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Picture that! ALICANTE CITY HALL is restoring the murals by renowned painter Gaston Castello which decorate the old bus station. The building will be converted into a municipal market with gourmet offers.
Bubbly success SALES of Valenciaproduced cava tripled between 2010 and 2013. Nine producers in Requena had a turnover last year of €20 million and now export to Japan, Canada and Peru.
Sail away THE Balearia ferry line linking Denia and Ibiza plans to operate cruise ships for up to 500 passengers. It intends first to clear its financial debt, revealed owner Adolfo Utor.
Tram praised FORTY-FOUR per cent of Tram passengers use it for leisure, shopping or tourism, a survey found. Line Nine between Alicante-Denia received the highest mark of 8.8 out of a possible 10.
Paul ends his journey in Benidorm, greeted by parents Frank and Ann.
Brother’s ride
ONE man has taken on the challenge of a lifetime, by cycling from Liverpool to Benidorm. Paul Renshaw, 32, left Liverpool on December 4, cycling the 2,200kilometre journey before arriving at Camping Villasol in Benidorm in time for Christmas. The charity cycle was to raise money for leukaemia and lymphoma research in
memory of his sister Joanne, who passed away in January 2007 after losing a two-yearbattle with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. “Jo was my little sister, the bravest little sister ever,” said Paul as he spoke to Euro Weekly News after arriving at his destination where his parents were waiting. Recalling his adventure, Paul said:
“When I was very close to Teruel, I had an incident with wild dogs; it was pitch black and I could hear a deep growl. But I had experienced lots of luck and in the end, everything that happened became an unforgettable adventure.” You can make a donation via www.justgiving.com/ paulrenshaw1
THERE’s a lot of seaweed along the Alicante coast and some of it could go into cement. Alicante University scientists have invented a new process to produce more resistant concrete. The researchers have developed a new mortar based on Portland cement with the addition of ashes from Neptune Grass seaweed. This substitutes ash obtained from burnt coal which is currently added to mortar. This new blend patented by the university’s Technology and Urban Planning Department solves two problems. It is more resistant than conventional concrete and answers the ecological problem of what to do with the vast amount of Neptune Grass that washes up on Costa Blanca beaches.
Sweet surprise for Three Kings CHRISTMAS treats often have a surprise inside them. In the UK, despite Health & Safety
neuroses, cooks still add small coins to home-made Christmas puddings. In Spain, they usually include two
surprises in the Roscon bun-round eaten on the Three Kings holiday. One is usually a minute figure of one of the kings. The other is a dried broad bean and whoever gets it is supposed to pay for the Roscon. This year Gandia bakers have introduced a variation on this theme by including 40 tokens worth €50 each in the Roscones.
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Letters ROYAL PAGE: La Nucia children make their requests.
Getting ready for the grand finale! SPAIN’s holiday season is less hyper than the UK’s but lasts longer. Christmas is over for another year, the New Year has now been welcomed, but there is still the grand finale of the Three Kings to come. Their feast day is January 6, but Melchior, Gaspar and Balthazar always put in an appearance on the evening of January 5 bringing presents for the children - and adults - who have been good throughout the year.
To make sure they get it right, it is usual for the Three Wise Men to send a Page to take down children’s requests. One of these messengers recently set up a temporary headquarters in La Nucia where he collected the children’s letters for delivery to his royal employers. Once paperwork and wrapping has been completed, the Kings are scheduled to arrive in La Nucia at 6pm next Sunday (January 5). The Kings will then deliver the children’s presents in the Mediterrania Auditorium.
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NEWS Full house BENIDORM hotels had 95 per cent occupancy over the recent holidays. This demonstrated that good results do not depend on special offers, the Hosbec hoteliers’ association claimed. Ghost town A 2,000-HOME development halted in 2008 will not restart in the near future, Pego Council has predicted.
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Turtles returned to sea A TURTLE caught by a Denia fishing boat in January 2012 expects a happy event. Now named Santa Denia, she was taken to the Arca del Mar rescue centre. Weighing in at 56 kilos, the turtle will not yet be returned to the sea but used for breeding. Six other rescued turtles from the Arca del Mar centre at
Valencia City’s Oceanografic were recently released off Denia’s Albaranes beach. Denia’s Fishing Councillor Sisco Signes, Environment Councillor Juan Carlos Signes and Toni Martinez, Maritime and Fishing Coordinator, all stressed the importance of co-operation from local fishermen, as the
majority of turtles are trapped in their nets, they explained. Their support is essential but they have only to call the 112 emergency service to activate the rescue protocol, they said.
Popular again AN estimated 15,208 French tourists visited Alicante City last summer, the highest number for 20 years. Of these, 12,751 visited the city’s tourist offices for information.
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FOLLOWING negotiations between Mercadona and the UGT and CCOO unions, the supermarket chain has guaranteed employees a minimum monthly salary of €1,260 for five years. This practically doubles the €640 minimum wage.
LA NUCIA’s IBI rates will not be increased this year after a decade of rises, pledged Mayor Bernabe Cano. Rubbish collection will be pegged at €45 per home.
Gone for good FOUR blocks of 16 unfinished apartments in Javea’s Arenal district have finally been demolished. A three-metre ramp had to be built before the bulldozer could begin razing the 40-year-old buildings.
Multilingual BARS and restaurants in Gandia Playa are translating their menus into five languages to attract customers. They will now appear in English, French, German, Italian and Russian.
Black economy REGIONAL POLICE, working with work inspectors located four illegal textile workshops in Elche. None had operating permits and their 19 employees were working without contracts, the regional government revealed.
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Billboard war SAN VICENTE Town Hall detected 54 illegal hoardings in the last two years, removing 34 illegal hoardings and ordering the removal of another 14. Only six owners legalised their hoardings.
Fire prevention CALPE Town Hall has taken on nine workers to remove highly-flammable shrubs and plants growing near Sierra Olta paths and firebreaks. The €5,759 cost will be covered by EU funds.
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THREE KINGS: The ‘Roscon de Reyes’ (below) represents the kings’ jewelled crowns.
Seeing New Year in, Spanish style...
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OUNG and old throughout Spain will flock to see the Three Kings parade on Sunday evening. This is the highlight of festive celebrations in Spain as the Three Kings, Melchior, Gaspar and Balthasar, better known as the Three Wise Men in UK Christian tradition, parade the streets on floats, accompanied by music, their pages and cartoon characters. The kings throw thousands of sweets to onlookers, with some youngsters even holding opened umbrellas to catch them as the floats pass. Spanish children believe that the kings deliver presents on January 5, leaving their shoes on window sills that night to be filled with gifts which they have asked for. Those who have not behaved might expect to find a sack of ‘coal’, represented by black, sugary sweets.
Quote of the Week 2014 will be the year of recovery’ Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, at a press conference to look back over the year. Socialist Secretary General Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba reproached him for saying this on the day the minimum wage was frozen and electricity prices rose.
On January 6, when the children receive their presents, many families enjoy the traditional ‘Roscon de Reyes,’ a ring-shaped cake, filled and covered with colourful candied fruit, representing the kings’ crowns and the jewels upon them. The Roscon traditionally has two items inside. One is a toy or trinket, which makes the finder ‘King for the Day’. He or she gets to wear the crown which is normally included with shopsold cakes of this variety. In some parts of Spain, money is also put in the Roscon. Meanwhile, the person who gets the other item, a bean, will be the one who pays for the Roscon the following year.
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per cent is how much electricity prices will go up in the first three months of this year. The government pointed out that it was a ‘transitory mechanism’. Families will notice an average rise in their bills of around 0.2 per cent in January.
Law quandary FOLLOWING Abortion Law changes, nine out of every 10 abortions performed in Alicante Province will be illegal. The province has the fourth highest abortion rate in Spain after Andalucia, Cataluña and Madrid.
Windswept ALICANTE CITY firemen were called out 70 times during last month’s gales to remove fallen billboards, awnings and trees.
Talks due ALTEA Mayor Miguel Ortiz is dut to meet shopkeepers who are resisting plans to pedestrianise the Avenida Jaime I.
And finally... A WOMAN was arrested in Madrid for allegedly throwing her newborn baby out of the window of an apartment block. Her parents didn’t know she was pregnant and took her to hospital because she lost a lot of blood. Her grandmother found the baby alive.
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DIY campsite angers locals WASTELAND in Albir has become an unofficial campsite. Residents complaining about the parked camper vans in the area off Calle Sant Pere have so far had little response from the authorities. Campers’ excuses they are merely making a stopover hold no water, say locals. Satellite dishes and solar panels on many vehicles indicate they intend to stay for some time. The site has no water, electricity or drainage. Not only nearby residents are unhappy about the improvised site. “This demonstrates the council’s failure to control the unfair competition affecting our sector,” complained Francisco Delgado, President of the Benidorm and District Campsites association. Clandestine sites are often camouflaged as temporary service and parking areas where camper vans can park for a day or so, Delgado said. Instead, they are used for long-term stays. These abuses were reported more than a year ago but little has been done to control the situation, he claimed.
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Costa Blanca ‘growing old’ with foreigners RY A NU A J
January 3 Issue 1435 ALICANTE towns are some of the greyest in Spain thanks to their large populations of retired expatriates. The average age for a Rojales resident is 52.4, the oldest of any Spanish municipality with a population of more than 10,000. And it is no coincidence that Rojales also heads another category for large towns, with 72 per cent of
ALICANTE: Retired expatriates raising average age. its residents foreign. Many are retired, a combination that explains Rojales’ comparatively old population, according to Spain’s National Statistics Institute, INE.
This link between an older population and a large proportion of retired foreign residents is repeated in Teulada, Javea, Alfaz del Pi, Calpe, Guardamar del Segura and
English language better than sex A YEAR without sex or the ability to speak English? More than half of residents in the Valencian Community unhesitatingly replied that they would prefer to be able to speak good English. That was the shock result of a survey by the Cambridge University Press, which questioned 1,700 Spaniards aged between
18 and 60 about attitudes towards learning English. Despite the surprising overall result for the ‘English versus sex’ quandary in the Valencia Region, a snap poll of Alicantinos by a local television channel received very different answers. When asked which they would prefer, not one of those interviewed - young and not so young - chose English over sex.
Torrevieja. These towns have an average age of 44, compared with Alicante province’s 41.74. Alfaz del Pi, Calpe, Guardamar and Torrevieja follow Rojales with Spain’s largest percentages of foreign residents. Many are pensioners, principally from the UK, Germany, France and the Netherlands. No Alicante town was included in the list of large municipalities with low average ages. The majority of these are located near large cities and expanded during the recent property boom.
Police step up patrols A STABBING in Benidorm’s ‘English zone’ has led to increased police patrols in the area. The incident took place when two Britons, one a man aged 55 and the other 39, argued over a woman. Witnesses later claimed that as tempers flared, the younger man took out a knife and stabbed the older one twice. He was not seriously wounded, but this - according to some witnesses - was partly because he weighed around 130 kilos, and no vital organs were affected. After the stabbing Local Police traced the attacker to a nearby bar where he was drinking. Stabbings and fights are not uncommon in the ‘English zone’ where people frequently go to drink, and where nights are not as peaceful as in the day time. Complaints of shoplifting and robbery are also fairly common. Local business-owners have repeatedly called for a greater police presence.
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How many students can you fit in a flat? POLICE who arrived at a raucous student party were amazed to find 135 people crowded into an apartment. The blaring music, shrieks and screams had been going on for hours in the apartment in Calle Vinalopo in Valencia City before neighbours phoned police. Stefano, a 24-year-old Italian student who rents the apartment will now have to pay a fine.
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Net closing in on gang after numerous raids POLICE have rounded up suspected leaders of a gang thought to have carried out more than 100 robberies in the Marina Alta. It is possible the Denia judge will assign phases of the investigation to Alicante courts, sources close to the case report. The investigation dates back to December when a prison officer was held for allegedly helping to smuggle drugs into Fontcalent Prison.
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February 7 Issue 1440 More than 30 people have since been arrested in an ongoing investigation headed by Denia judge,
Javier Reyes. The prison officer was one of the first people to be arrested when arriving for work, with a search of his car allegedly revealing 160 grammes of cannabis, destined for an inmate. Police later arrested a young woman claimed to be supplying the drugs. With investigations ongoing, sources claim the Malaga courts may be drawn in as some gang members are thought to have acquired drugs there.
Guardia Civil recently arrested another member of the gang, an Algerian wanted for questioning.
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Benidorm gold-diggers on beaches BENIDORM is becoming a magnet for tourists looking for buried treasure. Whatever the weather, the beaches are combed by holidaymakers with their metal detectors hunting for gold. Much of the time all they find is a few centimes dropped by sunbathers. Sometimes they find as much as a euro. Benidorm’s law bans metal detectors on the streets and public spaces, but the beaches are safe.
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Firms beating the crisis by trading goods online By EWN reporter Sarah Farrell CANNY local entrepreneurs are taking on - and beating - the economic crisis by trading online. They are sidestepping high overheads by using cyberspace to shape their businesses and find new markets. Juan Carro is a professor and director at Bitusi, an Alicante agency which manages e-
commerce projects. He said that businesses which operate on the internet are making a profit despite the economic crisis. He remarked that entrepreneurs can open an internet business with just â‚Ź4,000, which compares favourably with renting premises. For many people, the internet has opened up access to overseas markets. Miguel Angel Garcia, founder of www.solocalculadoras.com
used to sell calculators to fellow students at Alicante University. Five years later, 60 per cent of his business is with Dubai and he now employs seven people. Pablo Sanchez, cofounder of Planeta Huerto with his brother, Alfonso, was adamant his company survives solely because it is online. He said if it was a traditional business, with a physical space, it would not have much future. The online garden centre started with two workers but now employs 10 people. Nacho Company and his brother Javi are the fourth generation of the family to work in the honey trade. The Benidorm reporting nine out of 10 rooms being company was founded in 1926 but booked. Nacho and Javi brought it into the 21st century by marketing the world Restaurants and bars were also bustling to of beekeeping and honey craft online. provide a welcome kick-start to the tourism The turning point came in 2010 season. Restaurant reservations are about 75 per when people could pay by credit card cent with paella proving to be a popular choice. or PayPal for products on their website The fallas fiesta is at its biggest and best in Valencia, but other resorts such as Gandia, Denia, www.lamieleria.com. Pego, Calpe and Benidorm are also keen to get in Fabian Lopez, founder of www.turronesydulces.com, in Xixona, on the act. The fallas fiesta is one of the most was one of the pioneers of online important festivals in Spain. sales in the Alicante province.
Fallas fiesta lights up costas By Sarah Farrell BAR tills have been jingling as the fallas fiesta came to a crashing crescendo this week. Deafening fireworks and firecrackers called mascle-tas, giant papier-mache statues, flowers and a great deal of fun have marked this year’s fallas fiestas in honour of St Joseph. The economic crisis failed to dampen spirits as thousands of visitors headed for Costa Blanca towns taking part in the festival. Hotels enjoyed a bumper bank holiday with resorts such as
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Waking up... to the great benefits of a daily siesta MORE Spaniards nowadays forsake siestas, partly due to longer commutes between home and work, plus the opportunity for some workers to swap a lunchtime rest for an extra hour’s work, and pay. Given the tough economic climate, some business leaders even feel the siesta culture should be questioned throughout Spain. But a short sleep after lunch can reduce stress, help cardiovascular functions, and improve alertness and memory, according to the Spanish Society of Primary Care Doctors (SEMERGEN). But a siesta should take place on a sofa or in a comfortable armchair and not in bed,
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EFFICIENCY BOOST: A siesta - not in bed - should ideally be just under half an hour. where a deep sleep can be detrimental and prevent good rest later, says SEMERGEN. In addition, a siesta is only beneficial if it forms part of the regular daily
routine, with the American space agency NASA finding that the optimum length of 26 minutes can lead to an increase of 34 per cent in efficiency.
Bidding for a piece of the high-speed action
HOLIDAY DEALS: Special offers for AVE packages. WHEN the Madrid-Alicante high-speed AVE train service begins, Benidorm wants some of the action. The date is set for June 24, coinciding with Alicante City’s Hogueras fiestas, and in Benidorm it is felt if private enterprise is to benefit from the AVE, local businesses must take the initiative themselves. It rankles that the arrival of the AVE in Alicante is
not receiving the same treatment as Valencia. “A great deal of money was spent on promotional meetings,” pointed out Antonio Mayor, President of the Hosbec hoteliers associaiton. “Possibly too much,” he continued, “because Valencia City’s hotel trade has hardly benefited from the train.
“With Alicante the opposite has happened and the AVE has not been linked to the tourist sector,” Mayor claimed. Benidorm businesses are already in talks with six tour operators and travel agencies, and are putting together packages with accommodation in Benidorm for visitors who come from Madrid on AVE.
And among the most famous fans of the regular siesta? Albert Einstein and Winston Churchill... plus of course millions of Spanish!
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Chaos at clinic as the queues keep growing REGIONAL spending cuts are allegedly causing ‘chaos’ at Altea’s health centre. There are only two doctors on duty in the afternoon, said Pepa Perles, a socialist councillor. They have to see their own patients but also have to deal with emergencies, she claimed. Patients sometimes wait two hours if their doctor is called away. Patient Linda Gonzalez backed up the claims: “Last month I had a 4.30pm appointment and there was already a huge queue when I arrived. “Other patients came and went but our doctor’s door remained closed,” she told our reporter. “The doctor was very sweet and apologetic,” Linda said. “I know it wasn’t her fault that we had to wait an hour-and-a-half. “The regional government is to blame. They should engage more doctors.” There are also queues for repeat prescriptions at the health centre’s reception desk. The Marina Baja Health Department refuted the Altea chaos claims. “Six doctors are on duty each morning and four in the afternoon,” a spokesman claimed. “No-one has ever waited two hours.”
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Police seize British fugitive in Calpe THE law finally caught up with fugitive Andrew Moran, on the run since a dramatic courtroom escape in 2009. AY The 32-year-old Briton M was arrested by elite police at a Calpe villa as he sunbathed with a girlfriend last Saturday. He was on the UK’s ‘most-wanted list’ and described by British police May 2 Issue 1452 as “a criminal thug.” Moran was wanted for a 2005 armed robbery when he and two others threatened a security guard with a revolver, machete and baseball bat before seizing £25,000 (€29,568) from a Royal Mail van. Moran stood trial in 2009 but leapt from the dock at Burnley Crown Court and fled after allegedly assaulting four officers. He was finally tracked down in Alcazares (Murcia) in late November last year. He evaded arrest by ramming two police cars with his 4x4 vehicle before driving the wrong way along the AP7 motorway, claim police. He tried to escape again when police from the crack GOES unit erupted into his Calpe villa but was easily subdued. A search revealed two pistols, ammunition and five kilos of cannabis. Moran is now in custody in Madrid, awaiting an extradition hearing.
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Danger cars being kept on the roads THE economic crisis has meant more and more motorists are driving unroadworthy cars.
There are approximately 120,000 vehicles on Valencian Community roads whose owners have ignored or
DEVELOPMENT OFF: River Algar will remain like this.
failed the Spanish MOT (ITV) test, said the AECA-ITV testers’ association and the AEA automobile association. In the majority of cases drivers cannot afford repairs, they said. There are 3,316,712 vehicles of all types registered in the three provinces of Alicante, Valencia and Castellon. Between 3.7 and 5.5 per cent of these - up to 200,000 - lack the sticker claiming them roadworthy, AECA-ITV believes. This corroborates the AEA’s estimate that 6 per flawed reasoning, a patent cent of the region’s vehicles are untested. error.’ Both claims are borne The development would have brought thousands of out by a DGT traffic police homes, apartments and check-point last March. Of 40,000 vehicles stopped hotels to the riverbanks. Now the town hall must and examined, police found return a €7.7 million deposit that 2,462 (6.1 per cent) had not passed the ITV. from Altea Futura.
Homes plan hits buffers
A PLAN to build thousands of homes on Altea’s Algar riverbank has bitten the dust. Altea Town Hall announced the Supreme Court (TS) had annulled the Puentes del Algar development.
It was ‘incongruous the Valencia Region’s Upper Court (TSJCV) should have conferred responsibility for definitive approval on the council,’ the TS said. The TSJCV’s 2006 verdict also omitted environmental concerns ‘giving rise to
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Cockroach mayhem A TORREVIEJA resident ended up in hospital after trying to kill a cockroach. The man, a 45-year-old Briton, spotted it on the balcony of the first-floor apartment where he lives with his partner. As he sprayed the cockroach repeatedly with an aerosol of
insecticide there was a violent explosion. Part of the wall was blown away and the man was thrown into the air before falling to the street below. He suffered serious injuries and was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at Torrevieja Hospital.
There were moments of panic amongst neighbours, who at first believed the explosion was caused by a gas leak. The explosion could have been caused when a spark from a refrigerator or washing machine on the balcony ignited the can of insecticide, investigators believe.
Early bird special! THE AVE really is an early bird. The high-speed train whose acronym means ‘bird’ arrives on Monday, June 17, a week earlier than expected. It will be inaugurated by the Spanish president Mariano Rajoy. The scheduled service between Alicante and Madrid starts the following day, and for the first week travellers will pay half-price: €32.45 in tourist-class.
Even the regular tourist price will be only €2 dearer than the current Alvia express. The journey will initially take two hours and 20 minutes, a saving of 50 minutes although by early 2014 this should be reduced to a little over two hours. The first train will leave Alicante each weekday at 6am, getting businesspeople to the centre of
ALL ABOARD: Leave Alicante at 6am, be in Madrid by 8.40am. Madrid by 8.40am. In contrast, the earliest plane takes off from Alicante at 9.15am, arriving at Barajas Airport on the
outskirts of the city an hour later. For weekenders, a straight-through AVE will leave Madrid on Fridays at
4.25pm, reaching Alicante at 6.45pm. A similar train will leave Alicante each Sunday at 9.15pm.
Have-a-go hero chases after phone thief Exclusive report by David Anderson A CABARET entertainer had his mobile phone snatched from his hand as he sat in a popular Benidorm bar. Singer Andy Jackson was in Idols Bar - a favourite afterwork meeting place for many local entertainers - when he was mugged. Andy, who is visually impaired, told the Euro Weekly News: “I was just sitting by the side of the bar reading my texts, when all of a sudden this guy, who had been standing at the bar, snatched my phone.” The mugger was more than six feet tall, but have-a-go Andy, grabbed hold of him and kept hanging on as he ran onto the terrace. “He kept shouting ‘I have not got your phone,’ but I think he had passed it on to an accomplice,” said the 44-year-old entertainer. After a struggle the robber ran down the street towards the Stardust cabaret bar, with Andy and others in hot pursuit. But the mugger eventually got away. Customers and staff in Idols, who saw what had happened, have given police a detailed description of the culprit. He is of Nigerian descent, skinny, about 6ft 2ins tall, with short black hair and a goatee beard. Andy, who came to Benidorm from Fife, Scotland, almost three years ago said he thought the robber was known to the police. Andy, whose songs range from rock to swing has released a DVD of his popular songs, some of which are featured in his shows.
Budget flyers high in Alicante MORE than half of the passengers arriving at Alicante El Altet Airport do so on low-cost carriers. A total of 369,983 passengers used budget airlines in May, 78 per cent of all arrivals; an increase of 17 per cent over the same period last year. Valencia’s Manises Airport received 105,668 passengers on budget airlines. The Valencia Region has Spain’s fourth highest passenger volume by these companies, with a share of 13.6 per cent, behind the Balearic Islands (26 per cent), Catalonia (24.7 per cent) and Andalucia (14.9 per cent). During the first five months of the year, the Valencia Region received a total of 1.59 million international passengers on low-cost airlines, an increase of 7 per cent over the same period last year. Alicante Airport accounted for 1.2 million of these passengers, a growth of 11 per cent on the same time last year. These results place Valencia in fifth place in Spain after Catalonia, with three million passengers, the Balearic Islands with 1.9 million, the Canary Islands with 1.8, and Andalucia with 1.7 million passengers.
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Burglar ends up arrested A 35-YEAR-OLD man locked himself inside his Ibi home for 20 hours to avoid arrest. He was detained after residents saw a man running from a house where a burglar alarm had gone off. He then entered another property in the same street. The Guardia Civil and Local Police were called and after establishing the first house had been broken into, went to the second. They learnt from the occupants that the alleged thief lived there but he refused to give himself up. The Guardia Civil surrounded the property and finally entered with a court order. Jewellery, electronic equipment, cash and ONCE lottery tickets worth €2,400 were found.
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FILM FESTIVAL: Alfaz del Pi gets ready to celebrate its ‘red carpet’ event.
Alfaz del Pi Film Festival celebrates 25 years
THE 25th edition of the Alfaz del Pi Film Festival gets under way tomorrow (Friday) and runs for 10 days until July 14. Twenty-five films and 20 short features have been
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selected from 226 candidates. They are competing for awards and €9,000 in prize-money at this year’s festival. During Sunday’s inauguration gala, Director
Alex de la Iglesia will receive a ‘Faro’ - Alfaz del Pi’s own version of the Oscars’ statuette - which commemorates the festival’s 25th anniversary. The Homage Faro goes
to actor Antonio Resines and the Young Faro to actress Maria Valverde. Parallel festival events include a concert and the re-screening of Rigoletto from Taormina (Italy).
DENIA’S BOUS A LA MAR fiestas were designated ‘of national tourist interest’ 20 years ago. This year’s fiestas are now underway and as for more than 200 years, Dianenses will cite the bulls - bous in Valenciano - in a precinct whose fourth wall is the harbour water. Both men and bulls tend to end up in the water. “The bulls suffer no aggression and are not illtreated. Once in the water, the participants hold on to them to save them from drowning and take them to the ramp so they can get out of the water,” town hall sources said. The fiestas continue until Sunday, July 14 and this year, there will be €300 for the bull-breeder whose animals provided the best entertainment.
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Driver walks free after tram crushes vehicle A MOTORIST had a lucky escape when his car was written off after colliding with a tram. Although he was taken to hospital after the Villajoyosa accident, the 30-year-old T got off lightly, only needing US G treatment for minor cuts AU and whiplash. Nevertheless, the urban level-crossing is an accident waiting to happen, locals claimed. Emergency services were called to the scene to find the car badly crushed August 1 Issue 14 65 and tipped on its side. There have been at least 20 similar incidents at the same spot since crossing barriers were removed in 2008 and replaced with VILLAJOYOSA: Not all cars stop when they should at the tram tracks. traffic lights. Police are now investigating the tram arrived, witnesses remarked not to cross. whether there was a malfunction in later. The tram service between the warning system or if the driver Badly-parked cars often block the Villajoyosa station and Benidorm had failed to stop. view of the track, according to to be suspended while the line was Like many before him, he may have residents living beside the crossing, cleared, but it resumed two hours believed he could get across before and they often have to warn people later.
Benidorm hotels are booming! INTERNATIONAL markets are the key to Benidorm tourism, and that means mainly Britons. Figures released by Hosbec on hotel occupancy rates in the city reveal that foreign tourists, mainly British and Portuguese, saved the first month of the season with hotels enjoying an average occupancy of 91.1 per cent last month, an increase of 1.2 per cent compared to July last year. The figures also show a marked improvement year on year with July recording the best occupation for that month in six years. However, this increase has not resulted in profitability, with hotels reducing their rates. Tourist arrivals during the month also reflect the change in trend which Benidorm is experiencing. The Spanish, who before
HOTEL OCCUPANCY: Brits still love Benidorm. the recession were the mainstream market in July and August, accounted for 49.6 per cent of demand, with 530,000 overnight stays, a decrease of 2 per cent compared to 2012 data. Foreign tourists represented 50.4 per cent of tourists staying in Benidorm, with the UK topping the poll (39.1 per cent) showing a 7 per cent increase from 2012.
Concrete mass of coastline WILL changes to the Coast Law threaten what remains of the Alicante coast? Greenpeace fears that allowing construction within 20 metres of the shoreline instead of the former 100 metres could open the door to more overdevelopment. Spain destroyed coastal land equivalent to eight football pitches each day for 18 years, Greenpeace claims. Eight of the 25 most glaring cases of overdevelopment are located in the Valencian Community and include three Alicante province municipalities: Calpe, Pilar de la Horadada and Torrevieja. Seventy per cent of Calpe’s 500-metre deep coastal strip is developed, a figure that rises to 83 per cent for Torrevieja and Pilar de la Horadada.
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Not the ticket! BENIDORM bus fares are amongst the most expensive in Spain. An ordinary ticket costs €1.50, said the local branch of the Esquerra Unida (EU) political party. In contrast this would cost €1.40 in Alicante City, €1.25 in Gijon (Asturias), €1.20 in Granada, €1.05 in Murcia and Oviedo and €1 in both Fuengirola and Santiago de Compostela. Not only are the tickets dear, EU continued, but there are few special tariffs or season tickets. Retired people on low non-contributory pensions and the disabled get free passes in many towns and cities but not Benidorm, the spokesman complained. Local transport is aimed at tourists without benefiting people who live there. Join our online poll at www.euroweeklynews.com /news/costa-blanca-north.
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SUMMER ROADS: Accidents were reduced on Costa main roads.
Death toll falls Road fatalities down 60 per cent
FOUR people died on Alicante Province’s main roads in July and August. Despite the huge numbers of vehicles on Alicante’s main roads in
these months, there were just four serious accidents. This is a huge improvement on last year when there were 10 accidents and 10 deaths
on the province’s main roads. Across the whole of the Valencian Community, 12 people lost their lives in 10 accidents on the main roads between July 1 and midnight on August 31. This translates into 65 per cent fewer accidents in the region’s three provinces and a 60 per cent reduction in fatalities
compared with the 2012 summer season. During the same two months last year, there were 29 accidents and 30 deaths, said the General Traffic Directorate (DGT). The heartening reduction, with figures comparable to the 1960s when there were far fewer cars on the road, was repeated in Castellon.
Marihuana crops come a cropper BARELY a week goes by without the discovery of another clandestine marihuana plantation. Close police surveillance has complicated the usual smuggling routes along the coast. This, coupled to the Alicante climate, has persuaded small-time traffickers to start growing their own marihuana. They are frequently foiled by regular police operations throughout the province, the most recent of which centred on the towns of Ibi, Castalla and Sax. More than 1,000 marihuana plants were seized in separate but coordinated operations as Guardia Civil acted on suspicions that there were several plantations. Four Spanish nationals were arrested for drugs’ offences and another three face charges. The confiscated plants were all at different stages of growth and grown using different methods.
Keira needs help By Dilip Kuner THE mother of a girl with cerebral palsy faces a race against time to raise funds for urgent therapy after a disappointing turnout at a fundraising event. Five-year-old Keira, who lives in Finestrat, has been making great progress in a bid to lead as normal a life as possible since starting therapy sessions, which are not available on the Spanish NHS. But she needs €2,500 to help pay for the next tranche of intensive therapy due to start on November 4. Her mother, British-born Debbie, said of Keira: “She has come a long way. People cannot believe how much better she is. That is the thing about the therapy, it really does work. It is not as if we just want to try something in case it might work, it really is making a difference.” Keira had an operation on her legs on May 14, and Debbie had planned the therapy sessions for November as it will be six months into her recovery and the
KEIRA: Making great progress. optimum time for the ongoing treatment. She had been pinning her hopes on a fundraising event organised by Finestrat Council, with funds to be shared with Emaus. But on the day, the turnout was disappointing. A similar event last year was a success and helped pay for previous treatment. Keira has a Facebook page - Therapy for Keira/Terapia para Keira - or contact her family on espanglish@hotmail.com.
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TOURIST HELP: The office will remain open during the winter months.
Crime office stays open BENIDORM’S Servicio de Atencion al Turista Extranjero (SATE) office will not close this winter. The office located in the Torrejon municipal offices gives personal assistance to tourists who have been victims of crime. It opened last May and there have been repeated calls for it to remain open this winter. There are no language problems as staff speak English and most European
languages including Russian. The service provided by National Police and tourist office staff offers practical aid when crime victims most need it. There is help with filing a police report and they can also contact relatives or friends at home and attend to vital formalities like cancelling credit cards. The SATE office was due to close for the
winter earlier this week, but Benidorm’s police chief Juan Carlos Hernandez confirmed that it will remain open. A winter timetable has been adopted, with the office open each weekday morning.
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Poppy appeal launch in Benidorm
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POPPY APPEAL 2013 was launched in Benidorm with a parade along the Levante seafront, headed by the Torrevieja Pipes and Drums. Fourteen squadrons were represented in the parade and joined by two Chelsea Pensioners. The procession ended at the Rincon de Loix, with speeches from Chris Wyatt, District North Chairman and Poppy Appeal coordinator Robin Hargrave. The British Consul in Alicante, Paul Rodwell, said: “Welfare is at the heart of the Royal British Legion and I am pleased as Consul and President of District North, that it
continues to help brave men and women from our armed forces and their dependants.” The mayor of Benidorm, Agustin Navarro, said: “This is a town that maintains the best ties of friendship with the people from the UK. Your generosity is important to those who, in defence of the most important values of our society, stained many fields with blood.” The Royal British Legion was founded in 1921 to help servicemen and their families. There are around 1,800 members in Alicante province. Last year they raised €170,000 for the RBL.
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Big-hearted restaurants THREE Alicante restaurants are providing free meals for the jobless two days a week. The idea came to David Galvañ, owner of El Chef, when he overheard a child ask his parents if there was anything for dinner that night. He was so moved that he vowed to ensure that the
unemployed could eat a hot meal twice a week. David mentioned the plan to friends, Paco, who owns Alvaro’s Cafe and Javier of Café Dilema, who wanted to help. Throughout November on Tuesdays and Wednesdays between 1pm and 2pm, unemployed families will get a meal at El
AVE is flying along THE Alicante-Madrid AVE high-speed train has achieved 85 per cent punctuality. This is better time-keeping than any of Spain’s other AVE connections, rail operator Renfe announced recently. With the trains reaching speeds of 306 kilometres an hour on the Albacete to Madrid section of track, some arrived at their destination with time to spare. At present, AVEs between Alicante and Albacete cannot go above 200 kilometres an hour. If all goes according to schedule and safety measures and signalling tests produce the right results, trains on this section should be running at 300 kilometres an hour after January. This will considerably cut the present journey times and on the Friday and Sunday non-stopping trains, they will be reduced to two hours and five minutes.
FAST WORK: AVE keeps good time. More than 600,000 people have used the Alicante AVE since the service began last June, an increase of 41.2 per cent on last year’s figures. Renfe and the provincial tourist board are promoting the Costa Blanca in Madrid.
Chef. “Above all I want to help the children,” he said. David will provide the same food he serves to customers: salad, the Menu del Dia’s main course and water. Javier will supply coffee and Paco will make the children’s merienda or tea.
Sports honour for La Nucia LA NUCIA, locally renowned for the quality of its sports facilities, has now won national recognition. It has been granted the National Sports award for its installations and promoting and organising sport. This is Spain’s most important national sports honour, which this year also went to FC Barcelona, the Women’s Water Polo team and Taekwondo
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Mayor Bernabe Cano receives the award. Olympic gold medallist Joel Gonzalez. Access to sport in La Nucia allows the town’s 63 nationalities to integrate socially and
maintain a healthy lifestyle, said Mayor Bernabe Cano, as he received the award at the Pardo Palace in Madrid.
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NORWAY - Hospital officials in Bergen said they plan on giving out heroin to addicts in an effort to reduce overdoses and health complications.
Mild winter NORWAY - A large part of Norway saw unusually mild weather this Christmas.
Icy Somalis SWEDEN - A Swedishbased team of Somalians are preparing to represent the African nation at the world championships of Bandy, similar to ice hockey.
Food aversion SWEDEN - A survey by Finnish communications corporation Nokia found that half of Swedes are irritated by pictures of food on Instagram and Facebook pages.
Taxing time
David Attenborough, 87, climbing trees, he revealed.
MORE than 1,500 people found time on Christmas Day to submit their online tax returns, HM Revenue and Customs said.
Clowning around BRITAIN’S clowning community fears its good name has been tarnished after police around the country revealed incidents of people in costume scaring members of the public.
Keep ban EIGHT out of 10 people believe foxhunting should remain illegal, an animal welfare charity has revealed, with support equally strong in both rural and urban areas.
A SANTA CLAUS was told to stop entertaining children in a town centre over fears they would be ‘traumatised’ by the sight of two Father Christmases in the same street.
FESTIVE BAN: One Santa too many.
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Best politician A RUSSIAN opinion research centre has named Vladimir Putin the Best Politician of the Year. According to the VTSIOM survey, 44 per cent of the population supported Putin.
Under fire
Not bothered OLYMPICS: Obama will not attend.
THE organising committee for Russia’s Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics said it was
GERMANY is short of doctors with its lack of GPs increasing by 30 per cent in one year. Rural areas are the worst affected. A report suggests 4,600 more doctors are needed.
Investing country IN 2013 German companies spent €54 billion on research and development, strengthening the country as a business location in the international competition.
Pensioner charged
HAVING knee replacement surgery and a pacemaker fitted has not stopped veteran wildlife broadcaster Sir
A RUSSIAN cargo plane crashed into warehouses at a military facility in Siberia, killing all nine people on board. There were no casualties on the ground.
DENMARK - A far-right Danish party has withdrawn its anti-Muslim comments saying they were ‘not welcome’ following criticism.
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NORWAY - Prime Minister Erna Solberg will make it easier for migrant workers with higher education to come to Norway and make it more attractive to them.
DENMARK - Nagging your partner could significantly increase the risk of them suffering angina, according to a study at the University of Copenhagen.
MARKS & SPENCER apologised after a Muslim member of staff refused to sell alcohol to a customer and asked her to wait until someone else was available to serve them.
MRS BROWN’S BOYS became this year’s mostwatched programme on Christmas Day. The show created by Irish comic Brendan O’Carroll had an average audience of 9.4 million.
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‘not really concerned’ that President Barack Obama would not be attending the event.
Natural causes YASSER ARAFAT died of natural causes, not radiation poisoning, Russian scientists said. Their findings were dismissed by Swiss experts as politically motivated.
Import restrictions RUSSIA plans to impose import restrictions on the dairy products from five Estonian companies and on products from six Estonian fishery industries.
Banned beef RUSSIAN authorities have advised that residues of a growth hormone were detected in several consignments of Australian beef.
Paid in full THE Russian crew of 20 on a Belize-flagged cargo ship ended their strike at a South Korean port after being paid their full salaries.
AN 87-year-old pensioner was sent to prison by a Wuppertal court after she was unable to pay a fine of €474 for persistent faredodging on public transport.
Strike continues WORKERS at Amazon.com Inc’s German operations plan to continue their strikes, in a dispute over pay that has been raging for several months.
Gold returns GERMANY’S Bundesbank plans to store half the national gold reserves in its own vaults by 2020. It will mean the return of 700 tons from the US and France.
Naked biker GERMAN police are looking for a motorcyclist who rode through Münster’s Christmas market wearing only gloves and a helmet.
Legal action AUSTRIA is considering legal action against Germany to prevent the country from introducing a charge on foreign drivers on its motorways.
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SIXTY-FOUR per cent of Spaniards felt stressed by the expense of the Christmas holidays, compared with 69 per in 2012. They complained of insomnia, headaches, muscular pain and stomach aches.
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Just 8 state-owned airports make money profitable airports were less so after paying amortisations or taxes. This was the case with Madrid-Barajas, which despite its €407.1m EBITDA, had an after-tax shortfall of €13.1m. Malaga and Alicante were also excluded from the money-makers after having met all their obligations, unlike Palma and El Prat, which both made a profit of almost €74m.
Is it too soon to declare victory? SPAIN could be declaring economic victory too soon. So believes Gilles Moec, Co-head of European Economics Research at Deutsche Bank. Gilles Moec has been studying Spain’s economy since 1993 and feels ‘moderately optimistic’ regarding its recovery, he recently told a Spanish national newspaper El Pais interviewer. There is certainly a flow of foreign money towards Spain, conceded Moec when asked if investors’ enthusiasm was justified. “But the message I try to transmit to my clients is that it was neither that bad before, nor is it that good now,” he explained.
“The private sector has carried out necessary adjustments. Spanish firms are now in a net lending position and that means they do not need to reduce employment to meet their financial commitments,” Moec said. In contrast, homework is pending for the public sector. Spain still had a high public debt with a deficit of 6.5 per cent of this year’s GDP, the economist pointed out. “My impression is that in 2014 the European Commission will give Spain some margin to adjust the deficit. But it will have to come up with some credible plans in the following years,” he warned.
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Mini-job boost SPAIN’S government wants to increase parttime jobs. Only 14.6 per cent of Spanish employees work parttime, compared with 20.9 per cent in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development countries.
Home birds FIFTY-FOUR per cent of Spanish women worked outside the home in 2012. This was the fourth lowest after Italy (50.5 per cent), Croatia (50.2 per cent) and Greece (45.2 per cent).
Copper-bottomed industry ATLANTIC COPPER is the biggest copper foundry in Spain and Europe’s second most important. The Huelva company was taken over in 1993 by the US-owned Freeport-McMoRan, the world’s largest producer of gold, molybdenum and copper. At the time of the takeover, Atlantic Copper had a turnover of
around €211m. By 2012 this had multiplied almost tenfold to €1.98bn. The Huelva plant now produces twice as much copper, three times as much gold and three times the amount of sulphuric acid as it did in the past. It has ridden out the economic crisis, said CEO Javier Targhetta, thanks to the emerging markets.
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Airport profits dwindle JUST eight of state-owned AENA’s 47 airports made after-tax profits in 2012. This falls far short of the predicted 18 on the grounds of their earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA). The profit-makers were Palma de Mallorca, Barcelona-El Prat, Gran Canaria, Tenerife Sur, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Sevilla and Bilbao. Apparently
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MORE foreign tourists than ever holidayed in Spain last year. Their numbers increased by 5 per cent to 57.6 million between January and November 2013, the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism announced. This already overtook 2012’s total without including last December’s figures. Continuing unrest in the Middle East worked in Spain’s favour, with many preferring the safety of the Canary Islands. This was especially noticeable last November when the islands received 17.9 per cent more foreign tourists than in November 2012. All visitors, including the comparatively new Russian market and the traditional Northern European
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Sun and sand tempt foreign A sad farewell tourists to Spanish beaches
TEMPTED: Beaches attracted foreigners. markets, were attracted by Spain’s sun and sand offer. Reductions in accommodation prices to offset the fall in Spanish visitors were a further draw.
The fastest-growing tourist markets were comparatively new Russia as well as the perennial Northern European countries but UK visitors were still the most numerous.
Staying on at work rather than retiring EARLY retirements in Spain fell by 40 per cent to fewer than 120,000 last year.
This enabled the central government to make savings in the region of €870 million.
EURO WEEKLY NEWS finance columnist Jim Collins has died. Many readers will remember his well-thought out and readable column that appeared weekly until early in 2013 when he returned to England for hospital treatment. His articles were always thought provoking and often controversial. Away from the world of finance he was well known in the Torrevieja (Costa Blanca) area, especially for his role in the Torrevieja Barbershop Harmonisers. In a statement the singers said: “We mourn the loss of one of our longest standing members. “He had been a member of the chorus for some 18 years and was one of the most committed members we had. “He was the bass section leader devoting his time to improving the quality of the section’s singing - his enthusiasm was an inspiration to us all.” Jim died peacefully in his sleep in hospital in England at the age of 83.
PIVE could be a possibility for 2014 THE PIVE plan could continue during 2014, the government has hinted. Car sales would rise 7.5 per cent if the €2,000 grants are retained for writing-off old cars and buying energy-efficient vehicles.
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OK, so you may have had Beatle mania, long hair, flower-power images and flared jeans, but a new fiscal report from the UK concludes that many people born in the 1960s and 1970s will be poorer overall than their parents, ending the post-war trend for each generation being richer than the last. A lack of a pay rise, insufficient pension savings, falling home ownership and no saving means that many may need to rely on inheritance from their parents to see them comfortably through the remainder of their lives. According to a report from the UK, those born in the 1960s and 70s have taken a serious hit over the past decade, as the average income has not risen significantly. Since 2002 incomes have only grown by 0.1 per cent, while the parents of 60s and 70s children enjoyed decent income growth throughout their 30s, 40s and 50s.
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Foreign owners HONG KONG-based Shuanghui and Mexico’s Sigma reached agreement to take over Spain’s Campofrio Food Group. They will pay €6.9 per share, giving the Spanish company a value of €705 million.
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WORSE OFF: Flower power children losing out. It appears that those born in the 60s and 70s also suffer from an inability to save, preferring to spend money rather than put it away. In comparison, the consumer habits of the parents of these spendthrifts was quite the contrary - 60s’ and 70s’ mums and dads were more inclined to save money than splash the cash as young adults. A gleaming goal on the horizon for many young adults in
the 60s and 70s was to get on the property ladder and that was exactly what they did. Statistics show that 80 per cent of people at that time were homeowners by the age of 50. In contrast, while the report reveals that those born in the 60s have managed somewhat better to acquire a home, unfortunately for those born in the 70s, falling incomes, saving less and the boom in property
prices in the 1990s and up to the mid-2000s, has made it very difficult to buy a home. That’s not to say that all is lost in the world and you had better hope that an inheritance will see you through! No, it’s just a reminder of how important it is in this day and age to make correct financial decisions in order to make the most of your money and future.
AMANCIO ORTEGA, Inditex owner and founder of Zara, bought Devonshire House in London’s Mayfair. He acquired the office block from the estate of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc for €480 million.
Even-handed EIGHTY per cent of the Eroski cooperative’s 8,500 members backed the board’s proposal to assume 30 per cent of the group’s losses. This was coherent with past profitsharing, Eroski sources said.
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What goes up sometimes comes down ONE basic service in crisisweary Spain now costs less. Mobile telephone bills fell by 22 per cent in the period between the third quarter of 2012 and the third quarter of 2013.
This was the steepest year-on-year reduction in recent years, overtaking 2012’s 18 per cent reduction and the 9.6 per cent fall recorded in 2011, said Spain’s National Markets and Competition
Lower tax on way AN overhaul of the Spanish tax system is on the way with low earners set to be the winners and big business the losers. Treasury Minister Cristobal Montoro said in an interview with Spanish newspaper Expansion that income tax will be gradually lowered, with low earners getting the biggest cuts before higher income brackets between 2015 and 2017. The government will hope to pay for the reform by boosting corporate tax takes, which at the moment are around 8 per cent of company profits - one of the lowest rates in Europe. But no details have been finalised yet, and there is no indication of by how much income tax may be cut.
Commission (CNMC). Mobile companies’ tariffs based on average earnings per minute have fallen by half since 2005. In contrast Iberdrola, Endesa and Gas Natural Fenosa, which account for 90 per cent of the domestic power market, have increased their bills by 70 per cent since then. Competition amongst telecommunications companies and their pitched battles in the war to poach each others’ business have benefited clients. This has improved Spain’s EU rankings, as only two years ago the country’s mobile-to-mobile calls were amongst the most expensive in Europe. The three companies that originally dominated
REPSOL started production at Bolivia’s Margarita 6 field. This is the most productive in the country and the subAndean basin, producing 6 million cubic metres of gas each day.
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GOOD NEWS: Mobile charges fall.
the mobile market - Telefonica, Vodafone and Orange - no longer have it in their clutches following the ascent of Yoigo as the country’s fourth-largest operator. Yoigo changed the mobile landscape and so did the Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO in English and OMV in
Spanish). These do not own networks but instead buy bulk access at wholesale rates which they then resell. Movistar, which once had 46.6 per cent of the market, now has 33.6 per cent; Vodafone has lost 6 per cent of its share while Yoigo and the MVNOs have 18.6 per cent more.
THERE were 1,141 strikes between January and November 2013, involving 553,836 workers. The 14 million lost working hours were 63 per cent fewer than during the same period in 2012.
Metro lay-offs A TOTAL of 587 Madrid Metro employees accepted a voluntary redundancy offer of 20 days’ pay for every year worked. Those aged between 58 and 63 will receive more.
OPINION & COMMENT
Voters get what they deserve! I REFER to the letter from Bob Mitchell calling for a democratic Marxist state (Letters, Issue 1483) and the reply from Paul Whitfield last week in which he refers to the ever-increasing disparity between the rich and the poor. He then asks why can we not have a government with integrity acting in the best interests of the majority since this is what democracy should be all about. However, he then asks why can we not have the kind of government we deserve. I would remind him that in a democracy with one man one vote, you always get the government that you deserve, whether you like it or not! The Gil party that ran Marbella Town Hall between 1991 and 2005 is a very good example of this polarisation of public opinion. Peter Sanderson, Estepona (Malaga) Editor’s note: Many members of the Gil party that ran Marbella under Mayor Jesus Gil have been convicted of criminal offences related to their terms in office.
Open your eyes I WOULD like to suggest a New Year’s resolution for many expats living in Spain. Over the years, the Euro Weekly News has printed many letters about the importance of learning the language, and I totally agree. However, this is hard for some people, often through no fault of their own. What is also important and does not require great knowledge of the language, is getting to know places and going further than the shops, the post office, the bars and the beach. I know dozens of people who have lived here for years and have seen nothing of the country. Wherever you live in Spain, you will find that within just a few hours’ drive, there is a
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This spider was fished out of the bottom of our swimming pool by a young boy who was staying with us. The fact that it had sunk indicates that it had been in water for quite some time. About an hour later despite appearing to be truly dead, surprise surprise it revived and set off across the table! Can anyone identify it?
Point missed WITH regard to the letter from Ken Bethell ‘Where is the loss?’ (Issue 1485). Mr Bethell misses the point completely when he states that buying fake goods, purportedly supposed to be designer brands, doesn’t hurt big companies like Gucci, Prada, et al. While obviously it does hurt these companies, the greater loss is to local traders who pay taxes, rents, lighting, staff, etc, while the purloiners of fake goods pay nothing.
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our lack of commitment. Looking for good value places is legitimate, but there are more important things in this life than just saving some euros. Maybe if we had made a little effort and helped our local bars, many of them would have not closed because of the financial crisis. Pedro Rodriguez, Benalmadena (Malaga)
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world completely different to what you have become accustomed to. Spain is full of both natural and manmade monuments from all eras, natural parks, mountains, reservoirs and much more; some are well-known, others less so, but all worth a visit. So even if you can only spare one day a month to do so, get in your car, on public transport or with an organised tour, and get out there! Joan Bainbridge (By email)
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Does he not read the press or watch television news? Where does he think these goods come from? Much of the merchandise peddled by the fake goods sellers is funded by mafias who use the profits for illegal enterprises. How many people who buy from these illegal sellers realise that they are contributing to illegal activities? The loss, while probably minimal to the giant conglomerates, is felt much more by the legal traders in all towns and cities and it is from protests by these traders that the authorities have clamped down on the illegal sellers of
fake goods. And rightly so. R G Waugh, Fuengirola (Malaga)
Support your own A COUPLE of days ago, I went for a walk to Los Boliches, in Fuengirola, after literally years without visiting the neighbourhood. To my surprise, I found most of the restaurants and bars I used to go to some 20 years ago were closed. Well, not all of them. Oddly enough, I noticed that some of the places that are still open are managed by British people. I’ve always criticised the fact that most visitors and foreign residents go to these places, but now I see why they do so. Having the support of the local community is crucial to keeping your business open, and what these expatriates have been doing for so long was just supporting their people. I think we, Spanish people, could learn from that. Too many Spanish restaurants and pubs have closed simply because of
WITH news that another censure motion is trying to be pushed through by the PP party in Orihuela, it really does make you wonder why you bother voting. The PP lost the last election and the right to rule with it, in a fair and democratic vote, so what makes them think they can just jump into bed with various other political parties; the very same parties they were fighting against when they were in power, in a bid to get back in charge? The voting public do not want them in power otherwise they’d have voted for them. It makes a mockery of the election system and of Orihuela’s politics when the only ones to suffer are residents. A S Williams, Orihuela Costa (Alicante)
Big thanks I WOULD like to say thank you for my wonderful experience of the Spanish healthcare system. As a foreign resident of 75 years, I have recently had two stents fitted in my heart. This was after a road accident when a medical examination revealed a defect. This was followed by a consultation at Foietes, an MRI at Benidorm Clinic, and an operation at St Juan, all within seven weeks. Now I have a new lease of life. Viva España! I am sure that in the UK I would have been put on the scrapheap. Tony Nicholls, Benidorm (Alicante)
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Skyfall (Film, 2012) Veteran MI6 agent James Bond (Daniel Craig) is off the map. After dropping seemingly to his death on a failed mission, his presumed demise leaves the job of boss M (Judi Dench) on the line. Back in London, her tenure is scrutinised further when a bomb decimates the MI6 building, forcing their operation underground. Chillingly eloquent villain Raoul Silva (Javier Bardem) claims responsibility, before holding M to ransom with stolen top-secret information.
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101 Dalmatians (Film, 1996) BBC 3 from 8:55pm to 10:30pm Live-action version of the Disney classic, featuring the dastardly fashion designer Cruella De Vil who, having chanced upon a litter of cute dalmation puppies, decides that their skins will complete her exotic new coat. After she sends two hapless heavies to steal the dogs, it is up to Pongo and Perdy - the pups' parents - to stage a daring rescue.
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A perfect gift to bring in the New Year LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT
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ELL, that’s it for another year. Just when I thought Santa had forgotten me (again) my lovely daughter Charlene presented me with the greatest gift you can have, the two week premature birth of my beautiful grandson Julian. Heaven knows what kind of a world this brand new little manifestation will have to contend with, but rest assured he will be strengthened by the love of many. Welcome my little one and a very happy new life to you. I think this year the TV programmers finally managed to top all previous festive programming by turning out the biggest load of garbage ever. White Christmas. At least three times. South Pacific. Twice. The Wizard of Oz. The Dirty Dozen. Hogan’s Heroes. The Great
EARLY ARRIVAL: Leapy’s new grandson. Escape. Ben Hur. Spartacus. They were all in there. I see Lawrence of Arabia managed to elbow its way in this year, but only because dear old Peter O’Toole kicked the bucket. What I did enjoy, however, was the revival of such wonderful comedies as Steptoe and Son and Dad’s Army. Wonderful comedy offerings and not an ‘F’ word, or indeed anything stronger than a ‘bloody’ in sight. How must these so-called comics of today feel when they
compare their pathetic offerings to these marvellous classics of old. How would anyone feel when they realise that the only way they can get a laugh is to use the ‘F’ word, or now, in an even new low, the ‘C’ word. You’re all an arrogant bunch of untalented, extremely lucky, inadequates and shame on the BBC, as usual, the main culprit for giving airspace to this bunch of ‘plonkers’. The Comic Relief BBC hypocrisy has also done a U-turn and decided to drop its
investments in arms and tobacco. ’Course they would still be continuing arrogantly on had they not been caught out. I don’t know why we put up with this insufferable bunch of traitorous lefties. I’d sack the lot of ’em and start again from scratch. And that’s about it. Apart from the crucifixion of Nigella, but I think there’s been enough writer’s cramp connected to that particular subject! I’m still having to endure all this darn sunshine on the Canary Islands! Ah, well, someone has to do it! I wish you all a prosperous happy and healthy and as PCfree a New Year as possible. Many thanks for all your wonderful correspondence and comments. I know I can’t reply to them all, but I assure you every one is read and noted. Keep ’em coming. Stay positive. Spring is just around the corner. So, whatever ya do, always keep the faith. Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
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LEAPY LETTERS
Not literate LEAPY Lee says it. Others think it. Really? Over the past seven years, I have read at least a dozen of his contributions and have found nothing he has written that has not been been discussed intelligently somewhere in the media. The difference is that the general media will have presented their arguments in a more mature, literate manner than the ranting and raving of ‘yer Leapy’. David R Worboys, Nerja (Malaga)
Keep ranting RANT away, Leapy. Someone who tells it as he sees it is a rare commodity in the media these days. Don’t let anyone ever stop you. Happy New Year! Andrew Steele, Palma (Mallorca)
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Comedy king Judd Apatow continues his winning streak with this 'kind of ' sequel to Knocked Up. It has been five years since married couple Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann) watched her sister go through a pregnancy crisis. Half a decade on, and the lively couple are facing a crisis of their own.
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Snog, Marry, Avoid? (Entertainment) BBC 3 from 8:00pm to 8:30pm Comic Ellie Taylor and her caustic sidekick POD go on tour, ready to do battle with the nation's fashion fakers. This time they have back up, as the mums and dads of Britain want to free their children of fakery and stand by POD in her mission to restore natural beauty. In Bromley, Ellie is transformed into a walking, talking, living doll, as she takes on a look popular with the locals. POD performs two jawdropping transformations - queen of the jungle Vikki is convinced that there's no natural beauty under the fake tan and extensions but her partner Candice is desperate for her to see the truth; and Lady Gagaobsessed Eli wants to find out if she can be confident just being herself. Can POD turn them both into natural beauties? And will they stick to it?
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Film, 2001)
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This week 1492: The kingdom of Granada falls to the forces of the Catholic Monarchs, Fernando and Isabel. 1643: The first legal divorce takes place in the American colonies. 1789: The first US presidential election takes place. 1838: Samuel Morse's telegraph system is demonstrated in public for the first time in New Jersey. 1880: Building of Panama Canal, begins. 1933: Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco begins. 1959: Alaska becomes the 49th state of the United States. 1971: Sixty-six football supporters die after crush barriers collapse at the Ibrox Park stadium in Glasgow during a match between Old Firm rivals Celtic and Rangers. 1977: Music publisher EMI ends its contract with punk rock band Sex Pistols following their behaviour in public. 1980: British steel workers stage their first nationwide strike in more than 50 years asking for a pay rise. 1990: The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public after fears it could topple over. 1993: The Start II nuclear arms reduction treaty is signed in Moscow by US President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin. 1996: General Motors announces the building of its first electric car, the EV1. 2000: Catherine Hartley and Fiona Thornewill become the first two British women to walk to the South Pole.
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CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) The enthusiasm of your bright Capricorn mind is also capable of making you restless. There are mixed feelings about being at or near home this week, with thoughts of more progress being possible elsewhere. Your need to make things better for those round you may not make you money but it can bring great joy. Give of your time and talents generously. AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) When you are at home this week I would like you to consider how you view your surroundings. This is a good week to make changes and have discussions about future directions. It is assumed that those close are happy with the status quo, but this may not be the case. The things which you find irksome may also irritate them. Ask in a tactful and gentle way and you will be surprised at the outcome. PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Pat yourself on the back for all of your efforts of recent weeks. Looking back just a few months, would you have thought so much progress could be made? Because of your efforts, home life is enhanced and you are more appreciated. Give yourself a break at the weekend and do something with a loved one that you have not done together for some time. Think of the great times you had and relive them to warm your heart. ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Rarely has your mind been as sharp as it is at the moment. There have been some awkward and downright bad periods in the recent past, but this week everything falls into place. Why, you wonder, have you worried so much about things which could not be changed? With this clarity of vision, the future seems so much brighter. Use your talents and advantages to the full in this sparkling seven days and beyond.
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FOURTEEN-year-old Duncan spends his summer vacation with his mother, Pam, her overbearing boyfriend, Trent, and his daughter, Steph. Having a rough time fitting in, the introverted Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, the gregarious manager of the Water Wizz Water Park. Through his friendship with Owen, Duncan opens up and begins to find his place in the world.
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Tangle, 2 Neatly, 3 Estate, 4 Tramps, 5 Astute, 6 Scared, 7 Rather, 8 Enters, 9 Darted, 10 Hunter, 11 Adorns, 12 Luster, 13 Tended, 14 Resort, 15 Titled, 16 Dreams, 17 Shouts, 18 Tested, 19 Siding
IF ITʼS YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK: Expecting too much help from others has held you back in the recent past. It makes sense to be part of a team only when everyone is pulling their weight. Some things are best done alone for real progress.
Your Stars
January 2: Cuba Gooding Jr, 46. Academy Awardwinning American actor. January 3: Mel Gibson, 58. American actor, director and film producer. January 5: January Jones, 36. American actress and model. January 6: Rowan Atkinson, 59 . English actor, comedian and screenwriter. money or delay a payment to your advantage. We all have set ideas, whatever our age or circumstances.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) For all of the things that you want to do, there are three others that you wish to do. Maybe they are waiting for their own time to come. During the course of this week you will be thinking of what the future could hold, even though dealing with practical issues. While you are doing the ordinary tasks of the day, or thinking of how you can save money, also think about how to save your dreams.
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) When we have long-standing friendships, these are often taken for granted and yet often we could make so much more of them. How long is it since you had a really deep conversation with your closest friends? What has changed in their attitudes and fortunes over the years? How could you help each other to make better progress? Working together brings so much more forward movement and satisfaction.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) When it isn't possible to change something, often it is just as effective to rearrange it. That is the solution which comes to you this week. Instead of being frustrated at a delay, try changing the conditions or times. This may mean that you save
LEO (July 24 - August 23) Consider what is the most important thing to you at the moment? Is it wealth or social position? Your work, or how it may be possible to afford that new conservatory are minor considerations compared with your greatest asset
Alexandra Jimenez, born January 4, 1980. Jimenez is a Spanish actress who gained fame with her portrayal of Africa Sanz on Spanish soap opera Los Serrano. As a young girl she started studying ballet, and became a professional dancer aged 15. An injury took her away from the dancing stages, and she started pursuing her career as an actress.
The names of which products complete these famous advertising slogans? 1. Have a break. Have a --- --2. A ---- a day helps you work, rest and play 3. Lipsmackin’ thirstquenchin’ acetastin’ motivatin’ goodbuzzin’ cooltalkin’ highwalkin’ fastlivin’ evergivin’ coolfizzin’ ---4. You can be sure of ----5. The car in front is a -----6. You’re never alone with a -----7. Don’t just book it, ------ ---- it 8. Hello tosh, got a -------? 9. Eveninks and morninks I drink -------10. What we want is -------
Nonagram 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 C) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
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which is your health. This week, then, is all about boosting this valuable commodity and building its future. Worry, stress, overwork should be words not in your vocabulary. VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) As the saying goes, ʻno one ever said it would be easyʼ. In the past few months you have found this to be true. Hard work is not alien to you, but there is a point where you want to shout ʻenoughʼ. It may be that business or home life needs some rearranging, or that someone is moving job and the routine is severely disrupted. LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) As a home-loving Libran, you are torn between making changes to your surroundings and getting some cash in on the business side. Apparently, it is not possible to do both because energy levels fluctuate. I have a proposition for
January 7: Lewis Hamilton, 29. British Formula One racing driver. January 8: David Bowie, 67. English musician, singersongwriter, producer and actor. you. Get business out of the way during the week and plan home activities for the weekend. . SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) There is so much in you that is determined and looking forward to a fresh start, but something that you are trying to get rid of, or give up, may be giving you more trouble than anticipated. Some things have to be done alone, or so you think, but others have gone through this before you so they are able to give support. SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Is playing the waiting game really to your advantage? Your Sagittarian character naturally leads you to be optimistic, and why not? Even so, it won't hurt to hurry someone along rather than having them go at their own pace. Bear in mind that, in letting someone get away with sloppiness, you are doing them no favours at all.
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Very good: 30
Good: 21
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION dame, dram, kame, made, make, mare, mark, mart, mate, mead, meat, ream, tame, team, term, tram, armed, derma, drama, dream, karma, maker, mated, mater, rearm, tamed, tamer, demark, dreamt, marked, marker, market, marred, remark, earmark, TRADEMARK
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The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (BESTED) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
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Unscramble the name of a famous England cricketer: INSPIRE KEEN VET
Across 1 A girl from the Channel Islands taking everything back (5) 4 Flowers Lisa had arranged (7) 7 Clergymen dance so awkwardly (7) 8 Sheʼs just the cup of tea for a Cockney (5) 10 Version of amen, I state (5) 11 Denies judge place back after unpopular initiation (7) 12 A bird regrets losing its wings (5) 14 Phosphorus is put on many bits of land (5) 19 Keep, to look at (7) 21 Bother! Itʼs Henry in the snack bar (5) 22 Some careless language (5) 23 Sea-lord arranging trials (7) 24 Got better after the morning was over (7) 25 Essential to claw back capital only (5)
Unscramble the name of a large city in the US (three words): ATTACK SLY LIE FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: KEVIN PIETERSEN, SALT LAKE CITY
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7 Panto character made to change (4) 9 Part of her striptease act is simplicity itself (4) 13 Angered? Awfully! (7) 15 Laborious effort of a few inside track (7)
16 Reasons not to take a bite from a bacon sandwich (4) 17 Soldiers with rope and log (6) 18 Aircraft for Black Sabbath (4) 20 Builder nears trap (5) 21 Trainee soldier from America detained (5)
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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 16 represents R and 14 represents J, so fill in R every time the figure 16 appears and J every time the figure 14 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.
Across 1 Scratch (6) 4 Tears with the teeth (5) 9 Weather conditions (7) 10 Garden gastropod (5) 11 Pitcher (4) 12 Certain (8) 14 Announced (6) 16 Happening lately (6) 19 One of the Great Lakes (8) 20 Cab (4) 23 Ascend (5) 24 Malady (7) 25 Alternate (5) 26 Expensive (6)
Down 1 Confidences (7) 2 Lift up (5) 3 Summit (4) 5 Motivated (8) 6 Look at closely (7) 7 Flat (5) 8 Adhesive (4) 13 Awful (8) 15 Assign to a role (7) 17 In need of a drink (7) 18 Film (5) 19 Religious order (4) 21 Attentive (5) 22 As well (4)
English - Spanish The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
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Answers: A pig in a poke, Quite right
Down 2 Badly aligned in front (7) 3 An advance, we hear, on its own (5) 4 Run away from pudding, say (6) 5 A half rum can be injurious (7) 6 Picture at home with the television on (5)
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Rumba, 4 Arctic, 9 Sultana, 10 Donor, 11 Ring, 12 Assuage, 13 Can, 14 Ball, 16 Esau, 18 Sis, 20 Abreast, 21 Tsar, 24 Merge, 25 Airsick, 26 Newest, 27 Elton. Down: 1 Resort, 2 Melon, 3 Away, 5 Radishes, 6 Tantara, 7 Carmel, 8 Pagan, 13 Cleavers, 15 Aircrew, 17 Carmen, 18 Straw, 19 Broken, 22 Saint, 23 Erse. QUICK Across: 1 Easy, 3 Consider, 9 Elegant, 10 Linen, 11 Crept, 12 Indian, 14 Secret, 16 Cuckoo, 19 Beasts, 21 Later, 24 Alike, 25 Insults, 26 Estimate, 27 Asks. Down: 1 Exercise, 2 Scene, 4 Obtain, 5 Solid, 6 Denmark, 7 Rent, 8 Battle, 13 Tourists, 15 Chemist, 17 Unless, 18 Assist, 20 Steam, 22 Tales, 23 Bare.
Across 1 Puppies (of dog) (9) 6 Sour (f) (5) 7 Near (in place) (5) 13 Carreteras (5) 14 Acordar (5) 15 Pulseras (9) Down 1 Which (in questions and reported speech) (4)
2 Match (for lighting) (7) 3 Buttonhole (of garment) (4) 4 Carrera (competición) (4) 5 Abbot (4) 8 Árbitro (boxeo, fútbol) (7) 9 Cross (sign, decoration) (4) 10 Island (4) 11 Puerta (de jardín, ciudad) (4) 12 Camas (muebles) (4)
ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Racha, 4 Scabs, 7 Dandelion, 8 All, 10 Boo, 15 Demasiado, 17 Owner, 18 Etapa. Down: 1 Rabo, 2 Cod, 3 Asno, 4 Seed, 5 Aviso, 6 Send, 9 Lemon, 11 Odio, 12 Asar, 13 Gale, 14 Luna, 16 Ola.
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TOP 10 NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD NOW that 2014 has started, it’s time to take a look at the way people welcome the New Year throughout the world. 1. Japan Oshogatsu or New Year celebrations in Japan begin at midnight on December 31, when temples ring their bells 108 times, each symbolising a sin in Buddhist belief. On January 1 people visit shrines often wearing kimonos. New Year’s Day postcards, similar to Christmas cards, are also sent to friends and relatives.
1 2. China Chinese follow the Lunar Calendar, so their New Year may occur any day between mid-January and mid-February. It usually lasts 15 days, making it the longest festival in the Chinese calendar. Red envelopes containing money are passed out from adults to young people. The amount of money given is of even numbers, as odd ones are related to the cash given during funerals. 3. Denmark People throw breakable dishes at their neighbours’ front doors. The family with the most broken plates is considered to be the luckiest one as it means they will have more friends in the New Year. 4. Germany In some areas of Germany people take part in Bleigiessen during New Year’s Eve. In this form of fortune-telling, small quantities of lead are melted in a silver spoon over a candle. The shape that the lead takes when tipped into a bowl of cold water is a symbol for the fortunes of the coming year. 5. Netherlands New Year’s Dives are organised in many towns and villages on January 1, with participants swimming a small distance in the North Sea, lakes or canals. People often eat sweet dough pastries, including
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Auster’s moral, political and intellectual journey as he inches his way towards adulthood through the post-war 1950s and into the turbulent 1960s. Newark-born Auster evokes the sounds, smells and tactile sensations that marked his early life, as well as the many images that came at him. In fact, the final section of ‘Report from the Interior’ is told in an
‘oliebollen’ (made with raisins and served with icing sugar) or ‘duivenkater’ (a loaf of bread flavoured with butter and lemon rind). 6. Spain On New Year’s Eve families gather for a meal and when the clock strikes 12 times at midnight, it is traditional to eat 12 grapes for good luck. Many Spaniards also don new red underwear on New Year’s Eve, which they later burn for good luck. 7. Philippines Filipinos welcome the New Year wearing polka-dotted clothes to attract fortune and money. Before the clock strikes midnight, all doors are wide open to allow good luck to enter. They also make sure they put in their wallets the money they received on Christmas as they believe whatever condition their wallet is in when the New Year arrives, so it will be the rest of the year.
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8. Sri Lanka New Year celebrations in Sri Lanka take place in mid-April and also mark the end of the harvest. Rituals include cleaning the house and lighting the hearth, as well as making auspicious dishes to enter into the first business transactions of the year. 9. Brazil Brazilians welcome both a new year and summer, and they do so dressed in white to bring good luck. Lentils are the essential meal in the Brazilian New Year, eaten to ensure health. By midnight on New Year’s
Eve they eat seven raisins, keeping their seeds in their wallets to have money that year. 10. Puerto Rico Puerto Ricans spend the day cleaning their houses before the New Year’s Eve celebrations in the belief that whatever the condition their houses are at the beginning of the year, they will stay that way for 365 days. Following their Spanish roots, they also eat 12 grapes for good luck before midnight.
Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules? The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’. They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms. No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice. No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.
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Just Joking People should not worry about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year. It is what they eat between New Year and Christmas that is the problem. An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year’s over.
Good: 32 Very good: 46 Excellent: 57
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION irides, ides, rids, ride, rides, rider, riders, reds, sled, sere, serer, seer, leer, leers, leery, dire, direr, deer, deers, dues, duel, duels, errs, eery, reel, reels, reed, reeds, airs, aired, aids, aide, aides, rude, ruder, rues, rued, eels, erred, your
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Cancer death rate falls
DEATHS from cancer in the UK have dropped by more than 20 per cent in the last 20 years. According to new figures from the charity Cancer Research UK, death rates have dropped by more than a fifth since the 1990s. In 1990, the disease killed 220 out of every 100,000 people, but by 2011 the figure had fallen by 22 per cent to 170 people per 100,000. Improvements in surgical techniques and drug treatments are believed to have played a part in reducing the number of deaths.
An apple a day keeps heart attacks at bay
AN apple a day may not just help keep the doctor away, but could also prevent people from having a heart attack. Researchers said healthy over-50s who added a daily apple to their diet could benefit as much as those who started taking a tablet. They believe the health benefits are similar to giving statins to everyone over 50 who is not already taking cholesterol-lowering drugs. Researchers said people should not replace prescribed statins with apples but could benefit by eating more fruit.
Put an extra spring in your step WALKING 2,000 extra steps a day could help people at risk of heart attack and stroke cut their risk factors by 8 per cent. Researchers at University of Leicester (UK) looked at 9,306 adults from 40 countries for the study. They said the exercise required is equivalent to walking 20 minutes a day at a moderate pace.
DIET BOOST: A daily apple is beneficial for healthy over-50s.
Just five minutes for perfect skin WE know the theory: we must remove our make-up each night and cleanse in the morning, but many of us skip the morning cleanse. So why is it so important to spend five minutes on this simple beauty regime? Overnight skin secretes more oil, so it is advisable to cleanse every morning to remove it, returning freshness and youthfulness to the skin, as this routine is not a question of age but of skin quality. Without clean skin, even the best treatments may be in vain. If the pores are clogged, the active ingredients in creams will hardly be absorbed on the surface in order to reach the deeper layers of the skin. Therefore, facial cleansing is essential for radiant skin without impurities.
A healthy brain is key to a healthy body SOMETIMES people have habits that they consider normal, but unknowingly they may begin to cause damage to general health and the brain. People should never forget breakfast; it is vital and necessary for the energy of the day. The nutrients provided in breakfast are essential for the brain to keep working. Bad habits can trigger irritability, a high level of stress and premature ageing.
VITAL: The nutrients provided in breakfast. Avoid accumulating stress and concerns because the arteries of the brain could be affected. Smoking or drinking
alcohol can reduce brain mass, so limit intake of both to ensure a healthy brain. Too much sugar can cause diabetes and impair the absorption of proteins, which in turn can cause the brain to minimise its functions for feeling underfed. Resting is important, and sleeping eight hours is essential. If the brain does not recover its energy over the necessary time, the process of brain-cell loss may be accelerated.
HEALTH & BEAUTY ACTRESS Linda Lusardi reveals all about the tiny berry that soothed her gritty, streaming eyes. While starring in Emmerdale or captivating audiences in panto, it wasn’t always easy for Linda Lusardi to maintain her seductive sparkle. She battled a condition which left her eyelids and sockets inflamed, causing a constant stream of tears and a gritty sensation. “My eyes would be red and sore most days. On set, I’d often have to be shot from different angles to disguise my streaming right eye, which was worse than the left,” Linda revealed. As a model and actress, Linda travels a lot for work and to support good causes. She visited the Costa del Sol in June 2012 with her husband Sam Kane to support the Rhys Daniels Trust alongside Max Clifford and other well known faces. “Whenever I made public appearances people often thought I’d been crying. It was very embarrassing.” Dry eye syndrome occurs when the eye can’t lubricate itself effectively, leading to inflammation, soreness, blurred vision, gritty sensation and the feeling of a foreign
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LIFE-CHANGING: Actress Linda Lusardi recommends Omega 7 Sea Buckthorn Oil. object in the eye. Allergies are often blamed for itching eyes, but it is often dryness, especially at the corners. Hot, windy environments, hormonal changes and age can cause the condition, with up to one in three over 65s suffering. Linda also found the problem got worse after having had her children
Jack, 13, and Lucy, 16. “It definitely got worse as I got older. I would wear sunglasses and use eye drops, but this was messy and inconvenient. “Discovering Omega 7 was like a miracle.” A friend introduced Linda to Omega 7 Sea Buckthorn Oil, a natural berry extract, which has been shown to support the mucous membranes
Five tips to detox your body after the holidays THE liver is the organ that contributes the most to detoxing the body. It operates best between 1-3am, but after heavy meals and alcohol at night it will not be at its most efficient, so more toxins are released into our bodies in the party season. The New Year is the perfect time to think about detoxing and to help restore your natural wellness after overindulging over the Christmas period. Try these few top tips to get you started: 1. Think about what you eat: look at your daily diet and raise awareness in your health and well-being every time you eat. 2. Check your cupboards and
refrigerator and throw away all food loaded with sugar and fat to reduce temptation. Reduce fried and processed foods. Store natural products, small portions of lean meats and organic products. 3. Eat daily at least five portions of fruit and vegetables which have not been industrially produced. 4. Decrease your meat intake. Men should eat no more than 100g daily and women 90g. 5. Fasting may help to clean the body’s toxins collected over the holidays. There is no need to starve, but having a day of drinking just fruit and vegetable juices may help the body recover.
that protect the eyes and other parts of the body. Within a few weeks of taking two capsules three times a day, Linda was impressed with the improvement. “I didn’t think it would work so well. I forgot my eye drops one day and noticed that the discomfort never came. My eyes weren’t watering.” Originally part of traditional Asian medicine, sea buckthorn oil has been used by many as a source of essential fatty acids, such as the rare omega7, which has become popular with women going through the menopause, as well as with sufferers of dry eyes, dry mouth and Sjogren’s disease. “When I’m in panto as the wicked queen, I no longer worry about my make-up running down my face. Not a good look for a villain! Omega 7 has been lifechanging.” Visit www.omega7.co.uk for more information.
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Enjoy the friendly and relaxed Hotel Gran Sol all year round THE first thing that everybody will enjoy when visiting Hotel Gran Sol in Calpe is its privileged location in a beautiful environment. Its rooms and restaurant have been recently refurbished to a high standard and they look fantastic. This smal, family-run hotel is located on the hillside about three kilometres from Calpe centre and the beach. The hotel prides itself on being very friendly and relaxed, attracting clients from all nationalities and
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for wheelchairs and the apartments have two bedrooms and a complete kitchen. All rooms are equipped with air conditioning and central heating. They also have a fridge and French balconies. Hotel Gran Sol has a number of activities to offer in the bar for everyone to enjoy. They have a large swimming pool (also suitable for children), board games, table tennis, darts, skittles and SKY TV with all the sports channels. Every Wednesday and Friday evening from
8.30pm they have live music in their cosy restaurant and every Sunday they offer a threecourse Sunday lunch menu from 1-4pm with a large variety of dishes to choose from for only €15.90. It includes half a bottle of wine or beverage and bread with alioli. Booking is recommended. On chilly winter evenings the restaurant has a log fire that creates a warm and cosy environment, and in the summertime diners are moved out to the garden, where they can eat surrounded by well
manicured plants and beautiful palm trees. The restaurant serves a varied homemade menu and people can choose from the a la carte menu offerings or ‘build’ their own menus from just €11. As long as they choose three courses, they will receive a free half bottle of wine. The hotel’s employees speak perfect English, Spanish and Scandinavian. In Hotel Gran Sol they are already preparing a very special event for Valentine’s Day with live music. The hotel is located in Urbanizacion Gran Sol, 6-B in Calpe, and you can find it very easily by entering the Hotel Gran Sol Calpe into Google Maps.
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Festive takeaway dishes FOR those who were looking for something different to traditional Christmas fayre, a takeaway service created a festive twist on customers’ favourite dishes. Just Eat asked 2,000 British customers to name the Christmas takeaway dish they would most like to see and, as a result, they created four special meals including a mince pie pizza, pork and stuffing sushi, turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce kebab and even a Brussel’s sprout curry. They say more than 8,500 takeaway orders were made on Christmas Day in 2012, with more than 500,000 orders made between December 23 and 31. All four festive takeaway dishes are available in limited quantities from Just Eat on special request.
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Danish pastries under threat from the EU TRADITIONAL Danish pastries are under threat in Denmark. Their ‘kanelsnegler’, or cinnamon rolls, could be banned after the EU proposed limiting the use of the spice in an effort to limit the amount of coumarin consumed. Coumarin is a naturally occurring toxic chemical found in cassia, the most common type of cinnamon. Denmark’s food safety agency plans to implement the EU regulations which limit the amount of coumarin used to 15mg a kilo on everyday baked goods. However, in Sweden, the government has got around the ruling by
CINNAMON ROLLS: A traditional and seasonal dish. calling the cinnamon pastries a ‘traditional and seasonal dish’ as they are mainly enjoyed around Christmas and New Year. This allows them to use up to 50mg per kilo. Ceylon cinnamon contains lower levels of coumarin than cassia
cinnamon. Previous studies have linked high coumarin intake to liver damage in a small number of sensitive people, although some people have argued you would have to eat a considerable amount of cinnamon rolls to be affected.
MEDIUM PRAWNS: The most requested seafood at this time of year.
Seasonal seafood prices unchanged SEASONAL seafood prices remained largely unchanged with prices similar to any other day of the year. In Santa Pola’s fish markets, Alicante Province, the highest category of seafood did not see much of a price increase during the festive period as it previously would have before the crisis. The decline in consumption as a result of lower purchasing power has allowed quality seafood to be sold at auction for ‘only’ €80 a kilo this year,
while a few years ago large prawns and Norwegian lobster reached up to €300 a kilo. Medium-sized prawns become the most requested at this time of the year because they are more affordable for consumers; the price rose to €60 a kilo (the rest of the year it costs about €35 a kilo). The most requested fish at Christmas, like bream or flounder, increased in price by around 15 per cent.
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Food of the week: Pomegranates ORIGINALLY from Persia, pomegranates are now grown throughout the Mediterranean and also in California and Arizona (USA) after being introduced to the area by Spanish settlers in the 1760s. Currently in season, there are plenty of reasons why people should be stocking up on this seasonal fruit for its health benefits. The fruit is full of vitamin C and potassium and rich in antioxidants which some people say can help to prevent free radicals and bad cholesterol from hardening the arteries in your body. Research has also shown that eating
organic pomegranate seeds and drinking pomegranate juice can increase oxygen levels to the heart. The small, juicy seeds may not be the easiest fruit to get at or eat, but the effort is worth it. Try sprinkling the
seeds over salads for an added health boost, and they can be used in most recipes that call for fruit or seeds. POMEGRANATES: The small juicy seeds are worth the effort to eat.
GLASS OF WINE: Could boost your immune system.
Another good reason to enjoy a glass of wine MAYBE people shouldn’t feel so guilty about having that extra glass of wine during New Year celebrations, as scientists in America believe that alcohol could boost your immune system and help make vaccines more effective. The study, conducted by an immunologist at the University of California (USA) and published in the journal Vaccine, could also lead to a better understanding of how humans’ immune systems work. The lead author of the study said research found that voluntary moderate alcohol consumptions boosted the immune system. Researchers are now planning on using the findings to look at how they can improve immune responses to vaccinations and infections, particularly in the elderly.
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Time for a fresh start in 2014? As we enter the New Year it is the traditional time to make a fresh start with resolutions to improve your life. We asked what pledges people were making to themselves, if any, for 2014.
CLEANER Karen McKenna from Lo Crispin (Alicante) has no plans or intentions to make a New Year’s resolution: “I haven’t even thought about it this year, it is a bit of a pointless exercise really. “The only time I kept one was around 20 years ago when my resolution was to stop HOME: Carolina smoking and I lasted until the Garcia wants to April.” be closer to her Student Craig Johnston, aged 23, on holiday in the family and Alicante area from friends London to visit next family, said he year. intends to make a resolution he can keep this year: “Eat more, drink more,
STREET TALK exercise less! I should be able to do that, I think!” Carolina Garcia, aged 32, from Pego, has made a New Year resolution: “I want to exceed last year’s expectations and to make true all my new projects.” She added: “I also want to spend next Christmas with my family and friends, because I have been far away from them this year.” She explained that this is the second time she has made a resolution and last year it was achieved successfully so she expects to succeed this New Year. POINTLESS: Karen McKenna has no plans for any resolutions.
Francisco Cabrera from Teulada, aged 61, said he has not made any New Year’s resolutions. He did one a few years ago when he stopped smoking and he is still not smoking, but this year he has “nothing to change” about his life. Deborah Eagland a market stallholder who lives in Arboleas (Almeria) is looking forward to a healthy New Year. “My resolution is to eat more healthily, no more churros at the market. I hope to last all year.” But Leigh Hill, 48, on holiday in Almeria from Sheffield, does not do resolutions. The lorry driver said: “I stopped making New Year’s resolutions years ago but, like a lot of people I could do with losing a bit of weight. With my job I spend a lot of time behind the CHURROS: Deborah has wheel and need to knocked the Spanish exercise more.” breakfast treat off the menu.
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Gardening Corner By Dick Handscombe Spain’s best known expat gardening author about to start his 26th winter cut back.
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OW it’s already now 2014 and time for setting some New Year gardening resolutions to ensure that your garden
enables you to enjoy; • the sunny open air life style that you expected when you came to Spain • daily harvests of fresh chemically free herbs, vegetables and fruit • a great garden that needs little maintenance for most of the year.
ENJOY: The sunny open air life style that you came to Spain for.
Naturally we all have different visions of how we want to develop or redevelop
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for 2014 ensure that they are realistic for the microclimate and soil of your garden and
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From page 53. 1. Make the garden into a chemical free zone to the benefit of the family, visitors, pets and wildlife without increasing the exposure to the possibility of major insect and fungal attacks. Luckily the growth of the organic vegetable and fruit industries has led to the availability of products for the amateur gardener as well as the major growers. If you have trouble finding them in your local garden centres, horticultural shops and agricultural cooperatives contact Trabe situated near St. Javier airport in Murcia and buy by mail order via www.trabe.net or tel 968-572004 asking for Fransisco Ibanez who speaks excellent English. 2. Since most of the autumn rains were not gathered and stored, invest in guttering and storage tanks. Why not do so next year and also make more use of the TerraCottem soil enhancer that can reduce watering requirements by 50 to 75 per cent to make your collected water go further. 3. Start or extend the home growing of ecological or organic vegetables in order to
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Enjoy your garden and life in Spain to the full in 2014 be able to harvest seasonal varieties 365 days a year. Our comprehensive books ‘Growing Healthy Vegetables in Spain’ and ‘Living well from our garden - Mediterranean style’ were written to help you do this whether you have a garden or merely a small town house patio or apartment terrace. Much can be grown in an area even as small as one square metre. With the abandonment of orchards in many areas and the practice of harvesting and selling unripe fruits, more and more expatriates are planning to grow a wider variety of fruit and to do so organically as already mentioned. Our book ‘Growing Healthy Fruit in Spain’ is written to help you with this. It includes advice on some 70 varieties from citrus fruits to grape vines. 4. Reduce the cost of plants by only planting those appropriate for the microclimate of your garden at this
stage. Recognise that the microclimates of neighbouring gardens can even vary depending on the height of hedges and fences, the extent of natural shade and the orientation of the house and the exposure of the garden to hot summer winds and cold winter winds. There are descriptions of some 400 plants most likely to be successful in coastal or inland gardens in ‘Your Garden in Spain.’ Photographs are included for most. 5. Reduce maintenance needs by decreasing the size of lawns, increasing the area covered by terraces and paths and planting non obtrusive plants. 6. Eat outdoors more frequently by establishing a variety of ways of cooking al fresco and cosy colourful perfumed situations for al fresco sundowners, breakfast, lunch and dinners. 7. Reducing pool cleaning
WATER STORAGE: Invest in guttering and gather rainwater. times by only planting clean plants around the pool terrace. See section 3.3 of ‘Your Garden in Spain’ for practical ideas. 8. Stimulate the presence of more wildlife by installing nesting boxes, thick shrubberies as well as changing over from manufactured chemical insecticides, fungicides, weed killers and fertilisers to natural alternatives. 9. Do shred and compost as much as possible from the January/February winter cutback and clean-up.
10. Plant some more trees or plant covered gazebos for summer shade. Such New Year resolutions can help you enjoy your garden and life in Spain to the full and improve the local environment at the same time. If you are retired there are special sections re retirement gardens in ‘Having a great retirement’ available from Amazon Books as are my other books. © Dick Handscombe www.gardeninginspain.com January 2014
HOUSE PLANTS: In winter they need to gain as much daylight as possible.
Move inside for your winter gardening IT may be a little cold to spend hours in the garden in January, but indoor house plants need just as much attention. The care and attention needed starts from the minute they are bought. People should be sure to wrap them up well for the trip home to prevent them
from the cold and foliage damage. During winter months, daylight is limited so people should give house plants as much light as possible and consider moving existing plants for them to benefit from optimum light. Radiators and air conditioning heating can
dry out plants so people should ‘mist’ them with a water spray or place them over a moist pebble tray. As growth slows during the winter, they need to be watered less often. Plants should be inspected regularly for insect pests and treated immediately if any are found.
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LEVELLING OUT: Property prices.
Foreign investors return to Spanish property market THERE is an upside to every disaster and that holds good for the burst property bubble, too. Prices have fallen and foreign money began to pour in last year. “There has been investment fever since the end of the summer,” said Jose Luis Ruiz, an independent consultant. “Dozens of mutual funds from the world’s biggest countries now have Spanish property in their sights,” Ruiz explained. Such was foreign interest in Spain’s property market last year that investment
in the property sector has returned to the pre-crisis levels of 2008, agreed real estate consultancy CBRE. “Many investors, most of them foreign, are either returning to this market or entering it for the first time. This has produced a slight adjustment in prices,” explained CBRE’s Director for Foreign Investment, Mikel Marco-Gardoque. As well as investors, many private citizens – particularly those from the UK, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Russia – are
buying property here either for retirement or as a second residence. Last year also saw the introduction of legislation that grants a residence permit when a non-EU purchaser buys a property worth more than €500,000. Coupled with the fall in property prices and Spain’s generally benign climate, this, too, has encouraged sales. Sales to non-EU buyers rose by 43 per cent to 14,593 during the second quarter of last year, MarcoGardoque revealed.
OPTIMISTS who predicted a rise in property prices were proved right, but only by the narrowest margin. For the first time since 2010 there was a year-on-year increase, albeit of just 0.7 per cent, according to Spain’s National Institute of Statistics (INE). The time has not yet come to rejoice, warned Carlos FerrerBonsoms, of Jones Lang LaSalle, an international real estate firm specialising in commercial property management, leasing and investment management. It is still necessary to tread carefully although he was ‘confident’ that prices would stabilise in 2014, FerrerBonsoms said. But buyers will only carry through deals if they can be sure that prices will not continue to fall, he warned. Bankinter’s Jesus Amador was also confident that prices would level out.
“Spain’s residential property sector has hit rock bottom and is at the start of a stabilisation phase,” Amador declared. This, he predicted will produce a recovery that will be rather slower than during previous cycles. Once they have bottomed out, prices are likely to remain stable for several reasons, principally the high unemployment rate, families’ reduced purchasing power and the continuing lack of credit extended by Spain’s banks, said Ferrer-Bonsoms. Postcodes will also play a part, added Julio Rodriguez, former president of the Banco Hipotecario. Recovery will be selective, starting in tourist zones and areas where economic activity is most developed. There are areas where real estate supply outstrips demand but in others with more demand and less housing prices could even begin to rise, he foresaw.
A complex problem for Real Madrid CF EVEN Real Madrid has property problems. Club President Florentino Perez wanted to turn the stadium complex into a ‘Madrid icon’ incorporating an hotel and a shopping centre. The project was announced two years ago and tenders invited. As is his wont, Perez has attempted to impose his views on board members by awarding the contract to the German group, GMP Architekten working with Catalan architects, L-35 and Josep Ribas. Others on the board would rather see the project handed to a recognised name like Moneo, Foster or Herzog. Discontent increased amongst the dissenters after US consultants Bovis were brought in to analyse the four projects submitted. The Lamela and Populous’s studio predicted it could design the most profitable complex, bringing in another €82 million on top of the €40 million earned from the stadium itself. Moneo’s design provided an additional €45 million and Foster’s a further €76 million. The GMP studio’s plans would earn an extra €52 million.
Real Madrid President Florentino Perez Despite these differences the survey concluded that there was little to choose between the four set of plans, club sources revealed. Yet other sources claimed that the definitive assessments were carried out by club officials.
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Luxury for pets at Caraby CARABY is a wonderful pet hotel located in Benidorm. It provides individual rooms specially designed and built to guarantee maximum comfort for pets. Kennels come complete with tiled roofs and stainless steel bars on the front with separation to avoid unwanted injuries from other animals. There is plenty of ventilation, heated floors and a bed so pets feels as comfortable as possible Dogs are walked twice in the morning and twice in the evening for 45 minutes each time in the nearby parks, and cats are also cared for. Feeding the animals is carefully attended to on two parameters, the specifications of the owner and the age and weight of the animal. They also use premium high-end best brand of food. They have eight large outdoor recreation areas, fenced with various trees, creating a
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POOCH HOTEL: Comfortable and spacious kennels.
permanent atmosphere of tranquillity for your pets to relax, play or just wander individually. Hygiene is paramount. Cleaning is done three times a day using specific and safe products and their parks are treated three times a week
against parasites and insects. They also provide individual attention with daily inspection and observation regarding their guests’ health status and behaviour, meaning pets are monitored 24 hours a day. It is a requirement that the pet
is in good health with all vaccinations up to date and has all the correct paperwork and it must be wearing an anti-parasite collar (customers receive a 10 per cent discount on anti parasitic products). They also offer other services like a collection and delivery service, dog grooming and training and people can buy all the best products in their shop, where people can also find a list
of puppies for sale. They have lots of offers and promotions, including bonus coupons that can easily be found and printed from their website www.caraby.net Customers can visit them in Benidorm on Ctra. Nacional 332, Variante Benidorm or call them for further information on 965 855 981 or 660 103 003. Their shop in La Cala is located on Avda. Mont Benidorm, 1 Edif. Coblanca 27 Local 1, Benidorm, call 966 811 993.
Feeding directions for dogs ALL pet foods are required to provide feeding directions on the label. Unfortunately, feeding directions can be misleading. They are guidelines and should only be used as such. Dogs generally eat enough food to meet their energy needs. If the food is nutrient dense, providing a high number of kilocalories (KC) per cup, the dog will need to eat less. One of the main problems is that most dogs’ feeding directions are calculated based on an average dog or puppy. Since these are average figures, and since no two dogs are the same, it is apparent why feeding directions can be so misleading. Your dog is unlikely to fit the average. The best method of determining the proper feeding amount for your dog is to start with the recommended level on the package. Increase or decrease the amount by the way the dog should look. As an example if you have a 20lb dog, eating one-and-a-half cups per day of a new food, and he starts gaining weight, decrease the feeding level to one cup. Conversely, if the dog begins to lose weight you should
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THE second production model from the Chinese car brand Qoros will be launched at the 84th Geneva Motor Show in March. With elegance and simplicity as the key design language, the debutant will echo the high specification and European quality standards of the Qoros 3 Sedan. The car has been designed to appeal to the young, modern, ‘always connected’ metropolitan customer, with state-of-the-art features including the QorosCloud infotainment system accessed via an eight-inch touchscreen. The second member of the Qoros family is based on the same modular platform as the Qoros 3 Sedan, which
QOROSCLOUD: Eight-inch touchscreen infotainment system.
made its world premiere at the 2013 Geneva and Shanghai Motor Shows. In September, the Qoros 3 Sedan became the first car developed in China to be awarded five stars in Euro NCAP crash tests. With appropriate proportion and balance, featuring rich and delicate details, Qoros 3 Sedan illustrates the elegance and simplicity of Qoros cars and presents a low-key luxury. This meets the values of metropolitan consumers perfectly, the manufacturer claims. Following Qoros’s commitment to introduce a new model every six-to12 months, its second model will go on sale in China in 2014. The rapid sequence of model introductions is possible thanks to an innovative modular platform and flexible development processes.
Air free tyres closer BRIDGESTONE Corporation is closer to a viable, commercially available, air free car tyre. The multinational manufacturer revealed its second generation ‘Air Free Concept (Non-Pneumatic) tyre’ at the 43 Tokyo Motor Show 2013. With a unique structure of spokes stretching along the inner sides of the tyres supporting the weight of the vehicle, the concept tyres don’t need to be periodically refilled with air. As a consequence, they require less maintenance while eliminating the worry of punctures at the same time. In addition, the spoke structure is made from thermoplastic resin and, along with the rubber in the tread portion; the materials used are recyclable.
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Lamborghini Huracan, the easy-to-drive successor of the iconic Gallardo A
UTOMOBILI Lamborghini aims at redefining the benchmark for luxury super sports cars with the brand new Huracan Lamborghini. A successor to the iconic Gallardo, the Huracan combines absolute performance with easy-to-drive road behaviour. The new Huracan is pure in its lines, featuring sharp edges, monolithic and sculptured panels and precise surfaces, the Italian manufacturer says. The silhouette of the vehicle is defined by only one line that merges the front with the cockpit and the rear of the car. The lateral windows come together to create a hexagonal form inserted in the car’s profile. The headlamps and other light functions are equipped with full LED illumination, setting this technology as a standard feature for the first time in the segment. The interior of the Huracan, to be launched in spring 2014 at an estimated starting price of €180,000, is dominated by a 12.3-inch, full-colour TFT instru-
DESIGN: Pure in its lines featuring sharp edges.
ment panel which delivers all car information to the driver. Nappa leather and Alcantara distinguish the interior, with several colour combinations offered. The new Huracan’s hybrid chassis is made of carbon and aluminium elements. With a dry weight of 1,422kg, it enables a power-to-weight ratio of 2.33kg per horse power, while guaranteeing race-car precision. The new 5.2 litre V10 engine delivers a maximum power of 448 kW/610 HP at 8,250 rpm, and a maximum torque of
560 Nm at 6,500 rpm. In the new ‘Iniezione Diretta Stratificata’ (IDS), direct and indirect petrol injections are combined, resulting in more power and torque with lower fuel consumption. The Huracan reaches a top speed of more than 325km/h, with acceleration from 0 to 100km/h in 3.2 seconds. The different driving modes of the Huracan can be selected via a driving dynamics selector switch in the steering wheel. The different modes ensure extensive modification in road behaviour of the car.
HURACAN: Successor to Gallardo.
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€100m Bale stole the headlines as Tendulkar retired and Aussies triumphed Tony Matthews
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Tony Matthews concludes his review of the sporting year...
Durham clinched cricket’s County Championship for the second time. In football, Liverpool Ladies won the WSL Premier League. GB’s Liam Phillips was confirmed as the World BMX champion. Swansea-born Non Stanford won the women’s World triathlon title.
SEPTEMBER OCTOBER Gareth Bale became Wigan Warriors won the world’s most Rugby League’s Grand expensive footballer by final. joining Real Madrid from Vettel came first in the Tottenham for £85.3m Indian, Japanese and (€100m). Korean Grand Prix. Sunderland Djokovic won the sacked manager Shanghai Paolo Di Canio. Masters tennis Lorenzo Lorenzo title and won the Serena wins the British and Williams Valencian San Marino won her MotoGP MotoGPs 11th singles while Marquez title of 2013. triumphed on his Motor cyclist home track in Spain. Lorenzo was victorious Oracle Team USA with in the Australian and the world’s greatest Japanese GPs while sailor, Sir Ben Ainslie, on Pedrosa won in Malaysia. board, came back from 8The FA celebrated its 1 down to beat New 150th anniversary Zealand 9-8 and so (formed on October 26, complete one of the 1863). greatest comebacks of all-time to win the oldest NOVEMBER trophy in world sport, The world’s third The Americas Cup. greatest batsman, India’s German F1 star Vettel Sachin Tendulkar, retired triumphed in the after scoring 81,742 runs in 1,524 matches Singapore Grand Prix.
BALE: Joined Real Madrid. 15,921 in 200 Tests. Four-time F1 world champion Vettel won in Abu Dhabi, Brazil and USA to make it nine victories in succession and 13 in 2013. Red Bull colleague Mark Webber retired from F1. Djokovic added the ATP World title to his CV while the Czech Republic won the Davis Cup. Fulham dismissed Dutch manager Martin Jol as Martin O’Neill took charge of the Republic of Ireland. A record crowd of almost 75,000 saw Australia demolish New Zealand 34-2 to win Rugby League’s World Cup at Old Trafford. Lorenzo took the
Omnium gold while Becky James took the World sprint and keirin titles. GB boxer Carl Froch stopped George Groves at Manchester’s O2 Arena to retain his IBF and WBA supermiddleweight titles. Scot Stewart Anderson won the World Indoor Bowls tournament. Kawasaki rider Tom Sykes (England) was crowned World Superbike Champion.
Valencian MotoGP but it was his fellow countryman Marquez who was subsequently crowned DECEMBER the youngest-ever world Australia’s cricketers champion. won the third Test Eighteenin Perth to time National regain The Australia Hunt Ashes. regained champion The draw jockey Tony for the 2014 the McCoy rode World Cup in Ashes his 4,000th Brazil saw winner. The England being Irishman has had matched with 15,000 rides, 1,000 falls Italy, Costa Rica and and suffered 40 Uruguay. Spain drew breaks/fractures. Holland. GB cyclists Laura Trott, Blackpool had five Jo Rowsell, Dani King and players sent off in four Elinor Barker broke the days; Manchester City women’s world pursuit thrashed Arsenal 6-3 record TWICE in a week. and after losing 5-0 at Trott also won the home to Arsenal, Spurs
sacked manager Andre Villas-Boas. WBA also fired their boss Steve Clarke. The Champions League draw paired Barcelona with Manchester City, Arsenal with holders Bayern Munich, Manchester United with Olympiacos and Chelsea with Galatasaray. And Manchester fans learned they could be attending a City-United League Cup final when the clubs were kept apart after reaching the semi-finals. Aussie Neil Robertson won the UK Snooker tournament. GB’s London 2012 gold medal winner Charlotte Dujardin added three separate world dressage titles to her collection. The British and Irish Lions won the Team of the Year award; Lions’ boss Warren Gatland was voted Coach of the Year; female shooter Amber Hill (15) was Young Sports Personality of the Year, Sebastian Vettel claimed the ‘overseas’ prize and Sir Alex Ferguson received a Lifetime Achievement award. This was the 60th anniversary of the programme.
A sad farewell for the sports world THE following sports people also passed away in 2013: England cricketers Mike Denness, Tony Greig and Reg Simpson; racehorse trainer Sir Henry Cecil (25 Classic winners including Frankel); rugby
stars Cliff Morgan and Steve Prescott; athletes McDonald Bailey, Todd Bennett and Stan Vickers; golfers Bernard Hunt and Ken Venturi; boxer Ken Norton; wrestler Mick McManus; super-biker Andrea
Simoncelli; darts champion Phil Nixon; sailor Andrew Simpson; US grid-iron stars Joe Black Hayes and Ace Parker; basketball legend Vivian Kellogg and Spanish F1 test driver Maria de Villota.