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Almuñecar population now 27,200 THE Axarquia town of Almuñecar has reached an official population of 27,200 residents. According to the INE (national institute of statistics) the figure is 27,200 on the padron (residents’ registry) but according to the municipal offices the number is 29,407, 14,632 men and 14,775 women. The numbers from the padron and municipal offices hardly ever coincide as people move around and forget to take themselves off the list; also the number of births and deaths has to be taken into account.

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Hey big spenders! Tourists to Andalucia have deepest pockets ANDALUCIA attracts visitors with a bigger budget than those who travel to other Spanish destinations. According to data released by the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism, the average tourist arriving for a twoweek stay in Andalucia will have €1,164 in their pockets; this is 4.4 per cent more than those tourists who go to other areas. Only the Canary islands come close. Tourists visiting Andalucia in March spent a total of €1.36 billion, which was 8.5 per cent up on last year. This accounts for 13.5 per

cent of all income derived from tourism in Spain. The Balearic Islands used to be the top earner from tourism but they have now dropped

to sixth place on the list. So far this year tourists spending their holidays in Andalucia have spent an average of €105 per day;

this augurs well for the summer season which is the real barometer of how tourism in the region is going.

61,000 free meals handed out in first year THE ATIS (Workers’ Association of Velez-Malaga for Social Integration) solidarity diningroom has handed out more than 61,000 meals to the needy in its first year of existence. According to Salvador Marin, head of the initiative, the exact

number is 61,193 meals, all cooked and prepared at their own premises. They have also distributed more than 28,000 kilos of fruit and vegetables since they first started in March 2013. Marin said: “ATIS would like to

thank the hundreds of friends and volunteers, among them many local companies and factories, who have made this project a reality with their contributions either in time or in products.” Marin went on to comment: “We are fighting against those

who are looting this country with their poor political decisions, which provoke more poverty and suffering for the masses.” The solidarity dining-room continues to service the needy from its location in the old ‘Bar Frias’ in Velez-Malaga.

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Letters FALSE CREDIT: Cards were used to buy goods.

Two detained for document fraud

NATIONAL police in VelezMalaga have detained two men, 38 and 28, for the falsification of documents and fraud. The two men were falsifying documents with which they then obtained credit cards which they used in local shops. A local business owner got in touch with the police to warn them about what was happening so they

could investigate; on giving in the credit card returns the owner noticed that the details given did not coincide with the documentation. During the course of their inquiries the police easily located the alleged criminals as they were already under suspicion of trying the scam on two previous occasions. Once their identities were

confirmed they were immediately arrested just outside a shop where they were trying to get more false credit. Once detained the police searched their residences and found a 42 inch television, a games console and a lot of false documentation; the goods were returned to the business from which they were illegally taken.

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NEWS Government visit CARMEN CRESPO, delegate from the Andalucia government, has visited farmers in the Axarquia area to show her support and observe their recovery after the hailstorm disaster of last August, which affected 100 per cent of their crops. Citadel tower VELEZ-MALAGA is to reopen its Alcazaba (citadel) tower 20 years after it was closed to the public due to its fragile state. It has now been restored to its former glory. Pensioner hurt AN elderly woman, who had a fall in the street in Nerja, had to be taken to hospital by ambulance. Passers-by put a cushion under her head while they waited with her for medical help to arrive. Nerja rugby NERJA rugby team beat Alhaurin de la Torre rugby team by a resounding 3-53 scoreline, to win the title of provincial champions.

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Carob pies heading for Europe CAROB PIES, a traditional and very popular sweet dish in the Axarquia area, are to be launched on the European market by a local company. Every day the Carmen Lupiañez factory produces between 80,000 and 100,000 of these local delicacies. The pies are of Arab origin, and the producers now hope to tempt the taste buds of Northern Europeans. Managing director of the family business, Marcos Lupiañez, explained that the factory has updated its machinery, packaging and distribution

networks and is now in a position to sell its wares in other countries. They plan to start with France, Germany and the UK. Elias Bendodo, President of the Diputacion de Malaga provincial government, has congratulated the company and wished them well in the exporting of this ‘taste of Malaga’. Bendodo also underscored the fact that all the ingredients in the pies were local to Malaga and, as such, this was a good promotional concept for the agricultural products of the province.

80 per cent are happy at work

ODAY (Thursday) is Labour Day, and as most of us spend more time at work than anywhere else, it is important to be happy there.

Falling Christ THE last of the five people who were injured when a figure of Christ fell on them has been released from hospital. Most of the injuries were not serious but the man who took the brunt of the fall had to remain in hospital for observation.

Almost 80 per cent of workers in Spain say they are happy with their job, according to a survey by temporary work agency Adecco. Almost 79 per cent believe that contentment in the workplace is more important than having a higher salary. But for more than 71, having a stable job is more important than being happy in the workplace. This explains why

Rumble strips LA HERRADURA is to improve road safety in and around the town with the installation of rumble strips on local roads. Hiroshima survivor MOTRIL welcomed representatives from the ‘Peace Boat’ which was docked at the port for a quick visit; among the representatives was Hiroshima survivor Lee Jongkeun.

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Quote of the Week It’s so sad. I live on €300 and with the help of my 88-year-old mother,’

Rosalia Iglesias, the wife of former Partido Popular Treasurer Luis Barcenas, facing charges in court in the Gurtel corruption case.

CONTENT: Most workers believe being happy is more important than a higher salary.

almost 63 per cent wouldn’t leave their current job even if they weren’t happy. However, more than 81 per cent believe they would be happier if Spain had working hours similar to the rest of Europe or if they could work more from home. And 41 per cent believe they would prefer to have their own businesses. Meanwhile, amongst the unemployed in Spain, the average level of happiness is 5.4 out of 10, which would increase to 8.1 out of 10 if they found a job. And not having a job will lead to fewer women being treated for Mother’s Day, which is marked on the first Sunday of May in Spain, as 80 per cent of couples say they are delaying having a family because they are out of work. Before the financial crisis, the main reason for not having children was ‘not having found the right partner’. The Spanish Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics reports that lack of work also affects the decision of how many children to have, and at what age women decide to become mothers.

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are currently held in 5,117 women Spanish prisons, representing 7.6

per cent of the total number of inmates, when the European average is 5.3 per cent. Drugrelated crimes are behind the majority of incarcerations, followed by theft.

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Beggars’ plague NERJA has been inundated with professional beggars. They arrive by the carload and divide the streets of the town amongst themselves. The council is still trying to find a solution to the influx, which also happened in January.

Port agreement THE council and the port authorities in Salobreña have met to discuss the framework for collaboration on tourist matters between the port and the town.

Hospital protest NEARLY 200 people have demonstrated in front of the Hospital de Alta Resolucion in Loja to demand its full opening. At the moment less than half of its departments are operatonal.

‘Q’ for quality SALOBREÑA has received its first ‘Q’ flag, which denotes the good quality of the beach, and has proudly exhibited it on the La Charca de la Villa beach.

Rambler saved A MAN, 47, was rescued between the Nerja caves and the Pico del Cielo area after he became disoriented and lost while walking along one of the local rambling routes.

Locals’ choice THE council in Competa has launched an initiative for the townspeople to select which artists will participate in the town’s fair this summer. The voting is open to all residents.

And finally... A MAN, 32, was arrested in Madrid for allegedly stabbing his 19-month-old son to death and seriously injuring his other son, aged five. The children’s mother and grandmother witnessed the scene which occurred when they went to pick them up.

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Police arrest six after drug raids IN two midnight raids the National Police in VelezMalaga found 20 pellets containing cocaine and heroin, cash and drug preparation paraphernalia. Two firearms and ammunition were also confiscated. Police working on the ‘Ordago’ investigation (set up to stop small and medium drug-dealing operations) have detained four men and two women, aged between 23 and 47, for allegedly belonging to criminal organisations and for crimes against public health. The investigation began some months ago when

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Electricity scams THE IU (political party) has organised a talk to educate the residents of Nerja on the dangers of falling victim to the many electricity scams that are going around at the moment.

Athletics championship HAUL: Drugs, phones, firearms and cash found. they got wind of a small operation in Velez-Malaga, working out of several houses, which was selling a mix of cocaine and heroin. During the course of their enquiries, police identified

two houses; one where they were selling the drugs, and another which was used as a preparation, mixing and storage area. All the suspects are on remand pending trial.

Residents’ Day tribute NERJA celebrated its 15th Residents’ Day with

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a tribute to CAS (Costa Animal Society) Nerja. More than 40 collectives got together in Plaza España on Saturday to pay tribute to the CAS, an organisation which is run mainly by foreigners. Inocencia Quintero, Councillor for Residents, and Deputy Mayor Jose Miguel Garcia were in charge of presenting the award to

the secretary of CAS, Marie Vanderlaan, for the work that the organisation does with, and for, all the stray animals in the Nerja area. As well as all the stalls which offered food from all the countries represented by the foreign residents of the town, there were also performances by local flamenco troupes and dance academies.

Crushed by a tree trunk A ROMANIAN worker is seriously ill in hospital after being crushed by the trunk of a tree he had cut down. The man was cutting trees in the Malaga area of Alcaucin and had tied several trunks together, presumably to make them easier to transport. When he was dragging them towards his truck one got loose and fell on top of him, crushing the upper part of his body. Guardia Civil, Local Police and the ambulance services all rushed to his aid and the unconscious man was taken by helicopter to the Hospital de la Axarquia, where he was operated on.

NERJA is to host the Andalucia championship of junior athletic clubs in which local teams, both men’s and women’s, will take part. Local clubs have managed to get on to the podium every year since 1999.

New heliport NERJA is to get a new heliport to be used by the emergency services. Work has already started on the site, which is next to the health centre.

Local artist exhibits his vision EUGENIO CHICANO, a local Nerja artist, is currently exhibiting a series of his works portraying the Axarquia Almenara towers in the Nerja museum; the exhibition will go on until June 15. The works are made up of 19 paintings, rendered in acrylics, all portraying the Almenara Towers of the Axarquia. Chicano has commented that the inspiration for the paintings were his childhood memories of the towers.

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Man dies in house blaze on Sunday in Almuñecar AN Almuñecar man, 43, died on Saturday when the flat where he lived went up in flames. Jesus M.C. was single and lived alone on the first floor of the Miami building in Calle Cariñena de Almuñecar according to the Local Police.

Police and fire brigade were alerted to the fire on Saturday morning at around 7am - they put out the fire in less than half an hour - and on entering the flat found the body of its occupant lying next to the front door. Juan Jose Ruiz Joya, councillor for

Urban Safety, explained that the cause of the fire is, as yet, unknown but is believed to have started in the living room as this is the worst damaged. Neighbours have commented that the victim was well known in the area and will be much missed by all.

73 graffiti artists in four years LOCAL police in Malaga have detained a total of 73 graffiti artists in the last four years, 19 last year alone. Civil ordinance prohibits any sort of painting or tagging on the public streets and this behaviour can bring a fine of up to €3,000, but the police usually fine the artists €750 unless what they have painted has seriously defaced a public space. If the graffiti artists paint on a monument or heritage protected building then the fine is a much heavier €1,500 to €3,000.

GRAFFITI: Defaces the city.

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Woman has 40 per cent of body burnt in fire A WOMAN who was in a house fire in Canillas de Aceituno has burns on 40 per cent of her body. The house went up in flames due, according to the local fire inspection officer, to a butane gas bottle being too near to an open flame. The woman was taken first to the Hospital de la Axarquia, with burns to her arms and torso, and then moved to the burns unit at Carlos Haya in Malaga. There were two people in the house at the time but the woman’s husband only suffered minor burns. Doctors have refused to comment on the state of the woman.

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Sayalonga’s Loquat Day

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White night prize MANUEL SANCHEZ has won, by a unanimous vote, the Nerja poster competition ‘Noche en Blanco’ (White Night) with his work inspired by local music. He won €200.

Sworn in ANGELES GARCIA CASTILLO has been sworn in as the new town treasurer by Almuñecar Mayor Trinidad Herrera.

New school THE Junta de Andalucia regional government has promised to speed up the building of a fourth high school in Rincon de la Victoria due to the lack of available places at the existing schools.

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SPEED BUMPS: Slowing down town-centre traffic.

Sleeping policemen improve road safety

LA HERRADURA Council has installed sleeping policemen in an effort to reduce the speed of traffic in the centre of town. The speed bumps have all been placed on streets where there are a lot of children around.

The speed bumps have been installed on four streets and are part of the council’s overall plan to improve road safety in the town; new signage has been put up to warn motorists of the installations.

MAY 4 is Nispero ( loquat or Chinese plum) Day in Sayalonga. Two tons of loquats and two tons of jam will be given out to the public to celebrate this singular tourist attraction, part of the town’s programme for the last 30 years. The day will begin at 11am with stalls selling loquat-related products as well as other local items. At 1.30pm the much awaited ‘Golden Loquats’ will be awarded; this year, Canal Sur (TV station) will win one for its portrayal of local produce on television and the Association of Hospital Volunteers will also have the honour bestowed on it for its work with the less fortunate in society. The loquat was introduced to the area in the 1970s and took off due to its unusually sweet and citric flavour; an industry of jams, drinks and honeys has grown up around it.

73-year-old evicted by two of her sons DOLORES RUIZ, 73, has been evicted from her house by two of her sons despite an 8,200-signature-strong petition. Several dozen neighbours tried to stop the eviction but to no avail; there were no major incidents and no police arrests. Dolores sold her house to two of her sons but instead of receiving payment from them she

made the agreement that she would be able to go on living in the house for the rest of her life. Her sons - and the courts agree with them say that she should have been paying rent on the property all this time and, as such, she must move out. Dolores insists that the whole matter is a swindle perpetrated by her ex-husband and two

of her sons. One of her sons, Fernando, made her sign papers which she later found out stated that she would pay rent to the company, formed by her sons, which now owned the house. She was not aware of this at the time as she trusted her son to treat her correctly. The whole family agrees that this move was the brainchild of her ex-husband from whom she had a less than amicable divorce.

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50 swimmers race to combat poverty and commemorate local sportsman PONIENTE BEACH in Motril hosted the nearly 50 swimmers who took part in a 600-metre race. The event was in aid of the Vicente Ferrer foundation (to combat Third World poverty) and

to pay tribute to Jose Vinuesa, a popular local sportsman at the end of the last century. The mayor of Motril, Luisa Garcia Chamorro, and the councillor for sports, Jose Garcia

Fuentes, attended, but did not take part in, the race which was supposed to have taken place in March but was delayed due to bad weather. Organisers of the race presented Vinuesa’s sister

with a plaque of appreciation for all he had done for local sports clubs. Ruben Garcia won the men’s race and Ainhoa Roman won the women’s race and came third overall.

Morcilla Day in Canillas CANILLAS DE ACEITUNO held its annual Morcilla (black pudding) Day on Sunday. First held in 1987 to commemorate the Virgen de la Cabeza, the tradition has gained popularity and is now one of the more lookedforward-to dates on the town’s calendar of events. Thousands of black puddings were distributed among those who attended the festivities, which included music and dance shows.

LINE-UP: Some of the winners with their prizes.

Almuñecar hands out prizes on Book Day

THREE THOUSAND students of all levels took part in the different sections of the 15th Schools Literary Competition. The auditorium in the Almuñecar

culture house hosted the literary prizegiving ceremony which was presided over by Rafael Valverede, a teacher at the local high school.

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Goats rescued from fire THREE THOUSAND goats had to be evacuated when a straw loft caught fire in Cajiz, VelezMalaga. The CPB (provincial fire brigade) evacuated the animals before quickly putting out the fire. They kept watch for another four hours in case the fire flared up again. No person or animal was injured.

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New laws are welcome T

HIS newspaper is generally against the creation of new laws. The burden of red tape in Spain is such that it is a real hindrance to businesses, and an interference in the everyday lives of law-abiding citizens. The fact that a whole sector of legal firms - known as ‘gestors’ - is needed simply to navigate confused business owners and private citizens through the sea of regulation tells a story unto itself. A matter that in other countries is relatively simple - for instance transferring ownership of a car - and possible to do by post, can in Spain mean personal visits to several different offices, plus the payment of several different sets of fees. Hence the existence of gestors to do the legwork. Usually new laws make the situation

worse, with paperwork added for the completion of the simplest of tasks. But two new laws should be welcomed. Firstly small businesses, particularly in tourist areas, are to have some of their opening hours’ restrictions removed. As anyone who has run a business knows, the ability to cater to clients’ needs in a flexible way is vital. Any measures that let people run their businesses as they see fit are to be welcomed. The second regulation being relaxed concerns the adoption and fostering of children. The process should be quicker and easier. It is scandalous that up until now it has often taken many months worth of paperwork before vulnerable youngsters could be given a stable home. The new laws are very welcome, and the national government deserves a pat on the back.

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Let’s get ready to rumba! JUNE 21 will see the streets of Benamocarra inundated with rumba dancers from all over the area. The bullring will host the rumba festival which will feature El Maki and Los Calis, among others. Abdeslam Lucena, the mayor of Benamocarra, has thanked the organisers for choosing the town for its

festival, which will begin at 10pm with entrance costing €10 or €14 on the door. When the festival was held in Atarfe, Granada, more than 8,400 people attended and, as such, Lucena is hopeful for great numbers of visitors to arrive, bringing with them a much-needed injection of cash into the local coffers.

Same taxes Easter wax still a problem but more time VELEZ-MALAGA Council is making life easier for its residents by cutting in half the amount they have to pay at one time to the taxman. The minimum instalment will now be €300 (previously €600) and the timeframe has been extended to 36 months before fines are added to the original amounts. Councillor Manuel Gutierrez said the council wants to ease the burden on those struggling in the recession.

COUNCIL workers in Almuñecar are still struggling to clean all the wax off the streets a week after the Easter festivities have ended. The wax, a danger to traffic, has to be cleaned with high pressure jets and the central streets have already been done but now the outlying neighbourhoods must be cleaned. Councillor for Cleaning, Luis Aragon, said there are six people working from 9am to 5pm every day to complete the clean-up operation.

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STAT OF WEEK SPANISH families consumed 615 million litres of oil in 2013, an increase of 3.3 per cent. The €1.517 billion that they spent represented 2.19 per cent of their food budgets, according to the Agriculture ministry.

MERCADONA owner Juan Roig is Spain’s fourth-richest man and worth €3.78 billion according to the Forbes Rich List. But how much is his supermarket chain worth? Were Mercadona a public company quoted on the stock exchange there would be no mystery. This is not the case, so Spanish website www. Finanzas.com asked economist and

retail specialist Franciso Fernandez Reguero to make a guess. Working on 2013’s discounted cash flow (DCF) which expressed the company’s value independently of external market influences, Fernandez Reguero arrived at €9.91 billion. He also used the alternative method of comparing the financial indicators of other chains like Wal-

Building on timid growth SPAIN’S economy has built on its tentative return to growth at the end of 2013. Its gross domestic product (GDP) rose 0.4 per cent in the first quarter of the year - its fastest rate for six years since the property bubble burst. It was the biggest quarterly increase since the first quarter of 2008. In the third quarter of 2013 the economy grew 0.1 per cent to officially end the recession. “In the first quarter of 2014, the Spanish economy continued on a path of gradual recovery in the context of increasing normalisation on the financial markets

and a gradual consolidation of the labour market,” the central bank said in a statement. The bank has now forecast a growth in the economy of 1.2 per cent this year and a 1.7 per cent increase next year, confirming earlier predictions. Spain’s Economy Minister Luis de Guindos broadly agreed with the predictions - he forecast an average growth of 1.5 per cent over this year and next. He said: “The goal is to achieve two years in a row of growth, with net job creation, and that will be the exit door from the Spanish crisis.”

Mart, Carrefour or Ahold. Having taken into account sales, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (ebitda) as well as earnings before interest and taxes (ebit) he arrived at a figure between €6.44 billion and €6.62 billion. After including liquid assets and unused cash potential this would reach approximately €8.24 billion.

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Go it alone workers A THIRD of autonomous workers plan to contract employees this year, according to professional association ATA. The sector would create between 70,000 and 75,000 new jobs in 2014, ATA predicted.

Call to order COMPANIES and institutions should not oblige the public to use 902 premium rate help lines, said consumers’ association Facua. A 10-minute call will add €5 to a phone bill, the association said.

Social Security payments up ANOTHER 15,201 non-Spanish contributors joined the national Social Security system in March. This was 0.99 per cent more than in February and the largest increase since June 2012, revealed the Ministry of Labour. The number of foreign workers on contracts and incorporated in the system has now increased for two

consecutive months, bringing their total up to 1,535,889. Despite the recent increase, the number of non-Spanish contributors fell by 68,249 - a reduction of 4.25 per cent - compared with March 2013. The majority - 1.3 million - of Spain’s foreign workers come under the general category and 226,217 are self-employed.

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Juan Roig,right, with brother Fernando.

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Most Declined CommVault Systems, Inc. CalAmp Corp. Empire Resorts, Inc. Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. Key Technology, Inc. Digi International Inc. Criteo S.A. Wayside Technology Group, Inc. Rocket Fuel Inc. E2open, Inc. Egalet Corporation

C O M PA N Y PRICE(P) Centrica PLC 331.75 Coca-Cola HBC AG 1494.00 Compass Group PLC 942.00 CRH PLC 1716.00 Diageo PLC 1811.50 easyJet PLC 1653.00 Experian PLC 1124.00 Fresnillo PLC 850.50 G4S PLC 240.45 GKN PLC 380.35 GlaxoSmithKline PLC 1676.00 Glencore Xstrata PLC 313.52 Hammerson PLC 580.50 Hargreaves Lansdown 1171.00 HSBC Holdings PLC 603.50 IMI PLC 1496.50 Imperial Tobacco Group 2562.50 InterContinental Hotels 2003.00 International Consldtd 400.35 Intertek Group PLC 2926.50 ITV PLC 186.00 Johnson Matthey PLC 3295.00 Kingfisher PLC 412.30 Land Securities Group 1064.50 Legal & General Group 208.10 Lloyds Banking Group PLC 74.93 London Stock Exchange 1825.50 Marks & Spencer Group 437.85 Meggitt PLC 472.45 Melrose Industries PLC 284.20 Mondi PLC 977.25 National Grid PLC 824.00 Next PLC 6315.00 Old Mutual PLC 195.30 Pearson PLC 1084.00 Persimmon PLC 1310.00 Petrofac Ltd 1443.00 Prudential PLC 1343.25 Randgold Resources Ltd 4676.50 Reckitt Benckiser Group 4960.50 Reed Elsevier PLC 888.00 Resolution Ltd 297.10 REXAM PLC 501.50 Rio Tinto PLC 3220.75 Rolls-Royce Holdings 1035.50 Royal Bank of Scotland 301.70 Royal Dutch Shell PLC 2391.50 Royal Mail PLC 519.00 RSA Insurance Group PLC 96.10 SABMiller PLC 3152.00 Sage Group (The) PLC 417.65 Sainsbury (J) PLC 323.75 Schroders PLC 2547.50 Severn Trent PLC 1797.50 Shire PLC 3292.00 Smith & Nephew PLC 923.75 Smiths Group PLC 1285.00 Sports Direct Intrntnl 780.00 SSE PLC 1491.00 Standard Chartered PLC 1282.50 Standard Life PLC 378.30 St James's Place PLC 776.00 Tesco PLC 299.80 Travis Perkins PLC 1779.00 TUI Travel PLC 426.25 Tullow Oil PLC 851.25 Unilever PLC 2613.50 United Utilities Group 779.25 Vodafone Group PLC 218.83 Weir Group PLC 2663.00 Whitbread PLC 4039.00 William Hill PLC 346.90 Wm Morrison Sprmrkts 197.20 Wolseley PLC 3406.00 WPP PLC 1260.50

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VOLUME 140.24 3.82 69.80 30.13 197.15 13.42 59.97 26.94 145.78 45.37 929.98 1,665.07 12.62 26.81 1,161.76 6.84 53.72 25.64 146.60 3.38 330.96 10.27 108.58 51.85 302.32 3,604.81 3.26 45.82 40.35 19.76 34.77 146.99 12.24 21.24 82.53 35.59 89.49 64.58 10.88 50.61 48.22 363.45 40.46 243.59 155.48 280.92 135.09 39.63 305.08 54.97 15.19 356.81 3.76 4.69 433.32 95.62 48.32 13.27 50.73 140.15 66.12 8.51 1,377.52 5.84 21.57 348.52 77.76 17.50 1,533.93 5.06 13.14 1,208.68 214.06 13.18 145.91

Courts back bonus appeal TELEFONICA had its knuckles rapped for not paying an ex-employee’s bonus. It was ‘abusive’ to withhold a bonus because a worker had left by the time it was paid but was employed when it was announced, ruled the National High Court in Madrid. The economic impact in cases like these was ‘very small’ owing to the limited number of employees likely to find themselves in this situation, said judge Ricardo Bodas. Ruling on an appeal presented by the General Work Confederaton (CGT), he ordered the annulment of the pertinent clause in the 1998 collective agreement between Telefonica Moviles and employees. By stipulating that the worker had still to be on the staff at the time the bonus was paid, Telefonica was “unfairly enriching itself” and benefiting from the “fruits of extra effort.” It was one thing to pay a bonus the following year to ensure that targets were met, but another to require that a worker who had met these targets was still in Telefonica’s employ, he concluded. The decision was open to appeal and Telefonica may take the case to the Supreme Court.

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Mike Walsh Mike Walsh was for 20 years Regional Assessment Manager for the Guild of Master Craftsmen, Britain’s biggest quality assurance body for businesses.

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THE bard Robert Burns surmised: “The greatest gift that God can give us, to see ourselves as others see us.” Social forum comments made about local restaurants suggested dreadful service. Had their owners seen these comments the problem could have been addressed. Likely they were unknowing or blasé as to how patrons judged their businesses. If you are clueless as to customers’ opinions about your business you will pay a heavy price. Years ago, a General Motors CEO tried to figure out why Japanese cars were outselling his. His company’s cars were every bit as good. Delegating members of staff he instructed them to visit both dealers’ outlets posing as customers. Each bogus customer was given a questionnaire to be completed after their call. The company boss was shocked to discover that whilst service at the Japanese showrooms was outstanding, service at his company’s

State-owned Aena finally makes a profit AFTER years of being in the red, state-owned Aena made €715 million in 2013. This was the first time that Aena Aeropuertos, which was created in 2011 and together with air navigation division makes up the Aena group, has paid its way. It contributed net profits of €597 million. Two years ago it reported losses of €220.39 million and the company attributes the turnaround to restructuring, plus earning more and spending less. The world’s biggest airports authority is still burdened with a debt standing at €11.394 billion by the end of last year. This is down from €14.943 billion in 2011 and now equals seven times Aena’s operating profits,

AENA GROUP: The world’s biggest airports authority. compared with 14 times more in 2012. Meanwhile it has doubled pre-tax earnings from €883 million in 2011 to €1.610 billion last year. Higher airport and navigation tariffs have

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outlets left much to be desired. This was the genesis of what is now known as ‘mystery shopping.’ The practice of using spies to detect weaknesses in customer service is now widespread. Typically a department store will pay a mystery shopping agency €60 per visit. Their investment pays off as the shopping experience disappoints customers less often. Customers are your business partners; treat them as such. Encourage them to be candid in expressing their opinion. A good way of doing this is to provide customers with a small form inviting their opinion on staff service, food, accessibility, entertainment, and ambience. Ask what attracts them to your business, what they find off-putting. Customers’ contact details being optional. Those who respond, if identifiable, will have their names placed in a draw for a free meal or other prize. With the information garnered you can start putting your house in order. As the purpose of the exercise is to create a profitable business with job security, it is important that you involve your staff. Their attitude improves and in my experience they love playing ‘spot the mystery shopper.’ Mike Walsh was for 20 years Regional Assessment Manager for the Guild of Master Craftsmen, Britain’s biggest quality assurance body for businesses.

helped, as have agreements with the unions. A redundancy plan accepted by 1,170 employees - 11 per cent of Aena’s staff brought savings of €134 million. Aena also benefited from

commercial operations that included concessions for airport car parks and dutyfree shops in 26 airports. These deals should bring in more than €2 billion between 2013 and 2020, the company said.

Hacienda gripes have multiplied due to crisis TAXPAYERS’ complaints to Hacienda have multiplied since the economic crisis. According to 2012 figures, the latest available, 223,417 people lodged appeals resulting from their tax deductions. This was 83 per cent more than in 2007, when Spain’s Central Economic Administrative Court (TEAC) handled 190,374 appeals. “That is a 100,000 increase in only five years,” said Luis Alonso, a professor in tax law at Barcelona university and author of a survey on fiscal litigation in Spain. Alsonso dismissed the crisis as the sole reason for the increased number of complaints. “There is also a structural problem,” he said. “Spain has a massive self-assessment system and interpreting the rules is left to the individual, which can lead to errors.” Taxpayers in Spain have to complete forms for Hacienda’s tax agency AEAT, as well as regional taxes when making declarations for

income tax (IRPF), VAT (IVA) and corporation tax (Sociedades). Although AEAT now makes it easy to present declarations online, frequent changes and varying regional regulations all contribute to later litigation, Alonso said. Innocent mistakes can also cost taxpayers dear, as fines vary between 50 per cent and 150 per cent of what Hacienda regards as a defrauded amount. Most of the claims and complaints received by Hacienda involve sums of less than €150,000. Eighty per cent of these are for amounts of less than €20,000 and are dealt with by the Regional Economic Administrative Court (TEAR) while larger claims are handled by the TEAC. Around 40 per cent of cases are settled in the claimants’ favour. “It’s obvious that the system does not work well,” Alonso added, who praised the “fluid relations” between the UK’s tax authorities and big companies when settling points of discord.

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Profit while having fun in the sun and grow your own vegetables ONE of the big costs for any family or individual is food. A trip down to the local supermarket to get a week’s supplies can amount to a hefty grocery bill and that’s not counting breakfast out, coffee breaks and the odd tapas or dinner in a restaurant. We have to feed ourselves but at the same time nurturing our bodies plays havoc on our finances. There is a way, however, to cut down on the cost of grocery bills and it involves pots, soil, shovels, seeds and gardening gloves. According to the National Allotment Society in Britain, an organisation that promotes small-scale gardening, a family can knock as much as €1,600 off the annual grocery bill

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by growing their own vegetables. One family surveyed admitted by spending just €35 a year on seeds everything from tomatoes and peppers to leeks, courgettes, carrots, artichokes and potatoes they saved at least €600 on their annual shopping bill and as well benefited from the pleasure of growing their own produce. “But I live in an apartment,” you may say. Well don’t worry - you can grow lots of vegetables

ALLOTMENTS: Popular in Spain if you have no outdoor space. and fruit in pots and containers on your patio, balcony or terrace. Tomatoes and chilli peppers are great starter plants that are quite easy to grow in pots or growbags and do not take up a great deal of space. While lettuces and potatoes are among the best value-formoney crops.

A bag of salad leaves may cost €2 in the supermarket but a packet of salad seeds costs a few euros and will keep you in organic and fresh lettuce throughout the summer. For those with no outdoor space, the idea of ‘allotments’ or ‘huertas’ is taking off all over Spain and plots of land

can be rented out. This obviously will cost you, but the price is usually reasonable enough. Even with the price of an allotment, savings can still be gained by growing your own food and what’s more you get to enjoy your own private outdoor space!

Big deal A CONTRACT worth €410 million to equip a new north west high speed train line with signalling equipment has been granted. It goes to a consortium made up of French Alstorn, Canada’s Bombardier and and Spain’s Indra.

Spanish inheritance tax Q. My father-in-law owns a villa here in Spain. He is a resident and lives You and the here permanently. My husband and I have just moved in with him, I have Law in Spain heard there are heavy inheritance By David Searl tax bills which my husband, being the only son, may face when his father dies. There is a daughter who lives in the UK but I have heard that only the son can inherit. Can you clarify the situation? LE (Costa del Sol) A. First, who told you only the son can inherit? It is not true. Under Spanish law, if your father-in-law as a resident dies without a will, his estate will be evenly divided between the surviving children. If he makes a will, Spain will respect the terms of the will of his home nation. In the UK he has free disposition of his estate, so he could make a Spanish will leaving his entire estate to one of his children. However, if he bequeaths his property to his son and daughter in equal shares by a Spanish will, the tax on this is about €10,000 each. If the son is a resident of Andalucia, he has an exemption of 95 per cent. If the home has been the son’s main residence for three years, the exemption jumps to 99.99 per cent. The daughter, as a non-resident, pays the full tax. Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.

Franchises not all they are cracked up to be BY 2013 there were 1,087 franchise chains in Spain, 24 per cent more than before the crisis. They provide employment for 242,140 people and span sectors from catering to beauty to household goods. They cost between €3,000 and €800,000 to set up and the Spanish increasingly turn to them as an escape route from unemployment. Not of all the newly-fledged business people find that a franchise automatically leads to success or prosperity, however. Two brothers who chose a supermarket franchise have closed the shop although the terms of their contract mean they have lost their deposit and

owe €190,000 which they will be paying until 2037. The two men never did enjoy the 13 per cent profit margin they claimed they were promised. It was closer to 2.5 per cent, they said, and not enough to cover costs. “The need for self-employment has brought a change in the profile of the type of person now interested in a franchise,” said Santiago Barbadillo, owner of a long-established franchise consultancy. “The franchise sector isn’t speculation or a way to get rich quickly,” he added. “No-one should ever take on a franchise if they want to double their investment within a year,” he warned.

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Speak up to make the most of Spain TO Jim Massey re English language availability, all the staff in my local bank speak English and speak it well. Two years is no time at all to spend on learning another language. Has he tried joining an ‘intercambio’ group to expand his vocabulary? If there isn’t one locally, he could try setting one up as a friend and I did over here. Our confidence has improved, as has our vocabulary if not (in my case) verbs, as I don’t study as I should. We have also now got Spanish friends and acquaintances. Has Mr Massey no dictionary in which to look up relevant words and phrases? When I first came here I regularly wrote down what I wanted to say and read it in the bank, shop or wherever. Local people appreciate your trying to speak their language and react accordingly, helping out with pronunciation and vocabulary. Failing that, has he Spanish friends who could go with him to help out? Of course he could just have a bank with unfriendly or ignorant staff. I do hope things improve for him. Helena McGinty, Alhaurin El Grande (Malaga).

Here and there JIM MASSEY should simply have tried harder. Congratulations anyway, at least he had the gumption to make up his mind that he had ‘enough of Spain’ and is undoubtedly completing his move back to the UK. Great, one less whinger who believes Spain owes you something by being British. If in two years he could not reach a level of Spanish to get by in a bank, enough said, unless they could not understand what part of the ‘billions’ he was contributing. Enjoy going home to the UK. You know: the sun, the tapas, the blue sea, the multilingual staff at the bank, winter woollies, snow,

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IT’S that time of the year again, and many people where I live are busy bringing in the nisperos (Chinese Medlars). Except my cat, Catalina, that is. Frances Thurgood (by email)

sleet, courteous people et al. As he says: rubbish. Brit moaners come, some of them go, but those of us that are happy stay and give thanks for having made the right decision. Keith MacGaul , Estepona (Malaga)

Road sense YOUR great paper gave details about the new Spanish laws regarding the use of Englishregistered cars whilst driving in Spain. I visit Spain for about three months or more each year and as I drive there, I would be pleased if you would explain the new laws to me. When I moved to Spain in 2007, I soon discovered where to find the latest news: good and bad but always correct and up-todate. Paul O’Connor (by email) Editor’s note: As a nonresident you may bring your car to Spain on its UK licence plates for a period up to six months in each calendar year and not be liable for Spanish taxes. Once you are in Spain for more than 182 days you

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Slow surfing I NOTICE that Movifresh/ Movistar are advertising 10mb broadband for €24.90 per month. I entered into a contract with them after supplying my postcode and being informed that I was in range. I was told a router would be delivered and the contract was sent online. Having read it I was disturbed to find that it stated 3 to 10 Mb would be provided. I again

contacted them, explaining that 3 was too little and they replied that it would be at least 5. The router arrived and I installed it and carried out the speed test. I was getting less that 1 Mb. I informed Movistar the next day that I was terminating the contract and returned the router. I was not pleased to find they had debited my bank account but after numerous calls to 1004 I was told the money would be refunded the next month. To my horror on checking my bank statement they had taken another payment for the following month and I still await my refund. Margaret Walker, Zurgena (Almeria)

Fair shares I WOULD like to reassure Tom Hawksworth. By saving children’s lives we are not ‘adding to the problem of supply and demand.’ Experience has always shown that when living standards improve, birth rates fall, whereas it is often the poorest and most desperate who produce as many children as possible (or at least as many as are conceived, where there is no

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access to birth control and female education is poor). Provided that the aid we give is aimed not only at saving lives under actual threat, but at making those communities decently self-sufficient, we are moving them away from the iron laws of nature that Tom refers to. We must also remind ourselves that those starving people have as much right to live and have children as we. There can be no excuse for not helping them to reach the standards of living that we enjoy, and by doing so, we are also helping ourselves, as they become able to buy our products Bill Campbell (by email)

Man power FOR decades ‘Save the Children,’ ‘Band Aid,’ ‘Live Aid’ and many other worthy causes have been pumping money into these Third World countries. Every night we see mothers holding starving children up to the camera. This, to me, begs the question: “Where are these very fertile fathers”? Are they resting in their huts, building up strength to sire yet more children? I think that if a reward was offered to them to have a vasectomy, they could still have their moments of pleasure but not sire more ‘Born to die children.’ I hope that you can find space to print this and please carry on your good work. The Euro Weekly News is an excellent local newspaper. John Frensham, Ciudad Quesada (Alicante).

Parents usurped I AGREE with Leapy Lee’s comments entirely regarding the Cinderella Law. It’s also interesting to note that another proposal was announced the same week to prescribe the ‘morning after’ pill to girls as young as 12 without their parents’ knowledge. Not only is this condoning law-breaking, but removes the parents’ ability to provide moral guidance. Not something that should be done to Cinderella. Opposing messages are being sent out here. Gerry Silwood (by email)

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Sales up and prices stabilising as number of mortgages rises THE good news for the property market is that sales are up, the numbers of mortgages approved are rising and prices are stabilising, leading to hopes that the sector may have finally turned the corner. Property sales grew strongly, increasing by nearly 40 per cent in February compared to 2013. The figures could be distorted however because a subsidy scheme had ended a year previously, meaning sales were extremely low as most purchasers had completed their deals previously to cash in, so the latest figures showing the increase are compared to a very low base. But even then the signs are encouraging as sales seem now to be on an upward trend as it was the second month in a row of rising sales. That is corroborated as the rate of house price falls has slowed, and it is starting to look as if the market may have hit bottom. The value of property sold so far this year has steadied and there was a slight increase in average selling price in the last

ON THE MOVE: Property sales grew strongly in February. three months. A recent report from Fotocasa.es showed that the market for resale property is finally flattening out after a dreadful 2013. Last year the property website registered big falls in prices; in June the Fotocasa.es real estate index saw an 11.8 per cent fall in prices year-on-year. That sort of decline is now hopefully a thing of the past with the first quarter of 2014 showing a

decline in prices of 1.1 per cent compared to the previous quarter. But despite the slowdown prices are still edging down; the latest figures were the 49th straight quarter of price falls. In June 2013 the price fell in all Spanish regions, with six registering double-digit declines year-on-year. In December just two regions had double-digit falls compared to the previous

December - La Rioja and Navarra. By contrast the latest figures show prices rose quarter to quarter in four regions, and that could be the first sign of a change in trends. Another sign of an upturn is that the number of mortgages approved has jumped, with more than a third more homes being bought with the help of a loan.

The knock on effect

HOPES are rising for the Spanish property sector as the UK market surges ahead. Traditionally in Spain British buyers have a strong influence on the market, especially on the Costas. As people in the UK feel richer as house values increase many have in the past been tempted to use their equity to fund a second home in Spain. With Spanish prices still at low levels it is hoped a resurgent UK market will have a knock on effect in Spain. UK home owners expect property prices to rise by 8.8 per cent on average over the next six months, double the rate of growth predicted last year as market confidence rises, a new survey has found. The hope in Spain is that increasing confidence will lead to more sales in this country from Britons looking for a home in the sun.

Getting in on the Chinese action... CHINESE buyers are being targeted by a Spanish property website. Idealista.com, Spain’s largest property website, will begin marketing properties in the country this month through a new agreement with China’s No. 1 international property website, Juwai.com. All real estate listings on Juwai.com are hosted in China, behind the so-called Great Firewall of China, to prevent the throttling or blocking that can plague

websites hosted in other countries. Sixty-nine of the world’s top websites, as ranked by Alexa.com, are blocked in China. Spain has increasing commercial and cultural ties to China. Spanish exports to China doubled between 2009 and 2013, as did the number of companies exporting from Spain to China. In Portugal, citizens of mainland China and Hong Kong obtained 90 per cent of the 560 Golden Visas issued in the first year of

COMPELLING: Property prices in Spain. existence for that country’s investment visa prog-

ramme. They invested more than €280 million

into the Portuguese economy. That has encouraged the Spanish to try and get in on the action with their own Golden Visa. Jesus Encinar, founder and CEO of idealista.com, said: “Because of our investment visa, Spain is increasingly a gateway to Europe for China’s 643,000 US-dollar millionaires. The number of millionaires in China is growing by 14 per cent each year. “Chinese buyers come to Southern Europe because

it is both a little exotic to them and also part of the European Community. The quality of life, protected environment and especially - property prices are very compelling for them." Juwai.com Co-CEO Simon Henry said: “Chinese buyers instantly fall in love with the Latin culture and way of life. When they see the properties they can afford for the price of a modest apartment back in Beijing, it boggles their minds.”

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Rot set in with trendy teachers T

HE reports this week that British schoolchildren were some of the most badly behaved in Europe didn’t surprise me one bit. This particular rot started years ago when the first ‘trendy’, left-wing teacher turned up in jeans and a teeshirt, perched himself on the corner of his desk and told the class to call him John. That was the day respect went out of the window; schools were doomed and virtually guaranteed to descend into the unruly mire they now find themselves in. Children need discipline. If they don’t get it they will push and push in a constant endeavour to see just how far they can go. This is actually a desperate search for security. Until young minds know the boundaries, they are constantly at a loss and utterly insecure in their young and often confusing formative years. Not giving them the discipline they need is

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT to my mind bordering on child abuse. The mother, who was reported last week as purposely giving her four offspring a completely free rein in their upbringing, is on a trip doomed to failure. I have seen the results of this particular parenting ‘path’ before. When I was in the States,

NO DISCIPLINE: Children need boundaries. many years ago, I was invited to the home of film actor James Mason and his wife Pamela. They were bringing up their children on a no-discipline basis. To see their son of around 14 smoking a cigar and drinking a beer as he sat watching TV was bad enough. However, the interesting youngster was the daughter, Portland, who was around 18. She was almost too timid to even say hello. What had

occurred was, that on moving out into the world, she had discovered that in real life you simply couldn’t do exactly as you pleased. Realising this, she had become totally withdrawn and almost frightened to say boo to a goose. A direct result of not being taught the boundaries in life that keep us from total anarchy. I also feel that this parental attitude is down to bone idleness. How much easier to

simply let ’em get away with everything, than having to control and risk confrontations with their offspring. Show me a child who has been correctly and fairly taught the rules and I’ll generally show you a well-adjusted human being, confidently facing a world that can only exist within the boundaries of discipline and order. Slight slip last week (which was gleefully pounced on by a number of you). Muslims are allowed four wives by the Koran, not five as I stated. However, in my defence, they are actually allowed one mistress. A sort of ‘spare’ as it were. So my statement wasn’t that much adrift By the time you read this I shall be back in Mallorca with my lovely children. Wheeee! Thanks, Tenerife, it has been a blast.

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Actions speak louder than words… Luke Cameron, 26, has hit the headlines after deciding to do one good deed a day for a year. Do you do good deeds, and what is the best thing a stranger has ever done for you?

ETTING the sack when the company he worked for was taken over, was the best good deed ever done to Adrian Crossley, 48, from Marbella, Malaga. The salesman said: “It didn’t feel like it at the time, though! But it made me realise how unhappy I was in my work and with my life, which is probably why I got the push to start with. “I needed a fresh start and moved to Spain for a break. That was 10 years ago and I am still here and loving

STREET TALK every minute of it. As far as doing good deeds is concerned, I really admire Luke and hearing about him makes me think about what I could do to help people. I have always been willing to help a friend out, but maybe I could be more proactive about it and go out of my way to find people to help.” Melissa Samuels, 52, who works in a charity shop in London, and was on holiday in Torrevieja, Alicante, believed there were lots of people who do good deeds. “Think of all those charities out there. The vast majority rely on volunteers who work really hard giving their time up for nothing. “If that is not doing good MELISSA: Simple acts of kindness.

deeds every day, then I don’t know what is! I would encourage every one to find a charity they can help. It is very rewarding being able to help others, and I know from personal experience how people who benefit can be overwhelmed by simple acts of kindness,” Melissa said. Jeremy Anderson, 27, who lives in Torremolinos, Malaga, said: “It depends what you mean by a good deed. If anyone needs help I am very happy to give a hand, but that is normal, isn’t it? “For me, it is when a stranger is willing to help out that it really hits home. For example, my granddad was out on holiday in Fuengirola a couple of years ago and had a fall. He needed to go to hospital for stitches, but didn’t speak a word of Spanish. The owner of a nearby restaurant took him to Casualty and stayed with him through the night – they arrived at

midnight and left at six in the morning – then took him back to the hotel. He didn’t have to do that, my granddad had not even eaten in his restaurant! That is something which really makes you feel better about people and human nature in general.” Jeremy added: “Our thanks to him, and I would do the same myself in a similar situation. I think many people would.”

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VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Your heart is saying ‘Let’s get out and have some fun.’ Your head is saying ‘Okay, but let’s leave it until later.’ Which is right? Well, one thing is for sure, emphasis on finances is restraining.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) There are plenty of people who will tell you that what you seek does not exist. They will also tell you that what you feel is unsustainable. This is, however, no time to compromise your dreams or emotional needs. Taking a bright view and a chance now seems unusual to those round you. AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) The last time that you sat down and thought about your finances it was confusing. Things are a lot simpler now. Keep emotions and the needs of others out of the equation. Balance is what this week is all about. PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Something comes to your attention that makes you feel both anger and injustice. As you are urged to speak out and put your cards on the table, you hesitate. Be sure to have the true facts of the matter because this gives you real confidence.

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

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) There is a strong urge to be up and doing something to further your artistic needs. Be sure that you know what is important. Keep it simple and aim straight for it. There may be other options to be explored, but do not go off at a tangent. To do so would see you have many fingers in many pies but making little real progress.

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Friday April 25

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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 D) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

TARGET:

Average: 12

Very good: 23

Good: 16

Excellent: 28

acne, ante, cane, cant, cent, cran, cyan, earn, etna, nape, narc, nary, neap, near, neat, pane, pant, pean, pent, rant, rent, tarn, tern, yarn, antre, caner, canty, carny, crane, enact, entry, nacre, panty, paten, pecan, reran, yearn, yenta, canter, carney, enrapt, entrap, errant, napery, nectar, pantry, parent, prance, ranter, recant, trance, trepan, encrypt, errancy, nectary, partner, patency, prancer, ternary, CARPENTRY

REINTEGRO 6

PAIR

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Saturday April 26

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LOTTERY 17

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1. It is illegal to be drunk on licensed premises? 2. It is illegal to carry a plank along a pavement? 3. It is illegal to destroy or deface money? 4. It is illegal to drive cows down the roadway without the permission of the commissioner of police? 5. It is illegal to eat mince pies on Christmas Day? 6. It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament wearing a suit of armour? 7. It is illegal to place a stamp of the Queen upside down on a letter? 8. It is legal for a pregnant woman to relieve herself anywhere she likes, including in a policeman’s helmet?

Alicante TODAY:

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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Who wants you to go where and who wants you to do what? Each day seems to be spoken for before it arrives. Spending your life like this means running out of credit on your health.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) What others see as our way ahead is not always the path which we want to tread. It would be easy to be cosy and not take a chance. Is that what you really want?

LEO (July 24 - August 23) At last it is clear that the future holds something quite exciting. Looking back during the past few years there has been a build-up to this

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Be sure not to put up with tedious comments. Someone is trying to rile you. Who are they to think this way? It is foolish and impossible to please this person. Avoid them and move on to something out of their sphere. A few days away clears your head and gives a more balanced picture.

moment. Treading a new path is half the story. There is much to be discovered both outside and inside your sphere.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) If you are James Bond, I see no surprises in the week ahead. If you are not, then I certainly do. Something quite shocking crosses your path, so be cautious in your approach to new situations. Keep your eyes and ears open and be prepared to seek advice.

May 1: Tommy Robredo. Tennis player. This famous Spanish tennis player, born in Hostalric, Girona, had a career high in 2006 when he reached a singles ranking of 5 as a result of winning the Hamburg Masters. He is known to be most comfortable playing on clay. Both his parents were heavily involved in tennis thus giving him a good start.

10 31

Move from the start word (PAIR) to the end word (BOND) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.

23 51

REINTEGRO 3

BOND

BAND BOND

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Waiting for just the right time to do and say things this week can produce miracles. Spontaneity may be your watchword but forward planning is where real progress is at the moment.

UK LEGAL ODDITIES TRUE OR FALSE?

Your Stars

IF IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK: A meeting of like minds fires you on all cylinders. Because such a special year is already under way, the excitement is building. Get career needs out of the way and dealt with early.

PAIR PAID SAID SAND

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Although you are feeling more confident in many ways, there is also a secret insecurity. There is a strange emotional atmosphere this week, which perplexes you.

1. TRUE, 2. TRUE, 3. TRUE, 4. TRUE, 5. FALSE (the only Christmas Day on which eating mince pies was illegal was in 1644, as 25 December that year fell on a legally-mandated day of fasting), 6. TRUE, 7. FALSE (according to the Royal Mail, it is perfectly acceptable to put a stamp upsidedown), 8. FALSE

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