was considered a massive success with rave reviews, and is expected to return to the Rock next year.

It was the first time MTV took control of the event, formerly the Gibraltar Music Festival.

IT was never going to take long before he splashed some of the €100 million he made for his 30-minute superfight battle with Floyd Mayweather last month.

And Cage Fighter Conor McGregor, 28, did it in style by sailing around the Balearics on a megayacht.

He has been joined by his girlfriend and their young son Conor Jack McGregor Jr on the 100ft yacht as he ponders his options.

He was seen with a bunch of mates swimming in the sea and riding a jetski around the island.

The group was in Ibiza for close pal Lee Dunphy’s wedding.

He posted pictures of himself on Instagram with his son and eating on the boat.

The 29-year-old is expected to return to mixed martial arts after his ‘boxing experiment.’

Cliff’s hideaway sale HAPPY: Bananarama

SIR Cliff Richard has said he will ‘never recover’ from being falsely accused of sexual assault.

It comes as the 76-year-

Life goals YEARS & Years managed to ‘physically’ touch Latin heartthrob Ricky Martin at the MTV Gibraltar Calling music festival.

Admitting he had a massive crush on the latin star, lead singer Olly was overjoyed to touch the singer and posted a photo of the moment on Instagram.

He wrote: “Oh Ricky you’re so fine you’re, so fine you blow our minds hey... we looove you I’m so happy I got to touch your shoulder!”

YEARS AHEAD: Olly meeting Ricky Martin

See full review of the festival on page 14.

SAD: Cliff Richard

old put his 11-bedroom Portuguese vineyard on the market for 6.4 million pounds.

The singer said the Algarve home helped him ‘survive great despair’ after his home in Sunningdale, Berkshire, was raided by police in August 2014 following sexual assault accusations dating between 1958 and 1983.

“It was here that I had the most terrible time of my life, but it was also here that I had the most beautiful time when it all ended,” he said. “This place was such a haven for me.

It didn’t change the despair, but I’d rather have been despairing here than anywhere else.”

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OPPOSITION DEMANDS: Classrooms over ‘vanity projects’ THE government has been slammed for sacrificing school classrooms over ‘vanity projects’.

The GSD has backed independent MP Lawrence Llamas, who blasted the government’s ‘insensitivity’ for installing portacabins at St.Martins school, while it spent millions on renovating Number 6.

Leader of the opposition Roy Clinton insisted the issue of capacity at the special needs school is just one of ‘many problems’ in Gibraltar’s education system.

Overhaul

“There needs to be an entire overhaul of our school infrastructure, not just with St Martins, but with others such as Bayside which also needs urgent attention,” he told the Olive Press.

His comments came after Llamas slammed the government’s ‘failure to forward plan’, in particular as school numbers at St.Martin have gone up from 48 to 66 students in just a few years.

Llamas said the government should have seen the 37% growth since 2013, and planned ahead.

“Portacabins are bad enough for any pupil but arguably worse for special needs children, who will now suffer more stress on a good day and worse still on a dark, cold and showery winter's day.

“How insensitive the Government has become to the real needs of the community and, in particular, to the very specific requirements of children with special needs.”

He added: “The Government cannot expect us to forget that it has allowed our educational infrastructure to reach foreseeable crisis levels.”

A government spokesperson told the Gibraltar Olive Press: “The Government has not engaged in any vanity projects.

“Its projects have included the first two new schools in a decade, a new mental health residential hospital, a dementia residential facility, a day centre for the elderly, a beautiful park, berthing facilities for a large sector of the community, proper office facilities for its hard working civil servants, and a unit to provide chemotherapy for patients.

“St Martin's school will be totally re-provided within the context of revitalising education.”

However, GSD leader Roy Clinton, whose wife May is a teacher, questioned government plans to build eight schools over the next two years.

“In particular we want to know how they are going to fund them and where the new schools are going to go? We still don’t know,” he said.

NEWS No national pride in homophobia, as anti-gay MP is invited to National Day

By Jed Neill and

Laurence Dollimore

A LEADING LGBT activist has criticised the Government for ‘giving a platform’ to an antigay MP. Felix Alvarez, of the Equality Rights Group, was furious when told by the Olive Press that Democratic Unionist

Get a grip Party MP Ian Paisley junior had been invited to the weekend’s National Day festivities, marking the 50th anniversary of the 1967 referendum.

Paisley holds similar

Accessible sands THE government claims a series of changes to make beaches more accessible for disabled people has improved the quality of life for ‘a lot of people’.

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Minister Samantha Sacramento insists the accessibility scheme, launched in 2012, has ‘transformed some of our beaches into accessible places for everyone to enjoy’.

views to his famous preacher father, who set up the group ‘Save Ulster from Sodomy’.

“I am pretty repulsed by gay and lesbianism,” he once said. “I think it is wrong. I think that those people harm themselves and – without caring about it – harm society.”

Alvarez told the Gibraltar Olive Press: “That Gibraltar should provide him with any platform at all is a problem Gibraltar needs to get to grips with.

“There is no national pride in homophobia!”

Problem

He added: “That this person is ‘repulsed’ by homosexual people is a problem he has to cope with living in a diverse world.”

After speaking to the Olive Press, Alvarez released a statement say-

ing: “This year’s National Day platform is, unfortunately, sullied.

“Mr. Paisley, son of the late notorious Ian Paisley, is well-known for his publicly reported openly anti LGBT remarks and attitudes.

“Mr Paisley may hold whatever opinions he may wish within the law, however Government’s choice of invitee in this particular instance, is regrettable and, in the view of a significant majority of people in our country, sours a day of standing together in national pride and solidarity.

“Government is sending the wrong message to its LGBT community, its families and friends.

“There is zero national pride in hosting Mr. Paisley in Gibraltar.

Only regret and shame.”

WINNING BIG

Alfred is on his way to the UK Slimmer of the Year finals

BEFORE AND AFTER: Alfredo Traverso

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LFRED Traverso always liked his food until he ended up tipping the scales at 130kg.

But now after a concerted nine-month weight loss programme he has shed an incredible 31kg.

His efforts will see him attending the final of the International Slimmer of the Year finals organised

by Cambridge Weight Plan (CWP) in the UK this November.

He pipped fellow Gibraltar finalist Davina Tante into second place with his extraordinary effort, which came after gastric bypass surgery failed to work on him.

Clearly overjoyed with the result, he told the Gibraltar Olive Press: “I thought my gastric by-pass was the quick answer to my obesity but I was wrong and it wasn’t.

“Thankfully I then tried the CWP programme and my consultant has stood by me for 12 months now, teaching me how to eat sensibly and maintain my weight loss” Tante came second in the competition after losing 24kg in just eight months thanks to the CWP programme and is down from 96 kg to just 72kgs.

Alfred will be joined by Asier Santa Cruz, who won the local Spanish heats of the competition that has finalists from 30 countries.

CWP has over 30 years’ experience in more than 30 countries worldwide, in helping people lose weight and maintain weight loss.

CWP is a scientifically proven five-step programme which combines nutritionally balanced meal replacements and conventional food under the supervision of a trained CWP consultant.

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Clouds forming YET again the Gibraltar government finds itself shrouded in a cloud of unanswered questions.

Just like the ongoing queries in the Judge Jack case, Gibraltarians have a right to know if a £15.5 million Grade II listed building in West London was an essential purchase for a charity providing respite care for cancer patients.

Suspicions have rightly surfaced after it was revealed that its proximity next to St Mary’s hospital is entirely unjustified with the majority of Gibraltarians receiving care over an hour away in other directions.

Even more suspicious is the government claiming it is not responsible for the purchase, despite owning 51% of the charity.

At a time when St Martin's school is being forced to use portacabins as classrooms, perhaps the government should be a bit more frugal in its spending.

Learning Curve WE can all learn something from the festivities of Gibraltar National Day. As the summer season comes to a close the British spirit has been tested both at home and abroad.

The terrorist attacks in London brought fear into the heart of the country and the consequent van attack in Barcelona is a recent manifestation of this.

However, on National Day Muslims prayed in the street, while Christians and Catholics danced next to them. British politicians drank with British citizens, in touch with the people many feared they had lost all together.

It was the melting pot that Britain pushed for in the 1960s, welcoming all subjects from the commonwealth to a little island that relied on multiculturalism more than any natural resource. Gibraltarian ancestors would be proud of the integration they forged and which continues to be honored in 2017.

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In a heartfelt plea, former expat Gina Harris opens up her photo album to the local community to see if anyone can solve the mystery of her father’s sad death

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t is a question that has tormented Australian Gina Harris for over 50 years: what really happened to my father on the Costa del Sol? The last time she saw him was at five years old when she waved him goodbye from the Torremolinos finca her parents built in the 1950s.

Too young to be aware of her parents marital problems, all she knew was that she and her sister Anne-Marie were going with mum on a trip to Australia.

“My father struggled with his sexuality, it was not a good time to be gay or bisexual,” Gina confides.

“We had a guy called Pepe working for us and I understand they had SEARCH: Gina a romance, my mother freaked out and needed a break.”

But one year later, Geoffrey Harris was dead.

“My mother got a phone call to say he had passed away,” recalls Gina, who runs a travel agency in Melbourne. “She let out a huge scream, it was awful.

“To this day we don’t know how he died or what happened to our home.”

Her mother, Judith Harris, wrote to embassies and authorities in Spain but no one could tell her what happened.

Precious

“I personally spent hundreds of euros on Spanish lawyers myself to find me a death certificate but they have continued to come up short,” adds Gina, 61.

Now taking matters into her own hands, the mother-of-two has shared her precious family photograph album with the Olive Press and will make the 10,700 mile journey from Melbourne to Torremolinos later this month in pursuit of the truth.

“There were suggestions he killed himself but I don’t think that was the case,” she says.

“He liked to drink and this is thought to have escalated after we left, we just want answers.

“My sister passed away last year, and I’d like to find out the truth so it isn’t lost forever, I would truly like some closure.”

Geoffrey Cameron Harris was among the first resident expats on the Costa del Sol and, as revealed in Gina’s pictures, was one of the lucky few to experience the area before it became hyper-developed.

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LOST: Gina’s father (right) and mother

“They were a very flamboyant and party-loving couple,” remembers Gina. “They loved having local people over to the house and some of them worked for them.

“I can’t remember much but the young local girls loved dressing me and my sister up in flamenco outfits and my mum drove a white sports car.”

Mum Judith came from a wealthy family, meaning the couple didn’t need to earn a living.

“They didn’t do much work,” says Gina. “My dad had a mink factory in Kent, England but they ran out of minks and so moved to Spain.”

And the love affair for all things Spain seems to be in the genes.

Gina’s son Manos, an architect based in Paris, speaks Spanish and is a gifted flamenco guitarist.

“He teaches the guitar to Spaniards,” she says, “I guess our love for the culture is in our bones.”

Gina, who will be in Torremolinos with her son from September 19 -25, is now appealing to any locals who might have known the family and may know the truth behind what happened to her father.

“We think the building might have been put into a local’s name.

“I’m not looking for a payout or to take the building back, I just want some answers.”

If you knew the family or think you can help Gina track down what happened, contact newsdesk@theolivepress.es

Every picture tells a Gina on her precious story ... family photos: “The best link to my early years in Malaga are these wonderful photos I inherited from my mother. In particularly I love the ones of the local people who looked after my sister and myself and in one picture (right), the girls who looked after us were twins, I think.

The guy on the end of one of the pictures (above right) looks like the same one in the photo below right with my dad and the donkey. Maybe that’s Pepe, my father’s lover?

My sister and I grew very close to these people and we only spoke in Spanish.

All I know is that my parents built their home, somewhere in Torremolinos in the mid-to-late 1950s and the building may have been put in someone else's name.”

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ON THE RISE: Opus Dei membership is on the up exponentially

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Opus Dei was founded in 1927 by Jose Maria Escrivia, a modest rural parish priest in Huesca, Aragon. He believed that common people - i.e. non-clergy - could get closer to God through their normal everyday activities.

Although publicly recognised by the Vatican, its members - often people in key positions in politics, banking, academia and other influential areas - keep very closely-guarded secrets behind their veiled affiliation.

Because of its secrecy, Opus Dei is controversial both within and outside the Vatican. It has been accused of promoting a right-wing political agenda (often linked to Franco’s fascist regime), cult-like practices, aggressive recruiting, brainwashing and spying.

Despite this, membership is estimated to come close to 90,000 in 80 countries and growing exponentially. All this, born out of a small Spanish parish church just north of Zaragoza.

The ‘Holy Warriors of Spain’, or La Garduna, was (and perhaps still is) a secret society said to have been in existence for over 1200 years. The group is believed to have formed in 710 A.D. in the mountains near Cordoba as a ‘guerrilla army of Christ’ dedicated to expelling the Moors from Andalucia.

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HEY could be walking among us, or living next door. They could be some of the most educated and benevolent people on the planet ... or, just as easily, prone to terrorism and armed insurrection. Some preach integrity, free thinking and civic duty; others seek world domination through subversion. What could they possibly have in common?

The answer is that they are members of ‘secret societies’. For better or worse, they work covertly to achieve a hidden agenda where secrecy is a sanctuary and a source of power.

Secret societies exist in some of the world's most isolated and primitive tribes. They also exist in some of the most prestigious universities in the western world. It is impossible to know for sure the extent of their membership or the diversity of their goals.

Among them are three distinctly Spanish secret societies that represent the many dichotomies mentioned above.

In The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown’s epic best seller, the secretive group known as Opus Dei plays a dramatic central role.

Although depicted as somewhat sinister, Opus Dei (‘Work of God’ in Latin) wields enormous power within today’s Catholic Church.

What the 50 million readers of the book and the millions more who saw the film may not realise is that the group’s origin is uniquely Spanish.

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destinations. Tourists flock to the many Christians were accepted means towards Michelin-starred restaurants in the city’s old La Garduna’s stated goals. Membership quarter. But many of San Sebastian’s most was secretive with the complex hierarchy of treasured culinary experiences are not availa sophisticated criminal organisation. able to the public.

Over the next 700 years, La Garduna acOften housed behind nondescript storecumulated a great deal of ‘wealth through fronts are many ‘Txokos’ or secret gastrostealth’. After the Moors were expelled in nomic societies. Food, wine, and regional the 15th Century, Ferdinand hired members cider are taken very seriously here with no of La Garduna as henchmen to do the dirty distractions like TV, live music or women. work for the Spanish Inquisition. So brutal Like a fraternity, members were their tactics that are given a private key where the Catholic Church was they find a refuge - a type of forced to denounce its kingdom where chefs can support of La Garduna experiment with new recipes by publicly hanging and tastes and take bold known members. risks with ingredients.

The remaining order fled Txokos are believed to have to the hills and became been in existence for over bandits or transplanted 100 years and play an imthemselves in distant portant part in maintainlands. Some historians ing Basque culture. There believe that La Garduna are over 40 Michelin star was a precursor to the restaurants in and around crime syndicates of the FOUNDER: Opus Dei Jose Maria San Sebastian, the highest Sicilian Mafia.

Escrivia concentration in the world.

There is evidence that Innovation, food quality and some members had great flavours are just some of the reasons. moved to South America and were active Thanks to the dynamics of the Txokos sociparticipants in the liberation movements of eties, this is no accident. those countries from Spain.

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The idea is to bring together fitness and art in the same space, in the same vein as similar events happening in cities across the world - most recently at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Minister for Culture, the Media, Youth and Sport, Steven Linares said: "I am very proud that our Culture team working alongside Kezia Lopez, are putting in place an initiative that will promote art and sport in the same space, our GEMA gallery."

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ONE of Europe’s leading clarinetists will help open Gibraltar’s Philharmonic Society’s 2018 season, it has been announced.

Matthew Hunt, who has worked with orchestras around the world, will join conductor Maestro Howard Shelley for the October 10 Autumn Classical concert at St Michael’s Cave.

The Tokyo Times once said Hunt played ‘so CONCERT: At St Michael’s beautifully it was as though he wished to make the very air melt.’

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Sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, the tickets are priced at £20.00 and are available from Sacarello’s coffee shop and The Silver Shop at 222 Main Street or online at www.buytickets.gi.

A limited number of tickets at £10.00 are available to senior citizens at the John Mackintosh Hall at 308 Main Street.

Price includes a bus shuttle service departing from the Public Market and opposite the Cable Car as from 6:30pm.

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The participation fee will be £38.00 and includes an Art Presentation, one-hour fitness class, manicure and shoulder massages courtesy of Aphrodite, treats and recipe book courtesy of The Muscle Bakery, Juices and smoothies courtesy of Supernatural and a GCS goodie bag including a special art book Tickets are available online at: www.klopezpt.com For further information please contact GCS Events Department on email: info@culture.gi

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There will also be fitness, nutrition and beauty pop ups.

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It was published in The Gibraltar Olive Press last week. And I have to say that Laurence Dollimore has been quite accurate with the telling of the story. Many thanks!

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Keep it up Your coverage of the Justice Jack case is exactly what Gibraltar needs (Ruffled feathers, issue 52). You seem to be the only paper asking the right questions and who aren’t afraid of taking the government to task. Keep up the good work!

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Childish The EU is 'incapable' of carrying out negotiations (EU chief Brexit negotiator tells UK to start ‘negotiating seriously’, online). The EU can only see their side - which amounts to just 50% of the argument. They are only interested in being seen to make it hard for the UK - so that other member states don't think about leaving, it’s so obvious and childish.

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Well done It’s typical of your true journalistic spirit, while others just copy from your news. Upkeep the courage and educate people about the dangers secret societies bring to society, highlighting the destruction of the social order of life as we knew it (Secret Societies, this issue). The ones culpable of the exploitation of masses to the benefit of a few are the PRIVATE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES. Today, like never before in human history, due to modern IT technology, they yield a power regime and no one even speaks about it. NOT in CLARITY, NOT in a way the people would really grasp! So dedicate a series to that topic, educate the people!

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Our readers react to the story of expat David Sutcliffe, who returned to the UK from Spain but was found homeless and starving as his local council couldn’t home him

Special case?

I know someone who looked into going back to that area even into a caravan - and he couldn't afford it. They are inundated in the UK with pensioners and he was told there was a wait of possibly two years. You would be treated as a foreigner if you decided to go back! If you are on the health service here there's no need to go back - you are far better looked after here. It annoys me that we have all cut our ties with the UK to live here but expect that we can just go back and be treated as a special case! There are so many young couples who cannot get accommodation either.

Kath Edwards, Malaga

Disgrace!

Despicable! If he was an immigrant he would get given somewhere to live and money. So much for the UK looking after its own. Shame on the UK Government!

John Squires, Palma de Mallorca

Let down I came back from Spain three years ago after losing my house in the 2012 fires . I went to the social and they had me filling in the bible… I received nothing. They wouldn't give me a home either, it’s crap. We all pay into UK but get nothing in return. And people wonder why some people are racist!

I’m now back on my feet and found myself a job and I now

have my own house, and that is through hard work and family, NOT the government! This man is 82 years old probably fought for his country and now they have let him down!

Sharron Cromwell, Manchester

Not a burden There are no ‘hand outs’ living abroad, you have to pay for everything yourself.....he was obviously forced to return and had probably paid into the UK system all his working life.

Why live abroad? Because your pension goes further that’s why.....and a burden on the UK health system ? Far from it, in fact helping it by putting the burden on the systems abroad!!!

Think about it ..... what will happen if all the expats had to return to the UK because of Brexit.....then the burden would be there! All the older folk needing housing and health care !

Jayne Allen, Alicante

Terrible Same thing happened to a 70 year old freind of mine. He went back and was told the same thing.. luckily he had a few hundred pounds to buy a caravan and lived in that while his basic pension coverd the camp site fees...

Unfortunately he has now passed away due to ill health.

It is terrible how he and many others are treated.

Wayne Smith, Torrevieja

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BRITISH we are, British we stay’, was the mantra that branded Gibraltarians as, definitively, British subjects when 99% of them voted to remain part of the United Kingdom in 1967.

The 50th anniversary of Gibraltar National Day on Sunday was an extension of that self-determination that has come to shape the lives of those on the Rock.

Despite mounting pressures, including Brexit and the contested Spanish-Gibraltar border they remain a small but mighty force in the region.

Under a sea of red and white the UK Prime Minister Theresa May sent a video message to the mass of spectators in Grand Casemates Square, saying: “As the UK negotiates to leave the European Union, Gibraltar will be fully involved.

“As we face the opportunities and challenges to come, the UK will continue to stand firmly beside you.

“We will resolutely safeguard Gibraltar, its people and its economy and Gibraltar will remain British for as long as it chooses to do so,” she said to a growing chorus of applause.

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Kim Saroza “I’m here to celebrate Gibraltar National Day because I’m a very proud Gibraltarian and I am also very proud to be British.

The referendum to remain a part of the UK may have been 50 years ago but it is just as important today.

We are all just as proud to be British in 2017 as we were in 1967.“

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referendum generation wrote for themselves the modern history of the Gibraltarian. With 12,138 carbon marks on a ballot paper.”

Walking out to one of his favourite tunes, the Final Countdown, by Europe, he was the subject of thunderous applause.

He was quick to stir the crowd in this most auspicious year, saying: “You defied a dictator. You defeated fascism.

Your pierced the heart of the fascist claim to our home.

You gave birth to a nation.”

The red carpet was rolled out to a plethora of British political figures, with each one comforted by their own punchy soundtrack as they took to the stage.

Sir Alan Duncan, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs was the special guest and symbol of the global nature that Gibraltar has come to embody.

Following the chorale of the Gibraltarian Anthem, he said: “I’m delighted to travel to Gibraltar on my first official visit.

Jonathan Lutwyche “I’m so excited for the National Day celebrations. People usually go as a family, though now that I’m a bit older I go with my friends. It’s such a special day because everyone is so proud of being Gibraltarian and it’s like we’re a big family.”

We have overcome much harder obstacles than Brexit “I was fortunate to spend some of my childhood in Gibraltar and am pleased to see how Gibraltar has flourished and grown into the successful and prosperous place it is today.

“It is a place that holds deeply fond memories for me.”

Later, Richard Buttigieg, Chairman of the Self-Determination for Gibraltar Group told the Olive Press: “I feel very optimistic about our future.

“We are still waiting, we have overcome much harder obstacles than Brexit and I am confident with the entrepreneurial spirit in Gibraltar and with the desire and passion that the next generation have we will overcome the Brexit threat.

“Our worry is whether there will be a freezing of arrivals on our frontier, whether the border with our neighbour will remain open and that is really what is crucial for us.

“We need to ensure from a Gibraltarian perspective that having a fluid frontier with Spain. That is probably our biggest threat looking ahead when it comes to Brexit.”

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Dennis Cruz “Probably 90% of Gibraltar goes to the celebrations and everyone is in red and white.

Some of us wear T-shirts that say ‘100% Llanito.’ There’s so much patriotism. The thing is, now we get more Spanish people coming into Gib and marrying locals, so now there’s some Spanish influence, too.”

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According to the Gibraltar Chamber of Commerce, the Rock is the second biggest employer for the entire region of Andalucia after the local government.

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OR years the cross of St George has either been associated with far-right groups in Britain or football hooligans so it was a refreshing to see people embodying Britishness in the most innocent and amazingly festive manner.

What really struck me however, about my first visit to Gibraltar National Day was the positive multiculturalism I witnessed from Muslims praying in the street, all decked up in red and white like everyone else, alongside smiling grandparents dancing with their children.

A big family of Indians meanwhile posed in traditional gear and a sitar.

We have always been a welcoming and inclusive country and to see that in a rocky outpost where the Atlantic meets the Mediterranean filled me with pride.

“I’m so proud to be Gibraltarian. I love the fact that we are just one big happy family.

We are so cosmopolitan and really a nice mix of people with our own strong identity.

Today is a day to celebrate our independence, it has always been a wonderful day where you’re guaranteed to have a great time, it’s a happy occasion and always will be.

We have a great future ahead of us because we are forward thinking and have an international outlook.“

whole region.

Later at a private party for VIPs and press, Ian Paisley Jr, DUP said: “It is just a wonderful festival and of course this is like a reenactment of what happened in ’67.

“People marching to express their democratic rights and of being British. This is a very happy occasion.”

MP Andrew Rosindell, Chairman of the British Overseas Territories Group in Parliament said: “The people here are British, they are going to stay British and if we allowed any other outcome it would be a denial of human rights, liberty and democracy and I don’t think that will ever happen.

“By leaving the EU the people of Gibraltar have got back control of their territory. I don’t think there is any chance of the frontier closing, I know it was said in the referendum but it’s not going to happen.

“Our future is global, we have to be global trading, seafaring like we have been throughout our entire history. We are really rekindling that British spirit of being more global.

“People are looking at opportunities and it’s not going to be the disaster they thought it was.”

A few of these people included students Stephanie Mariasco, 25 and Stacey Gabay, 25 who have grown up in Gibraltar and used the opportunities available as a springboard for their own lives.

Mariasco said: “We always do Gibraltar Day, it is a very important tradition in Gibraltar. We are here to celebrate the fact that we are Gibraltarian and the reasons that fifty years ago we chose to remain Gibraltarian."

The festivities went long into the night and the joyous scenes included a 90-year-old eccentric to a love-hearted pram wrapped in a bag full of confetti dropped from a helicopter.

Hannah Asquez Mauro “Everyone goes into town wearing red and white, the colours on Gibraltar’s flag, and we just celebrate our nationality. It’s a day to embrace being Gibraltarian. We appreciate being British, too, but National Day is when we celebrate being Gibraltarian.”

Connectivity

In the same way that Jamaican and Kenyan representatives were there for the signing of the 1967 referendum, their forebears live on in different shapes, sizes, and races and stay true to the connectivity of our lattice striped flag.

It was Davinia Baglietto, 36, winner of Mrs Europe 2017, who captured the essence of the day for me, saying: “The first thing I say to people is that for such a small community we are so big in heart.

“We are such a multicultural society, everyone gets on… that is brilliant.”

Tammy Garcia “Everyone feels very Gibraltarian and there’s a lot of pride and emotion. We’re really proud of being from Gibraltar, and of course we’re happy to be British, too. We make it a point of saying that we’re British, even though obviously Spain is so close.”

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WITH a giant bottle of champagne, a dozen cakes thrown into the crowd and a cameo from Charli XCX, Steve Aoki more than stole the show.

A masterstroke bringing one of the world’s biggest DJs to the MTV music festival this year, American Aoki brought an energy and enthusiasm too rarely seen in this part of Europe.

While he didn’t hit the stage till well past 1am, he more than made up for it on the last date of his European tour and soon everyone was doing the Aoki Coky.

Even my nine-year-old son, suffering from festival fatigue, was jumping up and down within minutes of his arrival.

A stunning array of visuals, a string of massive tunes and his livewire antics at the front of the stage made this the performance not to be missed. In terms of sheer energy, only Ricky from the Kai-

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ser Chiefs came near to creating as much audience participation, although rapper Tinie Tempah took him right to the edit on Sunday evening.

Gibraltar Calling proved, once again, to be one of the big festivals of the summer.

An eclectic mix of acts, from pop giants Clean Bandit to Spanish favourite Ricky Martin and from festival stalwarts Kaiser Chiefs to British dance legend Fatboy Slim there was, quite literally, something for everyone.

While my 12-year-old daughter had been most excited about Charli XCX, who played a fabulous set on Saturday, my son had been looking forward to Jonas Blue and Aoki.

Something of the raver in the making there.

Meanwhile Dad was most impressed with Years and Years, whom I had heard a lot about

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but never seen. The electronic dance band wowed the crowd with hits like King and Shine, while singer Olly mesmerised in his bright pink boxing shorts.

I was upset to miss both the Vaccines and the cool upand-coming Spanish girl band Hinds, who I caught last year in Bilbao.

While Ricky Martin has never done much for me, I must begrudgingly admit his show was worth watching for his fab dancers and continual change of outfits. Less said the better about Village People...

On Sunday, the Kaiser Chiefs impressed but were on too early and struggled with the heat, particularly Ricky (in a pink leather jacket, no less).

Clean Bandit were the big

stand-out surprise for me, really professional, slick and with some amazing backdrop visuals, which complemented their various big hits of the last couple of years. The kids loved it.

Bastille changed the mood, with their infectious indie feel, before the stage ushered in Tinie Tempah, a massive draw for the Gibraltar crowd, with his six number one singles, making him the UK’s most successful rapper of all time.

It certainly showed and he w a s clearly taken aback at the level of adoration displayed at Victoria Stadium, which completely rocked to his hits Girls Like and Text from your Ex. All that was left was for Craig David, and then finally Fatboy Slim, to bring the house down well into the wee hours of Monday morning.

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But Olive Press Property can reveal that the ethically questionable practice of charging buyers as well as sellers is rearing its head again on the Costa del Sol. According to sources, at least two agents in the Marbella area have recently stung their buyers with bills of up to 5%.

The so called ‘finder’s fees’ are in addition from taking commission from the seller.

“It’s disgusting,” said Terra Meridiana’s Adam Neale, “I have nothing wrong with finder’s fees if you agree it with the client beforehand, but I have heard from several buyers that certain agents are adding a 5% fee with no prior warning.

“It’s bad ethics and gives agents on the Costa del Sol a bad name.”

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“We as agents are paid by the sellers and we never charge a fee to a buyer,” he said, “On the whole our industry works very well as it is, without the need to start charging such high additional fees to buyers. We should be encouraging them to invest here!”

Ben Bateman of Holmes in Sotogrande added he was aware of the practice happening ‘in a few cases’.

“It is totally unethical and gives our business a bad reputation for sharp practices,” he said.

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“I have no objection to agents operating with a finder’s fee, but I do object when these so called buyers bill both sides without declaring from the outset that they will be doing so.”

He added: “When unscrupulous agents abuse the system by adding extra amounts, the whole industry suffers.

“Beware of this sharp practise.”

Legal expert Antonio Flores added that such practises can be deemed illegal.

“It is not illegal to have your commission built into the price, with the agreement of the vendor,” he told the Olive Press.

The problem is when an agent adds a commission on top but does not tell the buyer or seller.

“This happens when the agent is the middle man and the parties are not in touch via their lawyers. This is actually a criminal offence.”

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MARLENE Hassan Nahon is demanding answers from the government and Calpe House over the purchase of the charity’s new patients’ premises in London.

In a withering statement, the independent MP has called for clarification over the decision to buy the Grade II-listed building in Norfolk Square, which cost over £8.4 million with a repair bill running into millions.

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ernment ‘denied any responsibility’ over management of the trust despite ‘effectively’ owning 51% of it.

“The Trust knowingly bought buildings that were in a dilapidated state and would cost a significant amount to refurbish, yet still paid £8.46m for them,” said Hassan .

“It is my understanding that the Trust then obtained a loan of £7m to refurbish the buildings.

“The two amounts add up to £15.46m. Even by London standards, that is a lot of money, and questions need to be asked as to whether the building at Norfolk Square was an appropriate use of this money.”

In an interview with the Olive Press last year, then trust vice-president Albert Poggio revealed a chance meeting in the Caribbean led to the purchase of the new premises.

“I was walking along the sea front and I bumped into the same man three times. He said he was a property de-

veloper in central London,” Poggio said.

“He told me, ‘I think I have the ideal property for you’.”

Hassan however, has now queried who the agent is, whether the trust spoke to other agents and even viewed alternative properties before purchasing.

She also labelled as ‘simply untrue’ Poggio’s claim that ‘the majority of patients who go to London for treatment go to St. Mary’s [the closest hospital in Paddington]’.

Government figures show that in 2016 St. Mary’s was the ninth most-visited hospital by Gibraltarian patients, she claimed.

St. George’s hospital, in Tooting, a one-hour tube ride away, saw four times as many patients.

“This amount of travelling through a heavily congested city seems far less than ideal for sick people and adds to public concern that the purchase hasn’t been carried out with Gibraltarian patients’ true needs in mind,” she con-

tinued.

Hassan also queried Poggio’s statement that ‘certain building regulations’ restricted asbestos surveys in listed buildings.

Asbestos was later found in the property, with Poggio subsequently stating two surveys had ‘given a clean bill of health’, with the Trust receiving £144,000 to carry out the pre-purchase checks.

“At no point do the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidelines state that listed buildings of any type are exempt from intrusive surveys,” Hassan continued.

“I therefore fail to see what restrictions Mr Poggio is referring to.”

The Olive Press contacted Calpe House Trust but had yet to receive a reply at the time of going to press.

It comes after the UK Charity Commission ruled that the purchase of new properties for Calpe House was in the interests of the charity and was properly handled by its trustees.

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Brace yourself TRAVELLERS are bracing themselves for severe flight delays at Malaga airport and across Spain over the coming months.

It comes after labour unions called for 25 days of industrial action among members working for AENA. Workers’ Commissions, UGT and USO have warned that the action could begin in October if an agreement is not reached by the end of this month.

It follows a dispute over pay and staffing numbers.

Workers want pay rises of 8% and the hiring of another 700 staff.

24-hour stoppages are still scheduled to take place on the following dates: October: 1, 6, 11, 15, 27, 30, and 31.

November: 3 and 5.

December: 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30.

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CHIEF Minister Fabian Picardo has said Gibraltar’s future lies with strengthening business ties with the UK postBrexit.

Picardo said his goal after Britain leaves the EU in 2019 is to ‘cement the relationship with the United Kingdom’ in terms of both sovereignty and a commercial relationship.

He said he wants to ‘establish that bilateral relationship of trade is to continue the morning after Brexit as if the single market between Gibraltar and the UK seamlessly moved from one moment to the next.’

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Speaking at National Day, he added that he is hopeful Spain will not use the Brexit negotiations as an opportunity to re-exert control over the territory.

He welcomed what he called the ‘new realism’ of Spanish Foreign Minister Alfonso Dastis, who became Spain's top diplomat last year.

"I think we have seen since the change ... a new realism emerge into the importance of Brexit for the whole European Union and for this region around Gibraltar of Spain in particular.

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Paper free Gibraltar Customs plans to introduce a paperless electronic system where traders can clear goods and make payments without the need to physically attend the Customs offices at the commercial gate.

It’s bag out of order PASSENGERS flying on Ryanair will no longer be allowed two small bags on board unless they are willing to pay for it.

The Dublin-based carrier said it made the decision as flights are being stalled due to a lack of space in overhead lockers.

From November 1 those travelling on the low-budget airline will only be able to carry a bag no larger than 35cm x 20cm x 20cm on board, with larger wheelie bags being placed in the hold free of charge.

The luggage drop-off will take place at the boarding

gate instead of at check-in.

Only priority customers, who pay £5 to £6 extra, will continue to be able to keep two bags with them on the aircraft.

Cata-strophic IF Catalonia breaks away from Spain, it would plunge the region into a long period of uncertainty and could end up having negative effects that ‘proportionally exceed’ those of Brexit, Dutch bank ING has warned.

Catalonia aims to hold a referendum on independence on October 1.

“As with Brexit, we believe that any ‘Catalexit’would plunge the region into a long period of uncertainty and would most probably be negative for the private sector," ING economist Geoffrey Minne writes in the note titled "Catalonia: the cost of being single."

A fall in consumption among Catalan households is the most obvious and immediate likely impact of Catalonian secession, ING says.

"There is only one step between worries and precautionary saving and if about two-thirds of all consumers decide to moderate consumption then this would dent private demand. If worries turn into panic then there could also be a run on the banks and capital controls."

Chief marketing officer for Ryanair Kenny Jacobs said he hopes the changes will ‘eliminate flight delays’ caused by not having sufficient overhead cabin space on busy flights, as ‘too many customers are availing of the improved two free carry-on bags service’.

The company claims 97% of flights in August had high hand luggage loads, leading to lags in boarding.

Mr Jacobs added: “These bag policy changes will cost Ryanair over 50million (£46million) per annum in reduced checked bag fees.

“However, we believe offering bigger bags at reduced fees will encourage more customers to consider checking in a bag, which will reduce the high volume of customers we have with two carry-on bags at the boarding gates, which is causing flight delays due to large numbers of gate bag and cabin bag offloads.”

The changes will apply to all existing and future bookings from November 1.

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EPTEMBER has finally ar- derful place to bring up children, rived and brings with it what with the fabulous outdoor the more than welcome lifestyle and child-friendly atcooler weather, less traf- titude. But the one thing that fic and, generally, less hassle - blots this idyllic vision is the although trying to get through the length of the summer holidays.

San Pedro tunnel Judging from the and up the Ronstories I’ve heard da road at some from my friends points of the day who are ‘blessed The one thing still requires a with children’, that blots this cunning combinaholidays in Spain tion of the calm seem to start in idyllic vision is of a Zen Master mid-May and last and the ‘I’ve seen Halloween. the length of the until a gap and I’m OK, I may have bloody well going that summer holidays exaggerated for it’ approach of point a little - not a kamikaze pilot. by much - but The month also you know what I brings a sound peculiar only to mean. this time of year. It’s a deep re- Not being a parent myself, I am lieved exhalation of breath and pretty much immune to the tria contented sigh as the school als and tribulations of having year finally starts and Marbella tots, tweens and teens. But I do parents drop their little darlings find myself getting regular phone at the school gates. calls towards the end of summer We all know that Spain is a won- from despairing parents, implor-

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up to the Casita and have a day on the lake?”.

If the offer is sweetened by a

promise of food and drink, then I’ll normally agree and invariably end up taking everyone out on one of the boats. The kids throw themselves enthusiastically off the bow or the diving rocks while the mums collapse gratefully in the stern, normally with a bottle of chilled white.

As well as the aforementioned audible sighs of relief, the other event that marks this time of year is the sound of yummy mummies declaring that ‘once the kids are back at school, I’m going to go to the gym/yoga/pilates (insert fitness class of your choice)’.

Which made following Social Media on the first Monday back to school even more interesting than normal, as the Internet was full of mummies posting about having their houses back, enjoying a cheeky lunchtime snifter or just dancing in relief around the living room!

Probably to Alice Cooper but singing ‘School’s back from summer!’

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Hackers have created a website, dubbed ‘Doxagram’, where it is alleged some Instagram users’ personal info can be searched for on a database.

Some of the high profile Instagram users include sports stars, singers and politicians; as well as some ‘ordinary’ accounts.

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Mercenary Resumes Exposed The resumes of thousands of individuals who applied to work at a US-based private security firm have been leaked following a security lapse by a recruiting firm.

Almost 10,000 resumes were discovered by Chris Vickery, director of cyber risk research at UpGuard on a public, unlisted Amazon Web Services storage server which belongs to recruitment company TalentPen. TalentPen had until February been contracted by the mercenary firm TigerSwan to provide services for voluntary resume submission.

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A DEBATE over a hamburger advert caused much merriment OVER 30% of all the grapes last week. It came after Burger picked in Jerez’s wine harKing put a new poster on Winvest are being picked at ston Churchill Avenue informnight. ing potential clients that the eatThe local vineyards are inery was just two minutes away. creasingly having to resort The Olive Press This led to one apparent ‘eagleto the nocturnal practice to eyed’ local to dig up and post on avoid the worst of the seaFacebook a for picture of the TOP news in old Spain! sonal heat. advert, which seemed to claim it As well as improving the was actually a Whopper-ing five wine, the job is made conminutes away. “Can someone siderably easier for the worktell me if Burger King has moved force. as it was a five-minute walk and now it is a two-minute walk?” asked Richard Austin. Locals Sceptical came up with lots of theories as “It was not easy convincto where the three minutes had ing people,” admits Willy disappeared to. “It starts as a Pérez, an enologist who also two-minute walk and, if you eat runs the Luis Pérez bodega there regularly, ends up taking that his father established in five,” joked one local. But Burger 2003.

King quickly cleared up the isHe discovered night harvestsue, confirming to the Gibraltar ing when he was working in Olive Press: “The old sign actually said ‘problem solved in five a winery in Australia and reminutes’, it didn’t say five minutes away.”

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With ingredients including infused saffron, Damascan lemons, ginger, garlic, sweet tomatoes topped with langostines and mussels this dish shouts ‘wow’ but can be made in 20 minutes with one hand while with the other you can drink the rest of the Fino!

INGREDIENT S 2 cloves of Garlic sliced finely Finger of garlic grated finely 1 small white onion chopped finely 2 potatoes cut into thin discs 1 beef tomato cut into thin discs 1 fillet of Hake 250ml of Fino sherry Cup of fish stock 6 strands of saffron infused in a little water 3 damascan lemons Half a cup of chopped tomatoes 2 langoustines 4 mussels handful of parsley Salt and pepper

Wine boom SPANISH wine exports have reached a record high of €1.33 billion in the first half of this year, up by 6% over the same period in 2016.

The increase is largely put down to the growth of the Chinese market, which has jumped by a massive 53.7% in just one year.

The increase in profits is due to price increases and which staved off damage from the volume of wine sold dropping by 7.8 million litres.

The average price per litre rose from last year’s €1.11 to €1.18.

China has climbed the rankings to become Spain’s fifth largest wine market.

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alised that the practice would work as well in his native Jerez.

First introduced in 2008, initially workers and fellow producers were sceptical.

“At first, people didn’t want to do it because they said they couldn’t see and were afraid of cutting themselves”.

Gradually, however, the workers were won over.

“The main beneficiaries are the pickers: they feel more comfortable and they work better,” he says. “And with the coolness, the grape is firmer and easier to transfer to the presses, while the destemming process is better as

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In an ovenproof dish on a low heat gently fry the garlic and onions in a little olive oil until browning. Add in the grated ginger and stir for 30 seconds. Turn the heat up to medium and add the fino simmering off the alcohol for 1 minute.

Layer the thinly sliced potatoes and tomatoes on top of the garlic and onions and add the fish in the centre.

Pour over the fish stock, cup of tomatoes, add the saffron water and lemons, season with salt and pepper to taste and place in the oven at 180 degrees for 20 minutes.

Meanwhile toss the langoustines in olive oil and fry in a dry pan for 3 minutes until curling and cooked.

Remove and splash the same pan with a little fish stock adding the mussels and cover for a few minutes until they begin to open.

Remove the dish of fish from the oven and decorate with the langoustines, mussels and top with handfuls of fresh parsley.

well. “The first fermentation takes place at 15ºC, and it is more efficient and easier to lower the temperature from 19ºC at night than from 30ºC in the daytime”. Many other vineyards are following suite, while the process of mechanical harvesting is also spreading in Jerez.

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Salmorejo Originating in Cordoba, this traditional starter is essentially a puree of tomato and bread, usually garnished with diced serrano ham and hard-boiled eggs.

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Reaction: After reading the description of this dish on the menu, I originally expected it to be of a thinner consistency akin to gazpacho but was pleasantly surprised by the thicker, creamier texture. The tomato taste was very prominent and the soup’s coolness refreshing. I especially liked the chopped ham and egg which added an extra pop of flavour and a chewy texture that contrasted nicely with the smooth soup base. This was definitely one of my favourite Spanish .

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Reaction: I started out by taking some of

the meat off of the risotto so that I could taste it without having the rice mask its flavour. The time spent braising the oxtail was well worth it; the meat was so tender it literally melted in the mouth. The flavour was deliciously robust and when I mixed it into the risotto, the rice took on the same strong taste. This was also one of my favourite dishes, and I am looking forward to trying the more traditional style of preparation. I also offered my mother a bite without telling her what the dish actually contained. Her reaction: “Danielle, this better not be bull, I told you I didn’t want to eat bull. Oh wait ... I like it!”

Carillada (Pig cheeks) FLAVOURFUL: Danielle browsing an array of spices characteristic of Spanish cuisine

Rabo de Toro (Oxtail)

Carrilladas is a lean cut of meat prepared in a similar way to oxtail - cooked slowly over a low heat for maximum tenderness. I tried it in a tomato, garlic and wine sauce.

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Like the oxtail, these pieces of meat were flavourful and mouthmeltingly tender. Each of the three main ingredients were noticeable and complimented the meat nicely. There were also some carrots which gave it a stew-like consistency. After the meat was gone, I enjoyed mopping up the last of the sauce with my bread.

Locally known as rabo del toro, this dish supposedly originated in Cordoba, and with the emphasis placed on bull culture in

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Morcilla (Baked black pudding) Known as morcilla al horno, this is essentially blood sausage, cut into small pieces, baked with olive oil, spiced and served with potatoes. The sausage is dark in colour, indicative of the pig’s blood it contains.

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The waiter again made sure I knew I was asking for blood sausage, but offered no reassurances as to my likely enjoyment. Of all of the dishes, I was most apprehensive about this one, main-

ly because the thought of eating blood made my stomach churn a little. The outside was extremely chewy, the inside soft and crumbly. The initial meaty flavour wasn’t bad but there was an aftertaste of

Pulpo de estilo gallego (Galician-style octopus)

a spice I couldn’t figure out and didn’t much like. It was overpowering and gave the sausage a bitter taste that reminded me I was, in fact, eating blood. This was my least favorite dish.

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Pulpo Gallego is a dish popular in the northwestern region of Spain, namely Galicia. The dish is often prepared by slicing up the tentacles, and boiling them with an onion. They are then drizzled with olive oil and spiced with a coating of paprika. Potatoes are also boiled in the water after the octopus is cooked, and served alongside the tentacles on a wooden platter.

Reaction: I love seafood and squid, so I was very surprised that I didn’t like this dish as much as I thought I would.

The texture was great; firm without being too rubbery, as calamaris sometimes are, and some of the pieces had their suction cups attached. The flavour was a little bland, which can be expected from the style of preparation, but it was also slightly bitter due to the paprika. The taste of the potatoes was indistinguishable from the octopus so it was clear they were cooked in the same water. Overall, the dish was enjoyable but not one of my favourites.

Tripas de ternera (Veal tripe) There are two English translations for callos - tripe and calluses - neither of which sounds very appetising. Spaniards from all over, however, will encourage you to look past its unsavoury aspects and give the stewed lining of cow’s stomach a chance. There are variations of the stew, which generally contains garlic, onions and white wine.

The version I tried also contained blood sausage.

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The waiter made sure I knew what I was actually ordering. “You know this is tripe right?” he asked. When I responded ‘yes’ he promised that although strange in appearance, it was actually very delicious.Unlike the octopus, the taste was fantastic but the texture was not great.

Some pieces were soft and gelatinous, others firmer (which I personally preferred, although the softer pieces were not offputting in the least). I enjoyed the robust flavour and paprika kick and the sauce tasted just as good on bread as it did on the callos.

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The British Mercedes ace, who edged ahead of Ferrari rival Sebastian Vettel by winning the Italian Grand Prix in Monza last weekend, shared a music video of himself partying in Monaco.

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Briton seals his place as one of the best riders of all time

UK’s Froome wins La Vuelta a Espana

RAFAEL Nadal stormed his way to an ‘unbelievable’ The US Open Olivevictory Press with a straight-sets win over Kevin Anderson.

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The Mallorquin wrapped up a 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 win to secure his 16th Grand Slam, his second this season after triumphing in the French Open for the tenth time.

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Nadal dispatched South African Anderson in two hours 27 minutes as his extraordinary renaissance continued.

“It’s unbelievable what’s happened to me after a couple of years of injuries, playing not so good,” said Nadal, who is expected to stay world number one this year.

“But I’ve been playing a high level of tennis and the crowd here brings me to a higher level of energy.”

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OFFICIALS of the Spanish football league have said they support the idea of matches being played outside Spain.

BE ‘APPY! It comes after a La Liga spokesman admitted the league is looking ‘to grow the international appeal’.

The discussions, which are still in the early stages, follow a summer when Barcelona played Real Madrid as part of the International Champions Cup pre-season tournament.

It was only the second time the clubs had met outside Spain and attracted a capacity crowd of 66,000 at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.

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CHRIS Froome has become the first British rider to win the Vuelta a Espana after sealing a historic victory in Madrid.

The Kenyan-born Team Sky leader made it a season double after winning the Tour de France in July, the first rider to bag both Grand Tours since Bernard Hinault in 1978.

Froome, who has won the Tour de France four times, said this year’s Vuelta was the toughest tour he had ridden in.

“We’ve been on a knife edge every day,” said Froome, after sealing his win, “The Tour has had some easier days, here they took every opportunity to attack me. Every single day somebody has gone for it and they did expose me on the one day I was extremely vulnerable.

“Not even the Tour was like this. There were a couple of transition days in the Tour

pound yacht, before the camera pans across the French principality’s coastline.

It comes after Hamilton only finished seventh in Monaco, a shock to many pundits.

He insisted he was ‘really happy’ with the result having started 13th on the grid.

“I have the smartest strategists and they said the best result was looking like tenth,” he said.

World Cup hopes dashed GIBRALTAR were sent to the bottom of their World Cup qualifying group after suffering a horrible 9-0 defeat to Belgium.

PSG’s Meunier had three goals and three assists while Romelu Lukaku added three goals of his own in an overall demonstration of flicks, back heels and superior moves.

In the other Group H games, Estonia held Greece to a 0-0 draw and Cyprus edged Bosnia-Herzegovina 3-2 as Belgium increased their lead to six points over second-placed Greece.

With three games left, Belgium have 19 points, Greece 13, Bosnia 11 and Cyprus 10.

Estonia and Gibraltar are at the bottom of the group with 4 and 0 points, respectively.

MAKING HISTORY: Froome beams with pride after claiming Vuelta

when it was more relaxed but here it’s just felt like everyone is on that physical limit,” he said.

“Every day someone has

gone full gas.”

Only two riders, cycling greats Bernard Hinault in 1978 and Jacques Anquetil in 1963, have won both Grand

Tours in the same year.

And Froome, 32, may well join the two Frenchmen to become a five-times Tour de France winner next season.

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ARTIST Shane Dalmedo has exhibited her work to the art community in Berlin. The show marked the end of her Berlin Artist Exchange Residency where she has spent the past month working among the artists in the city.

New Citizens The latest citizenship ceremony welcomed 17 new Gibraltar citizens. The ceremony saw them taking their oath of allegiance to the Queen and receiving their certificates of nationality from the Governor Lieutenant General Edward Davis.

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THE Real Housewives of Cheshire have filmed an episode of their hit reality show in Gibraltar.

In the sixth series of the show, which began airing on September 11, the housewives make a trip to the Rock where they are said to have had a ‘hilarious’ run-in with the apes.

Housewife and cast member Lauren Simon revealed: “We had a great time, we went and saw the monkeys and all these rules and regulations went out of the window.

“In true housewife style we just went off and did our own thing and it was all crazy!”

Launched in 2015, the ITV reality show follows nine glamorous housewives-cumbusinesswomen on their daily lives around Cheshire, near Manchester.

Each season the women take an overseas trip.

After travelling to Dubai last year, the girls end up in Gibraltar this year, where one of the cast members is partly based.

Mother-of-five Rachel Lugo visits her twin sister and Rock resident Katy ‘all the time’.

She says she likes to visit her sibling during ‘Monte Carlo’ season, adding that they ‘always take a helicopter, as the traffic is just dreadful!”

Lugo is described as a woman who ‘isn’t afraid to speak her mind’ and who is ‘sure to ruffle a few feathers among the housewives’.

The Real Housewives of Cheshire airs every Monday night on ITVBE at 11pm.

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YOU would have thought it would be better forgotten.

But, somewhat surprisingly, the BBC has marked the 25th anniversary of the axing of flop soap Eldorado, with a ten-minute special.

The network sent its arts correspondent David Sillito to the set in the Guadalhorce Valley to interview former cast members and commemorate the soap opera about expats in Spain.

The soap was billed as the series that would bring a slice of Spanish sunshine to the UK. Launched with a huge fanfare in 1992, Eldorado followed the adventures of an exotic mix of expats living in the fictional village of ‘Los Barcos’, set on the Costa del Sol. Aiming to capitalise on the huge success of imported Australian soaps such as Home and Away and Neighbours, the BBC built a £10million pound set just outside Coin and were confident of success.

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It didn’t help that a string of Spanish, Dutch and German actors often spoke in their native tongues without subtitles, confusing viewers.

The pressure saw the show's boss, Julia Smith, suffer a nervous breakdown, and incoming BBC Controller Alan Yentob, who was never a fan of the soap, was quick to pull the plug on Eldorado after only one year.

In the special on BBC Breakfast, Polly, who played Trish Valentine, revisited the set (which is now a paintball location) and lamented how it had fallen into ruins.

"It could do with a lick of paint this place. It's been let to go to rack and ruin, I think it's a terrible shame. What a waste."

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