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26 SEPTEMBER - 2 OCTOBER 2013

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Next town AFTER Mojacar on Friday it was the turn on Saturday of Lucainena de las Torres to be inaugurated into the association Los Pueblos Mas Bonitos (The prettiest towns in Spain).

Second race THE second Mountain Bike Marathon takes place in Mojacar on Sunday, a 48km race starting from the football ground at 9.30am.

Record beat THE Alcazaba monument in Almeria City has beaten all records for visitors this summer with 65,608 people visiting between June 16 and September 15.

On camera A NEW traffic control centre has opened in Almeria City. Sixteen cameras will help controllers keep traffic moving and advise police of incidents.

Mercadona boost for local fishing industry THE fishing industry in Almeria province has been given a massive boost with the news that Mercadona will supply their stores in Madrid with fish caught in the ports of Almeria (pictured), Adra and

Garrucha. The supermarket chain, is expected to put into operation very soon its new logistics network throughout Spain to sell freshly caught fish in its 1,400 stores. Since July, Mercadona

has been supplying fresh fish purchased at auctions in the ports of Almeria to the 33 supermarkets in the province. Mercadona has now signed agreements to operate as a buyer in the

auctions organised by the Association of Shipowners of AlmerĂa (Asopesca) and the brotherhoods of Garrucha and Adra, along with more than 70 fishing organisations around the Spanish coast.

Mystery hero saves 9 from sea A MYSTERY man managed to rescue a total of nine people who were bathing in Cala del Plomo, (Nijar). Nothing is known yet about the hero who saved so many lives with the aid of a rope in the tiny cove

which is just 200 metres wide. The bathers were surprised by the force of the current of water that was dragging them away from the shore. The 112 Emergency Service received several calls warning that

there were several people in the water who could not get out because of the strong current. One bather had to be transferred to hospital because of the amount of water they had swallowed.

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Finance CLEAR UP: Volunteers took part in the beach and seabed cleaning day.

Cleaning up after the litter bugs…

MORE than 50 volunteers took part in the cleaning of the beaches Piedra Villazar and Cantal, in Mojacar on Sunday. As part of the world beach cleaning day, 30 divers helped to clear rubbish from the seabed while other volunteers helped to clean up the beaches on land. This is the second consecutive year that the event has been organised jointly by Mojacar Town

Hall and the Mojacar Dive Centre and is celebrated internationally every year on the third Saturday of September. Divers from around the world remove rubbish that ends up in the oceans, polluting the waters. The volunteers cleaning the beaches agreed that the dirtiest area is often used by young people for its nightlife. Beach cleaning day also took centre stage in El

Embarcadero, when a group of volunteers participated in an event organised by the Junta de Andalucia. The activities were centred at Parque Natural Cabo de Gata-Níja, and included various workshops and a guided visit to El Albardinal botanical garden. Around 50 people helped. Nearly 150 kilos of rubbish was picked up throughout the day.

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NEWS Airport art lounge ALMERIA airport has works of art, including a Picasso, on display in the departure lounge until January 12.

Cash crop A 44-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested in HuercalOvera after police discovered 20 marihuana plants growing amongst the olives on his land in a rural area of the town.

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Looking for a better life… THE Spanish brain drain remains unplugged with many well qualified Almerians moving abroad to find work. According to a local census, more than 700 natives of Roquetas de Mar are living abroad, either forced by the lack of work or the need for a qualification for a second language.

This is an increase of 100 people on the previous year. In total 36,086 Almerienses have left the province this year with Almeria City seeing the departure of 7,968 citizens. This is followed by HuercalOvera with 2,325 and Nijar and Albox with around 1,500 each.

Especially significant are two towns with relatively small populations in the shape of Velez Rubio, with 1,144, and Adra, with 1,009, townspeople living abroad. The rest are spread throughout the province which has seen a total of 155,524 people leave during the last five years.

Diplomas given TWENTY youngsters from Huercal-Overa have received diplomas from the town hall after completing a swimmers’ monitor course.

DOCTORS in Almeria City took part in a practice run of how to act in the event of a major catastrophe.

Long walk FAMOUS: University of Salamanca, the oldest university in Spain and one of the oldest in Europe.

Back to college 1.5m students heading for university

OST of Spain’s approximately 1.5 million university students are now starting the new academic year. In Spain, there are almost 80 universities (29 of them private) with almost 240 campuses. The oldest which is still in operation is Salamanca University. Founded in 1134, it was given the Royal charter of foundation by King Alfonso IX in 1218. It is the third oldest European university in continuous operation, behind Bologna, Oxford and La Sorbonne. It was the first European institution to receive the formal title of ‘University’ as such; it was granted by King Alfonso X in 1254 and recognised by Pope Alexander IV in 1255. The historical phrase ‘Multos et doctissimos Salmantica habet’ (many and very versed

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A MAN, aged 37, has been arrested in Almeria City suspected of more than 25 thefts from car vehicles in the district of Los Molinos.

THE Rambla de Oria has a painting exhibition by Maureen Turner, ‘Spanish Dreams’ and a photo exhibition, ‘Oria in the memory.’ They will be on display in the multi purpose room until Saturday.

TICKETS for UD Almeria v Barcelona are on sale to the general public for the game on Saturday, priced at €150 and €190, and are available from the stadium ticket office.

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JAIRO RUIZ, the Almerian paralympian finished in a respectable sixth place in difficult conditions in the world championship triathlon race held in London.

A MAN, aged 72, passed away while bathing some 20 metres from the shore at El Playazo beach in Vera.

ALMERIA City Hall has agreed that the monument in remembrance of the fishermen will be moved from the San Jose cemetery to the Pescaderia or La Chanca area of the city.

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I’m going into the workshop again, you can come as mechanics.’ King Juan Carlos I, joking to the press about his hip operation this week, which was carried out at the Quiron University Hospital in Madrid, just hours after receiving 16 new ambassadors at the Zarzuela Palace.

Salamanca has) gives an idea of the prestige the institution acquired. Salamanca had a number of colleges (Colegios Mayores) founded as charitable institutions to enable poor scholars to attend the University. Salamanca draws students from across Spain and is the top-ranked university in Spain based on the number of students coming from other regions. There are currently around 19,000 students in first and second cycle studies (not including Master’s degrees and similar). Jose Luis Iborte, 85, from Huesca, has the Guinness Record for the highest number of university degrees in Spain and maybe in the world. He has eight Doctorate Cum Laude and 14 degrees with distinctions, including Philosophy and Letters, Political Science, Spanish, German, Classic and French Philology, Biology, Economics and Medicine.

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million tourists visited Spain in the first eight months of the year, which is 4.5 per cent more than the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism. The number of British tourists rose by 6.8 per cent.

INSCRIPTIONS are open for a 14 kilometre walk from Bacares to Sierro and Sierra de Los Filabres which takes place on Sunday.

Wage pledge WORKERS at the Hotel Puerto Aguadulce have cancelled their planned strike after the company Kross Hotel promised to pay their delayed wages.

Hashish haul CUSTOMS officers who intercepted a suspicious looking boat off the coast of Almeria discovered a haul of 1,200 kilos of hashish inside.

Plans on show RESIDENTS in Cantoria will have a month to present suggestions with regard to the sports installations plan.

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Sinking feeling A BOAT sank 11 miles off the Vera coast opposite Puerto Rey. Another boat rescued the four occupants.

Long walk SIX pilgrims from Almeria have arrived in Santiago de Compostela after walking the Ruta Mozarabe which links the two cities.

Low turnout THE crowd for the UD Almeria game against Levante played at the weekend was 9,646.

Too late A MAN passed away on the Aguadulce beach in Roquetas de Mar after being rescued from the sea.

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Suspected thief finally in custody after 39 arrests A MAN arrested 39 times for alleged robberies who was allowed to walk free by a judge has been rearrested and sent to prison. Just days after being freed while investigations continued, he was arrested for further robberies, and this time the Courts in Almeria remanded the man in custody. Manuel VS, 42, is an old hand, well known by local police. Following an increase in robberies in the Rio Andarax area police caught up with him. He was spotted in a farmhouse close to Los Partidores pushing a shopping trolley towards the district of El Puche. He was shot at by officers and fled on foot

before falling over. Following arrest number 39, he was taken to Torrecardenas hospital for treatment to his injuries. In addition to two eyewitnesses to the break in, the National Police agents had more incriminating evidence,

they claim. “A body search found a gun, a knife, a cutter and a goat’s foot,” said police. In the cart, officers found taps, engine parts, a lamp, copper wire, water meters, a drill, a coffee maker, a paintball gun, various electrical

installation materials, and clamps for a car battery. Despite that the judge did not remand him in custody. But just days later he was rearrested. Now police believe he may be responsible for three more robberies in Los Partidores that night,

plus another half dozen small assaults in the same area. Locals have shown their dismay at the repeated robberies and agricultural organisations have pleaded for more severe penalties to protect the property of farmers.

Get ready for the film festival THE third edition of the Almeria Western Film Festival (AWFF 2013) is set to start. The festival will open to the public on October 2 and will continue to October 5. It will be held in three locations. The Municipal Theatre of Tabernas, Mini Hollywood Oasys theme park and the movie studios, Fort Bravo. Originally set up in 2011, the Almeria Western Film Festival was the first film festival in Europe dedicated to western movies. The festival has two objectives. One is to promote the cultural value of the western film genre by promoting the latest films on offer.

The other is to screen classic movies. In addition, the festival promotes tourism and the environmental value of Tabernas as the wild west of Europe. The town, thanks to its natural desert settings, was the location for hundreds of movies in the 60s and 70s.

For more information about the third edition of the Almeria Western Film Festival, visit their website www.almeriawestern.es. ALMERIA WESTERN FILM FESTIVAL: Opens to the public on October 2.

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Facelift for historic quarter of Almeria THE Calle Descanso in the heart of the historic quarter of Almeria City is set to have a major facelift. It is the ‘road most travelled’ by tourists who visit the Alcazaba monument. Almeria City Hall will transform the facades of the individual buildings and at

the same time improve other elements of the street in what will be an ‘urban reform and privileged social environment,’ said the mayor. The street will become the ‘pilot project’ for the entire area and, as such, it is hoped it will have a domino effect and encourage neighbours to undertake similar projects in neighbouring streets. For now the €100,000 project, will be carried out with the premise of ‘improving the improvable and conserving the THE heavy rain and thunder storms of last week in conservable.’ the north of Almeria province caused several fires It is also an area in which and cut off roads, in particular in the area of Los the characteristic of the Velez. type of houses of Almeria The A399 between Oria and Chirivel was cut off has remained and offers a between kilometres 15 and 31 due to flooding in the certain distinction from the Chirivel Rambla. city centre. The rain and hail also affected several roads in the Hence it has been province including the AL-304 in Velez Rubio, the chosen to start one of the A317 near to Maria and the A92 north in Chirivel. most ambitious transThe emergency services were also alerted to formation projects for the several fires in the area caused by lightning strikes, city centre. A space, however, the heavy rain soon put them out without moreover, which is one of the need of human intervention. the most visited by tourists.

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Motorbike tour MORE than 140 motorcyclists from all over Spain took part in a tour of the province at the weekend covering a distance of around 650 kilometres.

Trip saved A NEW pharmacy has opened in Calle Extremadura in San Juan de los Terreros, saving locals and visitors the journey to Pulpi or Aguilas.

Paddling on ADVENTURER and journalist Quico Taronji passed by the Almeria coast this week as part of his 2,400 mile kayak journey from Algeciras to Istanbul.

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Cantoria gets back to work WITH the summer holidays coming to an end and children going back to school, September is the month to get back to work. And that is the case for Cantoria Town Hall. The growing number of visitors to the sports facilities means work was needed to improve parking facilities. So now workmen have started paving an area of about 1,600m2 with pressed concrete, and are doing work to prevent flooding when it rains. Close to the town centre, workmen are also putting the final touches to the restoration of the Saavedra Theatre. They are improving the inside of the building with upgraded sound and light installations, as well as improvements to the ticket office, toilets

and dressing rooms. The theatre is also getting a new lick of paint inside and out. All of the work is being carried out by Cantoria based companies and workers. The same applies to works at the entrance of the town by the AL-8311 as it passes through the hamlet of El Llano. There the council wants to finish work to walls and pavements, and to improve lighting and landscaping of that section of the Via Verde. These measures of urbanisation are being carried out through various subsidy schemes, including the employment workshop the ‘Restoration of Degraded Areas’ of the Junta de Andalucía, within the provincial plans of Almeria. It aims to provide the people of the town with

an excellent route for walking and sports, as

.well as create a space for recreation with views

towards the valley of the Almanzora.

Cancer treatment for Manolo Escobar CREDIT Wikipedia_Lobo

ALMERIA singer Manolo Escobar has had to cancel the concerts that he had planned for the coming months after his cancer came back. The decision was announced after the singer was admitted to hospital in Benidorm, where he now lives, after a review in which doctors determined that he had to increase chemotherapy for the treatment of cancer. “With this level of treatment we have to stop until the end of the year to make recovery faster,” said his representative Gabriel García Mármol, who added: “There is no ingression as such, he will have the sessions and will go home.” It is hoped that Manolo will rejoin the world of music and start performing again from January next year. In fact, the first concert would be

ESCOBAR: Hopes to return to the stage next year. in Bilbao on January 4, 2014. In appreciation for the understanding of the locations where Escobar has had to suspend his concerts, among which were Oviedo, Palencia and

Lleida, Gabriel Garcia closed the statement with the Spanish singer’s decision to stay away from the stage until early next year. “We hope to see them in the near future,” he said.

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Taking over… foreign population rises THE foreign population has seen a significant growth in Andalucia during the last decade. According to the municipal census data, the number of foreigners has increased seven fold from approximately 100,000 in 1998 to almost 750,000 in

2012, representing 8.8 per cent of the Andalucian population. Five towns in Almeria Province have a foreign population that exceeds 50 per cent, with the town of Benahavis in Malaga the only other town in Andalucia.

Dry Mouths as contest winner is announced THE Dry Mouths won the third RockinLei 2013 music competition after winning a hard-fought and intense

contest against fellow finalists Tyrano Banderas. The young band consisting of Andy Reyes

A Sunday bicycle ride MORE than 200 people participated in the first Citizen’s Bike Ride on Sunday morning in Almeria City. The event was organised jointly by Almeria City Hall and the Ministry of Development of the Junta, with the aim of promoting this form of urban transport during mobility week. The ride started from the Children’s ‘Trafico’ Play Park, located on the Nijar road and passed through the streets of the city covering a distance of just over 4.5kms which took participants around 40 minutes.

on bass, Christian Rodriguez (guitar and vocals) and Josh Morales on drums managed to win the jury over thanks to its three songs characterised by openly aggressive rock. This was coupled with great interaction with the audience during their 20 minutes on stage. The band will be rewarded with a recording of 500 copies of a disc with up to five songs. They will also receive a promotion and marketing campaign by Clifford Records.

Arboleas, Partaloa and Mojacar are the three towns with the most foreign residents in the autonomous region. The percentages are 68.4 in the case of Arboleas, Partaloa has 62.4, and Mojacar has 61.5 per cent.

Behind them, according to the foreign population map published by the Andalucian Institute of Statistics and Cartography , lie the Malaga town of Mijas, and once again in Almeria, Bedar and Los Gallardos.

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A fishy surprise in marina waters SAILORS and passers-by had a surprise at Aguadulces’s marina when shoals of millions of fish filled the harbour’s waters. According to marine biologists, millions of sardines had formed large ball shoals and entered the harbour. Fernando Orri a diver with 40 years of experience in all the oceans of the world said it was the first time he had seen anything like this, especially in a port.

He put it down to the extremely clean water making the occurrence very visible to all. He was returning to port on his boat from a diving trip when he spotted the shoals of fish. “It was like looking at one of the Posidonia Sea Grass Meadows, there were millions of fish.” This phenomenon may be related to a sun and lunar theory of fishermen, who claim the sun and the moon influence the fish. Last Thursday saw a crescent moon, the last of summer. Divers reported that the phenomenon was also seen at the entrance of the Port of Roquetas, where there ALMERIA is pedalling towards a new future were also large shoals of following the success of the Mobility Week fish . campaign. This summer has seen The Andaluz bicycle plan for the province is some strange happenings almost complete and will see around 100 in the waters off the kilometres of bicycle lanes built throughout Almeria coast with two the province. mysterious giant fish This scheme for the whole of Andalucia has washed up on the shores a budget of €400 million with approximately and a mystery of the €30 million destined for Almeria. missing Garrucha prawns.

Almeria pedalling into the future

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‘Super hero’ takes to the streets ‘SUPER HERO’ Peatonico took to the streets of Almeria City during Mobility Week to help out pedestrians and highlight the problems of the car dominated streets. The Almeria group Doble Fila, which works to promote safer mobility in the streets of the province got the idea from Mexico City where the ‘super hero’ Peatonito patrols the streets. An actor dressed as Peatonico in his red cape and mask took the opportunity to make a tour of the city, denouncing situations or objects that obstruct pedestrians’ right of way. During his tour Peatonico told off pedestrians for not

PEATONICO: The hero helped out during Mobility Week. crossing the road in the right place, and raised awareness among drivers about the need to slow down in certain areas. He also highlighted cars and motorcycles blocking

pavements, and broken paving slabs that could cause accidents. Doble Fila put great value on the initiative, because “almost

everyone has welcomed Peatonico with a great sense of humour, which was what we wanted, and both pedestrians and drivers have collaborated and had fun with our superhero.” A spokesman for the The Almeria group said: “In Mobility Week we wanted to continue doing street events, which are the ones we like, funny but with a message, and this year we wanted to put the emphasis on pedestrians, often the most neglected in mobility policies.”

A healthy alternative A FAMILY solution to a dietary problem has proved to be a great success for Almeria

entrepreneur Carmen Villanueva. Sobrasabor is a vegetarian version of

the Spanish favourite breakfast spread sobrasada. It was invented when a family member was forced to cut out their favourite spread due to health problems. The product, although similar in texture and appearance to the Mallorcan speciality which has high levels of lard, is 100 per cent vegetarian and is made entirely of prime products from Almeria with the ingredients of tomato, almonds, extra virgin oil and spices. The spread is ideal for people with high cholesterol and also for children and sports people and is slowly but surely making headway into stores and bars throughout the province.

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Mystery big cat back in the news A MYSTERY big cat is back in the news. The Guardia Civil has received a new sighting of a large black cat in the Sierra de Gador. Its desciption fits the animal that was spotted in mid-August in Castala urban park in Berja. If it is a sighting of the same cat, it would have travelled through the mountains to the neighbouring town of Dalias. According to Guardia Civil sources, two

farm workers in the foothills of the mountains, in Dalias, claimed they spotted the animal between 9am and 9.30am on Sunday morning. Several agents moved to the area to conduct a search for what could be a panther, according to the descriptions given. The first sightings of the animal forced Berja Town Hall to close the urban park on August 21, but it was reopened to the public days later even though the animal was not located. During that period, cage traps were installed to try to capture it, but without success. The animal is described as BARCELONA Football Club have confirmed their travel arrangements for their visit to play UD large and black. Berja Mayor, Antonio Torres Almeria on Saturday evening. The team will train on Friday afternoon and will said he had seen the animal fly down to Almeria at 7.30pm with the plane due himself. He added: “I would not like to meet it face to to land at Almeria Airport at 8.50pm. They will spend the night in the Hotel Elba on face. We are probably talking the upper part of Avenida del Mediterraneo and about a panther that someone will fly straight back to Barcelona after the game had as a pet and decided to let loose.” which kicks off at 6pm.

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Get braced for drunken antics as Magaluf show returns BRITONS in Spain, and Mallorca in particular, are bracing themselves for another hit to their image with the return of ITV 2’s Magaluf Weekender. Last year, series one gave

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Police training A NEW training course has begun in Almeria City for the recruitment of 60 new police officers.

Dead work ALMERIA City Hall is to invest €255,330 for the improvement of the cemeteries of El Alquian and San Jose. The work is expected to be completed before the ‘Day of the dead’ activities.

Sea rescue COASTGUARDS have rescued 66 immigrants from two boats, with three women and three children among those on board.

an insight into what young Britons get up to whilst on holiday abroad, and attracted one million viewers aged between 16 and 24-years-old. And much of it was not a

pretty sight. The series unashamedly played up to the image of drunken Brits abroad. Drunken party antics seemed to be the main ingredients of the ‘reality

show’ and more of the same is planned. But perhaps even more shocking then the bad behaviour on show are Facebook comments about the first series. In them

many young adults, who profess ‘to know Magaluf well’ say the series is ‘tame.’ Real life in the socalled ‘party capital’ they claim, is much more ‘exciting.’

Taking a Walk for Life THE now annual cancer charity walk in Arboleas, the ‘Walk for Life’ saw a massive turnout on Saturday afternoon. The afternoon event started at the town hall square with live music from the Doghouse Band and a welcome speech followed by Reverend Pauline, who covers the Andalucia region, saying a prayer before a minute’s silence. The tape to officially get the walk under way was cut by a Spanish lady Claudia, accompanied by her daughter, on behalf of Claudia’s husband who is terminally ill with cancer. Rebecca Long accompanied by her husband Louis also helped in the cutting of the tape. This brave lady, like everyone that has been affected by cancer had her own story to tell and was full of praise for the Walk for Life charity. Rebecca said: “As well as my husband Louis, Walk for

WALK FOR LIFE: The annual charity walk saw a massive turnout. TAPE CUT: Officially under way. Life has been brilliant. They helped us out with a translation service and even paid for our diesel when we were travelling to Torrecardenas hospital in Almeria City twice a week for chemotherapy. “I have an inoperable tumour on my oesophagus

and I am now on palliative care, taking painkillers and protein drinks. My husband Louis and I have cried a lot but we are enjoying life to the maximum.” Participants took either a three or six kilometre walk, and upon returning to the

square were given a round of applause. Entertainment included a dog show, live music and a hog roast. There was a great atmosphere with bars providing drinks and tapas. Anyone affected with cancer can obtain support

from the Walk For Life, there is an office at the back of Sophia’s Wellness Centre which has a stock of specialist beds, wheelchairs, walking aids, mobility care and much more, freely available to anyone in need. Donations of equipment are appreciated. All money raised goes to helping both local Spanish and British families and is used for all kinds of help including hospital scans, translation services, wigs, dental services, fuel and money for dental services. There are still two unclaimed prizes from the raffle, the winning tickets are Pink 31 and Green 296. On behalf of everyone who contributed to the day, Paula would like to say a big ‘thank you’. There is still time to make a donation.

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Fare deal? BENIDORM bus fares are amongst the most expensive in Spain. An ordinary ticket costs €1.50 compared to €1.40 in Alicante city, €1.25 in Gijon (Asturias), €1.20 in Granada and €1 in both Fuengirola and Santiago de Compostela.

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Immigrants saved FOURTEEN immigrants have been rescued by the Maritime Safety Service when they were trying to reach the Castell de Ferro coast on a dinghy. The migrants, all men of Maghribian origin, were in good health.

THE International Valencian Paella Competition was held recently in Sueca (Valencia) where Julian Garcia of the Posada Real in Santa Maria de Campo Rus (Cuenca) produced “the best paella in the world.”

In hospital

Cyber targets

Crisis-hit APPROXIMATELY 50,000 bars and restaurants closed in Spain between 2008 and 2012. Five thousand- 10 per cent of the national total - were located in the Valencian Community.

Nazi salute THE PP expelled a member of its youth branch, Nuevas Generaciones, photographed in Paterna (Valencia) giving the Nazi salute. Four similar incidents are under review in the region.

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Big rise

A 15-YEAR-OLD BOY was run over by a car while trying to cross the N340 road in Motril. He was admitted to the Santa Ana Hospital with severe injuries to his body. At the time of going to press, he was stable after undergoing surgery. HELPING HAND: John Griffith, with Keira and her mother Debbie. A CHARITY shop is appealing for people to give money to. The Moraira Charity Shop, which stepped in to help disabled girl Keira with €2,500 for intensive therapy, as reported in last week’s EWN, has a large fund at its disposal to help the elderly or people in need. In the last year it has handed out €30,000. And it is not alone. The Charity Shop Library in Javea has also stepped in to help cerebal palsy sufferer Keira. The five-year-old needed not just the cost of the treatment, but approximately €600 for accommodation. The Charity Shop Library stepped in with the full cost, plus another €400 for ‘extras.’ Georgina Harvey, of the Javea charity explained that they wanted to help as many people as possible. “We try to give away €60,000 a year,” she said. Meanwhile John Griffith, who is on the committee of the Moraira Charity Shop, explained that they are always on the lookout for deserving causes. He said: “When we saw the EWN story about Keira we wanted to help.” http://morairacharityshop.com and http://www.charityshoplibrary.com.

News from our editions With six editions and read by more than half a million people, EWN is Spain’s largest free local English- language newspaper

THE Valencia Region has seen Spain’s highest increase in international tourist arrivals in the first eight months of the year. The Frontier Tourist Movement Survey (Frontur) highlighted an increase of 11.8 per cent in the region, to 4.3 million tourists.

be shared among the four who have a good chance of reaching the next Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

Signed up

Still life

THIRTY people of British, Irish, French, Belgian and Scandinavian nationalities have signed up to Torrevieja’s free basic Spanish language courses, which have now been running for over a decade.

‘STILL life and more’ is the title of the new exhibition on display at the Casino Mediterráneo Orihuela Costa by German painter Willibald Gitterer which will be on display until October 29.

Fire damage

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NINETY wildfires have burned 71.66 hectares of forest land since the start of the year across the Murcia Region.

Dream on FOUR Torrevieja athletes are being supported by the local council in their Olympic dream. Grants of €14,000 will

Balearic Islands Trade Union claimed a 69.97 per cent turnout for the protest outside the Balearic Parliament on Tuesday.

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Paella winner

THE Valencian Community has 250 installations vulnerable to cyber attack. They include the Cofrentes nuclear power station, airports and water treatment plants.

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In custody A COUPLE, the owner of a brothel and one of its waitresses, have been remanded in custody for their alleged implication in a swindle case in which more than €200,000 were stolen from their clients after obtaining their credit cards PIN.

Cyclist hurt

Sea rescue TWO young men were rescued by the Provincial Maritime Service after they got trapped in the Salobreña Rock due to heavy waves. They were taken to La Guardia beach.

Biker flees A MOTORCYCLIST fled the A7 motorway in Rincon de la Victoria after being involved in a collision with a car in which three people, two adults and an eightyear-old girl, were injured.

Drug pushers

A GERMAN cyclist, aged 48, has been admitted to the Manacor Hospital with severe injuries to her body after she was involved in a collision with a 4x4 in Cala Millor.

NATIONAL Police officers have dismantled a drug-selling point and seized 130 marihuana doses in VelezMalaga. Two people, a 31-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman have been arrested and charged with an alleged crime against public health.

Bouncer in jail

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A COURT in Palma has sentenced a bouncer to 16 months in prison after he punched a client in the face, causing injuries to the victim’s nose and upper lip and a broken tooth.

Theft arrest

Voice over MALAGA-BORN actor Antonio Banderas will lend his voice to one of the characters in the second SpongeBob SquarePants film.

Fruit gift

TWO women were arrested by Local Police officers for allegedly trying to steal a British woman’s handbag in Magaluf. The victim’s boyfriend was also arrested after he assaulted a minor who was with the arrested.

MORE than 1,000 kilos of fruit which was being sold illegally in Marbella was handed over by Local Police to the Bancosol food bank and Aspandem Association for the Disabled.

Teachers protest

Pay-out

TEACHERS on the Balearic Islands are planning their second week of protests against the regional government’s language policy in schools. The

THE Andalucian Health Service has been ordered to pay €600,000 to a girl, nine, who was left severely disabled after an infection at birth.

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Economy set for expansion SPAIN’S economy is set to advance this quarter. This is what the government, particularly Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, has promised all along and analysts are cautiously agreeing. But the improvement will be minimal

according to statistics prepared for the Savings Banks Foundation (Funcas). A third-quarter GDP increase of 0.1 per cent on second-quarter figures is now predicted instead of the zero growth that Funcas forecast in July. The increase will reduce the GDP’s anticipated fall by two decimal points to 1.3 per cent instead of the 1.5 per cent expected this year. Predicted growth of 0.7 per cent for 2014 will owe less to domestic demand and report continued, to the consumption than the extent that the capacity for export sector, the one dealing with them is area that remains ‘seriously compromised’ in buoyant. ‘more than a few’ The improvement prosecution departments. will fail to provide No kind of filter exists in employment and the the judicial machinery for crisis is set to channelling these claims. continue next year, As a result, an Funcas said. ‘overwhelming’ number of Although the petitions have to be unemployment rate is rejected, the report said. expected to shrink Most alleged fundafrom this year’s 26.5 mental rights violations are per cent to 25.9 per related to breached cent in 2014, this will indemnity guarantees and be the result of a the employee’s right to reduction in the judicial protection against working population reprisals for claiming and not the number rights. of jobless.

Sacking claims clog up courts AS the crisis continues, appeals against dismissal have escalated. Lawsuits launched by aggrieved workers claiming that employers breached their fundamental rights have become commonplace instead of exceptional, the Fiscalia General del Estado (State Prosecution Service) said. The increase is overloading public prosecution departments, claimed the 2012 report, published at the start of the 2013-2014 Judiciary Year. The Fiscalia is barely prepared to handle so many complaints, the

Madrid falls from tourist favour THE 34 million foreign tourists visiting Spain between January and July broke all records. But while this was 3.9 per cent more than in 2012, the 2.4 million foreign tourists who visited Madrid during the same period fell by 5.7 per cent. The Madrid region has now experienced three consecutive months of dwindling foreign tourism, a Ministry of Industry survey revealed. Although there were more US

tourists, there was a noticeable fall in Italian, French and Latin American visitors to Madrid. Nationally, the Valencian Community experienced the steepest rise in foreign tourism during the first six months of the year, with a 12.2 per cent increase. Cataluña continued to receive more foreign tourists than any other region, followed by Baleares, the Canary Islands and Andalucia.

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STAT OF WEEK Cataluña’s wine and cava exports increased by 0.7 per cent to €261.3 million during the second quarter. They account for 19.2 per cent of the region’s foreign sales.

New job JOSEP PIQUE, ex-president of Vueling, goes as chief executive to Spanish construction company OHL. Early rumours named him to replace Antonio Vazquez as Iberia president.

Bonds sale

FORECAST: PM Rajoy may be right.

SPANISH region CastileLeon is hoping to raise €200m with a bonds sale, the first by an autonomous region since January.

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LONDON - FTSE 100 NET VOLUME 1,350.63 47.66 107.47 161.81 451.62 360.87 309.29 102.31 368.62 2,132.77 39.45 924.97 27,773.30 964.87 663.16 3,440.38 366.17 568.01

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PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE VOLUME 120.01 77.32 34.32 116.63 84.75 124.92 24.51 59.42 88.66 24.01 169.75 77.00 23.77 190.02 89.68 52.80 96.90 48.01 32.79 69.37 28.97 79.39 39.40 86.06 109.58 70.57 47.78 198.83

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Most Advanced Verenium Corporation Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Sierra Wireless, Inc. Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Energy Recovery, Inc. Naugatuck Valley Financial Corporation IntriCon Corporation Alphatec Holdings, Inc. Pendrell Corporation Lifeway Foods, Inc. Horizon Pharma, Inc.

$ 3.97 1.46 / + 58.17% $ 4.74 0.94 / + 24.74% $ 14.74 2.29 / + 18.39% $ 43.30 6.61 / + 18.02% $ 63.94 7.51 / + 13.31% $ 7.67 0.90 / + 13.29% $ 7.94 0.82 / + 11.52% $ 3.39 0.3382 / + 11.08% $ 2.18 0.21 / + 10.66% $ 2.19 0.21 / + 10.61% $ 14.09 1.25 / + 9.74% $ 3.42 0.292 / + 9.34%

Most Declined Prosensa Holding N.V. BlackBerry Limited Dawson Geophysical Company CHS Inc Emmis Communications Corporation Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. RMG Networks Holding Corporation Trade Street Residential, Inc. Silvercrest Asset Management Group Inc. Supertel Hospitality, Inc.

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VOLUME 589.52 132.07 130.92 176.51 177.20 725.76 326.23 1,625.53 3,676.52 397.57 38.58 5,442.78 131.56 242.29 209.74 1,111.09 34.93 1,797.97 64.81 713.89 331.26 1,340.70 39,101.94 60.18 545.63 175.90 183.13 1,242.98 38.64 856.05 317.03 227.63 278.25 305.62 120.63 193.18 942.12 297.09 188.86 592.69 808.51 2,361.76 1,010.52 2,969.24 340.58 137.99 815.90 30.36 229.24 53.87 299.99 259.80 72.99 150.22 498.66 681.98 173.84 1,379.73 81.69 432.23 196.72 448.92 475.87 78.48 20,717.11 120.00 38.86 577.07 657.96 33.82 271.09 350.20

FINANCE, BUSINESS & LEGAL BUSINESS EXTRA

Orange alert FRENCH mobile operator, Orange, wants Spain’s monopolies commission (CNC) to suspend the agreement between Telefonica and Yoigo to provide 4G services, as this amounts to price-fixing they claimed.

Ideas man EMILIO BOTIN has appointed Rodrigo Rato, ex-president of Bankia, as special adviser to Santander’s international board. Rato will ‘contribute ideas for the bank’s international strategy.’

Tough decision INDUSTRIAL bakery Panrico is suspending 4,000 employees’ September pay cheques. Panrico, consistently undercut by supermarkets’ own-labels, will use the cash to pay suppliers.

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Cookie monster’s money tips! IF a child is confronted with a tasty marshmallow, what do they do? Eat it or save it for later? This simple scenario is the basis of a very famous psychological experiment to test a child’s self-control. The results point to how a child may fair financially in the future. In 1972, 1,000 children were studied - each child was sat in a chair and one delicious marshmallow was placed in front of them. The children were told: “You can have one marshmallow now, or two in 10 minutes, if you wait.” Most of the children tested wolfed down the little pillow of sweetness within moments. Only one third of the children waited the 10 minutes to receive two marshmallows. The experiment proved just how hard it is for children to have self-control and be able to see benefits in the future. But teaching children selfcontrol is vital according to the

IRRESISTIBLE: How many children would be able to resist the temptation of a sweet treat in front of them?

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results of the study, which followed the same 1,000 children for more than 30 years. In short, the two thirds that showed no self-control in the marshmallow test were in deep

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financial trouble by their early 30s. The high self-control children, however, are apparently doing very well. They are entrepreneurs, own their own homes and have retirement plans.

Self-control and learning to save at a young age is extremely important and, luckily for parents, Sesame Street is here to help. Over its four decades, the children’s programme has taught tiny tots a lot of valuable lessons. Now Sesame Street friends Elmo, Grover and Cookie Monster are teaching children self-control in order to save money too. In one episode the furry puppet Elmo explains to kids the importance of savings. Elmo explains that when we want something, we can’t have it immediately - that we have to build towards getting it. He uses the example of a ‘stupendous ball’ he wants that costs $5. Throughout the episode Elmo has to do small jobs to earn $5 over some time. If the self-control of our threeyear-old selves really does predict financial prosperity in the future, then I suggest all parents ensure that their children listen carefully to what the Cookie Monster has to say!

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Inditex still growing despite narrowing profit margins INDITEX, the world’s biggest clothing retailer, has seen sales grow, even though profit growth has slowed. The owner of the Zara chain signalled it was not immune to the depressed European markets, where cut price competition combined with a cold spring and foreign currency fluctuations combined to drive down profit margins after a particularly strong 2012. But analysts said the Spanish group’s model of rapidly-changing fashion ranges remained among the best in the industry, and noted fast-growing Asian markets had overtaken Spain as its biggest source of sales for the first time. “We continue to believe Inditex will deliver double

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GROWING: Zara leading Inditex growth. digit earnings growth in the medium term and can hold its multiple,” said Bernstein analysts, referring to the company’s shares, which trade at 25 times earnings forecasts for 2013 versus a

sector average of 16, according to Thomson Reuters data. Inditex, which owns eight brands including upmarket Massimo Dutti and teen label Bershka, said net

profit rose 1 per cent to €951 million in the six months to July, reported Reuters. That beat analysts’ average forecast of €926 million, helped by control of costs and a lower tax rate. The gross margin slipped

Counting on higher harvest

to 58.6 per cent of sales versus 59.6 per cent the year before. However, Inditex said it expected gross margins to end the year broadly stable - 50 basis points higher or lower than what it considered to be an exceptional margin in 2012. It also reported a pick-up in sales growth following a weak spring season. Retail sales fell in Spain for the 37th straight month in July and the country still accounts for 19.3 per cent of Inditex’s sales, albeit down from 21.5 per cent a year ago. However, the group said sales in Asia, Australia and Africa had overtaken Spain to account for 21.7 per cent of the total, up from 20.2 per cent a year earlier. Inditex’s shares have tripled in value in the last five years.

OLIVE OIL: Prices have risen.

HIGH olive oil prices after last year’s droughtstricken crop could leave a smile on farmers’ faces. Prices for premium oils are up a third from last year. With this year’s Spanish crop expected to yield about 1.4m tonnes it could mean a financial fillip for growers.

Spain’s debt continues to grow despite cutbacks WHILE a return to economic growth is on the cards, Spain’s national debt continued to rise in June. The country owes an eye-watering €942.8 billion according to the Spanish Central Bank. That is the equivalent of 92.2 per cent of the country’s economic output for a year. The bank forecasts, if trends continue, that it could reach 100 per cent within three years. Despite austerity measures that have seen cuts in public services across the board, debt has grown 15 per cent in a year. The figure broke the target of 91.4 per cent set by the Spanish government. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s aim to reduce public spending by €150 billion between 2012 and 2014, is proving a tough target with unemployment of 26 per cent reducing the tax take and pushing up spending on benefits.

Banks face ‘haircut’ BANKS owed billions by insolvent frozen fish company Pescanova are being asked to take a 70 to 75 per cent ‘haircut.’ A KPMG audit showed the company had a debt of €3.6 billion, making it one of the country’s biggest bankruptcies. Most of that is believed to be owed to the Sabadell, Popular, Caixabank and NovaGalicia banks. New chairman Juan Manuel Urgoiti was due to meet bank representatives. It is thought he wants them to accept losses as part of a plan to relaunch the firm. But he might have his work cut out as, in an independent action, accounting firm

PwC is drawing up a viability plan to save the company. Measures could include a fire sale of assets and an exchange of debt for shares. That would give the banks control of the company. Whether the banks want to get into the frozen fish industry is another question. Urgoiti is a former chairman of Banco Gallego and sits on the board of directors at success story Inditex, owners of Zara clothing retailers. Former chairman Manuel Fernandez de Sousa and nine former executives face a string of charges in the criminal courts. Several are alleged to have made millions of euros fraudulently.

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Just who do you think you are kidding ? INTERESTING to read in the finance pages (Issue 1472) that Telefonica (or Movistar) bosses think they can stop losing customers. They must be kidding! They had better think again unless they change their customer service. Telefonica rebranded as Movistar largely because it had such a dire reputation for service. If my experience is anything to go by nothing has changed. I have now moved to a smaller provider after a long list of delays and problems with Movistar and am very happy to have done so. My new phone company actually seems to want my custom. It is cheaper and offers far better service. So if Movistar, which lost 248,000 customers in March, really wants to turn things around they should sack their head of customer services and employ someone who actually cares for their clients. Jonathan McNamara, Elche (Alicante).

Justice questions TWO stories attracted my attention (Costa del Sol Issue 1472). Firstly, Assault revenge. “A man, 26, was arrested in Malaga for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman, 29. Her partner, 35, was arrested for beating the attacker unconscious.” Should the partner of the sexually assaulted lady just have stood by and done nothing to protect/defend his lady companion? Secondly, Bazaar attack. “Four people were arrested in Malaga for allegedly attacking the owner of a Chinese bazaar. The victim’s husband was also arrested for hitting them with a stick.” Should he have just stood by and done nothing to protect/defend his wife? Two defenders of innocents protecting their loved ones and arrested? Is this sensible, true justice? Jack Nusbaum, Torremolinos (Malaga).

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SO! Mary Hopkins (Letters, Issue 1471) is perfectly happy to buy from the looky looky men without looking at the bigger picture. She asks can someone “explain”

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Money monsters I AGREE with CG that the ruination of Africa is charity (Letters Issue 1470). Some of these charities seem to be money-making ‘monsters.’ A few months ago I managed to get in touch with two of these so called charities, I complained about their use of young children on the TV adverts. The answer I got was that they were ‘paid actors,’ this referred to a little lad standing in a cot with tears in his eyes. Can you believe it? Then a few weeks later they began showing an advert with a baby a few months old, could that be another actor? They are sick making money the way they are doing. I think they should be educating the populations about birth control! NW Comares (Malaga).

Some exile! I took this picture of housemartins, at the bottom of our garden, being fed by mum and dad. It was extraordinary watching them as neither parent alighted but fed them on the wing.

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why the police are set on stopping them. I will try! They most probably do not pay their dues, social or taxes. Many of the goods are counterfeit and some are most probably dangerous (small loose bits dangerous to children, lead paint etc) and are often shoddy and sub-standard. The source of the goods comes from cheap (sweat shop) labour, and most probably from black (drugs/ arms/laundered) money. They are also taking money away from legitimate traders and shops. When the police arrive they pack up and run away because they know they are breaking the law and selling fake goods. If you cannot afford designer goods why buy sub-standard ones that fall to bits? Go to the normal shops and buy something really comparable. I know

these people need to make a living but there are other jobs like cleaning, gardening, window cleaning. Mick Scarles, Javea (Alicante)

Looky out! AFTER visiting Torrox Costa market we took some friends visiting from the UK to a favourite Chinese restaurant on the front for a menu del dia. For the next couple of hours we were pestered every 10 to 15 minutes by hawkers with no respect for our privacy. They were not deterred with a wave of no thanks or even a ‘no gracias’ so our conversations or meal had to be interrupted to, as politely as possible, tell them to go away. As the restaurant owners, who I believe have the right to stop them entering their premises and can be fined if they are caught selling there, seem to turn a blind eye, maybe they are on a percentage. We felt like sitting targets. We would like to be able to have an internationally recognised sign on the table that says no hawkers and be left to enjoy the meal and company. We now seriously think twice about returning to any restaurant where we have been pestered. Diane Clark (By email)

IN response to the letter from Charles Roasad (Gibraltar suffered as well, Issue 1472) on the subject of the award for gallantry for Gibraltar. l find his comparison between the way the citizens of Gibraltar and Malta were managed in some cases amusing. I’m sure the citizens of Malta would have been delighted to have been sent to Jamaica or Madeira. Unfortunately nobody asked them. As for being bombed by the Italians that’s a joke - they used to drop their load in the sea and be home before tea. Ask any Maltese, they loved being bombed by the Italians. As for not asking for the award, see page 73 in the same paper reference Felix Alvares’s comment. (The chairman of the Equality Right Group welcomed a UK Parliamentary question about the George Cross). Clive Graham (By email) Editor’s note; the letters referred to are about a call for Gibraltar to be awarded the George Cross, as happened to Malta in World War 2.

Well done! GREAT news about Keira having her therapy paid for (Issue 1472). Well done to all at Moraira charity shop, you are the sort of people that make life worthwhile! Diana Evans, Javea (Alicante)

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OPINION & COMMENT

Burka controversies are a ploy to bring in Islamic message

HAT no one seems to realise is that all this burka business is simply yet another ploy to bring the Islamic ‘message’ into the front rooms of the ‘infidels.’ Another weapon in the hands of those who would take over our culture and ultimately our democratic freedom. A dozen or so years back no one had even heard of Islam, let alone be interested enough to discuss its pros and cons. Now it’s everywhere. You can’t pick up a newspaper without some Islamic follower spouting off about being ‘offended’ by some action taken by the follower of a different faith, generally Christian. As a Christian country, the UK populace has to be made completely aware that our culture is totally unacceptable to these people, irrespective of how many ‘moderates’ declare otherwise. To these extremists we are the evil face of the non-believer and the

CHOICE: Democratic right.

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT ultimate goal of their branch of Islam is to rid the world of all who don’t totally encompass the teachings of the prophet Mohamed. We have to make some kind of stand against those who would take away our freedom and plunge our free thinking, often tragically naive populace back into the dark ages. The lessons are there for the taking. All we have to do is take a leaf out

of many Islamic countries’ book. Some don’t allow Christian churches to be erected. Therefore we curb the building of mosques, before there’s one on every street. They don’t allow anyone, even in private, to worship anything other than Islam. We therefore have to firmly discourage the taking over of whole streets by praying congregations. We have to let these people know that halal meat can never be obligatory and pork will always be on the school menu. We must bring home loud and clear that the Union Jack is the flag of our country and it will be flown over

every school in the land if so desired. We must endeavour to prevent ‘no go’ areas and make it absolutely clear that Sharia law is not the law of our land and never will be. Most of all we must stop being petrified to cause offence to these people. So they’re easily ‘offended.’ So what? What are they going to do if we ban the burka in all public institutions (which we should). Declare war? In Islamic countries I’ve seen Western women smacked on their bare arms and calves with pretty hefty sticks wielded by ‘religious police.’ I’m not condoning the physical removal of women’s face masks, but if something isn’t done, I can see the only course of action being one of violence. Do you really want to see our suburbs resembling those of the Syrians? For all our sakes, and especially our children, please God let it never come to that. Keep the faith. Love Leapy. leapylee2002@gmail.com.

END COLUMN Cornwall hail storm A FREAK hail storm left the Cornish town of Boslowick in Falmouth looking like a winter wonderland following the hottest summer in years.

Phone home A JAPANESE robot, Kirobo, orbiting 230 miles above Earth at 17,000 mph broadcast a message from the International Space Station in the first time a robot has spoken from space.

President’s loo HOMELAND star Damian Lewis admitted he took a picture of his wife, Helen McCrory in the White House toilet when they were invited for a state dinner with Barack Obama last year.

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FRIDAY

THURSDAY

BBC1 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Country Show Cook Off 5:15pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Waterloo Road 10:00pm Super Giant Animals 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Question Time

BBC2

4:45pm Elephant Diaries 5:15pm Incredible Animal Journeys 6:15pm Cash in the Attic 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm James Martin's Food Map of Britain 8:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Everyday Gourmets 9:00pm The Wonder of Dogs 10:00pm Peaky Blinders 11:00pm Mock the Week 11:30pm Newsnight 12:20am Science Britannica 1:20am The Review Show

ITV

4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Tonight 9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm Pat and Cabbage 10:00pm Women Behind Bars 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm Ade in Adland 12:35am Goodwood Revival 2013 1:30am Jackpot247 4:00am Tonight 4:25am ITV Nightscreen

ITV 2

BBC1 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Country Show Cook Off 5:15pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Ronnie's Animal Crackers 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Miranda 10:00pm Strictly Come Dancing 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm John Bishop Live 12:55am The Love Letter

BBC2

4:45pm Elephant Diaries 5:15pm Incredible Animal Journeys 6:15pm Cash in the Attic 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm James Martin's Food Map of Britain 8:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Everyday Gourmets 9:00pm Mastermind 9:30pm Gardeners' World 10:00pm David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight 12:05am Later... with Jools Holland

ITV

4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Gino's Italian Escape 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Piers Morgan's Life Stories 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm The Break-Up 1:30am Jackpot247

ITV 2

4:05pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:10pm The Real Housewives of Vancouver 6:05pm The Millionaire Matchmaker 7:00pm Dinner Date 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm The X Factor USA 11:00pm Celebrity Juice 11:50pm The Magaluf Weekender 12:50am Crazy Beaches

4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Location, Location, Location 10:00pm Educating Yorkshire 11:00pm My Tattoo Addiction 12:05am The Fried Chicken Shop

4:30pm Countdown 5:15pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 10:00pm The IT Crowd 11:00pm Alan Carr: Chatty Man 12:20am Big Fat Quiz of the 80s 1:50am Random Acts

Channel 4

SATURDAY

BBC1 4:00pm Cycling 5:00pm Final Score 6:10pm BBC News 6:20pm Regional News 6:25pm Weather 6:30pm I Love My Country 7:15pm Pointless 8:00pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:25pm Atlantis 10:15pm The National Lottery Draws 10:25pm Casualty 11:15pm BBC News 11:28pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 12:55am The Football League Show 2:10am Weatherview

BBC2

5:00pm Cycling 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm The Wonder of Dogs 8:00pm Dad's Army 8:30pm Count Arthur Strong 9:00pm The 70s 10:00pm Mock the Week 10:30pm The Sarah Millican Slightly Longer Television Programme 11:10pm Dara O'Briain: Craic Dealer 12:10am Wonder Boys 1:55am Distant Voices Still Lives 3:15am This is BBC Two

ITV

4:05pm The X Factor 5:05pm Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles 6:55pm Local News and Weather 7:05pm ITV News and Weather 7:20pm You've Been Framed and Famous! 8:20pm Stepping Out 9:20pm The X Factor 10:50pm Through the Keyhole 11:50pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 12:05am 10,000 Bc 2:00am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show

ITV 2

4:00pm Peter Andre: My Life 5:00pm The Hot Desk: Kings of Leon 5:15pm You've Been Framed! 5:45pm You've Been Framed! 6:15pm You've Been Framed! 6:45pm Happy Feet 8:50pm Evan Almighty 10:50pm The Xtra Factor 11:50pm Celebrity Juice 12:40am The Magaluf Weekender 1:40am Crazy Beaches 2:10am The X Factor 3:30am Life's Funniest Moments 3:55am Teleshopping

Channel 4

5:10pm Come Dine with Me 5:40pm Come Dine with Me 6:10pm Come Dine with Me 6:45pm Come Dine with Me 7:15pm Come Dine with Me 7:40pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 9:00pm Grand Designs 10:00pm The Taking of Pelham 123 12:10am Hitman

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BBC1 4:30pm Ronnie's Animal Crackers 5:00pm Points of View 5:15pm Songs of Praise 5:50pm Escape to the Country 6:35pm Britain's Big Wildlife Revival 7:35pm BBC News 7:50pm Regional News 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm Countryfile 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm By Any Means 11:00pm BBC News 11:15pm Regional News 11:20pm Weather 11:25pm Match of the Day 2 12:25am New Town Killers

MONDAY

BBC1 4:45pm Country Show Cook Off 5:15pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Inside Out 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm A Question of Sport 10:00pm Motorway Cops 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Saving Syria's Children 12:05am BBC News: The Editors

TUESDAY

BBC1

4:45pm Country Show Cook Off 5:15pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm New Tricks 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Stephen Lawrence Unity Concert 12:35am Who Do You Think You Are?

BBC2

6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two

ITV2

TUESDAY

8:00pm - You’ve Been Framed! Comedy show which features a selection of camcorder catastrophes and video disasters.

BBC2

5:15pm Flog It! 6:00pm Rugby League 7:00pm Great British Railway Journeys 7:30pm The Great British Bake Off 8:30pm The Ginge the Geordie and the Geek 9:00pm The Crane Gang 10:00pm The Story of the Jews 11:00pm The Wrong Mans 11:30pm QI XL

6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Everyday Gourmets 9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm Tom Kerridge's Proper Pub Food 10:00pm The Midwives 11:00pm Never Mind the Buzzcocks

4:05pm You've Been Framed! 4:35pm Big Star's Little Star 5:35pm Downton Abbey 7:05pm Local News and Weather 7:15pm ITV News and Weather 7:30pm Surprise Surprise 8:30pm The X Factor 10:00pm Downton Abbey 11:05pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:20pm Larry Crowne 1:10am Aviva Premiership Rugby Highlights 2:00am The Store

5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Countrywise 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Doc Martin 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather

ITV

ITV 2

5:40pm The X Factor 7:10pm The Xtra Factor 8:10pm Mr Bean's Holiday 10:00pm The Xtra Factor 11:00pm Fast and Furious 1:10am The X Factor

Channel 4

5:00pm Location, Location, Location 6:05pm Channel 4 News 6:25pm The Political Slot 6:30pm American Football Live at Wembley 9:00pm Kevin McCloud's Man Made Home 10:00pm Big Fat Quiz of the 90s 11:35pm Gogglebox 12:20am Alan Carr: Chatty Man

ITV

ITV 2

5:10pm The Real Housewives of Vancouver 6:05pm The Millionaire Matchmaker 7:00pm Dinner Date 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm The X Factor 10:00pm Peter Andre: My Life 11:00pm Bridget Jones's Diary

Channel 4

5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Jamie's Money Saving Meals

WEDNESDAY

8:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Bakeation 9:00pm The Great British Bake Off 10:00pm The Wrong Mans 10:30pm The Sarah Millican Television Programme 11:00pm Later Live... with Jools Holland 11:30pm Newsnight

ITV

5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm UEFA Champions League 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm UEFA Champions League

4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Country Show Cook Off 5:15pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 9:00pm Watchdog 10:00pm The Great British Year 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Father Figure

BBC2

4:45pm Elephant Diaries 5:15pm South Pacific 6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 6:55pm Party Political Broadcast by the Conservative Party Political broadcast by the Conservative Party. 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Bake-ation 9:00pm The House That £100k Built 10:00pm Science Britannica 11:00pm The Culture Show 11:30pm Newsnight 12:20am Today at the Conference

ITV

4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Big Star's Little Star 10:00pm Whitechapel 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm Exposure 12:35am James Nesbitt's Ireland 1:05am Jackpot247

ITV 2

6:05pm The Millionaire Matchmaker 7:00pm Dinner Date 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Peter Andre: My Life 10:00pm The Magaluf Weekender 11:00pm Crazy Beaches 11:30pm Celebrity Juice

5:10pm The Real Housewives of Vancouver 6:05pm The Millionaire Matchmaker 7:00pm Dinner Date 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm You've Been Framed! 10:00pm Girlfriends 11:00pm Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason 1:15am Fake Reaction

6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Double Your House for Half the Money 10:00pm My Big Fat Gypsy Christening 11:00pm London Irish 11:30pm My Tattoo Addiction

5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm The Three Day Nanny 10:00pm Grand Designs 11:00pm Gogglebox 11:45pm My Big Fat Gypsy Ladies' Day

ITV 2

Channel 4

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Sue Barker steps down from BBC Sports Personality of the Year

ARY LINEKER, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan have been announced as joint presenters of the 2013 BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards, as Sue Barker steps down from the hosting job after 19 years. Barker remains as a member of the judging panel and will play a major role in this year’s 60th anniversary show. Barker said: “It has been an honour to present BBC Sports Personality of the Year for the last 19 years and I have loved every minute of it. The BBC has asked me to stay but I had made the decision to downsize my commitments a while ago, and I knew that the time would be right after what was always set to be a magical 2012.” ITV has released a first-look picture from the new Birds of a Feather. The classic BBC sitcom will return for a new series on ITV in spring 2014. Richard Shanley Linda Robson (Tracey), Pauline Quirke (Sharon) and Lesley Joseph (Dorien) have all reprised their roles, with new OF EUROPA DIGITAL episodes starting shooting this week. Birds of a Feather originally ran for 102 BIRDS OF A FEATHER: New series. RIGHT: Sue Barker. episodes on BBC One, and followed sisters Sharon and Tracey, who move in together fourth and final coach on The Voice UK. superstars. after their husbands are jailed for armed The Kaiser Chiefs frontman will join fellow I’m just lucky robbery. They befriend cougar neighbour new mentor Kylie Minogue and the the Kaiser Chiefs Dorien. Robson, Quirke and Joseph toured returning Sir Tom Jones. have rubber a successful stage version of the TV show He said: “Who doesn’t want to spend stamped my temporary last year. ITV has commissioned eight new their Saturday night with Kylie Minogue? I loan!” Birds of a Feather episodes for television. spent last winter yelling at The Voice, and The BBC’s Mark Linsey, Controller of Ricky Wilson has been confirmed as the both Sir Tom Jones and will.i.am were total Entertainment Commissioning stated:

DISHING THE DIRT

“Ricky is one of the UK music scene’s great frontmen. He knows all about performance and will complement the rest of the coaching line-up perfectly.” Kaiser Chiefs scored a number one single in 2007 with ‘Ruby,’ while they are also known for their tracks including ‘Oh My God’ and ‘I Predict a Riot.’ The band has been nominated for a Mercury Prize, while also winning five Brit Awards and an Ivor Novello Award. Last year, they performed at the Olympic Closing Ceremony. The Voice UK returns for a third series in January 2014 on BBC One. If you would like me to answer any questions you may have on satellite TV or to expand on anything I have written about please call me on 678 332 815 or email richard@europadigital.com. I look forward to your comments and questions. Don’t forget to listen to my radio show every weekday from 10am on Spectrum Radio (90.8FM Coastal & 96.1FM Inland), now covering over 2000sq kms of Costa Almeria or listen online at costaalmeria.spectrumfm.net.

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Girls dressing up for girl friends

CHARITY PERFUME: Is based on the scent of coffee beans.

Coffee scent goes on sale worldwide A COFFEE perfume has been created to help funds for a cancer charity. As part of the ‘World’s Biggest Coffee Morning,’ being held tomorrow (Friday) by Macmillan Cancer Support, the three fragrances, based on the scent of coffee beans, will be available to purchase. Macmillan hopes to raise over £15m

(€17m) from the coffee mornings which are taking place across the world, including many parts of Spain. For more information visit www.macmillan.org.uk/ coffee

WOMEN spend more time getting ready for a night out with girl-friends than for a date. A new study on 2,000 women conducted by Malibu Rum found that on average, women spend 40 minutes getting ready for a date, but more than an hour getting ready for a night out with friends. Two thirds of the women involved in the study said the reason behind this is they want to ‘wow’ their friends by looking the best they can and also admitted to comparing their appearance to that of their pals. And for this reason spend more time preening than they perhaps normally would. Whereas 50 per cent of women admitted they have to rush to get ready for a date night, because their partners are ready considerably faster and lack patience.

NIGHT OUT: Everyone wants to ‘wow’ their friends. For some, however, it’s about the revelling and enjoying the process with a cocktail or glass of wine, and the music on whilst choosing the best outfit, hair and make-up to complete the look.

That’s why, according to the study a further 44 per cent of the women surveyed also admitted they enjoy the experience of getting ready to go out with friends just as much as the night out itself.

McCartney’s headscarves DESIGNER Stella McCartney has created two headscarves which will be given to cancer patients. They will be available to patients at London’s College Hospital (UK) but can also be bought online from Harper’s Bazaar to raise money for the hospital’s charity. The designer, who lost her mother to breast cancer, said the cause was close to her heart: “When you’re ill, your confidence is very low. “For me, feeling good about the way you look is key. It is empowering and it helps you to fight.”

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POOR DIET: Middle-aged men have a greater risk of depression.

Comfort food could make us more depressed MIDDLE-AGED men eating a poor diet are at greater risk from depression. A study by a university in Finland, of more than 2,000 men, found that those who ate more junk food, such as processed

meat and sugary drinks are more likely to suffer from depression. The study found those who ate most vegetables, fruits, berries, whole grains, poultry, fish and low fat cheese suffered less symptoms and, during 13 years of

follow up, had a lower risk of suffering from depression. In the UK, depression hits 19 per cent of people, with 21 per cent of women reporting symptoms and 16 per cent of men.

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Abandon hope all that enter!

THE capital City of Almeria in the 70s wasn’t just the driest, loneliest, most forlorn place in Spain; it was also the ugliest! Driving into the capital city was gutwrenching from either direction. Over the mountains from Carboneras, you had to pass the large prison surrounded day and night by wailing women and screaming children shouting the innocence of their loved ones locked inside. Just a few hundred yards beyond, was a huge hill filled with cave houses. The entire cave city was covered in rubbish with rats and cats and thousands of small children scurrying about and fending ALMERIA IN THE 70s: A forlorn place, with rats scurrying about in the cave cities. for their own patch for play or respite. Ric Polansky Everyone dressed in black and walked hope ye who enter here!” The new spectacular Gran with the weight of the world upon their Yet, Almeria’s old town Hotel had many modern Ric Polansky moved to Mojacar in 1969 as a pioneer developer. shoulders. was beautiful in an amenities, including He reads extensively Entrance by national highway N340, the antiquated 13th century flushing toilets. Such and has travelled in South inland route, was the same. You got to way. Small winding innovations were unheard America pass near one of the bull billboards cobblestone streets led to of and perplexed the local panning gold standing vigilant over the road. Then the castle just above. It was masses who formed long and looking for El Dorado. began a long stretch of more hills full of gypsies living there queues daily to view such a pockmarked with caves and rubbish. There (just like the Alhambra in spectacle. was no street lighting or sewage. Granada until Washington A visitor to the hotel If you had driven by these places, your Irving saved it). couldn’t get near the toilets. initial thoughts would have been about the Next to the fortress were Groups would congregate progress of man ending at your more caves with highly decorated from far and wide to view such a destination. You also would have agreed doorways painted in exotic and bright contraption. Older people were going in with those savants that stated categorically colours. Yet, the real highlight of Almeria four and five at a time, flushing them and that “Europe began at the Pyrenees.” Or, City was on the opposite end at the bottom laughing uproariously at the swirling water the more poetic version, “Relinquish all of the main street. effect.

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Of course, no woman from the campo would consider using such a thing for fear of losing themselves through the bowels of hell never to be found again. The men giggled less, while remaining staunch to the old way of peeing against a wall outside near the main hotel entrance. But all that got changed in one night. The movie industry came to town. They insisted that the people in black clothes vanish so they could film phoney ‘authentic’ pieces about years gone by. To all the rest of us living here, it was just as if a visiting circus with all the clowns, damsels, and shenanigans had arrived.

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about how things should be at home this Christmas. Although you wish to show an interest, and should, they may be more ʻhands onʼ than you. Do whatever your talents allow to help because this will not be forgotten.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Get both business and personal plans sorted out in the coming week. Thereafter, changes to your routine may be necessary, which is disruptive. CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Someone close has ideas

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Your relationships to others

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Your mind is as sharp as a razor this week, so woe betide anyone who tries to trick you. Itʼs a great time to use your talents fully, particularly in regard to a business venture. TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) This week is mainly concerned with financial matters, and it is

TODAY:

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) A social gathering turns up an old friend who makes an offer. Although you may feel unworthy, please be reminded of the times in the past when you have given them support. It will be through others that real progress will be made.

TODAY:

HOW TO PLAY Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.

VIRGO (August 24 September 23) As you have decided to rearrange both your business and home life, it is a busy time, indeed. You enjoy a challenge so it will not worry you that other people have different ideas.

Saturday September 21

25 30

BONUS BALL

THUNDERBALL

BONUS BALL

EURO MILLIONS Friday September 20

11 38

45 3

LA PRIMITIVA Saturday September 21

LUCKY STARS

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How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case D) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

TARGET:

Very good: 18 Excellent: 22

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION ache, acre, arch, cape, care, carp, cart, cert, chap, char, chat, cure, curt, cute, each, echt, ecru, etch, pace, pact, puce, race, tach, tech, acute, apace, caper, caput, carat, caret, carte, cater, chart, cheap, cheat, chert, chute, crape, crate, crept, cruet, cuter, eruct, pacer, parch, patch, peach, perch, ratch, reach, react, recap, recta, retch, teach, trace, truce, acuter, apache, apercu, carpet, charta, curate, hepcat, preach, teacup, arcuate, capture, chapeau, chapter, chateau, trachea, PARACHUTE

Word ladder

LOTTERY IRISH LOTTO

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Barcelona TODAY:

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) The repayment of a favour should see you with extra money in your pocket. Holding on to it is your best bet. .

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Keep energy levels high by being at the hub of any social activities. Accept all invitations, however dull you feel they may turn out and allow yourself to be surprised.

UK THUNDERBALL

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easy to both save and make extra money. Keep your energy levels high by making the most of chances to exercise and get out in the fresh air.

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Making the most of your garden SEVERAL times during the past year we highlighted the fundamental need to design or redesign your garden to match your intended or evolving lifestyle here in Spain. People really need to plan if they are to make the best of their location, the climate and the investment they have made in buying and improving a house. Naturally what people plan for will depend on their circumstances. For instance if they are an enthusiastic and still fit gardener it could be the design and development of the botanic garden of their dreams. But if still working and a non gardener, a minimalist low maintenance garden might be the most sensible solution. Most will aim for somewhere between. However, whatever people aim for they should focus on creating an oasis from the increasingly stressful world of what is becoming in many areas an overbuilt and ugly coastline of Spain. Start by planting high hedges for privacy, security and noise reduction. Then aim to satisfy the following generic needs: • The creation of summer shade and sheltered winter sun by the maximum use of the natural shade provided by the shadows of the house and by planting flowering or evergreen trees, palms and internal hedges if a large garden. • Sufficiently large cool surfaced terraces to enable outdoor entertaining and leisure activities, some shaded by trees or plant covered gazebos. • A network of

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attractively paved paths connecting the various terraces, main features and doorways of the house. • Interesting features such as fountains, ponds and rockeries, and a swimming pool or Jacuzzi. • In the remaining spaces make attractive plantings of flowering and perfumed deciduous and evergreen plants. • Consider planting a perpetually flowering/ fruiting lemon tree, one or more orange or mandarins and, if at a low altitude, a grapefruit tree. • People who enjoy fresh vegetables can try to fit in at least a small raised bed in a corner of the garden and aim to produce them organically. We manage to harvest fresh vegetables daily throughout the year. Reduce the size of your water bill in achieving the above by being creative in collecting and distributing rainwater. To help gardeners new to Spain, as well as longtime residents who want to rethink their gardens, we describe 400 of the most practical plants for Spanish gardens in our book, ‘Your garden in Spain - from planning to planting and maintenance. The descriptions of each plant include indications of their drought and frost resistance and suitability for coastal or inland gardens. Luckily, although many

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RAINWATER: Saves money. plants were late to flower this summer, autumn gardens are now even better than normal. The recent rain did wonders in brightening up plants and made the soil easy to work.So if you are planting up a new garden or filling in gaps in an established garden it’s possible to now plant out some of the more hardy plants and trees before the winter sets in. More delicate plants should be planted in the spring if you expect cold winds and frosts. Be sure you reflect on the impact of the frosts and dry summer months of the past few years on your garden before buying new plants. If you want a simple garden recognise that a

Spanish style garden can be achieved with only five plants. Namely palms, cordylines, lantanas, hibiscus and irises. To these could be added geraniums if you are prepared to spray twice weekly from March to November against the dreaded geranium moth. If you have a larger garden it often makes sense to lay out your plot as a series of interconnected mini gardens each with a different style and type of plants. We suggest some creative ideas in our book to help you create something special and appropriate to your outdoor lifestyle. And we don’t forget the special needs of penthouses and apartment terraces for

which Clodagh and I wrote the dedicated book ‘Apartment gardening – Mediterranean style. See the advert on this page if you are interested in buying this. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com September 2013.

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Fire service costing town hall jobs WORKERS at Albox Town Hall have responded to the announcement of job losses and wage cuts by pointing to the free service that the town’s firemen provide to the whole area. Fifty workers have seen their salary reduced by up to 20 per cent and between six and eight workers will be laid off due largely to a service provided by the town for the

whole region. It is a service that costs Albox residents €500,000, and is something that should come to an end, according to the workers. The Workers Committee said: “We asked for a meeting months ago with the Government of Almeria and the Workers Union to find a permanent solution to who pays for the Regional Consortium for the Firefighters and still

have no answers and no date. “If nothing is resolved soon we intend to start a protest campaign with the first protest already taken place outside the town hall. “They are playing with our wages and taking bread out of the mouths of our children. We are not going to allow it and we will do whatever is necessary.”

Masterchef signing books ALBOX Masterchef winner Juan Manuel Sanchez was in the Mediterranean Shopping Centre in Almeria City last Friday to sign copies of his cookery book. The book continues to be amongst the best sellers

and features many exclusive recipes that up until now have only been tried by his family such as his Gazpacho. Juan attended the recent opening of the Beach Club Malamar in Cala Tapa de

Montgat de Mar in Barcelona where he was presented as the new chef of the Bilbao Berria chain. He will take up his position after his studies at the Cordon Bleu school of Cookery in Madrid. The opening was attended by 400 guests and co-owner Rafael Viar. After the opening Juan and his girlfriend Alicia were invited by Rafael Vilar and his wife Angela to spend some days in Ibiza and Formentera, having the opportunity to sample the gastronomic delights of the prestigious Beso Beach restaurant in Formentera as well as the Lio and Blue Marlin restaurants.

Racing to attention THERE are two sporting activities to enjoy in Albox over the weekend. On Friday night the seventh night running race passes through the streets of the town starting at 10pm in the main square. There are categories and races for all ages from the benjamin age group (8-9) years to veterans. Inscription is up to one hour before the race with prizes for the first three in each category. On Sunday, it is the ‘fun day of the bicycle’ with a family bike ride through the town. The starting point is outside the Bicibox shop on Calle Poeta Juan Berbel at 10am with registration at 9am. It is recommended to wear a helmet. After the bike ride there will be breakfast and bicycle related games for the children.

ALBOX: The last plaque in the town now removed.

Franco’s final reminder gone ALBOX TOWN HALL has taken down the last Franco related plaque that remained in the town. It was located on a residential building in the neighbourhood of La Loma. With the removal of the plaque, Albox Town Hall has complied with the Law of Historical Memory, which obliges the government team to remove shields, badges, plaques or anything that praises the military uprising, the Civil War and the repression under the Franco dictatorship.

The Mayor of Albox, Rogelio Mena, recalled that ‘as an institution, the town is required to reaffirm democratic values’ and said that “in addition to a legal obligation to remove Francoist symbols it is also a moral, ethical and political obligation. “Spanish society as a whole suffered 40 years of dictatorship and lack of freedom, in a period when people were persecuted, imprisoned, and even killed, for their ideas, their beliefs or their sexual orientation.”

It’s coffee time TOMORROW (Friday) Albox is taking part in the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning in aid of cancer charity McMillan Nurses UK. The event starts at noon in the Rambla Los Marcelinos. The Rambla is situated off the Albox to Taberno road, just up from the Travellers Inn heading towards Taberno. The entrance will be signposted from the main road. The organiser of the event, Angela, is requesting that all stall holders arrive at the venue for 10am to allow plenty of time to set up the stalls in order to be ready for the visitors. Angela would also be very grateful if all visitors could bring their own cups to cut down on costs on what should be a great day out for all. For more information about the event and if you wish to make a donation, please contact Angela on 676 147 461.

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As summer ends the litter louts are back! By Tony Matthews THE summer holidays are over, the tourists have gone back home... so lo and behold, the rubbish dumpers have returned and this photograph tells its own story! This ‘tip’ is situated bang on the main road between Turre and Mojacar, and it has ‘returned’ just two months after my wife and I had completely cleaned this specific area to make it look respectable for visitors. However, the locals - and I know who they are - have again made this piece of land an eyesore for the second time this year... and rubbish is still being dumped there, albeit it small portions, despite there being a bin nearby. We all know that there are scores of people (many of them youngsters rather than golden oldies) who are out of work... so why can’t the local authorities get

THE TIP: Rubbish just dumped. hold of a gang, employ them on a short-term agreement and make them clear up the litter, paying them a few euros for their efforts. My wife and I, and some of our reliable helpers, have been doing it for nothing over the last two years and now I’m getting rather

sick and tired of seeing litter, trash, rubbish, whatever, getting dumped all over the place yet again, by inconsiderable, nasty, messy, half-soaked, disgusting and certainly bone idle people (if you can call them that), especially those who can’t bother to lift the lid of a bin. The items in this load of trash (in this picture) includes used nappies, torn mattresses, bed sheets, part of a sofa, tin cans, bottles, children’s schoolwork and even some photographs (perhaps of the litter louts themselves). Surely someone in authority can sort this out? I thought I had conquered litter dumping in my area. I admit that certain parts of Turre and Mojacar are looking smart, litter-free, but there are still some horrid areas which need addressing. I am willing to clean the rubbish up... for a small fee. Might the council consider my request, or even employ some out-of-work folk to do it for me?

How to work out the real age of your cat David THE Dogman

HOW old is your cat? We all know of elderly felines, and may know their real age. But here you can find out your cat’s human age in the chart below. You might be surprised! While past charts may have shown that one cat year is equivalent to seven human years, a new scale has been drawn up of late. It’s now believed that after the first two years of a cat’s life each feline year is approximately four years. That should give a more realistic ‘human equivalent’ age. The longest-living cat ever was reputedly 34-years-old according to some sources. The Siamese and the Manx breeds are generally held to be the longest-living cats. Keeping your cat indoors can double its lifespan, claim some sources. The Guiness Book of Records lists 23-year-old Pinky who lives in Hoyt, Kansas, USA as the oldest cat in the world.

Cat Years..........Human Years 3 months.............5 years 6 months............10 years 1 year..............15 years 2 years.............24 years 3 years.............28 years 4 years.............32 years 5 years.............36 years 6 years.............40 years 7 years.............44 years 8 years.............48 years 9 years.............52 years 10 years............56 years 11 years............60 years 12 years............64 years 13 years............68 years 14 years............72 years 18 years............88-91 years* 20 years............91-96 years* 21 years............96-106 years* Sources differ on latter years

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Badgers at Macenas invite you to join them on Captain’s night THE Badgers Golf Society played at their home course Macenas Golf. Tony Waldren won the competition with 41 points followed by Steve Casburn (41) and Dave Crothers (40) in third.

The nearest the pin prizes went to Tony Rowbottom, Dave Crothers, Mick Weston Jnr and John Conelu. The Saturday’s weekly roll-up was won by Dave Wright with 39 points. He was followed by Steve

Casburn (37) in second and John Conely (34) in third. Guests are welcome to join the society on both Wednesday and Saturday competitions or participate in the Badgers Captain’s night on Wednesday

October 16. More information: Badgers Restaurant on Mojacar Playa or by phone on 950 478 525 or 686 0388 259. Fixtures can be found on www.badgersmojacar.com.

19th Hole Brian Everitt wins the stableford, Desert twos and the monthly medal trip THE 19th Hole Golf Society played a three from four to count stableford competition at Desert Springs. In first place with a combined score of 100 points were Peter and Richard Easthope, Nick Bowden and Barry Harding, followed by second place Mark Danson, Terry Caddick, John Haydon and Alan Chippendale (94) and Lee and Christopher Coxon, Harry Eels and The Ghost (90) in third. The two’s went to Richard Easthope and John Haydon and nearest the pins went to Richard and Peter Easthope. More information: 610 340 653 or email gs19thhole@hotmail. co.uk.

THE Aguilon Golf Members played an individual stableford earlier on in the month. The scoring resulted in a four way tie at the top of the leader board with Brian Everitt placing first with 34 points, followed by Jim Barclay (34) in second and Glyn Ombler (34) in third. The club also played their monthly medal on September 18, won by Brian Everitt with a total score of 67 points, with Terry Moore (68) placing second and Derrick Stephenson (68) in third. The two’s were won by Brian Everitt, Derrick

AGUILON GOLF: Proud winner, receives the trophy. Stephenson and Caroline Willingham. The Aguilon Golf

members invite guests to join them on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday.

For more information call them on 634 641 199.

Valle de Este Golf Society presents €2,054 to charity ALAN TOWNSEND, President of Valle del Este Golf Society presented €2,054 to Pedro de

Haro Orozco, President of Asprodalba. They were the proceeds

from the society’s charity day held at Valle del Este golf resort.

Cortijo Grande Ladies and mens play at Marina Phoenix taking bookings for Green Jacket THE Cortijo Grande Golf Club played a stableford on Sunday September 22, won by John Wardley with a score of 33 and followed by Carol Hardy (33) in second and John Park (33) in third. The club also played a monthly medal won by Lilly Pepper (66) with Carol Hardy (67) in second and John Wardley (69) in third. The club would like to announce that it is now taking bookings for the Green Jacket which is a two day competition whereby players stay in a five star hotel to be held in November. For more information please call Patricia on 950 475 509.

THERE were ladies and mens’ divisions’ games at Marina Phoenix this month. First lady was Maxine Mayhew with 35 points followed by Rosalie Fardon in second. Hylton Smith (36) won the men’s division followed by Jim Budd (34) and Ali Mahmud (32) in third. The team game was a Texas Scramble played in threeballs. A winning score of 66.4 was returned by Roy Barker, Jim French and Jim

Budd. Second was Gordon Hughes, Margaret Budd and Ali Mahmud (70.4) with Linda King, John Lally and Hylton Smith (72.8) in third. Marina Phoenix would like to state that the society play individual games on Mondays and team games on Thursdays.

For more information contact Jim on 950 162 727 / 600 353 670 or Rosalie 950 397 117/ 697 512 882.

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Ryder Cup at Aguilon THE annual match between the Spanish and UK expatriates team will take place at Aguilon Golf on November 9 and 10. There are 28 qualifying places available to all societies for the team. The competition will begin with three qualifying rounds at Aguilon using a stableford format with the top 28 scored selected to play in the team. This will include a full handicap plus the slope allowance and players can opt to play in one, two or all three of the qualifiers and their highest score will be chosen. Qualifiers will be held on Friday September 27 tee time 9am to 11am, Friday October 11 - tee time 10am to noon and Monday October 21 - tee time 10am to noon. The costs for nonmembers is €25 including buggy for the first round and €15 including buggy to play in two or three rounds, Aguilon members pay usual green fees. To take part, please call 950 619 273 or 634 641 199 to arrange tee times.

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SPORTING action earlier this week has been focused on the third round of the FL Cup (ties played on Tuesday/ Wednesday), the pick of them being Aston Villa v Spurs, Birmingham v holders Swansea, Fulham v Everton, Manchester City v Wigan (a repeat of last season’s FA Cup final), Manchester United v Liverpool, Newcastle v Leeds, Swindon v Chelsea and WBA v Arsenal. This weekend the top Premiership games are Villa v Manchester City, Manchester United v WBA, Spurs v Chelsea and Sunderland v Liverpool; in the Championship it’s Nottingham Forest v Derby and QPR v Middlesbrough, unbeaten Leyton Orient v Walsall in League 1 and Almeria v Barcelona in La Liga. Marc Marquez (253 points) aims to extend his lead over fellow countrymen Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo (both on 219) in this weekend’s Spanish MotoGP in Teruel. FOOTBALL - There were wins in last week’s Champions League for Manchester United (4-2 v Bayer Leverkusen), Manchester City (3-0 v Plzen) and Arsenal (2-1 in Marseille) but not for Chelsea (beaten 2-1 at home by FC Basel) or Celtic (defeated 2-0 by AC

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SEBASTIAN VETTEL: Gained 7th Grand Prix victory.

Milan). Oh - both Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) and Lionel Messi (Barcelona) scored hattricks as their teams both won. In the Europa League, Swansea City, albeit playing against 10 men for 80 minutes, were superb, beating Valencia 3-0 here in Spain. One member of staff said “It was the best win in the club’s 101 year history.” Tottenham Hotspur, off key at times, beat the Norwegian side Tromso, also by 3-0 at White Hart Lane - Jermain Defoe scoring twice - and plucky Wigan Athletic drew 0-0 with Zulte-Waregm in Belgium. Last weekend, in the two PL derbies, Manchester City battered rivals United 4-1 and Chelsea beat Fulham 2-0. Elsewhere Arsenal defeated Stoke 3-1, Liverpool lost 1-0 at home to Southampton, Aston

FORMULA 1: Took place in Singapore.

Villa won at Norwich, Spurs likewise at Cardiff, Everton at West Ham (courtesy of two great free-kicks by Leighton Baines), Hull at Newcastle and Swansea at Crystal Palace, while WBA beat Sunderland - their first win of 2013-14. Twentyfour hours later Sunderland sacked manager Paolo Di Canio. Arsenal, QPR, Leyton Orient and Chesterfield lead the PL, Championship and Leagues One and two respectively. England’s women (with new manager Brent Hills in charge) thumped Belarus 6-0 in their first 2015 WC qualifier at Bournemouth; they play Turkey in the second tie tonight at Fratton Park, Portsmouth. Scotland also won, 7-2 over the Faroe Islands. And the prospect of a winter 2022 World Cup tournament in Qatar took

a step nearer when European soccer bosses voted unanimously that a summer competition could not be staged in the extremely high temperatures. CRICKET - Durham are County Champions for the third time in six years, having previously won the title in 2008 and 2009. Surrey, however, have been relegated from the First Division, replaced by Lancashire while winless Leicestershire finished bottom of League 2. Notts (including England stars Graeme Swann and Stuart Broad) comfortably beat Glamorgan by 87 runs in the YB40 over final at Lords. RUGBY - Leeds beat St Helens 11 points to 10 in the preliminary semi-final of the Super League playoffs. Danny Brough scored a record breaking 151st conversion of the season for Huddersfield who ran in 13 tries in whipping Hull 76-18. Wigan and Warrington make up the quartet. FORMULA 1 Sebastian Vettel gained

his seventh Grand Prix victory of the season in emphatic style in Singapore’s night race to virtually sew up the 2013 driver’s championship. He’s 60 points clear of Fernando Alonso who came second, with Kimi Raikkonen third. The next three GPs, in Korea, Japan and India, follow next month. CYCLING - The 10th Tour of Britain cycle race covering 725 miles (1,155 km) - ended on Sunday in London’s Whitehall with Sir Bradley Wiggins celebrating victory again! The ‘Manx Missile’ Mark Cavendish won the final stage to make it three overall. TENNIS - GB will play the USA in February 2014 - their first game back in the World Group of the Davis Cup; giant Croat Marin Cilic has been banned for nine months for drug abuse and Andy Murray is to undergo a back operation and will not play again this year. BOXING - Ex-World heavyweight champion Ken Norton has died aged 70. The American beat

DID YOU KNOW? • Before becoming GB squash champion, Jonah Barrington worked as a teacher in Spain, a groundsman and coalman in Cornwall, a painter in Devon, a carpet cleaner in London and a schoolmaster in York. • And David Moyes needn’t worry too Alex Ferguson lost his first Manchester derby 5-1. Mohammed Ali in March 1973. In his book, Ali admitted that Norton broke his jaw when he hit him with the hardest punch he ever took in his career. The long-awaited fight between the unified IBF and WBA supermiddleweight champion Carl Froch and George Groves at the Manchester Arena on November 23 is a sell-out after 18,000 tickets were sold in just 11 minutes. But Saturday’s heavyweight clash between Dave Haye and Tyson Fury has been postponed... Haye has a deep cut above his left eye. SHORTS - Seven athletes failed drugs tests at the recent World championships in Moscow... Usain Bolt has hinted he might only run in the 200m at the next World Championships...