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D-Day veteran on parade for 100th birthday celebration HERBERT FINCH is said to be Mojacar’s oldest resident
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Hottest beach festival Festival-goers defy extreme temperatures DREAMBEACH was once again a great success as it attracted more than 100,000 partici-
pants, establishing itself as a major music event on the Spanish festival scene. See Page 2
Safer than ever
By Lenox Napier
Number of crimes and offences lowest in four years MOJACAR’S oldest resident is Herbert Finch, who will be 100 on August 22, and ha s l i v e d i n t h e t o w n for the last 35 years. Colonel Herbert Finch TD , k n o wn i n Mo j a ca r rather less formally as Bertie, will be celebrating his centennial birthday at home, su r r o u n d e d b y h is family and friends. ‘Family’, of course, can mean q u i t e a c r e w w h e n you have 100 years behind you, and Bertie’s regiment is large and comes from all over the world, including Canada , Mo n t e C a rlo , Guatemala, Holland, Tenerife, the Channel Islands and his own beloved England. His dear companion Inga (pictured with Bertie) will be organising the Great Day. Bertie was born in Parbold, Lancashire in 1915, and was part of the D-Day landing force in Normandy where he was field-promoted to Captain. He was active in Antwerp, Cuxhaven and
FOR the fourth year in a row crime rates in Almeria Province have registered a decrease, with a total of 31,209, the lowest figure since 2011. See Page 3
Animal-friendly Adra Council proposes new measures to ban cruelty NEW regulations put forward by Adra’s local government will see ill treatment of animals strictly prosecuted, as well as a crackdown See Page 5 on owners who fail to clear up their pet’s mess.
many other areas with his small group of specialists as an Enemy Ammunition Disposal Group – a terrifying job which would later be known widely as a Bomb Disposal Unit. Bertie was demobilised in 1946 and later rejoined the Territorial Army. In 1947, he retired as Deputy Inspector of Ordnance Services Western Command with the
rank of Colonel. He moved to Mojacar in 1980 after the death of his wife and famously registered the area’s first bowling club, located in Cortijo Cabrera, Turre. In 1996, he was given the task to form the first branch of the Royal British Legion, which he did with 15 members. Later he helped with the formation of two more
branches. Inga, as always ‘was his rock’. Bertie plays the violin to he lp him fe e l re la xe d. Asked if he liked being 100 years old, he answered: “Well, it’s better than the alternative.” Buckingham Palace has confirmed that Bertie will be receiving a message from HM Queen Elizabeth II. Turn to Page 4
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Pets still waiting ABANDONED pets in Almeria City are still waiting for someone to take charge and collect them, citizens have complained. Although a contract for â‚Ź12,537 was awarded recent-
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Dream on Dreambeach OPENING night was spectacular with the presence of Fat Boy Slim
ly and a timetable drawn up, people trying to alert the animal refuge of abandoned dogs are finding there is no answer and continue to take dogs to the Local Police station, the police force has reported.
Sparks suspected A FIRE which started on Friday (August 7) in Cantoria is suspected to have been started by fallen electrical cables, although investigations continue. The blaze, believed to
have affected approximately four hectares of land in La Rambla del Risco, was finally declared out at 11.30am on Saturday after firefighters and four helicopters were sent in.
Heatstroke hits A THIRTY-EIGHT-year-old man was taken to Torrecardenas Hospital in Almeria City on Friday (August 7) with heatstroke after collapsing in a greenhouse in Nijar.
The man, who arrived at the hospital with a body temperature of 42 degrees Celsius, remained in intensive care in a serious state at the time of going to press.
DESPITE HEAT: This mega event pulled in thousand of fans. By Wendy Ann Cowham DREAMBEACH was rocking again this year with even more dreamers than last year. Despite the soaring temperatures, this mega event pulled in 20,000 more fans who
were determined to see their favourite DJs perform. The campsite was full and others had to stay further afield just to get a look in. With more than 100,000 attendees this year, Dreambeach has become the ultimate
venue for big names such as Fat Boy Slim, Loco Dice, Nicky Romero, Kalkbrenner, Luciano and many more. The opening Friday night was spectacular with the presence of Fat Boy Slim and Blaster Jaxx, and had an attendance of around 48,000 dreamers.
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Hoteliers rejoice
Streets of Barcelona alive with the Fiesta de Gracia AN eagerly awaited event in anyone’s calendar is the city’s annual street party
AUGUST has arrived with the best results for years for Almeria hotels. Diego Garcia, Ashal hoteliers’ association head, reported that both prices and occupancy rates are up for the first time in years.
Cooling crisis Out of air RECENT heat has caught out suppliers, meaning it is almost impossible to find air conditioning units in Almeria at the moment. The increased demand surprised suppliers following a few quiet years in the sector.
Evictions rise Second worst province FIGURES from the National Statistics Institute have revealed that Almeria was the second worst Andalucian province for mortgage foreclosures with 3,056 cases in a year.
Royal delivery Signed photo for elder
Yes officer COLOURFUL DECORATION: Be amazed by the canopies above you and the creative designs.
By Steve Walsh EVERY YEAR in August, the streets of Barcelona’s Gracia district come alive with the city’s biggest annual street party, a week-long fiesta that sees the district transformed. La Fiesta de Gracia is an eagerly awaited event in Barcelona’s busy calendar that attracts an estimated 1.5 million party-goers in August every year. If you are in Barcelona in August make sure that you head to the up-town district of Gracia to see what this unique festival is all about. Part art exhibition, part rock concert, the basic premise of Gracia festival is
642 is the number of people who have died in road accidents in Spain so far this year, eight of them last weekend (August 8-9), the DGT traffic authorities have reported. A campaign against driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs is running across the country until Sunday August 16.
that the streets of the neighbourhood compete to win the prize of being the best decorated street. Each street takes the competition very seriously and the standards are high. A theme is selected by each and every street, this can be anything from ancient Greece to space travel. Walking around the streets of Gracia during the fiesta week, you will be amazed by the canopies of colourful decoration that are above you and the creativity of design and build that each street demonstrates. Throughout the week of festivities, there are many parties, and shows, as well as various concerts taking place.
To be paid damages
The High Court has ruled the Spanish Home Office must accept a National Police officer applicant for training and pay him damages for violating his rights. The man was turned down for training as he suffered a slight eyesight problem.
Quote of the Week Throwing dogs over the fence is becoming the sport of the summer said Elisabeth Suarez, a volunteer at Os Palleiros animal refuge in Galicia. The organisation posted a security camera recording of two men throwing a dog over the fence which was shared by more than 110,000 people on Facebook.
Improvement in provincial crime rates CRIME rates are down in Almeria Province for the fourth year in a row, the latest report from the Home Office for 2014 has revealed. In total, 31,209 crimes and offences were registered over
the year, the lowest figure recorded since 2011 when the ministry started splitting the data by province. It is also 4.1 per cent lower than figures for 2013. While in 2013 Almeria,
along with Malaga and Sevilla, had one of the highest criminality rates (the number of crimes per 1,000 inhabitants) in Andalucia and Spain, the new report reflects that the tables have turned and the rate in Almeria is
now nine points below the national average. Altogether, 8,459 arrests were made in the province last year, 8.4 per cent less than in 2013, and of the total 65.4 per cent of those arrested were
Spanish while the remaining 34.6 were from abroad. In fact the report shows that the number of non-Spaniards arrested fell 12.7 per cent compared to 2013 and was the lowest in the last five years.
QUEEN Letizia of Spain has sent a signed photograph to Garrucha’s day centre in response to a letter from one of the elderly centre members sent to the royal family. Within a month the queen had replied and included the photo.
Open windows Keep them closed! TORRECARDENAS Hospital in Almeria has had to place stickers on windows to try and stop people opening them. The management insists that open windows are meaning the air conditioning system cannot do its job efficiently.
Fair price Bar owners request ALMERIA bars have asked the City Hall to improve conditions regarding terraces to allow them to all pay a fair price for setting up terraces on the public street and permissions to install television sets and other attractions for customers.
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After 100 years, this soldier has an army of comrades FRIENDS and family will come from far and wide to join Herbert
European Press 32 Russian Press 33 Finance 35 - 40 Stocks 36 Leapy Lee 41 Our View 48 Colin Bird 48 Mike Walsh 48 Daily TV 50 Ric Polansky 52
FOUR GENERATIONS: Many of Bertie’s family and friends will celebrate with him. Letters 54 Time Out 56 - 57 Legally Speaking 58 Health & Beauty 60 - 61 Nora Johnson 62 Social Scene 63 - 66 Albox 67 - 71 Homes & Gardens 72 - 73 Pets 74 - 75 Property 76 - 77 Classifieds 79 - 81 Motoring 83 - 85 Sport 86 - 88
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Bertie’s many friends in Mojacar will be joined by the larger public, as well as Euro Weekly News, in wishing him both a happy birthday and most sincere congratulations. On August 22 1915, 100 years ago,
while the First World War raged in Europe on the Western Front, young Herbert Finch was making his debut. Little did he or his parents know at that point, the major role that war would play in the future Colonel Finch’s life As the last British offensive was tak-
ing part on Gallipoli in August 1915, motor cars were a new invention and the convertible desk was the new craze in offices all over London. As the first of Bertie’s years began, the Coca-Cola bottle had come into circulation, and Pyrex dishes had just been invented.
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Adra set for animal friendly regulations ELIMINATING cruelty is one of the council’s aims town centre for security and public hygiene reasons apart from on certain days during the fair, for which specific timetables will be drawn up. Tying any type of animal to streetlights, trees, traffic signs or other urban elements will be banned, as will keeping horses on urban plots or patios.
By Eleanor Hawkins NEW regulations regarding pets and animals are being prepared for approval at Adra’s next plenary session, the council has announced. The regulations will be cracking down on dog owners who fail to clean up after their pets in public and also including measures to protect animal rights and eliminate cruelty. Drawn up taking ideas and opinions from local charities, equestrian groups and the Local Police force, the proposed regulations will include dog owners being obliged to register a DNA sample from their pet. This, along with its microchip data, will enable the authorities to track down and fine owners who do not pick up their dogs’ mess from the streets.
HORSES: Will be banned from the town centre apart from on special dates including the fair. Bad treatment, abandoning or leaving pets in direct sunlight or inside vehicles will be banned and providing ba-
sic care will become obligatory. Horses are also mentioned, and will be banned from the
Child left in car A MAN has been arrested in Almeria City for allegedly leaving his daughter locked inside a vehicle in Torrecardenas Hospital’s car park. The hospital’s security services were alerted by a number of passers-by on Sunday morning (August 9) that a young girl showing signs of dehydration was locked inside a vehicle, and went to rescue her and take her to the hospital’s A&E department for treatment. Meanwhile, the father, who
is believed to have left the girl while he went to see a doctor, was arrested and after her re-
lease from hospital, the child was placed in the care of relatives.
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Illegal crimes ALTOGETHER the regional police have reported 490 people during the first six months of this year for alleged crimes related to illegal gambling, with 282 inspections carried out by officers across Almeria between January and June.
Lost control A CAR ended up in the middle of a roundabout on the N344 near Avenida Manuel Azaña in Almeria City on Sunday (August 9) after the driver lost control.
Safe romance UNTIL August 20, the Junta de Andalucia regional government will carry out in Almeria a campaign to raise awareness amongst youngsters on the importance of safe and healthy romantic and sexual relationships.
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Almeria featu BRINGS to mind, white homes, sunflowers, By Maria José Fernandez FASHION and trends magazine Vogue in its section ‘Living la Vida’ has featured a comprehensive report starring Almeria, giving many reasons for tourists to visit. Under the title ‘The Ultimate Guide to get to know Almeria,’ the publication talks about the province as “a paradisiacal corner of the peninsula, shelter for artists and home to many cinema productions.” “Almeria is defined by sea and air, and defined by the Natural Park of Cabo de Gata as one of the most important natural monuments in Spain,” continues the author of the article, Beatriz de Asis, adding: “Pronouncing Almeria is bringing to mind its white homes, sunflowers, blue sky, prickly pear trees, mountains, strolls and, to sum it up, the good life.” The article also takes the reader through the province’s most wellknown movie moments: “During the 50s and 60s, a great number of
ALMERIA: Defined by sea and ai
Spaghetti western movies were filmed in Almeria, where remains of this golden era of cinema can still be seen to this day.” Almeria, says the author, is a
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res in Vogue blue sky, mountains and the good life
ir and the Natural Park of Cabo de Gata.
paradise for sports-enthusiasts as it has beaches, and mountains, desserts and forests, spectacular hiking trials and sea bottoms: a wide variety for sport-savvies.
Finally, she describes Almeria as a 200,000-inhabitant city with a large number of must-sees in terms of culture, gastronomy and tourism.
Man, 87, rescued by police THE Guardia Civil had to step in and rescue an 87-ye a r-old ma n w ho was driving the wrong way down the A7 motorway near El Ejido on a mobility s c oote r a t 10pm. After drivers reported the is s ue a pa trol w a s sent to the scene and the e lde rly ma n s potte d, seemingly oblivious to cars having to break and swerve to avoid hitting him. A lthough a n offic e r ordered him to halt, he was in a confused state and eventually the policeman had to stop the s c oote r hims e lf a nd move it to safety while his colleagues directed traffic. The man was later taken to El Ejido’s Hospital del Poniente.
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Caution advised on Nijar beaches after drownings BATHING and snorkelling is forbidden in nautical channels By Linda Hall FOLLOWING multiple recent drownings in the area, Nijar has issued a municipal edict advising bathers to take extreme car in beaches within the natural park, particularly when waves and easterly winds are present. Mayor Esperanza Perez has asked for extreme caution on all virgin beaches outside the urban areas as lifeguards are not posted on these beaches and stressed that life-endangering undercurrents often appear when east winds blow. The edict also notes the importance of parking cars in a way that does not obstruct traffic and respecting fences and signs, not leaving items of value in view inside cars and taking rubbish away for disposal as there are no litter bins or rubbish containers in the bays. Pets are also banned from the beaches.
VIRGIN BEACHES: Do not have a lifeguard presence. The edict reminds the public that boats must approach beaches with care, respecting bathers at all times, using nautical channels wherever possible and never exceeding speeds of three knots. Bathing and snorkeling in nautical channels is forbidden.
Perez announced that the local beaches with lifeguard presence are La Isleta, Las Negras, San Jose and Aguamarga and stressed that bathers must follow lifeguards’ and civil protection instructions and respect warning flags.
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Cops catch alleged copper thief at work SUSPECT was spotted making repeated trips to collect cable he had hidden By Eleanor Hawkins GUARDIA Civil in HuercalOvera have arrested a 28year-old man suspected of being behind six copper cable thefts and a crime against public order. At the end of July the military police force was alerted to a possible theft of telephone cables near Rambla de las Cruces and officers nearby arrived in time to find that one of the lengths of cable had been cut and left dangling. The officers decided to wait in the area and soon spotted the suspect making repeated trips to the area to collect pieces of cable he had hidden behind a bush. Investigations revealed that the suspect had sold copper
CABLE RECOVERED: Police arrived in time to find a length of cable had been cut. to a scrapyard in Cuevas del Almanzora on five separate occasions, always the day after thefts were reported.
Altogether more than 240 kilos of cable were recovered from the suspect’s hiding place and the scrapyard, and
the man (who had a previous record for similar offences) was placed at the disposal of Huercal-Overa court.
Group arrested for faking paperwork TWENTY-NINE people have been arrested and another 20 charged in Almeria for allegedly helping immigrants obtain false residence permits in exchange for €4,000. The group helped African citizens
regularise their situation in Spain by drawing up false identity documents and simulating family links. Investigations began when the Foreigners and Borders Brigade detected suspicious family links were being re-
ported to obtain residence permits, including one mother who apparently had three children within four months. The case remains open and more arrests may be carried out, the police force reported.
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EURO WOMEN PAGE
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With strength and determination Our Euro Women series is featuring women who have made a success of their lives in Spain. These outstanding ladies have been shattering glass ceilings whether in business, charity work or sports. Sue Weeding wants to give the rest of her life to the care of the horses at the Rescue Centre.
HOW did Sue come to begin the rescue centre? “I was brought up in a council house. I never went to riding lessons, I never had such opportunities. But what I did have was the strength and determination to set up a number of successful ventures and at 36 I bought my first horse. I felt so proud and happy to own this gorgeous creature, it was all I ever wanted… “Taking in needy animals was a later crusade really. A stray cat or dog can survive somehow by foraging in the streets - horses are huge, beautiful, intelligent and talented animals but they cannot survive on their own, they need to be looked after by humans who so often cast them aside when they are no longer of use, some left with terrible injuries and no hope of a future. “At the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre we have become a refuge for animals in desperate situations. We wrap them in love and nurse them back to health - and if we can’t, we ease them out of life humanely and with dignity.” The Centre is now the only horse foundation in Spain. Sue and Rod have built a solid and effective relationship with the police and Seprona to ensure that when animals are in trouble the centre is often the first port of call for help and advice. Sue and Rod bought a finca 15 years ago and began a tack
EASY HORSE CARE RESCUE CENTRE: Sue Weeding with some of her friends.
Centre is now the only horse foundation in Spain The foundation needs to expand so it can take in even more horses. It is what I do now and there is no turning back.
shop. Six years later, when more and more stories of cruelty and neglect prompted them to take in first one horse, then another, it became the last hope for so many abused and desperate animals. Today, it is manned by up to 50 volunteers and known all over Spain as an authority on equine care. The Euro Weekly News asked Sue where she would like to be in five
Fact file Name: Susan Debra Vivienne Weeding Age: 59 Family: Married to Rod Home town: Norwich Living now: In Rojales at the Easy Horse Rescue Centre for the last 15 years. Pets: 98 horses, ponies and donkeys; seven dogs; 14 cats; Ernie the turkey; Gasper the peacock and his girlfriend Jordan; a 14-year-old goose; 20 chickens and two parrots. Languages: English and basic Spanish Book or TV: I rarely watch TV but love half an hour with my e-reader at bedtime. Favourite title: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: C S Lewis. Strengths: I never give up and I am very loyal Weaknesses: I can be too emotional. And I trust people too readily meaning I sometimes get very hurt Biggest success: Ah well that has to be the Easy Horse Rescue Centre Biggest failure: The ones I couldn’t save. And my own frustration at getting older and being unable to do all the things I need to do in order to save more wonderful horses Irritants: Negativity. And the words ‘I can’t’ Best time of your life: All of my life! Big picture or detail? The big picture - the centre - and all it has achieved and will achieve in the future
years’ time: “Onward and upward! The foundation needs to expand so it can take in even more horses and develop the charity shops for more funding. We rescued the horses but the charity shops rescued us! Me? I’ll give the rest of my life to the horses at the centre. It is what I do now and there is no turning back.” And Sue’s hero? “Absolutely Rod. We met when I was in my 30s and he has been the backstage creator of all my dreams ever since. “He built this place with his own hands and without him the centre would never have happened. He has given everything he owns to the horses without complaint, financially and emotionally. He is my true hero and actually I would like to think that in a few years’ time Rod could have a rest from all this hard work, that we could make the foundation into something someone else can take over; our legacy to all the beautiful animals that live here.”
Do you know a Euro Woman? If you do please drop us a line at eurowomen@euroweeklynews.com giving full contact details and why you feel they deserve to be honoured. As well as being featured in the EWN a book is being produced for Christmas with all profits going to charitable organisations.
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Legal aid guaranteed THE Junta de Andalucia regional government spent €744,219 on legal aid in Almeria over the first three months of this year. Of the total, €687,082 covered costs for lawyers providing free services as guaranteed by the Junta’s social and equality policies while the remaining €57,137 went to solicitors, the Justice department reported.
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New life planned for water channel BUILT for the Mediterranean Games
CANAL DE REMO: Could be a training ground for top sportspeople. By Eleanor Hawkins CUEVAS DEL ALMANZORA Council is studying a number of proposals to convert the Canal de Remo channel created for the Mediterranean Games into a high performance sports facility.
Built 10 years ago with the Games in mind, the 1,200 metre long channel fell into disuse after the financial crisis put paid to two separate development projects, and it currently houses little more than occasional summer schools.
Yet the facility could become home for a variety of nautical lessons and competitions and a training ground for top sportspeople thanks to the proposals presented, hopefully attracting tourists and brining more income to the hotel and catering sector in the area.
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La Caixa to fund social projects THE Social Project from Spanish bank La Caixa, has granted financial aid to two Almeriabased associations to help those who need it the most. La Caixa has chosen a religious group the Esclavas del Santisimo Sacramento - who will receive €21,000, and a soup kitchen called Assosiation Pro Social Kitchen in El Ejido, with a similar grant. The first one is to allocate the money in a project to help women currently working as prostitutes or former sex workers who were victims of human trafficking. They will be provided with shelter in a social home as well as guided in the process of integration back into society. A total of 90 women are expected to benefit from this project. The El Ejido soup kitchen assists people regardless of their nationality, race, religion or legal situation, providing them with at least one meal every day.
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Helicopter rescue A MAN had to be rescued by Guardia Civil helicopter from Nijar’s Cala Higuera after spraining his ankle while fishing in the early hours of Sunday morning (August 9), 112 Emergency Services reported.
Fast payers THE latest figures from the Treasury Ministry revealed El Ejido has greatly reduced the amount of times it takes to pay its bills and become the seventh fastest council in Andalucia to do so at an average of 16.41 days.
10 Migrants A DINGHY with 10 people, including three children, arrived at Aguamarga beach in Nijar at 11.30pm on Friday (August 7). All on board were healthy.
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THE increasing risk of wildfires due to the high temperatures is enough to make anyone anxiou By Carol Irving THE increasing risk of wildfires due to the high temperatures recently is enough to make anyone anxious. There has been a spate of wildfires across Spain of late, the largest this year being just last weekend in Extremadura. So what can one do, if you are unlucky enough to be in an area where there is a wildfire or fire risk? There are a number of precautions you can take if you live or stay in property where there are wildfire risks. If you have a garden, ensure your garden’s perimeter is free from shrubs, and cut back on weeds and anything that could easily catch fire. At home, pack an emergency bag and have it to hand with a change of clothing and other essentials, in case you have to evacuate quickly. You may want to have
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WILDFIRE RISKS: Take as many precautions as you can. items like passports and other documents in the bag too. Consider too how you will evacuate any pets, horses etc and have an escape plan for them. Check also if there are any alternate routes to use.
AN ALMERIA court has sentenced two maintenance workers from El E j i d o ’s H o s p i t a l d e Poniente for breaking into an expending machine and stealing the money inside. The men were found to have used their ability to move freely inside the premises to enter an area which was closed and use a drill to break into a drinks machine and steal €60. While the first, who admitted to the crime, was jailed for two years, the second denied the charges stating he had no need to steal and his colleague was blaming him out of jealousy. However, this lead the judge to sentence him to three years and seven
months in jail for lack of cooperation. The sentences took into account a breach of confidence on the part of both men for using their privileged positions as hospital workers to carry out the theft. Although the two were also suspected of having used a screwdriver to b r e a k i n t o c o ff e e m a chines and remove the cash, the judge decided there was insufficient evidence of them being behind the theft. Although witnesses had reported seeing the two workers near the machines with screwdrivers it was argued that it could hardly be considered strange for a maintenance worker to be seen carrying tools.
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A positive performance PONIENTE Hospital has assisted more than 65,000 patients in A&E, carried out 6,232 surgeries and 148,484 consultations with specialised doctors during the first six months of 2015, according to the Poniente Health Agency.
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Busy month for tourists ADRA’S beach clean-up and summer programme has paid off
Gender abuse A MAN has been sentenced to four years and nine months in jail by Almeria Court after attacking his ex-partner and her mother and violating a restraining order.
Food donated HOTEL group Playa Senator has marked its 25th anniversary by donating 25 tons of food to Roquetas de Mar Food Bank.
MORE VISITORS: The municipal tourist office saw a 20 per cent rise in July. By Eleanor Hawkins ADRA’S efforts to clean up the beaches and provide an attractive summer cultural programme appear to be working as the amount of visitors has increased.
Tourism Councillor Elisa Fernandez said 20 per cent more people stopped to ask for information at the municipal tourist office in July compared to the same month last year, and when asked what they thought about the town, the
beaches and cultural activities were the most praised. Most information requested, the councillor noted, was regarding cultural activities, beaches, gastronomy and Las Albuferas.
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Teamwork raises funds for charity TEAM Harmony Spain charity support group has been busy raising funds for good causes over the last few weeks at two events. The group, which works i n sout her n Mur ci a and Almeria, arranged a sell-out Car i bbean Par t y Ni ght at Meson Pepa in San Juan de los Terreros. Wellspring Vi ct or y Chur ch m em ber s Pet er and Bel i nda Gr een collected €1,400 in donations for the Kisumu Orphanage, Kenya. Then on Jul y 12 Team Harmony members Rita and Arthur Crosbee held a fantastic theme pool party at their home which raised another €1,300 for Cancer Research Spain and Smile. For more information on the group and its activities to raise for good causes, see www.teamharmony spain.com
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Chaos at Mojacar Is there an era ’ere? beach health clinic THRESHING floor uncovered by local man
INSUFFICIENT staff to cope with demand THE health centre by Mojacar beach is in a state of chaos as the amount of staff is insufficient to cover the needs of patients from the area and emergency cases. For the summer months there are just three doctors and two nurses and available a p p o i n t m e n t s a re booked u p wi t h i n h a lf a n hour in the morning. On top of this, the paediatrician’s office will remain clos ed i n Au g u st a n d a d minis tr a t i v e st a ff d o n o t know where to send children as the remaining doctors can’t keep up with the patients they already have. The situation has led to many complaints over the last few days, including one from a m o t h e r o f a o n e month-old baby who arrived
3 doctors and two nurses are all that are available for the summer months
for her child’s check-up only to find the office closed. Staff holidays are easily p red icta b le in ad v a nc e , therefore the health department has more than enough time to find qualified staff to stand in. Last week there were just two doctors, leading to total chaos and patients demandin g o fficia l co mp la int forms. Mojacar Health Councillor Ana Maria Garcia has been in touch with La In-
maculada Hospital management, in charge of the medical centre, to warn about the situation yet they maintained that the extra posts could not be filled. Mojacar Council has demanded an immediate, lasting solution to the problem as the lack of two doctors is a serious detriment to users, both local residents and visitors who come to the area on holiday. Other nearby health centres are provided with two extra doctors as reinforcements during the summer and it makes no sense that Mojacar, a popular tourist destination where population multiplie s by five a t this time of year, rather than being provided with extra staff ends up with less.
WORKING PARTY: John and friends on site. By Community Reporter YES, there is, but until John Gibb decided to clear it, it was not visible to the public as it was overgrown with bushes and small trees. This ‘era’, a circle of flat stone used as a threshing floor, is in El Campico and is situated in the municipality of Bédar close to where John and his wife Sue live, and a stone’s throw from his local bar La Montaña. It had not been touched for over 40 years and dates back to 1942. It is one of many simple, yet intricate, functional structures that can be found all over Spain. The majority of eras found in the Alpujarras were surfaced with a black rock which absorbed the heat from the sun and aided quicker drying of the crops.
Eras consist of a 10-15 metre diameter stone paved area and deserve recognition and preservation as historical sites. It was for this reason John called in his ‘working party’, a group of his friends, to start the clean-up. He hopes that a path can be constructed linking it to the small square, so that it can be used during the fiestas. This is not the first project that John and his working party have undertaken in the community using their time and skills to help others. A local woman was thrilled on her return from the UK to find they had built a retaining wall and some steps to her property, a job that her husband had started before his sudden death a few weeks before. Hopefully, there will be more projects from John and his team in the future.
Season begins THE new season of events for the Dames in Spain begins on September 21 at the Mojacar Parador at 11am. The event will start with a meet and greet and a cava reception enabling members to spend some time catching up with everyone after the long, hot summer. Old and new faces will be more than welcome for the new season, planned to include fun, interesting meetings and outings. For more information call Irene 950 529 399 or Margaret 626 303 849.
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Boat found FOLLOWING a four-hour search, a boat carrying 19 healthy adult African migrants was found by the authorities 28 miles southeast of Cabo de Gata at 2am on Friday morning (August 7), the 112 Emergency Services reported.
Eco festival LUCAINENA de las Torres is holding a festival and ecological market from August 21-23. Activities will include concerts, theatre and dance, street parades, shows, an evening market and workshops. More info on www.asociacionsiom.com
Sworn in CARMELO Padilla Gonzalez and Francisco Montero Gimenez have been sworn in as Almeria Local Police Deputy Inspectors by Acting Mayor Ramon Fernandez-Pacheco at a ceremony also attended by Security Councillor Maria Vazquez.
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To study ADRA Council has announced that an in-depth study will be carried out taking all parties’ opinions into account to find a solution regarding proposals to increase the number of markets in the town without creating conflicts.
More oil VICAR’s 38 recycling points received 1,785 litres of used cooking oil in the first six months of 2014. This more than triples the 500 litres recycled during the same period in 2013.
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Two alleged disco shooters arrested MEN were refused entry at the premises in Mojacar By Eleanor Hawkins TWO men aged 19 and 30 have been arrested for their suspected involvement in an incident outside a Mojacar disco in the early hours of Tuesday, August 4, which resulted in four people receiving pellet wounds. The Guardia Civil arrested the two men, from Garrucha and Vera, for causing injuries,
brandishing firearms and breaking the peace following investigations by Garrucha police. Events occurred at 5am when bouncers at a disco on Moj acar ’s Aveni da del Mediterraneo refused to all ow a gr oup of bet ween three and five men to enter the premises. Af t er an argum ent t he gr oup r epor t edl y l ef t but later returned with an airgun
and shot indiscriminately at people outside. Two of those injured were t aken t o La I nm acul ada Hospital in Huercal-Overa for treatment and later discharged. While the arrestees have been placed at the disposal of a Vera court, investigations to identify the other gr oup m em ber s r em ai n open.
Kept in the dark APPROXIMATELY 2,500 homes in Nijar, particularly in the coastal areas of San Jose, Los Escullos, El Pozo de los Frailes and La Isleta del Moro, were left in the dark due to a power cut on Wednesday night (August 5). Endesa electricity company reported that a fault was detected in the network between
Calle Ronda and Calle Escuela de San Jose at 9.42pm and service was resumed at about 11pm in most areas, although 250 homes in rural areas remained in the dark for almost 12 hours due to another fault. Service resumed at 9am after technicians replaced a faulty element.
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TO include long and short western films By Eleanor Hawkins PREPARATIONS are underway for the 2015 Almeria Western Film Festival (AWFF), due to be held in Tabernas from October 9 to 11.
A council team is in charge of preparations, and is arranging a programme of parallel activities for all members of the public along with the traditional film festival screenings. This will be the fifth consecutive year the festival is being
Burglars arrested THREE people have been arrested suspected of carrying out a burglary at an elderly couple’s home in Nijar in December. The Guardia Civil carried out investigations which led to identification of the suspects, who were arrested at the end of July. The victims reported the burglars, wearing balaclavas, pushed their way into the home after ringing the doorbell and threatened the people inside while stealing cash, jewellery and mobile phones.
held, and it will include categories for long and short western films together with adverts and videos recorded in Almeria. Submissions will be accepted until August 31 and the organisers will then decide which productions compete.
Local art on show at castle FRENCH photographer John Bronces is holding a display of his work at Cuevas del Almanzora’s La Tercia showroom at the Marques de Los Velez Castle. The exhibition concentrates on the trail of those who left their homes in the Sierra de Los Filabres 50 years ago and the fate of the ruins left behind. It will be open Tuesdays to Saturdays from 9am to 2pm until August 29.
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Community Buildings Insurance, are you fully covered? IF your home or property in Spain forms part of a block of houses, apartments or condominiums, it usually includes community buildings insurance. You automatically pay this each month along with other community fees. Generally this cover is limited to keep premiums to a minimum. Cover includes communal elements such as the buildings, the grounds, lifts, pipes, walkways, padel tennis courts, etc. Unlike insurance policies in the UK, community buildings insurance does not cover fixtures and fittings. TAKE OUT SEPARATE COVER If an upstairs neighbour goes on holiday and leaves the tap on, resulting in a flood in your home below, the community buildings insurance will not cover the damage. Línea Directa recommends that you take out separate cover for your home. This should protect all the contents of your home, its fixtures and fittings and anything else not covered by the community insurance.
YOUR HOME IS AN ASSET Remember, your home is an asset. It represents a lifelong investment and its imperative that you get the right insurance from the beginning. Whether it’s your own residence, you rent it out or if you’re planning to sell it, your home may be at risk if it is not fully covered. Damage occurring from flood, fires or breakins can be expensive to repair and or replace. Paying a small premium now will protect your investment for the future. FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY IS COVERED FOR Most community covers are basic, so while shopping around for the best comprehensive home insurance, you will need gap or first loss cover to ensure you are protected. Prior to taking out a new policy, find out exactly what is covered by your community policy. Many people in Spain who live in an apartment discover too late they are not adequately covered by their urbanisation’s community insurance.
We hope the information provided in this article is of interest. If you would like to contact Línea Directa please call 902 123 309 More information on Línea Directa online at www.lineadirecta.com
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Keeping fields squeaky clean EL EJIDO’S countryside is to become squeaky clean with the local government’s new campaign and the help of all citizens. The El Ejido Council has launched a campaign aimed at all residents of the town, but especially to field workers, in order to raise awareness of the importance of keeping the countryside clean, and to avoid the spread of plagues, but most of all to reduce the fire hazard. As well as improving the area’s appearance, it will also contribute to the tourism image of the town. Under the title ‘Keeping fields clean together,’ the campaign involves a local radio campaign, as well as informative posters, and the spreading of information through the municipal website and social media. All these tools will help encourage citizens to do their best in keeping spaces clean, including using the recycling point.
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Collaboration on cultural matters A MUSIC centre has been launched this year By Eleanor Hawkins A MEETING between Adra Mayor Manuel Cortes and Barcelona’s Casa de Almeria president Francisco Gutierrez Latorre has resulted in an agreement to continue collaborating on cultural matters. The main item on the agenda of the meeting, also attended by Adra councillors Garmen Belen Lopez and Elisa Fernandez, was promotion of the cultural
MEETING AGENDA: Promotion of the local culture. legacy of local musician Angel Ortiz de Villajos, in whose
name a music centre has been launched this year.
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A moonlit desert trip ALMOST 50 people took part in Almeria Provincial Council’s latest Full Moon Walk at Tabernas desert. The group met at Tabernas information centre and visited the church, village square, San Sebastian shrine and castle before heading out into the desert for a trip up to Paraje de Los Pilares stopping off at various points of interest. The Senderos de luna llena (Full Moon Walks) are becoming increasingly popular with locals and visitors.
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Concert controversy continues to rage on ATTENDEES complained that too many tickets were sold
ALEJANDRO SANZ: His concert in Roquetas de Mar was a success. By Eleanor Hawkins ALTHOUGH a concert held by Alejandro Sanz earlier this month at Roquetas de Mar bullring was reportedly a success, many complaints were registered from attendees who insist too many tickets were sold. The matter was discussed at the council’s plenary session
6,000 was the maximum capacity set for the concert, which the council insists was not surpassed last week, and the council was urged to explain whether it intended to do anything about the
matter or ask the organisers for an explanation. While deputy mayor Eloisa Cabrera stressed the council had nothing to do with the event, that it had simply allowed it to take place within the bullring, she stressed that the maximum capacity of 6,000 people was not surpassed at any time.
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Expat Dave joins the Samaritans THE Samaritans in Spain have announced Costa Blanca writer and radio presenter Dave Bull as their new patron. Originally from Brighton, Dave (48) arrived in Spain in the year 2000, and has written hilarious books on life as an expat. The first one, It Just Is…,was published in 2011, and Load of Bull followed up in 2013. The established journalist founded the magazine All Abroad, which he continues to edit. Dave is also a popular DJ on local radio station Costa Blanca FM. President of the Samaritans in Spain, Ed Purcell, said he was “delighted and grateful that Dave had accepted the role.” CEO Lynda Brettle added: “Dave’s media presence will enable us to enhance our campaign to spread awareness of the services we offer.” Dave said he was “honoured” to become patron of the Samaritans in Spain. Samaritans in Spain is always looking for new volunteers, for fundraising, charity shop work or general admin, and as listeners. Contact stephenbaker@ outlook.com or www. samaritansinspain.com.
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COSTA DEL SOL
Better deal for city’s animals with new €35 dog licences Photo by Kristine Paulus
DOGS to be allowed on buses and trams
DOGS: Concessions for obedience class graduates.
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PET-OWNERS in Alicante City with dog licences will be allowed to enter more public spaces than previously. The licences, which are to be obligatory and cost €35, will also provide a clear picture of the city’s canine population, said councillor Marisol Moreno. The town hall also intends to give something back to dog-owners now that they must pay, Moreno said. They will be entitled to attend obedience courses and those finishing with flying colours will be entitled to take their dogs on buses, trams and to the beach. Regarding the issue of dogs on beaches, there was still work to be done with other council departments, Moreno admitted: “First we need beaches where dogs are allowed.” The town hall hopes to put all these plans into action as quickly as possible as well as another initiative to sterilise the females amongst the city’s colonies of cats.
AXARQUÍA
Old custom
Knocked out
One year on
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ALTEA Town Hall is reviving the Porrat street market for a third year. Once a traditional ending to the town fiestas, it will be held between October 2 and 4.
GUARDIA CIVIL arrested a man accused of punching a Portuguese tourist who is in Son Espases Hospital in a coma. The events took place in Punta Ballena, Calvia, when the victim was allegedly bothering young women.
THE late director of the Nerja History Museum, Ana Maria Marquez, who was murdered by her former partner in 2014, was paid tribute in an event on August 8 where representatives of the council delivered a commemorative speech.
CRUISE ship Ventura arrived in Cartagena bringing more than 3,600 tourists into the city. The P&O Cruise ship was the first of 10 ships that will stop off in Cartagena this month.
Tourist saved
Fire aid
A FRENCH tourist, 68, was taken to Son Llatzer Hospital in a critical condition after she was saved from drowning by lifeguards on Palma Beach where she had been swimming with her family.
ONE month after a major forest fire burnt to the ground at least 80 per cent of the Lujar municipality in Costa Tropical, the town council is still waiting for the emergency reforestation works to begin.
Reward offered
Fake kits
A RUSSIAN couple living in es Jonquet is offering a €1,000 reward for anyone who can help to identify a vandal who has sprayed their house with graffiti on several occasions.
LOCAL POLICE in Velez-Malaga last week seized at least 80 counterfeit football kits which were being sold illegally in the Torre del Mar market as official equipment of Spanish national teams.
Cycling danger
Deadly heat
MEMBERS of the Lloret de Vistalegre Cycling Club complain dangerous obstacles have been placed in the Coll de sa Creu area. They cleared away rocks and branches, but they returned the next day.
THE second death this year in the Axarquia region from heatstroke happened on Saturday (August 8) in Torrox, when a man who was working in a greenhouse collapsed. He could not be revived.
Going with a bang
Good crop
False policeman
MORE than 40,000 spectators lined Altea’s La Olla beach for the annual fireworks which this year lasted 19 minutes. The display could soon be declared a fiesta of National Tourist Interest.
THE 14 wineries in Santa Maria, Santa Eugenia, Binissalem and Sencelles under the Binissalem Certificate of Origin have begun the 2015 harvest and expect a good crop due to the high temperatures.
A 23-YEAR-OLD man was arrested by National Police after allegedly pretending to be a police officer to steal items from a group of youngsters in Motril. He was taken into custody.
TWO of every three businesses that open in San Vicente last less than a year. Many lacked expert advice and gave up too easily, said the town hall’s Commerce councillor.
Speech patterns ALTEA Mayor Jaume Llinares, accompanied by councillor Vicenta Perez and the Amb Trellat party’s spokeswoman Bea Nomdedeu, met representatives from Escola Valenciana to discuss strategy for boosting the use of Valenciano.
Trade rivals BENIDORM shopkeepers’ association AICA asked the local council to take steps to control the open-air market adjoining the Hotel Pueblo. There are more stalls than the licence permits, they claimed.
Funding announced MALAGA Provincial Council will be spending an excess €26 million from last year on 179 projects across the province including water supply, lighting, drainage, road repairs and renovations of public buildings.
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Fishing break MARITIME Rescue personnel evacuated to hospital a crew member of a fishing boat that was around 30 miles southeast off the coast of Cartagena, after falling on deck and breaking his leg.
Lorry overturns TRAFFIC was forced to a standstill on the N-340 in Orihuela after a truck overturned. The lorry was carrying food products when it overturned on a turn by the industrial estate.
Lottery winner A LUCKY ticket holder in Dolores has won €65,000 on the weekend’s EuroMillions lottery draw. The ticket was bought from a kiosk in the Plaza de España in the town.
Rains break AFTER days of threatening, a storm reached the Vega Baja on Monday afternoon. In Torrevieja more than one litre of rain fell per square metre and was the first serious rainfall in 116 days.
Shorter waits THE Health Board has published a report revealing that over the first six months of this year people in Malaga Province have had to wait just 48 days for the 71 most common surgical procedures.
Cooling crisis JULY’S extreme heat caught suppliers unawares, causing a general shortage of air conditioning units and electric fans almost everywhere in Malaga and the Costa del Sol. One supplier reported having sold 1,600 units in just one month.
Expensive ride TWO French tourists were fined €500 each after police reported them racing along streets, swerving between and even overtaking cars on rented electric scooters.
Alleged scammers FIVE people have been arrested by the National Police for suspected holiday villa rental fraud in Marbella. The group allegedly demanded payment up front then failed to turn up with keys when customers arrived.
Easy split AN ESTEPONA couple was one of the first in Spain to divorce before a Notary following a new Voluntary Jurisdiction Law coming into effect on July 23. The measure is hoped to reduce waits and costs for mutual consent divorces with no dependents involved.
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Queen of Club Kingsize DENMARK: There was outcry in the international press over a snap of the Danish Queen Margrethe smoking while holding her granddaughter’s hand. The royal household did not make any comment.
Flower power SWEDEN: Twitter users have spotted a great similarity between flowery trainers designed for Adidas by the singer Pharrell Williams and the logo of the right-wing Sweden Democrat political party.
Pops out SWEDEN: Lenny Kravitz suffered a severe wardrobe malfunction on stage in Stockholm, when his leather trousers ripped along a vital seam releasing a part of his anatomy no fans had expected to see. Spare trousers were supplied immediately.
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Milk price protests FARMERS take direct action DAIRY farmers across the UK have been protesting at the low prices paid for milk by supermarkets and dairy consortiums, with tactics including blockading a Cheshire depot with cows and clearing the shelves of milk in a number of Morrisons, then passing the milk on to local charities.
Death on stage A CONTROVERSIAL play about how to work round euthanasia laws went ahead at the Edinburgh Fringe, following safety concerns. ‘Dicing with Dr Death’ by Dr Philip Nitschke is described as “a rip-roaring ride through his 20 years working with life’s one certainty: death.”
T’Tour grows THE new ‘Tour de Yorkshire’ cycle race attracted so much support when it was held for the first time
BRITISH PRESS Dog muck avenger A SUFFOLK man is so incensed by dog fouling that he’s taken to hiding camouflaged in bushes, filming alleged culprits. The vigilante confronts his prey, and threatens to send the images to the police if the mess is not cleaned up, unless, he says, they are “about seven feet tall.” this year that an extra day has been added to the event for May 2016. The event is a legacy of the Tour de France’s ‘grand depart’ opening stage in the county in 2014.
Tap bug MORE than 30,000 Lancashire households had to boil their tap wa-
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ter for days last week when a microbial parasite was found at a Preston water treatment plant. The bug could cause bad stomach upsets.
Parrot plunder A £2,000 parrot was stolen from a Manchester pet shop by a thief on a bicycle, who made off with the green-wing macaw, called Charlie, perched on the handlebars.
Bus shot SHOTS were fired at Herta Berlin’s team bus from a gunman on motorbike, a day before the football club were due to play in the first round of the German Cup. The driver was alone on the bus at the time, and he escaped unhurt.
THE German Defence Ministry is to spend €6 billion on improving substandard army equipment, including planes, helicopters and tanks. The move follows a number of incidents where the military were lacking in functional transport.
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NORWAY: A college in Seljord has launched a course in traditional Viking crafts, including sword forging, roof thatching and Norse jewellery making.
A TREASON probe into a news site launched by German prosecutors has been dropped. Netzpolitik.org journalists had reported on government plans to increase internet surveillance.
Army spending
DENMARK: Danish singer MØ has had a huge hit in the US with her song Lean On. The pop star was at number six in the Billboard charts, making her Denmark’s biggest US smash in 50 years, bigger than Aqua’s infuriating Barbie Girl.
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Families seek redress FAMILIES of victims of the Germanwings crash in the Alps are to take the airline’s parent company Lufthansa to court in the US, after rejecting a compensations offer. American courts have provision for payments for emotional damage.
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SWEDEN: One of Sweden’s biggest acting names, Max von Sydow, will appear in the next series of Game of Thrones, playing the character Three-Eyed Raven. The busy 86-year-old will be seen later this year in the new Star Wars.
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AMSTERDAM: More expensive.
Rents rise in Dutch cities AMSTERDAM ‘most expensive ever’ DUTCH cities have seen sharp climbs in rents over the last year, the highest leap of 9 per cent happening in Rotterdam, and Amsterdam’s rise of 7 per cent making the city more expensive to live in than ever before.
Crane collapse THERE was panic in the town of Alphen aan den Rijn when a crane collapsed onto a pavement, sending pedes-
DUTCH PRESS trians running for their lives. About 20 people were injured, but no one was killed.
Final destination A HORRIFIC accident was narrowly avoided near Maastricht when a quick-
thinking train driver slammed on emergency brakes seconds before he would have hit a truck filled with gas cylinders stuck on the rails. “I thought that I had landed in a Final Destination movie,” the driver said afterwards.
Waste not… THE Sail Maritime festival in Amsterdam is asking male visitors to pee at particular places - so their urine can be collected and turned into fertilizer.
A WOMAN was saved from a bullet by her bra, after wandering into the path of a boar hunt near the town of Gadebusch. The shot hit her underwire and bounced off, leaving her just badly bruised. Police are investigating.
No nude hike A NUDIST ramble route planned for Brandenburg was scrapped after a TV news report on the naked hike fuelled local complaints. There are existing nudist hiking trails in Germany, in the Harz mountain range and Lüneburg Heath.
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Contraband cheese Photo by Alex Juel, Flickr
TONNES of food being destroyed
CONTRABAND CHEESE: Russia is destroying food items imported from the EU as part of ban. RUSSIAN officials have begun destroying tonnes of European food on the orders of Vladimir Putin following a controversial decree to crush, burn and bury ‘contraband’ food including cheese, fruit and meat.
Reprisal killing A SUPERGRASS has been killed by crime lords who had him on a hit-list. Russian whistleblower Alexander Perepilichnyy was killed outside his UK home after his movements had been studied.
No visa RUSSIA is attacking the Home Office claiming four of their diplomats have been forced out of London after the British Government refused to fully extend their visas. They said it was a violation of the Vienna Convention.
Church volunteers VOLUNTEERS from all over Russia are working in the Vologda Region to save the 18th century Church of the Nativity from destruction from the waters surrounding it. Volunteers are strengthening brick work and water defences.
Corruption concern VLADIMIR PUTIN’S spokesperson has been caught up in corruption allegations. Dmitry Peskov was pictured at his recent wedding wearing a watch estimated at €560,000. His declared annual income is around €130,000.
Feared dead RUSSIAN free diving champion Natalia Molchanova, aged 53, is feared dead after going missing off the coast of Formentera, Balearic Islands. The search for her has now been called off.
Citizen positivity ACCORDING to a new study, 81 per cent of Russians believe the situation in the country is positive but 40 per cent think that the most difficult times for Russia are still ahead.
Islamic threat TWO thirds of Russians are aware of the existence of the Islamic State, and half of them see the extrem-
Dmitry Peskov.
ist organisation as a threat to Russia’s and the world’s security, according to a Public Opinion Foundation report.
New coach LEONID SLUTSKY, head coach at Moscow’s CSKA football club, is now in charge of Russia’s national football team, an appointment supported by the Sports Ministry. Russia is currently in third place in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers.
Online shopping ONLINE shopping has increased 23 per cent in the first six months of 2015, thanks in part to the Ruble remaining weak against the Dollar and Euro.
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The Bank of England maintains the record low Bank Rate at 0.5 per cent SIZE of the Asset Purchase Programme to remain at £375 billion By Steve Walsh THE Bank of England has announced that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) that sets monetary policy in order to meet the 2 per cent inflation target, has done so in a way that helps to sustain growth and employment.
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Academic qualifications are important, as is financial education. schools are forgetting one of them. Robert Kiyosaki. American businessman and author.
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Surveillance drones SPAIN has decided to buy four Reaper surveillance drones from the US, the defence ministry reported, making it the fifth European nation to equip itself with US-made devices at a cost of €25 million. COKE BOTTLING: New company will be the largest.
Emerging CocaCola Empire SOL DAURELLA is turning a 64-year-old Spanish family bottling empire into an international powerhouse as she helps lead a merger of Coke bottlers in Europe. Daurella will be chairwoman of Coca-Cola European Partners plc, the publicly traded company that will be formed from the three-way combination of Daurella’s Co-
ca-Cola Iberian Partners SA, Germany’s Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke AG and Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. The new company, with 2015 revenue of about $12.6 billion, will become the largest independent Coke bottler. In her new role, she extends the ascent of a Catalan business clan that secured a Coke bottling accord in 1951.
BBC in Spain BBC Worldwide has signed deals to broadcast a branded block of BBC Earth content via public broadcaster Canal+ 1 in Spain. “It is a key part of our strategy to bring the highest-quality content and the BBC Earth brand to wider audiences,” said Tobi de Graaf of BBC Worldwide.
Best of four SPAIN emerged as the best performer of the Eurozone’s big four economies last month as the single currency area largely shrugged off the impact of the Greek debt crisis.
Blame it on the weather WITH the average temperature in Scotland over the last two months falling below the 12.6 degree summer average, the north of Britain is heading for its coldest summer since 1972. It isn’t the first time that Marks and
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IBM buy Merge Healthcare Inc IBM Corp (IBM.N) said it would buy medical image company Merge Healthcare Inc (MRGE.O) in a $1 billion (€918 million) deal and combine it with its newly formed health analytics unit, which is powered by its famous Watson supercomputer. IBM plans to combine data and images from Merge Healthcare’s medical imaging management platform with Watson’s cloud-based healthcare computing system.
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% CHG. NET VOL -0.23 5,280.47 -1.04 4,750.93 -0.54 4,203.37 -2.20 11,188.05 -1.95 5,826.41 0.05 13,477.79 -0.16 4,862.30 0.30 25,626.49 -0.08 55,909.82 -0.14 21,341.32 0.03 5,026.84 -0.29 14,981.54 -0.85 47,300.97 1.08 6,380.85 -0.61 37,618.31 -2.39 25,355.42 -1.09 72,234.26 0.03 71,370.30 0.03 8,782.97 0.11 38,982.43 0.05 6,165.42 -0.16 7,175.16 -0.19 8,746.14 0.69 7,610.76 -0.30 13,480.98 -0.23 4,689.74 -0.14 17,102.49 0.77 16,072.84 -0.41 45,788.90 0.18 5,769.00 -0.72 5,335.87 -0.12 6,784.32 -0.29 12,019.27 -0.94 4,775.07 -0.29 4,259.13 -0.23 5,273.78 -0.22 69,051.49 -1.03 26,587.47 -0.04 5,294.10 0.51 5,663.36 0.04 4,697.54 -1.07 116,025.57 0.49 32,263.53 0.00 4,030.44 -0.44 6,276.00 -0.32 11,246.93 -0.74 4,437.45 -0.24 4,375.55 -0.70 11,114.16 -0.10 6,045.07
COMPANY PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) Kingfisher 373.15 -0.85 Land Securities Group 1,329.50 1.50 Legal & General Group 274.60 0.30 Lloyds Banking Group ORD 81.20 -0.93 London Stock Exchange Gr 2,583.00 17.00 Marks & Spencer Group 548.50 2.50 Meggitt 510.00 5.50 Merlin Entertainments 400.50 -1.00 Mondi 1,599.50 2.50 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 183.25 -1.15 National Grid 857.95 -2.55 Next 7,922.50 17.50 Old Mutual 226.85 -0.15 Pearson 1,191.50 0.50 Persimmon 2,088.00 4.00 Prudential 1,519.25 -9.25 Randgold Resources 3,848.00 -55.00 Reckitt Benckiser Group 6,239.50 -7.50 RELX 1,093.50 0.50 Rio Tinto 2,549.00 -38.50 Rolls-Royce Group 804.75 0.75 Royal Bank of Scotland Group 342.40 -3.10 Royal Dutch Shell 1,862.50 -23.00 Royal Dutch Shell 1,884.50 -21.50 Royal Mail 499.30 -2.20 RSA Insurance Group 506.25 0.25 SABMiller 3,393.75 -7.25 Sage Group (The) 525.00 6.00 Sainsbury (J) 264.80 -2.90 Schroders 3,107.50 7.50 Severn Trent 2,182.00 -8.00 Shire 5,347.50 47.50 Sky 1,082.50 -2.50 Smith & Nephew 1,177.50 -3.50 Smiths Group 1,188.00 -1.00 Sports Direct International 803.00 -2.50 SSE 1,534.50 -7.50 St James's Place 968.25 -3.25 Standard Chartered 915.50 -10.90 Standard Life 439.75 -2.15 Taylor Wimpey 201.55 1.95 Tesco 214.58 -1.22 Travis Perkins 2,115.50 -9.50 TUI AG 1,047.50 -5.50 Unilever 2,959.50 9.50 United Utilities Group 882.50 -5.00 Vodafone Group 242.35 0.50 Weir Group 1,519.00 -16.00 Whitbread 5,187.50 7.50 Wolseley 4,228.50 14.50 WPP Group 1,444.50 3.50
% CHG. -0.23 0.11 0.11 -1.13 0.66 0.46 1.09 -0.25 0.16 -0.62 -0.30 0.22 -0.07 0.04 0.19 -0.61 -1.41 -0.12 0.05 -1.49 0.09 -0.90 -1.22 -1.13 -0.44 0.05 -0.21 1.16 -1.08 0.24 -0.37 0.90 -0.23 -0.30 -0.08 -0.31 -0.49 -0.33 -1.18 -0.49 0.98 -0.57 -0.45 -0.52 0.32 -0.56 0.21 -1.04 0.14 0.34 0.24
NET VOL 8,656.08 10,411.46 16,086.59 59,168.83 9,098.75 9,057.21 3,927.01 4,122.91 7,739.73 4,294.23 31,991.13 12,214.60 10,763.65 9,827.05 6,296.37 39,336.09 3,569.67 44,705.32 12,597.09 36,117.72 15,030.51 22,313.81 72,478.23 45,782.10 5,030.00 5,327.81 55,652.00 5,694.05 5,084.68 7,253.06 5,278.10 32,363.35 19,442.09 10,759.53 4,717.59 4,808.67 15,174.05 5,165.89 24,306.25 8,684.11 6,383.29 17,526.03 5,374.77 6,382.24 37,990.40 6,116.54 65,234.50 3,258.33 9,495.87 11,049.82 19,278.31
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$ 10.42 $ 4.20 $ 84.40 $ 24.54 $ 38.31 $ 5.70 $ 19.34 $ 4.44 $ 2.77 $ 10.14 $ 2.33
8.63 ▲ 482.12% 0.95 ▲ 29.23% 18.33 ▲ 27.74% 5.22 ▲ 27.02% 6.26 ▲ 19.53% 0.92 ▲ 19.25% 3.01 ▲ 18.43% 0.69 ▲ 18.40% 0.39 ▲ 16.39% 1.37 ▲ 15.62% 0.29 ▲ 14.22%
$ 5.18 $ 12.85 $ 7.09 $ 14.92 $ 10.90 $ 6.66 $ 8.48 $ 12.65 $ 39.02 $ 4.76 $ 39.14
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Most Declined Century Aluminum Company Fluidigm Corporation Tangoe, Inc. Iconix Brand Group, Inc. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Connecture, Inc. EnerNOC, Inc. Noodles & Company American Science and Engineering, Inc. Pixelworks, Inc. ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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Is it OK to walk out of your current job without a fall-back plan? THE pain of having no salary each month will hit home fast, therefore think about your lifestyle first and make a plan MOVING ON: But how do you pay your rent, buy food and find another job?
Loose change Jane Plunkett A look at finance for females jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com
WE’VE all had a boss who is less than ideal. Mine was a bitter 50-plus year old woman who would shout, throw things at my desk and generally just be very unpleasant and disrespectful. When one morning she arrived at the office, opened the door and took a step over some letters on the ground that had fallen from the post box and hollered at me to “pick those f***** letters up,” that was the last straw - I quit. Without thinking about how I would pay rent, buy food or whether I’d find another job, I walked out the door. According to a new study this trend of upping and leaving a job without having anything else lined up is a trend among young
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Table service THE latest business idea from McDonald’s, the fast food giant, is to begin offering table service in some restaurants in a bid to revamp its image and reverse falling sales. Customers can come into the restaurant, order food at a touchscreen kiosk, then go to a table to wait for their meal to be brought over.
No Boatski RUSSIA and France have terminated a contract worth €1.2 billion for France to supply two Mistral-class amphibious assault ships to Russia. The deal was signed in 2011 but France faced pressure to withdraw from the arrangement after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine.
BMW death JOHANNA QUANDT, German billionaire and BMW shareholder has died at age 89. She was the widow of industrialist Herbert Quandt, who saved the luxury car manufacturer BMW from bankruptcy in 1959. The Quandt family holds a large stake in BMW AG. Her shares will go to her children who now own about 47 per cent of BMW.
employees these days. Whether it’s a mean boss, unsatisfying work, a boring work environment or hating the job, the itch to quit comes pretty quickly to many young people. Eighty-six per cent said that even though they know job hopping looks bad, it wouldn’t stop them from walking out the door. Young people nowadays are apparently attracted to small independent companies and unlike previous generations a job isn’t for life, but only until something better comes along. This drive to be happy in one’s workplace is an admirable quality but even still experts say if you’re really unhappy and want to move on, or you’re ready for new
challenges, do start looking for another job just don’t take a rash decision. A thoughtful transition can really help your career and here are some ideas on how to do just that. Think about how your CV will look with a big gap in it if you hastily leave a job. A good idea is to immediately enrol in a course to further your professional development once you leave a job so that your CV is filled with something productive during the time you’re searching for something else. The pain of having no salary each month will hit home fast. Therefore think about your lifestyle. Six months before quitting, work on a business plan and save up. Move to a smaller apartment and cut back on travel and going out with friends. Or, if possible move back in with your parents, as rent is usually a massive expense. And remember - don’t go out guns blazing either. It’s not wise to burn bridges as old colleagues could become future clients!
It’s full steam ahead for the La Quinta Golf & Spa Resort in Marbella AN American consortium this week signed a deal to redevelop a Benahavis location into a luxury resort, including a 27-hole Championship course. The Westin La Quinta Golf & Spa Resort will feature 172 luxurious guest rooms, including five suites and one Presidential Suite, which offer sweeping views of the sea, gardens, and golf course. When the hotel opens, guests will enjoy signature Westin services and amenities, such as the worldrenowned Heavenly® Bed and reinvigorating Heavenly® Bath experience. The hotel will also consist of extensive leisure facilities, including WestinWORKOUT® studio, an outdoor pool and access to an expansive 1,500 square metre Heavenly® Spa.
PRESTIGIOUS MARKET: Guests will enjoy signature services and amenities. “We are delighted to partner with Inversiones Hoteleras La Quinta S.L.U. and welcome back this magnificent resort in the prestigious market of Marbella as the third Westin in Spain,” said Michael Wale, President,
Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Europe, Africa and Middle East. “Westin has reached a loyal following with its winning approach to well-being and will continue to expand its footprint throughout the region.”
Payrise for civil servants THE Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Friday promised Spain’s 2.5 million civil servants a 1 per cent pay rise in the 2016 budget. This is their first rise in five years because of the tight measures needed in cutting public spending during the country’s 10 year economic crisis. He said the improving economy of today enables some recompense to be made for the sacrifices made by civil servants. The measure comes as Rajoy’s conservative Popular Party prepares for general elections by the end of the year. The party hopes the economic recovery will help stem its plunging popularity ratings in time. Many will see this move as a win win move for the PP, as the results of the recent local elections showed them a popularity boost was desperately needed, and what better pep up than a pay rise.
FINANCE, BUSINESS & LEGAL BUSINESS EXTRA
On a roll SPAIN’S economy is undergoing a turnaround of sorts. The unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest level in five years, exports are rising and the economy is expected to grow better than this year
500% rise NETFLIX is up over 500 per cent in five years. Netflix has become an entertainment juggernaut that has transformed the media and viewing habits of millions.
Good security TECH giant Apple spends just under $700,000 per year on its CEO’s home security. But Tim Cook’s security is a tiny fraction of Apple’s earnings - it’s on its way to reporting a $53 billion profit this fiscal year.
Poor Saudis OPEC leader Saudi Arabia, is having to borrow money. The oil kingdom is facing a big hole in its budget, caused by the slump in oil prices and a sharp rise in military spending.
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Service with a smile Talking shop Mike Walsh Mike Walsh was for 20 years Regional Assessment Manager for the Guild of Master Craftsmen, Britain’s biggest quality assurance body for businesses.
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I AM sure that you can pick up on your own experiences. Of many that come to my mind there is a pub-restaurant in England and an Asian restaurant here in coastal Spain. The Nag’s Head had a nice enough ambience but to describe the service as anything other than indifferent would be flattery. I used the Nag’s Head as a watering hole once or twice a week. “You know, Paul, I have been taking a drink there for many weeks; we never exchanged names with the owner or the staff.” You could say that bonhomie works two ways. I was however a salesman and geniality is my stock in trade. My brother replied I could bring my custom and wages to that pub for another 10 years. The staff still wouldn’t be interested. In fact, there were a few bar-restaurants in which staff ungraciousness was cringe-making. I still wince at the sight of two bar staff high-fiving each other after
SELF DELUSIONAL: Expensive does not mean superior service. tossing a towel over the pumps on seeing a young man approaching for a last drink. On the upside of things staff attitudes at a wine bar not too far distant were quite different. The staff was mostly work-inexperienced students who clearly loved their jobs, youngsters who genuinely like people. No prizes for guessing which of these
eateries was packed to the door. Now semi-retired, I raise my glass to them and I raise my glass especially to the Asian staff of our local restaurant. My wife and I had dined there just twice several weeks earlier. There was no expectation the staff would remember us. I am sure we all look the same to them too.
The staff did more than remember us, their welcome was as warm and effusive as a family member might have expected. The service was far better than it is in far more expensive restaurants that consider themselves superior. They are self-delusional. You don’t charge for service but you pay a high price if you don’t offer it.
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Immigrants should be rounded up THESE people would have been safe in any of the countries they had passed through LEAPY LEE SAYS IT
OTHERS THINK IT ALTHOUGH I do have a great deal of sympathy for the desperate people fleeing from tyranny across the Mediterranean, I can find very little in my heart for the chancers using any means available to get to the UK via the Euro tunnel. These are not the terrorized human beings we see packed in flimsy crafts, risking and often losing their lives in a headlong flight to save themselves. Most of this ‘swarm,’ as David Cameron so eloquently described, have travelled through Tur k e y, Gr e e c e , Ita ly, B elg iu m an d France to finish up at the tunnel way to the UK. These people would have been safe in any of the aforementioned countries, had they deemed to settle there; but they didn’t. This situation has nothing to do with escaping from terror; this is a mob of individuals determined to get a slice of the
UK SHORES: We need to make them realise they cannot scrounge. UK’s hard won cake. The only way to stop them is to make them realise that they will not be at liberty to ponce off the beleaguered British should they manage
to reach UK shores. (Stop putting them up in hotels would be a start!) They need to have it rammed home that should they be caught, they will immedi-
ately be deported all the way back to Syria or Afghanistan or wherever their origins are. Ideally of course the French and British should liaise, using the police and army to forcibly round them up before they can get anywhere near the vehicles and transport. They should all then be shipped to a holding area, where they could be fed and watered and receive medical attention. Following this, in pre-arranged fairly distributed numbers, they should then be given a choice of countries in which to reside. After they have made their choice, they should be given ID cards and permission to work in that country alone. Failure to comply or attempting to enter a non-permitted area should result in immediate deportation. Job done. I dunno, sometimes I really do despair of it all. Have a good week. Thanks for all your correspondence. Fair or foul the ol’ boy can take it. Keep the faith. Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
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EUthenasia as they cannot cope
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THE EU has open borders as there aren’t resources or the will to deal with the numbers of refugees Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.
DURING 2014, 170,000 Mediterranean boat people were rescued, 3,500 died. How do they know what the true figure is? Who knows how many made it to Europe without detection? This stretch of the Mediterranean was effectively policed by Gaddafi’s Libya before he was overthrown by NATO West. It is not just the Mediterranean that is porous; the EU is open borders because there aren’t the resources or the will to deal with the biggest shift in rootless refugees since World War Two. Eastern European nations, some overwhelmed by poverty and unemployment, simply don’t have the resources to deal with the crisis. This is an EU that cannot feed its own starving, elderly and unemployed. Wait until they are shoved to the back of the queue to provide for so-called refugees. Ukraine is hastily fortifying its Russian frontiers. This isn’t to stop the Russians from invading; razor wire doesn’t stop armies. It is to prevent desperate
SOLAR ENERGY: Is free.
Greed, pure and simple
AN INVASION: It seems that Russia is being invaded by the Ukrainians. Ukrainians fleeing to Russia. Mainstream media and Washington trolls tell us Russia is invading Ukraine. It seems to me that with 1,400,000 Ukrainians seeking a better life in Russia it is the Russians who are being invaded. Ukraine is larger than Spain; its population of 46 million roughly the same. This Central European nation, once the bread basket of Europe, Europe’s most
fertile nation, now bankrupt begs for loans, the basics of life. Ukraine has six Western European borders. Only through stability and equal prosperity is it possible to contain peoples in their own lands. Install in Ukraine an unpopular Washington EU backed regime, ensuing Civil War and grinding poverty and its borders cannot be sealed.
What then for Europe when border controls at these six frontiers no longer deal with a polite queue of tourists? Try being a border control officer when every day you see coming towards you 10,000 desperate Ukrainian refugees. Is this unlikely? Ask Russia. Next question, what if Russia and Belarus say enough is enough and slam the door? EU, you asked for this.
Be honest now, is it me? I WAS pretty brassed off at having lost my passport, driver’s licence, credit cards and cash Colin Bird A weekly look Each week, Colin brings his slightly off-thewall view of the world to the pages of EWN in his own irreverent style.
HAVING been robbed at Murcia Airport - losing amongst other things: cash; passport, driver’s licence and debit and credit cards - I was pretty brassed off. Obviously I cancelled all cards on the day of the theft but I needed to attend my bank - Sabadell - with the police crime report in order to release the card numbers for me to forward on to the Guardia. Appointment made and being a conscientious soul, I arrived on time. Not so the lady I had come to see, who emerged 10 minutes later and explained that her bosses from head office were in that day. Okaaay. She was a jolly sort and grinned at the list of items I
had been relieved of at San Javier. And her sense of fun was highlighted over the next 10 minutes or so as she shared jokes with staff as they paused to chat at her desk. There was even banter with a customer who she obviously knew. Wonderful. I like meeting new people. I only required two card numbers and after 30 minutes of chin wagging and m u c h tap-
STOLEN CARDS: Needed to be reported straight away.
SHOULD we believe that the government, any government, is working for the people and not just cowering to the wishes of big business? Looking at the fiasco over recent years with solar energy in Spain, it’s hard to believe otherwise. Since before 2005, the powers that be have tried to convince us solar energy is the way of the future. It’s clean, efficient, never-ending, and free! So they began a programme to encourage everyone to use solar energy, even making it law to include solar installations in new builds. They invested heavily in renewable energy to the point where Spain was one of the largest solar farm energy producers on the planet. But it wasn’t long before the big electricity companies started to feel the pinch. With solar panels being constructed on millions of roofs, profits started to drop. Their answer was to increase the price of mains electricity. However, just recently, as the car company Tesla, announced the invention of their ‘Home Energy Solution,’ the government announced they intend to tax home owners who install solar systems, effectively making solar installations worthless. This of course caused public outrage making the government think thrice. Another turn around! Spain’s Industry Ministry this week says it will “lower the charges it intends to impose on individuals who install solar panels.”
ping of the computer keyboard, I emerged with the necessary information. Ten days later I was notified that my replacement cards were ready for collection. After much rummaging around in boxes, only my credit card was in evidence. Perhaps tomorrow, I was told. But I wasn’t having any of that and asked the teller to check his computer for my debit card’s whereabouts. Eventually after much head scratching and one telephone conversation, I was informed it was at another branch. I opted to collect it myself rather than have it sent to Cabo Roig and drove to Campoamor - not far admittedly, but an inconvenience. No problems here and yes, Now we they had my card. want to A week later I received notihear your news. fication that my debit card was awaiting my collecYOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE tion at my Cabo Roig - YOUR OPINION branch. www.euroweeklynews.com Be honest - is it me?
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The wealth of Nations’ was lost in just one short putt ! Ric Polansky Ric Polansky moved to Mojacar in 1969 as a pioneer developer. He reads extensively and has travelled in South America panning gold and looking for El Dorado.
IN truth, it was a pathetic scream. I still hear it each time I drive by Cortijo Grande’s 18th, just outside the old club house. My heart quivers a little - then I smirk! Four friends golfed each Saturday night. No one else was allowed in. They laughed, played and became unbearable to anyone else on the golf course. Then we rushed to the clubhouse to eat a magic salad prepared by Bambi, tuck into a proper steak, all while imbibing enough wine to float any decent armada. Later Martin would offer up a bottle of good brandy if we promised to pay our bills. Then the game started. You were allowed two clubs and consisted of chipping the ball to the green below from the stone pavement terrace above. Then, finish by putting the ball in. Lowest score takes all. A 5,000 peseta note was required for entry. One tie, all tie AND one of the players could up the bet by adding to the pot which meant you either coughed up or dropped out. It was a game
JJ BARRIE: One of my friends who joined in the four ball match.
We all bought him drink, but nothing could console him. He knew he was a marked man for a life of shame and derision - forever.
of honour and dignity amongst friends; the best four ball I had ever played in. Martin De Bruin, owner of the clubhouse, JJ Barrie, a Canadian singer from England, Ron Squires who putted with just hand and me who took the conquistador route getting to any and every hole. The night was young, about 3.00am and the hole surrounded by all the cars with their headlights glowing, but on we went with the game. We all started again and again and
made new bets. Then it happened. You give enough monkeys keyboards and one of them is gonna write Shakespeare. The singer lad bladed a wedge that might have landed up in Carboneras had it not got caught up in the flag below and dropped within a pencil’s length from the hole. On the line was more money and IOUs than the American treasury owed. The winner could easily afford to phone a helicopter service and fly him home to bed that night. The extremely quiet one Ron raised the bet by 10,000 pesetas. Martin quickly doubled and now JJ was looking at a putt of six inches to six miles. Well, he lined that putt up for about half an hour, dropping to his knees, crawling around, checking for sudden breaks, stood, reluctantly pulled the club head back and touched the ball, which moved about three inches. A lag putt at 4.00am and then his frightening scream! Old JJ had bottled out. We all bought him more drink, but nothing could console him. He knew he was a marked man for a life of shame and derision - forever! PS. The IOUs you might have won were never allowed to be cashed but only given as Birthday and Christmas gifts. It was a good four ball amongst good friends.
Better to go with the flow Cassandra Nash A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene
IT was always a Spanish tendency to assume that what is not banned is compulsory, which is why Rajoy is mistaken in being so inflexible over Catalunya’s independence. Polls hint that more than half of Catalans do not want it and unless he is careful he will push waverers into the secessionists’ arms.
The carrot... WILL it wash? Finance minister and Hacienda boss Cristobal Montoro promised to lower income tax if Mariano Rajoy is re-elected in the forthcoming general elections. It’s a tempting offer but less enticing than either appears to understand. After all, the promise of an income tax break will mean little to the millions who are still unemployed.
Learning curve for Wert FORMER Education minister Jose Ignacio Wert is now Spain’s ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Despite all the perks, life in ministerial Madrid couldn’t have been easy for muchdisliked Wert, who wasn’t all that popular even inside his own party. He asked to stand down when his wife Montserrat Gomendio was appointed the OECD’s assistant director general for Education in Paris and the famous revolving door debouched Wert into an enviably cushy job. And now he is disliked even more than before, gossip has it, by career diplomats better qualified for the job. JOSE IGNACIO WERT: Wasn’t all that popular even inside his own party.
...and the stick THE present government dangles enticements like Montoro’s on one hand while proffering dire warnings on the other. Pacts like those that changed the colour of town halls and regional government after the May elections will bring instability, Mariano Rajoy has warned. So far neither town halls nor regional governments have imploded even though a lot of the newly-arrived politicians have much to learn. At least the pacts bring with them the necessity of learning to live together, an exercise for which neither Rajoy nor the Partido Popular has shown much interest or aptitude. But hang on a minute: what about the local and regional governments where the PP’s majorities are shored up Ciudadanos? By Rajoy’s own reckoning, they must be unstable too.
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Atomic bomb I HAVE just seen the Japanese Prime Minister calling for an end to all nuclear weapons. Does he forget that his country was bombed into peace 60 years ago? Does he forget the world has had a period of relative peace for the last 60 years because everyone is scared to go to war because there would be no winners? If we get rid of our weapons we would have a biological war within a short period of time because it cannot be traced to its origin. This is the best of a bad situation, but it’s the best there is. Clive Graham (by email)
Euro vote I READ with interest the two letters regarding the praise for Huercal Overa Hospital (I can vouch exactly the same for Torrecardenas), and also to chase our local MP about staying in Europe. With regards to the EU, it strikes me that the person we should be castigating is the self-satisfied Iain Duncan Smith!
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IT is little wonder that the ramblas and roadsides, not to mention the countryside itself, are littered with the detritus of a throwaway culture. I have a computer Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS, SIA in Spanish) in which the battery has died. This is a lead-acid battery, very toxic and should not be disposed of except at a recognised centre. I emailed my local Ayuntamiento (Cantoria) on the 8th July 2015 asking about ecological disposal arrangements. They replied within 24 hours to tell me that the recycling centre was in Albox and that I needed to contact them. I emailed the Ayuntamiento de Albox on the 9th of July, requesting details on environmental disposal. No reply. Nine days later, the 17th July
If we come out of the EU not only will pensions be frozen but the Spanish Health Service will not be free to pensioners, so nice letters about it will not arrive in the Your Say column. What will happen is that many pensioners who get free health cover, and a slight annual increment to their pension, will become BENEFIT IMMIGRANTS to the country of birth. Harvey (Hogan) Appel, Sorbas, Almeria
Good decision? WOW big news! The government have at last found an answer to all our problems concerning immigration. Get rid of them; make it impossible for them to stay. Bravo… but
2015, I made a complaint regarding their lack of action. Again, no reply. I accept that my Spanish is not perfect but it is comprehensible and has not caused a problem in the past. The message read: Me pido disculpa si mi español no es correcto. Soy Inglés. Soy habitante del municipio de Cantoria. Tengo una acumulador que no funciona, de tipo plomoácido, desde un dispositivo SAI. ¿Puede decirme a donde puedo disponer o reciclar de ella en una manera ecológico, por favor? The temptation now is to just take the dead battery to their offices in Albox and leave it at the desk. Dave England, Cantoria
small problem; what will happen to the holiday and leisure industries that are doing so well in helping us out of recession, and what will happen to our agricultural industry which competes with Spain, which runs almost completely on illegal immigrants on low pay? I will tell you; England will become too expensive to visit because not only will there be no skilled people to do the jobs, but those that do replace them will be costly and not as efficient. It is a fact that the tourist industries are run on immigrant labour, a lot of which is illegal. Most of it is overlooked because it works very well, and anyway, it is mostly foreign-owned. So I await the success that the government is predicting. I hope it’s more successful than Tony’s escapade in Iraq. Clive Graham, (by email)
Slave labour I AM sick to death hearing of people coming to Britain, claiming human rights and saying they have right to a better life. Do they really believe that all you have to do is demand something and claim human rights and that makes it OK? We already have thousands of lazy people claiming benefits, and guess what they say? Yes, you’ve got it; it’s their right. The mind boggles when an immigrant is asked: “Why do you want go to the UK.” He replies: “Because it’s the best country in the world.” When asked: “Don’t you want to go to France, Germany or Italy?” they say they don’t get accommodation and benefits. Am I stupid? Surely the answers
to our problem are to offer the same as they get offered in other countries... nothing, problem solved! We have people described as being in political minorities and they are in danger of their lives. The other day they interviewed Muslim fundamentalists from Egypt. Well, what about the thousands of Coptic Christians that are being burnt alive in their own churches? If you had the time and facilities to screen all these people that are forcing their way into the UK, you would find very few with completely clean hands. What does arise from this immigration situation is the worrying fact that Britain needs willing, hardworking cheap labour to fuel our recovery. Unfortunately, they are thin on the ground from local labour markets. Britain’s successful recovery has been based on firms paying slave wages, but this has enabled the country to recover. This has been achieved to a great extent on immigrant labour. So is this why the steady trail of migrants are getting into the UK? Again the hypocrisy of people who are screaming about sending people back to where they came from, at the same time are happy to buy fruit and veg at ridiculously low prices because they have been picked and marketed for slave wages. Does anybody believe that we could live in the luxury that we do today if it wasn’t for the millions of people working in disgusting conditions for wages that they can barely feed themselves on. I live in this world, and am as guilty as anyone else. But at least I know it. Clive Graham (by email)
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Poldark series 2 will be 10 episodes long as BBC One super-sizes its monster hit Richard Shanley
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AIDAN TURNER has teased us with more details about series two of Poldark, revealing it will be a 10-episode run for the BBC. The actor spoke to The Huffington Post about filming the new series of shows based on the books, saying two extra episodes will be filmed. Turner said: “We’ve two extra episodes this season, which is amazing. The shoot is probably seven and a half months or something like that. A bit longer than last year.” Despite the long shoot, Turner is looking forward to the prospect of donning the military uniform again on location in Cornwall, saying he “can’t wait
MARTIN KEMP: Joining the cast of Birds of a Feather. I love shooting the show, I love Cornwall, and adore everyone in the show, so it’ll be fun.
to get back there.” He said: “I love shooting the show, I love Cornwall, and adore everyone in the show, so it’ll be fun.” The first series of Poldark was a huge hit for the BBC, drawing in 5.9 million viewers for its final episode back in April.
Martin Kemp has joined the cast of Birds of a Feather. The actor will make a special guest appearance in the first episode of the new series, playing a character called Vince. Unsurprisingly, Lesley Joseph’s Dorien takes an instant shine to him. The new series of Birds of a Feather is currently filming and will air on ITV in 2016. It will be the show’s 12th series in total and its third since moving to ITV last year. Star Linda Robson recently explained why she turned down the chance to join Strictly Come Dancing, saying she didn’t want to be the joke act. However, she suggested that Joseph - who is currently appearing on ITV’s Flockstars would be a great addition to the dancing competition. If you would like me to answer any questions you may have on satellite TV or to
expand on anything I have written about please call me on 678 332 815 or email richard@europa-digital.com. I look forward to your comments and questions. Don’t forget to listen to my radio show every weekday from 10am on Spectrum 96.1 & 106.8FM, now covering almost 3000sq kms of Costa Almeria and Calida or listen online at costaalmeria.spectrumfm.net for the latest news and views from the world of satellite television. Richard Shanley Tel No: 950 61 51 42 Mob No: 678 33 28 15 Twitter: SpectrumAlmeria Skype: spectrumfm.mojacar Facebook: Spectrum FM Costa Almeria WEB: www.costaalmeria. spectrumfm.net MSN: spectrumfmmojacar@live.co.uk
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CANCER (June 22 - July 23) It is hard to fit into a situation this week you thought nothing of putting yourself in a certain position, but now that you are there you see the problem. You are not so much out of place, as feeling rather awkward. Why? This is a new experience for you, and you are unused to new places.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20) A surprise visit or phone call this week takes your mind back into the past. Perhaps something that you did not fully understand is now explained. Although, there may be elements that you find upsetting midweek, it is important to
AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) A door fleetingly opens in front of you
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GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Doing what is 'right' comes easily to you, but this week throws up a strange situation, and this time doing what is 'right' could have the wrong result. I do hope that doesn't sound confusing, because it is not meant to be. To get the outcome that you desire it may be necessary for you to withhold some information.
PISCES (February 20 - March 20) As you know what you want, it should be a simple thing to devise a method of getting it. But you may need a little expert help and lots of determination. Younger people turn out to be most useful in this respect and treat the whole thing as a game.
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Having put out feelers for something to do in the summer evenings, it now seems that you are spoiled for choice. Go for new experiences first and the tried and tested later.
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TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) It is always difficult for you to stand by and see others make glaring mistakes, especially a family member. However, there are times when it is important that people work things out for themselves. It is only then that a lesson is truly taken on board.
and you see something desirable. After the door has closed you still see the image. Why do you deny what you need when it is so easily possible for you to attain it? Reach out this week in the right direction and keep moving forward. .
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1. In 1911, which American journalist and newspaper proprietor left funds to provide annual prizes for American literature and journalism? 2. Name any two of the four US presidents who have received the Nobel Peace Prize? 3. On which British games show did ‘points mean prizes’? 4. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a five-member committee appointed by the parliament of which country? 5. What is the name of the principal prize awarded annually at the international contest of television light entertainment programmes at Montreux, Switzerland? 6. Which annual British literary prize has been won by Iris Murdoch (1978), Salman Rushdie (1981), Anita Brookner (1984), Kingsley Amis (1986), Roddy Doyle (1993) and Hilary Mantel (2009)? 7. Which black comedy crime comedy film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino won the main prize at the 1994 Cannes film festival? 8. Which Irish playwright won both a Nobel Prize and an Oscar? 9. Which television game show that ran from 1978 to 1988, was hosted by Ted Rogers and featured a booby prize called Dusty Bin? 10. Which US tennis player became the first woman player to win $1 million in prize money, before retiring in 1989?
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Across 7 Mend (6) 8 Somewhere near (6) 9 Naked (4) 10 Precise (8) 11 Made fit or suitable (7) 13 Challenges (5) 15 Earnings (5) 17 Own (7) 20 Cellar (8) 21 Dispatch (4) 22 Of or relating to the teeth (6) 23 Made afraid (6)
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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 5 represents B and 25 represents C, so fill in B every time the figure 5 appears and C every time the figure 25 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.
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19 Gets healthy again (5) 21 Remain (4)
Down: 1 Seeks, 2 Evade, 3 Griddle, 4 Trench, 5 Rebus, 6 Stylish, 7 Stunned, 12 Pelican, 13 Witness, 15 Ensnare, 16 Retina, 18 Imply, 20 Amigo, 21 Theme.
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
Across 1 Cubo (balde) (6) 4 Mano (4) 8 Despierto (no dormido) (5) 9 Habitaciones (5) 10 Cuento (para niños) (5) 11 Oveja (5) 14 Now (at this time, immediately) (5) 16 Daughter-in-law (5) 17 To pray (say prayers) (4) 18 Flechas (6)
ENGLISH-SPANISH Across:
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
1 Cabras, 4 Lobo, 8 About, 9 Sheet, 10 Camareras, 13 Frase, 15 Smoke, 16 Rata, 17 Armada.
Down: 2 Broma, 3 Anteayer, 5 Owe, 6 Out, 7 Ascensor, 11 Ahora, 12 Ceja, 13/1 Fur coat, 14 Ant.
Down 1 Latón (metal) (5) 2 Nail (metal) (5) 3 Todos los días (5,3) 5 Year (12 months) (3) 6 Two (3) 7 Prisionero (8) 12 January (5) 13 Proyectos (intenciones) (5) 14 Garlic (3) 15 Goose (domestic) (3)
Hexagram
1 Sleight, 5 Rests, 8 Examine, 9 Bayou, 10 Spend, 11 Cushion, 12 Powder, 14 Method, 17 Lattice, 19 Scant, 22 Cheap, 23 Imagine, 24 Nosey, 25 Anemone.
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14 Struggle between rivals (7) 16 Astonished (6) 18 Vocalist (6)
1 Tangle, 3 Taught, 8 Airdrie, 10 Tiara, 11 Leeks, 12 Service, 13 Waist, 15 Caged, 20 Artists, 22 Apace, 24 Trite, 25 Obscene, 26 Dreads, 27 Bitter.
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1 Trails, 2 Nurse, 4 Altar, 5 Granite, 6 Teased, 7 Heist, 9 Ruses, 14 Astride, 16 Amass, 17 Lasted, 18 Ascot, 19 Meteor, 21 Steed, 23 Adept.
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Down 1 Request urgently and forcefully (6) 2 Dislike intensely (4) 3 Clothed (7) 4 Enthusiastic (5) 5 Vacations (8) 6 Have as a guest (6) 12 Thwarts (8)
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Cryptic The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (WHENCE) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
BATTER
STEEDS
BOARDS
STOREY
BREEZE
STRAND
BUSHES
TESTED
CURSED
TRACED
ENTERS
TREATY
GAITER
TURNED
PATROL
WHENCE(10)
SPLASH
WRITHE
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Petite, 2 Bitten, 3 Shanty, 4 Intent, 5 Martin, 6 Teethe, 7 Fetter, 8 Trauma, 9 Temple, 10 Faucet, 11 Eureka, 12 Beetle, 13 Caught, 14 Jumble, 15 Cutlet, 16 Judged, 17 Omelet, 18 Drench, 19 Zounds
Across 1 Leave off, it’s Ed’s turn (6) 4 Confinements, we hear, in beds (6) 9 Tell the story about near rat (7) 10 Japanese port, old seaport Asians knew about initially (5) 11 Change people appearing in advertisement (5) 12 Where the stage is set for an operation (7) 13 Treatment providing cure, cut up an eccentric (11) 18 Arab cot is redesigned for a gymnast (7) 20 Hot drink care of the company middleman (5) 22 Found Hydra makes emotional performance (5) 23 Old equipment used by foreign friend for Japanese art (7) 24 Wandered about cultivated garden (6) 25 Superior gambler (6) Down 1 Dismissal of agreement about Ulster (6) 2 Found some fabric in sergeant’s
mess (5) 3 Rise to your feet for a let down (5-2) 5 Run away from antelopes (5) 6 Renegade and characteristic alternative (7) 7 Climbed like a fish? (6) 8 Is it an end to transport? (11) 14 Sure to have new crate at home (7)
15 Touching diplomacy by the Italian Embassy’s head (7) 16 Warned about stray (6) 17 Luxury food unusual for a vicar (6) 19 Introduction to book by mere poet (5) 21 Plan to get a hundred deer (5)
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Law on tow bars AS part of a new series, we answer some common driving questions, kindly provided by members of the Guardia Civil based in Torrevieja, Costa Blanca, who set up the N332 website and Facebook page to help break down barriers.
TOW BARS: Must be official approved and fitted in a certified garage. IF you need to tow a trailer with your vehicle and need a tow bar installed, it must be done in an authorised, qualified workshop and in compliance with the law. In 2011, the law in Spain categorised tow bars and standardised the European directive of 2007 which elevated the tow bar from an accessory to a ‘major reform.’ As a result, all tow bars not only must be of an approved and authorised type for the individual vehicle in question, they can only be fitted in certified garages that can issue a technical report; a requirement to ensure the vehicle will pass its ITV inspection. There are two types of tow bars; a fixed ball hook and a removable ball latch. The fixed ball hook does not disassemble and
any form of manipulation is forbidden. The removable ball latch, at the name suggests, is detachable and consists of a fixed element and an easily removable part which may be semi-automatic or by a thread or automatic pressure and ball rotation. Although they can pose a hazard to other road users, protruding from the vehicle and interfering with the shape and design of the vehicle’s safety features in the event of a rear-end collision, there is no legal requirement to remove them when not in use. No tow bar can interfere with the visibility of rear elements such as lights or licence plate. Only officially approved tow bars are permitted in Spain and only for the purpose of towing a trailer or caravan.
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Does lack of MOT invalidate insurance? I feel some clarification is needed for the recent article regarding the ITV on foreign plated cars. I understand from the multilingual notice at ITV stations that the ITV is not valid on non-Spanish cars. UK law requires the car to have an MOT and road Let’s try to be as clear as possible. UK: Section 47 of the Road Traffic Act states that failure to have a current MOT invalidates your motor insurance. In real life, most insurance companies will pay out for relatively small claims, especially those involving third parties. In the case of major accidents, the doctrine of ‘road-
tax for the insurance to be active. Without either, the insurance is invalid and the driver is breaking the law. For the safety of all road users, could I ask for clarification?
David Searl You and the Law in Spain
In real life, most insurance companies will pay out for relatively small claims.
P.M. (Costa Blanca) worthiness’ may be applied, even when the MOT is out of date. SPAIN: The law is not so specific but lack of a current ITV can be grounds for an insurance company to pay only for the damage to a third party and not for the insured vehicle. You are correct that an ITV on a UK-plated car has no legal validity.
Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
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Are you getting enough iron? EU recommends 14mg a day TRY a glass of red wine and snack on some liquorice for your daily intake of iron IRON is vital for our general wellbeing and health, helping our bodies to make red blood cells which carry oxygen around the body, and help fight symptoms such as tiredness, pale skin, hair loss and an irregular heartbeat. But
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many of us simply don’t get enough. EU recommendations say that adults should have 14mg of iron a day. But on average, men get only 11.7mg and women just 9.6mg.
LIQUORICE ALLSORTS: One of the lesser well known sources of iron.
Guaranteed maternity leave called for by WHO
WORKING WOMEN: Lack of protection in the work place. TO mark World Breastfeeding Week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended that governments guarantee paid maternity leave of at least four months to promote and facilitate breastfeeding. The WHO expressed concern over the lack of protection of breastfeeding working women who are recommended to breastfeed babies for the first six months. As well as entitlement to at least four months of maternity leave, the WHO is call-
ing on companies to provide a private area for mothers to be able to express milk during work time and to put in place programmes to prevent discrimination against women and working mothers. It is estimated only a third of babies are exclusively breastfed for the first six months, but studies have shown breast milk provides all the energy and nutrients needed by the child and better protects from infections.
Meanwhile, nearly half of girls aged 11 to 18 have less than 8mg a day the amount they need to avoid deficiency. Most people get their iron intake from red meats and vegetables, but vitamin Crich foods, such as citrus foods are also beneficial as they help with iron absorption. But for quick ways to increase your iron intake, try eating and snacking on some of the lesser well known sources of iron such as: cashew nuts; liquorice allsorts; baked beans; eggs; canned sardines; hummus; tofu and even Bombay mix and red wine, all known to have a strong iron content.
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Blown away by a budgie! Nora Johnson
Breaking Views Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist. To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson
NEWS that the charity Kids Company, faced with accusations of financial mismanagement, closed after receiving millions in government grants isn’t surprising. Such charities attract funding on the basis of the number of clients and their impact. Dishing out money willy-nilly has clients breaking down their doors to get in. These charities then say, “Hey, we’re doing a great job. Look at all these children self-referring to us. Give us even more money!” Now, I have no problem if private donors are happy to fund such outfits. But UK taxpayers’ money shouldn’t be frittered away like this. Deserving charities, however, do need our help. Especially those in the UK supported by the late Cilla Black, for instance, and those on the Costa del Sol like Cudeca to which I donate all profits from sales of my novels.
FUNDRAISING: Deserving charities do need our help. I mention all this since my previous efforts at charity fundraising in the UK had some unexpectedly disastrous results. In the wake of the 2006 Asian tsunami, I decided to do something myself. And the Red Cross was the
unfortunate choice of my first-ever, practical volunteering efforts (previous contributions solely financial). This involved door-to-door collections of, reportedly, discarded clothes, toys etc. Actually, it involved everything imaginable and unimag-
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Two mauve bridesmaids’ dresses. Box of human hair. Assorted sanitary ware. Thereafter, I had this constant nightmare of bumping into a toothless, one-legged character on his way to the Masonic Hall brandishing half a samurai sword supported by a bald lady in a mauve wedding dress bearing a bidet. Anyway, I was doing fine until I reached the last house on my list. A woman eventually opened the door. Before I could speak, she said sweetly: “Sorry, ducky, I’m in the middle of blowdrying the budgie.2 I was so dumbstruck words froze in my mouth as the door slammed shut. I’d got as cheerful a welcome as a Trot at a Tory party conference. So if, during any future local elections, you need a sure-fire method of ridding yourself of unwanted visitors (canvassers/ politicians) this lady may just have the answer… Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89;£0.79) and iBookstore. Profits to Cudeca.
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PLENTY of places to visit with the group where members can meet other people IF YOU wa n t t o g e t o u t an d a b o u t more, but are a bit in the dark about what to do and who to see, then why not check out the Almanzora Group of Friends. This so c i a l g r o u p w a s s ta rte d in 1998 by a small group of expats who had decided to make beautiful Spain their home, but also who needed to expand their knowledge of the surrounding areas. Now they have a central meeting point, The English Library
where expats can use the facilities and ask advice from the staff. There are plenty of places to visit with the group where members can meet other likeminded people along the way. There are coach trips and outings to places such as Sierra de los Filabres or Altiplano de Granada where you can enjoy a full day out of sightseeing and have lunch. Some of the past events have taken the group to some of the most interesting places in and around Almeria. If you like a day full of surprises then the
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Almanzora Group is accustomed to arranging some fantastic mystery tours that are packed with interesting things to discover. If this sounds like fun to you, then you can find the Almanzora Group of Friends on Avenida Lepanto, 04800 Albox, Almeria. The group is totally self funding and not affiliated to any political or religious organisations; it is a place to have fun with friends.
FRIENDLY OUTINGS: If you like a day full of surprises, then the group is the place for you.
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The Royal British Legion mark 70 year anniversary AFTERNOON tea dance was held in the style of a street party By Staff Reporter IT might have been hot and humid in La Alfoquia recently, but it’s nothing compared to conditions faced by Second World War Allied soldiers who fought and won in the Far East, remembered recently by members of the Zurgena and District Branch of the Royal British Legion The group was marking this year’s 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, and members felt they wanted to recreate the atmosphere of Britain at that time. An afternoon tea dance in the style of a street party was held at the RENFE Building in La Alfoquia on Saturday and 50 members and friends ate and danced their way through 1940s food and music all afternoon. Some were brave enough to dress in period costume, from members of the American Forces to brave mums and daughters who carried on cooking and cleaning while war raged. Then there were the ‘spivs’ who tried to make a shady living from people who needed everyday things that were rationed such as knicker elastic and petrol. They all turned up for a great afternoon of music provided by Johnny Slade, great food including Spam fritters and jelly and blancmange from Scrumptious, and welcome drinks from a bar provided by Sampo and Ana from Restaurante Kalevala. A spokesperson said: “Think we have it tough in this heat and humidity? Then just take a look at history, we have the soft option. We Will Remember Them.”
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Have fun with Indalo Hash House Harriers
OLD TIMES: Members and friends danced their way through the afternoon.
THE INDALO Hash House Harriers are a small group that meet every 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month and t he m em ber s r ange f r om teenagers to 70 years. Thi s gr oup ai m t o have f un by enj oyi ng wal ks or runs ranging between 5-8 km, that includes a refreshment stop where they can enjoy some friendly banter. It is a great way to exercise as i t i s m uch easi er t o achieve when you are with others that will spur you on, and it is totally non-competitive. The area covered is from Mojacar to San Juan on the coast. There are no rules so
anything goes as long as it is fun and there are some very enjoyable trails to follow using your skills. If you like the outdoors and enjoy walking then you can find out more about this fun loving group via email at indalo3@gmail.com or visit indalo3.freehostia.com. Hashing is a state of mind - a f r i endshi p of ki ndr ed spirits joined together for the sole purpose of reliving their childhood, releasing t he t ensi ons of ever yday life, and generally, acting a f ool am ongst ot her s who will not judge you or measure you by anything more than your sense of humour.
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GET ready to join in this night of nostalgia By Wendy Ann Cowham HEY MAN if you want to groove on down, then keep on trucking towards Miraflores Camping on August 13. The event will start from 7.00pm onwards and you can join in this night of nostalgia by putting on your glad rags and be ready to hit the dance floor when the
disco gets started at 8.00pm. There will be a buffet with chicken, ribs, sausage, potatoes and more to get your energy levels fuelled up, as this promises to be a groovy night of fun. There will be live music with the Day Trippers Band, so don’t be shy of freaking out to the sounds. As the theme is love, peace and flower power, then it is
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GLAD RAGS: Theme is love, peace and flower power. a must to bring or wear something of that nature. The price is only €12.00 per person and tickets are moving fast, so hurry as it is predicted to be a sell out! There will be a coach from Mo-
jacar Playa and pick up points on the way. Contact Facebook Miraflores Camping Los Gallardos or Facebook hippies eighth annual party for more information.
CHOCOLATE was said to have been introduced into Spain in the 16th century. Some believe that it was the Mayans who were the very first producers of it as they had cultivated the cocoa bean and also used them as currency. Ten beans would buy you a rabbit, so they were classed as valuable. The Mayans also traded with the Aztecs who were unable to grow cocoa themselves, and a ceremonial drink was concocted using chocolate and chillies. High priests in the Aztec culture were known to have drunk this as it was an expensive luxury.
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DANCING HORSES: Perform movements that mirror flamenco dancers. By Wendy Ann Cowham ON Tuesday August 14, there will be another chance to see the charming Dancing Horses at the Plaza de Toros de Vera. This is an amazing show that incorporates humans and horses
dancing together in great harmony. With approximately 50 horses in the show, you can watch a spectacular display of creative and innovative movements. Beside the dancers there are numerous light shows which give the element of fire.
This is a unique show that gives you an insight to these beautiful and intelligent animals. The mood is classical as the horses perform movements that mirror flamenco dancers in the arena alongside them. Call 950 456 603.
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Bilingual summer success ALB OX’ S 2 0 1 5 b ilin g u a l summ e r sc h o o l h as b e e n classed as a great success as it was fully booked with a total of 150 children aged betwee n t h r e e a n d 1 3 ta k in g part. The school ran from July 1-31 wi t h f i n a n c i n g fro m Almeria Provincial Council and Albox Council, meaning pare n t s p a i d j u st € 2 5 p er child, or €94 for those who also stayed for lunch. Catering was done by El Saliente disabled peoples’ charity. Mayor Rogelio Luis Mena said he was very happy with the r e su l t s o f t h e s u mme r school; whch combined English language with traditional games, sports, laughter therapy, a r t , d a n c i n g a n d w a te r games. Pupils also went on a trip to Huercal Overa municipal park for a unique day in nature.
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All the fun of the San Roque fair in Arboleas THERE will be music provided dedicated to the best decades of pop-rock By Eleanor Hawkins ARBOLEAS is celebrating its annual San Roque Fair this week from today (Thursday 13) until Sunday. A number of activities have been organised. Mayor Cristobal Garcia said: “I wish this to be a good fair for everyone, it is planned aiming to have fun without spending too much.” Today (August 13), youngsters will be able to have fun from 6pm onwards as it is the Dia del Niño (children’s day). Later on Grupo FM will be providing music dedicated to the best decades of pop-rock. Tomorrow, Friday 14, cyclists get their chance to shine at 10am for the Dia de la Bicicleta (Bike day). In the evening, Sophia’s gymnastics group will be showing off their talents at 7.30pm followed by dancing from Carrie’s Dusty Boots and Grupo Arbuli. Friday night will continue with music by La Serena and Pentagrama and the Queen of the 2015 Fair will be crowned at a ceremony in the early hours. Activities for Saturday include a dance exhibition at 9pm and a traditional evening party with music. Arboleas’ San Roque celebrations end on Sunday with a group lunch at 2pm.
SAN ROQUE FAIR: With something for everyone.
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Contract now signed for new park in Albox ALMERIA Provincial Council has awarded a works contract for €151,189 to demolish and rebuild a children’s playground in Pago de Los Caños, Albox. Gabriel Amat, president of the provincial council, has signed a contract for the work with Pablo Rodriguez SL construction company for the works, which consist of knocking down and rebuilding the deteriorated playground to adapt it to regulations and provide necessary elements for local children and adults to make use of within the current fenced off area. Before the construction company begins, municipal workers will remove the fittings currently in place and trees in bad condition. Once this is done the pavement will be removed. The
new park has been designed to meet the ground, meaning no movement of earth will be necessary. The design includes a play area, garden area, artificial lawns and a paved area with a wooden hut with water and electricity. “This work, funded by the provincial council, will benefit local families in this part of Albox,” Amat said.
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And the winner is... a pizzeria! SERON’S tapas competition winner has been announced
TAPAS COMPETITION: Participation exceeded expectations this year. By Wendy Ann Cowham THE winning establishment for the recent second edition of De Tapas Por Seron, according to votes by members of the public collected and counted at the town hall, was cafeteria pizze-
ria Yelamos for its Flauta de Jamon de Seron, a ham and cheese roll. The council also held a draw of baskets of local produce, the winners of which were Juan Jose Cazorla Gea and Ana Maria Martinez Moreno. Meals
at the winning establishment were won by Maria del Mar Castaño Domene and Maria Muro Martinez. Participation exceeded expectations this year with a total of 2,562 tapas eaten and 315 valid tapas passports handed in.
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tions that give constant satisfaction and motivation, and are uplifting physically and spiritually. It is not difficult when home cooking from
own produce to create a Mediterranean style diet. • Economic well-being by producing an increasing percentage of your own flower-
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Look out for the new cover While sheltering from the midday sun in August I took the chance to upgrade the cover of the book ‘Living Well From Our Garden Mediterranean Style’ to make it as attractive as that of the Spanish translation. So when browsing Amazon or other internet book shops look out for the new attractive and informative cover. MOSQUITO TIP A few weeks ago a reader wrote in asking for tips for controlling mosquitos and mosquito bites. Firstly lantana plants planted around the house especially under windows and elsewhere around the garden deter active mosquitos and their entry into the house. Secondly rub some leaves between your hands and then rub your hands all over your skin. You can also steep lantana leaves in olive oil for a week and then massage with the oil. Leaves from red and yellow flowered plants appear to work best. We first used this approach when walking across mosquito ridden Reunion Island. It worked better than purchased sprays. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com August 2015.
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Summer nights on the terrace SOME inexpensive ways of decorating your terrace or garden hideaway WITH long summer nights for a little while longer at least, outdoor spaces should be an ideal place to savour the cooler temperatures. While Spain’s retailers cater for all needs, there are some more inexpensive ways to decorate your terrace or garden hideaway. In the garden, a more stylish alternative to cheap plastic seating is to use low cost concrete blocks topped off with a foam pad and some bright cushions. Likewise a similar configuration can be made to create dining tables with strips of decking as table tops.
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ing plants, foods and beverages in a creative garden environment. • A great garden environment can also reduce the desire to constantly get into the car to go elsewhere for shopping, a beer or glass of wine, entertainment or escapism, or to live on medications and vitamin/mineral supplements. Catering gastronomically for friends at home is less expensive than eating out. Over the past 25 years both menus of the day and a la carte have gone up five to 15 fold for like to like meals. Growing your own produce also reduces the amount of vegetables thrown away as they are past their best.
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CREATING SHADE: Fabrics draped around the patio can also provide privacy.
Outdoor lights hung over the terrace, or wrapped around a pergola can create a much more convivial atmosphere for you and your guests. Fabrics draped around the patio have a dual purpose of creating shade and privacy, especially if you are overlooked by neighbours. Make the most of your plants, no matter how simple, by making them a central feature of the terrace or garden, using brightly coloured pots, framing them, lining them on shelves or if you are fond of urban design, hang them in a vertical box or container.
Five tools every gardener should own IT matters not how large, or indeed how small your garden is, there are some tools that are essential, and some that just clutter up the garden shed. The next time you are strolling through your local garden centre, and you hear yourself saying: “Gloves? I need those! Plants? I need those! Shiny chrome leaf demister with a photo of Marilyn Monroe on it?”… stop yourself right there! Only the hardiest of veteran flowerists can forget about the basics, while for the not so green thumbed,
tackling a garden centre with a vast array of gardening tools can be bewildering. You don’t need them all, but you will find these five indispensable: 1. Spades and forks I dare you to try digging a flowerbed without a spade! If there is one tool that will always be needed for something… it’s a spade. Forks are great for breaking up soil, sods and lifting plants, but you’ll learn to love your spade. Be sure to choose the right length for your height, or your back will suffer.
2. A Rake Or rather two rakes. For preparing seed beds, levelling soil or removing stones and twigs, you'll need a steel headed rake. Whereas, if you have grass, then a lawn rake, (flexible teeth), will remove leaves, moss and grass clippings. And of course, the more teeth it has, the faster you’ll get the job done. 3. Pair of Secateurs Far easier to use than a standard knife, secateurs are good for pruning, cutting wood and taking cuttings. However, if your garden has lots of
trees with thick branches, then a pair of loppers would be better. 4. A Hoe These are great for the unglamorous task of weeding as they take care of a lot of work in a short amount of time. The sharp edge runs through the soil, allowing you to quickly pull the weeds out from the ground. 5. Dibber Although a sturdy digit finger may do the trick for many a seed, these pointed wooden tools are ideal for planting very tiny seedlings, or large bulbs.
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Dealing with barking and destructive ways I USE video to enable me to study the dog’s behaviour when it is on its own
BARKING DOGS: Being punished is not the answer.
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AS a behaviourist I would be seeking ways to analyse barking and destructive behaviour to see if particular animals are suitable for Clomicalm or any other drug that might be given by a vet. I would install a video camera in the owner’s home to enable me to study the dog’s behaviour when left on its own. All too often the owner primes the dog before leaving the house. An emotional farewell of “Don’t worry, Mummy won’t be long!” will make the dog believe there
is something to worry about. And then a prolonged welcome and greeting could reinforce the separation for the dog. Being punished for barking is not the answer. In the case of such like the citronella-squirting collars, there is an added disadvantage that even if the dog is quiet after getting a nose full of unpleasant scent, that scent remains in his environment, still punishing him when he is silent. Here is what to do if you own a barking dog. First of all, teach the dog a “Shush!” command. This can be done quite easily by allowing the dog two or three barks, then hold a piece of tasty food under his nose - the dog will not be able to sniff and bark at the same time. This gives you several seconds of quietness when you can praise before allowing him to get the treat. Try making a chart of when the dog barks. Most neighbours will be happy to
help out here! This could show that the dog starts to bark when the post arrives. Whilst you’re out of the house: It is generally reckoned that most barking and destructive chewing happens within half an hour of the dog being left alone. Think of ways to entertain your dog for that critical half hour. Offering a tasty bone, or Kong toy stuffed with something nice tasting, just as you are about to leave the house will keep the dog amused for some time. But most of all, cut out the dramatics! No big leaving or arriving acts. Try to ignore the dog for at least 15 minutes before you leave the house, and also ignore him for the same time when you return home. Ignore means do not look at the dog, do not speak to the dog and do not touch the dog. If you are living next door to a barking dog - offering help can be a much better tactic than calling the police!
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To find a pet-sitter go to www.HousesitMatch.com or call Lamia on +44 (0)1865521508 eral sitters with the home owner in order to give each member a choice of options. Fortunately, we had recently connected with a house-sitter who worked as an online language coach, an American, who had lived near Barcelona for about 10 years. Originally a marketing professional, he had fallen in love with the Mediterranean and become a linguist and a pet-sitter. He found the two worked well together and satisfied his love of pets, especially dogs and working with expats - teaching them Spanish and Catalan, languages he had learned to love. He applied for the housesit and created one possible solution for our worried Gorgeous Granny. At least that was one worry off her shoulders… To find a pet-sitter go to www.HousesitMatch.com or call Lamia on +44 (0)1865 521508.
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Granny goes home urgently to help her son WE recently received a call from a lovely lady who wanted to register on our site as Gorgeous Granny. Nice name, I said, you’re the first! We use made-up names on the HouseSitMatch network to help manage our security online. No details are revealed about members until they choose to reveal identity and location once they feel safe having connected with a checked sitter. When we show a location on the map it is tracked to the nearest town, not to the exact postcode. Her call was rather urgent; her son was unwell in London and she needed to return to England to be with him within the week. Could we find her someone to care for her two much loved dogs? Both are rescued, she said, and need a loving pet-sitter. We normally like to have more than four days’ notice, it gives us a better chance of connecting sev-
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Cats must eat meat but dogs can be vegetarian By David THE Dogman CATS are obligate carnivores, which means that they must have meat in their diet. Dogs can manage without meat, and live on a vegetarian diet. I personally do not recommend this and highly recommend dried food. Always go for the ‘Plus’ quality never the ‘Sports’ - your dog is not a working dog. Rats are very clever... if they eat some-
thing that makes them feel unwell, they will never eat it again. This makes them difficult to poison. They also know which foods to eat when they have a deficiency. I believe a study was done where a group of rats was deprived of an essential part of their diet (can’t remember if it was a vitamin or an amino acid) when presented with a variety of foods. The rats ‘knew’ which ones to eat to correct the deficiency. Now that’s smart!
THE hot weather is bad enough for humans to bear in the height of summer, so how does your pet feel wearing his fur coat in extreme temperatures? Not cool, that’s for sure. Pets respond to heat differently to humans, so they have to be kept cool accordingly. Most long-haired breeds of dog are better off having a trim or shave, but always consider that the sun’s rays may cause sunburn if there is hardly any protection from the hair. Water is a must to be available to pets at all times, and if you are feeling creative, you can freeze watered down wet food to make doggie popsicles which go down a treat. You can also cool your pet with a narrow cloth tube filled with dry rice that has been cooled in the freezer for some hours, and then placed around the dog’s neck. It works wonders. Just like humans, pets can suffer heatstroke so look for signs of glazed eyes, fever and dizziness, or lack of coordination and a deep red tongue. In the unfortunate event that this occurs, apply ice packs and cool water gently around the body and forehead and inform the vet immediately. Keep cool and keep your pet cool, too!
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REGULAR maintenance of your home is an important part of maintaining its value. With proper maintenance your home will not only provide a pleasant and safe living environment but will also help keep small problems from turning into expensive ones. As a professional surveyor I carry out annual checks for home owners all over Spain. I check the overall condition of the home and advise on immediate repairs, general maintenance and improvements, with the objective of maintaining and increasing the value of the owner’s home. These are home owners who want their biggest financial asset to grow in value as much as possible and in my 30 years of experience these home owners have sold their properties for
GOLDEN RULE: Cost of quality maintenance returns a profit for the home owner. considerably higher prices than similar properties in the same area, which haven’t been as professionally well maintained and improved. Conversely, I also know many successful and wealthy home owners who regularly maintain and seek professional advice for their cars and boats and hire professionals to give them advice on their stocks and shares.
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Nissan X-Trail appeal with more va va voom START/STOP ignition system enhances road comfort By Carol Irving THE award-winning X-Trail range by Nissan promises more rev in your engine, now that they have added a new 1.6 litre DIG-T 163PS petrol engine, which claims to be one of the most advanced and fuel-efficient petrol engines in its class. Available now across all X-Trail model grades, the X-Trail’s new four-cylinder petrol engine has advanced turbocharging technology which has been designed to give sharp performance combined with low CO2 and exceptional fuel economy. While engine upgrades often mean carbon emissions skyrocket, this new engine still manages to comply with the latest European emissions legislations Euro6 - which comes into force this September. Plus, it is slightly easier on the wallet since fuel consumption for the Visia and Acenta models is an impressive 6.2L/100km (45.6mpg), and CO2 emissions are just 145g/km. As far as power is concerned, the new X-Trail DIG-T can go from 0-100km/h (0-62mph) in
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Two drivers caught speeding TWO speeding drivers have been caught doing more than 200km per hour in separate incidents on Spain’s roads over the last six days. In the first incident, a Spanish mayor was caught driving at more than 211km per hour at Km 622 on the N-420 in Teruel Province. Juan Carlos Gracia Suso, mayor of Alcañiz and a Partido Popular local government minister, was sen-
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Jaguars, Palmeras and an art show in steel and leather INCLUDING some iconic examples THE Jaguar Enthusiasts Club run and second visit to Las Palmeras hotel on Sunday August 2 started off with weather conditions that were slightly overcast and threatened to rain, but the clouds dispersed and a glorious summer’s day arrived to welcome all Jaguar drivers. Las Palmeras is a little lacking as far as ‘kerb appeal’ is concerned, but the restaurant function rooms and the terrace and pool areas are stunning. On top of that, there are plenty of parking spaces for our beloved Jaguars. A very nice lunch was served just before 2.00pm in a private function room overlooking the pool, and the service was absolutely spot on. Including new members and the
PARKING SPOT: Plenty of space for the Jaguars.
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members that brought guests, a total of 54 people and 20 cars attended with many of the old favourites and some new member’s cars as well. The line-up of cars altogether was a fabulous sight to behold resembling an art show in steel and leather which included some of the most iconic examples of automotive art ever made. Brian Patterson’s XJ8 won the ‘Ladies Choice,’ chosen by a young
couple from America who were visiting. Ian McMenemy, Events Director, contributed some sterling work organising the event and also presented a trophy to the Restaurant Manager of Las Palmeras as a thank you. The next meeting of the Jaguar Club promises to be something a little special with a ‘Summer Breeze Drive’ up to the Santa Eulalia
Monastery in the Sierra De Espuna mountains in Murcia for a rather special lunch with an optional overnight stay on Sunday September 6. This is one not to be missed. Anyone who owns a Jaguar in Spain is welcome to join in the fun. The Jaguar Enthusiasts Club (JEC) is the largest of the world’s Jaguar Clubs, apart from the meetings, full members also benefit from a glossy 132 page A4 monthly magazine,
Jaguar spares department and a technical advice service second to none. The JEC in Spain is organised by Eric Arnold and Ian McMenemy. Eric can be contacted by email at jaguarspain@outlook.com or by phone on 609 931 647 or alternatively check out www.jec-spain.com or the JEC main web site www.jec.org.uk. Our events director, Ian McMenemy, can be contacted at McMenemy@JEC-events.com and David Shea looks after the Facebook page.
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England reduce the Aussies to ‘Ashes’ and Arsenal Hammered BROAD, Root and Stokes pulverise Australia’s batsmen Tony Matthews International Sports A former football player and the world’s most prolific author of football books (more than 100 published), Tony is also the sports reporter for Spectrum Radio and lives in the Cabrera mountains. Costa de Almeria
CRICKET – Last weekend England (391-9 declared) regained the Ashes in style by thumping Australia (60 and 253) by an innings and 78 runs in the fourth Test at Trent Bridge. Stuart Broad (8-15), the world’s top batsman Joe Root (130) and then Ben Stokes (6-36) pulverised the Aussies who were bowled out in their first innings before lunch on the opening day in 18.3 overs in 95 minutes - the second shortest Test innings
of all-time with extras topscoring! Three of their first four batsmen got ducks and it was the first time both openers had been dismissed for nought since 1950. In fact, Broad’s magical bowling saw him snap up more wickets before lunch on day one than any other bowler and the first since Sydney Barnes for England v South Africa in 1913, to take five (he eventually got 8). Broad also captured his 300th Test wicket and has now passed Fred Trueman’s tally of 307. Only Jimmy Anderson, Ian Botham and Bob Willis are ahead of him in England’s history. This victory at Nottingham came 599 days after England had suffered a 5-0 white-wash down under. And the game itself was over in two days, 40 minutes - one of the shortest Test matches ever. Comments/remarks after the first day’s play of the fourth Test... • Ex-England captain Michael Vaughan’s advert: ‘ 11 Australian bats for sale - hardly used.’ • Aussie skipper Michael Clarke, on
what to do if he won the toss: ‘Shall we bat or bowl”... answer ‘Do both!’ • Sydney Herald – ‘It’s
Pomicide’ • Brisbane Courier Mail: ‘Ashes to Crashes’ The final Test starts at The Oval a week today. FOOTBALL – At the start of the new PL season, there were wins for Aston Villa (1-0 at newcomers Bournemouth), Crystal Palace (3-1 at Norwich), Leicester (4-2 v Sunderland), Liverpool (a 1-0 redemption victory at Stoke where they lost 6-1 last season), Manchester United (1-0 v Spurs) and West Ham (surprisingly by 2-0 at Arsenal). The games between 10-man and reigning champions Chelsea and Swansea, Everton and Watford and Newcastle and Southampton ended in 2-2 draws. WBA played Manchester City on Monday. In the Championship, Birmingham, Brighton, Charlton, Hull, MK Dons, Sheffield Wednesday and Wolves all got off to winning starts, likewise Burton, Chesterfield, Coventry, Gillingham, Millwall, Rochdale and Swindon in FL1 and Cambridge, ExBACK IN ENGLAND: The Ashes Urn.
eter, Hartlepool, Leyton Orient, Northampton, Notts County, Plymouth, Portsmouth and Wycombe in FL 2. The top PL matches over the next four days are VillaManchester United (tomorrow), Manchester CityChelsea (Sunday) and Liverpool-Bournemouth (Monday)... all live on various TV channels. *Jose Mourinho has signed a new four-year contract with Chelsea and Manuel Pellegrini an extended two-year one with Manchester City. SWIMMING/DIVING In the world championships in Russia, GB’s Adam Peaty became the first man to complete the 50m and 100m breast-stroke double; he also won gold in the individual medley. GB’s 4x200m men’s relay team beat the favourites USA to win gold. American Ryan Lochte set a new record by becoming the first man to win four successive individual medley gold medals. Lochte has now won 21 golds - only Michael Phelps (33) has more. Bahrain’s Alzain Tareq became the youngest-ever swimmer to compete at this level; she was 10 years of age when entering the women’s 50m butterfly event. And GB collected a record nine medals at the Championships (five gold, one silver, three bronze). MOTOGP – It was Marc Marquez, Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi 1-2-3 in last week’s Indianapolis Grand Prix. Rossi (195 points) leads
the driver ’s championship ahead of Lorenzo (186) and Marquez (139). R U G B Y UNION – For the first time ever Argentina have beaten South Africa in a Championship game! The Pumas won 35-27 in Durban last weekend. HORSE RACING – Last Saturday, a trio of female jockeys - Emma-Jayne Wilson, Sammy Jo Bell and Hayley Turner - won three of the six races against their male counterparts to claim the Shergar Cup at Ascot. Bell, with a 55-1 double, collected the Alistair Haggis Silver Saddle for top rider. This annual event was first run in 1999. DIARY of EVENTS • The US PGA golf tournament starts today at Whistling Straits, Wisconsin, and world number one Rory McIlroy will be there, along with Shane Lowry, winner of last week’s Bridgestone Invitational in Ohio. • The European Equestrian Championships continue in Aachen, Germany. • The first women’s Ashes cricket Test is taking place in Canterbury, Kent. • As at Tuesday, England were going well in the world netball championships in Australia, which end on Saturday. • And next week we have the sprint canoeing world championships in Milan, Italy.
DID YOU KNOW? Manchester United manager Matt Busby signed Tommy Taylor from Barnsley in 1953 for £29,999. He gave the other £1 to the tea-lady as he did not want Taylor to become the first £30,000 footballer.
AFTERNOON QUIZ Don’t forget this afternoon’s general knowledge charity quiz at Ali’s Bar, Turre at 4pm - 50 questions; €2 per person; good fun; be there.
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Austin Crilly and Debbie Colquhoun with the trophy. THE keenly-contested Handicap Singles competition was recently played at the Indalo Bowling Club. Debbie Colquhoun (a Spanish squad player at the club) played her “get out of jail” card in the semi-final and came back to win from being 16-5 down against Terry Kiggin. The other semi-final was contested by Austin
INDIANAPOLIS GP WINNER: Marc Marquez.
Crilly and Jenny Thompson with Austin winning after a hard-fought game. The final was played in blistering heat between Debbie and Austin, and after a close start to the match, Debbie then surged ahead and won 22-14 to take the trophy. www.indalobowlingclub.org
The US PGA Championship IT’S the final Major of the year and there are three questions awaiting answers... Getting in the swing with Campbell Lamont
By Tony Myles 1. Will anyone be able to deny Jordan Spieth his third major title? 2. Will Rory risk further injury in order to put in an appearance? 3. Can Tiger build on his improved form and cause an upset? Jordan - The Open play-off was Spiethless Jordan was within one putt of grabbing the Open title. Had he managed to reduce his four putts on a par three to just three, he would have been in the play-off. Had he made the putt in two he would have
DETERMINED: Rory McIlroy wants to play in the US PGA. won. Of course, every player could provide their own ‘if onlys’ but you have to expect Jordan to be extremely anxious to make amends as he returns to attempt the US Slam, all three American-based majors in one
year. With the bookmakers he is the favourite to win and, with a lame McIlroy, for many it is a question of who will be second. Rory - Fit and frustrated? The fact that he injured his ankle
in an activity which every young man his age enjoys is probably no compensation and of course he will dismiss as nonsense the suggestions that he should be more careful. However, he must have felt a high level of frustration when reduced to watching his fellow professionals struggle to come to terms with the strength of challenge from St Andrews, a Scottish links course which he could have tamed. Will his determination to play in the final major of the year have an impact on his recovery? The experts in the medical profession are advising that a full three months recuperation is recommended in order to see a complete recovery. When he tees-off on Thursday alongside Jordan Spieth and Zach Johnson it will be just six weeks since he injured his foot. Tiger – Sustainable improvement?
His legion of fans were ecstatic when they viewed his performance in the Open. His body language demonstrated a renewed confidence. His swing was recognisable. And occasionally he smiled. All good signs but they had to be balanced by the fact that he was still prone to too many wayward shots meaning that he had to rely on his recovery skills. However, as this may be his final outing for 2015 he will be focused, and especially as the PGA is a competition that he has won on four previous occasions. Can he win it once more? Unlikely and with some stiff competition in the field I think that his realistic hopes are for a top 10 finish and an improvement on his current world ranking. It will be an interesting Major and if you have picked your four players for Campbell’s Major Wager, I wish you lots of luck.
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Cabrera Lawn Bowling Club 19th Hole Golf THE third summer competition was the mixed singles set play. As the name suggests it is mixed; therefore, men are drawn against other men or ladies so it makes for a level playing field. One of the outstanding matches was between Sandra Marriott, the ladies’ club champion, and Colin Jones (Deano) who has only been bowling for three months. Sandra won the first set 9-3 so you would think game over but no. Deano fought back and won the second set 8-7. The tie break ends were gripping as Deano won the first end and Sandra won the second. Sandra’s last bowl was shot and it all rested on Deano’s last bowl. Sandra held the shot and won the match but well done Deano for a great performance. The final was between Arthur Lees and Sandra’s husband Peter Marriott. Arthur is 86 years young and won the competition
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LAST END DECIDER: Arthur with the trophy and Peter. last year. Peter was the runner-up in the Gents Club Championship, so a great match was anticipated. Peter took the first set 10-4, but Arthur fought back in the second set to win it 7-3
- another match going to a tie break. Peter won the first end and Arthur won the second, so it was down to the last end to decide the winner. Arthur, the fighter that he is, won the third end and the competition.
ON Thursday, August 6, the 19th Hole travelled north to the Lorca Golf Resort, which was a good turnout for this Pairs Texas Scramble. With 16 teams competing for the win, they knew it was going to be a tough competition. The course and weather were perfect with a nice breeze to help compensate for the high temperatures. The winners of the day were the team of Mark Danson and Zeta Denyer, with a nett 61 strokes, (10 below par.) In second place, the ‘Old
Team’ of Nigel and Geoff Smith on 63, with Paco Ocaña and John Ball in third with 68. Shot of the day was the drive on the 13 by Tommy Seed coming to rest some two metres from the pin, a drive of 292 metres. The 19th Hole arranges weekly games at various courses in the area; their home course, which is played fortnightly, is Aguilon. If you are interested in joining or playing as a guest, give the secretary a ring on 610 340 653. Or email gs19thhole@hotmail. co.uk