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Denia offers visitors a trip back in time By Benny Davis DENIA COUNCIL is offering visitors the chance to take an historical journey through Denia Castle led by a local expert. The tours have been scheduled to take place from this week through to September 14 with two daily sessions, Tuesday to Friday, 7pm to 8pm and 8pm to 9pm. The starting point is next to the information and ticket office and there will be no extra charge for the service. Denia Castle came into being during the Moorish period around the 11th and 12th centuries. After the
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Machinery explosion A FACTORY worker in Ibi suffered burns to his face when one of the machines he operates inexplicably exploded. The accident occurred at 3am and the man was taken to Virgen de los Lirios Hospital in Alcoy.
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ANCIENT FORTRESS: The whole city can be seen from the castle.
Moors were thrown out of Spain, a walled precinct was built around the castle
and the centre of the town for protection. In this period the Red and Council Tower were added (15th century) and bastions and bulwarks constructed using the then modern concept of angle bastions (pointed walls to deflect shot). In the 16th and 17th centuries a residence was built inside the castle walls
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by the Marquis of Denia. During the Spanish War of Succession (1701-1714) the castle and town were the scene of fierce fighting, and in 1859 the castle was finally abandoned as a military post. Since then it lay in ruins until modernday renovations have made it one of the most popular historical places to visit in this busy Marina Alta port.
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TWO jet skis, three motorboats, and two lifeguards took to the water at Muchavista beach (El Campello) to save three drowning swimmers. Onlookers, one a doctor who offered his services, soon learned that it all was just a safety drill.
Special visitors MAYOR Augustin Navarro met political leaders from El Salvador during their visit to Benidorm. The officials shared information about tourism and business development.
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RENFE, the Spanish national railway network, is offering a new daily service between Murcia and Zaragoza. The eight-hour journey will include stops in Orihuela, Alicante, Valencia and Teruel, among others. It will leave Carmen Station in Murcia at 5.55am and arrive at Zaragoza-Delicias at 2.08pm. The cost of the journey is â‚Ź59, according to Renfe’s website, and it can also reach Huesca, north of Zaragoza. The return journey leaves Zaragoza at 11.25am and arrives at 7.30pm, and costs â‚Ź44.55. Trains operating this route are Series 599 and can reach speeds of 160km per hour. The new trains come with a new and ‘comfortable’ interior design, 17inch monitors, and adaptable tables, plugs, reading lights, footrests, hangers and anchorage for bicycles. A central carriage has been
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Name game BUSINESSES in Calpe, or ‘Calp’ have requested that both its official names, be accepted again. Since 2008, when ‘Calp’ was made the sole official name the website www.calpe.com lost 35,000 monthly visits.
Calf injury FURTHER to the events reported during Denia’s Bous a la Mar bull-chasing festival last week, a man, aged 51, is recovering after a bull’s horn impaled his calf.
NEW ROUTE: Daily service between Murcia and Zaragoza. adapted for people with disabilities. Another has a multipurpose area with vending machines. Each train offers 183 places in tourist class only and has a video surveillance system for security of
passengers. It is possible to reserve a seat up to 70 days in advance via website www.renfe.com, by calling 902 320 320, at train stations or through a travel agent.
Safe tourists THE Guardia Civil has released a safety pamphlet in 10 languages as part of the Permanent Plan of Attention to Tourists.
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Traffic lights go dark in Alicante ALICANTE City Council has estimated that it will spend approximately €1.5 million on traffic light maintenance this year. With IVA (VAT) increasing three points soon, many governing bodies are looking to make cuts wherever they can. Councillor for Traffic Juan Seva has ordered the shutdown of a series of
traffic lights which he deemed ‘unnecessary’ for regulating traffic. Without this cutback, Alicante would be looking at a budget of €2.8 million for traffic light conservation alone. Seva defended his decision to abolish the lights he found excessive in order to ‘optimise resources’. The traffic councillor pointed out that each time a traffic light was shut down, ‘there is a
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technical investigation that demonstrates its lack of necessity’. However, those opposing the changes have reported heavy traffic during rush hour. The Urban Attention Council denied to El Mundo that the actions are part of a plan to save energy and the disconnecting of traffic lights can only be attributed to the Traffic Council.
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Bullfight ban request THE speaker of the leftist political party, IU, has asked Alicante City Council to prohibit any bullfights or related activities during the rural event La Canyada del Fenollar (July 27-28) to ‘avoid’ the animals’ being an ‘object of abuse’.
Hashish arrests ALICANTE Police made three arrests on two separate occasions; two Moroccan men were accused of selling hashish from their home, and a youth, aged 17, was allegedly caught with 92.3g of the substance
Snuffed out FIREFIGHTERS put out the flames coming from an attic apartment on Calle Andromeda in Alicante. No one was injured. The blaze appeared to have started in the kitchen, possibly from a household appliance, according to the authorities.
FASHION FLAIR: Victorio y Lucchino designs are feeling the pinch, but Mango (inset) are flying the flag.
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HE world of fashion may be glamorous, but there is more to it than colour fads and designs. While Zara, Mango and Bershka continue to keep the Spanish flag flying high in the global fashion world, some national firms are facing increasing pressures in the difficult economic times. The Sevilla-based Victorio y Lucchino fashion house has now been forced to announce staff cutbacks though it says it has a ‘solvent viability plan which guarantees the continuity of the firm’. However, it has refused to comment on bank-
ruptcy proceedings it is involved in through creditors. Created by Jose Víctor Rodriguez Caro and Jose Luis Medina del Corral in the 70s, V&L’s two male founders married in 2007. Over the years they have designed dresses for royalty and celebrities, with singer Whitney Houston wearing one of their designs in The Bodyguard. In recent times Adolfo Dominguez was also forced to close almost 50 stores and was absent from Madrid Fashion Week, while designer Amaya Arzuaga closed her factories in Burgos because ‘producing fashion in Spain is too expensive’.
Dad’s eviction delayed 3 months
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AN ALICANTE man was granted another three months in his home after neighbours and social groups protested against his eviction for non-payment of his mortgage. Francisco Andres Perez Gomis is an unemployed father of two girls, aged six and 14. Unable to pay the €700 mortgage for his Calle Jacinto Maltes flat from his €420 unemployment cheque, Francisco was faced with eviction. Thanks to protests by neighbours and the groups 15M, Stop Eviction, and Take the Square, the financial entities agreed to grant him three months’ grace to sort out his debt.
DOCTORS and nurses in the Pulmonology unit at Alicante University General Hospital recently completed a nine-month long training programme to better treat patients with Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (COLD).
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BSHF, the building and social housing foundation, has included a building in Alicante’s Plaza de America among the 12 finalists for the World Habitat Award. The prize highlights the most innovative housing solutions.
Bad move FERNANDO LLOPIS of Alicante’s liberal Union, Progressive and Democracy Party (UPD) has criticised the Conservative Popular Party’s (PP) proposed tax increase, suggesting it should have been done during better economic times.
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Outdoor toilet URINE-STAINED pavements near El Palmeral School in Alicante were cause for complaint by the San Gabriel Neighbours Association and Councillor Gabriel Moreno who demanded the proper disinfection of the ‘unhygienic’ area.
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Jose Javier Hombrados, Spanish handball player, after seeing the clothes, designed by Bosco, which will be worn by the Spanish Olympic team at London 2012.
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to the president of the Spanish Economic and Social Council, Marcos Peña, who said that this is one of the matters which most worries the European Union.
THE public prosecutor is seeking four to 16 years in prison for the leading council members of communications firm, Metrored, for alleged tax fraud.
Summer fun THIS summer ‘Port Magic,’ located in the Volvo area of Alicante Port, will be offering entertainment for all ages in two forms: a funfair, which is open until September 30, and the Rody Aragon circus, available until July 22.
City veg SIX organic vegetable gardens may be planted in the city of Alicante if the law proposed by the Commitment Coalition’s Luis Falco and Natxo Bellido is passed.
and finally... GUARDIA CIVIL seized a nine-month-old lioness which was found on an urbanisation in Badajoz. The owner of the property, who bought the feline for €2,500, initially claimed that he had bred the lioness himself. He has been charged with violating smuggling laws.
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90 arrests for domestic abuse THE Alicante Guardia Civil made 90 arrests for domestic abuse within 15 days in various cities and towns throughout the province. According to the Home Office, between July 1 and July 15, 90 individuals of different nationalities were arrested or accused of domestic violence. The incidents consisted of the accused individuals allegedly threatening or acting aggressively towards their partners or former partners. Alicante was where most arrests for this crime occurred in the Valencia region during this 15-day timeframe. The Guardia Civil arrested 27 people in Castellon and 77 in Valencia. That is a total of 194 people arrested for domestic abuse.
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Ambulance service is launched in Teulada By Benny Davis TEULADA have launched a 24/7 life support ambulance service operated by civil protection volunteers. Councillor for Public Safety Juan Moragues announced that the ambulance has been funded by the Teulada Benevolent Association with donations from the Teulada/Moraira Lions Club and Costa Blanca Flores. The new service will complement existing Red Cross and Hospital Raise Imed services to provide
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Mortuary to chalet A GRADE II listed former mortuary in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Cleveland, has been put up for sale by Redcar and Cleveland Council and could fetch up to ÂŁ25,000 (â‚Ź31,660).
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Forest fire controlled after 5 days IT took five days to control the forest fire in Cocentaina (Alicante) that destroyed approximately 498 hectares of land. The Emergency Co-ordination Centre (CCE) of Valencia informed the public that the fire started in
Mas de la Cova last Thursday (July 12) but was not declared under control until early Monday (July 16) morning. Flames spread all the way to Alcoy, Banyere de Mariola and Bocairent (Valencia).
automatic defibrillator, oxygen, resuscitation and full monitoring facilities. Anyone needing this service should call the local police or; 96 5740 999 or 96 5740 946. Meanwhile, the coordinator of Civil Protection, Juan Mora is appealing for more public volunteers to assist the civil protection services including medical transportation and fire patrol warning service.
A GREY squirrel jumped into a paint pot in Cullompton, Devon. The rodent may have camouflaged itself in order to avoid being culled, as its species is said to carry squirrel pox.
Odd twins TWINS were born on the same day but in different countries. Dylan was born in England in his parent’s living room and Hannah was born at the Borders Hospital, Melrose, Scotland during the EUR0 2012 finals.
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Mystery dates THE dates of the 2013 Alcoy ‘Trilogy’ festival, organised by the San Jorge Association, will not be approved until September when the matter is again discussed. The Festivities Board councillor has verbally approved April 21, 22 and 23.
CONSERVATIVE party, PP, reported errors in Alcoy’s city budget. The councillor specified that it included salaries for exemployees. PP Councillor Sanus said: “They’ve increased spending from €44 to €45 million, instead of decreasing it to €42 million.”
Biding time A MAN accused of robbing a Benidorm arcade will not appear before a court again until September 5. The postponement was made due to a lack of prepared reports and witnesses at last week’s original hearing.
Playing golf THE week-long Spanish Sports Federation for the Physically Disabled took place at El Resort Vida and Golf in Benidorm where 15 handicapped individuals participated in diverse activities related to golf.
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beaches clean. He added that he hoped the ashtrays would also raise awareness ONE of the most innovative ideas to amongst bathers that the high quality of emerge from the hidden depths of local Javea beaches, especially ‘Blue Flag’ council offices this summer will no doubt deserves the respect of all visitors to receive a mixed reception from the assist in preserving the environment. public. The ashtrays are available from tourist The Department of Tourism for Javea information offices in the port and Arenal will be distributing 3,000 free ashtrays Beach and reportedly the umbrella and for use on its beaches. Designed to dig sun-bed hire agents. firmly in the sand for stability, the small, Users of this service are asked to neat blue units have a lid to secure ensure that when leaving the beach, all cigarette ends in the container, which is butt ends have been completely printed with the town logo and web extinguished before either taking the address for tourist information. ashtrays home to use another day, or As explained by Councillor for Tourism placing them in any of the widely Antonio Miragall, the main objective of available beach waste bins. Under no the product is to assist in keeping the circumstances should the user leave the unit on the beach. Although this initiative has been widely accepted as a great step forward by most, the anti-smoking sector has already criticised the move as one of encouraging smokers COUNCILLOR VICENTE Soler considers the to use the beaches. SOLER of Alfaz del Pi revamping of the plan proposed changes he essential, stating: “We find believes should be made in ourselves with an obsolete the future General Plan for PGOU dating back to 1987 Urban Development which is technically inept (PGOU) to improve the and lacks solutions for our city. current needs.” The PGOU must be At the root of his plan is A MAN, aged 33, died at treated as “more than a the continued support of the Aupa Lumbreiras rock document, it must be a ‘five economic pillars’: music festival in Villena. Though the official strategy that allows Alfaz health, sports, culture, the del Pi to become a model environment and the cause of death will not be economy and productive service sector. This means determined until a postterritory,” said Soler during an increase in health mortem examination is his presentation to more centres, rehab clinics, and complete, sources from Guardia Civil than 250 business-men spas for residents and the headquarters commented and tradesmen. tourists alike. it appeared to have been cardiovascular-related. The Guardia Civil was BENIDORM’S Summer School is benefitting notified at approximately approximately 150 students with its diverse 11.30am, but by the time activities. The Board of Education aims to reconcile they arrived at the venue, family life and work for many residents. For more the man was already information and enrolment call 649 489 175. dead.
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Taxi drivers on strike FOLLOWING proposed deregulation within Spain’s taxi industry, taxi associations are looking to stage a nationwide strike on August 1. At present, taxis operate under strict controls by the licensing authorities, with vehicles identifiable as being legally allowed to carry paying passengers by the fact they display a small ‘SP’ plate. Both taxi and private hire drivers have already raised concerns about the number of illegal ‘pirate’ cars that operate, in particular amongst the expatriate communities on the Costa Blanca. However, now the taxi industry fears that allowing private hire vehicles to legally encroach on their territories following the proposed deregulation rules, will effectively lead to the death of the taxi, which is already suffering in the economic crisis. The strike is due to start at 6am on August 1, for 12 hours.
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Ancient remains of baby found in Albir THE remains of an infant were found during an archaeological dig at the Villa Romana Museum in Albir (Alicante). Since the first dig in 2008,
students and archaeologists have found three other children’s bodies. Carolina Frias, archaeologist and director of the museum, and
University of Alicante professor, Jaime Molina are supervising the museum excavations. According to Frias, this find is very important because “it proves that in the sixth century this village was still inhabited. They used the area as a children’s cemetery and therefore residential areas must have been nearby.” The discovery of this baby differs from those of the other children who were found buried within vases and date back to between the third (From left): Eva Mayor, Mayor Augustin Navarro, and Luis Reverter. and fifth centuries. While the museum’s annual archaeological digs generally last four to LA CAIXA SOCIAL Visitors are century, prior to the five months, this WORK collaborated welcome to Romans’ arrival. year’s participants, with Benidorm City experience what The exhibit includes which include 53 Hall to present an everyday life was like a variety of university students, exhibit about Iberian for the inhabitants of reproduced works of will be cut short to civilisation before the the Iberian Peninsula art, which help to tell one month. Romans. beginning in the sixth the story.
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Motorway mop-up POLICE arrived at a crash in Western Germany to find the autobahn drenched in a salad dressing-style spill after a truck loaded with mustard and vinegar skidded and crashed into a tunnel.
Ape escape FIVE chimpanzees broke out from their enclosure at Hanover’s Experience Zoo in Germany, injuring a fiveyear-old girl and sparking a temporary evacuation of 2,500 visitors, a zoo spokeswoman said.
Mum sued A GERMAN court made a woman pay her daughter €600 in damages after she put photos of her daughter in a bikini on Facebook.
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Denia to pay debts DENIA city council, approved bank loans valued at €497,019 to settle outstanding suppliers debts. The loans are approved through the Ministry of Finance and the Official Credit Institute (ICO) to complete the second phase of the central government payment plan. Councillor for finance Vincent Michelet, explained that this phase will include outstanding unpaid bills due to suppliers not paid for, “administrative errors or because they did not sign a Ministry certificate authorising inclusion in the first phase.” Final payments will allow the council to clear the books of supplier’s debt for the year 2011.
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Climbers were ‘experts’ TWO climbers who died on Mont Blanc were ‘experts’, according to the club to which
they belonged. The Tierra Tragame club released a statement saying that the man,
from Madrid, and his Polish girlfriend, had proven track records and the necessary abilities to carry out the climb. In fact, he had completed the Mont Blanc climb twice, in 1999 and 2007. He had also climbed the highest mountains of America, Africa and Europe, and she had conquered some of the world’s highest peaks. They both took part in climbs and mountain races and were in EDUCATING: Members of the Red Cross gather to discuss safety measures. excellent physical shape. The tragedy was due to climate change, the club said, as they died ‘Love yourself this summer’ is the to prevent accidents. Their goal is from the cold on the current slogan for the Red Cross, to provide people with a guide Dome du Gouter peak of the Frax Foundation and Alfaz del which includes advice on how to the Mont Blanc range, at Pi Town Hall’s seasonal campaign prevent common accidents. 4,400 metres, on the frontier between France and Italy. They were with another two hikers who survived after they were The fed-up couple his drug addiction. Public prosecutors found by the manager of claimed that on numerous According to the parents, denied the parents’ motion, the Gouter shelter occasions their only son his drug abuse only but ordered the boy’s following a fall when stole cash and jewellery exacerbated his aggressive admission to a youth they were on their way from them in order to feed behaviour. centre. back to the valley.
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Parents plea against own son PARENTS went before the Alicante Public Prosecutor to plead for a restraining order against their ‘abusive’ 14-year-old son.
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94% vote for Alicante president JOSE CISCAR was named the Alicante provincial president of conservative political party, PP with 94.47 per cent of the votes in his favour. Of the 1,068 votes cast, the provincial executive commission led by Ciscar raked in 1,009 in their favour, while 43 were blank votes, and 11 were against them. Upon winning the election, Ciscar presented an organisation chart introducing more than 70 individuals, in order to “cover all sectors,” as he explained. Among those included on Ciscar’s executive team are his ‘number two,’ Jose Juan Zaplana, as provincial general secretary and Orihuela’s Eva Ortiz as general provincial vice secretary.
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WELCOMING: Town Councillor Agustin Navarro (centre) poses with Saharan children.
Summer fostering for Saharan children TOWN COUNCILLOR, Agustin Navarro welcomed 12 Saharan boys and girls, between seven and 12 years old, who will spend their summer with foster families in Benidorm. Each summer the association Marina Baja Friends of Saharan Villages invite the children to stay and this year there
are a total of 29, from Tindouf (Algeria) refugee camps. While the children are in Spain, they will receive medical and nutritional treatment for any deficiencies they may suffer from. They will also participate in cultural activities and entertainment to experience and learn about Spain.
VAT increase will cost jobs TWO major hotel chains in the Costa Blanca, will not be applying the forthcoming increase in VAT on their bills so as not to harm the customers who
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had already booked. Servigroup and Magic have 15,000 beds between them. It is not known whether other hotels will follow suit. Sources within the tourist industry warn that the rise from eight to 10 per cent could produce a 1.5 per cent fall in tourism GDP and a loss of 19,000 jobs a year across Spain, given the direct correlation between
price and demand. Foreign tourism, meanwhile, has already slowed in the second quarter. The tourist industry organisations have revised downward their forecast for tourism in 2012, from an anticipated fall of 0.3 per cent, to 0.6 per cent. In some more pessimistic circles, with the VAT increase there is already talk of a 1.5 per cent drop.
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Substitute caretakers A TOTAL of 313 people will vie for the opportunity to be substitute caretakers in Javea. On July 27 the hopefuls will participate in the first round of tests which will determine who is eligible for the temporary job position.
Roach plague THE town council of Sax (Alicante) assured the public that a cockroach plague is under control after their efforts to exterminate and disinfect the area. They reported that all but two areas in the city are at a level zero.
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Lost teddy SWEDEN - Police in Stockholm have launched an appeal to find a missing teddy bear. A picture of the missing bear appeared on Facebook after a little girl lost it on the Swedish island of Kungsholmen.
Tigers kill man DENMARK - A young man who was not employed by the Copenhagen Zoo, was found dead in the tiger enclosure by zoo keepers as they arrived for work.
Sausage stir SWEDEN - A street vendor’s advertisement featuring the full, red lips of a woman wrapped around a thick sausage has caused a stir leaving gender experts outraged.
Not popular NORWAY - Bergen on the west coast of Norway has been rated by CNN as one of the top 10 most underrated cities in the world. Bergen is one of several places not on the average tourist’s radar.
Wild youths DENMARK - As Danish students nationwide mix end of school celebrations with alcohol, a new study from Aarhus University found that one in 12 Danish teens have serious substance abuse problems.
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Foetus found in toilets
A FOETUS was found in the bathroom of an aeroplane which arrived from Abidjan (Ivory Coast), at the French airport of Charles de Gaulle. The body was inside an Air France plane, which was waiting at the airport to go to Dubai, after technicians boarded it because the toilets were blocked. An investigative source told the French press: "We found the blockage at the time of inspection, when the crew entered the aircraft.� Although it was initially thought that the body was that of a newborn, authorities later reported that it was a foetus, about 20 weeks into development. An autopsy revealed it was a miscarriage. The mother still has not been identified. Following the discovery the plane was delayed several hours.
Unemployment in Marina Baja reduced thanks to tourism THE increase in tourism has reduced unemployment in the Marina Baja region by 5.2 per cent. However, since the jobs are seasonal many new workers may find themselves back where they started after the summer.
According to Servef (a Spanish acronym for Valencia Employment and Training Services) the Marina Baja region saw a 6.8 per cent increase in signed contracts by hopeful workers, of these contracts 92
per cent were temporary positions. Many workers are taking what work they can get, regardless of its longevity. Eight hundred and seventythree people, or 5.2 per cent of
the registered unemployed from last month, jumped at the chance to leave the unemployment list, and begin working. Unemployment was reduced in almost every city in Marina Baja, especially in Benidorm where 532 people found work, and Villajoyosa, home to 172 new workers. Callosa de Ensarria was the only place that saw an increase in unemployment by 79 people. the Intereconomia TV Certain establishments channel at his residence expanded their staff due in Poland, toasting with to increased demand for champagne and services by tourists. In handing out gifts during fact, the service sector the match. He also said, saw the most job “we are going to beat opportunities, creating the French.� 733 positions. He was wearing a Of the individuals who Spanish football t-shirt began working again this which had been given summer 92 per cent, or to him by national 5,934 people, signed goalkeeper, Iker Casillas and put a t-shirt on one temporary contracts with of his female guests. an end date.
Ambassador dismissed for celebrating Euro 2012 THE Spanish Ambassador in Poland was dismissed after he was seen on TV partying during a Euro 2012 match when Spain played Croatia. Francisco Fernandez, who had been Ambassador in Poland since 2008, was dismissed on the orders of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Jose
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By Annie Maples TELEFONICA have renewed Iùaki Urdangarin’s contract to work for them in the US on an annual salary of ₏1.5 million. This sum includes a ₏300,000 allowance to offset fluctuations between the euro and the dollar. Urdangarin, whose present contract expires on July 31, was also allocated ₏1.2 million in expenses and will receive compensation of ₏4.5 million should Telefonica decide to sack him. Named Duke of Palma on his marriage to King Juan Carlos’s younger daughter,
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UNDER INVESTIGATION: Iùaki Urdangarin. Princess Cristina, Urdangarin has been Telefonica’s US delegate since 2009. He is currently
under investigation for alleged corruption and misuse of public funds arising from his ostensibly
non-profit making sports foundation, Noos. The renewal, leaked earlier this week by the Spanish national daily El was not Mundo, unanimously backed by the Telefonica board, according to insiders. Urdangarin’s presence is adversely affecting the company’s public image, some board members claim, and is partly responsible for a slump in profits. However, Telefonica chairman Cesar Alierte and his allies in the more moderate sector preferred to retain Urdangarin, El Mundo reported.
Landowners charged for fire-fighting services APPROXIMATELY 20 residents of Benimantell
are appealing against what they call ‘double taxation’ after the local governing committee charged them for extinguishing a fire. Landowners affected by the fire in the Clot de Pi region in June are speaking out after the committee demanded that they pay for the firefighters having to travel when they went to put out the fire.
Though the landowners have not yet received the bill, they were informed that they may have to pay up to â‚Ź1,000. The residents are trying to avoid paying the expense based on two defences. Firstly, certain individuals whose incomes do not exceed â‚Ź20,000 a year are exempt from paying such fees. Secondly, they are appealing against the law
Denia train fears THE Socialist PSPV party of Denia is concerned about the possible demise of the TRAM line between the capital of the Marina Alta and Benidorm. They have called on the Valencia Government to invest in its modernisation. Socialist spokesman Vincent Grimalt announced last week that his group will present a motion at the next plenary session to urge Valencia to make sufficient investment in the future of the train, as he feared that without it the Denia line was in danger of disappearing.
which allows the tax. According to a petition being circulated to collect signatures, the ‘double taxation’ began when they paid the taxes ‘which exist precisely to provide us with these services for which they are now trying to recharge us’. Furthermore, the landowners are displeased with what they believe to be degradation of the area. One local suggested that the Guadalest Valley may turn into an uncontrollable ‘powder keg’ in a few years if things don’t improve. The same individual blames the ‘abandoned state of the countryside on the lack of investment to maintain it’. Funds for the protection and conservation of the area have been reduced from â‚Ź2.8 million to â‚Ź160,000 in just two years.
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A ‘jellicle’ opportunity to taste feline stardom Calpe based Footlights Youth Theatre is holding auditions for the mainland European premiere production of the blockbuster musical Cats. By Benny Davis WHAT promises to be one of the main amateur theatrical events of 2013 is looking for cats and kittens to fill the grand stage of Calpe’s Casa de Cultura next February. Not the four-legged furry type, but talented twolegged kids to star in the Showbiz multi-award winning Benny Davis musical Cats. Born into a theatrical family, Benny majored in marketing, public relations Director Trevor Harder of MUSICAL: Cats. and journalism before moving to the the Footlights Youth Costa Blanca Theatre is celebrating his Director Trevor Harding 50th year in musical theatre and to mark says he is looking for young singers who this landmark achievement, negotiated the can move and dancers who have a singing mainland Europe amateur premiere rights voice to take on the challenge of the to stage the production on Costa Blanca. leading roles previously played by icons of The newly-formed Youth Theatre, a wing showbiz including Sarah Brightman, Elaine of the well-established Footlights Theatre Paige, Wayne Sleep, Brian Blessed and Company, has around 20 members, not Bonnie Langford. nearly enough to fill the 19 main roles and Footlights Youth Theatre Musical Director 16 supporting characters adapted from the is Aileen Lightfoot and making her local original ‘Old Possum’s Book of Practical debut especially for the premiere is Cats’ by T S Eliot. So they are looking for choreographer Giovanna Wallis, already a talented teenies and teenagers to take on hit with the youngsters in the way she is the mantles of such famous characters as motivating her ‘cats and kittens’. Macavity, Jellyiorum, Bustopher Jones, Although rehearsals have already begun, Rumple Teazer and Rum Tum Tugger. main auditions will be held on August 7 at For those who have never seen the the Footlights Centre in Calpe with show, the main storyline is written around rehearsals scheduled through to four a tribe of cats called the ‘Jellicles’, set in a production dates in February 2013. junkyard on the night they make what is So if you want to purr, scratch or hiss known as ‘the Jellicle choice’ to decide your way to being a musical star, you which cat will ascend to the ‘Heaviside should contact the group as soon as Layer’ and return to a new life. The show is possible by viewing their website told through music with virtually no spoken www.footlightscalpe.com or emailing secretary@footlightscalpe.com. dialogue in between the songs.
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Community gathers to help sick child SINCE a young girl in the community was diagnosed with a tumour, a snowball of donations and pledges from local businesses and items from kind-hearted customers arrived. More than five weeks ago Daisy, age two, was diagnosed with a neuroblastoma – a tumour in her stomach – an aggressive form of childhood cancer that had already migrated to her neck. Her parents, Marie Cook and Joe Pettit were already almost unable to work, because of the constant travelling to Alicante for Daisy’s chemotherapy. El Paraiso’s owners, David and Victoria, had appealed for donations with their auction in aid of Daisy.
Drama Festival IN last week’s EWN we referred to the play ‘Day of the Dog’ as being performed by Castle Theatre. This should have read ‘Careline Theatre.’ We apologise for the misunderstanding.
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ALL SMILES: Joe Petit (centre) with owners Victoria and David. Auctioneer Ian Bennett from Parcent, immediately offered his services, together with the help of local entertainer Matt Mason, both cancer survivors keen to help the poorly little girl. Most touching of the evening were little boys Ashton nine and Harvey seven who had taken it upon themselves to get sponsors from local businesses in Moraira and do a triathlon finishing the race to raise a
further €402. The Auction itself, together with donations from Restaurant Paraiso customers raised to date €6,150 and donations are still coming in. The couple also received on the evening a generous further donation of €3,000 from Costa Blanca musicians and El Cids Bowling Club and Restaurant, which they had raised at a previous Beatles fundraising event for Daisy.
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Play Pétanque at U3A IF Pétanque is your game then book a day off and meet people at the Casa de Cultura, Alfaz del Pi every Thursday. Angie Taylor who leads the Pétanque groups invites people to join in the game that is similar to bowls. General meetings are always on the fourth Monday of the month. If you would like to join the next meeting it will be on Monday 23 at 10.30am at Alfaz Casa de Cultura. Please note that there is no general meeting in August. More information at www.u3amarinabaixa.com
Protectapet Insurance prize draw winners THE girls at Protectapet might be calling you, and you could win a prize hamper. Simply help in their survey questions when they telephone and have your name put into the draw. Last week Michelle and her children Daniel, Jasmine and Sophie, and their lucky pet Amber, picked up their prize hamper for assisting with Protectapet’s call. The goodies in the hamper included a 20 per cent discount voucher for Protectapet products, a Scaliber collar, Royal Canine Pet food, two extendable collars, a bottle of Champagne, a dog collar, pet nail clippers, a Kong toy, a glove brush, and a ‘Woof Woof’ designer pet bowl.
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View the Benidorm skyline at night TERRA MITICA theme park in Benidorm has announced a modified summer schedule. The doors will remain open until midnight. However, rides will
be closed from 10pm. But Infinnito, the revolving observation deck, will remain open for visitors to see the park and skyline at night.
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Terra Mitica also announced that they have prepared a show during the last two hours. From the lake in the Egypt area a 100-foot
Jalon Valley Help summer sale JALON VALLEY HELP shops’ special summer offers start next Tuesday. Strappy tops, shorts and swimwear, etc, will be on sale. There are some great labels, all sizes and styles, and summer dresses. Bric a brac, shoes, books at only 50c for your summer reading, and beautiful handmade cards from €1 and €2 are also available. The shops are open Monday to Friday 10am to 1pm and Alcalali is also open on Saturday mornings the same hours. Please note that the Jalon Shop will be closed for the fiesta period of the first two weeks of August, reopening on Monday August 14. www.jalonvalleyhelp .com
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Self help is best Some charities wait for others to provide them with everything they need while some like the Children’s, Old Folk and Battered Wives' Charity EMAUS work TIMES are getting hard for almost everyone and furniture that may once have been thrown in the skip, is now often being recycled. I needed two new wardrobes for my grandchildren’s summer visit, so not being immune from pennypinching myself I went to have a look. All towns seem to have a secondhand shop and
hard alongside their external fundraisers. I was surprised to find they even run their own permanent Rastro Market.
CHARITIES’ CORNER Ron Williams charities.corner@gmail.com An author Ron retired to the Costa Blanca seven years ago. He wrote extensively as a member of The Guild of Motoring Writers and The Financial Journalists’ Group and was Motoring Editor of a basket full of publications.
most of their goods appear to be in good condition – at least as good a condition as they would be after a single visit by two grandchildren and their friends. I was directed inland from Altea. Drive down the main shopping street past the council offices and right in the one-way at the end, then follow your bonnet up the CV-760, over several roundabouts until you are about to cross the motorway – and there it is on the left. They are open 9am to 4pm during the week and 9am to 2pm on Saturdays. It was a treasure trove. There was little that seemed to belong in the basura but beds, clean mattresses, bookcases, glassware, crockery, toys, tables, books, pictures, TVs and outside a modern door and roof tiles. There was even a
TREASURE TROVE: Great for secondhand items. set of cups and trophies, more wine glasses than you could shake a hangover at, though I
Generous motor home owners MOTOR HOME owners gathered in Albir to donate non-perishable foods. For the third year in a row, the Alfaz del Pi Business and Trade Association (COEMPA) collaborated with City Hall to benefit those in need during the 10-day event. Though the organisers had yet to tally the donations, COEMPA President Manuel Galvez explained: “If we consider that statistically, each person spent between €27 and €30 per day, 80 people participated and stayed on the grounds for nine days, we can do the maths.” Councillor Oscar Perez thanked the participating motor home owners for their donations on behalf of Alfaz del Pi City Council, who oversee their distribution.
was not sure about the three smallish crocodiles. Whether they were stuffed or carved I wasn’t sure but I was certain one had a nip at my finger. There was a painting a couple of metres long that to me looked just like several in the Prado, just right to soften the walls in a restaurant and what about the two plastic motorcycles. Which toddlers could resist them? I know people do buy things there, one chap even tried to do a deal with me for the camera I was using to take these shots! They will collect saleable goods free of charge, you can phone them on 96 584 2874 or 691 137 422. I didn’t find my wardrobes, though!
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Stat of week The VAT rise from Monday will increase fuel prices between two and three cents per litre. Fuel prices went up 3 per cent last week, with diesel reaching €1.324 and petrol €1.398.
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IVA tax rises hit all pockets Increases cut consumer spending and add to the family cost of living IVA increases announced by the government could add €415€600 to an average family’s annual budget. The 18 per cent IVA rate on items has been increased to 21 per cent by Rajoy as part of new sweeping austerity measures, while the 8 per cent rate charged
on items and services has been increased to 10 per cent. However, the super-reduced 4 per cent rate levied on basics including bread, milk, cheese, eggs, fruit and vegetables as well as medicines, books, newspapers and social housing remains unchanged.
A €48.3bn holiday feel BY EWN Business Reporter SPAIN earned the second highest amount from international tourism in the world during 2011. With receipts of $59.9 billion (€48.3bn), only the United States with receipts of $116.3 billion (€93.7 bn) earned more. International tourism earnings grew to €740 billion in 2011, corresponding to an increase in real terms of 3.8 per cent from 2010, according to the World Tourism Organisation. Following Spain in the league table of earners was France with $53.8 billion (€43.3bn) with China $48.5 billion (€39.1) and Italy $43 billion (€34.6b) also
making it into the World’s Top five destinations by international tourism receipts. In 2011, there were more than 983 million international tourist arrivals worldwide, representing a growth of 4.6 per cent compared to 940 million in 2010. The growth of international tourism receipts of €740 billion corresponded with an increase of 3.8 per cent on 2010. In 2011, international travel demand continued to recover from the losses resulting from the recession, where tourism suffered a strong slowdown from the second half of 2008 through to the end of 2009.
According to consumer groups, OCU, CEACCU and FACUA the tax increases will discourage spending and reduce purchasing power. Raising IVA was “negative, counter-productive and unjust,” warned CEACCU, and would hit vulnerable families the hardest. OCU and CEACCU based their
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A PENSION aged couple in the UK need £231 (€277) a week to achieve an acceptable standard of living, according to a report.
Port talks SOME BUSINESSMEN headed by the mayor of Malaga have visited Tangiers to discuss co-operation on construction of a new port planned in the Moroccan city.
Farm takeover A FARM in Cordoba has been taken over by workers under the slogan ‘Land for those who work it.’ The Junta de Andalucia failed to sell the land at auction.
55,252 apply for 380 jobs at Ikea
JOB HOPES: Ikea Málaga was also inundated by applicants when it set-up.
IT’S happening all over again. Five years ago when Ikea prepared to open its new outlet in Malaga thousands of applicants applied for the hundreds of jobs. With times now even more difficult due to the ongoing economic downturn, Ikea has now received 55,252 applications for 380 jobs advertised last month for its new store in Sabadell, Barcelona, which is due to open later this year.
estimates of an extra €415 and €600 statistics for average family spending. OCU predicted that regardless of the final figure, higher IVA meant that families already affected by the economic crisis would consume less through cutting back further.
AUSTERITY MOVES: Rajoy has raised IVA.
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British vehicles in Spain must also be legal in UK
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READERS were advised by you (Issue 1408) that if a non-resident, they could use their foreign plated car for up to six months in any calendar year. I am informed by the police that the car must additionally be road legal in its country of origin. In the case of a British registered vehicle, it must have a current road tax disc and a current MOT where necessary, plus valid insurance. If this is correct, I feel it should have been included. RW (Benalmadena) The police are quite right and I should have included this in my column. You and the A vehicle which does not meet the legal Law in Spain requirements in its By David Searl country of registration does not suddenly become ‘legal’ when it is driven in Spain. Keep in mind that the valid insurance means insurance from the vehicle’s country of registration in order to comply with European Union directives. I have received several queries on this subject from people in similar circumstances who wished to keep their UK-registered car year-round in Spain for use on their visits, which did not total more than six months. In principle, they can do this. But the car must return to the UK for its MOT and these owners must also tax the car in the UK. In addition it is necessary to inform the UK department of vehicles that the car has been ‘permanently’ exported, which means more than one year. So it is not so simple. Motorists can have their vehicle impounded subject to stiff fines if the police stop them. And the police are checking foreignregistered vehicles more closely all the time. My recommendation is to take the car back to its home country, sell it, and buy a Spanish car to use while here.
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A hefty €12,000 retirement price PENSIONERS older than 75 have seen their savings drop from an average of £22,500 (€28,489) to £12,998 (€16,478) in the last two years, Aviva’s latest Real Retirement report found.
£££ EIGHTEEN MILLION homeowners are five years into a 17-year slump with average property values not returning to their 2007 peak until 2024 once inflation has been taken into account, according to Price Waterhouse Coopers.
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£££ AMAZON tops a new league table of the country’s favourite brands, while M&S was nudged into fourth
place by Google and BBC iPlayer, according to the YouGov poll.
£££ SAVERS have earned £1.36 (€1.72) a year on every £100 (€126) stowed in the typical pension since 2007, well below the £5 (€6.33) they should expect, Money Mail found.
£££ BETWEEN April and June, the economy shrank 0.2 per cent, according to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
Europe like a ship without rudder and also a captain THE Libor scandal hitting banks in the UK and America appeared temporarily to take the heat off the Eurozone. But appearances can be deceptive, and while our eyes were off the EU ball, the ongoing crisis involving not only Greece but also Spain and Italy - were becoming more intense and agitated. So were disagreements on fiscal union between the Germanic, Dutch and Finnish bloc and the other Eurozone leaders, The most recent meeting of EU heads of state (number 20) held in Brussels at the end of last month had been called in response to pleas by Spain and Italy for urgent EU aid in bringing down the cost of borrowing. The international markets had already decided that the proposed banking sector rescue fund would not do the trick, and things had begun to look bleak. With Greece’s new government still dragging its feet and requesting that the Troika bail-out should run on into 2017, together with the news that France was halving its growth forecast, it was clear to everyone that firm decisions were not being made or enforced. Merkel had travelled to Brussels with her mind already made up - no matter what pleas or demands came from Spain and Italy - she was determined to hold fast and to reject anything that even hinted at fiscal union (unless Germany controlled it) or Eurobonds. The wrangling continued behind closed doors into the small hours of CYRIL HOU / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM
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the morning, ending with the EU trumpeting success because Merkel had apparently given in on several previously ‘non-negotiable’ points. The other Eurozone leaders were jubilant, calling this ‘summit’ a real breakthrough, but Merkel, on arriving back in Berlin, insisted she had given way on nothing. She has now been summoned by Joachim Glauck, the German president, to clarify precisely what she did, or did not, agree to; and to add to the confusion the country’s constitutional court is being convened for what has been called a ‘crucial meeting’ to declare on the legality or otherwise, of the European Stability Mechanism’s (ESM) supposed ability to access the EU’s bail-out funds. The EU is demanding that this court should find in favour of the ESM, but many Germans, impatient with the EU’s apparent disregard for the primacy of the
court and its upholding of the terms of the German Constitution, are pointing out that the business of these judges is to decide and declare on points of law, not to make policy at the behest of the EU. The ESM is also being challenged in the courts by various groups comprising left-wing politicians, businessmen, and citizens on the grounds that in its present form it violates the Bundedstag’s sovereign budgetary control, all creating delays which could rumble on for weeks, if not months, while the international bond traders lurk uneasily in the shadows. Clearly, this confusion cannot continue. Greece, despite not having managed to keep its austerity promises, is pressing for the next tranche of ‘Troika’ funds, whilst Spain and Italy go about utilising support. Meanwhile France, once Germany’s bulwark, is suffering, with the country’s economic growth figures indicating a slide into recession. Europe is like a ship without a rudder. Worse still, there’s no one on the bridge.
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The history Wealth tax (Impuesto sobre el Patrimonio) used to be applied everywhere in Spain until 2008 when the Spanish government established a tax credit of 100%. Although no-one had to pay wealth tax anymore, it was not actually abolished and we always knew it would be simple for the government to reinstate it at short notice. This is exactly what happened last September, when José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero’s government announced that the tax would be reinstated as a temporary measure to “reinforce budget stability”. It was (and so far still is) planned to only apply for 2011 and 2012 (i.e. assets held at 31st December 2011 and 2012, with tax payable in 2012 and 2013). Wealth tax is, however, one of the taxes that can be varied by region, and the Comunidad Valenciana (Valencia, Alicante and Castellón provinces), Islas Baleares and Madrid declared last year that they would continue to
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www.euroweeklynews.com WHEN wealth tax was reinstated in Spain last year, residents of the Comunidad Valenciana breathed a sigh of relief when the local government decided to spare them the unpopular tax. Even up to April this year, it was still insisting that it would not apply the tax. However, in the end its debt levels left it with little option but to backtrack and apply wealth tax. This affects wealthy people living in the Valencia, Alicante and Castellón provinces.
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apply the 100% tax credit. Residents of these regions therefore did not pay any wealth tax, regardless of wealth. Valencia today At the end of April the Valencia government announced its Financial Economic Rebalancing Plan, “Planifica GVA 2012-2014”. It was approved in June, but still has to be passed into law. Valencia has the second highest debt of all the Spanish regions. Its economic plan aims to meet the deficit target of 1.5% set by the Central Government. The measures will generate over €1 billion of extra tax revenue, coupled with €1.2 billion of spending cuts. As part of the measures, the local government will stop applying the 100% credit on wealth tax. So if your worldwide chargeable wealth amounts to more than the thresholds (see below), then you
will have to pay the tax. It will apply for assets as at 31st December 2012, so the tax will be payable in 2013. Valencia has also not closed the door on the state government extending the measure to an additional year if necessary, something which would hardly be surprising given the state of Spain’s finances. Valencia expects to raise around €71 million of extra tax revenue from wealth tax next year and the proceeds will be used to stimulate the economy. Although the Council had been opposed to reinstating the tax, it now accepts the need to increase revenue and that “those who have more must contribute more.” This trend of increasing taxes on the wealthy to help governments improve their budget deficits is something we are seeing throughout Europe, and are likely to see more of. Planifica GVA 2012-2014 also includes an increase in property transfer tax (Impuesto de Transmisiones Patrimoniales) from 7% to 8% from 2013. It is expected to generate €44.5 million next year. New environmental taxes will raise €8 million this year and then €32 million over the next two years.
Wealth tax rules and rates Spanish wealth tax is payable based on assets held at 31st December each year. Spanish residents are liable on their worldwide assets, while nonresidents are only liable tax on Spanish assets. When the tax was reinstated last year, the allowances were increased from the previous regime. Residents now have an individual allowance of €700,000, plus a main home allowance of €300,000. A married couple whose main home is worth at least €600,000 and is held in joint names therefore have a combined allowance of €2 million. Non residents do not receive the main home allowance, but they do benefit from the €700,000 individual allowance. The state tax rates are those that applied back in 2007. The progressive rates of tax range from 0.2% to 2.5%. Chargeable assets include property, savings, investments and all financial assets, vehicles, jewellery, antiques, furs, etc. Property is valued at the highest of the officially registered Valor Catastral, or the value taken into account for any other tax purposes or the price in the purchase agreement.
Liabilities in general reduce taxable wealth, but not where it is a loan used to buy an asset covered by exemptions. So you will not receive a deduction for a mortgage on your main home. For a non-resident, only Spanish liabilities are taken into account. You may well be affected by wealth tax, and should consult an experienced tax and wealth management advisory firm like Blevins Franks to establish if you can lower your liability. Blevins Franks specialises in understanding the interaction of Spanish and UK tax and the implications for British expatriates, and could help you mitigate higher taxes on your savings and investments.
The tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; an individual must take personalised advice. To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com
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PRICE(P) C O M PA N Y Aberdeen Asset Manag. 258.00
0.78437
1.27489 Units per €
United States $..................................................... 1.22582 Japan Yen ¥.......................................................... 96.6288 Switzerland Francs............................................... 1.20113 Denmark Kroner ................................................... 7.43982 Norway Kroner...................................................... 7.47552
1,069.00
-2.00
-0.19
1,205,726
ARM Holdings
487.70
-3.00
-0.61
3,359,934
Ashmore Group
322.10
3.50
1.10
1,199,789
Assoc. British Foods
1,285.00
-4.00
-0.31
750,865
AstraZeneca
2,940.00
3.50
0.12
2,082,478
British Land Co British Sky Broadcasting BT Group Bunzl Burberry Group
2,266.00
-6.00
-0.26
163,619
Diageo
1,672.00
-7.00
-0.42
2,367,978
Eurasian Natural Res
402.90
-5.90
-1.44
1,921,554 1,618,899
0.00
1,432,295
0.01
1,761,448
Fresnillo
1,423.00
-21.00
-1.45
370,662
8.00
1.52
1,860,880
G4S
254.60
-24.10
-8.65
30,337,734
688.50
-5.50
-0.79
4,887,773
GKN
221.90
-0.40
-0.18
10,664,800
1,083.00
9.00
0.84
395,949
1,207.00
-22.00
-1.79
1,600,718
B. American Tobacco
3,378.00
0.50
533.50
1.13
8,452,291 667,185
BAE SYSTEMS
308.00
1.60
0.52
4,631,584
Barclays
157.70
-4.45
-2.74
69,503,462
BG Group
1,292.00
-8.00
-0.62
4,355,966
Capita
693.50
5.00
0.73
1,158,215
BHP Billiton
1,795.00
-10.50
-0.58
4,229,767
Capital Shopping C.
329.90
3.40
1.04
441.50
3.40
0.78
21,280,464
2,113.00
-8.00
-0.38
DOW JONES
NASDAQ
C LOSING P RICES J ULY 16
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120,100 635,526 267,639 685,717 4,096,831 188,618 182,641 225,511 1,027,248 176,951 337,084 1,559,662 593,224 428,177 1,924,724 92,442 650,776 1,691,898 408,255 120,225 626,874 1,421,916 770,067 535,606 267,460 54,068 150,468 368,344 445,678 264,212
Croda International
-0.31
0.75
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0.46 1.76
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6.50
88.26 8.33 58.45 35.41 7.81 72.50 80.70 106.61 16.10 47.67 85.06 19.53 18.82 51.42 25.11 185.12 68.54 35.07 39.66 92.10 43.47 29.45 22.98 64.94 76.73 62.74 73.00 45.28 73.16 48.01
3.00 21.00
932.00
874.50
MMM 3M Co AA Alcoa Inc AXP American Express Co T AT&T Inc BAC Bank of America Corp BA Boeing Co CAT Caterpillar Inc CVX Chevron Corp CSCO Cisco Systems Inc DD E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co XOM Exxon Mobil Corp GE General Electric Co HPQ Hewlett-Packard Co HD Home Depot Inc INTC Intel Corp IBM International Business M. Co... JNJ Johnson & Johnson JPM JPMorgan Chase and Co KFT Kraft Foods Inc MCD McDonald's Corp MRK Merck & Co Inc MSFT Microsoft Corp PFE Pfizer Inc PG Procter & Gamble Co KO The Coca-Cola Co TRV Travelers Companies Inc UTX United Technologies Corp VZ Verizon Communications Inc WMT Wal-Mart Stores Inc DIS Walt Disney Co
657.00 1,212.00
CRH
253.90
296.30
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Babcock International
C O M PA N Y
% C H G. 0.74
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Carnival
Compass Group
PRICE(P) CHANGE 326.10 2.40
NET VOLUME
C O M PA N Y
Aviva
BP
C O M PA N Y Centrica
C O M PA N Y
212.40
1.00
0.47
3,156,343
1,452.00
6.00
0.41
4,158,062
Glencore International
316.50
-0.15
-0.05
3,975,019
Hammerson
464.40
7.30
1.60
1,854,243
Hargreaves Lansdown
551.00
-1.00
-0.18
470,413
833,035
HSBC Holdings
556.80
-3.20
-0.57
12,142,906
728,161
ICAP
312.50
2.60
0.84
1,856,591
IMI
798.50
5.50
0.69
503,614
Imperial Tobacco Group 2,539.00
-1.00
-0.04
1,051,855
InterContinental
1,507.00
5.00
0.33
853,769
160.00
4.20
2.70
4,732,899
2,723.00
20.00
0.74
342,400
75.00
0.05
0.07
11,288,950
Intl Cons Airlines Group PRICE
CHANGE NET / %
$16.85 $5.18 $3.27 $28.71 $3.18 $9.21 $31.71 $2.63 $2.39 $15.26 $50.84 $3.49
4.33 / +34.58% 0.60 / +13.10% 0.37 / +12.79% 2.48 / +9.45% 0.25 / +8.81% 0.72 / +8.48% 2.44 / +8.34% 0.19 / +8.19% 0.18 / +8.14% 1.09 / +7.69% 3.30 / +6.94% 0.22 / +6.73%
Most Advanced Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. AuthenTec, Inc. MISONIX, Inc. j2 Global, Inc. Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Nektar Therapeutics Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co., Inc. Complete Genomics, Inc. Zogenix, Inc. First Solar, Inc. Stratasys, Inc. LoJack Corporation
GlaxoSmithKline
Intertek Group ITV Johnson Matthey
2,123.00
-14.00
-0.66
339,515
Kazakhmys
727.50
-16.50
-2.22
1,123,100
Kingfisher
271.60
3.00
1.12
5,912,065
Land Securities Group
783.00
6.50
0.84
1,513,096
Legal & General Group
129.90
0.50
0.39
11,512,148
Lloyds Banking Group
29.90
-0.30
-0.99
75,890,996
Marks & Spencer
320.70
4.30
1.36
6,431,285
Meggitt
398.90
1.10
0.28
1,238,788
Morrison (Wm)
271.20
1.90
0.71
5,267,960
National Grid
682.50
-10.50
-1.52
20,135,558
3,196.00
9.00
0.28
414,165
158.30
2.10
1.34
5,024,465
1,264.00
-10.00
-0.78
1,331,472
788.00
6.50
0.83
929,133
1,453.00
8.00
0.55
1,012,378
Polymetal International
858.00
-19.00
-2.17
228,653
Prudential
762.00
6.00
0.79
3,522,916
Randgold Resources
5,805.00
-120.00
-2.03
243,186
Reckitt Benckiser
3,549.00
12.00
0.34
499,950
534.00
-0.50
-0.09
2,395,662
Next Old Mutual
Most Declined Alto Palermo S.A. $12.84 The Hackett Group, Inc. $5.22 Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited $8.17 Cadiz, Inc. $7.12 YRC Worldwide, Inc. $6.12 Amyris, Inc. $3.11 Internet Gold Golden Lines Ltd. $2.50 WSB Holdings, Inc. $2.38 Leap Wireless International, Inc. $6.08 Omega Flex, Inc. $11.13 FalconStor Software, Inc. $2.30 Transition Therapeutics, Inc. $2.31
1.46 / -10.21% 0.51 / -8.90% 0.78 / -8.72% 0.65 / -8.37% 0.54 / -8.11% 0.26 / -7.72% 0.20 / -7.41% 0.16 / -6.66% 0.42 / -6.46% 0.75 / -6.31% 0.15 / -6.12% 0.15 / -6.10%
Pearson Pennon Group Petrofac
Reed Elsevier Resolution
218.30
5.90
2.78
4,330,320
REXAM
433.70
3.70
0.86
1,001,358
2,986.00
-34.00
-1.13
2,669,449
Rio Tinto Rolls-Royce Holdings
870.00
-6.00
-0.68
8,720,096
Royal Bank of Scotland
204.50
-1.90
-0.92
7,761,997
Royal Dutch Shell RSA Insurance Group SABMiller Sage Group Sainsbury (J) Schroders Serco Group
2,300.00
7.50
0.33
3,183,103
109.50
0.30
0.27
7,942,272
2,663.00
-9.00
-0.34
1,052,641
276.00
-9.00
-3.16
7,290,514 3,494,220
313.40
1.70
0.55
1,336.00
22.00
1.67
252,404
551.50
2.50
0.46
837,416
Severn Trent
1,725.00
19.00
1.11
733,261
Shire
1,868.00
-10.00
-0.53
1,003,499 1,859,401
Smith & Nephew
654.50
2.00
0.31
Smiths Group
1,052.00
15.00
1.45
805,255
SSE
1,430.00
22.00
1.56
2,232,961
Standard Chartered
1,470.00
-4.00
-0.27
2,508,185
Standard Life
237.10
1.70
0.72
3,312,426
Tate & Lyle
671.50
-0.50
-0.07
1,285,994
Tesco
317.00
3.25
1.04
11,862,348
Tullow Oil
1,386.00
-47.00
-3.28
4,373,507
Unilever
2,144.00
2.00
0.09
1,774,109
United Utilities Group
697.00
12.50
1.83
3,895,191
Vedanta Resources
897.50
-17.00
-1.86
906,002
Vodafone Group
183.30
0.45
0.25
74,401,464
Weir Group
1,525.00
-9.00
-0.59
605,086
Whitbread
2,088.00
0.00
0.00
971,474
Wolseley
2,328.00
-5.00
-0.21
791,979
WPP
786.00
-11.00
-1.38
3,686,747
Xstrata
843.20
-3.60
-0.43
2,016,941
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NINETY-FOUR bank managers in Spain were fined last year for ‘serious’ or ‘very serious’ offences by the Bank of Spain. This was a more than 40 per cent rise in the number fined in 2010, and was in addition to sanctions against 11 banks as corporate entities. But the Bank of Spain’s annual memorandum also reveals that 336 credit and finance providers are now subject to supervision, three fewer than in 2010. This figure includes 29 savings banks which, although retaining their credit company status, ceased offering direct finance last year, passing these operations to banks following restructuring of the financial services industry.
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The women who need to work on making love a top priority! SO what do us women spend our money on? Lunches out, shopping, handbags, or cars maybe? Well it seems rich ladies in China are indulging in all of the above but still lack one thing in their lives. Romance. A look According to at finance a new report, for females well-heeled and successful Jane Plunkett businesswomen jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews. in China are com spending their bundles of cash on the chance for love. Dating is big business in China, a nation reputedly home to 180 million single people. The founder of one of China’s biggest online dating sites recently reported that his company was making annual profits of about €24 million from its registered
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Economics bunker the Madrid Masters THE 2012 Madrid Masters golf tournament due to be held in September has been cancelled due to the present financial crisis. The event was last year sponsored by Bankia, which in May received a €23.5 billion bailout.
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WEALTHY SMILE: Some rich women have everything...except a husband. users. And it appears that rich ladies without a ‘Plus One’ are not ashamed to use these services to try to find their Prince Charming. One popular online dating website in China recently announced a global manhunt on behalf of 36 female millionaires who have made fortunes from their country’s economic boom but
have failed to find love. The mission apparently is to find suitable husbands for some of the most eligible women in China. This brings up a recurring theme. Is it possible to be a successful businesswoman and also find time for love and a family? Or are executive women destined to a life with a place setting for one? From looking at my inner circle of female friends it’s obvious that sacrifices do have to be made if a woman wants to be top in her profession or business. A friend of mine is about to walk up the aisle, but at 37 years old and with no desire to give up her executive position, children will probably never be an option for the couple. Another single friend is totally open to a relationship, but as working hours dictate her existence, her social life rarely gets a look in. Busy and professional women are successful because they know how to prioritise, so it’s important to use these same skills to find a loving partner. Be open-minded about a little intermix between work and play and don’t rule out meeting Mr Right in a work situation. Be social and learn how to say ‘no’ and make time for some romance.
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Bookie faces possible loser PICTURE PERFECT: But fewer tourists pack cameras and camcorders when they leave for their family holidays.
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Tourists snap-up smart trend and pack up the cameras FEWER British tourists are packing their cameras and camcorders this summer, instead relying on their smartphones for holiday pictures. Once an essential for every summer holiday, new research shows that digital camera sales have fallen by as much as 29 per cent since 2006. Furthermore 8 per cent of adults in the UK - equating to three million consumers - now say they are likely to use a smartphone instead of replacing their current camera when it breaks. Indeed, the future is looking far from flash for the digital camera market.
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While the market was valued at an impressive ÂŁ843 million (â‚Ź1.071bn) back in 2006, by 2016 it is forecast to have declined to just over half a billion (ÂŁ523 million, â‚Ź648.5m). In addition, the picture is no more positive for camcorders, which have experienced a 21 per cent decline in sales over five years, down from ÂŁ354 million (â‚Ź438m) in 2006 to ÂŁ279 million (â‚Ź346m) in 2011. Samuel Gee, Technology Analyst at Mintel, a leading global supplier of consumer, product and media intelligence, said: “Although smartphone cameras do not typically match the quality of output of dedicated devices, the technology is consistently improving, as the quality of camera image output becomes too high for consumers to reliably distinguish between competitors. “Dedicated device manufacturers investing in digital services and including social connectivity and image-editing features in upcoming devices will remain a more enticing proposition in the face of gently growing opposition.â€? Some 21 per cent of all camera and camcorder owners agree that smartphones are a better long-term investment than a camera or camcorder. However, while there is a trend towards using smartphones for photo taking, more than seven in 10 strongly agree that the quality of photos is better on a digital camera or camcorder than a smartphone. Once, the photo shop was an essential port of call for any returning holidaymaker, but today just 23 per cent of camera owners take their photos to be developed there. While four in 10 digital camera owners print their photos at home using their printer, 27 per cent of consumers prefer to look at photos on a computer screen rather than print them out. The top five things consumers do with photos and videos once taken, are 1. Save on a computer (78 per cent) 2. Send them by email (53 per cent) 3. Upload to social networks (50 per cent) 4. Print at home using a printer (42 per cent) and 5. Burn them to a CD or DVD (36 per cent).
A BRITISH bookmaker operating in Gibraltar is in trouble with the UK taxman who claim that Stan James transferred part of its business in 2000 to avoid paying UK gaming tax. Normally, Gibraltar–based firms pay only 22 per cent corporation tax on profits, though a company believed to have moved offshore to The Rock purely to avoid paying higher tax in the UK faces an additional tax.
â‚Ź1m games MORE than 7,000 video games have been sold by a French collector for over â‚Ź1 million to a Canadian eBay bidder.
Date rescue ‘THE Bad Date Rescue’ application has been launched by dating website eHarmony providing users with an iPhone call to graciously allow them to finish a date that is not going well.
Blood drive BRAZILIAN football club Vitoria has removed its trademark red hoops from shirts, with the colour added back gradually as fans donate blood.
All aboard! GIBRALTAR is to abolish import duty on yachts over 18 metres and cut it from 12-6 per cent on vessels under 18 metres.
Deadly idea A US funeral company in Carolina is opening a coffee shop offering clients a fireplace, TV and WiFi.
Sweet start A BREAKFAST sandwich consisting of sausage, egg, cheese and two waffles has been added to the menu by a US fast-food restaurant.
Top teens YOUNG entrepreneurs from Gibraltar won a production award at the Young Enterprise UK awards in London. Team Impulse - nine boys and one girl all aged 17 and still at school designed, developed and produced the Y-Tangle, that prevents earphone cords from knotting up.
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How a circling eagle led to down-to-earth politics A circling eagle led Carole Saunders into charity work and then local politics. Nicole Hallett reports. How did you become President of the Cultural and Ecological Association of Calpe (ACEC)? A circling golden eagle inspired me to join when I discovered the Salinas was only under the protection of the town hall. I eventually became President of the ACEC, and I went on to form the cultural side which tries to protect local culture including the Roman ruins. Why did you later set up Friends of the Children of Emaus? After a radio interview about a fundraising concert, people started giving me donations. By law, if you collect money for charity you have to form an association and keep accounts. To fundraise for a charity on your doorstep is very inspiring.
How did you get involved with politics? Politicians I met through ACEC said I should get involved. I failed to be elected as an Independent with the BLOC party and Greens in 2007, but last year I helped form the Independents with Greens party. I am the Councillor for Associations, Citizens Participation and Local Agenda 21, which I hope to get fully running and get voted back in the next elections. Previous jobs? In the UK I owned a restaurant for 10 years and also worked in marketing for a clothing manufacturer. Here in Spain I have run a golf club bar with outside catering and also sold advertising. Greatest achievement? Getting voted into the town council of a foreign country.
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THE Bank of Spain intends to oblige banks to make the small print on contracts readable to protect clients and ensure that loans are ‘responsible’. But evicted mortgageholders, purchasers of CAM preference shares or Bank of Madrid nonvoting shares would still have gone ahead if the
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A change of diet SPAIN’S €100 billion bank bailout involves more than last week’s VAT hike and tougher lives for civil servants. Banks and the economy itself will have the Troika breathing down their necks because there is no such thing as a free lunch where Eurogroup money is concerned. Nevertheless, it is challenging to picture them relishing Brussels’ fat-free detox diet after the addictive junk-food of the property boom’s feeding-frenzy.
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I READ that Velez-Malaga Mayor Francisco Delgado has again asked the Junta de Andalucia for help to sustain the local tramlines (Axarquia, Issue 1409). It was an ill-conceived project which should never have got off the ground. It started in the middle of Torre del Mar instead of providing an interchange at the bus station and terminated away from Velez centre. It ran on a limited service and if one was missed, passengers had to wait 30 minutes for the next service. If the tram was used to travel to the regional hospital, passengers had a longer walk up hill than travelling by bus. The population of the area was insufficient as, if comparisons had been made with other countries throughout the world with successful services of this nature, they were built only in centres of huge urban populations. The building of lines in Malaga is justified as it connects the city centre with residential areas, hospitals, university buildings and out of town centre commercial complexes and provides an interchange with the major rail and bus stations. As someone now retired who spent their working life in the field of transport and tourism I welcome the return of tramway and metro services but only where justified. This doomed project will never be profitable and would always be a drain on public expenditure. Peter Wilkinson, Nerja (Malaga)
Brave act RG must be congratulated on her actions with regards to the death of the little dog that was dragged behind a car in Pedreguer (Costa Blanca North, Issue 1407). Firstly she tried to stop the driver, confronted him and then made a denuncia to the environmental arm of the Guardia Civil. I like to think that any person witnessing such a distressing act would have done the same; sadly, I don’t think so many would. Perhaps this would be through the usual ‘don’t want to get involved’ attitude or because they do not know what to do. Any act of cruelty or mistreatment of an animal should be reported. At this time of year animals get abandoned; they are left tied up without water or food or shelter from the elements, locked in sheds, or kicked and beaten.
Snapped! Mike Dornan, by email
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19 - 25 July 2012 Costa Blanca North why the nation should set up a periodical desk at town halls for the English. The English cannot dictate any more; no more Empire! What you would like to do is just as was done in Shanghai; all the parks, cinemas, restaurants, and clubs with a sign saying ‘No Chinese, No dogs’. Here you would like it to read ‘No Spanish, Only English’. Veronique Nedelec, by email Editor’s note: The Shanghai sign referred to above is believed to be a myth. In Colonial times Bund Park had a list of rules, a photograph of which shows that the park was reserved for the foreign community and that dogs and bikes were not permitted.
PAWS, the Mojacar based animal rescue charity, has appealed to the public to stop discarding unwanted animals, with many left near the shelter in the middle of the night. Volunteers, many in their teens or early 20s, are working in the heat and staying up at night to nurse young puppies and kittens, that need emergency care. WH
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Every case - together with dates, times, addresses and names if possible - should be reported to the Guardia Civil/Seprona. Google ‘Seprona’ and read about the cases they have dealt with and the resulting fines. RG was very brave and her official report hopefully will result in the apprehension of someone. Pamela Dawson Tasker, by email
Pleasing to see WHILE on the beach at Papillon in Elviria I saw the local police stop and confiscate the items a ‘Looky looky’ man was trying to sell. I must admit I am pleased to say that I am happy for the police to be finally getting rid of the problem. Rob Gander, by email
Sky-high exchange WE went to book our air tickets on Ryanair as we think it is the better deal if we can beat the company at its own game by taking no luggage, no prior booking, no selecting seat, etc. However, when we last booked we
pressed the key to find the total cost and something popped up that I did not foresee, the exchange rate I had to pay for using my Spanish credit card, which was €1.37 to the British pound. I think this is well over what we get in exchange at banks. So, please be aware when booking flights from the UK you will save a lot using English credit cards. P E Kerr, Playa Flamenca (Alicante)
Word of warning WHEN I bought six cans of beer from a busy supermarket in Albox I was charged for 24. However, I did not notice this until I got home and checked the bill and could not return for a few days. When I eventually drove there again and asked how I could get a refund for their mistake, the manager said it was not their fault, saying I should call customer services. I have tried six times and all I get is a message saying there is nobody available to answer my call, try again later, and their website doesn’t work. I hope that this experience will serve as a warning to others to check their bill before leaving the shop. Bar Hall, Lubrin (Almeria)
No more Empire IN response to Mike Walsh’s Images of Spain (Issue 1409), I do not see
Remember sense NO, N Gonzales (Letters Issue 1409 ), Spain does not display signs warning of pickpockets in shops and at markets, and neither do they display signs at airports and border crossings that proclaim. ‘Welcome to Spain but don’t forget your common sense.’ Ken Bethell, Puerto de Mazarron (Alicante)
Cyclists beware HOW can Mr Thomson (Letters, Issue 1409 ) expect courtesies from motorists, when cyclists show none to us or pedestrians? Cyclists cross pedestrian crossings when mothers with children and the elderly are there. They have no regard for traffic lights, one-way streets, or cars trying to overtake while cycling three abreast, and they often ignore cycle lanes. I have had my car scratched by a very rude cyclist, but no way to claim as they have no insurance. Nor do they pay road tax. In general most are a menace on the roads. N Henson, Benalmadena (Malaga)
Deadly poor CONCERNING the letter from T Davies on the death penalty ( Issue 1409 ) and the frosty reception he received from a group of lawyers when he said hanging should be restored for murder. He should understand that there is no money to be made by lawyers from the dead. J Glazer, Nerja (Malaga)
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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT FREE SPEECH: Everyone is entitled to readers I appear to have. Secondly, I am also is black, white, yellow or ‘amazed’ at the number green. I don’t give two bits that accuse me of racism. if someone is Catholic, Well, let’s just get the Protestant, Muslim or definition straight. Racism Methodist. I don’t give my is when someone is opinions about who people derogatory towards are, but what people do. another simply because It’s the actions of folk that they are who they are. I invoke my reactions. If I have never done this in my feel the antics of some life. I don’t care if a person need to be brought to the
air their opinion. attention of readers and they happen to be of a certain type or come from a particular background, so be it. I don’t single out people because of colour, creed or race. In fact, if you look back over the years, it is the Brits themselves who have borne the greatest brunt of my dissensions
and I’m one of the most patriotic Englishmen you could hope to find. One of the downsides of modern society is people’s tendency to scream racism whenever home truths are aired. Well, I’ve experienced true racism, both in Rhodesia and South Africa, and I can assure you there is simply no comparison between that sort of unacceptable horror and people simply airing their opinion in public. I’m sorry if anyone takes offence, but they are of course my own opinions and if anyone feels the cap fits, well… Anyone is free to write in. If their opinions are relevant, interesting and fairly short they stand a fair chance of being published; that’s what free speech is all about. Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
WHAT a pathetic article Leapy Lee wrote on Germany’s shock when Italy beat them in the Eurocup (Issue 1409). Everyone interested in sport wants their team to win and is a bit put out when they don’t. Nothing stopped working in Germany afterwards and they took it in their stride. As long as nationalism is confined to the sports field we are safe. Why does Lee spring a ‘Third World War’ on us? I am British and worked in Germany for some nine years and was very happy. We are in a mess in Europe with all economies under stress. Our eventual escape will be in part thanks to German initiative and taxpayers.
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VER the years I have received tons of correspondence relating to my column: thank you all for that. Up to now my biggest response was when I scribed that, in my opinion, all dangerous breeds of dogs should be either put down or put in a zoo. That remark, I seem to recall, took up a special EWN page to accommodate the resulting onslaught of ‘slings and arrows’: ‘My kootchie coo Rottweiler ‘Fang’ wouldn’t hurt a fly’, etc, etc. Well, since my recent piece on our friends from Alemania, lo and behold yet another is reaching for the coveted title of ‘most griped at’. Firstly, I am, to use an overworked word, amazed at the amount of German
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DVANCES in communications threaten yet another trade; this time that of language interpreters. The writing’s been on the wall for some time but some won’t see it until their backs are up against it. When visiting a store I struggled to explain to the assistant what it was I needed. I wrote it down in English; he tapped the words into a handheld keyboard and he had an instant translation in Spanish. I presume that had I been German or Italian it would have translated as easily. My Spanish is short of conversational; I can just about get by but what about those who have been here for years and not yet mastered ‘Buenos Dias’? Mine isn’t good enough for lengthy discourse with my Spanish-speaking doctor. After all, matters medicine can be difficult to follow even when conversing with a British doctor, even in England.
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Mike Walsh vwww.michaelwalsh.es Mike Walsh. Based the Costa Blanca, international journalist, author and professional writer: ex-business assessment executive Guild of Master Craftsmen. European correspondent Boston Revolutionary Radio.
Basically the tête-à-tête with one’s doctor will be a greeting. You will then clearly set out what ails you. Giving it a moment’s thought the doctor will turn to his computer and print the prescription. Vamos! Adios amigo! My communication solution is to use my typing finger rather than my tongue. Using my laptop keyboard I type my greeting into Google translate. I render into Spanish then cut, paste and print. I hand the greeting and problem in near perfect Spanish; or Russian, if he is Russian.
LEARNING A LANGUAGE: Online technology can be helpful.
The technology to hold a conversation with another person in his or her language is already widely used. I imagine it will work something like a mobile phone or iPod. I speak in English and my Spanish friend hears me in Spanish; vice versa. My Ukrainian friend Nadia speaks perfect Ukrainian and Russian. Sadly her English is not much better than my Spanish. Yet, by holding keyboard conversation with our fingers her written English is very good. Using her laptop she copies my English text into her own language and does the same to reply by using Google translate. It’s as good as dialogue with a native English speaker. ‘Nation shall speak (peace) unto nation’ (BBC). Indeed! The latest gadget; Word Lens, has technology already two years old. You point your mobile phone camera lens at Spanish wording and it appears on your screen as English. Learning another’s language will still be an option, but not as essential.
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HAVE an uncle who lives in Nigeria. Called Fredderick. Yes, really. That’s how he spells his name. Oh, and I’m Norra. Anyway, I got an email from my uncle in Nigeria yesterday. Not only did he introduce himself and apologise for not getting in contact with me earlier in my ‘lifetime,’ he wants to send me money. Lots of money. £1.5 million to be exact. And he only needs me to send him a mere £150 so he can prepare the parcel to send me the money! What, you’ve got an uncle in Nigeria, too? The one who needed money from you because he was stranded in London when he got mugged and lost all his cash and credit cards? And an aunt as well? The one who’s always sending you those nice emails? Isn’t it surprising how so many of us have relatives in Nigeria – aren’t we just one big happy family?!
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N the UK recently, an off the road biker, screaming across parkland, was near throttled by an outraged pedestrian’s dog lead. If he expected sympathy, he was to be disappointed. The majority of newspaper readers were right behind the saboteur. Living in a white Spanish pueblo, every five minutes the peace was shattered by the ear-splitting row from the smallest and near slowest vehicle on the road; you call it a motorbike; I call it a twowheeled pain in the neck. What do bike riders get out of it? Hardly faster than a cyclist yet they sound like a Harrier Jet’s take-off. I suppose it creates the illusion of speed. Dream on. If they can throttle their tinny toy bikes why can’t we throttle their necks?
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By Mike Walsh www.michaelwalsh.es Parkanova, nodded through an order for Spanish made C-295M military transport planes.
She is accused by the Organised Crime and Financial Crimes Unit of abuse of power and misappropriation of public funds. Why stop at this? It is a scandal so many parliamentarians are allowed links and goodness knows what else with commercial concerns they legislate on. The West’s parliamentary system is riddled with corruption.
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FUNDRAISING: Loreto Fest in Javea with homemade food and drinks.
€3,563 raised for ‘sinking’ church By Benny Davis JAVEA’S landmark international church, Nuestra Señora de Loreto, designed to resemble the keel of a boat bursting through the waves to a safe haven, was itself heading for the rocks until an unnamed construction company took over the helm. Unfortunately the fabric of the church has been suffering serious deterioration and experts revealed that the upper boat supports needed to be replaced before it was safe for any work to commence on the roof itself. Thanks to an anonymous builder,
the work has now been completed, but the little matter of raising outstanding costs of €150,000, still has to addressed. Now it’s the turn of the people and last week parishioners started their fund raising activities with a ‘Loreto Fest’ in Javea at which all sorts of homemade food and drink delicacies were on sale stalls offering bric-a-brac, arts, crafts and many other goodies. The event raised a total of €3,563.99 (€2,267.52 by Spanish parishioners and €1296.47 from foreign residents.) A wonderful example of international cooperation and integration.
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A lack of focus
HE key to success is focus; something that I am unable to achieve with any real conviction. It is a character flaw which I accept about myself and am planning to use to my advantage; “I’m sorry, I can’t possibly finish that report... I have a focus problem.” I’m thinking of asking my doctor to write me up as a case study, set up a medical focus group as it were, with me as its central protagonist. “This Suzanne has a degree in Fine Art from Goldsmiths and an patient is suffering from a MA in Writing from Lancaster University. She is currently severe case of... ooh, teaching in Alicante and writing a book for teenagers (which doesn’t have a vampire as its central character). what lovely flowers...” (Unfortunately, my doctor also suffers from a lack of focus.) As a society we blame all kinds of problems, flaws and unacceptable behaviour on conditions. Most genuine conditions deserve consideration (like dyslexia) and require us to make allowances. Tourettes, for example, is a syndrome which can adversely affect the sufferer’s life, therefore an understanding of its symptoms can alleviate much of the social embarrassment caused (I often wonder if my desire to shout ‘bum’ during theatrical performances is my own mild form of the syndrome.) Most conditions and syndromes can be Einstein was probably the most famous successfully controlled through knowledge dyslexic and yet his work on time and and a heck of a lot of self-control. relativity completely transformed the way I always tell my dyslexic students that scientists perceive the world (and led having a piece of paper citing their own indirectly to the creation of the atomic specific condition is never an excuse to sit bomb, much to Einstein’s horror). Now if back and say “I can’t, I’m dyslexic.” Einstein had sat back on his chair, folded
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BOREDOM: Children are naturally curious and that curiosity needs to be fed.
his arms and said: “I didn’t finish my science homework because I’m dyslexic,” then where would we be now? (Although that’s probably not a question one should ask in Hiroshima or Nagasaki.) Of course, when Einstein was a child his teachers probably just thought he was
thick or lazy, but my point is that he worked hard to overcome his problems, harder in many cases than his less gifted but more successful classmates. Hyperactivity is a word much abused in educational and child developmental circles. Drugs exist to quieten the child and control the erratic behaviour. In my teaching I have encountered several children regularly dulled by prescription drugs. In all honesty I do not know what I feel about medical intervention for bad behaviour, I accept that some behaviour is caused by chemical imbalances in the brain (schizophrenia) but often hyperactive, poorly behaved pupils are just bored and a shift in focus away from teaching to rigid plans and criteria regardless of the learning style of one’s pupils and into a more creative, active learning can have wonderful results. Sometimes a good laugh and shared respect is all that’s needed. And don’t tell the children, but some lessons bore me too. Children are naturally curious and that curiosity needs to be fed. So this new condition will be labelled Focal Awareness Deficiency (FAD). Its symptoms will include a slow glazing of the eyes, constant fidgeting, repeated glances towards the door or window and an unbearable desire to run away. Now, where was I?
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Anxiety could age women by six years By Temba Mahari KEEPING calm and relaxed is the way to stave off ageing. Phobic anxiety could trigger premature ageing through damage to one’s cells, researchers found. Older women who are fearful in situations like crowds or heights have shorter telomeres than their calmer peers. Telomeres are the
caps on the ends of chromosomes that protect our genetic material from damage. As people age, their telomeres shorten. Among people of the same age, shortened telomeres have been linked to an increased risk of cancers, heart disease, dementia and overall risk of death. A group from Brigham and
Women’s Hospital, Boston, US, took blood samples from more than 5,000 women aged 42 to 69 years old. The team found having a high phobic anxiety level was associated with significantly shorter telomere lengths. The difference in telomere lengths for women who were highly phobic and those who were not was similar to what was seen for an additional six years of age. “This study is notable for showing a connection the hair-loss drug’s role in between a common form causing a battery of of physiological stress persistent side-effects, phobic anxiety - and a including sexual plausible mechanism for dysfunction. premature ageing,” said Dr Michael Irwig from study author Dr Olivia the University of Okereke. “However, this Washington published a study’s design cannot study in the Journal of prove which problem Sexual Medicine that came first, the anxiety or found the ingredient shorter telomeres.” finasteride, found in The findings have Propecia, can cause sexual encouraged researchers dysfunction, including low to investigate further the sexual desire, erectile relationship anxiety has dysfunction and problems with telomere length with orgasms. change.
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Coffee drinking in pregnancy By Temba Mahari WONDER why your children are hyperactive? Well, don’t think it’s all the coffee you were drinking during your pregnancy, say researchers. A study of more than 3,400 five and six-yearolds has found no evidence that the children’s behavioural problems were related to their mothers’ caffeine intake during pregnancy. The children whose mothers drank around three cups of coffee a day had no greater risk of suffering from inattention than those who had none, said author Eva Loomans, from Tilburg University in the Netherlands. However, she said: “This doesn’t mean that caffeine might not be harmful as they did not look at any other developmental issues besides behaviour.” Loomans cautioned there is still more to be learned about caffeine and children’s long-term development. This study could only look at the overall relationship between mothers’ self-reports of caffeine intake and their reports on their children’s behaviour. That does not necessarily mean caffeine has no effects, she said.
Hyperactivity: No link to mum’s caffeine intake.
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Goodbye to dentures Many of my patients, when they first come to me, feel disheartened, thinking that their problem is unique and hard to solve. The options for giving new permanent teeth to people who have lost them, or who are going to lose them because they have deteriorated, are always the same. New fixtures need to be placed in the bone, because due to decay the teeth are useless. These fixtures are titanium dental implants. The teeth are later screwed to the fixtures, giving a natural look as if the teeth had had never been lost. Doctor, false teeth worry me, I want something permanent. There are advanced techniques to give people permanent dentures without the need of complicated bone insertion surgery. The patient comes with his old teeth or false teeth and leaves the same day with permanent teeth. This has been true for several years. Doctor, I have been told that I don’t have enough bone for implants, can anything be done?
This is the most common and worrying question people have. Before they even ask me, I have seen an x-ray of the mouth and can see if it has more or less bone. The general answer is that there are very few people who can’t have implants because of their lack of bone structure. And in extreme cases, we can add artificial bone to solve the problem. Tell me doctor, does it hurt? I’m scared. We must remember this is surgery. The implantation of a single implant in most cases is not at all painful. If we are talking about a complete permanent denture, there will be some noticeable discomfort, but nothing too bad. To reduce this discomfort to a minimum, we always recommend immediate fixture of provisional dentures, which noticeably improve post-operative effects. We can always carry out guided surgery. Templates are created by computer, which mark the exact spot where the implants will be placed, so there is no need for a scalpel. This is known as minimally invasive surgery. For people who are very anxious or extended
Left, diagram of how the denture is fixed. Above, the final result. The denture has a totally natural appearance and is completely permanent.
surgery, we recommend carrying out conscious sedation which makes the patient relaxed throughout the procedure. Is the treatment expensive? There are solutions for all budgets. The most expensive part of the treatment is the fixed denture. Depending on the type of material used, it will cost more or less (always with top quality materials). Therefore, a resin denture will not cost the same as one made of porcelain. The important thing is to let the Dental
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Time Out AS every expat knows, living abroad offers opportunities to reinvent yourself that rarely exist outside the witness protection programme. Dancing in the Fountain: How to Enjoy Living Abroad is a breezy and amusing tale of author Karen McCann’s transition from rural Ohio to the heart of one of Europe’s oldest cities, Sevilla. Adapting to her new culture isn’t always easy. She survives
CANCER (June 22 - July 23)
This is an emotional week, when it is difficult to keep things to yourself. Get together with others and do a bit of social networking. Talk, and if you cannot bring yourself to confess to a problem, say that it is a friend of yours who has it. Certainly, you need to share this concern to get a balanced picture.
LEO (July 24 - August 23)
There is a highly social week ahead with social gatherings here and there. A trip means that finances start to look brighter. You may find it necessary, if you are to progress, to consider a move to another job or area. Get involved with people who have been in the same situation. This gives you a good guide as to exactly where you want to be.
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23)
There is a great impatience this week when someone flatly refuses to see something through to the end. You do not admire sloppiness and your reaction shows this. It may be necessary for you to sort out a situation which has been going on far too long. As you dislike loose ends in any respect, your patience may come to an end.
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23)
Energy is high and there is a lot of fun to be had. An invitation sent out brings an old friend to your table. This is not as straightforward as you think it will be. Odd stirrings make you confused.
Just joking Why did the fish get kicked out of the school? Because he was caught with seaweed.
IF ITʼS YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK: With high energy and sex appeal right through to the end of the year, you are likely to stir things up a bit on the domestic front. Doing something completely out of character should be avoided if possible. If this is not possible, then you may use your charm.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22)
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You feel like a fish out of water in a confused and noisy situation. Perhaps you are not making the right kind of friends, so take control of the quality of people who you associate with. Maybe it is relatives that are causing concern. You cannot choose your relatives, but it is possible to see less of them.
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This is a great social week. Your puppy-like enthusiasm attracts others and a barrage of good vibes comes your way. Indeed, your relaxed attitude allows someone close to get their own life a bit more into perspective.
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20)
PISCES (February 20 - March 20)
People look to you to guide them through the maze of right and wrong this week. Your talent for bringing humour into the most tense situations is invaluable midweek. Summer is a socialising time for you and it is all steam ahead as you issue invitations and receive some back.
The kind nature that is so much a part of you is only too evident this week. A situation makes you feel frustrated and you need to find a way forward. A bit of expert advice goes a long way even if it does mean that you still have to go it alone. Be strong and remind yourself that this is for someone else.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20)
You like to do your own things in your own way and in your own time. That certainly shows this week. It can cause a bit of a stir with family. Even so, it will inspire someone close to step forward and make their own stand. Put someone straight when they step out of line.
As you prefer living in the here and now, you find it difficult to understand and tolerate people who plot and plan in advance. It is tedious in the extreme to consider every little detail of something which may never happen. Because there is this relaxed attitude, you have developed a larger-than-life personality.
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This time of year reminds you just how much you enjoy home comforts. Plan ahead now for those chilly winter nights when the air is crisp and the wine is mulled. The urge is to work with others this week and that in itself throws up plans for evenings ahead. Having planned a romantic weekend there may need to be some adjustments.
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What has four wheels and flies? A rubbish truck.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Your mind, as ever, is changeable. This is a fun time to dabble at this and that to bring a bit of variety to your life and work. Meeting new people and starting new projects means that it is a busy time at work but the rewards are high.
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dancing in the water. A passing Spaniard growled: “Hey you two, is that any way to behave? You wouldn’t do that back where you come from.” And that’s the whole point. Living overseas, you get to try things that you’d never normally do. Dancing in the Fountain will be available August 15 from Amazon, and on Kindle and other e-readers.
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Crosswords CRYPTIC Across 1 Walls formed of legs and forequarters of mutton? (8) 5 Expert witness revealed to be a fool (4) 9 Fellow starting New Deal as a statesman (7) 10 I name new state (5) 11 Tie up in low river (4) 12 Rewrite diverse amendments (7) 15 English flower festival (6) 16 Fix up extremely remarkable couple (6) 19 Sex and dope are wrong, itʼs revealed (7) 21 Coo! luv - starting to look really with it (4) 24 Redesigned River Nile for a big ship (5) 25 Requiring dead engine to be repaired (7) 26 Greek character around a nurse, heʼs a card (4) 27 Loses car damaged by game (8) Down 1 Think about an appendage (8) 2 Chap leaves to gather fruit (7) 3 Sage going out for a long time (4) 4 Crockery from disputed estate (3,3) 6 I put in a movement of the hand to resign (5) 7 Being rank, it is returned by the Queen (4) 8 A doctor I sent to bed drunk (7)
ENGLISH - SPANISH The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English. Across 1 Route (4) 3 Melocotón (5) 6 Peines (5) 8 Gusto (sentido) (5) 10 Garlic (3) 11 Ídolos (5) 12 Anillos (5) 13 Diez (3) 14 To bring (news, luck etc) (5) 15 Onza (5) 16 Margarita (flor) (5) 17 Querer (objeto) (4)
Co d e B r e a ke r 13 A trip with OʼConnor around bypasses (7) 14 Poor glue ruined this introduction (8) 17 Somatic form of nuclear engineering (7) 18 Sheʼs back in academy and then sustained a rupture (6) 20 Gas produced by Norse oxen (5) 22 Fruit found in plumberʼs lunch box (4) 23 Almost take Boyd out of the boneyard (4)
QUICK Across 1 Saunter (6) 4 Shut (6) 9 Flyer (7) 10 Applauds (5) 11 Tight (5) 12 Housing (7) 13 Exciting (11) 18 Well-liked (7) 20 Range (5) 22 Monster (5) 23 Organise (7) 24 Sore (6) 25 Begrudge (6)
Down 1 Recibo (document) (7) 2 Season (for specific activity) (9) 4 Environment (7) 5 Rarely (4,5) 7 Tailors (7) 9 El más fácil (7)
Down 1 Meagre (6) 2 Rule (5) 3 Correspondence (7) 5 Clear-headed (5) 6 Staying power (7) 7 Blueprint (6) 8 Working class (11) 14 Make comprehensible (7) 15 Watch (7) 16 Small peg (6) 17 Discard (6) 19 Supple (5) 21 Snow leopard (5)
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS: CRYPTIC - Across 1 Humus, 4 Lancet, 9 Macrame, 10 Annex, 11 Read, 12 Let-down, 13 Was, 14 Mafia, 16 Until, 18 Gas, 19 Forbear, 20 Leer, 23 Clubs, 24 Pinnace, 25 Step-in, 26 Booty. Down: 1 Humdrum, 2 Mecca, 3 Seal, 5 Acanthus, 6 Consort, 7 Toxin, 8 Keels, 13 Water-ski, 15 Fortune, 17 Larceny, 18 Grips, 19 Focus, 21 Erato, 22 Snub. QUICK - Across: 1 Crass, 4 Bent, 9 Regatta, 10 Piano, 11 Get, 12 Lurid, 14 Idiot, 15 Yearn, 16 Opts, 18 Edge, 20 Pains, 22 Agree, 23 Satin, 25 Pro, 26 Flats, 27 Upstage, 29 Soak, 30 Basis. Down: 1 Circle, 2 Anger, 3 Sit, 5 Emptiness, 6 Trading, 7 Magnanimous, 8 Loath, 13 Dyspepsia, 17 Perhaps, 19 Gaffe, 21 Unless, 24 Traps, 28 Sob.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
Hexagram The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (THINGS) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
ENGLISH - SPANISH Across: 1 Moscas, 4 Codo, 8 Stamp, 9 Pulpo, 10 Oreja, 11 Letal, 14 Spots, 16 Irons, 17 Lily, 18 Colour. Down: 1 Mismo, 2 Suave, 3 Applause, 5 Owl, 6 Oro, 7 Apellido, 12 Trozo, 13 Loser, 14 Sol, 15 Oil.
1. Unscramble the name of a current England football international: RANGERS’ RED VET 2. Unscramble the name of a television comedy panel game: GHOST ARSONIST
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Answers: A piece of cake. Fly by night.
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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 16 represents R and 22 represents J, so fill in R every time the figure 16 appears and J every time the figure 22 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.
Barest Direst Dishes Estate Hasten Jangle Lunges Noises Nought Ranges Rested Shrink Sister Stingy Tested THINGS(10) Untied Whiten Winter
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Resume, 2 Refuge, 3 Whiten, 4 Course, 5 Strong, 6 Months, 7 Enters, 8 Writer, 9 Severe, 10 Toward, 11 Endure, 12 Steeds, 13 Nearer, 14 Stench, 15 Reacts, 16 Cherry, 17 Rested, 18 Leaned, 19 Recede
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HE dog is a predator therefore food is of prime importance, not just for survival but as a means of maintaining the social order, (humans observe similar social traditions around food). Recently, a client told me that her husband worked odd hours. Sometimes, because of his working arrangements, they ate their evening meal at 5pm, sometimes at 7pm. The dog was always fed at 6pm. What she couldn’t understand was why, when they ate early, the dog never begged from the table. When they ate later he always begged, despite the fact he was never given food. Think dog – the Alpha dogs eat first
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OUR rescue cat Snoopy is certainly a smart male cat to be reckoned with; a real cheeky rascal. His favourite ‘hide-out’ place is on top of the (defunct) BBQ area with a ‘birds-eye’ view. He is our radar system and detects anything flying at low level! Jan R van der Vliet, El Mijas-Costa (Malaga) Submit fun pet pictures to petoftheweek@euroweeklynews.com, in as high a resolution as possible. Please include name of the pet, your full name, where you live and if relevant a couple of lines to explain the circumstances of the photo. Due to space restrictions not all submissions will be used.
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and the pack can have what is left unless he or she decides to have some more. When the family ate first, he was promoted and his instincts told him that he was entitled to the left-overs, which the family were now sharing. It was because of the rituals of eating were performed within an hour of each other, that these instincts were enhanced.
FOOD HABITS: The Alpha dog eats first.
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NNA, the owner of El Santo Steak House Pizzeria in Calpe Old Town has run her restaurant for the last 30 years. She came to Spain 31 years ago, opened El Santo a year later, and it’s still going stronger than ever. Originally from Cologne she has Argentinian connections and this explains the cosy
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El Santo, Calpe ‘stube’ (German bar) feel and great Argentinian steaks. It occupies a lovely position in a narrow alley up by the church. The streets are cobbled and bustling, and El Santo’s tables fill up quickly as evening comes and diners stake their place. Inside, El Santo is cosy and intimate, perfect for chilly winters as well as the summer months. Anna said she has changed nothing in the last three decades, since converting the old building from a bodega, to the restaurant. A huge open fire burns in a hearth at the back of the ground floor, over which the chef cooks his pizzas and steaks, and
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MEET AND GREET: Talks can be given by Dick Handscombe. Try the following for starters. a. A trough with a trellis backing for growing climbing beans. b. An old plastic toy box for growing cut and come again salad leaves. c. A builder’s plastic bucket for growing carrots or radishes. d. A growing table for an mix of salad vegetables. Our 100 by 60 centimetre experimental one is currently yielding tomatoes from mini plants hanging over the edge, cut and come again spicy leaves, hot peppers, basil and a celery/parsley cross that is popular in Spain. e. A one by two or three metre raised bed for larger plants such as broccoli and courgettes.
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• T H E Valleys International Bridge and Social Club – friendly and relaxed – meet Thursday 1.30pm-6pm at Bar Tormos, Orba Valley. Call 966 404 533.
•ANGLICAN CHAPLAINCY Sunday Services-Holy Communion in eight locations: See www.costablanca-anglican chaplaincy.org.
• PIETER SWINNEN Painting Club, Calpe: 965 835 212.
•BENITACHELL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, Benitachell: 966 494 036 or 966 470 303.
•ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION meet for lunch on the second Thursday of the month at various restaurants in the Jalon Valley. Call 966 474 532.
•CALPE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH Perlamar, Sundays 11am: 965 835 502 or www.calpechristian fellowship.org . •CHRIST IN YOU THE HOPE OF
• A E C C B O U T I Q U E in San Isidro: Call 966 723 401. •AL-ANON FAMILY GROUP Benidorm – don’ t suffer alone through another person’s drinking – Call 634 758 539. •HELP INTERNATIONAL Benidorm meetings. www.help-benidorm.com. •RBL BENIDORM and district branch covers from Polop to Villajoyosa at different locations for social meetings, day trips, excursions or meals. Membership: 695 605 129. Secretary: 966 860 735. •XABIA RUGBY CLUB: Juniors meet at 7pm; Seniors at 8pm. Call 688 640 092. •TORMOS, Orba Valley, International Bridge and Social Club meet at Restaurant Tormos, 1.45pm. 966 404 533.
FRIDAY •ROTARY INTERNATIONAL F E L L O W S H I P Costa Blanca North weekly lunch meeting at Los Leones restaurant 1.15pm. Call 965 795 421 the Wednesday before. www. rotarycostablanca.wiki.dot.com.
GLORY CHURCH: Sundays 10.30am at the Europa Building, Avda del Pino. •ERMITA CHURCH, Javea – Father Robin Carter 965 771 792. •HOLY EUCHARIST at Nuestra Senora de la Merced Church, Calpe: Sundays 10.30am. 678 787 509 or bill.ingram@angliac3.demon. co.uk. •JAVEA EVANGELICAL CHURCH – Pastor Clive Read 669 386 702. •JAVEA INTERNATIONAL BAPTIST CHURCH, Pastor John Hansford,
•COSTA BLANCA SAMARITANS: Visit the website: www.costablan casamaritans.com
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•JAVEA Bridge Club Duplicate Pairs Tournaments: Call 965 793 413.
• AECC BOUTIQUE in San Isidro: Call 966 723 401.
•TENNIS GROUP meet Tuesday and Friday mornings at Toscamar, Javea. Call 966 473 301.
•THE KINGS CHURCH Benissa English Sunday service, 11am: www. thekingschurch.net
•COMPUTER CLUB in Alfaz del Pi: Call 965 889 187.
• G A N D I A Area Social Club Petanca: Call 962 852 828.
MONDAY •JALON VALLEY MUMS AND T O T S C L U B at the Town Hall
• QUIZ NIGHT and buffet last Wednesday of month at Restaurant Paraiso in Parcent to raise funds for Emaus children’s home in Altea. Email david reeley@hotmail.com.
•SPIRITUALIST CHURCH Alfaz del Pi: Tuesdays and Thursdays 6.30pm. Call 966 878 469.
SATURDAY
•AUCTIONS FOR AECC. Items for donation wanted. Call 965 319 929 or 688 238 879.
• COSTA BLANCA MOUNTAIN WALKERS: There will not be any more walks until October 3 coinciding with their 25th anniversary.
•MOSIAC COMMUNITY CHURCH Sunday 12pm Multicultural Service; Wednesday 8pm Intercessory Prayer; Last Thursday of month 1.30pm community lunch. 678 066 222.
10.15am-12pm. Call 639 326 135
•JACARANDA MORAIRA CHARITY AUCTION first and third of month at 1.30pm. Exchange unwanted goods for cash; one person’s rubbish is another person’s treasure. Call 965 743 292 to book your goods in.
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Sundays 10.30am at Javea Players Studio, Calle del Cronista Francisco Figueres Pacheco, Javea. Tel: 965 794 624 www.javeabaptist.com.
•DENIA INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE CLUB Duplicate Pairs Start 4pm. Call 965 785 387. •JAVEA Bridge Club Duplicate Pairs Tournaments: Call 965 793 413. •JAVEA STAMPS & POSTCARD CLUB meet second and fourth Monday of month at L’Ancora Tennis Club at 10am. All welcome. 965 795 499 or 608 765 245. •ROYAL AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION in Pedreguer meet the second Monday of month: Call 966 430 215 or visit the website www.rafa-ncb.org. •U3A Marina Baixa meet fourth Monday of month at 10.30am at the
•BENIDORM INTERNATIONAL SINGLES CLUB: Call 690 300 166. •DENIA INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE CLUB Duplicate Pairs Start 4pm. Call 965 785 387.
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TUESDAY •AUCTIONS FOR AECC (donations welcome): 965 319 929 / 688 238 879. •CANCER CARE CENTRE Javea park: Call 965 796 846. •JAVEA Bridge Club Duplicate Pairs Tournaments: Call 965 793 413. •MALE VOICE CHOIR Teulada: Call 965 744 577. •RAF Costa Blanca: Third Tuesday of month. Call 965 724 256 or email nwhancox@hot mail.com. • BERNIA BABIES international group meets 10.30am-12pm at Sierra Bernia School, Alfaz del Pi. Call the school office 966 875 149.
•GARDENING CIRCLE: First Wed of month in Moraira. Call 966 498 681. •INTERNATIONAL SINGLES CLUB Benidorm: Call 690 300 166. •JAVEA BRIDGE CLUB Duplicate Pairs 965 793 413. •PERKY PENSIONERS, Jalon, 2.30pm-4.30pm: 652 584 272.
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INSTALLING DAILY IN: ALCOY, CASTALLA, VILLENA, ELDA, PINOSO, NOVELDA, CREVILLENTE, ORIHUELA, FORTUNA, MURCIA, SEGORBE, SAGUNT, LIRIA, CHIVA, REQUENA, PICCASENT, BENIFAIO, ALCIRA, CULLERA, XATIVA.
Due to the launch of the new high powered Astra 1N Satellite you can now receive throughout the Costa Blanca all the B r i t i s h Te l e v i s i o n a n d R a d i o C h a n n e l s l i s t e d b e l o w i n h i g h q u a l i t y d i g i t a l r e c e p t i o n w i t h t h e n e w F a m a v a l 1 m H i g h - G a i n D i s h
BBC1 – ITV1 – CHANNEL 4 – CHANNEL 5
Plus BBC2 –BBC3 –BBC4 – ITV2 – ITV3 – ITV4 – ITV1+1 – ITV2+1 – ITV3+1 – ITV4+1 – E4 – E4+1 – More4 – More 4+1 Also 12 Movie Channels – 12 News Channels – 9 Kids Channels – 13 Pop Video Channels – 30 Shopping Channels – 30 Adult Channels 40 International Channels – 17 Religious Channels and over 70 Radio Channels and all these Channels are TOTALLY FREE
WHY!! THE NEW FAMAVAL 1 METRE HIGH-GAIN DISH ?
Famaval the largest manufacturer of quality satellite dishes in Europe have just produced a new 1m Hi-Gain Dish, This dish is only 13mm larger than most other manufacturers standard 1m dishes but the design engineers from Famaval have utilized more of the reflective area of the dish which vastly increases the overall gain giving a similar performance of a much bigger dish. We have in the past been installing the standard 1m dish in most areas throughout the Costa Blanca but we have found these dishes are having signal problems with pictures breaking up on BBC, ITV and Channel 4. We have since replaced these standard 1m dishes with the new Famaval 1m Hi-Gain dish with 100% success and now find that there is no picture break up whatsoever on any of these channels. If anybody is thinking of having a 1m satellite dish installed it is important to be able to differentiate between the Hi-Gain 1m dish and a standard 1m dish so the manufacturers Famaval have had a small trademarked Logo printed ‘Famaval High-Gain’ on all these new dishes. Please note that even though these new dishes are considerably more expensive than the 1m standard dishes we will be supplying or installing them without any increase in price.
FAMAVAL 1.0M HIGH-GAIN DISH SYSTEM STANDARD FTA DIGIBOX FULLY INSTALLED ONLY €299.00 INCLUSIVE
FAMAVAL 1.0M HIGH-GAIN DISH SYSTEM
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FERGUSON FREESAT HD DIGIBOX FULLY INSTALLED ONLY €369.00 INCLUSIVE
HIGH QUALITY SKY/FREESAT HD DIGIBOX FULLY INSTALLED ONLY €399.00 INCLUSIVE
SKY + HD OFFICIAL DIGIBOX FULLY INSALLED ONLY €599.00 INCLUSIVE
Please go to our website www.digitalsatsystems.com for full specifications on all satellite digiboxes & our complete range of dishes. So if you already subscribe to a sub standard microwave rebroadcast company now is the time to cancel your payments and receive the high quality digitial channels direct to your own satellite dish TOTALLY FREE.
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We have a complete range of high definition and standard definition satellite receivers (digiboxes) on live demonstration. So why not pay us a visit to our Factory Showroom and check out the picture quality for yourself. Demonstrations always a pleasure! All of which you are not able to do with a lot of other companies!
With all installations you and your property are fully protected by our Public Liability Cover!! Payment by credit card - no problem, all major credit cards accepted
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Boats FULLY rigged 6m (20ft) Fixed Keel Sailing Boat, complete with trailer and 2HP outboards. Price €2,750 ono. Tel: 626 127 299 (97266)
ESTABLISHED 30 Snack Vending Machine Business, sited Denia & Javea. Taking approx. 12k a year cash. €12,995 including stock. Due to ill health. Tel: 680 501 404 (97428)
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ELECTRICIAN WITH 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE on the Costa Blanca. Electrical upgrades, downgrades, meter boxes moved to boundaries. Rewiring with all paperwork issued. Installation of ICP switch and box for Iberdrola requirements. Tel: Mark 608 669 165 or 965 831 082 (100939)
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Budget Stairlifts BRITISH stairlifts, pay in Sterling or Euros. Repairs and service call 965 740 835 (98274)
Building Services www.100percentplumbing.com Call for a free quotation 965 835 939 (87006)
Airport Transfers AIRPORT TRANSFERS Taxis / Minibuses / Coaches www.CostaBlancaTransfers.com (94916)
Antiques
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AT MICHAEL’S. Very big 4-poster bed in carved heavy wood. Photos: www.michaels-javea.com (95824)
B H BUILDERS, Walls, Patios, Chain Fencing, Stone Clad & More, Moraira and all surrounding areas. Call Dan +34 672 952 891 (98198)
MICHAEL’S 28 YEARS IN JAVEA - ENSURES YOUR SATISFACTION! 600 photos: www.michaels-javea.com Tel 965 791 328 (95824)
Business for Sale
AT MICHAEL´S Beautiful 3m glass/iron table with 12 hand painted iron chairs! www.michaels-javea.com (95824)
SKIP HIRE BUSINESS FOR SALE. Very profitable, cash business, easily run, genuine sale. Tel: 636 282 238 (97434) TRESPASO Café Ole, Calpe Port. If you know Calpe Port, you will know Café Ole. You will know its worth. Selling quickly, selling cheap. Text to 687 548 997 (97278)
Business Opp.
AT MICHAEL’S. High quality pre-owned furniture and new beds. Deliveries free in our area: www.michaels-javea.com (95824)
Carers
www.dragonreforms.com Tel: 966 807 098. Free quotes given (95802)
HELPING HANDS, Altea, will do any jobs you cannot do yourself, shopping, cooking, cleaning, dog walks etc. Tel: 653 067 434 (97451)
Entertainment
www.dragonreforms.com Tel: 966 807 098. Free quotes given (95802)
SOCIETY for the protection of Animals in Need (S.P.A.I.N). We buy, sell and exchange anything at CHARITY WAREHOUSE in Gata de Gorgos. House clearances, furniture, collectables, bankrupt stock etc. Collect/deliver 965 756 215 / 665 653 998 (95962)
POOL TABLES, Snooker Tables, Table Tennis Tables, Darts Tel: 666 933 726 www. spainpool.com (98424)
Childcare QUALIFIED child carer available for babysitting/nanny positions. Albir to Denia. Contact Carla: 693 698 868 or grootenc@ya hoo.com (97349)
Cleaning
Barbeque Shop
Bed & Breakfast RURAL B & B Tabernas, close to Mini Hollywood, Almeria Circuit. Tel: 667 950 144 (200034)
FULLY equipped, nice and clean restaurant, Jalon Valley, 40 covers, to lease. Contact 677 833 668 (97406) sales@euroweeklynews.com
FLOOR POLISHING, all marble types. Excellent professional, excellent service. Free estimates. Tel: 627 103 412 (97449)
Free TV COMPUTER SERVICES: Internet, ADSL. Repairs, maintenance, new or second hand. All your computer needs call David 629 672 538 or 965 584 071 (100987) COMPUTER and internet repair. Expert advice. Professional Web Design. Check for details: www.callmike.eu/Mike 600 887 515 (97342) PC Repairs & Upgrades in your own home. No job too small. Call Clive 648 883 202 / 966 260 403 (101766)
Damp
Camping BUY ONLINE from Spain’s only specialist www.thebbqshop.es 965 836 607 / 608 412 641 (96925)
Floor Polishing
Charities
PART-TIME volunteers needed for charity shop in La Nucia. Call 603 137 697. (97260)
COMPLETE CLEARANCE SALE. Benidoleig, Friday 3rd & Saturday 4th August, 10-16.30. Beds, lounge & garden furniture, books, Karchers, BBQs, garden tools, electric drills, Triton equipment, ladders, vices etc. For directions and full list of items, email: stufftogo84@bt connect.com or Tel: 616 313 284 (97265)
VINYL albums and/or cassette tapes digitally remastered and transferred to CD. Jalon Valley based. 965 581 474 / 679 601 743 (100996)
Carpentry
I BUY RECORDS 50’s to the 90’s. Best prices for good records. Tel: 622 750 117 / 962 851 809 (97355)
WHITE PVC door and frame, 85cm x 210cm, €150. Tel: 648 455 505 (97427)
Electricians
A1 SPECIALIST CLEANING. Carpets, upholstery, 15 years experience 965 058 177 / 697 511 071 marc@barnaclebills.co.uk www.britishbusinesspagesin spain.es (100314)
“RISING DAMP” can cure Rising Damp, Leaking Flat Roof or Terrace. WE can make your Underbuild Dry. Villa Re-painting Due! we can protect your villa and stop PENETRATING DAMP with a Protective coating. You can also pay in Sterling. Phone/email us for a free survey now; Tel: 965 050 065 Mobile 634 322 672 www.dryzoneespana.com (97263)
DO YOU pay to watch BBC, ITV or other Freeview channels? Get them all free now in fantastic digital satellite quality, one time installation fee. Call us for the best price, we can even use any existing equipment you have, to help keep the price down. 962 800 807 (101537)
Friendship FIND LOVE IN THE SUN w w w. i w a n t 2 m e e t y o u . c o m . Browse for free Spain´s No. 1 online dating site. Bringing expats together. (100329)
Gardening TREE SPECIALIST, cut and removal of palm/pine trees. Size not a problem. Also dangerous & difficult work. Garden cleaning and gravelling. Free estimates. 627 103 412 (97449)
Dressmaking MADE TO MEASURE loose covers. Choose from a wide range of materials in your own home. Javea area 686 453 827
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Gold Wanted ALEXANDERS Antique Jewellers pay top London prices. Est 2003, Open Mon-Sat 10am2pm. Javea port seafront. 965 792 595 (97327) CASH FOR GOLD & SILVER. At Benidorm gold buying office, we buy any amount, any carat, at the highest price around. Open all day. C/Gerona 8. Tel. 627 019 403 (100782)
SOS INSURANCE. Best prices available. Call us first for all your insurance needs. Including funeral plans. Tel: 966 787 123/622 275 561 (101720)
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PURELY MAINTENANCE For all your maintenance needs big or small, contact Carl on 965 878 866 or 669 218 928 email purelymaintenance@hot mail.com (88988)
LOCKSMITH / ELECTRICIAN for emergency safe opening Altea based. Call Michael Rice 686 513 510 (100791)
Health & Beauty
Metal Works
DENTURE REPAIR SAME DAY SERVICE. Moraira and surrounding area. Tel: 666 745 139 (97351)
MOBILE WELDING SERVICE, gates, rejas, railings etc. Made to measure or repaired. Free quotes. NO JOB TOO SMALL. Calpe. Dave: 616 173 699 / 965 834 869 (100869)
CHIROPODIST/PODIATRIST, Philip Mann, clinics in Benissa, Moraira, Javea, Calpe and Albir. 686 912 307 (100952)
Mobile Homes
FIRST CHOICE CARS. Want to sell your car or van? Call first choice cars. A professional & friendly service. Matt 965 771 553/ 647 948 525 www.firstchoice-cars.com (87276) GOING HOME? Want to swap my UK reg RHD new shape 2008 Mondeo Estate Titanium diesel for Spanish car. 646 600 898 (94920) JUST BRAKES, JUST SERVICING. Competitive rates. Call Dave 634 408 749 (99228) RHD, Peugeot Boxer, large reliable van, tax, MOT, 895€. 674 653 492 (97381) MAZDA MX5, October 2008, 5 speed, electric hard top convertible, 25,000km, 1 owner, immaculate, 16,000€ ono. 679 087 440 (99490)
WE BUY, Sell, Remove all types of Mobile Homes. We pay CASH and cover all of Spain. More details call Suzi Caley 616 250 727 / 951 063 059 or email suzica ley@gmail.com (100120)
FREE TRIAL LESSON. Contact us for professional private drum or guitar lessons by certified teachers. guitarordrum@hot mail.com 661 487 577 (100821)
Insurance
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Painter/Decorator
1998, Harley Davidson Sportster 883, UK plates, genuine 9,000 miles, 3,000€. 966 499 204 (97410)
W. D GILMOUR. Painter & Decorator. Established 35 years in Moraira. Estimates FREE. Call William on 609 691 776 or 966 197 170. (100779)
Motoring
GOTELE, stipple, gypsum, rough internal walls, smooth skim coat sprayed, new concept. www.vil lapainting.es 678 179 346 (97340) www.decorlux.es painting, decorating, renovation. Est. Costa Blanca 1995. Estimates free. Tel 649 181 526 (95863)
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GENTLEMEN. A happy love life with the amazing blue pill. Guaranteed. Amazing (from 2€). Delivery North Costa Blanca. Call Keith 687 357 529 (97315) JAVEA, Moraira, Christina, Eastern European lady massage and more. Older gentlemen welcome, also weekends. Tel: 667 817 407 or 661 034 261 (97343)
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SWINGERSBENIDORM.COM. Regular parties in purpose-built club. (97345)
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CAROLINE, 40 year old English rose. Easy to find in Benidorm. 602 566 804. No private numbers (97450)
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ALBIR; BENIDORM, Young beautiful lady, speaks English, offers massage & escort services. 626 096 866 (97258) THE BEST FROM GERMANY, VERONICA SEXY LADY. 27, tall, 1.78, brunette, beautiful face, playboy body, lovely. Discreet luxury apt, 7 days, 10am 11pm. Benidorm 697 648 395 (100978) SEX CINEMA ‘El Sofa’. (Straight, Gay and Bi rooms), Calle de la Parra 5, Benidorm www.SexCinemaBenidorm.com (97998) BUSTY (89dd), horny, sexy lady (40), very private and discreet, in Denia for him and couples. Tel: 642 651 686 (97424) GORGEOUS ENGLISH BLOND 45 years gives discreet massage, 1 hour or over night stay. 15 mins Alicante airport.Tel Karen: 662 049 021 (100826)
Pets
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TANTRA WITH THE PROFESSIONALS, MASSAGES, ONE DAY SESSIONS, WORKSHOPS, TRAINING AVAILABLE. SINGLES AND COUPLES. ALEGRALUZ DOT COM. MARIA 618 478 067 (97906)
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WIFE, HUSBAND or both available for your pleasure. Singles or couples. Benidorm 602 507 127. No private numbers. (100848)
MISTRESS CRYSTAL. Sensual, strict DOMINATRIX. Dungeon in JAVEA. All fetishes / BDSM. Call for information. 634 358 697 (97383)
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Plastering ALL aspects of plastering. Smooth finishing. Rendering. Monocapa. Plasterboard ceilings. Coving. English standard of finish. 30 years experience. 965 874 827 / 608 000 247 (95956)
Plumbing www.100percentplumbing.com Call for a free quotation 965 835 939 (87006) www.dragonreforms.com Tel: 966 807 098. Free quotes given (95802) PLUMBING & ELECTRICS, Kitchens & Bathrooms. Tel: 634 401 805 www.plumbing-electrics.com (97341)
Pool Services www.instantpools.eu YES YOU CAN HAVE A POOL – We manufacture & install Wooden Above-Ground Pools. Pools from 8ft – 32ft. Remember, with above ground pools there is “No Planning Permission Required”. Phone or email for a FREE BROCHURE NOW. Email: info@instantpools.eu - Tel: 965 050 064 – Mobile: 634 322 672 (97263) A.P.M. Pool Maintenance. Visit our shop for all your pool products, one off lessons, Sand Change, New Pumps and Filtros, Cleaning Contracts. Call Linda on 966 499 314 / 654 443 638 (100847) TH.POOLS.sc. Maintenance, servicing and repairs. New pumps and filters, sand changes and regrouts. Pool equipment and one-off lessons available. Moraira - Benidorm. CALL TRISTAN 627 008 158 (95844)
Professional Services PET-COURIERS.COM – If you love your pet try us first – we are the best. Door to door service throughout Europe. Specialised vehicles – bespoke service. Full legal service including documentation if required. For further information call or email us: Tel: (0034) 651 033 670 or (0034) 637 066 227. Email: info@pet-couriers.com or www.pet-couriers.com (95495) Spectacular FRENCH BULLDOG Puppies. Excellent Pedigree. Vet supervision. Familiar Breeding. More info www.stre gador.com. Tel: 615 594 403 (97445) NEED YOUR PETS TAKEN CARE OF? Not kennels, just a friendly home. Large fenced area. 699 790 080 Altea (97344) PET CARER, animal lover will care for your pets in her home or yours. Altea area. Tel: 653 067 434 (97451)
Pet Insurance PROTECTAPET. Spain’s leading pet insurance. 965 756 371. info@protectapet.eu (95962)
TV, ENTERTAINMENT EQUIPMENT, satellite, amplifiers, mixers, keyboards, etc. BLUESKY REPAIRS 966 875 283/626 430 671 (100901) WASHING MACHINE and all domestic repairs, Calpe/Campello BLUESKY REPAIRS 966 875 283/626 430 671 (100901) GAS Cookers and Gas Fires. Sales, service and repairs. All makes. Tel: 606 697 421 (97356)
Property ANTIGUA: Possible swap. 2 beach villas to restore plus 8 plots. Available individually or together via holding company. Tel: +44 (0) 7860 478 794, lauriendt@aol.com (99370)
Property for Rent APARTAMENTOS PLAYA ALBIR SL. Quality rental accommodation with reception, 2 beds, 2 bath. Washing machine, air con, sea views and swimming pool. Available for short or long term let. apartamentos@playaalbir.es / Tel/fax 966 866 206 (100774) M100 - BENITACHELL, top floor apartment of a 2 storey block, 2 bedrooms, quiet location, stunning panoramic views. 420 euros pcm - 965 745 969 (89468)
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CHEAP Winter lets from £30 per week near Gandia. Rentals also available in Albir and near Mojacar. Email:oasisparks@yahoo .co.uk (97331)
Property for Sale SELL your property with Schaich Estate Agents. See our main ad on front page. (1009030) 3 BED, 2 bathroom, new build bungalow in Benidorm. 200m2 living/150m2 land. All services nearby. Spanish speaking. 619 117 332 (99174) CALPE, La Calalga, 75 metres to the beach and local amenities. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, swimming pool. Only €265,000. Tel: 629 991 543 (99211) OLIVA, 500 metres from beach, 2000m2 plot with 98m2 prefab house, 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, good quality kitchen, large living/dining area, pool and mobile home included in the price €75,000. 658 368 653 (99212)
SPAIN2UK2SPAIN man and van. Trips between UK/Spain twice a month. Excellent rates. enquiries@spain2uk2spain.com. Christine 965 571 837 / 638 261 341 (97380)
Situations Vacant
LEO TAXI’S, 24H, covering all CBN, Airport Transfers. Call 633 433 369 (97384)
UK - SPAIN - UK. Local & distance work. Call Kevin. 627 075 334 (99229)
Telecoms
VAN going to Spain 29th July, returning to UK 8th August. Space available. Tel: 679 042 805 / 0044 (0)755 298 5343. keithmarion9@yahoo.co.uk (97430)
FED UP PAYING TOO MUCH FOR YOUR MOBILE PHONE CALLS? THEN CONTACT TELITEC TODAY. CALLS TO SPAIN 7C PER MINUTE INCLUDING MOBILES. CALLS TO UK 5.3C PER MINUTE. NO MONTHLY FEES, NO CONTRACT. WWW.TELITEC.COM TEL: 902 889 070 (0)
INTER EUROPE REMOVALS, UKSpain-UK, monthly service from £75 CM3. Door to door service. Full/part loads. Local removals and deliveries. Tlf: 607 016 267 / UK 0044 7791 172 976 www.intereuroperemovals.com (99373)
Removal/Storage COAST2COAST TRANSPORT & REMOVALS. 20 years experience. Regular trips SPAIN-UKSPAIN. Call for competitive quote. 617 500 876. email coast2coasttransport@hotmail. com or www.coast2coasttrans port.com (97387) BENIDORM & SURROUNDING AREAS, 2 men removals, house clearances. Also regular trips to UK. 655 239 797 (100948) EUROPEAN removals and transport with scheduled UK routes. UK company, fully legal, taking loads from 5kg to 24,000kg. Lowest prices and the best service. 952 816 582 or www.fo cus-transport.com (96826)
Wig Specialists WIGS-R-US EL CISNE MARKET BENIDORM. Thursday, Saturday and Sunday 9.30 till 2pm. 690 378 844 (95294)
TV/Satellite
Scrap Vehicles
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SCRAP VEHICLES wanted for cash. Call 646 726 377 (97379)
Shops
UKTVSPAIN.COM. See our main ad in services. (95996)
Property Management COMPLETE HOME SERVICES Villa changeovers, laundry, pool cleaning, gardening, and general maintenance. Everything You Need. North Costa Blanca. denisebridger12@gmail.com Denise 667 298 576 (97374)
Taxi Service
NO monthly fees, BBC, ITV and all Freesat channels on a small dish. Full range of HD receivers, Sky and non Sky. Sky cards available immediately, no UK address. Dish re-alignment, fault finding and repairs. Call 962 800 807 (98081)
Situations Vacant
SECOND HAND Dishes/Systems, 1m, 1.37m, 1.9m, 2.4m. Call UKTV Spain on 689 205 137 (97377)
FREE accommodation in Spain this winter in return for handyman work. For further details email: oasisparks@yahoo.co.uk (97331) TALENTED professional entertainer wanted for large bar/restaurant for season. Accommodation included, must be good all round entertainer. Almeria area. Tlf: 645 066 538 (99356) PROMOTER wanted in Torrevieja and Benidorm. Native sales force personnel to work in Tobacco’s shops (Monday - Friday). Selling skills, proactive and dynamic. Own car necessary. CV: rh@flash2flash.com (100094)
MAN & VAN Costa Blanca North Removals / delivery, house & garden clearance. 10€ per hour plus fuel. UK fixed prices. Call Graham 965 730 382 / 644 114 876 (96939)
Wanted Skip Hire
Structural Surveys
JAVEA SKIP HIRE 626 670 038, Moraira, Benissa, Calpe, Denia from S & W TOOL HIRE & FERRETERIA MORAIRA (97294)
MARK PADDON BSc Hons. Building surveying. MCIOB, CAAT. From 245 EUROS + IVA. Insured and legally registered in Spain. Tel: 653 733 066 / 962 807 247 www.costablancasur veyors.com (100949)
Soft Furnishings LOOSE COVERS, CURTAINS ETC. Made to Measure. Choose from a wide range of beautiful fabrics in your own home. Tel: 965 771 397 or 686 453 827 (100951)
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Solar Power SOLAR BEST DEAL IN SPAIN, www.gosolarinspain .com (100307)
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M141 - Second floor, 2 bed, 2 bath apartment in the sought after Port Xabia complex, Javea, walking distance to beach and all amenities 600 euros per month plus bills. 965 745 969 (89468)
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A battery driven car.
Ford CMAX Hybrid A model of modern design and character. The range of latest generation petrol and diesel engines on the 301 provides power values ranging from 71 bhp to 115 bhp and manual, piloted or automatic gearboxes. Furthermore, the new Peugeot 301 benefits from a new range of three cylinder petrol engines (1.2 l VTi) which, due to their advanced technology, combine driving pleasure and reduced fuel consumption.
A family vehicle that is both safe and reliable with great driving characteristics. The new Peugeot 301 will have its world premiere at the Paris Motor Show in September. It will then go on sale from November 1 in Turkey, then into Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Greece, The Middle East, Gulf and African States, as well as in certain Latin American markets.
A compact hatchback.
Audi A3 is impressive THE third generation Audi compact hatchback has an impressively strong specification and numerous technological advances in quality, infotainment, driver assistance technology, efficiency and driver appeal. The same painstaking pursuit of progress is evident in the very high quality cabin, which genuinely breaks new ground with the standards of materials, workmanship and ergonomics. Three specification levels – SE, Sport and S line - all include alloy wheels, air conditioning or climate
control, radio with electrically folding screen, iPod connection, Bluetooth interface and navigation preparation. There are three very convincing four-cylinder petrol and TDI options to choose from. These hitech, impeccably refined units all deliver optimum performance and highly efficient electromechanical power steering. They channel their drive through a completely new chassis which strikes a considerably more delicate balance between comfort, composure and driver appeal.
THE power of CMAX Hybrid stems from the combination of a gasoline engine and a batterydriven electric motor. When powered by gasoline, the C-MAX Hybrid uses the all new 2.0-litre Atkinsoncycle fourcylinder engine – powerful and fuel efficient and among the most advanced nonturbocharged four-cylinder power trains Ford has ever offered. The C-MAX Hybrid offers room for five people and plenty of cargo – making it perfect for the owner with an active lifestyle. For cargo, C-MAX Hybrid has 60/40 split-fold rear seats. The seats easily fold flat with 52.6 cubic feet of space behind the first row and 24.5 cubic feet behind the second row. C-MAX Hybrid is part of Ford’s strategy to give customers the power of choice for fuel efficiency. C-Max Hybrid – with a base price of €21,300 - is part of Ford’s first dedicated line of hybrid vehicles and is currently available to order at select dealerships.
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WINNER: Derek, in the middle, tries to soften up the handicaps secretary
Orba Warblers Golf Society Wednesday July 11, El Plantio
THE Warblers visited ‘El Plantio’ this week with a slightly depleted field; it would appear the consistent high temperatures are
beginning to take their toll. The weather clearly had no effect on the top scorer this week, following a recent success at La Galiana, Derek Gray led
the group home with 43 points off his soon to be decimated handicap of 22.1, second place in division two went to Sheila Dindar with 33 points off 19.6. On top of division one again this week was the ever steady Keith Lockyer with 37 off 10.4 and in second place, Brian West with 36 points off 18.1. Having played a disastrous round of golf, Michael Taylor showed his true ability by winning three of the four ‘nearest the pin prizes’, Keith Lockyer preventing a clean sweep by being nearest on the 14th, not content with that, Michael also won the football card. The next fixture is on Wednesday July 25 at La Galiana. Please be there by 9.15am for a first tee time of 10am. As always guests are welcome subject to a current handicap certificate. To book in call 634 351 950 or visit www.orbawarblers.com.
THE course was in excellent condition and the format for the day was an individual stableford competition and a close competition. With three players scoring 33pts it was to be an eventful day. The winner on count back was Dennis Freeman. The winner of front nine was Norman Padmore with 19 pts. Terry Sharp was the winner of back nine with 18 pts. Norman Padmore also won the Nearest the Pin Hole 8 and Dennis Freeman won the Nearest Pin Hole 14. John Less took the Longest drive hole 13 Then it was back to Happy Days for the prize giving / drinks & meal (thanks to Marta) The next game will be at Alenda July 24 but people will meet at Happy Days at 8am.
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COMPETITION WINNERS: There were some different prizes on offer this time as it was Bastille Day and the sponsor was a French member.
Montgo Golf Society
MONTGO Golf Society played their first game at Alenda with the course in excellent condition. The competition was a Stableford sponsored by our French member, Alain Nozahic, which coincided with Bastille Day so there were some very different prizes on offer of excellent French fare that Alain imports from his home country. There were some super scores to go with the
excellent day and the winner was the giant Kiwi, Ron Steele, playing off 15.6 with 40 points. The very steady Neil Cuming was just behind compiling an excellent 39 points off 11.9 with Colin Foster (7.4) beating John Feek (17.4) and Denise Cooper (16.6) for third place on handicap, all three scoring 37 points. Nearest the pins on holes 5 and 16 went to Colin Foster and John Day with Ed Wallace and Colin Cooper
taking the best 2nd shots on holes 7 and 10. The longest drive prizes were on hole 9 and the winners were Denise for the ladies and ‘Big’ Ron for the men. There were two Two’s for coveted Montgo balls by Colin Foster and John Feek. The Society’s next game is at Oliva Nova on Friday July 27 or medal competition with all details on the website www.montgogolfsociety.net.
Pego Golf Society A VERY hot and humid day saw Pego Golf Society play an individual stableford at their home course of Oliva Nova. Vice Captain Mike Holloway welcomed three guests; Paul Trigwell, Justin Skinner and Jonathan Momberg. Paul Trigwell took the guest prize with 35 points off a handicap of 29. Division One: 1st John Guest (40 points off 8.2); 2nd Dave Collins (37 off 11.5); 3rd Barry Levett (36 off 15.3); 4th Danny Herron (35 off 12.4). Division Two: 1st Rob Westlands (37 off 19.5); 2nd Peter Chapman
Guests and members show off their prizes. (36 off 20.2); 3rd Thelma Saul (36 off 30.6); 4th Lyn Harrison (36 off 27.1). Nearest the Pin: hole 3 Barry Levett; hole 16 Colin Foster. Two’s: Russ Peters; Colin Foster and Peter Chapman. Balls in the Water: no
correct guesses so the pot rolls over to next week. Knock out match: Steve Patton beat John Nichol 5 & 4. Next week the competition will be held at Oliva Nova again. Entries via the website, www.pegogolfsociety.com
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