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Stern warning NERJA Council has issued a warning to foreign residents against opening the door to anyone claiming to be from the gas company without a previous appointment. For further information call 902 113 000.

Table Tennis LUCIA LOPEZ from the Almuñecar Table Tennis Club participated in the Euro Mini Champs contest held from August 22 until August 24 in Schiltigheim, France. The event kicked off the new season for the club.

Gospel music THE Almuñecar-based band Costa del Soul wowed the audience at Palacete de La Najarra with a concert which included gospel and rhythm and blues classics, as well as covers of songs by Eric Clapton and Etta James.

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Seven charged in connection with Montes de Malaga fire POLICE have charged seven people in connection with the Montes de Malaga fire earlier this month. Seven unidentified individuals have been brought up on charges for allegedly starting the fire which scorched more than 200 hectares in Montes de Malaga on August 10. The blaze ravaged 273 hectares of scrubland and pinewood in Los AnayaCampo de Tiro Guadalmedina. Malaga firefighters and police evacuated 17 people from

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nearby country houses as well as staff and holidaymakers staying at Hotel Rural Humaina.

The investigation that led to the identification of the suspects focused on the Tiro Guadalmedina

Plug pulled on festival RINCON de la Victoria’s Zarzuela Festival has been called off. The council issued a statement saying that Teatro Lirico Andaluz had decided to cancel the Zarzuela Festival scheduled for today, tomorrow and Saturday at CEIP Manuel Laza Palacios. The plug was pulled by the promoter

at the last minute, the council said, and all ticket holders are asked to go to the tourist office on Avenida el Mediterraneo, No. 140, from 9am until 1.30pm to get a refund. Rincon’s Culture Department, which had helped to organise the festival, said that it deeply regretted the decision to cancel the event.

shooting range and police determined that the fire was the result of careless firearms practice, according to a statement released by the Junta de Andalucia. A round fired reportedly hit stones, which resulted in sparks igniting a fire that spread rapidly due to the thick vegetation in the area. The statement went on to say that the area lacked the necessary firebreak required by current legislation, and this may

have contributed to the rapid spread of the flames. This comes after a forest fire broke out in Cenes de la Vega in Granada last week, which forced the authorities to close the A-395 motorway to facilitate the emergency services in their work. Sources said the fire started at 4pm in a wooded area known as Lomas de Genil. It then spread through Camino de los Neveros and approached Monachil. The emergency services reported that the flames and smoke, visible from as far away as Granada, resulted in more than 150 calls to the emergency 112 number.

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Drug trafficking ring dismantled SPANISH police in Velez-Malaga dismantled a drug trafficking ring. National Police officers broke up a criminal organisation that would distribute cocaine, marihuana and hashish in VelezMalaga and at least three people were detained and brought up on alleged drug trafficking charges. The investigation that led to their arrest was launched a few weeks ago after Spanish police learned that a drug distribution point that was dismantled back in January had been reactivated. Further inquiries led the police to discover that two Velez-Malaga homes were being used to store and sell cocaine, marihuana and hashish. The police also indentified two men, 40 and 27, who were in charge of distributing the illegal drugs throughout the city. The men were arrested when they were going to sell 10 grams of cocaine to one of their clients. Following their arrest, the officers conducted a search in the two homes being used to store the illegal drugs and seized 125 grams of cocaine, 400 grams of hashish, 400 grams of marihuana,

DRUG BUST: The detained would distribute illegal drugs in Velez-Malaga. â‚Ź1,200, three precision scales, four mobile phones, jewellery and drug paraphernalia.

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Extortionist caught NATIONAL POLICE in Malaga have detained a man under suspicion of extorting several neighbours in the capital. He would leave notes threatening to set their houses on fire and demanding money.

Man dies cutting down tree A MAN was killed when a tree fell on him in La Molina, Cutar. The victim was identified as Santiago Donato Santiago Muñoz, 42, who was killed when one of the gum trees he was cutting down fell on him last Friday. He leaves behind a wife and two children. Muñoz and some of his relatives were reportedly cutting down

trees on his property using a truck-mounted crane when one of the logs unexpectedly fell on his chest. Realizing Muñoz was pinned under the log, the other men rushed to help him. He reportedly said he was in great pain and could not move his legs. An ambulance arrived on the scene to rush him to the Carlos Haya hospital in Malaga, but he

unfortunately died on his way there. His body was then taken to Instituto de Medicina Legal in Malaga where he was to undergo a post-mortem examination. Cutar and Benamargosa mayors Francisco Ruiz and Jose Gallego extended their heartfelt sympathy to the victims’ families and friends. FLICKR BY PHILIPPE GUINTOLI

Big brother MALAGA capital is to install cameras on the main access roads to the city to limit the amount of heavy lorries which come in through Avenida Andalucia and Ciudad Jardin.

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Best fair MALAGA has had its best fair in the last eight years. All hotels were 94 per cent full 4 per cent more than last year. The rise in the number of visitors was also felt in bars and restaurants in the city. 200 calls EMERGENCY services (112) attended to around 200 calls during the Malaga fair. The majority of calls were for medical assistance and only 43 were for security incidents.

Summer highlight SWIMMING across Bahia La Herradura has become a highlight of the summer in the district and this year’s 25th edition is sure to attract a large crowd. It is scheduled to be held on Sunday.

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GRAFFITI artist El Niño de las Pinturas painted a gorgeous 200sqm mural at Acuario de Almuñecar covering four walls and depicting the beauty of the ocean and its many species including sharks, tropical fishes, octopuses and even a siren.

Rock show ARGENTINIAN musician and singer Luis Augusto Maldonado played a concert at Palacete de la Najarra in Almuñecar that included blues, rock, ballads and bossa nova. Maldonado was accompanied by flamenco guitarist Mike Jingle and saxophonist Jesus Mata.

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More accidents AFTER six years of decreasing, work related accidents are on the rise again in Malaga capital. Worker’s syndicates blame the rise on individual company’s lack of investment in risk assessment. Flamenco show FLAMENCO dancer Pepe Flores performed last Monday at Castillo de San Miguel as part of the cultural programme ‘Al fresquito de mi barrio,’ organised by the Services Department to promote flamenco. Flores rose to fame after participating in Big Brother.

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Spain’s oldest Bull Run in Cuellar

HE last week in August marks the beginning of Spain’s oldest Bull Run. The Encierros de Cuellar (Cuellar bull runs) in Segovia, date back to before 1215 when there was an argument raging between the Catholic Church and its bishops in the area. The bishops wanted to attend the bull fighting festivities, which took place on the outskirts of the town, but the Church considered it ‘undignified’ and so their attendance was banned. The bishops then found a loophole in the new regulations and this was that they could attend if the entirety

Quote of the Week Do you not know who I am? King Mohammed VI of Morocco after the Guardia Civil stopped his boat in the water just off Ceuta - an area commonly used by illegal immigrants and smugglers - under suspicion of being a people smuggler. The misunderstanding was rapidly cleared up after a call to King Felipe VI.

of the festivities took place in the centre of the town. For this to be possible, and for the bishops to obey the edict of the Church, the herd had to be brought into the centre and set off from there. Thus was born the first of the Encierros, with the people of the town helping to take the bulls from one part of the centre of the town to its bullring. The modern day bull runs are not dissimilar to the ones of the 13th century, one of the few differences being that these days they take place as part of the Feria of Cuellar and the Catholic Church does not mind if their bishops attend.

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per cent is the amount that Spain has grown in the last quarter. This is the country’s highest growth rate in the last six years and the fourth consecutive quarter that the economy has grown since the recession began. Chancellor Merkel of Germany has already congratulated President Rajoy on his austerity measures.

THE Provincial Beach Tennis Championship is to be held on Saturday at Playa Puerta del Mar in Almuñecar. The registration period is to be open until tomorrow at 8pm. The champion will represent Granada in the Andalucia Championship in September.

Classic theatre BASED on a novel by the late Nobel laureate writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez published in 1987, the play ‘Ordalia o la prueba de fuego’ was presented at Palacete de la Najarra in Almuñecar last Tuesday at 10pm.

Beautiful town ACCORDING to the magazine Viajar, Torrox is one of the most beautiful towns in Spain. The list also includes Deia Soller, Alcudia in Mallorca, Puerto de Mogan in Gran Canaria, Bermeo in Vizcaya and Alaior in Menorca.

And finally... Olmeda de la Cuesta, in Cuenca, is offering plots of land for just a few hundred Euros - so long as buyers promise to build on them within the first two years. This is a move by the local council to save the shrinking village from extinction, at the moment it only has around 35 residents.

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Book presentation PROFESSOR Francisco Velasco Rey is to present his first novel titled Lo que pudo haber sido (What could have been) today at Palacete de la Najarra in Almuñecar at 9.30pm.

Teaching success ESCO Director Miguel Angel Rodriguez is to hold a conference tomorrow at Palacete de la Najarra entitled ‘Como llevar una vida de 5 estrellas y no morir en el intento’ covering topics related to motivation and success in personal life.

Public transport SINCE August 15, as many as 20,000 beachgoers visiting Playa de Cantarrijan have used the public transportation service organised by the Junta de Andalucia, said the Incumbent Regional Government Delegate Inmaculada Oria.

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Nerja police clamp down on illegal sales LOCAL POLICE in Nerja have stepped up efforts to clamp down on illegal sales. Since summer started, police officers in Nerja have been regularly monitoring street vendors to fight unlicensed sales. One of the latest police operations focused on Balcon de Europa, Calle Malaga, Calle Carabeo and Plaza Fabrica de los Cangrejos. The officers seized 18 football shirts, 23 handbags, 49 polo shirts, 122 pair of shorts, bracelets, necklaces, as well as toys and fans. It appears the street vendors lacked the required municipal licences.

LOCAL POLICE: Stepping up efforts to clamp down on illegal sales.

Amigos de los Regulares’ new almanac THE group Amigos de los Regulares Velez-Malaga are to present their new almanac. On Saturday September 6, the

group is to present the cover of the 2015 almanac at Restaurante La Sastreria at 2.30pm. The cover was designed by Esteban Diaz Azua, who

is the President of the contemporary photography association ENFOQUES and also a member of the group. The menu is to cost €30.

Almuñecar International Short Film Festival (FICA) 2014. The Sevillian filmmaker was presented with a prize a sculpture and €1,500 for his short film Subterraneo (Underground) by Mayor Trinidad Herrera at the awards ceremony held at Parque El Majuelo. Subterraneo was one of the 20 short films that made it all the way to the final of the event which saw

VELEZ CF start with a victory VELEZ CF is off to a great start. The team beat Maracena 2-0 in the first match of the 2014-2015 Season of Group Nine in Spain’s Third Division and won three vital points. The first goal was scored by Julio Cobos in the ninth minute and it looked as if it was going to be an easy victory for Velez CF. However, Maracena put up a great fight and it was not until late in the second half (minute 93) that Davilillo scored the second goal. The visiting team missed several changes to tie the game. The match was played at Vivar Tellez and Dani Gonzalez was sent off leaving Velez-Malaga with only 10 men on the pitch.

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International Short Film Festival ends MIGUEL ANGEL CARMONA is the winner of the

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AWARDS CEREMONY: The honourees on stage. as many as 142 films submitted from Spain, Argentina, Colombia, France, Belgium and the United States. Before the awards

ceremony, FICA Director Salvador Guerrero sincerely thanked Mayor Herrera and Culture councillor Olga Ruano for their support in organising the event.

Guardia arrest man for bike theft GUARDIA CIVIL officers detained a man for stealing a motorbike. The investigation that led to the arrest of the alleged thief was launched after a complaint was lodged with the police for the theft of a motorbike from a private residence. Guardia Civil officers identified a Velez-Malaga resident thought to have stolen the vehicle and

arrested him in Rincon de la Victoria. Further inquiries led the police to identify a second person who had bought the motorbike and tried to sell it online. This second individual from Benamocarra was also detained by the Guardia Civil and stands accused of receiving stolen goods.

FARMERS in Andalucia could harvest more than two million tons of tomato in 2014. As recently stated by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development Department, the 2014 tomato harvest in Andalucia is expected to see an 11 per cent increase when compared to 2013. While last year the total harvest amounted to 1,665,490 tons, this year’s yield is expected to exceed 2 million tons. On the other hand, the pepper harvest is expected to reach 765,993 tons, especially in Almeria (651,170 tons), while the cucumber harvest in Andalucia could amount to 673,036 tons. Tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers are three of the vegetables with the largest production levels in the autonomous community.

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New album FLAMENCO singer Juan Pinilla is to present his new album at Parque El Majuelo in Almuñecar today. Pinilla is to be joined on stage by Richard Gutierrez and Angel Rodriguez.

Tango show TANGO lovers pay heed. Centro Civico La Herradura is to host a performance by Compañia Cargos de Buenos Aires, Argentina; on Saturday at 9pm. Tickets are €10. For more information, 660 75 32 46.

Bossa Nova THERE is to be a bossa nova, samba and jazz show at Palacete de la Najarra in Almuñecar on Sunday at 10pm. Bossa nova, which means new trend, is a genre of Brazilian music popularised in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Rincon de la Victoria school ready to open THE new primary school in Torre de Benagalbon is ready to open its doors. It is not every day that a new school opens its doors in Rincon de

la Victoria, but when the 2014/2015 school year begins in September, Los Jarales Primary School in Torre de Benagalbon will do just that to the joy of schoolchildren

and parents alike. Approximately 450 children between three and 12 years are expected to enrol in the new type-C2 school, built with a €3.5-million investment. Los Jarales will relieve overcrowding at the Josefina Aldecoa School in Torre de Benagalbon, said Mayor Francisco Salado. Built by Chirivo Construcciones S.L, the school has six classrooms for pre-school education, two multi-purpose classrooms for primary education, four classrooms for small groups, a computer room, a multiuse room, a library, a gym, a classroom for special CHICKPEAS: 22,458 tons expected to be harvested. education, a bathroom for many as 53,355 hectares tons and Malaga Province children with disabilities, a to growing legumes. a whopping 10,499 tons. kitchen, a dining room, a Sevilla is the main They are followed by parking lot for teachers producer of legumes with Cadiz 5,388 tons, Granada built on a municipal 8,10024,781 tons, while 2,684, Huelva 1,540, Jaen square metre plot in Lo Cea Cordoba produces 10,946 791 and Almeria with 372. and a sports court.

Larger legume harvest THE legume harvest in Andalucia is expected to reach more than 50,000 tons. According to a report on agricultural production in 2014 written by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development Department, the total legume harvest in Andalucia is expected to reach 57,000 tons. This would represent a 37 per cent increase when compared to 2013, when the total harvest amounted to 41,514 tons. Andalucia devotes as

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Best Velez façade THE Most Beautiful Façade Competition in Velez-Malaga has a winner. Jose Lopez Hidalgo, who lives on number 19 of Plaza de San Francisco, is the winner of the most recent edition of the La Alegria De Mi Barrio competition organised by VelezMalaga Council. The competition was organised to raise awareness by local residents about how important it is to clean and maintain façades and public areas in good condition, said Businesses and Labour councillor, Lourdes Piña.

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Join EWN and say NO to sexism and YES to equality for women FURTHER controversy over the Spanish political establishment’s outdated views on women and sexual assault has arisen after comments made by a mayor to a radio station that seem to disparage accusations of rape. Francisco Javier León de la Riva, the Partido Popular (PP) mayor of Valladolid in central Spain, has been forced to apologise for comments made to the Onda Cero radio station on Thursday about women falsely accusing men of rape. The mayor said he would think twice about getting into a lift alone with a woman for fear of false cries of rape. Referring to a recent unsolved case in his city, De la Riva wholeheartedly condemned all forms of violence, but said it was

impossible to station a police officer in every park, and that women should think carefully about where they go at 6 o’clock in the morning. He added: “Sometimes it’s the other way around. Imagine you are in a lift with a girl who is out to get you. She rips off her bra or skirt and runs out screaming that you tried to assault her.” Reaction to the mayor’s comments was fierce and immediate, with some taking to social media to demand his resignation. On Friday, Valladolid Town Council issued a statement through Twitter, saying: “The mayor wishes to clarify his words which have been misinterpreted and taken out of context. He apologises for any offence caused.”

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has not actually apologised for what he said. Instead, he has placed the blame on others (women, perhaps?) for ‘misinterpreting’ his words. At the EWN group, we are concerned that the outdated views of men

in high places, just like Mayor de la Riva, are contributing to the continued erosion of women’s rights. Until society is reconciled to the fact that a woman’s body is owned by no one but the woman herself, that

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Murdered journalist never to be forgotten THERE is a black ribbon on the front of the Euro Weekly News today. There is another at the top of the page that has been left blank for the journalist James Foley. His family and friends are in mourning because he was murdered in Syria by an IS jihadist with a London accent. He was a hostage killed in cold blood because he was an American, because he had a brother in the US air force, but he was also slaughtered because he was a journalist. So the Euro Weekly News is in mourning, too, for James Foley and is donating a page in his memory. We now ask the world media to come together and follow suit by donating the cost of a full page in their respective newspapers. James Foley risked his life by going to Syria and was taken hostage while

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Damage by heavy rains to be repaired RINCON DE LA VICTORIA Council is finally to repair damage to infrastructure caused by two days of heavy rain in 2012. The council is to put 13 projects out to tender to repair the extensive damage sustained by municipal infrastructure following the heavy rains on November 17 and 18 2012, said Town Planning and Infrastructure councillor Antonio Manuel Rando. The projects are to be partially funded by the Central and Local Administration and the total cost is estimated at approximately €1 million. “The projects were designed by municipal technicians and we are now going to put them out to tender so they can start as soon as possible

and avoid any risk of further damages or flooding when winter comes,” he said. “We are working as fast as we can to start these projects which are a high priority for our municipality,” said Rincon de la Victoria Mayor Francisco Salado. “The council is to invest €539,263,” he said. The projects include repairing damages sustained by the Rincon de la Victoria football pitch (€143,209), repairing the wall of the Benagalbon football pitch (€238,943), paving Calle La Corta and repairing the rainwater drain system (€68,325), repairing the sewerage system in Arroyo de Benagalbon, (€234,471) and in Arroyo Granadillas (€47,426), among others.

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Almachar is to celebrate La Fiesta del Ajoblanco ALMACHAR is to celebrate La Fiesta del Ajoblanco on September 6. This peculiar festivity is one of the oldest in Malaga Province and celebrates a delicious and popular cold soup from Andalucia made of bread, garlic, crushed almonds, olive oil, sometimes vinegar and served with grapes or melon. This time around the streets of Almachar will be filled with music, dance, flamenco, sangria, free tapas, moscatel wine and, of course, tasty ajoblanco. This year’s town crier will be Canal Sur journalist Ezequiel Martinez Jimenez and Spanish singer Pasion Vega will be presented with the Premio Ajoblanco Andalucia award in recognition of her successful career in music and for being an outstanding ambassador to Andalucia.

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AJOBLANCO: Popular cold soup from Andalucia. Other honourees include Bancosol Malaga for their charity work benefiting impoverished families in Malaga Province, Trops for their leadership and contribution to the development of subtropical crops in Axarquia and Asociacion de Mayores La Viña for their work to help senior citizens in Almachar.

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Nursery school out to tender RINCON DE LA VICTORIA Council is to put out to public tender the nursery school in La Cala del Moral. The management and service of the municipal nursery school in La Cala del Moral is to be put out to public tender for

a 25-year period, according to an official bulletin from the Malaga Province released yesterday. The total cost of the service is estimated at €11,040, said Rincon de la Victoria Mayor Francisco Salado. The nursery school located in a multipurpose centre, has a total area of 500 square metres and was financed by Rincon de la Victoria Council and the Junta de Andalucia. Its construction The measures include cost in the region of €1.2m. offering support to As many as 82 children entrepreneurs, signing are expected to be enrolled institutional agreements, in the nursery school, providing counsel to which will also serve the businesses, organising children daily meals and training courses and have a play centre service between 5pm and 7.30pm. helping the unemployed. According to mayor “The objective is to support businesses, Salado, the nursery school entrepreneurs and people staff will be required to a satisfactory affected by unemployment, have thanks to an innovative knowledge of English. “The system of measures, which children will be able to guarantees a commitment learn English from a very to Velez-Malaga,” said Piña. early age,” said the mayor.

Fostering entrepreneurs VELEZ-MALAGA Council has launched a programme to support local entrepreneurs, local businesses and the unemployed. So far this year, VelezMalaga Council has taken a number of measures aimed at fostering entrepreneurship, promoting economic recovery and job creation and providing training weetsi.velez through malaga.es, said Businesses and Labour councillor Lourdes Piña.

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AMPARO MUÑOZ: Crowned Miss Universe in 1974. town and she was a great ambassador to the beauty of Velez-Malaga women, said Mayor Francisco Delgado Bonilla. This year’s Feria de San Miguel beauty pageant is to be held on September 24.

Muñoz was crowned Miss Spain in 1973 and Miss Universe a year later. She starred in a number of Spanish movies, including Vida Conyugal Sana, Sensualidad and Clara Es El Precio. She died 2011 at 56.

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5,000 attend movie festival THE third edition of the Cine y Toalla movie festival held on beaches in Rincon de la Victoria has attracted more than 5,000 people. As stated by Culture, Fairs and Festivities councillor Antonio Jose Martin, this year’s movie festival has broken previous attendance records with close to 1,000 people at each screening. Martin CREDIT: FLICKR BY jose.

VELEZ MALAGA is to pay tribute to Spanish actress Amparo Muñoz. Velez-Malaga Council has decided to pay tribute to the late Amparo Muñoz by naming the annual Feria de San Miguel beauty pageant after her. Born in Velez-Malaga in 1954, Amparo Muñoz was the winner of the 23rd Miss Universe pageant held in Manila, Philippines in 1974. This year marks the 40th anniversary of Muñoz’ victory in the international beauty competition and the council has seen fit to honour one of its most distinguished ambassadors by naming the pageant after her. She never forgot her

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said he was highly pleased with resounding success achieved by the festival every year and pointed out Cine y Toalla has become one of the summer highlights in Rincon de la Victoria. The movie festival was organised to promote tourism on Rincon’s beaches and offer residents and tourists a unique event of quality and entertainment.

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Factory funding BENAHADUX has been given a cash injection to restore the site of the former San Jose brickyard. The funding will enable recovery and reforestation of the land.

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Early settlers STUDENT volunteers supervised by Alicante’s archaeological museum located 11 new tombs in Calpe’s mediaeval Ifach settlement. This brings the number of documented burial places up to 53.

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EMERGENCY services in Roquetas rescued a woman and two children aged six and nine from a fire in a flat in Roquetas de Mar. The residents were unhurt.

GUARDIA CIVIL traffic police fined 3,576 drivers in the Valencian Community last year. The majority were sanctioned for driving under the influence of drink or drugs or without a licence.

Refuse annoyance MAYOR of Arboleas, Cristobal Garcia, has expressed his displeasure at the inadequate refuse collection by Ferrosur during the fiestas, describing the situation as “intolerable.”

New PSOE mayor? ENCARNA RODRIGUEZ QUINTANS has officially announced her intention to be a candidate for the position of mayor of Adra for the Socialist party.

Mozzie free feria AREAS around Almeria City have been treated with pesticides as part of an initiative called ‘una feria sin mosquitos.’ Almeria City spends €11,000 on keeping the city bug free.

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Donkey charity ON Saturday, September 6 there will be a charity dinner in favour of the El Refugio del Burrito (donkey refuge). Dinner at the restaurant Club Nautico in Benalmadena port will cost €25 per person.

More communication LOCAL POLICE in Marbella have 110 new digital radios which will allow them to have radio cover in areas which could not previously be reached. For the safety of the officers the new radios also have integrated geo-locators.

Tight budgets NUDIST HOTEL: Gaining in popularity.

Nudism popular on the islands

THE Balearic’s only nudist hotel has doubled its clientele this summer. It opened in 2013 and this year has tourists from as far away as Australia and South Korea. The hotel, Naturplaya, is part of the INF (Spanish and International Federation of Nudism) and has had great success due to its privileged location, near Sa Canova de Arta, and for its tranquillity. Alvaro Segura, director of the hotel, commented that the average stay is of two weeks on half board at a price of between €1,200 and €1,600. The average

Hilton rider THE main rider to Paris Hilton’s contract at the Olivia Valere night club was that she wanted several fans in the DJ booth as she refuses to sweat or be seen to sweat.

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guests are usually couples in their fifties who are looking for a quiet time to commune with nature. Despite being a nudist hotel clothes are not optional everywhere, for hygienic reasons they must be worn in the restaurants and main reception everywhere else, the pool or gardens, they are optional. Segura commented that the islands could become a popular tourism destination for nudists as they have everything to offer this sector of the industry.

Trader complaints TRADERS in Torrevieja’s Calle Maria Parodi are calling for the city to make improvements to the road. They say they have been ‘abandoned’ and complain the street has remained open to traffic in the summer.

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MALAGA capital is to install cameras on the main access roads to the city to limit the amount of heavy lorries which come in through Avenida Andalucia and Ciudad Jardin.

DESPITE some users complaining of long waiting times at Torrevieja’s La Loma Health Centre, Torrevieja Salud says the average wait is just 47 minutes, lower than last August and that they have not received any complaints.

HELP Vega Baja need volunteers for their San Miguel, Torrevieja and La Marina offices. If you can donate a few hours each week call Richard on 966 723 733.

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CASARES is to renovate the Plaza del Llano. The square is to be extended to join with Plaza Marcelino Camacho and receive a fountain, trees and new urban furniture among other things.

A MAN has been arrested in Alicante for the rape of two women who applied to a fake job he advertised online. Both women were sexually assaulted after being invited for an ‘interview.’

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Spanish classes REGISTRATION is now open for adult Spanish classes for foreigners in San Fulgencio. Those interested should contact the town hall before September 19.

BENIDORM’S streets are thronged at night, but tourists are spending less than last year said the owners of bars, pubs and discos. Instead they are looking forward to midSeptember when the British return.

Country dances JAVEA’s Portitxol dance group is organising a weekend of traditional dancing on September 13 and 14 for beginners and all levels. More information at info@ dansesportitxol.org or on 636 656 642.

Fingers crossed DENIA Town Hall faces a €40 million compensation claim from owners of land used for the hospital. Unless the courts uphold its appeal there could be a budget setback, the Finance councillor admitted.

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First defeat REAL VALLADOLID beat Real Mallorca 2-1 at Estadio Jose Zorrilla on the first match day of the 2014/2015 football season of Liga Adelante (Second Division). The Real Mallorca goal was scored by Cendros on the 64th minute.

Near drowning A FIVE year-old boy is in a critical condition after being rescued from his hotel pool in Palmanova - he nearly died from drowning, but was found just in time. He is in a critical condition in ICU at Son Espases hospital.

Home game REAL MALLORCA is to play Las Palmas in their first home game at Iberostar Estadio on Sunday August 31 at 9pm. Las Palmas beat UD Llagostera 2-0 in their first league game.

Scooter accident A YOUNG woman, 16 is in critical condition in the Son Espases hospital after being in a traffic accident on a scooter she was riding. There were no other vehicles involved.

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Raising funds for cancer COLECTIVO IMAGEN raised funds to help cancer patients and their families. The group organised a charitable photography exhibition at Boliches Council and managed to raise €1,140 through the sale of pictures especially donated to the event by altruistic photographers. The funds are to be donated to cover the cost of the social programmes organised and managed by a foundation which every year helps more than 800 cancer patients and other incurable diseases and their families in the Malaga province.

TORROX: Council will invest €300,000 to renovate public infrastructures.

€300,000 investment TORROX Council is to make a large investment to renovate public infrastructure. The council is to invest €300,000 to renovate public infrastructures on Calle Fe and Calle Cerro Lucero. Mayor Francisco Muñoz and Infrastructures councillor Maria Estrella Tome

emphasised the importance of the project, which will not only serve to improve infrastructure in Torrox but also to give jobs to 152 unemployed local residents. The project is expected to be completed in three months and is part of the 2014 Job Creation Plan.

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Chess tournament highly successful

THE annual beach race held on Burriana beach had a good turnout. As many as 300 people participated in the annual beach race on Burriana beach held last weekend. The event was organised to pay tribute to Francisco Ortega Olalla, who was one of the pioneers of athletics in Nerja and an expert paella maker. The winners of the sporting event were Esther Hidalgo of Cueva de Nerja-Uma in the female category and El Abed Driss in the male category.

THE First Chess Tournament Almuñecar Tropico de Europa was a resounding success. Organised by Club Ajedrez Almuñecar and sponsored by Almuñecar Council, the chess tournament was held last Saturday at Hotel Helios and attracted around 90 chess players from Granada and Malaga. The winner of the tournament was Jose Fernandez Montoro, who is the President of the Motril Chess Club. Montoro said he was highly pleased with

Basketball team has resumed its training THE Instituto Fertilidad Clinicas Rincon basketball team has resumed its training sessions. Following a well-deserved rest last weekend, the team has resumed its training sessions scheduled for late August. One bit of good news is that Montenegrin player Marko Grkovic, who had permission from the club to join his teammates a week later, is back in Torre del Mar and ready to resume training. Ruben Gutierrez, Kenan Karahodzic and Viny Okuo missed training with their team as they were training with Unicaja. A double training session is on Tuesday.

the number of people that had participated in the event and with the impressive skill level of all competitors. The winners of the different categories were Ruben Carro (Under 6 category), Alejandro Valenzuela (Under 8), Rosa Adela Lorente Abrisqueta (Under 10), Rosa Adela

Lorente (Under 12), Mario Dominguez (Under 14) and Daniel Pulido (Under 16). The awards ceremony was attended by Sports councillor Luis Aragon, who presented the trophies. Aragon has committed to promoting chess in Almuñecar and said a municipal chess school would open next season.

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Take care around the pool THE tragic death of a two-year-old boy in a Mijas, Andalucia, swimming pool has thrown into sharp focus the issue of swimming pool safety. Part of the dream of living in the warm sunshine of Spain is access to an outdoor swimming pool. The pleasure of splashing into the pool, floating on a lilo, doing a couple of laps and putting the week’s stresses behind you is a great reward. However, with pool ownership comes great responsibility. Children are naturally drawn to water, but it is impossible for a parent to watch a child every single moment of their life. It only takes a second for an accident to happen and the results can be devastating. Installing a pool safety fence gives you, your family and if you rent out your villa, your guests, peace of mind. In the most basic common sense terms, if a child cannot get close to the pool, then they simply cannot get in. Community pools are regulated throughout Spain, with specifics on

Euro Weekly News offer the advice below. Cut it out, keep it safe, think of that little bit more you can do to ensure that your pool is safe for your family and all your visitors.

Pool safety hints:

POOL SAFETY: Private pools should have a safety fence and a gate. the height of fences, gates, child proof locks and no climbing areas, but private pools are not. Euro Weekly News believes that this situation has gone on long enough, the life of a child is far beyond that of a removable fence and lockable gate. A safety fence around your pool is entirely sensible, it affords protection for children and small pets, it is a moral issue for many owners who know they have done

all they can to prevent accidents. In France, the law states that all private pools should be equipped with a safety fence and gate with a self-closing latch, failure to comply carries fines of up to €220,000. We call on our readers to call, email, text, whatsapp and that old fashioned mode of communication, write a letter to their political representatives and demand that Spain adopt an enforceable policy similar to that of France.

• Secure your pool with appropriate barriers. Surround your pool with a four-foot high fence or barrier with a selfclosing, self-latching gate. Place a safety cover over the pool or hot tub when you are not using it and remove any ladders or steps that you use for access. • Keep children under active supervision at all times. Stay in arm’s reach of younger children. Select a responsible person to watch the water when the pool is in use - never allow children or weak swimmers to swim alone. Have young or inexperienced swimmers wear a floatie if playing near the pool. • Ensure everyone in the home knows how to swim. Take pleasure in teaching those who can’t swim how to, or, if too busy enrol them in a local swimming class. • Enforce rules and safe behaviour, such as ‘no diving,’ ‘stay away from drain covers,’ ‘swim with a friend’ and ‘no running.’ • Make sure everyone in the home knows how to respond to emergencies by having appropriate safety equipment and taking water safety, first aid and Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) courses.

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Ministry of Interior’s advice on rape sets off a Twitter storm FLICKR BY ROGA MUFFIN

THE Ministry of the Interior’s advice to women on how to avoid rape has created a storm on Twitter. Users of the social media website have denounced the advice as chauvinistic and laying the blame on the victims. Among other things the advice recommends that women should buy a whistle to call for help and avoid using lifts if there is a stranger in them as well as sitting near the

RIDICULOUS ADVICE: From the ministry of the interior.

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HAT planet do they live on? Politicians, that is. A furore has been caused by official Ministry guidelines on how to avoid rape. Measures include having a whistle with which to summon help, avoiding using lifts if there is a stranger in them and sitting near the driver on empty buses. Campaigners on gender issues point out that this advice seems to put the blame for attacks on the victims rather than the perpetrators. Then to compound the controversy, Francisco Javier León de la Riva, the Partido Popular mayor of Valladolid, made comments on radio that appeared to denigrate women’s accusations of rape. He said that he would think twice before getting into a lift with a woman for fear of being falsely accused of rape. He was forced to apologise. This raises the wider issue of how

sexist is ‘macho’ Spain. Although women certainly have more freedom then they did a few decades ago, and there are many women in the professions, business and politics, old attitudes still persist. A woman’s place continues to be in the home for many, even when they work as well. It is women who have to look after the home and bring up the children, that is just the way it is. And for far too many men, women are still viewed as a possession. At its worst, that leads to the disgraceful toll of domestic violence in Spain. If a woman is ‘disobedient’ many men view it as only too natural to turn to violence, with appalling results. So far this year in Spain, 38 women have died at the hands of their partners or ex-partners. That will continue as long as StoneAge attitudes persist. Politicians should be trying to change those attitudes, not espousing them.

driver on a deserted bus and always closing their curtains when at home. People have taken to the site to send messages back to the Ministry of the Interior like “Let’s see if we can all finally understand that the crime is not the victim’s fault,” and “It is unacceptable that a public ministry should be giving such out of touch advice!” Several PSOE delegates have also shown their disgust at the advice saying that it

further victimises the victims by making it seem as though they could have avoided the crime if only they had had a whistle. The PSOE secretary for equality, Carmen Monton, commented that the attitude of the govern-ment was outdated and would get them nowhere in the modern world and agreed with a tweet which had come in stating “Instead of teaching women how not to be raped, why don’t we teach men not to rape?”

TRIATHLON: The most popular variation includes swimming, cycling and running.

First XTerra in Axarquia AXARQUIA is to host the hardest triathlon circuit in the world. The first edition of the XTerra AxarquiaCosta del Sol triathlon circuit, which is to be held on Sunday, was presented last Tuesday by the President of the Municipality Community of Costa del SolAxarquia Oscar Medina, the manager of the Tourism Board Arturo Bernal and the mayors of Alcaucin and Viñuela Domingo Lozano and Juan Jose Jimenez. “It will be the most difficult triathlon in the world,” said two-times triathlon champion Ruben Ruzafa and Executive Director of XTerra Spain Jose Gonzalez. Axarquia is one of the best places in Spain and in the world to organise a triathlon thanks to its unique geography

and weather conditions, said Medina. “Axarquia will serve as host to the first permanent XTerra training circuit for the next four years thanks to an agreement signed between the Municipality Community, the Tourism Board and XTerra Spain” he remarked. The event scheduled for Sunday has attracted more than 250 triathletes, which has increased bookings in local hotels, said Medina. The main objective is to “promote nature tourism and sports in a unique environment in the Malaga province,” said Medina. Some of the sponsors are Hotel La Viñuela, Clinicas Rincon, Trops, Junta de Andalucia, the Tourism Board and the Municipality Community.

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NORWAY - A driver was lucky to be alive after he lost control of his car and crashed into the entrance of Kiellands Hus shopping centre in Oslo. Police at the scene commented that he had had a lucky escape.

A BRANCH of Tesco supermarket has swapped vegetables for booze as it prepares for the Reading festival. They are expecting business to be better than Christmas and so got rid of their vegetable aisle in favour of a bigger booze aisle.

A GANG of five who wore burkas to take part in a smash and grab in Selfridges last year have received a collective sentence of 58 years in prison from Kingston Crown Court. They made away with 142 designer watches.

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Breivik book NORWAY - Jens Breivik, father of convicted mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik - of Utoya infamy is to publish a book about his role as the father of the country’s most notorious terrorist.

Spotify award SWEDEN - The founders of the popular Spotify music sharing system, Martin Lorentzson and Daniel Ek, have won the International Swede of the Year award for their contribution to music.

KALO, a Slow loris, has been flown more than 5,000 miles from the Maldives to Monkey World in Dorset where he has been adopted after being confiscated in a drugs raid.

JAMIE and Emily Pharro, from Lincolnshire, returned home from their honeyA WOMAN had to be moon in Italy to find their taken to hospital with a entire house covered in broken leg after she was Post-it notes. They had left trapped under the Jungle their keys with a friend in Express at Longleat safari park order to feed the cat and he when it derailed. The miniature decided to play the classic prank train was carrying 155 passengers on them. KALO: Now at Monkey World. when it came off the tracks.

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Smelly fish SWEDEN - The third Thursday of every August, marks the start of the fermented herring season, known in Sweden as Surstrommingspremiar. This food is apparently the worstsmelling food on earth.

Skint youth DENMARK - The mayor of Copenhagen, Frank Jensen, is calling for improvements to be made to the Kodbyen part of the capital in order to attract more business to the area. Recently the area has attracted the young and the hip but no money.

Four captives DENMARK - A Dane is reportedly among the four new captives being held by the same militant organisation in Syria, ISIS, which beheaded the American journalist James Foley.

CHARLIE WISE was stunned when she opened the boot of her new car to find a three foot long boa constrictor nestled into the back. At first she assumed it was a toy but then it flicked its tongue at her. The snake belonged to the previous owner.

Post-it prank

RUSSIAN PRESS McCrack down CITING breaches of food sanitation rules by fast food giant McDonalds the Russian food safety watchdog is conducting unscheduled checks on the restaurants around the country, in particular in the region of Sverdlovsk where the complaints originated.

No salmon DUE to a countrywide ban on many foreign food imports IKEA in Russia will soon be missing two of their signature items RESTRICTED: The Russian ruble.

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Scandinavian cheese and salmon. A spokesperson for IKEA has commented that they will not be replacing them with local products.

Flag vandals FOUR people who climbed a skyscraper in Moscow to place the Ukrainian flag on its spire could be charged with vandalism. The flag was attached to the Seven Sisters building and stayed there for almost three hours.

Rocket tensions DESPITE escalating tensions between the two countries, two Russian built RD-180 rocket engines have been delivered to the US as previously agreed. NASA uses the engines to help the launch of an array of government satellites into space.

Convertibility problems AS part of a package of measures to prevent Moscow from making further aggressive moves in the Ukraine, the EU has proposed restricting the convertibility of the Russian ruble.

PRESS Unknown detention TWO German journalists were cuffed and jailed for three hours the day they arrived in the troubled suburb of Ferguson, St Louis. The police have given no reason for their arrest but the two journalists say it was for taking pictures.

Special session KATRIN GORING ECKHARDT, leader of the green party, has called for a special parliamentary session following the announcement that Germany is to break its rules and deliver weapons to an active conflict zone.

Drunken nap A PENSIONER in BadenBaden got a shock when she found a naked woman in her bed. Finding the front door open, the woman had wandered drunkenly into the house and decided to take a nap before going home.

Old bomb A SECOND World War, 500 kilo bomb had to be set off in a controlled detonation in the middle of the A-3 - one of Germany’s busiest traffic corridors - in the Frankfurt area. It left a 20 metre crater.

Ebola scare APPROXIMATELY 600 people were held for several hours in emergency quarantine conditions at a Berlin Job centre after a WestAfrican woman collapsed with a high fever and other Ebola symptoms. It turned out to be a stomach bug.

Doctor arrested BAVARIAN police have arrested a doctor under suspicion of drugging and abusing several medical test volunteers. A search of his home produced a massive amount of photographs showing the violation of at least four women.

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STAT OF WEEK SPAIN became the world’s eighth-largest agro-food exporter in 2013 and the sixth-most important in the EU. Total exports for last year reached a record €36.37 billion.

Work and family life MORE than 97 per cent of Spanish women work on parttime contracts. Many struggle to combine family responsibilities with the need to bring in money but find some companies are more accommodating than others. Repsol, which has 1,200 employees working from home,

is the best Spanish company in this respect and encourages teleworking, found an International Institute of Political Science survey. Dairy products company Leche Pascual came second for its teleworking scheme, flexi-hours and reduced working days. Vodafone was third, again

Freight train blues as sector shrinks SPAIN’S rail freight sector shrank by half in the last decade while Europe’s increased by 4 per cent. Progress is being hindered in a strategically important sector, say the country’s seven independent freight operators. They lay the blame squarely on state rail operator Renfe, which they accuse of disloyal competition since the 2006 deregulation. “Renfe Freight practises predatory and disproportionate price strategies that have plunged the sector into an untenable situation,” said Juan Diego Pedrero, director of the

Association of Private Railway Companies (AEFP). Despite multimillion losses these are offset by Renfe’s other operations, Pedrero complained. Renfe Freight had restricted the development of private sector operators, he said, allowing them to acquire only 20 per cent of the market since 2006. Neither was deregulation accompanied by better infrastructure, Pedrero continued. Spain’s track width is different, sidings are too short for foreign trains and timetables are incompatible with international logistics, he said.

thanks to flexi-hours but also for allowing more time for breastfeeding during the first year after giving birth. Spain’s worst employers for reconciling work and family life were Mediamarkt, followed by Tolsa, Port Aventura, Carrefour, Auchan and El Corte Ingles, the Institute found.

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Employment opportunities ANYONE looking for a job should go to Madrid, the Basque Region or La Rioja, which have more employment opportunities than any other Spanish region found an Adecco survey.

Helping hand THE Judicial General Council agreed to provide extra judges for Vigo and La Coruña courts until December 31. They will deal with cases centring on mis-sold Nova Galicia Bank preference shares.

An open and shut case THE Spanish government has not advised Brussels of the possible reopening of the Garoña nuclear power station. The plant was closed down in December 2012 and formally decommissioned in July last year. Nuclenor, jointly owned by Iberdrola and Endesa, have now applied for an operating licence valid until 2031.

The Commission is aware of changes in Spanish legislation that allow an operator to apply for a new licence within a year of shutdown, said Energy commissioner Gunther Oettinger. Any decision now rests with the Spanish government acting on the recommendations of the Nuclear Safety Council (NSC), Oettinger explained.

HOME WORK: Some companies are more accommodating.

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Lost cigarette duty going up in smoke CIGARETTE sales fell by 47 per cent in Spain over the last five years. Twenty-four per cent of the Spanish population aged over 15 admitted to the 2012 National Health Survey that they smoke each day, compared to almost 30 per cent in 2000. Partly this is due to the success of anti-smoking laws and greater awareness of the health risks involved. But increased tax on cigarettes, a steady source of income for governments everywhere, has done as much as either of the former to discourage smoking. A KPMG survey for leading cigarette companies found that 8.8 per cent of the cigarettes smoked in Spain are contraband. When added

to tobacco brought legally into the country by travellers, this means that no tax is paid on 11.3 per cent of all cigarettes smoked in Spain. That in turn means that the taxman loses out on €718 million a year. Meanwhile, low-cost brands account for 11 per cent of the market with best-selling makes like Elixyr, Golden America or Winfield costing between €3.95 and €4.10 for 20, compared to €4.8 charged for Marlboro over the counter or €4.95 from a machine. Cheaper lines were once overlooked by the big cigarette companies, but Altadis - formerly Spanishowned and now part of Imperial Tobacco - has seen sales of the relatively cheap Brooklyn brand soar.

CIGARETTE SALES: Have fallen by 47 per cent in Spain over past five years. Like Fortuna, they are made in Logroño at the last cigarette factory on the Spanish mainland; a further factory remains open in Cantabria although this manufactures cigars. In 2009, Altadis made and sold 2.5 million packets of Brooklyn - just 0.06 per cent of the Spanish market - worth €6.7 million. By 2013, this had

risen to 38.1 million packets with sales of €148.4 million and a market share of 1.6 per cent. The Logroño factory now employs 560 staff, compared with 650 in the past, prompting Altadis CEO Juan Arrizabalaga to admit that he “fears” for its future. Not from

the point of view of profitability, as it is one of the most productive Imperial Tobacco factories. What most worries Arrizabalaga are those changing habits: the market is shrinking, he explained to a Spanish interviewer, and Europe could soon need fewer factories.

An advertising spin… EXPORTS UP: Although foreign demand has slowed down.

No need to mind the gap SPAIN’S trade gap rose to €11.9 billion in the first six months of this year. That is twice as much as during the same period last year, the Economy ministry announced. Although exports increased by 0.5 per cent to €119.3 billion, an all-time high since records were first kept in 1971, imports totalled €131.1 billion. There has been a cutback in foreign demand in recent months, analysts explained, owing to an economic slowdown in Germany, France and Italy. Added to the continuing dispute with Russia, this

brought a 1.2 per cent reduction in exports in June. European ‘lethargy’ did little to assist exports, said junior Trade minister Jaime Garcia Legaz who admitted that if Europe failed to grow it would be difficult to reach the export levels of the preceding years. Despite the apparent slowdown last June was Spain’s second-best ever, he emphasised, with exports of €20.6 billion, compared to €15.6 billion at the onset of the economic crisis in 2008. The country’s exports had also remained stable.

THERE is no such thing as a guaranteed return on advertising. All you can do is set your stall out leaving every box ticked. The ability to catch on to something popular is often down to luck, but if you are not in the game you cannot win. Barely scratching a living, a young salesman was asked by his supplier if he was interested in selling hoops without sticks to propel them. Its purpose was explained to him: “You place it around your waist and by gyrating you keep it from falling. This was fun,” he was told. “It also slimmed the waist. The ladies would love it.” The salesman was cynical but added it to his wares. During his calls on retailers, he explained the purpose of the hoola-hoop. Few were interested until the novelty was

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demonstrated on TV. From that point on the country went wild for hoola-hoops. Shops couldn’t meet the demand. Imagination goes a long way. The HMV advert with the Jack Russell listening to its master’s voice was judged the world’s best advertisement. I recall two or three adverts that I saw as a child. Guinness was successful with their image of a toucan, a colourful tropical bird. “What one can do toucan do.” It sticks in the mind like 1950s Jaguar Cars; ‘Grace,

Space and Pace.’ Three simple words that sum up excellence and value for money. Idly glancing through LIFE magazine as a 16year-old, hardly a cheap magazine to advertise in, I was fixated by a blank page. A misprint? No, in small print at the bottom of the page a message: ‘We were just about to show you a picture of our millionth Volkswagen. Sorry, we just sold it.’ Can you do as well? Again and again we continue to do things the way we have always done them, even when they are not working as well as we hoped. If every business owner paid as much time pondering the criteria for a winning advert as he focuses on the pools or football fixtures, he might come up with an advert that rivals can only envy.

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Record numbers FOREIGN tourist numbers to Spain were up 5.9 per cent in July year-on-year according to the Toursim Ministry. A record total of 8.3 million foreigners visited the country, it said.

New offer TELECOM ITALIA plans to outbid Telefonica for Vivendi’s Brazilian subsidiary Global Village Telecom (GVT). The Italian operator has offered €7 billion in a deal handing Vivendi a 20 per cent stake in Telecom Italia.

Pricey oil OLIVE oil prices could shoot up as a continuing drought in parts of the country hits crops. It has been forecast the olive yield could be 40 per cent lower than 2013.

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Little sponges can benefit from some early financial absorption Loose change A look at finance for females

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ADULTS are always going on about how smart kids are. How many times have we heard about how young children just seem to absorb information like little sponges? Or how they remember things after it has only been mentioned once. Some kids, if brought up in a multi-linguistic household, are even capable of speaking two or more languages by the age of three. So why is it that when it comes to the matter of money many

parents avoid the topic and feel children just couldn’t get their little heads around the concept? According to research just out, however, if parents want to help kids gain a better grasp of money management, it’s essential to talk to them about cash. Apparently kids whose parents frequently talk about family finances feel smart and comfortable around money. The research reveals that kids who are educated about money matters are more prone to saving their own money so they can go to college. Kids whose parents frequently talk about setting financial goals say they are ‘savers,’ while kids whose parents frequently

Basis of AGM accounting Q. When we had an AGM with our lawyers we asked for a detailed You and the breakdown of the incoming monies, the Law in Spain same as the outgoing expenses. We were By David Searl told this is against Spanish law. I asked other lawyers locally and they are not aware of such a law. In accounting, if you have only a total with no detail, then monies could be removed from income and no one would know. Also, in your column in the EWN you said it is against the law for postal ballots to be permitted at an AGM. Does this also include email contacts? Our lawyers are trying to bring in a tick-box format for our next AGM instead of the usual sponsors system we have used in the past. A. G. H. (Costa Blanca) First, it is not lawyers who control your Community. It is the members’ vote at the AGM. The President and Administrator carry out the decisions made. Second, you should have a detailed breakdown of income as well as expenses. This is basic accounting. You must make a motion and vote at the next AGM. Make sure you get it on the official published Agenda beforehand. Third, good luck to your lawyers and their tick-box e-mails. I like the idea, but they will not be allowed. It is not a ‘sponsor’ system. It is a ‘proxy’ when a person assigns someone else to vote. Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.

discuss budgeting say they are very or extremely smart about money. Talking openly about money management to kids gives children confidence and the early financial education has a very positive impact on future money management. The bad news is, however, that

it appears parents are favouring boys over girls when it comes to financial matters. Some 58 per cent of boys say their parents talk to them

about setting financial goals, compared to 50 per cent of girls. And 80 per cent of parents with a boy think he understands the value of money, but only 69 per cent of parents with a girl think the same. But whether girls or boys, what’s vital is that all parents acknowledge the importance of discussing money with their kids at least once a week. Chose moments throughout the day to share some money management skills with kids; in the supermarket, at the cash machine, opening household bills no kid is too young to learn some of these things. MONEY TALK: Discuss with children.

‘Five-a-day’ could help beat Russian ban FRUIT and vegetable exports rejected by Russia will be withdrawn from the market and donated to charity. Brussels has also agreed to alleviate losses resulting from the Russian government’s 12-month veto of EU imports with a €125 million cash allocation. The ban arrived as fruit and vegetable production peaked and this will help to stabilise prices and compensate growers who lack storage options or alternatives to the now-closed Russian market. “All growers of the concerned products, whether in producer organisations or not, will be eligible to take up these market support measures,” said Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolos. Grants will be made available between now and November, he announced. “The impact of Russia’s sanctions can be assessed in several ways,” Agriculture minister Isabel Garcia Tejerina recently told a radio interviewer. “We are analysing exports,” she said. “Last year we exported currently-affected products worth €337 million to Russia. Between January and May we are talking

FRUIT: Will be donated to charity. about €107 million.” What worried her most was a possible deterioration of EU prices, as they accounted for threequarters of the market: “That’s the market we must work to protect.” Russian consumers were going to miss ‘irreplaceable’ products, predicted Garcia Tejerina who also reminded Spaniards to eat their recommended ‘five-a-day.’ Both Spanish cooperatives and the EU farmers’ union Copa-Cogeca, while welcoming the European Commission’s response, warned that national funding would be needed in addition to EU funds.

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RICES of luxury real estate properties in Spain have remained steady in the last six months. According to Lucas Fox International Properties, transactions have increased throughout Spain and the gap between asking and sales keeps narrowing. Moreover, foreign buyers account for the largest percentage of Lucas Fox sales 90 per cent - and interest from exotic regions like the Middle East and the Far East in Spain’s real-estate market is on the rise. Buyers from Northern Europe have not fallen behind and they are not returning to the Spanish market attracted by investment opportunities and low prices. In Barcelona there was a steady increase in sales in the first half of 2014, with most buyers coming from the UK and Northern European countries. “The Barcelona market has

BARCELONA: Its market has continued to improve since early 2014. continued to improve in the first two quarters of 2014 and there is a great deal more confidence amongst buyers, in particular international buyers. It looks like prices have now stabilised and the number of transactions

Sareb ends first half of 2014 well SAREB closed the first six months of 2014 with an impressive €1.6 billion in revenues. As much as 74 per cent comes from both the sale and management of financial assets and 26 per cent from real-estate assets, as reported by Sareb, government-owned company responsible for the management of assets transferred by BFA-Bankia, Catalunya Banc, NGC Banco-Banco Gallero and Banco de Valencia. It acquires property development loans from Spanish banks in return for government bonds. Debt cancellation during

the first half of 2014 added up to €1.6 billion. This year’s goal is to cancel €3 billion in debt, 50 per cent more than in 2013. Moreover, Sareb sold 8,104 properties until late June through retail channels and the target for 2014 is 11,000 properties. “Data confirms the strengthening of the management company as one of the major players in the real estate market,” said Sareb. CEO Jaime Echegoyen said that the data corroborates some of the economic recovery also felt in financial and real estate markets.

is slowly increasing. The big change is that sellers are being more realistic and that asking prices have come down in line with buyer expectations,” said Lucas Fox co-founder Alexander Vaughan.

Ibiza has also witnessed an increase in the number of transactions when compared to 2013 and its residential market is still performing strongly. Clients from the UK and Northern European countries

still remain the biggest group of buyers who have shown interest in Ibiza’s prime market properties, says Lucas Fox. However, the interest from American buyers has doubled since last year. “The continued appeal of Ibiza is most definitely its unique lifestyle. More people are choosing to relocate to the island due to good schools (including international schools), outstanding properties and the exceptional quality of life. The island now offers 4G Internet and better flight connections year round. “Interest from Europeans is still high but demand has significantly increased from the Asian market, mainly Korean and Chinese buyers. There has also been a rise in interest from American investors,” said Director of Lucas Fox Ibiza Amanda Marti.

Housing rental prices now cheaper than in July RENTING a property is now cheaper than in May. Housing rental prices dropped by 0.8 per cent in July 2014, as recently stated by the Spanish National Statistics Institute. The same decline was witnessed in June 2014. The sharpest decreases were witnessed in Navarra (-2.3 per cent), Madrid (-1.8 per cent), Murcia (-1.8 per cent), La Rioja (-1.6 per cent), Valencia and Extremadura (1.2 per cent), Andalucia (-1 per cent), Castilla La Mancha and the Canary Islands (-0.9 per cent). On the other hand, rental prices in the Basque Country dropped at the national average rate (-0.8 per cent), while Cantabria and Castilla y Leon (-0.5 per cent), the Balearic

VALENCIA: Housing rental prices dropped by 1.2 per cent. Islands (-0.3 per cent), Aragon, Galicia and Ceuta (-0.2 per cent) were below the national average. According to Spanish newspaper El

Mundo, the only increases were registered in Melilla (+0.5 per cent), Asturias (+0.1 per cent) and Catalonia (+0.1 per cent).

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Health service a real shock for pensioner DESPITE having always been more than happy with the Spanish health system, I feel duty bound to warn people of a most worrying occurrence. A neighbour of mine who has grave medical problems was sent by ambulance by the local clinic to El Toyo hospital. On presenting her social security card she and her friend were informed that her treatment would not be covered and that she would have to pay. The hospital did a scan and transferred her to Torre Cadenas hospital where the crisis was resolved. Currently back in Torre Cadenas, a registered letter arrived at her home address invoicing her for in excess of €600, covering two ambulance journeys, scan and observation. She has been a resident here for more than eight years and has ‘residencia.’ She is on the padron, is a pensioner, a tax-payer, registered disabled and in receipt of home help as authorised by the Spanish social worker. The bill she received claimed that if she didn’t pay in full within 15 days the money would be deducted from her bank account. Only threat of legal action by her friend, a fluent Spanish speaker, has averted this charge. Be warned! Obviously the economic situation in Spain is bad, but preying on and discriminating against vulnerable people is not to be tolerated, particularly when the British Government is paying into this country’s social security system on our behalf. Shelley Symonds, Carboneras (Almeria)

Double standards MANY years ago Mijas Town Hall took down the advertising billboards alongside the ‘carreteras’ because they were a distraction to the motorists. It seems that a change in policy has them erecting giant billboards along the same roadways, especially a most notorious stretch of double bends leading

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Muslims. Therefore, according to the land whose symbol is ‘In God we trust,’ they are of no significance whatsoever. Or could it be a case of ‘the customer is always right?’ Jon Allso, Valencia

Same old story THIRTY-FIVE years ago I brought up three kids to a background of “He started it! No I didn’t! Yes you did!” There used to be a saying that you don’t poke a snake unless you can cope with the result. Now we hear the UK is sending taxpayers’ money to Gaza for humanitarian aid to terrorists who vow that Israel should not exist. As my late Father-in-law used to say, “The mind boggles!” Ziggy, Alhaurin el Grande (Malaga)

Free-for-all SOME hideous people are apparently abandoning black cats because they do not look good in selfies. Personally I prefer my own black cat to any selfish selfie . Deirdre Baxter (by email)

into La Cala de Mijas from Fuengirola (next to the chemist between the Oasis and Buganvillas urbanisations). This has taken lives in the past and caused many injuries in crashes. Does this now mean that they consider profit before safety? Terence Charles Bly (by email)

Long way round I AM faced with a quandary: do I sell my property in Mallorca or not? The reason for the quandary is the lack of direct flights from Glasgow after October. If you live north of Manchester there are no direct flights until March 2015. For the Christmas holiday period we are flying from Glasgow through London City airport to get to Palma. Do the Spanish not want any northern British to come and spend money here? Cyprus begins to look attractive since we can get flights there. Dr James Sommerville (by email)

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Figure it out THE Arabs invented zero? Complete ignorant nonsense from the politically correct brigade. The concept of zero, along with true algebra and the 10 base (decimal) system was invented around 630AD by the Indian mathematician Bramagupta. Arabs trading with India referred to the decimal system as ‘Indian figures.’ The truth regarding all the rubbish spouted about Arab science, medicine, architecture is just that: rubbish. All these things

already existed in the RomanoGreek societies of the Middle East, North Africa and Spain and were stolen by the invading Muslims and claimed as their own. Desmond Johnson (by email)

Word play HOW fickle we are when it comes to defining freedom fighters and terrorists! In the Second World War the French resistance carried out heroic deeds against the Nazi occupying forces who had virtually made them prisoners in their own land. I imagine Adolph considered them to be terrorists. Ah! But we won. The Palestinians trapped in the Gaza strip with no hope for any kind of future fight back against the oppressors but they are (officially) terrorists not only according to the Israelis but also Nobel Peace prize winner Barack Obama. Personally, I can see no difference except these freedom fighter/terrorists are Arab

A FRIEND and I, chatting in English waiting in the x-ray department of our area’s Specialist centre, were approached by a woman with a bandaged leg. She looked like a tourist and wanted to know how to get hold of her x-ray plates. She was sent there by the local health centre after her ankle, twisted a couple of days earlier, had swelled alarmingly. She had been told to return with the x-ray results, she said. I went to the information desk and asked on her behalf, but learnt that doctors access x-rays online and plates are not usually developed. Off she went, slightly put out, as she was already irritated after having been warned by the Urgencias doctor not to put her weight on her foot. If she wanted to walk on it she should get crutches, she was advised. On asking for crutches, she was told to hire them from one of the many establishments specialising in this type of thing. It was a disgrace, she moaned. Now I was irritated: “Do you know how much a private x-ray and consultation would have cost you?” I asked. She shrugged and had the grace to look a little shamefaced. I think she’d already done pretty well out of our system, don’t you? (Name and address supplied)

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ITV 3:25pm Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davis 3:55pm Tipping Point 4:55pm I Never Knew That About Britain 5:25pm King Ralph 7:20pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 7:45pm The Chase 8:45pm The X Factor 10:00pm Through the Keyhole 11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:15pm Parenthood 1:30am Jackpot 247

CH4 5:10pm Come Dine with Me 6:10pm Come Dine with Me 7:15pm Come Dine with Me 7:40pm Channel 4 News 8:10pm Sarah Beeny's Double Your House for Half the Money 9:05pm Grand Designs 10:10pm Lockout 12:00am The Accused

CH5 3:00pm Guns of the Magnificent Seven 5:05pm Rio Bravo 8:00pm Cricket on 5 8:55pm 5 News 9:00pm Burned Alive: Anatomy of a Murder 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:00pm Paddy McGuiness: Saturday Night Live 12:10am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Psych

SKY1 4:30pm Modern Family 5:00pm Modern Family 5:30pm Modern Family 6:00pm Modern Family 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm A League of Their Own 10:00pm There's Something About Mary 12:20am Hawaii Five-0

Sunday BBC ONE 3:00pm Best of Homes Under the Hammer 3:30pm 24 Hours on Earth 4:30pm Escape to the Country 5:30pm The Great British Bake Off 6:30pm Songs of Praise 7:05pm Deadly on a Mission: Pole to Pole 7:35pm BBC News 7:50pm Regional News 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm Nature's Miracle Orphans 9:00pm Countryfile 10:00pm The Village 11:00pm BBC News 11:15pm Regional News 11:20pm Weather 11:25pm Match of the Day 2 12:25am Boomers

BBC TWO 5:00pm World Equestrian Games 7:00pm Flog It! 8:00pm Equator 9:00pm Dragons' Den 10:00pm The Two Amigos: A Gaucho Adenture 11:00pm Him and Her 11:30pm Starter for 10 1:00am The Science of Sleep

ITV 4:20pm The X Factor 5:35pm All Star Family Fortunes 6:35pm Tipping Point 7:35pm Local News and Weather 7:45pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Come on Down! The Game Show Story 9:00pm The X Factor 10:00pm The Great War: The People's Story 11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:15pm Prom Wars 12:15am The Cube

CH4 3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm The Simpsons 4:30pm The Three Musketeers 6:35pm Deal or No Deal 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm How Britain Worked 9:00pm Time Team Special 10:00pm Tower Heist 12:00am Another 48 Hrs 1:50am Paradise: Love 3:50am First Time Farmers 4:45am The Million Pound Drop 5:40am Gordon Ramsay's Home Cooking

CH5 5:10pm Monster House 6:55pm Sweet Home Alabama 9:05pm 5 News 9:10pm The World's Deadliest Storms 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:00pm Death Sentence 1:05am Prisoners out of Control

SKY1 3:00pm Futurama 3:30pm Futurama 4:00pm The Simpsons 5:00pm The Simpsons 5:30pm The Simpsons 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Got to Dance 8:20pm Got to Dance 9:00pm Got to Dance 10:00pm Hawaii Five-0 11:00pm An Idiot Abroad 12:00am Road Wars

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BBC TWO 6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Two Tribes 7:30pm Eggheads 8:00pm University Challenge 9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm Only Connect 10:00pm Alex Polizzi: The Fixer 11:00pm Him and Her 11:30pm Newsnight 12:15am Weather

ITV 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Tonight 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Long Lost Family 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Michael Flatley: A Night to Remember 12:40am All Star Family Fortunes

CH4 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather. 9:00pm Jamie's Comfort Food 9:30pm Gadget Man 10:00pm Royal Marines Commando School 11:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 12:00am Pakistan's Streets of Shame

CH5 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm The Billion Dollar Wreck Hunt 9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:00pm Under the Dome 11:55pm Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side 12:55am The World's Deadliest Storms

SKY1 5:00pm Futurama 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Duck Quacks Don't Echo 10:00pm 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy 11:00pm Glee 12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles

Tuesday BBC ONE 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm In the Club 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm 21 Up New Generation 12:35am Scrappers

BBC TWO 3:30pm The Chef's Protege 4:00pm Celebrity MasterChef 4:45pm Nature's Weirdest Events 5:45pm Great British Railway Journeys 6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Two Tribes 7:30pm Eggheads 8:00pm Young Vets 9:00pm Tricks of the Trade 10:00pm Super Senses: The Secret Power of Animals 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight 12:20am Hotel India

ITV 5:00pm Who's Doing the Dishes? 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 9:00pm Harry at 30 10:00pm Gems TV 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Yes or No: The Debate 1:35am Jackpot 247

CH4 3:10pm Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Dogs: Their Secret Lives 10:00pm Worst Place to be a Pilot 11:00pm Ramsay's Hotel Hell 12:00am Royal Marines Commando School

CH5 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm Cricket on 5 9:00pm Cowboy Builders 10:00pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 11:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 12:05am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side

SKY1 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm The Simpsons 9:30pm The Simpsons 10:00pm There's Something About Mary 12:20am NCIS: Los Angeles

Wednesday BBC ONE 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Fake Britain 9:00pm The Great British Bake Off 10:00pm Our Zoo 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm A Question of Sport 12:05am Room 101

BBC TWO 5:45pm Great British Railway Journeys 6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Two Tribes 7:30pm Eggheads 8:00pm Young Vets 9:00pm Hotel India 10:00pm Horizon 11:00pm Some Vicars with Jokes 11:30pm Newsnight 12:20am Super Senses: The Secret Power of Animals

ITV 5:00pm Who's Doing the Dishes? 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Coronation Street 8:30pm International Football 11:20pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 12:00am Through the Keyhole

CH4 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Sarah Beeny's Double Your House for Half the Money 10:00pm Grand Designs 11:00pm The Gypsy Matchmaker 12:00am 999: What's Your Emergency?

CH5 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm Ultimate Police Interceptors 9:00pm Countdown to Murder 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:00pm Wentworth 12:00am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side

SKY1 4:00pm Glee 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Flintoff's Road to Nowhere 10:00pm An Idiot Abroad 11:00pm Glee 12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00am Hawaii Five-0 4:00am Hawaii Five-0 5:00am Stargate Atlantis

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HOUGHT I’d leave out the Mid-East fiasco this issue, give a bit of time for the Nationals to catch up! So, in a week where we were told that Brussels is about to ban the sale of certain types of vacuum cleaner, lots of fatty foods are now miraculously good for us; Mariella Frostrup recommends taking someone else’s husband on holiday (wot!?) and Louise Mensch informed the media she’d rather see Ed Miliband eating a bacon sandwich than look at Karen Danczuk’s cleavage (no comment!) they’ve decided to erect a bronze statue to deceased songstress Amy Winehouse. Can anyone in God’s name tell me why? This was a young lady, with the good fortune to have been born with a considerable talent, who subsequently managed to squander it all, by leading a life of drugs abuse, alcoholism, and a sheer debauchery unequalled REAL DEAL: Churchill did merit a statue. by any other show biz

OR Sara Stilo of Black Frog Divers in Torrox, Axarquia, there is little foundation to the image of tourists often portrayed in the press. She said: “Regardless of what the tabloids say, I find that both British on holiday and those living here are really great. “The majority are relaxed, easy going and fun loving! They are great people to hang out with and I love their hilarious and unique sense of humour.” Shannon Edwards of Shannon’s Nails and Beauty in Almeria said: “I don’t think you can really generalise. There are good and bad tourists wherever you go but a lot can also depend on the area. Some areas attract different people looking for different scenes and sometimes that contributes to bad behaviour.” Laura Hepburn from Let’s Eat Restaurant in Benimar Commercial Centre on the Costa Blanca felt that a lot of the bad press Brits abroad receive is true. Working in a restaurant she says they regularly see drunken Brits when they lock up: “It’s a bit embarrassing to admit it, but it always seems to be the British you see stumbling around. Sara Stilo However, Laura

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individual since Fatty Arbuckle. She was a terrible example to our young people and completely wasted her time on this earth in a way that was nothing short of pathetic. And some idiots want to preserve her legacy by erecting a (very expensive) statue in her memory? Give us a break. It was exactly the same situation with George Best. Best was another extremely lucky young man, born with a natural talent millions of young men would die for. And how does he thank his creator for this wonderful natural blessing? Sweeps it all away on a tsunami of drink and drugs also squandering a precious liver transplant en route. Alright, I am completely aware that alcoholism is a disease and we should perhaps feel a certain sympathy for people caught up in its clutches, but no one forced a bottle or a needle into these peoples’ arms or mouths, it was all initially a matter of their own choice and frankly I think

immortalising these talent wasters in bronze, is nothing short of a disgraceful reflection of the priorities held by certain members of our money squandering local council members. Actually this whole past month has been a bit of an ‘ealth and safety lunacy drive. No more than two children to an adult at swimming pools. Donkey rides banned from some beaches. Workers told they couldn’t wear open toed shoes in summer and, although nothing to do with ‘ealth and safety, a real humdinger in the light of Brussels’ appalling waste of taxpayers’ money. Specifically it has now been announced that Britain is to donate £1.6 million (€2.01 million) to fund bin collection on the Caribbean island of Cuba! I dunno, sometimes I really do despair of it all. Thanks for all the correspondence. Sorry we can’t publish all of them. I’m delighted to say - there simply isn’t enough space! Just had a thought. What about Leapy Lee immortalised in bronze somewhere? No? Ah well. Keep the faith. Love Leapy. leapylee2002@gmail.com

Don’t believe all you read Reading the British tabloid press, lurid tales of bad behaviour seem to follow Brits abroad. We asked if badly behaved tourists are as bad as they are made out to be…

STREET TALK does not think that affects expats living and making a living in Spain: “I don’t think it tars us all with the same brush at all.” Amanda from Amanda’s Restaurant on the sea front in Altea, Costa Blanca, said: “It is just a few Brits that give all of them a bad name.” Having spent years working in Benidorm, she said the town can be home to drunken holidaymakers. “Rules seem to go out of the window in Benidorm and I think all inclusive hotels have a lot to answer for as holidaymakers over indulge and drink too much thinking it is all free. That is also then detrimental to other businesses as people don’t then leave the hotels and visit local bars and restaurants.”

Alan White from Euro Dog on Mijas Costa said: “When the British get bad publicity it’s always the minority letting down the majority. Then we are all unfortunately tarred with the same brush. British expatriates living in Spain are in general a very positive part of the community LAURA from Let’s Eat here.”

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WITH yet another celebrity being fingered - the 73year-old Cliff Richard - over an alleged assault dating back to the 1980s, you have to ask yourself when is this celebritytargeting going to end? So far, we’ve had Stuart Hall, Rolf Harris, Freddie Starr, Gary Glitter, Jim Davidson, Dave Lee Travis, Bill Roache and PR chief, Max Clifford. What a roll call! Whilst I don’t condone what Cliff Richard or his fellow celebrities might be accused of, I do have some

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British justice or a celebrity witch hunt problems with the handling of investigations. First off, the lack of anonymity given to those faced with historical sexual offence claims. According to common law, people are innocent until proven guilty, and they should be entitled to anonymity, at least until a court orders otherwise. When the mere fact of an arrest (which the police and the tabloids have every interest in widely publicising) can effectively kill someone’s career, the balance is in the wrong place. It’s simply wrong and flies in the face of justice for their accusers to be able to make, anonymously, public accusations. In Cliff Richard’s case, David Crompton, Chief Constable of South Yorkshire police, has been

fingered himself over his handling of the criminal inquiry. His officers tipped off the BBC about an imminent search of the singer’s Berkshire home - a search that may have been illegal. David Davis, the Tory MP, said the force should not have confirmed Richard’s identity to the BBC: “It lays the process of law and order open to becoming a machinery for injustice.” Geoffrey Robertson QC called for an independent inquiry, accusing the police of “treating Cliff Richard as though he were a bank robber or a mass murderer.” Why were the police searching Richard’s home anyway? The alleged incident took place almost 200 miles away in the 1980s. And we all know how

hard it is to convict someone beyond reasonable doubt decades later. It’s been claimed that so much has been spent investigating historical sexual offence claims that there’s insufficient funding left for current cases. Would the police be pursuing these individuals if they weren’t celebrities? Is there maybe here a bit of envy of the ‘rich and famous’ and the perception that their reputations should be trashed long before the case reaches a courtroom?

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SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) The thing that you have to tackle this week is uppermost in your mind, but don't dwell on it. Write it down and what you intend doing about it, then put it away. Relax and get on with other things.

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will be able to avoid it if you wish. Do not under- estimate how much hassle a wrong move could cause you.

freshing change. Only when you slow down do you realise how much you have been doing and just how tired you have become.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Avoid getting involved in other people's arguments. There is no way that you can come out a winner if you do. Taking a step backwards is sometimes the best thing. You have been down this path before, and did your intervention do any good?

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) As someone is not showing the required amount of interest in your activities, you need a plan. Telephoning them and pointing out what you have achieved is one way, but it's not cool. Getting a few people together and using someone else to blow your trumpet for you is better.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) By using your intuition midweek, you will be able to solve a small problem at the weekend. Thinking ahead sometimes seems a waste of time to you because circumstances have a way of changing, but it makes sense to put in a bit of extra effort if you are able to avoid aggravation.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Having been dashing about like a mad thing, you find this week a re-

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) A mistake seems a small thing until someone notices it. Although you feel that they are making a mountain out of a molehill, it still leaves a nasty feeling. Get out and do something completely different at the weekend. CANCER (June 22 - July 23) A business colleague may be less than honest with you. When it is a small matter you are used to them bending the truth. This is not, however, something that you will want to let go by, so stay on your toes. On the home front, you tend to be snappy with loved ones because you are feeling stressed.

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.

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LEO (July 24 - August 23) Looking for answers? They are there if only you go to the right source. There is no 'quick fix' this week and you need to delve deeper to get the information you need. It will be tempting to take a short cut but,believe me, it will not be worth the hassle in the longer term. Once you have the right facts you are truly in charge of what happens next.

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

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Average: 12

Very good: 22

Good: 15

Excellent: 27

abet, able, abut, bale, bare, bate, bear, beat, beau, beep, beer, beet, belt, beta, blat, blue, blur, brae, brat, brut, burl, burp, lube, pleb, rube, tabu, tuba, tube, abler, baler, beaut, beret, betel, blare, blear, bleat, bleep, bluer, blurt, brute, buret, plebe, rebel, rebut, ruble, table, tubal, tuber, abrupt, beater, berate, brutal, burlap, butler, rebate, treble, upbeat, retable, pubertal, REPUTABLE

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Why? Well, you have to hang around and see that your wishes are followed and take further action if they are not.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) The need to be popular midweek could see you veer off track on a business matter. You have been warned and

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Imposing restrictions on someone else also imposes restrictions on you.

1. Deep, Around the World, Steam and Stay Another Day were all UK Top 10 hit singles for which English pop boy-band? 2. Deepdale is the home ground of which League One football team? 3. In boxing, what name is given to the stance where the fighter has his right hand and right foot forward, leading with right jabs and following with a left cross right hook? 4. What is the name of the 20 metres (66 ft) tall contemporary sculpture, designed by Antony Gormley, which is located in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear? 5. What is the name of the former US Marine Corps lieutenant colonel who was a National Security Council staff member during the political scandal of the late 1980s known as the Iran–Contra affair? 6. What was the name of the American singer-songwriter and guitarist who won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1970 for Games People Play and was again nominated for the award in 1972 for Rose Garden? 7. Which 1955 film, directed by Elia Kazan, loosely based on a 1952 John Steinbeck novel, starred American actor James Dean in his first major screen role?

Your Stars

August 31: Pablo Motos. Television presenter. Motos is perhaps best known for his current show El Hormiguero in which he interviews visiting celebrities. He got his start in show business on the radio and won a Microfono de Oro in 2007 for his work.

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

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LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Getting a romantic situation wrong could cause a humourous moment this weekend. I am not telling you this so you can avoid it. You could do with a good laugh right now. Planning ahead is your preferred method but sometimes it is the last-minute decision that brings the best results.

IF IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK: Taking a more forceful approach with an authority figure will work only in short bursts. Nagging on and on won't, but you do need to get your point across.

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VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) You are very much in two minds about how to deal with a personal situation. Ask yourself which approach will help and which will do nothing. Although you want to shout at someone and feel negative at times, hold fire.

1. EAST 17, 2. Preston NORTH End, 3. SOUTH Paw, 4. Angel of the NORTH, 5. Oliver NORTH, 6. Joe SOUTH, 7. EAST of Eden

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